Mixed in the Three Kingdoms as a strategist

After listening to the first sentence Guo Jia wrote lightly, Yan Qing, who had not yet learned the name of the traitor, still found it inconceivable.

It's not that Yanzhou has been peaceful and harmonious since they took it from Cao Cao.

On the contrary, after Lv Bu's merciless bloodbath at the beginning cleaned up those who were most loyal to Cao Cao, the remnant party who hated him to the bone often had small rebellions.

But Lv Bu's weather is already established, and he has a great dignified manner. To deal with this kind of trivial resistance, there is no need to bother him to take action.

After the locust plague came, the people who asked Lu Bu to open a warehouse for relief did not listen to their instigation, and gradually subsided.

When Lu Bu deployed the Yanzhou garrison and decided to keep the troops, he didn't think much about them at all. He only arranged the main force in the border areas between the guards and the two prefectures of Hebei and Qingzhou.

Unexpectedly, there was a little chaos inside.

How lucrative are the benefits if this traitor is willing to take such a big risk?

Yan Qing was surprised, never talking about the rebellion itself, but since Lu Su was alerted to write a letter and Guo Jia was able to invite them to discuss together in a serious manner, it must not be a small matter that is too light to be ignored. Role.

Why betray?

If he is not a defeated general or a prisoner, if he is dissatisfied with Lu Bu, he can write a letter to resign, and leave in a leisurely way, looking for another leader in his heart.

After all, the staff and wise men who work for these heroes follow such a principle of conduct: do your best when the time is right, and abandon it if you don't agree.

But looking at the world, among the princes who dominate all sides, who else can confront Lu Bu head-on without losing the wind?Even if a high-ranking official and generous salary are promised, people with a discerning eye can see that it is just empty talk and nonsense, just a loft in the air.

Yan Qing thought a lot, but only a short time passed.

At this moment, he began to feel that his thoughts just now were too biased: it may not be because the other party has no eyes, and his mind suddenly flooded, and he wanted to manually increase the difficulty, and by the way, he was looking for a dead end; It is not as expected, the psychological gap is big, and it is unavoidable to move the wrong mind; it may even be the wrong mind, like Zhang Song, although he has quick thinking and the ability to read from a glance, but because of his own personal grievances, he even treats his kind master Liu Zhang Also betrayed unceremoniously; or felt the killing intent in the lord, would rather strike first, just like Zhang Miao, Cao Cao's best friend at the beginning; or it may be that Guan Yu Huarong let Cao Cao repay his favor, trapped by love , had to go.

All in all, one cannot generalize.

There was silence in the room, and the counselors all watched solemnly, Guo Jia, whose speech style was rare to be even and steady, and who had thrown off his usual idleness, without any urging, and no intention of interrupting his narration.

After hearing the name of the traitor, Yan Qing couldn't help but suddenly realized that although it was unexpected, it was reasonable.

——That is Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu who betrayed Cao Cao's close friend.

In history, Zhang Miao did much more thoroughly than this time. This time, when Lu Bu just invaded Yanzhou with great fanfare, Chen Liuyi was surrounded. Surrender.

Then he not only helped the officials who wandered around the surrounding counties and hesitated between resistance and giving up to return to Lv Bu earlier, but also offered his friend Cao Cao's family members who were put in his place with peace of mind, in exchange for Lv Bu's trust.

But after that time, Zhang Miao lived in depression.

His ability is mediocre, and his friendship with Lu Bu is barely even called an ordinary one. Although he had a very close relationship with Cao Cao at one time, he did the unforgivable crime of betraying his friend...

It is also extremely difficult to get ahead in the future.

Even if Lu Bu listened to the advice of Yan Qing and other advisers and gave him a lot of rewards and good words to show the dew after the thunder, Zhang Miao was not blind, and he knew that Zhang Miao had little ambition. He had put all his eggs in one basket and decided to surrender Lu Bu just wanted to save his life.

But after the bloody knife hanging over his head was gone and he was not reused, he had more leisure time than ever before.

If you are idle for a long time, it is easy to be sentimental.In particular, Zhang Miao is a friend who watched the past scenery helplessly, and indirectly because of him, he was reduced to the situation of relying on others to survive, which is even more unpleasant.

How could he be obsessed with ghosts, stabbing a friend who trusts him because of some worries that he doesn't know the truth?

It's a pity that he didn't turn back when he opened the bow. No matter how he regretted it, it was too late.

Let's say that Cao Cao, who has the ambition to strategize, and at the same time launched the strategy of smuggling into Chencang, killing people with knives, and attacking the west, fell into the deep pit dug by Zhou Yu Shiran before he left without hesitation.

Originally, he wanted to seize the densely populated Qingzhou for his own use while the battle ahead was in full swing, so Tian Kai and Yuan Tan's short-sighted trash could never be his opponents. A Yuan Shu came with tens of thousands of Yuan Zu who stayed behind in Yecheng.

This made Cao Cao subconsciously think that the two brothers, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, were probably fighting against each other openly, but they had joined forces secretly, pretending to follow his suggestion to attack Lu Bu, but in fact they were really fighting for Qingzhou.

Cao Cao hesitated for a while, and missed the best opportunity for a quick battle.

But as long as Yuan Shao doesn't withdraw his troops from the front and continues to drag Lu Bu, he still has a chance of winning.

As a result, just as Cao Cao gained the absolute upper hand in this chaotic battle that made people unable to figure out the situation, and defeated the other three parties, the damn locust plague came without warning.

They didn't have much military rations, and they thought they would drag it into the autumn harvest, when natural disasters would have cut off the way for Cao Jun to cut wheat on the spot and use it as military rations.

It was said that Cao Cao had suffered from a chronic illness for many years. He had such a headache that he couldn't get out of the couch all day, but he could only endure it.

When his condition improved slightly, Xi Zhicai came to see him.

Cao Cao sighed deeply: "Sir, do you think this situation can be saved?"

Xi Zhicai coughed a few times, then said weakly, "My lord, don't be discouraged. According to someone, there is someone who can help my lord."

Cao Cao swept away the slumber just now, stood up eagerly, held Xi Zhicai's hand tightly and said, "I'm not talented, sir, please teach me!"

"My lord, why don't you try and write a letter to Zhang Miao immediately?" Xi Zhicai saw Cao Cao's face suddenly darkened, but he continued: "If what I expected is right, Zhang Miao is deeply in love with my lord right now." Feeling guilty, and depressed because of being unrecognized, this is what brought me back together..."

Although Yan Qing and others had no way of knowing the specific content of the correspondence between Cao Cao and Zhang Miao, judging from the results alone, Xi Zhicai's plan was indeed hit.

Zhang Miao's rebellion, in addition to mobilizing several family members who refused to accept Lu Bu's suppression to take advantage of the chaos to rebel, there were also [-] to [-] former Qingzhou soldiers who were laid off when Cao Cao streamlined the army in Xuzhou.

Knowing that Lv Bu's thunderous revenge would be provoked, Zhang Miao moved very quickly. He emptied all the granary and armory in Chenliu City, took his five thousand songs, and left Chenliu immediately without delay. Go to Qingzhou.

According to what Cao Cao explained in the letter, Zhang Miao just led the thousands of people across the road without concealing their whereabouts.

The soldiers from counties and counties along the way saw Zhang Miao from a distance from the top of the city, and they knew that it was Zhang Miao himself, so they didn't have any suspicions anymore.

When Zhang Miao said that there was an urgent matter, he believed it and opened the city gate, and was caught off guard.

If it had been in Yangzhou, Yuzhou, where the law of garrisoning fields had been implemented earlier and more food was stored, Zhang Miao would not have needed to walk so hard all the way to deceive those city gates, just to grab more food and grass.

This trick, which was so smooth that Zhang Miao was amazed, was strictly ordered by Cao Cao, and could only be used three times.

After three times, just want to leave quickly.

If it were normal, Yan Qing would not be able to help admiring Cao Cao: Although he didn't know that they had a powerful tool for transmitting messages, the flying pigeons, he also vaguely figured out the approximate time needed, and only let Zhang Miao The delay of two and a half days was just too late for the soldiers guarding in the direction of Qingzhou to receive the message that Zhang Miao was rebellious.

So Zhang Miao was allowed to complete the good show of the prodigal son turning back for money, and left Yanzhou openly.

Fortunately, the loss was not large. After all, it was just some stored food.However, after being teased like this, it is inevitable that Lu Bu's prestige will be lowered, which still makes Yan Qing quite annoyed.

In the future, it is better to be more cautious in dealing with surrendered generals.

As soon as Guo Jia finished speaking, Lu Bu walked in vigorously. Seeing this battle, he just got used to it. He lifted the corner of his robe and took a seat in the main seat.

"Bong—"

Jia Xu just uttered a word from his question, and then stopped immediately, looking at Yan Qing subconsciously.

Yan Qing was immersed in his thoughts just now and didn't notice it. Only now did he realize that it was not only Lu Bu, but Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Chen Gong and Liu Ye including him. Stare at him.

Yan Qing was taken aback for a moment before realizing that this was urging him to speak.

I don't know when everyone developed the habit of always waiting for him to express his opinion first before officially opening the discussion.

Yan Qing didn't refuse. After thinking for a moment, he looked at Guo Jia and asked, "Is there any abnormality in Gongsun Zan's place?"

Guo Jia said bluntly: "Yes. He has raised [-] troops and went straight to Yecheng."

Yan Qing's eyes showed a clear look, but Lu Bu was taken aback: "It's not Qingzhou, but Jizhou Yecheng?"

Guo Jia gave Yan Qing a wink indiscriminately, Yan Qing nodded slightly, and smiled at Lu Bu: "Gongsun Zan did nothing before, but wanted to use my knife to kill his enemy Yuan Shao. It's just that Yuan Shao fled Done simply, although it hurts a lot, but after a few years of raising it, you can come back. Gongsun Zan is going to beat the dog in the water, it's not unreasonable."

Lu Buqi asked, "Does he have a lot of food?"

"It's strange." Yan Qing said casually, then turned his head to look at Guo Jia again: "Could it be... an alliance?"

Guo Jia nodded with a smile: "Chongguang guessed it right again."

Lu Bu was puzzled by their thoughtless words, and also aroused by the seamless tacit understanding between them, so he forcibly held back and asked, "An alliance again?"

Yan Qing smiled: "Exactly. But this time, it's not others forming an alliance to deal with us, but Gongsun Zan asking for something. If he can't attack quickly, he will soon be forced to withdraw due to lack of food and grass. Would you be willing?"

Gongsun Zan did not have the ambition to compete in the world like Yuan Shao, Lv Bu and Cao Cao, he was more inclined to stay in a corner, and he might be slightly more interested in attacking alien races outside the Great Wall.

And the Yuan family in Hebei is so prominent, and Jizhou has a vast land and abundant resources, even if it was severely injured by Lu Bu this time, it can be called a centipede, dead but not stiff.

By accident, he killed his younger brother, and completely provoked Gongsun Zan, an extremely insane enemy who disregarded the overall situation and would take revenge, and Yuan Shao was in bad luck.

Only Gongsun Zan knows best that his current goal has always been to fight to the death with that brother-killing enemy.

Now it was Lu Bu's turn to make a choice: whether to continue to stand still, recharge your energy and watch the tiger fight with peace of mind; or send troops to Qingzhou, and wipe out Cao Cao's powerful army that dared to stroke the tiger's beard in one fell swoop to eliminate future troubles; Should he come forward directly, just provide food and grass as before, and wait to share the results with Gongsun Zan?