Chapter 220: Conquering Gongsun Du of Liaodong
People like to follow powerful lords.
But the local tyrants don't like to be led by strong people, which will make them spit out a lot of benefits.
Not only do ordinary people like Liu Yu as the pastor of Youzhou, but the heroes of Youzhou are also more inclined to Liu Yu.
Liu Yu does not fight the main battle, and these heroes can continue to collect money.
Zhao Hui fought the main battle, and when the war was launched, when he reached out to ask them for food and grass, they could only give it, and did not dare to refuse.
In any case, if the state pastor is replaced by Zhao Hui, most of the interests of Haoqiang will be damaged.
After Zhao Hui occupied the two counties of Yuyang and Beiping, the heroes of these two counties were suppressed.
The gate of Jicheng was opened, and Liu Yu stood in front of the gate.
Zhao Yun, as the vanguard, did not enter the city immediately, but stopped in front of the city gate and waited for Zhao Hui.
Soon Zhao Hui appeared with a large army.
Liu Yu greeted him with the officials of Jicheng.
"Zhao Taishou, from today onwards, you will be my Youzhou Governor." Liu Yu held Zhao Hui's hands.
"Thank you for your kindness, Zhao Hui will always remember this situation, and I dare not disappoint the adult." Zhao Hui said. He didn't say anything about the ambush on the road.
Liu Yu could take the initiative to make such a decision, which Zhao Hui did not dare to think before.
Xu Kuan was completely overridden by Zhao Hui, and was finally forced by Zhao Hui to give up Shanggu County.
Even if Han Fu was cowardly, it was Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, who faced Yuan Shao's soft and hard measures, so he gave up Jizhou.
And unlike them, Liu Yu is a royal family, and he has too many things to carry on his body when he makes this decision.
Han Fu gave Jizhou to Yuan Shao, and he could also carry a virtuous name.
But Liu Yu gave up Youzhou, and all he got was infamy. From the standpoint of those people, no one will think that Liu Yu's choice is correct.
will only say that Liu Yu has no seeds, and even the country laid by his ancestors has to be handed over to others.
The same choice, but different people, will get different results.
Zhao Hui followed Liu Yu into Jicheng, there were no more accidents, and under the witness of everyone, he successfully took the seal ribbon from Liu Yu's hand.
announced that from this moment on, Zhao Hui is Youzhou Mu.
Han Fu gave up Jizhou, and in the end, the whole family died, although it was not Yuan Shao's original intention. But in the end, Yuan Shao didn't handle it well.
Liu Yu gave up Youzhou, Zhao Hui couldn't let people hurt him, if Liu Yu was willing, Zhao Hui would also reuse him.
In addition to restraining his subordinates, Zhao Hui also specially arranged more than a dozen guards for Liu Yu to prevent someone from killing Liu Yu with self-righteousness, thinking that he was helping Zhao Hui get rid of future troubles.
"The adults are unwilling to serve as the Taishou of Beiping, you must accept these dozen or so guards.
Zhao Hui said.
Liu Yu was reluctant to serve as the Taishou of Beiping, and Zhao Hui did not force it.
Although Pei Yuanshao and others have softened their attitude towards Liu Yu now, it is indeed not appropriate for Liu Yu to enter Zhao Hui's group too early.
As for the more than a dozen guards that Zhao Hui left by Liu Yu's side, whether it was real surveillance or fake protection, Zhao Hui didn't care.
Zhao Hui didn't want to kill Liu Yu before, and now Zhao Hui can't kill Liu Yu.
Yuan Shao took over Jizhou, and the counties of Jizhou were attached one after another.
But Zhao Hui took over Youzhou, and Youzhou's Haoqiang will not easily submit to Zhao Hui.
These local snakes do not return to obedience, and it is difficult to govern Youzhou well.
However, in the face of Zhao Hui's current power, these local snakes did not dare to blatantly jump out and oppose Zhao Hui.
Although Zhao Hui is a pastor in Youzhou, in addition to the control of the three counties of Shanggu, Yuyang and Beiping, it is still difficult for Zhao Hui's hand in other counties to reach out.
These Taishou are very respectful to Zhao Hui on the surface, but they do things that are contrary to Yang and Yin very easily.
Zhao Hui wants to draw some grain and grass, and they can directly cut it in half.
In particular, Liaodong is too shou Gongsun Du, relying on the mountain high emperor far away. When Liu Yu was in power, he was already semi-independent.
Now he will not take Zhao Hui's orders seriously.
Not only Liaodong, but also the two counties of Changli and Xuansu are basically the same. The Lelang belt party behind Liaodong County is more like Gongsun Du's back garden.
And these five counties occupy sixty percent of the territory of Youzhou.
When Liu Yu was in power, the only places he could control were Shanggu, Daijun, Yuyang, Yanguo, Fanyang, Beiping, and Liaoxi.
After Liaoxi, it basically belongs to Gongsun Du.
And the combined area of these seven counties is not as large as the remaining five counties.
The seven counties occupy about one-third of the entire area of Youzhou, but the population of the seven counties is sixty percent of the entire Youzhou.
In the past, western Liaoning was really vast and sparsely populated, and it was difficult to see a village for hundreds of miles. It is the county seat of the same county, which is hundreds of miles apart.
Whether Yuan Shao was getting Youzhou or Cao Cao was occupying Youzhou, it did not include the five counties of Liaodong.
The roads are dangerous, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and if you want to conquer, you need a lot of manpower and material resources. In the era of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, there were still great enemies in the south, and they all temporarily put aside their conquest of Liaodong.
Gongsun Du and Liu Yan both have the same idea, wanting to occupy a corner in this troubled world.
They don't have the heart to fight for hegemony, they just want to be the emperor of the soil in their own territory.
But Zhao Hui couldn't let Gongsun Du go in Liaodong.
Gongsun Chan is the brother of Gongsun Du, and now Gongsun Chan is still in Changshan County, Zhao Hui must guard against Gongsun Chan and Gongsun Du joining forces.
Zhao Hui wanted to take advantage of the fact that now, when Yuan Shao could not spare his hand to attack Youzhou, and destroy Gongsun Du first.
His base camp is in Youzhou, and if he leads his troops south, Gongsun Du will be a very big threat in the rear.
Unlike Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, even if they didn't destroy Gongsun Du, Gongsun Du wanted to threaten the two, even if they sent troops into Liaoxi, the threat to Yuan Shao was very limited, and Yuan Shao had enough time to fight back.
After Zhao Hui took over Youzhou, he did not move the Taishou of the counties for the time being, and rarely interfered in their affairs.
However, after stabilization, Zhao Hui began to recruit soldiers and grain and grass from them, preparing to attack Gongsun Du.
Zhao Hui did not recruit many soldiers, and there were only 5,000 soldiers in each county. The main requisition is still grain and grass.
For the expedition to Liaodong, the longer the battle line, the more difficult it is to supply grain and grass, and in the process of transportation, more grain and grass will be consumed.
If the battle cannot be resolved in the first place, the consumption of grain and grass will be astronomical.
This is the confidence of Gongsun Du to dare to ignore the state pastor.
As long as he relied on the strong city to defend Zhao Hui for a year and a half, and came to attack him, he would be greatly injured.
Zhao Hui doesn't have time to fight a tug-of-war with Gongsun Du now.
The war between him and Gongsun Du, Zhao Hui must end it in the shortest possible time.
is not only the problem of grain and grass consumption, but also Gongsun Zan of Changshan and Yuan Shao of Jizhou, all of whom are eyeing each other. Zhao Hui didn't have much time to delay.
Tai Shi Ci was transferred back by Zhao Hui, and Shi Tao took over as the Taishou of Shanggu County.
Zhao Yun, as the vanguard, first led 20,000 soldiers to Liaoxi.
After Zhao Yun arrived in Liaoxi, grain and grass materials also began to gather in Liaoxi.