Chapter 194: Across Qingzhou (1)
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Wang Xuan actually colluded with Xu He, who is Xu He? He is the big leader of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, and basically the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou have to obey his ordersββββββ of course, but relatively speaking, it is still more difficult for the loosely organized Qingzhou Yellow Turbans to expect them all to obey the orders of one person.
At least in the past, Donglai Yellow Turbans basically didn't listen to Xu He, who told that Donglai Yellow Turbans were isolated from other Yellow Turbans at that time, even if he really disobeyed Xu He, could Xu He still do anything to him?
If he raised troops to come to Donglai, not to mention anything else, Yan Shao would never let him come over anyway.
"So, collusion between officials and bandits has never been a new thing..."muttered to himself, Yan Shao didn't expect Wang Xuan to do this, but why did he do this?
"Maybe it's because of the recent movements, the lord has recruited troops, and there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command, so if nothing else, he will definitely send troops to several other counties next. Le'an didn't have many soldiers and horses, and there were few soldiers and generals available to him, if he really didn't do anything, he would have to sit back and wait for death, but if he wanted to do something, it would not be of much use with the resources in his hands, so it would become inevitable to rely on foreign aid..."
On the way here, the young general also said that it was very good, and at least the relationship between it and asphalt.
That's right, no matter how incompetent Wang Xuan is, it is impossible for him not to react at all, especially when Yan Shao is sharpening his knife, if he doesn't make any moves, then he will really sit still.
The question is what he can do? The soldiers and horses in his hand are just a little bit, even if it is a strong wall, it is useless. Because the difference in strength between the two sides is too big, there is only one way in the end, and that is to ask for foreign aid.
This foreign aid is also exquisite, Qingzhou does not have many forces, and even fewer can help, at least a few other counties are unlikely. First, they may not be willing to offend Yan Shao, especially when Yan Shao has not made it clear that he must pacify Qingzhou. Second, they also owe Yan Shao many people in the past, and it is still difficult to say that it is morally difficult to do it at this time.
As for other states and counties? Yanzhou and Yuzhou are too busy to take care of themselves, Xuzhou, Tao Qian is a harvester, Wang Xuan has nothing to do with him, why ask others to send troops to help, if you have to talk about it, Yan Shao and Tao Qian have a relatively close relationshipββββββ at least when the princes met the alliance, the two of them could be regarded as talking together.
Jizhou? The current state pastor of Jizhou is Han Fu, not Jia Cong, who once had a good relationship with Yan Shao. However, Han Fu is more than successful and not enterprising, and it is not realistic to expect him to help. Even if the person is willing to help, how long will it take?
If you don't make it, Yan Shao is about to be peaceful, and his soldiers and horses haven't left Jizhou yet.
And there is another situation that Wang Xuan doesn't know very well, that is, Yuan Shao and Han Fu are about to fall out.
In fact, since Yuan Shao returned from Luoyang, the relationship between the two sides has deteriorated dramatically.
As the leader of the coalition forces, Yuan Shao is theoretically one level higher than Han Fu, at least in terms of fame. But in fact, he is subordinate to Han Fu, he is Han Fu's subordinate, just a mere guard, no matter how many titles he gives himselfββββββ he can't change the reality that his territory is only one county, and Han Fu Even if Han Fu is a subordinate of Yuan Shao in the coalition army, he at least has one state, and Jizhou is still one of the largest states today.
It needs to be said here that unlike later generations, the more prosperous areas in ancient times were actually the Central Plains, the Yellow River Basin, that is, the more northerly regions. At least in the Tang Dynasty, when the south was a little more prosperous or when it was chaotic, because the Han people in the north were almost wiped out, and the rest moved to the south, which made the south more prosperous.
But by the time of the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains began to prosper again, all the way to the Song Dynasty.
Because of being pressed and beaten by the nomads in the north, the Song Dynasty began to develop the south, and a large number of people moved to the south, especially after the Southern Song Dynasty, the south became the main base, and the Song Dynasty was the most economically powerful dynasty among the previous dynasties, and the rest is needless to say.
So Jizhou, as the land of Hebei, is one of the most developed areas in this era, well, of course, there are places such as Runan.
As the pastor of Jizhou, Han Fu is also a more powerful prince today, and it is more because of Han Fu's own lack of ability, if his ability is stronger, with the strength of Jizhou, he is definitely one of the strongest princes today.
Seriously speaking, even if the civil and military affairs under the account are included, Han Fu's gold content is also good. Wu has Zhang He, Wen has Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, and Judge, which can be regarded as a quite luxurious lineup.
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It's a pity that since Yuan Shao arrived in Jizhou, Han Fu has been guarding against Yuan Shao, for fear that the other party will take away his rights. This is also true after Dong Zhuo took power, just like when the text spread all over the world, Han Fu, who received the text, once asked his subordinates. "Should I help Dong Zhuo or Yuan Shao."
This answer also annoyed the subordinates at the time. "Now that the army is for the country, what are you talking about Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo?"
It can be seen from here that Han Fu and Yuan Shao had a considerable degree of contradiction at that time.
Of course, then the annoyed subordinate also offered advice again. "It's dangerous to raise troops, and we can sit back and see what other states and counties do. Jizhou is a big state in the world, and there are countless soldiers, horses, money and food, even if it is a later army, the credit of other states and counties cannot be above us! β
Hawkers, no way, whoever calls people is realistic...
Even for such a thing as raising troops, I prefer some more secure plans...
However, this was still before the cavalry, after the army, Yuan Shao became the leader of the princes, and his reputation was above Han Fu, and he was very dissatisfied with his trap under Han Fu, and Han Fu was also, often sending people to keep an eye on Yuan Shao's door, just because he was afraid that he would do something he didn't know, and even play some conspiracy against himself.
At this point, even if Wang Xuan knelt in front of Han Fu and begged him to send troops, he was afraid that Han Fu would not dare.
However, the contradiction between the two is so big, I believe that it will not be long before it will really break up.
And Feng Ji, I am afraid it won't take long to dedicate the strategy of seizing Jizhou.
"Speaking of which, how did you know that Wang Xuan colluded with Xu He?"
"The lord forgot, he had bought a lot of people by Wang Xuan's side before, and this news was passed on by those people." Seeing that Yan Shao seemed to be a little puzzled, the young general hurriedly answered.
Yan Shao sighed, a little relieved.
Strictly speaking, it was not actually a bribe, but Yan Shao had a lot of favors to Le'an County at that time, so many of them were willing to get close to Yan Shao.
And Yan Shao himself thought that it wouldn't be long before he would become the lord of Qingzhou, and he didn't mind much about this kind of thing, anyway, if he really became the lord of Qingzhou in the future, these people would only kneel and lick themselves. Doing so now is just to be close to his courtiers, and it's not out of the ordinary at all.
What he didn't expect was an unintentional move with him, which made it very convenient for him.
Yan Shao may not have taken those people seriously, but those people regarded themselves as part of Yan Shao's account.
No matter how secret Wang Xuan's strategy is, it is impossible to hide it from everyone, and it just so happens that among the few people who learned the details, there are people who Yan Shao has contacted before. This person already regarded himself as a member of Yan Shao's account, how could he not report to Yan Shao.
What's more, this time Wang Xuan colluded with Xu He, the biggest leader of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, colluding with such a person, it is not an ordinary resistance to the families of Le'an. On the one hand, the current families have deep contradictions with the yellow turbans in various places, and they are simply blood enemies with each other, so it can be said that there is no trust at all. Wang Xuan colluded with the Yellow Turban like this, which was really a taboo for them.
In one, they are not at ease...
In the final analysis, the so-called yellow turbans are just a group of bandits, who were avoided in the past, but if they really come this time, what should they do if they cause trouble in the township? At least on the way from the west of the county to the east of the county, how many villages and towns will be destroyed in one fell swoop? Even the city is in danger if it is not good, how can they tolerate it.
If it weren't for the fact that Wang Xuan was also the lord of Le'an, I am afraid that they would have already begun to consider the issue of rebellion.
Now that he didn't care about secretly informing Yan Shao of the news, it was not a betrayal at all.
And Dong Zhao was also taken aback when he learned the news. Of course, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans are just a rabble, but the number is surprisingly large, 100,000 Yellow Turbans, there are as many as 350,000 who can fight, plus a group of old, weak, sick and disabled.
If it does, it will be a nuisance.
That's why he sent someone to inform Yan Shao and asked him to come back as soon as possible to discuss countermeasures. In any case, this matter must be properly handled, otherwise, it will be a little difficult to unify Qingzhou.
Walking out of the gate, Yan Shao turned over and got on his horse, and the young general also turned over on another war horse, and the two of them went in the direction of the county guard mansion under the escort of Yan Shao's armor.
I have to say that Beihai has indeed prospered in recent years, but on the other hand, due to limitations, Beihai City has never been able to compare with super-large cities such as Linzi, Ye or Luoyang. If nothing else, the innate foundation alone is there.
In addition, Yan Shao did not plan to stay in Beihai for too long, and did not make any expansion moves to Beihai, so the scale of the entire city is still the same as before, and it can only be said that it is much stronger in terms of prosperity. During this period, some officials also asked whether to expand Beihai City, but they were also denied by Yan Shaoββββββ the funds required for urban expansion have never been a small amount, and it will take many years to rebuild a city. This means a continuous investment, which is a bit unrealistic for Yan Shao now.
Maybe when Yan Shao unifies Qingzhou, Beihai City has not been built yet? And the investment during this period, if it is exchanged for grain, grass, money and silver, I am afraid it will not be calculated.
The most important thing is that the income of the city is not comparable to that of real estate in later generations.
The real estate boom in later generations is not ordinary, and basically it is no longer a question of how much it has doubled. On the other hand, today's cities, although there are many benefits after construction, but the time for return is very slow.
So on the not very long street, just a little walking for a while, Yan Shao and his party had already returned to the mansion.
"Lord!" Dong Zhao, who was waiting in the hall, saw Yan Shao and hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects.
Some other officials who came after receiving the news also came over one after another.
"Is this true?" Yan Shao didn't say much to greet, but just asked Dong Zhao.
"True.0.." Dong Zhao nodded. "The person who sent us the message is a close confidant of Wang Xuan, and he has won the trust of this person, and his status in Le'an is not ordinary, after learning the news, this person sent his own servants to Beihai."
"In this way, the situation is true, I didn't expect that I still underestimated this Wang Xuan, I thought he was just an ordinary mediocre official, but he still had such courage to dare to collude with the Yellow Turban Thief..."
"That's true..."Dong Zhao nodded. Now it seems that the measures to deal with this person are afraid to make some changes, if we continue to follow the original thoughts, when we arrive in Le'an, we will have to face tens of thousands of yellow turbans, fortunately, the soldiers recruited by the lord are basically in place, and now remove the soldiers and horses that need to be used to stay, we have more than 10,000 available soldiers, and the armament is complete, it is definitely not comparable to those rabble..."
"It's just..."Looking at Yan Shao, Dong Zhao hesitated. Is it really necessary to raise troops at this time? Right now, General Sun is still exterminating the Yellow Turban in Donglai, and other generals are also training the newly recruited soldiers and horses, if you wait a little longer..."
"Then the other side should be ready to read..."Yan Shao shook his head and said.
Anyway, sooner or later, there will be such a one, and in that case, it is better to start earlier.
What's more, he really doesn't take that Xu He very seriously, this Wang Xuan is looking for death like this, then he will fulfill the other party.
"It's a pity, originally for the sake of hypocrisy in the past, I still planned to leave this guy a small life, even if it was to let him temporarily take the position of Le'an County guard, but I didn't expect this person to be so greedy for profit, and he didn't even want his life for this right in his hand, since this is the case, let's send him on the road..."
Hearing Yan Shao's words, Dong Zhao nodded, and didn't seem to feel strange.
As for the generals below, they were all very excited, obviously waiting for this answer for a long time.
In fact, it is not surprising that as generals, their merits are obtained on the battlefield, unlike the peaceful years of later generations, the so-called military ranks or something, basically all about seniority, or whether there is any outstanding performance in military exercisesββββββ of course, it is more important to look at the faction.
Normally, as long as the faction is right, nothing else is too much of a problem, but for ordinary officers, this is not too necessary.
Now Yan Shao's career is in the process of developing, and these generals who have followed Yan Shao are also subordinates who have followed him for a long time.
However, what really matters is the merits on the battlefield, especially for Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Zhao Yun and others who have just arrived under the command of Yan Shao, only with enough merit can they get enough merit, what does the big husband rely on to get ahead, isn't it just how many people he killed?
In fact, Huang Zhong is okay, the reason why Huang Zhong defected to Yan Shao is mainly to repay his kindness, in order to repay Yan Shao for saving his only son's life. But Gan Ning really wants to get ahead, as a water thief, he will follow Yan Shao, in addition to losing at the beginning, the most important thing is to follow Yan Shao's words, there is a chance to get ahead. As for Zhao Yun, the same is true, otherwise he would not have jumped from Yuan Shao to Yan Shao's side+ββββββBy the way, since Zhao Yun jumped from Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao's gaze has always been a little wrong, and he looks very envious and jealous, of course, more of them are jealous.
Coupled with Yuan Shao's open-mindedness or something, to be honest, there has always been a little bit that is not enough, and there is no need to say anything more about the rest.
"Since you all have no opinions, then, let's give Wang Xuan's house some colors to see..."
"No!"
With Yan Shao's military order, the generals below agreed with a bang!
The soldiers and horses that were originally training were gathered one by one, and the large battalion was stationed outside the Beihai city wall.
Many people came out of the gates to take a look, but many more understood that it meant that the war was about to start again. During this period, Zheng Xuan also deliberately ran out of his hometown, just because he heard about this matter and wanted to dissuade Yan Shao, who wanted Yan Shao to show him the so-called evidence, the evidence of Wang Xuan's collusion with the Yellow Turban.
I have to say that in this era, the scholars are serious, and the so-called yellow scarves are a group of thieves, which are some groups that they absolutely cannot accept, and the same is true now. If Wang Xuan colluded with someone else, maybe Zheng Xuan would help say a word or two, but Wang Xuan colluded with Zheng Xuan, even if Zheng Xuan was relatively gentle to the people, it was absolutely unacceptable.
And this time Wang Xuan still colluded with more than 100,000 yellow turbans, it is really enough to plan to invade Beihai first, which is even more intolerableββββββ in fact, Wang Xuan did not plan to invade Beihai, he just wanted to establish an isolation zone between Beihai and Le'an, and then find a way to let Xu He and Yan Shao fight, so that the strength of both sides can be weakened, and it can be much safer for Le'an.
It's a pity that ordinary people can't understand his thoughts, all they can see is that Wang Xuan actually colluded with the yellow scarf for the sake of his own status, let alone others, even his subordinates can't understand this.