Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 519 Unexpected Strike 1
Gongsun Xu was invincible in Jizhou. If Bohai hadn't held him back, he might have gone to Qingzhou now.But if the war drags on for a long time, Gongsun Xu will also realize that something is wrong. Yuan Shao is still huddled in Qingzhou and dare not send troops, but he refuses to surrender, which makes Gongsun Xu very strange.

"What the hell is Yuan Shao doing?" Gongsun Xu stared at the map in the tent, and he said to Guo Jia beside him, "Feng Xiao, I always feel that something is wrong, but for a while I can't tell what is wrong."

"Yuan Shao occupies Qingzhou, that's his retreat." Guo Jia looked at the map and said, "Master, I have a sentence that I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Tell me." Gongsun Xu nodded and replied, "There is nothing between us that we can't talk about."

"The current focus of our army is to manage northern Xinjiang." Guo Jia analyzed: "In just two or a year, our army will have enough advantages to go south, and we will not be afraid even if the princes of the world unite.

However, our army has finally recovered and sent troops to Jizhou. This is not a good thing. There are nearly [-] troops. At the same time, we have also mobilized the Xiliang Ma Teng army. It will only waste more time to recover. "

"You want me to strike?" Gongsun Xu stared at the territory of Jizhou and said, "Feng Xiao, it's not that I'm anxious to take Jizhou as soon as possible. I naturally understand the principle of one step at a time, but we can't let Yuan Shao and the others get Qingzhou so easily. , Jizhou and other places, do you understand?"

"I understand." Guo Jia replied: "My lord, haven't we already done it now? We have won most of Jizhou, and now only Bohai is left. My lord, if we take all the food, materials and ordinary people in Jizhou Migrate to the north, what do you think will happen?"

"You intend to leave Yuan Shao with an empty Jizhou." Gongsun Xu said intently: "This is a waste of money and people. Jizhou is originally a rich place, and those people may not want to move with us."

"The ones who don't want to go are those big families." Guo Jia replied: "Didn't the lord capture a lot of prisoners this time? We can save them a way out, that is, they must persuade their families and even family members to migrate north. The Army will pay for their losses.

At the same time, we can promise them that within five years, our army will take Jizhou, and if they still want to come back, our army will not stop them. Moreover, those ordinary people may not have land in Jizhou. The most important thing is to sell yourself to the aristocratic family.

My lord, why don't you take this opportunity to get rid of all these people? Those aristocratic families have soldiers and slaves in their hands. My lord can find a way to get rid of them. Anyway, I can accommodate so many people in northern Xinjiang. Since Jizhou is not suitable for the time being Occupy, then we won't waste our energy here.

But we don't give Yuan Shao a chance to develop, so what if we give him an empty Jizhou?I know the lord is not reconciled, but we have to wait until our side develops. "

"Have you thought it through?" Gongsun Xu asked, "I'm afraid that if we retreat this time, we won't go south again within two years."

"My lord is wise." Guo Jia cupped his hands and replied, "Don't be in a hurry. My lord only needs to wait for two years. The feudal lords in the south of Jizhou are now fighting in a scuffle. My lord shouldn't be involved at this time, and let them die prematurely." Seeing the strength of our northern army is not necessarily a good thing."

"Hahahaha, this is the only way to go now." Gongsun Xu laughed and said, "Feng Xiao, I will leave the battle here to you for the time being. I will lead [-] cavalry to Qingzhou. We will withdraw the troops, and you will start the migration here."

"My lord is going to..."

"Didn't I tell you that?" Gongsun Xu squinted his eyes and said, "Even if you want to leave, you have to beat Yuan Shao to beg for mercy."

"Hehe, this is the best way to go, I guess, the lord must still want to blackmail some benefits."

Two days later, Gongsun Xu led [-] elite cavalry to attack Qingzhou across Leping.Gongsun Xu's action directly hit Yuan Shao at a loss. He thought that Gongsun Xu would stay in Jizhou to besiege Bohai Sea, but now he led an army to kill him. This is the rhythm of driving him to a dead end.

Within two days, Gongsun Xu did not attack a large city, and surrendered when he encountered a small town. Once the enemy's granary or other warehouses were captured, Gongsun Xu tried to transport them to Jizhou. In the name of the Xinjiang Army, it was distributed to the local poor people.

In the autumn of troubled times, there are no poor people in any place. Qingzhou has also suffered from the Yellow Turban Rebellion in recent years, and many poor people have lost their families.Coupled with Yuan Shao's attack on Qingzhou, it intensified the damage to Qingzhou.

Gongsun Xu's move caused an uproar in Qingzhou. Many refugees and poor people followed Gongsun Xu's army to eat. They were all hungry and had no choice. Yuan Shao hoarded a large amount of food and grass and refused. Relief for the people, if they can't find anything to eat, these people will starve to death.

"This is beyond my expectation." Gongsun Xu looked at the poor people who came to receive food and said, "Come here, pass on my general order and tell these people that there is an inexhaustible amount of food in northern Xinjiang, and there are large areas that no one cultivates. As long as they are willing to migrate to the north, our northern border army will subsidize them with money and food, and when they arrive in northern border, I will allocate fields to them."

As soon as this order came out, many people were crazy about it. They just wanted two meals a day and one night. Their requirements were not high, but few people in power could meet their requirements.Kong Rong has been working hard to achieve this. He is good at internal affairs, but he cannot resist the military invasion of bandits and foreign enemies.

The Yellow Turban Army can make him helpless, and Yuan Shao can capture Qingzhou.The war brought destruction and disasters to the local people. The reason why these people were displaced was because the war destroyed their homes. Will indulge the soldiers to plunder the people.

Gongsun Xu brought [-] cavalry to come. If a big war breaks out, the local people will only have a harder time. Maybe Gongsun Xu will restrain his subordinates from harassing the local people, but after the war is over, Yuan Shao will pass on all the losses to the local people.

After hearing the news, many poor people came to the Beijiang Army barracks to sign up or inquire about newer news.Gongsun Xu sent people to receive these refugees, set up a soup kitchen in Yingwai, and at the same time sent people to promote the benefits of northern Xinjiang.

The people who sign up to go to Northern Xinjiang have to explain their own population and other circumstances clearly, and then form a team to be escorted by soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army to cross the border. After a few days, Gongsun Xu was taken away from Le'an, Linzi, Jinan and other places Killing more than [-] people, his action can be regarded as making Yuan Shao very angry.

Yuan Shao naturally didn't value those poor people, and he wouldn't pity them, but Yuan Shao needed these people to produce food for himself, provide soldiers, and pay taxes. Without these people, what would Yuan Shao occupy such a large territory for? use.

In fact, Yuan Shao didn't notice this at first, but he understood one thing, that is, everything Gongsun Xu did had his reasons.He took away so many people not for his own good, but he definitely wanted to do bad things to others.

As an enemy, Yuan Shao understood that Gongsun Xu's move was aimed at him, so he had to stop it. Otherwise, if Gongsun Xu was busy with these things and then withdrew, it would be difficult for him to reason with him.

Yuan Shao wanted to send troops to attack Gongsun Xu, but he didn't dare. Gongsun Xu had surrendered a million yellow scarves in Qingzhou with [-] cavalry. Now that he has [-] cavalry, his fighting power must not be weak. Only then would it be possible to cause losses to Gongsun Xu.

However, Gongsun Xu was not idle, and Zhao Yun brought [-] cavalry from Bohai to help out, [-] cavalry, and the number of cavalry was much larger than Yuan Shao's.If Yuan Shao dared to go out of the city to fight in the wild, he might suffer a big loss.

Sure enough, after Zhao Yun's [-] cavalry entered Qingzhou, Gongsun Xu divided his troops into three groups, with Zhao Yun and Tai Shici each leading [-] cavalry to attack Yuan Shao's army stationed around, and at the same time publicized the move to northern Xinjiang. After the granary, the northern border army called on the local people to come to distribute the grain, and at the same time warned them that Yuan Shao would ask them to return the grain afterwards, and if he failed, he would kill people. If he wanted to survive, he had to go to northern Xinjiang.

Gongsun Xu's propaganda did have an effect. Moreover, as long as these refugees and poor people enter Jizhou, they will be safe. Gongsun Xu led [-] cavalry to patrol along the way. Whenever he encounters Yuan Shaojun, he will attack violently. This guarantees the people along the way. safety.

After seven days, Yuan Shao couldn't stand it anymore. He could temporarily lose Jizhou, but he couldn't lose these people. In desperation, he had to ask Gongsun Xu to submit a letter of surrender. He didn't want to continue this war.

Yuan Shaokong had a large army but could not give full play to his advantages. Gongsun Xu did not enter Qingzhou to fight positional warfare or siege warfare with him, he came here to cause sabotage.The cavalry has strong mobility and fast movement. Gongsun Xu can go wherever he wants, and he doesn't care about Yuan Shao's life or death.

Even if Yuan Shao sent cavalry to pursue it, he could not cause any losses to the Northern Army, or he might be ambushed by the Northern Army.

If this war does not end, Yuan Shao will get an empty Qingzhou. At that time, Gongsun Xu can crush him with just logistics. He still understands this truth. The military power succumbed before, but was defeated by Gongsun Xu's methods.

After Yuan Shao submitted the letter of surrender, Gongsun Xu restrained himself a little. He slowly withdrew his troops from Qingzhou, and he did not return to Jizhou until all the refugees had entered Jizhou. This battle felt a bit oolong, but Gongsun Xu still Won.

(End of this chapter)