Chapter 167: Envoy and State
Wei Shuo Fuzhi immediately guessed who Gao Zhan's 'confidant' of Shi Le's 'henchman' was, Liu Kun and Shi Le have been fighting for many years, although Shi Le has the upper hand, but Shi Le has never underestimated Liu Kun. Liu Kun has Tuoba Xianbei as his wings, and his strength is not as strong as Wang Jun in his heyday.
Some time ago, in order to fight for Yecheng, Shi Le and Liu Kun's nephew Liu Yan fought several times, and finally defeated Liu Yan and occupied Yecheng. But Liu Kun's strength has not been weakened much, just last year he cooperated with Tuoba Yilu to defeat the tens of thousands of troops of the Huns Liu Ji, and killed Liu Cong's generals Liu Ru, Liu Feng, Jian Ling, Zhang Ping, and Xing Yan, killing the Huns for hundreds of miles.
If Shi Le wants to kill Wang Jun, he has to consider Liu Kun's reaction. Once Liu Kun commanded the Tuoba cavalry to aid Wang Jun, it would inevitably disrupt Shi Le's overall plan.
"Mr. Gao, did you say that Liu Kun would send troops to help Youzhou?" Wei Shuo's tone revealed a bit of worry.
"The relationship between the lord, Liu Kun and Wang Jun is not harmonious, and the two sides have had a fierce conflict over the fight for Daijun."
"In the fourth year of Yongjia, the Baibu chieftain rebelled and led his troops into Xihe County, and Liu Hu of the Xiongnu Tiefu Department gathered people in Yanmen to respond and attack the two counties of Xinxing and Yanmen under the jurisdiction of Liu Kun. Liu Kun sent envoys to the Tuoba tribe to ask for help, and Tuoba Yilu sent his nephew Tuoba Yulu to lead 20,000 cavalry to help Liu Kun put down the rebellion. ”
After the war, Liu Kun and Tuoba Yilu became brothers, and Tuoba Yilu was named Da Danyu, and was named Daigong, and Daijun was used as his food. When Times County belonged to Youzhou, Wang Jun disagreed and sent troops to attack Tuoba Yilu, but was defeated by Tuoba Yilu, and Wang Jun also had a grudge against Liu Kun. ”
However, the lord doesn't have to worry too much, with Liu Yueshi's sentiments, he shouldn't be able to watch Wang Jun fall. Otherwise, once Shi Le eliminated Wang Jun, the next target would definitely be Liu Kun in Bingzhou. Therefore, as long as Liu Yueshi is not stupid, he will definitely send troops. ”
Wei Shuo didn't take Gao Zhan's comfort to heart, although he didn't know what choice Liu Kun made in real history, it can be inferred from the final results of history that Shi Le eliminated Wang Jun and Liu Kun successively in history, indicating that Liu Kun must have made a very stupid choice.
"Liu Yueshi is indeed not stupid, and his character is also very reliable. But he has a group of very mentally retarded subordinates, once the indecisive Liu Yueshi was bewitched by his subordinates, and chose not to move when Shi Le's move, and we are limited by traffic conditions and it is impossible to carry out large-scale rescue, Wang Jun will still inevitably end up! ”
"In order to be foolproof, it seems that we must enlist the support of Liu Kun in Bingzhou!"
Wei Shuo didn't mean to belittle Liu Kun when he said this. Although Liu Kun has many advantages, there are also many disadvantages. It is clearly recorded in the history books: "Kun is good at caressing, but short of control." In one day, although thousands returned, so did those who left...... However, he is extravagant and lustful, although he is temporarily self-motivated, and he is indulgent. ”
Liu Kun has suffered many losses because of his belief in non-people, but he has never learned a lesson from it. His parents, his son, and even himself eventually lost their lives as a result.
"Before the scene, I want to ask you to go to Bingzhou in person and strive to get Liu Yueshi's personal promise!"
"Please rest assured, my subordinates will live up to the trust of the lord."
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At this time, Liu Kun, who was far away in Bingzhou, did not realize that Wang Jun of Youzhou was on the verge of defeat, and as soon as he received Sima Ye's edict in May, Liu Kun turned his attention to the Xiongnu Han Kingdom.
In June, Liu Kun and Tuoba Yilu met in Jingbei to discuss attacking Hou Zhao.
In July, Liu Kun marched to occupy the Blue Valley, and Tuoba Yilu sent Tuoba Pugen to be stationed in Beiqu.
Liu Kun sent the prison army Han Ju south from Xihe, intending to attack Xiping.
Liu Cong sent the general Liu Cang and others to block Liu Kun, the hussar general Liu Yi and others to block Tuoba Pugen, and the Dangjin general Lanyang and others to assist in guarding Xiping. The battle between the two sides is at a stalemate.
Liu Kun is a standard literary and artistic young man, with romantic ideals in his head. There is no long-term plan for the future at all, which is also the main reason why Liu Kun is getting weaker and weaker in history.
"My lord, the city of Xiping is tall, the enemy is well defended, and it is not easy to attack, why don't we withdraw our troops first?"
Jianwei general Wen Qiao put forward a proposal to withdraw the troops, Wen Qiao was born in the Wen family in Qi County, and he couldn't help but be Liu Kun's nephew or the most important staff member around him, and he was also a rare talent under Liu Kun.
Seeing that Liu Kun was silent, Wen Qiao further persuaded: "General, our army has been trapped under the fortified city for more than half a month, and now the grain and grass are about to run out. Besides, since the dispatch of troops, there have not been many captures, and the Tuoba cavalry is exhausted, and has long had the intention of withdrawing troops. ”
After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Kun finally nodded slowly, Wen Qiao was a lot relieved when he saw this, and hurriedly went out to convey the order to withdraw the army, and soon there was a cheer in the camp, but Liu Kun's face became more and more gloomy in the cheers.
This time, he and Tuoba Yilu gathered more than 100,000 troops, preparing to break through Pingyang in one fell swoop.
In fact, after dealing with Tuoba Yilu for a few years, Liu Kun had already seen clearly Tuoba Xianbei's true purpose, and they did not really want to help him attack the Huns. The main reason why Tuoba Yilu spared no effort to support him was to get more land from him.
The strength of the Tuoba tribe has been greatly expanded in recent years, which is not unrelated to Liu Kun's support. At the beginning, after Tuoba Yilu was named Daigong, he thought that the fief Daijun was too far away from the place where the tribe lived and could not be connected with the tribes, so he led more than 10,000 tribes to enter Yanmen from the clouds and asked Liu Kun for the area north of the sentence.
At that time, Liu Kun didn't dare to refuse the other party at all, and he also wanted to rely on the Tuoba tribe as his backup, so he had to relocate the people of Loufu, Mayi, Yinguan, Fanqi, and Laoxian counties to the south of Juzhu Cheng to rebuild the town.
Then the land in a radius of hundreds of miles was given to the Tuoba tribe by connecting Dai County in the east and Xihe and Shuofang in the west. Tuoba Yilu soon moved 100,000 tribesmen from the steppe to enrich the land, and after this round of expansion, the entire Tuoba tribe became stronger than before.
As the Tuoba tribe became more and more powerful, the people in the tribe became more and more greedy, constantly demanding land and talents from Liu Kun. And Liu Kun gradually felt the threat of Tuoba Xianbei, but in addition to rejecting the other party's unreasonable demands, he had no other means to counter the other party, but instead produced a group of forces against Liu Kun within the Tuoba tribe.
However, Tuoba Yilu still took care of the overall situation, and did not choose to turn his face with Liu Kun for the time being. But there was a rift in the relationship between the two sides, otherwise this time the Tuoba tribe would not have been able to help. Nearly 100,000 Tuoba cavalry were sniped by tens of thousands of Huns but could not move forward, is this still the Tuoba cavalry that killed the Huns last year and fled in embarrassment?
The reason why Liu Kun's face is so ugly is that in addition to returning from this expedition without success, a large part of the reason is from Tuoba Xianbei. Now Tuoba Xianbei has become a thorn in Liu Kun's heart, he can't pull it out, he can't get rid of it, he needs to rely on Tuoba Xianbei's cavalry to deter the Huns, and he is worried that Tuoba Xianbei is too powerful and becomes another Xiongnu Han state.
"Alas! If only I hadn't fallen out with Wang Jun at the beginning! As soon as he thought of Wang Jun in Youzhou, Liu Kun was full of remorse.
Liu Kun's forces were mainly concentrated in the three counties of Taiyuan, Xinxing County, and Yanmen County, and if he could make friends with Wang Jun, he would be able to use the power of neighboring Wang Jun to curb the infiltration of the Xianbei people into Yanmen County. But now he can only watch the other party eat away at Yanmen County little by little.
"Taizhen, I heard that the Duan clan and Wang Jun had a falling out, do you think we can win them over?"
Wen Qiao, who was pondering, suddenly heard Liu Kun's question, and couldn't help but be stunned, and after a little thought, he said, "Can't!" ”
"Huh? Why? Liu Kun asked in surprise.
"General, are you preparing to break with Tuoba Xianbei? If you plan to completely abandon the Pioneer Tribe, then send someone to appease the Duan Clan! The two Xianbei have a vendetta, and it is impossible to be a minister in the same palace, so you can only choose one of the two, general. ”
"So that's the case......" Liu Kun was disappointed, he had been guarding the state for many years, and he had been struggling to maintain the situation all these years, and he really wanted to find a reliable ally.