Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 693
"When sending troops to Duanbu, General Boyan is most worried about Duan Rilu's family avoiding the battle, shrinking his troops, and then forming a horn with Yuwenbu, then he has no choice but to divide his troops with General Zang Ba. Duanbu fights with me alone, of course. It is because he hates me for destroying his tribe and has a contempt for me, which also shows that there is disharmony between Duanbu and Yuwenbu. Therefore, General Boyan concluded that if our army is eager to use troops, the two departments must join forces to defend our army. Don't go down. If our army advances slowly, the two divisions will be suspicious of each other, there will be more people and less land, and there will be insufficient pasture, and there will be conflicts." Duanmu Ling explained.

"Bo Yan is not inferior to Guo Fengxiao." Zhou Cang sighed secretly. In history, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang defected to Gongsun Du in Liaodong. Guo Jia advised Cao Cao not to enter the army. As expected.

"Then what happened next?" Everyone asked in unison.

"At first, the Yuwen Department also accepted the Duan Department. Later, we saw that our army no longer used troops. After just over a month, Yuwen Mona, the leader of the Yuwen Department, entertained Duan Rilu's family members, assassinated him during the banquet, and sent people to annex his troops. Duan Part of the army was annexed, and some fled to Mobei under the leadership of his younger brother Duan Qizhen. Duan Ri Lu's family thought that the Yuwen Department was intimidated by our army and would not have any dissent."

"Then what happened afterwards?" Duanmuling said one paragraph after another like a storyteller, and everyone couldn't wait to know the result.

"Afterwards, the Ministry of Yuwen sent Duan Rilu's family members to General Boyan to ask for peace, and General Boyan agreed. After that, I will rush to Lushun to meet you." Duanmuling continued: "By the way, General Boyan Ling Bo General Cai built the city, which is really wonderful. Soon after he arrived in Liaodong, he ordered people to prepare stones and wood. After defeating Duan Bu in January, he began to transport the building materials and put the stones on top of the wood. It only took ten people It can be pushed on the snow, and it is extremely labor-saving, and it only takes two months to arrive. The captured Xianbei people started to build the city as slaves, named it Tongliao, and it is estimated that it can be completed in half a year."

"Half a year? That's July or August." Wu Gang pinched the days, "When it is completed, it will be the day when General Boyan will use his troops for the second time, and it will take three or four months to wipe out the Yuwen Department, which is exactly one year with the Lord. The time to wipe out Eastern Xianbei coincides."

No one believed that Lu Xun would really agree to the Yuwen Ministry's peace proposal, it was just a delaying tactic.Naturally, Yu Wenmona would not naively think that Lu Xun would stop fighting at this point, and now he urgently needs time to recruit and organize the rest of the Duan Department, and to guard against Duan Qizhen's revenge.

Duanmuling shook his head slightly and said, "Before we left, General Boyan asked me to tell my lord that it might not take a year. He was building a city in Tongliao to confuse the Yuwen Department, and asked General Zang Ba to detour from the north, making him mistaken for General Zang Ba's surprise attack. He is the main force, and he will definitely send heavy troops to defend the east and north directions. In fact, he ordered General Chen Dao to go north from Youzhou to Chifeng, his king's tent!"

This is two feints, the fortification shows that he does not want to make progress, Zang Ba sieges and pretends to be the main attacker, Yuwen Mo Na never imagined that the real killer is Chen Dao.That is to say, when Lu Xun and Duanmu Ling broke up, he also gave instructions to Chen Dao and Zang Ba. In other words, at this moment, Chen Dao had already set out for Chifeng.This is the advantage of having more soldiers, more generals, and more food and grass. The [-] army attacked from three sides, and it was impossible to defend against it.

Wu Gang asked: "What if the Yuwen Department asks the Zhong Xianbei Murong Department for help?"

Duanmu Ling chuckled: "Ziyuan doesn't know something, the Yuwen Department and the Tuoba Department are very close and are related by marriage, but the Yuwen Department and the Murong Department are incompatible, and the Murong Department is being troubled by Liu Bao right now. How can we divide our troops to save him? Besides, the Murong tribe rebelled against Bu Dugen, and there are still some dissatisfied in the old tribe, so how dare we send troops easily."

Xu Shu clapped his hands and said, "Bo Yan's talent is beyond my reach. Calculated in this way, maybe it won't take three years, but only two years to resolve the war in the north. My lord, why don't you let Junyi and Yuanba make early preparations."

Zhou Cang suppressed the excitement in his heart. "It's still too early to say anything at this time. The grasslands are vast, so you need to be cautious when using your troops. Don't follow the same path as Gaozu Bai Dengshan. Send a military report to Junyi and Yuanba. They have their own sense of proportion." Zhou Cang thought for a while and then said: " Just ask Han Sheng to go, and bring the Lightning Battalion with him."

The Lightning Battalion was almost completely annihilated in the first battle of Zhang Liao. Although the reorganized Lightning Battalion was diligent in drills, it was short of battles, which was not conducive to future operations.The veteran Huang Zhong has always been aggrieved, and he might get sick if he doesn't go to the battlefield again, so he just sharpened his sword with the Xianbei people.

Because the military situation was urgent, the first plenary meeting of the Privy Council first talked about military aircraft.The following are the main divisions of labor. Xun Chen is responsible for government affairs, Xu Shu is responsible for military affairs, and Zhou Chong is responsible for intelligence. Zhou Cang set up a secretarial department and Duan Muling is responsible for handling sending and receiving, official document transmission, and making meeting schedules. Be responsible, focus on supervision and justice.

"Youruo and Yuanzhi are busy with official duties and have too many part-time jobs, so Ziyuan will assist you." Zhou Cang looked at Wu Gang and said, "Besides, Yang Rui has served as the governor of Bingzhou for more than a year. I want you to be the governor of Bingzhou next year."

"Follow my lord's orders." Wu Gang was not at all discouraged because he didn't arrange specific errands. On the contrary, this just showed Zhou Cang's respect for him. Yiwen Yiwu can be said to have a bright future.It is conceivable that Zhou Cang's transfer of Yang Rui back will be useful.

As the meeting was coming to an end, Duanmuling reported two more things. One was that brothers Ma Xiu and Ma Tie had married Bo Cai and Pei Yuanshao;Zhou Cang waved his hand, as long as the two families are willing, he has no objection, because the Ma brothers have special status, so he came forward to ask for marriage, and he will not interfere in civil and military marriages in the future, even if it is people like Zhou Chong and Zhou Xi who come out of his house .

It's time for Zhou Cang to give Zhou Xin a small talk again.When the two came to the study, Zhou Cang said with a smile: "I have grown taller and stronger, I don't know how much I have learned." When the son travels, he will not suffer if he is accompanied by Duanmu Ling and Lu Fengxian.

"My son is very knowledgeable along the way, and he reads for at least an hour a day. Duanmuling's family is very knowledgeable, and he can give advice every now and then."

"What you said, I just remembered that Duanmuling's brother Duanmuyou has been living in seclusion, it's a pity that this great man was buried in the mountains..."

"Just as I was about to talk to my father about this matter, Duanmuling and Mrs. Ma went home to visit their relatives. Duanmuyou praised his father's way of governing, but he still didn't want to come out to be an official." Zhou Xin blinked, "Duanmuyou said Father’s Four Treasures of Study are in the contemporary era, benefiting future generations, and it is a blessing for scholars all over the world. They are full of praise for Jian’an Anthology, but have slight complaints about father’s reconstruction of the etiquette system.”

"Huh? Is there such a thing?"

(End of this chapter)