Chapter 1078: It's Really Big
After Wei Qian served as the governor of Youzhou, he was obviously busy, although Biqiu Jian died, but he was in charge of Youzhou for more than ten years, and his influence could not be eliminated in a short period of time, and Wei Qian had to spend a lot of time to eliminate this influence to the minimum.
Clearing out the remnants of Biqiu Jian is the most important thing for Wei Qian to do at present, if he wants to gain a foothold in Youzhou, he must cultivate his cronies and loyal to his army, otherwise, the endless assassinations alone will be enough to give him a headache.
Since the death of Biqiu Jian, there have been many assassinations against Wei Qian and Wang Qi, according to investigation, all of them were committed by dead soldiers and domestic slaves loyal to Biqiu Jian, fortunately, Wei Qian and Wang Qi were very well guarded, and did not give these assassins a chance to take advantage of, but this also gave Wei Qian a wake-up call, there will eventually be a negligence in the hundred secrets, even if he is strictly guarded, in case of any negligence and misconduct, it will be fatal.
Therefore, after the assassination incident, Wei Qian and Wang Qi spared no effort to strike at the remnants of Biqiu Jian. Biqiu Jian has been in Youzhou for many years, and the cronies he has cultivated have deep roots and have penetrated into all levels of Youzhou, and it is indeed not easy to dig them out and eradicate them one by one.
But in order to eliminate the hidden dangers around him, no matter how difficult it is, Wei Qian must investigate it to the end.
Wei Qian looks very kind, kind and easy-going, but those who have really seen his methods will know that he is actually a ruthless, vicious person, in order to eradicate Biqiu Jian's cronies and henchmen, Wei Qian shot mercilessly, even to the point of being innocent.
Moreover, Wei Qian never publicized the execution of these people, almost few of them were escorted to the downtown entrance for execution, and many of them disappeared without a trace after being arrested, and even the whereabouts of the bones could not be found.
On the surface, Wei Qian still has to maintain the stable situation in Youzhou City, showing a harmonious atmosphere everywhere.
Wei Qian was an iron-fisted method internally, and he devoted most of his energy to eliminating the Yuqiu Frugal Party, and as for the external military defense, Wang Jilai was fully responsible.
Now what needs to be vigilant on the side of Youzhou is the attack of the Bingzhou army, since Biqiu Xiu fled to Bingzhou, Wei Qian has been worried that the Bingzhou army will take the opportunity to advance eastward and attack Youzhou in the name of revenge for Biqiu Jian.
In fact, just the attack of the Bingzhou army will not make Wei Qian too nervous, the soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth, at least the strong walls of Youzhou City can also resist the offensive of the Bingzhou army.
But the only terrible thing is that Biqiu Jian's cronies are dense like locusts, lurking in all corners of Youzhou City, once they collude with the internal and external forces of the United Prefecture, it will be the most deadly.
Therefore, Wei Qian presided over the internal affairs, and as for the overall situation outside the country, it was handed over to Wang Qi to deal with.
To attack Youzhou from Bingzhou, it is natural to take the road of Juyong Pass, and Juyong Pass is the most dangerous pass to defend Youzhou, Wang Ji naturally stationed the army in Juyong Pass to block the possible attack of the Bingzhou army.
So far, there has been no news of sending troops from Bingzhou, so Wang Ji is still relatively calm, after all, in his opinion, sending troops to fight must at least go through full preparation, this preparation cycle will generally be relatively long, under normal circumstances, it will take at least three or four months, not to mention, at this time, the weather is freezing, if you forcibly send troops, non-combat attrition will be very serious.
No matter what kind of general, he would not think that now is the best time to send troops, if Cao Liang really decides to send troops to Youzhou, then at least he will not use troops until the spring flowers bloom.
Therefore, this period of time is enough for Wang Ji to integrate the soldiers and horses of Youzhou and strengthen the defense of Juyong Pass, and when the soldiers of Bingzhou come to the city, he will be able to respond to the battle with confidence.
As for Wang Ji's choice of the focus of defense at Juyong Pass, that is, Wang Ji believed that the Bingzhou army would attack Youzhou, and it would inevitably attack along the passage between Youzhou, and as for whether the Bingzhou army would attack from the south, he was not too worried about this, after all, if the Bingzhou army attacked Youzhou from the south, then Jizhou would be a hurdle that they could not bypass without faith.
As long as the Jizhou army fights the front war for them, the Youzhou army will not have any psychological burden, Wang Ji can know that Lu Zhao is a person, and he is loyal to the Sima clan with all his heart, and after the Jizhou army enters Jizhou, there is no chance to get out at all, and it is entirely possible for Lu Zhao to block the Bingzhou army for them.
Taking a step back, even if Lu Zhao couldn't stop the state army, it would at least take a lot of time, as long as the news reached Youzhou, they would have plenty of time to do a good job of defense.
But Wang Ji's wishful thinking was obviously miscalculated, and the Bingzhou army did not march from the road of Juyong Pass, but chose the road to the south, not only Lu Zhao did not block the Bingzhou army, but also the defense of Fanyang County was like paper, and the Bingzhou army did not have any stagnation at all, and after they received the news, the vanguard of the Bingzhou army, the iron cavalry battalion, had already arrived more than ten miles away from Youzhou City, and it was close to Youzhou City.
Wei Qian was taken aback when he heard the news, and the state army came too suddenly, they were not prepared for any battle at all, and the state army actually came to the city.
How is this possible? Even if the troops on Fanyang County's side were weak and could not resist the attack of the Bingzhou army, but Lu Zhao of Jizhou had a heavy army, how could he easily let the Bingzhou army break through Guangchang?
Unless Lu Zhao deliberately released the water, the state army would pass through Guangchang so smoothly, but Wei Qian couldn't figure it out, as long as Lu Zhao did not surrender, it was impossible to deliberately lead the water to the east.
After all, Wei Qian was born as a civilian official and was not familiar with military affairs.
Now although Wei Qian has become the governor of Youzhou, in terms of military command, he still has to rely on the experienced Wang Qicai.
Wang Ji was in the Thorn Shi Mansion at the moment, discussing things with Yuyang Taishou Gongzun and Youbeiping Taishou Liu Mao, and when he heard Wei Zong's urgent summons, there was obviously something important, so he hurriedly went to the Governor's Mansion with Gongzun Liu Mao.
The military emergency report was reported to the Governor's Mansion at the first time, so Wang Qi had not had time to know the news that the soldiers of the state were coming to the city, and only knew that there was something important, and Wei Qian would be called urgently, so he did not dare to delay at all, and hurried to the horse.
When he arrived at the Governor's Mansion and asked, Wang Ji realized that something really was wrong!