Thundered!

Thunder and rain poured down, and a bolt of lightning streaked across the night sky, turning the heavens and the earth pale.

Inside the north gate of Gaocheng County, Zhang He and Li Ru waited with dozens of people, and the city tower was full of guarded soldiers.

At this time, a horse from outside the city came galloping, and when they arrived at the city gate, they shouted: "The sky is not dead." ”

In the city tower, Zhang He's face showed joy, and he hurriedly ordered: "Open the door and go out of the city." ”

Creak!

The city gate opened, and the cavalry outside the gate dismounted and saluted Zhang He and Li Ru: "General Zhang, the military division, and the commander of Shi have already greeted the lord, and now he is three or four miles away from the city, and he is about to arrive." ”

Zhang He saluted the cavalryman back, turned back to Li Ru and said, "Strategist, the rain is too strong, you stay, and the last general will take the brothers out to greet the lord." ”

Li Ru nodded: "Be careful." ”

"Out of town!" Zhang He snorted, and rode out of the city gate with dozens of horses, all the way to the north.

Thunderclap! Another lightning streaked across the night sky, north of Gaocheng County, under the illumination of lightning, in the rainy night, I saw dozens of horsemen galloping from the road, but the sound of horses' hooves was drowned out by the rolling thunder and the sound of the rain.

The rain was very heavy, and the road was full of water, and the cavalry were all dressed in hats, and the rain continued to flow down the hats, and although it was the hot season, there was also some chills in the rainy nights.

When this cavalry approached Gaocheng County, it met Zhang He, who came up.

"The last general, Zhang He, welcomes the lord." When the two horses met, Zhang He grabbed his horse, turned over and dismounted, and gave a military salute to the oncoming rider, clasping his fists and shouting.

The cavalry behind him also dismounted one after another, shouting in unison: "Lord! ”

"Huh. Finally back, Junyi quickly got up. Everyone, please. The rider reined in his horse and raised his head slightly. A flash of lightning flashed, revealing an elegant and somewhat pale face under the hat, but it was not Ji Ping.

After Zhang He and the others got up, Ji Ping turned around and said: "Ah Heng, it's close to Gaocheng County, there is righteousness, nothing will happen, let everyone disperse and rest." ”

"Yes!" The rear cavalry responded to the order, and organized the accompanying shadow cavalry to disperse to rest in various houses outside the county. It's Shia.

Although Shi A has not yet reached the age of twenty, he has chosen a word for himself, which is Ah Heng, which was an official name during the Yin Shang period, which means "to protect the royal system." ”

Ji Ping quickly returned to Gaocheng County with Zhang He, took a bath, ate something, and Li Ru, Zhang He, and Shi A were already waiting in the room.

"Lord, how is this trip? Is Liu Youzhou willing to belong to the lord? "I drank a glass of warm wine. Li Ru couldn't help but ask first.

Ji Ping sighed slightly and shook his head: "Bo'an Gong is cautious and has not made a clear statement. ”

About half a month ago, he ordered Li Ru and Zhang He to guard in Gaocheng County. I took Shi A to Youzhou secretly and met Youzhou Mu Liu Yu.

Liu Yu was shocked when he saw him, a "dead" waste emperor. Weeping and weeping.

However, when Ji Ping proposed to woo him, Liu Yu became ambiguous. At one time, he expressed his willingness to support Ji Ping, and at the same time, he entrusted Youzhou Xianbei, Wuhuan needed to be appeased, and Gongsun Zhan was ambitious. It is difficult to send troops to help.

Ji Ping is a human being in two lives, and his eyes are so vicious, after a few conversations, he has an understanding of Liu Yu.

Liu Yu has no ambition, has a benevolent heart, and is even honest and harsh to himself, familiar with Confucian scriptures, pursues the ideal of a gentleman, and has the ability to govern the place. But Liu Yu also has shortcomings, that is, he is indecisive and content with the status quo, not only is he not ambitious, but he does not even dare to get involved in political games.

Today's Liu Yu should be indecisive between Ji Ping, the waste son of heaven, and Liu Xie, the son of heaven, and Liu Yu's son Liu He is still with Liu Xie, which increases the difficulty of wooing. Of course, this is just Ji Ping's superficial analysis, he always feels that Liu Yu does not show his attitude, there should be other reasons. And Ji Ping believes that with Liu Yu's character, he will not reveal his identity lightly, which is harmful to him after all.

However, Ji Ping really can't stay in Youzhou for a long time, Youzhou is Gongsun Zhan's lair, Liu Yu should have a lot of eyeliner by Gongsun Zhan's side, and he was also afraid that Zhang He of Bohai County would have a business trip, so he didn't wait for Liu Yu's reply and went back to Jizhou Bohai by himself.

In general, his trip did not achieve the goal, and the layout of the original plan also encountered obstacles, the original plan was to secretly win over Liu Yu, take advantage of the defeat of Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, and encircle Jizhou with the state and Youzhou, but now Liu Yu's attitude is unclear, and this move naturally does not work.

After listening to what Ji Ping said, Li Ru pondered for a moment, the light flashed in his eyes, and he said in a low voice: "Lord, Liu Yu is unwilling to be attached, but he can be removed by the hand of Gongsun Zhan, Liu Yu has won the hearts of the people, if Gongsun Chan kills Liu Yu, Youzhou will inevitably be chaotic, and the lord can take advantage of the void to enter." ”

Ji Ping groaned and said: "Don't worry, the matter of Youzhou can wait, and when the matter of Jizhou becomes a foregone conclusion, Liu Yu and Gongsun Zhan will confront each other, and then go to say goodbye." ”

Immediately, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he instructed Shi A: "Ah Heng, send a shadow to monitor Liu Yu, if Liu Yu sends someone to Guanzhong, he will impersonate Yuan Shao and intercept him halfway." ”

"Yes." Shi Ah answered.

Li Ru nodded again and again: "This move should be a foolproof plan." ”

"Liu Yu's matter will be put on hold for the time being." Ji Ping stopped the topic and asked Zhang He: "Junyi, how is Gao Cheng's battle in the past few days?" ”

Zhang He said: "The moth thieves occupy the mountains and forests, scattered and scattered, and their actions are impermanent, although there are a few small victories, but there are no big gains. ”

Ji Ping nodded, he also expected this situation, at present, the main force of the Yellow Turban is still in Qingzhou and Xuzhou in the south, and the ones who have entered Bohai County are only scattered small forces, and they are all guerrillas, which are difficult to exterminate.

He groaned and ordered: "First of all, focus on defense, just protect Gaocheng County and the surrounding people, and don't have to take the initiative to attack." ”

At present, it doesn't make much sense for him to attack, and the key battle lies in the decisive battle between Gongsun Zhan's main force and the main force of the Yellow Turban, otherwise 300,000 Yellow Turbans, he will fight two or three hundred a day, and he will have to fight for several years.

And he estimated that the decisive battle between Gongsun Chan and the Yellow Turban was not far off.

He turned to Li Ru and asked: "Military advisor, what is the situation of other forces?" During the period when he left Bohai County, information from all over the country was reported to Li Ru.

Hearing Ji Ping's inquiry, Li Ru didn't dare to slack off, and said, "Two days ago. Yuan Shao defeated the Montenegrin army in Wei County, and the leaders of the Montenegrin army such as Moshan, Yu Poison, Bai Huan, and Sugu led more than 100,000 Montenegrin people to disperse. Turning east to attack Dongjun, intending to converge with the Qingxu Yellow Turban. Now that Zhang Yan's forces are split, it is a good opportunity to pacify Montenegro. ”

Li Ru paused, and then said: "Shangdang Xun Gongda sent a letter a few days ago, Captain Dian and Captain Geng have entered the mountains to find out the distribution of the strength of the Montenegrin Army, and they have taken the opportunity to pacify Montenegro. ”

"Yuan Shao defeated the Montenegrin army? He has some means. Ji Ping knocked on the table, paused, and ordered: "Order the party Xun Gongda to take action, just act when the opportunity arises, and now the shape is shì." It shouldn't be a problem for them to pacify Montenegro, huh...... can let Gongda send a message to Yuan Shao again, and work together to encircle and suppress Montenegro, and Yuan Shao can't be idle. ”

Li Ru smiled: "The lord's plan is very good. ”

Ji Ping asked again: "How is the situation in Dongjun?" ”

Li Ru stroked his beard and said: "In the past, Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, defeated the Taishou Qiao Mao of Dongjun, and Qiao Mao ran to the Tang Lieutenant of Gao, and Liu Dai appointed Wang Qiu as the Taishou of Dongjun, Wang Qiu Yongren, Liu Dai was also incompetent, and now tens of thousands of Montenegrin troops have entered Dongjun. He will not be able to keep it, and there will be changes in the eastern county. On the side of Dongjun, Chen Liuzhang Miao was famous and had no way to govern the army, including Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, and Chen Liucao Cao. Or you can take advantage of the situation. ”

"Cao Cao?" Ji Ping frowned, although Cao Cao was enthusiastic, he was suspicious. The city government is deeper, and it is even more powerful in the political game. It is prudent to say that it is prudent, and it is bold to say that it is bold. This is a hero, he had many intersections with Cao Cao in the Battle of Luoyang, not that he didn't want to win over, but he didn't have a chance to speak, Cao Cao, an old fox, always kept a certain distance from him.

Liu Bei was reused by him from the end of the micro, and Cao Cao himself has fame and strength, and he once served as the captain of Jinan Xiang and Dian, which is far from being comparable to Liu Bei in this period.

Historically, Cao Cao's political turning point seems to be in Dongjun, which was the defeat of the Montenegrin army.

Cao Cao...... Liu Bei...... Ji Ping unconsciously chattered and touched, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said to Li Ru: "You can order Hanoi Liu Taishou and Zhang Yide to send troops to Dongjun to encircle and suppress the wandering Montenegrin army." ”

Li Ru was stunned for a moment, and said: "Lord, Liu Xuande has a good way of governing Hanoi, if you talk about marching and fighting, I don't know what it is?" If Cao Cao enters the Eastern County, then the shape is shì ......"

Ji Ping smiled: "Liu Xuande, Cao Mengde, and Zhang Yide can compete in Dongjun." ”

Historically, Liu Bei and Cao Cao fought against each other and rarely won, which was not because of the big gap between Liu Bei and Cao Cao's ability, but mainly because the gap in strength in the early stage was too large, at least in the later battle of Hanzhong, Liu Bei could have an advantage.

Therefore, putting Liu Bei and Cao Cao in Dongjun to fight, maybe they can fight for some accidents, and the two may not be fighting, this period can cooperate to encircle and suppress the wandering Montenegrin army, I believe that under the blow of the two heroes, the Montenegrin army will be very exciting.

At this time, Li Ru said again: "Lord, three days ago, Gongsun Chan received the news that his younger brother Gongsun Yue was killed in battle, and completely broke with Yuan Shao, and Qingzhou Thorn Shi Jiao was killed by a moth thief, Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Dai refused Gongsun Zan to hand over Yuan Shao's family, and Gongsun Zan appointed Yan Gang as the Jizhou Thorn History, Tian Kai as the Qingzhou Thorn History, and Shan Jing as the Yanzhou Thorn History. ”

"Appointed three assassins?" Ji Ping frowned, what did Gongsun Chan think.

Now Gongsun Chan only occupies two counties in Jizhou, and has not yet set foot on the land of Qingzhou, and is separated from Yanzhou by Qingzhou.

Or militarily speaking, it is a means of self-confidence and encouragement of soldiers, but politically speaking, Gongsun Zhan is just a thistle marquis who does not have the power to appoint assassins at all, and appointing assassins at will not only fell into passivity in politics, but also lost some potential allies, forcing them completely to Yuan Shao.

For example, Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, was originally the common in-law of Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Zhan's move would only make Liu Dai completely fall to Yuan Shao and fall into isolation.

Li Ru on the side sighed: "Gongsun Zhan may be able to defeat the Yellow Turban, but the battle with Yuan Shao may not be able to win." ”

Ji Ping was silent for a moment, and said lightly: "Gongsun Zhan is too dependent on force, he can't govern the place, he doesn't know how to care for the people, if he completely controls Jizhou, I'm afraid he is not as good as Yuan Shao, and he also needs to suppress his momentum." What we want in the future is not a devastated world. ”

Li Ru nodded, thoughtful. (To be continued......)