Xuande

Chapter 539

On the sixth day of September in the sixth year of Zhongping, Liu Bei took an oath to be a master in the south of Luoyang City, holding the Tianzi sword bestowed by the emperor on behalf of the emperor, and declaring that he was on behalf of the emperor to attack and kill non-officials.

Then, the army was fully loaded, crossed Xuanyuan Pass, entered Yingchuan County, and joined the [-] troops of Yingchuan Prefect Li Min in Yangzhai County.

Li Min was very grateful for Liu Bei's arrival, and told Liu Bei that although he was not good at conquest, he would do his best to support Liu Bei's logistics and never let Liu Bei's logistics have any problems. Liu Bei was satisfied with this.

Then the two talked about what had happened for a while.

"I didn't expect Yuan's rebellion, and I didn't expect them to be shameless. From the beginning, they had bad intentions and tried to rely on the army to defeat me, and then coerced the late emperor to abdicate, and then let the prince argue the throne as a puppet to satisfy their wishes. Selfish desires.

For such a situation, I couldn't believe it at first, I couldn't believe that the general and Situ had such wolf ambitions, but the fact is that, even though I don't want to believe it, I have to admit that they are really rebellious, Whether it is Yuan Kui and Yuan Ji, or Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. "

"The Yuan family is rebellious, and the officials didn't dare to believe it at first, but the matter is right in front of them, and there is no room for the officials not to believe it."

Li Min said with emotion: "The four generations and three princes of the Yuan family were greatly favored by the state, but in the end, they turned out to be such a group of wolves and ambitious people. If the previous emperors knew about it, how could they be sad and angry?"

"Then let them kneel and repent in front of the past emperors."

Liu Bei said with a smile: "Before, Yuan Kai and Yuan Ji had already gone to confess, now we send Yuan Shu there, and then send Yuan Shao together, let their whole family kneel neatly in front of the previous emperors, and repent of their wolfish ambitions .”

"good!"

Li Min laughed loudly and said, "What the general said is exactly what the lower official wants to say!"

Li Min talked and laughed with Liu Bei for a while, and the more they talked, the more he felt that Liu Bei was a very good general, his speech and behavior were very decent, showing a good cultural quality, he was really a famous debater in Luoyang back then.

But Li Min also knows that Liu Bei Yunwen Yunwu, when he was eloquent in Luoyang, one-on-one, nine is like a god descending to earth, and later he fought against 30 Xianbei in Liangzhou, and won a big victory.

He didn't know how capable Liu Bei was in fighting before, and he had never seen it with his own eyes, but now that he saw Liu Bei's army with his own eyes, he understood why Liu Bei was so capable and powerful.

His army can be seen as an absolute elite just by looking at it.

The armor is bright, the equipment is excellent, the queue is neat, the orders are prohibited, and the order is in good order.

Until now, Li Min has never seen such an army equipped with protective gear. Even the foot soldiers in hand-to-hand combat are equipped with helmets and armor.

The protective gear is standard, the weapons are standard, and even the military uniforms and military boots worn by soldiers are standard.

As a prefect of a county with military experience, Li Min knows how much resources will be consumed and how much manpower and material resources will be mobilized to serve this army.

And this army marched very neatly, one after another, the formation was quite neat, and even the pace was relatively orderly. From a distance, one thought it was a group of marionettes.

Looking at the army he recruited again, they didn't stand upright, they didn't sit upright, they walked in groups, like broken snakes, and they could only maintain a general forward posture, which was different from the army under Liu Bei's command. There is no comparison at all.

Even if Li Min doesn't know much about military affairs, looking at such an army, he knows that if he fights with his own army, it will definitely be delivered to his door.

Knowing this situation, and thinking about Yuan Shu's situation, Li Min knew that Liu Bei could send Yuan's family to meet the previous emperors with this army alone, but he still chose to mobilize the troops of the Eight Commanderies Fight with him.

Li Min speculates in private that Liu Bei may have two purposes in doing so.

First, share the credit and win over the place.

Second, use this to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy. If it belongs to the enemy, it will be attacked later. If it belongs to our own people, it can be promoted and appointed later.

Before that, the big family in Yingchuan rumored that Liu Bei had great influence in Kansai, not only in Liangzhou, but also in Sanfu and Yizhou. In Kansai, Liu Bei's words were better than the imperial court. It is inevitable to extend the power to the Kanto.

Who is a friend and who is an enemy, isn't it just right to use this time after time to tell the difference?
With one hand in military affairs and the other in politics, Liu Bei's wrists are as strong and tough as Li Min has ever seen in his life. Facing such a person, even if He Jin and Yuan Kai were tied together, they would be completely wiped out. Yuan Shu dared to act blatantly. Rebellion?

Yuan Gonglu, oh Yuan Gonglu, you... are really looking for death.

Li Min was completely convinced, and had no doubts about Liu Bei anymore. Instead of going to the front line with him, he volunteered to stay and provide logistics channels for Liu Bei's army, ensuring that the army could pass through Yingchuan County and enter Runan County.

Of course, it's not difficult. As long as you make full use of Yingshui's advantages, you can make logistics transportation a multiplier task with half the effort, and this is what Li Min is best at—even if he is not good at it, he will do his best to make himself better. Become a talent who is good at logistics, so as to get Liu Bei's favor.

He did know that after Huang Wan left and stepped down as the governor of Yuzhou, there was no official chief executive in Yuzhou, and the Luoyang court led by Liu Bei seemed to have not had time to appoint a chief executive in Yuzhou, so Li Min felt that he could try his luck .

Liu Bei's army arrived in Yingchuan County on September [-], and arrived in Liqiang County on September [-]. Yuan Shu's army did not deploy any defense here. After seeing the arrival of the army, the magistrate of Liqiang County said nothing The city surrendered.

"Yuan Shu is rebellious. He has few officers and soldiers, so he dare not resist, but he is also unwilling to help the evildoers, so he has been waiting for the arrival of the general!"

Song Wei, magistrate of Liqiang County, knelt on the ground and did not dare to look directly at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was silent for a while, got off his horse, stepped forward, and helped Song Wei up personally.

"When Yuan Shu was tyrannical, no one knew what he could do. Everyone would have doubts about it. This is human nature. I can't make a better choice when I am in another place. You have done a great job. Well, the imperial court will remember you."

Song Wei looked at Liu Bei in surprise, then moved to tears, and bowed again.

After taking down Liqiang County without bloodshed, the army did not stop advancing. Liu Bei entrusted Song Wei to join the army and handle logistics matters for the army.

There is resistance here.

Because after passing Xihua County, the next target is Ruyang County, Yuan's hometown. Liu Bei's marching target in the first stage is Ruyang County, where he wants to destroy everything of Yuan's.

According to the latest information, members of the Yuan family in Ruyang County have followed Yuan Shu down to Pingyu County, the county seat of Runan County.

It seems that they also knew that they could not resist Liu Bei's soldiers here, so they just resisted for a while.

Li Feng, the general under Yuan Shu's command, was stationed in Xihua County, but he didn't have many troops under his command, but there were more than [-] people, who seemed to be sent to die.

For such a small city with no defensive capabilities, Liu Bei didn't bother to fight, so he sent someone to persuade Li Feng not to make unnecessary resistance, and Kaesong surrendered.

The lobbyist who came to persuade him was Liu Ye, a general under Liu Bei's command.

After Liu Ye joined Liu Bei, he never had any chance to make achievements. This time he went out with the army, Liu Bei intended to give the newly recruited generals and officials some opportunities to make achievements, so Liu Ye offered to persuade Li Feng to surrender.

After seeing Li Feng, Liu Ye spoke very rudely, bluntly saying that Li Feng made a wrong choice, Yuan Shu only gave him a few dollars a month, and he needed to work so hard?

Liu Bei's army will be 3000 to [-], while the army brought by Li Feng is only [-] to [-], which is more than ten times weaker. Is this a war?

This is suicide.

"The army under your command is only one-tenth of the army under the general's command. There is no comparison at all. Did Yuan Shu send you here to let you hold on to the county seat? You only have more than 3000 troops, how many days can you hold on to the city?

If Yuan Shu was in Ruyang County and sent you to lead the army to guard Xihua County, I can still think that Yuan Shu had no choice but to do it as a last resort, but he escaped by himself and asked you to stay here to die. Feel worthless for you. "

(End of this chapter)