Chapter 112: Knocking Gongsun Du
Thanks to Liu Yu's cooperation, the takeover of Youzhou was not difficult.
No matter how small a state is, it will be a long road to reform. Not to mention, Jizhou has not yet completed the reform. Fortunately, there is propaganda in Daijung, and other counties are not very averse to the reform, so there is no need for one country, two systems.
In the early stage, what can be done is probably to repair roads, and then arrange for the construction of some basic public facilities or something. At most, it is a re-demarcation of the administration, the arrangement of personnel, and a small amount of land reclamation.
Youzhou is a bitter cold land, and there are not too many fields here, so it is not too difficult to recycle. Many people think that this place is not suitable for farming at all, but in fact, the black soil north of Liaodong is an important grain-producing area for later generations. The rice produced has also become an important brand in the country.
The problem is that it is still in the hands of Gongsun Du and the Wuhuan people, even if Fang Yun has ideas about it, he can't get his hands on it for the time being. However, one thing has been confirmed at this time, that is, Gongsun Du seems to have had contact with Yuan Shao, at least they have privately sent courtiers to make contact, and what secret agreement should have been made.
This is not a big problem, after all, Huang Zhong has been transferred to the vicinity of Youbeiping County and stationed there, and he can go east to Liaodong at any time and south to Bohai and Hejian counties. Now Yuan Shao's territory is only the three counties of Hejian, Anping and Bohai, which are also Fang Yun's goals.
However, the three counties of Liaodong, as well as Goguryeo and other places outside, even if Fang Yun wanted to attack, the courtiers below were afraid that they would oppose it. One of the three places is too barren, and some of them are at most the remnants of the Shang Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Although they obeyed the Han administration, they were also semi-autonomous, and if they forcibly occupied these counties, their native people would naturally rise up to resist.
Besides, even if you beat it, what's the use? In the land of suffering in Liaodong, except for the remnants of the previous dynasty to take refuge, no one else wants to go. Whether it is the degree of development of civilization or the degree of remoteness, it all hinders the enthusiasm of the Chinese people to relocate.
Even officials are reluctant to go. Think of it as an exile for them, as well as a demotion to their position.
Fang Yun didn't have a problem with this, after all, he couldn't say how fertile the black soil there was, and how much ginseng there was in Changbai Mountain. In fact, the land in the south is also very fertile today. It's just that no one has cultivated it, and the planting technology is backward, and their potential has not been thoroughly tapped. As for ginseng, doctors don't know much about it these days, so naturally it can't be taken seriously.
"Liaodong will let Gongsun Du toss. No matter what it becomes, it can't pose a threat. Liaodong already lacks population, and even less sufficient economic development. Even if Gongsun Du wants to pull up a team, the horses may be enough, but there are not enough people, no more than 5,000 people at most, and if there are more, there will be no food. Xi Zhicai persuaded Fang Yun so at that time.
This sentence seems to be an analysis of the situation in Liaodong, but it is actually telling Fang Yun that Liaodong is not terrible, and Gongsun Du still has to take care of the territory from being invaded by the Wuhuan and Xianbei people. Unless he can incite the Wuhuan invasion, there is nothing to worry about. But on the Wuhuan side, we have more appeal than him, and if we really want to do it, I'm afraid that he will be unlucky first.
After deducting the black soil and ginseng, of course, even the Gongsun Du of Liaodong does not know about the development now. The rest, mainly some traditional crops, and wild animal meat and fur. 、
These products are also available to the Wuhuan people, so there are really not many things in Liaodong that can attract the Wuhuan people. Unless Gongsun Du dragged the other counties of Youzhou into the water and let the Wuhuan people rob them casually, he would not be able to take advantage of the situation at all. Rely solely on his own strength. It was not Fang Yun's opponent at all.
Liaodong's economy even needs the support of Liaoxi and Youzhou counties, otherwise it will inevitably fall into a predicament. Gongsun Du is also a warlord who will divide one side in the future, and he can naturally see through this situation, so he walked out of Liaodong. At least to defeat Liaoxi and Youbeiping County, I'm afraid it is his real purpose.
Therefore, in Fang Yun's view, if he wants to get out of Liaodong, he must need an excuse or opportunity to occupy Liaoxi and Youbeiping. Obviously, Yuan Shao can provide him with this opportunity, and in the case that the Wuhuan people can't use it, using Yuan Shao's power is obviously the best choice.
Yuan Shao was something Fang Yun had to deal with. I just don't want to be disturbed by flies like Gongsun Du behind my back when dealing with him. But it is obviously not in the interests of the current stage to solicit him, so according to the meaning of Xi Zhicai, it is just a knock.
"How do you beat that guy?" Fang Yun asked Xi Zhicai at that time.
"You have to ask Feng Xiao about this, he is the best at this kind of thing." Xi Zhicai pointed to Guo Jia on the side.
"Ahem, you're a talented person, you know how to pull me in." Guo Jia was drinking a little wine, but he was choked when he heard the words, and then complained while coughing.
Seeing that Fang Yun looked at him, he was not hypocritical, his eyes turned twice, and he slowly returned: "First of all, you can block his economy first, so that his goods cannot be sold to the west of Liaodong; secondly, let General Huang enter the eastern Liaodong region, capture the local people and return to live in western Liaoning, set up a hundred-mile-long no-man's land, and cut off their supplies; Finally, we sent the Wuhuan people to 'patronize' them, and then we sent an envoy to tell Gongsun Du to send his two sons to Jinyang for further study. At this time, unless Gongsun Du really intends to fight us to the death, he will definitely surrender. ”
Gongsun Du is just a small fish, even if he fights to the death, he will only end up with a fish that cannot be broken. But if he is really so stupid, he can't be the position of Liaodong Taishou.
I have to say that the strategy given by Guo Jia was very vicious, which made Fang Yun wonder if he had learned from Jia Xu. However, Jia Xu has always known how to protect himself, and after becoming the main person in charge of the intelligence department, he almost always lived in seclusion, did not get together with others, and did not go to banquets to make friends. After work, he locked himself up at home and came out, this kind of attitude was the same as Cao Cao's, which made Fang Yun very satisfied, and sent some rewards from time to time, but Jia Xu accepted it happily.
It is said that Guo Jia should not have the opportunity to come into contact with Jia Xu's poison-style strategies.
But look at his strategy: cut off his economy, so that the people and scholars of Liaodong could not buy the daily necessities they needed. Without the supply of materials from the Central Plains, with their craftsmanship and output, the scholars will be dissatisfied first, and when the time comes, Gongsun Du's position will be too guarded, but I am afraid that it will also be unstable.
The policy of clearing the wilderness, a hundred miles of no man's land, which makes it impossible for the soldiers of Liaodong to get supplies in this area.
If it was according to Fang Yun's intentions, he was afraid that he would have to expel all the prey for this hundred miles or hunt them regularly, and then they would not even be able to hunt. The supply line is elongated, which means that the higher the variables, unless Gongsun Du is a showman, he naturally has no way to raise troops to attack Liaoxi.
In the end, let the Wuhuan people patronize it, and if there is no support, I am afraid that Gongsun Du's position as the Taishou will inevitably be in danger. It happened that at this time, if someone was sent to ask for his two sons, and if they were sent to Jinyang as protons in the name of further study, it would be impossible for him not to compromise. As for his two sons, they will inevitably receive a series of patriotic education, and then become loyal supporters of Fang Yun, even if they are put back at that time, they will definitely be friends and enemies.
Qingye only needed to send a partial division over, so Fang Yun sent a detachment to solve this matter. But before that, he sent Sun Qian over and asked Gongsun Du for his two sons to come for further study.
This is a test of attitude to see if he is really smart and whether he is really so convinced of Yuan Shao.
As a result, it seems that Gongsun Du did reach an agreement with Yuan Shao, and he did not promise to send his son. But they didn't dare to say it to death, only that their mother was too thoughtful, and her son was too young to travel far or something.
At that time, Gongsun Kang was only fifteen years old, and Gongsun Gong was only ten years old, so he was not too young. When the news of his refusal came back, Fang Yun already knew that this guy really didn't knock and knock, so he didn't know who he was.
So he immediately ordered Liu Fu to completely block all trade routes from western Liaoxi to eastern Liaodong, whether it was smuggling or others, the merchants who mainly took this trade route would be killed! Then he instructed Xie Ran to go to Liaodong, move all the people within a hundred miles of the surrounding area to Liaoxi, and even hunt all the animals in it in a planned way.
At the same time, let Yan Rou send a gift to the Wuhuan people and let him attack Liaodong County. Although Fang Yun killed Lou Ban at the beginning, he also indirectly fulfilled the throne of Qiu Liju, so that he could inherit Qiu Liju's throne, plus Liu Yu's way, and accepted the gift from Fang Yun, and immediately accepted it.
After a short time, he led 10,000 troops and directly entered Liaodong. At this time, Gongsun Du had just received the news that Fang Yun had blockaded western Liaoxi and created a no-man's land in eastern Liaodong. He originally planned to lead his army to conquer, but he didn't want the Wuhuan people to invade.
He had to deal with the invasion of the Wuhuan people, and asked Fang Yun for help but received no reply.
He understood that the secret agreement between himself and Yuan Shao had been leaked, but he couldn't figure out who had leaked it. Since it is a secret agreement, it is natural that at least a few people know about it, and those who know it are cronies, and it is obviously not leaked from their own side.
Obviously, it was leaked by Yuan Shao, and then he naturally thought that Yuan Shao was actually the target of him, attracting Fang Yun's attention, so that he could send troops to attack Fang Yun.
It's good that someone else is a target, but in the end, not only is there no benefit, but also someone else is so embarrassed.
I was thinking about what to do, but I didn't want the messenger from earlier to come and tell him that he should send his two sons to Jinyang for further study. Gongsun Du is not a fool, so he naturally knows that this Fang Yun is more than him.
He really wanted to kill the envoy, Fang Yun was going to raise him as a guardian dog! It's just that now, seeing that the people of the three counties of Liaodong, and even the family, are complaining, and they are about to pull themselves down from the position of Taishou.
As a last resort, he could only compromise and send his two sons, along with the envoy, to Liaoxi and hand them over to Xie Ran.
Immediately, the no-man's land was automatically unsealed, the trade routes were automatically thawed, everything returned to normal, and even the Wuhuan people stopped looting. Just looking at the broken ruins in Liaodong, Gongsun Du suddenly wanted to cry without tears. (To be continued.) )
PS: Children are not well-behaved and need to be beaten.