Mixed in the Three Kingdoms as a magic stick

Yan Qing walked back to the room, and after carefully reading the letter from Er Xun in Beijing, he frowned slightly and remained silent for a long time.

Lu Bu didn't want to peek around without permission, so he kept his eyes straight, his back straight, and his face was solemn like a statue.

After Yan Qing finished digesting the contents of the urgent letter, the relaxed and calm expression on his face was gone, and he was not at all surprised when he saw that Lu Bu was still there, so he said softly: "Feng Xian, I need to excuse you to run now, Hurry up and invite the two gentlemen."

As for the two gentlemen, without Yan Qing's elaboration, Lu Bu also knew that they were Guo Jia and Jia Xu.

"My lord, don't worry, Bu will come back as soon as he goes!"

So he took the order proudly and strode out.

Yan Qingyuan was still thinking that staying here for a few days was not only to let the soldiers who had fought two hard battles in less than two months take a breather, but also to win over Chen Gong.

Too bad the plan didn't keep up with the changes.

Chen Gong is still the county magistrate of Chen, not a staff member under Yan Qing's command, so no matter how wise he is, he should not come into contact with the secrets of Yan Qing's army.

Yan Qing was closing his eyes and contemplating, when he suddenly heard a familiar sound of footsteps rushing towards the hall from far away, he couldn't help being surprised at Lu Bu's speed.

Open your eyes again, look up——

I saw Lu Bu with an indifferent face, carrying one on his left shoulder and holding the other on his right hand, and unexpectedly "invited" the two counselors whom he thought were too slow with such an unseemly way of carrying them over like a rainbow. up.

Thanks to Lu Bu's strength, even with the weight of two grown men hanging on his body, he still walked like flying and calmly.

Yan Qing was shocked at first, then couldn't restrain a little envy, and then couldn't laugh or cry.

No matter how much anxiety there was in my heart, most of it was dispelled by this funny scene.

Yan Qing coughed heavily, stepped forward quickly, feigned anger and said, "Good job, Lu Fengxian! What are you doing! Put the gentlemen down!"

Lü Bu let out an obedient ooh, loosened his right arm suddenly, and threw Guo Jia roughly on the couch, knocking him into a daze; Jia Xu, who was coughing, was put on the ground.

He also deliberately broke Jia Xu's shoulders, which staggered as soon as he hit the ground, and couldn't find the east, west, south, north and south, and politely helped him stand upright.

After finishing all this, Lv Bu held his head high, and when he reported back to Yan Qing, his face was also open and frank: "Bu thought that the matter was urgent, and in order not to tire the lord of waiting, he cut it down with all his heart, so I have to temporarily wrong the two gentlemen. The action just now was unavoidably rough, and there were many abrupt and rude things, I hope you two are magnanimous and willing to forgive it."

It has to be said that Lu Bu's words were very beautiful and skillful, and he almost blocked all the gaps to protest: there are important military affairs, and the lord is in a hurry to summon him, and he is a rough man who is ordered to invite him, so his actions will inevitably be rude A bit more, but also for the sake of important things.

Before Yan Qing could open his mouth, Jia Xu waved his hand weakly just after recovering from his breath, and said, "I'm in a hurry to follow the authority, what's wrong with General Lu?"

Guo Jia, whose butt was still aching from the fall, couldn't help grinding his teeth in hatred when he heard this high-sounding excuse.

But Lu Bu's rhetoric was impeccable, so he had no choice but to go along with it.

Lu Bu raised his eyebrows, and grinned at Guo Jia, revealing some white teeth.

Yan Qing smiled wryly.

How could he fail to see that what Lu Bu did was purely intentional, to avenge Guo Jia's performance of the slow song last night.

And Jia Xu, who suffered from the disaster, also knew it well, only because the poisoner was cautious by nature and didn't want to offend anyone on the surface, so he quietly admitted it.

It's not that Yan Qing doesn't understand the ever-existing infighting, but the palms and backs of his hands are full of flesh. As a lord, what he is most suitable for is balancing, comforting and mediating.

As the saying goes, when the water is clear but there are no fish, the greater the power, the easier it is for the subordinates to turn to dark tides, factions, and intrigues.

The boundary between good friends and bad friends is also very delicate.

Even if they have a good personal relationship, such as Zhou Yu and Lu Su of Soochow, who have been promoted to worship their mothers and called brothers and sisters, but there are also great differences in political views; there are enmities between them, such as Ling Tong and Gan Ning , tit for tat in private, wishing to kill the other party, but once on the battlefield, they are fighting side by side, and can temporarily shake hands and make peace.

Lu Bu and Guo Jia were divided into the heads of civil officials and military commanders in Yan Qing's account, and their positions were confidential.As long as the small personal grievances between them do not affect the overall situation, Yan Qing will only make peace with each other while secretly controlling the field, focusing on calming things down and calming others, and will not rashly intervene.

Fortunately, although Lu Bu looked domineering and domineering, he could clearly distinguish between big and small things; Guo Jia had no boundaries and often played tricks on narrow-minded people, but he was always well-balanced in terms of proportion.

In Lu Bu's smile, the threat to show off was fleeting, and when he looked at Yan Qing again after a while, he seemed calm and self-restraining.

After saluting respectfully, Lu Bu was about to leave, Yan Qing hurriedly kept him: "Fengxian doesn't need to retreat, just stay and listen."

Maybe under the influence of his ears and eyes, Lu Bu, who is willing to study hard by himself, will become a Confucian general sooner or later?

Lu Bu was happy in his heart, so he just bowed his head and said, "Here."

Yan Qing turned to look at Guo Jia and Jia Xu who were still standing, and said with a smile, "Two gentlemen, please take a seat too."

Let's divert this topic, Yan Qing moved his mind away from the episode just now, returned to the main business, and asked: "Gentlemen, would you like to hear about the happy event first, or the bad event?"

Guo Jia smirked lazily: "My lord is troubled and worried. I'm afraid this happiness can't overcome worry."

Jia Xu rarely joked: "Since my lord is still in the mood to joke, then this worry must be limited."

"Just like what the gentlemen said." To these two men, Yan Qing didn't hold back, and said bluntly: "The good thing is that the one hundred thousand soldiers from Xiliang may have no time to go east and invade our territory in Yuzhou."

Lu Bu's eyes lit up.

This matter, but it couldn't be better!

Fatty Dong is stumped now, so without this wolf eyeing him, they can recruit troops and buy horses first, follow Jia Bingyangzi's plan to destroy the sect thieves and replenish the army; The Yellow Turban remnant party cleared up internal troubles; then recuperated and developed steadily...

Once a firm foothold is established, it will not be a decent threat to send troops to attack after Fatty Dong regains his senses.

The more Lu Bu calculated, the happier he became, but Guo Jia and Jia Xu frowned slightly.

Guo Jia pondered for a moment, then asked Yan Qing, "Has there been a major change in the capital?"

Yan Qing had a headache and said, "Isn't it right? Even if it's not yet, it's not far away."

Although there were only a few sentences in the urgent letter sent by Xun You, it was enough for Yan Qing to analyze the situation clearly.

Thinking that he had worked so hard to drive the jackal-bellied Dong Zhuo out of the capital, and filled up the hatred, no matter what he thought, he could rely on himself to contain Dong Zhuo in exchange for long-term peace.

Unexpectedly, less than a month after he left, the two factions in Beijing and China were fighting in a dark, evenly matched situation, so they could only look for foreign aid everywhere, and then they turned their ideas on Dong Zhuo who was lingering in the Guanzhong area.

These two factions are naturally the faction of the imperial relatives headed by Liu Bian and Empress Dowager He, and the faction of noble ministers headed by Tai Fu Yuan Wei.

Yuan's family has many old officials all over the world, they are powerful, and they have established the merits of sweeping out traitors and establishing the imperial court. Most of the factions are veterans of the two dynasties. Suppressed firmly, and calmly grasped all the real power in his own hands.

In contrast, after the death of the great general He Jin, the relatives who were once flamboyant and famous for a while were in a state of depression, and were secretly excluded and suppressed by the Yuan family. There are many obstacles for the He family to enter the court and become an official.

According to common sense, it would be difficult for a desolate foreign relative to rely on a young emperor who is not yet old enough to seize power, against the prosperous Yuan family.

The Yuan family, who were so proud of themselves and were only busy eliminating dissidents, no longer needed Dong Zhuo, a disobedient wild dog, to take a share of the pie.

Yan Qingyuan thought of choosing the lesser of two evils, and with his meager power, he had no choice. Compared with Dong Zhuo, who was brutal and perverted, he undoubtedly put the court's priority on cherishing his reputation and aiming at power. In the hands of the Yuan family, it is safer to come.

But at this moment, Liu Bian had an idea and thought of General Huangfusong, who was trusted by his father before his death, and Gai Xun, a general from a wealthy Xiliang family who was guarding the suburbs of Beijing with [-] soldiers.

From Liu Bian's point of view, the Yuan family's ability to say the same thing made the wait-and-see faction and the few surviving royalists deeply afraid.

May I ask, when his wealth and life are at the whim of the Yuan family who holds military power, which courtier would dare to stand up and resist the Yuan family?

After Liu Bian made up his mind, he immediately issued two secret edicts, and secretly sent fast horses to the garrisons where Huangfusong and Gai Xun led the troops respectively, and asked them to quickly lead the troops into Beijing.

It's just that the loyal servants were implicated by the ten permanent servants on the day of He Jin's death, and were killed by the Yuan family under the pretext of revenge, and the new ones who were selected to enter the palace were mostly screened by the Yuan family. , Where can the mouth be strict?

The person in charge of sending the imperial edict was considered loyal to the emperor, but most of his servants were bought by the Yuan family.

Not long after he stepped out, they stepped into Yuan's mansion with their back feet, and reported the news to Grand Tutor Yuan Kui.

Yuan Shao was furious after hearing this, and after walking up and down for a while, he decided to send troops to hunt down the messenger, and then destroy the body and traces of the imperial edict, and write a letter to condemn the emperor.

However, his reaction was always slow, and he was one step late in giving the order. When he really sent out the fast horse, he could not catch up with the edict at all.

When Yuan Kai left the palace and heard about it, he knew that something was wrong.

The emperor summoned the troops stationed outside the capital to enter the capital. Even if he thought about it with his toes, he knew that the people who came were not good, and he seemed to be aiming at them

Huangfusong was quite low-key in his conduct, and if he sympathized with Qingliu, he would inevitably offend the eunuchs and suffer ups and downs in the officialdom.The illustrious military exploits he has accumulated in countless expeditions to the north and south under the orders of the imperial court over the years are as famous as his pedantic loyalty.

No one dared to underestimate Huangfusong.

Yuan Shao's serious official position at this time was still the captain of Sili, who mainly supervised inspections, and was not a general in charge of the army. The actual military power was mostly in the hands of his younger brother Yuan Shu.

Thinking that Yuan Shu, who was arrogant but not ordinary, was about to face such a brave and skilled old general, not only Yuan Shao, but even Yuan Kai felt very terrified.

What's more, the total number of soldiers in Beijing is only in the early [-]s, less than [-], and most of them are well-equipped, good-looking, and flamboyant from aristocratic families, and have never really seen any enemy blood (the one who killed the most is probably just Those eunuchs who suffered not so long ago).

How can he be compared with the veteran warriors who have fought with Huangfusong for many years and defeated the yellow scarves of the Qiang people?

The Yuan family was able to stand still in the ups and downs for many years, and escaped several party disputes that were disasters for the officials of the Qing school, thanks to the patience and caution that ordinary people cannot match.

The emperor is about to bring in the foreign aid of Huang Fusong, a famous fighter and more than 5 elite soldiers. Of course, the Yuan family will not sit still, or take a chance, but without hesitation, send a legend to Dong Zhuo who is preparing to take revenge on Yan Qing. His edict to enter Beijing.

He wanted to win over this former student and official with the same general talent, and use his tiger and wolf teacher to suppress the emperor who urged Huangfusong to come.

As far as Dong Zhuo was concerned, he was in a hurry to send him an olive branch that allowed him to stay in the capital for a long time. How could he care about seeking revenge from Yan Qing?

Immediately, the Qing soldiers ordered the generals to take the one hundred thousand Xiliang soldiers and head towards the capital with great vigor.

——Thus, following Liu Bian's clever idea, and Yuan Shao's stupid move, Yan Qing's hard-working plan, the defense that he had finally built up, was completely broken.

There were no outsiders in the hall, so Yan Qing had no taboos when speaking, and he didn't even want to hide it, and said a harsh evaluation directly: "The Yuan family drank poison to quench their thirst, and they did not hesitate to lure wolves into the house; but the emperor thought he was smart, and forced the dog to jump over the wall!"

The more Yan Qing thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but punch heavily on the desk: "A bunch of short-sighted idiots!"

All three were silent, and among them, Lu Bu was the most shocked.

It was completely different from what Lv Bu had seen Yan Qing exaggerate in order to appear filled with righteous indignation when he sparred with officials at the court.

This time, Yan Qing got really angry.

"That's it."

Yan Qing frowned, lowered her eyes and took a deep breath.

——It hurts, it hurts.

Yan Qing almost didn't hold back his indifferent expression, quietly touched his painful hand, put it into his sleeve calmly, and continued with pain: "Complaining about others will not help, in the end, instead of blaming them for thinking too much about themselves , might as well blame me for my poor calculation, leaving such a big hidden danger that day."

Guo Jia shook his head, and said without hesitation: "My lord has done his best, what's wrong with it? It's just that Jia has something to say, and I'd like to ask my lord to try it out."

Yan Qing bowed his hands solemnly: "Sir, please speak."

Guo Jiadao: "Although Dong Zhuo has a bit of strategy, he has no foresight. In the eyes of the scholars, he is even more of a vulgar background, unsightly, and he will definitely disdain to be with him."

"Even if you get in power by chance, it won't last long. My lord, don't worry too much."

Yan Qing couldn't help being slightly taken aback when he heard the words.

Guo Jia's prophecy is not inaccurate.

In history, Dong Zhuo seized the right time, took advantage of the opportunity, and almost succeeded in usurping the throne. Seeing the boundless scenery, the joint crusade of the eighteen princes could not do anything to him, it was unstoppable.

But really counting, the days when Dong Zhuo actually enjoyed the emperor's treatment were only two and a half short years.

After that, he died at the hands of Lu Bu, was flogged and lit, and all the families were executed. Didn't he answer Guo Jia's words?

... As expected of the Guo Guicai who can predict the death of Sun Ce from life to life.

Yan Qing unconsciously glanced at Lu Bu, who knew nothing about it, and began to faintly worry about the idol who often confronted Guo Jia with needlepoints.

Lu Bu was amazed by Yan Qing's anger just now, who had always been calm and smiling, his eyes were dazed, and he missed this faint glance.

Yan Qing sighed, and humbly asked for advice: "For this change, I don't know the two gentlemen, do you have a good way to deal with it?"

When the course of history was completely disrupted, Yan Qing didn't think at all that his ingenuity was worth showing off, let alone delusional about being better than ghosts and poisonous men who have been passed down through the ages.

"My lord, what's the hurry?" Guo Jia said with a smile, "Yi Jia sees that the stalemate in the capital won't last long, but it won't be broken until spring."

Yan Qing was taken aback for a moment, thought for a while, and suddenly became enlightened, and asked, "Qiang?"

Guo Jia nodded, obviously very satisfied with Yan Qing's straightforwardness, and sincerely praised: "My lord sees it clearly."

Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo had a total of more than [-] troops. To transfer such a huge force to Beijing, it would take at least one month, at most two months.

After the autumn harvest, it will be winter, and the whole winter will be cold and freezing, so it is not suitable to fight.

It is impossible for Dong Zhuo and Huangfusong, who marched and fought all the year round, to understand.

The earliest time when this deadlock will be broken, at least until next spring.

When Dong Zhuo took orders from the imperial court in his early years, he fought with the general Huangfusong many times, which can be said to have a long history.

Dong Zhuo didn't know how many losses he had suffered under this old opponent who was disgustingly pedantic and had fought extremely well. While he had a deep grudge against Huangfusong, he also knew that he was extremely difficult to deal with.

If Dong Zhuo met them head-on, Dong Zhuo was destined to suffer heavy losses, and he may not be able to win, and whenever he showed some signs of decline, the Yuan family would abandon him without hesitation.

Therefore, if Dong Zhuo wants to drive Huangfusong away, the best way is to secretly unite with the Qiang people outside the pass, let them raise troops to rebel, and force Huangfusong to lead troops out of Beijing to suppress them.

Such a delay also bought some time for Yan Qing.

Yan Qing made up his mind and wanted to ask in detail. Jia Xu saw it, stroked his beard and smiled, and suddenly asked, "Excuse me, my lord, when the situation in Beijing is in an emergency, don't you want to use one state's soldiers to destroy the one hundred thousand people?" Threatened by cold soldiers?"

Yan Qing's eyes moved slightly, and he said with a feeling: "Wen He means..."

"My lord is kind-hearted, tolerant, sympathetic to the sufferings of the people, relieves the worries of the emperor, and despises fame and wealth. He has the attitude of a humble gentleman, and has the quality of a pillar of the society." Jia Xu slapped Yan Qing hard without blinking an eye. Flattering, he said lightly: "There is no one in the world who can match."

Seeing this, Lu Bu felt a sense of admiration in his heart—don't look at this guy who doesn't say anything, he doesn't bluff like Guo Fengxiao, but he is a real person who doesn't show his face.

Being praised by the poisonous man, Yan Qing felt that he was not blessed to accept it, so he tried to smile: "Mr. is too praised."

Jia Xu shook his head slightly, and wrote lightly: "Nowadays, strong ministers are oppressing, bullying the lord is weak, the emperor's principles are out of control, fierce soldiers gather, and plotting wrongdoing. This is a disaster for the country and the world. How can it be that the lord is only tied to one person? , but others stay out of it, sit back and enjoy the success, and point fingers at it, scolding the lord for greed for merit?"

"As a courtier, you should stand up and serve the country, support the royal family, and save Li Shu."

Jia Xu said leisurely: "In my opinion, since Your Majesty has not summoned the lord to go to Beijing, you might as well stay in Yudi, wait and see the changes, and strengthen yourself. If Dong Zhuo really has the intention of offending the superior and wants to act like a thief Misfortune, then order us to write a proclamation, send it to the counties, announce the righteousness to the world, call the princes, civil officials and generals from all over the country, and go to Luoyang together to carry out the righteous deed of crusade.”

"In this way, there are more chances of winning, and it is not too late."

Guo Jia nodded slightly: "This plan is feasible."

Yan Qing's face was calm, but his heart was jumping with fear.

It is certainly feasible, but isn't this the path Cao Cao took in history?

The so-called Suanzao Alliance and the Eighteenth Route princes ordered to hunt down thieves are nothing more than a big joke of eating, drinking and having fun with public funds, each with their own ghosts, and plotting against each other.

However, it is not difficult to imagine that both Jia Xu who proposed this strategy and Guo Jia who agreed with this strategy did not really look forward to the Allied Forces, but underestimated the extent of Dong Zhuo's insanity and regarded the Xiliang thief as a jumping beam The clown didn't really take it seriously.

They want him to expand his network by forming an alliance. If he performs outstandingly, he can take this opportunity to stand out from the crowd, become famous all over the world, and attract scholars to vote.

There might even be a deeper meaning—to pave the way for a justification.

After all, the matter is very important, and it is not appropriate to respond immediately, Yan Qing pondered for a while, then said: "This is a big matter, let me think twice before making a decision."

When Yan Qing spoke, Jia Xu and Guo Jia obeyed.

After the two left, Yan Qing suddenly lay back and let out a long sigh.

Lu Bu hadn't left yet, and walked over quickly when he saw this.

He moved closer and closer, sat down next to Yan Qing, and asked softly, "Master?"

"Hey, Fengxian."

Yan Qing was originally preoccupied, but suddenly a tiger's head came into view, and there was a look of concern on his face, he couldn't help being in a good mood, and joked: "Do you have a plan to offer?"

Lu Bu's eyes instantly turned distant and deep, and he avoided answering this, only saying: "Those two foxes are so cunning."

Yan Qing smiled, and Lu Bu said again: "My lord is really going to be the leader of that alliance?"

Yan Qing shook his head: "Don't say that the alliance is still gone, even if the alliance is formed, I can't be the leader of the alliance."

Lu Bu was surprised: "Why?"

Yan Qing said calmly: "I am not a nobleman."

No matter how high the official position is, those who regard the position of the leader as a sweet potato based on the fact that they are from the Han clan alone - princes who are either from aristocratic families or from noble families, cannot agree to Yan Qing's appointment.

If he loses Xun Shuang's Sikong position, the Xun family in Runan will lose a little bit. In terms of aristocratic families, the Yuan family is the leader, and no one can take away the fourth generation and third father of the Yuan family. The position of the ally.

Besides, what's so good about being an ally?

Even when Jia Xu and Guo Jia suggested it, they definitely didn't expect him to be the scapegoat.

But explain too much to the current Lu Bu, he may not be able to understand.

Yan Qing didn't want to spoil the seedlings, so he just stretched out his hand with a kind face, took the opportunity to touch Lu Bu's tightly muscled arm, and said in a solemn tone: "Study hard, and someday I can understand what the two military advisers said, and I will send it to you." You have a great gift."

Lu Bu opened his eyes wide and his heart was beating wildly: "Great gift?"

Yan Qing thought about Diao Chan who was still far away in Luoyang at the moment, and said with a smile: "Well, I guarantee it will meet your wishes."