Chapter 834

When Zhen Sheng first arrived in Liaodong, the Liaodong lands had just started to snow. When the grain was transported, it was the dead of winter. Now that Zhen Sheng had arrived again, although the northern wind was still biting and the Liaodong lands were still frozen, the footsteps of spring had already arrived. The ice river shone with silver light under the sun, and the melting water flowed gurglingly.

The Grand General was still casually rolling up his long hair, but today he had changed to a white jade hairpin. He wore a tiger-skin coat, stepped on deer-skin warm boots, and stood with his hands behind his back to the west of the Great Liaohe. The wind blew his hair, making his tiger-skin coat rustle. The Grand General held his hands in his wide sleeves, looking at the mixture of ice and water in the river, feeling the magnificent scenery of the end of winter in the northern country.

In fact, the northern country at this time could not be called a magnificent scenery. Even though the Grand General brought vitality across the ages, this place could still be described as 'desolate' and 'primitive.' But the vast wilderness of nature was still beautiful.

Looking at the city across the river, the Grand General said: "Pass the order, the Wu Wei is to reorganize the army immediately and cross the river to attack the city of Fangxian."

As the words fell, the personal guards behind him mounted their horses and galloped toward the Wu Wei's station to pass the order.

"Liao Hua."

"The general is here." Behind him, Liao Hua, who had become much rougher, responded.

The Liao Hua of the past, of course, could not be counted as having red lips and white teeth, but he was still presentable. But now, having led the army behind enemy lines for a whole winter, with four thousand troops reduced to two thousand five hundred, Liao Hua had become stronger, but also uglier. His face was covered in frostbite, looking like he had no human appearance. He was only two years younger than Wang Yan, but he was as rough as an old man.

The battle results were still good, stirring up the Wuhuan rear, and the various commandants in the Liaodong lands were also struck to varying degrees.

After bringing the troops back, the Grand General reorganized the remaining troops into the Brave Cavalry Battalion, with Liao Hua as the Brave Cavalry Commandant. Just by the name, one could tell that this was a pure cavalry unit. As for whether it was light cavalry, heavy cavalry, or both, it was temporarily undecided.

In fact, except for the cavalry pulled out to form a separate unit, each guard had cavalry, just in different numbers. It was impossible to fight with pure infantry; that was seeking death. Cavalry, archers, spearmen, shield-bearers, etc., belonged to the mixed units of the Han Dynasty, emphasizing multi-branch coordinated operations.

A nation is always destroyed by weakness; the Han alone was destroyed by strength. This was not a joke. At this time, although it was quite rotten from the center to the local level, the combat effectiveness was still quite strong. Scarce warhorses were also relatively abundant in the Great Han.

Investigating the reason, perhaps it was because the officials of the current time did not distinguish much between civil and military, and many people could both lead the army and govern the people. For example, the strategists who displayed their talents in the Three Kingdoms also wore swords at their waists. If they were to duel with soldiers, the soldiers really could not beat them; this was the ferocity of the entire scholar-official class.

By the middle and late Tang Dynasty, civil and military began to separate, and scholars began to hold power. By the Great Song, military generals even became appendages of scholars. Coupled with the national system, the path of advancement was mainly in civil governance, and the people's pursuit was not to be enfeoffed as a marquis on horseback, but to ride a horse through the streets to take the imperial examination. The loss of bloodiness in the ruling class, the scholar-official group, was perhaps one of the reasons for the weakness of ancient dynasties...

"The Brave Cavalry Battalion has been resting for half a month and should have recovered its combat effectiveness. You are to lead the army north to Hou City (Shenyang). If there is an incoming army, use Mobile Corps Commander tactics to contain them and destroy their grain supply lines."

"The general accepts the order." Liao Hua cupped his hands, accepted the order, ran away, mounted his horse, and left.

The Grand General's military orders still did not stop: "The Broad Wu Wei is to reorganize the army, advance two hundred li, attack Fuxin, and hold the mountain pass. Additionally, assemble the militia, reorganize the Heroic Wu Wei, and besiege Wulu City."

Fighting a war at this time would surely involve suffering from the cold, but this cold had to be suffered. Otherwise, if it was completely dragged until the spring thaw to fight, it would delay spring plowing and production, which was absolutely not allowed. It was precisely to fight a battle before spring arrived to win a year of peace.

Following the Grand General's military orders, the machine of war was set in motion. The entire command under the Grand General was busy. The armory and granaries were opened, and the military equipment and fur clothing stored for a winter were all distributed. In the military camp, the sound of rumbling footsteps and slogans shook the sky. The civil officials took gongs and organized the militia to reassemble with clanging sounds.

The Liaodong land, which had been silent for a winter, gradually awakened, and the thunder that had been brewing for a long time would eventually turn the enemy into dust.

Once the Grand General's military orders were issued, by noon that day, more than six thousand soldiers of the Wu Wei had already crossed the Great Liaohe, and by evening, they were at the foot of Fangxian city. Then the enemy surrendered...

Regarding the land of Fangxian, the Grand General attached great importance to it. This was the largest piece of fertile land nearby, so Fangxian had to be obtained; whoever blocked it would die.

The military order was issued in the morning, the great army arrived in the evening, and the small broken city gate was opened before they even arrived.

The Magistrate of Fangxian, surnamed Zhang, given name Xun, courtesy name Boqian, was a scholar from a humble family in Ji County. He led the officials in the city out of the city to surrender: "Magistrate of Fangxian, Zhang Xun, pays respects to the Heavenly Martial Grand General. I have long heard of the General's high righteousness and kindness to the people. Now that the General has arrived, Xun shall surrender."

"I like to kill and abuse officials; are you not afraid?"

"Xun comes from a humble family and knows that the people have it hard. I have been in this position for four years, have been kind to the people, and have always had a good reputation. I know the Grand General is not a person who kills the innocent indiscriminately, so I am not afraid."

Wang Yan was noncommittal: "What is the situation inside the city?"

"There are 3,526 people in the city, 2,000 Han people, and the rest are all Wuhuan. There were originally 600 soldiers, who were taken away by the Wuhuan Chanyu Su Puyan and 500 Wuhuan people. 157 people died of cold and hunger, and there are 2,269 people left in the city.

There is a wealthy household named Liu Jian, who trades north and south, selling furs, mountain goods, and medicinal herbs. Although he has land and family slaves, this Liaodong land is vast and sparsely populated, and he has never harmed anyone. This winter, he even distributed grain to the people. If the Grand General does not believe what I say, you can ask the people. If there is any lie, there is no need for the General to punish me; I shall commit suicide.

This is the register of Fangxian; the General can take a look."

Zhang Xun pointed to the cart of bamboo slips that was being driven by a clerk as he came out.

Su Puyan was the Great Man of the Wuhuan tribe in the Liaodong Protectorate, which was the Chanyu of the Wuhuan people here. The main tribe only had one or two thousand people. Now that he was mobilizing troops, the purpose was self-evident.

Without even looking at the register, Wang Yan waved his hand and said: "Listen to words and observe actions. I know you are a person who pleads for the people, so I will believe your words. However, since the rules have been established, they must be followed, so the will of the people must be asked."

Wang Yan certainly did not believe so much nonsense, but the ancients valued promises and righteousness. The situation Zhang Xun described must be true, because the great army was on the side, so there was no need to lie. It was just that the Grand General did not believe Zhang Xun's previous flattery.

If it were truly as he said, why didn't he surrender before winter? Su Puyan mobilized troops and must have snatched grain; why didn't he stop it? It was just that there was no way out; there were no soldiers or grain in the city, and they couldn't hold out for long, and they couldn't count on the Great Han court. The various commandants and Wuhuan Chanyus in Liaodong were even more unreliable, so there was no path other than surrender.

Perhaps he did not actively surrender before because he was watching, or had not yet made up his mind, but now that the army was at the foot of the city, he had no choice but to surrender.

The Grand General turned and asked: "To the east, the three counties of Pingguo (Yingkou), Anshi (Dashiqiao), and Wen County (Gaizhou)—can Magistrate Zhang be the vanguard for my great army?"

"I have precisely that intention. The General may not know that these three places are like Fangxian, all without defending troops. Wherever the great army arrives, they will surely surrender." Zhang Xun cupped his hands and asked, "I do not know when the great army will set off?"

"Tomorrow."

"Grand General, Xun has one request. I hope the General will have pity on the common people in my city and mobilize grain to save their lives." Having said this, Zhang Xun was about to kneel to plead for grain for the people.

Wang Yan waved his hand: "The great army brings its own grain, enough for the needs of the people in the city. From today on, they are all people under my rule; why do you need to plead? Rest well today, and tomorrow you will be the vanguard to call for surrender; you will be retained in the future."

"Thank you, Grand General."

The next day, the civil officials and militia of Fangxian were mobilized to transport grain to the county seat of Fangxian. The civil officials naturally followed the previous process, visiting the people to ask for their will, measuring the land, re-registering the people in the city, and distributing land.

The Grand General led the civil officials in Fangxian, handled the civil administration of Fangxian, and then took his personal guards and slowly headed toward Pingguo County.

The great army had already set off, and the situation was indeed as Zhang Xun had said earlier. The soldiers in the city and the Wuhuan people who could fight had all been taken away by Su Puyan. There were only Han people and Wuhuan old and weak in the city. The great army had not even arrived, and the thousands of people in the city had all run outside the city to freeze. When the great army arrived, they simply surrendered.

Although the Wuhuan people were barbarians, they were not stupid. To the east of Fangxian, including Fangxian, the Wuhuan people who could fight had all been taken away, and a lot of grain had been snatched. This was to create difficulties for Grand General Wang.

Moreover, the old and weak Wuhuan people were on Wang Yan's side. Wang Yan was winning the hearts of the people, so he would raise them all. Their sons and husbands would still come to fight Wang Yan. This was shameless, bullying those who were shameless.

But in reality, the Grand General just had some spare strength, only three or five thousand people. Now the powerful clans were still selling grain to him, and it had been decided that only their grain would be collected, and glass would only be sold to them, not allowed to be sold south. They would take the glass back and harvest the small-scale powerful clans.

The law of survival is big fish eat small fish, and that is how it is now. The powerful clans knew that Wang Yan wanted to install glass in the houses of the people under his rule, so they certainly knew the cost of glass was extremely low. But they knew, others did not. Now, those traveling to and from Liaodong were these big families. So they accepted Wang Yan's high prices and were willing to take grain, cloth, salt, iron, and other resources to be harvested by Wang Yan, and then turn around to harvest the small families.

And the money and grain of these small families were all wealth harvested from the people. In other words, now it was Grand General Wang using broken glass to harvest the people.

That is the matter, but the accounts are certainly not calculated like that. After all, without Grand General Wang harvesting, the people would still be oppressed. The people have always been suffering, but now those suffering more are the local small families and wealthy households.

Wealth will not be created out of thin air, nor will it disappear out of thin air; it just transferred a portion to the Grand General.

Things that the Zhen clan dared not do, these big families together, really didn't care about anything, earning a full pot...

It was also because of this that although the Grand General was still short of grain, the grain gap was not too large. It is no exaggeration to say that many powerful clans connected in one place, and the grain and grass they hoarded were enough to send an army of one hundred thousand to fight for a whole year.

The Grand General's formal combat soldiers, up to now, did not have twenty-five thousand. The grain and grass eaten by these twenty-five thousand soldiers were basically on par with the remaining two hundred thousand. And they also guarded the Bohai Bay fishing grounds, with additional benefits from fishing, so the problem was not very big.

If it were not for this, the Grand General would not be a kind person. To say his moral level was high, that was certain, but to say his moral level was low, that was also correct. The lives of thousands of people were not a big problem.

After receiving thousands of people, the Grand General did not want the broken city, but moved all the people of Anshi and Wen County to Pingguo. He wanted to adopt centralized, large-scale farming; thousands of people could not occupy much land at all. His two hundred thousand people, each family distributed so much land, had not even finished distributing the land of Fangxian, so there was no need for these thousands of people to live apart.

And he had to consider the situation of incoming enemies. To the east of Pingguo, it was all mountainous land. This side belonged to Liaodong Commandery. Further toward the Korean Peninsula, it belonged to Lelang Commandery, all mixed with Han people and other tribes. The situation was still relatively complex and had to be guarded against.

Therefore, the Wu Wei was stationed to the east of Pingguo to defend against enemies from the east and protect the people behind them.

Moreover, places where people lived together were also more convenient for commercial development. Currently, the political and commercial center under the Grand General's rule was undoubtedly Tuhe. But for secondary development, Pingguo should count as one.

Because it was convenient for trade with the east of Pingguo, conducting economic infiltration and cultural invasion, over time, it would collapse without being attacked.

Currently, the Liaodong Peninsula and the Korean Peninsula were not the main targets. Because they were all mountainous, there was no need to use a great army to conquer and occupy them. The vast Northeast Plain was the top priority.

If they did not come to harass, he would not raise an army to fight. Even if he conquered them, he could not occupy them, and even if he occupied them, there was currently no great use; it was not cost-effective. His development was mainly driven by population growth. When the population increased and the land was not enough, then he would expand. In this way, after a hundred years, there would eventually be a vast territory...

It took a week to handle the relocation of the people and initially divide the land for settlement. Moreover, he transferred craftsmen from the rear, built kilns and opened furnaces, burned bricks and glass, and prepared for building houses and other matters. The seed grain and farm tools for spring plowing were also transported. Just waiting for the weather to warm up and the ice to melt, they would have a big fight.

At this time, news from other battlefields was also transmitted back.

The combat effectiveness of the militia was not bad. After all, they had been training and fighting for half a year and performed well, successfully breaking Wulu City. But the damage was quite heavy, with over a thousand killed in battle and over two thousand lightly or heavily wounded; the Heroic Wu Wei was almost scrapped.

This was because Su Puyan mobilized troops, and combined with the commandant of central Liaodong, the two sides merged into one place, gathering four thousand troops. This arrangement should have been to prepare for attacking the Wang rebels after a while, but they did not expect the Grand General to strike first.

Wulu City was a big city, facing Wulu Mountain to the west, an open plain to the east, and a mountain pass to the north that was a gathering place for the Wuhuan. This place counted as a strategic town. So it was not that they did not want more people to guard it, but the grain and grass did not support it.

Now the entire Liaodong, the entire Great Han powerful clan group, had to look at the Grand General's face. Without a doubt, the important passage connecting inside and outside the pass was the Liaoxi Corridor. No matter how bitter and cold the Northeast was, it could not stop people who wanted to make money; there were still some commercial dealings.

If they did not take the Liaoxi Corridor, but crossed the Yanshan Mountains, passed through the grasslands, and came via Liaobei, then the detour would be much longer. Moreover, this side was the territory of the Xianbei and Wuhuan barbarians, none of which were tribes that had submitted. Not to mention the detour, the degree of danger also increased greatly, and the cost increased geometrically, so no one would do such a loss-making business. Therefore, Liaodong this year was exceptionally withered.

The powerful clans certainly also wanted to go north to trade; the Northeast was rich in mountain goods, furs, and medicinal herbs, all of which were big money-makers. They had also expressed this matter to the Grand General, but they were all rejected by the Grand General, and he sold glass to them, which could be considered as making up for the losses of the powerful clans, which was the end of it.

But this was also the reason why the Liaodong land, whether Han or Wuhuan, had to fight to the death with the Grand General; this was a struggle for survival.

The Battle of Wulu City did not go smoothly. At the beginning, the Wuhuan people looked down on the Heroic Wu Wei and went out of the city to fight in the field. The other side suffered a dull loss, and then they defended the city and did not come out. The Heroic Wu Wei mobilized several catapults, mobilized thousands of militia to move stones, smashed for two days, and then forcibly attacked the city for one day, which was how the city was broken.

For such battle results, Wang Yan was certainly dissatisfied. His military order said 'besiege,' besiege and attack, but did not say it must be taken within a certain time. It was still a bit too hasty, causing such heavy losses.

This was wanting to perform...

The siege warfare at this time was indeed not easy to fight. Except for insiders opening the city gates, it was not easy to attack by force. With more than six thousand but less than seven thousand people, attacking a city guarded by four thousand people was quite difficult. From this, one could see the tragedy of the battle at that time, and the ferocity of the Heroic Wu Wei militia unit.

It was just that a better way mainly lay in 'besieging.' Wang Yan did not think Wulu City would have much grain. Besieging until spring was also acceptable to him. However, the battle was already fought, and except for taking good care of the wounded and supplementing the vacancies of the Heroic Wu Wei, there was no other way.

The Heroic Wu Wei wanted to perform, and it was also to allow their families to farm steadily in the spring. If this were to be investigated, it was mainly the Grand General's problem. This winter, he brainwashed his generals a bit too hard...

Of course, he was not purely brainwashing; it was mainly to hold classes for generals above the rank of military commander, teaching them how to lead troops and fight, and brainwashing was incidental. It was certainly not that the Grand General's skills were rusty; after all, he often did this, and when lecturing, he repeatedly emphasized the principle that if people are lost, the land is lost, and if people are kept, the land is kept. It could only be said that the people under his command had long yearned for the happy days of full granaries, so they did not spare their lives in fighting.

The comrades who died in the past, how the Grand General treated their families generously, they all saw it in their eyes, so they were not afraid of dying in vain. In this era when the lifespan of the working people was only thirty-something years, people did not cherish their lives very much. If their death could exchange for a better life for their families, then die they would.

Very free and easy, very decisive, and also very sad...

The Grand General had a heart of iron; he only felt it was a pity for the loss of the young and strong population.

Along with the report of battle damage, there were also spoils of war. Captured were hundreds of warhorses, five thousand Han people, and three thousand Wuhuan people. As the Grand General expected, there was not much grain.

It is worth mentioning that a man named Gongsun Heng was captured alive, coming from the Gongsun clan of Xuantu, the Gongsun of Gongsun Du.

The Gongsun clan was not a prominent powerful clan, but they were very powerful in Liaodong; otherwise, Gongsun Du would not have had such great ability to become a king and hegemon in Liaodong. But the Gongsun clan started because Gongsun Du made it happen. He fled with his father to Xuantu, initially serving as a small official in Xuantu, and all the way to the position of Inspector of Jizhou. The highest official of a province, and in the current time, the power was much greater than that of a provincial party secretary two thousand years later. Developing the family was easy.

However, because of rumors, he was dismissed and affected by the Party Prohibition, and he did not return to office.

The power of the Party Prohibition lay in this: after officials were dealt with, they could not enter officialdom. The Ten Attendants got rid of quite a few people, and Gongsun Du was also deeply harmed by the Party Prohibition.

According to the principle that those who benefit are guilty, there were many powerful clans and dignitaries, and old officials supporting the Huang Jin Uprising behind the scenes.

Without a doubt, they were all people with wisdom. Before the Huang Jin Uprising, Zhang Jiao had already dominated various provinces for many years. This matter could be seen with a bit of insight. But it was not until Zhang Jiao started the uprising that this matter entered the imperial court. The first thing was to lift the Party Prohibition.

Let us talk about the battlefield. The people of the Gongsun clan came out, one to train, two to offer advice, three to fight the Wang rebels. This indicated that the Gongsun clan could no longer tolerate Grand General Wang and participated in military actions against the Grand General.

Since there were people from the Gongsun clan in this forward station of Wulu City, then in the Fuxin area, there must also be some. In a war for survival, one should naturally go all out, and it was only right for the Gongsun clan to contribute people and grain.

As the Grand General expected, two days later, he received a report from the Broad Wu Wei. They encountered more than ten thousand enemy troops in the Fuxin area. The two sides fought, and both sides suffered losses. After a winter, the Broad Wu Wei, this regular army, revealed a combat effectiveness stronger than that of the Heroic Wu Wei. Facing an enemy force twice their size, they confronted the enemy in Fuxin. For a purely peasant army, this was a leap-forward progress.

Of course, all this was created by the wise leadership of the Heavenly Martial Grand General, the good teaching of tactics, the good training of soldiers, and relatively more abundant food. A winter was almost enough to make up for the body's deficiency, and the physique was well-maintained.

As for the name 'Fuxin,' it was named by the Grand General. Mainly because this was Wuhuan territory, there was no accurate place name. So the Grand General directly used the later name to top it. The mountains and rivers in the Liaodong land, those with famous names were called by their names, and those without, or those that did not sound good, were named by the Grand General on the spot...

Another day, Changli reported that according to Mobile Corps Commander scouts, there were traces of the enemy in the direction of Liucheng (Chaoyang) to the west, appearing to be an attempt to steal the home. The specific troop strength was not explored, but the scouts reported it exceeded five thousand.

The Grand General laughed. After all, his hometown in the real world was Chaoyang. Coming to this moment two thousand years later, the enemy army actually sent troops from his hometown to steal his current hometown in Liaodong. Although it was a bit roundabout, thinking about it carefully, it felt quite interesting.

Another day, Liao Hua, who went out to fight Mobile Corps Commander warfare, also sent a communication soldier back to report that two thousand troops from Xuantu were coming to attack.

The situation was clear here, with the enemy investing fifty thousand troops. For the Liaodong land, due to the disunity within the Wuhuan, the disunity between the Wuhuan and the Han people, the lack of materials, and the addition of various reasons, being able to raise fifty thousand troops was almost the limit; any more would just be another ten thousand.

Liaodong had wealthy households, not the big powerful clans that did not do business with the Grand General. They were mainly small landlords in this area, far from the political and economic center; otherwise, there would be no opportunity for Gongsun Du to dominate Liaodong. Powerful clans holding back was quite powerful.

This battle was a life-and-death game to determine the Liaodong land. If he lost, the Grand General could only be a roving bandit; if he won, they would all have to die.

However, what the enemy army did not expect was that the Grand General did not care about the severe cold and struck first, which destroyed their arrangements. You must know that the Mobile Corps Commander scouts sent out by the Grand General in the winter did not discover the mobilization in Wulu City and Fangxian. Now that the Grand General struck first, piercing their plans, they had to act passively, and the Grand General had already seized the initiative.

After all, marching for a week and fighting for two hours, if the enemy army had large-scale mobilization, the Mobile Corps Commander scouts would surely discover it. However, the time difference might be two or three days faster than now, which was the key to determining the victory of the battle...

In Pingguo County, the Grand General went over the news of the past few days in his mind, thinking about how to arrange it, and suddenly opened his mouth.

"Pass my military order: the Wu Wei is to garrison Tuhe, the four thousand militia of Tuhe are to be reorganized into the Heroic Wu Wei and enter Changli. Assemble the militia of Suizhong to guard against incoming enemies from the south."

"Mobilize the young and strong from Fangxian to supplement the soldiers lost by the Heroic Wu Wei. The Heroic Wu Wei is to divide three thousand troops, go north to Fuxin, contact the Broad Wu Wei, and attack them separately."

"Order Liao Hua to retreat behind the enemy."

"The Wu Wei is to divide three thousand troops and go north with me to meet the enemy; the remaining troops are to guard against incoming enemies from the east. If enemies truly come, they can be intercepted; if the enemy is very numerous, do not fight them head-on, retreat to Fangxian and hold."

"Strictly order all units not to be reckless, and not to let the incoming enemy harm my family; that is the top priority. If it is difficult to block and the people are harmed, then fight to the death."

There were many incoming troops. The Grand General made a series of arrangements, investing more than thirty thousand troops. If the militia were counted, it was a total mobilization. There were no great generals under his command, and tactical execution was difficult to achieve. The battle was a matter of life and death, so the Grand General had to go into battle himself.

Such an arrangement was to prevent the enemy from Liucheng from attacking Changli and secretly dividing troops to raid Tuhe, so he dispatched the Wu Wei north to defend. Such an arrangement was not ignoring the head and ignoring the butt, but because the Grand General did not think there were enemies from the south. And on the other hand, he did not mobilize the Suizhong militia.

The remaining arrangements were not worth mentioning. He did not ask the Broad Wu Wei and Heroic Wu Wei to have any great achievements, just to hold off the incoming enemies, not to let the enemy army drive straight in and kill to Changli, which would be a victory. As for the three thousand troops of the Wu Wei stationed in Pingguo, and the militia still left in Fangxian, it was to prevent incoming enemies from the east. As long as these directions were guarded, it would be fine.

The main battlefield of this battle was still the three thousand Wu Wei troops personally led by the Grand General, and the two thousand five hundred cavalry of Liao Hua's Brave Cavalry Battalion. As long as the Grand General could break twenty thousand with five thousand, then this battle would be won. In this regard, the Grand General was very confident.

If he did not go into battle himself, and had a few great generals under his command, he would not have made such arrangements. He would only lead a few thousand militia to guard Tuhe. The Wulu he just conquered could be abandoned, and he could directly attack Xuantu (Shenyang). In this way, one battle would conquer the entire Liaohe Plain, and there would be great generals to guard it. Unlike now, even if he won, he could not occupy the entire Liaohe Plain. Because the current generals were stationed far away, and there were too many variables.

Simply summarized, he went into battle himself, paying more attention to defense; he guarded the home, paying more attention to offense, which stemmed from Grand General Wang's absolute self-confidence.

Following the Grand General's military orders, the communication soldiers waiting for the Grand General's instructions in the Pingdu County government office all accepted the orders, left the government office, and rode fast horses out of the four gates.

The breath of death shrouded the Liaodong land. Everyone was paying attention to this battle. The managers of the powerful clan merchant teams who should have left did not leave, all staying in Suizhong, waiting to see how the Grand General would respond.

Perhaps the Han court had to wait until spring to accept the Grand General's selling of offices, also because of this battle. If the Wang rebels could not survive this winter, there would be no need to sell offices...

Ask the Liaodong land, who is the master of the ups and downs?