The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 473 Volume The Weakness of Qingzhou People
Jibei.

After Sima Yi arrived with the imperial seal, he immediately began to inquire about the defense of Yuan’s army here.

“Build by the water and take every step carefully!”

If we say that the layout in the south of Qingzhou is to make the most of the advantages of the mountains and rivers of the ancient Qi area.

The layout of the northern part of Qingzhou is to fully utilize the criss-crossing water network for defense.

The Dahe River, Tuhai River and Xiaoqing River all flow through here, forming a muddy land here!
This is the result of Wang Jing’s governance back then.

In the past, when the Yellow River flooded, it was almost impossible for people to travel between Jizhou and Qingzhou. Therefore, it is no wonder that in the Spring and Autumn Period, the nine generations below Duke Zhao had no name, no posthumous title, and no year, while the generations below Marquis Hui of Yan had posthumous titles and years but no name.

"This place is not suitable for cavalry attack. No wonder the two generals cannot enter Qingzhou."

After surveying the terrain of Jibei, Sima Yi wisely thought that a forceful attack should not be carried out unless absolutely necessary.

So Sima Yi first ordered Zhang Fei's soldiers to march to Yanci, the farthest point in the east, and make a lot of fanfare to confuse the enemy. He then ordered Xu Huang's soldiers to lead an army to try to cross Mount Tai and open Licheng, the land gateway to Qingzhou, from the rear.

However, the former was unable to attract the Qingzhou navy, and the latter was also repelled by Gao Fan's troops, making the attacks on both fronts ineffective.

If you fail to make a plan, you have another plan.

Sima Yi ordered people to leak the news to Yuan's army camp on the other side, saying that Yuan Tan had escaped and took their families with him.

Now the soldiers of Yuan's army were indeed in a panic.

But Feng Ji, who had been on a diplomatic mission to Chang'an, stood up to stabilize the situation and accused Sima Yi of telling lies and disrupting the morale of the army!

In order to prove that what he said was true, Feng Ji even lived and ate with the people in Licheng, which temporarily stabilized the morale of Yuan's army.

Seeing that this plan did not work, Sima Yi simply found some soldiers from Qingzhou, had them stand on the other side of the river, and sing Qingzhou's ballads in an attempt to scare Yuan's army.

Feng Ji also asked his Qingzhou soldiers to sing songs of homesickness. A great battle turned into a singing contest among the soldiers on both sides of the strait!

The "Qingzhou Good Voice" lasted for three days. The Qingzhou soldiers on the Han side finally couldn't stand it anymore and yelled at the other side: "A bunch of bullies! Damn you! I am a government soldier! I am a government soldier! I have fields! I have land! I have an organization! How dare you, a bunch of bullies, yell at me?"

At first, no one paid attention to this meaningless abuse...

It was not until Gao Fan and Guan Tong noticed that some soldiers were escaping at night that they became nervous.

After catching several Qingzhou soldiers who were about to flee, Guan Tong arrested them and interrogated them: "I am a big gold watch, and you are making a fuss! Why are you running away? Is it because I lack you a bite of food or a piece of clothing? Why are you running away!"

Seeing that they were captured, several Qingzhou soldiers simply accepted their fate and told Guan Tong the truth.

"General, those guys on the other side may have spoken rudely, but there's nothing wrong with what they said!"

"They are soldiers! They have a regular staff! If we lose a battle in the future, they will investigate! Well! We have fought with them, what should we do if they don't allow us to join the staff in the future?"

"That's right, my son! My nephew! They are all planning to take the imperial examination in the future! I dare not hinder their future!"

"It is! It is!"

……

Never imagined.

A group of Qingzhou soldiers were defeated because of their organization...

Guan Tong himself was from Qingzhou, and knew how seriously his fellow villagers took this matter, so he could only report the matter truthfully to Feng Ji, and then have Feng Ji bring back all the soldiers who were participating in "The Voice of Qingzhou", leaving the Han soldiers on the other side of the river to perform a solo show!
When Sima Yi heard about this, he suddenly understood!

He did not allow his soldiers to sing on the other side of the river, but instead issued a naked threat:

"After the imperial court captures Qingzhou, any family that opposes the imperial court will not be allowed to take the imperial examinations for three generations! They will not be allowed to join the imperial army!"

Mother!

After this shout, the Qingzhou soldiers on the opposite side were completely silenced. Even the patrols they did in the past became listless, and they couldn't wait to take off their armor and escape back home!

"The time has come!"

Seeing that Yuan's army on the other side was finally exhausted, Sima Yi immediately called Zhang Fei and Xu Huang over.

"Now that Qingzhou has been under siege for a long time, we can only rely on the two generals to attack from both sides and see if we can tear open the opponent's defense line."

Zhang Fei and Xu Huang had no objection to Sima Yi's transfer of them.

But both of them were experienced warriors and knew that the terrain here would ultimately be a big problem.

Fighting in this muddy land, even if we try our best, we will not be able to win.

Sacrifice is not scary, what is scary is sacrifice without objection.

"Of course I won't let the general charge with manpower!"

Sima Yi ordered someone to take out something.

"I heard that during the Battle of Jincheng, the Qiang people had no boats, but they were able to cross the river and head straight to Jincheng!"

"Later I learned that in Liangzhou, there is something called a sheepskin raft that can allow people to float across the river."

"In this situation, I hope to lead the navy to lure the enemy's navy on the river, and then the two generals can use sheepskin rafts to cross the water and fight the enemy in the south."

"But this plan has a major drawback, which is that because we are crossing the water, there is no food, fodder, or baggage. The two generals can only fight quickly and decisively!"

Sheepskin is not a problem for Hebei, which already has a huge trade volume with the grassland. The only thing to worry about is that this move is too bold and full of risks.

If the armies of Zhang Fei and Xu Huang cannot get supplies in time, all the troops of these two pillars of the country will be buried in the enemy's hinterland!
"What's so difficult about this?"

Zhang Fei is carefree.

"As long as we cross the river, do we still have to worry about not being able to capture the city?"

And Xu Huang also had a plan.

"As long as we can cross the river, at worst we won't have to capture the city along the river, but instead head deeper into Qingzhou."

"The hinterland of Qingzhou has now been hollowed out by Yuan Tan. As soon as the royal army arrives, they will be powerless to resist! Moreover, if our army marches quickly, the generals defending the city in the hinterland will most likely not know the situation on the front line and will only think that the northern defense line has been breached. In this case, they will naturally surrender!"

Zhang Fei looked at Xu Huang, who was speaking so eloquently, with a depressed look, and simply nodded: "That's what I mean!"

"good."

When Sima Yi heard Xu Huang's plan, he also thought it was worth a try.

Make a plan.

It was decided that Zhang Fei would go to Gaotang and then cross the river to Yucheng.

Xu Huang crossed the Shanghe River, and then headed south to attack the important town of Linji!
Sima Yi led the navy and confronted Gao Fan's navy in the direction of Licheng.

Seeing his old friend, Sima Yi also sent people to persuade Gao Fan to surrender: "Whether Yuan Tan has retreated to Liaodong or not is something we both know. Why do we have to continue to be stubborn at this time?"

Gao Fan was always resentful of Sima Yi for defeating him in the Battle of Crossing the River during the Battle of Hebei.

Facing Sima Yi's recruitment, Gao Fan was dismissive: "The King of Qi and Lord Yuan have been very kind to me. No matter what you say, I will never surrender to you!"

Anyway, Sima Yi didn't really want to use the navy to attack Gao Fan.

Seeing that Gao Fan refused to surrender, Sima Yi did not say anything and just sat on the bow of the boat fishing.

It must be said that because the water flow is slow in the lower reaches of the river, the chance of catching a fish is much higher than in the upper reaches!

Not long after, he caught three carps and two crucian carps, and then gave them all to Gao Fan on the opposite side.

When Gao Fan saw Sima Yi sending him fish, he felt strange, but he just stewed it and ate it after returning to the camp, treating it as a snack for himself.

The next day, Sima Yi came again. They chatted casually for a while and then started fishing on the boat.

Today's luck was even better, with more than a dozen fish caught! Among them was even an extremely rare pigeon fish!
As usual, Sima Yi gave all the fish to Gao Fan. After Gao Fan received them, although he was still confused, he took all the fish as gifts and took them back to Yingdun with the attitude of "not letting others waste them". He also gave two to Feng Ji and Guan Tong, thinking of it as spending other people's money to use his own connections.

"What exactly does Sima Zhongda want to do?"

The act of delivering fish for two consecutive days is really suspicious.

But the three of them couldn't guess what Sima Yi wanted to do.

"Don't talk about that, poof!"

Gao Fan spat a mouthful of fish bones at his feet.

"Yuan Tu, tell me the truth, where is the King of Qi now?"

Feng Ji's expression was the same as usual: "Of course it's in the Qi Palace!"

"Now the King of Qi holds the Mandate of Heaven and is at the center of the government. He is Ziwei and cannot move around casually!"

Gao Fan used his hand to pick out the small thorn stuck in between his teeth, with a somewhat disdainful look on his face.

"Alright, Yuantu. Stop using those idiot Confucianists' words to evade me. The King of Qi has the Mandate of Heaven and cannot just move around? Didn't Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang and Emperor Shizu Liu Xiu conquer the world while sitting in their hometowns?"

"Even the emperor of today has fought many battles all the way, which has made the Han Dynasty seem like a revival. How can we say that the center of the country cannot be easily moved?"

"It's just four words: 'Winners are kings and losers are bandits'. You'd better stop lying to me!"

Seeing this, Feng Ji sighed in his heart, but he was already planning to tell the truth.

After all, at this point, it’s hard to hide it anymore.

Just when Feng Ji was about to tell the truth, a cavalry scout from the east suddenly rushed directly to the three people who were eating fish, regardless of the obstruction of his personal soldiers!

The scout had a bright red feather on his head, which made the three of them feel something was wrong!
"General! Yucheng! Zhang Fei is leading his troops to surround Yucheng!"

Yucheng, south of the river!

Gao Fan was the first to change his expression.

He finally understood what Sima Yi meant by taking him fishing when he had nothing to do these days!
Feng Ji was puzzled: "How can Zhang Fei cross the river without a boat? Did you see it wrong?"

“You can’t be mistaken!”

The scouts came from Yucheng.

"Zhang Fei and his soldiers came here on rafts made of sheepskin, floating on the water instead of using boats to cross the river!"

　A 10,000-word chapter tomorrow!
　　
　
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