Chapter 19: Driving the Tiger and Devouring the Wolf
Liu Yin's character is Chengyin, and Su Jun is the same township, both of whom are from Donglaiye County, and it is said that he is the eldest son of the Han Dynasty Gaozu after Qi mourning the king of Hui Liu Fei. This person is handsome and open-minded, not only proficient in literary affairs, but also good at making heroes, and has a great reputation. Therefore, when the "Eight Kings Rebellion", he fled to Liaodong for refuge, passed through Youzhou, and was retained by Wang Jun, who was called Bohai Taishou, and later promoted to Jizhou Assassin History.
Liu Chengyin is loyal to the country, so he persuaded Shao Xu to do it anyway the day before, but a person's ideas and behaviors may not be completely in line with Ruoqi, and even often go against the grain. For example, this time he asked for orders to go south to Xuzhou, in fact, the real plan in his heart was that he felt that it was difficult to defend for a long time, and the dangerous city could not be lived in for a long time - I might as well take the opportunity to escape to a relatively peaceful place.
So he went to Gaixian County first and met Xi Jian, who promised with his mouth, saying that we were accumulating materials and looking for opportunities to send troops; Then Liu Yin went up to the mountain again to visit Su Jun, and Su Jun was also hospitable, saying that as long as the county delivered the money and grain I requested, I would raise troops to fight Qingzhou. It seems that the mission can be successfully achieved, logically speaking, Liu Yin can ask Xi Jian or Su Jun to hand over the letter written by Shao Xu to Bian Yan, and he will go back to his life again, but no, he would rather run hundreds of miles to Kaiyang to meet Bian Wangzhi.
- Bian Yan has not long ago moved the state from Huaiyin North to Langya State to Kaiyang.
Bian Yan was naturally very polite to Liu Yin, and promised that once the money, food and materials were allocated in place, he would send Su Jun to lead his troops north to attack Qingzhou.
In fact, as far as Bian Wangzhi's original intention is concerned, it is enough to be able to defend Xuzhou for Pei Gong and the country, appease the people, and develop production, and he has no intention of using swords and soldiers in vain - because he knows that he lacks military talent. However, in the past few months, both Xi Jian and Su Jun have written many times to ask for an attack on Cao Wei, and Bian Yan finally made up his mind after careful consideration.
Su Jun wanted to go on the Northern Expedition, mainly to avenge his personal revenge and to take back his hometown from Cao Wei. But he naturally couldn't use these reasons to lobby Bian Yan, and he only said in the official correspondence:
Between Qingxu and Xu, a horse and a flat river, there are few natural dangers, and now Cao Wei has descended to Hu, if he is instigated by Shi Le to invade south, it will inevitably lead to panic between Dongguan and Langya, which is not conducive to accumulation. If we can defeat Cao Wei in one fell swoop, push the border forward to the south bank of the Yellow River, and defend the river, then the strategic situation will definitely be favorable to our side.
Even if he can't annex Cao Wei's forces in one fell swoop, he should go east and take Chengyang County.
During the Han Dynasty, the boundary between Qingxu and Xuzhou was from the south of Qianqian County in the east to the north of Gonglai Mountain in the west, that is to say, the northern half of Dongguan was originally supposed to be Qingzhou, and the southern half of Chengyang County was originally Xuzhou. Today, the state border has moved north on the western front, and the eastern line has been pushed south, resulting in Chengyang County in Qingzhou adjacent to the three counties of Dongguan, Langya, and Donghai in Xuzhou at the same time.
Cao Wei's forces controlled only a few counties in the northern part of Chengyang County, and the southern counties of Tobu, Zhuxian, and Juxian were temporarily under local autonomy. I believe that if our army advances eastward, the resistance will be extremely slight, and it will not be difficult to take advantage of the situation to sweep the entire Chengyang. If Cao Wei loses Chengyang, then the east of Weishui will be forced to give up, and I will not dare to step out of Guanggu City for half a step - in this way, it will not take three years, Cao Wei will die, and all Qing can be gained.
Su Juntiao analyzed it in detail, and the division made sense, and Xi Jian's letter to Bian Yan also contained the same content. It's just that Xi Daohui asked for an important reason to send troops to attack Qingzhou - the reason is Su Jun.
He told Bian Yan about Su Jun's recent evil deeds, and said: "I wanted to invite the dog who guarded the household, but who expected Chang'an to send it, it turned out to be a jackal, and I was afraid that it would fail to drive out the fox, so I first ate all the cattle and sheep in my pen......"
Therefore, Xi Jian suggested that it was better to scatter Su Jun out and let him go to Qingzhou.
If you talk about the internal political contest in Xuzhou, Su Zigao is completely behind, not only Xi Jian dislikes him, but even Xiong Yuan is increasingly not giving him a good look - that guy needs to be insatiable! Xi, Xiong and Bian Yan are the same as the old clan scholars - although the quality is high, the Gaoping Xi clan is the old clan in the late Han Dynasty, the Jiyin Bian clan was originally in the tail of the crane, and the Nanchang Xiong clan is only ranked eighty-eighth even in the new "Surname Chronicle" - and they have worked together for a long time, if the two guards attack Su Jun, can Bian Yan have a good impression of Su Zigao?
Originally, with Su Jun's actions, if in peacetime, Bian Yan would definitely be severely reprimanded, even if he immediately took away his soldiers and horses, Su Zigao would have nothing to say. But the troubled times have been going on for a long time, and the psychological bottom line of the big guys has naturally relaxed. Like Su Jun, just grabbing some food, and letting the soldiers pretend to be bandits, and cover their faces with the pipa, is already very restrained.
If Pei should know about this matter, he would not be able to bear it, but Bian Yan hoped that Xuzhou would be stable, so it would be inconvenient to blame Su Jun heavily, so he accepted Xi Jian's suggestion and planned to scatter this jackal to Qingzhou.
Before Liu Yin arrived, Bian Yan was already dispatching grain and straw materials - if you want to order Su Jun to go on the expedition, naturally you can't help but temporarily do what he wants, but the plan is to wait for Su Jun to lead his troops into Qingzhou and roughly gain a firm foothold, then we will not supply, Xu Ru will collect grain on the spot.
Xuzhou went to the end of the year, and since Pei Gai entered the customs, Xuzhou no longer supplies grain and grass - it is too far away - the originally empty treasury has gradually been filled. Nowadays, except for a small amount of materials to be lost to Taishan and Dongping counties in the east of Yanzhou, there is no major war need, and if it is transported farther, the cost is too cost-effective - can basically be digested by itself.
Bian Yan entrusted Xiong Yuan with the matter of supplying Yandong, Xiong Xiaowen was also a ghost, and sent people to discuss with Huan Xuan, Xu Gong and others, saying that the imperial court did not have Xu grain for Yan, so I can't give this grain and grass for nothing, you have to exchange things for it. So what to exchange for grain, salt, and copper coins, weapons, and farm tools produced in Pengcheng?
To tell the truth, the land of Yandong, that is, the southwest of Shandong Province in later generations, is not rich in mineral resources, and there is gold in Mount Tai, and it has been exhausted in the Han Dynasty. Huan Xuan, Xu Gong and others searched for it, but found nothing, and in desperation, they had to use people to make up the numbers - all the gangs that were exterminated, as well as the death row prisoners in various counties, were not killed, and they were all sent to Xuzhou to open mines and do hard labor.
Therefore, in a sense, if he is rich today, he is no more than Xu Fang—mainly because the situation has been stable for a long time and productivity has gradually recovered—Bian Yan has money and grain in his hands, and he originally planned to use it to develop the newly established northern counties, but now he simply funded Su Jun and the Northern Expedition to Qingzhou.
Bian Yan promised well, but Liu Yin just refused to return to his life. In his estimation, even with the strength of Xuzhou now, if you want to defeat Cao Wei and half win Qingzhou, you have to take two or three years; And if Shile's army invades the south, can the land of the anti-projectile be able to hold for two or three years? Why should I go back?
However, Liu Chengyin looked righteous and awe-inspiring on the surface, saying that I have been entrusted by General Shao, so if the Xuzhou army does not enter Qingzhou for a day, I will not be able to return to Hebei for a day - I have to see with my own eyes that you have destroyed Cao Wei, or at least he will not dare to take the lead!
Bian Wangzhi had no choice but to allow him to stay in Kaiyang temporarily, and then the grain and grass materials from all over the country were continuously transported to Gonglai Mountain. Su Jun received the great joy of the supplies, and immediately summoned his troops to discuss the Northern Expedition.
He said that I plan to fight eastward first, occupy Chengyang County and govern Ju County, and use it as a foundation to sweep the entire Chengyang County northward, and even hit my hometown Ye County in one go. Everyone questioned: If I lead the army to the east, but Cao Wei waves his army to the south, what should I do after attacking me?
Cao Wei's base camp is in Guanggu City, in fact, this new danger fortress is not in Qingzhou, but in Guangxian County, the northernmost part of Dongguan-thinking that when Cao Wei was anyway, Bian Yan immediately wrote a letter asking him to withdraw from Guangxian, and Cao Wei naturally ignored it. So now that we are going to Chengyang, if Cao Wei sends troops from Guanggu, he will be able to reach Gonglai Mountain in three or five days-won't he copy our back road?
Su Jun just smiled at this: "The responsibility of defending the land, guarding in Dongguan County, what are you doing with me?" ”
On that day, after receiving reinforcements from Su Jun and repelling the Qingzhou soldiers, Xi Jian moved the county from Dongguan to Gai County in order to prevent Cao Wei from coming again, which happened to block Gonglai Mountain. Su Jun's idea, even if Cao Wei goes south, it is impossible to bypass Gai County, and come to fight my Gonglai Mountain first, Xi Jian is best if he can hold Gai County, if he can't hold it, with his personality, he will go up Gonglai Mountain again. And now I have a secret fortress on the mountain, as long as one or two thousand people are left to guard, the Qingzhou soldiers will not be able to attack it in ten days and half a month.
The key is that at that time, Xi Jian will have to be saved by me again - and see if he can still hold his head up in front of me?!
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Shao continued to send Liu Yin south to contact Bian Yan, and Shi Le naturally sent someone to Guanggu to contact Cao Wei and asked him to send troops to cross the river and attack Yici. Cao Wei promised well on the surface, but when the envoy left, he said to his subordinates: "The rebellion in Hebei should have been determined by Shi, what does it matter to me?" ”
In fact, Cao Wei was wondering if he was looking for an opportunity to change his banner again and fall to the Jin Dynasty. Originally, it was because Shile in the north was powerful and Xuzhou in the south was empty, so he turned his face in an instant; But who wanted to send Liu Ba to attack Xu, but he returned with a feather, and Su Jun actually stationed troops in Gonglai Mountain, and his momentum was growing; In contrast, Shi Le transferred all the main forces to Bingzhou, and Shao Xu returned to Jin again......
In this way, Shi Le is blocked by Shao Xu, and Qingzhou will not be threatened in the short term, and Su Jun in the south is a fierce soldier, eyeing the tiger. Cao Weixin said that I should be promoted again? It's a pity that you can't say that you can descend, and you have to be accepted by the other party...... What opportunities should we find and through what means can we achieve their wishes?
The last time Cao Wei returned to Jin, it was Wang Gong who came to persuade him, Wang Gong was Pei Gai's subordinate, and since he had betrayed him once, he was sure that Pei Gai's path was not easy to go. Cao Wei therefore secretly sent an envoy south to contact Sima Rui in Jiankang and Wang Dun in Nanchang, but unfortunately the envoy had not yet returned, and he heard the news of Su Jun's mobilization.
Cao Wei hurriedly recalled the main force from the east, intending to stick to Guanggu and fight a defensive counterattack.
He was committed to pacifying the whole Qing, but his ability was limited, and he worked hard for several years, and only controlled Jinan, Le'an, Qi and other places in the west, and many local armed forces on the peninsula refused to obey their orders - not only Su Jun in the past - especially after he returned to Hu, but also the whole township and county set up a rebellion. Therefore, in the past few years, Cao Wei's main force has been "suppressing bandits" on the peninsula, but there have been few results.
In fact, in the original history, around this time, Cao Wei had basically calmed down the Shandong Peninsula, and finally forced Su Jun and Donglai Taishou Koji Peng away next year. However, history has changed, he was first forced to fight a big battle with Shile, and suffered heavy losses, and then Su Jun was able to use it in the south, which greatly shook the hearts of the people on the peninsula - coupled with Pei Gai's victory in Kansai, it also made most of the Jin people think that recovery is possible, and they are no longer willing to accept the leadership of Cao Wei, who has surrendered to Hu. Therefore, Cao Wei's power has shrunk by more than 30% compared to the same period in the original history.
For this reason, he did not dare to fight Su Jun head-on, and was forced to shrink his defensive line. However, before the main force of the east was transferred back, he heard that Su Jun did not go north, but went east to attack Juxian.
The generals Liu Ba, Lu Pi and others all said: "If Su Jun goes east, Dongguan will inevitably be empty, if I concentrate all my strength and go south to cover Gaixian and Gonglai Mountain, then Su Jun will retreat - this is a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao." ”
Cao Wei shook his head again and again, and said no-"Su Zigao knows the soldiers, how can he be willing to go east with the whole division, and take precautions behind him?" I expected a trick. And Xi Daohui is well respected in Dongguan, and now he is stationed in the county, and Gonglai Mountain is horned, if I go, it is easy to overcome, then Su Jun takes the opportunity to attack Guanggu, how to deal with it? "Rejected the generals' suggestion, and withdrew the main force west to the area of Pingshou and Yingling, with deep ditches and high bases, in order to resist Su Jun - that means, Chengyang is lonely in the south, you want, then I will give it to you, but you must not go north again, force it too quickly, and be careful of poor rats devouring raccoons!
Besides, Su Jun, there are more than 6,000 people in his department, and everywhere he passes, all of them are looking forward to the wind. The main reason is that the southern part of Chengyang is mostly self-governmentd, and it is still under the banner of the Jin Dynasty, so the Jin generals will come, as long as the looting is not too much, everyone is willing to follow. Su Zigao took the opportunity to encircle the old clan, set up his own chief, and then killed the north in one breath - Cao Wei's Chang'an, Gaomi and other county officials also abandoned and fled.
In the end, Su Jun hit Mi Township near Beihai in one go, and Xiami County was a stone's throw away, but he didn't dare to move anymore. The reason is also very simple, although he is about to kill the peninsula and go back to his hometown after walking a few more steps, the main force of the Qingzhou Army is less than a hundred miles southwest of him, and if he continues to advance, the other party is likely to copy his own back road - and there is no Xi Jian to help stop it.
What's next? Should he withdraw his troops and take Chengyang as a merit, or should he go west to attack the main force of Qingzhou?
Su Zigao was a little unable to hold back - the main reason was that he withdrew before the big battle, and he was really unwilling. He sent people to spy for many days, and learned that there were no less than 30,000 soldiers in Qingzhou, and the camp had been completed, stretching for several miles...... To be honest, the 30,000 Qingzhou soldiers are really not in Su Zigao's eyes, although most of his subordinates are newly recruited, but they have only been trained for a winter, but there are 2,000 Xuzhou veterans mixed in, and the combat effectiveness is completely guaranteed; However, if you go to the fortified stronghold with outnumbered soldiers, the chances of victory are not good after all.
When he was hesitating, his subordinates suddenly reported: "Donglai Koji is too guarded to send someone to pay homage." ”
Su Jun was overjoyed when he heard the news, and hurriedly summoned him, and when he saw someone coming, he quickly got up and left his seat and stepped forward: "It turned out that Mr. Zheng was coming, and Su was so lucky!" ”
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