Xiaoqi

The sky is high and the clouds are wide, and the autumn is crisp.The grassland is golden, the grass is low when the wind blows, showing undulating ripples like waves, which is too beautiful to behold.

Youzhou Daijun.On the tower of the north gate of Gaoliu City, Li Li, who is dressed in military armor, looks out from the handrail. He can see the beautiful mountains and rivers, and the earth is covered with golden costumes.

Dai County was originally a prefecture under the jurisdiction of Youzhou. Since Zhou Yu led an army to recover Bingzhou three years ago, he entered Dai County in order to chase the remnants of Xianbei, and then took back Dai County.Afterwards, Li Li sent people to Youzhou to inform Gongsun Zan, and temporarily borrowed Daijun to station troops, and returned them to him after Yanmen and the barbarian tribes outside Daijun were cleared away.

Since then, Daijun has fallen into the hands of the Xiliang army.Two years ago, after Li Lixi conquered Hanzhong, he sent Zhao Yun to lead his unparalleled cavalry to Daijun, and they have not returned to Daijun until now.That is to say, from the moment the Xiliang army occupied Daijun, Gongsun Zan deliberately alienated Li Li. He was no longer helping and intimacy like before, and even intentionally or unintentionally guarded against the Xiliang army.

In fact, after Zhou Yu regained the entire territory of Bingzhou, the western Xianbei entrenched around Yanmen and Daijun no longer dared to invade the border.However, when Li Li promised Gongsun Zan to borrow Daijun temporarily, he said: "I will return it after clearing out the barbarians on the border."

This sentence sounds very reasonable and very responsible, but in fact it is tantamount to telling Gongsun Zan unmistakably: You have no ability to guard the territory, I will guard it for you, and the county belongs to me.After all, there are so many barbarians entrenched outside Dai County, how easy is it to completely wipe them out?If we really want to wait until the day when the border troubles are cleared up, it must be after the Year of the Monkey, by which time Gongsun Zan may be long gone.

Therefore, Li Li's temporary borrowing of the Dai Commandery was just a tactful excuse to save some face for Gongsun Zan so as not to embarrass him too much.The reason why Zhao Yun was sent to lead the troops to Daijun was also to ease the conflicts between them. After all, Zhao Yun had served under Gongsun Zan's command, and Zhao Yun was stationed in Daijun, which invisibly saved a lot of face for Gongsun Zan.

This move seems to be very unfair, but in fact, Li Li can't be blamed, but Gongsun Zan's incompetence.

Gongsun Zan has occupied Youzhou for many years, but hundreds of thousands of Wuhuan and Xianbei barbarians have been entrenched on the border of Youzhou, and most of the prefectures and counties are almost under the ravages of barbarian cavalry.From Daijun all the way to the east, the Wuhuan Tadun tribe is entrenched around Shanggu County, the Supuyan tribe is entrenched in Yuyang County, the Wuyan tribe is entrenched outside Youbeiping County, and the eastern Xianbei leader Suli is entrenched in Liaoxi County.In addition, there are major Xianbei tribes: Kebineng, Budugen, Suli, Mijia, Queji and other Xianbei tribe leaders, as well as the remaining Xianbei tribes in the west.

Fortunately, both Wuhuan and Xianbei are in a state of division, and the internal strife keeps fighting each other, restraining each other, causing the tribes to be unable to unify, and their strength is greatly damaged. Otherwise, Youzhou would have been a pasture for barbarian tribes.

Chapter 941 Horseshoe disease, a long way to go

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As the sun set in the west, a gust of north wind blew by, bringing with it a faint and murderous air, chilling people.

The footsteps of "Tom tom" were getting closer and closer. Li Li, who was looking at the railing from afar, was engrossed in watching. He didn't move, but raised his hand and waved to the people behind him to signal that they don't need to be polite.

The five people who climbed up the tower together understood immediately when they saw this, and walked lightly to the side of the railing, and together with Li Li, they gazed at the beautiful mountains and rivers in the afterglow of the setting sun until the last rays of sunset glow disappeared.

"My lord, all the battalions have arrived. I don't know when I will send my troops eastward?" Guo Jia, who was standing on Li Li's left, asked softly.

Hearing the sound, Li Li turned his head to look at the two sides, but he saw Zhang Liao, the commander of Wuwei Battalion, Zhang Yan, the commander of Feiyan Qingqi, Gao Shun, the commander of the trapped camp, and Zhao Yun, the commander of Wushuang Iron Cavalry.

After nodding to the four of them, a knowing smile appeared on Li Li's face, and he said with a smile: "Actually, I'm on my way to the east at this moment, and I'm already on my way to the expedition. Right now, I'm just temporarily stationing troops here for a short rest. Just waiting for a chance."

Guo Jia was a little surprised, rolled his eyes, and couldn't help nodding and laughing: "Hehehe, it is indeed as the Lord said, we have already marched eastward with our troops. Now we are in the territory of Youzhou, one step forward is Shanggu County , may be blocked or harassed by the Wuhuan cavalry at any time. Therefore, Dai County is undoubtedly an excellent place to garrison and rest, and there will be no chance to rest after the army advances into Shanggu County!"

Li Li smiled and nodded, then turned his gaze to Zhang Liao on the right.He said with a smile: "Wen Yuan has a great responsibility for this expedition to Youzhou, and he is the commander of the Chinese army. I don't know what Wen Yuan thinks about this battle?"

After Zhang Liao heard the words.He humbly smiled, and said respectfully: "The lord is just joking. How can the last general He De dare to overtake the position of the chief general of the Chinese army? Everything is at the command of the lord, and the last general will not hesitate!"

Li Li shook his head and said: "No, Wen Yuan, don't think I'm joking. In fact, Wen Yuan is the commander of the Chinese army in the Eastern Expedition to Youzhou. This is by no means a joke. It is true. Presumably Wen Yuan also I know that Gongjin and Wenhe are sitting in Luoyang at the moment, and the one who is playing the banner is Li Li's handsome banner. What does this mean? Don't Wen Yuan understand?"

"Oh?" Zhang Liao was stunned when he heard the sound, his eyes flashed, and he suddenly realized: "It turns out that the lord came to Youzhou secretly this time, and he didn't want to reveal his identity. It made the princes of the towns mistakenly think that the lord is still in Luoyang. It's just,,, The general does not understand why the lord did this? Please tell the lord clearly."

Li Li smiled slightly.Nodding his head, he said, "Nothing, I just took Youzhou for peace. If Gongsun Zan, Gongsun Du, Yan Rou and the others knew that I was personally leading the troops, they would have no intention of dealing with Yuan Shao in Jizhou, and would instead turn their spearheads at our Xiliang army." , always be on guard against me, Li Li. Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings and unnecessary casualties, I should not show up for the time being, and Wen Yuan will command the army to fight everything. So the burden on Wen Yuan's shoulders is not light!"

"Thank you, my lord, for your trust. The general will do his best to live up to my lord's entrustment!" Zhang Liao responded with a bow.

Li Li nodded with a smile on his face. "It's still the question just now. What is Wen Yuan's opinion on this battle? You can say what you think, there is no need to be taboo, it doesn't matter to speak out."

Zhang Liao nodded when he heard the sound, and after thinking for a moment, he respectfully said: "Since the lord asked, the general will speak up boldly. Youzhou is no different from other states and counties. There are hundreds of barbarian tribes in the surrounding area, and the number of their tribes is as many as several. 10 people; even, there are barbarian cavalry rampaging wantonly in many counties and counties, many cities are occupied by barbarians, and troops are stationed in the cities, wantonly plundering, doing whatever they want, and arrogance.

The nearest barbarian to Youzhou is Wuhuan.Its forces spread across the five counties of Shanggu County, Yuyang County, Youbeiping, Guangyang, and Liaoxi. Some tribes are no longer outside Youzhou, but live together with the Han people.In addition, in the past two years, Gongsun Zan's strength has been greatly damaged, and most of the cities in Liaoxi and Youbeiping have fallen into the hands of the Wuhuan people one after another.

Apart from Wuhuan, the Xianbei tribe is even more powerful, far superior to Wuhuan.However, the Xianbei tribe is fighting among themselves. Since the death of Xianbei Dashan Yu Tanshihuai, Xianbei was initially divided into three major tribes: Eastern, Central, and Western.With the death of Tan Shihuai's son and Lian Zhongjian, the central and eastern Xianbei split again and were divided into six tribes: Budugen, Fuluohan, Suli, Kebineng, Mijia, and Queji, and their strength was further weakened.

The most active Xianbei tribes at the moment are: the Budugen tribe entrenched between Dai County and Shanggu County, the Kebineng Tribe entrenched in the outskirts of Shanggu County and Yuyang County, and the eastern Xianbei leader Suli occupying western Liaoning. "During the speech, the expression on Zhang Liao's face became more serious, and his tone was very heavy, as if he was very worried about the situation of the people in Youzhou, and he was quite afraid of the barbarian tribes around Youzhou.

After taking a breath, Zhang Liao continued: "These Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes are quite powerful, ranging from [-] to [-] tribesmen to more than [-] tribesmen, and each tribe has at least [-] Qingqi warriors. Most of them have tens of thousands of people who control the strings, and their strength is tyrannical. What's more, in recent years, Gongsun Zan of Youzhou and Yuan Shao have fought frequently, and the rebel Yan Rou attacked the city in the territory, causing the people to die and the people to live. As a last resort, many The common people fled to Wuhuan or Xianbei one after another with their families and became slaves. So far, tens of thousands or even [-] families of Han people have been reduced to slaves of barbarian tribes, suffering from bullying and darkness.

Therefore, the counties and counties under Gongsun Zan's actual control are limited to Zhuo County, most of Yuyang County, and some cities in Shanggu County and Youbeiping County, that's all.Nearly half of the remaining Youzhou counties fell one after another and were occupied by Wuhuan or Xianbei tribes.It can be seen from this that the livelihood of the people in various counties is difficult. "Speaking of this, Zhang Liao's expression was gloomy, his heart seemed extremely heavy, and he paused again.

Seeing this, Li Li lightly patted him on the shoulder, signaling him to calm down, look at the situation objectively and calmly, and not act emotionally.

Zhang Liao nodded knowingly, and after calming down, he said seriously: "In view of this, the general believes that the main purpose of our army's eastern expedition is not to take back Youzhou as soon as possible, but to focus on wiping out the barbarian tribes entrenched around Youzhou. Conquer and suppress at the same time, and disintegrate all the forces of the barbarians as much as possible. While aggressively suppressing the barbarian tribes, recruit Yan Rou's rebels, forcing Gongsun Du of Liaodong and Gongsun Zan of Youzhou to surrender. After the real capture of Youzhou, a large number of troops will be assembled Going out on the grasslands and annihilating all the barbarian tribes in one fell swoop, we must at least drive them three thousand miles away from the border. Only in this way can we ensure the peace of Youzhou for ten or even twenty years!"

"Hahaha!" Li Li laughed heartily after hearing the words, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Wen Yuan is full of pride and ambition!"

Guo Jia echoed with a smile: "My lord's words are very true. General Wen Yuan has both a martial arts strategy on the battlefield and a feeling of compassion for the world. I really admire it."

After a short pause, Guo Jia restrained his smile and said with a straight face: "The current situation in Youzhou is indeed not optimistic. Compared with the situation in the past when the lord ruled the Western Regions and wiped out the Qianghu, it is even worse. Especially in recent years Gongsun Zan's temperament changed drastically. He no longer had the courage of the past. He was arrogant, extravagant and dissipated. "

"This is by no means alarmist, but it is true. 20 years ago, the Xianbei Grand Chancellor Yu Tan Shihuai unified all the tribes of Xianbei and established the Xianbei Royal Court. Its vast area and large number of tribes already have the strength to fight against my great Han. Strength. When Xianbei was at its strongest, it had an extremely extensive territory; from east to west, its territory was more than 30 miles long, and from south to north it was also [-] miles long. At that time, Tan Shihuai had millions of The crowd, with no less than [-] string-controlling men under his command, repelled Fuyu in the east, attacked Wusun in the west, resisted Dingling in the north, and confronted the big Han in the south.

In order to strengthen his rule, Tan Shihuai divided the territory of Xianbei into three parts: east, middle and west, and appointed a leader to take charge of each.It's a pity that Yingming I's Tan Shihuai never imagined that it was he who divided Xianbei into three, which caused Xianbei to fall apart.His son He Lian was mediocre and incompetent, content with pleasure, greedy for money and lustful, and was shot to death by random arrows when he robbed Beidi County.Since then, the Xianbei tribe in the central region has been divided again, and then years of infighting and fighting, resulting in the gradual decline of the Xianbei tribe, and their strength is not as good as before.Even so, the strength of Xianbei's ministries should not be underestimated, far above Wuhuan. "

After listening to Guo Jia's words, Li Li nodded thoughtfully. He knew why Guo Jia described Xianbei's past prosperity in such detail. His purpose was to remind him not to underestimate the Xianbei tribe, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

It has to be said that Guo Jia understands Li Li better and better, and can often figure out his thoughts.Just now Li Li just mentioned Zhang Liao as the chief general of the Chinese army, and Guo Jia immediately guessed that Li Li didn't pay much attention to the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes entrenched on the border of Youzhou.Then he solemnly reminded Li Li not to underestimate Xianbei by telling about the strength of the Xianbei tribe in the past, but to pay enough attention to it, otherwise he would inevitably make mistakes.

In fact, Guo Jia's reminder was right and timely.Before that, Li Li really didn't pay attention to the Wuhuan, Xianbei and other barbarian tribes. He thought that once his army arrived, he would scare all the barbarians out of their mouths.However, after hearing Guo Jia's reminder, Li Li couldn't help but think of many things. More than ten years ago, Tanshihuai completely occupied the homeland of the Huns, almost including some counties and counties in Inner Mongolia and the northern border of later generations. The size of the territory is not too much compared with the current territory of the Han Dynasty.However, the Huns who once entrenched in the grasslands fought against the Han for hundreds of years, and went through the Eastern and Western Hans. On the other hand, although the Xianbei tribe is torn apart, the centipedes are dead and not stiff. It has only been more than ten years. The foundation is still there, indeed. It is not to be underestimated.

With his mind in a hurry, Li Li pondered for a while, then smiled and said: "It seems that my biggest enemies in this Eastern Expedition are Wuhuan and Xianbei. If we want to really grab Youzhou, we must first eliminate these ghosts and evil spirits." Otherwise, even if you occupy Youzhou, you will not be able to live in peace in the future, and you will have to compete with the barbarians sooner or later. Fortunately, we are well prepared. The Wan Da army is full of war cavalry. With this one hundred thousand cavalry in hand, I think this Eastern Expedition will definitely not return in vain, and it should be able to wipe out the barbarians and secure Youzhou."

Chapter 942

The autumn wind is rustling, and the fallen leaves are flying.The wild mountains and rivers that have been stripped of their golden costumes return to their true colors, everything is dead and silent, and the fallen leaves return to their roots.

Shanggu County, outside the west gate of Guangning City.

It just rained yesterday, and the uneven official road is full of large and small puddles, the road is muddy, and it is very difficult to walk.However, with a group of Wuhuan Qingqi rushing into the city gate, less than half an hour later, the people in the city rushed out, rushed out of the west gate, and ran for their lives in a hurry.Thousands of people ran desperately, screaming in panic, looking back from time to time, as if they were worried that the Wuhuan cavalry would catch up.

The pitted puddles were trampled by everyone, and the mud splashed everywhere, splashed on the body, splashed on the face, stained on the hair, trickled down the cheeks and entered the neck, which was icy cold.However, people who are busy running for their lives don't care about these things. They are not afraid of being dirty, tired, cold, or falling into the mud to make people laugh.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The road was narrow and muddy. Thousands of people rushed out of the city, pushing forward and back.And often after a person slips, he will trip a group of people immediately, and then be stepped on by the people behind and continue to escape.Therefore, anyone who falls on the ground means that they have completely lost the chance of escape. They will not die or even be injured if they fall. If you die, you will also become disabled, so you can no longer escape.

Such hastily fleeing for their lives happened from time to time in the boundary of Shanggu County.For three years, Shanggu County has become a pasture for barbarian cavalry hunting in autumn.In their eyes, the Han people living in the cities are like hunting lambs, robbing all food and property, and kidnapping young women.Then it's free hunting time.Crossbows, scimitars, lightly riding fast horses, galloping and yelling wantonly, while wielding scimitars to harvest heads.The scene of blood splattering and heads flying is their happiest pleasure.

In their view, enjoying the fun of killing is the demeanor that the strong should have.The weak are like grass, and should be slaughtered.The law of the law dictates that the law of the jungle prey on the strong, and this is the way of survival.They never thought there was anything wrong with it.They treat the Han people like this, and they treat their own people in the same way; when they lose the ability to fight, they will end up in the same way.They've been doing that for hundreds of years.Passed down from generation to generation.Until the tribe is annexed or massacred by other tribes and completely extinct.

Perhaps because of this, their tribes generally do not last for too long, and it is very rare for them to survive for hundreds of years.Many tribes were formed only to be annexed by larger tribes, or looted and then set on fire.This kind of thing happens almost every day, day after day, year after year.Disappears and then reappears, reappears and then disappears.Repeatedly, without end

Guangning City originally had defenders, but unfortunately, they were killed one after another in the battle of defending the city half a month ago. Less than 100 defenders survived.It just rained yesterday and the road was slippery. The defenders thought that there would be no Wuhuan people coming to attack the city today, but they didn't expect that as soon as they opened the city gate, more than [-] Wuhuan cavalry roared towards them. The momentum of the ear attacked the city gate, and then rushed into the city without any hindrance.

In this way, a city falls, even if it is not occupied by the Wuhuan people, it will become a dead city, a city of dead souls and ghosts.After half a year, this city will become ruins, and then ashes to ashes, dust to dust, completely reduced to nothing, disappearing in the dust.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"With the returning Wuhuan cavalry returning to their horses and leaving the city, the hunt officially began. With the scimitars swooping up, each and every fresh life was scattered in the bright red blood mist.After a while, the originally congested road began to become thinner. Many old people and children fell into a pool of blood. The blood and mud merged together, dyeing the muddy quagmire red.

The criss-crossed corpses re-paved the potholed road, which was still uneven and ups and downs, which forcibly blocked the path of the Wuhuan cavalry, forcing them to get off their horses and lead their horses forward slowly. .It was the obstruction of these hundreds of corpses that gave the more than [-] young men running in the front a chance to escape. As long as they grasped this precious time, they would have the hope of surviving.

"Ah! Grandpa, father, mother" the heartbroken calls resounded through the sky. On the muddy road five miles away from the west gate, more than [-] young and strong people turned their heads three times at a step, crying for their loved ones, but there was no response.At this time, the Wuhuan cavalry was less than one mile away from them, and they only needed to charge their horses to catch up with them, and then wiped out the grass and roots, completely exterminating this group of "weeds" who were trying to escape.

Perhaps this group of people was unlucky, but in fact, some people in the city survived.Because the number of Wuhuan cavalry is limited, it will take at least two or three days to slaughter the city with a force of more than 1000 people, so as long as their trip is to rob property, killing people is just incidental.Unexpectedly, these more than [-] people escaped from the west gate, but they ran so slowly that they blocked the way they left, so a massacre was naturally staged.

Massacring nearly a thousand helpless civilians in one go, these Wuhuan cavalry have already killed red eyes.And the more than three hundred young and strong people in front of them are the more difficult prey in their eyes. Only by hunting such prey can they feel more fulfilled and excited.

The sound of horseshoes behind them was getting closer and closer, and the tears on the faces of more than three hundred young and strong men were still so frightened that they were sweating coldly.Beads of sweat rolled down one after another, mixed with the tears from the corners of the eyes, flowed down the sideburns, soaked the collar, and spread slowly on the chest, leaving a mark of tears and sweat.