Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Liu Xiu hurriedly walked into the guest room, and Xi Zhi, who was reading a book, heard footsteps, got up and went to the door to greet Liu Xiu, grabbed his shoulder, looked up and down for a while, and smiled with satisfaction: "It looks good."

Xi Zhicai smiled: "General Xie is worried, Zhicai eats meat and drinks cheese every day in Xianbei, and his body is stronger than before."

"This is not the place to talk, you come with me" Liu Xiu went out with Xi Zhicai, walked towards the study, turned an alley, Liu Xiu pushed open the door, and instructed Guo Jiadao, who rushed over to greet him: "Take care of yourself at the door, no one is allowed to come in without my permission"

Guo Jia responded, walked out briskly, just out of the small courtyard, I saw a maid walking over quickly, raising her legs to enter the courtyard Guo Jia hurriedly stopped, the maid hurriedly said: "I have something urgent to tell the general"

"The general just ordered, if you have an emergency, you have to wait for his permission to go in" Guo Jia looked at her, smiled very gently, but his attitude was very resolute, and he didn't let her take a step in front of her, "Why don't you wait for me to go in and report?" ”

"That's the case" The maid hesitated, glanced into the room, and said with a smile: "Since the general has something, then I will go and report to the eldest princess first" After speaking, she smiled at Guo Jia, turned around and walked Guo Jia smiled, watching her disappear into a small door, then turned around and returned to the study, leaned into Liu Xiu's ear and said a few words Liu Xiu thought about it, didn't say anything, pointed to Xi Zhicai and said: "This is your fellow countryman Xi Jun Zhicai"

When Guo Jia heard this, he was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly saluted Xi Zhicai, who looked at Guo Jia with a smile: "General, this is the Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao you mentioned?" ”

"yes, how about it, it's still a buildable material?"

"The general has always had a good eye for people," Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "Although Fengxiao is young, he has handled several affairs that are remarkable, and he will become a great tool in the future."

Guo Jia sat there embarrassedly with a red face, making tea for them He was a scholar by Liu Xiu's side, and the news sent back by Xi Zhicai was all processed by his hands, although he was only responsible for sorting it out, and it didn't involve too many secrets, but Xi Zhicai's unpredictable methods and Jing incisive analysis had already left a deep impression on him, and he had been imagining what kind of person this great talent was hidden in the dark, Unexpectedly, the Xi Zhicai who appeared in front of him today was a scholar who was not talented, and the important thing was that he had checked the token of Xi Zhicai on the order of the eldest princess just now, but he didn't expect that he was Xi Zhicai, just as an ordinary secret spy

Xi Zhicai saw his embarrassment, and laughed softly: "Those who serve filial piety as secrets, they must hide among everyone, the more ordinary the appearance, the more convenient it is to act, if a piece of jade is polished very well, how can it hide in the stubborn stone?" But if there is a stone coat wrap, it will be much more convenient."

Guo Jia hurriedly bowed down and thanked: "Thank you Mr. for your teachings, Jiading will remember it"

Xi Zhicai smiled slightly: "General, this son will be better than blue in the future."

Liu Xiu laughed, and said in his heart, this is necessary, otherwise what am I spending so much money for, the two of them said a few words of gossip, the water was boiled, Guo Jia made tea, and respectfully sent it to the two of them, and then listened quietly

Xi Zhicai held the cup with both hands, took a sip of tea, tasted it, and then gently put down the cup and said slowly: "Xianbei is now a mess, at the beginning of the first month, I arranged for Murong Feng's old department to rescue Murong Feng from the tiger capital, and Lian was messed up, and now he is searching for Murong Feng's whereabouts everywhere, I estimate that in two or three months, he should ask the general for help."

Liu Xiu bowed slightly, didn't say anything, he had already learned about these things from Xi Zhicai's monthly report, but now Xi Zhicai explained in person and added more details

"At the end of the first month, I left Xianbei and rushed to Julu" Xi Zhicai paused, his eyelids raised, and the two jing lights flashed, "General, I'm afraid that things in Shandong are a little different from what we predicted"

"Oh?" Liu Xiu also put down the teacup and looked at Xi Zhicai quietly

"There are now nearly 100,000 troops facing each other near Julu, but the battle is not fierce, the two sides have been constantly fighting, each time the scale is not large, I think, they don't seem to be fighting, but training"

Xi Zhicai unhurriedly introduced the situation of Julu to Liu Xiu, he said, Julu is Zhang Jiao's hometown, with deep roots, there are seventy or eighty thousand yellow turbans around Julu alone, and Yuan Shao is not many, only about 25,000, but his subordinates are well-trained, and the worst is also the county soldiers of each county, and most of the commanders of these county soldiers are fighting with Yuan Shao in the northern Xinjiang, that is, these county soldiers who originally belonged to the imperial court are now completely controlled by Yuan Shao

The most sharp is, of course, Yuan Shao's 5,000 personal guard battalion in Yuan Shao and Zhang Jiao's many battles, Zhang Jiao has surrounded Yuan Shao several times, but Yuan Shao has relied on these 5,000 personal guard battalion to break through, Zhang Jiao used a lot of methods, but can not trap these 5,000 people, but Yuan Shao is not invincible, judging from the last few encounters, Zhang Jiao can trap Yuan Shao for longer and longer, which shows that he has found a way to deal with Yuan Shao, and his subordinates have gradually trained a Jing Rui who can compete with Yuan Shao

Not only that, after a few months of fighting, the rabble under Zhang Jiao is also slowly undergoing amazing changes, they have begun to charge all over the mountains and fields, and now they have a breakthrough in the center of gravity, looking for the weak points of the officers and soldiers, they are growing step by step, and the degree is amazing

"Taiping Dao has suffered a lot of casualties, and the casualties have reached more than 20,000 for more than three months of fighting, and this is only in Julu" Xi Zhicai frowned slightly, "However, the people who can survive are no longer ordinary people, they have gradually become like an army"

Liu Xiu's face became grim, and he heard Xi Zhicai's worry that Yuan Shao wanted to take advantage of the Taiping Dao to grasp the military power and further cultivate his own foundation, and Zhang Jiao was also training in battle, growing up in battle, in order to train a strong army, this is what he wanted to do in Runan but did not finally do, and now, he can do it openly

The passive slackness of the officers and soldiers gave Zhang Jiao time and space to grow

"Was that historical?" Liu Xiu was asking himself, he remembered that there was no Yuan Shao among the people who finally extinguished the Yellow Turban, it was Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, and his teacher Lu Zhi, but now it was Yuan Shao who really faced the main force of the Taiping Dao, in fact, he didn't dare to use the existing experience as a reference now, after all, the Yellow Turban Uprising he remembered should be in the year of Jiazi, much later than now

This shows that history is no longer the history he knows, because because of his arrival, this history has changed irreversibly, and in the years to come, his advantage as a prophet will slowly eminish

History has been derailed, and it is no longer the direction he knows

"Then do you think Zhang Jiao can make it?"

"It's hard to say now" Xi Zhicai shook his head: "But Zhang Jiao is a talent, judging from his actions, his ambition is not small"

Liu Xiu didn't say anything, he really regretted it now, if he hadn't introduced Zhang Jiao into the imperial court, Zhang Jiao might not have had the opportunity to see the contradictions in the imperial court, and maybe he wouldn't have thought of military training, but now Zhang Jiao is no longer just a cult leader, he is like a peasant rebel with theoretical guidance, who really regards religion as a means, confusing people but not being confused, he himself knows that the key to success is still in military power

The sacrifice of the Yellow Turbans may be huge, but the greatest resource of the Yellow Turbans is the displaced people, who have a reserve of troops that is difficult for the official army to achieve, and as the war continues, more and more people will have no way out, become outcasts, and join their ranks

Could it be that all my hard work has finally achieved Zhang Jiao?

"In addition to Zhang Jiao, several of his disciples are similar to him, Nanyang's Zhang Mancheng is the most outstanding one, after defeating Dong Zhuo, he killed Nanyang Taishou Yugong and captured Wancheng, Nanzhong Lang combined Zhu Jun and Ren Nanyang Taishou Qin Jie, 18,000 people attacked Wancheng, but there was nothing to do with him"

Liu Xiu raised his hand and interrupted Xi Zhicai: "What is Liu Biao doing in Jingzhou Thorn History?" ”

"It is said that he is going to Jiangnan to quell the rebellion" Xi Zhicai picked up the teacup and took a shallow sip: "There are Haozong in the four counties of Jiangnan who responded to the Yellow Turban, Guiyang Taishou Lu Kang was trapped, Changsha Taishou Zhang Ji was driven out of the county, Lingling and Wuling The situation is not much better, Liu Biao rushed to relieve the siege with men and horses, but he is not strong enough, and he is still waiting for support in Jiangling"

Liu Xiu nodded, the yellow scarf is really in full bloom, menacing

"What about the area occupied by Taiping Dao?" Liu Xiu then asked, "How do those powerful families deal with it?" ”

"The specific situation is not very clear, but so far, I haven't heard that those people have too fierce conflicts with Zhang Jiao" Xi Zhicai shook his head, "Zhang Jiao is very smart, the people he chooses to attack are all some people who lack strength, and they can't resist if they want to, which not only calms the people's anger and wins the hearts of the people, but also does not cause a strong counterattack from the powerful people, which is very Taoist wonderful" Xi Zhicai thought about it and suddenly said: "By the way, he seems to have held two kings hostage, one is King Anping, and the other should be King Ganling"

Liu Xiu had no impression of this, but what did Zhang Jiao want to hijack the clan for? Does he want to use these people as a guise to oppose the Son of Heaven? Or do you want to set up another monarch to compete with the imperial court? However, didn't he say that Cangtian is dead, and Huang Tian should stand, since he doesn't recognize the fire virtue of the Han family, why should he hold any clan hostage?

It's messy, it's all messy, and Liu Xiu is depressed

The two exchanged the situation in detail, and felt that since Xianbei's matter had achieved the expected goal, there was no need for Xi Zhicai to stay in Xianbei for a long time, as long as one or two capable subordinates were sent there to monitor the chaos in the Central Plains, and the focus now should be on the country, not Xianbei

"You go back to Luoyang immediately, and arrange manpower in the areas where the Yellow Turbans are active, not only to collect the movements of the Yellow Turbans, but also to collect the movements of the family" Liu Xiu said concisely: "The Xianbei incident shows that the investment in espionage is worth it, if we want to calm the turmoil in the Central Plains, we can't be too stingy Zhang Jiao is an opponent, and Yuan Shao and they can't ignore it."

Xi Zhicai nodded in agreement, and then took out a prepared plan for Liu Xiu to see, after Liu Xiu read it, he added a few more, so that Xi Zhicai could properly install some eyes and ears in Liangzhou, and collect the news of the Qiang people, although the Qiang chaos has been basically pacified, but the Qiang people have only been scattered, far from the point of great damage, and it is very important to grasp the movements of those powerful tribes in time

……

Sent away Xi Zhicai, it was already dark, Liu Xiu went to the atrium to dine with the eldest princess, the family was happy, talking and laughing Liu Xie and Liu He had colorful silk tied on their wrists and ankles, and silk threads were also tied around their necks, and there was also an egg pocket made of colored threads, which contained boiled goose eggs

Maybe he had eaten zongzi before and was not hungry, Liu Xie put down the chopsticks after eating two bites, and fought with Liu He with great interest, and the two small hands held the eggs and hit each other, Liu Xie was pressing step by step, Liu He was a little reluctant to hold the eggs in his hands, dodging, unwilling to fight with Liu Xie, Liu Xie pulled her and begged, and coerced, and finally succeeded, breaking the goose egg in Liu He's hand Liu Xie laughed happily Liu He was so aggrieved that his eyes were red, holding the broken egg, sitting on the side with his neck bent, sobbing and wiping his tears

Liu Xiu frowned, "Why is this girl in my family so timid?" ”

"My daughter's family is as bold as you, so what's the deal?" The eldest princess glanced at Liu Xiu, pulled Liu He over, touched her bun and comforted: "Ah He doesn't cry Ming'er will let people find you another thick-skinned egg, you must break Ah Xie's egg to make him proud."

Liu He was a little happier at this time, Lai squeezed his eyes at Liu Xie in the arms of the eldest princess, and showed a smug smile Liu Xie saw it, pursed his lips, and climbed on Liu Xiu's back not to be outdone, holding his goose egg and dangling in front of Liu Xiu: "Ah Weng, do you say that this egg is the same as you, a long-winning general?" ”

Liu Xiu became angry when he heard this, ripped Liu Xie off his back, lifted the hem of his clothes, and gently patted his little buttocks twice: "What nonsense, you Ah Weng is an egg?" ”

When Liu He heard this, he giggled with tears, shaved his face at Liu Xie, and stuck out his tongue: "Yes, let you talk nonsense"

Liu Xie was not afraid, twisted on Liu Xiu's body, turned over and sat up, hugged Liu Xiu's neck and kissed him: "Ah Weng, I said that you are a winning general, why don't you say that you are an egg, even if you are an egg, you are also a good egg, not a bad egg"

The eldest princess couldn't help laughing, and laughed out loud, and the maids waiting next to her also covered their mouths and laughed non-stop Liu Xiu pulled Liu Xie into his arms and sat down, and sighed secretly, what a good baby, but it's someone else's son, why isn't it mine

The family happily finished dinner, the eldest princess coaxed the children to sleep, Liu Xiu remembered that the plan handed over by Xi Zhicai had not been read, look at the day, it is estimated that the eldest princess will not be able to go back to the room for half an hour, so she walked back to the study Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, Guo Jia went to have dinner with his mother, the study was dark, no one Liu Xiu pushed the door open, reached out to take the fire fold, stretched out half of his hand, but stopped

He stood quietly by the door, after a while, he closed the door with his backhand, plugged in the latch, and then picked up the fire fold, shook it in the wind, the fire lit up, he lit the lamp, sat in front of the desk, picked up the teacup on the table, poured two cups of water, took one cup for himself, and pushed the other cup to the opposite side, and then smiled softly: "You have waited for me for several months, and now I am also waiting for you to drink a glass of water, do you take it yourself, or wait for me to deliver it to you?" ”

The room was quiet, and after a while, a slender figure came out from behind the curtain, it was Lan Lan of Taiping Road, she was wearing the clothes of a maid in the house, but she carried a long sword in her hand

"The general found out about me a long time ago?" Lan Lan walked to the opposite side of Liu Xiu, but did not sit down, but took a step back, leaned behind the door, listened to the movement outside, and watched Liu Xiu's every move attentively

"Don't worry, no one" Liu Xiu laughed softly: "It's not that I'm high, but you don't know how to be an assassin at all" He shook the teacup in his hand, "Actually, there are many ways to kill someone, and the method you are using now is the stupidest way, because you are not my opponent at all Compared to the sword, if you use poison, it may be convenient for some blue girls, you are still not ruthless enough"

Lan Lan frowned, and after a while, she sighed: "Yes, I can't do it" She paused, and then said: "Actually, I don't poison you, it's also because I don't plan to kill you, I just want to ...... I just want to stab you so that you can't go against me."

"The great sage and good teacher really look up to me" Liu Xiu put down the teacup, pressed his hands on his thighs, shrugged his shoulders, as if a fierce tiger Lan Lan's face tightened, and subconsciously erected the long sword in his hand, pointing directly at Liu Xiu Liu Xiu saw it, stunned for a moment, and shook his head and smiled: "Don't be nervous, I won't sneak attack your sitting, we ...... Talk? ”

"What do we have to talk about?" Lan Lan was sad, and slowly walked over and sat down: "Now you are the general of the imperial court, but we are rebellious, and sooner or later we will fight to the death on the battlefield."

"Otherwise" Liu Xiu shook his head and pushed the water cup forward: "If this is the case, the Great Sage and Good Master will never let your subordinates show mercy, and he will not just send you to assassinate me, because he knows that except for himself, there is probably no one in Taiping Dao who can be my opponent."

Lan Lan's eyebrows frowned, and he looked at Liu Xiu in confusion Liu Xiu didn't explain, he knew that Lan Lan was just an ordinary disciple, although his status in the sect was not low, but he was far from being involved in those real secrets

"Sit, let's talk, I'm curious to know, how did you make such a big deal in Liangzhou"

Outside the courtyard, the eldest princess walked over with two maids, and at a glance saw the lights in Liu Xiu's study, as well as a slender figure reflected in the window, she was stunned for a moment, turned her head and asked the maid with her: "Who is that?" ”

The maid looked at it carefully for a moment, "It seems to be...... The maid who came, she is from the outer courtyard, why did she come here? ”

The eldest princess sank her face, her eyebrows trembled, she turned around and left, her voice was cold: "Let's go back" (to be continued)

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