For Jiao He, he never thought that this Qingzhou assassin who had always been accused of incompetence would die so suddenly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info His death also had a great impact on Qingzhou, and no matter how many people accused him of being a vegetarian in the past, he was always the nominal ruler of Qingzhou.

And the biggest impact of his death is the imbalance between the forces in Qingzhou...

The six counties of Qingzhou were originally divided into two major forces, one of which was Yan Shao. Among the six counties of Qingzhou, at least Pingyuan and Le'an supported him, or were influenced by him. Jinan has a neutral attitude, and in addition to his own Linzi, there is only one Donglai County left to support Jiaohe.

If you look at it this way, the three counties are better than the two counties, Jiao He's power is obviously weaker than Yan Shao, not to mention that Beihai County has strong soldiers and horses, with nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, and more than 1,000 cavalry.

But this does not mean that Jiao He is completely weaker than Yan Shao, in the final analysis, Pingyuan and Le'an are only inclined to Yan Shao, and it is a little difficult for them to blatantly send troops to support Yan Shao. On the other hand, Jiao He is the nominal ruler of Qingzhou, and Le'an and Pingyuan are also deeply affected by it, if Jiao He and Yan Shao have a clear confrontation with the carriage and horse, these two places may not really send troops to support Yan Shao.

In other words, don't look at Jiao He and look useless, but it actually plays a great role in the balance of power in Qingzhou.

For the people of Pingyuan, Le'an and other counties, it is not necessarily unpleasant to see this. If you can be a prince of one party happily, why should you be a vassal of others?

They will support Yan Shao, also because Yan Shao sent troops to help them a lot before, but it is unlikely that they will be so willing to be Yan Shao's subordinates.

But now with Jiao He's death, everything has come to naught...

Without Jiao He's checks and balances, it means that Yan Shao's influence in Qingzhou is no longer limited, which some people don't want to see...

“……… Don't hesitate, now that Yan Shao is leading the army, it is the tiger leaving his nest, isn't this a godsend? In Huangxian County, a middle-aged scribe tried hard to persuade Cai Qi in the study.

Na Cai Qi sat on the couch, holding a book in his hand, as if he wanted to read, but in the past, it was easy for him to immerse himself in the articles, but at this time, he couldn't read it at all, and a sense of irritability rose in his heart.

"Hmph..."Throwing the book on the couch, Cai got up and walked in the study.

A maid next to her hurriedly walked up, quietly put away the book that Cai Qi threw on the couch, and then retreated to the corner of the room as if it didn't exist.

The scribe tried to persuade again, but was interrupted by Cai Qi raising his hand.

"What you say makes sense, but what if it doesn't work out? That Yan Shao is not a vegetarian, how can he not retaliate? Speaking of Yan Shao, Cai Qi's heart also raised a layer of concern.

For Yan Shao, he didn't look down on it very much. Left and right are just a down-and-out family, who made some meritorious deeds on the battlefield by luck, and then bribed He Jin to get the position of Beihai County Guard―――――― the last point is an important reason why Cai Qi has always been disgusted with Yan Shao.

As a traditional scholar, he was already very displeased with He Jin and the Ten Standing Attendants. If Yan Shao only gained his status by virtue of his military exploits, maybe Cai Qi might not look down on him so much, but he bought his official position through bribery.

A person who is only in his early twenties can be on an equal footing with him in the blink of an eye, which is called Cai Qi, who has been floating in the sea for twenty or thirty years, and is now over half a hundred years old, how can he be convinced?

In fact, he doesn't even look down on Jiao He very much, but they are all scholars, and they still have a common language, and they don't want to be climbed on the head by Yan Shao, a 'child', so it's not surprising that Cai Qi will support Jiao He.

But now that Jiao He is dead, it's his turn to have a headache.

At present, his strategists are offering advice, so that he can seize this opportunity to attack Beihai, but is Yan Shao a vegetarian? If you're not careful, you're afraid you'll be burned...

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Cai Qi's hesitant appearance made the strategist sigh in his heart.

But as a vassal, shouldn't you do your best for the Lord?

"Yan Shao, the tiger also, there was still a cage in the past, but now the cage has been opened, how can you not eat people? The lord asked himself what was the relationship with this Yan Shao in the past? Jiao He is dead, if he returns to Beihai in the future, how can he not take the Lord's sword? If you don't want to do it now, I'm afraid you'll be controlled by others! ”

The cage in the mouth of the scribes is the system that once existed. Under the rule of the Han family, the officials of the towns did not have the courage to attack each other, wouldn't that be similar to a rebellion? Even during the period of the Ten Standing Servants, no matter how dissatisfied the local officials were with the central government, they never had such thoughts.

But now it is different, the Han Emperor was held hostage by Dong Zhuo, and the prestige of the Han family has been swept away. And the signs of attack between the princes faintly appeared, which means that the cage that restrained these heroes in the past has been opened, this Yan Shao can be regarded as one of the heroes in the world, and Cai Qi's relationship with him has not been very good, I am afraid that Yan Shao has already had the intention to get rid of Cai Qi. It's just that the Han family is still restrained overhead, and Jiao He is there, so he doesn't dare to act rashly.

Now that the former has lost his prestige and is too busy to take care of himself, and the latter has died suddenly, it is equivalent to the two major elements that restrict Yan Shao have all disappeared. In addition, the troubled times have come, if you don't increase your strength, the coming day will definitely be food for others. And the quickest way to increase your power is to annex the other princes.

Yan Shao already needed to enhance his strength, and Cai Qi had a grudge with him in the past, and Cai Qi would become his primary target in public and private. In that case, why not get ahead of the curve? If you have to wait for others to do it first, you will really be completely passive.

Originally, I could have counted on the coalition army, that is, Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance. Although Cai Qi had never joined the coalition army, Yuan Shao was also the most prestigious of the Kwantung princes, and at least he could be counted on to uphold justice. Who would have thought that this person not only failed to solve Dong Zhuo, but also caused the coalition to fall apart, and even made a farce that began to kill each other before the coalition disbanded―――――― and it was this that made him firm in the idea of doing it as soon as possible.

Cai Qi didn't know this, but this decision was really difficult to make.

After all, if you really send troops to attack the North Sea, you will be happy, but what if you are defeated?

Now he can at least fantasize about it, maybe Yan Shao will not dare to do anything to him because of the existence of the Han family, but if he takes the initiative to do it...

No matter how you think about it, the truth doesn't seem to be on his side anymore?

"One more point, how should Tai Shi Ci solve it?" After pondering for a moment, Cai Qi asked.

At present, Yan Shao is indeed leading the troops, but this does not mean that Beihai is empty. On the contrary, now the strength of Beihai is strong, not only the troops that Yan Shao left in Beihai, but also Tai Shici...

Yan Shao left most of his troops to Tai Shici at the beginning, and let him make his own decision and return on his own when it was time to return to Beihai. Now that the coalition has almost been disbanded, and the rest have begun to kill each other, how can Tai Shici continue to stay in Luoyang? He had already led his troops back to the North Sea.

Even if he is an infantry soldier and deliberately slows down his speed, he is almost about to reach Qingzhou for such a long time.

The matter of raising troops is not hasty and feasible, it is necessary to prepare food and grass in advance, as well as mobilize troops, roughly calculate the time, when he raised the army, he almost happened to bump into the returning Tai Shici, wouldn't it be a way to kill himself?

"Otherwise..."Since he is a strategist, the scribe has naturally considered this point a long time ago." That Taishi Ci Shui Pass slashed Huaxiong in front of the battle, and Lu Bu was the opponent in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, known at home and abroad, and his reputation spread far and wide, how could such a character be willing to live under the people for a long time? If a person is willing to use his three-inch tongue to say the opposite of this person, then he will be a strong enemy for the Lord and get a help..."

"This..."Cai Qi hesitated for a moment, he asked himself, if he also has the courage and prestige of Tai Shici, he obviously will not be willing to live under others, if he sends a clever tongue to lobby, maybe he can get miraculous results." But if this Tai Shi Ci is in a high position, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be in trouble with Yan Shao..."

After all, this Tai Shi Ci is so powerful, if he really says that he will rebel, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not set his sights on Donglai like Yan Shao.

The scribe shook his head and continued. "Although this is the case, Yan Shao has long had prestige in Beihai and is convinced, even if this Tai Shi Ci replaces him, how can he easily succumb to the hearts of the people? In addition, Yan Shao suppressed the Yellow Turban before and after the Wuhuan, and accumulated a large amount of gold, silver, grain and grass in Beihai City.

But he didn't think about persuading Cai Qi to lead the army to fight, ambition is indeed something that everyone has, but if the ambition is too big and his own ability is too small, it will be a very troublesome thing. He is still relatively aware of his master's ability, so don't trouble his father-in-law about this kind of thing.

It's better to sweep the North Sea and get a vote, so that you can recruit troops in Donglai County, as long as you have the strength, whether it is Tai Shici or others, you will never dare to underestimate your own lord. In the end, no matter which prince wins the world, or the Han dynasty is prosperous, the lord of his own family can be sold at a price.

Cai Qi, who has a somewhat mediocre qualification, said that this is probably the best choice...

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Although Cai Qi's qualifications are a bit mediocre, he also knows that his strategists are really planning for themselves. And if he just sits back and waits, I'm afraid that it won't be long before Yan Shao will come to the door. With his friendship with Yan Shao, it is almost impossible to have a good end, and it seems not difficult to imagine how to choose.

"In that case, please sir!" With a deep bow, Cai Qi said solemnly to the scribe.

He did not understand the danger of the scribe's trip.

If it succeeds, of course everyone is happy, but if it fails...

It is said that the two countries are at war and do not kill the envoys, but such characters are usually not included in the scope of the envoys...

Of course, the scribe also knew how dangerous his trip was, so he didn't make friends, but just stood up straight, his face solemn...

In order to allow the scribe to solve this matter as soon as possible, Cai Qi also did his best, specially selected some fast horses for the scribe, and even selected a dozen people from his own personal guards to ensure that the scribe would not be solved by robbers on the way―――――― unlike Beihai, the security of Donglai is still relatively poor, and now it is still the hardest hit area of the Yellow Turban, but after being hit hard by Tai Shici and others, the degree has weakened a little.

But even if this is the case, it is not a zone that can be easily traversed by weak scribes, and if the scribes go on their own roads, I am afraid that it will not be long before they really become on the road.

Right now, all Cai Qi's hopes are on him, how could he think that the scribe he relied on was solved by a group of Yellow Turban remnants on the way.

The scribe also knew the importance of his trip, so he directly led those guards to march quickly, and within a few days, he not only crossed Donglai County, but even crossed the Beihai, and came directly to the Taishi Cijun who had just arrived in Qingzhou...

Knowing that someone from Donglai County came to look for him, Tai Shici was also a little surprised, but he didn't think much about it.

Because he was originally a person from Donglai County, even if he had brought his mother to Beihai, there were still a lot of ancient friends and even relatives and friends in Donglai County, and now he was more or less homesick, although he had not yet returned to Donglai County, but it was not impossible to say that any relatives and friends came to the door, but he just said to the guard.

"Let them in..."

"Yes!" Since the battle of Hua Xiong and his rivalry with Lu Bu, Tai Shici's reputation in the army has increased day by day, and he has been revered by the sergeants, and this personal guard is naturally the same.

It wasn't long before the guard came in from the outside with the scribe.

Just seeing the scribe, Tai Shici was somewhat stunned.

He originally thought that if he came to find himself this time, even if he was not a relative, he should be some friends in Donglai, but is this person in front of him...

He really didn't know him, but when he looked at it like this, he was a little familiar.

"Who are you?" Looking at the scribe, Tai Shici couldn't help but ask.

I didn't want the scribe to listen, but he laughed. "Ziyi is really a noble person who forgets things, what's the matter, have you forgotten the old people of Huang County back then?"

Hearing the scribe say this, Tai Shici felt a little guilty, and hurriedly invited this person in, after all, he forgot his friend, and he didn't even know what to call it, which was somewhat unreasonable, especially in such an era.

"I hope that Brother Tai will not be blamed...", a deep salute, Tai Shici said apologetically.

"How so—" The scribe hurriedly waved his hand. Ziyi is now in a high position and can be like this, how can I blame it..."

said and introduced, it turned out that he was really an old man, but the relationship was not close, and he could only be regarded as a colleague when he was in Donglai County.

Hearing what the other party said, Tai Shici was also relieved, but looked at the other party with a strange feeling. "I don't know what Brother Tai is here for?"

When it came to business, the scribe's expression became serious. "This time is just for Ziyi!" (To be continued.) )