Chapter 159 Lu Bu on Xuzhou, Qingzhou Soldiers
Although the six counties and three places in Qingzhou have just been pacified, the people's hearts have not yet stabilized, and it is time for spring ploughing, it is indeed not suitable for another war, and the people's power is wasted in vain; But as Jia Xu said, this does not affect Lu Bujun's earning of some "extra money" outside Qingzhou. This year's catastrophe is coming, non-human can be stopped, although Qingzhou has been prepared, but still needs a large amount of grain to survive the famine, because of the Mi family, Xuzhou can already be said to be Qingzhou's granary and treasury, absolutely not to be lost, otherwise the loss to Qingzhou is definitely not small, not to mention that Tao Qian also generously paid 100,000 stone grain "labor fees" isn't it? A sure-fire deal!
"It seems that this time Kan Xuan made a lot of trouble. Tao Gongzu is already panicking! Otherwise, he wouldn't have rushed to the doctor in a hurry, and he would have asked the lord for help! Qin Xu ignored Jia Xu's ridicule of Qin Xu's nickname of "strategist and trafficker", and tacitly agreed that he was indeed very satisfied with Jia Xu's "gift", and said with a smile: "I guess this middle Wenhe must have contributed a lot, right?" Otherwise, why didn't Tao Qian ask for help from Liu Miao in Yangzhou and Cao Ying in Yanzhou? On the contrary, he sent someone who was familiar with Mr. Wenhe to Qingzhou, and asked the lord to send troops to relieve the siege through this small master book, although the 100,000 stone grain and grass are not much for Xuzhou, but after all, it is also a large amount of military funds, who is not greedy for it! Where is the need for such trouble? ”
"What can I do! It's just a hand-push! Jia Xu smiled faintly, noncommittal to Qin Xu's words, paused slightly, and said: "That Xuzhou is adjacent to Yangzhou in the south, and Liu Xuan is just the master of Shoucheng, and there is a rebellion of thieves, and he is still too busy to take care of himself, and he is powerless to help at all; Although Cao Ying is powerful, he is currently going all out to suppress Yuan Shu, and his troops are empty, so he will definitely not draw troops at this moment. And although Qingzhou had the Beihai Rebellion before, and the state border was initially unstable, but after all, the vitality was not injured, and now except for General Lu, who else can he Tao Gongzu ask for? ”
"It seems that the lord is going to send troops to help both public and private this time?" Qin Xu snorted lightly, and said with a sneer: "That Tao Qian is also smart, he must know that the Mi family has a lot of friendship with Qingzhou, and Mi Fang is an official in Qingzhou, so he sent this Guangling Taishou Zhao Yu, who has nothing to do with Qingzhou, as an envoy, and the meaning under it is inevitable that there is a soft knife in it!" It's just that he never imagined that this Zhao Yu has a wide range of friends, not only has two Gao Shi who Tao Qian has refused to help him several times, but he is also familiar with Mr. Wenhe, but he has made a mistake. ”
"Oh, the wisdom of Master Qin's book, it's really hard to reach, and he can even think of this, it's really talented and intelligent!" Jia Xu said loudly with an exaggerated face, and the meaning of ridicule was fully revealed.
"Mr. Wenhe is a good calculator, but it made Qin almost make a big fool!" remembered that as soon as he entered the living room of Jia Xu's mansion, he looked inexplicably "hungry and thirsty" for the three of them, and said angrily: "Please ask Mr. Wenhe to tell Mr. Zhao Taishou and Mr. Erzhang that it is okay for Xu to persuade the lord to send troops, but in addition to Tao Qian's 100,000 stone grain, he also invited the three talents to teach in the school palace under the reopening of Qingzhou for a year, and one less person does not want the lord to agree!" ”
Since one of the three of Zhao Yu is an official under Tao Qian, and the other is a wise man from Xuzhou, and he was once the team selected by Emperor Ling for Liu Xie, it is estimated that it is not ordinarily difficult to persuade him to become an official in Qingzhou. can only use the strategy to stabilize these three people first, and then slowly figure it out. Compared with the weak Sun Ce forces in history and the chaos in Jiangdong where there were few wars and families, although Qingzhou was also in the land of four wars, after all, there was such a strong force as Lu Bujun, and I believe that the final choice of these three people must be satisfactory.
"No! Xu Zi should convey the meaning of Qin's main book! Seeing that Qin Xu didn't take his "flattery" seriously at all, Jia Xu nodded, brushed himself clean between his words, and responded with a smile.
"My lord, that's the way it is. According to the news of the shadow of Mr. Wenhe's subordinates, now Xuzhou Xiapi people Kan Xuan gathered thousands of people to rise up, claiming to be the Son of Heaven, and the rest of the Yellow Turban in Xuzhou counties catered to, and the force developed to nearly 80,000 people, breaking through Donghai, Surabaya, Pengcheng Xiaopei and other counties, the army pointed directly at Xiapi City, except for Langya County near Qingzhou, Xiapi City has no way to ask for help, Lao Tao is a numb claw this time. After leaving Jia Xu's mansion, Qin Xu didn't have time to go back to his new mansion, so he went straight to Lu Bu's mansion and told Lu Bu what happened in Jia Xu's mansion today, and finally said with a sneer: "This time, Lao Tao Ken sent 100,000 stones of grain and grass to ask the lord to send troops to help, but it was Zhao Yu, the Guangling Taishou who reported on his work in Xiapi, maybe the Mi family's actions had already been known to Tao Qian, and this time he also vaguely asked my Qingzhou for the reward that he had been turning a blind eye to the Mi family and Qingzhou's actions before!" ”
"Tao Qian dares to use the Mi family to blackmail Yu?" Sure enough, as Qin Xu expected, Lu Bu didn't care much about whether Xiapi City was broken or not, and even if it weren't for the Mi family's continuous delivery of grain and grass coins to Qingzhou, it was estimated that he would not be able to enter Lu Bu's eyes, but he was very annoyed by Tao Qian's not very authentic methods this time, and sneered: "Could it be that this Tao Qian really thinks that Qingzhou will collapse without the Mi family?" Dare to use such tricks against a certain person, a certain person still missed the friendship of the same Dahan Prefecture County before, and sent troops to help each other, since this is the case, this time a certain will really not send troops! I want to see if he can use other tricks when he Tao Qian breaks the city! ”
"The Lord is angry!" Qin Xu smiled bitterly at Lu Bu, who seemed to be a cannon shot lit by fire, and smiled bitterly at his old father-in-law's surname, who was sometimes amazingly wise, and sometimes completely determined by his preferences, and hurriedly said: "Tao Qian did a little bit not very authentic this time, and anyone would be annoyed if he changed it." But the lord and don't bet on the development of our Qingzhou and him. Although the Mi family is in Xuzhou, they are doing things for me Qingzhou wholeheartedly, and all the money obtained from Haiyan is exchanged for grain to Linzi through its trade network, which can be regarded as a contribution to the development of my Qingzhou. This matter was known to Tao Qian, and he would inevitably use it to blackmail, which was expected. If the Lord turns a blind eye, I am afraid it will be detrimental to those who have the heart to join him! ”
"Then will the old man Rong Na Tao Qian succeed?" After listening to Qin Xu's words, Lu Bu snorted coldly and said: "There must be one and there are two, this time Tao Qian has benefited, if there is another incident in Xuzhou next time, will he still have to run errands?" He's so calculating! ”
"What the lord said is very true!" Seeing that Lu Bu's words had been brought to what he and Jia Xu had said before, Qin Xu struck while the iron was hot and said: "Xuzhou is different from the barrenness of Qingzhou, it is one of the important grain producing areas in the Central Plains. ”
"You kid don't be sloppy! Although Xuzhou is good, it belongs to the same place of four wars as Qingzhou, and now Qingzhou state affairs have not been adjusted, and the counties and counties are not stable, and our army's strength is already stretched thin. If it is for the sake of the 100,000 stone grain, sending a battalion of troops to help a group of Tao Qian can barely cope with it, if I have the heart to hold Xuzhou in my hands, not to mention the loss of combat power in the three counties and three places of Xuzhou, even if it is defeated, it is difficult to have so many troops to defend, let alone where so many officials come from to govern? As soon as Qin Xu's words fell, Lu Bu had already heard what Qin Xu meant, why could Yuan Shao occupy the two states of Ji and Erzhou, and even the two thieves of Li Dao and Guo Yan also possessed Yongliang, but he Lu Bu now has the opportunity to control the two states of Qingxu but not take it? Although he was also quite moved by the meaning of Qin Xu's words, Lu Bu finally gained the upper hand with reason, and said helplessly.
"The lord is thinking about it!" Qin Xu saw that under such temptation of Lu Bu, he was not stunned by the big fat meat of Xuzhou as in history, and suddenly felt that he wanted to laugh three times, and said to Lu Bu: "Xu naturally knows that with the 20,000 soldiers under the command of the current lord, it is indeed a little unsafe to take the opportunity to take Xuzhou, but it is better to use other ways to achieve the same results. Why don't you take advantage of this opportunity to make a difference? Tao Qiannian has passed the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, and his two sons are all busy people, and now the chaos in Xuzhou has appeared, presumably those ministers under Tao Qian's command also have people with budding thoughts, right? ”
"Didn't this Tao Qian just connived at the eldest son, because you made a joke about the Yellow Turban Hunting and Killing Order of Raushzi? You kid hold a grudge like that? Lu Bu was a little moved when he heard what Qin Xu said, and he pretended to mutter, and said with a smile: "That's it, since you and your retainer Jia Wenhe have already planned, if you don't agree, it will inevitably let the old fox work empty, so you will get your wish!" Which battalion are you going to send to go? Lao Gao or Zhang Liao? ”
"The trapping camp is the ace elite in the main public army, and it needs to sit in Linzi for maneuvering, in case Cao Ying breaks the contract again, although his eldest son Cao Ang is at Cai Zhonglang's place, he has to guard against it; General Wenyuan's cavalry battalion had to be stationed on the plains to guard against Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, and it was not appropriate to move lightly with Xu's intentions. Seeing that Lu Bu just said that Tao Qian was not authentic and refused to help, he agreed this time, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was the two ace elites in his hand, how could he not know that it was for the sake of his Qin Xu's safety? To say that it is not touched is false. But Qin Xu thought about it this time, and had already hit his mind elsewhere, and said to Lu Bu: "Although this time it is just a few thousand people from Kan Xuan and the Xuzhou Yellow Turban Alliance, the combat power is relatively not enough to see, but Xu still wants to bring more people this time, whether it is a deterrent to Tao Qian or his negative forces, anyway, all the military expenses are listened to by Tao Qian, why don't you take this rare opportunity to train your soldiers?" ”
"What do you mean?" Lu Bu's biggest headache recently is the placement of those Yellow Turban soldiers who surrendered outside Beihai City. If it is like the last time the Yellow Turban Army of Zichuan State surrendered to the army, it is no longer advisable to directly replenish the battalions. Otherwise, it would not have been because of the uneven combat strength, which caused Zhang Liao to lose his general Qin Yi when he was the vanguard to attack the Yellow Turban in Beihai, which was indeed a lesson for Lu Bujun, who had never lost his troops and surrendered the general first since he took charge of the army.
"Xu asks the lord to temporarily set up another battalion in the army under his command, select the Beihai Yellow Turban soldiers as the foot soldiers, and choose the henchmen to be the commander, and use the battle in Xuzhou as a stone to add another elite soldier under the command of the lord!" Qin Xu saw that the time was almost up, and said the idea that he had already had a draft in his heart a long time ago.
"Another battalion?" I have to say that Qin Xu's words did speak to Lu Bu's heart, rather than letting these yellow turban soldiers fill the battalions, it is indeed difficult to run in in a short period of time, and pull down the combat power out of thin air, it is better to become a battalion of its own as Qin Xu said. What's more, except for the Shenbow battalion, Lu Bu's command is all cavalry, although the advantages in each battle are obvious, but there is also a lot of loss, and most of these Yellow Turban soldiers can't ride horses, which can be regarded as making up for the shortcomings of the few foot soldiers in Lu Bu's army, and said at the moment: "It's okay, but what is the name of this new battalion?" ”
"Qingzhou soldiers!" Qin Xu said sorry to Lao Cao in his heart, and replied loudly. (To be continued.) )