Two months later, in the early spring of Jian'an, an alien star appeared in Beidou, and people all over the world talked about this vision, and there would be a monarch who died in the year.

At the beginning of February, news came from Yizhou that Liu Yan, the assassin of Yizhou, was seriously ill and was afraid that he would die soon.

In the eyes of the princes, Liu Yan was a smart man, because he saw the situation clearly at that time and knew that the Han was terminally ill and hopeless.

Due to the promotion of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Han Dynasty, which had already been weakened, was even worse, just like a wicker swaying in the wind, which was breaking in a few days, and the image of decay had appeared.

So Liu Yan put forward a suggestion to the imperial court, that is, to use the clan and important ministers as the state pastor, to override the assassin history and the Taishou in the local area, and monopolize the power to stabilize the people. Emperor Ling adopted this suggestion, but the result was the formation of warlords in various places, and the state ministers, including Liu Yan, were basically no longer under the control of the imperial court after taking office.

At that time, Yizhou Thorn Shi Xingjian gathered in Yizhou, and greed became a trend. Liu Yan, who originally wanted to lead Jiaozhou to avoid trouble, because he heard Dong Fu in the service say that Yizhou has the spirit of the Son of Heaven, so he asked the court to be the pastor of Yizhou. So Emperor Ling took Liu Yan as the envoy of the prison army and the pastor of Yizhou, and was named the Marquis of Yangcheng, and ordered him to go to Yizhou to arrest Xi Jian and rectify the rule of officials.

Because the road was impassable, Liu Yan was temporarily stationed in the eastern boundary of Jingzhou. At this time, Yin Jian had been killed by the Yellow Turban thief Ma Xiang, but Ma Xiang, who had just been proclaimed emperor, was defeated by the army of Yizhou Jia Long. Jia Long then welcomed Liu Yan into Yizhou, and the place of governance was set in Mianzhu. After Liu Yan took office, he appointed Jia Long as a lieutenant

After Liu Yan took office, he appointed Jia Long as a lieutenant and moved him to live in Mianzhu. Liu Yan pacified and sheltered those who fled and rebelled. We strive to pursue a policy of tolerance and favor, but we have other intentions in our hearts.

At that time, the mother of Zhang Lu, the leader of Wudoumi Taoism, was very beautiful, and she knew the heresies of gods and ghosts, and had dealings with Liu Yan's family, so Liu Yan appointed Zhang Lu as the superintendent of Yi Sima, and went to Hanzhong with Sima Zhang Xiu of other departments. Attack Hanzhong Taishou Sugu. After Zhang Lu gained power in Hanzhong, he killed Zhang Xiu, cut off the traffic, and beheaded the Han envoy, and the Liu and Zhang families had a grudge. Liu Yan cut off communication with the central court on the grounds that rice thieves were blocking traffic.

He further attacked the local tyrants internally and consolidated his own power, so that Yizhou was in a semi-independent state. When the princes of the world crusaded against Dong Zhuo, Liu Yan also refused to send troops. Baozhou is self-defending. Qianwei Taishou Ren Qi and Jia Long, who had previously made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion, raised troops against Liu Yan under the persuasion of Situ Zhao Qian, and Zhao Qian was ordered to lead the army into Yizhou, but because Jia Long and others were killed by Liu Yan, they withdrew.

The princes of the eighteen towns attacked each other, leading to the Central Plains War, and tens of thousands of displaced people in Nanyang and Sanfu entered Yizhou, and Liu Yan was all recruited, called "Dongzhou soldiers". Although this military force caused a lot of civil troubles, it also played a decisive role in pacifying the civil strife in Yizhou after Liu Zhang's succession.

Xu Du. Sikong Mansion.

The news that Liu Zhang was seriously ill finally reached Xu Du, at this time. Cao Cao was considering a southern expedition to Xuzhou, but news from Yizhou disrupted his plans. Above the lobby of Sikong's mansion, Cao Cao urgently summoned several confidants to discuss Yizhou's countermeasures.

Inside the lobby, Cao Cao looked a little restless, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, following his plan. He must completely pacify the disaster in Xuzhou, and then sweep away the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Runan, now that Liu Yan is seriously ill, Yizhou will definitely fall into disputes, which he fears the most. It was Lu Bu in Xiliang. If Lu Bu won Xichuan, it would undoubtedly become Cao Cao's biggest danger.

"This bastard Liu Yan, last year called him seriously ill, and asked the imperial court to send his son Liu Zhang from Xudu to Yizhou, but he took the opportunity to leave Liu Zhang and not let him come back, and now Liu Yan is dying, and his position will fall on Liu Zhang's head, just with Liu Zhang's sick woodcutter, where will he be Lu Bu's opponent, fool!"

Cao Cao walked for a while, kicked open the table in front of him, and roared angrily.

After Cao Cao vented the anger in his heart, he turned his eyes to the strategists, and fell on Guo Jia's body first, seeing Guo Jia smiling, holding a feather fan in his hand, he seemed confident, and said unhappily: "Fengxiao, what are you laughing at?" ”

Guo Jia is the youngest among everyone, but his spirit is the worst, his face is pale and weak, and his energy is low, in stark contrast to Xun Yu next to him, his current appearance is the same as the late Xi Zhicai, which makes Cao Cao extremely worried, he doesn't want Guo Jia to leave him early like Xi Zhicai.

Guo Jia smiled slightly: "Lord, are you worried that after Liu Yan's death, Lu Bu will attack Xichuan, right?" ”

Cao Cao said: "Yes, Lu Bu now has the four counties of Xiliang, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, the grain and grass are sufficient, if he wants, he would have attacked Xichuan a long time ago, the reason why he has not attacked for a long time is probably to wait for Liu Yan to die, while Xichuan is undecided, to obtain the greatest results with the smallest loss!" ”

Xun Yu said: "If we guess correctly, I'm afraid he has already coveted Xichuan for a long time, the ancients said: Deshu still needs to look at Long, what he said is the importance of Longxi to Xichuan, and now Longxi is firmly controlled by Lu Bu, which is enough to prove that he is committed to Xichuan, I am afraid that he helped Dong Zhuo back then for this reason!" ”

Guo Jia pursed his lips and smiled very eye-catchingly: "He fought Han Sui, Liang Shuang, and Qiang, just to consolidate his rear in Longxi, so that he could send troops to Xichuan in the future, he is really calculating!" ”

Cao Cao looked at them with displeasure and said dissatisfiedly: "I called you here, not to listen to you to analyze his scheme, but to discuss how to solve this problem!" ”

Guo Jiadao: "This is easy to do, after Liu Yan dies, the lord will use the order of the imperial court to seal Zhang Lu as the assassin of Yizhou, and Liu Zhang will let him be a Jiangling Taishou."

Cao Cao instantly understood what Guo Jia meant, but he didn't nod immediately, he set his eyes on Xun You in the back seat, and he saw that although Xu You didn't say a word, the expression on his face was obviously very approving of it.

Cao Cao nodded and smiled: "Gongda shouldn't always be silent, it seems that you appreciate Feng Xiao's suggestion, you might as well talk about it!" ”

Cao Cao has two major strategists under his account, Xun Yu and Guo Jia, these two are also his confidants, Cao Cao can be said to be obedient to them, and although Xu You has a plan, he is not Cao Cao's henchmen now. He came here recently, recommended by Xun Yu, he was originally Yuan Shao's advisor, and now although he has been cast into Cao Cao's account, Cao Cao's trust in him is still slightly insufficient.

Xun Yu is self-aware, although he has a great relationship with Xun Yu. But he knew he wasn't qualified enough to be in the core decision-making circles, so he kept a low profile and generally didn't speak lightly.

But at this time, he was named by Cao Cao, and he was always silent when he implicitly criticized him, Xun You had to get up and say: "I'm afraid that your words will delay Ming Gong's decision-making, so I don't dare to speak!" ”

"Wen He's words are not right, what can't I listen to? Let's talk about it! ”

Xu You could only bite the bullet and say: "I seconded the words of Feng Xiao, if Ming Gong asked Zhang Lu to be the Taishou of Yizhou, he would be very happy to lead his troops into Sichuan." And Liu Yan has been running Xichuan for a long time and has raised a large number of loyal and righteous people, they will not agree to Zhang Lu to be the assassin of Yizhou, and they will definitely support Liu Zhang as the lord of Yizhou, and the two sides will attack for the position of the Yizhou assassin, of course, this is only one of the purposes, just like Ming Gong said. Lu Buzhi is in Xichuan, if Liu Yan dies. He will go out of Longxi to attack Sichuan and Shu, and the soldiers and horses of the three parties will definitely start a big battle in Xichuan, which is Fengxiao's "Three Tigers Race for Food"! ”

After Cao Cao listened, he turned his head to look at Guo Jia, and when he saw Guo Jia nodding, Cao Cao suddenly understood. It seems that Xun Yu's resourcefulness is not lost to either Xun Yu and Guo Jia, and he still lacks too much attention.

When Cao Cao heard this, he nodded approvingly, and smiled at everyone: "Okay." Just do what Fengxiao said, and when Liu Yan dies, let Zhang Lu do the history of Yizhou assassination, whether he can be a person depends on his own ability! ”

When everyone heard this, they got up one after another to say goodbye, Cao Cao waited for everyone to disperse, and quietly ordered the guards to find Guo Jia.

In the study, Cao Cao and Guo Jia sat down successively, today Guo Jia did not speak much in the council room, which was related to his weak body, since last winter, Guo Jia's body began to deteriorate, although it has gradually improved now, but it is still not healed, and his body is very weak.

"How's your body?" As soon as the two sat down, Cao Cao began to ask Guo Jia's body with concern.

Guo Jia smiled slightly: "Thank you for your concern, my body is getting tougher and tougher!" ”

Seeing that Cao Cao was silent, he continued: "Lord, Xun You can replace me!" ”

After pondering for a long time, Cao Cao finally spoke: "Don't talk about this yet, I'm going to crusade against Liu Bei, what do you think!" ”

Guo Jia quickly cut to the point: "If the lord wants to crusade against Xuzhou, he will first block Runan to prevent Liu Bei from fleeing to Yuzhou!" ”

Cao Cao's eyes narrowed instantly, and he nodded slowly, he knew in his heart that if Liu Bei was allowed to escape to Yuzhou, it would be a big disaster, and he would not let Liu Bei escape

Longxian, Wenhou Mansion.

After Lu Bu received the news that Liu Yan was seriously ill, he also urgently summoned Jia Xu and them to discuss the countermeasures for attacking Yizhou. ”

Lu Bu nodded and motioned to bring Yang Fu up.

Suddenly, under the leadership of Cheng Lian, Yang Fu strode into the conference hall.

I haven't seen him for a year, Yang Fu looks very embarrassed, his clothes are ragged and maybe a little exaggerated, but his funny appearance does make people laugh when they look at it, his hair is messy, his clothes are rotten several times, one foot is a boot, and the other foot is a straw sandal, and he is called Huazi.

As soon as he entered the hall, Jia Xu couldn't help laughing: "Yishan, what have you been doing this year?" How does this look like? ”

Yang Fu smiled, stood in the hall and reported to Lu Buyu: "Yang Fu sees the lord!" ”

"Bang!" Lu Bu slapped the table and shouted: "Bold Yang Fu, dare to leave his post without permission!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. (To be continued......)