Han Lie's military crusade against Yan Baihu did not attract the attention of Wu County in the early stage because of the good secrecy work, but when Han Lie led the army to capture Haiyan in one fell swoop, and then took advantage of the situation to capture Youquan County, Wu County knew that Han Lie's troops had entered Wu County.

Xu Gong, the county lieutenant of Wu County, who learned the news, was shocked, and angrily summoned several generals under his account to the county governor's mansion, and said in a deep voice: "Guangling Taishou Han Lie's vanguard has captured Haiyan Youquan County, do you know?" ”

"My lord, didn't there be news the day before yesterday that Han Lie's army was still in Hangou Port?" A military officer replied in surprise.

"Hmph, you have all been deceived by this person, Han Lie has ill intentions, I am afraid that he has already been involved in my heart of Wu County, this thief is ambitious, and the Yan Baihu brothers are just scabies compared to it, Chen Yu invited this person into Wu County to beg for thieves, undoubtedly luring the wolf into the house, but I hate Chen Yu for not listening to me, and now it is too late to regret it." Xu Gong shook his head and sighed again and again, the reason why he had such a grudge against Han Lie's entry into Wu County was that this person was deeply favored by the Han family and was loyal to the Han family, and second, he had long coveted the position of Wu County Taishou for a long time, and he had been secretly cultivating forces and squeezing out Chen Yu, which was also the main reason why Chen Yu had always been inactive in Wu County.

Xu Gong has served as the lieutenant of Wu County for many years, and he has the elite troops of Wu County in his hands, plus this person is good at calculation, and he has raised a group of dead soldiers under his command, and his power in Wu County is very huge, and even the local families dare not easily provoke him.

If it weren't for the fact that this person still had some loyalty to the imperial court, Chen Yu, the Taishou appointed by the imperial court, would have been assassinated by him a long time ago, of course, as the lieutenant of a county, if Taishou died in assassination, he would not be able to escape the blame, which was also one of the reasons why he did not move Chen Yu for a long time.

"My lord, Han Lie is the right lieutenant general of the imperial court, he has the authority to lead the troops to rebel, and this person is good at commanding the troops, and now his troops have stepped into Wu County, if we openly resist, first, the troops are insufficient, and second, I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist." Xu Gong's confidant lieutenant Li Hong hesitated, Xu Gong had 2,500 county soldiers under him, and it was more than enough to defend Wu County, but if he went out of the city to fight with Han Lie's troops, in his opinion, there was no chance of winning at all.

"Confused, who said that you were going to fight Han Lie? Right now, if we want to deal with Han Lie, we can only outwit it, not defeat it. Xu Gong glanced at Li Hong coldly and said, "Yan Baihu still has some strength, Yuhang City is high and deep, enough to hold on for half a year; In order to strengthen Yan Baihu's confidence, we can first send someone to inform him of Han Lie's troop deployment, and then send someone to Qiantang to tell Xu Shao, just say that Han Lie's next target is him, if you want to save your life, the only way to help Yan Baihu, so two-pronged, if Han Lie wants to take Yuhang, it is difficult to succeed without a year and a half, as time goes by, he is short of food and grass, except for withdrawing to Guangling, what else can he do? ”

"Your Excellency is wise." When Li Hong and the others heard this, they nodded their heads in compliment.

"This matter must not be publicized, and in the future, the team of Han Lie's department transporting grain and grass must be strictly monitored and blocked, and they must not be easily let go." A gleam flashed in Xu Gong's eyes, and he commanded in a deep voice.

"Whoa."

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Lou County Ya.

After receiving the news that Han Lie had captured Haiyan, moved from Quan Er County, and beheaded Yan Xing, Chen Jiao immediately brought gifts and Han Lie's letter to Louxian County to visit Gu Yong, the county commander.

Chen Jiao is a famous man in Guangling, and he is from the Guangling family, Gu Yong, as a famous man in Wu County and a son of the family, did not despise Chen Jiao's visit, although the two did not know each other, but they both knew his reputation.

Gu Yong can be described as a young man, and he is a disciple of the world, but he does not have the slightest aura of smiling on his body, he is not yet thirty years old, but he has already served as several local officials, and he has already honed a calm aura.

The two sides met each other, and after greeting each other, Gu Yong invited Chen Jiao to take a seat.

"Since Lord Gu was in danger and took over the command of Lou County, he not only resisted the attacks of Yan Xing's rebels, but also made all the people live and work in peace and contentment. Chen Jiao took the lead in complimenting, seeing that Gu Yong only bowed slightly, and did not have a smug expression, so he continued: "When Chen Taishou was promoted, he invited General Guangling Han to fight the thief, and recently I heard that Han Lie led a surprise army to attack and captured Haiyan in one fell swoop, from the second county of the fist, I don't know if Lord Gu knows?" ”

"Yan Baihu rebelled against the thief's ear, and General Han was invited to beg the thief, which is a very happy move, but although General Han is a right-hand general, without an edict from the imperial court, he privately sent troops to fight across states and counties, which is still inconsistent with the etiquette system." Gu Yong first affirmed Han Lie's merits, and then expressed his opinion without shying away.

"Lord Gu is really a reasonable person, but if I say that although General Han does not have an edict and tiger talisman, but there are envoys in the army to control it, I don't know what Lord Gu thinks?" Chen Jiao still did his homework on Gu Yong, knowing that this person had integrity, did not cling to sycophancy, acted rigorously and abided by his duties, so he did not feel the slightest surprise at all about Gu Yong's contemptuous words about Han Lie that he had faintly shown before.

"Messenger of the Festival? I don't know who it is? Gu Yong hadn't heard of this matter, but he knew that there was indeed an envoy of the imperial court in Yangzhou, who was Ma Riyan, the imperial prince, but as far as he knew, this person was stranded in Yuan Shu's army at the moment.

"This matter is naturally true, if you want to say that this adult still has a lot of relationship with Lord Gu, this person is the great Confucian Cai Bojiao, presumably Lord Gu is not a stranger, right?" Chen Jiao stared at Gu Yong's expression calmly, if Gu Yong was rude, then he would say goodbye, if Gu Yong was moved and urgent, then he would take out Cai Yong's letter and Han Lie's handwritten letterhead that Han Lie brought to him according to the prior arrangement.

"What? The teacher is actually in Han Liejun's army, is this true? Gu Yong stood up and looked at Chen Jiao with excitement and anticipation, without the slightest intention of pretentiousness.

"Lord Gu must be familiar with Cai Zhonglang's font, right?" Chen Jiao saw Gu Yong's demeanor in his eyes, took out a piece of cloth from his sleeve with satisfaction, and said, "This is Cai Zhonglang's private message to Lord Gu, you might as well take a look." ”

Since Luoyang returned to Jiangdong, it has been nearly ten years in the blink of an eye, and Gu Yong has never forgotten the care and support of his mentor Cai Yong when he was studying in Luoyang.

"Brother Ji Bi, since there is a letter from the teacher, it is a family, as a disciple, the teacher's teachings, the disciple dare not forget, now the teacher holds all the things in Xuzhou, and has high hopes for Han Lie, thinking that General Han is not only a capable commander, but also a trustworthy loyal minister of the Han family." Gu Yong has held many official positions over the years, and he has already judged the current situation of the Han Dynasty, in his opinion, the chaos in the world is inevitable, and he has no way to judge where the world will go in the future.

Han Lie's rise is still short, and Gu Yong has only heard of Han Lie recently, so he didn't think that Han Lie could get involved in Jiangdong's affairs before, but now he received Cai Yong's letter and learned from Chen Jiao's mouth that Han Lie was a hero, and he was a little curious about Han Lie for a while.

"It's not a secret, a certain has already served under General Han, and this time I came to visit Lord Gu, firstly, to deliver a letter, and secondly, to hope that Lord Gu can support General Han to settle in Wu County. Of course, Master Gu didn't need to reply immediately, General Han said that his door would always be open to Lord Gu, and Lord Gu was welcome at any time. Chen Jiao saw that Gu Yong was not disgusted, so he directly said his intention.

"Thank you Brother Ji Bi for telling me frankly, this matter is very important, and I really need to think about it." Gu Yong nodded, leaving Chen Jiao to eat a banquet, and then personally sent Chen Jiao out of the mansion.

As the big family of Wu County, Gu Yong naturally will not make a decision easily about the fate of the entire family, in fact, between the several families of Wu County, not only often move around with each other, but also have a marriage relationship.

At present, these big families are actively looking for military strength that can be attached, and at the same time, they are also accumulating family strength, waiting for the buyer's top, the reason why there is such a consensus is that since the Yellow Turban Riots, located in the land of Wuyue in Jiangdong, Wanghua has gradually weakened, and the grace of the imperial court has gradually weakened in recent years.

Take the Gu family as an example, before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Gu family plus servants was only one hundred and fifty, but in the next ten years, although the population of the Gu family's relatives increased slightly, it was actually only more than 70 people, but the number of servants and servants has increased from more than 100 to more than 4,000 today, and there are 2,800 private soldiers in the establishment system, which is equivalent to the number of garrisons in a county.

In Wu County, the phenomenon of the Xiang Gu family is not an individual, but a large number of people, no less than five large families have more than 1,000 private soldiers, no less than 20 have hundreds of private soldiers, and almost every county has such a wealthy family.

For example, Yan Baihu, before he rebelled, there were hundreds of private soldiers at home, which was also the capital of his rebellion.

So in the face of Han Lie's wooing, Gu Yong did not make a decision because of Cai Yong's letter, but just gave an ambiguous answer to consider, obviously if Gu Yong agreed, as Han Lie said, first of all, he had to show enough military strength, and secondly, he had to let the major families in Jiangdong see his potential, and at the same time, he had to show a strong side, and the attitude towards everyone in the world, it was not okay to suppress it too much, it was not okay to appease it too much, it could only be a combination of rewards and punishments, treat those who could be pulled, try his best to appease and reward, and treat those who have no good feelings, then use the blow of a storm.

And Gu Yong is naturally the object of Han Lie's great efforts, this person has a gentle personality, a loyal temperament, is a humble gentleman, and is a flagpole figure if he uses it well, the reason why Han Lie agreed to Chen Jiao to visit is naturally to test it first, and then visit in person, so he can get twice the result with half the effort.