Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 257 What Can't Be Added (4K)

After talking about the situation in Yanzhou here, Mi Heng also became interested and asked about Jizhou.

This is not just out of personal grudges.

Xuzhou is located in the eastern corner of Shenzhou. There is a saying in chess: golden horn, silver edge, and grass belly. The outcome of Go is ultimately based on who occupies the largest territory, not who captures more pieces. This is the same as the principle of competing in the world. And together, so in terms of location, Xuzhou is a first-class place for Longxing.

However, except for the side facing the sea, it is surrounded by Yan, Yu, Yang, and Qing, and closes up and down. It is not easy for Wang Zheng to rely on this place to develop.

Although Jizhou does not directly border Xuzhou, there is Yuan Shao's influence in Qingzhou, and Cao Cao in Jizhou is his younger brother. In addition, his general Wen Chou has just fallen into the hands of Wang Zheng, so he is also one of the potential opponents.

You Heng is arrogant by nature and has a high self-esteem. Although this character is not pleasing, he does have a strategy. He is also very clear that if he avenges the family, fulfills the oath he made, and kills Yuan Shao, the only hope is to rely on , is to let the power of Wangzheng continue to grow stronger,
Even if a behemoth like the Yuan family in Runan is to be razed, what is needed is not only to make Wang Zheng a powerful leader.

If you are not the son of Emperor Jiuyan and the co-lord of the world, you are not enough to accomplish such a great event.

If you don't accumulate steps, you can reach a thousand miles. If you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world?
If you want to conquer the world, you must occupy one side, and if you want to occupy one side, you must seize a state. If you want to seize a state, you must strive for self-improvement internally, and know the enemy's reality externally.

"Yuan Benchu." Sun Ce thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Zhengping is afraid that he will raise troops to attack? Shouldn't it be so, this person is probably focusing all his thoughts on Youzhou now."

"Yuan Shao wants to meet Gongsun Zan again?" You Heng was taken aback: "Didn't the emperor say peace at the beginning of the year and the two sides stopped fighting?"

"Son of Heaven?" Sun Ce sneered, but didn't continue, just said: "The so-called one moment is the other moment."

"Before the end of the month, Zhoumu received news that Youzhou was engaged in Xianyufu to entangle the state soldiers. He wanted to avenge Youzhou Mu Liu Yu and recommended Yan Rou as Wuhuan Sima. Yan Rou recruited Hu and Han people and won tens of thousands of soldiers. , attacked Yuyang, and beheaded four thousand people, and Zou Dan, the prefect of Yuyang under Gongsun Zan, was also beheaded and killed for him!"

"Xian Yufu joined forces with more than [-] Hu cavalry including King Wuhuanqiao to meet Liu Yu's son Liu He in the south, and wanted to attack him again!"

"Gongsun Zan is currently in Youzhou surrounded by powerful enemies outside, and has lost all support inside. How could Yuan Benchu ​​let go of this golden opportunity?"

"It is expected that he will take the opportunity to send troops to rob Youzhou!"

As he said that, Sun Ce's smile faded, he sighed, looked to the north, and said in a deep voice: "The righteousness of the white horse has been accomplished, and Gongsun Bogui's bravery in the Bohai Sea is long gone."

Wang Zheng beside him touched his nose in embarrassment.

He knew that Sun Ce's words should be purely emotional, without any sarcasm, but he is also a member of the Yellow Turban now, and the embarrassment of his predecessors is naturally shameful.

In the second year of Chuping (191), Qingzhou's 30 Yellow Turban Army attacked Bohai Sea and wanted to join the Black Mountain Army. Gongsun Zan led 2 troops on foot to break through the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army in Dongguangnan, beheading more than [-] soldiers.

The Qingzhou army fled frightened, abandoned all their luggage, and ran across the river.Gongsun Zan waited for them to attack halfway across the river, and defeated the Yellow Turban Army again. Tens of thousands of people were killed, more than [-] were captured, and there were countless vehicles and belongings.

After this battle, General Baima's prestige reached the peak of his life.

Anyway, one of the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms counts as one, and most of them started their careers stepping on the yellow scarf.

Since Yuan Shao's focus is on Youzhou in the short term, Wang Zheng and Mi Heng no longer pay attention to it. Thinking of the strange dream he had before rushing to help Kaiyang, Wang Zheng's heart moved, and he seemed to say unintentionally: "Brother Bofu, I wonder if I have heard of Liu Bei. others?"

Hearing this, Sun Ce's tiger eyes sparkled immediately, staring at Wang Zheng for a while, seeing that he seemed to be asking casually, he smiled and said, "Mr. Xuande?"

"Ce is also a martial artist, how can he not know the beautiful story of the three heroes at Hulaoguan and Lv Bu, this benevolent gentleman has certainly heard of it."

"However, although Duke Xuande is a hero, he is not a hero, and now he is only a mere commander in the plains. How could the general suddenly ask him?"

"Bo Fu is a warrior, so is Zheng." Feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at by him, Wang Zheng explained casually: "For such a hero, it is inevitable to be curious."

But he kept Sun Ce's weird reaction in his heart.

"Speaking of it, if you want to talk about major events today, it's not worth mentioning." Sun Ce looked around at the crowd and sighed: "The biggest event still happened in Chang'an."

"Oh?" Wang Zheng became interested and asked, "How do you say that?"

"At the New Year's Eve of last year, after Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and others hijacked the emperor to attack Chang'an, the two thieves fell into internal fighting. It has only been three months since then, but there have been several vicious fights. Not to mention tens of thousands of dead. The palaces, government offices, and private houses are all gone at once."

"During the struggle between the two, they actually held the emperor back and forth like a plaything, isolating the inside and outside. Thinking about this matter deeply, I feel both hateful and pathetic!"

Hearing this, Wang Zheng also remained silent.

Most of the subjugated kings of the past dynasties took the blame for themselves, and they were despicable and shameful. Only Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty had a strong sense of sadness, which made future generations sigh after reading it.

They may not be heroic masters, but they are definitely not tyrants. The two great dynasties died at the hands of the two.

"Since Zhou Mu knows about this matter, he doesn't know how to deal with it." Wang Zheng asked, "You can't just sit back and watch Emperor Xian face difficulties and ignore it, right?"

Hearing this, Sun Ce's face flashed with greenness, which was fleeting. After a long silence, he forced a smile and said, "Zhou Mu is far away in Yangzhou, so it is said that far away water cannot save near fire."

"That's right." Wang Zheng smiled, and took the initiative to round up the words: "The Holy Son of Heaven, with the blessing of Bailing, will surely bring good luck in the event of death, and turn every calamity into good luck."

"I hope so." Sun Ce laughed loudly.

It's just that this laughter, for the first time, has a cold meaning, which sounds creepy.

In the middle of the night, after the banquet, watching Mi Zhu's figure in the distance, Wang Zheng exchanged a few words with Sun Ce, and asked Yu Jin's relatives to send him to the selected mansion, but immediately turned around and walked towards the pavilion.

Mi Heng hasn't left yet, and is waiting for him here.

At the banquet today, apart from asking Yuan Shao in the middle, the rest of the time this madman was taciturn and silent, but now he was half leaning on the bed, leaning against the window, holding a bamboo slip, drinking tea and shaking his fan, he was quite content .

Wang Zheng joked, "Isn't it true that scholars like to be alone? Why do people change so much?"

He didn't mind that Mi Heng was weak, so he did it himself, brought a chair, and sat opposite.He waved his hand and ordered the maids and soldiers to retreat.

Mi Heng put down the book and said with a smile: "Seven Emotions are convenient not because of the number of people, but because of the person, just like the lord's smile at the banquet is because of facing Sun Ce."

"Others smile at each other, but I greet myself with a smile." Wang Zheng smiled and said, "Besides, Sun Bofu is indeed a character."

"This son's aspirations are not small." Mi Heng nodded, fully agreeing: "I am not a generation who has lived under others for a long time."

You have a good eye for a cannonball, and you are quite accurate in judging people.

After thinking for a while, Wang Zheng asked: "This time Yuan Shufang's messenger is Sun Ce, is it Yuan Shu's order?"

"No." Mi Heng replied, "Sun Ce volunteered himself."

"That's interesting." Wang Zheng leaned on the railing and looked down leisurely, admiring the night, and asked:
"How can such a tiny place like Kaiyang attract people like this?"

"Heng has been traveling all the way, and he often thinks about it, but he can't understand it." Mi Heng rarely showed confusion:
"Although Sun Ce's official position is not high, he is brave and good at fighting. He is one of Yuan Shu's generals at this time. To be a mere messenger is really overkill."

"To serve others first, to obey oneself, to discuss others first, to discuss things." Wang Zheng smiled slightly: "Since I don't know what its purpose is, whether it is good or evil, we might as well discuss other things first."

"Sir, at today's banquet, if you stand on the sidelines, can you gain something?"

Throughout the night, Wang Zheng kept chatting with Sun Ce, giving wine and persuading food. Although he had discovered something, he hadn't thought about it, let alone glimpsed the whole picture, but Mi Heng was different.

"My lord's words are very true." Mi Heng said: "When I come to the banquet at night, Yuan Shu will give you three gifts. Heng also has three doubts."

After taking a sip of tea, Mi Heng closed his folding fan, tapped his palm, and talked eloquently:

"Recommending the lord to be the governor of Xuzhou is too presumptuous, one of which is suspicious."

"Pretentiously abandoning half of the county, and even seducing him with his beloved daughter, and wanting the general to seize the East China Sea eagerly, it can be said to be obvious, and the second is suspicious."

"Finally, he took the initiative to mention Chang'an, the Son of Heaven, knowing that the lord started the incident in the name of the Yellow Turban, and in the name of anti-Han, why did he mention it in person? The third is suspicious."

Listening, Wang Zheng also frowned, lost in thought.

In fact, he also thought of these three points, but it's useless to have doubts, you need to find out the answer.

It must also be the correct answer.

"If you want to take it, you must give it first." He pondered for a while, then said slowly:
"Since Yuan Shu is willing to give up Donghai to me, he must hope to obtain something more valuable through this matter!"

"There is only one state that is more valuable than half a county."

One word awakened the dreamer, and Mi Heng's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he clasped the folding fan heavily in the palm of his hand:
"My lord, there is something more precious than a state!"

Surprised, Wang Zheng suddenly got up and followed the prestige.

But seeing Mi Heng staring at him, he said word by word: "Jiangshan!"

"Thousands of miles!"

"General, Heng has figured it out, the three doubts are actually the same cause!" Mi Heng said solemnly: "Yuan Shu has the heart of disobedience, and wants to stand on his own!"

Not bad!

Wang Zheng's heart was clear. The Skeleton King's return to the bandit like him must be in the near future, following the original track of history, and arrogating himself as emperor.

Yuan Gonglu's family is going to be the No. [-] rebel in Tianzi, so he doesn't mind overstepping the rules. The so-called Xuzhou is just talking about it at this time, and Wang Zhengben has won nearly half of Xuzhou anyway.

As for Sun Ce's initiative to mention Chang'an, it is even hinting to him that the emperor of the Han Dynasty is like this, and it is reasonable for us to rebel.

It is also normal and reasonable to take the initiative to propose marriage.

From Qingzhou to Xuzhou, Wang Zheng's achievements along the way have been astonishing. It is impossible for any force to inquire about him a little bit and know the whole story.

He has elite soldiers and is capable of fighting. Once he really wins the land of the three counties, he will be absolutely powerful.

Before proclaiming himself emperor, Yuan Shu's calculation was not shrewd in exchanging a woman for Wang Zheng's support.

However, Wang Zheng hesitated.

Sun Ce's gaffe when he mentioned Chang'an and the Son of Heaven today made him aware that once Yuan Shu became emperor in the future, Sun Ce would be the first to rebel against him!

This is to remind Wang Zheng that Yuan Shu's future is gloomy.

The daughter of the Yuan family in Runan, the daughter of a state shepherd, is the most suitable candidate for a wife in the eyes of others. She looks like a big woman, and she is betrothed to Wang Zheng, a grass-roots bandit. .

But in Wang Zheng's eyes
At this time, Mrs. Yuan is just a little kid, and when she is an adult, Yuan Shu's bones will probably be completely cold.

That's why she married herself.
After thinking wildly for a while, Wang Zheng restrained himself and shook his head: "It's still not right."

Seeing that Ni Heng was displeased, and was about to speak, Wang Zheng waved his hand and said, "What you said, Mr. Yuan Shu wants to be self-reliant, I would have no doubts about it."

"But I can't explain why he wants me to fetch the East China Sea so eagerly!"

Mi Heng was startled, but also lowered his head to think.

"Leave him alone for the time being." Wang Zheng was straightforward, thinking about it if he couldn't figure it out: "No matter what his intentions are, Dong Hai, I have decided not to move for the time being."

"Now the point is, if Yuan Shuru really proclaims himself emperor, what do you think, what should I do?"

Hearing this, Mi Heng lifted his spirits, and instead of answering, he asked back with a smile: "What do you want, my lord?"

"What do I want?"

Staring at Mi Heng for a while, Wang Zheng took a deep breath, and an inexplicable brilliance suddenly radiated from his face: "Sir, you just said that thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are far more valuable than a state and a place. I think so, then"

"In this world, in this world, is there anything more precious than it?"

Looking at Wang Zheng's radiant face at this moment, You Heng looked a little dazed, all kinds of thoughts came to his mind, it was a mess, he couldn't think about it anymore, he just stood up, bowed deeply, and said solemnly : "My lord."

"There is nothing to add!"

"That's it."

Wang Zheng nodded, walked in front of the window, stretched out a palm, raised it high, and spread it out, letting the air currents whizzing and circling in it from all directions.

After a long time, amidst the crackling sound of joints, palms turned into fists.

As if tightly grasping something invisible.

"If there is nothing to add," he closed his eyes, held his breath, and said in a single word: "I can do whatever I want!"

The young man revealed his ambitions, and Ni Heng couldn't help but burst out laughing, his handsome face was full of joy: "Since that's the case, my lord, Yuan Shu should have two ways to deal with himself. One is in front of us, and the other is in the future."

When it came to business, Wang Zheng stopped pretending and asked, "What is the present? What is the future?"

"Watch and help each other, for the present, for the pioneer of the king, and for the future."

Wang Zheng understood and nodded repeatedly.

When Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, according to the future history, he would be surrounded by renunciation and morality, and the whole world would attack him, and finally he would be defeated and die.

It's just that other people can crusade, and they can lie on Yuan Shu's corpse to knock the bones and suck the marrow.

Only he, the yellow scarf thief, wants to help.

Even if the final defeat cannot be saved, Yuan Shu's demise must be made later than in the original history.

The later the better.

This is a scapegoat who can help him attract firepower.

As for the Herald
But Mi Heng said solemnly: "For the future, we can form alliances, but we must never become ministers."

"Yuan Shu's daughter must never be married!"

Wang Zheng clapped his hands and nodded, his words were also in line with his wishes.

After getting along during this time, he became more and more satisfied with Mi Heng.

Although there are flaws in personality, and problems such as not being able to control the mouth, but the small details are damaged, it does not hinder the great talent, Mi Heng can find problems, and even solve them. Such a talent, I have to thank Yuan Shao for being able to enter his hands. .

Joyful in his heart, he took the initiative to pour herbal tea on him, poured the hot one, and even served it with his own hands, solemnly saying:

"Mr. Wude, it's a great honor to listen to Ming's instructions!"

it is more than words.Mi Heng also got up quickly, and took it with a smile: "Heng is such a madman, without the master's vastness, others can't tolerate it!"

This is the truth, compared to that Huang Zu who killed you, I still have some measure in myself.

Wang Zheng couldn't help laughing out loud.

Before you know it, the night will pass.

The Jade Rabbit goes, and the Golden Crow comes.

(End of this chapter)