Chapter 391: Yeon Gaesomun is slightly better
As the sun rose, Jia Xu looked at the Korean army slowly withdrawing in the distance and could not help shaking his head.
The intelligence was wrong, and he was inevitably misled. He originally thought that a million-strong army led by five commanders should lead to a situation of fighting among the princes. He did not expect that Yeon Gaesomun would be the only one in power.
The four surrounding camps belonged to different nobles, but unexpectedly they were all subordinates of the King of Goryeo. After this war, Yeon Gaesomun made a fortune.
"Hmph!" Jia Xu hammered the city wall angrily. It was all because of losers like Liu Hong and Liu Bian that he subconsciously ignored the prestige of the King of Goryeo.
Because of the domestic situation, he subconsciously thought that the phenomenon of multiple commanders in other countries was due to the division of power, and he never expected that the other party would have a unified affiliation.
"Yeon Gaesomun will definitely be a threat to the Han Dynasty in the future!"
From the night battle report, Jia Xu finally understood the division of Goryeo's million-strong army. It turned out that Yeon Gaesomun alone commanded an army of 400,000, while the other four generals each commanded an army of more than 100,000.
Among them, the troops under Yeon Gaesomun were the most elite. Although this battle seemed to be won, it was actually a complete defeat for Jia Xu.
Just like Zhuge Liang killed Zhang He in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it seemed that he had killed the backbone of Cao Wei, but in fact, Sima Yi was just using him as a knife. It seemed that Zhuge Liang had made a profit, but in fact, Sima Yi was the one who made a fortune.
Youzhou served as a knife for Yeon Gaesomun for free. If he guessed correctly, Yeon Gaesomun would launch a rebellion when he returned to his country. At that time, they would be facing a complete top kingdom.
Moreover, considering the sudden appearance of the Xianbei Hu people in Juyongguan, Jia Xu had reason to doubt the relationship between the two sides.
It is possible that the Northern Huns have already reached some unspeakable secret agreement with Goryeo, or with Yeon Gaesomun.
"Send the intelligence to Luoyang and rectify the situation in Youzhou first!" Jia Xu shook his head after reading the battle report. There were gains, but compared with Yeon Gaesomun's gains, it was a huge loss.
It turned out that without a wise man in Youzhou, it would not work. It ended up like this. But now that he is here, he will be the opponent of these people next.
"Master Wang, please come and train a group of people!" Jia Xu turned his head and said to Wang Yue beside him.
"I'll do my best!" Wang Yue did not refuse. He now had a clear idea of his own position. He was neither good at literature nor martial arts, so he just wanted to be a teacher. He just needed to do his job well.
Jia Xu nodded and looked at the Goryeo camp in the distance. Yeon Gaesomun won this round, but it won’t happen again next time.
Knowing yourself and your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without defeat. If we had known this information earlier, we wouldn't be so passive this time.
Fortunately, Jia Xu also made some money this time. Although not as much as Yeon Gaesomun who directly made an entire country, he still gained something.
Two people with internal energy leaving their bodies were killed, more than 40,000 Goryeo people were captured, more than 200,000 Buyeo people were subdued, and nearly 350,000 miscellaneous Hu were captured. All in all, the harvest was not small.
But on the other hand, the Han Dynasty also paid a heavy price. Whether it was the soldiers who died in the battle of Juyongguan, the soldiers who followed Xue Rengui and others to hold their ground, or the soldiers who died in the last battle, nearly 20,000 people were killed.
"Hey, bury all the bodies and send the nameplates with their names to Luoyang, where there is a Jingling Hall built with the Nine Cauldrons as the foundation, for the inheritance of incense."
Liu Yu looked at the battle report in his hand with a painful expression. More than 20,000 people killed in the battle may sound like a small number, but those were the sons of more than 20,000 families. It was an honor to die for the country, but how much pain would this bring to the families under his command?
“Xu'er will stay in Youzhou, and I will personally lead the White Horse Volunteers to escort these heroic souls into the Jingling Palace. With the protection of the Nine Cauldrons, I believe all the soldiers can rest in peace!” Gongsun Zan was also solemn.
"Fuyu and Wuhuan have just annexed, and countless refugees have yet to be resettled. I still need to maintain stability, so you must be careful on this trip." Liu Yu shook his head. He was different from Gongsun Zan. He had a heavy task on his shoulders and couldn't get away.
The dead are gone, and the living must go on with their lives. The war is over, but the people displaced by the war still need him to further resettle, and he cannot leave Youzhou.
The Battle of Youzhou ended, but the impact it brought was enormous. Not only Luoyang, but even other major states had glimpsed future dangers from the intelligence of the Battle of Youzhou.
Especially Chen Gong from Bingzhou. When Lu Bu told him about the Northern Huns, he strictly ordered Lu Bu not to spread the news, and then he directly pushed his natural intelligence to the limit.
It can be said that he is the person who sees the danger most clearly after Jia Xu. The entire Bingzhou was driven by Chen Gong and began to prepare for the challenges of the spring.
All the generals, including Zhang Liao, felt that Chen Gong was a little neurotic. In order to deal with a few barbarians, it was necessary to set up defensive posts every five steps and every ten steps.
However, having learned from the previous experience in Youzhou, they did not resist Chen Gong's arrangements, but they often complained.
To be honest, Chen Gong has pushed his intelligence talent to the extreme in this wave, almost releasing all his stored mental power, and his intelligence soared directly from 95 to 110.
It can even be said that he is overloaded. Chen Gong's innate mental retardation is actually a very negative ability. Under normal circumstances, Chen Gong looks dull, and actually he is dull, which often makes people doubt his ability.
After all, the effect of this talent is that when it is actively activated, it weakens one's own abilities under normal conditions and stores them.
It means that all its attributes drop by 10%, and it enters a sluggish state, and then drops by another 10%. These attributes are accumulated and can be called upon when needed.
Because of this, Chen Gong activates his talents most of the time to make himself look stupid, and when he encounters problems, he directly activates his talents to adjust attributes, and instantly evolves into a violent super brain.
Just think about how brutal Chen Gong was at his peak . He beat up all of Cao Cao's advisers by himself, and even with the arrogant Lu Bu, he was able to defeat Cao Cao.
However, after his peak period, he fell directly from a god-like strategist to the mortal world. Cao Cao defeated Lu Bu in one wave. At that time, Chen Gong was like a fool. He couldn't even deal with Lu Bu, and finally had no choice but to die heroically.
Originally, Chen Gong couldn't be so cruel, but when Jiuding slightly strengthened Chen Gong, it added a slight effect to Chen Gong's talent.
That means I can overdraw. I can become a god first and then pay it back slowly later. Just such a smiling change can make Chen Gong take off on the spot.
For example, if you are a parallel importer and need to learn slowly before you can become a big boss, if something happens during this period, you will be in trouble directly. But it is different if you have overdraft.
You hold merits and achievements in your hands, and slowly recover by lying on the credit book. Compared with the previous feeling, it is so refreshing that you can't breathe.
This is what Chen Gong is like now. He thinks that after I have arranged everything, he will go to Luoyang to live out his days, and then ask the court to send a few counselors over. Wouldn't that be great?
When the time comes, I must share half of the fruits of success. It feels so good to just take all the credit for myself.
As for no one coming? Impossible. With the three words "Northern Xiongnu" thrown over, except for Chen Xi who couldn't move rashly, who wouldn't take the initiative to find him to change positions? It was simply wonderful.
With this belief, Chen Gong built the entire Bingzhou into something that was no different from an iron barrel. The materials were even mobilised so frequently that it attracted Chen Xi's attention.
Chen Xi looked at the information in his hand with a strange expression on his face, totally unable to understand what Chen Gong was doing.
"What happened to Chen Gongtai? Has something happened in Bingzhou recently?"
Because the battle of Youzhou had just ended not long ago, Chen Xi naturally made the connection. In his opinion, it was too abnormal for Chen Gong to mobilize such a large amount of materials to build Bingzhou without any reason.
"Wenyou, is there any intelligence about Bingzhou recently?" Chen Xi scratched his head and asked Li Ru, who was in charge of intelligence.
"Prime Minister, there are only some small tribes of Hu people active on the border of Bingzhou recently, and there are no other abnormal situations." Sima Yi replied. He is currently following Li Ru to handle intelligence work.
In Li Ru's words, someone as melancholy as Sima Yi was the most suitable person to collect intelligence.
"That's why! Boyan, ask someone to contact Chen Gong and ask him what's going on with Wen Hou..." As Chen Xi was talking, he suddenly remembered.
"Did Chen Gongtai already know about the Northern Huns? Yes, with Marquis Wen by his side, who knows how Chen Gongtai knew about it. No wonder he did such a thing." Chen Xi thought silently in his heart. He could not think of a more reasonable explanation.
It couldn't be that Chen Gong was planning to lead Lu Bu in a rebellion. It wasn't that he looked down on them. Even if Bingzhou as a whole rebelled, it would be suppressed in less than a month. Such an unscientific thing would not happen.
"Forget it, Boyan, no need to ask. I will write a letter later and you can ask someone to bring it to Chen Gongtai." Chen Xi hesitated for a moment, and decided to write a letter to tell Chen Gong about some of the court's arrangements.
If Chen Gong continues like this, there will be problems with the flow of materials throughout the country. Tell him the limit and let him do what he wants.
"What are we having for lunch today? Huh? Why haven't I seen the general for so many days?" Chen Xi finished dealing with the things in his hands and prepared to run away after lunch. As he was asking about lunch, he suddenly remembered that the human-shaped menu had not appeared for a long time.
"I don't know. The last time Kong Ming visited, the people from the Yulin Army said that the general had given instructions and he is in seclusion recently and no one can disturb him." Lu Xun scratched his head and answered Chen Xi's question.
"It's amazing that you still remember the general." Lu Su raised his head and rolled his eyes at Chen Xi. Maybe you couldn't remember it if I asked you about food today. It's something that all the counselors knew.
You, the head of the civil servants, were the last one to know about it. I don’t know what to say.
