I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 704 Liu Jian takes action

There was no precedent for the book "On Yuan" before this publication. Books similar to the rise and fall of a family and judging the family's behavior had not appeared in the original history.

It can be said that the publication of this book was not only a heavy blow to Liu Jian's mortal enemy Yuan Shao, but also opened up a new way of thinking for the gentry literati of the Han Dynasty, expanded their knowledge, and made the literati's horizons more comprehensive. Fulfillment!

It turns out that books can still be written like this!

It turns out that words still have such a form of expression!

As soon as the book "On Yuan" was published, it can be said that it aroused the enthusiasm of literati in the Han Dynasty from another angle. A large number of people began to shift their attention from scriptures to literature, which laid the foundation for future culture. The big explosion laid a foundation unintentionally!

Apart from this accident, this book still had a great impact on the Yuan family in Runan.

Liu Jian was well prepared. Regarding the book "On Yuan", Liu Jian had actually started to prepare it when he was in Hebei. It was when he pulled Yuan Shao from the position of "the world's model" , he had already ordered his people to start sorting out the information of the Yuan family in Runan for generations, and at the same time, searching for things that their family had done over the years in the Han Dynasty for the prosperity of their own family to harm the Han Dynasty and the interests of other families. .

Merits are recognized and harms are evaluated impartially.

Of course, it is impossible that there is no possibility of joking in it, but according to Liu Jian's original request to the writers, they should try to be 30% false and 70% true, even if there are some forgeries in it. , civilian readers and disseminators are also unable to discover it.

To be honest, even if it is discovered, it will not be corrected at all.

If this "On Yuan" were released to the world at other times, it would not have a particularly big impact on the Yuan family.

On the contrary, this book may, to a certain extent, further fuel the Yuan family's arrogance.

After all, there are positives and negatives in this book.

However, Liu Jian had held this manuscript in his hands for ten years, but he had not published it. It was only at this time that he released it in large quantities.

Sensitive moment in the death of King Hongnong!

At this time, the influence of "On Yuan" is very huge.

Human beings are creatures that are good at thinking and making associations.

In this incident of King Hongnong's death, in "On Yuan", the dark side of the Yuan family will be infinitely expanded.

In this way, the two things influence each other, and it is very likely that everyone will subconsciously feel that this time the death of King Hongnong is related to them!

After all, through the contents of the books, they already know that the Yuan family has done so many sleazy things in the past few decades...

Could it be that he deliberately killed King Hongnong?

Compared with "On Yuan", Yuan Shao's grand burial of King Hongnong and the He family in Nanyang County is simply not childish.

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Inside Chang'an City.

"Prime Minister, Yuan Shao buried King Hongnong and the He family in Wancheng. All members of the He family were summoned to Wancheng by Yuan Shao. Now Yuan Shao has made it clear that he wants to blame the death of King Hongnong on the Prime Minister..."

The person who spoke was Wang Ai from the Xipu Cao of the Prime Minister's Palace, Liu Jian's close disciple, the second eldest son of the Wang family in Niyang, the one who always liked to shit his pants when he was in school, and now he leads all the officials to do things, and is in charge of the officials in the palace. Advancing and retreating, the rank and salary is four hundred stones.

After listening to Wang Ai's words, Liu Jian didn't care. He just showed a somewhat complacent smile.

"Everything about Yuan Shao's behavior did not escape my expectations. A grand funeral will not have any major impact on the general public opinion of the world. What Yuan Shao is doing now is just a drop in the bucket."

"You can send an envoy to send a copy of "On Yuan" to Wancheng to Yuan Shao. After Yuan Shao sees it, he will naturally not be so complacent."

Wang Ai heard Liu Jian's order and immediately said "Here".

Then, Wang Ai asked again: "Prime Minister, the emperor has sent a report to the prime minister's office, saying that there is something strange in Yizhou. Yuan Yi secretly joined forces with Zhang Lu to mobilize 30,000 Sichuan and Shu troops in Hanzhong. Although they His actions are quite secretive, but he has not escaped the surveillance of our school affairs office!"

When he said this, Wang Ai couldn't help but show a bit of pride on his face, as if the supervision of the school affairs office was all his fault.

Liu Jian was relatively tolerant of this classmate. He stood up and walked to the large map hanging behind the hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, carefully observing the terrain above.

"Send someone to invite Xun Lingjun, the imperial servant, Jia Du, and Tingwei."

Wang Ai knew in his heart that he did not have the ability or qualification to intervene in such military matters.

So Wang Ai hurriedly retreated and followed Liu Jian's instructions.

It took a long time to wait for these four people. Liu Jian sat next to the table, looked at the map carefully, and slowly analyzed the situation in his mind.

Not long after, Xun Yu and four other people came. They paid homage to Liu Jian, and then waited quietly for Liu Jian to ask questions.

"Yuan Yi gathered 30,000 people near Nanzheng. You can probably guess his intentions."

The four people present are not ordinary people, so they can naturally understand.

Tian Feng said: "Since the prime minister came to power, the world situation has changed drastically. If Yuan Yi still wants to hide in Yizhou as before, I'm afraid it will be impossible."

Tian Feng's meaning is very simple. Liu Jian's family is the only one. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao can barely compete with them, but they don't know how long they can persist. If Yuan Yi continues to watch the show in Yizhou, after Yuan Shao is destroyed, Liu Jian will He blocked Yizhou and beat him hard, but he could not escape the end of destruction.

Therefore, at this juncture, Jing Yi, Yang Yu and other places must hold each other together to keep each other warm, so as not to be wiped out by Liu Jian in one fell swoop.

"Yuan Shao, on Cao Cao's side, I have sent elite soldiers to fight against the enemy. Even Ma Teng and Han Sui in Liangzhou cannot be matched by Zhang Fei, Lu Bu, Xu Rong and others. Now Yuan Yi in Yizhou is going to My idea to come out of Shu to confront me is to gather troops and horses as quickly as possible, take the army from Shu out of Qinchuan, annihilate them in one fell swoop, and teach Yuan Yi a lesson so that he does not dare to act rashly!"

After listening to Liu Jian's words, everyone began to think seriously.

Liu Jian's strategic intention is quite obvious, which is to use superior forces to launch a quick surprise attack, before Yuan Yi can react, destroy his morale, and completely eliminate the threat to Yizhou.

Logically speaking, if it were to be replaced by other methods, Xun Yu, Xun You and others would definitely oppose Liu Jian's opinion.

But if the opponent is Yuan Yi's troops, this matter is relatively reliable.

After all, Yizhou's soldiers and horses are not as strong as Yuzhou and Jingzhou in terms of combat power.

It's not that Yizhou's soldiers and horses are not elite, but the battles they experienced were not that intense.

There have been rebellions, internal conflicts, internal disputes, and constant wars within Yizhou over the years, but the scale is far not as large as outside Yizhou.

The scale or frequency of wars limits an army's combat capabilities and also limits their horizons.

In the eyes of everyone, the Yizhou army, which has been engaged in internal fighting in Yizhou all year round, has a large gap with the Central Plains army in terms of tactics and combat power.

Of course, if it is a mountain battle or a positional battle, these Yizhou troops still have a very advantage, but they have almost no experience in this kind of long-distance attack war.

Tian Feng had an upright temperament and was the first to express his opinion.

"The officials believe that the prime minister's method is feasible, and the Yizhou army is gathering in Nanzheng. There are only a few ways out."

"The first is to leave Yangping Pass, go straight to Dashan Pass along the Old Road Water, and capture Chencang."

"The second is to go out along the inclined valley, capture Yi County, seize the martial arts, and go straight to Chang'an along the Wei River!" "The other is to go northwest to capture Wudu County and enter Liangzhou."

"No matter which road they take, the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan is an obstacle they need to overcome. From Hanzhong to Qinchuan, this section alone is enough to destroy their morale and consume their will!"

"We don't need many people here. We only need to prepare 10,000 elites to launch a surprise attack on the Guanzhong Plain. We will definitely win with one fell swoop and defeat the enemy!"

"only……"

When talking about this, Tian Feng seemed to be hesitant.

Xun You on the side smiled and said: "Does Tingwei feel that although there are many generals in the court, it seems that it is more difficult to find the chief general for this mission?"

Tian Feng looked at Xun You with admiration and said, "Thank you!"

Xun Yu also seemed to be in a dilemma: "Prime Minister, now our general, Guan Yunchang, is guarding Hanzhou and taking charge of all affairs in the Northeast. Zhang Yide, Lu Bu, Xu Rong, and Zhang He are fighting against the rebels in Liangzhou. Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and other generals are fighting with Yuan Shao was fighting, Liu Xuande, Tai Shici, Gao Shun, Cheng Pu, Han Dang and others were restraining Cao Cao in Xuzhou, Gongsun Zan was confronting Sun Ce in the Central Plains... Zhang Liao, Huang Zhong, Qu Yi, Gao Lan and others were all in secret and facing the outside world..."

Liu Jian said slowly: "The generals are fighting against powerful enemies on all fronts in the north and south. I know this very well. However, there is no shortage of troops in Chang'an and Hebei, and there are many generals who are good at fighting. Only this general who leads the army, Is that what you mean when you can’t find anyone?”

Xun Yu nodded and said: "Yes, there are soldiers and generals, but this handsome man who leads them..."

"I will personally recruit 10,000 elite soldiers to destroy the Shu army!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was frightened.

Even Jia Xu advised: "The Prime Minister is concerned about the safety of a country, how can he take risks easily..."

Liu Jian smiled and said: "How can we call it dangerous? I can destroy the tired troops from the north of Sichuan in just one day. I have conquered the world for more than ten years and have never met an opponent. How can I still be afraid of ordinary people in Sichuan and Shu?"

"Don't say any more. Don't make this matter public. I will personally lead the troops to deal with them. I will be back soon. Moreover, I will also lead the elite soldiers such as the Bailian Army this time to ensure nothing goes wrong."

"In addition, the newly appointed Zhonglang General Hua Xiong and Lingyu General Xia Houlan will accompany him."

"There are also school captains and Sima, Yan Gang, Gongsun Xu, Han Meng, Zhang Nan, Ma Yan, Jiang Qi and others are accompanying the Chinese army, so there is no chance of anything going wrong."

The four of them felt relieved after hearing what Liu Jian said.

There are many strong generals in Hebei. Although there are not so many famous generals like Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, there are many people of all sizes who are good at fighting. In addition, Liu Jian's close confidant Xia Houlan is also with the army. Thinking about it, there is really no big deal. hinder.

When he said this, Liu Jian looked at Xun Yu again and ordered: "Wen Ruo, my sons Liu Ji and Yuan Chong will participate in the imperial examination this year. Please help me take good care of them!"

Xun Yu naturally understood the meaning of Liu Jian's words.

"Even if the Prime Minister goes on an expedition, the two young masters, Yu, will definitely take care of them carefully."

Liu Jian nodded and said, "That's good!"

Near the end of the second year of Jian'an, Liu Jian gathered 10,000 sergeants in Chang'an, including 3,000 of the most elite Baijie troops. Based on the information provided by Jia Xu, they quietly headed to the Weishui River and prepared to ambush their way out of Shu near Yi County. Yizhou Army.

Sure enough, the 30,000 Yizhou troops in Nanzheng were indeed used by Yuan Yi to attack Chang'an.

In this expedition, Yuan Yi himself did not participate in the battle. He was not good at military affairs. If he went to the battlefield, he would only be a drag on the front line.

Therefore, he was responsible for stationing in Nanzheng and providing food and fodder to the troops heading out of Sichuan.

As for the soldiers and horses leaving Sichuan, they were mainly divided into two groups.

One group was led by Yuan Yi's trusted general Yan Yan with 15,000 troops, and the other group was led by Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei with 15,000 troops.

Yuan Yi currently re-employs Zhang Lu because the Tianshi Sect led by Zhang Lu is relatively powerful in Shu and has many followers. Most of Zhang Lu's soldiers are adherents to the Tianshi Sect and have a high degree of belief. The combat power is therefore relatively strong.

After Yuan Yi defeated Liu Yan's sons, he began to unite with Zhang Lu, and the two sides negotiated how to rule Yizhou. The two sides finally reached a relationship with Yuan Yi as the leader and Zhang Lu as the dependent.

This time, the followers of Zhang Lu's Tianshi Sect also formed 15,000 troops, led by Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei, and went north together with Yuan Jun.

These two armies totaled 30,000 people. They thought they could easily fight their way out of Qinchuan and go straight to Chang'an. Maybe they could pierce the opponent's heart and capture Chang'an in one fell swoop. After all, wars are raging everywhere now. In their opinion, Chang'an should be relatively empty.

In fact, Chang'an is indeed relatively empty, but dealing with their 30,000 soldiers is not a problem yet.

Liu Jian is very confident.

In particular, information from Yizhou is relatively blocked, and both tactics and strategies are relatively lagging behind. In this era that values ​​intelligence, Yizhou has done very poorly.

Yizhou's 30,000 troops had just arrived in Yi County, and Liu Jian already knew about it.

He immediately asked Hua Xiong to be the vanguard, and Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Ma Yan, Zhang Kai and others to support him. He led the front line of 5,000 troops and advanced towards Xixian County at an unexpected speed.

Zhang Wei and Yan Yan's soldiers and horses had just been stationed in Yi County. Before they could catch their breath, the sudden attack of the imperial soldiers and horses caught them off guard.

As a general of Sichuan and Shu, Yan Yan has been in and out of Shu for many years and has rich experience. He was suddenly attacked by Hua Xiong's army in front of Liu Jian, but he was able to organize a decent formation to resist.

But the people taught by Tianshi are not that outstanding in terms of coping. Although they have strong mental power, they are extremely lacking in tactics and strategy.

Their two armies were stationed on the east and west sides of Xi County.

Hua Xiong mainly attacked the 15,000 soldiers and horses of Tianshijiao. Because Hua Xiong had rich combat experience, he could also see that Yan Yan's army was more difficult to fight, so he picked the soft bones first.

Zhang Wei was very young. In this encounter, Hua Xiong split his team into four pieces before they had even fought for a few battles.

No matter how strong their spiritual power is and how much they believe in their leader, the members of the Tianshi Sect are still vulnerable to Hua Xiong's fierce attack.

On the other side, Yan Yan's group, who were besieged by Jiang Qi, Ma Yan, Zhang Kai and others, were able to barely defend themselves against the opponent's attack. However, after hearing that the Tianshi Sect was retreating quickly, their morale was greatly disturbed and they were attacked. Not a small loss.

The elites led by Xia Houlan who arrived later also joined the battlefield one after another.

For the Yizhou Army, this was an unexpected disaster.

The Yizhou Army's reaction had long been expected by Liu Jian. He ordered his generals to continue their fierce attack on the Yizhou Army. As long as they could capture the head of the opposing general, he would be rewarded with a reward of ten thousand gold.

Liu Jian never lied in military wars. What he said was always spitting out foam and nailing it.

Since Liu Jian promised to give a heavy reward, this reward must be able to be honored later.

The imperial army exerted its full strength. They mobilized all their strength to attack the Yizhou Army, and once suppressed the Yizhou Army in terms of momentum.

(End of this chapter)