Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2488: Baili is in a hurry, the imperial edict is angrily rebuked
Xue Rengui only appeared in the Central Plains during the Yellow Turban period and the period of fighting against Dong Zhuo.

Since then, he has been stationed in the north.

This time, His Majesty entrusted the entire Central Plains army to him, and hundreds of thousands of troops were all handed over to him for command.

In fact, Xue Rengui was under a lot of pressure.

After all, there are many difficult opponents among his opponents.

People like Tian Dan and Xu Shiji are also famous figures in the world.

Although Tian Dan lost the Central Plains War, everyone knew that he did not lose because of his ability.

Although Xu Shiji was once defeated by Wu Qi, Wu Qi did not completely defeat him. After all, when Xu Shiji fought with Wu Qi, although he lost the city, he robbed food and saved his troops.

Therefore, stability is the strategy that Xue Rengui set for this battle.

They just need to keep pressing forward step by step, and with the national strength of the Great Jin, they will naturally be sure to win.

In the Central Plains, Tian Dan's troops retreated slowly while covering the delivery of supplies to Mount Tai. With Tian Dan's troops guarding the rear, Xue Rengui did not act rashly when the troops from all over the country had not yet gathered.

However, it is different with Han Shizhong.

Tian Dan's troops were the rear guard and could stop Xue Rengui's troops, but they could not stop his troops.

No matter how powerful Tian Dan was, he could never put his hand across the Yellow River.

Zhao Kuangyin's forces in the Central Plains once had naval power, or to be more precise, they still had naval power at this time.

After all, the East China Sea Navy suffered heavy losses after the war in the south, but it did not completely disappear, and a considerable part of its strength was preserved.

Of the original Yangtze River Joint Navy, the Southern Navy followed Wu Zixu away, while the Qingzhou Navy and part of Zhao Kuangyin's East China Sea Navy returned to Qingzhou together.

At that time, the rest of Zhao Kuangyin's followers were basically with Zhao Defang or Tian Dan.

However, this navy was the only one stationed in Qingzhou. It was also the one that was most influenced by Qinghan in recent years. It had almost been merged into Liu Bei's Qingzhou navy, unlike Zhao Defang and Tian Dan, which still maintained considerable autonomy.

After all, even if Zhao Defang and Tian Dan were reluctant to give up this force, the navy had to find a place to settle first, and they naturally didn't have one.

Therefore, it became something that had to be done out of necessity.

But precisely because of this, Tian Dan's flanks were not protected by naval forces at this time.

This also gave Han Shizhong the opportunity to take action.

Dong'a County is not far from Mount Tai among all the counties. Therefore, the Han army responsible for escorting supplies, to be more precise, cannot even be called Han army, but just yamen runners in the county.

Just after these people arrived at Mount Tai, Han Shizhong, who had secretly sneaked up from the bank of the Yellow River, led a small group of 300 people and directly sneaked up in one breath and burned everything down with fire.

Although it was only the supplies for one county, it directly dealt a heavy blow to Qinghan's arrogance.

This was the situation in Yanzhou, but Jizhou was in chaos at this time.

Liu Bei wanted to voluntarily give up all the counties in Yanzhou controlled by Qing Han except Mount Tai, and the Jin Dynasty was happy to see it happen, as they regarded it as a free military achievement.

However, the situation in Jizhou is different.

Li Xiang in Luoyang sent someone to rush 600 miles to reprimand Lian Po. In the imperial edict, Lian Po was severely criticized for his inaction. Li Xiang could ignore Yanzhou, but he could not sit idly by and watch Yuan Tan give up the four counties.

There is no other meaning, the meanings are completely different.

After all, the two men had completely different personalities. Although Liu Bei gave up some counties, he only took away the supplies in the treasury, and did not take anything from the common people.

Liu Bei's move was equivalent to giving up the territory to them completely.

However, the situation in Jizhou was different. Not only did they take away the supplies from the treasury, but they also looted all the people's belongings.

If we really just sit back and watch them leave, what will be left for the Great Jin would be starving people in four entire counties.

This is completely different from the situation on Liu Bei's side.

Therefore, it was impossible for him to allow the other side to give up these four counties. This would not only place a heavy burden on the Jin army, but also allow Yuan Tan to gain more war support capabilities.

It was with these in mind that Li Xiang directly criticized Lian Po for his inaction.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Hebei Legion is low, this is still not a reason to sit idly by.

"Your Majesty, the troops under Duke Wu'an still have troops from Yongzhou that have not arrived yet!"

In Luoyang, after receiving the news from Jizhou, many people could no longer hold their breath.

People all over the world are suffering!

With the continuous war, living is already extremely difficult.

However, there happened to be another epidemic a few years ago, which was caused by human factors. Otherwise, why would the civil and military officials be so outraged?
Even if Li Xiang wanted to suppress it, he couldn't. From important officials like Wang Meng, Guan Zhong, and Zhuge Liang to ordinary minor officials, everyone pointed the finger at Li Mi.

If Li Mi is not punished, the entire court will not agree!

It is recorded in history books, and people in future generations will not agree with it!

After so many troubles one after another, Jizhou's population has already declined. If Yuan Tan continues to do so, it will become just a wasteland after he takes it over.

During this process, I don’t know how many people will starve to death.

In the past, Jizhou was ranked among the top three in terms of population and grain. Many officials did not want to see this place turned into a wasteland after this battle.

I don’t want Jizhou to become the next Central Plains.

The Central Plains once went through wars and cholera for five full years, and even with a figure like Wang Meng in charge, and this time with the presence of political powerhouses like Wu Qi, it took a full five years for the country to recover to some extent.

None of the officials of the Jin Dynasty wanted Jizhou to be in such a situation again.

Therefore, everyone knew that on the one hand, they had to mobilize troops in advance to prevent Yuan Tan from withdrawing, or on the other hand, he could withdraw but he could not take all his things with him.

At the same time, they must also be prepared for any eventuality and be prepared to provide relief to the victims in Jizhou.

"The soldiers from Yongzhou will eventually arrive a little late!" Li Jing said.

It's not that Li Mu didn't want to send troops early. The arrival time of Yongzhou troops would naturally be much slower than that of Sizhou troops.

Just like from the Central Plains, the speed of the Yuzhou soldiers is definitely not as fast as that of Yanzhou and Xuzhou.