Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 138 The Target Turns to the Black Mountain Army

Ju Shou shook his head helplessly, suddenly he couldn't see through Liu He. He scolded Fang Qiu a few days ago, and now he is selfish in accumulating money.

A year ago, Liu He took in more than [-] refugees in Zhuo County, opened a porridge factory, and painted land for resettlement. He had a very high reputation.

However, Liu He these days has acted like a snob. While secretly transporting the looted property to Zhuo County, he also asked the counties and counties in Zhongshan to provide money and food. Now he is still asking Wang Fen to allocate money and food. It is simply greedy.

However, when he thought of Liu He distributing money and food when he dismissed the bandit army, Ju Shou felt a little relieved and asked, "How confident are you in dealing with the Black Mountain Army?"

"Since ancient times, evil has been invincible. It's just a bull's horn. It can be flattened in half a year at most!" Liu He smiled lightly, and looked at Zhang Fei, who was looking out of the door and began to lose his mind again. For training."

When Ju Shou saw Liu He talking about using troops, he regained his composure and confidence. He clasped his fists and said, "It's really the luck of the people of Jizhou that you have such determination. I thank you for them."

"Haha, that's not necessary!" Liu He said slowly: "As a member of the royal family, it is my duty to help the Han family and protect the country. It is my brother-in-law who is willing to help me. I should thank you."

Ju Shou was taken aback for a moment, how could he fail to hear the lofty ambitions contained in Liu He's words, so he didn't have much to say at the moment, so he left and went out.

Liu He suddenly changed his mind this time and turned his target to the Black Mountain Army because he took a fancy to these populations. If all the 10,000+ people were surrendered and moved to Fanyang, it would be of great help to the ongoing farming.

In the future campaign in the Central Plains, the military and political center of gravity cannot always stay in Zhuoxian County, but must gradually move south. Liu He's next focus of governance will be Fanyang. It is adjacent to Jizhou and will be much more convenient for recruiting talents and deploying troops.

In fact, it's not that Liu He insisted on forcing Wang Fen to pay for money and food, but that Youzhou really didn't have any extra food and grass. The counties in Zhuojun County were allotted by Liu He, and the richest Guangyang was just ransacked by the Yellow Turban Army. When Fan Yang also provided food and grass, Fan Yang was settling the refugees in the fields.

All in all, to guard such a poor state, manpower and material resources are stretched, and it is helpless to plan carefully.

Although Jizhou was the hardest-hit area of ​​the Yellow Turban Army, Liu He knew that those aristocratic families suffered very little damage. The Cui family's 300 million yuan allowed Liu He to fully understand the true colors of these people.

Now as long as the news that the Black Mountain Army is going to attack Jizhou is sent, they will definitely actively prepare food and grass. Even if they have the power to protect themselves, these aristocratic families cannot continue to withstand the looting of the bandit army.

The family is ruined and the money is saved from disaster. Liu He believes that they will make a wise choice.

At this time, Liu He even wants to have a ruthless person like Dong Zhuo early, no matter what family background you have, if you don't like it, you will kill Miemen, and uproot these stubborn people to relieve your hatred.

But he obviously can't be this villain, he can only try to gradually change this situation on his own territory, this is a long way to go, and it can't be done overnight.

Politics, war, and people's livelihood are far more complicated than what you thought in the mountains when you first crossed, not to mention that this is a big man at the end of his battle, and the building is about to collapse. How easy is it to turn the tide?
With a silent sigh, Liu He stood up and said to Zhang Fei: "Yide, let's go check the terrain of the cliff."

Taking the sword and turning around, seeing that Zhang Fei was still in a daze, he walked over and patted him on the shoulder: "Yide?"

"Oh, Junhou, are you going out?" Zhang Fei came to his senses and stood up quickly.

"Yide, are you homesick?"

"No, no, what are you talking about? I am the only one in Lao Zhang's house. What do you want to think about?" Zhang Fei scratched his head, bowed his head and walked out quickly.

Liu He was puzzled, he always saw Zhang Fei wandering around the sky these few days, which was quite different from his previous carefree situation. He wasn't homesick, could it be that he had something on his mind?
The steep ridge is located northwest of Zhongren Pavilion and extends to the north. The place where it meets Taihang Mountain is Black Mountain. When the group left the city and went [-] miles away, they saw a long and steep mountain ridge across the river.

The steep mountains are dangerous, and only a valley in the middle leads to the north, and the river surrounds it to the east. If you want to go to Tang County from Zhongrenting, you can only pass through this valley.

Xu Rong pointed to the canyon in the distance and said: "According to the natives, the canyon here is more than ten miles long, and the mountain road is steep and undulating. If the bandits hide in the mountains and lie in ambush, it will be difficult to pass through."

No matter how confident Liu He was in such a complicated terrain, he would not dare to enter rashly. After observing it for a while, he returned to the city and discussed with everyone how to defeat the enemy.

Xu Rong said: "Since the prince is determined to fight the Black Mountain army, it is better to hold on for now. The bandit army is short of food and grass. No matter how much Zhang Baiqi loots, the supply of 1 people is limited. After all, when his food is exhausted, he will naturally retreat. "

But Liu He shook his head and said: "Although this strategy is safe, it cannot defeat the bandits. We are here to hunt down the bandits, not to let them continue to gather and make trouble. And only if the battle is won first, then the governor will feel free to send food and grass to help. "

Ju Shou said: "Since the lord has deliberately attacked the thieves' grain and grass, why not give it a try?"

Xu Rong frowned and said, "It's just that the bandit army is hiding in the mountains. How easy is it to find the place where the grain is stored?"

Ju Shou said, "I expect the food and grass for the bandit army is at the end of the road at the foot of the mountain."

Liu He hurriedly asked: "How can you see it?"

Ju Shou said: "If the bandits lie in ambush in the mountains, they will not be able to start a fire and cook food. They can only take turns guarding, or cook from the bottom of the mountain and send it to the mountain. If they are too far away, it is not convenient to go up the mountain. Zhang Baiqi comes from Tang County to supply the food." Grain and grass can only be transported from the main road to the nearest place, but you can search along the main road at the foot of the mountain, and you will be able to find it."

"This plan is very clever!" Liu He slapped his thigh and said with a smile: "As long as we can find a place to store grain, the day of defeating the enemy will not be far away."

Ju Shou said again: "The thieves guarding the steep mountains must think that our army cannot pass through the steep mountains. The food and grass are not heavily guarded. In order to avoid being discovered by the thieves, the lords only need to send an elite to burn the grain."

"Brother-in-law knows things like a god, it's really Zhang Liang reincarnated!" Liu He gave a timely flattery.

Xu Rong asked: "If the food and grass are burned and the bandit army retreats, what should we do when we return to Montenegro?"

"It's simple," Liu He said after thinking for a moment, "you can use the strategy of Changxing first, put on the posture of a long battle, and pretend to deliver food and grass from Shangquyang every day. First, it can just confuse the bandits. Second, Once the food and grass of the bandit army is destroyed, they will also be short of food when they go back, and they will definitely come to Zhongrenting to seize the food, and then they can take the opportunity to destroy it."

"Your Majesty's ingenious plan!" Xu Rong was overjoyed when he heard the words, and immediately arranged for people to deploy the vehicles.

That night, Qu Yi and his men quietly left the city and entered the steep hills. The local people led the way and crossed the mountains on the firewood-cutting path, and went to the back mountain to find the place where the bandits had stored food.

Xu Rong also dispatched troops to escort more than ten grain carts from Shangquyang to Zhongrenting, going back and forth twice a day to let the thieves know that there is enough money and grain here.

In order to prevent the rebels from coming to attack the city, Liu He ordered Zhang Fei to perform military exercises outside the city, so that the rebels could see that there were not many troops here, so that they could come to grab food with confidence.

At this time, Zhongrenting looked like a young girl in a light veil, constantly shedding her mysterious veil and silently seducing her. Just waiting for Qu Yi to shoot fire from behind, the bandits would rush over desperately.

(End of this chapter)