Gongsun Du knew that it was difficult for him to get reinforcements, so he had to save himself, so what followed was a long period of Xiangping offensive and defensive battles.

Gongsun Du used the defense that had been prepared long ago to resolutely resist the attack of the Wuhuan people, who were not good at attacking cities, but regarded Xiangping as a target that must be conquered.

In the end, Qiu Liju personally led people to Xiangping City, first persuaded Gongsun Du to surrender, and tried to tempt Gongsun Du to surrender with a large amount of wealth.

As a result, the persuaded Han envoy was fried by Gongsun Du in front of Qiu Liju, and the fried one was called a scorched outside and tender inside, which made Qiu Liju tremble with anger, and ordered that the sword would not be sealed for three days on the day the city was broken, and he wanted to make no living people in Xiangping City.

The Wuhuan tribe was severely stimulated and intensified the siege of the city, and Gongsun Du also experienced great pressure for this.

But Xiangping City was never breached by him.

Taking advantage of the strong city defense and the consensus of "if you don't defend the city, you will die" in the city, Gongsun Du repelled the onslaught of the Wuhuan people many times, and also led his troops out of the city many times to take the initiative to counterattack, destroying a lot of the camp of the Wuhuan people.

However, due to the lack of troops, Gongsun Du was never able to break the siege of the Wuhuan people.

Unlike Gongsun Du's prediction, Gongsun Du, with his consistent understanding of the Han Empire, predicted that it would take at least half a year for him to see reinforcements, or for some other reason to cause the Wuhuan people to withdraw from the army, but this was not the case.

Less than two months after he was surrounded and fighting, reinforcements arrived.

Liu Bei led his troops to gallop forward, approached Xiangping City, and confronted Qiu Liju here who was on guard - Nanlou came first and told Qiu Liju the news, Qiu Liju was furious, punished Nanlou, and then reorganized the soldiers and horses, preparing to meet Liu Bei.

To be honest, when he really learned that Liu Bei personally led the troops to come, Qiu Liju's heart was a little stunned, because he realized what the shadow of a famous tree was at the end of the day.

Being able to arrive here proves that Liu Bei not only cleaned up Yuan Shao, but also cleaned up the southward forces of the Xianbei people, so he was able to open up the passage and go directly to Liaodong County to find him.

Yuan Shao and the Xianbei people were killed by Liu Bei, which fully proved the strength of Liu Bei and his army, which made the persuasion of Nanlou earlier meaningful.

Liu Bei is not easy to mess with, it is a prickly idea, if you are not careful, everyone will be finished!

At one point, Qiu Liju wanted to back down, but quickly abandoned the idea.

Even if you have to retreat, you can't retreat at this time, but after fighting with Liu Bei and showing your muscles, you can retreat, and even if you negotiate, you can negotiate a good price, isn't it?

So Qiu Liju ignored Nanlou's repeated advice, insisted on attacking, and wanted to fight Liu Bei to the death, Nanlou was left by him to continue to lead troops to surround Xiangping City, to prevent Gongsun Du from running out to make trouble.

On the first day of February in the first year of Jian'an, Liu Bei's army and Qiu Liju's army encountered in the southwest of Xiangping, and the two armies confronted each other for a long time.

Liu Bei then led the entire cavalry to launch a counter-charge.

This was a battle with little difference in the number of troops, the Han army and the Wuhuan cavalry fought in about the same number, so the two armies seemed to be evenly matched, but after the fight, Qiu Liju found that this was not the case.

The cavalry tactics that the Wuhuan cavalry is good at do not bring them any advantage, in the link of shooting with the Han army, the number of their fallen horses and deaths is significantly larger, the Han army is actually not weaker than them in horsemanship, and in terms of shooting, the Han army using standard crossbows is undoubtedly more advantageous.

After a period of confrontation, the Wuhuan people realized that they could not gain an advantage in these techniques, so they could only choose to draw their swords and fight head-on with the Han cavalry, and then they learned the style of the Han cavalry.

His own side turned on his horse, and the Han army suddenly rode more and more bravely, Qiu Liju was dumbfounded, and he couldn't figure out why the warriors under his command suddenly became so fragile and powerless.

And even more frightening is yet to come.

Because many Han generals are eyeing Qiu Liju at this moment, they each led their respective subordinates to rush into battle, fought bloodily, and desperately moved closer to the place where Qiu Liju's handsome banner was.

Liu Bei did not attack in person from beginning to end, but took the senior staff and guards to command in the rear, he felt that although there were many people on Qiu Liju's side, it was not enough for him to fight in person.

Although a group of beasts is fierce, they are also powerless in front of human technology and organization, no matter how much they roar and struggle, they cannot escape the end of being killed.

Therefore, human beings can stand at the top of the food chain as weak.

The same is true in human warfare, people who are good at using stratagem and terrain advantage are those who can defeat those who only know how to win by brute force, and in terms of the art of war, organization, and tactics, the professionally educated Han army is definitely far superior to the Wuhuan people.

So, he wasn't worried that his subordinates wouldn't be able to win, he just had to watch.

By the way, I would like to talk about some of my thoughts on the post-war period.

"I heard that when the prince was in Liangzhou, he used a large number of Xianbei prisoners of war to do hard labor in Liangzhou, and used them to repair a lot of roads, water conservancy projects and city walls, and many facilities in Liangzhou were renewed, relying on this group of people, after this war, I don't know how many prisoners of war can be obtained, this time, what does the prince plan to use them to do?"

Cheng Yu looked at Liu Bei and asked slowly.

Liu Bei thought about it and sighed.

"Youzhou was destroyed too badly, this time, let these captured prisoners of war repair Youzhou from beginning to end, cities, roads, bridges, water conservancy, everything that needs to be repaired, use this group of captives to repair it.

With their contribution, this year's spring ploughing, the people of Youzhou will be able to have no distractions, and it will be very difficult to fully recover, but at least in the west of Liaoxi County, I want to restore agricultural production, so as to at least ensure that there will be no famine in Youzhou this winter.

After surviving this year, I will go all out next year, and it will take about three years before and after, and the production in Youzhou will almost be able to recover, and I don't have to worry about any major changes in the situation in Youzhou. ”

"But this time, Youzhou has lost not only money, but also a large number of people, and the population of Youzhou is not large, and this loss may make a lot of land wasteland."

Cheng Yu sighed: "Youzhou is on the border, and if you want to immigrate to the border, I'm afraid there will be many officials who oppose it, right?" ”

"I also have such troubles in Liangzhou, so I did three things."

Liu Bei said with a smile: "First, crack down on illegal and powerful people, search for people who are not in the household registration, and re-register, second, marry the school-age women among the arrested Xianbei people to Liangzhou residents, and compile them into the local household registration, so as to increase the current population, but also increase the population of future births, and third, I asked the government to pay the oral fee on behalf of the government." ”

When Cheng Yu heard this, he was greatly surprised.

"You asked the Liangzhou government to pay the dues?"

Obviously, he was surprised not by the first and second two things, both of which had been done by someone and with good results, but the third thing ......

That's going to be thrown in with real money.

He really hadn't known about these things before.

Liu Bei nodded.

"The people are illiterate, but they are not stupid, and as long as they can not do it, they will not do it, and the pressure of the endowment is too great, and they can't afford it, so they don't have children.

If the population of Liangzhou wants to grow, this problem must be solved, so I ordered the government to pay the oral tax on behalf of the government, and this money, I spent from the income of the Liangzhou Salt Administration, which is not a big expense at present. ”

"Then what if the population of Liangzhou increases greatly in the future and the cost is too great?"

Cheng Yu said worriedly: "You can't always let the government pay on your behalf, right?" Moreover, I have heard that some people in the DPRK and China are dissatisfied with the fact that you are still serving as the pastor of Liangzhou, and think that it is unheard of for a general to hold the post of local official, and you may face some trouble. ”

"So, I don't plan to bear the cost all the time."

Liu Bei turned his head to look at Cheng Yu: "I can't move for a while, so I want to abolish the oral fu first and completely end this evil government." ”

"Abolish the verbal endowment?"

Cheng Yu looked at Liu Bei in surprise: "This matter is very important, Luoyang, the locality, a large number of officials and officials can get a piece of the pie, you are promoting in Liangzhou, it is the benefit of salt administration, but there is no other place, even if you want to promote, it is estimated that there are many resistances, and Yang Feng Yin is violated." ”

"I know, if you want to collect money, it's a very simple thing, everyone will help me collect it, and then they will take the big head and leave the small head to me."

Liu Bei sneered: "But once I don't let them accept it, they will obey the order, obey the order on the surface, continue to collect it secretly, and then swallow it all themselves, and don't give me a cent." ”

Cheng Yu was speechless.

Really.

Be in the same league with the bureaucrats, at least partially.

If the bureaucrats are not allowed to be corrupt, they will not only continue to be greedy, but they will also swallow all the money they are greedy for, and then shift the blame to the person who does not let them embezzle, leaving this person speechless.

Therefore, this kind of thankless work, generally no one is willing to do it, at most they don't follow the money, be a muddy drifter, and be a monk for a day to ring the bell for a day.

But......

Liu is not this kind of person.

"You can collect the money that should be collected, but don't collect the money that should not be collected."

Liu Bei said coldly: "If you still want to collect it behind my back, I will let them know that the army in my hand that will fight to the death for me will always be willing to fight to the death for me." ”

Cheng Yu seemed to feel the flame in Liu Bei's heart.

A flame that does not burn the whole old law will burn itself completely.

The ambition in the heart of this great general seems to be different from what everyone thinks.

Cheng Yu came to a conclusion so silently.

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PS: Does the Genshin Impact Update have anything to do with my update?

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