Three Kingdoms Star System

Chapter 163 The Siege of Shangdang
Three days later, Liu He led his soldiers back to Shangdang. Of course, before leaving, the two sides had already made arrangements for the next military operation. After investigation, it was confirmed that there was indeed an accident in Hanoi, and Zhang Yang was on the expedition. Yang Chou was about to surrender to Cao Cao, but was killed by Sui Gu. Sui Gu led the army to garrison Shegou, and was about to surrender to Yuan Shao, but was killed by the black mountain bandit Zuo Miaozhangba. Now Zhang Yang's soldiers were led by Mu Shun and Fang Yue respectively. Fang Yue led his troops to surrender to the governor of Hedong, Jia Kui, but Mu Shun led his troops to continue to stick to Shegou, waiting for the arrival of Yuan Shao's army.

Therefore, after Liu He and Yuan Shao negotiated, they decided that Yuan Shao would personally lead the four generals Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan, and his army of 3 people to Hanoi to conquer Zuo Miao Zhangba and other thieves, and Liu He's Hedong County was responsible for sending troops to cooperate; In addition, Yuan Shao ordered Qu Yi, Han Meng, Chun Yuqiong, Jiang Qi and other generals to lead an army of [-], with Qu Yi as the main general, to attack the bandits in Zhongshan, Changshan, Zhaojun and other places. Attack Taiyuan as a countermeasure.

"Now Yuan Shaobing and I are divided into two directions, supporting each other and attacking together. No matter how stubborn the Black Bandits are, I believe they will be put down soon." Liu He thought silently on the way back.

Along the way, especially in Yecheng, seeing the destroyed city walls and the people who were killed after the Black Mountain bandits crossed the border, I felt very uncomfortable. After secretly making up my mind, I must spare no effort to put down all the Black Mountain bandits and return the people to peace. Peaceful days.

In fact, along the way, Liu He thought a lot, especially about the bandits in Montenegro.

Regarding this issue, he also had a lot of exchanges with Pei Yuanshao and Pan Feng, and in the end he couldn't help thinking: "Why is it so difficult to destroy the Black Mountain bandits? Why are there more and more bandits? Our army is not strong enough? Or are those thieves particularly fond of fighting and killing? In fact, some people are not as cruel as we imagined, such as Xu Huang, Pei Yuanshao, Pan Feng and his men, they were originally simple and kind , Even if they become bandits, they are not considered evil people. After following me, they are even more loyal and brave, but they also became bandits in the end. There are two reasons. The second is that they have relatives and friends who joined bandits, and then those relatives and friends invited them to join, and they were forced to join because of face, but no matter what the reason, they definitely don't want to be bandits for the rest of their lives, so they are submitting to me. Only after that can we work so aggressively in order to get the promotion path."

Thinking of this, Liu He suddenly felt that it is not necessary to blindly encircle and suppress bandits. Sometimes, appeasement may be more effective than encirclement and suppression. Of course, this must be based on the trust of the bandits, and it takes time and patience. It is far better than encirclement and suppression itself, but Liu He knows that the benefits of recruiting are definitely beyond the reach of simple encirclement and suppression. After all, this will not only reduce his casualties, but also bring him many civilians with certain combat experience. Production and war can be used. How good it would be to use it to cultivate land when busy and train troops to fight wars when free.

"Huh? I remember that in history, there seems to be this kind of practice of merging agriculture into one and integrating soldiers into farmers. This method is called the Fubing System, which was the military system that prevailed in the early Tang Dynasty. However, the Fubing System needs to be coordinated with the equal land system. It just so happens that Bingzhou has a small population and a lot of land. I can implement the land equalization system here, recruit these thieves to farm, and give them enough benefits to turn them from thieves into ordinary people under my rule. Well, then I will start from Shangdang County , distribute land to those old and weak thieves who surrendered, and initially try the land equalization system. Of course, before that, I must first gain an absolute advantage over the thieves, otherwise no matter who they are, they will be suspicious, so my top priority is To capture Taiyuan County..."

However, at this moment, there was a sudden rush of horseshoes, and then the spies urgently reported: "Report to my lord, it's not good. It is said that the thief Zhang Yan gathered tens of thousands of troops in Taiyuan to counterattack Shangdang. Now The eldest son city has been completely surrounded, and Taishou Xu is leading his troops to defend it, but we don’t know the outcome yet, we are still inquiring further.”

"Here, what a Zhang Yan. I haven't troubled you yet, but you have taken the initiative to provoke trouble. Today I want you to know how powerful our army is! Give me an order, and the army will rush forward to the city of the eldest son immediately. Join forces with the eldest son Chengli Yingwai to defeat Zhang Yan..."

"Wait a minute, my lord, you think this is inappropriate." Before Liu He could finish his sentence, Xun You hurriedly stopped and said, "My lord, listen to you. Now Zhang Yan is attacking the eldest son with all his strength, but with Xu Yuanzhi's wisdom And Gan Ning's bravery, although the eldest son city only has [-] white scorpion soldiers and more than [-] Gan Ning's trilogy, it is enough to defend. Besides, even if it is [-] steps back, even if Xu Yuanzhi really defended If you don't live in Shangdang, my lord's thousands of people won't be of much use. Therefore, You think that we should not lead our troops back to Shangdang now, but should take the opportunity to attack Taiyuan County, which is relatively empty. Being taken down, Zhang Yan has become a bereaved dog, nothing to worry about, this is a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and draw out the bottom line, my lord, please think twice."

"This……"

"My lord, don't hesitate. Gongda is right. We should take the opportunity to occupy Taiyuan at this time, so that we can get in touch with Youzhou, so even if we have no soldiers in the city, the thieves will not dare to attack. As long as Xu Yuan persists until we occupy Taiyuan, Zhang Yan, who has lost his fundamental importance, will definitely withdraw from the siege."

Seeing Liu He hesitate, Guo Jia also stepped forward at this time and said loudly.

"Okay! If that's the case, then, the whole army will follow my order and attack Taiyuan with me!" Seeing the two top counselors saying this, Liu He had no hesitation in his heart and gave the order decisively.

"Promise!" Although there are only 1000 people, the current Baimai army's morale is like a rainbow, and they immediately follow the order to go in the direction of Taiyuan.

Although it looked very relaxed on the surface, Liu He felt a little heavy in his heart. Although the Baimao Army had 9000 people, without the blessing of Chen Dao's combat power, could they still be an invincible iron army?If these 9000 men did not have the combat power they should have, there would be no hope of resisting Zhang Yan's tens of thousands of troops just with Gan Ning and his more than a thousand troops.

"Yuanzhi, Xingba, Pei Yuanshao, Deng Zhan, the safety of Shangdang is up to you. If you can successfully defend Shangdang, there is nothing to say. This defeat has ruined his reputation, and he can no longer hold his head up in front of Yuan Shao." Quietly turning his head and looking in the direction of Shangdang, Liu He said silently in his heart.

(End of this chapter)