In the third year of Jian'an, that is, the second year of Jian'an in the original history, in the summer and autumn, the Cao family basically completed the strategic layout of competing with Yuan Shao, and set up a number of military governors or military supervisors.

The first governor set up by the Cao family was Cheng Yu, the general of Dongzhonglang, but unlike the original history, he was not given full power to control Yanzhou, but only "led the minister of the northern country, and supervised the military of the four counties of Yanbei (Dongjun, Jibei, Taishan, Dongping,) and stationed troops in Dong'a. And Lu State into Yanzhou, plus Shanyang, Rencheng, Jiyin, Chenliu five counties, then by General Jianwu, Jiyin Taishou Xiahou as the governor, garrison Juancheng. In addition, Yan Xiang is the history of Yanzhou thorns.

The five counties of Xuzhou summoned the original thorn history pottery merchant into the court, and his younger brother Tao Ying was also a doctor in Taizhong, and Cao Hong was the thorn history of Xuzhou. Langxie, Donghai, Pengcheng, and Xiapi in the north were supervised by Zang Ba, the general of Pingdong, and cut off the six counties in the east and south of Pi and Ling County in Guangling County and placed Linhuai County in another place, and paid Nanzhong Lang General with Guangling County, and led Guangling Taishou Chen Deng to guard the town.

The two counties of Jiujiang and Lujiang in Huainan and Jiangbei were handed over to Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou, and Tai Shici was appointed as the general of Pingnan and his governor.

The history of Yuzhou is still Yuan Lian, and it is divided into Chen Guo, Liang State, Pei Guo and Pei Guo Xiang in the northeast, and Cao Baodu, the general of the Fu Army, Cao Cao said that I will hand over my hometown to you for defense, so that you can return with glory, which is worthy of you, second brother. However, this war zone is not on the border, but in the heartland, the pressure is very light, and there is no need to have too many troops, after all, Cao Cao is not very optimistic about the ability of his clan brother.

Yingchuan and Runan, just around Xudu, can be compared to Henan and Hongnong when the imperial court was in the capital, Cao Cao of course will not let go, and personally lead the most powerful central army to sit in town. With the protectors Han Hao, Shi Jian and other generals in charge.

The last theater of operations was on the Western Front. That is, Henan and Hongnong counties south of the Yellow River. Cao Ren was appointed as the governor of Henan Yin and the capital, and Zhong Xuan was appointed as the lieutenant of the school. Originally, this war zone wanted to include Hedong County, but Xun You persuaded: "It is blocked by a big river, and it is difficult to defend together, please don't send generals." "So who should we send? Cao Cao liked Xiahou Yuan at first, and Xiahou Yuan himself was eager to try, because from the northeast of the river, that is Bingzhou. Can be recruited to ride.

However, Lu Su objected, saying: "General Miaocai has no advance in his cavalry, and he cannot be placed in the narrow valley east of the river, which is good for sitting and guarding and not good for those who go forward." "The north and east sides of Hedong County are high mountains and dangerous obstacles, and the northeast and south are narrow valleys washed out by Lianshui and Fenshui, Xiahou Yuan's cavalry has passed, and there is no room for maneuver, so it can't play ten percent of its effectiveness, isn't it a pity? Besides, "Why don't you worry about Hanoi if you are worried about Hedong?" ”

Hanoi is the territory of the Great Sima Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang was the first among the princes to welcome the Son of Heaven, and his attitude towards the court was very deferential. In addition, he and Lu Bu have a bad relationship, and Cao Cao has already reconciled with Lu Bu at this time, so everyone thinks that once Yuan and Cao fight, even if Zhang Yang does not stand on our side, it must be neutral, what is there to worry about?

But Lu Su said: "Although Zhang Yang is respected in the imperial court, he often pays tribute to Yecheng, how can he not care about the different day?" If Yuan Shao drove south from Hanoi, he could take Henan and block the west road, then the heavy army was in the east of the river, what good would it be? "Zhang Yang is not your own person after all, do you really trust him so much? Even if he is dependent on the potential force, such as Zhang Xiu, it may not be reliable, Zhang Xiu is good at the same time that he is restrained by Liu Biao, but also by Liu Biao, the potential is small, the road is also far, it is difficult to echo Yuan Shao, but Zhang Yang is different. If Zhang Yang stood on Yuan Shao's side, it would be a big trouble!

However, it is inevitable that Zhang Yang will not be able to summon Zhang Yang to return to the court like he did against potters. One is that Zhang Yang has soldiers in his hands, and unlike the potters, he may not be willing to obey orders; The second is about the official position, Yuan Shao is the general, Zhang Yang is the big Sima, both above Cao Cao, anyone Cao Cao can summon Xu Du and press it under his command, only if these two are summoned, who will press whom?

To guard against Zhang Yang, it is bound to garrison heavy troops in Henan to prevent Yuan's army from crossing south through Zhang Yang's defense area at any time, but although the Cao family is strong, the soldiers are not so rich, and if they block Hanoi, they will be overstretched elsewhere. What can I do? Shi Xun also remembered that in the original history, Cao Cao and Lu Bu competed, Zhang Yang and Lu Bushan, they once sent troops to Dongshi, wanting to contain Cao Cao, although now Lu Bu has gone far away to Liangzhou, but it can be seen that he really can't trust this Zhang Da Sima too much. Therefore, he also spoke out to echo Lu Su's concerns.

Cao Cao twisted his beard and pondered: "I want to send an envoy to explore Zhang Yang's true intentions......"

Shi Xun secretly sighed softly, and said in his heart Don't ask, this is my job again. Fortunately, Hanoi is not far away, and Zhang Yang has always been obedient to the imperial court, and he should be neither surprised nor dangerous when he runs this trip by himself, so he took the initiative to say: "Xun is willing to go." ”

However, I am not familiar with Zhang Yang and his subordinates - "Who can communicate?" ”

Guo Jia opened his mouth and said: "His general Yang Chou, several envoys will contribute, communicate with the imperial court, and can be contacted." "Yes Xun was stunned when he heard this name, alas, Yang Chou? Isn't that the executioner who killed Zhang Yang?

History is at this juncture, and to a certain extent, it has reverted back to the original path. Here, before Xun left Xu Du, two shocking news were passed back-

In the first news, Gongsun Zhan really used the strategy of Shixun, gave up Yijing, broke out of the siege, and went to Changshan to meet Zhang Yan and others. Yuan Shao immediately conquered Yijing, and quickly turned around, and broke the combined forces of Gongsun and Zhang Yan in Lingshou, and the two generals fled to Jingcheng and defended the mountain. All in all, Gongsun Chan escaped with his life for the time being, but in a short period of time, I am afraid that he will not have the strength to "Luliang Jizhou" again.

When Cao Cao heard the news, he sent someone to appease Guan Jing, who was under house arrest, and let him return to Gongsun Zhan.

The second news is that there was a coup d'état in Hanoi, and Yang Chou killed Zhang Yang as in history, wanting to merge with him - it can be seen that there was a disagreement between the two, and it was not because Yang Chou was interested in the imperial court or Cao Cao that he blatantly killed the master. After that, Zhang Yang killed Yang Chou and stood on his own, Cao Cao hurriedly sent Cao Ren and Shi Jian into Hanoi, and killed Zheng Gu in the shooting dog, and Zhang Yang placed Hanoi Taishou Miao Shang and Changshi Xue Hong and other surrenders, and Hanoi Xiping.

The old general of Montenegro, the small character "White Rabbit", he was shooting dogs to resist Cao Jun, and there was a wizard who advised, saying: "The general character rabbit and this famous dog, the rabbit sees the dog, it is bound to be frightened, and it should be moved quickly." "If you don't listen, you will be defeated. Of course, Shi Xun didn't believe in this kind of prophecy at all, thinking that Zhang Yang Xin was mourned, and he had no grace to rule the chaotic crowd, and Cao Jun was coming rapidly, how could he not suffer defeat?

But Xun Yu said: "Although Hanoi has to take it, but take Hanoi, Yuan Shao must be taboo, the big war is imminent, please prepare as soon as possible." ”

Cao Cao said that I had already started to prepare, and now that Hanoi has been taken, Henan will be safe, and I plan to hand over Hanoi County to Zixiao to be in charge, and Zhang Yan and Gongsun Zan will be in charge of the North Alliance, which is much safer than guarding against the long Henan front-"What do you think?" ”

Everyone nodded. Liu Ye then spoke: "Hanoi has vested, then Hedong is guaranteed. Although it can be guaranteed, it may be a surprise soldier - if it can encircle the Southern Xiongnu and make it prominent and merge the state, it can be carried out by Yuan Shao's back. Cao Cao twisted his beard and paced: "Who can guard Hedong?" ”

The name of the county guard of Hedong is Wang Yi, although it is not signed by Cao Cao, because the Son of Heaven was very respectful when he was fortunate to be in Anyi, so he had to stay in office. But Wang Yi is not a complete person after all, and he can't be paid to the task. So, who should be sent to the capital to supervise the soldiers and horses east of the river? Shi Xun immediately recommended: "Lu Zi Jingke." ”

Among the first-class strategists in the Cao family's class, it can be said that Lu Su is the least used at present, one is from a low background, and the other is late, so he can only keep up with Dong Zhao, Liu Ye, etc., and can't catch up with Xun's uncle and nephew, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, and Hongfu. In other words, Lu Su has not yet been able to enter the core strategist circle of the Cao family class - with his ability, it shouldn't be, but Xun feels sorry for Lu Zijing.

Moreover, Lu Su's current position is to govern the imperial history, with a rank of 600 stones, and is a subordinate official of the imperial history, and the main job of this position is to review the difficult cases reported by various places, and to a certain extent, the relevant laws and regulations can be explained - a bit of the meaning of the high court, it can be seen that the authority is still very heavy. But the first problem is that the government affairs of the president of the Sikong Mansion, the functions of the imperial history platform have been gradually weakened, and even the imperial history with the secretary is becoming more and more idle, and the second is that Lu Su himself is not good at the law, so he is not used for it.

Shi Xun felt that Lu Su was not an ordinary strategist, but a commander and a staff officer, and he could completely release him to take charge of himself, and he would definitely be able to reap surprises. Therefore, he had suggested that Cao Cao send Lu Su south to the Yangtze River and Peng Li to train sailors, in order to conquer Jing and Yang in the future, but Cao Cao felt that this was not an urgent matter and did not accept it. Since this is the case, Shi Xun brought it up again this time, so it is better to let Lu Zijing go to Dudu Hedong.

When Cao Cao heard this, he didn't say anything, but just glanced at Lu Su: "What does Zijing think?" Lu Su stood up, bowed down and said, "Su thinks that the responsibility of Hedong cannot be done without Hongfu!" ”

Shi Xun couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and quickly refused: "Xun is not skilled in military affairs, how can he do it?" "Don't be humble and push me around, you're much more suitable than me.

However, Lu Su did not return the favor, and pretended to give in, he really had his own complete set of reasons: "If you are purely guarded by soldiers, your life will be fine, why do you need to be governor?" The matter of Hedong is not a soldier, but a momentum, to appease the people inside, and to make peace with the Xiongnu outside, that is, to drive the Xiongnu to the north to scratch Yuan Shao's back. Hedong out, only Fenshui traced up, feasible army, unfortunately occupied by the Huns, then the Huns did not move, I can not do anything, the Huns moved, and there was no need for the governor to visit. As the governor of the capital, the town is like a square uncle, how can he move lightly? ”

It was Xun Xin who said that you are familiar with me, so I am afraid of death, right? So you don't have to go into battle to be a governor, do you? But those who can't go into battle say that my ability is 108,000 miles away from you, God knows this, I know you don't know...... How to stabilize Hedong County, and then harass Yuan Shao, you should be good at this, I have no clue at all.

Just as he was about to push it again, he heard Lu Su say again: "That's why Su Ren Hedong, three is not as good as Hongfu." Knowing the general trend, good at wisdom and not winning with strength, it is better to do it; The heart of the main in-law relatives, although they live thousands of miles, they can be arbitrary, and the two are not as good; He once rushed to the Huns, knew what he wanted, and what he said pointed directly to the hearts of the people, and the three were not as good as them. Kosuke don't give up. (To be continued......)

PS: I'm going to pick up the kids in a while, update in advance today.