Chapter 224: Discussing the West River
"Oh? I don't know what Mr. Yuan Hao commands? But it doesn't hurt to say that, please. Seeing Tian Feng so solemn, Liu Qi also felt a pang in his heart, knowing that it was a test before being loyal to himself, he didn't dare to slack off in his heart, and hurriedly asked solemnly.
"Since the lord let the lower official say it, then the lower official is not welcome, although the lord crosses Jingyang and Xu Sizhou, the population under his command is more than one million? But adults must be prepared for danger in times of peace, never slack off, now Cao Cao is trying his best to attack Jizhou, the next official on the way back to hear, Yecheng has been captured, Zhengnan is generous, the whole Jizhou almost fell into the hands of Cao Cao, at the same time Yuan Tan rebelled, Cao Cao ordered Cao Hong to attack Yuan Tan urgently, as a result, Yuan Tan was defeated and killed, his advisers Guo Tu and Xin Ping were killed together, and the plain was also obtained by Cao Cao. It is said that the army has entered the supreme party, but only the adults sit and watch the success or failure, and do not raise a single soldier, is it to wait until Cao Cao occupies Hebei and then deal with the adults? ”
Tian Feng's eyebrows showed a hint of melancholy, and he stared at Liu Qi again, and said slowly: "I see that the adults are a little sluggish, and there is still sweat on their faces, presumably because of the mistake of women, just nostalgic for Fengyue, but ignoring the major military affairs, if this is really the case, I am afraid that the adults will still follow in the footsteps of Yuan Benchu in the future, if this is the case, it is better for the lower officials to go back to Hebei directly, and save themselves from seeing a scene similar to the battle of Guandu happening again." ”
Feng Ji had just been accepted by Liu Qi and entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and he was proud in his heart, when he suddenly heard Tian Feng say such a thing, he was immediately shocked, and hurriedly looked at Tian Feng, asked him to say a few words, and said with a smile to Liu Qi: "Tian Yuanhao is upright, he doesn't know taboos, please read it when he first arrives, don't know taboos, don't blame." ”
Unexpectedly, Liu Qi laughed when he heard this: "Who does Yuantu think of me Liu Qi?" In fact, the official is the kind of person who can't listen to the advice of the contrary? There is a way that good medicine is good for the disease, and the advice is good for the ear, Tian Yuanhao is good for the ear and the ear, Tian Yuanhao is against the ear for me, and it is too late for the official to be happy, how can he have his thoughts in his heart? Hehe, Tian Yuanhao just came to Jingzhou, and he spoke up like this, which is really a blessing for the official. This also proves that Tian Yuanhao is conscientious and worthy of the trust of his officials. ”
Feng Ji suddenly felt relieved when he heard this, and then said respectfully: "Adults are open-minded and tolerant, and they are a generation of male masters, and the lower officials admire them." ”
Liu Qi smiled faintly, and then said to Tian Feng: "Mr. Yuan Hao, I can't hide it, how can this official not know that Cao Cao and Liu Bei are busy annexing the territory now, and they have no time to be my enemy, this is a good time for me to expand the territory?" So this official seems to be indulging in pleasure, in fact, it is just paralyzing Liu Zhang, now I have ordered Jiaozhou Assassin Shi Pei Qiantong to lead 30,000 troops to gather in Yizhou, and the naval governor Gan Ning led 20,000 troops to gather in Wuxian, and with the 20,000 army of Wen Ping, as long as the order is issued, he will immediately attack Yufu and Quren counties, and this official has also gathered 30,000 troops in Yicheng, once the war begins, he will immediately lead the army to occupy Fangling and Shangyong counties, but now I am ready for everything, only owing Dongfeng, Just waiting to find a suitable excuse. ”
"I see, it seems that Feng misunderstood the lord without noticing, and I ask the lord not to blame." Tian Feng was not as indulged in pleasure as he imagined, and he was very ashamed in his heart, and hurriedly apologized to Liu Qi. At the same time, his title for Liu Qi was changed from "adult" to "lord", which shows that he is convinced and sincerely loyal to Liu Qi.
Liu Qi naturally heard the meaning of Tian Feng's words, and was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly waved his hand generously, expressing no concern about this, but then heard Tian Feng say: "I don't know if the lord has found an excuse?" Although it is just an excuse, it is very important for the teacher to be famous, but we can't just wait, otherwise, if we can't wait until Cao Cao unifies Hebei, we can't wait for an excuse, I'm afraid we won't have a chance again. ”
Liu Qi smiled, and then said: "The excuse has been found, in fact, this can't be considered an excuse strictly speaking, because this is completely intentional on our part, in fact, it is a pit specially dug for Liu Zhang to look at, and it is a pit that he has to jump into." ”
"Oh? I don't know how the lord dug the pit? Can you tell your subordinates about it? Tian Feng didn't believe Liu Qi now, but was completely curious, and at the same time he wanted to see if there was anything missing.
Liu Qi didn't think much about it, he knew that a character like Tian Feng would not listen to his words at most, but he would never be malicious, so he didn't hide it and told Tian Feng about his plan.
It turned out that Pei Qian led the army to occupy the two counties of Yizhou during Liu Zhang's attack on Liu Qi and Zhao Wei's rebellion, and then in view of the fact that the Jiaozhou army led by Pei Qian was relatively strong in these two counties, Liu Zhang has been busy with the war, and his strength is very consumed, and he urgently needs to recuperate to accumulate strength, so both sides tacitly did not mention the ownership of these two counties, so the situation of Pei Qian's actual possession and nominally belonging to Liu Zhang has been formed.
But Liu Zhang has always been deeply dissatisfied with this, always thinking about taking the opportunity to recover the two counties, let himself fully control the entire Yizhou, after nearly three years of recuperation, Yizhou's strength has recovered a lot, Liu Zhang's warehouse has millions of grains and grass, the military leather equipment is also repaired, and the soldiers under his command have also expanded to fifty or sixty thousand, plus his main battle faction advisers Wang Lei, Huang Quan and others, the generals Zhang Ren, Ling Bao, Liu Chen, Deng Xian and others all advocate the recovery of the two counties, Liu Zhang's mind gradually became active.
At this time, Liu Qi just found a very attractive excuse for them, that is, Yonghong, the county surnamed Yizhou, was dissatisfied because of Pei Qian's high pressure, and led his troops to rebel, and in the name of helping Liu Zhang recover the two counties of Qiqi and Yizhou, he obtained Liu Zhang's secret help, and at the same time, with the help of Gao Ding, the king of Yueyi, Zhang Yi, the Taishou Zhang Yi of Qianwei, the five officials of Yongchang County, Cao Lukai, and the king of Panyue Yi, Meng Shu, formed an army of 70,000, and killed the two counties of Yizhou and Qiqi.
Liu Zhang was overjoyed when he saw the huge momentum of Yonghong's army, and immediately appointed Yonghong as the general of Dangkou, leading Yizhou Taishou, Zhang Yi as the deputy general, and supervising the army of Yongchang, Qiqi, Yizhou, Qianwei, Yuewei and Meng Shu of Panyue to attack Yizhou and Qiqi two counties together, and after the matter was completed, there was another reward.
In order to prevent Liu Qi from taking the opportunity to lead the army into Yizhou, Liu Zhang appointed Yan Yan as the Taishou of Ba County, recruited another 20,000 troops from Chengdu, and together with the 30,000 elite Dongzhou soldiers of Ba County, formed an army of 50,000 to defend against danger, and ordered Pang Xi, the Taishou of Guanghan, to continue to lead the army to stop the peeping of Zhang Lu's army in Hanzhong.
As a result, there were 1230,000 troops fighting at the same time in the entire territory of Yizhou under the command of Liu Zhang, although this is the country of abundance, but it also made the people miserable and complained.
But now Liu Zhang can't manage so much, and he decided that this time he must make up his mind no matter what, and snatch back Yizhou and Qiqi Second County from Liu Qi's hands.
But Liu Zhang didn't know that this qiē was actually carefully designed by Liu Qi.
When Liu Qi issued an order to Pei Qian, asking him to investigate whether there was a character named Yonghong in the Yizhou surname Yong, even Pei Qian's heart was very surprised, because he couldn't think of it anyway, how did the lord Liu Qi know about this character? But fortunately, when he followed Liu Qi from the beginning, he knew that he, the lord, would often know that there was a certain character in a certain place, or the personality traits and talents of a certain character, so he had long been surprised by this, so he followed Liu Qi's orders to carry it out.
As a result, Pei Qian really found this character, and knew that this person was actually the eldest son and designated heir of Yongze, the patriarch of the Yong clan surnamed Yizhou, and heard that this person has always been brave and ambitious, and it seems that he is a material for doing great things.
Pei Qian couldn't be surprised that Liu Qi's material was like a god, and he strictly followed Liu Qi's orders to carry out the oppression of the Yong's family, which really caused the Yong's rebellion and provided an excellent excuse for Liu Qi to conquer Yizhou.
However, Pei Qian still didn't expect that this Yonghong had such a great ability, and it was understandable to mobilize the surrounding counties, after all, there would definitely be Liu Zhang's participation in this, and under Liu Zhang's hint or direct assignment, it was most normal for these forces to gather together, but Pei Qian didn't expect that Yonghong would also attract foreign leaders like Gao Ding and Meng Huo, and guide their army to more than 30,000 people out of thin air, which was only a step worse than the sum of the armies of Yonghong and the surrounding counties.
However, his lord Liu Qi seemed to have expected this, and in his letter to himself, he actually determined a clear strategy for pacifying the Yonghong rebellion, which made him feel very surprised, because the lord not only treated different people differently.
Therefore, although he was under a lot of pressure this time, Pei Qian did not feel a trace of panic, and according to Liu Qi's strategy, he led the army to defend the enemy, and then counterattacked when the enemy's morale was low.
When Tian Feng heard Liu Qi talk about the details, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, the other party was ungrateful and attacked his own territory without authorization, such an excuse was enough for the lord Liu Qi to send troops.
"Hehe, I don't know when the lord's army is ready to attack?" Tian Feng's heart was even more impatient than Liu Qi, and he asked with a smile on his face.
"Mr. Yuan Hao, don't worry, this time we will wait for the crossbow to be equipped before we set off, hehe, the environment on the Xichuan Road is difficult and dangerous, the bow and crossbow is the best weapon, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your weapon, as long as we have all the weapons and equipment, we will lose more than half of the men and horses in attacking Xichuan." Liu Qi looked at Tian Feng, who was impatient, forcibly held back the smile in his heart, and said slowly.