Chapter 9: Difficult Choices

Kong Rong in Beihai City has been thinking carefully about his fate for several days. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info today's Qingzhou has become the fat in the eyes of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. Yuan Tan began a fierce attack on Qingzhou from the first year of Jian'an, if it weren't for his own Pan Zhang's help, I was afraid that Beihai City would have changed hands long ago. He was fortunate that he had blocked Yuan Tan's attack. I didn't expect the front door to drive away the tiger, and the back door to enter the wolf, and now even Cao Cao's army has sent troops to Qingzhou, and Gao Ye, who led the army, is a famous general, can he still hold this Beihai City?

But if you want to surrender, you have to have a choice. After Yuan Shao of Hebei is a famous family, he himself now occupies Bingzhou and Jizhou, with enough soldiers and food, and has the potential to unify Hebei. Cao Cao, on the other hand, occupied Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and over the years, he had leveled the Yellow Turban, fought against Lu Bu, defeated Yuan Shu, and had a mighty army. The area of Henan is dominated by Cao Mengde. Although he doesn't know how to fight, he can also see that there will be a battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao sooner or later. Even if you surrender, you have to choose the right person, otherwise there may be a catastrophe. But now the two are evenly matched in their own eyes, how can they see the victory or defeat between the two in the future. If you accidentally lose all the games, you can't help but be careless.

However, Kong Rong has a large number of customers, and now, he can't take care of that much. I've thought about it so much, but I can't make up my mind, so now gather everyone together to discuss and analyze the situation in front of me, maybe I can give myself some new ideas and reasonable suggestions.

Kong Rong on this side was worried about his future, but on the other side, he had already marched to the high night of Laiwu, but he received a secret letter from Pan Zhang. Pan Zhang wrote in the letter that Kong Rong was now afraid of Yuan Shao and his own two-way army, and he intended to surrender but did not know which side to surrender to. Therefore, Pan Zhang suggested that Gao Ye should immediately send someone to persuade Kong Rongcai. If possible, if he can fight a battle and retreat Yuan Tan's soldiers and horses, then Kong Rong will surrender, which is a sure thing.

Pan Zhang's secret letter is of course a secret to Kong Rong. But for the generals under Gao Ye, it is naturally a matter that can be made public. Now in the handsome tent of Gao Ye, Wen Zuowu and the right are second, all discussing Pan Zhang's secret letter. Chen Qun frowned when he saw it, and then said: "General, this Pan Wenqi, after all, is Liu Bei's subordinate, and now that he has a letter, is he credible?" ”

After all, Pan Zhang had always been Gao Shun's deputy general before, and he himself was very young, so his reputation was not obvious. Later, he was sent to Kong Rong by Cao Cao and others, and it was also a secret that only Cao Cao's henchmen knew, and Chen Qun naturally didn't know about it. In fact, when Gao Ye sent Pan Zhang, what he was most worried about was that as long as Kong Rong communicated with Liu Bei, Pan Zhang's affairs would be exposed immediately. But I don't know why, maybe it's the reason why Kong Rong didn't write to Liu Bei at all, although Pan Zhang has shown some corners over the years, but his own origin has not been exposed.

As soon as Chen Qun's words fell, Gao Ye smiled and said, "Wen Qi is his own person, and he is absolutely credible. Seeing the surprise on Chen Qun's face and the searching gaze, Gao Ye smiled and said, "This person was originally a deputy general under General Gao Shun in the trapping camp, and in the first year of Jian'an, he was sent to Qingzhou by the lord, so there is no need to doubt this." Since Wen Jue has sent a letter, Kong Wenju must be as he said at this moment, and he is already in turmoil. Although as long as we wait for the soldiers to come to the city, Wen Qi will naturally cooperate with our army to take Beihai. But I also think that persuading Kong Rong is the best choice. What do you think? ”

Chen Qun nodded at this time and said, "I didn't expect General Pan to have such a story." Now that General Pan has come to prominence, if he rashly opens the city to surrender, he is afraid that he will bear the stigma of betraying the master. Even if it is for General Pan's plan, we should send someone to persuade him to surrender. ”

"Yes, Wen Jue resisted Yuan Tan in Beihai and did not let Qingzhou fall into the hands of Yuan Shao, which can be said to be a great contribution to the main government. Before I sent the army, the lord intended to wait for Wen Jue to come back, so he reused it. It would be great if he could return justifiably. However, Kong Wenju is a descendant of Confucius, and his identity is transcendent, if he sends ordinary people to persuade him to surrender, Kong Rong will inevitably be dissatisfied. Changwen, would you like to take a trip to Beihai for me, and persuade you, an old friend who has been an hour, Kong Wenju, to come down? ”

Chen Qun smiled when he heard this: "I want to do what I want." This soldier is the first to make the Qingzhou merit, and it is naturally the best thing to do! ”

"Haha, it's still the first merit, if we can win Qingzhou, how can this first merit be counted, it's also Wen Jue's. You can endure the long article, and it's not bad to get a second effort. Gao Ye smiled and quipped, "By the way, how are those civil officials doing under you, and there should be no problem in governing the place when the time comes, right?" Also, are there any particularly outstanding talents among them who can get into the eyes of Changwen? ”

When Chen Qun heard this, he thought about it carefully, and then said: "These guys are now in charge of logistics affairs, and they are quite handy. More or less have all studied in Yingchuan Academy, and it shouldn't be a big problem to use them as the head of a county. As for the particularly outstanding, there is one, this person is also average in the handling of political affairs, but he has the art of war in his chest. I once happened to talk to him about military affairs, and this person talked eloquently, which was quite tasteful. But I'm not good at military affairs, and I don't know if he's right. ”

"Oh? And such guys? Gao Ye immediately smiled, "Let him come to see me tomorrow, if he is really good at military affairs, let him be the head of a county, wouldn't it be in the wrong place." Gao Ye just heard it, and guessed who Chen Qun was talking about, except for Jia Kui, who could there be? And listening to Chen Qun say this, he finally understood why this person was only rated as a talent of a hundred miles, after all, Chen Qun also said that this person's ability to handle government affairs is average, and such a person will come to an end as the head of a county.

It may be that the person who commented on his talent did not examine the art of war in his chest, but only looked at his ability to govern affairs, so he gave a comment, and then he was sent by Cao Cao to his subordinates. But it's okay like this, this guy was not taken seriously by Cao Cao at this time, but he gave himself a chance. No matter how many talents there are, there are not too many.

Chen Qun responded to Gao Ye's request, and Gao Ye immediately looked at Gan Ning and asked, "Xingba, how have you been thinking about the establishment of a naval army?" I heard that you crossed the Yangtze River back then, and there was a group of people who were good at water warfare, so it is better to recruit them together and build a naval army with you. ”

"Haha, the general doesn't say it, Lao Tzu...... The last general thinks the same thing. Before sending troops, the last general sent them a letter, so that they were willing to come, and they came directly to Qingzhou to find Lao Tzu...... "Gan Ning was used to speaking foul words in the past, so as soon as he was excited, Lao Tzu Lao Tzu came with his mouth open, but every time he said these two words, he was embarrassed, or he hurriedly changed his words, and everyone was used to it after sending troops for a while, Zhang Liao and Gan Ning became acquainted, and they teased Gan Ning from time to time. If it weren't for Gan Ning who couldn't beat Zhang Liao, I don't know how many times a day I would fight.

Gao Ye also said happily when he heard this: "Okay, Lao Tzu will be Lao Tzu, change it slowly, don't worry." Let's talk about the water army first......"

Gan Ning has quite an opinion about the water army. Although he is still young, he is also a person who has crossed the Yangtze River. He has even seen the Jingzhou Water Army, although there are many things he doesn't understand, but he also knows much more than others. Therefore, when Gan Ning said it at this time, it can really be described as eloquent.

It can be said that there is a lot of joy in the high night tent, and in Beihai City, Kong Rong's brain is about to explode at this time. At this time, there were more than 30 disciples under his command, but they were divided into two camps: the Cao faction and the Yuan faction. The worst thing is that the number of people in these two camps is about the same. These guys were originally good at talking, but now when they quarrel, they not only have a loud voice, but also quote scriptures. At first, the two sides were still discussing the reason, and then the two sides were simply arguing for the sake of quarreling, from the strength of both sides, they talked about local governance, and then talked about their generals, and finally even Yingchuan Academy was pulled out, which made Kong Rong depressed for a while. I'm here to let everyone come up with ideas, not to let people quarrel. Pan Zhang, who was accompanying Kong Rong on the side, was already in a state of wandering away from the world at the moment, after all, although Pan Zhang had read books for a few years, compared to these guys, he was illiterate. At first, he could still understand something, but after these guys began to quote scriptures, Pan Zhang found that he had become the only person in the entire hall who didn't know what everyone was talking about.

Kong Rong also didn't want to listen to these people quarreling at this time, so he immediately asked Pan Zhang on the side if he had any suggestions. The hall was too noisy, Pan Zhang was distracted at the moment, Kong Rong shouted Pan Zhang several times in a row, and Pan Zhang reacted. When he heard Kong Rong ask him what his opinion was, Pan Zhang smiled and said, "I'm just a war, and I only have a little superficial opinion, where can I compare to all the adults here?" ”

"It's okay, I just want to hear what you think, Wen Jue. But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

"If you want me to see, adults should still take refuge in Cao Cao."

"But why?"

Why, because I am a general under Cao Cao, of course it is best to pull you into my own hands! Although Pan Zhang thought so, he couldn't say that. "That's right, my lord, you see, although the strength of Yuan Gong of Hebei at the moment is stronger than that of Cao Gong. But there is His Majesty in Cao Gong's place. The court of the Han Dynasty was in Yingdu, and the lord descended to the Duke of Cao, that is, to return to the Han family. When Yuan Gong and Cao Gong fought openly, it was a military attack on His Majesty and a blatant rebellion. Although I don't read much, I still know the truth that if the name is not right, the word is not good. In this way, how can Yuan Gong be Cao Gong's opponent? ”

"Well, there does make some sense." Kong Rong listened and nodded.

"And if your lord submits to the imperial court, it will not damage your own reputation at all. Entering the court as an official can be regarded as a high promotion, isn't it? Besides, I have been fighting with Yuan Tan for so long, even if Yuan Gong doesn't mind, then how can Yuan Tan not mind? After all, Yuan Tan is the eldest son of Duke Yuan, and he will inherit Duke Yuan's inheritance in the future, so adults are not afraid that Yuan Tan will retaliate when the time comes? ”

"yes, yes." After hearing this, Kong Rong nodded his head again and again, "Hey, I still think in the past that these disciples under me are all talented. Looking at it now, it can't be seen as clearly as you as a martial artist! Alas, what use do I want these doormen? ”