? What do you mean? "

"It is to make something private to yourself. If others want it, they can only get it from you." You Hongyin briefly explained: "What the aristocratic family monopolizes is knowledge and rights. It becomes the one who makes the rules. They can call the shots in their own fields, but they don’t know how corrupt they are. Corruption and greed have already turned them into decay. I will plan this monopoly to give other Han tribes a chance. This is not to suppress the noble clans and break with the noble clans, but to cut open the rotten wounds of the noble clans and squeeze out the pus and blood inside. Make it easier to move along with history.”

After hearing these words, Lu Yun understood that these were the words from his lord's heart. However, compared to those who were distracted by the lord's ramblings, Lu Yun was much smarter. He did not express his position on You Hongyin's words. , but said: "No matter what, there must be someone to inherit the inheritance in my lord's hands, not to mention that the harmony of yin and yang has been the most important principle in the world since ancient times. My lord, you will have to pass this test."

This means that since having a child is inevitable, it is better to have a baby early than to have a baby late.

You Hongyin was speechless.

After the two of them finished talking about the mess, Lu Yun handed over the latest information. Sima Yue was seriously ill before the battle, and the name of Yanzhou Shi Le had been spread to the world.

After reading the information, You Hongyin wrote the names of Sima Yue, Sima Rui and Liu Yuan on the paper, then crossed out Sima Yue and added Shi Le's name.

Lu Yun frowned: "My lord, do you think so highly of that Hu slave?"

You Hongyin said: "Shilong, you made the same mistake as Sima Yue." He clicked on some data on the report: "Although Shi Le was killed by Sima Yue, half of his men and horses were killed, but in just ten seconds Within a few days, he had added more people. Why? This person has unparalleled organizational ability and affinity. As long as he doesn't die, even if he doesn't have many troops around him, he will gather people when he finds the right time. , make a comeback.”

You Hongyin flipped through the information and found the one he wanted, which recorded the composition of Shi Le's army: "Most of his soldiers are from the state armies of Bingzhou and Yanzhou. Bingzhou was defeated by After Liu Yuan penetrated it, the Bingzhou Army became completely scattered. , while the Yanzhou Army was in disarray from the beginning, but Shi Le was able to gather this group of people, and without sufficient support, he relied on his fellow Jie people to lead so many. Man. Doesn’t that explain the problem?”

Lu Yun was a little silent. He put aside his discriminatory gaze and looked at Shi Le from a peaceful perspective.

Indeed, he was careless: "I'm sorry, my lord."

You Hongyin said: "It doesn't matter. It's just that Sima Yue's defeat will stimulate Shi Le's ambition. Maybe soon, Shi Le's army will rush out of Yanzhou and go to other places after eating Yanzhou's food. plunder."

Regardless of whether Sima Yue dies or not, he has completely lost control. The nobles who originally gathered around him will consider choosing the support of the Lord Youneng to regain their northern homeland for them. Needless to say, this person must be Sima Rui.

Shi Le, through his last-ditch battle with Sima Yue, understood that the famous armies outside were not necessarily very powerful. Countless grain, countless money, silk and women were all beckoning to them.

Shi Le will become a powerful and harmful scourge.

You Hongyin pondered for a while, and then asked about Youzhou: "Have you captured the entire territory of Youzhou now?"

Lu Yun nodded and said, "Yes, now the whole territory of Youzhou has completed the defense change, and the veterans transferred from Qingzhou are taking over." After all, Youzhou City borders Xianbei, so Lu Yun, an ordinary recruit, was worried.

Since Youzhou City was broken, Wang Mi led his troops to garrison Youzhou City, and then slowly attacked the counties in Youzhou. Some counties fled after hearing the news, and some opened their doors to welcome them. Anyway, it didn't take much effort.

The people of Youzhou are not illiterate. Look at Yizhou next door. It was originally in such chaos. Now it has been completely changed after only three years in the hands of Guo Shijun. How can you not make people jealous.

"Didn't Xianbei and Wang Jun reach an agreement to attack? Have they sent troops to support them?" You Hongyin asked.

"We don't have any spare troops on hand." Lu Yun smiled bitterly: "My lord's soldiers are very strong, but they are too expensive. We can't afford to expand the army. The affairs in Xianbei were taken over by Commander Hu. He sent After a few waves of rituals, the Xianbei tribes are now fighting for some reason. At least this year, they have no energy to go south. "

"It doesn't matter," You Hongyin said: "There is no one in Youzhou now, and the place is so unstable, so I will go there myself. I'd like to trouble Brother Shilong to continue in Yizhou, but the next mission will be directly to Yanzhou. "

Lu Yun was startled: "Now Yanzhou is full of eyes. It may be a bit reluctant to attack Yanzhou."

Nowadays, Sima Yue and Shi Le are fighting to the death in Yanzhou. If someone steps in, everyone will be targeted, so Lu Yun said this.

"When Sima Yue retreats, it will be your time, Shilong, to intervene."

Chapter 215 The Romance of Celebrities (42)

In the spring of the fourth year of Jiankang, Sima Yue died of illness in Yanzhou.

The remnant soldiers of the imperial court returned to Jiankang. After Sima Yue's death, Sima Zhong was unable to consolidate the power of the royal family. Wang Yan, who was beside Sima Yue, became the prime minister and held the sole power. The six armies of the emperor, the most important force of the emperor, were in his hands.

But within two months, Sima Zhong died in the palace.

Sima Zhong's crown prince had been killed by Jia Nanfeng. Although he had two more princes, they died of illness on the way to move the capital. This was originally Sima Yue's preparation for his ascension to the throne. Who knew that he did not have the blessing to share the world's offerings, and was dragged to death by Shi Le in Yanzhou.

With the support of many noble families headed by the Wang brothers, Sima Rui ascended the throne.

However, what the southerners could not have imagined was that in Shuzhong, the Western Regions and other places, Sima royal families emerged like mushrooms after rain, as if each of them was the direct bloodline of Sima Zhong and qualified to ascend the throne.

Sima Rui ascended the throne as he wished, but his life was not as good as he imagined.

It seems that compared to him as an emperor, his subordinates trust the Wang family, who is also a noble family, more. The eight dukes in the court were not fully equipped, and Wang Dao was naturally the main one, and the leader was Wang Dun, Wang Dao's younger brother. The two brothers, one in charge of the interior and the other in charge of the exterior, completely pushed the power of the Wang family to its peak.

Sima Rui could clearly feel that Wang Dao, who had a teacher-student relationship with him, treated him even less kindly than when he was the King of Guangling. It seemed that all the people around him changed overnight.

Wang Yan, who had supported Sima Yue, was very sensible and bowed to him as the new emperor, but this only brought him psychological satisfaction. After Wang Yan surrendered, he took a sinecure in the court and simply gave all the power to the Wang brothers.

Yes, Wang Yan also had the surname Wang. Those coveted meats were still in the Wang family's pot. What difference did it make who ate them?

Because his throne was inherited from Sima Zhong, Sima Rui had to live in Jiankang Palace, which was once a temporary palace but now a palace. This palace was too narrow and the decoration was shabby, not as good as the palace he once ruled. He wanted to rebuild the palace, but Wang Dao dissuaded him. He thought that Sima Yue had just lost the war and the court did not have so much money to build a large-scale palace, so he should wait two years.

In short, Sima Rui was very frustrated as an emperor.

But he did not dare to really drive the Wang brothers back home. You know, there are still people in the temple who really do things and dare to lead the army to fight. Maybe only the Wang brothers are left. Without their help, Sima Rui knew very well that he could only defend one county. Any more would be beyond his ability.

Just when the nobles supported Sima Rui and wanted to recuperate in the south and then make a comeback, You Hongyin had officially turned Qingzhou, Yizhou and Youzhou into his own territory.

Originally, Youzhou was not very stable, but You Hongyin directly led his private army to sit in Youzhou City.

In autumn, the Xianbei tribes went south to plunder as usual, but they were directly beaten and scattered by You Hongyin, who had already prepared and set up layers of traps. Half of the grassland men's lives were left on the land they plundered.

Horse pits, trip wires and other traps are conventional combat methods. In addition, in order to ensure the food grown in the fields, it is not enough to rely solely on the city for defense. All the Xianbei people must be driven back to the grassland, so the initiative to attack has become a must, and the crossbow army secretly trained in Guobao officially appeared.

Crossbow soldiers actually appeared a long time ago, and the most powerful time was the pre-Qin Dynasty. Although the army has been retained later, the glory of the pre-Qin Dynasty is no longer there.

Why? Because they can't afford it.

Crossbow arrows are consumables with a low recovery rate. In addition, bowstring materials are not easy to obtain, so crossbow soldiers are difficult to raise. This work is provided by SiTu.com for online reading

The Qin Dynasty used the most rigorous and advanced "military production" to support countless armies and provided them with countless high-quality equipment. Their bronze weapon manufacturing technology had reached the highest level and had the most rigorous specifications and standards, so strong equipment was also one of the important conditions for the Qin army to be invincible, and the Qin's bow and crossbow soldiers frightened the world.

However, the military industry of the Qin Dynasty was actually very expensive, so there were few large-scale production teams of this scale in later generations.

On the basis of the three states, You Hongyin vigorously mined minerals and refined ironware. In addition to meeting agricultural needs, he also made many technological improvements and forged armaments. Over the years, he has gradually cultivated a large number of excellent ironware makers, who are fully capable of providing the best weapons for his army.

The Xianbei tribes were not used to the sudden counterattack of the Han people who had been hiding behind the Great Wall. Whether it was the various traps at the beginning or the unexpected crossbow team later, the Xianbei joint army was defeated and seriously injured, and half of the men died in a foreign land.

Seeing this situation, You Hongyin did not pursue them relentlessly. He was not so arrogant. After all, the grassland is the territory of the Hu people. Although he did have some immoral means to destroy the Hu tribes, it was unnecessary. The Xianbei must have been unable to go south for many years after this battle, and when he was free, who would fight whom was another story.

On the other side, Lu Yun began to lay out Yanzhou.

Shi Le was indeed as You Hongyin expected. A great victory not only stimulated him, but also stimulated his soldiers and generals. A group of hungry wolves began to attack Xuzhou.

Xuzhou is already a rich place. In recent years, there have been a lot of grain harvests, which is why it was targeted by the very poor Shi Le.

Xuzhou was the barrier of Jiankang, so how could Wang Dao give in? Therefore, Wang Dao's brother Wang Dun immediately led his troops to garrison Xuzhou.

Cavalry is indeed effective in plain warfare, but it is somewhat helpless in the face of siege warfare. Most of Shi Le's cavalry are Jie people, and he is reluctant to waste them, so he commanded Han infantry to attack the city.

At the beginning, it was indeed successful twice. Two cities with weak defenses fell, and Shi Le also received a lot of supplies. Food was not a pressing issue for the time being.

But the next time failed.

Shi Le was not stubborn. He quickly gave up this hard bone and chose other areas, but found that these cities were connected in series. If one was attacked, the other nearby would send troops to support.

And this method was exactly what Wang Dun thought of.

Although this method is not very amazing, it is indeed very practical. Shi Le had to return to Yanzhou with a lot of spoils, and Xuzhou was saved.

After this battle, Wang Dun naturally became famous.

You should know that Sima Yue was scared to death by Shi Le, which shows how terrible Shi Le was. However, he was defeated by Wang Dun, which was enough to prove Wang Dun's military ability.

Shi Le returned to Yanzhou, but found that his former territory was no longer the same as when he left.

He didn't notice it at first, but some cities in Yanzhou near Bingzhou and Yizhou suddenly changed drastically, and the nearby displaced or struggling villages disappeared, as if they had all hidden in the city.

Shi Le didn't believe it,

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