Chapter 168 Four Ways
The case of Guo Si's death has come to an end, but the remaining waves will continue to tremble, but it is no longer Zhang Chong's main concern. As the transfers between Lu State in the west and Dongping State in the north become more and more frequent, Zhang Chong has no choice but to put his attention on On the war that is about to break out.
On February 25, the sixth year of Guanghe, the strategy of defending in the east and advancing in the west was decided, that is, east of Mount Tai, we should still defend based on the danger of Mount Tai, and take the initiative to attack west of Mount Tai.
Now, in Fenggao, in addition to Wang Zhang, Ding Sheng, and Chen Huan, who were originally under the command of Zuo Xiaowei Guan Yu, there is also Xie Bi's tribe who was recently transferred from the mountains. The original military strength under the right commander Zhang Dan was Li Damu, Dian Wei, and Yu Jin. Recently, Guo Liang's troops in the mountains were also transferred out of the mountains and joined his army.
In other words, at this time, the Taishan Army had assembled eight divisions and four thousand elite troops to the west of Mount Tai. In Mount Tai, the military officers such as Yang Mao and Du Man were still leading the defense with Heifu and Wei Zhou. It seems that the left side is heavy and the right side is light, but Yang Mao has one thousand elite soldiers and four thousand soldiers inside and outside the mountain to protect the land. Considering the danger of Mount Tai, it is more than enough to defend the territory.
On February 26, Ding Sheng's troops took the lead, Wang Zhang's troops were deputy, and the second troops went north to attack Bo County, north of Fenggao, and captured the city in three days. Later, Ding Sheng's troops stationed outside the camp city, and Wang Zhang's troops stayed inside the city to guard Bo County, the boundary between the Taishan hilly area and the plains.
At the same time, with Li Damu as the leader and Yu Jinbu as the deputy, the second unit went westward, passed through the passes of Culai Mountain and Lianhuashan Mountain, and entered the central part of Taishan County westward to launch an attack on Liangfucheng. Liang Fu was frightened and abandoned the city. Liang Fu defeated the enemy without fighting.
As for the Chinese Army composed of Zhang Chong, Guan Yu, and Zhang Dan, the Chen Huan, Dian Wei, Guo Liang, Xie Bi, Tian Jun, Xi Shen, Dong Fang, and Meng Ju tribes are still stationed in Fenggao and are ready to support the two forward troops. Wire.
Bo County and Liang Fu successively captured it. It can be said that the early military goals were initially achieved, but the chain reaction caused by this was severe.
In the north, as Ding Sheng captured Bo County, Jibei Prime Minister Chen Gui, who was still hesitant on patrol, quickly went south from Lu County, the county governor, to Sheqiu. Not only did they mobilize all the soldiers from the three counties in the north of the county to form a core force of 2,000 veterans, they also recruited 3,000 civilians to defend the city.
Snake Hill is located directly on the Wenshui River. The reason why Jibei Prime Minister Chen Guijie was stationed here is obvious, which is to use the Wenshui River as a supply line and attack line. Jin can go down the Wen River and attack the enemies in Bo County, or he can even go one step further and attack Fenggao directly. If you retreat, you can also stick to Snake Hill. With the Wenshui River, supplies from Dongping Kingdom in the north will continue to arrive. When the time comes, when there is no shortage of food and salary, and when the soldiers are determined to die, the Snake Hill will be as solid as gold.
From this arrangement, it can be seen that Chen Gui, the Prime Minister of Jibei Kingdom, is not an ordinary Confucian. He is well versed in the art of war. He only moved one step and blocked the northward passage of the Taishan Army.
It is true that this Chen Gui is not an idle person. He is the nephew of the late captain Chen Qiu. He comes from Huaipu County, Xiapi County, Xuzhou. As a royal family, the Chen family has its own family history. Although in the second year of Guanghe's reign, his uncle leaked the plan to eradicate the eunuchs due to Yang Qiu, and died helplessly. However, the impact on Chen was not as great as expected, and he still served as the governor of Jibei Kingdom for another three years. He cared for the people well and was loved by everyone.
Therefore, once he launched his army, there was an endless stream of powerful men who brought their own disciples to Sheqiu to join the army, just because they believed in Chen Gui's reputation and ability. For example, the current shogunate of Chen Gui can be said to have gathered all the talents of Jibei Kingdom. Among them, the most famous person is Yan Jiao, a contemporary of the Wangyan family in this county. He is the 23rd generation grandson of Yan Hui and the head of the scholar community in this county. His presence in the imperial court shows that the whole family of officials is united. .
In addition, there is Dai Qi from the Dai family in Gang County, Jibei Province. The Dai family is also a virtuous family in this county and has a virtuous character in the world. His ancestor, Dai Feng, promoted filial piety and honesty, responded to the public car recruitment, and had the first countermeasures. How high is his morality? At that time, he was the magistrate of Xihua County. Then there was a plague of locusts in Ru and Ying areas. The locusts did not enter Xihua County. Even the locusts were influenced by his morality. They would rather starve to death than gain anything from food. The grain of Hua is a wonder in a county. Dai Qi lived up to the high reputation of his ancestors. At a young age, he was known as the Five Dragons of Jibei together with Fan Zhao, Xu Yan, Xia Yin, and Liu Bin from the same county.
But this time, all the five dragons came into the scene to consult on calligraphy and painting, which was also a grand event.
In addition, there is also the son of the Xing family in this county, Xing He, who is one of the few heroes in the county and is the most brave in the county. Although their Xing family is not famous, Xinghe's uncle is a remarkable person, that is Yang Xu from Taishan Nancheng, who is the leader of the Taiyang family. Therefore, no one looked down on Xing He for a while.
Chen Gui couldn't help but feel proud of the gathering of talented people in the shogunate and the strong support of the powerful people in the county. He was worthy of him feeding the people three times a day and doing his best to care for the people. So, it’s worth the effort, and what you do will always be remembered.
It’s not that no one is worried. Will the prefect Chen Gui resent the Han court and open up the city to release thieves because of the tragic death of his uncle?
That is really unfounded worry. A family like theirs has long been separated from the country. Even if someone in a generation has a conflict with the imperial court, it is also that person's own business and does not represent their Chen family. So if anything happens to Chen Qiu, the officials of many of the Chen family's descendants will do the same. This is the relationship between their clan and the Han court, which can never be broken through fighting.
The same reaction appeared in Liang Fu. It's just that the chain reaction here is much more severe than in Bo County.
Liang Fu is located in Taishan County, and the geographical situation is very critical. First, he controlled the passes of Culai Mountain and Lianhua Mountain as the western gateway of Fenggao. Then he was located in the north of Mengshan Mountain, sharing the danger of Mengshan Mountain with the south of the county. So when Liang Fu failed to attack, the three-county coalition troops stationed in Nanwuyang were shocked three times a day. It turned out that after the former prefect Zhang Ju was dismissed from office, the coalition forces in the three counties south of the county were leaderless. It’s not that the Han Dynasty never thought of sending another governor, but the funny thing is that when Ge Yilang, who was running around as an official, heard that he was going to be the governor of Taishan, which had fallen, he either complained of illness or went into seclusion in the mountains. What else could he say? ：
"Since ancient times, everyone has loved fame and fortune, but I love landscapes."
Seeing that the officials were so afraid of death, the court was also worried that speaking out would chill the hearts of the county officials below, so they kept delaying the decision.
Originally, Yang Zhi was still in charge of the three counties in the south of the county, but last winter, the party leader failed to survive and died. After that, the various families really had to fight for this leader. After all, when they settled in Nanwuyang, they had a hand There is as much money and food as mountains and seas, not to mention such a piece of information about military chiefs, which is extremely important to all powerful families.
As for the danger? What danger can there be? I haven't seen those Taishan thieves hunkering down for more than half a year, and they haven't seen any movement. But as the Taishan bandits suddenly went south to Liang Fu, the powerful men no longer fought for it. Instead, Yang Xu, the Mesozoic leader of the Yang family, was chosen as the main general to stop the Taishan soldiers from going south.
This Yangxu is naturally the uncle of Xinghe, a hero from Jibei Kingdom, as mentioned before. His name was given in the second party imprisonment, so according to common sense, he cannot be a Han official. But at this point, who really cares? Whoever has prestige and can bear heavy loads can be the general. It's that simple.
However, compared to Wuhe in the three southern counties of Taishan County, the state of Lu in the north is much more suitable.
Lu County already belongs to Yuzhou, but it is just north of Liangfu. After climbing over several mountains in central and southern Shandong, you can enter the territory of Lu after crossing Si River. Therefore, after the Taishan Army captured Liang Fu, the Lu State in the north also took action.
The current Lu State Minister is Chen Yi, who is also newly appointed. His appointment as the Prime Minister of Lu was something that really made some pro-establishment party members want to sue. It turns out that this gentleman is the son of the old Taifu Chen Fan. At that time, the old Taiwei and General Dou Wu participated in the coup and were killed. His son was rescued by his friends and survived. In this round of siege against the Taishan bandits, Yang Ci, who had only been appointed Taiwei last year, recommended Chen Yilai to be the Prime Minister of Lu. An important reason for persuading Liu Hong at that time was that if he did not open a crack for the imprisoned party members, some people would really vote for him. thief.
Finally, Liu Honglai thought about the pros and cons, so he released Chen Yi from prison and appointed him as the prime minister of Lu, forcing him to act loyally.
After that, Chen Yi entered the Lu State on a bicycle and presided over the encirclement and suppression. As soon as he entered the county, he met Fan Xiang and Fan Jiajing, one of the eight chefs who were senior members of the party, and invited him to join the curtain and be responsible for assisting in the management of money and food. In addition, Kong Rong, the successor of Confucius who was already famous and a great figure, was also drawn into the shogunate by Chen Yi.
When the Taishan Army defeated Liang Fu, Chen Yi did not sit in the county and govern Lu County. Instead, he crossed the Surabaya River and set up a camp on the north bank of the Surabaya River. And although he was only the first prime minister of Lu, he was finally allowed to recruit 3,000 troops because of the strong support of many major clans in the country including Confucius, Mencius, and Tibet. But to be honest, from Chen Yi's point of view, the Lu soldiers were really weak. It seemed that these Lu soldiers no longer had the martial virtue of Confucius, who was like a nine-foot-tall man who could convince people with reason.
Therefore, with only these 3,000 soldiers, Prime Minister Chen Yi could only stick to the north of Surabaya no matter how much he wanted to fight.
In addition, there is another road, which belongs to Tan Mo, the prime minister of Langya. Langya country is vast and sparsely populated, with only 20,000 households and less than 600,000 people. Then there are many wealthy families in the country. King Guanglangya's family has a population of tens of thousands. In addition, there are Liu families in various counties. Most of these are the queens of Chengyangjing King and are also the tycoons of each county. In addition, there is the Dongwu Fu family, the family of contemporary Confucian classics, which I won’t introduce in detail. After all, Du Man studied under Fu family. In addition, there are the Gumu Tong family and the Xu family, both of whom are wealthy families. In addition, there is the Linyi Wang family, the most famous of this generation is Wang Rui.
Of course, I heard that a fortune teller had given the Wang family a fate, saying that the Wang family would prosper across the river, but I don't know what that means. Then there is the Yangcheng Ge family, which is not the same as the Zhuge family. The Zhuge family was originally the Zhucheng Ge family, but later moved to Yangcheng. In order to distinguish it from the Yangcheng Ge family, it was renamed the Zhuge family. Everyone in the Zhuge family is familiar with him. At this moment, Zhuge Gui is still serving as his prime minister of Hanjun.
But despite the fact that the people of Langya are few and powerful, their husbands are tough and tough. After all, why are there so many thieves in Langya Mountain? If the powerful men hadn't been braver, they would have been eaten long ago.
In short, no matter what was said, as the Taishan Army moved north and west, a four-way encirclement and suppression circle was formed.
(End of chapter)