Judging from the current battlefield situation, the strength of the Wuhuan people is not very good, but there are still quite a lot of soldiers and horses.

Therefore, at the military meeting, Liu Bei believed that it was inconvenient for the army to march separately after that, and that they should be gathered together, looking for opportunities to fight a decisive battle with the Wuhuan people, solve them in a battle, and then further launch the Northern Expedition.

In this regard, most of the generals had no opinion and agreed with Liu Bei's idea.

In the cold winter, Dong Zhuo made a suggestion to Liu Bei.

"General, it's the first month of the year, the climate is cold, people are sleepy and horses are lacking, continue to fight, I'm afraid it will increase the damage to soldiers and horses, do you want to see if you should garrison in Youzhou for two months, and then go out after the beginning of spring?"

Liu Bei thought about it for a while and shook his head.

"In the severe winter, it is more difficult to march, which is true, but if you wait until the beginning of spring to send troops, you need local help, which will inevitably affect the spring ploughing in the coming year, and the harm to Youzhou will be greater.

If the spring ploughing cannot be carried out in full force next year, there will definitely be a great famine in Youzhou, and then it will be a great sin for us. ”

Liu Bei's opinion was unanimously approved by his subordinates, and Dong Zhuo didn't say anything more.

After everyone dismissed the meeting and returned to the military tent to rest and deal with military affairs, Dong Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief, took off his military helmet, and carefully recalled Fang Cai's performance of Liu Bei, and couldn't help but marvel in his heart.

What kind of character is Lu Bu, he has been with Lu Bu for a while, and he knows a little better.

To put it simply, it means that fame is very important, and interests are more important than anything else.

In this regard, these people from the border areas are almost the same, because of the harsh environment in which they grew up, the kind of precarious lifestyle, and living is the most important thing, so their way of thinking is fundamentally different from that of scholars from inland states and counties.

Moreover, Lu Bu is proud of his strong ability and is extremely confident in himself, Dong Zhuo originally felt that he could still control him, but this time he jumped up and became a general, Dong Zhuo immediately felt that Lu Bu was not as obedient as before.

Helping the father-in-law do something, it also requires such a big benefit, and it may not be able to be done.

Before, he didn't have that much appetite.

And just now, Dong Zhuo had a strong sense of déjà vu, feeling that Lu Bu seemed to be convinced by Liu Bei, as if he had accepted Liu Bei's leadership and was willing to obey Liu Bei's orders.

Is this a delusion?

Dong Zhuo still has the heart to think about the west, but Liu Bei does not have this kind of thought.

He dispatched troops to arrange a queue, and then widely dispersed sentry cavalry to search for the enemy, probed the enemy's situation, and finally determined that there was a large number of Wuhuan people in the Liaodong subject country, and ordered the whole army to attack on the 20th day of the first month and march into the Liaodong subject country.

The Wuhuan department that was raging in the subject country of Liaodong was the department of Su Fuyan, but this group of people was more cunning, or rather less courageous, probably from the side of the difficult building where they escaped, and they ran away directly without waiting for Liu Bei to lead the troops over.

With the things they looted, and many of the Han people who had plundered, they ran away together and moved closer to the residence of Qiuli in Liaodong County.

However, it is precisely because they carried too much looted property, and they were reluctant to take these hard-won belongings, so they had to take them with them, and they did not travel lightly, so the speed was very slow.

And Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei to lead the cavalry to chase after him, and he also led a large army to hurry up behind him, and finally caught up with the palace troops of Su Muyan's department in the southeast of Liaodong.

Zhang Fei didn't say a word, he rushed up and beat them violently, entangled them to death, and then waited for Liu Bei's army to rush over, and with one move, Su Fuyan's department was wrapped in dumplings by Liu Bei, and the whole army was wiped here.

Su Muyan himself was killed, his subordinates were either killed or surrendered, all the property, livestock, and grain they plundered were captured by the Han army, and another 50,000 or 60,000 Han people were rescued.

It was cold, Liu Bei entertained them to eat beef and mutton together, gave them clothes, and sent his subordinates to escort them and the captured Wuhuan prisoners back to Yuyang County for temporary resettlement.

Subsequently, Liu Bei led a large army to charge Liaodong County in one go.

At this time, the situation in Liaodong County is not good, but it is not bad, because Liaodong County is the only county in the entire Youzhou that still maintains resistance under the leadership of the county guard, and even the Xuansu County on the side has not yet fallen because Liaodong Taishou Gongsun Du has dragged Qiu Liju's main force.

Gongsun Du was originally not a county guard, and even because he had offended some important officials, he had been idle at home for almost 20 years and had not been able to become an official, if it weren't for Liu Bei recommending him as the Taishou of Liaodong County after serving as a general, he almost forgot what it was like to be an official.

After learning that Liu Bei appointed him as the Taishou of Liaodong, Gongsun Du once thought that he was recommended by Gongsun Zhan, the clansman who had been appointed as the assassin of Youzhou, so he also wrote a letter of thanks to Gongsun Chan and sent a gift, but Gongsun Chan wrote back that he had not done this and asked him to thank Liu Bei personally.

This makes Gongsun Du a little strange, he and Liu Bei have never known each other, although Liu Bei is also from Youzhou, but he lives in Zhuo County, and he who grew up in Xuanwu County is really a little far away, and it is impossible to know each other.

So, who recommended it?

Gongsun Du sent people to Luoyang with gifts, trying to find out about this matter, but before he could get an accurate answer, the rebellion of the Wuhuan people broke out, and he also killed the general of Wuhuan Zhonglang through a surprise attack, and the east of Liaoxi County was in chaos.

At that time, Gongsun Du had only been the Taishou of Liaodong County for three months, and it should have been an unstable foundation, but Gongsun Du was not very human, and in these three months, he did two things.

First, killing.

He used various reasons to arrest and kill those who had offended him over the years, despised him, and had no courtesy to him, and he used these reasons to kill more than 50 people and implicate more than 60 family members.

The people of the county were frightened, and Gongsun Du established his prestige by killing people.

And the reason why the people of Liaodong County were killed like this by Gongsun Du and did not dare to resist was because Gongsun Du pulled the banner to make tiger skins, claiming that he had a great relationship with Gongsun Zhan, the assassin of Youzhou, and then had a relationship with Liu Bei, the general of Luoyang, and belonged to the state of someone above.

When you come out to mix, you have to talk about the background, and my background, can you compare it?

Gongsun Chan won't talk about it, they are all part of the Gongsun family, and it is natural that they have a relationship.

Liu Bei is more surprising.

Liu Bei, the general in Weijiahai, actually had a relationship with Gongsun Du, which frightened those who had heard of Liu Bei's prestige, so they did not dare to resist Gongsun Du, for fear of being pulled by the imperial court.

So Gongsun Du came to a fox and fake tiger through these relationships, successfully bluffed the powerful in the county, destroyed more than 60 families, and established his own prestige.

The second thing is recruitment.

Gongsun Du knew that pulling the banner to make tiger skin had a certain effect, but in the end, it was the soldiers and horses who could make himself stand firm and become the Taishou of Liaodong.

According to the regulations, the border county can have 3,000 county soldiers to defend against external troubles, and Gongsun Du not only used the team of the previous Taishou to make up for the 3,000 county soldiers with his family's private soldiers, but also took advantage of the far advantage of the Tiangao Emperor to recruit another 2,000 strong men to join the army in the name of recruiting miscellaneous servants, and organized a Liaodong army of 5,000 people.

Of course, the source of military funding is the more than 60 unlucky ones.

As a result, in less than three months, Gongsun Du established his prestige in Liaodong County, and then he was ready to take the initiative to attack Wuhuan to make contributions.

Yes, on the eve of the Wuhuan people preparing to launch a rebellion, Gongsun Du was also preparing to launch an attack on Wuhuan and crusade against the Wuhuan tribe, in order to promote his military exploits and strive to further gain Liu Bei's appreciation.

He felt that Liu Bei appointed himself as an official, so he had to do something to repay Liu Bei's appointment.

Then the Wuhuan people launched a rebellion, and on the day when Gongsun Du sent troops to prepare for a sneak attack, the Wuhuan people also launched a surprise attack at the same time, and the tribe that Gongsun Du was preparing to raid was also planning to raid Gongsun Du, and the two sides calculated each other.

Then the calculations came together.

This battle was fought, and everyone was a little baffled, but Gongsun Du still won, killed more than 1,000 people, captured more than 10,000 people, wiped out the small Wuhuan tribe, and won the victory.

But the victory of this battle also brought alarm to Gongsun Du, because from the mouth of the captive, Gongsun Du learned about the large-scale rebellion of the Wuhuan people, and he sent someone to inquire suspiciously, and the news brought back by the sentry made Gongsun Du shocked.

Realizing that the situation was wrong, Gongsun Du quickly sent people to Zhuojun to ask Gongsun Zhan for help, and then carried out a fortified wall to clear the wilderness, moved all the people around Xiangping into Xiangping, and then widened the moat, raised the city wall, hoarded food, and urgently mobilized all the men in the city to join the army.

It is gratifying that Gongsun Du completed the defense of Xiangping before the arrival of the main force of the Wuhuan rebels.

Seeing that the raid on Xiangping failed, the Wuhuan people surrounded Xiangping, and then went to attack other counties, what the result was Gongsun Du didn't know, anyway, in December, a large number of Wuhuan people came to Xiangping City with some siege equipment.

The emergence of this situation made Gongsun Du realize that for a long time, he might have to fight alone.

(End of chapter)