Chapter 25: The Lujiang Incident
"This third place is the Jiangdong Sun family. Sun's family is full of heroes, and now it is even more virtuous, and now it also has the hearts of Jiangdong people, and Jiangdong's fathers and children love to call it 'Sun Lang'. Liu Miao has been defeated and retreated from Yuzhang, there is no need to worry, Yan Baihu's generation will be destroyed sooner or later, and it will only be an overnight situation in Jiangdong. β
"At the right time, you can conquer the world when you advance, and you can protect yourself according to the Yangtze River when you retreat. This is the princely and imperial business. β
"And this fourth place, hehe, I could count Yuan Shu a year ago. First, Yuan Shu has the prestige of Yuan's son-in-law; The second is that Yuan Shu is based on the land of Huainan, and also has the land of Jiangnan. The land is wide and the people are wide, the soldiers are large and the food is wide, and the soldiers under him are not idle people. Speaking of which, in the entire Central Plains, only he and Yuan Shu are the strongest. β
"But he Yuan Shu did two terrible things wrong in a row. As a result, he now only bases in Lujiang and Danyang counties, and has to rely on the old Liu Xun, which is sighing. β
"One of them is that Sun Ce was misplaced. Although Sun Ce was young, his literary and martial arts were deeply influenced by his father Sun Jian. Sun Jian was known as the Jiangdong Tiger back then, and there is a way that the tiger father has no dog son, but in my opinion, Sun Cezhi's ability is not inferior to his father. β
"Yuan Shu can't use this person as a general, it's just that, he actually indulges this person to conquer Jiangdong. Alas, this move is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain! β
"If he Yuan Shu is based on Huainan and sends a powerful general to subdue Jiangdong, then his power should be no less than that of his brother Yuan Shao. It's a pity that Yuan Shu prefers fame and fortune, just for a jade seal, he cut off the future of his first prince. β
"The second is that Yuan Shu rashly proclaimed himself emperor, which was indignant by the people of the world! Although the Han family is exhausted, it is by no means something that he can end with a Yuan technique. This must be the only one that General Guangwu can see most thoroughly, so he will not hesitate to travel thousands of miles to take Huainan. β
Zhang Xiu smiled and said that this was indeed the case. Liu Ye looked at Zhang Xiu and continued: "But now, someone can replace Yuan Shu and Yuan Dao, and can be ranked alongside Yuan Benchu, Cao Mengde and Sun Bofu, and be the fourth person who has the ability to win the world." β
"That's you, General Guangwu!" Liu Ye's words were loud.
"The general now has two counties, although it has been ruined by Yuan Shu's tyranny and profligacy, but the foundation of the land and population is still there. And it is difficult for Cao Gong in the northeast to take any measures against General Guangwu in a short time, and Lu Bu in the north is a man of no strategy. β
"At this time, the general can take advantage of the situation to take Guangling County, which is full of population and rich people, to the east, and to the south, he can take Lujiang County, which has the advantages of rivers and lakes, and is not inferior to Guangling."
"At that time, it will be all in Huainan. Liu Ye hastily calculated that the current Huainan can afford to raise at least 200,000 male soldiers, which has the capital to conquer the Central Plains. As long as the general makes every effort to govern the country, diligently administers the army and supports the people, and pays attention to the general trend of the world, he will certainly be able to make a difference. β
In fact, Jia Xu also said these words to Zhang Xiu, but Zhang Xiu told the truth and did not have much confidence. Being able to defeat Yuan Shu is not that Zhang Xiu has much ability, but that the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang have helped most of them, and it is really that Yuan Shu is too unbearable to die by himself.
If Zhang Xiu is allowed to attack Lu Bu now, although Zhang Xiu's troops have already outnumbered Lu Bu's forces, he is really afraid that Lu Bu will ride a red rabbit and stab himself to death with a halberd in the army.
As for his own wine bags and rice bags, it is estimated that they can't beat Zhang Liao, Zangba, Gao Shun and the three of them together.
Although fighting does not rely on the courage of a horseman, to put it bluntly, Zhang Xiu still lacks self-confidence. Lu Bu, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao are all super historical figures, and he is just a nameless young man in his twenties who has not set foot in society.
Although there is Jia Xu's encouragement, Zhang Xiu is still puzzled in her heart. He does not have Cao Cao's full account of talents, nor does he have the prestige of Yuan Shao IV and the Third Duke, and he does not have a firm position comparable to Sun Ce, Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, etc. With Huainan, a place of four wars, how to conquer the world?
But today, Liu Ye's words added a little confidence to Zhang Xiu, and also gave Zhang Xiu a hint of inspiration.
Even a talent like Liu Ye is a little optimistic about himself, what reason does he have not to fight? Besides, why do you have to stick to the idea that if you want to win the world, all the princes have to be killed by yourself?
For example, Lu Bu, don't do it yourself at all. Boss Cao has long regarded him as a big trouble, and now after taking Nanyang and stabilizing Xu Du, he will inevitably be punished. Of course, once Boss Cao takes Xuzhou, he will definitely be the next target.
But he can act on the opportunity to suppress the strong and help the weak. Help Lu Bu hold Xuzhou and consume Mr. Cao's current strength. The worst is that you can also take advantage of the fire to rob and swallow half of Lu Bu's Xuzhou and Cao Cao's half of Yuzhou. This can completely resist Cao Zong's soldiers.
Then, you can live in a strange commodity yourself. As long as Cao Cao and Sun Ce and these people see that they are difficult to gnaw, they will inevitably give themselves a high evaluation. Then you can surrender to Mr. Cao or the Sun family and help them dominate the world. Then he became a rich man, married three wives and four concubines, and sang songs every night......
Bah, why are you so spineless, and you think of surrendering again?
After pondering for a long time, he was still woken up by Yang Hong with his elbow. Zhang Xiu hurriedly came back to his senses, stood up, took three steps back from his seat, and bowed to Liu Ye sincerely: "Zhang Xiujiu heard that Huainan Chengde has produced Mr. Liu, a talent in the world, and hopes that Mr. Liu will not hesitate to help Zhang Wenjin achieve a career!" β
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In the end, Liu Ye did not agree to be Zhang Xiu's strategist. But the two agreed on a one-year period, and after a year, Liu Ye would decide to stay again. Moreover, Liu Ye was willing to give advice to Zhang Xiu to take Lujiang and Yang Hong, and after taking Lujiang, he helped Zhang Xiu deal with the civil affairs of Lujiang.
This result made Zhang Xiu a little disappointed, in the end, it was because of his shallow reputation and uncertain future!
But to be able to complete the expected goal of coming to Lujiang, Zhang Xiu was a little comforted.
Three days later, there was news in the Lujiang army that Yuan Shu wanted to send Liu Xun as the Taishou of Danyang.
Danyang is located below Lujiang County, but across the Yangtze River from Lujiang County. Danyang is mountainous, the mountains are steep, its people are fierce, and it is a place where elite soldiers are produced. Danyang soldiers can fight habitually, bear hardships and stand hard work. Often in order to make a living, he leaves his homeland to serve as mercenaries.
Li Ling, a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty, is the one who killed Sima Qian who was tortured by the palace. He led 5,000 Danyang infantry to fight 80,000 Huns, killed tens of thousands, and finally only 400 people ran back to the pass.
The former Xuzhou Mu Taoqian was a native of Danyang, and when he was a Xuzhou Mu, he had thousands of Danyang soldiers, who were able to withstand Cao Cao's surging attack, and a large part of them relied on the combat power of Danyang soldiers. It is said that Liu Bei was willing to rescue Tao Qian, because Tao Qian offered the princes of the world a price code to give thousands of Danyang soldiers.
Later, Tao Qian really sent Liu Bei about 4,000 Danyang soldiers, and this Danyang soldiers became Liu Bei's backbone in charge of Xuzhou.
But Liu Beicheng also Danyang soldiers, defeated Danyang soldiers. Liu Bei was ordered by the imperial court to attack Yuan Shu, and was able to thwart Yuan Shu with inferior forces, and in the end, he relied on the combat effectiveness of the Danyang soldiers. However, Lu Bu was able to sneak attack Xuzhou, and relied on Cao Bao's subordinate Yuan Tao Qian's remaining Danyang soldiers to open the gate of Xuzhou.
Until later, it was these thousands of Danyang soldiers who still controlled the situation in Xuzhou. Chen Qi and Chen Deng's father and son colluded with Cao Cao to plot against Lu Bu, and they also relied on the group of Niu Fork mercenaries of Danyang Bing to control Pengcheng, forcing Lu Bu to run to Xiapi and dedicate most of Xuzhou to Cao Cao.
Therefore, although Danyang is barren, Yuan Shu attaches great importance to Danyang, controls the dominance of Danyang with both soft and hard, and sends his younger brother Yuan Yin to serve as the Taishou of Danyang.
But the current Danyang is very unstable, and Yuan Yin's influence in Danyang is very limited. There are many powerful people in the local area, and the remnants of Liu Xuan's forces are still entrenched in some places in the west of Danyang, and Sun Ce has also invaded some places in the east of Danyang, which is very meaningful to take Danyang.
Now Yuan Shu wants to transfer Liu Xun to Danyang, it seems that he is a flat transfer, and he is still a county guard. But Danyang and Lujiang are simply one in the sky and one on the earth.
The most important joint is that Lujiang now has 50,000 or 60,000 troops, but more than 40,000 troops are controlled by Liu Xun's close confidants. And the army that Yuan Shu can command is nothing more than the stragglers recruited by Yuan Shu from Jiujiang after the Battle of Qiyang.
In other words, the current Lujiang is actually under Liu Xun's control. And Liu Xun is greedy and arrogant, although he is a former official of Yuanmen, but after he is also a famous family of the Three Princes, he does not really regard himself as Yuan Shu's subordinate.
In real history, after the decline of Yuan Shu, Liu Xun took control of the Lujiang River and did not help Yuan Highway who was almost poor and could not afford to eat. Yuan Shu knew that he couldn't beat Liu Xun, so he finally had to go all the way to Hebei.
Later, Yuan Shu died of illness, Liu Xun immediately collected Yuan Shu's remnants of the defeated generals, and finally Yuan Yin, Lu Mian, Zhang Xun and Yang Hong and others were not optimistic about Liu Xun, and escorted Yuan Shu's coffin to go to Jiangdong to defect to Sun Ce, but was intercepted by Liu Xun halfway, all of them were coerced for their own use.
In the end, because of his insatiable greed, this goods was tempted by Sun Ce, accepted the gift, and attacked Shangyu. As a result, Sun Ce attacked the base camp of Anhui City, and could only defect to Cao Cao in embarrassment.
Why did you defect to Cao Cao? This Liu Xun is also from a wealthy family, and when he is young, he also mixes with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and he has an old relationship with Cao Cao. But when he came to Cao Cao's hands, relying on his relationship with Cao Cao, he was rampant and domineering, and in the end Cao Cao couldn't help but cut it directly.
With such a good person, what would be the reaction when he heard the news that he was going to be assigned to Danyang by Yuan Shu?
The news quickly reached Liu Xun's ears, and Liu Xun summoned his subordinates to the lobby that night.
Liu Xun was dressed in a luxurious uniform, and his face was not good: "I think you must have heard the news in the army, what do you think, talk about it." β
A civil official with thief eyebrows and rat eyes said in a strange manner: "According to me, Your Majesty is unloading the mill and killing the donkey." At the beginning in Nanyang, without the support of the general, could he sit firmly in Nanyang? Not to mention that you can come here in Huainan. Without the general saddle in front of the horse and behind the horse, suppressing Liu Miao in Jiangnan, can he sit firmly as the emperor? Now he was just defeated by Zhang Xiu for a while, and he didn't feel good in his heart, and he planned to counterattack Shouchun, but he was unwilling to let the general you take charge of major affairs, for fear that your reputation would overshadow him after you led the army to defeat Zhang Xiu! β
Liu Xun looked at the civil official with some dissatisfaction, as if he didn't like him to say something disobedient to the lord. But there was not much reproach in his eyes.
At this time, another upright-looking civil official was about to stand up and refute the thief-eyed civil official, but unexpectedly, one of the leaders waved his hand. When this upright civil official saw it, he consciously retreated.
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