Chapter 70: Counterinsurgency
Liu Kuan established the policy of the army, so he accelerated the march, and after reaching the vicinity of Guanzi City, he sent scouts extensively. Thirty miles away from Guanzi City, the scouts came to report that Zhang Ju, Zhang Chun, and Qiu Liju besieged Gongsun Zhan and 4,000 men and horses in Guanzi City for more than 200 days, and the two sides fought endlessly, losing more than half of their men and horses, and the grain and grass were almost exhausted.
Liu Kuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and ordered Tian Yu and Zhang Fei to lead 3,000 cavalry to bypass Guanzi City and block the north side of Qiu Liju to prevent it from escaping to the outside of the city.
After the subordinates were completed, Tian Yu led the troops to set off, at this time the Malay people outside the tent, Liu Kuan saw that it was fresh in silver, and he was very puzzled.
"Brother Xianyu, didn't you go with the eldest brother to envoy Xianbei?"
Xian Yuyin said with a smile: "The eldest brother met Shuhua when he went to Xianbei, Shuhua heard that Zihua led the troops to quell the rebellion, and the eldest brother persuaded Kebi to send 3,000 cavalry, led by Shuhua to help in the war, and sent me to report first, and now I am ten miles away." ”
Liu Kuan was very happy when he heard that Yan Rou had brought 3,000 cavalry to help in the battle.
Gongsun Du said: "Zihua, you can order Shuhua to lead the army to the northwest of Guanzi City, don't take the initiative to fight, just prevent the enemy from fleeing west." ”
Liu Kuan nodded after hearing this, and then sent Xian Yuyin to give Yan Rou an order.
The first four departments were in place after dark, and surrounded the Qiu Liju Department outside Guanzi City.
However, it was said that Gongsun Chan had been trapped in the city for more than 200 days, and recently the food was cut off, and he began to kill horses and eat, and he was extremely anxious when he saw that the city was imminent.
At dusk, suddenly got a report, the Youzhou army outside the city came to help, immediately gathered the generals, after the city head drum sounded, opened the city gate and personally led more than 1,000 cavalry to rush out.
Qiu Liju saw Gongsun Zan leaving the city, and knew that he was besieged, and he had already broken his heart and guts, and he knew that the army of the imperial court should be united with the outside, and he would inevitably be wiped out. But Gongsun Chan came to kill and had to fight, so he gritted his teeth and led his troops to fight hard.
Gongsun Zhan's morale was greatly boosted, and he fought with Qiu Liju for a long time, but when he saw that the reinforcements did not move at all, and saw that his subordinates had suffered heavy casualties, he scolded angrily, and Ming Jin withdrew his troops and left more than 200 corpses outside the city.
After Gongsun Zan returned to the city, he greeted Liu Yu's ancestors for eight generations.
Here, Qiu Liju, Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju and others are also confused.
That night, Zhang Chun returned to the tent, puzzled, the imperial court had besieged us and others, why did he miss the opportunity to attack outside? Then he asked his subordinates, who is the leader of the imperial court?
His subordinate Wang Zheng replied: "The leader is Liu Yu's second son, and Liu Kuan, the protector of Herong. ”
Zhang Chun whispered: Liu Kuan, Liu Kuan, Liu Yu...... Suddenly slapped his thigh, "Not good! Qiu Liju is going to fall! That Liu Yu is in charge of the government and is gentle, advocating to be gentle with the outside of the Saiwai, and now the four sides are besieged without fighting, Liu Yu's father and son do not like to kill, they must want to force Qiu Liju to surrender! ”
Zhang Chun thought about it again and again, and still led more than a dozen henchmen to flee west in the middle of the night and threw himself into Xianbei.
On the second and third days, Liu Kuan still did not attack. Qiu Liju's thousands of troops were trapped, and there was no way to escape, and he couldn't live in fear.
In the evening of this day, Qiu Liju got a report, three people came to the imperial army to see Qiu Liju, Qiu Liju was very happy, it seems that the court does not want to put me to death, so he will welcome the future to the tent.
However, it was said that Liu Kuan came to the tent with Gongsun Du and Guan Yu, and Liu Kuan walked directly into the big tent and sat on the handsome position.
Qiu Liju was photographed, sitting on his lower hands, his face flushed with anger, and standing aside.
Gongsun Du saluted Zhang Ju and Qiu Liju and introduced: "This is the emperor of the Han Dynasty, the son of Zongzheng Liu Youzhou, and General Liu Kuan. General Liu knew that General Qiu Liju was confused by Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebellion, and did not want to rebel against the imperial court, so he came to surrender today. ”
Liu Kuan answered and said: "General Qiu Liju, my father guards Youzhou, implements the equality of all ethnic groups, and hopes that the people inside and outside the border will live and work in peace and contentment, enjoy stability and prosperity together, and they are both Han people, so why be in a hurry to fry each other?" After hearing this, Qiu Liju got up and said yes again and again.
That Zhang Ju once served as Taishan Taishou, but also recognized Gongsun Du, when he saw Gongsun Du and the main general Liu Kuan go to danger in person, and saw Qiu Liju to surrender, he thought, Qiu Liju can surrender, but he can't, otherwise there is no place to die. Now that Liu Kuan and the others sent it to the door by themselves, the opportunity was rare, so they shouted: "Come on, take down the three of them quickly!" Forced the officers and soldiers to retreat. ”
On the side, Guan Yu snorted coldly, waved his knife and slashed down, and saw Zhang Ju's head rolling to the side, Guan Yu put away the knife, stroked his beard and stood aside, without saying a word.
Seeing this, Qiu Liju was so frightened that his legs became weak, and he hurriedly stopped the soldiers who had entered the account and retreated.
Qiu Liju surrendered immediately, and Liu Kuan sent Gongsun Du to lead troops to follow Qiu Liju's nephew Badun to take over Qiu Liju's department. Qiu Liju has a son named Lou Ban, who is young at this time, and Qiu Liju is Qiu Liju's right and left hand.
That night, Liu Kuan sent someone to recruit Yan Rou and Ke Bineng into his big tent. Liu Kuan set up a banquet to entertain Yan Rou, Kebineng, and Qiu Liju.
At the banquet, Liu Kuan said: "All the generals, whether they are Han or Xianbei or Wuhuan, they are all people of the Han Dynasty, regardless of the size of the nationality, the size of the population, the wealth or poverty, and where they live, they are all one family. My Liu father and son are the royal family of the imperial court, and with my father and son in Youzhou for a day, equality and harmony of all ethnic groups is my Youzhou national policy.
In the future, all ethnic groups can move freely, free trade, regardless of nobles and commoners, all ethnic groups outside the Seychelles can live in Youzhou, for farming, for craftsmen, business, herding, can choose freely, in the future, all ethnic groups intermarriage, migration, abandonment of grazing and farming, there are support and rewards! My father and son even welcomed the nobles of all tribes to move to the big city of Youzhou and become a rich man.
I hereby swear that my father and son will do their best to safeguard the interests of all ethnic groups, and the rights of all ethnic groups are equal to those of the Han people! ”
Kebineng and Qiu Liju were shocked when they heard this, and the Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes were in a difficult life because they were located in the bitter cold land outside the Saiwai, and in the year of the disaster, it was also helpless to rob the Han people. Today, I heard Liu Kuan say that all ethnic groups are equal and can move at will, which is really unheard of for thousands of years!
Liu Kuan saw that the two were overjoyed, and then said: "The grassland is bitterly cold, and the people have nothing to do except grazing. My father and son are willing to teach all ethnic groups the method of cultivation and salt and iron, and open up fertile land suitable for cultivation for all ethnic groups to recuperate, and nobles of all ethnic groups can also enter the court as officials, and may all ethnic groups share peace! ”
Kebineng and Qiu Liju bowed to the ground after hearing this, "We are willing to be the people of the Han Dynasty, but the general is the head of the horse!" ”
Liu Kuan was overjoyed when he saw it, helped the two of them up, and said: "I want to invite the two generals Jicheng as guests to discuss national affairs, can you be willing to go?" The two of them were overjoyed to agree.
On the second day, Gongsun Zan saw that Liu Kuan didn't come to Guanzi City to meet him, and he was a dignified marquis, and he put on such a big shelf with the Rong Guard? Angry.
Gongsun Zhan's army ran out of food, so he had to borrow grain from Liu Kuan, and when he didn't see Liu Kuan coming at noon, he took people to the direction of Liu Kuan's camp, but found that Liu Kuan retreated to Liaoxi with all kinds of soldiers and horses.
Gongsun Zhan has never been so angry! Since then, he has hated Liu Yu's father and son.
However, it was said that the army had just arrived outside the city of Liaoxi to camp and rest, and two groups of people came, bringing two pieces of news, one good and one bad.
One is that Zhang Chun's subordinate Wang Zheng followed Zhang Chun to flee to Xianbei, as soon as he heard that Xianbei also sent troops to help Liu Kuan this time, he knew that it would be difficult for him to survive if he went to Xianbei, so he killed Zhang Chun at night and took the head to vote. Liu Kuan smiled, sent Wang Zheng to Gongsun Du's subordinates to stay, and sent fast horses to send Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's heads to Jicheng.
The second is bad news, Tian Yu's cousin, the white-faced scholar Zhao Bao, fled to seek Tian Yu to avenge him. It turned out that after the bandit Gao Ai escaped a few years ago, he gathered thousands of bandits to lead troops to slaughter the entire village of Zhaojiabao last month in order to harm Youzhou.
Tian Yu found Liu Kuan and cried bitterly, asking Liu Kuan to avenge his uncle. Liu Kuan raised the account and ordered Han Dangtong to garrison Liaoxi with 3,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry; Gongsun Du acted as the Taishou of Liaodong, and the rest of Qiu Liju was stationed in Xiangping led by Bang Dun and Guan Yu, and assisted Gongsun Du to pass through Liaodong and Goguryeo; Yan Rou and Tian Yu led the Xianbei 3,000 cavalry to rush to the area of Xiaomang Mountain day and night to annihilate Gao Ai.
After the subordinates were completed, Liu Kuan returned to Jixian with 4,000 foot soldiers and 1,000 cavalry, together with Kebineng, Qiu Liju, Lou Ban, Gongsun Kang, Gongsun Gong and others.
Liu Kuan marched all the way and talked freely with Kebineng, Qiu Liju and others, the march was slow, and he arrived in Jicheng in more than a month. After Liu Yu got the report, he greeted ten miles.
Kebineng and Qiu Liju saw that the Han Zongzheng and Youzhou Mu greeted each other, and a hanging heart was finally put down, and Liu Kuan's father and son seemed to treat each other sincerely, and they all admired each other.
Since then, Kebineng, Qiu Liju, Liu Yu, Qi Zhou and others have negotiated the policy of getting along with various ethnic groups day and night, and there are many kinds of migration, trade, intermarriage, residence, farming, and so on. Gongsun Kang and Gongsun Gong stayed by Liu Yu's side to listen to the use, and Lou Ban entered the Youzhou Pavilion to study, and Liu Tong hated to see each other late, and they fell in love.