In April of the sixteenth year of Jian'an, Xiangyang, Xun Yu's residence.

When the news of the Chu-Wei war came, Xun Yu couldn't help but sigh softly when he heard it.

At this time, Xun Yun, the son of Xun Yu, stepped forward and asked, "Father, sigh somehow?" ”

Xun Yu shook his head and said: "The lives are devastated, the people of the world are in dire straits, I have a lot of talent, but I can't play a role in it, it's really uneasy." ”

"In that case, why didn't my father go to serve in front of King Zhang of Chu, dedicate my father's plot to the lord, and help the lord defeat Cao Cao?" Xun Yun raised his head and said seriously.

Xun Yu sighed softly and said softly: "Alas, Yun'er, you don't know, although Cao Gong is brutal and suspicious, but after all, he is the old master of his father, and he was also extremely kind to his father at the beginning, so he was very guilty of letting his father give advice to deal with him." What's more, in order to send you out of Luoyang, your brother Gongda has now offended Gong Cao and has been demoted to a doctor, Gongda is already seriously ill in bed because of his depression, if I am giving advice to deal with Cao Gong, I am afraid that it will anger him, and it will be even more unfavorable to Gongda. ”

Unexpectedly, Xun Yun said angrily: "My father's words are wrong, although Cao Cao treats his father more kindly, but my father has repeatedly made strange plans for Cao Cao over the years, guarding Juancheng, leveling Yanzhou, raising talents, and breaking Yuan Shao." What's not a big deal about success or failure? My father has repaid his kindness for all these great achievements, so why should I feel sorry for dealing with him again? As for the old master, please forgive the child for saying something that should not be said, Yuan Shao was also the late master of his father at the beginning, why was he not ashamed of the battle of Guandu? As for Brother Gongdawu, my father should also know that when my father persuaded the child to return to Xiangyang, and even when my father came to Xiangyang, he was already destined to be suspected by Cao Cao, and there was also the provocation of the villain Sima Yi in the court. My brother has long been destined to be ostracized, since Cao Cao has long believed that his father has returned to the lord, since my brother will be suspicious no matter what, my father might as well simply serve my lord directly. ”

After Xun Yun finished speaking, he glanced at his father again, and said loudly: "What's more, Cao Cao has a lot of power over the Son of Heaven." Killed Dong Guiren and the general Dong Cheng and others in the previous time, and this time he abolished the queen without authorization, and the queen and the whole family were innocently executed, not to mention, even the prince was killed. Fight against the thieves of the country and make it difficult for the world, my brother Hugh said that there is nothing to do, even if he is really implicated in this matter, he will definitely not blame his father. Father, when the national disaster is at hand, my father should focus on the Han family, why bother with self-interest and that bit of false fame? The child was speechless. However, out of enthusiasm, I asked my father to forgive me. ”

Xun Yu heard this. was silent for a long time, and then said slowly: "What you said is right, when this country is in trouble, the father really shouldn't care about personal gains and losses, let alone that bit of false fame, but should make a modest contribution to reviving the Han dynasty and stabilizing the people of the world." That's right. You can lead me to see Chen Wenchang, this time my Yingchuan Xun clan, Chen clan and other big clans will work together, and I will let the king of Chu take Yingchuan lightly, and then further take the entire Yuzhou and coerce Luoyang. ”

Xun Yun was overjoyed when he heard this. said with admiration: "My father can serve the king of Chu, it is really a blessing for the common people, the world is very lucky, the people are very lucky, and I am very fortunate in Yingchuan." ”

After finishing speaking, Xun Yun accompanied his father to Chen Qun's mansion to discuss the matter of persuading Yingchuan to surrender.

Chen Qun heard that Xun Yu personally visited and discussed the matter of persuading Yingchuan to surrender, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and went to visit Zhong Xuan, who lived in seclusion in Xiangyang, with Xun Yu's father and son, and united the strength of the three major families of Yingchuan to persuade Yingchuan to surrender together.

In addition to them, Fanqin, Sima Hui, Xu Shu, Du Xian and other Yingchuan clans also used their influence to persuade the clansmen and the township to surrender.

Among them, Fanqin was the most active, he actively dispatched people, one after another, holding everyone's letters, quietly sneaking into Yingchuan, and actively carrying out the action of persuading him to surrender.

Among these three families, the Chen family is the largest family. Chen Qun's ancestor Chen Yu is highly respected in the Han Dynasty, and his influence is extremely far-reaching, Xun Yu's uncle Xun Shuang, party celebrities Jia Biao, Li Ying, and Han Rong, Wang Lie, Guan Ning, Hua Xin, Bing Yuan and others in the late Han Dynasty have asked him to learn, even Liu Qi's mother is also Chen Yu's clansman.

Chen Qun's father Chen Ji was requisitioned as a scholar in the late Han Dynasty, and his reputation was so high that the world looked up to him, even Yuan Shao, the third prince of the fourth world, when he was appointed as a lieutenant at the beginning of Jian'an, he had to take care of Chen Ji's reputation and give up the position of lieutenant to him, until Chen Jijian did not accept it.

After the Chen family, it is the Xun family that is great, and Xun Shu, the ancestor of Xun Yu, is known as the "Divine Monarch", and his influence is very broad, and even the party celebrities Li Gu and Li Ying worship him as a teacher.

Xun Yu's father had eight brothers, known as Xun's Eight Dragons, and Xun Yu's generation in addition to himself, Xun Yu's brother Xun Chen, Xun Yan, Xun Yue and others, all of whom were local celebrities.

Although the Zhong family was worse, it was also quite influential in the countryside.

For the first time in history, the three great families of Yingchuan united despite their prejudices, firstly because Xun Yu made some concessions to them on local interests, and secondly because of their determination to be loyal to the Han family.

These famous families have received traditional Confucian education, Chen Yu, Xun Shu and others are all Confucian masters, loyal and upright, so their children also abide by the ancestral teachings, today see Cao Cao Wei Ling Tianzi, abolish the queen, kill the prince, all are filled with righteous indignation, and see the lord Liu Qi on behalf of the Han family to fight against the Han thieves, coupled with Xun Yu's determination and organization to persuade Yingchuan to bring about the impact, finally sincere cooperation.

Of course, Cao Cao also knew that whether it was the Xun family, the Chen family or the Zhong family, they were all influential figures in Yingchuan, plus Fanqin, Sima Hui, Xu Shu and others were all high-ranking officials of the Chu State, so they would naturally be on guard in their hearts, so they also sent heavy troops to guard Yingchuan, on the one hand, to confront the army led by Liu Qi himself, and on the other hand, to strengthen supervision and prevention against those families.

However, Cao Cao still underestimated the influence of these families in the local area, and they secretly contacted Yu Dao, another son of a family who lived in seclusion, and used his residence as a secret base to discuss the matter anyway, and when Liu Qi led an army of 90,000 to storm Kunyang, Yu Dao had already led his troops to persuade Yan Ling's county order to surrender and occupy the entire Yan Ling.

And the Xun clan of Yingyin, under the leadership of Xun Yu's seventh uncle Xun Su, bribed the city gate guards, lightly killed the main general in the city, Yingyin Ling Guan Kai, and then occupied Yingyin City.

At the same time, Chen Qun's younger brother Chen Zhong also led the Chen family's troops. Adopting a method similar to that of the Xun clan, he killed the Changsha Order and occupied the Changshe.

Coupled with Sima Hui's hometown Yangzhai and Fanqin's hometown Xinji, the five northernmost counties of Yingchuan County declared their allegiance to Liu Qi, the king of Chu, and even Xuchang was surrounded by the five counties.

However, it was said that Liu Qi heard that Xun Yu took the initiative to contact Chen Qun and others and was ready to persuade Yingchuan to surrender. couldn't help but be ecstatic, not only because he got Yingchuan County, but also because he got such a great talent as Xun Yu. This person's talent in politics is not inferior to Zhuge Liang's, and he is far superior in military strategy and talent selection.

"Haha, sincerity is the opening of the golden stone, this king has waited for so many years to finally wait for Xun Wenruo to surrender. It's really hard work. ”

Liu Qi was overjoyed, and even if he gave the order, the secretary was the Zhongshu Province, Xun Yu was the Zhongshu Order, and Sima Hui and Pang Degong were the Zhongshu Supervisors, who were specifically responsible for drafting and issuing the edict.

And then Xun Yu happily accepted, which made Liu Qi smile.

Of course, at the same time as conquering Xun Yu, Liu Qi also ordered Liu Shi to lead 10,000 Praetorian Guards, Meng Shu's 10,000 Wudang Fei Army, and 10,000 government soldiers to bypass Kunyang. Directly attacking the five counties in the north of Yingchuan, the first is to assist the five counties in defense. The second is to wait for an opportunity to occupy Xuchang.

Although he thought that the two counties of Changshe and Yanling would defect to Liu Qi with the persuasion of Chen Qun and Xun Yu, he did not expect that even Yanling would surrender, and although Fanqin, Xu Shu, and Sima Hui were also well-known in the sea, they were even more prominent in the Chu State. But they are not big clans in their respective counties, and it is a bit unexpected that these lines have also rebelled with them.

Now that the five northern counties have all surrendered, Runan is being attacked by Lu Meng, and there is no time to help. Luoyang is also guarding Hangu Pass with all its might, and it is simply not enough to draw up enough strength to attack the five counties, once the defense of these five counties is consolidated, and then let them get Xuchang, I am afraid that Cao Ren will even be cut off from the way back, and there is no hope of even escaping back to Luoyang.

"General, what are we going to do?" After Cao Ren's subordinate Jiao touched the news, he hurriedly said nervously: "Although Kunyang is strong and difficult to break for a while, but now it is facing the enemy's belly and back attack, and the city wall of Xuchang is thick, but it is absolutely difficult to resist the attack of the rebels in the five counties of Yingchuan, not to mention that the thieves in the five counties may not be able to buy soldiers in Xuchang City, so if we don't make a quick decision, I am afraid that we will be cut off by the thieves and return to Luoyang, even if we want to return to Luoyang after death." ”

Cao Ren thought about it, and then asked the military advisor Zhao Yan: "Boran, you, Chen Qun, Du Raid, and Xin Bi are the four famous men of Yingchuan, I don't know if there is a way to mobilize the township and solve the crisis?" ”

Zhao Yan sighed and said slowly: "Now that the thief has become a thief, and the Xun family and the Chen family are powerful, the entire Yingchuan has their protégés and subordinates, even if the lower officials have the power to return to the sky, they are helpless, the general still underestimated the power of those families, and the lower officials reminded that the general was still a little unimpressed." What's more, since the five counties have rebelled against Liu Qi, they must have been agreed with Liu Qi, maybe now Liu Qi has sent troops to aid the five counties, in the opinion of the following officials, Mo Xia led a partial division to drag Liu Qi's army, but the general returned to Xuchang with the main force, and quelled the rebellion in Yingyin and Changshe counties with the power of thunder, and opened up the grain road to Luoyang. ”

"Huh? Isn't that in this way, the gentleman in danger? Cao Ren has always respected Zhao Yan, and today when he saw that the other party was going to risk his life to drag Liu Qi, he couldn't help but be reluctant and hurriedly said.

"Hehe, Zhao Mougou lived for forty years, and he was so favored by the king, and the general valued him so much, he was already content, and today he gave up this life to repay the king of Wei and the general, hoping that the general can hold Yingchuan and keep the gateway of my Luoyang, so Zhao will die without regrets." Zhao Yan looked at Cao Ren calmly, and then said with a faint smile.

A few tears immediately flowed from Cao Ren's eyes, but he still resolutely agreed, and ordered to leave 5,000 soldiers to defend the city with Zhao Yan, but he led an army of 40,000 to leave Kunyang and go to Fanchang, preparing to conquer Yingyin and hold Xuchang. (To be continued......)