Chapter 355: Li Jingzhou's Great Gift for Taking Office
The surface is calm, but the heart is turbulent, this is the current Li Yu and Cao Cao, Cao Cao is gone, and left him 100,000 elite foot riders, and even left Cao Ren, Lu Bu, Ma Chao, Wen Ping, and Li Tong to help him, oh and Xun Yu, a master of internal affairs!
Li Yu officially became the director of the party, and in the past, he also acted as the lieutenant of Sili for a period of time, in charge of the Sili area, but can the dilapidated Sili be compared with Jingzhou? It is easy to establish order in a dilapidated place, as long as the wrist is strong enough and there is enough strength; And the prosperous place already has a fixed pattern of order, and there is an overall system for the division of various interests, Li Yu is now even a strong dragon can not suppress these local snakes, he needs a certain amount of time to transition, and then he can really unite Jingzhou and play an important role; Regarding this matter, Li Yu must have a charter and implement it carefully, so after he took office, he first warmly entertained all the famous officials in Jingzhou, and left Xun Yu to discuss with Pang Tong; "Shiyuan! You are from Jingzhou, and you are more familiar with this place than me, I want to ask you something, what are the more influential people in Jingzhou? Li Yu asked with some expectation; Pang Tong looked at Li Yu in a complicated way, and secretly scolded this old fox in his heart, okay, Li Yu is only five or six years older than him, right? After Cao Cao left, Pang Tong buried Liu Qi next to Liu Biao, and cried a lot, after all, no matter how good a person is, he will have a sense of gratitude; Liu Qi exchanged his life for a plan of Pang Tong, and he almost succeeded, but unfortunately Cao Cao came, and Li Yu did not have time to follow Cai Mao into his trap, so his plan failed, and he was once again defeated by Li Yu, and this arrogant young man was obviously not convinced; Even if you are not convinced, it is not good, although Pang Tong is said to be the governor of Jingzhou's water divisions, in charge of all the water divisions, but Li Yu is now his direct boss, Jingzhou Mu! Working together is what should be done now; Pang Tong pondered for a while and said: "If you say that there are four kinds of famous people in Jingzhou, the Cai family in the military world, headed by Cai Mao, was the most powerful force when Liu Biao was in power, and the Kuai brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue in the political circle, they had the greatest influence among the civilian officials; There is also the scholar headed by the Ma family, the so-called Ma family five constants, the white eyebrows are the best, and now the scholars in Jingzhou are headed by Ma Liang, and there is also a faction that is the Qing faction, and the representative figure is the teacher under the Xia, Sima Decao, Huang Chengyan, the three friends of Jingzhou! ”
"If I want to completely transform Jingzhou into a force under the prime minister's command, forming a solid defensive position, which can be taken into account on both the east and west sides, these people can't ignore it, so do you have any suggestions?" , Li Yu said with a smile; Xun Yu stroked his beard: "The Cai family in the military world headed by Cai Mao must be suppressed, this is the primary problem, after all, only by mastering the army can they have the absolute right to speak, the Cai family is deeply rooted in the military circles, and the operation has to be prevented!" But I don't think it should be a problem with Shiyuan's means!
The Kuai clan is not easy to move, especially when we have just taken over Jingzhou and our eyes are black, and their loyalty to the prime minister is still certain; Ma's problem is easy to deal with, at most it is to recruit them, whether they never obey or not, at least express our goodwill, the Qing faction is a respected hermit, we just need to maintain the corresponding respect! ”
Xun Yu was reactivated, but unfortunately his status was not as good as before, and Cao Cao didn't trust him very much, but his ability was enough to make people believe, after all, it was Wang Zuozhicai, Cao Cao released him with Li Yu, and he also hoped that he would stay away from the Han family and consume his loyalty to the Han family
Li Yu listened to Xun Yu's words and nodded: "Then let's do it!" Wen Ruo, you still have a certain amount of influence among the scholars, unlike me, who have a bad reputation! Ma's affairs are up to you! Shi Yuan, tomorrow you will go to Jiangning to train sailors; It's going to be difficult, especially when these veteran generals in Jingzhou hate you, and your actions are even more elbowed, I can't help you much, I'll give you 10,000 elite cavalry! The generals Wen Ping and Li Tong will help you! If anyone dares to disobey you, they will be slaughtered! You're now the commander-in-chief, so you should be able to do it, right? ”
"Understood!" , Pang Tong nodded; This side has just agreed on how to deal with the situation that may occur inside Jingzhou, and something has happened over there! The messenger sent a letter in an urgent manner for 800 miles, Jiangdong Zhou Yu attacked, and Jiang Xia beheaded Huang Zu! Break 50,000 Jingzhou sailors! What a gift! Li Yu was stunned for a long time, and scolded: "Grandma is a bear!" ”
Zhou Yu came because he saw the hidden worry that Cao Cao's foundation in Jingzhou was unstable now, so as soon as Cao Cao left on the front foot, he did such a big thing on the back foot! Fortunately, the millions of money and grain that Jiangxia had hoarded were transferred on Cao Cao's way from Shouchun to Jingzhou, and he ordered Ji Ling of Shouchun to move those things to Shouchun to balance Jingzhou, but he didn't expect it to be a wise move; "Can't put it off any longer! Shi Yuan, you go now! The Tonghe clan stopped Zhou Yu, even if Jiangxia County was lost, it didn't matter! Give me some time, as long as I have integrated all the military horses in Jingzhou, I will immediately reinforce you! Li Yu solemnly said to Pang Tong, and then called Cao Ren and allocated Pang Tong 10,000 cavalry, so that he, the governor of the naval division and the Marquis of Jiangning, took office; Jiangdong Sun Quan has formed an alliance with Liu Bei, and what I'm worried about is that Liu Bei will also make a move! Xun Yu reminded aloud; Li Yu paced, wrinkled his brows, and suddenly smiled: "It's okay not to give gifts, as soon as you give a gift, it's a double gift package, which makes me a little unbearable!" Cao Ren! Leave 10,000 cavalry, and you will go to Ba County with 80,000 horses! Be sure to keep it for me! In addition, I will let Lu Bu and Kuai Liang go with you! Don't be impulsive! Well? ”
"What if Liu Bei sent troops from Hanzhong to attack Xiangyang?" , Cao Ren hesitated to ask after receiving the order, Li Yu did not answer, Xun Yu replied on his behalf: "Because if you capture Xiangyang, you need a sailor!" Liu Bei doesn't have this condition now, especially when the river in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River is turbulent, and he can't walk the waterway at all! ”
"The last general commands!" , Cao Ren arched his hand, walked out with high spirits, lit up the military horse, and set off;
What a headache! Li Yu rubbed his eyebrows and said to himself: "No matter how powerful Zhou Yu is, he is bound by the congenital defects of Jiangdong military horses, and it is destined that he will not be able to swallow the land of Jingzhou, he can only fight steadily, and he is extremely dependent on the water division, Pang Tong has a decisive force, even if he can't drive Zhou Yu away, he can maintain an invincible and undefeated situation!" ”
"Are you worried about Cao Ren?" , Xun Yu raised his head; "Yes! If Liu Bei is determined to attack Jingzhou, the situation will be different, I am afraid that Cao Ren will not be able to cope with it, if Liu Bei breaks through our defense line, the whole Jingxiang will be under his threat, and his mobility of soldiers and horses can be more than a step faster than Zhou Yu! ", Li Yu walked around thinking; I think you're thinking too much! The top priority is to integrate military horses, especially in Nanyang, Runan, Changsha and other places, and also, hasn't Liu Biao always raised a cavalry of 30,000 people? I heard that it was stationed in Changsha, but I thought it should be taken back! ", Xun Yu; Li Yu stopped: "This is inevitable, I have already ordered the cavalry in Changsha to come back, I just thought of a way, maybe I can retreat all the way first!" However, it will take some thought on your part! ”
"Oh? Tell me about it! Xun Yu was slightly surprised, and then thought of Li Yu's intelligence and felt that it was nothing, so he listened to the following text; One word - deception! One word - bribery! Li Yu stretched out two fingers: "The so-called deception refers to deceiving the people in Jiangdong who are dissatisfied with Sun Quan, spreading rumors, and letting them know that the prime minister is going to raise millions of troops to attack Jiangdong, but someone needs to create such a little opportunity to buy a little time for himself to gather soldiers and horses!"
And this word of bribery is about bribery! Who to bribe? Yamagoe people! Over the years, Jiangdong has suffered from the Shanyue Rebellion, which is one of the main reasons why they have not been able to enter the Central Plains, and many of their armies are guarding against the Shanyue people! As long as we give money and food, these Shanyue people will create chaos, and with a two-pronged approach, Zhou Yu will definitely stop and wait and see the situation! He must ensure the stability of the rear! ”
"That's a good idea! Leave it to me! Xun Yu patted his chest and said, for him, this is a matter of holding a handle;
If this person is unlucky, he will stuff his teeth when he drinks cold water, and he will smash his heels when he farts; Li Yu has just dealt with the affairs of Sun Quan and Liu Bei, and is coordinating the population of Jingzhou and studying the distribution of soldiers and horses.
If Jingzhou's beacon tower is on fire, there are two things that indicate it, one is that the war with Jiangdong is unfavorable, and the other is that the Wuxi barbarians are coming! Li Yu couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, one big gift after another, after the double cannon is the big three yuan!
Wuxi barbarians and Jiangdong people have always been the two biggest enemies of Jingzhou people, Jiangdong people can say that what they covet is nothing more than Jingzhou's territory, and they are driven by feuds, always thinking about revenge, Wuxi barbarians are different, they are locusts!
Why? Although these people will not kill the common people after they invade Jingzhou, they will rob all the things, whether it is food or household items, they will rob them if they can use them! Even the clothes worn by children are not spared, which makes people sigh, this is really poor!
Those who live in Wuling have Xiongxi, Zhangxi, Chenxi, Youxi, and Wuxi, which are called Wuxi Man. The turbulent times at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty not only affected the Central Plains, but also affected these ethnic minorities far away from the Central Plains, so they frequently came out to plunder; Now the Wuxi barbarians are twisted into a rope under the leadership of their outstanding leader Shamoke, who wants to carry forward the three-light policy!
Garrisoned in Changsha is the number one military and political leader of Changsha Taishou Han Xuan, and the protection of barbarians in the past is also in place, why did such a mistake occur? Li Yu himself has to be blamed for this, if he hadn't wanted to transfer the 30,000 cavalry under Han Xuan, causing a hole in the defense, he would not have been captured by the Wuxi barbarians, and now they are all in Changsha City!
Li Yu decided to go to Changsha County in person, the matter of the Wuxi barbarians was not solved, and it was always a time bomb placed in Jingxiang, which was not conducive to his future struggle with Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and this matter was supported by Xun Yu and recommended a person to him; Who is it? Ma Tan! Xun Yu made progress in the matter of conquering the Ma clan, and the reason was that Ma Yan was obsessed with military affairs, and Li Yu was a well-known military strategist
(To be continued)