Three Kingdoms: The Yellow Turbans finally revolt

Chapter 226 Take the Hejian Straight to Plan Anping

Above the banquet, it was fun.

All the people present were acquaintances. After having a drink together, Liu Qing introduced Cui Yan to everyone. Those who Liu Qing brought back were able to sit in the main seats. No one would underestimate Cui Yan.

However, Cui Yan was quite disturbed in his heart, he never thought that he would be able to sit with Xun Shuang, a well-known master of Confucian classics.

Unexpectedly, Xun Shuang was actually his lord's father-in-law.

After drinking for three rounds, the gossip and greetings were over, Liu Qing began to put the topic above the serious business, and now Sili is still fighting, it can be said to be in full swing.

Xun Yu was the first to speak: "My lord, the Kwantung Allied Forces have entered Sili. Changsha prefect Sun Jian is in the vanguard. Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin is behind. At this time, I am afraid that Dong Zhuo has already started a war. In two days, we will reach Bohai Sea. In addition, According to news from Luoyang, Ma Teng and Han Sui's troops have arrived in Shangluo."

Ma Teng and Han Sui are also coming soon, so the Kwantung Allied Forces may hardly have an impact on Dong Zhuo, and if Dong Zhuo can maintain the stability of the Luoyang government, he will not go to the point where his mentality collapses and becomes bloodthirsty.

The key is, he doesn't float away.

As for the heroes of the Guandong, this time, let alone Luo Yang, I am afraid that even Hulao Pass will not be able to enter.

I don't know if Sun Jian will still perform exceptionally well.

"There is a lot of war in the Central Plains, so I will first manage the counties in Jizhou. Now it is late March, and the spring plowing is coming to an end. Wen Ruo, do you know how the spring plowing is in Anping County and Hejian State?" Liu Qing asked.

"Returning to my lord, the spring farming in the two places is difficult to describe in one word. The land in Anping County is mostly a powerful land, while Hejian County was too severely damaged by the Yellow Turbans before, so most of them are abandoned." Have paid attention to.

"Do you have any ideas about taking these two counties?" Liu Qing asked again.

"After Cao Cao left, Hejian Kingdom was in a state of emptiness. The king of Hejian, Liu Xing, was weak and did not care about government affairs. The lord of Hejian Kingdom only needs to order one capable official, send several civilian assistant officials to the post, and then ask Luoyang for a You can easily take over by issuing an imperial edict." After Xun Yu knew Liu Qing's methods, it became easier to come up with ideas.

"A capable official, isn't there one here?" Liu Qing looked at Cui Yan and said with a smile, "Ji Gui, this king entrusts you as the Prime Minister of Hejian, may you accept it?"

Hearing this, Cui Yan felt a turmoil in his heart, and he couldn't figure out what was going on for a moment.

Didn't I come to Bohai to do business?How to become the Prime Minister of Hejian Kingdom?

Also, what Xun Yu said just now, if you ask Luo Yang for an edict, you can appoint Hejian Prime Minister.

The content discussed at the banquet is not about the Bohai Kingdom. Could it be that the Bohai King is not only the Bohai King of the Bohai Kingdom, but also the Bohai King of Jizhou?
Moreover, I have not been in the Bohai Palace for an hour, and after drinking a few cups of wine, I have to become the Prime Minister myself. This is not a county like Ganling, but a county like Hejian, with a salary of two thousand shi Local officials.

Cui Yan felt that she was dreaming.

"Ji Gui? Are you drunk?" Liu Qing asked again seeing Cui Yan in a daze.

Cui Yan came back to his senses, got up quickly, knelt down to the King of Bohai, and said: "I'm afraid of a humble job, and I'm afraid I'll be embarrassing for a big job!"

"If you don't have experience, you can learn from it, such as Xiang Xun Wenruo." Liu Qing laughed.

"A lowly official takes orders!" Cui Yan replied with a complicated heart, bowing her head.

"You don't need to be so polite. This king doesn't like these things. However, when you go to Hejian Kingdom, the first thing you need to do is spring plowing. Don't worry about specific matters. I will send someone to guide you." Liu Qing said.

Cui Yan thanked Li for getting up, his mind was full of thoughts and emotions.

"I heard that Wang Ji of Anping County is quite powerful. After Liu Xu's death, Anping Kingdom was abolished, and Wang Ji regarded himself as the governor of the county?" Liu Qing brought the topic to Anping Kingdom.

Xun Yu introduced: "It's true, and he has a very close relationship with the Cui family of Anping. Does the Cui family of Anping know about Situ Cui Lie?"

Liu Qing naturally knew about it, and he also knew that he paid 500 million yuan for his position as an apprentice.

"So, if you move Wang Ji, you will also offend Situ?" Liu Qing joked.

Xun Yu didn't speak, just looked at Liu Qing and nodded, some words were hard to say.

The close relationship between the county magistrate and the local powerful family is almost a well-known normality. This abnormal combination in the late Eastern Han Dynasty made the powerful a local basic strength unit, just like a manor under the lord system. They not only control the means of production, It also controls the population.

Then control the grain, the armament, and the source of soldiers. The so-called heroes of the so-called separatist side are usually elected by a series of powerful families.

Jizhou went around for a while, only to find out when he turned around that the Yuan family was not his strong opponent, but Anping Wang Ji, who made a fortune silently, was Liu Qing's biggest opponent.

No wonder when I met him a few months ago, he behaved very coldly towards Yuan Shao and himself, originally he had capital and background.

Sangong, what a big background.

"Ji Gui, the Anping Cui family, and your Qinghe Cui family, do you have anything to do with it?" Liu Qing asked.

Cui Yan stood up cautiously to return the salute, and then replied: "My lord, there is indeed something involved."

"Tell me about it." Liu Qing gossiped.

"The ancestor of the Cui family in Qinghe is Cui Boji, and the ancestor of the Cui family in Anping is Cui Zhongmou. These two are brothers, and they are the sons of Marquis Donglai of the former Han Dynasty. However, the Cui family in Anping is usually called the Cui family in Boling." Cui Yan finished the introduction and corrected it.

"So what's the relationship between the two now?"

Cui Yan shook his head, helplessly said: "Qinghe Cui's family is in decline, becoming increasingly impoverished, while Boling Cui's is thriving. Cui Lie's grandfather is a literati, and is the master of the great general Dou Xian. The two families do not communicate with each other. It's been generations."

Liu Qing doesn't want to talk about human relationships, but he suddenly remembered a sentence, so he said: "30 years in Hexi, 30 years in Hedong, Ji Yu, you follow this king, and this king will make Qinghe Cui's glory come back. , do you trust me?"

30 years in Hexi, 30 years in Hedong?
Cui Yan chewed this sentence, Cui Yan seemed to have thought of something, Qinghe Cui's family lived in Dongwu City, which was located on the east bank of Qinghe River, while Boling County was far to the west of Qinghe.

The meaning of the King of Bohai should be that the Cui family of Qinghe rose again and surpassed the Cui family of Boling.

Thinking of this, Cui Yan immediately replied: "I am sure of my humble position!"

He is the Prime Minister of Hejian, why don't you believe it?
"You don't need so much red tape!" Liu Qing reminded again.

After Cui Yan returned to his seat, Liu Qing turned his attention to Guo Jia. Now that the goal was set, it was up to Guo Jia's strategy how to take the land.

Guo Jia drank the wine from the cup, teased his hair, and said: "My lord, take Anping County, I want to recommend someone to my lord."

"Oh? Is there anyone recommending Fengxiao?"

"Wei County Chief Shi Shenpei, this person not only has a lot of strategies, but more importantly, he is upright and upright. For Wang Ji's actions, Shen Zhengnan must be filled with indignation and anger. Sure!" Guo Jia laughed.

The examiner Liu Qing did have the impression that he was called a Hebei righteous man in history, who sat guarding the isolated city and died facing the north.

He joined Li Wen together, but Liu Qing has been traveling all over the place, and he hasn't had time to formally meet the two of them in the future.

This time, it is an opportunity.

"Since that's the case, tell the judge that if he can pacify Anping, he must be the governor of Anping!" Liu Qing said generously.

Although I don't know the specific attributes and characteristics of the audition, but I think the ability is not bad, otherwise I will not become Yuan Shao's confidant.

"In that case, I will congratulate you first in the letter." Guo Jia said with a smile.

After arranging the next step of work, Liu Qing suddenly felt dizzy, because he thought of Changshan and Yanmen again. It seemed that he hadn't been there for a long time, and he always felt uneasy.

It's been three months since we left, and it's time to go back to the Yuan family. Liu Qing suddenly glanced at Xun Cai, and saw that she was sitting upright, dignified and decent, not as lively as when meeting in private. Perhaps, this is the so-called Yes, you can go to the hall.

Seeing Liu Qing's point of view, she just smiled subtly, which was very different from the meeting just now.

Liu Qing glanced at Qianying again, she was quite relaxed, she drank and ate meat, she did not fall behind.

Before he knew it, he already had three beautiful wives.

Perhaps, it is time to find another place to settle down. Yuanshi County in Changshan is too far to the north, while Nanpi County in Bohai Sea is still too far away from the Central Plains. Judging from the places we currently have, Ye County seems to be more suitable.

Now that Wei Jun is in his hands, he only needs to push Jia Cong's power out of Jizhou, and the overall situation of Jizhou is in his hands.

After the banquet was over, everyone was busy, and the sky was gradually getting dark.

The red candles of the new house are lit, and the brocade red tents are full of happiness.

The emerald cage in the brocade hall, the bright pillow is the same as the clear day.Begonia first catches the rain, light and charming.

……

For several days.

Wang Kuang and Zhang Miao were particularly puzzled, why there was such a change at the top of Xingyang City, the original flags were unfurled, and it had been several days.

The two even really wanted to attack the city to see what kind of routine this Xingyang was.

However, all proposals to attack the city were discouraged by Chen Gong.

Chen Gong's reason is very simple, the top of the city is deliberately changing, showing weakness is naturally a tactic to lure the enemy, if you attack the city, you will definitely fall into the enemy's trick.

So the two dragged on for a few more days until the news of Bao Xin and Sun Jian's retreat came from Yuan Shaona.

That's right, the armies were very close to each other, but Bao Xin was completely defeated, and Sun Jian also fled in embarrassment, so he didn't bother to inform his allies.

Looking at Yuan Shao's letter, Zhang Miao was speechless.

"Meng Zhuo, Leader Yuan's army is coming soon, if you and I don't gain anything, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain." Wang Kuang said, his expression could not hide his worry.

It can be said that he was cultivated by Yuan's single-handedly. When He He joined his subordinates in the past, he recruited more than a thousand soldiers and horses, and he himself became the commander of this army.

When Luoyang fought Dingyuan, the loss was not small, and there were only less than a thousand people left. It was the Yuan family who enriched his troops to two battalions of 4000 people, and also gave him the high-ranking officials of the prefect of Hanoi.

In the past few days, Wang Kuang wanted to make contributions and attack Xingyang, but Zhang Miao listened to Chen Gong's advice very much, not to act rashly.

"Gongjie, it's because I underestimated you and our armies. General Sun and General Bao were both defeated. I think we should follow Gongtai's advice and stay put!" Zhang Miao said.

"It's like this every day. I don't think there's anything special about this Xingyang. Maybe it's just a bluff!" Wang Kuang retorted.

"But both General Sun and General Bao were defeated, this matter is extraordinary!" Zhang Miao persuaded again.

Wang Kuang was speechless, turned around, found a place where he could see the city of Xingyang, and stood watching.

Suddenly, Wang Kuang said: "Meng Zhuo, why don't I lead a battalion of soldiers to attack Xingyang City to see if there is anything wrong with it? The defeat of General Sun and General Bao just means that Xingyang City is empty because the enemy is outside!"

When Zhang Miao heard this, he didn't know how to persuade him, so he glanced at Chen Gong and motioned him to go up and persuade him.

Chen Gong stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, if Xingyang City is an empty city, you will take it without any credit, because Xingyang City is not Hulao Pass, and the Lord Yuan has never ordered to take Xingyang City. , fell into the enemy's trick to lure the enemy, lost troops and lost generals, on the contrary, League Leader Yuan may blame him."

"How can you be afraid and hold back just because you blame me?" Wang Kuang's reaction became more intense, and then he said to Zhang Miao: "General Zhang, I want to attract troops to attack, you can wait for the opportunity."

This time, Wang Kuang obviously did not discuss the tone, but informed the result.

Waiting for the opportunity to move, Zhang Miao couldn't help feeling a headache when he heard this word, either don't move, or tell me how to move, wait for the opportunity to move, I can't move!
Wang Kuang insisted on going his own way, and soon began to dispatch troops and generals to leave the camp.

……

Not long after Wang Kuang left the camp, the news of his actions was brought to Ao Cang. Xu Rong finally showed a smile on his bored expression after hearing this.

Xu Rongdao: "Zhang Miao and Wang Kuang hesitated for several days and refused to attack the city. Even so, now only Wang Kuang can act on his own. I have to say that Zhang Miao is very calm. Hearing that this man is fat, it is possible that he is so concerned width?"

Li Meng laughed, and echoed: "The name of the Eight Talents can move the world, but this battle is not as simple as doing good deeds! General Xu, since Wang Kuang has taken the bait, our army should also move!"

Xu Rong frowned and began to think.

The original plan was to lure Zhang Miao and Wang Kuang to attack the city, and then lead the troops himself to be the squirrel's tactic. However, because Zhang Miao stood still, Xu Rong had other ideas.

"Report!" The letter came.

"General Qi, Wang Kuang raised two thousand troops and headed towards the east gate of Xingyang."

Upon hearing this, Li Meng asked in confusion, "Why did he give up the nearby north gate instead of attacking the east gate?"

Xu Rong also had the same question, but he didn't ask it.

Soon, Xu Rong had a clear idea, and asked back at the same time: "Attacking the east or attacking the north, what is the difference between you and me?"

"General Xu, let me lead the army to the east of the city. When he attacks the city, I will attack from the rear and attack from both inside and outside. Wang Kuang will definitely be defeated!" Li Meng arched his hands and asked for Ying.

Xu Rong still hadn't made a decision in his mind, he was thinking, should he take Wang Kuang in this battle?Or take Zhang Miao?
Or, take both together?
……

After Wang Kuang led the troops to leave, Chen Gong suddenly came to Zhang Miao with a serious expression on his face.

"Your Majesty, if General Wang fell into the enemy's trick and was reported inside and outside, will you save him or not?"

"The public festival is in trouble, you should save it!" Zhang Miao said without hesitation.

Chen Gong was not surprised, this was in line with Zhang Miao's upright conduct.

"If the Fujun is saved, who will guard the camp?" Chen Gong asked another question.

The expression on Zhang Miao's face gradually became solemn, "What do you mean by the public platform, the enemy will take the opportunity to rob the camp?"

"If I use troops, I must intercept and kill Wang Kuang, lead the lords to rescue them, and then rob the camps of the two armies, burn food, grass and supplies. In this way, even if the two lords are undefeated, it will be difficult to continue!"

"We have to guard against the words of the public platform, but do the enemy have such means? Didn't they say that the Xiliang army is a brave and ruthless generation!"

Heh, Chen Gong sneered in his heart, a brave and ruthless person would not be able to make Bao Xin and Sun Jian lose so badly.

"Your Majesty, I'd rather believe what you have than what you don't have!"

Zhang Miao nodded in agreement, and asked, "If that's the case, what should our army do?"

Chen Gong frowned again in deep thought, then gradually relaxed, and said to Zhang Miao, "Your Majesty, I have a plan!"

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