Sun Ce's worries unfortunately came true, something happened in Liaodong.

The cause of the incident was the Wuhuan people, the Wuhuan people of the Liaodong vassal state. The Liaodong vassal state was originally used to resettle the naturalized Wuhuan people. According to the usual habits of Confucian scholars, they naturally had to treat the visitors well. Therefore, the land given was the best land in Liaoshui, Liaoshui, the lower reaches of the Yushui River. This place not only has abundant water and grass, but also suitable for farming, and also has the benefits of rivers and seas. It is a good place for fishing and hunting. Controlling the estuary means controlling the business road. Many Wuhuan people sit for business and become trade intermediaries, making money, and their financial resources are no less than those of the Han people.

The Wuhuan people lived a very comfortable life here, until Sun Ce ordered the abolition of the establishment of the Liaodong vassal state, requiring the Wuhuan people to become registered households like Han people, or leave. If they become registered households, they had to pay taxes and serve. This was naturally unacceptable to the Wuhuan people who had always enjoyed benefits and did not take responsibility. Especially those Wuhuan merchants who had strong strength suddenly had to pay a large amount of commercial tax, which was no different from cutting their flesh. How could they be willing to do so? However, the strength of the Liaodong vassal states was limited, and Taishi Ci and Gongsun Du were all ruthless people with extraordinary force. They did not dare to challenge them head-on, so they sent people to the grassland to instigate other tribes, Wuhuan people, Xianbei people, Fuyu people, and Goguryeo people.

Conflicts arise, and the border continues to warn, and more and more rangers are disturbing the border, similar to locusts, as many as dozens of cavalry, as few as ten cavalry, and as few as ten cavalry, they can leave after a wave. The beacon towers of the border are strictly guarded, and the county cavalry is ready to rush to help at any time. Although it is a little tired, the problem is not very big, but the merchants who go out to do business will be in trouble. Once they encounter attacked Hu cavalry, the goods will be passive at the least, and the people and money will be empty.

The merchants quickly reacted to the situation in front of the general Gongsun Du, Du Liao. Gongsun Du did not hesitate and immediately sent an envoy to Fuyu Kingdom, asking King Fuyu to give an explanation and compensate for the losses, otherwise he would raise an army to destroy you.

Gongsun Du's power aroused the disgust of Fuyu Kingdom. King Fuyu killed Gongsun Du's envoy and sent his head back to the border. Gongsun Du was furious and gathered his cavalry to enter Fuyu Kingdom. He rushed thousands of miles to attack and rushed to Fuyu King City in one breath. King Fuyu did not expect that Gongsun Du came so quickly and was defeated by Gongsun Du. King Fuyu took more than a thousand remaining troops to escape to the mountains. Gongsun Du burned Fuyu King City and returned.

Gongsun Du defeated King Fuyu, but the problem was not solved, which caused even greater trouble. King Fuyu could not swallow this. On the one hand, he sent someone to complain to Taishici, demanding severe punishment of Gongsun Du, and on the other hand, he contacted Yiluo and Xianbei, requesting an alliance and sending troops together. After the Xianbei people were killed by Taishici once, they kept thinking about revenge, but they were not strong enough and dared not cause trouble easily. Now King Fuyu takes the initiative to ask for an alliance, so of course they cannot ask for it.

So the Xianbei people quickly sent troops to pursue Gongsun Du. Gongsun Du was not afraid, and led his troops to fight back, and defeated the Xianbei people. They caught up with Fuyu King, cut off his head with one knife, made a chamber pot, and rewarded Fuyu King's queen and wife to the soldiers.

As a result, the contradictions completely intensified. Fuyu people were like mad dogs, attacking continuously, and Gongsun Du almost fought every day. Although he was sure to win every battle, casualties continued to increase. Ten thousand cavalry went on a war, and only half of them were left when he returned to Xuantu's garrison. Fuyu people and Xianbei people were still gathering together. Gongsun Du realized that he had caused great trouble and had to send someone to ask Taishi Ci for help.

Taishi Ci was gathering troops and preparing to advance westward and cooperated with Sun Ce to capture Youzhou. When he received this news, he was very surprised. Although he would not have lost his position, he did not dare to leave Liaodong easily. Liaodong has developed well in recent years. If it was robbed by Fuyu people and Xianbei people, it would be a pity. Taishi Ci had to temporarily cancel the plan for the Western Expedition and resolve the crisis in Liaodong first.

Because the incident had a great impact, Taishi Ci sent Zhuge Jin to Zhongshan to report the matter to Sun Ce in person.

After listening to Zhuge Jin's report, Sun Ce's brows frowned into knots, including Fu Yu's letter of state, Gongsun Du's several reports, and related records of the robbery and killing of merchants.

The Northeast was destined to be the pain point of the Central Plains dynasty, but now it is only a few hundred years ahead of schedule. Four hundred years later, the two second brother emperors fell on this land one after another, one lost the country because of this, and the other suffered a rare setback in life. A certain trick that he regarded as a descendant of Goguryeo even fantasized that he was shot in one eye and had to ced half of the empire to surrender.

After all, fantasy is just fantasy, but trouble is really troublesome. Zhuge Jin's donkey's face that was famous in history was bleak, but Sun Ce's heart was also heavy. In Liaodong, he had a large part of the responsibility. He made the decision to revoke the vassal state of Liaodong. At that time, Zhang Hong had different opinions, but Taishi Ci and Dong Xi all agreed, so Zhang Hong did not insist.

Speaking of which, the root cause is that they are too optimistic about the development situation and are blindly following him, forming a magnification effect. Perhaps he is just a little proud of himself, but when he reaches Gongsun Du, he becomes arrogant, rashly attacking Fuyu, burning the royal city, beheading Fuyu Wang, and turning his head into a chamber pot, and the queen rewards the soldiers with lust and humiliation. How can he not intensify the conflict?

To put it bluntly, I was too confident, overestimated my own advantages, and simplified the situation in Liaodong, thinking that the victory or defeat depends on the front battlefield. Unfortunately, Fu Yu was not Zhongshan, and he solved all the problems by capturing the royal city. On the contrary, the problem has just begun. Gongsun Du won consecutive battles, but the problem was not solved at all, but it expanded.

Sun Ce ordered people to invite Guo Jia, Liu Ye, and Ju Su to discuss countermeasures.

Before the discussion, Zhuge Jin introduced the situation in Liaodong in detail. Looking at the topographic map and listening to Zhuge Jin's introduction, Guo Jia did not react much, but Liu Ye and Ju Su changed his face. They had a relatively simple understanding of Liaodong before. After listening to Zhuge Jin's introduction, they realized that the problem in Liaodong was not a problem of time and place, but a long-term problem, and they had to be discussed for a long time.

"Everyone, if you have any physiognomy, you might as well speak freely." Sun Ce looked at the people in front of him and felt much more at ease. With so many talents, he didn't believe that it would not be able to solve the problem in Liaodong.

Guo Jia spoke first, shaking his feather fan and said, "Gongsun Du is too impulsive and is not suitable for being the General Du Liao again. Take this opportunity to dismiss him."

Sun Ce nodded. This was a good opportunity to transfer Gongsun Du from Liaodong. He has been in Liaodong for so many years, and even with him in Liaodong, Taishi Ci and Dong Xi could not let go. "Who is suitable to take over as General Du Liao?"

"Yan Xing."

Sun Ce weighed for a moment and agreed to use Yan Xing as one of the candidates. Yan Xing is an excellent cavalry general, and he is calm in his work and should be able to handle the important tasks of General Du Liao.

Guo Jia asked again: "Ziyu, something happened in Liaodong, what is the response plan for Taishi Ziyi?"

Zhuge Jin bowed and said to his favor. Taishi Ci did prepare a solution, but there was such a big problem in the defense area he was responsible for. He first had to apologize and wait for the handling, rather than propose a solution. If Sun Ce wanted to remove him from his position, his plan would have no meaning.

Taishici's idea is very simple: use defense instead of attack, first rectify the internal affairs, eliminate the Wuhuan people in the vassal state of Liaodong, and uproot the Wuhuan tyrants who are causing trouble. Fuyu people and Xianbei people are all small problems. They will fight when they come and don't have to chase after them when they leave. They will close the Hu market in a targeted manner. It won't take long to give in and clean up slowly when the time comes.

"Can this work? Is it too showing weakness?" Liu Ye asked in confusion.

Zhuge Jin smiled and bowed. "Mr. Liu doesn't know that the Hu people value profit and neglect honor and disgrace, and they should not care too much about face when dealing with them. If they promote their troops because of their anger and anger, they go deep into the grassland and flee when they look at the wind, our army is exhausted and has no results, and they will be ridiculed by them. It is better to use calmness to control their movements and drive them with the benefits of the Hu market, which is a long-term solution."

"Will the businessmen be affected by closing the city of Hu?"

"There will be some impact, but not serious. We are just targeting those tribes that cause trouble, and not all tribes are treated equally. The Hu people are profit-oriented. If they have such an opportunity, they will never let it go. It is inevitable that they can make a profit by raising prices. The Grand Historian has communicated with the merchants in the Central Plains and plans to accept their goods and distribute them to the families of the casualties as pensions."

Zhuge Jin took out a detailed plan and sent it to Sun Ce. After Sun Ce, he breathed a sigh of relief and transferred it to Guo Jia and others to visit one by one. After Guo Jia finished reading it, he exchanged glances with Sun Ce and showed a knowing smile. Taishi Ci had the determination and did not mess up his innocence. Instead, he took this opportunity to clean up Liaodong and did not disappoint Sun Ce's hope for him. Sun Ce even suspected that Taishi Ci had received the news long ago, pretending to be ignorant, waiting for Gongsun Du to make a mistake in order to take this opportunity to drive Gongsun Du out of Liaodong.

In terms of strategic thinking, Taishici and Gongsun Du have always had differences, but they were not reflected on their faces.

"The Military Advisory Department will discuss it carefully." Sun Ce ordered.

Guo Jia responded and said, "King, since Taishi Ci cannot move west for the time being, the matter of Yuyang cannot be delayed. The king should take it personally."

Sun Ce turned to look at Liu Ye and Ju Su. "What about your opinions?"

Liu Ye bowed and said, "It's not advisable to delay, I support Guo Jijiu's opinion."

Ju Su pondered for a moment. "Liu Xiuzhong is not worth worrying about. What he really has to worry about is Dai County and Shanggu. Autumn and winter are approaching, and Xianbei people and Wuhuan people may take advantage of the situation. Since the king has arrived in person, he might as well consider Youji and pacify it in one fell swoop, so as to avoid future troubles."

Sun Ce was very pleased. Although the three of them had different starting points, their general ideas were still similar, and their horizons were not limited to Liaodong, but looking at the entire Youzhou and even the entire Hebei was just right.

"Immediately convene all the personnel of the Military Advisory Department and the generals above the Central Army Command. Gongyou, this time you will design the plan as an induction assessment. This is not for anyone. The military advisor must go through this step in joining the military advisor, and Ziyang is no exception. Speaking of which, Ziyang's plan can be the first class A in the Military Advisory Department."

A hint of pride flashed in Liu Ye's eyes. Sun Ce mentioned this matter specifically, which made him feel very comfortable. Not only did he have no objection to Ju Su being responsible for the design plan, but he was more expectant. He wanted to see what kind of clever strategies this famous Hebei scholar had and whether he could get a high-level class.
Chapter completed!