Chapter 223: After a year of diving, the scales and claws began to rise
On the day Liu Wei arrived in Jiaozhou with millions of Luoyang people, Yu Tianlai immediately announced that he would step down from the post of Jingnan Zhonglang General, and even the "Taixuan Dao" teaching affairs were entrusted to a group of disciples after a division, and he found a secluded place to retreat and cultivate.
Xun Yu, Xun You and other people who cherished the Han family saw that Yu Tianlai said that he would let go of the power in his hands, and he had no intention of falling in love with the stack, and while admiring it in his heart, he also quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to let go of his hands and feet to assist Liu Wei, the Ming lord who they believed could rejuvenate the Han family.
After taking over various government affairs in Jiaozhou, Xun Yu and others found that Jiaozhou, which was originally a remote place in southern Xinjiang, has laid a solid foundation through Yu Tianlai's governance in the past few years:
Through the promotion of terraced farming, various new agricultural tools and new rice varieties that are cropped twice a year, Jiaozhou's grain and straw are extremely abundant, and even if it accepts millions of Luoyang people, there is no pressure. By secretly selling all kinds of rare products such as spices, pearls, shellfish, jade, tortoiseshell, rhino horn and so on to the Central Plains, Jiaozhou only collected a very meager agricultural tax, but the treasury was full of gold and silver. Through the establishment of restaurants in various important cities and counties in the world, as well as the perfect information network of flying pigeon biography, Jiaozhou, which is located in southern Xinjiang, can learn about important events in the Central Plains in an endless stream. Through rigorous training and well-built equipment, although the strength of the Jiaozhou Army is not large, it has extremely amazing combat effectiveness......
It can be said that the only thing that restricts the development of Jiaozhou is the population base and the civil and military generals who manage the government and lead the army, and now these two remaining defects no longer exist.
With such a foundation, Xun Yu and others felt that if they could not assist Liu Wei to achieve great things, they would be worthy of being called celebrities, so they did their best and did not dare to slack off, and it only took one year to absorb and digest millions of people in Luoyang, and vigorously develop on this basis.
Now the development of Jiaozhou has reached a bottleneck, and if you want to make another breakthrough, you can only expand outward. After Liu Wei convened a group of civil and military personnel to discuss, he personally went to meet Yu Tianlai for instructions, and put the goal of expansion in Jiangdong.
Today, Jiangdong is still under the control of several forces. Originally, Sun Jian was born in Jiangdong and was prestigious, and he was also a brave soldier, so he was the most promising candidate to unify Jiangdong. It's a pity that he was killed by a dark arrow in a big battle with Liu Biao and died young, and the eldest son Sun Ce had no choice but to lead the remnants to attach to Yuan Shu. Jiangdong's close neighbor Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao also has the intention of annexing Jiangdong, but his subordinates lack available generals, and they are more than capable of defending and not enterprising. As for the princes of the north, they have now begun to fight each other for land, and they have no time to look south for the time being.
After carefully formulating an overall strategy for capturing Jiangdong with all the strategists, Liu Wei immediately worshiped Huang Zhong as the general, Guo Jia as the army, and Zhao Yun as the forward, leading more than a dozen deputy generals and 30,000 elite soldiers to enter Jiangdong.
Huang Zhong's men and horses sent troops from Nanhai County, first took Luling County lightly, and then advanced to Huiji.
Huiji Taishou Wang Lang sent troops to attack the enemy and engaged Zhao Yun's forwards.
Zhao Yun, who had just entered the battlefield, used a silver spear to pick up several of Wang Lang's subordinates, including famous generals, and scared Wang Lang to stick to the fortified city and close his doors. Zhao Yun suffered too many casualties because the opponent's city was strong and heavily guarded, and he didn't want his subordinates to attack strongly, so he had nothing to do for a while.
A few days later, Huang Zhong led a large army to arrive, and Guo Jialian used three clever strategies of feints, luring the enemy, and ambushing, which easily wiped out Wang Lang's entire army like a backhand, and even he became a prisoner of the ranks.
Wang Lang had to surrender honestly, and after helping Huang Zhong subdue all the cities in Huiji, he was sent by Huang Zhong to Jiaozhou to meet Liu Wei.
At this time, Yuzhang and Poyang counties were intimidated by the threat of Jiaozhou soldiers, and successively took the initiative to express their intention to submit. Huang Zhong first ordered the two counties to temporarily defend their own land, waiting for the king of Zhennan to send someone to take over, and he himself waved his troops to attack Yan Baihu, who was entrenched in Wu County.
Yan Baihu's men were no more than 10,000, and when he heard that Huang Zhong was approaching with an army of 30,000, he couldn't help but be terrified. But if he wants to hand over the foundation he has so hard to lay, he is really unwilling in his heart.
Just when the clouds were gloomy, a sergeant suddenly came to report outside the door that there was a person asking to see him.
Yan Baihu was full of worries, and immediately shouted angrily: "What kind of Taoist does he matter, I don't see him!"
Before a sentence could be spoken, a clear laughter suddenly came into his ears: "If General Yan wants to refuse to hand over the state's troops, he shouldn't turn away the poor road!"
Yan Baihu was shocked, and hurriedly got up and went out in person, and saw a Tsing Yi Taoist with crane hair and a childish face and fairy wind bones standing proudly at the bottom of the steps, looking at him with a smile. He hurriedly lowered the steps to greet him, stepped forward and gave a deep salute and said: "Yan doesn't know that he is a master, and he is so abrupt, and he also asks Dao Chang Haihan." ”
The man returned the salute with a smile and said, "General Yan doesn't have to be like this, he is polite and polite." ”
This person is Zhang Jiao's fellow disciple Yu Ji, who was defeated by Yu Tianlai for fighting for "Taiping Yaoshu", and has not shown up since he escaped that day, and now he is finally out of the mountain again.
Yan Baihu respectfully invited Ji into the mansion, and after the other party sat down, he immediately threw himself down in front of him and bowed: "Yan is in a big disaster, please ask the Taoist chief to help!"
Yu Ji flicked his sleeves lightly, and there was a soft force to hold Yan Baihu up, and said with a smile: "General rest assured, since Poor Dao is here, there is naturally a way to protect you!"
A few days later, Zhao Yun led the front 3,000 men and horses to arrive, and Yan Baihu also sent 3,000 men and horses, but handed over to the commander of Yin Ji to meet the enemy.
After the two armies faced each other, Zhao Yun crossed the saddle bridge with the silver spear, urged the white dragon horse to step forward, and shouted loudly: "Please come out and answer the main general on the other side!"
Yu Ji also rode a white horse, still wearing the cyan Taoist uniform, and carried a long sword diagonally behind his back, facing Zhao Yun's horse's head, and said: "Poor Dao Yu Ji, I have seen General Zilong, I don't know how to respect the master and the boy spear god?"
Zhao Yun saw that the enemy's main general was actually a Taoist, and his heart was slightly shocked, and he heard him sign up to call himself Yu Ji, and when he remembered that he was only the master "Penglai Spear God" Tong Yuan specially told him to remember several difficult characters, there was this person, and immediately arched his hand on the horse and said: "It turned out that it was the 'Taiping Qing Lingdao' who taught the real person in person, and the junior Zhao Yun was polite." The teacher is fine, and there are real people who ask questions. But I don't know why the real person is in the Yan White Tiger Army?"
Yu Ji smiled indifferently: "General Zilong, Poor Dao had a grudge with Yu Tianlai, the head of the 'Taixuan Dao', and heard that the Jiaozhou army invaded Jiangdong, so he was in the Yan Baihu Army, and wanted to use the battle between the two armies to make a break with Yu Tian. Poor Dao has a relationship with the respected teacher, and it is inconvenient to be embarrassed by you, the younger generation. You can withdraw from the army for the time being, just ask Yu Tianlai to meet the poor road. ”
Zhao Yun put the silver spear on the saddle in his palm, although his expression was calm, his tone was unswerving: "The real person's words are wrong, His Royal Highness Zhao Yunmeng Zhennan King trusts, and the Netherlands is a pioneer, so he should open the road and build a bridge when he meets the water, how can there be a reason not to occupy and retreat?"
Yu Ji chuckled and shook his head: "The young man's spirit is the most misleading! Since you don't listen to the good words of the poor and move forward, you come forward to do it." If there is a mistake, the Venerable Master must not be blamed for being ruthless!"