Chapter 4 The Divide of the Heroes Section 50 Shocking the Tiger

Looking at the broken jade on the ground, everyone was dumbfounded, surprised, flustered, lonely, and desperate.

Frustrated and asked unwillingly: "It is rumored that Yuan Highway got the jade seal of the country, so is this jade seal true or false?" ”

Tian Chou hung his head and said, "Whether it's true or not, it's all waste now." ”

Guan Ning shouted in frustration: "Xuande, why is this so? Why break it? ”

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu looked at the broken jade in despair, turned to grief and jealousy, and finally lost all thoughts.

Liu Bei calmly put his hands behind his back, stared at Sun Ce coldly, and replied: "Those who are in the world are also the people in the world." Renjun, those who are not virtuous cannot live in it. Ignorant people think that if they get the jade seal of the country, they can sit back and enjoy the world, and in order to compete for the jade seal, they deceive themselves, regardless of the life and death of the people, and ignore morality and righteousness. Everyone thinks that once they seize the jade seal, they can be sent by the mandate of heaven, and from then on, what does the life and death of the people have to do with me? From now on, the people of the world can be used as fish and meat, and they can be taken and taken away, and they are tyrannical. In this way, the existence of the jade seal of the country is a curse for the people. Fang Jin is in troubled times, and this scourge is especially obvious.

Can the authority of the world really be pinned on this small jade seal?

Now, I've put an end to it. There is no jade seal of the country, no false rumors, and no so-called divine aura. In the process of fighting for the world, we must return to the essence of fighting for people's hearts, so that no matter who wins or loses, the people must be the object of encirclement. Even if we seize the world, we must be vigilant day and night, lest we lose the hearts and minds of the people in the world. In this way, for the people, without the heirloom jade seal, life will be better.

Hmph, the jade seal of the country, for the king, this is just an artifact of the foolish people, but for the people, this is the pass of the king's plunder, it is the nightmare of the people, there is no so-called jade seal in this world, although it may not be better, but at least it will not be worse. ”

Pulling the fragments of the jade seal with his toes, Liu Bei smiled sarcastically: "'Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity' - what is the sky?" The heavens and the earth are nothing but a creation of the Father, just like the wind and rain, the thunder and lightning, the sun, the moon, and the stars, just a natural phenomenon. What is the destiny of heaven, all things in the world, people-oriented. Man is the Father's favorite child, the 'Son of Heaven', how can there be the glory of the 'Son of Man'. Unpopular, who deserves to have the world? ”

These words are aggressive and go straight to the hearts of people. Among them, there is no lack of disrespectful words. However, Liu Bei raised the name of Father, and Father's Religion is the most popular and powerful religious group in Qingzhou. Fu Shou, Tian Chou and others are also religious believers, so they are speechless. Although Guan Ning did not believe in the Father's Religion, however, he who advocated "the son is silent and the power is chaotic", he could not continue to accuse, and the crowd looked at the fragments of the jade seal on the ground stupidly, and the regretful expressions were fully expressed on their faces.

Liu Bei looked at Sun Ce in disgust, and waved his hand: "Take your people, get out of Qingzhou for me." ”

"Wait", with a shout, the secretary of the Qingzhou Criminal Department, the supreme justice Wang Lie and Wang Yanfang were sweaty, and rushed into Liu Bei's mansion: "Lord, do you want to replace Qingzhou public law with personal will?" ”

Liu Bei got up in fear, saluted the great sage who was on par with Guan Ning for his fame, and replied respectfully: "Where did Yan Fang say this? Don't dare to do so. ”

Wang Lie wiped his sweat and said sharply: "Sun Wentai betrayed the alliance and violated the public law of Qingzhou, and he should be punished by the law of Qingzhou." But the lord wants to release criminals without trial with his personal feelings, and where is the law? ”

Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said: "Watching the mutual aid agreement, purely relying on moral constraints, there is no provision in the law, how to sanction it?" Besides, Sun Wentai is not from Qingzhou, how can the law manage Sun Gong. Also, Brother Wentai is dead, let's respect his orphans and widows. ”

Wang Lie sneered: "Sun Wentai is not from my Qingzhou, but after he asked for countless grains, grasses, ordnance, and soldiers in Qingzhou, he betrayed the covenant privately and committed fraud against my Qingzhou; abducted our Qingzhou soldiers to go south, framed our Qingzhou sergeants, and committed the crimes of kidnapping and abduction against my Qingzhou; betrayal of the allies of the Covenant, violation of the law of contract; How can he not be sentenced for being an accomplice to several crimes? Although Sun Wentai is dead, why can't all the people who had consulted with him and committed all kinds of crimes together be there? ”

Liu Bei replied slowly: "When Sun Gongwentai crusaded against Dong Zhuo, he moved forward bravely, conquered Luoyang, and repelled Dong thieves, I respect him as a rare hero, and now Sun Gong is dead, and his young son is persecuted by Yuan Shu, and he is lonely." Although Brother Wentai deceived me in Qingzhou before his death, how could I bear to torment Sun Gong's young son at this time? ”

Sun Ce saw that Liu Bei tried his best to protect him at this time, and then he knew that Liu Bei hurriedly drove him out of Qingzhou, which was the lightest punishment, and when he was in a stirred mood, he couldn't help but cry when he heard Liu Bei talk about his father's bravery.

Wang Lie replied unmoved: "The lord has repeatedly emphasized that the law is not merciful, and the law should punish the criminal act, not the circumstances of the crime. Now, does the lord want to ignore the laws of Qingzhou himself? ”

Frustrated Shou hurriedly stepped forward to play a round: "Yan Fang, the words are heavy, the words are heavy." ”

Guan Ning frowned and scolded softly: "Yan Fang, pay attention to your identity, how can you talk to the lord like this!" ”

Liu Bei pondered silently for a moment, and bowed his hand to Wang Lie: "Yan Fang's lesson is reasonable, don't dare to abolish the public for personal reasons." Wait for me to explain a few words to Sun Gongzi, and let him go with you. ”

After speaking, Liu Bei beckoned Jian Yong and asked with concern, "How are things going?" ”

Jian Yong glanced at Sun Ce and replied, "According to the explanation of the lord, we have made contact with Bo Huanfan, the lord of Xiangyang. In the past, Sun Wentai was too punctual in Changsha, and recommended Huan Fan as filial piety, Huan Fan accepted our entrustment and came out to Liu Biao to ask for Sun Wentai's body, and Liu Biao immediately agreed. At present, we have salted Sun Wentai's body with lime and embalmed it and buried it on Tongbai Mountain. The cemetery is built of fine stone and is ready for future graves. ”

Liu Bei gestured with his eyes and said, "Give the map of the location of the cemetery to Sun Gongzi." ”、

Sun Ce took the map, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to Liu Bei three times: "Xuande Gong's funeral father's grace, the sky is high and the earth is thick, if there is a chance in the future, Sun will definitely reciprocate." ”

Liu Bei replied coldly: "Your father once fought side by side with me, and I don't need to repay this little thing." Faith and righteousness should be the first thing in the world, and if you keep your promise in all things in the future, it will be regarded as a reward for me. ”

Looking at the lonely back of Sun Ce who went with Wang Lie, Liu Bei was full of emotion: What era is this, even heroes don't take Xinyi seriously, not to mention ordinary people, how difficult it is to change such a society?

Troubled times, is this troubled times? When will the Chinese nation be able to avoid a chaotic era of reincarnation for 200 years?

Turning his head, Liu Bei admonished: "The Sun clan is strong in Jiangdong, Zizheng (frustrated), you tell Wang Yanfang, don't embarrass them too much." ”

Frustrated nodded yes, and said with emotion: "It's a pity, a tiger general." ”

Tiger General, Frustrated Shou's words immediately reminded Liu Bei: "Xianhe (Jian Yong), there is one more thing, what did you do?" ”

Jian Yong smiled proudly: "It's worth the trip, Huang Zu has agreed to take some of the family's family members in exchange for 100 pieces of Qingzhou high-grade armor and 20 pieces of Divine Arm Iron String Bow (Steel Wire String Iron Bow)." It's just that one of them is more troublesome, this person is a side branch of the Huang family, who has made meritorious contributions in this battle and has been awarded the captain of Changsha City Gate. ”

Sounding like Huang Zhong, Liu Bei didn't dare to show his expression, and asked urgently: "What about others?" ”

Jian Yong replied with a smile: "I'm afraid that he will go to Changsha to take office, and when he leaves Jingzhou, he has been summoned to accompany him." He also said that he wanted to study at the Qingzhou Military Academy for a few days before taking office. When I entered the city just now, I put him in a post house. ”

"What's his name and how old is he?"

"The surname is Huang Mingzhong, the word is Hansheng, and he is forty-six years old this year. It's always a little old, but the bow horse is skilled, and it is said that he has the ability to pierce Yang in a hundred steps. Jian Yong added cautiously.

Haha, sure enough, it was him.

"Very good, Han Sheng, Da Han Shengteng, this name is good, I like it", Liu Bei praised repeatedly: "Send someone to Jingzhou immediately and tell Huang Zu that I don't want the rest of the people, I just want Huang Zhong and send Huang Hansheng's relatives and family members, and I will pay for what he needs." ”

Frustrated, he asked: "Is it worth 100 high-grade armor and 20 divine arm bows to come back for an old man?" ”

"Worth it", Liu Bei snickered and said: "When have I ever done a loss-making business, 100 for high-grade armor, 20 divine arm bows for a city gate captain, why is it not worth it?" ”

Frustrated and Guan Ning glanced at each other, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"What are you laughing at, am I wrong?" Liu Bei asked unconvinced.

Tian Chou couldn't hold back his laughter and replied, "The lord hasn't done a loss-making business? But I heard that the lord recently married a female cook who can't cook, quack quack......"

Liu Bei was annoyed and ashamed, and said violently: "Die Yin Dong, dare to spread rumors, bring a knife, I will cut him." ”

Gao Shun happened to walk into Liu Bei's mansion and saw a group of important ministers laughing, shocked and suspicious, and said, "Why is it so gaffe?" ”、

Under Liu Bei's stern gaze, the ministers couldn't help laughing and didn't dare to answer.

Gao Shun didn't delve into it, and hurriedly said: "Military situation emergency: Gongsun Chan sent troops to Jizhou and fought with Han Fu in Wangdu City (now Baoding City), Han Fu was defeated, and Gongsun Chan took advantage of the situation to conquer the entire territory of Zhongshan Kingdom. ”

is a good Gongsun Zhan, who has not been out for a few years, once he sends troops, he is so powerful.

Zhongshan went through the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and Zhang Yan was harassed by the Black Mountain Army, although it was broken, the people who survived were all brave and good at fighting. Gongsun Chan took Zhongshan Kingdom in one fell swoop, no wonder he was shocked at home.

"Go back to the house and discuss it again", Liu Bei instructed: "Bingyuan, take the little boy to the master's mother, inform the other generals, don't go shopping on the street, and come to the house to discuss immediately." ”

Before leaving, Liu Bei looked at the fragments of the underground jade seal, and said casually: "Sweep up these garbage and throw them away." ”

Guan Ning stared at the fragment of the jade seal, his face was calm: "The lord broke the jade seal, it is too shocking. It is necessary to tell the people in the prefecture to keep it a secret and prohibit it from being spread outside. ”

Guan Hai bowed as a sign of respect.

Frustrated, he said pityingly: "In this way, no one can distinguish whether the jade seal Yuan Shu took is true or false. True: False is true when it is true. ”

In the lobby, the generals received the call and arrived one after another. Looking at the map of Jizhou, everyone waited with bated breath for Liu Bei's decision.

Gongsun Chan used 50,000 troops this time, including 30,000 cavalry. The backbone of the cavalry was the Gongsun Mansion Jiading who Liu Bei had trained, about 3,000 people, all riding white horses, known as the White Horse Yicong. Every time Gongsun Chan rushed into battle, he took the lead with white horse righteousness, and his edge was unstoppable.

Gongsun Chan had a close relationship with Liu Bei, and all the generals in the hall believed that Gongsun Zhan, who was in sight of victory, really wanted to occupy Jizhou, which was not a good thing for Qingzhou. Therefore, everyone looks relaxed.

Frustrated lying on the map for a long time, after exchanging opinions with Tian Chou Xu Shu, he suggested: "Lord, I have two strategies to deal with, one is to take advantage of the fire to rob, and the other is to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, which one does the lord want to choose?" ”

"I understand that you want to take the opportunity to recover the plains, but I don't think our army needs to do anything to recover the plains. What does it mean to knock on a mountain and shake a tiger? You explain. Liu Bei narrowed his eyes and asked.

Frustrated: "Why does the lord think: Our army does not need to take action to recover the plains?" ”

Liu Bei explained: "Previously, in order to supply grain and grass to the Eastern Coalition Army, and in order to avoid the advance of the Montenegrin Army, Han Fu had already transferred the Jizhou Governance Office from Xindu to Yecheng, Wei County. Gongsun Chan went south, and the county that needed to be captured below was Julu County. After Yuan Shao returned to the army, he was stationed in Qinghe, just on the east side of Julu County. With the relationship between Gongsun Zan and us, Yuan Shao must stabilize us at this time. If he also plotted against Jizhou, the first thing to do was to return the plains, and then flank Gongsun Zhan. If he doesn't have this ambition, he will also ease relations with us when Gongsun Bogui attacks. We'll wait and see what he says about it, and we'll know what he's going to do next. ”

As he was talking, the messenger came to report that Yuan Shao sent an envoy to appoint Liu Bei as the pastor of Qingzhou, and Yuan Tan was demoted by one level and became the Taishou of the Plains.

Yuan Shao is going to do something to Gongsun Zhan?

Beckoning the messenger Yuan Shao to enter the mansion, Liu Bei replied to the messenger sarcastically: "Please copy the first duke, such an appointment letter, a piece of waste paper." Bei originally had to be appointed by the imperial court as the Qingzhou pastor, and this appointment did not need to be approved at the beginning, who did he think he was? Does the emperor's appointment need to be repeated by him? Please tell Ben Chu Gong that if you want to return Pingyuan County, please do it quickly, why be so embarrassed or embarrassed, if he doesn't give it, won't I take it myself? ”

Repulsed Yuan Shao's messenger, Liu Bei turned around and asked, "Zizheng, what do you mean by the plan to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger?" ”

Frustrated Shou lowered his head, picked up the ruler, compared it on the map for a while, threw the ruler fiercely, and said: "Then we will knock on a mountain and shake two tigers, increase troops in Pingyin City, go north to attack Pingyuan County, and go west to attack Yanzhou Cao Mengde's East County, at the same time, if there is a change in Jizhou, our army can cross Dongjun from Pingyin City and attack Yecheng directly." If Yuan Shaozhen was plotting against Jizhou, he could let Lu Su Lu Zijing, the governor of Hengjiang stationed near Pingyin City, cross the river and occupy the plain. As for the rest of our army, we are stationed in Pingyin, peeking into Dongjun and coercing Cao Cao. ”

Liu Bei walked to the map, picked up the ruler, carefully measured the marching distance, and said, "Okay, since we knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, we will knock him on the sky." Lu Zijing did not understand the world, and privately deployed the boy scouts to Sun Jian's camp, causing the scouts to suffer heavy losses. This time, let him wear the guilt and make meritorious contributions. Tell him to take the plains, everything will be fine, no rewards and no punishments, and if we can't see the plains to recover, we will settle the new and old accounts together.

Zitai (Tian Chou), you will send someone to contact Cao Mengde again and ask if our army can use Daodong County to echo Gongsun Zan and attack Han Fu together? As soon as this move comes out, if Cao Mengde is worried that our army will be wiped out on a false path, he will inevitably renew the covenant with us, Cao Cao's three counties are newly determined, and the spring grain has not yet been sown, I will see what he will use to exchange markets with me, if he is afraid because of this, and step up the arming of his army, we will just drag down his economy.

As for Yuan Shao, we must step up small-scale armed infiltration, so that he will feel that we are about to move, and in order to avoid a war on both sides, he must let our army reoccupy the plain without blood. If Yuan Shaoruo was still greedy and refused to give in, our army began to put on a hard offensive posture and forcibly pressed the bull's head, I don't believe that he didn't drink water. ”

Gao Shun looked at the map and said worriedly: "General Gongsun has led troops out of Liaoxi, and the troops of Beiping County and Yuyang County are empty. Zhang Liao and Le Jin first arrived in Liaoxi, and they don't know the situation, is the lord adding troops to Liaoxi? Or, at the very least, send someone to inform Lejin to be on guard. ”

Liu Bei pondered for a while, and said approvingly: "What the senior brother said is reasonable, at this moment, the Central Plains war is imminent, and Qingzhou can't draw out excess troops, however, transfer a few generals to still have this spare strength, order Zhao Yun Zhao Zilong, Gao Ran Gao Shengjing, immediately rushed to Izumo, reported to the left army division Tian Toyota Fu Hao, and ordered all tribes to levy this year's recruits according to the oath, a total of 5,000 people, dispatched by the left army division, these recruits had better let them garrison in the white wolf, monitor Xianbei, if there is a chance, send troops to merge the state, cut off the Xiongnu in Fuluo north escape route. The order was sent down, and the land near Dingxiangcheng (********) in Yunzhong County was rewarded to the conquerors of Yunzhong County, and the generals who commanded the army to conquer Yunzhong County could freely distribute the land to the heroes under him, and then report the reward list to Qingzhou. ”

The strong man on the grassland is king, and the more at this time, the more necessary it is to replace defense with offense, maintain an aggressive posture, and further oppress the living space of the Xianbei tribe, so that they dare not take advantage of the fire to rob.

Although Liu Bei's troops were small, they were standing soldiers, and Cao Cao's troops were large, but they were Tuntian soldiers. In the spring ploughing season, Liu Bei suddenly pressed the border, Cao Cao in order to deal with it, must implement the mobilization of the whole people, so that he can not carry out spring ploughing in peace and stability, missed the agricultural time, Cao Cao, who reduced grain production, must rely more on Qingzhou economically.

Liu Bei was secretly happy, and suddenly remembered something: "Zizheng, the commander of the Third Army in Pingyin City has not been appointed, and this time to increase the troops in Pingyin, I have already thought of the candidate for the head of the county." ”