The letters that Liu Jian sent to Liangzhou soon fell into the hands of those rebels.

Except for Ma Teng and Han Sui, the two biggest rebel leaders in Liangzhou, the other rebel leaders began to feel uneasy in their hearts.

Liu Jian, what does this mean?

This is to tell everyone that he is going to use troops against Liangzhou, and he allows these small rebel forces to see their position clearly, whether they want to submit to the imperial court, or continue to oppose the imperial court? It's not too late to surrender during this time period.

The content of this letter is nothing remarkable, it is just an ordinary letter of persuasion, but it makes the hearts of those who receive this letter of persuasion very frightened, because they understand that since Liu Jian sent them a letter of persuasion, it means that they are about to face the stormy army of the imperial court again.

They hurriedly reported the incident to Ma Teng and Han Sui.

Ma Teng and Han Sui did not dare to slack off, and immediately summoned all the rebel leaders in Liangzhou who were related to them to Nan'an to discuss with them how to deal with them this time.

Everyone respected Ma Teng and Han Sui, and when they passed this time, they also brought Liu Jian's letter of persuasion to them.

Compared with Ma Teng, Han Sui joined the rebels for a longer period of time, and took longer to form an armed force in the local area, and his power was relatively strongest.

He couldn't help but let out a long sigh after reading the letters that these people had given him one by one.

"Dong Zhuo retreated from Xiliang, it's only been more than a year, and the imperial court has changed a prime minister for just a few days, which is to make it clear that we are going to use troops against Liangzhou again."

Ma Teng said on the side: "The people in the court regard our Xiliang Zhuxiong as tigers and wolves, in their opinion, our occupation of Liangzhou has formed a great threat to the capital of Chang'an, and they will not rest if they are not exterminated." ”

Han Sui let out a long sigh and said, "Liu Jian gave our subordinates so many letters of persuasion, but he didn't give them to you and me, what does he mean by this?" ”

Ma Teng said helplessly: "You and I are too powerful, especially Wen Yue You joined the righteous army too early, and the threat to the imperial court back then was huge, how could the imperial court easily surrender to me?" ”

"Liu Jian wants to cut off your and my wings before using soldiers, and then break us in one fell swoop."

Han Sui rubbed his forehead in distress and said: "This thing is really not easy to do, Dong Zhuo entered Liangzhou to fight with us, although he did not get full success, but it was also because he suddenly became ill, and there was chaos in the rear, so he did not continue to fight, and the two sides continued to fight, what was the result?" Maybe that's right. ”

Ma Teng said: "No matter what, Liu Jian's use of troops in Liangzhou is definitely right, the so-called soldiers will block, water will cover the earth, Wen Yue, we have to make some preparations in advance." ”

Han Sui nodded and said: "Okay, since that's the case, from now on, let our men and horses, as well as the leaders of the rebel armies, stop plundering near Guanzhong easily, let's wander our soldiers and horses to the west of Liangzhou as much as possible, and settle near the Qiang tribe in Liangzhou. ”

Ma Teng said: "Yes, the biggest advantage of our Liangzhou is the depth of the territory, if we can't defeat us, we will retreat to the west, the army of the imperial court is not like us, their every move involves countless money and food." ”

"The supplies in this place in Liangzhou are simply not enough for them to support them to exterminate us."

"So we don't need to worry too much, but we can't easily send troops to Guanzhong now, in case we are wiped out by the army in Guanzhong, it will damage our strength."

Han Sui nodded solemnly.

He looked at the group of Liang army rebel leaders sitting on the side and said, "You have all heard what Shou Cheng said. ”

Cheng Yin, Yang Qiu, Li Kan and other more than ten leaders of the Liangzhou rebels bowed their hands and said: "I heard clearly, during this time, we will prepare the generals, arrange them strictly, and let the three armies start to move westward, and always strictly prevent the imperial court from using troops against us." ”

Seeing that these people all took the initiative to express their positions, Han Sui breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, don't act without permission, in this way, I can rest assured, as long as we stick to Liangzhou, even if Liu Jian is powerful, I can't wait."

……

The movements of the rebels in Liangzhou soon spread back to Chang'an.

Liu Jian was very happy after knowing that Han Sui and Ma Teng had shrunk their main force to the west.

"Ma Teng and Han Sui shrank their army westward, which shows that they have taken a defensive position, and they are afraid that I will move westward, so that Guanzhong will not be attacked."

"Guanzhong will not be disturbed, and the Central Plains, Sizhou and Sanhe and other places can develop with peace of mind, which is exactly what I want."

Jia Xu stood by Liu Jian's side: "The prime minister's method is indeed very good, and there is only one drawback. ”

Jia Xu can generally say this, which means that this matter is indeed something that Liu Jian has overlooked.

Liu Jian attached great importance to Jia Xu's words, and he immediately asked, "What is the omission in what Wen He said?" ”

Jia Xu said: "The prime minister wrote a letter to the leaders of the rebel generals in Liangzhou and asked them to surrender, which can make the Western Liang rebel generals not understand the true intentions of the prime minister, so the land in Guanzhong will not be invaded by the Liangzhou army, but the prime minister has not thought about it, and the rebels in Liangzhou are all fleeing to the west and holding on, relying on the strategic depth of Liangzhou to resist the prime minister." ”

"The prime minister has done a good job in the defense of Guanzhong, but it has also made the Liangzhou rebels prepare to resist the prime minister prematurely, and the prime minister's conquest of the Liangzhou Zhukou in the coming year will inevitably be met with sufficient resistance from the Liangzhou rebels, or the prime minister's army will not be able to find the location of those rebels at all."

Liu Jian nodded and said, "Wen He's words are very true, please continue." ”

Jia Xu said: "Prime Minister, the old man is from Liangzhou, he knows Liangzhou best, the territory of Liangzhou is too vast, a Liangzhou region can even be compared to the three states of the Central Plains, and the north of Liangzhou is Mobei, the west is the Western Regions, the population is small, there are Qiang people everywhere, and the degree of development is also very low!" ”

"Such a place is not conducive to the westward march of the army and stay for a long time, it must be resolved quickly, if it cannot be resolved quickly, it is equivalent to falling into a deep quagmire, and then it will be difficult to estimate the drag on the imperial court, as well as the annual consumption of money and grain by the imperial court!"

"The kings of my Han Dynasty have invested immeasurable money in Liangzhou every year, and the war in Liangzhou can almost drag down a country, Prime Minister, you must be cautious about Liangzhou."

Jia Xu's words can be said to be old and serious, and he is deeply praised by Liu Jian.

He slowly stood up and said to Jia Xu: "Wenhe, what you said is very true, but don't worry, how to pacify Liangzhou, I already have a set of strategies, you don't have to worry." ”

"The methods that the ancients and sages have tried, I will not continue to try, Liangzhou is also a very special existence in the many borders of the Han Dynasty, which is completely different from Youzhou and Bingzhou."

"For Liangzhou, if you want to do it once and for all, it is basically impossible, after all, the previous emperors have tried many times, eager for quick success, bloody suppression, rebellion and rebellion, rebellion and rebellion, there is no need to do this kind of thing again."

"Therefore, according to my opinion, if you want to completely pacify Liangzhou and make Liangzhou people have a sense of belonging to the Han Dynasty, you must meet several conditions, otherwise it will be useless to just blindly fight."

Jia Xu asked: "I don't know what means do you want to use to treat Liangzhou?" ”

"This ...... Looking back, there are some details that I haven't thought through. ”

Seeing that Liu Jian didn't want to continue to say more, Jia Xu was also very interested and didn't ask more.

……

In November of the first year of Jian'an, the matter of the Mid-Autumn Festival harvest in Guanzhong has been completed, and the pacification and construction work of Yanzhou and Sili has been basically determined.

Liu Jian's first year in the imperial court was in a state of accumulation, and he was only ready to blow out next year.

In order to be able to make Guanzhong, Sizhou, and the Central Plains completely on par with Hebei and Xuzhou in the second year of Jian'an, Liu Jian promoted a large number of young talents in the imperial examination, and let them enter the national university for further study, and then appointed, ready to work hard in the coming year.

And when the entire imperial court thought that Liu Jian's main goal next year was to continue to cultivate the national strength of the Central Plains region and the Guanzhong region, Liu Jian secretly found Zhang Fei and Lu Bu in front of him.

"For a period of time, how have you trained the soldiers and horses of the battalions?"

Zhang Fei arched his hand and said: "The soldiers and horses of each battalion step up their training every day, and practice all kinds of tactics proficiently, especially the cavalry battle formation and the bow and crossbow battle formation, and the last general will supervise the most diligent training of each battalion, after all, there are many flat places in Liangzhou, and the Qiang and rebels are good at horse warfare, so we naturally cannot relax." ”

When Liu Jian heard this, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is very good, now that the New Year is approaching, I will order the two of you to do one thing." ”

Zhang Fei arched his hand to break: "Please give orders to the prime minister!" ”

"The two of you, plus Zhang He, Dong Huang, and Zhang Ji, each lead 5,000 men and horses to Liangzhou!"

When Zhang Fei and Lu Bu heard this, their spirits were shocked.

It seems that Liu Jian is planning to use troops in Liangzhou.

Just how did it come a little earlier than originally planned?

Lu Bu arched his hand and said: "Prime Minister, didn't you say that you will prepare to use troops against Liangzhou in the coming year?" ”

Liu Jian said: "I did say so, but you are also prepared according to the way you use troops in the coming year?" ”

Lu Budao: "Exactly! ”

Liu Jian said with satisfaction: "In this way, the spies of the Liangzhou rebels, the reply to Ma Teng, Han Sui and the others, is that we are probably preparing to attack Liangzhou in the coming year, so if I act a few months in advance, they will not notice!" ”

Zhang Fei and Lu Bu were stunned when they heard this, and at the same time, they had a deep admiration for Liu Jian in their hearts.

Zhang Fei thought about it for a while and said, "The prime minister asked me to divide the troops into Liangzhou in five ways, and I didn't bring more people and horses on each road, I don't think it's to fight the rebels head-on, right?" ”

Liu Jian smiled: "Naturally not!" ”

"The number of rebels is large, and the territory of Liangzhou is deep and wide, how can it be possible to distinguish the victory and defeat overnight? I let you go this time, the key is to ask you to find a place to settle in Liangzhou first. ”

"Dare to ask the prime minister, where should I stay?"

"Hanyang-gun!"

Liu Jian's words did not surprise Zhang Fei and Lu Bu, among the counties of Liangzhou, the closest to Guanzhong is Hanyang County, which is also the gateway to Liangzhou, and stationing soldiers and horses there is in line with the law of soldiers.

"You go to Hanyang County, don't be in a hurry to march, you mainly stop more when you pass by our newly established supply points along the way, and see if these newly built supply points can be used, whether the efficiency is high or not, and whether there are any things that need to be improved."

When Zhang Fei and Lu Bu heard this, they hurriedly surrendered their hands.

"Along the way, if you feel that there is anything inappropriate, or if you feel that there are any supply points that are redundant, even if you send someone to report back, my side will make arrangements as quickly as possible in the rear!"

"Whoa!"

At this time, I heard Lu Bu say: "Prime Minister, the last general thinks that it may not be the best strategy for us to send troops to Hanyang County this time. ”

Liu Jian looked at him: "Why?" ”

Lu Buyan said: "At the beginning, Bu and Dong Taifu and others went out with more than 100,000 troops and camped in Ji County, Hanyang County, but for a whole year, the three armies did not advance an inch, of course, this is also because Dong Taifu was sick at that time, and the soldiers of the three armies were not harmonious with each other, but in terms of geographical advantages, Hanyang County is located in Anding, Jincheng, Longxi County, and the rebels have been entrenched in Liangzhou for many years, and they have power in all counties, they have emptied the local people, so that we have not found supplies, and the rebels are wandering in the three counties, Containing us from all directions, making us enemies on all sides, this kind of play is very passive! ”

Liu Jian listened to Lu Bu's words and said: "Feng Xian's ability to say these words shows that you are also very concerned about the conquest of Liangzhou, which is very good!" ”

"But I asked you to enter Hanyang County this time, not because I was in a hurry to pacify Liangzhou, I just wanted you to occupy a foothold in Liangzhou first, and then wait for my next instruction."

"In addition, after you occupy Hanyang County, Ma Teng and Han Sui will definitely send troops to attack you one after another, I have no other requirements for you, but I ask you to win the first few battles for me and boost my morale. In addition, don't interfere in the local people's livelihood and government affairs for the time being, how to arrange the local people's livelihood matters, I will have arrangements in the future, especially the Qiang people must be cautious, don't shout and kill at every turn like before, you know? ”

Lu Bu and Zhang Fei saw that Liu Jian asked them to win the battle, so they said: "Prime Minister rest assured, we will definitely live up to the expectations of the Prime Minister, and this time we will go to Liangzhou, we will definitely fight a beautiful battle." ”

"As for the local people's livelihood and how to deal with the Qiang people, we will not interfere easily, as long as the Qiang people do not take the initiative to provoke and attack us, we will never easily provoke them, please rest assured."

Subsequently, Liu Jian instructed Zhang Fei again: "Yide, this time you were appointed to protect the capital of Liangzhou, and the army on the front line was fully entrusted to you alone, don't let me down." ”

Zhang Fei's face was straight, and he said: "Brother, don't worry, I must be cautious and live up to my brother's trust." ”

Seeing that Zhang Fei and Liu Jian were commensurate with each other, Lu Bu showed a little envy on his face.

Alas, I think he and Dong Zhuo were also commensurate with father and son, how close he was to the leader at that time.

Look at it now, it's really down.

I don't get close to the leader.

……

Subsequently, Zhang Fei, Lu Bu, Zhang He, Dong Huang, and Zhang Ji each led a group of soldiers and horses, and began to march in the direction of Liangzhou.

Ma Teng and Han Sui learned that Liu Jian's troops and horses had finally marched towards Liangzhou, and the two of them immediately continued to urge the rebels to shrink westward, and decided to teach them a lesson when Liu Jian's army arrived.

At this time, Ma Tengjun's eldest son Ma Chao has become the young general of the three armies, he is carrying his father's expectations, ready to march first, attack the army of the imperial court, give the other party a dismount, so that the imperial army also knows the strength of their Liangzhou rebel army.

In the previous battle, Ma Chao had faced Lu Bu, and now he has grown again.

Hearing that Zhang Fei, who was as famous as Lu Bu and even more famous than Lu Bu, was here, Ma Chao was very happy in his heart.

As the so-called newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, Ma Chao really wants to see what the generals of the Hebei Army who are powerful in the world have.

(End of chapter)