If it were anyone else, he would never tolerate Fu Jiantou, a grass-headed guy, pretending to be here, but Liu Cheng really appreciates the pride in this guy.
That kind of South of the Yangtze nobles, Yan hegemony, Jingzhou Literati, and even Huan Wen over Guanzhong's resentment and disdain for the policies, coupled with the other party's vague ambition, and his excellent ability to deal with basic project matters, vaguely made Liu Cheng see himself five or six years ago.
This kind of appreciation even reaches a level that can be called pampering.
It's psychological compensation.
Who hasn't been a teenager?
Maybe Huan Wen had a similar feeling when he looked at himself?
Of course, there is a core condition here, that is, General of the Guards who is far away from Shouchun does not need to bear the price for this ambition. Guanzhong has only one real sky. One, that is our Duke Huan. Moreover, if you say that Huan Wen does not know that Di people may fluctuate according to the current situation, then you are looking down on others' pattern.
During the last discussion on the resettlement of Yao Xiang's old department, in the face of Liu Cheng's warning, Huan Wen already made it very clear that one cannot punish people's hearts, otherwise people's hearts will be in chaos.
Without further ado, let's go back to this exchange in March. It can be said to be a joy in suffering at most, and everyone is just happy. And don't look at Liu Cheng's easy words, as if he can kill Fu Yan with a backhand. He just endured and did not kill him for the sake of the overall situation.
In fact, since Fu Yan, a general under Murong Ke who had shared travel experience with Liu Cheng, came here with a main force of 20,000 Xianbei, Mount Tai has been struggling here.
The opponent's troops are strong and their strategy is stable.
And don't think that this is a simple matter of you advancing and me retreating. Imperial Army hides behind Yang Pass. Both sides engage in a tacit sit-down battle with the Wen River behind them.
Although the southern foothills of Mount Tai is a mountainous area, it is not like the northern foothills where the mountains are so high that they can isolate the area to the point where roads are impassable. Whether it is the narrowness of the source of the Wen River or the roughness of the mountainous area here, it is enough to easily carry out infiltration battles involving hundreds of people.
In addition, thousands of soldiers and civilians from both sides were on the front line. Just chopping wood and hunting would inevitably involve friction and fighting. Dozens or hundreds of people were fighting in the mountains without stopping.
In March, as the weather got warmer and the battle front stabilized, both sides even began to deliberately carry out ambushes and raids in the mountains.
This kind of battle, coupled with the logistical difficulties faced by both sides due to the mountainous terrain, soon caused casualties on both sides to rise linearly.
In this regard, Liu Cheng saw clearly. He knew that if he wanted to successfully break away from the war and withdraw his troops, he must fight with such low-intensity but frequent battles. At this time, Yan Army, who had a superior force and had come from afar, felt that it was not worth it, so he could give up.
So, on the eighth day of March, he officially issued three military orders, which were called the March 3rd Order.
One: Try to develop new Yi River supply lines and increase logistical support;
Second: With the Wen River as the boundary, no further evacuation of the city will be carried out, and the number of coalition forces on the front line Western Command-Northern Command at this time will be maintained at about 13,000, but Western Command and Northern Command need to continuously provide reinforcements in building units for replenishment and rotational repairs;
Third: Delegate power to the generals and Banner Chief, allowing them to negotiate and unite on their own, and launch battles involving two thousand or less than one thousand people, and wars that are forty miles away from Tuqiu Settlement, without prior reporting.
As soon as the military order came out, the intensity of the battle rose to a higher level again, especially when these generals and Banner Chief heard the message from somewhere, saying that the imperial court still refused to cooperate with Liu Guard Army Bearer of the Staff, and only gave Liu General's title, knowing that he was in the wrong, so the merits of his subordinates who General of the Guards reported next would definitely be recognized.
As the old saying goes, history is a Fourier series. Specifically, there are always ups and downs in every sine wave.
Soon, in late March, after dozens of small-scale battles, an unexpected and reasonable battle finally broke out in the Wen River area, causing both sides to lose their desire to fight.
The person who caused this incident was the eager Liu Agan. He contacted some of Zhuge You and Liu Zhuang's subordinates by inviting people to drink, sending backpacks, Leg Wraps, etc., and after obtaining the consent of Shen Jin who had switched defenses, he actually staged a "fishing for wild ambush".
Liu Cheng I have never seen such a standard in my life, and it can definitely compete with the "Diao Ye Fu" of future high-end games.
In order to lower the opponent's vigilance, this guy first chose the battlefield to the east of Mount Tai Commandery, which Imperial Army basically gave up before, specifically Mount Tai Commandery Between the county Fenggao and Mou County further east, they suddenly attacked a logistics transport convoy sent by the Yan Army to Mou County.
So far, it was just routine, but instead of evacuating after he succeeded, he went deep alone and actively tried to drive the civilians towards Mou County, trying to deceive the city. Of course, Mou County's Yan Army did not fall into the trap, and kept tossing it until the second time. Day, as Fenggao quickly sent out reinforcements numbering 1,200 men, they seemed to have stayed behind for reconnaissance and quickly retreated. However, Jiaoyu Pass was still bitten by Mount Culai with twice the strength of the opponent's force, and had no choice but to fight and retreat.
The generals of the Yan army who came to chase had rich combat experience. No matter how they looked at it, they felt that the opponent was really tired and had lost the ability to fight back... This can't be true. He just spent the whole night under Mou County City in vain... So he persisted and chased four or five miles down Culai Mountain until they crossed the valley and came to a lake behind the mountain. Liu A's cadres had no way to retreat and could only form a formation with their backs to the water.
Then there are two local soldiers and horses from Liu Zhuang and Zhuge You... It's not that Liu Agan doesn't want to build a larger formation, but the terrain can only accommodate these people, and only the locals can do this job... Hulala rushed over from both sides of the lake, trying to cut off the retreat of the pursuing troops.
Attacked from three sides, with the typical valley terrain behind him, Yan Army was so frightened that he turned around and ran away, and then it was Jin Army's turn to pursue him non-stop.
However, the strength of both sides did not reach an absolute superiority ratio, and Liu Agan was really tired, and did not have the ability to effectively pursue and kill, so it could only rely on friendly forces. In the end, both sides had a thrilling experience. Yan Army lost two to three hundred people, and Imperial Army also lost nearly a hundred people.
But it left both parties exhausted and frightened half to death.
Yan Army was frightened, but Liu Cheng was not only frightened, but also held back... Because he was originally planning to wait until the supplies and reinforcements from the direction of the Yi River were in place before actually going to attack Mou County (later Laiwu) alone in the mountainous area, but Liu Agan alerted him first.
But it happened that the power was placed by him, so he could only hold his nose and admit it, and he had to ask for credit from the other party and Liu Zhuang and Zhuge You.
Sure enough, on March 24, less than two days after the battle, Fu Yan decisively gave up Mou County.
This made Liu Cheng lose the desire to continue fighting.
Especially at this time, he was still thinking about the war at the end of the year. If the troops were wasted here and the troops would not be able to rest and recuperate, but would just keep losing, who would it be? And who would be willing to eat snakes all day long? Who would eat this if he could eat Huai Prince Fish?
However, he just can't leave. If he leaves, Fu Yan will still be a problem if he doesn't leave.
And just when the time came to April, with a summer rainstorm, Liu Cheng had to consider whether to try Bo County, an old friend came to visit.
The dignified Governor of Yan Province, the governor Yan Province the military Murong De, went to the meeting without a knife.
Liu Cheng felt relieved, but he was expecting someone to come.
-----I am the dividing line without a knife-----
Liu Zhen, the character Shouzhi, the small character Agan... or it may be said that its name is not Zhen, and there is no big character, and it followed Emperor Taizu to fight against Mount Tai, repeatedly charging and killing In front of him, Emperor Taizu was greatly frightened when he personally deceived and lured the enemy. He stroked his back and said, "Who can rely on Clan Elder Brother's brother who is not a ZZZong brother in order to plan a big event? You should stay on guard and wait." So he changed his name to Zhen and took the character Shouzhi as a warning.
--"New Book of Qi".Biographies Volume 3