In the seventh year of the first peace, in early February.

Qingzhou.

The sea breeze blows slowly, and when the sea breeze blows, the air above Qingzhou is full of a moist breath.

Because Qingzhou is close to the East China Sea, the coastal sea area line is very long, relatively speaking, it is very difficult to defend and resist, which also leads to the order of Qingzhou is not very good, not only pirates infested and plundered, there are some Qingzhou rebels in the counties of Qingzhou, from time to time to disturb the counties and counties of Qingzhou.

The so-called Qingzhou rebels are the remnants of the Yellow Turban in the past.

In the past, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, the first army defeated Runan, and then defeated in Yanzhou, the loss of the army and the generals, not one out of ten, most of the population was collected by Cao Cao, and Qingzhuang was rectified by Cao Cao as the Qingzhou Army, becoming one of the main forces of the Cao Army.

However, there are still some who fled back to Qingzhou from Yanzhou, occupying the mountains as kings and falling grass as cowards.

Among them, the most powerful is a group of Yellow Turban soldiers led by Guan Hai.

There are not many soldiers who can recruit and fight well, probably only more than 100 cavalry, but they come and go like the wind, crisscrossing the counties of Qingzhou, and their deeds are difficult to fathom, so for many years, it has been a big disaster in Qingzhou.

Today's Qingzhou Thorn History is Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, Yuan Tan has been encircled and suppressed three times, but none of them can strangle this hurricane-like cavalry thief, which once made the name of the Yellow Turban Army famous in the land of Qingzhou.

And Guan Hai's nest is not actually in Qingzhou, but in Taishan County, located on the axis of the northern border of Mount Tai, across a river is Qi County.

For so many years, Guan Hai has been safe and sound, and it is more because of Cao Jun's tolerance of him, so Guan Hai is also very acquainted, never plundering Yanzhou and Xuzhou, and has always only acted in Qingzhou.

The Yellow Turban Lair is not the kind of fortress of the Gaomen Giant City, in fact, it is a very comfortable village, from top to bottom of the village, everyone is a Yellow Turban, the Yellow Turban Uprising, in the final analysis, it is just a peasant uprising, most of the people who have become rebels are just some peasants who can't get by.

Although it is only a village, it is also very properly arranged, there are sentry posts before and after, east and west camps, and the place is a little remote, unless you deliberately look for it, it is difficult to find the nest of the yellow turban.

In the villages, most of them are thatched huts, but there is only one courtyard that is built, which is the military headquarters of the Yellow Turban Army.

Guan Haihu was strong, sitting on a high position, hunting with bright eyes, looking at the person standing under the hall, and asked, "Cao Mengde sent you here, what is the matter?" ”

"Guan Shuai, you have been powerful in Qingzhou all these years, but your ability is limited after all!"

The scribe under the hall is still a well-known strategist in Cao Ying, Cheng Yu is also, he smiled like a spring breeze, but he is indeed a ruthless man, a ruthless man who once used human flesh as dry food: "I came on behalf of the lord to hope that Guan Shuai can return to Xuzhou, assist my lord, and create a career together!" ”

"My yellow scarf will not merge with the government, you will leave quickly!"

Guan Hai's eyes widened, and his killing intent was shocked.

"Guan Shuai, shouldn't you think about it for the sake of these yellow turban people!" Cheng Yu was not disappointed, this is not the first time he has come to persuade him to surrender, this Guan Hai has a bit of resilience, but it makes him quite impressed: "Today, chaos and strife, everyone is in danger, the war together, will affect countless people, then how should you stand on your own, my lord sits in Xuzhou, holds the two states of Yanyu and Henan, millions of people, hundreds of thousands of armor, and has always attached importance to talents, has issued an order to the world to seek talents, regardless of one pattern to reduce talents, regardless of origin, regardless of reputation, such a master, is it difficult to not vote for you?" ”

"Huh!"

Guan Hai sneered: "A certain student has little reading, but don't lie to me, the order to seek talent is issued by Mu Shan, who was the commander of my Yellow Turban Qu in the past, and ranked in the imperial court. ”

"No matter what, on behalf of my lord's attitude, Guan Shuai, can you hold on for a while, can you still hold down the tens of thousands of yellow turban people with just a hundred riders, once you are frustrated and trapped in Qingzhou, then what are you going to let these people live!"

Cheng Yu said in a deep tone.

"I need to think about it!" Guan Hai was a little shaken.

"You have enough time to think about it, the lord won't force you, I just hope you can think about it clearly, because once my lord moves troops against Qingzhou, the south will be affected by Yuchi in the future, and it will be both friend and foe!" Cheng Yu's last sentence aggravated a lot of tone, this is a threat, a combination of grace and power, this method, he has used it perfectly.

"I'm going to take my leave!"

Cheng Yu didn't wait for Guan Hai's reaction, bowed his hand, and turned to leave.

"Qu Shuai, he's too arrogant, I'll kill him!"

A young man in a yellow turban was furious.

"Let him go!" Guan Hai shook his head.

"Qu Shuai?"

Many of the Yellow Turban generals were a little resentful.

"You go down first, I need to think about this matter!"

"Yes!"

Guan Hai is among the Yellow Turban generals, and his prestige is very deep, although the generals are a little angry, they are also very quiet and obedient.

When the generals left, Guan Hai seemed to be facing the empty air, and said in a low voice: "You have heard it, it has begun to force the palace, I, I can't stop it for a long time!" ”

"No one asks you to refuse, the key is what you think!" A man in his thirties walked out from behind a screen, he and Guan Hai seemed to be very familiar, and he spoke very casually, and said, "You are now the Qu Shuai of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban!" ”

"I never thought of becoming the commander of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban!"

Guan Hai smiled bitterly: "After recuperating from his injuries in the past, I wanted to go south to find the traces of the saint, but in order to repay my kindness, I had to train for him, and trained a Taiping Divine Guard, but I couldn't help Qingzhou, I hurt my vitality, and when I was defeated in Yanzhou and was dying, I sent this banner of Qingzhou Qu Shuai to my hands, looking at the life and death of so many people, I really can't let go!" ”

"Your Highness won't blame you!" The man said.

"But I am worthy of the trust of the great sage and good teacher!" Guan Hai said ashamedly: "Failed to protect the safety of the saint, how much suffering the saint has suffered over the years!" ”

"In the past, we couldn't escape, the Taiping Divine Guard was almost dead, counting the commander of Zhang Huo, there were only eleven sons left, and they have been lost a lot over the years, and now there are only seven real Divine Guards!"

The man's name is Chen Song, the older generation of the Taiping Divine Guard, one of the guards around Zhang Ning back then, and now he is not only an instructor of the Jingping Martial Arts Hall, but also a general of the Divine Guard.

This time, he was seconded by Keibu Division.

Purpose, said to descend the tube.

Guan Hai's strength is not strong, but it is a rare opportunity to let the Minghou Mansion plant a flag here.

"But we're also very pleased!" Chen Song said softly: "Although the saint has endured a lot of hardships over the years, but now, she can be regarded as living a good life, he is Mrs. Minghou!" ”

"Minghou?" Guan Hai squinted: "Back then, Bu Ji led the army to Runan, and he almost fought with Mu San's hammer battlefield, although he died, but he didn't expect his son to have today's attainments, which is really rare, but it's just ......"

"What do you want to say?"

"Is he a good match?"

"I don't know, but the Holy Maiden thinks so, at least I see Her Royal Highness the Holy Maiden, she is smiling, we are all watching Her Highness the Holy Maiden grow up, she can be happy, it is the best relief!" Chen Song said: "And I believe that Minghou will protect her, I know Minghou!" ”

"Born in troubled times, the princes are not blessed, one is prosperous, one is lost, His Highness marries him, if he is defeated in the future, how should His Highness be spared!" Guan Hai said: "At the beginning, you should have let Uncle Yu Ji take away His Royal Highness, live in the mountains and forests, and preach the world, it may not be a blessing, maybe it can make Taiping Dao rise again!" ”

"This is not something you and I can say, how does Your Highness decide, how should we obey it!"

Chen Song said.

"You're here to surrender!" Guan Hai looked at Chen Song and said very firmly: "You hope that I can return to the Marquis of Ming to help His Highness!" ”

"That's right!"

Chen Song nodded.

"But Qingzhou is separated from Yizhou, thousands of miles away, how to descend?" Guan Hai asked.

"between!"

Chen Song was silent for a while and said.

"Room?" Guan Hai is also a person who is familiar with military books, and he suddenly understood: "No wonder you said that Cao Jun's solicitation is not necessarily a bad thing, you want me to be Cao Jun's room!" ”

"Ming Hou has great ambitions, and in the future, he wants to unify the country and create a prosperous world, and one day, he will compete with the princes of the world!"

Chen Song said.

"Is that what Your Highness meant?" Guan Hai asked.

"Your Highness doesn't know!" Chen Song shook his head: "These things, Marquis Ming will never let His Highness ask about them, after all, ......"

"Too shady!" Guan Hai sighed: "It seems that he still has a little bit of His Highness's heart!" ”

"I was invited by Jing Wusi to convince you, but I and you, we are brothers in the same sect, and we grew up together, learned art together, and became the Taiping Divine Guard under the command of the great virtuous and good teacher, what I can say has been said, and my own attitude, I want to tell you that there are few of us old brothers!"

Chen Song said in a low voice: "How to decide, you have your own opinions, but you have to learn to protect yourself, old brother, one is dead, one is missing, it is really all dead, maybe the Taiping Divine Guard will become extinct!" ”

The name of the Divine Guard has been handed down, but the real Taiping Divine Guard is not these people, they are all trained by great sages and good teachers.

"I see!"

Guan Hai nodded, and then said: "I heard Cheng Yu say this just now, Cao Jun is preparing to move troops against Qingzhou, can this matter have an impact on the pattern of the world?" ”

"Of course!"

Chen Song said: "This news will be sent back to Yizhou as soon as possible, as for how to deal with it, that's not my business!" ”

"Let me return to Yizhou, I don't want to talk to you, hurt feelings, you let Yizhou send another person to talk to me, I want to weigh the interests, after all, now, I am not alone, but the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Qu Shuai, no matter what decision, you need to focus on the interests of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban!"

"Hmm!" Chen Song nodded.

"I haven't seen you for so many years, I see you today, I'm in a good mood, and I'm drunk!" Guan Hai burst out laughing.

"Good!"

Chen Song also smiled.

…………………………………………………………

Youzhou, Liu Bei has been in power in the past two years, and has been competing with Jizhou, the two sides have fought countless times with the boundary bridge as the battlefield, all of them have won and lost, and everyone has not moved the real character, and there is no preparation for a decisive battle.

Liu Bei used the battle with Jizhou to integrate Youzhou, completely took back the power of Youzhou from Liu He, the son of Liu Yu, and gradually consolidated the power of Youzhou.

As for Yuan Shao, he was ready, but Cao Cao and the imperial army in the south have not been pacified, and they have never dared to attack with all their strength and collect Youzhou, so they can only spend it on the border.

After the beginning of spring this year, the two sides increased their troops at the boundary bridge, intending to have a big war this year.

Fan Yang, the front line of the Youzhou Army.

Liu Bei, dressed in military uniform, stood on the city wall, looking into the distance, looking south.

"Lord, there is news from Youzhou, Wen Minghou has already leveled the south of Yizhou, and is about to return to Jiangzhou with the main army!" Guan Jing walked up from under the city wall and gave his hand to report.

"That's fast!"

When Liu Bei heard this, he was a little jealous: "He is a long herd and how can he be, he can sit on the land of Yizhou, and easily calm the contradictions in the entire Yizhou, concentrate the main force, and sit firmly in Yizhou, who has the ability to help him!" ”

Yizhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack, once the interior is pacified by Mu Jing, even if the whole world gathers troops to attack, it may not be able to fight.

The princes on this side are sitting firmly.

And he, although he gradually took charge of the power of Youzhou, but Liu Yu's old department always respected Liu He, relatively speaking, he was a little embarrassed, especially Liu He was sick and in distress several times, and almost died, which made many people count this account on his head.

If he hadn't reacted in time, I'm afraid he would have to bear this black cauldron.

"My lord, I think it's time to establish diplomatic relations with Yizhou!" Guan Jing said: "Yizhou is a long-distance and close-range strategy, we should also fight fire, we agree with the Minghou Mansion, presumably the Minghou Mansion will also agree with our Youzhou General's Mansion, which is beneficial to both of us, and we have not contacted the territory, there is no contradiction, we are the best allies!" ”

"Hmm!"

Liu Bei nodded.

When he went to visit the envoy of Yizhou, he was already tempted, but he kept pressing, but he was not very optimistic that Mujing could sit firmly in Yizhou, but now that Mujing has leveled the southern part of Yizhou, it means that he has been able to sit firmly in the position of the lord of Yizhou.

At this time, he had to recognize Mu Jing's status.

Mu Jing has always been a very embarrassing position among the princes of the world, not only because he was born in a yellow scarf, but also because his father was once listed as a national thief by the imperial court.

But Mujing has created a broad road, and in just a few years, it has created a piece of Yizhou.

At this time, they had to take the initiative to whitewash Mu Jing, because it no longer made any sense to care about those backgrounds, and now strength is king, and only by identifying with Mu Jing's status can Yizhou contain the imperial court.

After all, the most powerful princes in the world are now the imperial court, the imperial court sits on the world, holds orthodoxy, the Han family in the world for four hundred years, and the influence is deep in the bone marrow.