Chapter 233 Closing the Door and Hitting the Dog

Shan Jing and Guan Jing are the abandoned sons of Gongsun Zhan, and they are forced to fight with Xu Rong by Gongsun Zhan, who is eager to escape, but Gongsun Chan and the fourth brother Le He Dang are finally burned to ashes, while the two of them survive.

If you are a captive, you must have the consciousness of a captive.

Since Gongsun Chan left Shan Jing and Guan Jing behind at the moment of crisis, it is reasonable for Shan Jing to do something that Gongsun Chan can't do after Shan surrenders. Why can you take your brothers with you when you run for your life, but you want to leave us? What's even more odious is that Gongsun Chan only left two days' rations for more than 10,000 brothers when he had five days of military rations, didn't this force everyone to a dead end?

Therefore, under the instruction of Xu Rong, Shan Jing rushed to Jicheng with Xu Rong's subordinates wearing Gongsun Zhan's military uniforms, sang a play with the defenders in the city, and then lured the meritorious Gongsun Yue into the well-arranged Jicheng!

Such a big move naturally came from the strategy of the ghost genius Guo Jia, and the purpose was to help Liu and Whale swallow the army brought by Gongsun Yue from Liaoxi.

Jicheng is the largest city in Youzhou, and it has been operated by Liu Yu for many years in terms of defense, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as impregnable. When Gongsun Yue led the army to rush into the urn city and prepare to continue to charge the inner city, the gate on the south gate urn city was suddenly closed, and the door opening leading to the inner city was lined up neatly with a knife cart to plug the door......

Suddenly, Gongsun Yue, who was a turtle in an urn, was a little confused, and he really couldn't understand which one he was singing.

What about the single man?

Didn't the soldiers above the city wear their own uniforms? How could they have fallen from the gates of the Urn City at this fateful time!

What's the matter with the Semen knife cart blocking the road of the army in front? Isn't this an exclusive weapon used by the defending troops, how could it appear at this time?

Although Gongsun Yue was stunned at this time, he also realized that a great danger had come, so he hurriedly ordered his soldiers to risk their lives to break through the inner and outer city gates, otherwise everyone would die in this urn city tonight.

Murong Ping, who had been waiting for an opportunity at the head of the city, finally discovered Gongsun Yue's position with the help of the torch below, and he took out an extraordinarily heavy black feather arrow from the quiver on his back. Then calmly set up the bow, aim, and shoot the arrow......

In the noise, Gongsun Yue didn't see the trajectory of the arrow shooting towards him clearly, and it wasn't until his throat was smashed by the high-speed feather arrow that he realized that he was really going to die this time.

Gongsun Yue was killed by an arrow, and the figures of Guan Jing and Shan Jing appeared above the head of the inner city at the same time. They shouted loudly to the soldiers under the city: "Gongsun Chan was defeated and died in Dai County, and Gongsun Yue has also been given the head, brothers should not follow the Gongsun clan to kill themselves, quickly lay down their weapons and beg to surrender to Lord Taifu!" ”

The voices of the two people were obviously not enough, but if there were hundreds of people repeating at the same time, it would be enough for the soldiers under Gongsun Yue, who were in chaos under the city, to hear it clearly.

"Gongsun Chan was defeated. Gongsun Yue gave the head, put down the weapon and surrendered will not be killed! ”

The defenders at the head of the city were armed with bows and crossbows, chanting together in the dark night, causing a huge psychological shock to the enemy troops under the city.

In order to force Gongsun Yue's men to surrender as soon as possible, the crossbowmen at the head of the city specially selected the stubborn enemy soldiers with weapons in their hands to carry out a round of shooting, and under the bloody threat, more than 20,000 Gongsun Yue's troops rushed into Jicheng to kneel and beg to surrender.

After picking up Gongsun Yue's troops, Liu He immediately sent Xu Rong and Xu Huang to lead 8,000 infantry each, and killed them from the east and north gates of Jicheng respectively. Straight to the camp of Gongsun Dujun.

Gongsun Dujun, who had been paying attention to the progress of the battle on the south gate, was ready to enter the city and loot, but suddenly received a fierce attack, so he hurriedly retreated in the direction of Luxian. This time he lost 20% of his troops.

Seeing that the enemy army was far away, Xu Rong and Xu Huang did not pursue in vain, and immediately cleaned up the battlefield and collected all kinds of materials and property in the enemy camp that were too late to be transported. Then escorted the thousands of Liaodong troops who had no time to escape back to the city.

Gongsun Du's cavalry fled eastward, and as they crossed Gushui, they were fiercely attacked by cavalry led by Zhang He, this time suffering heavy casualties. Many soldiers were taken prisoner with men and horses.

When the remnants of Gongsun Du, who had finally crossed the Gushui, came to the bank of Qiushui, they made a detour from Zhuo County to Quanzhou and interspersed with Tianchou near Lu County and blocked the east bank of Qiushui, completely blocking this remnant army on the west side of the riverbank.

Both Gushui and Qiushui flow into the Bohai Sea from north to south, while the section from Jicheng to Luxian is almost parallel, and the distance between the two waters is less than five miles at the narrowest point. After Zhang He succeeded in the ambush on the bank of Gushui, he immediately sent a force to the place where the distance between Gushui and Qiushui was the narrowest, and completely blocked the road for the remnants of Liaodong to escape to the north.

In this way, the remaining Liaodong cavalry was sandwiched between two parallel rivers, and there were Zhang He's men in ambush in the upper reaches of the two rivers, so they could only flee in the direction of Gushui downstream.

However, there is a Yongnu city downstream of Gushui, and unfortunately Yongnu City has been recaptured by Xu Rong's army not long ago.

Therefore, Guo Jia had prepared this big net for the Liaodong cavalry a long time ago, and firmly caught the Liaodong cavalry, and did not let one person and one horse escape back to Liaodong.

The chaotic battle on the eastern front ended in just a few days, the army of 50,000 besieging Jicheng first killed and wounded more than 6,000 people in the siege battle, and then more than 2,000 people died after being lured into the urn city, and the Liaodong cavalry also lost more than 7,000 people in the continuous ambush and encirclement, and finally the remaining 10,000 people were all taken prisoner.

After this battle, except for Tian Kai, who stayed in Qingzhou, who had not yet received news and led 20,000 remnants of troops to defend Qingzhou, the rest had been completely wiped out by Liu He, and he could no longer make waves.

Liu He, who won two great victories in a row, did not have time to stop to breathe, he sent Zhang He to lead 5,000 cavalry to Lingzhi to destroy the old nest of the Gongsun clan, on the other hand, he sent Murong Ping to escort a large number of prisoners to Macheng, and on the other hand, Xu Rong sent the army south to Jizhou to reinforce Lu Zhi......

In short, there are a lot of things waiting for Liu He to deal with and handle.

Although he was entangled in everything, Liu He still sorted out a clue from the chaos, and he roughly divided the things he needed to do into categories, divided into four aspects: military affairs, political affairs, civil affairs and personnel.

In terms of military affairs, the biggest hidden danger at present is the Western Front, which is empty of troops. Although Zhao Yun did a good job on the Western Front, it was not a long-term solution, in case the Xianbei people in the north went south to plunder this winter, the current defensive strength of the Western Front alone would not be able to repel the enemy at all. In addition to the Xianbei people, Yuan Shaojun of Yanmen County is a major threat, as long as Yuan Shao is not eliminated for a day, there will be no security on the western front of Youzhou.

In addition to worrying about the safety of the Western Front, the situation in Jizhou also worried Liu He. Lu Zhi's administration of Jizhou is naturally much stronger than Han Fu, but at present, the territory under Lu Zhi's jurisdiction is actually only one-third of Jizhou, and it is still the kind of poor places where the land is relatively barren and the population is relatively sparse. Although Lu Zhi played an obvious role in curbing Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao did not have too many scruples about him, and all kinds of offensive small actions continued.

In terms of political affairs, there are three things that are more urgent at present. The first is to take over the Youbeiping, Liaoxi and other places originally occupied by Gongsun Zhan in Youzhou, to appease the local people and ensure that there will be no major disasters after the war, and there will be no large-scale tide of displaced people; The second is to restore the order of production and life in the counties, especially in the counties where the army has passed, as if a catastrophe has been struck, and the peaceful and peaceful life of the people has been disturbed, and it is urgent to get back on track; According to Xu Yue and Cai Yong's observation of the celestial weather and the weather, Liu He believes that there will be a major natural disaster north of the Yellow River next year, although Liu He does not believe in the proverbs of gods and ghosts, but he is still very concerned about the words of Xu Yue and Cai Yong.

The civil aspect mainly involves two aspects. On the one hand, it is necessary to take care of the families and relatives of the dead and wounded, so as not to chill people's hearts; On the other hand, the ordinary people who were injured by the army's looting and taking care of them, although the bad things were all done by the soldiers under Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Du, and had nothing to do with Liu He's army, but these people were innocent, the grain hidden in their homes was robbed by the troops crossing the border, the cattle were taken away, and the young and strong people in the family were even forcibly conscripted into the army as porters.

The personnel aspect is relatively sensitive, but it is also an important step that Liu He must take. This time, Liu He returned to Youzhou from Luoyang, not only brought back a cavalry army, but more importantly, he brought back a lot of scholars, as well as several generals with outstanding military achievements, how to place these people is a test of Liu He's political wisdom.

When Liu He was in Luoyang, he could do his own thing under the banner of Liu Yu, but now that he has returned to Youzhou, he will always have to deal with his father's old subordinates, and in the future, he will bring back to Youzhou from Luoyang whether these talents should be loyal to him or loyal to his father, there is a big mystery hidden in this, once it is not handled well, it will not only damage the relationship between father and son, but even cause a big split in the officialdom of Youzhou.

At the beginning, in order to avoid conflicts between Liu He and his subordinates, Liu Yu sent him to Macheng, and then handed over all the military and political power of Daijun and Shanggu County to Liu He.

Although the problems and troubles continued, Liu He's mood was surprisingly good, because he was now back on his home turf and occupied a golden horn to make a fortune. (To be continued......)

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