sweeping the world

Chapter 258 A Mess That Gets Worse
Of course, Ran Min has not yet controlled the entire Guanzhong, and even occupying the land of the Three Qins is still far away. Currently, they have only controlled Tongguan, Xiaoguan, and Lantian Pass, and occupied about two-thirds of Yongzhou.

In fact, the call to action was probably published immediately after Ran Min took control of Tongguan, Xiaoguan, and Lantianguan, which are the gateways from the east into Guanzhong?
"Without any communication with us, he regards himself as the leader of this war." Ji Chang looked very angry: "How could they do this?!"

Zhang's Liang Kingdom is in Xiliang. Although it is said that it is connected with Shijie Zhao State, with Ran Min's control of several Xiongguan, the fact that Zhang's Liang State can stand on the sidelines to watch the show, Shijie Zhao's army one day Without breaking through the gates of Guanzhong, Zhang's Liang Kingdom can advance and retreat freely if Ran Min exists for one day.

The Han Dynasty is different. There are no major passes or key portals in Shandong. Just one pass can cause no worries in the rear.Although Shandong is a mountainous terrain, the traffic extends in all directions and there are no dangerous passes. It means that there are many routes to choose from if you want to enter Qingzhou.In this state, Ran Min's announcement of the "Alliance of Three Kings" was like throwing Liu Yan and others into the fire.

It is the "Three Kings Alliance". Although it talks about some national righteousness, the actual content is quite straightforward. That is, Ran Min, Zhang Jun, and Liu Yan decided to join forces to attack Shijie Zhao State. After bragging about it, Invite more people to join forces.

The King of Liang was still the King of Liang, but the King of Wei became the King of Qin, and the one who wanted to call himself the King of Han became the King of Qi.These king titles are all determined according to the region, which seems to be in line with the rules of being a king, but Ji Chang thinks that it was Ran Min's trick to prevent Liu Yan from being called the king of Han.

In addition to the embarrassment on the king's account, Ran Min issued an appeal without any discussion, probably because he wanted to buy time to control Guanzhong.The very clear thing is to involve Liu Yan's already big troubles into political influence. Liu Yan didn't become king before!

Being king or not being king is a matter of great significance in this era. Liu Yan did not become king for a day. Although Shijie Zhao Guo will pay attention to it, at least he will not immediately plan to suppress it with the whole country's soldiers.

"Your Majesty?" Ji Chang had been talking for a long time, but seeing Liu Yan's silence, he asked tentatively, "Do you want to send out the prepared document?"

What call?That is: Yanben Han Dynasty Miao descendants, descendants of Xiaowu.In the past, the Yellow Turbans rebelled, and hordes of vicious men rose up, until Cao Wei usurped the country in the front, and Sima suffered in the rear, so wars continued frequently, mountains and rivers hung upside down, and the Hulu took advantage of the gap to ravage the Central Plains.Yan Ben is weak, Gou Quan lives in troubled times, it should be...
There are several versions!Originally, he thought of setting the trip to Qingzhou or fighting Shijie until the tragic stage, but now Ji Chang couldn't bear it anymore.

Liu Yan smiled and said, "Tai'an doesn't need to get angry."

The most correct move now is to crush the Shijie Zhao army's encirclement offensive and not make any response to Ran Min's message.Only after winning a few major victories, people will believe what they say, and it is impossible to get Shi Jie's understanding if they hurriedly deny Ran Min's statement, it can only make people feel guilty.

It is too early to say that I am a descendant of the Liu family of the former Han Dynasty. It is not because I am not strong enough, or I have not won a few big victories. , but the effect will definitely be much worse than having enough momentum to announce it.

Ran Min hastily called himself king because he needed an identity, a righteous identity that could make people forget what he did before the rebellion, and then began to cut the cake for his subordinates to strengthen his determination to follow.

The matter is not complicated, Ran Min was just a courtier of Shijie when he was Xiu Chenghou, and could not give titles or official positions to his subordinates.After he became the King of Qin, he was able to reward him with titles and official positions. Perhaps these titles and official positions were not rich enough, but they were still attractive.

"We are different from Ran Min." Liu Yan was not as calm as he looked, but there was no need to show his anger.He still had a smile on his face: "We already have a mature system. There will be rewards and treatment for what we have done. It has long been open and fair, and has been recognized by everyone."

"The job is to be angry!" Ji Chang knew very well what his life path should be, and any achievements in life depended on how high Liu Yan reached, that's why he was so angry: "Let's just forget about the matter of the call to action? "

"That's it for the time being." Liu Yan continued to look at the list, which was about the list that Ji Chang presided over the cleaning: "After this cleaning, the interior can be regarded as a big change."

Ji Chang was very ruthless, bloody cleansing of those families with evidence, monitoring or arresting all those who were slightly suspicious, directly dismantling the already precarious status quo of family control of the locality in more than two months.

What Liu Yan should do now is to appease, not to ruin Ji Chang's achievements. After all, it is hard to clean up the uncontrolled families. How can it be possible for the place to be controlled by various families?What he should do is to arrange for those with vested interests to enjoy the dividends from this cleansing.

"Xu Zhengjin is an official noble, Tian Shuo, Cai You, and Lu Yijin are nobles, Sang Yu, Li Kuangjin are not changed, Zhong Xing, Li Tan, Fu Wei, Yang Dun... Jin hairpin curled up as nobles." Liu Yan thought about it carefully. Thinking about it, it seems that there is nothing missing, and then he continued: "Tai'an is a Duke, but he is the first noble."

Ji Chang stood up and saluted, but he didn't say a word of thanks.

Of course, Liu Yan doesn't have any titles. He is the supreme ruler, so what's the point of assigning himself a title?

Obtaining any title must have corresponding credit. Liu Yan can only be raised or lowered within a reasonable degree, but he must not go too far, otherwise he will lose his credibility.How much credibility it has may not matter to ordinary people. A political group without credibility can only go to destruction.

Ji Chang deserves to be awarded the title of Gaojue. Regardless of the role played during the rise of the Han Dynasty, he has been serving as the chief officer in the Korean Peninsula battlefield since then. He has operated and trained more than 1 elite soldiers. No one would be dissatisfied with the meritorious service achieved by holding an important position at a critical moment and becoming a twentieth-class nobleman.

Xu Zheng has served as the chief general of an independent combat army many times, and it is only natural for him to become the second highest noble of the Han Dynasty.

This time the scale of the war will be very large, and everyone is holding their breath and wanting to perform well. Liu Yan also revealed a little bit just now that after this war, the country will be established, and it is destined that there will be a ruling group. There will definitely be a group of core people in the group. They want to have a good position after the founding of the country. They should work hard and work hard.

No matter what kind of fuss Ran Min is making, Guanzhong is farther away from Shandong, and Xiliang is farther away from Shandong. Liu Yan's plan is for two people to fight against two people, and he doesn't want to get involved at all.

"Where is Wang Luan's main force?"

"Tanxian (modern Tancheng)."

Tan County is the capital of Donghai County. It is located in the lower reaches of Yishui River, which is also located in the lower reaches of Mushui River, which means it is located in the middle of two big streams.The terrain over there is a bit narrow because of the relationship between the two water systems, and the east side is simply a continuous mountain called Yushan.

"Shi Zun is the Duke of Pengcheng, we can't ignore this guy."

"Your Majesty, the report from the detective report is that Shi Zun gathered [-] troops in Pengcheng."

Among Shi Hu's many sons, who is the most promising, I am afraid it should be Shi Bin and Shi Zun.Shi Bin is good at military affairs and administration, and Shi Zun is good at rites and music, so they are loved by Shi Hu respectively.

The many princes of Zhao State in Shijie have their own fiefdoms. According to Shijie's national policy, each prince has the right to form his own shogunate.

Wang Luan has nearly [-] Xuzhou troops in his hand?Forty to fifty thousand may belong to the county soldiers, and the rest are the private soldiers of the family or the young and strong of the tribe.The [-] Xuzhou army plus Shi Zun's [-], considering that the cavalry accounted for the majority, and Xuzhou is mostly suitable for cavalry warfare, this battle is definitely not easy for the Han.

"The battlefield is preset to be in Tan County, Lanling, and Jianting." Ji Chang held an instructor's stick and pointed at the map of mountains and rivers hanging on the shelf: "Xiangben in the middle should be the main battlefield."

Tanxian, Lanling, and Xingting are distributed in a triangle, and Xiangben is located in the middle of the triangle, which is the west side of the upper reaches of Surabaya. Considering that there are mountainous areas in some areas, it is very suitable for the Han army to play there.

"The initiative is now in our hands." Sang Yu squinted his eyes and said, "The enemy army is more eager for a cavalry battle than ours. Even if Wang Luan finds something is wrong, he will move the army over."

The Han army led by Liu Yan is currently in Jiqiu, which is located on the west bank of Yishui River. Since there is a word "Qiu" in the name, according to the habit of taking place names in Chinese civilization, there will naturally be hills all over.

That is to say, the distance between Qiu and Tan County, where Wang Luan stationed troops, is eighty miles from the plane map, but the distance never depends on the plane distance on the map. In that case, the distance is actually more than a hundred miles.

After the Han army marched to Jiqiu, battles broke out with the Xuzhou army led by Wang Luan. The first collision between the two sides was the scouts, and then the scale of the battle increased. The battles of two to 3000 people each broke out four times, but nothing was said. The victory and defeat were all separated in an orderly manner, but the Han army had the upper hand in terms of casualty ratio.

"We need to defeat the Xuzhou army in the fastest time." Ji Chang has always been worried about: "The Jizhou army led by Sun Fudu has become more and more disturbed recently. If..."

"No if." Liu Yan stopped the topic, and said with a smile: "Sun Fudu wants to go south, and they need to conquer Xiami City to continue marching to the (Shan 1 east) peninsula."

Xiami City has been operated by the Han Dynasty for half a year, and it is already under reinforcement. Xiami City is definitely an important military town with the most complete defense system in the Shandong Peninsula.

Ji Chang didn't say anything more, he was very clear that there must be a strong army stationed in the fortress, and the main battle troops in the Han army were all led south by Liu Yan!

(End of this chapter)