Chapter 251: Earning Xuzhou Lightly (Part 1)
The fifth year of Yongjia, summer.,
In May, Xingtai, led by Taiwei Wang Yan, was chased by Shi Le in Ku County, and nearly half of them were killed or injured. Taiwei Wang Yan, Xiangyang King Sima Fan and other royal families were killed and injured.
In the same month, Princess Pei of Donghai, Prince Sima Pi, General He Lun of the Right Guard led 100,000 soldiers and civilians and were defeated by Wang Mi in Yangcheng. Dozens of royal kings and hundreds of officials died. Prince Sima Pi was missing, and He Lun was killed and fled to Huainan. Wang Mi took Pei as his concubine.
In June, Luoyang fell, and Emperor Sima Chi was captured, Crown Prince Sima Quan, King Sima Yan of Wu, King Sima Mao of Jingling, Secretary Luqiu Chong of Henan, and other ministers and other royal family members were killed. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, almost all the high-ranking clan members have been killed in Luoyang, and nearly 100,000 were captured and escorted to Pingyang.
With the "Yongjia Disaster", the whole world was in a huge shock.
Especially when each of them established a business platform under the banner of Jinshi, but their own forces appeared, the entire Jin Dynasty was even more stunning to take jujube pills.
July, west of Xuzhou, Xiaoxian.
Liu Yu led a 30,000 army formed by Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Quaihuo, and came from Yanzhou in a vast way.
As for the purpose, it is naturally to attack Zhao Gu, the general of Hu and Han bandits who were rampant in Xuzhou.
However, when Liu Yu and Crown Prince Sima Duan led their troops to Xiaoxian, Xuzhou Governor Pei Dun sent envoys to Xiaoxian.
When Liu Yu took the letter presented by the envoy and glanced at it roughly, he couldn't help but sneer.
In the letter from the governor of Xuzhou Pei Dun, he learned that the general Zhao Gu of Hu Han had already withdrawn and ran away after hearing that Liu Yu led his army to aid, so the siege of Pengcheng was lifted, so Liu Yu did not need to go to Xuzhou again.
The prince next to him, the fifteen-year-old Sima Duan, asked when he saw this.
"General, why are you laughing?"
The other generals, subordinates and others also looked at Liu Yu.
"Pei Dun said that the thief Zhao Gu had already fled when he heard the news. The siege of Pengcheng has been lifted. He wants us to go home." Liu Yu said with a smile.
"Hehe, old man Pei Dun, who do he think the general is? Come when you ask, and leave when you ask?" Liu Xun, who had just been promoted to chief clerk, said to the messenger in dissatisfaction.
The messenger saw the group of Qingzhou soldiers and generals in front of him all looked bad. He was already scared and no one looked shy and sued him repeatedly.
Generals such as Wu Xin, Zhao Kun, and Cao Yi also expressed their dissatisfaction repeatedly.
"General, in my opinion, Pei Dun may be colluding with the barbarian Zhao Gu to deceive the general," Zhao Kun shouted immediately.
"General, maybe Pei Dun has surrendered to Zhao Gu, so he asked someone to deceive the general." Wu Xin said as he stepped forward, lifted the messenger's collar and shouted, "Say! Is Pei Dun surrendered to Zhao Gu? He deliberately sent you to deceive the general?!"
The messenger was in the hands of the strong Wu Xin, just like a chicken, and waved his hands repeatedly to deny it.
"This general, please spare me. I am just a sender. The envoy Pei did not surrender to the captives!"
The surrender of the Xuzhou Governor Pei Dun surrendered to the Hu Gu, the Hu Gu, was not unfounded. When Liu Yu led his army to Xiaoxian, he encountered many people from Pengcheng County, Xuzhou, who came to serve. Some of them told Liu Yu and the Xuzhou Governor Pei Dun secretly made peace with the Hu Gu. If Liu Yu came later, Xuzhou might fall into the hands of the Hu Gu.
"Hmph! If you haven't surrendered at this time, you may not surrender in the future!" Wu Xin shook his hand and turned to Liu Yu and said, "General, I am willing to lead the cavalry as the vanguard. If only two thousand people are needed, I will capture Pei Dun and let the general be careful in the trial."
"Don't be reckless. Nowadays, many people from Xuzhou have come to surrender. If the war starts again in Pengcheng, it will be unfavorable to recruit talents." Hua Xiu expressed his opposition, "Besides, Pei Dun is just a timid person. As long as the army marchs to the city of Xuzhou, he will definitely not dare to resist stubbornly."
Those people in Xuzhou who had just applied to Liu Yu all looked grateful to Hua Xiu. Most of them were from Pengcheng County and did not want Liu Yu and Pei Dun to go to war in their hometown.
"What I said is reasonable. Now the autumn harvest is coming soon. If there are any more soldiers, it will probably have a great impact." Liu Yu nodded and said.
Then, he turned to the crown prince Sima Duan and asked tentatively.
"Your Highness, what do you think you should do?"
When the crown prince Sima Duan saw Liu Yu's eyes look like a smile, his back chills and he said with a obedient look.
"I was young and didn't know about military and national affairs, and everything was decided by the general."
"Since that's the case, let's go to Xuzhou to have a look." Liu Yu said with satisfaction.
"You go back and tell Pei Dun that now I am undertaking the establishment of the festival, it would be fine if he doesn't come to greet him in person, but he is still so rude. It's really hateful!" Liu Yu looked dissatisfied.
After the believer received the order, he was like a general amnesty and ran back and crawled back to commit suicide.
When the envoy of the governor of Xuzhou Pei Dun left, Liu Yu left only a few close friends such as Hua Xiu, Liu Xun, Zhao Kun, and Wu Xin.
"Gongsun Sheng, who was in Le'an County, sent someone to report that Wang Jun of Youzhou had already begun to recruit the Duan Xianbei. It would not take long to attack Liu Ling and Shi Le from Jizhou. With the strength of the Youzhou army and Duan army, these two thieves would be difficult to resist." Liu Yu said.
"This is a good thing. Liu Ling and Shi Le deserve to die. If the Youzhou army takes action, they are 90% sure." Zhao Kun said.
"It's not that simple. Gongsun Sheng also said that Wang Jun raised many troops this time, far more than the previous few times. I'm afraid it's not that simple to deal with Liu Ling and Shi Le. " Liu Yu continued.
"Who is that dealing with? Is it possible to deal with us?!" Zhao Kun suddenly thought of it after hearing this.
"Wang Pengzu is eccentric and stubborn, and cannot be reasonably recommended. In my opinion, if this is the case, you have to be careful." Hua Xiu thought for a while and said.
"Yes, I'm just thinking that way," Liu Yu nodded and continued, "Now Situ Fu Shi is in Heyin, Xun Fan is in Mi County, and they all claim to be on the road. Wang Jun may not have no idea. After defeating Shi Le and Liu Ling, I continue to fight for power. But I am actually worse than Fu Shi and Xun Fan, Wang Jun is jealous of him."
After Liu Yu said this, he shook his head helplessly. Wang Jun pretended to be the crown prince in Youzhou, and claimed to be the leader of the Zhengtai. He also gave Xun Fan, Sima Rui and others another official position, but he ignored Liu Yu. This intentional style is strange no matter how you look at it.
"Then we have to go back to Qingzhou quickly. There is no general in charge. If anything happens, it will be a big deal." Wu Xin said with some concern, "When Emperor Wu of Wei went to war, there was chaos in Yanzhou in the rear, and all his previous efforts were almost wasted."
After hearing Wu Xin's words, everyone felt it was reasonable.
"Then you have to solve the problem here in Xuzhou quickly before you can return to Qingzhou with confidence." Liu Yu said.
"What's the problem? Pei Dunshi, as soon as the army arrives in Pengcheng, he will definitely open the door. Isn't this Xuzhou the only one?" Zhao Kun said.
"It's not that simple. Although Pei Dun was cowardly, he had been in Xuzhou for several years and was loyal to him. Many high-ranking clans in Xuzhou even had many connections with King Sima Rui of Langya. I'm afraid that when we were in Pengcheng, these people would be honest. When the army left, these people would all turn to Sima Rui." Liu Yu immediately expressed his concerns.
The Qian Shu Rebellion that occurred in Guangling City has now been pacified by the King of Langya Sima Rui, and the traffic between Yangzhou and Xuzhou has returned to normal.
Sima Rui's relationship with the Gaomen surname in Xuzhou is much stronger than Liu Yu. If there are too many hidden dangers in Xuzhou, I am afraid that when Liu Yu leaves, there will no longer be anyone in Xuzhou to obey him.
"Then just kill Pei Dun, and then capture all the unhonest powerful men in Pengcheng. In this way, only one elite soldier is needed to leave behind, and the general can return to Qingzhou with confidence." Wu Xin said simply.
"Not right, inappropriate. In this way, many people will not understand it and only think that the general is domineering, losing people's hearts, and losing people's hearts. Even if a elite soldier is left, it will only control Pengcheng. The powerful and powerful scholars in the counties will probably be afraid to avoid it."
Liu Xun thought for a while and spoke.
"Then why, we'll do it quietly and say that Pei Dun died suddenly?" Wu Xin said tentatively.
"It doesn't seem to be appropriate, so many people won't believe it."
After hearing this, Zhao Kun, who was standing aside, waved his hand dissatisfied, "It's really troublesome. This is not OK, that's not OK. Pei Dun just dies."
Hua Xiu's eyes lit up and he said to Liu Yu.
"General, I have a plan, I can try it."
When Liu Yu and others heard this, they all came forward.
"What's the plan?"
Hua Xiu then told her plan.
He wanted to use Pei Dun's chief Sima Ao to secretly instruct Sima Ao to kill Pei Dun, and then Liu Yu used this to enter Pengcheng and kill Sima Ao and others.
"Can this work? What should I do if Sima Ao is not deceived?" Liu Xun felt a little distrustful.
"I heard from those Pengcheng scholars who came to serve, Sima Ao was treacherous and ruthless. He had encouraged Pei Dun to surrender to Zhao Gu before. If it weren't for the general's support, he would have really done it." Hua Xiu said, "And, among the Pengcheng County people who just came to serve, there were people who had old friends with Sima Ao. As long as he could come forward, he thought that forcing Sima Ao to submit, he would probably succeed."
Liu Yu knew that there were many scholars from Pengcheng County in the past two days, most of which were received and communicated by Hua Xiu. After all, those complex and complex relationships with scholars and tyrants are troublesome just by thinking about it.
"Is there really such a person? Who is it?" Liu Yu asked curiously.
"Liu Hun, a Suiyu native in Pengcheng County." Hua Xiu said.
"Liu Hun?"
In July of the fifth year of Yongjia, Xuzhou Governor Pei Dun, Chief Sima Ao, led troops to cause chaos and captured and killed Xuzhou Governor Pei Dun, General Liu Yu led light cavalry from Xiaoxian to rescue him. When he arrived, Pengcheng people Liu Hun and other righteous men opened the city gate to welcome him, and followed Sima Ao and other rebels, and attached more than a thousand powerful families to more than ten families.
When Liu Yu led the cavalry into Pengcheng, Sima Ao and others felt the conspiracy. Then, Sima Ao led his troops to resist stubbornly in the city.
As a result, Liu Yu's wishes were exactly what he wanted, and then led his army to fight Sima Ao in the city. Sima Ao and others were all killed in less than an hour.
When the shouts of killing in Pengcheng calmed down, almost half of the former subordinates of Pei Dun of Xuzhou were killed or escaped.
These people are also old subordinates of Sima Yue, and they are all so vigilant against Liu Yu, so it is difficult for them to use.
After entering the severely damaged governor's mansion, Liu Yu saw blood and rubble everywhere. It was obvious that Sima Ao and others died here in the end.
At this time, a group of Qingzhou soldiers escorted a group of women out of the backyard. Seeing that these women were dressed, they were not ordinary maids, and most of them should be concubines.
"Who are these?" Liu Yu asked.
"General, these are Pei Dun's concubines and daughters." said the leading soldier.
"Where are you going to take them?" Liu Yu didn't seem to remember how to deal with Pei Dun's family.
"Report to the general, these people are going to be sent to the Dongshisi Department. The Chief Hua has ordered people to prepare chariots and horses to send them all to Huainan." said the leading general.
"Huainan? Why did you send it to Huainan?" Liu Yu asked in confusion.
"I don't know either."
At this time, Hua Xiu happened to arrive, and Liu Yu found Hua Xiu and asked about this.
"Yes, General, I ordered someone to send Pei Dun's family to Huainan to hand it over to Pei Xian, the general of the Northern Central Army. After all, as soon as Pei Dun dies, his family members are helpless. It is better to hand it over to his clan brother Pei Xian, so as to attract some people's hearts." Hua Xiu said.
"But this is too troublesome. Huainan is not close to Pengcheng, and there are crowds of fort bandits along the way, so it is not very safe." Liu Yu said, while a large number of people among a group of belle.
These women are all from Pei Dun's back house, and they are all beautiful, otherwise they would not be able to get into the eyes of the old man of Pei Dun's family.
"What does the general mean?" Hua Xiu asked. He had seen Liu Yu's eyes circling on these women.
Hua Xiu thought that he had just encouraged Sima Ao to kill Pei Dun, and now he wanted to take Pei Dun's concubine. If others knew about it, wouldn't it be too damaging to have a reputation?
"No, absolutely not. If the general wants to keep these Pei Dun's concubines, I will definitely persuade you to the death!" Hua Xiu thought to himself.
"Duke Hua, do you know how much is the female slaves brought by Lelang in Qingzhou now worth?" Liu Yu asked suddenly.
"I don't know." Hua Xiu was a little confused when asked, not knowing what Liu Yu was going to do.
"Ten thousand yuan!" Liu Qiao sighed softly, "A vulgar woman who only speaks Yi, can be worth ten thousand yuan. You can imagine how short the woman in Qingzhou is today."
"Ten thousand yuan?" Hua Xiu was also shocked after hearing this. He really didn't expect that the maid slaves sold by Fang Lelang County could be worth ten thousand yuan. You know, Hua Xiu had seen those female slaves and were rude servants in Hua Mansion, and Hua Xiu felt that they might not be qualified. 11
Chapter completed!