Chapter 20: Jizhou's Great Move
Chen Nuo aroused the suspicion of Yuan Shao and others for no reason because of the last time he rescued Gao Lan, so he thought of Yu Poison, who was also a Montenegro. You know, since the last time Huang Shang'er came to Dongpingling to visit him, asked him for a letter to Zhang He, signaling Zhang He to be convenient in Liyang, let them pass, she has been gone for a long time, and what should be done should be done well, and if you want to cross the river, you should also cross the river, but they are shouting to help Hushou capture Yecheng, but there has been no progress in winter, and there is no progress in the winter, and it is inevitable that the thunder and rain will be small. Chen Nuo accidentally remembered it, so he was curious, so he asked the people below to come and ask.
The people below don't know much, but they just know that Montenegro Yu Yu took his letter from the first department, and after finding Zhang He, Zhang He let him go. After that, Yu Poison and the men and horses of the Southern Xiongnu also crossed the river and arrived at Montenegro to meet Zhang Yan. At the same time, they also heard that Zhang Yan, another marshal of Montenegro, also took a group of men and horses to Hushou earlier and joined Hushou. Now the two families are in the Black Mountain, and Hushou Gou is together, but there has been no movement, and I don't know if it is not conducive to entering the army in winter, or there are other reasons, anyway, there is no big move for a while, but the exploration horse is constantly coming and going to Yecheng, it seems to be making the final preparations before the attack, and there is only so much he knows about the situation here.
After hearing this, Chen Nuo nodded slightly, and couldn't help but reverie, there is a Yu poison in Jizhou who is already very noisy, and now that Zhang Yan has joined in, wouldn't it be even more lively? And this good show seems to be officially starting now. Thinking about it, there are many reckless people hidden in the stretches of black mountain, and there are countless handsome, and there are many contradictions between them, each driven by interests, attacking each other, and not allowing others to survive. First of all, there was a Zhang Niujiao, and his sudden rise wiped out many handsome people around him, and established the status of Zhang Niujiao's Black Mountain. After Zhang Niujiao's death, Chu Feiyan inherited his throne and changed his surname to Zhang Yan. The appearance of Zhang Yan not only inherited Zhang Niujiao's will, but also was more aggressive than Zhang Niujiao. In the end, Zhang Yan got a million soldiers, and the original people of Zhang Niujiao developed more than ten times, and his reputation also rose among Montenegro, as if he was the leader of all the marshals in Montenegro.
Zhang Yan has the ambition of Montenegro, and Yu Poison, who is also the marshal of Montenegro, naturally has no small ambitions. Thinking about his alliance with the Southern Xiongnu, it is a good proof. It's just that he is too easy to waver, and because he offended Yuan Shao, he had to go to Henan for refuge. And his departure also temporarily avoided Zhang Yan's edge, so that his two self-proclaimed 'Black Mountain Marshal' leaders, have never competed. Want. Yu Poison's departure from the Black Mountain Branch, with Zhang Yan's ambition to unify Montenegro, is very unhappy to see, and he must always look forward to merging the Poison Division into his hands as soon as possible, so that he is the only 'Montenegrin Marshal' in Mianmian Montenegro, and everything obeys his orders, so that he is satisfied. And in the same way, with the self-proclaimed marshal of Montenegro Yu Poison, there is no need to say whether he has this ambition for the time being, but since he is known as the marshal, in front of Zhang Yan, who is under great pressure, he must fight for proportions for the sake of face. So, these two characters, who should not have met, are now rushing together for common interests, can they not spark between them?
Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the two of them don't have the identity of 'Black Mountain Marshal', they are afraid that it will be difficult for them not to intrigue. How? The reason why they agreed to help Hushou send troops was because they were driven by interests, and they all thought that once they helped Hushou take Montenegro, then they could then control Hushou and manipulate Hushou as a puppet to seek their greater interests. The two of them have nothing more than this heart, otherwise why would they simply fight to send troops? And once both of them feel that this matter is promising, then they will also fight. However, if one monk has water to drink, two monks carry water to drink, and three monks have no water to drink, they still understand that if they want to maximize their own interests, then only they can get this credit alone, and they will not let others share this cup of soup. However, now it is not their family that is helping Hushou, there is another family, so how can they maximize their own interests?
I don't know, if you want to monopolize this benefit, you naturally have to do everything you can to get the other family out and prevent him from participating in this matter. As long as the other one is out, then the ultimate benefit will be one person's gain. Therefore, no matter what, for the sake of their own interests, the two of them will not be compatible with each other, and they will be on the same page. Although Chen Nuo still doesn't know the specific situation in Montenegro, he only needs to think about it carefully, and it should be like this.
But it's ridiculous like a pot longevity, and it's really hard for him. Thinking that when Hushou was called to serve as the assassin of Jizhou, he thought that he was ordered by the imperial court, and he couldn't help but be arrogant, thinking that as soon as his edict arrived, Yuan Shao would naturally give up Jizhou. It's a pity that he has a very good idea, but the reality is very cruel. So, after hitting a wall, I had to go back to Yu Poison, who was rejected by myself, and wanted to join forces with him. And because Yu Poison was far away in Henan, he couldn't cross the river for a while, so Hu Shou found an excuse and asked Zhang Yan and a Montenegrin to help.
Speaking of which, this pot of shou invited Yu Poison on the one hand, and Zhang Yan on the other hand, probably his original intention was not all because Yu Poison was impatient if he didn't cross the river for a long time, and the bigger reason was probably that if he thought of turning to Yu Poison's family, he was afraid that it would be difficult to control it in the future, so that he deliberately involved a Zhang Yan in order to contain each other in the future, so that he could sit in the position of Jizhou Assassin and worry-free. His idea is not bad, but he just didn't expect the relationship between Zhang Yan and Yu Poison's 'water and fire are incompatible', but I'm afraid that because of this, Hushou will have a headache this time. As soon as he made this stupid move, he would also attract the resentment of Yu Poison and the mutual suspicion of Zhang Yan's family, and if Hushou wanted to successfully obtain Jizhou, he must first reconcile this contradiction, and the reason why they did not send troops to Jizhou in time was probably because of this, right?
Chen Nuo's guess was actually similar.
Hushou, who was far away in Montenegro, set up a banquet in the hall at this time, and feasted Zhang Yan and Yu Poison, the two marshals of Montenegro, as well as Yu Fuluo, the Southern Huns.
Speaking of which, Yu Poison couldn't cross the river when he stayed in Chenliu at the beginning, because he heard that Hushou had asked Zhang Yan and his people to help, and he was already extremely angry in his heart. Originally, he was ready to quit and not help Hushou in a fit of anger, but in the end, he was persuaded by the Southern Hun Yu Fuluo, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that there was no need to do such a righteous thing. Moreover, he considered that because of Cao Cao's rise, he was not easy to mix in Chenliu, and if he couldn't find the next place to settle in time, he was afraid that once this winter passed, Cao Cao would digest and absorb the millions of yellow scarves in Qingzhou, and the next target would be him. And the reason why he proposed to welcome Hushou in the first place was precisely because of this consideration. However, Henan can't stay, and he is not very familiar with other places, so for the sake of safety, he has a plan to return to Hebei for development. It's just that he offended Yuan Shao in Hebei, if you want to mix in Hebei, it must be with Yuan Shao without him, with him without Yuan Shao. It wasn't until he heard the news that Hushou was going to Jizhou that he was so enthusiastic to send Huang Shang'er as an envoy, and contacted Hushou halfway, just to use Hushou to deal with Yuan Shao. Since this matter was initiated by him, before his goal was achieved, how could he give up because of a Zhang Yan stepping in?
What's more, helping Hu Shou Nai is the first step for him to gain a foothold in Hebei, if he quits because of a moment of righteousness, it will not only cheapen Zhang Yan's boy, but also create a dilemma for his own future. Therefore, after thinking about it again and again, Yu Poison also endured this breath for the time being, on the one hand, he sent Huang Shang'er to Chen Nuo's side to deceive the letter, and on the other hand, he reluctantly sent Tanma to get in touch with Hu Shou, so that Hu Shou must wait for him. Wait until...... Huang Shang'er came back from Chen Nuo's side and obtained Chen Nuo's letter to Zhang He, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief. After that, Yu Poison pulled up his soldiers and horses, crossed the river from Liyang with the Southern Xiongnu, and rushed all the way to Hushou.
Speaking of which, Hushou failed to take over Jizhou smoothly, and he was naturally unwilling in his heart, but he had plans to unite with Yu Poison and Zhang Yan. And in the meantime, of course, he had to find a temporary place to live first. And the endless black mountain just gave him a place to stay. So, while Hu Shou hid himself in the Black Mountain, he stepped up his contact with Zhang Yan's family on the one hand, and constantly planted spies in Yecheng to obtain more information.
Originally, with Hushou's plan, he saw Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan fighting in the Bohai Sea, and he had no time to take care of Yecheng behind him, and he was going to take this opportunity to subvert Yecheng. However, because Yu was stranded on the south bank of the river for a long time, he waited and waited, and he was really anxious. And because he considered that he couldn't let Yu Yan's family sit big, he deliberately contacted Zhang Yan. Although Zhang Yan is a post-contact, he is much more active than Yu Poison, but he gathered the soldiers and horses to him in October, and Zhang Yan also personally commanded the troops, which made Hu Shou really happy in his heart, after all, Zhang Yan, the first marshal of Montenegro, did give him face.
As soon as Zhang Yan came, he immediately took the opportunity and asked Hushou to send troops immediately. Of course, the reason why he was in such a hurry was to leave the poison out of this matter so that his family could benefit. When Hu Shou heard him, he was anxious to agree, but when he thought of the powerful people brought by Zhang Yan, he had some concerns. He suddenly thought that the reason why he contacted Zhang Yan after contacting Yu Poison was precisely to prevent Yu Poison's family from being too powerful and unable to control it in the future? As soon as he thought of this, he deliberately delayed it, and also sent a message to Yu Poison, deliberately saying that if he didn't come again, he would send troops first, but in fact, he was just urging Yu Poison to come early.
Now, Hushou has finally waited for the two handsomes to be in the hall, and he is looking for wine to discuss Jizhou's big move.