Chapter 219 The princes strike their troops to show their fortune, and Xuande Tuntian shocks Cao Cao

After winning the counties of Jizhou, Yuan Tan gathered troops and horses in Xindu, lived in the county guard mansion that he had dreamed of for a long time, and was ready to betray Liu Bei and establish himself as the king.

Guo Tu hurriedly dissuaded him and let him recuperate.

At this time, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, who had already stationed troops in the river, were preparing to raise troops and recapture the lost Xindu.

Because of the lack of food and grass in Youzhou for many years, Yuan Xi had to make the generals stationed in Hejian to base Yuan Tan and lead troops and horses back to Youzhou.

Yuan Tan followed Guo Tu's advice and wrote to Liu Bei.

The book wrote: "Brother Xuande, thank you for being taken in, and I am grateful. I obey my brother's order, the Northern Expedition to Yuan Shang, has captured Xindu, and has won most of Jizhou! Now the soldiers are short of food and cannot continue. A certain soldier is tired of running around, and it is difficult to see new achievements, so he wrote a letter and asked my brother to allow my department to recuperate for a while! ”

Soon, Liu Bei replied and informed Yuan Tan that he was temporarily living in Jizhou.

Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon shuttle, in a blink of an eye, late autumn has passed, and the cold has gone to the summer!

In the early spring and February of the following year, heavy snow fell in the north and spring rain drifted in the south, indicating a new year of vigorous development! As the saying goes, "Ruixue is a good year, and spring rain is as expensive as oil"!

In the city of Xuzhou, Liu Bei had already promulgated the Tuntian Order, so that Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Yangzhou, Yanzhou and Jizhou were tuntian on the spot.

This time, Liu Bei's soldiers and horses were disarmed and returned to the field, and Cao Cao's eyes were no longer blinded.

Cao Cao faced the ministers and said: "Liu Xuande's move is really powerful, outsiders think that he will disarm all the soldiers and horses under his command and return to the field; But he didn't know that he enclosed the land for the public, and ordered the soldiers to reclaim the land and grow food. There is a kind of nomadic tribe outside the Saiwai that dismounts for the people and gets on the horse for the soldiers! ”

The strategist Xun You said: "If the princes have been fighting for many years today, they are all tired. Yuan Tan fought with Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi for several months; Sun Ce also stopped expanding and no longer attacked Huiji Wang Lang; Ma Teng and Han Sui also made peace last winter! Why didn't the lord take this opportunity to follow Liu Xuande's example and make the soldiers enclose the fields near the station!? ”

Cao Cao listened to his words very kindly, so he asked the ministers: "Why are you waiting?" ”

The ministers are all respected.

At that time, among the princes of all parties, it was indeed Liu Bei's side that was the most powerful, and the reason why Liu Bei was strong was that they believed that Liu Bei had inexhaustible money and food and had millions of soldiers. And all this because he began to make soldiers in the fields very early on.

There is one person who has the most say on this issue.

That person?

Jujube House.

After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zaodi has been living in Xiapi all the time.

It coincided with Liu Bei taking over Pi County, accepting the homeless, expanding the barracks, and enclosing the fields. Zaodi was lucky enough to see it from the side and learned a little about Tuntian.

Later, Dong Zhuo was hegemonic, and the four cowards deceived the sky, and the world was in chaos. And Cao Cao became more and more visible on the political stage, and Zaodi left Xiapi and threw himself into the door of his friend Xun You.

This is also why Xun Yu proposed Tuntian.

Seeing that the ministers all supported Tuntian, Cao Cao was very happy, so he asked, "Who is presiding over this matter?" ”

Xun You took the opportunity to recommend Zaodi: "Lord, one person recommended by his subordinates will definitely be competent for this!" ”

Cao Cao asked, "Who?" ”

"This person's name is Zaodi, and he once lived in Xiapi, so he knows the mystery of Liu Xuande's Tuntian." Xun You replied.

Knowing that Zaodi knew the mystery of Liu Bei's Tuntian, Cao Cao was overjoyed and hurriedly summoned him.

After receiving Cao Cao's order, Xun You went to take the jujube mansion.

Not long after, Zaodi came to see Cao Cao.

Cao Cao asked, "Situ recommends you to me, and you are well versed in the way of Tuntian. I don't know if it's true or not? ”

"Duke Yuming, Di once participated in the Tuntian incident of Duke Xuande. Later, because he had no brothers, he was sent home by Xuande Gong. Therefore, I have no chance with Xuande Gong. Zaodi replied.

"Oh?! I see. Cao Cao was very curious about Liu Bei's Tuntian, so he asked, "Can you tell me about the mystery of this Tuntian?" ”

"Xuande Gongtuntian's move only saved the soldiers from idleness, and they were diligent in farming and training. Therefore, the Tuntian soldiers under his command are brave and good at fighting, which is beyond the comparison of ordinary soldiers! Zaodi seems to have a lot of respect for Liu Bei Tuntian Bing.

Hearing what he said, Cao Cao's face changed slightly, and he said: "Since you know the way, how about the prime minister crown you as the Tuntian soldier?" ”

Zao Di said: "To be able to serve Ming Gong, Zao Di is fortunate to have three lives!" ”

In this way, Cao Cao also began to tuntian.

It's just that his Tuntian is very different from Liu Bei's Tuntian.

His soldiers worked day and night when they were busy with farming, and they practiced simply when they were slack, which seemed to be a little loose; And Liu Bei Tuntian is still carried out in a tense and orderly manner, the first half of the day of farming, the second half of the military training exercises.

Soon, the news of Cao Cao's Tuntian reached Xuzhou.

After Liu Bei read it, he smiled slightly, handed the information to Zhuge Liang and the others, and said: "Painting a tiger according to a cat is in vain!" ”

After Zhuge Liang finished reading it, Pang Tong read it carefully and said to Liu Bei: "When I was not under the command of the lord, I was very puzzled by the lord's Tuntian soldiers!" Later, under the introduction of General Yide, he knew that the lord was wise! If Cao Jun can learn one-tenth or two, Cao Cao's strength will rise sharply! ”

"It doesn't matter! When the family teacher was there, he once said that everything in the world is nothing more than you learn from me, I learn from you, and it will inevitably come to you over time, but it is just a matter of seeking the Tao. Liu Bei said with emotion, "Since I implemented Tuntian first, I am naturally not afraid of others to learn!" The momentum of raising troops is different from people! I govern the army with virtue, and Cao Mengde governs the army with power, all of which have the same end! ”

Zhuge Liang said: "The princes have been fighting for many years, and they are all tired. This spring's snow and spring rain have been repeated, which shows that this year's harvest is very expensive. I see that the princes will definitely reject the border counties and recuperate. My lord, why don't you take this opportunity to adjust the troops and horses of the various states, strengthen the strength of the central army, and build a centralized body?! ”

Liu Bei had never thought about this, and after listening to him, he asked, "Kong Ming, what do you mean by this?" ”

"In the past dynasties of the Celestial Empire, the princes were powerful and pressed the Son of Heaven. Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to do something to cut the domain, but the world was in turmoil. Didn't the lord and ancestor also be lonely because of this? Now the lord sits on dozens of counties in six states, so he should naturally strengthen the centralization of power! Zhuge Liang replied.

Xu Shu also said on the side: "Lord, what Kong Ming said is extremely true! ”

Liu Bei nodded and said, "What you said, I have already thought about it. I have a big plan, I don't know if I can implement it? ”

"It turns out that the lord has a plan, but Liang is a little decadent!"

Liu Bei smiled and said: "Gongji and Bujun are my close friends in my childhood, and they are like brothers; And Yun Chang and Yi De are my sworn brothers. However, Bujun and Yide are not good generals of the unified army to defend one side, so I want to keep these two people by my side, and make Yun Chang and Gongji stationed in Yu and Yang respectively. Why do you wait? ”

"Yun Chang, Gongji Wen Taowu Strategy, can be called a god general, enough to take on this role." Chen Gong said.

Zhuge Liang said: "My lord, you can send Huang Zhong, Hua Xiong, Zhang Liao, Zang Ba, Lei Bo, Han Hao, Tuoba Kun, Wei Yan and others to garrison the border counties. ”

Liu Bei followed his words.

The next day, Liu Bei issued an order to the general of the chariot cavalry, canonizing Guan Yu as the general of the expedition to the west, leading the herd of Yuzhou, and garrisoning Runan; Feng Yanliang was the general of the expedition to the south, led Yangzhou pastor, and was stationed in Hefei; Feng Zhang Fei was the general of Anton and led Xuzhou Mu; Feng Wenchou is the general of Anbei and leads the Qingzhou pastor; moved Huang Zhong to Yanzhou as a pastor and stationed in Dong County; Moved Yuan Tan to Jizhou pastor and stationed in Xindu.

He also canonized Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong as military generals; Feng Xu Shu is engaged in other driving, and Chen Gong is engaged in governance.

He also moved Wei Yan to guard Chen Liu, and garrisoned 30,000 soldiers to guard Chen Liu; moved Huaxiong to guard the county, and garrisoned the county; moved Zhang Liao to Guangping Taishou, garrisoned Guangping; moved the jaw to Jibei Taishou, and garrisoned Jibei; Moved to the high level for Le'an Taishou.......

Liu Bei's deployment and transfer, to a certain extent, laid the foundation for him to pacify the world in the later period.

He pinched all the troops of Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Jizhou and other four prefectures into his own hands, and made Guan Yu and Yan Liang take over Yuzhou and Yangzhou respectively, making it very convenient for him to go out to attack Jiangdong and Guanzhong.

He also set up heavy troops in various border counties, that is, several border counties facing Yuan Tan sent generals who were extremely good at marching and fighting. It can be seen that he did not take Yuan Tan lightly.

On the other hand, Liu Bei did not trust Yuan Tan.

The princes who lived in peace, although they did not send troops to attack each other. Privately, however, they still refused to live in peace, especially the counsellors under their command.

During this period, it seems that it is time for the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to be connected and vertical.

It's time for the strategists and the columnists to start moving!

The first person to make a move turned out to be Liu Biao in Jingzhou.

got the news that Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang were stationed in Yuzhou, and the strategist Kuai Yue came to see Liu Biao.

"My lord, it is rumored that Guan Yu, the first general under the command of Duke Xuande, Guan Yunchang, has taken over Yuzhou. The lord and the Xuande Duke have formed an alliance, so they naturally want to visit this famous general! Kuai Yue offered advice to Liu Biao.

Liu Biao nodded and said: "You quickly arrange gifts, let Qi'er take the gifts tomorrow, and let him go to Xuzhou by the way to take a look at the Cheqi general!" ”

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In this way, Liu Biao's envoy team, headed by the eldest son Liu Qi, set out from Jingzhou, made a detour to Yuzhou, met Guan Yu, and then turned to Xuzhou to visit Liu Bei.

And then there's Cao Cao.

It was still his right-hand man Cheng Yu who gave Cao Cao the idea.

Cheng Yu suggested to Cao Cao that he ask the Son of Heaven to decree and crown Sun Ce as a general to convince him. Then they joined forces and sandwiched Liu Bei in it as a containment.

Cao Cao obeyed his words and sent his adviser Jiang Gan to go.

With his followers, Jiang Gan traveled all the way to Jiangdong and first defected to his old acquaintance Zhou Yu.

Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang in Youzhou are not masters who will not be stable.

Yuan Xi personally went out and went to Bingzhou.

He was received by Han Shi.

Yuan Xi presented the war horse brought from the Mobei grassland to Han Sui, and received Han Sui's verbal promise, which can be regarded as a hasty alliance.

In the western Liang territory, Ma Teng, a descendant of Ma Yuan, quelled the Qiang rebellion, unified Liangzhou, and became the princes who dominated Liangzhou. His son Ma Chao relied on his superb martial arts to deter the Qiang people, and was called the Jinyi warrior Ma Chao by the Qiang people, and was called the spokesperson of Liangzhou. In Liangzhou, if someone doesn't know Ma Teng, no one reacts; If someone says that they have not heard of Ma Chao, they will definitely be attacked by a group.

In this peaceful year, Hanzhong Taishou was killed!

The person who killed him, but instead became the Taishou of Hanzhong, and was in charge of the Taishou Great Seal.

This person's surname is Zhang Minglu, and he is the leader of the Five Doumi Sect.

In order to consolidate his power and gain the approval of the imperial court, he sent people to the capital to meet Cao Cao, threw himself under Cao Cao, and became Cao Cao's loyal lackey.

Only Liu Yan of Yizhou suddenly died of illness at this time, leaving his son Liu Zhang to take over Yizhou.

The reason why Liu Yan came to this country of abundance was actually to protect his bloodline and inherit it. He had already seen his son Liu Zhang's incompetence, so he had to make this decision.

The princes who have the ability to dominate one side of the world all support their own armies and stand on their own, not to the son of heaven. In addition to the above, there is another Jiaozhou scholar.