Xuande

Chapter 834 Gongsun Du Has No Chance
Although Liu Bei regarded the Liaodong area as a special zone, and actually gave Gongsundu a lot of power to act cheaply, this power is not long-term, but a short-term expedient measure.

Generally speaking, he still wants to bring Liaodong's military operations into the system controlled by the Privy Council.

Judging from the situation at the time, the Privy Council did not establish a control system for Liaodong.

Liu Bei was dissatisfied with this.

But at that time, he was mainly focused on the Dutian Law, and he didn't have much energy to deal with Gongsun Zan for the time being.

So he put the matter aside, intending to deal with it coldly, let Gongsundu calm down a little, take a good look at the strength gap between himself and the Third Reich, and don't do anything funny.

As a result, he did not expect that Gongsun Du was somewhat seriously ill.

Liu Bei wanted to get rid of it, but he actually sent two tributes in a row, nominally to greet Liu Bei, but in fact he wanted to discuss with Liu Bei the matter of making him a general and governor of Pingzhou. The feeling of not giving up made Liu Bei very annoyed.

He wondered if all the Gongsun family members in Liaodong were suffering from some serious illness, and their heads were unclear. First it was Gongsun Zan, then Gongsun Du. Is there really something wrong with their heads?
The main reason why they are so arrogant in another timeline should be that Dong Zhuo's rebellion destroyed the prestige of the central court, but now this prestige is well maintained by Liu Bei, and there is no collapse of the central authority.

Even the central authority is higher than during the Second Empire.

So what the hell do they mean?
Can't you see that a powerful monarch of a unified dynasty is ruling the world?
Who gave Gongsun Du and Liu Bei the courage to take the initiative to ask for power?
Liu Bei couldn't figure it out, but he didn't continue to think about it soon. After a while, coupled with the delay caused by the time required to travel from Luoyang to Liaodong, the chaos caused by the Dutian decree was quickly overthrown. It was suppressed and did not affect the overall stability of the Third Reich.

Regarding this situation, Liu Bei didn't know if the Liaodong area was clear about it, but since Gongsun Du had launched provocations against him one after another, naturally he could not continue to tolerate the existence of this situation.

So Liu Bei sent an order to Qianzhao to prepare for it and prepare to do it.

Qianzhao is the person in charge of the Northeast Military Region. He leads the three armies and is responsible for the military security of the Northeast region, and of course the security of the entire grassland.

However, because of Liu Bei's shocking military action before, more than 70 people on the entire grassland were wiped out by Liu Bei. In this vacuum period, there is obviously not so much room for Zhuanzhao to play.

While stationed in Liaodong, Qianzhao took people to patrol the grasslands many times, looking for traces of the Xianbei people everywhere, hoping to find some and fight some beautiful battles. However, it was obviously because Liu Bei had gone too far before, and there were only a few left on the grasslands. There are a few small tribes here and there, with a combined number of only 2000 people.

After being stationed for several years, Qianzhao only took action three times, with limited success, which made him very unhappy.

But Liu Bei asked him to station in Liaodong, obviously not only to guard against the grassland during the vacuum period, but also for another reason, to guard against Gongsundu.

Because the road to the Liaodong area in this era is very difficult, the Liaodong Corridor in the Ming and Qing Dynasties did not appear in this era, and the roads that can be passed are still a vast ocean, which cannot provide a road for stable action at all.

At this moment, the road from Liaoxi County to Liaodong County is very difficult, and generally there are only two options.

Or, go to Liaoze, cross the difficult and muddy Liaoze, and reach the other side of victory.

Or, we have to choose to take a detour from the prairie, bypass Liaoze and finally reach Liaodong. In short, these two roads are not reliable roads.

But under Liu Bei's instruction, Qianzhao opened up a third path.

sea ​​route.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Liaodong Peninsula and the Shandong Peninsula were already connected by sea. However, this situation did not occur too often, and it was very dangerous. It also relied on seasons and ocean monsoons. If you were not careful, you would be buried in the seabed. Condition.

After the Yangzhou sharp-bottomed sea-going ship was successfully built and the trial voyage was successful, Liu Bei instructed Zhaozhao to build a sharp-bottomed sea-going ship in Youzhou.

The style of the pointed-bottomed sea-going ships of the Third Reich was mainly based on the galenic ship, the main ship of the sailing era. It was characterized by the relatively long and narrow sails and the ship, and the height of the deck building was reduced. It even reduced the tall deck building of traditional Chinese ships to In the hull, the keel length is generally three times the width of the ship.

This kind of ship is actually very suitable for naval battles, especially long-distance naval battles, and was even born to facilitate naval battles.

But at this moment, ships lacking long-range attack equipment do not have the capability of long-range naval warfare, but such ships are also suitable for transporting troops and loading cargo, and their load capacity can generally reach [-] tons.

Although the Third Reich is still unable to build a large ship capable of carrying [-] tons, it can still build a small Galen ship that is reduced by one size, which is completely sufficient to match the cargo capacity of this era.

By the time Liu Bei was about to attack the three counties of Liaodong, more than [-] of these standard sea-going ships in the style of small Galenic ships had been successfully built in Yangzhou, and they had already set off for Rinan County, ready to be delivered to the first ocean-going team in Rinan County. .

In Youzhou, [-] ships of this kind were successfully built, and Qianzhao also found experienced sailors who went back and forth between Liaodong and Shandong Peninsula as guides, and conducted many secret drills.

For this operation, Liu Bei's intention was to let Qianzhao lead the elite troops to secretly arrive in the Liaodong area by boat, and then quickly rush to the location of Gongsun Du with cavalry, directly take down Gongsun Du, capture the thief first, and capture Gongsun Du and his commander. Take down all the layers, and then take out the imperial decree and directly forcibly take over the soldiers of the three counties in Liaodong.

The more than 1 soldiers trained by Gongsun Du in the three counties of Liaodong are indeed powerful. Liu Bei does not want this army to become a victim of political struggle. He thinks this army can be used for a lot of purposes.

Therefore, he decided to implement the beheading tactic, take the lead in attacking and taking down Gongsun Du, preserve this army, and let Qian Zhao disintegrate and completely digest this army.

As for the success rate of this operation, Qianzhao said it is still very high.

The activities of the main Dongyuan spies in the three counties of Liaodong were relatively successful.

Many business travelers in the three counties of Liaodong were disguised as Dongyuan spies. They traveled to and from Youzhou and Qingzhou, brought a lot of goods, and met many officials from the Liaodong area.

There was also Dongyuan spy who joined Gongsundu's army and held a relatively important position in Gongsundu's army. He had made contributions in previous battles and had a large number of soldiers under his command.

Even Gongsundu's family has Dongyuan secret agents acting as servants, sending news of Gongsun's family to Luoyang all the time, so that Dongyuan can control the actions of Gongsun's family at all times.If Gongsundu is still testing where Liu Bei's bottom line is, then Liu Bei can even know whether Gongsundu is wearing a crotch or not, so if this special operation cannot be successful, the main problem must be Pull on the body.

Dong Yuan's secret agents have already helped him do everything he can, and at the intelligence level, Gongsun Du has been infiltrated into a sieve.

So at the final execution level, Qianzhao felt that if he couldn't succeed, he would probably be too shameless to hold on to the position of head of the Northeast Military Region.

At the beginning of March in the third year of Zhenguan, when Ninan County was preparing for the first ocean voyage, this plan began to be implemented.

Before the implementation, Liu Bei generously sent a message to Liaodong, saying that he was going to send Qianzhao to lead an army of [-] to Liaodong County, and he would join hands with Gongsun Du to completely eliminate Fuyu Kingdom, Goguryeo Kingdom, Dongwoju, Sanhan, etc. Trouble at the border, completely solve the problem in Liaodong, in order to achieve the goal of peace.

The route he provided to Gongsun Du was that the army would cross the grassland, bypass Liaoze, and finally arrive in Liaodong County.

Of course, Liu Bei didn't lie. The main force of the Northeast Military Region is indeed going to reach Liaodong County through the grassland.

Because the number of standard sea ships is not enough, it is not known how long it will take to transport all the main forces of the Northeast Military Region to Liaodong County with only eleven ships, so Liu Bei wants to let the large troops take the completely safe grassland route, He asked Gongsundu to provide food security along the way for the army to advance.

The mission is to be carried out by the elite troops led by Qianzhao. After the elite troops have eliminated Gongsundu himself, they will directly prepare for the local army. The thorough elimination of local forces such as Sanhan wiped away the worries in the Liaodong region.

At the same time, a large number of prisoners of war can be obtained for construction purposes in various places.

Of course, for the success of this military operation and to appease the emotions of the troops in the Central Military Region, Liu Bei finally sent out the two cavalry armies, the Xiao Cavalry Army and the Leopard Cavalry Army.

After Xia Houyuan and Pang De heard the news, they were overjoyed and immediately prepared their entire army. As soon as Liu Bei gave the order, they would set off immediately and would arrive in Liaodong as quickly as possible to assist in the attack.

For this offensive, it is not just about getting rid of Gongsundu. Gongsundu is just a small worry. His own strength is not worthy of his ambition. In fact, Liu Bei has no idea why Gongsundu can still have a separatist regime. One party's ambition, does it mean that he really feels that he is not capable of expedition to Liaodong?

It shouldn't be. Back then Liu Bei was able to lead troops to the northern expedition to the grasslands under very difficult circumstances. Gongsun Du also witnessed his ability to fight. Why is it still like this now?

After thinking about it, Liu Bei couldn't figure it out, and could only blame it on Gongsundu's own inflation.

Some people, once they become swollen, are easily confused about the situation. Once they are confused about the situation, they will do all kinds of weird and funny things.

It is impossible and meaningless to try to understand an abnormal person from the level of a normal person.

So Liu Bei didn't hold back any more, and asked the Privy Council to complete the plan, and go through the process to let the Xiaocavalry Army and Leopard Cavalry Army quickly attack to Liaodong to meet and recruit, and then completely solve the border issue of Liaodong.

Speaking of it, neither Buyeo, Goguryeo, Dongwoju and other local tribes, nor the Samhan of the Korean Peninsula can be said to be very weak in this era.

According to the results obtained by agents Dongyuan who have been operating in Liaodong for several years, Buyeo is first of all a relatively wealthy country. The country is mainly based on agriculture, with well-developed animal husbandry and handicrafts. According to the estimates of the spies, Buyeo The population is about [-] households and more than [-] people, so it is a more appropriate comment to say that Buyeo Country has some strength.

The Goguryeo Kingdom is similar. The Goguryeo regime was established in the Goguryeo County of Xuantu County in the Western Han Dynasty by Zhu Meng from Fuyu in the second year of Jianzhao of the Western Han Dynasty. It has the same origin as the Fuyu Kingdom.

The relationship between them is somewhat similar to the conjugate father-son relationship between Daiying and America. Although they come from the same source, the relationship between them is relatively subtle.

When Fuyu was strong and prosperous, Fuyu was the father, and when Goguryeo was strong, Goguryeo was the father, and there were many acts of conquest, trapping, and massacre between each other, but it was Goguryeo who had the last laugh. The situation between the yoke father and son came to a final end.

Goguryeo has a smaller population than Buyeo, but it has a slight advantage over Buyeo in terms of social system and production capacity.

For example, Goguryeo now has a relatively complete tax system. In terms of agricultural production, Goguryeo also has relatively clear iron farm tools and introduced cattle, etc., so agricultural productivity is not weak.

If the two countries are mobilized, each can dispatch about [-] to [-] troops, and in normal combat, they can also dispatch more than [-] troops. At the specific military level, they can be regarded as the two little overlords in the Liaodong region.

For the tribal forces that have not formed a unified national system in the surrounding area, these two relatively mature countries still have a strong deterrent force, and both have launched military operations against the Liaodong border of the Han Empire.

It was not until Gongsun Du suddenly emerged that he was appointed by Liu Bei as the administrator of the three counties in Liaodong. He led the army in southern and northern wars, and repeatedly attacked the invasions of Goguryeo and Fuyu, as well as other small tribes, forming a military advantage.

Therefore, after many conquests, the two major powers of Goguryeo and Fuyu were afraid of Gongsundu and did not dare to engage in military confrontation with Gongsundu again. In fact, they admitted that Gongsundu was superior to them and expressed their willingness to obey Gongsundu Dispatch, if Gongsundu wants to conquer other tribes, they are willing to send troops to help.

So Gongsundu actually became the suzerain of Fuyu Kingdom and Goguryeo Kingdom, the king of kings, with the same prestige for a while.

However, Gongsun Du is actually not satisfied with this situation. He actually wants to destroy these two countries and get everything they have, but he lacks the strength to annex them.

It is easy to defeat them, and easy to make them obey orders, but it is not so easy to annex them.

Gongsun Du lamented many times that he could not annex Goguryeo and Fuyu. He felt that if he could be given another [-] troops, he would be able to destroy Fuyu and Goguryeo, unify Liaodong, and become the absolute king of Liaodong.

However, Liaodong's foundation is too weak and the population is too small. The original timeline because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion triggered a wave of immigrants from Liaodong for more than ten years and did not appear because of Liu Bei's high degree of intervention. Therefore, the population of Liaodong at this moment is true. not much.

Therefore, Gongsun Du has no such opportunity.

In March of the third year of Zhenguan, Gongsun Du received an order from Liu Bei, asking him to prepare food and fodder for the army along the way and provide combat logistics for the army. He and his army also had to accept the command of Qianzhao, in order to completely pacify the Fuyu Kingdom. , Goguryeo contributed its own strength.

After receiving this edict, Gongsun Du turned pale with fright, and immediately summoned his staff to discuss this matter.

(End of this chapter)