The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

During this period, the struggle between the Yuan brothers did not subside, but intensified.

Yuan Tan has Zhang He, Gao Lan, Chun Yuqiong and other generals under Yuan Shao's subordinates, and Yuan Shao from Jizhou is the assistant of his elite soldiers, which makes Yuan Tan very strong. After all, Yuan Shang is relatively young.

In front of his elder brother, he naturally couldn't take advantage of it, and Yuan Shang didn't have any advantage in Yecheng directly. He was driven to Qingzhou by Yuan Tan, and now he can only unite with Yuan Xi from Youzhou to deal with Yuan together. Tan.

Originally, Yuan Xi was just a neutral person. He did not participate in the struggle between the two brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, but Yuan Shang was always his own younger brother. Naturally, it was impossible to watch Yuan Shang lose. At the request, Yuan Xi led people into the battle.

Of course, the reason why Yuan Xi chose to join the battle in winter was mainly because of the lack of food in Youzhou in winter. If Yuan Xi didn't mobilize the actions of those Karasuma people, those Karasuma people who couldn't sit still might cause trouble in Youzhou.

Instead of letting them make trouble in Youzhou, it is better to let them go to Jizhou to make trouble.

In this way, the situation in the north became more chaotic due to the struggle between the three brothers of the Yuan family. Liu Zheng, who was in Jianye City, even if he didn't want to know about these things, he had to learn about them from the Jinyiwei under him. Lots of Northern things.

Of course, there is another reason, that is, Jushou, who has been detained by Liu Zheng in Jianye City, has been coming to Liu Zheng frequently during this time.

His purpose of coming to Liu Zheng is also very clear, that is, he wants to replace his master Yuan Shang and ask Liu Zheng to send troops.

The three brothers of the Yuan family were fighting on their own. Although Yuan Xi was at the request of Yuan Shang to fight against Yuan Tan, it was not that Yuan Xi had no ideas at all. If Yuan Xi had no ideas, he would not have fought at this time. opted in.

Yuan Xi didn't want to see Yuan Tan grow up, so he took action to control the balance of the three brothers, and took this opportunity to develop his power wantonly.

The current Yuan Xi has taken over the entire Youzhou, and at the same time befriended those Karasuma people in the north. On the contrary, he suddenly became the most powerful group among Yuan Shao's three sons.

Yuan Xi's subordinates, although they don't have elite soldiers and generals, but this guy has the support of the Karasuma people and the whole Youzhou as a supply ground, and almost all of his men are cavalry. Even Yuan Tan, after a battle with Yuan Xi, had no choice but to retreat.

This time, Yuan Shang couldn't sit still anymore. He originally asked Yuan Xi to come out, but he just wanted to contain the powerful Yuan Tan, but he didn't expect Yuan Xi to be stronger than Yuan Tan, and Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang joined forces again. Come to deal with Yuan Xi.

Although Jushou was unable to return to the north to worship after Yuan Shao's death, this did not prevent him from becoming a member of Yuan's family.

Every once in a while, Yuan Shang, who inherited the Yuan family business, would send someone over to contact Jushou.

Yuan Shang is different from his father. Yuan Shang clearly understands that Jushou's ability has been wooing Jushou all the time, letting Jushou lobby Liu Zheng in Jianye, and wants Liu Zheng to help Yuan Shang and send troops to quell the civil strife in the north.

Now the Northern Han Dynasty in the north, with Yuan Shao's death, has existed in name only. The puppet emperor Liu Yu died for no apparent reason during the infighting between the Yuan family brothers, and took over Yuan Tan in Yecheng. The former directly proclaimed himself emperor, and established himself as emperor.

But after being repulsed by Yuan Xi, the throne was snatched away by Yuan Xi.

The battle between the three brothers has not yet ended.

This time, Jushou came to Liu Zheng again, begging to see Liu Zheng, and wanted Liu Zheng to send troops to quell the chaos in the north.

Liu Zheng's study, this is where Liu Zheng usually meets with ministers in private.

"Mr. Jushou, how are you doing recently?"

In the previous several interviews, Liu Zheng deliberately hung up on Jushou, and did not directly choose to meet with Jushou.

Because Liu Zheng knew what Jushou was thinking. Once he met Jushou, Jushou asked him to send troops to the north. Liu Zheng couldn't refuse, so he could only hang him first.

But now after a few delays, if you keep refusing to see him.

It will inevitably make Jushou chill, so Liu Zheng decided to meet him once.

It has been a long time since Jushou saw Liu Zheng.

Although he had some complaints about Liu Zheng in his heart, Ju Shou was not at all upset at seeing Liu Zheng at this moment.

"Your Majesty, Jushou, I have met His Majesty. It has not been very good recently."

"Oh? What else can make Mr. Jushou feel bad?"

"There is turmoil in the north, and I want to go back to my hometown to have a look, but I can't get His Majesty's permission. Your Majesty doesn't see me these days, and Ju Shou doesn't want to eat or drink. I don't know where I offended His Majesty."

Jushou has been a little frustrated these days. Since he came to Jianye City as an envoy, he has had a bad time for a while.

He couldn't think of where he had offended Liu Zheng.

This Liu Zheng not only didn't let him go, but also didn't show any respect for him at all, and didn't follow him.Say the intention of soliciting.

Just keep him here.This makes Jushou very upset, even if he thinks Yuan Shao is not good, and Yuan Shao's sons are even worse, he has no place to complain for a while.

You can't just come here and tell Liu Zheng about your original master.

So Jushou lived alone here is quite miserable.

The tone of the speech also complained a bit towards Liu Zheng.

But after Liu Zheng heard Jushou's words, he was not angry, but rather happy.

"What did Mr. Jushou say? How could you offend me? I just like my master's talent, and I don't want to see him go back and suffer."

Chapter 863 Request

The reason why Liu Zheng didn't summon Jushou before was because he didn't know how to talk to Jushou.

Yuan Shao was not dead yet, so he recruited Jushou directly, and Jushou would definitely not agree so easily, but Yuan Shao just died, and Jushou probably wanted to go back to worship.

Therefore, Liu Zheng just waited until the fight among the prodigal sons of the Yuan family gradually subsided before Liu Zheng could summon Jushou.

Liu Zheng said that he had taken a fancy to Jushou's great talent, but in Jushou's eyes, it was not like that.

After all, if Liu Zheng really liked Jushou's talent, then Liu Zheng wouldn't have to wait so long.

"Your Majesty, are you kidding me?"

"Do I seem to be joking with you? Mr. Jushou, how does Yuan Shao treat you?"

Although Liu Zheng now has a lot of advisers and famous ministers, relatively speaking, the number of these people is still not enough.

Managing a country requires too many people, and he needs all kinds of talents.

Especially a talent like Ju Shou.Liu Zheng needs it even more.

"Duke Yuan, treat me well."

Jushou didn't understand why Liu Zheng asked him such a question at this time.

However, the always cautious Jushou still answered Liu Zheng.

Although this sentence is not the truth from Jushou's heart.

Hearing what Jushou said, Liu Zheng just smiled faintly with a look of disdain on his face.

"Mr. Jushou, why would you lie to me? Yuan Benchu ​​is suspicious by nature. Although he is famous all over the world, he has gathered many famous officials and generals. But he is nepotism. A villain who likes to flatter and flatter, if he is a little unhappy, he will treat his staff Doubt."

"Such a person cannot be a good protagonist."

"As the saying goes, a good bird chooses a tree to live in. When encountering a lord like Yuan Shao, Mr. Jushou should have abandoned him long ago and gone to another place."

"But Mr. Jushou is still so loyal to Yuan Shao. It can be seen that Mr. Jushou is a loyal person, not Yuan Shao's ability."

Liu Zheng's impression of Yuan Shao was indeed not very good.

It's nothing but a sinister villain.

Although Yuan Shao is dead now, as a deceased person, talking about him is somewhat taboo, after all, the dead are the most important.

However, in order to persuade Jushou to surrender, it is very necessary for Liu Zheng to reprimand Yuan Shao for his incompetence in front of Jushou.

Jushou heard Liu Zheng say a lot about Yuan Shao, although his face was a bit ugly.However, what Liu Zheng said was true, not false at all.

Jushou couldn't refute either.

"Your Majesty, although Duke Yuan does not fully trust our staff, he is still our lord."

"Yuan Shao is dead now, there is no need for you to always work for the Yuan family."

"I really value your talent, Mr. Jushou, and I want to invite you to be an official in my court, but if you refuse to accept Mr. Xia, if you don't want to, then I won't force it. Yuan Shao is dead. It's useless to keep you, it will only increase your dislike for me, so I plan to let you go free, and you can leave at any time."

After Liu Zheng told Jushou what he said.Just wait for Jushou to answer him.

After hearing Liu Zheng's answer, Ju Shou fell silent for a while.

Did not answer Liu Zheng, or thought for a moment.

And then slowly put aside the topic.

"Your Majesty, let's talk about my reason for coming this time."

"Okay, Mr. Jushou, but it's okay to say."

"I wonder if His Majesty knows the situation in the north now?"

Ju Shou asked a word.

Liu Zheng nodded.

"I know a little bit. My Jinyiwei will inform me about the situation in the north. I heard that Yuan Shao appointed Yuan Shang as his successor, but his eldest son Yuan Tan doesn't seem to be satisfied. There were some disputes with Yuan Shang some time ago."

"Later, Yuan Shang asked Yuan Xi to join, and now it seems that Yuan Xi is the most powerful."

Liu Zheng briefly explained the situation in the north to Jushou. After hearing Liu Zheng's words, Jushou realized that nothing in the north could escape Liu Zheng's eyes and ears.

Liu Zheng knew everything that happened.

It's just that looking at Liu Zheng's appearance, he is happy to see such a situation happen, and he doesn't want to get involved at this moment.

After all, the snipe and the clam fight for the fisherman's benefit. Liu Zheng just needs to sit and watch the battle between the three sons of the Yuan family, and then send troops to clean up the mess.

This point, as a counselor, Jushou, naturally couldn't be clear.

"I came here today to ask His Majesty to send troops to help my young master, Yuan Shang, to put down the chaos in the north."

"Oh? Mr. Jushou, how do you think I will send troops to help Yuan Shang?"

Liu Zheng smiled and looked at Jushou, just to see how Jushou persuaded himself to send troops.

After all, in the current situation, it is the best choice for Liu Zheng not to send troops. As long as he sits on the mountain and watches the tigers fight, Liu Zheng can get great benefits.

Jushou was not worried about this, knowing that Liu Zheng would ask such a question, so when Liu Zheng asked, he hurriedly began to explain to Liu Zheng.

"Your Majesty, although it is possible to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, you can get some benefits, but in the end, your Majesty still has to send troops to pacify the entire north."

"At that time, the north has already been unified, and it is inevitable that we can continue to gather a large number of soldiers and horses to fight against His Majesty. At that time, His Majesty will definitely lose a lot of troops."

"Sending troops at this moment can quell the turmoil in the north with the least cost. Moreover, this time, my young master hinted to me in private. As long as your majesty is willing to assist my young master to unify the north. My young master is willing to bow his head and become a minister. From now on, I will submit to your majesty The only condition for surrender is that my young master is willing to cede Qingzhou after His Majesty rules the north."

It must have taken great courage for Yuan Shang to make such a decision.

But this is also no way.

He has no elite soldiers.We can only rely on some people in the hands of senior cadres in Qingzhou, although there are Jiang Qi and Wen Chou as assistants.

But the soldiers and horses are not strong enough to fight Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi.

As a result, among the three forces, Yuan Shang's strength is actually the weakest among Yuan Shao's three sons.

If he doesn't think of any other way.He is very likely to be the first to withdraw from the three sons' struggle.

Then again.Although Yuan Shang inherited Yuan Shao's family business, he failed to become emperor, but his two older brothers.They all proclaimed themselves emperor successively.

Doing so would naturally only offend Liu Zheng. On the contrary, Yuan Shang was able to take the initiative to submit to Liu Zheng and win Liu Zheng's favor.

Ju Shou's words really touched Liu Zheng's heart.

If it is as Jushou said, then it is indeed a good choice for Liu Zheng.

At least, with Yuan Shang standing in front, it would be easier for Liu Zheng to take over the three northern states.

For a while, Liu Zheng fell into deep thought, wondering if what Ju Shou said was really feasible. If it was feasible, then Liu Zheng would have to change his strategy.

Whether to continue to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, or at this time, step in and help Yuan Shang deal with his two older brothers, so as to obtain greater benefits.

After some contemplation, Liu Zheng finally decided to agree to Jushou.

Firstly, he wanted to show off Jushou's face, and secondly, what Jushou said was indeed very tempting.

"What Mr. Jushou said is reasonable, but it's not impossible if you want someone to send troops. The benefits Yuan Shang gave are not enough!"

Chapter 864 Pirates

Ju Shou's face remained unchanged.

After he finished what he wanted to say, he kept waiting for Liu Zheng's answer.

Now that Liu Zheng finally answered, Na Jushou immediately followed him and asked a question.

"Your Majesty thinks, what price should my young lord pay for His Majesty to send troops?"

Jushou knew what Liu Zheng meant, but it was hard for him to answer this question, so he could only throw the topic back to Liu Zheng and ask Liu Zheng to directly offer the price. Jushou could only make a decision after he went back to ask Yuan Shang.

Liu Zheng was also unambiguous, and immediately said what he wanted.

"Two conditions."