After everyone returned to Shanyang, they had a rest. Subsequently, Feng Xian planned to send troops to attack the Cheng clan. At this time, Li Feng proposed that he and Xue Lan persuade Li Gan to surrender, and if it didn't make sense, it would not be too late to send troops. Bong Xian hesitated slightly, and then accepted his proposal.

In fact, there is no need to persuade anything at all, and the situation is very clear now. Of course, there is no rush to send troops to attack. At this moment, you should first train your soldiers and horses, build more military equipment, and wait until everything is ready, and directly fight with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. As long as the combined forces of Yuan and Cao are defeated, those shrimp soldiers and crab generals will all be floating clouds.

Subsequently, Li Feng and Xue Lan led the people of their headquarters to Chengshi. The two didn't make Li Gan through, which was what I expected. Originally, everyone thought that the two of them would come back if they couldn't make sense, but what people didn't expect was that the two of them killed Li Gan directly on the spot.

I patted my forehead in confusion, thinking that these two guys were okay and would really make a mess. That Li Qian is a big family of the Cheng clan, and he has always been very famous and favored in the local area, these two guys actually killed him, can those locals be willing? So, the results are obvious. Under the leadership of Li Qian's eldest son, Li Quan, the local people directly beat the two out of the Cheng clan. After that, the two led their subordinates to flee back to Shanyang in embarrassment.

Looking at the embarrassed appearance of the two, Feng Xian shook his head speechlessly. But Chen Gong on the side said: "You two are also knowledgeable people, how could you make such an unbearable mistake?" I feel shameless for both of you! ”

Li Feng couldn't help but say: "I felt ashamed because of the improper use of people before, so I killed Uncle Li in a hurry; Unexpectedly, he angered the people of the city, and this was only a momentary mistake. ”

Chen Gong said: "Since ancient times, there has been a rule of 'two armies fighting, not beheading'; It's good for you to do this time, but they haven't beheaded them yet, but they have beheaded them; Is this a word getting out? ”

Xue Lan couldn't help but say: "The public station is wrong; In fact, Li Gan rebelled first, and the two of us were just killing traitors, what was wrong? ”

Chen Gong immediately said: "Nonsense! Then Li Shujie has always been Cao Cao's subordinate before, where has there been a mutiny? Xue Maochang, Xue Maochang, you are still one of the "Eight Jun" in the world, why can't you even understand this truth? ”

Xue Lan couldn't refute for a while, so she had to keep silent.

Feng Xian couldn't help but say, "Okay, since the matter has happened, it's useless to say more; At this time, Cao Cao is in Shouzhang, and he will inevitably lead his troops to attack from behind, and the two of you will lead your headquarters to defend Juye City. ”

"No." The two of them were ordered to leave.

Afterwards, Chen Gong couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, this time the improper use of people is really ashamed!" ”

Feng Xian smiled and said: "Okay, Gongtai, who can be without fault if you are not a sage?" Don't blame yourself anymore; Next, Yuan Shao should attack Dingtao, and he needs to send troops to increase his defense in advance. ”

At this time, I proposed: "Send Gao Shun and Zhang Liao to guard the pottery; Both of them are wise and brave people, and they are both veterans with combat experience; It would be more appropriate to send the two of them to guard the pottery. ”

Feng Xian nodded and said, "Well, what Brother Xian said is exactly what I want. ”

Subsequently, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao led a total of 4,000 people from their respective departments to Dingtao to increase the defense.

Let's say that a few months ago, due to the sudden rise of thieves in the four counties in the western part of Liangzhou, and the distance between Ji County, the seat of Liangzhou governance, could not be supervised. Therefore, the imperial court issued an edict to divide the four counties of Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye and Wuwei as Yongzhou, and the administrative office was set up in Guzang County under the jurisdiction of Wuwei.

Immediately, on the second and third days, two more earthquakes occurred around Chang'an. At the end of the month, there was another solar eclipse, and everyone panicked. As a result, Liu Xie did not go to court for five consecutive days, and did not use swords and soldiers, in order to avoid the disaster.

After that, Li Wei began to be suspicious of Fan Chou because of the relationship between Fan Chou and Han Sui, and Li Li's provocation from it. But because the Qiang people in the Zuo Fengsa area rebelled and plundered the counties, he didn't attack Fan Chou for a while. Although they seem to be connected to each other on the surface, they have begun to separate themselves in private.

During this period, Mianzhu City, the seat of Yizhou Administration, was hit by lightning and caused a fire, which burned down the state capital. So, Liu Yan moved the administrative office to Chengdu. Soon after, Liu Yan died of poisonous sores on his back, and Zhao Wei and others wrote to the imperial court to ask Liu Zhang to assassinate Yizhou. However, the imperial court issued an edict appointing Hu Mao, a native of Yingchuan, as the assassin of Yizhou. In this regard, Liu Zhang and others naturally refused to agree.

Subsequently, Liu Zhang's subordinate generals Shen Mi, Lou Fa, Gan Ning and others rebelled and led their troops to attack Chengdu, but they were defeated by Zhonglang's generals Wu Yi and others. Shen Mi and Lou Fa were killed, and Gan Ning led hundreds of athletes from his headquarters to flee to Jingzhou.

The imperial court was unable to deal with the affairs of Yizhou, so it had no choice but to appoint Liu Zhang as the assassin of Yizhou. After that, Liu Zhang appointed Zhao Wei as the general of the expedition to the east, and led his troops to garrison in the city of Qu Ninja, preparing to attack Liu Biao. Before that, the edict appointing Xun You as the Taishou of Shu County was also issued, but due to the blockage of the road, he stayed in Jingzhou.

Shortly thereafter, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian was infected with typhoid fever and died of serious illness overnight. Subsequently, Chen Deng, the captain of the agricultural school, planned to welcome Liu Bei as the pastor of Xuzhou. Chen Deng said to Liu Bei: "Now that the Han family is declining and the world is in chaos, if you want to make contributions, you should do it at this time; Under the rule of Xuzhou, Yin is prosperous and rich, and there are millions of household registrations, hoping that you can stoop to Lingzhou. ”

In this regard, Liu Bei had intentions in his heart, but he did not dare to accept it. Just because Yuan Shu was close at hand, and he was the nominal Xuzhou Bo, if he accepted the proposal of the two without authorization, he would be retaliated against by Yuan Shu. So, Liu Bei said: "The gentlemen are kind, and you are ready to receive it; Now Yuan Highway is close to Shouchun, this monarch ancestor on the fourth generation of the fifth duke, the sea returns, the monarchs can entrust Xuzhou to him. ”

Chen Deng said: "Yuan Shu is arrogant and lascivious, not the master of chaos; Now we plan to gather 100,000 foot horsemen for the king, so that we can support the Han family and relieve the people, and we can divide one side and protect the territory and the people; If the envoy refuses to agree to our proposal, we will not dare to listen to him. ”

When Liu Bei heard this, although his heart was somewhat relaxed, he still hesitated.

At this time, Kong Rong, the minister of Beihai who came to attend Tao Qian's funeral, said: "How can Yuan Shuren be a person who worries about the country and forgets his home? He is just relying on the prestige left by his ancestors, but he is a dry bone in the grave, and there is nothing to be afraid of; Today's event is the people's selection of meritocracy, which is a good opportunity from God. But if the king refuses to accept it, he will repent of it too late. ”

Liu Bei groaned, then nodded and said, "In this case, Liu Bei is not talented, so he will temporarily manage Xuzhou." ”

So, Liu Bei took over the post of Xuzhou pastor. This matter naturally aroused Yuan Shu's dissatisfaction, but at this time, the counties in Yangzhou had not yet completely obeyed him, so he had no time to take care of sending troops to attack Xuzhou for the time being. Subsequently, he asked Ma Riyan to remove Liu Bei from the position of Xuzhou pastor in the name of the Son of Heaven. But Ma Riyan did not agree. Yuan Shu was furious for a while, so he took the opportunity to seize Ma Riyan's talisman. For this reason, Ma Riyan was so angry that he vomited blood and died. Later, Yuan Shu ordered Liu Bei to give up Xuzhou in the name of the Son of Heaven, but Liu Bei naturally did not listen. In this regard, although Yuan Shu was angry, he was out of reach for a while.

However, he said that when Sun Ce's three-year period of filial piety for his deceased father expired, he temporarily entrusted his mother and younger brothers and sisters to Zhang Hong, a native of Guangling. Then he went to meet Yuan Shu and said: "My deceased father raised troops from Changsha to fight against Dong Zhuo in the past, and allied with the Ming envoy Jun in Nanyang, but unfortunately he was killed halfway through, and his work was not accomplished; Ce is grateful for your old kindness to your late father, and is willing to continue to serve you, hoping that Ming Gong can see Sun Ce's sincerity! ”

Yuan Shu saw that Sun Ce was dignified and talked extraordinary, and couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, if I can have a son like you, even if I die like Sun Wentai, what hatred is there!" ”

Sun Ce said: "Ming Gong has won the award; I don't know if Ming Gong can return his father's old department to the commander of Ce, and he is willing to serve Ming Gong for the work of dogs and horses. ”

Yuan Shu smiled and said: "I have appointed your uncle as the Taishou of Danyang, and your cousin as the Governor of Danyang; Danyang has always had more elite soldiers, so you can go and rely on the two of them to recruit soldiers and horses. ”

Although Sun Ce was disappointed in his heart, he still acted according to his fate. Subsequently, Sun Ce moved his mother, younger brother and sister to Qu'a County, and went to Danyang with his clan relatives Sun He and fellow villager Lu Fan to visit his uncle Wu Jing. (To be continued.) )