Chapter 122: Seven Men Speak of the World at the Same Time (24)
After the Battle of Weishui, the complete strategic defense system of the entire north basically collapsed, coupled with the rebellion of Murong Hong, Murong Chong and others, which once made Fu Jian's regime fall into turmoil, and at that time, Shi Yue's 100,000 army basically maintained its strength and structure, and firmly held Shandong, stuck the main road between the north and the south, and defeated the most elite Donglu Beifu army in a battle, that is, because of this victory, Fu Jian and Fu Hong have a bottom about the overall situation, it can be said that Shandong is here, and the whole north is in.
At that time, Shi Yue's garrison was Guanggu.
And this Guanggu is not another place, in history, this place is called Linzi, that is, the capital of Qi during the Warring States Period, in the important places of Shandong. It can be said that since Jiang Ziya was sealed here and established the State of Qi, an important reason why the State of Qi has always been in a favorable position to compete for dominance in the world is that this country has always been based on Linzi.
Today's Guanggu, the past Linzi, the northeast to the sea, the northwest to block the river, backed by the mountains, on the verge of Zishui, there is the risk of mountains and rivers, there are the benefits of fish and salt, in the past Su Qin organized the longitudinal longitudinal, in Linzi to Qi Xuan Wang said: "Qi, there is Mount Tai in the south, Langya in the east, there is Qinghe in the west, there is the Bohai Sea in the north, this so-called country of four stops!" Sima Qian also said, "Linzi is also a metropolis between Haidai!" It can be seen that this place is not only rich enough to support a country, but also dangerous enough to resist the enemy's attack.
In fact, after the Battle of Weishui, Shi Yue, who had a heavy army, also had some consideration at that time, because although Shi Yue was absolutely loyal to Fu Jian, he would definitely fight for the country to the end, but he always had to think about the hundreds of thousands of people under his command, and he always had to think about his own future.
Since he is definitely loyal to Fu Jian, how to keep this strength, how to make the best use of this power, so that this army can occupy a reasonable base area, and play the role of the mainstay, is the primary issue he considered, and at that time, Shi Yue's wife Wang told Shi Yue: "Shandong is two thousand miles of fertile fields, more than 100,000 elite soldiers, there is a negative sea on the left, and there is a solid mountain and river on the right, waiting for the gap to move, then the adult is important and important! ”
Wang's words persuaded Shi Yue, which is also the reason why Shi Yue finally chose to garrison Guanggu and Shandong, and it is precisely because Shi Yue is like a nail, firmly poked here, ensuring the general stability of the overall situation, Fu Hong at that time dared to take tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and did not hesitate to sing the empty city plan and conquer the north and south, and finally broke the two northern expeditionary armies of the Jin State, thus reversing the dangerous situation in one fell swoop.
It's just this time, that time, Shi Yue later, because he saw a conflict between Murong Chong and Murong Chui, and at that time, Yecheng and the whole of Hebei were still in the hands of Fu Pi, so this made Shi Yue decide to take a risk, he led all the troops, resolutely left Shandong, and entered Hebei, according to his calculations, Fu Pi was in Yecheng, he was outside Yecheng, Murong Chong and Murong Chui were in the middle, so sandwiched, if the cooperation was successful, the uncle and nephew of the Murong family could be annihilated under Yecheng City in one fell swoop, and the entire north would be peaceful from then on.
The idea was very good, and the previous planning was also very thorough, and Shi Yue also thought of many things, but he only missed a little, Tuoba Jue outside the plug actually led the crowd south at this moment, and the timing of going south was when the duel between the two sides was scorched.
At this time, the appearance of a random strange soldier was enough to change the whole situation, and the result is needless to say, Shi Yue was defeated, defeated very badly, there was not much left of the 100,000 army, Fu Pi was also defeated, Yecheng was also lost, and even Murong Chui, who had besieged Yecheng for a long time, was also defeated, and made wedding clothes for others.
However, Shi Yue is a smart person, seeing that the situation is unfavorable, he is not entangled at all, and quickly runs away with his henchmen, not that he is timid, but that he knows that he will not worry about running out of firewood to stay in Qingshan, at this time, as long as he is here, Daqin will definitely be able to leave a force in the east, because he has the ability to start from scratch, and if he dies here, then Daqin is east of the customs clearance, whether there can be anyone, it is difficult to say.
However, Murong Chong, who benefited the most this time, suffered from a reality: this time he was able to win, in the final analysis, because Li Qianshan's risky plan was too ingenious, and he happened to take every detail into account, and Murong Chong succeeded in obtaining the greatest benefits at the lowest cost, but the problem is that such a thing is unavoidable, and everything depends on strength in the final analysis.
Li Qianshan naturally knew this, so he also formulated a set of methods for Murong Chong to build up his strength and expand rapidly, but? No matter how miraculous Li Qianshan was, he didn't have the ability to form a loyal and powerful army in a few days.
Although Li Qianshan's vision is very unique, but now, the territory controlled by Murong Chong has far exceeded expectations, Murong Chong really can't squeeze out enough troops to maintain control of the occupied area, and Yecheng, Handan, Zhongshan and other places must also send troops to garrison, and in their own hands, they must always have an elite army, first, they must leave a mobile force, which can be regarded as a bottom, and moreover, this country also has a history of coups, if they don't have soldiers in their hands, who can guarantee that the killing of their brother Murong Hong will not be repeated?
As for Guanggu, although Li Qianshan also told Murong Chong about the importance of this place, Murong Chong tried his best and only squeezed out 3,000 people and sent his younger brother Murong Zhao to garrison it.
Although Li Qianshan advocated more, Murong Chong also said that he really couldn't get people, and Li Qianshan didn't insist, because in his opinion, the Jin State was now in serious civil strife, and the Northern Expedition had just failed, so it was unlikely that they would squeeze out their strength to come to the Northern Expedition in the short term.
As long as Li Qianshan is given three months, Li Qianshan will be sure that the entire southern front will become impregnable, and at that time, it will be time for Li Qianshan to realize his grand strategy.
It's just that although Li Qianshan was almost like a god before, he was not a god, and he also miscalculated, because he had calculated a lot, but he didn't calculate that Liu Yu actually dared to venture north when the army basically didn't rest and was still very tired, and he didn't calculate that the internal fighting power in the Jin court did not stop Liu Yu.
It is even more impossible for him to calculate, and he didn't think about it at all, that Liu Yu went north, encountered mountains and rivers all the way, and the soldiers of small towns took it without blood, and he quickly approached Guanggu.
Liu Yu led the army to the north this time, the army from Huai into Si, to Xiapi, after leaving ships and baggage, leading the army to march north through Langya, along the way, because the entire area, has almost become an anarchic zone, and Liu Yu this time, but also brought hundreds of trained scholars, every place, as long as it can be occupied, directly leave people, directly appointed as local officials. Although Liu Yu's current authority cannot be turned into a regular for them, he is also an agent, which is equivalent to rebuilding a large number of grassroots political power in the Huaibei generation.
Don't underestimate the significance of this matter, on the one hand, the key to the actual occupation is not the military occupation, but the administrative occupation, since the Battle of Weishui. Although Shi Yue once still had control over here, but the grassroots have been loosened, whether it is the city fox society rat, or the government officials, they basically don't listen to orders very much, and at that time, Shi Yue had neither the conditions nor the time to reintegrate the grassroots that had been somewhat dispersed, and at that time, what he really wanted was how to quickly gather manpower and material resources to expand the armament war, this is the difference between politicians and military strategists, Shi Yue is an outstanding commander, but because of the blind spot of political vision, And destined not to become a leader.
Fortunately, Shi Yue is self-aware, and he didn't think about replacing anyone at all, but honestly worked hard for Fu Jian's father and son, but Liu Yu is different, Liu Yu knows that he must not be a professional soldier forever, because he only wants to be the hand holding the knife, and does not want to be the knife in the hands of others.
In addition, there is a great significance in doing this, that is, Liu Yu can quickly form his own team, you know, these scholars, there is basically no future, because the imperial court is still controlled by the gate valve, their best way out is just to be a guest secretary for others, Xixi or something, at most, after staying up with enough qualifications, it is likely to be recommended by the gate valves as an agent because of loyalty and reliability, and be an insignificant official.
But now it's different, they didn't have any hope, but Liu Yu gave them a future and let them become officials directly, and these places were originally occupied areas, and the gate lords didn't have much interest here, Liu Yu did it directly, and they wouldn't be too opposed, and the marshal had the power to temporarily appoint acting officials according to the situation.
The wonderful place is here, once these scholars take office, as long as Liu Yu does not lose the battle, then these places can collect taxes and mobilize soldiers, and then they will become the territory actually controlled by the state again.
And in this way, these people will become actual officials, and becoming officials will immediately represent the interests of one party, at this time, if the court does not give them the right to remove, then it is to offend such a large force, and the court will not ignore it.
And if the imperial court directly takes off their acting hats, then it is very simple, their future is given by Liu Yu, and they will not be grateful to the imperial court.
So from this point of view, Liu Yu's business is a sure deal, and of course he will do it.
It's just that when he did this, many people were actually secretly watching him, for example, someone wrote all this on a note, and then carefully took out a small porcelain bottle from under his pillow, poured out a potion from it, and smeared it on the letterhead, so that the paper covered with fly's head became a blank paper.
And then, if nothing happens, this piece of paper will appear on Duan Ye's desk.
Things have developed to this point, Murong Chong no longer knows what is happening in the south, so he can't get mixed up, needless to say, this kind of big thing, Murong Chong naturally has to listen to the meaning of his core strategist Li Qianshan first.
And Li Qianshan, who learned the news, in addition to being shocked, also blamed himself, because of this possibility, Li Qianshan had thought of it, but maybe it was a fluke, maybe it was a series of victories, which made Li Qianshan overconfident in his judgment, he didn't insist on his own ideas, and Murong Chong relaxed the southern line based on his trust in him, from this point of view, he is also responsible.
Therefore, Li Qianshan said bitterly: "Lord, this mistake in judgment is Li Qianshan's responsibility, please punish the lord:"
Murong Chong shook his head lightly and said: "This matter is a lonely failure to obey Mr.'s words, even if he is responsible, it is completely my responsibility, please don't mention it again, but now, Sir, take a look, there is any way to remedy it!" ”
"But ......"
"Nothing?" Murong Chong said firmly: "Sir, there is no need to say it, Murong Chong knows it in his heart, let's look forward!" ”
Li Qianshan thought about it, things are already like this, and it is useless to regret it, it is better to come up with a solution, at the same time, Murong Chong also made Li Qianshan a little moved, because as a monarch, it is really difficult to be able to do it without blaming others, let alone taking the initiative to take responsibility, just for this point, Li Qianshan must also help Murong Chong tide over the difficulties this time and make up for this mistake.
And now, with the word remedy, in fact, it is not too much, the crux of the problem is that Liu Yu's army not only ate a large area of land in the south, but also made it clear that it was not ready to spit out after eating, I heard that Liu Yu also brought a large number of candidates for magistrates, this is clearly to dig his own corner, if you don't take advantage of the now, quickly drive Liu Yu out, then the consequences will be serious.
After thinking about it carefully, Li Qianshan still said: "Liu Yu came here this time. Although the momentum is violent, and with a large number of local officials, it seems that he has to make a long-term plan, but after all, before the three-way Northern Expedition, the Jin State was not damaged a lot, and Liu Yu was a lone army in depth, so speaking of which, Liu Yuli is fighting quickly, and Beifu is sharp, and it is impossible to compete for a while, so for us, the best strategy is to stick to Daxian, so that Liu Yu's army must not continue to go deeper, and at the same time we dispatched light cavalry to harass his flank, protracted delay, frustrating his sharpness, and then, please ask the lord to lead the most elite elite cavalry 2,000, follow the sea to the south, and cut off its grain road, And in the next is to lead the army of other departments, the edge of the east to the east, the abdomen and the back attack, so Liu Yu will be defeated, if he goes, we can't stop him, if he doesn't go, in the next guarantee, his main force Beifu army will definitely fail! ”