Chapter 241: Psychological Warfare with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban
Zhang Rang was able to understand the meaning of Liu Jian's words.
This is indeed something that Dong Zhuo can do.
Dong Zhuo in this period is already different from history, he replaced He Jin and the eunuch forces, and began to start a new round of competition with the well-dressed giants.
Now Dong Zhuo has a heavy army in his hands, and he is a powerful subordinate, but he still tries his best to advertise himself as a loyal minister, so he can't move the Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager He.
But the relationship between Dong Zhuo, who is a native of Liangzhou, and the royal family is not very consolidated after all, and the best way to consolidate the royal family and himself is nothing more than marriage.
The feeling of being the emperor's father-in-law, that's really beautiful.
And once this is done, then he will become a real relative in name.
Although the idea is very beautiful, but for the matter of the emperor's harem, the world's corporaries have already begun to arrange.
Liu Wei's Tang Empress has now become a thorn in Dong Zhuo's side.
This famous girl from the Tang family in Yingchuan is really impeccable in her identity.
If Dong Zhuo takes her back to Luoyang and does something to abolish the establishment, I am afraid that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will not agree.
And Dong Zhuo really couldn't find a suitable reason to depose the queen, and then install a woman from his own clan as the queen, which must be unreasonable.
And it will also cause interstitial contradictions between Dong Zhuo, the Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager He.
So, after learning from the pain, Dong Zhuo directly adopted the strategy of drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle.
He sent someone to tell Liu Jian, asking Uncle Liu Huang not to send the Tang woman back to Luoyang, and simply go to Yecheng with Chen Liuwang.
After all, Luoyang is too chaotic, unsafe, and not conducive to the little girl's thriving.
Rao is Liu Jian can't help but praise Dong Zhuo's hand, which is really clever.
This matter is not a difficult thing for him, as long as he takes Empress Tang back to Yecheng, Dong Zhuo will immediately place the woman of his clan next to Liu Wei.
At that time, no one will take into account what Liu Jian did.
At that time, who will be the rightful queen? It's a trip to troubled waters, in a fundamental sense.
Anyway, Dong Zhuo must say that the daughter of his clan is a righteous queen.
And the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will definitely emphasize that Empress Xiao Tang is the real queen.
The two sides can tear it up.
But no matter how he tore it, Dong Zhuo's goal was achieved.
Liu Jian had a hunch that although Dong Zhuo would do this much more than he would dominate the world in history.
But his behavior is the best for the Han Dynasty.
At the same time, such Dong Zhuo will not be defeated so easily.
In order to maintain the current character, Dong Zhuo will not burn Luoyang again.
He will only fight desperately against the noble family and weaken the strength of the other party.
The two sides are evenly matched, which is the best result for Liu Jian.
Liu Jin is also an old fritter, and he is no less fancy-minded than Liu Jian in this regard.
He knew very well what Liu Jian wanted to do, and he also knew very well what Dong Zhuo wanted to do.
As a result, Zhang Rang, the great eunuch who was most relied on by the former emperor Liu Hong, became the eunuch Liu Jin, and was used by Liu Jian from then on.
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On the other hand, the leaders of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans once again launched a new round of fierce offensive against the noble families in various counties of Qingzhou.
In fact, when the commanders of the Yellow Turban departments saw Liu Jian's army coming to the border of Qingzhou, they were still a little afraid in their hearts.
It's not that Liu Jianjun's numbers are overwhelming, it's that Liu Jian's reputation is too loud.
Maybe even Liu Jian himself didn't react a little, and now he has become a famous general.
No matter how many people there are in Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, which of their leaders dares to claim that they can compare to Zhang Jiao?
Zhang Jiao has asked Liu Jian to clean up and dispose of it, these Qingzhou Army are generous and small, which one of them dares to confront Liu Jian head-on?
It is said that it is the Qingzhou army that claims to be one million, but in fact, it is less than 12 out of 10 that can really confront the Jizhou army as a regular sergeant.
So, when Liu Jian had just arrived in Qingzhou, all the big and small Fangqu marshals did not let their soldiers continue to wreak havoc in Qingzhou.
They stationed their troops and horses in dangerous places, secretly united, and were ready to deal with Liu Jian's attack at any time.
But after waiting for a long time, I didn't find any action from Liu Jian.
The other party is just stationed in Licheng.
At this moment, the hearts of the commanders of the Qingzhou Army began to stir again.
This Liu Jian doesn't seem to be so terrible.
They also started a plan to rob the grain and ordnance of the major noble clans in Qingzhou.
After all, the Qingzhou army has a million people, a large number of people, and the daily cost is very huge.
Although they also go to rob the common people, the amount of resources they get there is simply not enough for them to raise troops to sustain them.
Especially for the current Yellow Turban Army, the most ordinary people are their most powerful military guarantee.
The commanders and leaders of the Yellow Turban Army also had their heads enlightened.
The consequences and sweetness caused by the public opinion of "heaven makes up for equalization" made them understand a truth.
That is, if the Yellow Turban Army wants to continue to develop, it must establish its own basic population.
And this basic group of people is undoubtedly those who are poor.
Therefore, the current Yellow Turban Army will not easily do anything to the poor.
They are counting on more poor people to join them and continue to grow their ranks.
Liu Jian didn't do it, and the Yellow Turban Army's heart became wild, and he wanted to fight the landlords and rob the rich.
Some of the Yellow Turban commanders began to question Liu Jian's ability and reputation.
After all, Liu Jian is too young.
He has indeed made a lot of achievements over the years, especially in the military field, Liu Jian has become a famous general.
But will this famous general have some moisture?
Think about it carefully, in the battle of Xianbei, there is Lu Zhi covering him.
The battle of the Yellow Turban Rebellion was covered by Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo.
Some time ago, during the pacification war in Jizhou, I also heard that many local families supported Liu Jian.
In the Battle of Luoyang, Liu Jian won a few small victories, but he never had a head-on conflict with the Xiliang Army at all.
What people are most afraid of is blind analysis.
After some blind analysis by the Yellow Turban Army, everyone found that Liu Jian was actually a useless wreck.
If he hadn't been a wreck, he would have been called a long time ago, what is he still doing in Licheng?
As a result, many of the commanders of the Yellow Turban Army did not know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth, and began to be eager to try.
They even had the idea of leading troops to directly attack Liu Jian, who was in Licheng.
Fortunately, Sima Ju and Xu He, the two generous commanders of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, are still understanding people.
Going directly to Licheng to attack Liu Jian is absolutely impossible.
However, since Liu Jian had no intention of sending troops to attack them.
It doesn't seem to matter if the wealthy families who continue to rob the counties of Qingzhou do.
So, after a short pause, the Yellow Turban Army once again launched a fierce offensive against the noble clans in the counties.
Qi State, Le'an, and the wang clans from all over Beihai finally couldn't hold on.
The imperial court simply turned a blind eye to Liu Jian's immobility.
And the people in charge of Qingzhou County Wang were either sucked away by the Yellow Turban Army or crippled by them.
Even now, they still have the strength to resist the Yellow Turban, but in the end, the loss is too great.
The current Qingzhou wang clan in various places has basically been consumed by the Yellow Turban Army most of their strength.
In the end, in desperation.
Led by the four major counties of Qingzhou Tian, Sun, Zhong, and Feng, the seventeen clans came to Liu Jian again to show favor and ask him to send troops to help.
Liu Jian is very single-minded.
The last time he asked the Qingzhou Wang clan was for money, food, and weapons.
So this time is no exception.
The conditions have not changed at all, but this time the four Qingzhou Hope are not bargaining.
They have now also lost the ability to bargain with Liu Jian.
All the requirements were agreed to Liu Jian.
But at the moment, the addresses where the Qingzhou Zhuwang clan hid their goods are all in the hinterland of Qingzhou.
Therefore, it is necessary to wait for Liu Jian to open the door to the hinterland of Qingzhou, and the supplies of the Wang clan can arrive in his army one after another.
This is actually a test set by the Wang clan for Liu Jian.
It's not that Liu Jian can't even open the door to Qingzhou, so how can he talk about protecting them?
What else is there to talk about defeating the Yellow Turbans?
Naturally, it is impossible for their supplies to be handed over to such a person.
But since Liu Jian got their promise, he naturally had to start acting.
So, Liu Jian began to carry out his plan.
In order to deal with the Yellow Turban Army, Liu Jian has been planning for many days and has conducted deductions with his generals.
The trial of the army reminded Liu Jian that although the yellow scarves were a rabble, there were too many people after all.
Although Liu Jian's soldiers and horses are all elite, if he is accidentally distracted by the Yellow Turban Army, he will still suffer a major blow.
Liu Jian agreed with the statement of the trial.
After all, Bao Xin, Liu Dai and many other local shepherds in history have been dealt a major blow when they crusaded against Montenegro and the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou.
Therefore, the trial formulated several strategies for Liu Jian.
The first is to settle in Licheng and show his hesitation to the Yellow Turban Army, and use this move to confuse the Yellow Turban Army.
It's not scary to make the other party feel as if they don't have any strength.
Then spread rumors, that Liu Jian hoarded a large amount of goods, grain and grass in Licheng, and then showed the Yellow Turban in a casual state, so as to attract some of the Yellow Turban Army's Qu Shuai who did not have too high military level and culture to lead the attack.
This method is definitely not good for dealing with generals and captains with high background or a lot of experience in battle.
However, a large part of the Yellow Turban Army is indeed from the bottom, with a fairly low level of education, short-sightedness, and a relatively irritable personality, and they are also anxious to make meritorious contributions.
Liu Jian believed that it would never be difficult to attract some of these people, and then take a defensive battle to defeat the other party.
The two armies were at war, and the first battle was very important.
If the first battle is won, the morale will be high, and the officers and men of the three armies will be full of confidence.
On the other hand, if the first battle is lost, the officers and men of the three armies will be more skeptical about this battle, and they will not be confident in their own combat strength.
When the enemy is numerous, using the city to hold on is naturally the best way to win.
(End of chapter)