Chapter 72: The Situation in the Central Plains
After a while, Yu Ban woke up, felt the great change in his strength, and was overjoyed, at this time he remembered the immortal he had just met in his dream, and knew that it was Liu He who awakened the power of Jiangxing through canonization, and at the same time completely understood that Liu He was the real lord of his life, so he thanked Liu He and swore to serve Liu He. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
At this time, the system prompted that Yu Ban's loyalty had increased to 200, and Liu He was naturally proud, because he had gained a little charm again, and now his attributes have reached 61 in force, 52 in intelligence, 54 in internal affairs, 91 in charisma, and the attributes after attaching the star system are 81 in force, 72 in intelligence, 74 in internal affairs, and 111 in charm......
A few days later, Liu He received a letter written by Zhao Yan, in which Zhao Yan told Liu He that he had taken Heqia and Fanqin, and also asked his friend Du Xian in Changsha to secretly leave Xiangyang and go directly to Liu Yu, so that Wei You did not have to wait any longer.
"In this case, Mr. doesn't have to wait any longer, everything in Youzhou is entrusted to Mr." Liu He bowed to Wei You, very sincerely.
A touch of excitement flashed on Wei You's face, and he said solemnly to Liu He: "Please rest assured, the young master, you will definitely live up to the trust, as long as there is a breath, I will try my best to stop the lord." ”
After that, Liu He instructed Li Ping: "Zhengfang, the matter of Youzhou depends on you, although Mr. Wei will definitely try his best to stop it, but if the contradiction is acute to a certain extent, my father will definitely lead the army to crusade against Gongsun Zhan, my father is too benevolent, but Ci is not in charge of the army, I believe that once the two sides go to war, my father will definitely not be an opponent, so, once the two sides really go to war, I only hope that you can save my father's life in the chaos, as long as you can do this, and I will be grateful to the positive side." ”
After Liu He finished speaking, he gave Li Ping a deep salute, and Li Ping hurriedly returned the salute in a panic: "The lord is like this, how dare Ping be?" Please rest assured, even if Ping is broken to pieces, he will definitely save Liu Youzhou's life. ”
"In this way, he will rest assured, but he also wants to promise you that you must save your life, and I only want to see a living Li Zhengfang, but I don't want to see a dead Li Zhengfang, in addition, from the selfish side, only if the positive side lives, I have hope of preserving Youzhou."
"No, my lord, Ping will try his best to protect himself!" Li Ping was deeply moved by Liu He's words and solemnly assured.
Later, Liu He instructed Xian Yuyin again, asking him to cooperate with Li Ping to protect the safety of his cheap father, and personally sent them outside the city, so he watched them leave.
After that, Liu He recruited troops and trained soldiers in Nanyang with peace of mind, and at the same time sent Shi Tao to take advantage of the arrival of spring to carry out the tuntian in an orderly manner.
At the same time, Liu He's army recruitment is also underway, I don't know if Cui Jun's skill "fame" has taken effect, or Liu He's skill "royal road" has played a role, in short, the people have enthusiastically joined the army, just a few days later, Liu He has recruited 30,000 troops!
Liu He distributed these 30,000 troops, of which 5,000 were assigned to his own Bai Yu army, so that his Bai Yu soldiers reached 10,000!
Later, Liu He enriched 6,000 people into the cavalry camp of Wei Yan and Gan Ning, in fact, the horses in Liu He's army were still very insufficient at this time, but Liu He had already explained his predicament in a letter to Liu Yu, and believed that Liu Yu, the lord of Youzhou, who was rich in good horses, would definitely send the war horses as soon as possible.
As for the training of cavalry soldiers, it is also simple, as long as you build an earthen wall, and then simulate training on the earthen wall, in fact, before getting on the horse, cavalry soldiers are generally trained in this way.
In any case, Liu He already had 15,000 cavalry, which could be said to be a relatively powerful force at that time.
Of the remaining 19,000 people, Liu He handed over 3,000 of them to Zhou Cang, and the other 18,000 people were all handed over to Liao Hua, after all, Wuguan is the gateway to Nanyang, and it is very important and must not be lost.
As for Li Tong, although his army also needs to be replenished, after all, Xinye is not a big place, and it is difficult to feed too many troops, and more importantly, if there are too many troops in Xinye, it will arouse the suspicion of the alliance Liu Biao, which will inevitably outweigh the losses, so Liu He did not send more recruits.
Because all the generals won great achievements in the battle of Nanyang, Liu He rewarded the generals, and praised Li Tong as the captain of Fenwu, Liao Hua as the captain of Dangkou, Lu Fan as the captain of Zhaoyi, Zhou Cang as the captain of Wuwei, Chen Zhi as the captain of the guard, and appointed Xun You as the captain of the Senate, and Wang Cang as the literary sacrificial wine of Nanyang County.
The days passed quietly for more than half a year, and within this half year, Liu He was busy dealing with internal affairs, training soldiers, reading military books and practicing martial arts in his spare time, and accompanying Diao Chan to read books or accompany Lu Lingqi to ride a bicycle when he was more free.
However, within half a year, the situation in the Central Plains has changed dramatically.
First of all, a big battle broke out between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, Cao Cao suffered a secret loss in the process of leading the army to attack Yingchuan, and even the commander of the army Yu Ban surrendered, but it was not easy to lead the army to attack Liu He, who was ordered by the Son of Heaven to crusade against the traitor, so he had to turn the target to the nearby Yuan Shu and lead the army to crusade against Yuan Shu's Runan.
At this time, Yuan Shu had just lost Nanyang, and was trying to find a way to seize a new piece of territory, just in time for Cao Cao, who claimed to be the assassin of Yanzhou, to attack him, and his heart was suddenly furious, in fact, he had already seen Cao Cao unpleasant, this guy actually formed an alliance with Yuan Shao, the concubine of his family, it was really unbearable, and immediately united with the Yanzhou assassin Shi Jinshang, who was appointed by the imperial court, with his allies Black Mountain Thieves and the Southern Xiongnu as reinforcements, plotting to counterattack Cao Cao, occupy his Chenliu, and even occupy the entire Yanzhou.
As a result, in the battle of Kuangting, Yuan Shu was defeated, losing tens of thousands of soldiers, and had no choice but to give up the base camp Runan, which had been operating for many years, and turned to Huainan to develop, after which Yuan Shu gradually occupied Shouchun, and led his troops to attack Jiujiang County, and killed Yangzhou Thorn Shi Chen Wen, led Yangzhou Mu, and also led Xuzhou Bo, showing his ambition to get involved in Xuzhou, and then sealed the general Zhang Xun and Ji Ling as miscellaneous generals. and sent the Taifu Ma Riyan to various places to hold worship ceremonies for the marquis of the general, but he didn't expect Yuan Shu to rob Ma Riyan of the military talisman held by him, and then imprisoned him and did not let him go back.
In addition, not long ago, a major event just happened, Cao Cao's father Cao Song, who was originally avoiding trouble, and his family were killed in the process of returning to Chenliu, the murderer was said to be Xuzhou Thorn Shi Tao Qian, Cao Cao immediately sent people to welcome back the remains of his father and his family, guarding the soul of his father, and secretly mobilized soldiers and horses, accumulated grain and grass, and prepared to attack Tao Qian and avenge his father.
At the same time, after the funeral for his father, Sun Jian's eldest son, Sun Ce, who was living in Jiangdu, recruited Zhang Hong, a famous man, to go to Shouchun to find his father's old ally, the old superior Yuan Shu, and ask him to return his father's old department, so as to create a meritorious career and avenge his father.
On this day, Liu He suddenly met with an envoy who claimed to be from the command of Ma Teng, the general of Zhengxi, and handed Liu He a letter, in which Ma Teng hoped that Liu He could join forces with them to deal with Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, and welcome back the Han Emperor.
Where the righteousness lies, Liu He naturally couldn't refuse, so he agreed.
"Hehe, it seems that the turmoil that really set off big waves has begun again, and the world will usher in further wars again, Cao Cao, Sun Ce, Yuan Shu, Ma Teng, plus Lu Bu and Liu Bei who will occupy Xuzhou, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in the north, the situation of the division of the heroes will really unfold, and I don't know how many people will suffer from the war during this period." Looking at the night sky, Liu He sighed softly.