"Wolves! The wolf is coming, here are the people! Help......"

In the middle of the night, Liu Biao suddenly screamed from his sleep, Cai hurriedly called the maid to turn on the lamp, only to find that Liu Biao's eyes were straight, sweating profusely, and he looked frightened, Cai couldn't help but be taken aback, stepped forward to hug Liu Biao and asked, "Master, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Nothing." Liu Biao breathed a sigh of relief, collapsed like a shelf, and sighed, "It's just a nightmare." ”

Cai's eyes showed a worried look and said, "Master, I heard that the divine doctor Zhang Ji has been in Xiangfan recently, did you send someone to invite him to you to take a look?" ”

Liu Biao shook his head and said, "There's no need for this, it's lonely and not sick." ”

Cai said: "But you haven't been able to sleep for several days. ”

Liu Biao sighed: "The wolf Cao Ying is coming to Jingzhou, can he sleep peacefully?" ”

"Cao Ying?" Cai Shi was puzzled, "I heard my brother (Cai Mao) say that Cao Ying is the hero of the world, and the horse butcher in the north is the evil wolf, are you mistaken?" ”

"Huh?" The look on Liu Biao's face suddenly froze, and he asked sneeringly, "What did Madame say just now?" ”

Cai said: "The concubine thinks that Cao Ying is a hero, and the horse butcher is a wolf." ”

"The horse butcher is the wolf? The horse butcher is the wolf! Liu Biao suddenly seemed to have lost his soul, and muttered, "After the old wolf king is old, the strongest young male wolf in or outside the wolf pack will challenge him, and if the old wolf king is defeated, the new wolf king will join the wolf pack, and all the female wolves in the wolf pack will no longer miss the defeated old wolf king, but happily throw themselves into the arms of the new wolf king!" Why is that? Because only the new wolf king can provide them with protection, and only the new wolf king can keep this wolf pack alive and vigorous, so that this wolf pack can continue to survive! ”

Cai said: "Master, what are you talking about?" ”

Liu Biao didn't answer, and said abruptly: "I understand, I finally understand, so it is, so it is!" ”

Cai said: "What does the master understand? ”

Liu Biao said: "Lone is indeed the old wolf king, but the new wolf king is not Cao Ying but a horse butcher, and that group of she-wolves is not the warriors of Jingxiang, they are clearly the people of Jingxiang!" Pang Degong, Pang Degong, your old man is really compassionate, but he is going to let you down. ”

Cai was so confused when he heard it that he almost thought that Liu Biao was crazy.

After thinking about it, Liu Biao didn't feel sleepy anymore, and got up under the waiting of Yahuan, and sent someone to summon his son Liu Pan, nephew Zhang Yun and eldest son Liu Qi to the mansion overnight.

……

Luoyang, Xiangfu.

Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, Lu Su, Zhong Xuan, Cai Yong, Zhen Yi and others were invited to come as guests.

Speaking from the heart, Kuai Liang and the others did not have a good impression of Ma Yue, and in fact, since they were taken captive by Ma Yue to Guanzhong, Kuai Liang and the others have always been idle at home, and they have always been reluctant to go out, if it weren't for Ma Yue's support for the Son of Heaven and behaving like a virtuous minister, they wouldn't bother to pay attention to him at all.

After the ceremony, Ma Yue solemnly said, "Gentlemen, take a seat." ”

"Prime Minister Xie."

Everyone thanked them and sat down one after another.

After three rounds of drinking, Ma Yuecai said: "Since Lone was appointed as the prime minister, every time he thinks about reporting to the country and the people, but a person's power is limited after all, and a person's thoughts will inevitably deviate. ”

Ma Yue's words are high-sounding, and it is difficult for Kuai Liang and others to refuse, if they refuse, wouldn't it be a refusal to serve the Han Dynasty?

After a moment of silence in the hall, Lu Su took the lead in expressing his position: "I am willing to assist the prime minister to share the country's worries." ”

Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue glanced at each other, and at the same time clenched their fists and said loudly: "Worrying about the country is a matter for the world's accorals, and I dare not say goodbye." ”

Zhong Xuan, Cai Yong, and Zhen Yi saw that Lu Su and the three of them expressed their attitudes, and they also went down the slope and got up and responded: "I am also willing to help the prime minister at the lower level." ”

"Oh, that's very good." Ma Yue said happily, "My father-in-law (Cai Yong) is very knowledgeable, and he is respected by all the people in the world. Mr. Zhong Xuan is a stable person, and can be the prime minister Dongcao, in charge of the affairs of the county and the country in the world; Mr. Zhen Yi is brilliant and can play Cao for the prime minister, and is in charge of the chapter and strategy; Mr. Kuai Liang is good at internal affairs, and can be the prime minister, in charge of collecting rents; As for the two gentlemen Kuai Yue and Lu Su, they can sacrifice wine for the military advisor, I don't know what you think? ”

Cai Yong waited: "Dare not obey your fate." ”

"My lord." Ma Yue had just finished assigning Cai Yong and the others positions, Li Su suddenly hurried in, and when he saw that Cai Yong and the others in the hall had already spit out the words that had come to his mouth, he swallowed them back into his stomach, walked to Ma Yue's side and whispered, "Lord, please take a step to speak." ”

Ma Yue said: "It's okay, Ziyan but it doesn't matter." ”

Li Su then said: "Just now, Shi Banshan, the governor of the Western Regions, sent an urgent document with an urgent dispatch of 800 li, and the Western powers rested in peace after encroaching on the hometown of the Dayue clan (ancient kingdom of Guishan), and continued to wave their troops to the north Now they have hit Dawan, and now the royal city of Dawan has been surrounded by 100,000 resting legions, and it is in danger, and the countries of the Western Regions implore the Celestial Empire to send troops to rescue. ”

[At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were four major powers in the world that dominated the Eurasian continent, from west to east were Rome, Anxi, Kushan, Eastern Han, Anxi was located in West Asia, it was an ancient dynasty established by the Iranians, Guishan was located in Central Asia for the Dayue people in the 1st century BC built, in the 1st century when the dynasty began to decline, divided into five Xihou, the official history was not destroyed by the Da people until the 5th century AD, the northernmost Xihou in this book (the homeland of Azguli) has been destroyed by Ma Chao, and the remaining four Xihou have also been annexed by Anxi. ]

"Rest in peace?" Ma Yue frowned and asked, "What kind of country is Rest?" ”

Zhong Xuan, who had just been appointed as Prime Minister Dongcao, replied: "Prime Minister, and the Emperor Shi Banchao, the governor of the Western Regions, Ban Yong, led the envoy of rest to Luoyang to make a pilgrimage to the Son of Heaven, so he learned that there is still a strong country in the west of Guishan, called Anxi, with a million armor, nearly 10 million people, and the country is especially above Guishan. ”

"Armor millions?" Ma Yue frowned and said, "So it's a big country?" ”

Zhong Xuan said: "Although Anxi has a million armor, compared with my Celestial Empire, it is undoubtedly a small country, and it is not worth mentioning. ”

Ma Yue said: "Prime Minister Dong Cao is in charge of the affairs of the county of the world, and the Governor of the Western Regions is also among the counties of the Han Dynasty. ”

Zhong Xuan said: "Naturally, it should be saved." ”

Ma Yue was puzzled: "But right now, the Liang army has just experienced a series of fierce battles, and it is already exhausted, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to send troops in a short period of time." ”

Kuai Yue, who was a military advisor sacrificing wine, said casually: "If the prime minister wants to save the countries of the Western Regions, there is no need to mobilize the army of Liangzhou at all, he only needs to send a general who can fight well and is famous to lead thousands of iron horsemen to go!" ”

Ma Yue said: "How do you say this? ”

Kuai Yue said: "The countries of the Western Regions are not without the strength to defeat Anxi, but lack the courage to confront Anxi, the prime minister only needs to send a general to lead thousands of elite iron cavalry to go, and the countries of the Western Regions have to rely on it, and their courage is strong, so they dare to start a war with the Anxi country." ”

Ma Yue said: "I see. ”

Li Su said: "The generals Gao Shun, Xu Huang, Fang Yue, and Gan Ning under the command of the lord are all generals who can fight well, but if they are said to be famous, all the generals are inferior to the major generals!" ”

"Meng Qi?"

Ma Yue's brows couldn't help frowning, at this time Ma Yue really didn't want Ma Yue to conquer the Western Regions, because it wouldn't be long before Ma Yue would make a move on Xichuan, but Ma Chao was the commander selected by Ma Yue, if Ma Yue went out to conquer the Western Regions, then who should lead the army to conquer Xichuan?

However, what Li Su said is indeed right, in the Western Regions, this acre and three points of land, I am afraid that even the horse butcher is far less than Ma Chao's murderous reputation, and the children of the Western Regions don't even dare to cry at night as long as they hear Ma Chao's name!

"That's it." Ma Yue pondered for a moment and said to Li Su, "Quickly summon Meng Qi to come." ”

……

Xiangyang, Liu Biao's official residence.

Liu Pan, Zhang Yun, and Liu Qi rushed in, and Liu Qi said: "My father was summoned late at night, I don't know what is important?" ”

Liu Biao nodded lightly, solemnly motioned for the three of them to sit down, and when the three of them were seated, Liu Biaocai said with a heavy expression: "Lone summoned you late at night this time, and there are really a few important things for you to do." ”

Liu Pan said: "I don't know what's the big deal? Uncle said it was okay. ”

Liu Biao nodded, and asked Zhang Yundao first: "Derong (Zhang Yunbiao), how many troops are completely obedient to you in the Jingzhou naval army?" ”

Zhang Yun was puzzled: "As long as my uncle gives an order, the child can mobilize all the water troops in Jingzhou!" ”

"No, that's not what Lone meant." Liu Biao shook his head and said, "What does Gu mean is that if you want to mobilize the navy and Cai Mao is against it, how many of the 30,000 sailors can you mobilize?" ”

Zhang Yundao: "Uncle wants to transfer the water army, why does Cai Mao object?" ”

Liu Biao said: "This is just a hypothesis, Lone just wants to know how many sailors can completely obey you?" ”

Zhang Yundao: "If this is the case, there will be only three thousand people at most. ”

"Good! Three thousand people is almost enough! Liu Biao said in a deep voice, "After De Rong returns to the naval army, he will immediately gather these three thousand men and horses to screen them again, and execute all those who are not under your control!" Remember, your hands and feet must be clean, and don't let Cai Mao's people find clues. ”

Zhang Yun said: "Uncle, this ......"

"Don't ask why." Liu Biao said in a deep voice, "It's a matter of life and death for our Liu and Zhang families, and De Rong just does it." ”

"The child obeys."

Zhang Yun agreed and took the order.

Liu Biao said to Liu Pan again: "Zhongshi (Liu Panbiao), I ordered you to go to Changsha to collect the thieves of the district star, remove their old and weak, and choose their strength to organize and train the new army, how is the progress?" ”

Liu Pan said: "A total of 5,000 elite soldiers have been recruited, and they are now practicing at night in Youxian County. ”

"Youxian is too far away from Xiangyang." Liu Biao said quietly, "Zhong Shike can lead the army to the north and train in the public security!" ”

Liu Pan said: "My nephew obeys. ”

Liu Biao said: "Also, all the generals recommended by Cai, Huang, and Wang to join the army must be closely monitored from today onwards, in case there is a change in Xiangyang, Zhong Shi should take down these generals as soon as possible, and behead them on the spot to prevent future troubles." ”

"Has there been a change in Xiangyang?" Liu Pan lost his voice and said, "Uncle, this ......"

Liu Biao said in a deep voice: "The Jingxiang clan led by Cai, Huang, Wang and other family lords thinks that Lone's ability is not as good as Cao Ying, and it is not enough to lead the Jingxiang clan to resist Ma Yue, so they want to welcome Cao Ying into Jingzhou!" For the foundation of the Liu family, Lone can't help but take precautions and make plans early. ”

"Huh?" Liu Pan was shocked and said, "If this is the case, I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist the Jingzhou army led by Cai Zhong, Cai He, Huang Zu, and Wang Wei with only my nephew's five thousand elite soldiers, not to mention that there are fierce generals such as Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, and Wen Ping in the Jingzhou army, and my nephew is afraid that he will not be able to cope with it alone." ”

"This Zhongshi doesn't have to worry." Liu Biao said in a deep voice, "If you do it, there will be all arrangements, and you will never let your five thousand soldiers and horses carry the entire Jingzhou army." ”

"Understood." Liu Pan took a deep breath of cold air and said in a deep voice, "So my nephew will leave and go back to Youxian." ”

Liu Biao said: "Go quickly." ”

Liu Pan took a long look, turned around and walked away.

Seeing Liu Pan leave, Liu Qi took the initiative to ask, "Father, I don't know what the child should do?" ”

Liu Biao handed Liu Qi a ruler-long iron thistle bone (in fact, it is a miniature version of Xu Chu's wolf tooth hammer) to Liu Qi, and said: "For my father and Wuling Fan King Sha Tuo have an old, Sha Tuo tasted that if he is in danger, he can make people go to ask for help with a token, and now our Liu family is facing a major crisis, and it is when we need help, Qi'er can take this thing to Wuling Mountain to ask Sha Tuo for help." ”

"The child obeys."

Liu Qi agreed and took the order.

Seeing Liu Qi's figure go away, Liu Biao's face gradually revealed a bit of clarity.

……

Yecheng, the residence of the general's officer.

The eunuch of the decree stood high in the main hall and read in a sharp voice: "The general Yuan Shao has made outstanding achievements, hopes to return to the sea, adds the title of Da Sima, fake Jieyue, enters the Duke of Wei, increases the number of 20,000 households, and the eldest son Yuan Tan is the general of Yulin Zhonglang, and the lord enters the Fuchun Pavilion Marquis, and leads the history of Yangzhou Thorn; The second son, Yuan Xi, was the general of the Tiger Ben Zhonglang, and the lord entered the Yuyao Pavilion Marquis and led the Xuzhou Assassin History; The young son Yuan Shang is the general of Fenwei Zhonglang, the marquis of Yuhang Pavilion, and the history of Yuzhou assassination; Gao Gan is the general of Annan, and he is the marquis of Qiantang Pavilion, and he leads the history of Yanzhou Thorn, and he admires this! ”

"Minister Yuan Shao is grateful." Yuan Shao raised his hands to receive the holy decree, knelt down and thanked, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

Behind Yuan Shao, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang, Gao Gan and a number of Hebei civil and military officials knelt down one after another, shouting long live.

"Duke Wei, please get up." The eunuch stepped forward to pick up Yuan Shao and said with a sneer, "Our family is here to congratulate Duke Wei on his entry into the knighthood." ”

"Hahaha." Yuan Shao looked up to the sky and laughed three times, waved his big hand and said loudly, "Come on, take your father-in-law down to entertain you, there must be no mistake." ”

"Yes." A general of the family had already stepped forward and said to the eunuch, "Father-in-law, please." ”

The eunuch went down with joy.

After the eunuch went away, Yuan Shao respectfully offered the holy decree to the hall, and then turned around and said proudly: "Although Lone was defeated by Guandu, he finally had to enter the Central Plains, even if Xiliang Tie swept the Central Plains, but in the end, he still had to give up the Central Plains, happy!" Haha, that's so exciting! ”

The strategist said worriedly: "Lord, I'm afraid this is Jia Xu's trick. ”

"Trickery?" Yuan Shao said disapprovingly, "What tricks can there be?" ”

Although the trial instinctively thinks that the horse butcher is not well-intentioned, but he really wants to let him say what the horse butcher has intentions but can't say it, the trial is the same as Feng Ji, although the two are loyal to Yuan Shao, but the ability is a lot worse than Tian Feng and Xu You, and now Tian Feng has been killed, Xu You has defected to Cao Ying and also suffered in the chaos, Hebei talents have withered, and Yuan Shao has no outstanding strategists since then.

Seeing that the judge couldn't say why, Yuan Shao couldn't help but snort and said: "Zhengnan needs to be remembered, and you can't be trusted." ”

The judge was ashamed and speechless.

Yuan Shao said to Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang, and Gao Gan: "Xiansi, Xianyi, Xianfu, and Yuancai, now the three of you are also the feudal officials of the imperial court, it's time to set up your own door." Xianfu (Yuan Shang), Yuan Cai (Gao Gan), give each of you 30,000 soldiers and horses, choose to go south to enter the two states of Yan and Henan, Yangzhou of Xiansi and Xuzhou of Xianyi are still under the control of Sun Jian and Cao Bao, if you want to make these two states become the territory of our Yuan family, I am afraid it will take some time. When Sun Jian and Cao Bao were defeated, Gu Zaiqin led the Hebei army to the south and swept Xuzhou and Jiangdong, so that he could share the world equally with the horse butcher. ”

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(To be continued)