In fact, Wu Qiu Jian did not talk nonsense. Youzhou was narrow in the north and south, and the east and west, with wolf narrow in the wolf. From the westernmost Dai County to the easternmost Lelang County, the span was more than a thousand miles. If you really had to transfer troops from thousands of miles away, it would not be easy. One month was not enough.

However, this is actually Wuqiu Jian's excuse. Most of the troops in Youzhou are stationed in the western part of Liaoning. Although there are also troops stationed in the Lelang County of Liaodong County, in order to prevent the resurgence of the Goguryeo people, the troops stationed here will not be easily mobilized. In other words, the troops that are preparing to go to Bingzhou this time are actually not included in the troops in the Liaodong area.

If Wu Qiu Jian only recruited troops and horses in western Liaoning, that month would be quite abundant.

Wu Qiu Jian was completely bullying Wei Guan for the first time and was not very clear about the situation of the garrison in Youzhou, so he said this. In fact, since receiving the imperial edict, Wu Qiu Jian had not dispatched troops at all, and the Youzhou army naturally did not assemble.

At this point, Wu Qiu Jian really underestimated Wei Guan. Although Wei Guan was only thirty years old, he was knowledgeable and knowledgeable and knowledgeable in military affairs. Although he had never been to Youzhou, after taking office as the Youzhou military supervisor, Wei Guan collected information from many parties and roughly understood the situation in Youzhou.

There are generally about 50,000 troops in Youzhou, stationed in western Liaoning and Liaodong respectively. However, this scheduling is not evenly distributed. There are only seven or eight thousand troops stationed in Liaodong, and most of the main forces are stationed in western Liaoning.

Therefore, Wu Qiu Jian mentioned the transfer of troops from Liaodong, which was clearly a lie. There were only seven or eight thousand people in the four counties in Liaodong, and there were only less than two thousand people in each county. Just a little bit of troops, it would be nothing. If you transfer the counties in Liaodong, it would be empty. Wouldn't that give the Goguryeo people the opportunity to take advantage of?

Therefore, Wei Guan did not believe that Wuqiu Jian had proposed to dispatch troops from Liaodong, but he did not point it out, but said: "Governor Wuqiu, it is the hope of the court for quelling the rebellion of Bingzhou. Your Majesty's high hopes. Since you and I will eat the king's salary, we must do our loyalty to the emperor and do our duty. We also hope that Wuqiu will assemble the army as soon as possible to conquer Bingzhou and eliminate the rebellion, so as to live up to His Majesty's expectations."

Wei Guan was indeed quite flexible in his mind, and he knew that the relationship between Wuqiu Jian and Sima Yi was not very good, so he did not mention Sima Yi at all, and he always said that he was either the court or the emperor, and used the name of the emperor to put pressure on Wuqiu Jian.

How could Wu Qiu Jian not know his intention? Now Sima Yi has the power. In Luoyang, he is basically Sima Yi's direct confidant. The emperor has long become a puppet. The so-called imperial edict is not from Sima Yi's intention. Even Wei Guan, who was sent to serve as a military supervisor, was undoubtedly a nail placed by Sima Yi. How long and short of Wei Guan's mouth was Wei Guan's mouth, and Wu Qiu Jian secretly complained that this guy can really pretend to be garlic.

However, Wu Qiu Jian could not refute it on the surface, so he could only respond with a false conspiracy and agreed to assemble the army as soon as possible and prepare to go to war.

Although the military supervisor played a role in urging Wuqiu Jian to a certain extent in his arrival, this effect was still very limited. Wuqiu Jian used various excuses to shirk responsibility. In short, Wuqiu Jian was delayed if he could, and pushed him if he could. As April was about to end, the Youzhou army had not yet gathered.

Not only the army has not yet gathered all, but even the food, weapons, materials, and supplies have not been collected. As the saying goes, before the troops move, food and grass will come first, but the Youzhou army is now in short supply.

For this reason, Wu Qiu Jian complained to Wei Guan, saying that Youzhou was a bitter and cold place in the extreme north, with food and grass scarcity and materials shortage, and it was difficult for the army to assemble, and logistics supply was even more difficult. I hope the court could help solve these worries.

Wei Guan knew that this was a pure blackmail. Although Youzhou was vast and sparsely populated, it would not be a problem to support tens of thousands of troops. What's more, the army's food and salary were always paid in full before. I haven't heard of Youzhou's food and supplies for so many years. Why did it become difficult to sustain as soon as it was said that the food and supplies were sent to Bingzhou? This was clearly a ulterior motive of Wuqiu Jian.

Since Wei Guan was here to serve as the Youzhou military supervisor, it is his power to supervise and supervise the Youzhou military, and he also has the obligation to provide the necessary support and guarantees for the Youzhou military. Although he understood that this was Wu Qiu Jian's quarrel, he still truthfully reported it to Sima Yi.

Sima Yi’s reply is also very simple, give it to him!

Sima Yi's purpose was also very clear, that is, to take advantage of Wuqiu Jiancong's rebellion and try his best to fight with Cao Liang. No matter how fierce the battle was, as long as there was a battle, there would be casualties. This would reduce the strength of the Bingzhou Army and the Youzhou Army. If the two tigers fight, there would be one injury. Even if there were no casualties, there would always be a superficial injury. As long as they fought, Sima Yi's purpose would be achieved.

Moreover, Sima Yi also estimated that Wuqiu Jian would not send troops so readily, and would definitely find various reasons to make excuses. Let's not talk about whether these reasons are reasonable or not. But if Sima Yi and Wuqiu Jian have been so quarrel, then the Bingzhou Army will be the one who really benefited.

So in the face of Wei Guan's letter, Sima Yi ordered all the food and supplies to him without hesitation. For Sima Yi, these food and supplies are not scarce and important things. Even if Wu Qiu Jian is a trick, it doesn't matter. What Sima Yi wants to give them as much as he wants. There will always be times when he is poor. Sima Yi does not believe it and meets his request. What reason does he have to not send troops?

The food and supplies needed by the Youzhou army did not need to be transferred from Luoyang to pass. In fact, all of these food and supplies came from Jizhou. If they were transferred from Jizhou to pass, it would not take long.

These things are indeed nothing to Sima Yi, who is powerful and powerful. At least it is much smaller than the price paid by the Sima family to pay Cao Liang to redeem Wang Yuanji.

After paying such a price, Sima Yi didn't care about pursuing it at all, but it was obvious that this account had already been recorded in Sima Yi's small notebook. In the future, the settlement of the accounts may not be able to make Wu Qiu Jian take any advantage.

Sure enough, after getting the food and supplies, it was difficult for Wuqiu Jian to find any excuses. Even if he had the intention to continue to drag it down, it was still limited. Under Wei Guan's urging, in mid-May, the Youzhou army finally completed the final assembly, and all the troops were in place. So Wuqiu Jian issued an order, and the Youzhou army left Jixian, headed westward, and rushed towards Bingzhou.
Chapter completed!