Chapter Seventy-Six: Shi Le's Face and Zhang Bin's Conspiracy

The day before Shi Le convened his subordinates to discuss, Wang Jun, the emperor of Youzhou, received the implication of Du Hu Sun Wei and Chu Yun, and was beheaded by Shi Le in Xiangguo City. Before he died, Wang Jun still preserved the last of his dignity, and before he died, he scolded Shi Le, and was killed by the angry prison officer himself.

In fact, Shi Le also wanted to take advantage of Wang Jun's identity, Wang Jun has been in Youzhou for many years, and there are many subordinates, and many people have received his favor. Although he tried to trespass, he did have the confidence and strength, but Shi Le, who was stunned by Sun Wei's attack and Chu Yun's attack, killed him without hesitation.

In fact, Wang Jun's plot to transgress is not a big evil in Chu Yun's view, and the Hu people do not know how many people call themselves kings, so why can't the Han people call them kings and emperors? Wang Jun and Liu Kun are both the pillars of the Han people in the north, but Liu Kun reuses the family and despises the poor differently. Wang Jun does not have a heavy background, and he has two talents, otherwise Liu Kun will not be declining, and those who vote for Wang Jun are becoming more and more popular. Even the family that was valued by Liu Kun felt that Wang Jun was more promising, so they abandoned Liu Kun and took refuge in Wang Jun, this Wang Jun is indeed outstanding.

The death of such a Han tyrant who dominated the north represents the end of an era. In history, it is difficult to simply distinguish between good and bad, traitorous and loyal. From the perspective of orthodoxy, Wang Jun did not have a heart of disobedience, he did not look at the imperial court, and even led the Xianbei people to attack Chang'an, so that the emperor at that time fled in embarrassment. Even because of Wang Jun's words, thousands of Han women were thrown into the river and drowned, which can be said to be the prelude to Wang Jun's rebellion. Hu Ren followed Wang Jun to the Central Plains, and knew the prosperity and weakness of the Central Plains, which gave Hu people a higher vision and greater ambition.

But objectively speaking, although Wang Jun killed many Han people, he also preserved no less than one million Han people and a large number of families in Youzhou, so that they survived without being harassed by the Hu people. And he promoted a lot of talents, these talents with the death of Wang Jun, for Liu Kun who watched Wang Jun perish, the court was full of hatred, and was full of resentment towards Shi Le, most of them they have taken refuge in Xianbei, so that the six Xianbei have been supported by the Han family and a large population, and also created an opportunity for their rise, and the Xianbei people in later generations can continue to build the country, and the help of these Han people and the family is of great significance.

It's no wonder that these people took refuge in the Xianbei people, at the beginning of the Wuhu Chaohua, several major tribes of the Xianbei people were on the side of the Jin Dynasty, such as Tuoba Xianbei and Duan's Xianbei were all supporters of the Han people. However, the court itself was not angry, and they later established the country.

The impact of Wang Jun's death was very far-reaching, and it can be said that it changed the situation in the north. Although it seems that Shi Le's strength has increased greatly, the imperial court has also eliminated a traitorous minister who is not subordinate, and Liu Kun has finally eliminated his old rival, but in the long run, they are all defeated, and it is the Xianbei people who really benefit.

Shi Le couldn't think of such a long-term thing, so he gathered dozens of civil and military generals under his command to discuss how to deal with the state army. Whether it was Shi Le or most of the others, they all thought that Liu Kun did it, so most of them came up with suggestions on how to retaliate against Liu Kun, and only a few people did not speak.

Among them is Zhang Bin, Shile's first strategist, Zhang Bin sat there like a stone with his eyes slightly closed, because many people supported Shile's revenge and Liu Kun, which indirectly attacked Zhang Bin. Zhang Bin once offered advice to Shi Le, asking him to write a letter to Liu Kun to express his submission, so as to exchange Liu Kun for not interfering in Youzhou. Now that the state army has taken action, doesn't it just show that Zhang Bin's strategy is wrong? In particular, the two important ministers under Shi Le, Diao Ying and Zhang Jing, have fallen into the well one after another.

Diao Ying was refuted by Zhang Bin because he advocated surrendering to the Great Jin Dynasty in Yangzhou that year, and Shi Le reprimanded him, and even gave up his position as the first minister, so he was resentful. Zhang Jing is also Shi Le's old minister, but now he is below Zhang Bin, so he is jealous, plus those generals who are in the main battle, and the momentum is huge.

Seeing that the situation was out of control, Shi Le immediately frowned, originally discussing how to retaliate, but now his subordinates began to blame Zhang Bin, Shi Le, who knew Zhang Bin's talent, was not a fool, he immediately reacted.

"Shut up, if there is no right wait, how can we capture Youzhou and quickly destroy Wang Jun? Zhang Gong, I apologize to you on their behalf. Shi Le stood up and was about to bend down, but Zhang Bin, who had been silent, immediately stood up and stopped Shi Le.

"General, bin doesn't dare to be, I just think it's strange, I'm not defending myself, but I think things are not quite right, with my understanding of Liu Yueshi (Liu Kun, the word Yueshi), he should hate Wang Jun more than us, he will never interfere in the affairs of Youzhou, and the letter we intercepted from him to his nephew Liu Yan, he told Liu Yan not to move lightly, so I never believe that it was the Bingzhou Army that attacked Wei County, is there anything strange in this?" After Zhang Bin finished speaking, Shi Le immediately called the guilty Taobao and Guo Quan, both of whom had fought with the enemy. The two men entered the main hall and knelt down to plead guilty.

"Peach Leopard, you are my sworn brother, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, I don't blame you, but you tell me if the person you fought with is Liu Kun's state army?" Shi Le helped Peach Leopard up, Peach Leopard was so excited that he couldn't control himself, he originally thought that Shi Le would be guilty if he didn't kill him, but now he forgave himself.

He knelt at the feet of Shi Le again and said excitedly: "General, the leopard is incompetent, but the cavalry that fights with me is not inferior to our iron cavalry, not that I increase the morale of others, the other party can really fight with our iron cavalry head-on, and even defeat our army head-on." The cavalry besieging Xiangguo was only about 3,000 people, but they almost crushed our 5,000 cavalry head-on, and even the most elite Chinese cavalry left by the general (Shi Le hated others to call the Qi people Hulu, so it was stipulated that they could not be called Hu people, but only Chinese people), which General Guo Quan and the surviving subordinates almost all knew. However, I don't know if the other party is a state army, and I'm ashamed to say that I wanted to capture a few prisoners and torture them, but I didn't catch any of them like loaches against scouts. However, the banner of the other general's is "Chu", I don't know if Liu Kun's subordinates have generals surnamed Chu, General Guo should know more, after all, he was captured by the enemy. ”

Hearing that Peach Leopard didn't know, Shi Le just wanted to scold his mother, but how to say that Peach Leopard was also his old brother, but he didn't even know who the other party was after a fight, which made everyone's impression of Peach Leopard fall to the bottom. If Peach Leopard knew what everyone thought, he would definitely be aggrieved, he had done a good enough job, and at least he escaped with a lot of his subordinates, and if he was replaced by other people, it was estimated that the whole army would be wiped out, how about Shi Hu? However, he caused trouble and pulled Guo Quan into the water, which was indeed very inauthentic. Although the peach leopard is cautious in using soldiers on the battlefield, it is not very good to be a person, there are many such people in history, such as Li Jing, the god of war in the Tang Dynasty, who did it, even the boss Li Yuan was offended, if it were not for the change of Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate, a generation of gods of war estimated that they would not be able to do anything.

Everyone looked at Guo Quan, Guo Quan raised his head and said with a resolute face: "General, everyone, I, Guo Quan, lost the face of the general and was captured by the other party, although I want to commit suicide and die, but I have important news to report to the general, and when I finish reporting to the general, I will definitely apologize with death." After Guo Quan finished speaking, everyone glanced at Guo Quan, Shi Le's face did not move, let Guo Quan get up, and first said what the news was.

Guo Quan spoke again: "General, the leader of the other party is very optimistic about my ability, so he has surrendered to me many times, I hope to get more news for the general, so I am false with him." The other party is indeed a subordinate of Liu Kun in Bingzhou, but he is not directly subordinate to Liu Kun, the other party calls himself Chu Yun, the deputy governor of Bingzhou, and the county guard of Shangdang County, and the army under his command calls itself the Iron and Blood Army, which is independent of the Bingzhou army. Just like the relationship between our army and the Han army, listen to the propaganda and not listen to the tune. This time it was Chu Yun himself, who showed off his starting experience to me in order to recruit me. He was originally a disciple of the Chu family in Yecheng, when our army conquered Yizhou, the Chu family was defeated, his family was killed, and he fell alone in Taihang Mountain. In the Taihang Mountains, he continued to annex various forces, and soon gathered thousands of people. It happened that Liu Kun was besieged by the Xiongnu Han Kingdom, and Liu Kun recruited forces from all sides and recruited him. It's a pity that Liu Kun didn't know anyone, attached importance to Xianbei people and ignored him, and when he counterattacked Jinyang, he left him in Qi County. This Chu Yun was unwilling to be ignored, and without waiting for Liu Kun's order, he took a thousand cavalry to Shangdang County, and in just one month, he captured Shangdang County from the hands of the Huns, and cut off the return route of Liu Yao, the king of Zhongshan in the Huns, defeated Liu Yao, killed thousands of people, and rescued tens of thousands of people. With a population of tens of thousands, he recruited troops and horses, and when the Xiongnu Han conquered Chang'an, he suddenly sent troops to capture Luoyang County and Hanoi County, and killed the Xiongnu general Gongshi Leopard and 5,000 Xiongnu iron cavalry, and relocated the two counties. The Huns sent nearly 100,000 troops to retaliate, and the general was also ordered at that time to know about this matter, but the Huns had no choice but to do anything about Chu Yun, and the 100,000 troops were forced to retreat. Later, when Chu Yun was plotting against Youzhou, he suddenly shot at Yizhou, and the generals knew everything about the future. This Chu Yun rose too fast, and the timing of the attack was ruthless, I thought he would become a strong enemy of our army, so I ran back, hoping to remind the general that as far as I know, this Chu Yun is only twenty-one years old now. Now I have told the Admiral everything I know, and I ask the Admiral to allow me to atone for my sins. After Guo Quan finished speaking, he knelt on the ground again.

Everyone was silent after hearing this, this Chu Yun actually rose in just three years, and he shot twice, the first time he recaptured Luoyang, and gave the Huns a ruthless blow. The second time was even more ruthless, directly taking away the three counties of Yizhou, making them miserable, and it seemed that they were indeed a strong opponent. And Zhang Bin thought more, and he finally determined that his nephew died at the hands of this person.

Shi Le personally helped Guo Quan up: "Guo Quan, your father died for me, your Guo family is a lone seedling, and you are only a deputy general, and you have done your best, you are not to blame for the defeat, you can run back to show that you are loyal to me." The other party values you very much, so I want to reuse you even more. The information you got is very important, I, Shile, am not a person who is not rewarded for meritorious service, I will now promote you to General Zhaowu, and I will double the number of people you have lost in the headquarters, and you are allowed to make an exception to participate today, you and General Taobao should go and sit down, if there is something I will ask you. ”

Guo Quan was overjoyed when he heard this, although General Zhaowu was a five-rank general, he had also entered the list of senior generals, you must know that there were only a dozen people above Guo Quan, and he was even on the same level as Taobao. However, the peach leopard was in a very bad mood, but at this time, he couldn't say anything, he could only do it to the last position, and the rest of the people nodded to Guo Quan, which was considered to be congratulatory in advance, and for the peach leopard, everyone turned a blind eye, and the peach leopard was ashamed to death. But Shi Le didn't notice that he was attracted by what Guo Quan had just said.

After the two of them sat down, everyone didn't speak, and the amount of information that Guo Quan said just now was too large, so that everyone needed time to digest it. Shi Le is forty years old this year, he has been in the army for more than ten years before he has his current status, and how old is Chu Yun, only twenty-one years old, everyone thinks about what they were doing when they were twenty-one years old, the more they feel that Chu Yun is extraordinary.

Don't look at Shile occupying Yizhou, Qingzhou, most of Xuzhou and most of Youzhou, but the population of these states has been repeatedly consumed, and there are not many people. The most important thing for a force is not how big the territory is, but the population, so they calculated a little, the population of Chuyun County is almost not less than the population of any state. What does this mean, this shows that Chu Yun has extraordinary potential, and he can expand his army of one or two hundred thousand at any time.

Moreover, Chu Yun not only has extraordinary potential, but now his strength is very strong, as evidenced by being able to defeat the five thousand troops under Taobao head-on. He also defeated Shi Hu's 5,000 troops, for Shi Hu, although no one likes it, but Shi Hu's ability, Shi Le has to admit it. Chu Yun was able to defeat Shi Hu head-on, which proved Chu Yun's ability. Chu Yun dispatched nearly 10,000 cavalry this time, this is not all his strength, no one knows, just this 10,000 cavalry, it is a very powerful strength.

Shangdang County Chuyun, these five words pressed on everyone's hearts. Originally, everyone thought that Liu Kun was not to worry about destroying Wang Jun, they were ready to dominate the party, but suddenly found that there was a tiger hidden beside them, and this feeling was also very uncomfortable for anyone.

What kind of character Shi Le is, he was also depressed, and it is not a good thing to have a big opponent when he is about to succeed, you must know that all he needs now is time, give him a few years, digest his own strength, and then what Jin Dynasty and what Xiongnu Han Kingdom are scum.

But seeing that his subordinates were all solemn, he immediately responded.

Hahaha, Shi Le suddenly laughed wildly, everyone looked like their lord, I don't know how Shi Le could still laugh at such a time, only Zhang Bin seemed to understand something, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

After a long time, Shi Le burst into tears before he stopped: "Everyone, I originally thought that there was no opponent in the world, and I felt that my life had no intention. Now I suddenly heard that there is a kid, I am happy to see the hunt, I have conquered the world, almost no opponent for more than ten years, and now God has heard my heart, sending such a person to make my life more exciting, it is really fortunate. Why don't you join me in a few drinks to celebrate, and when someone comes to the feast, I want to drink with you. ”

After Shi Le finished speaking, everyone was infected by Shi Le's arrogance, and put their worries about Chu Yun behind, the atmosphere of the banquet was very warm, everyone toasted Shi Le, Shi Le did not refuse, after three rounds of wine, everyone said goodbye and left, and Shi Le left Zhang Bin alone.

"Right Hou, they are all rough people, I have to do this, it makes you laugh, but Shangdang County Chu Yun is indeed a character, and you have also guessed it, this person should be the culprit who killed Zhang Chengxian's nephew, we can't let it go, we must find a way to eradicate this person as soon as possible, I don't know if You Hou can do it?" Shi Le looked at Zhang Bin, but Zhang Bin didn't speak, he twisted his beard to think, Shi Le didn't bother, and it took a long time for Shi Le to speak.

"General, Shangdang County is surrounded by mountains and is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and besides, seeing that Chu Yun has a strong army in hand, it is difficult for this person to get rid of quickly. Shi Le heard Zhang Bin's words, and nodded unwillingly, in fact, he also knew, but having such a person next to him still made him uncomfortable.

Zhang Bin spoke again: "General, although Shangdang County is strong, but it also restricts his development, this is a cage, as long as he is locked in it, he will die sooner or later." ”

Looking at Zhang Bin's confident demeanor, Shi Le's mood calmed down, he could say and obey Zhang Bin, and Zhang Bin never let him down, since Zhang Bin has a plan, then he will definitely succeed, Shi Le stood up and walked to Zhang Bin's side, Zhang Bin turned over and said in unison, Shi Le slapped his hands and Zhang Bin laughed after listening.

Chu Yun didn't know that Shi Le was preparing to clean himself up, even if he knew, he could only see the move, he finally came to Lishi City after a long journey, and with him came an army of 20,000, that is, hundreds of thousands of people. The number of Han people in the once prosperous Xihe County has dropped to an all-time low, which is very dangerous for Chu Yun's rule, after all, Chu Yun is a Han Chinese.

Chu Yun originally ordered Wang Lian to be the governor of Xihe County and let him govern Xihe County, but Wang Lian came for a few months, and in the face of complicated ethnic relations, he was at a loss, so Chu Yun transferred Wang Lian back. Wang Lian, as a collateral of the King of Langya, has a prominent status, but he can only lead the caravan to make money for the Wang family, not without reason, although he followed Chu Yun for a long time, but his ability is indeed limited.

After Liu Bi conquered Xihe County, although he recruited Hu people as soldiers on a large scale, and also gave the Hu people a certain status, there were still some Hu people who did not get benefits, and they often clashed with the Han people, which made the county commanders appointed by Liu Bi a headache, and even two county commanders had to resign, which made Wang Lian at a loss, and it can be said that he managed a mess. Especially in Pingding County, the northernmost county, where there were fewer Han Chinese, there was even a large melee between Han and Hu people, with dozens of dead and wounded.

After Chu Yun came, he settled down 100,000 people, and he was ready to send people to wash Pingding County in blood, he was a Han man. must be on the side of the Han people, since the Hu people are not honest, then kill them. But this decision was stopped by a new secretary of Chu Yun's office. This new record room is Ma Liang, the new head of the Ma family, after he arrived in Shangdang County, Mao Sui recommended himself, Chu Yun didn't know his talent, so he first received it by his side and became a record room. Unexpectedly, even Zhang Tong, Fan Gao, and Chu Chenglin thought that iron-blooded methods should be implemented, but they were blocked by a small notekeeping room.

Chu Yun didn't get angry, he just called him alone for questioning, and he didn't know what Ma Liang said, Chu Yun appointed Ma Liang as the county commander of Pingding, and Ma Liang only went to the post with two entourages. In fact, the two of them didn't say anything, but Ma Liang told Chu Yun that he could settle the Hu-Han dispute within three months, and recruit thousands of cavalry for Chu Yun, so Chu Yun agreed.

In Chu Yun's opinion, this Ma Liang is not a man of his word, if he can succeed, then Chu Yun has discovered a talent, even if he can't succeed, then it's not too late to do it.

Just when Chu Yun was measuring the land and distributing the people, the messenger sent by Shi Le arrived at Pingyang City, the capital of the Xiongnu Han Kingdom, with the head of Wang Jun, the assassin of Youzhou.