Chapter 422: Dynamics of the Parties (Part I)

Xiang Yu's army originally gathered all the fierce generals of the Yellow Turbans, but after the division of troops to the south, those generals also returned to their respective commanders.

Now Xiang Yu has not many generals available, except for generals such as Long and Zhong Li, and Yu Zizi, and the only strategist is still by Zhang Jiao's side, so Wenchen is even more pitiful.

Xiang Yu was in the most scarce time at this time, and Ji Bu, the general who had just been rescued, was naturally reused by Xiang Yu.

Since Ji Bu was Zhang Jiao's henchman, Xiang Yu naturally couldn't fully trust him.

Ji Bu is currently under Xiang Yu, in addition to leading the army, the biggest role is actually to regulate the relationship between Xiang Yu and Zhang Liang.

For example, in today's situation, Xiang Yu will definitely not take the initiative to make peace with Zhang Liang, but Ji Bu will become a bridge between the two.

However, even so, it is difficult to heal the scars between the two, and the generals and commanders of the Yellow Turban South Road Army have been in conflict for a long time, and now they can no longer be reconciled.

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Guangchengguan.

After learning that Qin Hao was captured alive, Lu Zhi was immediately anxious to jump up and down, but when he heard Liu Bowen say that this was Qin Hao's intention, Lu Zhi was stunned.

"Are you saying that Shan Xiongxin is a fraud? The colt was also deliberately captured? ”

Lu Zhi looked incredulous, and even suspected that these two were joking with him, but could such a joke be made easily?

Liu Bowen nodded and said solemnly: "That's right." ”

Lu Zhi's eyes widened, and he was immediately furious, but he didn't dare to make too loud noises, so he had to scold angrily in a low voice:

"It's nonsense. Don't you know how many ripple effects there will be when a manager is captured? How big a blow is this for the whole army? Just send the coach out for one possibility, don't you both have brains? ……”

The furious Lu Zhi sprayed the two of them in the face with smeared stars, but Liu Fang and the others did not dare to have the slightest dissatisfaction, so they could only let Lu Zhi scold.

Lu Zhi scolded for half an hour before stopping, and after Liu Fang and the two looked at each other, there was a wry smile in their eyes.

"Yes, we all know what you always say, but the lord has no choice but to do it. If you want to complete the plan of the imperial court, you must do this. Liu Bowen explained respectfully.

"Wait."

Lu Zhi was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "You said it was the big plan of the imperial court?" ”

After the two glanced at each other, Fang Xuanling stood up and explained, "That's right. Common sense says that with the qualifications of the lord, it is impossible to serve as the chief general of the Southern Route Army, but the imperial court has arranged for the lord to be the chief general, and the old general has not doubted the intention? ”

"With the merits of the horse, although it is not impossible to serve as the main general of the road, it is really not enough in terms of qualifications."

Lu Zhi lowered his head and pondered for a while, then asked, "Tell me why this is?" ”

"That's because ......"

After listening to Liu Bowen's explanation, Lu Zhi couldn't help but gasp, and then fell into deep thought.

That is really a huge plan, once it succeeds, it will definitely bury the yellow scarf in one fell swoop, no wonder the imperial court made such a strange move, Qin Hao did not hesitate to risk his life.

Such an earth-shattering plan was definitely not conceived by the DPRK, Lu Zhi knew very well what kind of virtues those officials in the DPRK had, and it was absolutely impossible to formulate such a plan.

If it is not a person in the court, then there are only 100 families left, but who among the 100 families has such great energy that His Majesty can gamble with the life and death of the great man?

"It's him."

Lu Zhi opened his eyes and said to himself, "It must be him." ”

Lu Zhi, as a person hidden in Confucianism in the Hundred Schools, naturally knows some secrets of the Hundred Schools, and the only one who can influence Liu Hong among the Hundred Schools is Guiguzi Wang Xu.

"I see, you still can't bear it anymore." Lu Zhi smiled heartily.

Liu Bowen and Fang Xuanling glanced at each other, and there was a trace of doubt in their eyes, how could they know that Lu Zhi, who knew the reason, already knew more than them.

What Liu Bowen and Fang Xuanling knew was what Qin Hao told, but what Lu Zhi knew didn't even Qin Hao know.

"What is 'he' by the old general?" Liu Bowen asked.

Lu Zhi didn't answer, but asked, "What should I do next?" ”

Seeing this, Liu Bowen knew that Lu Zhi didn't want to leak that person's information, so he didn't continue to stalk.

"Next, we must give up Guangcheng Pass and retreat to Nanyang to join General Zhu Jun, otherwise we will show flaws."

"Just give up, won't the yellow turban doubt it?"

"Due to the capture of the commander, the morale of our army has been hit like never before, even if there is a hero in his hand at this time, he will never be able to defend it, and the Yellow Turban must also know this, so he will definitely not have any doubts."

Lu Zhi nodded, and asked again, "And then?" ”

"Give up Nanyang, let the 300,000 Yellow Turban elites join the division, and then continue to lure the enemy deeper. Nanyang is facing two attacks from the northeast, and the strategic retreat is completely reasonable. ”

"It's 200,000." Fang Xuanling corrected, while Liu Bowen rolled his eyes helplessly.

Xiang Yu's 20th army is the elite, and the other 100,000 Yuzhou Yellow Turban Army is much worse.

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In just a few days, the news that Qin Hao was captured alive in front of the battle spread all over the world, and the Yellow Turban side beat gongs and drums to celebrate, and the Han was naturally mourning.

Who would have thought that the invincible champion Hou would be captured by the enemy so hastily, which was a great blow to the entire Han army, and the most affected was naturally Qin Wen, the commander of the Han army's eastern route.

Since the news of Qin Hao's capture was confirmed, more than half of the officials in the Chang'an court proposed to seize Qin Wen's military power, and the most active among them was Yuan Feng.

If Qin Wen's military power is withdrawn, Yuan Shao is most likely to become the main general, and the Yuan family can also take advantage of the situation to control the military power of the 200,000 Han army.

Wang Yun, Cai Yong and others, who have a good relationship with Qin Wen, rarely did not stand up against it this time, but it was not that they didn't want to, but they didn't dare.

Qin Hao is Qin Wen's only son, in case Qin Wen defects to the enemy for his son, this will be a fatal blow to the Han, so Wang Yun and the others dare not speak for Qin Wen.

Qin Wen, the Marquis of Taiyuan, who made great achievements for the Han Dynasty, seemed to be abandoned by the civil and military forces of the Han Dynasty at this time, and he really responded to the sentence that the wall fell down and everyone pushed it.

"Your Majesty has a decree to order the Metropolitan Governor Qin Wen to continue the war east of Hangu Pass, and seal him as the Assassin of the Prefecture, the Hussar General, and promote the county marquis to the county marquis, and seal the marquis of ten thousand households."

After Zhang Rang read out Liu Hong's will in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, the court immediately exploded.

"How is this possible?"

Yuan Feng's face was incredulous, and he couldn't believe that this will was given by Liu Hong.

"Is this still the same faint king?" The Manchu Dynasty thought so.