Chapter 64: The Imperial Court Plan and the Incident in Youzhou
"Adults must not, Yun is still young, and his ability is limited, so he really can't bear the expectations of adults. The adults have been guarding the state for more than ten years, although there have been slight setbacks, but they have worked hard to crush the repeated attempts of the Huns, and it is precisely because of the presence of the adults that the imperial court can survive in peace. Yun is just lucky, taking advantage of the imperial court to contain the main force of the Hun army, and has achieved some small results, compared with adults, it is like the fire of a candle compared to the bright sun. Please retract what you just said, the court can't do without you, and I can't do without you. Chu Yun said sincerely.
In fact, when Liu Kun said it, he was really moved, but he suddenly woke up, and this scene reminded him of Liu Bei's deeds in the White Emperor City. Will Zhuge Liang be slaughtered by Liu Bei because he didn't answer correctly? No one can say for sure, Liu Bei buried the ambush knife and axeman. Things back then are similar to today, what kind of person is Liu Kun, he is a generation of famous ministers, and he is also a prince, he is indomitable, he has never retreated a little, even in the most difficult times, he has never despaired. Such a person told himself that he was tired and wanted to leave, did Chu Yun dare to believe it? If he showed too much ambition, even if Liu Kun did not ambush people, he would personally shoot and kill himself. In the heart of a loyal minister like him, the Hu people are hateful, but careerists like Wang Jun are even more hateful, otherwise they would not have been dragging Wang Jun back in the battle between Shi Le and Wang Jun.
Liu Kun looked at Chu Yun for a long time, but he didn't see a trace of strangeness on Chu Yun's face, Liu Kun waved his hand to let Chu Yun sit down: "Weizhong, don't worry, you are still young, as long as you are loyal to the imperial court, what I said just now is not a lie." Don't worry, I don't mean to find someone to replace you, you can rest assured that you will be the Taishou of Shangdang County, as long as you are loyal to the imperial court, the old man will help you if you encounter anything, I have always supported your actions these days, you can see that there is anyone in the state who has tried to obstruct your discovery? Chu Yun nodded after listening, Liu Kun did not drag himself down, this is also where Chu Yun is grateful to Liu Kun. In addition, he also breathed a sigh of relief, thanks to the fact that he didn't say anything wrong just now, Liu Kun was really testing himself. Although Chu Yun's current strength will not be afraid of Liu Kun, and Liu Kun will not be able to kill himself, but at this time, he fell out with Liu Kun, and the funny person will only be Hu Ren.
"Wei Zhong, I don't know how many soldiers and horses you have now, Mo Han told me that you have 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry, I want to listen to the truth. Liu Kun looked at Chu Yun with blazing eyes, and Chu Yun decided to tell part of the truth as soon as his mind turned.
"My lord, I have 35,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry, but the cavalry suffered too many losses in the first battle of Hanoi County, and the combat effectiveness has declined very much. The infantry has combat effectiveness, that is, 5,000 people, and the rest are newly recruited by me, all of them are new recruits, and their combat effectiveness is very worrisome, so let them defend the city, it's okay. But out of the city to fight, they estimated that they could not even defeat 5,000 Huns. My lord, you also know that Shangdang County is a place of four wars, I know that the number of my subordinates is excessive, I am just a county guard can not use so many soldiers, but I can't help it, there are too few elite soldiers, I can only grit my teeth and expand the army, but the expansion of the army consumption is not to mention, the combat effectiveness is worse, my lord, I really don't know what to do. Chu Yun made the number clear, after all, he has seven infantry brigades and three cavalry brigades, as long as anyone has a heart, he can know, Liu Kun can't say where he got the accurate news, but the quality is casually said by Chu Yun.
However, after Chu Yun finished speaking, Liu Kun really believed it, after all, Chu Yun was good at training, and it was impossible to train tens of thousands of strong troops in just over a year. At this time, the army needs to fight to hone it, but not to mention the quality, this quantity alone satisfies Liu Kun, after all, he is only 5,000 people, and he is not an elite soldier.
"Okay, Wei Zhong is really the pillar of the country, he has such strength in just over a year, I don't know what Wei Zhong thinks of the current situation?" Chu Yun was happy in his heart, Liu Ding was really right, if Liu Ding didn't tell himself that the court had given an order, then it would be really difficult for him to answer, but knowing the order of the court, he knew Liu Kun's ultimate goal, so Chu Yun was calm. He doesn't deliberately show that he has a long-term vision now, but that it is necessary to hide his clumsiness.
"My lord, I don't know much about the world's major events, but I think the revival of our court is promising, the court defeated the Xiongnu army last year, and I also made some efforts, now the great trend of the world is very beneficial to the court, I think the day of the court expelling the Huns is not far away. Chu Yun said with joy on his face, Liu Kun felt a trace of disappointment in his heart after hearing this, and a trace of joy flashed, and he couldn't tell what mood he was in.
"Weizhong, you're rejoicing too soon. The imperial court is not as good as you think, and the situation of the Huns will not be as bad as you think. To put it simply, there are now two forces in the world, one is the Han people and the other is the Hu people, and the forces of the Han people are divided into five forces: the imperial court, the king of Langya, I and the state, Wang Jun of Youzhou, and Xiliang and Zhangliang. The Hu people were divided into the Xiongnu Han Kingdom, Qingyi Shile, Liubu Xianbei, and Chengguo Li Clan. The balance of forces between the two sides seems to be about the same, but the internal friction of our Han forces is serious, for example, Wang Jun is suspicious, and King Langya and Zhang Liang are also careful. On the other hand, although some of the Hu people seem to be helping the Han people, and some are not affiliated with each other or even hostile to each other, if the imperial court has the intention to destroy the Xiongnu, the other Hu people will not sit idly by and watch the Xiongnu be destroyed until there are no other Hu forces to replace the Xiongnu and become the target of the Han people. Therefore, the Xiongnu and Han kingdoms seem to be in crisis, but in fact they are as stable as a mountain. You have also seen Tuoba Xianbei's iron cavalry, Xianbei's other tribes are not inferior to Tuoba Xianbei, do you think I can resist it?" After Liu Kun finished speaking, Chu Yun was in awe of him, he didn't expect Liu Kun's vision to be so broad, and he was able to analyze the pros and cons so clearly.
Chu Yun still couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart: "My lord, since you know that Xianbei people are unreliable, why do you want to become brothers with Tuoba Xianbei?"
Liu Kun picked up the cup and took a sip of tea and said: "Wei Zhong, since the Han people are fighting for their own interests, so are the Hu people, and now that the Hu people are strong, I can only hope to provoke them to split." What's more, Tuoba Yilu envies Wang Hua and is also upright, which is the target I deliberately chose. Last year, I tried to sow discord between Shile and the Huns, and returned Shile's mother and nephew to Shile, but unfortunately failed. Now Shi Le sharpens his knife and Huo Huo is ready to destroy Wang Jun, Wang Jun, a stupid donkey, doesn't even know it, but unfortunately I'm incompetent, if I have Wang Jun's power, why worry about the great cause. Do you know that in the past, there were frequent wars in my state, and the homeless people poured into Youzhou, Youzhou was strong, and I used to secretly recruit troops in the territory controlled by Youzhou, and I recruited 30,000 people in a short time. It's a pity that for so many years, Wang Jun's idiot has been strict and tyrannical, and he has been ruthless with foreign forces, and Youzhou is still broken. He even had a disobedient heart, and I was so disappointed with the situation that I got drunk all the time. Until the appearance of Weizhong you, the old man Weizhong now feels powerless, and it will depend on you in the future. ”
Only then did Chu Yun know that he underestimated Liu Kun, but he didn't expect this person to still want to provoke the Hu people to fight among themselves, compared with the princes like himself who are constantly growing themselves, Liu Kun's weak enemy and strong himself can be regarded as a very thoughtful idea. Don't you see that during the Sui Dynasty, the Turks rose up in the north, and the Sui Dynasty strengthened its own strength to compete with them on the one hand, and on the other hand, it sent people to split the Turks, and even divided the powerful Turks into two, which greatly damaged the strength of the Turks, so Liu Kun's method was a clever plan. It's a pity that the imperial court is too uncompetitive, and even a Hun can't stand it, and it was destroyed by the Huns in the west mountain at sunset, which made Liu Kun completely blind. You must know that within a few years of the Huns destroying the imperial court, they were beaten into pig's heads by Shile, and finally perished.
"My lord, what do you say you should do, I, Chu Yun, will definitely follow desperately. Chu Yun knew that Liu Kun was going to have a showdown with him, so without waiting for Liu Kun to speak, Chu Yun knew that he had expressed his surrender to Liu Kun first, and Liu Kun was very satisfied.
"It's good to be loyal to you, don't worry, I will continue to recommend you to the court. To tell you the truth, the imperial court issued an order this time, ordering me to send troops to attack Pingyang, of course, it is not enough for me to join the state. The imperial court also ordered Xiliang Zhang Liang to send troops to join forces with the imperial court to send troops to Chang'an to contain the forces of the Huns, and to attack Pingyang with me. In addition, he ordered the soldiers of the king of Langya to go out of the Yangtze River and attack Luoyang. The four forces of our Quartet can work together to achieve great things. Don't worry, I know that you may think that our troops are not enough, I have contacted Tuoba Yilu, and the acting king personally commanded tens of thousands of male soldiers, and our soldiers are divided into two ways to make the Huns unable to take care of each other. Liu Kun's statement was exactly the same as the plan that Liu Ding secretly told him, Chu Yun listened to this plan that seemed feasible, it was a little funny, all forces have small abacus, this plan can really succeed is hell, but Chu Yun will not say it directly.
"My lord, Yun must fully support your lord's plan, I don't know what you need Yun to do this time?" Chu Yun's attitude made Liu Kun even more happy.
"How many troops can you take out, I am ready to unite the Xianbei people to attack along the river, and you will lead the troops out of Tianjing Pass, plus the imperial court and the Xiliang army, we will encircle it in three ways. You have to send enough troops, otherwise you won't be able to contain them effectively. Liu Kun looked at Chu Yun, and Chu Yun spoke after a little calculation.
"My lord, there are a lot of Hun cavalry, although I have a lot of infantry, but the combat effectiveness is limited, even if I go out, I can only send people to the head. Moreover, I also need some men for the defense of Shangdang County, so I can send 15,000 troops and 5,000 cavalry. Chu Yun said after a slight estimate.
Liu Kun was a little disappointed, which was less than half of the total strength of more than 40,000 troops in Shangdang County, which still made Liu Kun dissatisfied. He hoped that Chu Yun would send more people, even if it was cannon fodder, and it would be majestic to send more people, wouldn't it? Chu Yun gritted his teeth and raised the strength to 20,000 people, Liu Kun was still a little dissatisfied, but Chu Yun also kept complaining, and promised that the most elite troops were sent, so Liu Kun reluctantly agreed. But another thing is on the agenda, what about the rations of the Xianbei army? Liu Kun can't even afford to support his own 5,000 people, let alone the tens of thousands of Xianbei people's army, this problem can only be pressed on the head of Shangdang County, no matter how Chu Yun complains, Liu Kun is unmoved, Chu Yun scolded in his heart, and in the end he can only promise to take out 30,000 loads of grain, and Chu Yun will not come out more. Although there are still hundreds of thousands of loads of grain in Shangdang County, once this kind of thing starts, what will they do in the future? Besides, the Xianbei people are rushing with a large number of cattle and sheep, and they are not without food, so there is no need for them to bear this thunder.
However, Chu Yun was uncompromising on the matter of Xianbei people borrowing the party county on the road, Chu Yun would never let the Xianbei people pass by his party county, in case of a problem, Chu Yun would have no place to cry. Therefore, Chu Yun insisted that the Xianbei people attack Pingyang along the Fen River Valley, and even Pingjin Valley Chu Yun would not let them enter. Liu Kun also knows what kind of urine the Xianbei people are, don't look at Liu Kun and Tuoba Xianbei have a good relationship, but they are no different from other Hu people, and they have done bad things in the territory of the Han people, so Liu Kun pushed himself and others and agreed.
The 5,000 men of Liu Kun's headquarters were sent by him to the borders of Bingzhou, Youzhou and Yizhou, on the one hand, to contain Shi Le and Wang Jun, and on the other hand, to support his nephew Liu Yan, to show an attitude. Liu Yan is having a very hard time now, which is why Liu Kun wants to send people to support Liu Yan, of course, Liu Kun will not let Liu Yan be idle, if Shi Le and Wang Jun are desperate, then Liu Yan will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight; if Shi Le has the heart to go east to help the Huns, Liu Yan will be responsible for containing Shi Le.
Of course, Liu Kun's headquarters only theoretically supported Liu Yan, and the two could not do unified action across Shile's territory, and now Yizhou has basically fallen, Liu Yan ran to Xiaqiu, this time the imperial court rewarded him aggressively, and Liu Yan also mixed up with the general of Zhonglang in the north and the history of Yanzhou Thorn, and Liqiu was near Yuncheng County, Shandong in later generations, and it was not next to it at all. Of course, this has nothing to do with Chu Yun, after discussing for most of the night, Chu Yun and Liu Kun finished the negotiation, Liu Kun let Chu Yun live in the General's Mansion, and sent a few maids to serve, Chu Yun didn't have this mind, and went to bed early.
The next day, Chu Yun said goodbye to Liu Kun and left, except for Liu Ding, Wen Qiao and a few other people, no one went out of the city to see him off, now Jinyang Liu Kun has the heart to cheer up, but the people around him are a group of sycophants, Chu Yun is really too lazy to socialize, Chu Yun and Liu Dingyi said goodbye, Chu Yun left Jinyang without looking back.
Chu Yun returned to the city of the eldest son, everyone went out of the city to greet them, Chu Yun asked everyone to return, and immediately summoned several of his confidants and important ministers to discuss Liu Kun's order, and several people were not optimistic about this order of the imperial court.
At this time, Feng Chengjia asked to see him, and Chu Yun immediately summoned him, because he was seriously ill, Chu Chenglin could not suppress the affairs of the Supervision Department, so Chu Yun set the Supervision Department as a direct yamen, and Chu Chenglin also lost control of the Supervision Department.
"Governor, Yizhou secret report. Feng Chengjia felt a document in both hands and handed it to Chu Yun, and Chu Yun immediately took it. After a long time, Chu Yun finished reading, his expression was solemn, he glanced at Feng Chengjia and asked, "Is the news reliable?"
Feng Chengjia looked around, Chu Yun immediately understood, he asked all the guards and servants around him to leave, and Feng Chengjia whispered: "Dudu, out of your importance to Zhang Bin, Shi Le's subordinate strategist, we arranged eyeliner in his house, and this news was learned from Zhang Bin, with Zhang Bin's status, the news should be correct." ”
Chu Yun offended Zhang Bin, and was very jealous of Zhang Bin, so he ordered the Supervision Department to work hard to find a way to break into Zhang Bin's house, but he didn't expect to get such a big news, which was really unexpected. It turned out that Shi Le had long wanted to completely eradicate Wang Jun, and he had been paralyzing Wang Jun all the time.
In fact, Shi Le has always been determined to eradicate Wang Jun, at the beginning of the year, Shi Le declared martial law for the whole army, but has been afraid of Liu Kun, Wuhuan and Xianbei people to intervene, so he did not act. When Zhang Bin saw Shi Le's actions, he asked: "Attacking the enemy, it should be taken by surprise, and now that the army has not set off for a whole day under martial law, is it because we are afraid that Liu Kun and the Xianbei people and Wuhuan people will become our troubles?" Schler nodded yes. Zhang Bin admonished: "Their intelligence and courage in three aspects are not comparable to the general's yours, even if the general goes on an expedition, they will not dare to act rashly, and besides, they may not know that the general can go deep into a thousand miles alone and seize Youzhou." The return of the lightly armed army will not take more than twenty days, and if they really have this idea, we will be back by the time they have consulted and left the division. Besides, Liu Kun and Wang Jun, although they were nominally ministers of the Jin Dynasty, they were actually enemies. If we send a letter to Liu Kun and send hostages to ask for a truce, Liu Kun will be happy for our obedience, and will be happy about Wang Jun's demise, and will not attack us in the end to save Wang Jun. It is important to use soldiers quickly, and do not delay time. ”
Shi Le heard Zhang Bin's words and made up his mind, and Zhang Bin inadvertently told his son, so it spread in Zhang's mansion. The people of the Zhang family were proud of Zhang Bin, because they felt that Zhang Bin was to Shi Le what Zhuge Kongming was to Liu Bei. They did this in order to highlight Shi Le's importance to Zhang Bin in front of everyone and make the Zhang family's status higher, but they never expected that they would be informed by Chu Yun's Supervision Department.
"How long has it been since this news?" Chu Yun immediately asked.
"Back to the governor, it's been almost ten days, and the news that our people have passed from Xiangguo to Shangdang County is already the fastest speed. After Feng Chengjia finished speaking, Chu Yun immediately stood up.
"You continue to inquire about the news, what is the current situation in Xihe County? You immediately inquire for me, and if Liu Bi has not yet moved, let him postpone it. Someone came to order the whole army of the Iron and Blood Cavalry to assemble, and ordered Zhao Hu of the 5th Infantry Brigade stationed in the axe caliber and Lu Zhong of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade to put the whole army under martial law and wait for my order. Chu Yun immediately gave an arbitrary order, Chu Yun wanted to complete the plan he had set at the beginning when Yizhou was empty, what the plan of the imperial court, and the order of Lord Assassin Shi were all on the side, his own strength was the most important.
PS: The state has been a lot better in the first two days, and the state is not very good these days, after all, the author and I are not robots, and the state has ups and downs. I'm sorry.