Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 288
"4000 men and horses."

When Wang Zheng was asked about this, he was naturally mentally prepared, and he handed over his hands to explain: "The state shepherd doesn't know something."

But Yuan Shu smiled and said, "There are so many? This is beyond my expectation."

As he said that, he asked again with concern: "The Marquis heard from Lord Yan that just before departure, the imperial bandit Fangke Taishan County was shortly after, there were bandits making trouble inside, and Cao Cao was watching outside. If you don't keep more soldiers and horses, you should be careful." Turn into an elbow and armpit."

Forehead.
Seeing that he took the initiative to bring up the reasons he had thought up, Wang Zheng had no choice but to change his words: "Thank you Zhou Mu for your concern, but before Zheng left, he happened to go to Pengcheng to discuss the contract with Cao Cao's envoys, and stayed The general is guarding, so it should be fine."

"Then you need to be more careful." Yuan Shu nodded and said, "This son has always been capricious, and he is not a person who keeps promises! Don't be careless."

His words were honest and earnest, but his wording was quite ugly, especially the phrase "a person who honors promises". Even though he knew that it was not an insinuation, Wang Zheng still felt a little embarrassed, and couldn't help laughing: "Zheng also has something to say." For the layout, all the cities in Taishan County adjacent to Jibei have gathered heavy troops."

"Okay, okay, okay," Yuan Shu praised greatly: "I was a little worried at first, after all, young heroes are usually proud and arrogant, and they will always make the mistake of underestimating the enemy because of their arrogance. It’s different, it’s quite calm.”

He asked again: "Since you started the uprising, there have been many military incidents. Are there any shortages of food, grass and supplies?"

Nonsense, of course it is missing!
Although he thought so, Wang Zheng was a little suspicious. There is no free lunch in the world. Hearing Yuan Shu's words, could he still send money and food?

But what is the purpose? Could it be that he, Yuan Gonglu, thinks money is hot and likes to be a boy who spreads money?
With a sudden change in his mind, because he couldn't figure out the other party's intentions, he didn't want to talk directly, and said: "I have gained a lot in Qingzhou before, so far, there is nothing to worry about in terms of luggage."

"For the time being, it's still not enough!" Yuan Shu waved his hand, and said boldly: "We are allies, so we should watch out for each other and help each other. How about this, long and short weapons, I will give you a thousand pieces first, and Yangzhou also lacks armor and war horses." , according to the ration of 300 people."

"Benhou wanted to go north to welcome the emperor, but now the rear is not stable, so I have to put it on hold for now. I can only tell you that the trip was in vain. If there is nothing else, you can return to Xuzhou with these soldiers and horses."

Wang Zheng was surprised by these words, he couldn't help being stunned, he didn't know how to answer for a while.

During this trip, Wang Zheng is full of confidence. One is that he has seen through Yuan Shu's intention of inviting him to Yangzhou, and the other is because of his previous life. Knowing Yuan Shu's end, he has some contempt in his bones after all. other side.

To put it bluntly, he first started an incident in Qingzhou, and then took the initiative to provoke the side to conquer Mount Tai, but Cao Cao had no choice but to take the initiative to seek peace. Wei Wu is still like this. Why did you ever pay attention to it?

It's just that today's other party's behavior has made him confused, and he can't see through it, let alone guess it.

Seeing that he was silent, Yuan Shu took the initiative to change the topic: "By the way, Yu Kou, do you know the current situation in Chang'an?"

How does Chang'an matter to me? Although I thought so, I said in my mouth: "The government is in Xuzhou. I haven't heard about world affairs for a long time. I just want to ask the state pastor for advice."

"At the beginning of this month, as far as this Marquis knows, the emperor has decided to return to Luoyang."

In the first year of Xingping, there was a great famine in Guanzhong, and Li Jue and others robbed the grain that Emperor Xian was supposed to use for disaster relief as military pay.

Even after Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and others tossed about like this, the people in Guanzhong couldn't survive at all. At this time, the ordinary people generally have only two choices.

One is to oppose, and the other is to escape.

They chose the latter, and most of them moved to Jingzhou, Hanzhong, and Yizhou in the south, creating a certain degree of population support conditions for the future tripartite confrontation.

In the second year of Xingping, Qinchuan, eight hundred miles away, was about to be completely destroyed. The so-called "50 grains, 20 beans and wheat, people eat each other, bones are left, and the roads are full of filth."

There are too many bandits and not enough good people.

Since there was nothing to snatch from outside, and Guo Bang and Fan Chou posed a threat to Li Jue's status as a big boss, the Xiliang Army directly broke out in an internal firefight.

In the early spring, when Wang Zhengping was in Xuzhou, Fan Chou also wanted to lead his troops out of the customs. If he stayed here again, he would starve to death. However, Li Jue suddenly got into trouble and asked his nephew Hu Feng to stab Fan Chou to death at a temporary meeting. , First annexed Fan Chou's army.

His lips were dead and his teeth were cold, Guo Bang was afraid, so he decided to strike first, and the two sides began to fight directly. The battle lasted for several months, and tens of thousands of people died.

Emperor Xian was afraid that it would harm the fish in the pond, so he sent people to mediate, but neither side responded. At the beginning of spring in March, Li Xian, Li's nephew, surrounded the palace with thousands of soldiers and took Emperor Xian to the barracks. Then Li Jue's army entered the palace and robbed the maids and property, and set fire to the palace and the government.

Emperor Xian sent ministers to Guo Bang to mediate the conflict between Li and Guo, but if you kidnap the emperor, I will snatch high-ranking officials. Pu Hanrong and other high-ranking officials who came to make peace were all detained in the camp as hostages. After the hostages were tied up, the two sides continued to fight.

With the escalation of Li Guo's civil strife, Dong Zhuo's military strength began to collapse.

Not only is the strength greatly lost in internal friction, but also there are a considerable proportion of Qiang and Hu soldiers in the Taishi trilogy, and the ethnic minorities have to charge money to do things.

Taishi Dong has prestige, and if he has no money, he can use his face to pay a bad check first, but Li and Guo have no such face. In fact, the main reason for robbing the palace later is to pay these mercenaries.

Later, Guo Si secretly instigated Li Jue's younger brother Zhang Bao, and Yang Feng, the leader of another faction, quit.

Yang Feng was Qu Commander of the Yellow Turban Army from Baibo Valley in Bingzhou. He was not in the same way as the Northwest Army. Later, he was recruited by Dong Zhuo.

In the original history, he conspired to kill Li Jue at the end of June of that year after Zhang Bao completely surrendered to Guo Bang and Li Jue's power was greatly weakened.

But at this time, the history of the Great Han Dynasty has changed. Wang Zheng and Xu He made disturbances in Shandong one after another. Zhang Bao rebelled at the same time.

At the end of April, after tens of thousands of lives were lost in the three-way melee, another leader of the Northwest Army, Zhang Ji, rushed back from Hongnong and began to persuade him to make peace.

Li and Guo just stopped for a few days, and the Qiang Hu started to fight for wages again. We beat Li Jue for so long and killed so many people, so we rushed to pay money. Li Jue had no choice but to avoid them. These ethnic minorities had no choice but to Next, go directly to Emperor Xian.

(General Li promised the beauties in my palace, are they all safe now?)

At the helpless hand of Emperor Xian, there was a loud noise in the sky, and the future number one poison warrior of the Three Kingdoms appeared on the stage.

There is no record in the history books how Jia Xu persuaded these savages. Anyway, he had a meal alone, did not pay a dime, and painted a cake. Go away unlucky.

(Xu Nai Mihu Qiang and Hu Dashuai ate it, and Xu Yi was ennobled and treasured, so they were all attracted. Jue became weak from this)

Xu Yi is a noble and important treasure
Xu Yi's two words are worth savoring carefully.

This is Jia Wenhe's ability. No matter who or what he faces in his life, this person is always calm, effortless, and frighteningly relaxed and calm.

Li Jue, whose strength was greatly weakened again, found that it seemed that he could not continue to fight, and he would not be able to fight any more, so he had to agree to reconcile with Guo Si. (Jue waits for peace, the son of heaven, protects the ministers, boasting of strength)
Then director Jia Da began to promote the plot.

After a month-long bandit mediation meeting, the Northwest warlords reached a consensus that this uninhabited land in Guanzhong is now dead, and they must not stay there anymore!
So Li Jue led troops to settle in Chiyang (Jingyang), and the remaining Dong clan leaders brought Emperor Xian back to Luoyang for development.

After listening to Yuan Shu's eloquent talk, Wang Zheng didn't speak for a while.

The first question he thought of was not how much threat Han Xiandi would bring to his future self if he was one step closer to Cao Cao.It was Yuan Shu who was farther away than himself, and knew such detailed information. On the contrary, he had no news at all!
Another point is that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty is not only precarious now, but also a group of thieves who are disobedient and criminals. How can he be willing to issue an edict recommending the yellow scarf rebel as the governor of a state at this time?
If it was just doubts before, it is now certain that the edict must have been imitated by Yuan Shu and issued by Yangzhou!

Thinking of this, Wang Zheng raised his head and glanced at Yuan Shu. The Skeleton King has become so presumptuous. Could it be that he is about to proclaim himself emperor?
Is it at this time in history, or is the change brought about by my time travel ahead of time?

Seeing that the other party still looked like a loyal minister who worried about the country and the people, obviously waiting for him to speak up and suppress the surging thoughts, Wang Zheng secretly decided that the intelligence work of the arresting and robbery department must be strengthened as soon as possible!

It's a bit uncomfortable to feel blinded with your eyes open.

He asked cooperatively: "On the way back to the east, thief Li is far away from the emperor's side, so he should be fine. Zhou Mu, where is the emperor now?"

Yuan Shu didn't answer first, and asked Yang Hong to spread out the map, and called everyone to come forward, and immediately pointed out: "This Marquis also just got the news recently, the Son of Heaven set off at the beginning of the month, and the emperor's travels can't be as fast as ours. I'm afraid it should still be in Jingzhao Yin, either Baling or Xinfeng."

"From Chang'an to Luoyang, it's only a mere eight hundred miles." Wang Zheng mused, "It will take three or four months if it is slow, and forty or fifty days if it is fast. It should be able to reach the Eastern Capital."

Calculated in this way, if Yuan Shu set out from Yangzhou at this time, he would be able to cut him halfway.

Why did he take the initiative to mention letting him return to Xuzhou at this time? What is his intention?
But Yuan Shu asked again: "Yu Kou, in your opinion, how will the heroes of the world react after learning about this matter?"

Is it still up to me? In history, it seems that Cao Cao missed it because other people, especially Yuan Shao, disliked Xiandi, right?

"Except for Yuan Shao, most people are beyond their reach, so they have a heart of flattery. It's hard to overcome mountains and rivers." After thinking about it, he replied like this.

Yuan Shu slapped the table and laughed loudly: "That's right, that's exactly the case."

"The ones closest to Luoyang are Jizhou and Yanzhou."

"It's just that I know that Yuan Benchu ​​has always disliked the emperor. In the past, Dong Zhuo wanted to abolish the young emperor, so he fell out with him and even stayed away from Luoyang."

"Following the example, Cao Aman naturally wouldn't make any claims."

"As for You and Xu, Gongsun Zan is hard to protect himself, and Liu Xuande is unstable, even if he wants to, he is powerless."

"Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Zhang of Yizhou, the former has lost his ambition, while the latter is cowardly and foolhardy. They are both only trying to protect themselves, and they dare not get involved."

Then you are thinking wrong, Yuan Shao is not willing, maybe Cao Cao is not.

But naturally Wang Zheng would not say these words, he just smiled and said, "Zhou Muguo hits the nail on the head, and it hits the nail on the head."

"Looking at today's world, I'm afraid only Zhou Mu remembers to hang on to the emperor, and he has the meaning of loyalty."

"Yes." Yuan Shu sighed suddenly, and said, "It's just that although I have such a heart, it's just like what Yu Kou said. After all, manpower is limited, and it's hard to overcome mountains and rivers."

"It's more than that." At this time, Zhao Xun interjected with a worried face: "My lord, according to the report from the spies ahead, there have been frequent mobilizations of soldiers and horses in Qu'e recently, and the thief Liu Yao may have the intention of violating our territory."

"Liu Yao?" Hearing this name, Yuan Shu's face darkened, and he said, "The newly defeated army has lost courage, Zhao Xun, you see Bo Fu defeating the enemy and making great achievements on the battlefield, why don't you imitate him? On the contrary, you are so afraid of fighting?"

"It's not that the last general is afraid of war." Zhao Xun quickly explained: "It's because Liu Yao was defeated by Bo Fu not long ago. If he invades at this time, he will take revenge for his shame. It must have been prepared for a long time, and the army has been informed."

"Furthermore, although Bo Fu won consecutive battles, there were unexpected reasons. The winners were all guards from various places, and they had never fought against Liu Yao's Danyang elite."

"Besides." After a pause, Zhao Xun said: "According to the report from the spies, Liu Yao has acquired a new general today, with excellent swords and halberds. It is said that he has the courage of all men, and he should not be underestimated!"

At this time, Yan Xiang, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "What General Zhao said is not unreasonable. Dan Yang's soldiers are famous all over the world for their bravery, and they are indeed a great threat."

"If Liu Yao is not dealt with, he will always be on his back. Don't act rashly, let alone go thousands of miles away to please the emperor."

"Now today, it can be said that the time has come!"

"Oh?" Hearing these words, everyone's eyes turned to Yan Xiang, and Yuan Shu even took the initiative to ask: "How do you say that?"

I saw Yan Xiang said seriously: "Liu Yao is indeed a strong enemy, so he has been able to stand side by side with Zhou Mu in Jiangdong for a long time. If it is really difficult to defeat him with our army alone, even if we can win, it may be a miserable victory of self-destruction. .”

"But now" he said, Yan Xiang pointed at Wang Zheng, and said with a smile: "It's no longer fighting alone."

coming!

Wang Zheng knew that Xirou had finally appeared on the stage, and he immediately understood that it was all nonsense to let him return, but the other party just gave a gift, so he had to pretend to be superficial, and said: "The state shepherd treats me very well. If it is useful for politics, I will act like a dog work."

"Haha." Yuan Shu couldn't help laughing: "Yu Kou, no matter how elite your soldiers are, three to four thousand soldiers, after all, it has nothing to do with the overall situation, how can it help me defeat this great enemy?"

Now, that's what you said yourself.

"Although the soldiers are weak." Wang Zheng said: "If Zhou Mu is in a hurry, he should go all out."

At this time Yang Hong also said: "It is enough for the governor Wang to have this kind of heart. My lord, according to Hong, our army is now strong, and it is indeed not easy to put down Liu Yao. Even a miserable victory is not worth the loss."

"Since this is the case, why not strengthen yourself first."

"How to strengthen yourself?" Yuan Shu asked.

"Self-improvement is nothing more than expanding the borders to accommodate the population and wealth. What's more, there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in people. General Tiangong is the emperor's own governor of Xuzhou. Liu Bei's position is wrong, and he should be attacked! This is the same desire of our two families. , common benefit."

Hearing this, Yuan Shu couldn't help but looked at Wang Zheng and asked, "Yu Kou, what do you think?"

In the name of attacking Liu Bei, let me help you take down Pi, Guangling?

This was expected before Wang Zheng came, and he said: "As Master Yang said, Zheng also deeply agrees."

The neighbor changed from Liu Bei to Yuan Shu, even if the other party got the three counties of Xuzhou first, Wang Zheng felt that the deal was a good deal.

Of course, the premise is that the opponent's Yangzhou army is the main force.

Yuan Shu chuckled and said, "If we want to attack Xuzhou, the matter is very important, and it cannot be decided in a hurry. Later, the Marquis will call all the ministers to discuss and make a plan."

Immediately, he looked at Wang Zheng again, and suddenly said, "Yu Kou, you are also a talented general. In your opinion, if you want to attack Xu, should you take Guangling first, or Xiapi?"

What does this mean?
Shouchun is in the north of Jiujiang County, and it is adjacent to Xiapi. Don't say that it is a big taboo for military strategists to seek far away. Even if you want to attack Guangling first, you also have to pass Xiapi.

He couldn't figure out the meaning of this question for a while, so he laughed: "Soldiers are a big deal, and politics also need to think about it."

Yuan Shu nodded: "It should be so."

It seemed that at this point, his purpose had been accomplished, and he yawned immediately. Wang Zheng immediately understood that the next topic was their internal topic, so he left.

(End of this chapter)