Chapter 156: Mobilizing the Masses
Yuan Shao has a lot of soldiers, sufficient money and food, and his strength is like the sky. Due to the fact that the lofty annexation of the state was easy to defend and difficult to attack, Yuan Shao, who had failed to attack many times, formulated a strategy of first leveling the Central Plains and then entering the annexation of the state. Unable to spy on his hinterland of Jizhou, Yuan Shao joined forces with the local scholars to build a large-scale walled "turret" and station soldiers.
These "turrets" have two advantages, one is that they can control the surrounding people and prevent them from smuggling into the state. Second, when Gao Yuan attacked, it became a fortress.
"There is only one annex state in Gaoyuan, there must not be many soldiers and horses, and hundreds of fortresses on my side have exhausted his troops, and Jizhou has no worries." These are Yuan Shao's original words.
Don't say it, Yuan Shao's move is also clever. The local gentry concentrated the old and young of the tenant families in the fortress, and the strong laborers could not run away, so they could only obediently farm as "slaves". When Gao Yuan really sent troops, the scholars all ran away, leaving the "eagle dogs" to consume Gao Yuan's troops.
Therefore, when Gao Yuan's troops entered Jizhou, they encountered difficulties.
In the face of the "turret" with only more than 1,000 troops, in fact, it only takes one strong attack to take it, but the loss of several hundred troops is inevitable. There are many "turrets", ten is thousands, and hundreds are tens of thousands.
High barracks, in the big tent.
"What can you do?" Gao Yuan asked, thinking about it himself.
Sima Yi said: "Lord, look at this city fortress, although it is called a city fortress, the scale is much smaller, and it can only be a walled stockade. A large number of trebuchets, flints, which can be broken with just a few salvos. ”
Gao Yuan's face sank, and his heart said that this trick was ruthless enough, and he served it in a pot, and said coldly: "What about the people?" I advanced all the way, killing 10,000 Yuan troops and 100,000 people. When I got to Yecheng. The people of Jizhou will regard me as an enemy. Even if Jizhou is captured, the people of the whole world will regard me as an enemy. ”
When Sima Yi heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat and slapped himself behind his back.
"It's not easy to win the hearts of the people, so you can't use this method." Xu Shu hurriedly said.
It seems that in ancient times, siege was fire, water, storming, and digging tunnels. However, Gao Yuan cannot face the "turret" like facing a city. There are too many turrets here, if it takes ten days and eight days, I'm afraid that Yuan Shao will eliminate Cao Cao, and Gao Yuan has not yet reached Yecheng.
"It must be simple, direct, and fast to take down these "turrets"! Gao Yuan said.
Gao Yuan used the word turret, and Sima Yi and the others looked at each other, not knowing what a turret was. But the lord said that this is called a turret, so let's call it a turret.
Time. Even Sima Yi and Xu Shu don't have a good way to end the turret.
"There it is!" Gao Yuan's face suddenly turned happy.
Sima Yi and the others were also overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Will Ji come out?" ”
Gao Yuan said with a smile: "So, so, so, and so ......, just select elite people in the city, go to the turrets, and mobilize the masses!" ”
Sima Yi couldn't help but praise: "The lord's clever plan! ”
Xu Shu threw himself on the ground and said: "This plan is only feasible for the lord, if it is someone else." It won't work. ”
Thousands of wears, but sycophants don't wear. Gao Yuan laughed and said, "Then, let's start acting immediately!" ”
Sima Yi and Xu Shu also added many auxiliary plans to this plan. Using intelligence, they reasonably singled out important turrets as the first targets to conquer. These turrets are lined up. All of them were close to the marching route of the Gaoyuan Army. When these turrets were breached, there was no need to fear that Yuan's army would cut off the logistical supply lines. They can also use these turrets as their own strongholds to attack other turrets in depth.
In ancient times, any large-scale war was not a one-time thing. What Gao Yuan has to do now is to quickly open the passage to attack Yecheng, an important town in Jizhou. As for the other counties. It can be conquered slowly.
So, Gao Yuanjun took action.
The next day, Yecheng, Yuan Shang's mansion.
Yuan Shang sat in the hall, and there were three generals in the hall, including Zhao, Ma Yan, and Su You, as well as trial and matching.
I saw Feng Ji on a military deployment map, pointing, and said, "Gao Mengyan will definitely be able to break through the fortress of the watchtower." ”
When Yuan Shang heard this, he was startled and said hurriedly: "How can that be good?" ”
Feng Ji pondered for a while, as if when he first got the news, he already had a plan, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the third prince, although Gao Mengyan is prosperous for a while, he has insufficient strength, and there will be no large-scale reinforcements." In addition, the 40,000 army of the second prince of Youzhou is already on the way. The third son can write to the second son and ask him to attack the high and far back. The third prince mobilized heavy troops to sit in Yecheng, and Gao Yuan broke through the fortress of the watchtower and must have lost his troops, so he surrounded and annihilated it under Yecheng. ”
So, the trial and Feng Ji teamed up to design a military plan for Yuan Shang, using the benefits of the city fortress to resist Gao Yuan alone and win the favor of his father.
Yuan Shang was overjoyed, he could hear that this was his own leadership of this battle, so when he talked about merit in the future, he would be the first meritorious. You don't have to go out on an adventure, Yuan Shang loves it the most.
At this moment, a small colonel rushed over, with a surprise on his face, and came in with a voice, "Report the ......, young master, great joy, Gao Mengyan has withdrawn!" ”
"What? Gao Mengyan retired? Yuan Shang stood up and was stunned for a moment, then danced happily and shouted: "Ha, he must be afraid of this son, so he retreated." ”
The judge and Feng Ji glanced at each other, and said in their hearts that it was normal for young people to be so happy. They are still optimistic about Yuan Shang, because everyone knows that Yuan Gong likes his youngest son the most.
Feng Ji was snubbed by Yuan Shao, if he wanted to regain power, he had to rely on the prince in front of him, he hurriedly said loudly: "If the son is determined to command in the face of a strong enemy, Gao Mengyan has no chance to take advantage of it, so he can only be forced to retreat." ”
Hearing this, the judge nodded his beard. The three generals glanced at each other, they were Yuan Shang's subordinates, and they were both honored, although this was a bit exaggerated, but it must be obtained.
Therefore, everyone stood up and said, "If the son's command is determined, he will defeat Gao Mengyan." ”
Yuan Shangzhi was complacent, and said in his heart that Cao Cao and his father failed to defeat Gao Mengyan, but I won. exclaimed in joy; "Quick, tell my dad the good news!"
Ride out of the city on a fast horse and go away in the dust.
After the news spread, the people in the city sighed, "General Gao will merge the state, when will we be able to liberate!" ”
The warriors who took refuge in the city celebrated.
Some scholars shouted: "It's so happy, Gao Mengyan was scared away by our watchtower city fortress!" After going back. I'll strengthen the construction! ”
Another scholar suddenly had a clever voice and shouted: "Seeing that the summer harvest is about to begin, since Gao Mengyan has already escaped with his tail between his legs, let's quickly slip back, we must not let those mud legs take advantage!" ”
"Go home and collect the rent!"
In the sound of slogans, a large number of people from the Shi clan were in an uproar. also went out of the city, and went home to collect rent.
In less than two days, the scholars in the western part of Jizhou began to collect rents in an all-round way, and the people in the countryside were hit by seedlings, and they were driven out of the "turrets" like mules and horses, scattered among the harvest fields, and cut wheat with sickles.
In the fields, the scholars and dogs crossed their waists and shouted, "Hurry up." Harvest quickly. Whoever sows a grain of grain will pay a hundred grains! ”
"Haven't you heard that phrase? Who knows that Chinese food is hard work! ”
"Bastard, this is what Gao Mengyan said, on my territory, there must be nothing about Gao Mengyan!" The warriors shouted.
The dog leg said: "Yes, yes, uncle~." ”
Faced with the ugly and murderous faces of the extremely lackeys of the scholars, there was no one to guide the people. I can't speak in anger. But the heart of resistance is growing. It's almost someone to guide me.
And the person who leads, this appears.
When the vigorous rent-collecting movement of the Shi clan began, hundreds of thousands of people on the Great Plain of Jizhou picked up sickles and harvested ripe crops.
There are more people. A lot of things are easy to do.
Thousands of elite troops of the Gaoyuan Army took the opportunity to enter Jizhou.
It is said that in front of Wangjiabao, Wang Daquan rode a horse, held a horse whip, and led hundreds of soldiers. He patrolled the land of the royal family, commanded 5,000 people, and harvested grain.
On the edge of the Wang's land, more than a dozen strong laborers were harvesting crops.
While they were busy, more than a dozen people went into the field, scythes in hand, and began to work.
The people only thought that they had been sent to help in the harvest, and they did not take it seriously. The dog leg who was resting under the tree on the side also shouted: "New here, hurry up and work, after the harvest, we can go back to rest, uncle." ”
"Shaowen, do you think General Gao will come back?" In the field, one of them asked in a low voice.
This middle-aged man named Shaowen, surnamed Chen, is very prestigious among the tenants of the Wang family. He straightened up and wiped his sweat, held a wisp of wheat in his hand, and stroked it gently, "We say that we are tenants, but in fact, they are not as good as former slaves, if it is not for the harvest of crops these days, then the Wang family will not let us eat enough." Only when General Gao comes, can we really live, have our own land, and live a good life. General Gao, he will definitely come. ”
"When General Gao comes, I will join the army!" Chen Shaowen looked at his subordinates coldly, and struggled to harvest the crops, "Eliminate all these exploits of us!" "Cutting the wheat as if it were reaping the lives of the enemy.
"I'm also in the army!"
"I'm also in the army!"
"Made, if it weren't for the fact that my family was locked up in Wangjiabao by the Wang family, I would have gone to Bingzhou to follow General Gao and eliminate these local tyrants and inferior gentry!" The croppers roared.
As time passed, Chen Shaowen and the others, together with more than a dozen people later, met in the middle of the field.
Chen Shaowen listened to one of them: "You are just talking, or do you really have this intention!" ”
Chen Shaowen's face changed suddenly, and he said angrily: "You kid is from the production team?" I don't know who I am Chen Shaowen? He shouted at the dogleg on the edge of the field: "If General Gao comes, I will be the first to support it!" ”
The dogleg's face changed greatly, and he got up and shouted; "Chen Shaowen, don't call blindly, if not, don't blame me for being rude!" After speaking, he sat down scolding.
The man said: "Since the strong man has this heart, then, the opportunity has come!" ”
Chen Shaowen was stunned, "Who are you?" ”
The man took off the straw hat on his head and said with a smile: "My name is Zhao Yun." (To be continued......)
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