PS: Sorry, power outage...... ）

The New Year's bell rang in the sixth year of Chuping, and in the simple study of King Kang's mansion, Kang Peng quietly listened to the sound of firecrackers coming from Chang'an City, and silently played with the unfinished Yongzhou financial account book in his hand, there was a pool of dark red blood on the account book, and the blood spurted out of Li Ru's mouth. Kang Peng seemed to see that Li Ru was coughing violently in the candlelight in the middle of the night, while struggling to count and record Yongzhou's financial income, and on Li Ru's desk, there were mountains of official documents and recitals, and finally, blood flowed from the corners of Li Ru's mouth, and people slowly fell on the desk. Unconsciously, tears once again soaked Kang Peng's ugly copper bell eyes.

From the first day Kang Peng came to the Three Kingdoms era, Li Ru was Kang Peng's most loyal and reliable assistant. Every time Kang Peng issued an order, Li Ru led a group of civil officials to implement it according to the order, and never shirked it; But while Kang Peng enjoyed the joy of success and the cheers of the army and the people, Li Ru silently returned to the background, hoarding grain, grass, materials and recruiting soldiers for Kang Peng's next move; When Kang Peng failed in Luoyang, it was Li Ru who silently made up for Kang Peng, even if he was misunderstood, insulted and even beaten, Li Ru never distinguished, but silently shared the burden for Kang Peng; It can be said that every thing Kang Peng did when he came to the Three Kingdoms era had Li Ru's silent support behind him, and in the five years from Kang Peng's acquaintance with Li Ru to Li Ru's death, Li Ru never took the initiative to ask Kang Peng for himself, even if his official position was demoted to Jia Xu by Kang Peng, Li Ru was not afraid of a little dissatisfaction and protest, just like an old ox with his head down and worked hard until he died of exhaustion for Kang Peng's great cause. And it wasn't until the moment he learned that Li Ru died of illness that Kang Peng suddenly discovered that his dependence on Li Ru was so deep and so heavy.

After personally sending Li Ru's body for burial, Kang Peng, who had almost never been ill, fell seriously ill, so he had to temporarily hand over government affairs and military affairs to Jia Xu and Xu Jing and others to take care of, and it was not until two days ago that Kang Peng could leave the sickbed to deal with government affairs. Fortunately, during the period when Kang Peng was sick in bed, Dong Zhuojun's military operations in Jiangnan were progressing very smoothly, the southernmost part had occupied Jian'an, nine counties and eighty-one prefectures were basically pacified, and the economy of Yong and Liang Prefectures, which were on the right track, was still developing rapidly, and the newly occupied Yizhou and Jingzhou economies also began to recover, while Cao Cao was still in a stalemate with Yuan Shaojun in Liyang and Baima (south), only Liu Beijun played an anti-Dong banner because Guan Yu died in the hands of Dong Zhuojun, and gathered troops in Yangzhou, and there was a tendency to attack Dong Zhuojun's Lusu Army in the south. But no one in Dong Zhuojun took Liu Bei's clamor in their eyes, and with the cunning of Liu Bei and Zhuge Xuan, they would never dare to rashly start a war with Dong Zhuojun when Ma Chao's army could threaten Yuzhou at any time.

When Kang Peng wept for Li Ru again, the soldiers outside the study said: "Tell the king, Jia Junshi and Xu Shangshu ask to meet." Kang Peng hurriedly wiped away his tears and shouted, "Please." After a while, the door of the study was pushed open, Jia Xu and Xu Jing came in, after the two saluted Kang Peng, Kang Peng let them sit down, although Kang Peng wiped away his tears, but the two of them still saw Kang Peng's mood at the moment from Kang Peng's red eyes, Jia Xu was a little sad, hugged his fists and said: "The king, Xianjia has passed away, although it is unfortunate, but the king still has to take care of the jade body, otherwise Xianjia will not be blind under the nine springs." ”

Kang Peng reluctantly nodded, and asked with sadness: "Wen He and Wen Xiu came to see Gu late at night, could it be something big?" ”

Jia Xu and Xu Jing glanced at each other, both showing helpless looks, Jia Xu took out a piece of music, and said with a wry smile: "Tell the king, the Dark Moon Group in Luoyang has sent a report that our emperor has squandered Luoyang's tax revenue this year, and wants to send someone to the king to pass the decree, hoping that the king will pay a tribute to the imperial court, and he has a great appetite, hoping to get 200,000 stone grain and 100,000 gold coins from the king." ”

"He's going to grab it!" Kang Peng scolded: "300,000 stone grain is 36 million catties, and the current population of Luoyang is less than 200,000, does he want to feed the entire population of Luoyang for him alone?" Although the total grain harvest of the lonely land this year is more than 10,000 hundred, this grain is exchanged for a good life, and I don't want to take it from the lonely hand for nothing! ”

Xu Jing smiled bitterly, "What the king said is good, so Xiao Sheng discussed it with Jia Junshi and them, and they also felt that they should not be given in vain." Jia Xu smiled mysteriously: "King, what we mean from our discussion is that since food cannot be given in vain, but there are still 200,000 extremely poor people in Luoyang, and the industry and agriculture in Yongzhou are short of manpower, King, should our army consider regaining direct control of Luoyang?" At the same time, it can also make the little emperor more honest, lest he make any blood edicts. ”

Kang Peng pondered for a moment, and after a sophisticated calculation of the possible consequences after returning to Luoyang, in the end, Kang Peng shook his head and said: "No, it's not the right time, although our army is already invincible in the world, but once Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Liu Bei join forces, it will be enough for our army to fight again, and now return to Luoyang, our army's iron cavalry can directly threaten the Central Plains at any time, and the three are threatened by our army, it is difficult to say that they will not let go of their hatred and collude together, which is not conducive to our army's plan." "After so many ups and downs, Kang Peng has completely matured, and now Dong Zhuojun's strategic decisions are almost all decided by Kang Peng himself, and Jia Xu has also retreated from Dong Zhuojun's actual strategic decision-maker to the position of an assistant, fortunately, Jia Xu belongs to the kind of typical strategists who do not have a strong desire for power and only want to protect themselves, unlike Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, who like to tilt the power towards the government and the opposition, every time Kang Peng takes a step forward, Jia Xu takes a step back rationally, and there is no turmoil in Dong Zhuojun's power alternation.

After Kang Peng's analysis was finished, Jia Xu and Xu Jing nodded again and again, convinced, Kang Peng continued: "Lone means that Luoyang is going to return, but after Cao Cao and Yuan Shao decide the victory, Lone will return to Luoyang, at that time, Cao Cao, who was threatened by Lone, will take the initiative to attack Luoyang in order to protect himself, replace defense with attack, and not give Lone the opportunity to march into the Central Plains, and Lone can also take the opportunity to consume Cao Cao's strength, and after Cao Cao's long-term war strength is empty, Lone can determine the Central Plains." In the same way, Lone is heavily deployed in Jiangnan, and Liu Bei will continue to attack Jiangnan in order to protect himself. ”

Jia Xu and Xu Jing were impressed by Kang Peng's strategic decision, and Jia Xu suddenly smiled evilly: "Wang, Xiaosheng has a plan, maybe Yuan Cao can decide the winner in advance, so that the king's plan can be completed much earlier." ”

"Oh, I wonder what the military advisor has planned?" Kang Peng came to be interested.

"Xiaosheng has to ask the king first." Jia Xu smiled evilly: "I don't know if the king wants Yuan Shao to win?" Or do you hope that Cao Cao wins? ”

"Lone hopes that Cao Cao wins." Kang Peng subconsciously replied: "Yuan Shao is in two states, and his strength is far better than Cao Cao, if Yuan Shao wins, and then takes Cao Cao's Qingzhou, our army will undoubtedly solve Yuan Shao, which will undoubtedly be much trickier." ”

"That is ......." Jia Xu whispered something to Kang Peng's ear, and the sad Kang Peng's ugly face gradually turned from cloudy to sunny, and suddenly burst into laughter, "Okay, good, the military advisor's clever plan, the military advisor's clever plan." Seeing that Jia Xu and Kang Peng were happy, Xu Jing was itching, but he didn't dare to ask, after Li Ru fell ill, out of the nature of the leader, Kang Peng couldn't find a second person who could rest assured that he could entrust military affairs and government affairs, so he had to separate powers, Xu Jing led the civil affairs, and Fa Zheng was responsible for logistics preparations, because after two key defeats in a row, Chen Gong completely lost Kang Peng's trust, and was transferred from the military commander to the person in charge of military production and development, and Jia Xu led a cadre of strategists to form Dong Zhuojun's staff. All departments are personally coordinated by Kang Peng, and they must not interfere with each other, so as not to have accidents, so although Xu Jing is itchy and curious, he does not dare to ask.

"Let Ling Ming go." Kang Peng pondered for a long time, decided to send Pang De to carry out Jia Xu's plan, and picked up his pen and began to write letters to Yuan Shao.

"Wang, do you want to inform Wen Yuan and let him get ready?" Jia Xu reminded.

Kang Peng raised his head, and a wicked smile appeared on his ugly face, "No, before going to Jiangnan, Lone had already left a bag for Wen Yuan." ”

"Hehehehe......." Kang Peng and Jia Xu let out exactly the same wicked smile at the same time, and they both laughed so evilly.

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Ten days later, Kuaima sent Kang Peng's handwritten letter to Yuan Shao, who was personally leading the army in Baima and Jiyin and Cao Cao's army stalemate, after Wen Chou died inexplicably in the chaos, Yuan Shao personally led 500,000 troops to counterattack, Cao Cao scraped together 80,000 troops, Yuan Shao's army had an absolute advantage in strength, and easily drove Cao Cao across the Yellow River, Cao Cao's army could only rely on the Yellow River to stalemate with Yuan Shao's army, and completely fell behind. In the letter, Kang Peng first apologized to Yuan Shao, because Li Ru died of illness suddenly, Kang Peng was sick in bed, and Dong Zhuojun's rear was in chaos, so the armament and grain and grass promised to Yuan Shaojun had not arrived for a long time, and now Kang Peng's illness has recovered, and the honest and courteous Kang Peng immediately remembered his responsibility as an ally, and sent the general Pang De to personally escort 50,000 stone of grain to come in advance, and then there were a large number of weapons and armor, hoping that Yuan Shao would allow Dong Zhuojun to enter the country, Kang Peng also said at the end of the letter, Pang De not only shouldered the heavy responsibility of escorting grain and grass, but also shouldered the heavy responsibility of helping Yuan Shao's army attack Cao Cao.

Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he received the letter, and immediately showed Kang Peng's handwritten letter to his subordinates, Yuan Shaojun cheered up and down, and Guo Tu, who went out with the army, immediately patted his ass and said: "Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord, Pang De is King Kang's favorite general, brave and good at fighting, and the commander is also the invincible Xiliang Iron Cavalry in the world, which is the treasure of King Kang's army. ”

Seeing Guo Tu's big ass, Feng Ji, who was hostile to him, was naturally not to be outdone, and also hugged his fists and said: "There are thousands of generals under the command of the lord, what can Pang De be?" Our army is not short of food and grass, and there is no shortage of the 50,000 stones sent by King Kang. It's just that our army is lacking in equipment, and King Kang's army is famous for its excellent ordnance and weapons. ”

Feng Ji's sycophant was slapped on the heart of the complacent Yuan Shao, so that Yuan Shao couldn't help but burst into a burst of laughter, Feng Ji was right, Yuan Shaojun in order to support the front line, the people of Ji and Youzhou fished, the current Yuan Shaojun granary nest, stored enough grain and grass for Yuan Shao's 500,000 army for a year, there is no shortage of 50,000 stone grain sent by the stingy ghost Kang Peng, what is missing is the excellent weapons produced in Yongzhou.

"My lord." Fu Zhi, who was ordered to inspect the camp, rushed in from outside the big tent out of breath, and as soon as he entered the tent, he asked: "My lord, I heard that King Kang sent a letter, I don't know what King Kang said in the letter?" ”

"Note, you've come just in time." Yuan Shaoxing vigorously handed over Kang Peng's letter to him, "Take a look, King Kang has sent a batch of grain and grass to my father, as well as a large number of weapons, and I will also transfer a group of Xiliang iron cavalry to dispatch with my father, and my father's army will soon not have to worry about the lack of power." ”

After reading it, Fu Zhu suddenly shouted to Yuan Shao: "Lord, Dong Zhuo is a weasel to give a New Year's greeting to chickens, and he is not well-intentioned!" ”

As soon as the frustration said this, everyone in Yuan Shao's big tent was shocked, Yuan Shao was first stunned, and then asked the frustration very unhappily: "How do you say this?" King Kang first sent the grain and grass to the public, and then sent the weapons of the public, and also lent the treasure of the town army, Xiliang Iron Cavalry, to the public dispatch, broad-minded, rare in the world, how can it be regarded as uneasy and kind? ”

"My lord." Frustrated Zhu shook his head and sighed: "Our army has completely gained the upper hand, there is no shortage of food, and Cao Cao's troops are not as good as our army, last year's production in Qingzhou was wasted, and the grain and grass were not as good as our army, our army only needs to insist on the onslaught for a period of time, and it is easy to destroy Cao Cao, Dong Zhuo is now sending Pang De to send grain and grass ordnance, called to assist our army, which is actually to snatch the victory with our army." ”

"Makes sense." Yuan Shao's face gradually recovered, and he nodded: "Go on." ”

"My lord, according to what you see." Fu Zhu continued: "With Dong Zhuo's greed, he will not sit idly by and watch our army annex Qingyan Erzhou, and the Pang De sent may help the lord to break Cao Cao, but Pang De must have another task, once Cao Cao defeats the king, Pang De will seize Yanzhou's Xuchang, Chenliu and other strategic places, and Dong Zhuo's iron cavalry will also go out of Tongguan, and take advantage of the lord and Cao Cao's remnants of the party to fight to seize Yanzhou, at that time, the lord wants to go back to Yanzhou, Dong Zhuo will not return, the lord will rob it, Dong Zhuo's army is waiting for work, our army is really not very good. ”

Judging from Boss Dong's usual experience in dealing with allies, Boss Dong's analysis is not unreasonable, the shameless Boss Dong used this trick to trap Liu Biao and snatch Yongan from Liu Biao's hands. Yuan Shao's face was cloudy, and he gritted his teeth and said after a long time: "Yes, my father can't be fooled by this, Dong Zhuo has always been despicable and shameless, and he has the best chance of fighting this idea." ”

"The lord is wise!" Fu Zhu, Guo Tu, Feng Ji and the others bowed down to flatter together, and Guo Tu asked again, "Lord, since this is the case, do you refuse Dong Zhuo's assistance and prevent Pang De's grain team from entering the country?" ”

"No, let him come." Yuan Shao sneered: "Dong Zhuo's grain, don't be in vain, let Pang De escort the grain to Wuchao, assist Chun Yuqiong to guard the granary, this duke has 40,000 troops in Wuchao, he Pang De dares to make a move, and rob Yanzhou with Bengong, Chun Yuqiong, Wei Yuanjin, Han Juzi, Lu Weihuang and Zhao Rui are enough to let him die without a place to be buried!" Speaking of this, Yuan Shao showed a smug smile, "Now that Dong Zhuo's food is refused, Dong Zhuo will not send any more ordnance and weapons over, and this duke will plan and pretend to be a plan, Dong Zhuo will definitely send ordnance and weapons to his hands in order to let his duke break Cao Cao as soon as possible." ”

"The lord is wise, strategizing, and winning thousands of miles away." Yuan Shaojun's civil and military forces slapped their asses in unison.