Chapter 145: Sending troops to Hanoi
When the news of Sili's chaos reached Lishi, Lu Bu realized that Dong Zhuo would soon be coerced into moving two million people around Luoyang to Guanzhong, which would be another tragedy of human suffering. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In fact, only Lu Bu knew in his heart that the time when Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an was nearly a year later than he remembered. And this year's time was won by Lu Bu for Dong Zhuo.
When Lü Bu was in Hedong, he not only succeeded in suppressing Guo Da's Baibo army, but also instigated Yang Feng to separate from the Baibo army, further weakening the strength of the Baibo army. Lü Bu's unsparing blow to Yu Fuluo, the successor of the Southern Xiongnu, caused the Southern Xiongnu who were originally stranded in the Hedong area to be completely annihilated. After Lü Bu arrived in Lishi, he successively dealt a fierce blow to the Xianbei people in Yanmen County and Wuyuan County, and forced the Qianghu people in Shangjun to flee westward, and also greatly deterred the main force of the Southern Xiongnu who annexed the state.
Lu Bu's actions made Dong Zhuo never worry about the back road, so that he could deal with the three-way battle against Dong Lianjun more calmly, so he was not in a hurry to move the capital to Chang'an.
Now, the fierce Sun Jian broke through the Dagu Pass, one of the eight barriers of the Beijing Division, and the Black Mountain Army swept through Hanoi, forming a north-south attack on the Beijing Division. Yang Feng drove Niu Fu out of Hedong again, and he could threaten Hongnong at any time, so that the side response effect that Lu Bu originally provided for Dong Zhuo completely disappeared.
Since he knew that Dong Zhuo was definitely going back to Chang'an this time, Lu Bu naturally wouldn't stay in Lishi honestly and do nothing.
He carefully sorted out the various forces in the Bingzhou and Sili areas and the current situation, and finally made the astonishing decision to send troops to Hanoi!
Hedong has now become Yang Feng's territory, and Lu Bu doesn't want to touch him for the time being. With Yang Feng separating the Tiance army from the Xiliang army in Hedong, Lu Bu still had room to bargain with Dong Zhuo. However, the situation in Hanoi is completely different from that in Ha Dong. The Zhangshui coalition army led by Yuan Shao had withdrawn from Hanoi, and Li Dao was transferred to the south of Luoyang to guard against Sun Jian's sneak attack, and Hanoi became a paradise for the Montenegrin army.
The more fierce the Montenegrin Army is in Hanoi, the more it will force Dong Zhuo to move the capital quickly, and Dong Zhuo likes to kill people and set fire when he is impatient, so Lu Bu must drive out the Montenegrin Army in Hanoi!
Hanoi was originally a very densely populated county in the Si Lig region, and although many people fled with their families in the past two years, there were hundreds of thousands of people left, and if they were coerced into joining the ranks of the Montenegrin army, the security of the annexed state would inevitably be endangered.
For the state that lacks population, it is fully capable of relocating all the people of Hanoi, and Lu Bu will definitely not sit idly by and watch the hundreds of thousands of people in Hanoi flow elsewhere. Population is the foundation of development, and the consequences of one trade-off are bad.
If Lü Bu can send troops to drive out the Montenegrin army in Hanoi, he can not only get the population of Hanoi, but also open up the passage from Luoyang to Bingzhou, and rescue a group of talents and important documents and books from Luoyang before Dong Zhuo officially ordered the relocation of the capital.
Lu Bu told Lu Zhi and Chen Gong and other subordinates about his decision, and received their understanding and support.
Although Lu Zhi was not sure when Dong Zhuo would move the capital, he believed in Lu Bu's judgment and believed that before Dong Zhuo moved the capital, he would inevitably harm the Luoyang region. Chen Gong believed that Lü Bu's intention to lure the people of Hanoi into Bingzhou was very discerning, and it was foreseeable that Hanoi would become a chaotic place for all forces to compete and attack for a long time to come, and it would be difficult for the common people to survive in such an environment.
Lu Zhi suggested that Lu Bu should adjust his personnel and troops before sending troops to Hanoi, and then make other plans under the condition of ensuring the stability of the annexed state.
Lu Bu and the two military advisors discussed and finally decided to redraw the defense areas of each battalion of the Tiance Army.
Gao Shun led the 6,000 soldiers of the middle battalion to Yuanyin and Yuanyang, replacing Zhang Liao and Hou Cheng, who temporarily defended Yuanyin, and Xue Lan and Li Feng went to Yuanyin together as Gao Shun's lieutenants.
The Qianghu people have suffered big losses under Gao Shun's hands, as long as Gao Shun goes to Yuanyin, it is estimated that they will definitely not dare to attack Yuanyin and Yuanyang to the east.
After Zhang Liao led the army back to Lishi, he led 4,000 soldiers and horses from the right battalion to stay in Lishi to ensure the stability of the base camp of the Tiance army.
Xu Rong led 4,000 soldiers and horses of the left battalion to Mayi to defend Mayi instead of Guo Yi, the Taishou of Yanmen, and Guo Yi led the soldiers of Yanmen County to transfer to Juyang County, echoing Xu Rong from the flank to prevent the Xianbei people in the north from attacking and harassing in the south.
Xu Huang led 4,000 soldiers and horses in the rear battalion to take over the defense of the Shangdang, of which Xu Huang personally led 3,000 soldiers and horses to enter Hukou Pass, and Sima Chen Tao of the Tiance Army led 500 people in the headquarters plus 1,000 people in the rear battalion to garrison Tianjing Pass.
The general Han Wei and the general Wang He went to Jinyang to replace Cheng Lian, and the two obeyed Zhang Yang's orders and were responsible for the daily patrol and security tasks of the 4,000 soldiers and horses of the Shadow Left Battalion. He was transferred to the flying cavalry battalion and co-led with Wei Yue in charge of the armored cavalry.
The Tiance Mansion was appointed to serve as the governor and assist the state pastor to deal with the affairs of the state. Recruit Gai Xun as the party guard, and allow the original party to resign and return to his hometown.
Lü Bu planned to lead the 3,000 elite of the flying cavalry battalion to Tianjing Pass first, and then break through Tianjing Pass into Hanoi. Chen Gong, the right army division, and the deputy generals Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, and Song Xian will go to battle with Lu Bu. Changshi Lu Zhi stayed in Lishi and oversaw the affairs of Tiance Mansion.
After everything was agreed, Gao Shun first led the 4,000 soldiers of the middle battalion to go to Yuanyin. The Zhongying originally had 6,000 men, of whom 2,000 remained in Yuanyin when they returned, under the temporary command of Zhang Liao and Hou Cheng.
Subsequently, Lu Bu led the flying cavalry battalion of 3,000 elite cavalry to Shangdang.
Xu Rong's left battalion did not move for the time being, and when Zhang Liao returned to Lishi alone, he took over the right battalion, and he led his army north to Yanmen County.
Lü Bu led his troops from Lishi all the way to the east, and as he walked along the way, he saw groups of horse-drawn carts pulling grain from east to west. He had already received a joint report from Xu Huang, Qin Yi and Chen Shi, and knew that Xu Huang and Qin Yi had done a good job in the party. In particular, Qin Yi actually thought of exchanging the gold and copper coins obtained from the sale of horses for the special goods of the Shangdang in time, which made Lu Bu very happy.
Because Dong Zhuo abolished the five-baht coin, it will be more and more difficult to buy goods for gold and copper coins in the future, rather than guarding a pile of gold and copper coins that cannot be eaten or drunk, it is better to replace them with high value-added silk and green pottery as soon as possible.
The purchase price of a piece of Lu silk in Lu County, the place of origin, is about 3,000 yuan, and it is transported to the grass market on the other side of Yuanyin, and the Southern Xiongnu and Qianghu people are willing to pay 8,000 yuan to buy, of which the gross profit is as high as 5,000 yuan! If they were allowed to exchange livestock, then at least one cow and six sheep could be exchanged for it.
The purchase price of a green pottery pot containing water in the production area is about 200 yuan, and it is transported to Guluocheng and Guangyan, and the Southern Xiongnu and Qianghu people are willing to pay 500 yuan to buy it, and the profit is 300 yuan. With a clay pot, you can exchange it for a fat sheep that was raised from there! The Southern Xiongnu people could also make huge profits by selling the silk and pottery pots to the Xianbei people in the north of the Yellow River.
Like this kind of steady profit and loss-making business, the more you do, the greater the benefits of Tiance Army, which is definitely worth advocating and promoting.