Chapter 36 Tian Jing's strategy, grain and grass crisis
Tian Jing and the other four took Lu Yu and rushed to Xu Wushan Dazhai together. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 After arranging the horses in the village, he asked Xiao Liu to take Lu Yu to the guest room to rest first, and he went to see his father Tian Chou first, and told him about today's horse theft and Wu Yan's envoy to see Yuan Shao. Tian Chou arranged for the people below to strengthen their defenses in case they provoked the revenge of the Wuhuan people by angering Wuyan.
Tian Jing came out of his father and went to the guest room to see Lu Yu. Lu Yu first thanked Tian Jing for saving him, and then told Tian Jing what happened to him. Tian Jing's greatest concern was actually the Yijing War. Since Lu Yu left Yan Rou, he did not hide it, and gave a detailed introduction to Tian Jing about Yi Jing's situation.
In fact, since the last incident in Luhebei Daying, Tian Jing has liked Lu Yu more, and feels that the tempers of the two should be very compatible. Now that Lu Yu has left Yan Rou, it may be an opportunity. Tian Jing tentatively asked Lu Yu if he would like to live in Xu Wushan. When Lu Yu left Yan Rou, he had already had the idea of going to Liaodong to visit Guan Ning as a teacher, so he said his thoughts. Tian Jing couldn't stop him when he heard it, after all, he was just a nobody under Gongsun Zhan's account now, and his father's Xu Wushanzhai was not a force, and it was indeed a little unrealistic to let others follow him. There was a slight look of regret on his face. However, Tian Jing immediately adjusted, and then asked Lu Yu for advice on how to break the strategy of Gao Lan's army.
Lu Yu didn't expect Tian Jing to ask such a question, he was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Brother, why do you have to break the army of Gaolan, now Yijing Jiancheng can be described as impregnable, as long as time passes, Jizhou's military food will be retreated." ”
When Tian Jing heard it, he felt that Lu Yu's words were indeed very reasonable, and now the Jizhou army, whether it was their remnants or the thousands of defenders in Jixian County, was not enough to fight Gao Lan. But Yi Jing's defense is unbreakable, as long as it can be held, the balance of victory will sooner or later tilt to the side of the Youzhou army. "However, if Jizhou Yuan Shao frees up his hand and raises troops to help, will Yijing be breached?"
Lu Yu smiled lightly, "There are remnants of the Yellow Turban in the whole territory of Jizhou, and many of the mansions have been looted, even if Yuan Shao has some accumulation, he will consume a lot of food to destroy the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Yellow Turban. Even if he wins, I'm afraid he can't do anything, after all, the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first? ”
Tian Jing didn't expect Lu Yu to know so clearly about Yuan Shao's affairs in Jizhou, "Then what if the Jizhou army survives this autumn and has a bumper grain harvest?"
When Lu Yu saw Tian Jing asking, he thought that he could only believe it if he broke through the heavens, "According to my observation, this year is a year of great drought, and I am afraid that there will be no harvest in the northern states." ”
"Huh?" The drought was something that Tian Jing never imagined, but what surprised him the most was that Lu Yu could actually look at the sky, then he was really a god, he was really suitable to be a military advisor, but it was a pity. But it was not easy to show it, so I had to cover it up and say, "It seems that the people of the world are going to suffer again." ”
"I didn't expect my brother to be a compassionate person, I chose to go to Liaodong, but I also heard that Gongsun Du has some ability to protect the territory and the people, and now I am afraid that only the people there will not suffer from famine." Lu Yu said.
Tian Jing didn't know much about Gongsun Du, and he had heard of many exiles from various states who took refuge in Liaodong. But I don't know much about Gongsun Du in history, and it seems that he is not a master of great talent. Lu Yu is gone, it is estimated that sooner or later he will be disappointed, it is better to leave a foreshadowing first, and then talk about it, saying that there will be a time to meet in the future.
"My husband and I have a fate, and the two times we met were under extraordinary circumstances, since Mr. has already planned, Tian Jing is not easy to keep. It's just a reluctant request, I hope to be able to marry Mr. Brothers of the opposite sex, if there is a chance in the future, our brother will create his own merits, I don't know what Mr. will do next? Tian Jing proposed.
This was something Lu Yu didn't expect, but after all, Tian Jing saved himself twice, and it was not easy to thin Tian Jing's face because of his feelings, and the two did have a lot of similarities in their tempers, so Lu Yu readily agreed. The two of them are each young, Tian Jing is one year old when Lu Yu is older, Tian Jing is the brother, Lu Yu is the younger brother, and the two kowtow in the room.
In the evening, Tian Jing, Lu Yu and a bunch of little brothers set up wine to celebrate. Early the next morning, Lu Yu resigned, and Tian Jing took Xiaoliu to send Lu Yu down to Xu Wushan, and sent him dozens of miles before turning back.
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The mission sent by Wuyan drank Tian Jing's grass and black wine, and all of them fell asleep. Fortunately, it was not very toxic, and no one died. When I got up early the next morning, I found that the horses that were going to be given to Yuan Shao and their war horses had been robbed. Lu Yu, who claimed to be Yuan Shao's staff, was also missing. Fortunately, none of the gold, silver and jewelry they were going to give to Yuan Shao were lost, and they didn't dare to go back to see Lord Wuyan, so they had to continue south to Yijing with the gold, silver and jewelry.
They also managed to replenish the horses on the way, and although the speed was not fast, it took about twenty days to reach Yijing. Wu Huan's envoy met Gao Ran, who was not enthusiastic about Wu Yan's overtures at first. However, Yan Rou understands the situation in Youzhou. Now the power of Bang Dun is far less than before, and the old fox of Nanlou is hiding in the grassland near the water and ignoring the disputes in the Central Plains, this Wuyan is currently the largest Wuhuan force. If Wuyan takes refuge in Yuan Shao, it will be very beneficial to the whole situation. After listening to Yan Rou's advice, Gao Ran accepted the gift of Wuyan's envoy and sent someone to report to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao is a person who is very happy about his achievements, and he is very happy that foreign tribes have come to surrender to this kind of thing, and he has given an official position as the commander of the right Beiping Taishou in Guannei.
When the envoy returned, Wu Yan was unhappy in his heart, because when he helped Zhang Chun rebel before, Zhang Chun gave him the title of King Hanlu at that time. Now this Yuan Shao is too stingy, so he has been given a marquis. But he is unhappy in his heart, and now he is facing the intrusion of Mudun on the one hand, and on the other hand, because of the war in Youzhou, there is not much food and grass on his side. Therefore, Wuyan took thousands of warriors and more than 20,000 men, women, and children of the entire tribe to Yijing in the south.
Uyan led the entire tribe south. After all, the news couldn't be hidden, so it naturally spread to Xu Wushan. I thought that Tian Jing would be very worried, but Tian Jing jumped up happily, because Wu Yan's behavior gave Tian Jing an inspiration. If you can't break through Gao Lan's camp, it might be a good idea to speed up Gao Lan's food consumption. The counties and counties of Youzhou have basically rebelled against Gongsun Chan now, but due to the stalemate of the war, neither Yuan Shao nor Gongsun Chan has the experience to take care of these places. If you do something yourself, let them all send troops to support Gaoran, or it may be a good way to speed up Gaolan's food consumption.
Tian Jing wrote a letter of persuasion on the name of the fake Guo Tu, to the effect that the Ju Yi army besieged Jixian that day, and the counties and counties had already made their position clear by killing the chief officials caused by Gongsun Zhan. Now the Jizhou army has 100,000 troops, and the decisive battle with Gongsun Chan is imminent. And it would be unwise for you to wait and see. Because the Jizhou army won, Yuan Shao will not reuse them; If the Jizhou army was defeated, how could Gongsun Chan let them go. Therefore, it is proposed that all counties and counties should do their best to gather in Yijing to help Gao Ran eliminate Gongsun Zhan. At that time, Yuan Shao will definitely be rewarded, and they will not lose their glory and wealth.
After the letter was written, Tian Jing was afraid that people would send it to the county governors of the counties one by one. Less than five days later, all the counties and counties gathered their elite troops and gathered in Yijing. Of course, there are also those who don't have many soldiers and horses, or who are still waiting. But these people alone were enough, and there were almost more than 20,000 soldiers and horses rushing to Yijing.
Gao Ran didn't expect so many people to come, but they were all forces against Gongsun Zhan, so they naturally had to make good use of it. The armies set up camp, and the encirclement of Yijing was three layers inside and three layers outside. There were more than 50,000 soldiers and horses in Jizhou. Coupled with Yan Rou's more than 10,000 people, Wuyan's more than 20,000 people, and reinforcements from various counties, there were enough 100,000 people at once.
Although there are more people, the combat power has not gone up. So many people don't belong to each other in the first place. In addition, Gao Ran's ability to lead troops is also limited, because not everyone can lead as many as Han Xin leads the army. In the blink of an eye, March passed, but Yijing's siege was progressing slowly. Although the five-layer trenches on the periphery have been captured, there is still a long time before the capture of Yijing City.
At this time, Gao Ran suddenly realized that there was not much food in the army, because after all, there were fifty or sixty thousand more horses at once, and the consumption of this food was naturally larger. Gao Lanjun's food basically depends on Jizhou's supply, and in this era, it is indeed not easy to solve the grain and grass of 100,000 people through manpower and land transportation. In particular, it is almost autumn, but there has been no rain for the whole summer this year. If it doesn't rain again, I'm afraid that Youzhou and Jizhou won't have a harvest of grain this year.
There is no way for Gao Ran to start controlling the grain and grass in the army, hoping to hold on for some more time, so that it is possible to wait for food support from Jizhou. And Wuyan's soldiers and horses and the soldiers and horses of the counties and counties that later took refuge increased some distrust of Gao Ran because of the decrease in food.
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At that time, Tian Jing led 600 reserve Baima Yicong and 800 wounded soldiers to withdraw to Xu Wushan, and half a year passed in a blink of an eye, and most of the wounded soldiers were healed. Gongsun Fan's injuries were almost healed, and he also proposed to return to Jixian County, join the defenders there, and then find an opportunity to support Yi Jing.
Tian Jing also agreed, said goodbye to his father, and took Li Kang, Leping, Xiaoliu and six hundred reserve Baima Yicong and Gongsun Fan on the road together.
In fact, before Tian Jing set off, his father had proposed to let Tian Jing stay. Because Tian Jing was originally hostage at Gongsun Zhan, now is just an opportunity. Gongsun Zhan's defeat was imminent, and Tian Jing couldn't give Gongsun Chan a funeral. Moreover, Tian Chou and Gongsun Chan originally had an enmity, even if Gongsun Chan gave Tian Jing some opportunities, Tian Jing did enough to repay it. Even if these are enough, Gongsun Chan is lucky to win, and he is definitely not the master, why should Tian Jing follow Gongsun Chan?
Father's words are estimated to have been held in my heart for a long time, and I didn't say it until today because I was afraid that I would never have a chance again. Although Tian Jing is still young, he has already understood the importance of responsibility in life. The six hundred reserve white horse Yicong in front of him were recruited into the army by Gongsun Zan for their own reasons, and many of these teenagers died in the battle of Luhe. I can't leave this team that started because of me no matter what. Of course, there is a second reason, that is, the master Zhao Yun, the master has the grace to teach him, and Zhao Yun is a dead-eyed person, Tian Jing does not want Zhao Yun to accompany Gongsun Zan to be martyred. The third reason is also the reason that Tian Jing has never said, he doesn't want to be an ordinary person, nor does he want to keep his father's foundation, he wants to create his own world in this troubled era. And that needs to be accumulated, whether it's experience or human heart.
After Tian Jing and his father expressed their thoughts, his father did not persuade him again, he knew that his son's road had to go by himself, just like when he took twenty people to Chang'an.