However, it was said that after Gongsun Zan withdrew from Jizhou, the Montenegrin army faced the Yuan and Cao coalition armies alone, so they also temporarily withdrew their troops and horses to the southern foot of Taihang Mountain.

At this time, the Yellow Turban Army attacked Yanzhou and entered the northern country of Jibei first. Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, was weak and invincible, and retreated to the city of Xiaqiu, the eastern county of Yanzhou. Immediately, Liu Dai planned to lead his troops to meet the attack, but Bao Xin advised him to hold on to the city defense for the time being to avoid the enemy's edge; After Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's reinforcements arrived, they went to battle again. Liu Dai followed Bao Xin's words and stood still for the time being.

Subsequently, the Yellow Turban Army turned south and captured Renchengguo. The situation in Rencheng was urgent, and Minister Zheng Sui hurriedly sent someone to break through to Liu Dai for help. At this moment, Cao Cao's reinforcements had rushed to a few miles away from Liqiu, so Liu Dai hurriedly led his army to Rencheng to rescue.

However, by the time Liu Dai arrived at the boundary of Rencheng, the city had already been breached, and Zheng Sui was also killed by the Yellow Turban Army. Then, Guan Hai, the general of the Yellow Turban Army, led the crowd to meet the battle. Because the troops traveled dozens of miles all the way and did not have time to rest, Liu Dai's department was ambushed by Guan Hai Yiyi and waited for labor to break through, and Liu Dai died in battle.

At that time, Cao Cao and Bao Xin arrived with their troops, and when they saw that Liu Dai had been killed, they did not immediately attack the enemy. Subsequently, after some rest, the two of them each led more than 1,000 cavalry to attack the enemy camp at night, intending to break the enemy with surprise soldiers. However, what people didn't expect was that they fell into the enemy's ambush, and as a result, Bao Xinli died in battle. Cao Cao's counter-battle was unfavorable, so he had to lead his troops to retreat.

After Yuan Shao arrived with his troops, he learned that Liu Dai was dead, so he immediately appointed Cao Cao as the acting assassin of Yanzhou. Then, the Yellow Turban Army led the crowd to attack, and the two armies fought in Dongping. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao jointly set up an ambush and broke several enemy formations. Due to the disadvantage of repeated battles, the Yellow Turban Army had to lead the people to withdraw from Yanzhou.

When the imperial court learned that Liu Dai had been killed by the Yellow Turban Army, it appointed Jin Shang as the assassin of Yanzhou. But when Jin Shang rushed to the boundary of Dongjun, he led his troops to meet Cao Cao. Jin Shang was defeated and fled to Nanyang to join Yuan Shu.

Prior to this, the imperial court sent an envoy Zhang Chong to appease Dong Zhuo's old department. However, Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu was unwilling to surrender, and ordered someone to capture Zhang Chong. This matter attracted the utmost attention of the imperial court, but the opinions of the ministers were not unanimous.

Feng Xian and I both thought that an edict should be issued to kill Niu Fu and other old generals of Dong Zhuo, so that they would not rebel under the pretext of avenging Dong Zhuo.

Wang Yun disagreed, he thought that those people were just following Dong Zhuo's orders and could not be regarded as guilty. It is understandable that the rebellion is also for self-preservation. Therefore, if they are pardoned, they will be able to dispel their defenses.

As a result, the imperial court issued an edict to grant amnesty to the world. However, this edict did not indicate that Dong Zhuo's old ministry was also among the pardons, which still made the Liangzhou generals feel suspicious and uneasy.

Regarding Wang Yun's decision, Feng Xian was faintly worried. After the dispersal of the dynasty, he expressed his worries to me in private, but said: "Brother Xian, I feel that Wang Situ's resolution is obviously leaving a disaster for the court; Few people can understand the temperament of Dong Zhuo's subordinates better than you and me, and they will never give up; If this matter is not resolved as soon as possible, I am afraid that Niu Fu will gather a crowd to launch a rebellion; I don't know what good coping strategies do you have? ”

I nodded and said, "Well, there's a solution." ”

Feng Xian hurriedly said: "Brother Xian, come and listen." ”

I said, "We can preemptively send an elite force to Shaanxi County to attack Niufu; As long as it can be killed with lightning speed, the military spirit of the Liangzhou army will inevitably be dispersed; At that time, it will be easy to break them down or surrender them. ”

Feng Xian nodded, and then asked: "Well, the virtuous brother is extremely analyzed, and the brother also thinks this plan is very good." ”

However, I suddenly said, "However, although the plan is feasible, I guess Wang Yun may not agree to it, because the top priority is to settle the people's livelihood; Although the matter of settling the people's livelihood is very urgent, if the problem of the Liangzhou Army is not solved, real trouble will come sooner or later. ”

Feng Xian listened to my analysis, couldn't help but nodded in a deep voice, and said, "If that's the case, then what can be done?" ”

I chuckled and said, "Actually, the most unavoidable trouble is not the old Dong Zhuo departments outside the city, but the old Dong Zhuo departments in the city. ”

Feng Xian seemed thoughtful, but asked: "What does the virtuous brother mean that Dong Zhuo, who surrendered before, will defect to the battle?" ”

I nodded and said, "Well, that's right. ”

Feng Xian couldn't help but say: "If this is the case, it is really difficult to guard; But you can't kill them for the sake of saving trouble for a while; It's a bit of a trick to do. ”

I said, "How can this be difficult; Just give them some goods and the problem will be solved. ”

Feng Xian couldn't help but suddenly say, "Yes, how did I almost forget that those people can be bought with goods; However, if you only reward them with goods and goods, I am afraid that it will cause dissatisfaction among the ministers and ministers, and they will be rewarded together with the ministers and generals who have contributed to the killing of Dong Zhuo. ”

I nodded and said, "Well, yes, it will sort out some balance in their minds." ”

Although these two suggestions are still relatively practical, I know that Wang Yun will definitely not agree. Later, when the court held a meeting, Feng Xian put forward these two suggestions in turn, and sure enough, he did not agree to them.

Although Feng Xian has the power to govern the government together with Wang Yun, the result of the discussion of the matter is ultimately decided by Wang Yun, the Situ. So as long as Wang Yun doesn't agree, we are all helpless, even Liu Xie can't say anything. Don't look at Wang Yun's heart, he is very jealous of my reputation in the court, and he will still be unceremonious if he should use his position to exclude him.

Speaking of which, after Dong Zhuo was killed, Xun You's capital crime was exonerated. I knew that he was also a more intelligent person, so I recommended him to be a councillor and give advice to the court.

At this moment, Xun Yu saw that Wang Yun was unwilling to accept Feng Xian's suggestion, and he knew in his heart that this person was rejecting dissidents. Therefore, he put forward his own suggestion at the right time, that I should be appointed as the general of the chariot cavalry, and lead the army to be stationed in Shaanxi County in the name of the imperial court to appease Dong Zhuo's old troops, so as to prevent them from finding an excuse to start a rebellion.

Xun You's suggestion can be said to be more beneficial to both the imperial court and Fengxian. If I were appointed as the general of the Che Cavalry to appease Dong Zhuo's old troops, with my prestige under Dong Zhuo, I would definitely be able to recruit those Liangzhou troops. In this way, I will have a strong military power in my hands, and the affairs of the government will no longer be completely decided by Wang Yun.

However, how could Wang Yun not know the pros and cons? Therefore, he immediately rejected this seemingly correct suggestion. And his reason was: "The Kwantung generals have their hearts set on the imperial court; If the army is stationed in Shaanxi County again, although it appeases the people of Liangzhou, it will make the generals suspicious; Therefore, this will not work. ”

Xun You couldn't help but shake his head secretly, but made another analysis: "What doubts can the generals of the Kwantung region have? If their hearts were really on the court, they would not attack each other; What's more, even if they have doubts, what can they do, now that the Dong thief has been executed, they still dare to lead troops to attack the imperial court? ”

Regarding Xun You's analysis, many ministers nodded in agreement. However, no matter what, Wang Yun never agreed to Xun You's proposal. After that, Wang Yun discussed with Shisun Rui and other ministers of Shangshutai, and decided to issue an edict for those people to disband their subordinates and go home.

Do you want them to disband their tribes and go home? What are you kidding, those people can listen to you. I am not the only one who disagrees with Wang Yun's decision, but everyone is helpless.

After the dynasty was dispersed, Xun You specially came to Feng Xian and the two of us to discuss countermeasures. I saw him sigh slightly and said: "Wen Hou, General Wei, Gongda thinks that Wang Situ's decision is really a bit inappropriate; If we don't come up with a countermeasure in time, I'm afraid that chaos will happen. ”

Feng Xian and I couldn't help but look at each other, and then we both smiled and shook our heads.

In this regard, Xun You was puzzled: "Why are you laughing, did Gongda say something wrong?" ”

Feng Xian shook his head and said, "No, you're right; However, Wang Situ was stubborn and self-serving, and refused to listen to the advice of others; Even if we can come up with a countermeasure, I'm afraid he won't listen. ”

Xun You couldn't help but groan, but said: "Is it possible, do you really want to watch the court destroy in his hands?" ”

I said, "That's not true, the worst-case scenario is just a battle with the Xiliang army." ”

Xun You said: "Since you still have to fight a battle, why not strike first?" ”

Feng Xian couldn't help but look moved when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Oh?" What does Gongda mean? ”

Xun You replied: "You can ask the Son of Heaven to issue an edict, and then send a messenger to lead the troops to Shaanxi County to kill Niu Fu; If Niu Fu refused to surrender, he led his army to attack and kill him. ”

For Xun You's proposal, I feel that it is okay. Since Wang Yun feels that his words are contrary to his words, then we simply don't discuss with him, maybe we can achieve a surprise effect. It seems that this Xun You is indeed quite strategic, no wonder he will help Cao Cao in the future and make a lot of contributions.

At this moment, Feng Xian nodded approvingly and said, "Well, I think Gongda's proposal is very good, what does Brother Xian think?" ”

I also nodded and said, "Yes, just do what Gongda proposed, and I will personally lead the army to kill Niu Fu." ”

Feng Xian said: "Okay, I will enter the palace to meet the Son of Heaven and ask him to make the next edict to ask for thieves." ”

I couldn't help but say: "Don't rush for now, wait for Wang Yun's edict to disband the Liangzhou army to be promulgated, and then see the results." ”

Feng Xian nodded and said, "That's fine." ”

The fact that the two of us were able to accept this proposal so easily made Xun You's heart feel very happy. In his opinion at this time, if he can serve under Fengxian or my men in the future, he will definitely have a bright future. However, in fact, although this is true, the future road is not necessarily within our control, and we can only take one step at a time. (To be continued.) )