Chapter 31: Closing the Two Counties
Lu Bu's voice seemed to have crossed the wind and snow, and directly sounded in the ears of all the Zhang Yang soldiers: "The boys of Taiyuan and Shangdang counties, do you still remember a certain Lu Fengxian?" Maybe I don't remember, maybe I do, but I haven't forgotten you, and I'm sorry for you. Once the state was one, you and I were in the same army, but unfortunately only because of a certain time the ghost was confused and confused by the national thief, he defected to him, and made a big mistake to Ding Zhijun, so that the current situation in the state is chaotic, and Yuan Benchu and Zhang Yashu are all thieves who steal the county. Fortunately, now that this Uncle Zhang Ya is dead, it is time for your two counties to return and unify the state, as long as you surrender to a certain today, I Lu Fengxian made an oath here, as long as you wait to live up to me in the future, I will never live up to you! ”
At this time, I gave a sweet date, but how could I forget about jì and give a big stick? Even if he was just brandishing a big stick and bluffing, as soon as the previous words were finished, Lu Bu knew in his heart that these good words alone might not be enough to shake them, and his expression turned cold in an instant, and his tone was as cold as this weather: "Of course, if you are still obsessed, it will be your last chance to give up." I believe you have received the news that Shangdang and Taiyuan counties are now trembling under the iron hooves of a certain Lu Fengxian, there are your fellow villagers and elders, their survival is only between your thoughts, and your own survival is also between your thoughts. If you dare to move, you don't mind releasing a tiger to bite someone, and then see if it's your sharp teeth or a tiger's edge. ”
Hearing this, the generals in the barracks couldn't help but look at each other, but the ordinary soldiers fell into deep thought.
Even ordinary soldiers, they are not without the ability to think, and they can naturally distinguish the basic right from wrong, of course, it is difficult to tell right and wrong clearly in such a thing as war, but for their own future, everyone's vital interests, they will pay attention to and think more, and it is precisely because of this that they understand or know that Lu Bu is not simply intimidating them. At least what he said were "facts" that could happen in the future.
And if it comes before these words. Those generals may still have the hope of killing Lu Bu and disrupting the army of Bingzhou - as for Zhang Yang, if he dies, he will die, and it is a big deal that they will do it themselves, or simply surrender to Dong Zhuo of the imperial court or Yuan Shao and others in the east, believing that as long as there are people under them who have interests in them, there will always be a place to go; But after listening to Lu Bu's words at this moment, they had to weigh it in their hearts.
So although Lu Bu was outside the camp at this moment, in front of their nearly 10,000 troops. And there are not too many people with them yet, but they don't dare to make the slightest move.
What Lu Bu said is indeed right, although they are afraid but also suspicious of Lu Bu's backhand who has not yet seen, but the fire in the backyard is an indisputable fact, and they and the families of these soldiers under them are in the rear, and how can people be ruthless. Even if they don't care about themselves, it is impossible for the entire army to ignore them.
Thinking about it carefully, surrendering to Lu Bu is not a way out, not to mention that the previous worries can be eliminated, just to say that now that Zhang Yang is dead, this army is now leaderless, and these generals do not feel that they have the ability to turn the tide, but choose to surrender to Lu Bu. Give him a qiē. Obviously good for everyone.
Those ordinary soldiers would not have an opinion, as Lu Bu said at the beginning. It is also the most impressive, they are all from Bingzhou, and they were once in the first army, Lu Bu's name as a general of Bingzhou, at that time, was the pride of all Bingzhou soldiers, as they accepted the surrender of their own generals, it can't be regarded as something that can't be accepted, even if they want to be loyal to Zhang Yang, but now that Zhang Yang is dead, do you want them to die? What's more, if they want to die for Zhang Yang, they are not willing to do so.
In the end, several generals who reached an agreement after the exchange decided to bow down to Lu Bu, of course, they were also very careful, and put forward the suggestion of letting Lu Bu enter the camp alone to discuss with them, Lu Bu could understand that this was their uneasiness, and they were also confident that they would not be able to do anything to themselves even if they had crooked thoughts, so they still accepted their mention with a smile under the persuasion of the pro-soldiers, and rode into the barracks alone.
Just this courage and courage caused the sergeants in the battalion to have a good impression of him, after all, the army always worships the strong, Lu Bu is undoubtedly a strong man, and now he shows his courage at the same time, showing that what he said is true, and that invisible trust makes these big bosses moved.
In this way, it is already the heart of the army, and the people's hearts are difficult to disobey, not to mention that those generals have also been disturbed, and the next qiē is almost logical, and naturally Wang Yue and the others all swaggered out safely, but they sneaked in but came out, which is also a big wonder.
This result did not surprise Lu Bu, to be honest, although Zhang Yang is quite prestigious, but unlike himself in the Bingzhou army, his prestige lies more in his status, not in how much the generals obey him, and even this time the Battle of Pingzhou may have a lot of complaints against him, and at this time Lu Bu was just able to accept them.
This war with Zhang Yang, or gambling, finally came to an end, and ended with Lu Bu's complete victory, but for Lu Bu, this is not the end of the whole thing, he still has a lot of things to do.
For example, the arrangements for these surrenders, it is impossible to directly put them under their command, so it is easy to leave hidden dangers, do you really think that Lu Bu trusts them enough to put his life and death in their hands? A fool would think so, this team still needs to undergo a certain amount of reorganization and adjustment after being absorbed, in fact, most of the ordinary sergeants are okay to say, for them, who can eat and live longer is the most important thing, more important than being able to win the battle, and it is much better to follow Lu Bu than to follow Zhang Yang and others; But it is difficult to guarantee among those generals, and the choice to surrender now is also forced by the form, just take advantage of the situation, but what if there is another opportunity one day?
In fact, they made the right choice this night, otherwise it is difficult to say what would have happened, I had already said that Lu Bu would not put himself in danger, and the battle of Pingzhou has been fought so far, Zhang Yang has not forced out the back hand that Lu Bu has arranged here, and its failure is undoubted.
Lu Bu's backhand is a trap camp that has never appeared from beginning to end.
Although Gao Shun led the army to the party, but the trapping camp also belongs to the command of the Bingzhou army, naturally Lu Bu can be mobilized, in fact, in addition to Gao Shun and Lu Bu, no one's general will obey the trap camp, and Lu Bu will trap the camp as a hole card, naturally just in case, after all, there is no absolute in the world, the plan is one thing, but the specific implementation is another, if there is a problem in any link, it is better to prepare early than to be caught off guard in a hurry, and there is a trap camp to lay the foundation, With their strength, Lu Bu believes that even if they can't resist the army of 10,000 people, it is not a problem to protect Lu Bu's safety, and then as long as they hold out until Zhang Liao's army comes back, it is not a matter of minutes to wipe out these teams, of course, there is no need to think about these things now.
The follow-up influence of Zhang Yang's death was huge, not only allowing Lü Bu to integrate the remaining army of nearly 10,000 people, so that his power was further expanded, but also the number of soldiers under his command expanded to more than 70,000 people.
Of course, at this point, Lu Bu doesn't plan to expand the army anymore, a very simple reason, raising troops for a thousand days may only be used for a while, and he is not afraid of the consumption of that moment, but how much will be consumed in this thousand days, he can't imagine it, it's not that he doesn't want to raise, but he can't afford to raise it.
In addition, the fighting in Taiyuan County and Shangdang County has also made new progress because of the wide spread of this news.
First of all, in Shangdang County, which is far away, when the news that Zhang Yang is dead, his subordinates are either dead or were absorbed by Lu Bu, and Lu Bu's promise is spread, so that the Zhang Yang henchmen team in Shangdang County, which has been completely defeated, is even more scattered, after all, the army is based on one soldier after another, but these people are the most difficult to be completely loyal to anyone, or it is difficult for them to have the so-called loyalty, they all rely on the leadership of the generals, and when there are also defectors among the generals, the result can be imagined. Later, when Gao Shun took Xiangyuan and other county seats, it was almost bloodless, and it was really much worse than the eldest son city that took most of the day to break through, although there were deliberate reasons for Gao Shun in that battle.
In the end, most of Shangdang County was trampled by Gao Shun's horseshoe, although it cannot be said that Shangdang County was completely attached from now on, after all, a series of things such as appeasing the people's hearts, sweeping away the remnants, reshuffling the officialdom and arranging the garrison are still waiting to be done, but from the overall situation, it is settled.
Speaking of Taiyuan County, it is very wonderful, except for a few counties such as Jinyang, most of the counties have taken the initiative to surrender to Lu Bu, they can't do it if they don't surrender, Wang Cheng's 10,000 troops are enough to sweep away Taiyuan County, which is empty in defense at this time, and completely cut off Zhang Yang's hope of returning to help, but Jinyang and other counties are just dying because of the resistance of Yang Chou, these loyal henchmen and generals.
At this point, in fact, it can already be said that the two counties of Taiyuan and Shangdang are initially included in Lu Bu's pocket, but in fact, he is a little indigestion now, and the four counties there have not all been integrated.
But for Zhang Yang's conquest is a must, first of all, it is naturally for Liwei, Zhang Yang has always been a henchman, not only because he is on Lu Bu's side, of course Lu Bu can't let him sleep soundly, but also because he and Lu Bu went out of the state army together, and although he didn't have Lu Bu's reputation and prestige at the beginning, but because of Ding Yuan's affairs and the fact that he hadn't personally sat here for a long time, Lu Bu's prestige had been weakened in these garrisons in Bingzhou, especially among the senior officers of the garrison, otherwise there would not be people like Wei Yue and Wang Kai. Now he is going to open the knife first to announce to the entire state that Lu Bu is back.
Second, this is a strategy that has been set a long time ago, first get rid of Zhang Yang, then destroy the Xiongnu, and then drive out the Yuan army forces in the northeast, and finally unify and merge the state.
Although Bingzhou is his first stop, after all, it is to lay the cornerstone, and he must not be rash. (To be continued.) )