"Wenhe, there's one more thing you can do!"

Luo Zheng suddenly remembered something, and said: "There is a shortage of talents under the rule of this general, and it is not a way to go on like this, send some clever people to the Central Plains and Jingyang to find talents, and find a way to get more scholars!" ”

Jia Xu replied: "Obey the order!" ”

Xun Yu frowned and said: "However, the reputation of the lord, that, I'm afraid that no one wants to come to Liangzhou." ”

Zhong Xuan and Shi Tao felt the same way, neither of them came to Liangzhou voluntarily.

Although it has now been voted under Luo Zheng's account, it is still a little unpleasant to think of that experience.

Luo Zheng said in a dark voice: "This is not a problem, no matter how high or low General Ben is, as long as he is an elder with skills, even if he is a groom who is good at raising horses, a contemptuous craftsman who plays bamboo, even if he is a mountain bandit and a bandit, anyone who has some ability, will get it for General Ben." No matter what means are used, even if it is a sneak attack and kidnapping, as long as you can get people, it will be a great achievement. ”

"This ......"

Xun Yu suddenly felt a big headache, and was extremely speechless about the lord's bandit practice.

Originally, the reputation was stinky enough, and if it continues like this, it will most likely stink to the point that it can no longer be saved.

Zhong Xuan, Shi Tao, Wu Yi, Lu Zhu and others also looked at each other, they can be regarded as sympathetic to each other, all of them were captured by Luo Zheng to Liangzhou, there is a pain in the skin, and they hate this kind of banditry.

It's just that everyone is smart, and they are all knowledgeable and didn't open their mouths to refute.

Jia Xu stroked his beard and said: "Don't worry, the lord will definitely handle this matter in the future." ”

Xun Yu glanced at Jia Xu and shook his head helplessly.

Jia Xu is usually quiet, although he is very strategic. You are good at military strategy, and resourcefulness is not under yourself. But in his bones, he is extremely vicious and vicious, and he is even darker than the lord. Doing this kind of thing is definitely better than the lord.

The lord handed this matter over to Jia Xu, and he didn't know what kind of turmoil it would cause.

Luo Zheng knew Xun Yu's worries, and said with a smile: "If Wen Ruo doesn't have to worry, the reputation of this general is already stinky, even if he lowers his stature to befriend those scholars, people may not appreciate it, but they will insult their identity." In that case, it's better to just grab it. When people are invited to Liangzhou, General Ben will slowly express his sincerity. ”

Xun Yu sighed. I always feel that this method is not fair and unfair, and it is not the right way.

Zhong Xuan, Shi Tao and others were also shaking their heads, a little disappreciative.

Wu County, Sun Jian's official residence.

Xi Ping hurriedly walked into the inner hall and bowed his hand to Sun Jian: "Lord! ”

Sun Jian stepped forward and personally pulled Xiping to sit down, and then said: "Zhicai came just in time, and Cao Cao sent an envoy to come, wanting to form an alliance with this general to fight Yuan Shu." I don't know what Zhicai thinks about this? ”

"Of course it's good!"

Xi Ping didn't think about it and said: "Didn't I discuss it with the lord a long time ago, Yuan Shu is powerful, and it is imperative for our army to form an alliance with Cao Cao, and when Cao Cao first entered Yanzhou." I sent a letter! ”

Sun Jian muttered: "That's the truth, but it's because of Yuan's strength that I have to have some scruples!" ”

Xi Ping said casually: "The lord doesn't have to worry. Cao Cao's adviser Yang Zhairen Guo Jia and Ping Nai were old friends, and they usually exchanged letters. Although it is only about personal relations, it does not talk about official affairs. But it can also be seen from Guo Jia's admiration for Cao Cao that Cao Cao's intentions are not small. Looking at his usual behavior, this person is also ambitious, and he will never sit back and watch Yuan Shu sit big. ”

Sun Jian was surprised: "How is Guo Jia's resourcefulness? ”

Xi Ping said solemnly: "By no means under the peace, this person is especially good at military strategy, planning far, thinking carefully, it is really only seen in his life." This person threw himself under Cao Cao's account, and he was definitely a great rival of the lord! ”

Sun Jian said disapprerovingly: "Zhicai is humble, right? ”

Xi Ping said: "It's not self-humility in the bottom, and there is no half-talk." ”

Sun Jian was moved and said: "With such a great talent, can it be used by me?" ”

Xi Ping shook his head and said: "Don't think about it, unless Cao Cao is dead, there is no such possibility." ”

Sun Jian said with regret: "It seems that this Guo Jia is the same as Zhicai, and they are both loyal people." Such a talent, but can not be used by me, a pity, it is a pity! ”

Xi Ping said a few words modestly, and said: "At present, Cao Cao occupies Yanzhou, and if he wants to expand externally, he can only go east to Xuzhou or south to Yuzhou." Although Xuzhou Mu Taoqian is dying, he has won the hearts of the people of Xuzhou, and he is anxious. And as far as the geography of the Central Plains is concerned, if Cao Cao wants to use troops, he can only use Yuan Shu first. Since Cao Cao entered Yanzhou, he has spent more than a year to win the hearts of the people, accumulate money, food, soldiers and horses, and the hearts of the Yanzhou army and the people have been completely stabilized. If nothing happens, Cao Cao will inevitably do something to Yuan Shu next year, otherwise if Yuan Shu is allowed to pacify Yangzhou, it will be difficult for Cao Cao to think about it again. ”

Sun Jian's eyes froze, and he said, "Is what Zhicai said true?" ”

Xi Ping said: "Eight or nine is not far from ten, Cao Cao wants to do something to Yuan Shu, this is also the opportunity for the lord, otherwise our army will be in trouble." Cao Cao must also be able to see this clearly, if the lord is defeated, then Yuan Shu will be able to win the six counties of Yangzhou, even if Cao Cao has great ability, it will be difficult to make up for the huge gap in strength, how can he be Yuan Shu's opponent. I heard that there are many wise people like Guo Jia under Cao Cao's account, if he doesn't form an alliance with the lord and let Yuan Shu sit big, it will be too stupid. ”

Sun Jian listened to Huo Ran cheerfully, nodded again and again: "What Zhicai said is extremely true. ”

Xi Ping said again: "But our army is small and weak, and we can't break the head, so we were used by Cao Cao's gang." Even if you want to fight Yuan Shu together, you have to wait for Cao Cao to send troops and lead away the main army of Swelling Arts, so that the lord can take advantage of the situation to send troops. If Cao Cao just wanted to use the lord to lead away Yuan Shu's army, then the lord would call Yuan Shu a subordinate, and see if Cao Cao dared to drag it out! ”

Sun Jian thought deeply and said: "Good, according to Zhicai's words, the specific details will be agreed by Zhicai and Cao Cao's envoy." ”

Xi Ping arched his hand and said: "Obey orders!" ”

Puyang, Cao Cao's official residence.

"Lord, Mr. Cheng Yu is back!"

Cao Cao was convening all the civil and military affairs, and his own soldiers rushed in.

"Oh, Jung-deok is back?"

Cao Cao suddenly perked up and said, "Please!" ”

The soldiers obeyed the order, and after a while, Cheng Yufeng walked in quickly.

"Lord!"

Although Cheng Yu is in good spirits. But I can't hide my tiredness.

Cao Cao hurriedly ordered someone to give him a seat, and then asked, "How is Zhongde's trip to Jiangdong?" ”

Cheng Yu replied: "The general direction of the alliance has been agreed with Sun Jian. Just ......"

Cao Cao asked, "Just how?" ”

Cheng Yu said: "It's just that Sun Jian asked our army to send troops first on the grounds that there are few soldiers and the people are weak." is willing to send troops to attack Yuan Shu's flank, otherwise he would rather be a vassal to Yuan Shu than fight Yuan Shu with our army, and it needs to be decided by the lord! ”

"Is that so?"

Cao Cao's eyes suddenly froze, frowning and silent.

Guo Jia said: "This must be a plan to play peace." ”

Cao Cao was surprised: "How can you see it? ”

Guo Jia was silent and looked at Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu smiled bitterly: "Feng Xiao is right, this is indeed Xiping's idea." And judging from the following, that guy is definitely not blackmailing the lord. If our army does not send troops to contain the main force of Yuan Shu's army first, Sun Jian may really be a subject to Yuan Shu. ”

Cao Cao groaned: "Sun Jian's soldiers are few and the people are weak. However, it is reasonable that thousands of soldiers and horses are unwilling to fight to the death with Yuan Shu. But this guy is also quite ambitious, I don't believe that he will be a vassal to Yuan Shu for the rest of his life! ”

Guo Jia muttered and said: "Lord, Sun Jian has seen that our army wants to do something against Yuan Shu, and it is imperative, so he has no fear, sitting on the ground and raising the price, not afraid that the lord will not compromise." ”

Cao Cao said awe-inspiringly: "There is really this possibility, I think it is out of the plot of Xiping again." ”

Guo Jia nodded and said, "Eight or nine is not far from ten." However, if Sun Jian wants the lord to take the lead so that he can sit back and enjoy his success, then he will make a mistake. Previously, Yuan Shu was afraid that Sun Jian would want to move him to Lujiang Taishou, but Sun Jian did not comply. It is no longer allowed to be Yuan Shu. The lord can send people to spread rumors all over Yuzhou, saying that Sun Jian has the heart to take Yuzhang, even if Yuan Shu will not believe it. will inevitably be wary of Sun Jian. As a result, it is difficult for Sun Jian to reap the benefits. Even if you refuse to send troops first, take the lead for our army. At least at the same time as our army, troops will be sent to reduce the pressure on our army. ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Good, just follow the plan of spring filial piety." ”

Guo Jia said again: "I heard that Li Dao's army has been extremely short of grain and grass recently, why don't you tempt Li Dao to send troops south to Yingchuan and plunder Yingchuan and Nanyang, so that Yuan Shu will inevitably mobilize a large army to repel the Xiliang rebellion, and the pressure on our army will be much less." ”

Cao Cao struck and said: "This plan is very good, who can go to Luoyang to persuade Li Dao to send troops?" ”

Cheng Yu arched his hand and said: "I am willing to go!" ”

Cao Cao frowned and said: "Zhongde has just come back from Jiangdong, and he is tired of traveling and traveling, how can he travel far?" ”

Cheng Yu said: "What is the suffering of the horses and cars, just need to rest for a day." ”

Cao Cao looked around at the ministers in the hall, except for Chen Gong, Guo Jia and a few others, only Cheng Yu was left who could take on this role. However, Chen Gong is entangled in government affairs, and Guo Jia also has military affairs, so they can't stay away.

It seems that Cheng Yu has to run again.

Cao Cao muttered: "That's it, Zhong De can rest for a few days before going to Luoyang, he can't get tired." ”

Cheng Yu said angrily: "Don't worry, my lord, I will be strong and strong in the next year, and there will be no big problem." ”

Guo Jia said again: "Lord, Nanyang originally belonged to Jingzhou, but since the first year of Chuping, it has been occupied by Yuan Shu, although Liu Biao has never sent troops to Nanyang, but there is no reason to let Yuan Shu occupy Nanyang, there must be a sense of recovery, can you not say it?" ”

Cao Cao pondered for a moment and said, "Good, just follow the plan of filial piety." ”

After a pause, he said to Cheng Yu again: "Just bother Zhongde to go to Xiangyang by the way!" ”

Cheng Yu arched his hand and said, "Obey the order." ”

After a long winter, the earth is finally starting to warm up.

The warm wind blew away the chill and blew the green fields, and the princes were hurrying to prepare for spring ploughing.

Qian County, Yuan Shu's official residence.

"Lord!"

Jin Shang hurriedly walked into the inner hall and bowed to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu waved his hand and said, "Yuan Xiu is exempt, how is the situation?" ”

Jin Shang said in a condensed voice: "The situation is a little bad, my lord, recently Jiujiang, Lujiang, Runan and other places have been discussing, saying that Sun Jian has the intention of taking Yuzhang." Under the careful investigation of the subordinates, it was found that the rumors first came from Jiangdong. ”

Yuan Shu's eyes were condensed, and he asked, "What does Yuan Xiu think?" ”

Jin Shang pondered for a moment and said: "It's hard to say, even if Sun Jian has the ambition to take Yuzhang, he won't let the world know about it, and it is very likely that someone is deliberately spreading rumors, but I don't know what he wants." ”

Yuan Shu was not stupid, and nodded when he heard this: "What Yuan Xiu said is extremely true, and I think so too." ”

Jin Shang said again: "But then again. Since Sun Jian's wife went to Wu County, he has disobeyed the lord Yang. It was really ungrateful, and not only took the opportunity to capture Huiji County. Previously, he secretly united with Liu Biao to send troops, forcing the lord to withdraw from Jurong, obviously planning to support the army and respect himself, not necessarily without the intention of attacking Yuzhang, and had to be defended. It was still thought that the lord could send an army to be stationed in Jurong, and if Sun Nut really had the intention of capturing Yuzhang, he would take advantage of the situation to go south out of Jurong and enter Wu County. ”

Yuan Shu's eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again: "Good." It's up to Yuan Xiu. ”

Wu County, Sun Jian's official residence.

Xi Ping hurriedly entered the inner hall and bowed his hand to Bujian, "Lord! ”

"Zhicai, hurry up and be polite!"

Sun Jian solemnized his hand, let Xiping sit down on one side, and then said with a solemn expression: "The situation is a little bad, a few days ago, news came from Jiangnan, Jiujiang, Lujiang, Runan and other places for some reason, rumors are spreading. They are all talking about the intention of this general to capture Yuzhang, and Yuan Shu has sent Lei Bo to lead an army of 15,000 to enter Jurong! ”

"Is that so?"

Xi Ping's eyes suddenly froze, and his face changed slightly.

Sun Jian nodded and said, "The news is true. There will be no fakes! ”

Xi Ping said: "Hey, this must be Cao Cao's doing." ”

Sun Jian said puzzledly: "How can I see that a certain Yi agreed to form an alliance with him." Why do you still have such tricks? ”

Xi Ping said: "The lord doesn't know anything, I expect Cao Cao to definitely do something to Yuan Shu." Under the pretext, Cao Cao was asked to send troops to attack Yuan Shu first, so that our army could sit back and enjoy its success. Cao Cao: This is a tooth for a tooth. I want to pull our army into the water! ”

Sun Jian's face also became solemn, and he said, "Zhicai continued. ”

Xi Ping said: "Cao Cao ordered people to spread rumors, no matter what, Yuan Shu will guard against our army, and the lord wants to take advantage of Cao Cao's attack on Yuan Shu to send troops to attack Danyang, I'm afraid it will be impossible." In this way, only echoing with Cao Cao's north and south, and raising troops at the same time, Cao Cao's purpose is nothing more than this. ”

Only then did Sun Jian come to his senses, and said abruptly: "Cao Agui's command is really full of talents!" ”

Xi Ping thought for a while, and then said: "The matter has come to this point, and it shows that our army has no sincerity in forming an alliance, and Cao Cao has forced each other with this, indicating that the first army is around the beginning of spring, and the lord can quickly gather soldiers and horses, and first work with Cao Cao to break Yuan's art." ”

Sun Jian is also a decisive person, and immediately said categorically: "Good, according to the opinion of Zhicai." ”

In 194 A.D., February of the second year of Jian'an.

Just when Yuan Shu was guarding against Sun Jian, he was preparing to go south to Jiangdong and capture Yuzhang, Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao brazenly sent troops to Yuzhou, personally led an army of 30,000 to Shanyang to the south, and the troops approached Liang.

At the same time, Sun Jian, the Taishou of Wu County, also raised troops successively, personally led an army of 8,000 troops out of Qu'a to attack Jurong, and ordered his general Cheng Pu to lead 5,000 troops, and went out of Yuhang to attack Yu Qian, and fought Yuan Shu with Cao Cao.

Yuan Shu was furious when he heard the news, and immediately postponed his southward march to Jiangdong, and personally led his army north to Suiyang to meet the attack.

The general Qiao Rui led 8,000 troops south to Danyang, and the unified army of Lei Bo met Sun Jian's two lines of soldiers and horses.

However, at this time, Nanyang Taishou sent an urgent document with an urgent dispatch of 800 miles.

Li Wei, who was subordinate to the division, led the army out of Xuanyuan Pass to the south, and entered the Nanyang column to plunder, and then the 800-mile emergency document of Yingchuan Taishou was also sent to the army, and the Xiliang army entered Yingchuan, and asked the lord to send reinforcements quickly.

Yuan Shuqi almost vomited blood, so he had to quickly mobilize 20,000 soldiers and horses, and ordered the generals Chen Ji and Li Feng to go to Nanyang and Yingchuan to repel the Xiliang rebellion, and lead the army north to Suiyang, preparing to meet Cao Cao's army.

However, it didn't take long for Nanyang to come with bad news again.

Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao reprimanded the general Huang Zu to lead 20,000 troops, went north out of Fancheng, captured the important town of Xinye, and wanted to recover Nanyang.

Yuan Shu can be said to be surrounded by enemies on all sides, only angry like thunder, scolding Cao Apu is not a thing, in order to prevent Nanyang from losing, and hurriedly mobilized 10,000 soldiers and horses from Runan, and sent them to the command of the general Chen Ji to resist the Xiliang Rebellion Army and Liu Biao's army.

The land of the Central Plains is full of wolf smoke, and the riverside is not calm.

At the beginning of February, Sun Zhan, the assassin of Youzhou, once again gathered an army of 30,000 and raised troops south to Jizhou.

Yuan Shao, the assassin of Jizhou, personally welcomed the army to the north to meet the enemy, and the two armies fought again at the boundary bridge.

After less than a year of calm, Hebei, the Central Plains, and Jingyang were once again full of smoke, and all the princes of the world were actively expanding their territories, but only Xuzhou, Yizhou, and Liangzhou were relatively calm. (To be continued......) R1292