Chapter 593 The Real Target
In early August, good news came from the direction of Xuzhou. Xi Jian led his army to conquer Suiling of Xiapi State and defeated the reinforcements sent by Zu Ti.
Subsequently, Taobao led his army to attack the prime minister.
Liu Hedu led his troops south to threaten Xu County.
In this way, even if Xiapi is as stable as Mount Tai, Zu Ti will not be able to stay any longer.
At this time, he desperately needed the support of his own troops and horses stationed on the Huai River line to help him stabilize his empty rear.
It is a pity that more and more Jiangdong soldiers gathered in Huai River, but none of them went northward. They all wanted to watch Zu Ti's joke.
In desperation, he led the soldiers and civilians of Xiapi to board ships and evacuate southward at the end of July, abandoning this fortified city that had once daunted Shao Bing.
This withdrawal meant the loss of Xiapi and Linhuai counties. In the seventh year of Yuankang (297), Linhuai County was analyzed as Linhuai and Huailing counties. In the first year of Yongning (301), Huailing County is called the Huailing Kingdom, and the current king of Huailing is Sima Rong.
So far, the two sides are generally bounded by the Huai River. The Jianye side still maintains a small number of strongholds and cities north of the Huai River. They rely on naval support to hold on and serve as the outer barrier of the Huai River defense line.
Xi Jian is consolidating the newly occupied area and waiting for a new batch of food, grass and military supplies. Next, he will try to capture the Jiangdong Army's city on the north bank of the Huai River. The battle is not over yet.
When Shao Xun received the news, he understood that the war in this direction was basically over.
In fact, due to various reasons, Jianye failed to use all its strength north of the Huai River. Zu Ti always encountered various constraints and had no choice but to retreat.
But when you reach both sides of the Huai River, people will become serious. This may be their bottom line.
The pattern of sticking to the Huaihe River defense line and ensuring a peaceful corner of the south of the Yangtze River can be supported by the powerful families in Wudi.
Crossing the Huai River to the north and attacking Xiapi, Pengcheng and even Langya and other places further away, the support was greatly reduced.
To put it bluntly, it has something to do with the needs of the financial backers of the Jianye regime (the powerful clan of Wudi). Their dream is to separate one side, that's all.
On the third day of August, Chen Yougen, the chariot and cavalry shogunate left Sima Chen Yougen, left Luoyang and went to Chen and Xiang to recruit local young men and the governor-general Chen, Ruyin, Runan, Xincai and Nandun.
With Qiao Domestic Shi Xia Houheng as the shogunate's minister, the governors Qiao and Peiding Zhuang went south to contain the troops in Jiangdong.
He also ordered the Miobei shogunate army chief Lekai to march to Shunyang, Nanyang, Xinye, Yiyang, and Dingzhuang from the five commanderies, go south to attack Xiangyang, and surround Wei and rescue Zhao.
Thousands of miles from east to west, Xi Jian's opponents were the South Xuzhou refugee army and the Jiangdong wealthy tribes.
Chen Yougen’s opponent was the Jiangxi Jiangmen Group from Soochow.
Lucai's opponent is the Jingzhou Group - this group is a special existence in the Soochow system. It is relatively aggressive and does not match the overall style of Soochow.
In short, it is better to deal with the south with temporary conscripts of farm husbands and gentry tribes.
The most important thing now is to win Hebei.
The wars that broke out in Hongnong and Hanoi were all to contain the Huns, and all for Hebei.
On the fifth day of August, Shao Xun left Luoyang and went north to Heyang with his own army and some government soldiers, a total of about 5,000 people.
As he was leaving, everyone came to see him off.
Wang Yan recorded the affairs of the Shangshu as a Taiwei, and was already the most powerful person in Luoyang.
The previous one was Sima Yue, who recorded the affairs of the Shangshu as a Taifu.
If you want to record ministerial affairs, generally speaking, you have to hold the positions of Sangong, Taifu, and General. The General of Chariots and Cavalry is a second-grade official, which is not impossible, but I always feel that it is a little less interesting.
"When will Taibai prepare to join the court to assist the government?" When he had time, Wang Yan came over and asked quietly.
When entering the DPRK, what is meant by "assisting the government"? This is just a euphemism, and "taking over the government" is almost the same.
"Wait a minute." Shao Xun was not polite to Wang Yan and said directly: "Wait until I wipe out Shi Le and repel Sima Rui. Now that there is war everywhere and the situation is not stable, how can I help the government? What do outsiders think of me? "
Wang Yan felt relieved after hearing this, and said: "Meizi has arrived in Langya, and the Xiao family and the Yan family have arrived, so the situation in Dongguan and Langya should be okay. ”
“With Meizi in charge, what’s the point?” Shao Xun said happily.
In fact, it was the Taiyang clan who really stabilized the situation in northern Xuzhou. Although reluctant, Shao Xun still asked them to integrate the troops and horses from the three counties of Taishan, Lu, and Dongguan to fight Cao Yi.
Cao Yi has basically stabilized the internal situation last year. He claims to have "more than 100,000 soldiers", which means he is a bit interested in external expansion.
This year we captured Dong'an County, attacked Dongguan again, and almost captured the entire territory.
In the north, they also looted Jibei and Leling many times, very arrogantly.
But I have to admit that Cao Yi is currently the most powerful force in that area.
"How is the recruitment going?" Shao Xun asked.
"Cao Yi has a big appetite." Wang Yan said with a bitter smile: "According to Meizi, he wants to serve as the minister and the pastor of Qingzhou."
"No." Shao Xun said with a smile. : "After beating Shi Le, I will take him down to see if he talks tough."
Wang Yan nodded and said: "Cao Yi is quite polite. At least he sent the envoy out of the country with courtesy. Wang Mina Bian Ke just killed the envoy."
"Did Wang Mi kill it? Or was it the Huns?" Shao Xun asked with a focused look.
“I don’t know.” Wang Yan shook his head.
Messengers are a high-risk profession and are easily killed.
The envoy Shao Xun sent to Yecheng before was tied up by Shi Le and sent to Pingyang and beheaded outside the city. Now he has no interest in sending another envoy there - a person who is not good at it really cannot serve as a messenger. Messenger, it hurts a lot to be killed.
There are some thieves who make no sense.
"Don't recruit Wang Mi for now. It will only cost people's lives." Shao Xun said: "Instead of recruiting Wang Mi, it is better to find a way to persuade the Xin'an defenders to surrender. That's all. I won't be able to persuade them to surrender for a while, so I have to beat them first. Let’s talk about this later.”
“Will Taibai go to Hebei for inspection?” Wang Yan asked. "Let's see." Shao Xun said: "The battle situation is changing rapidly, and I can't tell for sure."
While the two were talking, the new guard Yang Jiuzhi came over, and the three of them Relatively respectful.
"Ming Gong, are you going to Yecheng?" One of the Yangjie came up and asked.
Shao Xun said what he said to Wang Yan again.
At the same time, I secretly laughed in my heart, why do everyone care about whether I go to Hebei or not?
Lu Zhi wrote letters in two and a half days during those three days, urging him to go to Yecheng. It was so...
"Now that the Jianghuai war has begun, it would be better for Ming Gong to take care of both ends in Henan." Yang Jiazhi said: "I just sorted out the clues in Yuzhou and eliminated the remaining poisons of the past, but unexpectedly we were caught in the flames of war again. Alas."
Shao Xun could tell that Yang Jiuzhi didn't want to leave Yuzhou.
At this time, is Weiwei really as attractive as the governor of Yuzhou? not necessarily.
The governor of Yuzhou is a serious official with real power, and he has much more bargaining chips than Wei Wei.
Shao Xun also heard that before leaving office, Yang Jiezhi and Yu Chen had a bit of an unpleasant quarrel. Fortunately, both parties were public figures and only competed in private. On the surface, they were still harmonious.
Now that Yu Chen has returned to Fangtou, Yang Jiezhi has come to Luoyang, and Yuzhou has fallen into the hands of Chu Hui, I don’t know what they think - the Chu family in Yangdi is just a small gentry, and they are still He suffered a heavy blow from Wang Mi, which was far worse than that of Yu and Yang.
However, the "cleaning up the remaining poison" mentioned by Yang Jiezhi should have nothing to do with Yu Chen. It was the fault of Lu Zhila's gang.
In the ten years before and after, none of the three governors of Yuzhou could take root in the local area. In order to achieve this goal, Shao Xun also worked hard.
After talking to everyone one by one, Shao Xun got on his horse and, surrounded by the army, headed north towards Heyang.
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On the land of Hebei, Yuxi was flying.
The news of Chen Gong’s northern inspection tour quickly spread everywhere. Wang Queer, Liu Qia, He Lun, Hou Feihu, Li Chong, Jin Zheng, Cai Cheng and others were about to hear the news. Their chrysanthemums tightened and they strengthened their efforts offensive.
On the tenth day of the eighth month, Shi Le, who was organizing the corn and wheat harvest in Changshan, also heard the news and asked: "The Shao thief has come, how are the people?"
"The Shao thief has come, and they don't know it. "
"Come to Yecheng?"
"I heard that I'm going to Hanoi."
Shi Le waved the messenger away and closed his eyes to think for a while.
Zhang Jing watched silently.
Since the defeat of Yecheng, Da Hu has aged very quickly. Not only was his face ridged and ridged, but his temple hair was also as pale as snow.
The energy and energy are not as good as before, so there is nothing I can do.
“Don’t panic.” Shi Le patted Zhang Jing’s shoulder with his big rough hand and said with a smile: “So what if Thief Shao is here? It’s difficult for him too. In the land of the Fourth War in Henan, wind leaks everywhere, but it’s not that I heard that he had a dispute with Sima Rui in Xuzhou. If there is another war in Jingzhou or even Yuzhou, he will be very upset." Zhang Jing felt a little relieved after hearing this.
One good thing about Da Hu is that no matter how difficult it is, he can handle it calmly. Even if he loses all his territory and only has a few hundred soldiers or even eighteen cavalry left at hand, he will calm down and think seriously about how to fight tomorrow, even if everything seems to be in vain.
"It is not true that the Shao thieves attacked Hongnong and Hanoi." As he spoke, Shi Le became interested. He took a branch, drew on the dirt, and said: "He has few cavalry and cannot support Hongnong, Hanoi, Jiwei, Xuzhou and even Jizhou. Therefore, if you look at where he uses the cavalry, you will know where his real goal is."
" Jizhou!" Zhang Jing said in shock.
Shi Le threw away the branch and nodded.
To be honest, in the past few months, the cavalry fighting between the two sides in various places in Jizhou was very fierce and consumed a lot of money.
Liang Fuzun, the imperial reinforcements and his own subordinates recruited 20,000 cavalry successively, but they were at a disadvantage when they fought with Shao Thief's cavalry. This is the first time in many years of confrontation.
Shao Thief gained the advantage of cavalry for the first time!
Even though there is a severe shortage of cavalry in other battlefields, and various generals are asking for cavalry reinforcements, Shao Thief seems not to be listening, and is focused on strengthening the offensive in Hebei.
Because he knew very well that if he wanted to capture the northern counties of Jizhou, it would be impossible without cavalry to protect the grain roads.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to send cavalry to Hanoi and other directions, but he doesn’t dare.
And with this gritted teeth and persistence, the effects slowly appeared.
The bandit general Jin Zheng left the Baigou River, transported grain and grass by land, and conquered the river. Then he divided his troops into two groups and moved to Zhangwu. The main force went straight to Gaoyang, without fear of the grain route being cut off.
The situation is actually very dangerous. Fortunately, King Zhongshan's main army has also arrived at Changshan...
"Did Wang Jun get a message back?" Shi Le seemed to have thought of something, asked.
“When Diao Changshi came back from summons three days ago, he was still trying to persuade Wang Jun.” Zhang Jing said.
"What's over there? Do you have any explanation?" Shi Le asked vaguely, as if he was afraid of being heard by others.
Zhang Jing understood and said softly: "They have enmity with Shao Xun, but they are also a little afraid, so they are only willing to go south to plunder, not to fight for the Han."
"The Wuhuan people What?”
“I didn’t want to come. After I heard that King Zhongshan had arrived in Hebei, I sent a group of people to go south.”
“These swindlers,” Shi Le said with a smile.
Cursing, the smile on his face slowly faded, and he said: "Go look in the library and pick out some rare items. You can lead a trip yourself..."
"Where to go?"< br>
"Zhang Wu!" Shi Le said: "Go there and wait."
(End of this chapter)