Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 306
The defenders of Xiaquyang fled, but Tai Shici did not pursue them. He led the troops into the city, and no one disturbed the people in the city.

Not long after, Liu Ye and Zhu Ling also led the troops to arrive, and brought all the troops, horses and luggage into the city to resettle them, and the soldiers assembled in the government office.

Tai Shici was very happy with his victory, and asked Liu Ye, "How did you know that Gao Lan was going to burn the reed marsh?"

Liu Ye said with a smile: "Yesterday Gao Lan sent troops, lingered beside the reeds, and immediately retreated. I guess he must have suspected that there was an ambush, so he used a plan to lure him to set fire, just to set up an ambush to break it."

Tai Shici sighed in admiration, clasped his fists and said with a smile: "From now on, I will save a lot of energy to be able to walk with my master when I march."

It turned out that Liu Ye expected Gaolanhui to come and set fire, so he intentionally planted false banners among the reeds to lure him out of the city. At this time, Zhu Lingyun arrived at the moment, so he asked him to leave a heavy army in the camp to bluff. Tai Shici led the elite soldiers to the bank of the Hutuo River While lying in ambush, he saw a fire in the distance, and then rushed out from the river bank.

When Tai Shici and Gao Lan fought, Zhu Ling sent troops from the camp to attack on both sides, and Liu Ye brought five hundred soldiers with him to set up a suspicious formation outside the city of Quyang, so that Gao Lan did not dare to return to the city, so he abandoned the city and left. Next Quyang.

Taishi Ci just took down Quyang, and Anmin was rectifying, Xu Rong also sent people to contact along the way, Yan Liang had led troops into Anping, just captured Anping County, and was marching south to Xindu.

It turned out that Xu Rong's team went more smoothly. After entering Hejian, the northern area surrendered with the help of Boling Cui and Zhang Ying. county.

After Taishi Ci heard the report, he did not dare to delay. He left Zhu Ling to guard Quyang and arrange food and grass here. He and Liu Ye led the troops to Zhao County to join Liu He.

At this time, Liu He had already entered Zhao County, where Changshan could be taken to the west, and Yingtao could be attacked to the south. The entire Hebei Plain was in this area, and there was basically no danger to defend.

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu advised Liu He not to rush into the army, but to send envoys to persuade the officials of various counties and counties to surrender, promising benefits to divide people's hearts.

At this time, Yuan Shao was fighting Yudu in Yecheng, unable to go north, and Han Fu was still hesitating. When the northern part of Jizhou was captured, Han Fu would surrender without a fight.

Liu He also knew that he should not be in a hurry. In history, although Han Fu was forced to give up Jizhou under the threat of Gongsun Zan, it had a lot to do with Qu Yi's betrayal at that time.

In fact, Han Fu has always been on guard against Yuan Shao. From his constant reduction in the supply of soldiers and food, we can see the constraints on Yuan Shao. However, there were already many contradictions within Jizhou at that time. There are also fights.

This is very similar to the situation when Liu Yan entered Yizhou, but Han Fu obviously didn't have Liu Yan's means, and he didn't have so much time to integrate.

The internal counselors and generals rebelled, and Jizhou had already been torn apart. Under the desperate situation of internal and external troubles, Han Fu had no choice but to give up Jizhou and became the most useless prince of the Three Kingdoms.

In fact, the contradictions in Jizhou can also be seen from Yuan Shao's later period. After Yuan Shao unified Hebei, he seemed to be strong and strong, but in fact, the open and secret struggles between local families and foreign celebrities never stopped. It continued until Yuan Shao's defeat, but there was no fundamental solution.

At this time, Han Fu had no Qu Yi's betrayal, and he hadn't really reached the point of desperation. It was still too early to persuade him to surrender. Liu He was not in a hurry to send troops.

And before that, he had already sent Xu You to put eye drops on Han Fu, and he just waited for Xu Rong and Guan Yu to join forces in the south, and everything would come to fruition.

When Taishi Cibing arrived, Liu He knew that Xu Rong's journey was going smoothly, so he said with a smile, "I had expected the soldiers in the middle route, but it is Yunchang's route, Bohai County is guarded by Yuan Shao's son Yuan Tan, I'm afraid it will take some trouble. .”

Guo Jia said: "Yuan Tan has no plan, and he doesn't have a general guarding him. How can he stop the three brothers Guan, Zhang, and Zhao? What's more, Zhang Wenyuan and Xu Gongming are both generals. It is more than enough for one person to take Bohai. It’s actually killing a chicken with a bull’s knife!”

Liu He laughed and said: "You don't know Fengxiao, I have never fought such a rich battle, so when it's time to show off, I naturally have to be arrogant."

"Arrogance?" Guo Jia raised his eyebrows, nodded and smiled, "It's also in line with the temperament of a monarch."

Liu He pretended to be displeased and said, "Guo Fengxiao, don't forget that you are my brother-in-law. It is disrespectful to blaspheme the elders."

Guo Jia chuckled, scratched his nose with his fingers and muttered, "Isn't this done yet?"

"What did you say?" Liu He glared and threatened, "You can't let my sister down. If you dare to abandon me from beginning to end, believe it or not, I will turn you into an eunuch?"

Guo Jia frowned, and pursed his mouth aggrievedly: "Junhou, you are a bit forced to buy and sell..."

"Is Yide here?" At this moment, a voice came from outside the door, and it was Dianwei who strode in.

Liu He withdrew the slap that was going to slap Guo Jia, and said strangely: "Who said Yide is coming?"

Dian Wei looked around and saw no one in the room, he frowned and said, "I just heard you talking about the Yan people, and thought Yide had arrived."

"Hahaha!" Guo Jia was taken aback for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

"Yide has changed this title a long time ago!" Liu He shook his head helplessly. Seeing Dian Wei holding a letter, he asked, "Who is writing?"

"Emissary Liu!" Dian Wei handed over the letter with both hands, "I just sent it from Jicheng."

Liu He saw that it was Liu Yu's letter, so he quickly opened it, unfolded the letter and read it, he couldn't help shaking his head and humming: "This letter came by coincidence, God help Liu He to succeed—"

Guo Jia asked suspiciously: "What kind of tune is this, Junhou?"

"Uh... Let's count it as Hui Diao!" Liu He handed the letter to Guo Jia, and said with a smile, "We can take Changshan without any effort."

After seeing it, Guo Jia sighed, "It really is God's will."

It turned out that Liu Yu wrote in a letter saying that Sun Jin, Prime Minister of Changshan, was his old official. He was an official under his subordinates when he was in Luoyang. He was the one who recommended him to be an official.

Liu Yu couldn't bear the suffering of the people in Jizhou, so he wrote a letter to Sun Jin himself, asking Liu He to send someone to Changshan to persuade him to surrender. Sun Jin would definitely surrender after seeing the letter.

Although Liu He didn't remember Sun Jin, it was rare that Liu Yu personally wrote a letter to persuade him to surrender, probably because he had great trust in this person. It happened that he didn't plan to attack Changshan by force, so he could send someone to test the effect first.

After taking the letter, Liu He smiled proudly: "It is said that Yuan Shao is the fourth generation and the third prince, and his disciples and old officials are all over the world. It seems that my father also has some connections. I, Liu He, are not inferior to him, Yuan Benchu."

Guo Jia rolled his eyes helplessly, shook his head and laughed and said, "The general is a nobleman of the royal family, a family member for generations, how can Yuan Shao compare?"

Liu He suddenly realized that the identity of the clan of the Han Dynasty was really used for a moment of pleasure, and he kept using it for a long time, so he understood Liu Xuande's difficulties more and more.

Feeling refreshed for a while, he turned around and told Dian Wei, "Quickly go and invite Master Sun here."

For this expedition, Sun Qian accompanied the army as the chief secretary. Liu He knew that he was good at eloquence and was a diplomatic talent. He planned to send him to meet Han Fu when the time came, so he just sent him some odd jobs to warm up.

(End of this chapter)