In the second year of Hongwu in the Han Dynasty and the sixth year of Yongjia in the Jin Dynasty.

January.

Tens of thousands of elite military soldiers from the three prefectures and counties of Qingyan and Xu have gathered in Luzicheng.

Although these tens of thousands of newly released "strong men" are all elite central army teams that Liu Yu had high expectations.

The food, clothing, housing and transportation of these soldiers in Luzicheng are actually a bit simple, because Luzicheng was originally just a small town, and it was already a small town that was narrow enough to accommodate the officials of the new dynasty. The tens of thousands of soldiers who suddenly came were even more difficult to resettle properly.

However, these soldiers from the Hanzhong Army did not cause any trouble or parades or activities.

Because the current Han Emperor Liu Yu has moved out of Luzi City and has set up camp outside the city with these middle-aged soldiers, just like leading the army to fight before.

As the saying goes, "Don't worry about the lack of worries but the unevenness." Liu Yu, who is now the emperor, still eats and lives with them, and who dares to have any dissatisfaction.

The reason why Liu Yu did this was, first, to win the support of these soldiers, and secondly, it was because they were about to march towards Jizhou immediately after a little rectification.

According to the information sent by Wu Xin in front, Shi Le, who occupied Jizhou, seemed to have received recruitment from Wang Jun of Youzhou, and Shi Le was also quite interested in this. According to Wu Xin's speculation, Shi Le was very likely to "take refuge in Wang Jun by Hu Han".

Although Liu Yu was sure that this Shi Le must have used a conspiracy to deceive Wang Jun, he had no way to make Wang Jun believe him.

Because, at this time, in Wang Jun's heart, Liu Yu had already become an enemy that was even more hateful than the Hulu Shile.

Just a few days ago, Wang Jun explicitly ordered the Duan tribe to pardon the unpleasant crimes of the Xianbei of Duan tribe and recovered Zhucheng in western Liaoning occupied by the Xianbei of Duan tribe.

In addition, Wang Jun secretly sent envoys to contact Zu Te, who occupied Zaoyang. According to the secret envoy caught by Wu Xin's cavalry, in order to win over Zu Te, Wang Jun had appointed Zu Te as the governor of Jizhou, governor of Qingzhou and Jizhou with the power of inheritance.

"Wang Pengzu's intention is obvious. He must unite with Shi Le and Zu Ti, which is not good for Your Majesty." After learning about this series of information, Xi Jian quickly pointed out Wang Jun's intention to Liu Yu.

"Then what Mr. Xi said, to make Zu Ti obey, has a result?" Liu Yu asked.

"Your Majesty, I have already sent people to contact the heroes who follow Zu Ti to move to Zaoyang. As long as your Majesty's army crosses the river, they will change their flags and respect the Han Dynasty." Xi Jian said confidently.

"Okay, since that's the case, I will immediately urge Youshi to prepare the food, grass and supplies needed by the army as soon as possible. Once it is prepared, I will lead the soldiers of the central army to cross the river to attack the Huhu and pacify Jizhou!"

In fact, the reason why these Jizhou tyrants who followed Zu Ti followed Zu Ti and moved to Zaoyang was partly because some people did have the heart of Jinshi. However, more of the reason was that they felt that Pingyuan City was a major area. Once Zu Ti was resigned and lost the support of these Jizhou tyrants, it would be difficult to defend Pingyuan City with just three thousand Qingzhou soldiers.

Therefore, these Jizhou tyrants had more plans to take Zushi as a guise and wanted to stay in the middle and wait and see more benefits from Liu Yu.

This reason why this cannot be explained is also the entry point that Xi Jian used to win over these Jizhou heroes after seeing through it.

"Not only that, after Your Majesty arrives at Mahe, he must send his children and troops to follow the army as hostages, just like Shi Le, and he must not let these people live in the back."

Although Xi Jian was able to use these Jizhou tyrants for his own use, he was still very wary of him.

"Yes, these Jizhou tyrants have been transformed and have been trained to become fences. Without some strict means, they really refuse to obey their orders."

In the past few years, these Jizhou tyrants have developed extremely strong survival ability under the control of Chengdu Wang, Dongying Gong, Gong Shifan, Shi Le, Wang Jun, Liu Ling and other forces.

Even if Liu Yu is confident, he will not dare to leave these people in the future.

If these people block the river water after the spring rain and Jishui's ferry, then after Liu Yu went deep into Jizhou, he would face the danger of being attacked from both sides.

Xi Jian finally offered advice.

"Although Zuti led the heroes of Jizhou to station in Zaoyang and Wang Jun sent envoys to win over him repeatedly, he was unmoved."

"It can be seen that although Zu Ti is grateful to the Jin family for his old kindness to his clan in his heart, Wang Jun is definitely not the candidate who can make Zu Ti serve his life."

"When your Majesty leads his army to cross the river, the heroes of Jizhou will definitely betray Zu Ti and join your Majesty's command. By then, Your Majesty can send Zu Ti as a personal envoy to Zaoyang to lobby Zu Ti."

"As a lonely Zu Shi, as long as you know Your Majesty's determination to fight the barbarians and restore the mountains and rivers, you will be at least 90% sure that you will obey Your Majesty!"

"Zu Ti is very Zhongzhi. Even if the heroes of Jidong betray him, can they easily fall under the Han banner?" Liu Yu felt that this matter was not that simple.

However, Xi Jian is very confident in this.

"So, I said, Your Majesty must send the ancestors to make an appointment."

When Liu Yu heard Xi Jian’s words, he already understood a little.

"Zuyi? Mr. Xi means that although Zu Ti is in love with Jin's heart, he also values ​​brothers and sisters, so he wants Zuyi to go?"

Xi Jian nodded and continued.

"Zu Ti's father and brother have died. Zu Ti made a deep love with his friends. As long as Zu asks to come forward, he can succeed half of it."

"What's more, Zu Ti is restoring his lost land. Apart from His Majesty, there is no place to be used."

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Since the military troops of the various counties gathered Lu Zi, the news that the Han Emperor Liu Yu, who had just established a country and became emperor, was about to lead his army to expedition to Jizhou in the north, spread throughout Jizhou.

Even the land of Zhao and Wei, where the Hulu Shile tried to isolate this news, had already spread throughout the countryside cities.

For a moment, the order that Shi Le finally established was instantly severely damaged, and many fortress tyrants near the "pseudo-Han" area had abnormal movements.

If Shi Le had not held many powerful clans as hostages in his hands, perhaps these powerful men in Jizhou would have defected and surrendered to the "pseudo-Han".

Jizhou, in Xiangguo City.

Shi Lezheng summoned his subordinates, subordinates, staff and others to discuss how to deal with Liu Yu's attack.

"General, Liu Yu, the pseudo-Han, is unpopular. Now the powerful Jizhou is in a hurry because Liu Yu has some bad reputation before." Xu Guang, a native of Jizhou, said first, "As long as the general can wait for his work, even if it is a small victory, it can inspire people and make those who are at both ends of the rat dare not act rashly."

In today's Shile army, Liu Yu's great Han country was called "pseudo-Han", while the Han country called Pingyang of Bingzhou was "Huang Han".

However, under Shi Le's intentional demonstration, Shi Le's army always tried its best to downplay the "Huang Han" court in Pingyang, Bingzhou.

"Hmph, Xu Lingzhi, you said it simply. Who can't say such false words? But how can you wait for your work?"

Immediately, a general from Jiehu said to Xu Guang.

These Hu generals under Shi Le also despised Xu Guang, who were accustomed to flattering scholars.

"According to my infernal Affairs, the current pseudo-Han Liu Yu's troops are at most 100,000 troops. If they are eliminated from the troops guarding Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Xuzhou, and then the troops guarding the army, they can only lead an army of 20,000 to come, or even only more than 10,000 people."

Xu Guang was obviously prepared and was not afraid of these Hu people's difficulties.

Hearing Xu Guang say this, Shi Le looked at him with admiration, and his eyes were a little solemn.

Xu Guang, who had already felt the change in Shi Le's eyes, suddenly felt a sense of pleasure in his heart.

Only Xu Guang continued to say.

"And, in the eastern part of Jizhou today, the plain counties and counties have been famine for years and they will definitely not be able to support the supply of military food. Liu Yu will rely on the transfer of grain from Qingzhou to this end."

"When Liu Yu led his army to the plains, the general immediately ordered Shihu, who is stationed on the west side of Mahe, to retreat."

When many Hu generals shouted and scolded when they heard Xu Guang say this.

"Retreat? Why should we retreat?"

"You Jindog, you must betray the general!"

"Why don't you guard the Mahe barrier?"

"With the Mahe barrier, do you want to ask Liu Yu to kill us?"

Mahe is the most important barrier to enter the hinterland of Jizhou from east Jidong. Although Shi Hu was defeated by Zuti and expelled from east Mahe, he can still defend Mahe.

However, when Shi Le heard Xu Guang like this, he felt a little thoughtful. He made a statement to stop the questioning of a group of reckless Hu generals and signaled Xu Guang to continue.

"After Shi Hu gave up Mahe, the general ordered Shi Hu to clear the fields of Chengyili Town along the way!" Xu Guang continued.

"How to strengthen the walls and clear the fields?" Shi Le asked.

"From the west of Mahe River, as for Guangzong and Dongwu areas, all the soldiers and civilians in the city were removed, the wells along the way were filled, and all the houses were burned, so that the Liu Yusuo army who followed him could not get any rest and supplies."

When everyone here, especially those scholars and powerful men from Jizhou, couldn't help but exclaim.

Xu Guang's so-called "strengthening the walls and clearing the fields" was to kill all the areas on the west side of Mahe before Liu Yu's army arrived. It can be said that he was a plan to kill 800 enemies and lose 1,000 people.

How can we prevent these people from exclaiming?

Even Shi Le had some concerns.

"With this happening, wouldn't I lose all my heart in Jizhou?" Shi Le frowned slightly.

"General, what's the harm of the hearts of some rats even if they lose them?"

As soon as Shi Le finished speaking, Zhang Bin, the right chief next to him, suddenly spoke.

"I think what Xu Lingzhi said is indeed feasible!"

"Now that Liu Yu really led his army to attack, that is an absolute risky strategy. As long as the general can seize the opportunity and give Liu Yu a head-on blow to the pseudo-Han, it doesn't even require a great record to make the forces in Xuzhou, Yuzhou and Yanzhou attack."

"At that time, the general will lead the army eastward again. Liu Yu, who is already exhausted from dealing with the enemy from all corners, will probably not take long to be captured by His Majesty."

The words of the Right Chief Zhang Bin immediately made Shi Le feel very happy, as if he had already seen the scene of capturing his "old enemy" Liu Yu.

"What the Right Chief Shi said is indeed reasonable."

General Zhang Chai also nodded and agreed.

Immediately, more staff began to agree.

For a moment, I agreed with Xu Guang's voice in the Jizhou's solid walls and clear fields, and completely gained an advantage in momentum.

Seeing this, Xu Guang became even more happy.

"General, after the Jizhou is firm and cleared, Liu Yu's supplies, food and supplies for the Han Dynasty must be completely relied on transportation. At that time, the general will send light cavalry to harass his retreat and cut off his food and supplies. From Mahe to Guangzong, it will be enough to make Liu Yu collapse without fighting."

"When Liu Yu leads his army to continue advancing and wants to retreat, the general gathers the troops to surround and block the enemy of the pseudo-Han, and it is not difficult to capture the leader Liu Yu."
To be continued...