Since Cai Ji dared to reveal her ambitions for Youzhou in front of Li Min, Lin Fei and others, it meant that she had made up her mind to plot against Youzhou. But with the current situation in the world, it is impossible for Cai Ji himself to continue to stay in Liaodong to personally plot a corner. For this reason, before leaving for Donglai, Cai Ji recruited Zhang Qing, Zhang Liao, Pang Tong, Jia Xu, Li Min, Lin Fei and other generals and strategists related to the Youzhou Raiders into the big tent and explained the Liaodong team she had drawn up.

"The lord wants to stay in Liaodong with General Wenyuan to deal with Gongsun Du?" After listening to Cai Ji's arrangement, Pang Tong immediately couldn't sit still.

According to Cai Ji's arrangement, Pang Tong and Zhang Liao will lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to enter Jinxi City with Lin Fei. And with Jinxi as the center, recruit troops and buy horses to enrich the army. On the other hand, Zhang Qing led 5,000 soldiers and horses to continue to stay in Yishui Port and Jinxi as horns, and waited for an opportunity to send troops to annex the three counties of Yuyang, Beiping and Liaoxi with the naval army under his control. Among them, Yuyang County is located within the Great Wall, and it is an important military town in the Han Dynasty. The two counties of Beiping and Liaoxi are remote and sparsely populated, and the fall of Gongsun Chan has plunged these two counties into a chaotic situation without a leader. With Cai Ji's troops left in Liaodong, it was not difficult to occupy Beiping and Liaoxi. Even not long ago, Beiping County had sent an envoy asking Zhang Qing to send troops to protect the local Han people from the Hu people.

In this case, Cai Ji's deployment of troops to Jinxi City was obviously a little heavier. It must be known that 3,000 soldiers and horses in Liaodong are not too much, and less is not too little. Although the northern princes such as Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Du often regarded themselves as 100,000 soldiers and horses. But leaving aside the boastful water, the soldiers and horses under the account of Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Du are actually made up of many mercenaries from Wuhuan people, Xianbei people, and Fuyu people. These Hu tribes were friendly with Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Du, and even Yuan Shao, and when the Han princes needed to send troops to recruit an opponent, the Hu tribes would be invited to send troops to participate in the war. After the victory, the Han princes got the territory and population they wanted, and the Hu tribe returned with the corresponding booty. However, as far as a single Hu tribe is concerned, its combatable soldiers are actually not many, and they are often maintained at a scale of about 1,000 people. At present, Youzhou can be regarded as the largest tribe, one is about 9,000 people in Shanggu Karasuma, and the other is about 5,000 people in the Badun Department of Liaodong vassal country. Shanggu Wuhuan has always had a close relationship with Yuan Shao, and is far away from Liaodong, so he doesn't care about it for the time being. In the past six months, the Ministry has cooperated quite happily with Lin Fei and others. If the 3,000 soldiers and horses of Jinxi were not heading towards the Dun Division, then Cai Ji's goal would be self-evident.

Cai Ji saw that Pang Tong said a major goal of this Youzhou raider, so he stopped selling more guanzi to everyone. But she looked around at Li Min and the others, who were already eager to try, and nodded to admit that the Dao Mansion did have this intention. Gongsun Du was violent and often regarded himself as the king of Liaodong. Now that Jinxi has been a city in Liaodong for more than half a year, it is difficult to guarantee that Gongsun Du will not annex it. ”

As soon as Li Min heard that Cai Ji really had plans to deal with Gongsun Du, he couldn't help but hurriedly stepped forward to echo the Taoist envoy's words. As far as the old man knew, there were already merchants who were doing business in Liaodong and informed Gongsun Du of the envoy's visit to Jinxi. With Gongsun Du's temperament, he will definitely not sit idly by and watch the king get involved in Liaodong. It is the so-called preemptive strike, and the last strike is made by others. The old man is here on behalf of the people of Jinxi and Liaodong to implore the envoy to increase the army to recruit Gongsun Du."

A businessman informed Gongsun of the relationship between Jinxi and Donglai? Then the merchant should be your man. Cai Ji, who secretly slandered himself in his heart, did not point through the small tricks played by Li Min and others. After all, from the very beginning, the cooperation between the two sides was based on the joint treatment of Gongsun Du. But Cai Ji will not be instigated by Li Min because of this, and will invest a lot in Liaodong. But after seeing her pretending to hesitate and muttering for a while, she shook her head and said, "Lord Li wants to eradicate the heart of the wolf lord for Liaodong, and this mansion knows it very well. However, Gongsun Du has a close relationship with the Hu people in Liaodong, and has a favorable geographical advantage. It is not easy to shake the foundation of Gongsun Du in Liaodong with the land of Yishui and Jinxi. ”

When Cai Ji said this, he didn't care about the gloomy look on Li Min's face, but turned his gaze to Pang Tong and Zhang Liao, raised his voice and changed the conversation. Shiyuan, Wenyuan, and the wisdom and martial arts of the two of you, this government will definitely be able to make earth-shattering achievements in Jinxi. ”

The first half of Cai Ji's words were actually the words that Pang Tong used to persuade Liu Bei to seize Yizhou in history. Coming out of Cai Ji's mouth at this moment, it is undoubtedly an empathetic incentive for Pang Tong, who is bent on doing a big career. Therefore, he was no longer entangled in whether he could return to the Central Plains with Cai Ji, and even stepped forward with Zhang Liao and swore with his fists, "Don't worry, the lord will definitely take Liaodong for the lord."

Cai Ji saw that Pang Tong and Zhang Liao had accepted the arrangement, and their morale was high, so he turned his attention to Lin Fei, who had been listening carefully all the time, but did not speak, "Lin Langjun, the governance of Jinxi City, and the supply of Liaodong, please leave it to you in the future." ”

"Fei is willing to serve the Lord." Lin Fei gave Cai Ji a deep look, which could be regarded as showing Cai Ji his determination to surrender.

On the other hand, although Li Min still had doubts about whether the young Pang Tong and Zhang Liao could alone provoke the Liang to deal with Gongsun Du. But since Lin Fei has shown his heart to Cai Jibiao, he naturally can't lag behind. Therefore, without waiting for Lin Fei to straighten up, Li Min also reassured Cai Ji, "Rest assured, the old man will also fully assist General Zhang and Pang Jiaozuo in navigating Liaodong." ”

Jia Xu saw everything that happened in the big tent, and the veteran bureaucrat did not give any opinion on Cai Ji's deployment in Liaodong. He was just secretly observing, observing Cai Ji's appearance, and observing Cai Ji's military generals and allies. To be honest, Cai Ji's Youzhou strategy is a bit bold and almost taken for granted in Jia Xu's opinion. However, as he said before, "when there is chaos, everything cannot be conformist", and in this troubled era, taking steps cannot make a relatively weak force stand out. If Yuan Shao had not fought the battle of the boundary bridge with fewer enemies, if Cao Cao had not raised troops to attack the Qingzhou Yellow Turban. None of them can become the great princes who dominate one side.

As we all know, high risk always comes with high reward. However, courage and ambition alone cannot defeat the strong with the weak. The reason why Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were able to defeat the strong with the weak was because they entrusted a part of their power to someone worthy of trust at a critical moment. Yuan Shao trusted Lu Yi, and Cao Cao trusted Xun Yu. In this regard, Cai Ji was already a qualified monarch, and she decisively delegated the military and political power of Liaodong to Pang Tong and Zhang Liao when she knew that she could not personally pass through Youzhou and the Central Plains at the same time. In this way, whether Cai Ji's plan can be realized depends on whether she picks the right person, and whether Pang Tong and Zhang Liao are up to the task. Judging from Jia Xu's current observations, although Pang Tong and Zhang Liao are not famous, they are not idle. It's just that we have to wait and see what the outcome of Liaodong will be. After all, before the Battle of Changping, Zhao Kuo was also a very optimistic figure.

However, for Jia Xu, the success of Cai Ji's Youzhou strategy did not have much impact on him. Because Cai Ji has Cai Ji's plans, he Jia Xu also has plans. Therefore, after Cai Ji announced the end of the meeting, Jia Xu withdrew from the big tent with the civil and military bureaucrats attending the meeting. It's just that at the moment of leaving the tent, Jia Xu inadvertently caught a glimpse of Zhang Liao who seemed to be left alone.

"General Wenyuan, do you have something to discuss with this government?" Facing Zhang Liao, who deliberately stayed, Cai Ji also seemed a little surprised.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Liao still clenched his fists and asked, "The lord is planning to bring General Zilong back to the Central Plains?" ”

Although Cai Ji didn't expect Zhang Liao to suddenly ask such a question, he still nodded truthfully and said, "This is exactly what this government intended. ”

Zhang Liao saw Cai Ji's refreshingly confirmed question, and his expression couldn't help but become more solemn. It must be known that Zhang Liao had also studied martial arts with Zhao Yun on the school field a few days ago. Although it was only to the point, after some competition, Zhang Liao still had to admit that his martial arts were not as good as Zhao Yun. And today, seeing that Cai Ji deliberately left Tong Pang Tong in Liaodong, Zhang Liao immediately realized that Cai Ji's return to the Central Plains this time was most likely to deal with Lu Bu, and then unify Xuzhou and confirm the name of Xuzhou Mu. In this case, Cai Ji's intention to recruit Zhao Yun is self-evident.

Speaking of which, Zhang Liao is actually not Lu Bu's confidant, but his experience in the southern and northern wars with Lu Bu over the years still made him form a certain friendship with the generals of Lu Bu's camp. Cai Ji left him in Liaodong, of course, to avoid the embarrassment of fighting his former colleagues before the Japanese battle. But when he thought of Cai Ji returning to the Central Plains with a fierce general like Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao couldn't help but worry about his friends in Lu Bu's camp.

So after being silent for a long time, Zhang Liao once again saluted Cai Ji, "Liao has a reluctant request, and I also ask the lord to fulfill it." ”

"General Wen Yuan has something to say. We will do our best. Cai Ji agreed without thinking.

"When the lord goes south to fight against Lu Bu, if you have the opportunity, please forward this letter to General Gao Shun under Lu Bu's account." Zhang Liao said as he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Cai Ji.

Cai Ji took the letter and didn't ask too much, but solemnly promised Dao Wenyuan that the government would definitely hand over the letter to General Gao Shun. ”

In the third year of Jian'an (198), in late March, Cai Ji took Jia Xu, Zhao Yun and others to board the warship that went south to Donglai. At the same time, Yuan Shu, who was carrying the jade seal, had already taken the sea ship prepared by Duan Rong from Guangling Port to Donglai. It's just that compared to Cai Ji's fanfare, Yuan Shu's whereabouts are much more secretive. After all, at this time, Cao Cao was wantonly Yuan Shu in Yangzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou and other places. But as the saying goes, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and when Yuan Shu's family was bumping on the Yellow Sea, the governor of Donglai County had already "revealed" his whereabouts to Yuan Tan, the Qingzhou pastor.

"Yuan Shu wants to go north to seek refuge with his father?" Yuan Tancha, who was in the state pastor's mansion, couldn't help but stand up when he heard the shocking news brought by the management system. However, judging from his attitude of calling Yuan Shu by his name, it seems that he is quite rude to the uncle who claims to be the emperor.

However, the staff of the Qingzhou Pastoral Mansion present did not mind Yuan Tan's attitude towards his uncle, what they were concerned about was what kind of impact Yuan Shu's sudden northward movement would have on their own forces. But seeing that Xin Ping, who was a driver in Qingzhou, took the lead in asking Guan Tong, "Guan Juncheng, can this matter be taken seriously?" ”

"Farewell. This is absolutely true. Donglai had received a letter from the Highway Prince, in which he expressed his willingness to present the jade seal to General Yuan. Donglai has sent a sea ship to Guangling to meet the highway princess, and when the highway princess's family arrives at Longkou, they will send troops to escort him north to offer the jade seal. Guan Tong hurriedly said the news he had discovered.

But before Guan Tong's words fell, Yuan Tan couldn't help but shout loudly, "Hmph, the prince of the road is my uncle, and if you want to offer the jade seal, Tan's nephew should also serve." Where is Cai Anzhen's turn to be an outsider to intervene?"

In fact, it is no wonder that Yuan Tan is moved. According to the original history, when Yuan Shu was desperate, he did take the jade seal north to join his brother Yuan Shao. It's just that Yuan Shu took the land route in history, not the sea route. It is said that after receiving the order, Yuan Tan originally planned to send troops from Qingzhou to Tongguò from the north of Xiapi to meet the Yuan Shu Department who was heading north. But he never thought that after Cao Cao heard the news, he sent Liu Bei, Zhu Ling and others to lead the army to intercept it, but Yuan Shu could not get through Guò and had to retreat to Shouchun again. Now that Yuan Shu is going north by sea, he saves Yuan Tan the trouble of sending troops to respond, and he is not afraid that Cao Cao will intercept him in the middle of the road. The matter of offering the jade seal is simply a gesture in Yuan Tan's eyes.

However, just when Yuan Tan was thinking about how to get the jade seal from his uncle and give it to Yecheng, and win his father's favor with it, there was a sonorous objection from the lobby, and this matter must not be done."

Yuan Tan and the staff present followed the prestige, but saw that it was Xin Ping's younger brother Xin Bi who openly objected. But seeing Xin Bi bowing to Yuan Tan with a solemn face, he said, "Great, this matter must not be." Yuan Shu occupied the jade seal, and the more he claimed to be the emperor, he had already become a rat crossing the street, and everyone shouted and beat him. If Da Ruo took in Yuan Shu at this time, he was undoubtedly showing the princes of the world that the general had the heart of rebellion against the Han. Wouldn't this make the general fall into a situation of injustice? Therefore, Bi thought that he should write a letter to persuade the general to draw a clear line with Yuan Shu, and return the jade seal that Yuan Shu had stolen to today. ”

Xin Bi's words made some of the veteran people present nod their heads again and again. However, Yuan Tan straightened his face and retorted, "The highway lord is my uncle, and he doesn't take action when he sees that his uncle is in trouble, isn't it against filial piety?" ”

Yuan Tan was still calling Yuan Shu's name a moment ago, but at this moment, he kept saying that he wanted to pay attention to filial piety, and anyone could see that he was peeking at the jade seal in Yuan Shu's hand. The lord of his own family is so good that he is dizzy, and as a strategist, he should have scolded him sternly. How could Yuan Tan's violent temper have long been known in Qingzhou, how dare ordinary people touch him.

And Yuan Tan saw that the strategists, including Xin Bi, no longer spoke, and thought that it was the argument that the strategists were speechless. So he triumphantly instructed Guan Tong, "Guan Juncheng, you will inform Guo Jia, Tai Shici and others that this association will send someone to Longkou to pick up Uncle and go to Yecheng." If you don't want to, don't blame Ben for turning his face."

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