Chapter 35: Forming Alliances
Looking at the worried look in Wang Yue's eyes, Liu Wei patted the seven-star knife on his waist, "After the master leaves, I will be careful, otherwise if I don't take so many things away, when the major princes come to the Tiger Prison Pass, we may not be able to protect this wealth with our strength at that time." ”
Wang Yue heard Liu Wei say the sentence "The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty", thinking about it very correctly, and seeing that the lord is resourceful, he had to nod his head and agree.
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The next day, Sun Jian took the initiative to come to Liu Wei for a drink, but the lord of the Yuan League did not have a new order, the princes and soldiers had not yet arrived, and he, the vanguard, did not know what to do next.
Sun Jian inquired about the relationship between Liu Wei and Yuan Shu, and Liu Wei casually talked nonsense, only saying that he had listened to the words of Taiwei Zhang Wen in Luoyang, so he came to help Yuan Shu.
Zhang Wen and Yuan Shu were Sun Jian's former and current top bosses, and Sun Jian suddenly became closer to Liu Wen, and inquired about Zhang Wen's news in many ways.
As soon as he heard that Liu Wei had sold the Tiger Prison Pass to Yuan Shu, the look on Sun Jian's face became very exciting.
"It seems that General Hanxing, with the support of the Taiwei and the Hou General, also wants to be a prince!"
Liu Wei was noncommittal, and did not answer this question positively, but just blew Yuan Shu into the sky, after Sun Jian listened to Liu Bian's reason, he thought that Dong Zhuo's 200,000 army would be approaching in a moment, except for the Yuan brothers, there was indeed no one to beat.
Sun Jian saw that Liu Wei had sent him more food, and happily agreed to let Liu Wei's soldiers and horses be stationed next to his camp.
I couldn't help but be surprised when I heard Liu Wei say that he wanted to let half of the soldiers and horses leave, and asked Liu Wei the reason, but Liu Wei only said that this team of soldiers and horses went to Xingyang to ambush in case of accidents.
"General Hanxing, the war has not yet begun, how do you know that we will definitely lose?" Sun Jian had a good impression of Liu Wei, so there was a sense of reproach in his words.
"General Wentai, the art of war is cloudy, don't think about victory, think about defeat first, Xingyang is an important place, if the Xiliang army kills from Xingyang to cut off our army's back road or grain road, we must not guard against it."
Looking at Liu Bian's hand-drawn map, Sun Jian was very disapproving, but when he saw that Liu Bian had made up his mind, he no longer dissuaded him.
Both of them like military affairs, and they discussed the history of ancient and modern wars at the banquet, which is Liu Wei's strong point, and he told the 28 generals of Yuntai, and Sun Jian couldn't stop listening to it.
Now people who like to read books, in addition to the subset of classics and history, can only hold "Spring and Autumn" to read, how much time can it take to read a book, how can Liu Wei condense the essence of the story is good.
"Hanxing, I like Geng Yi the most!" Sun Jian slapped the table, picked up the cup and drank it all, "Emperor Guangwu's evaluation of him is completely correct, 'where there is a will, there is a way'!" ”
When Liu Wei heard that Sun Jian's idol was Geng Yi, he laughed secretly in his heart, there are really many similarities between the two, but Sun Jian's temper is much more violent than Geng Yi.
"Brother Wentai, you will not withdraw your troops if you don't capture Luoyang this time?"
After telling a story, Liu Wei suddenly asked a question, and Sun Jian thought for a while, "Dong thief caused chaos in the dynasty, abolished the young emperor, and burned Yong'an Palace, so I can't wait to cut him with a thousand knives!" ”
"Brother Wentai is really loyal!" Liu Wei sighed and said to Sun Jian: "Although Feng is not very powerful now, it is good to form an alliance with Wentai, and the two sides will not attack each other in the future, but support each other, I don't know what Brother Wentai wants?" ”
Sun Jian didn't expect Liu Wei to suddenly propose to conclude an alliance, after all, the two hadn't known each other for long, and they had no friendship before, so they couldn't help but be stunned.
This He Feng has no territory now, and he has few soldiers and horses in his hands, so he is not a good object for an alliance, if there is really any war, I am afraid that I can't count on it!
"Brother Wentai, the ancients said that 'the white head is as new, and the cover is as old as ever', how can the friendship between you and me be proved by time?"
Seeing the faint smile on the corner of Liu Wei's mouth and the sharpness in his eyes, Sun Jian hesitated, then nodded and said: "Although Han Xing has robbed Jian's first credit, through his association with Han Xing, Jian can feel Han Xing's sincerity, so you and I will become allies, and we will echo each other if there is anything." ”
Seeing that Sun Jian agreed to form an alliance, Liu Wei was overjoyed, and raised his wine glass to salute Sun Jian, "A fence with three piles, a hero with three gangs, and Brother Wentai's promise should be full of this cup today." ”
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Later General Nanyang Taishou Yuan Shu is the sister-in-law of the Yuan family, and the heir to the head of the family in the future, Sun Jian's logistics are all supported by Yuan Shu.
Although Yuan Shu couldn't adjust Sun Jian's troops, the troops were in the nature of private soldiers, not military orders that could be dispatched. But nominally, Sun Jian is a general under his command, and Yuan Shu is most afraid that Sun Jian has made great achievements and completely breaks away from himself.
However, Yuan Shu did not dare to confiscate Sun Jian's military power, and this time he came to crusade against Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian set out from Changsha County and marched to the northwest, killing Jingzhou Thorn Shi Wang Rong and Nanyang Taishou Zhang Zhi along the way.
In a word, look at the unhappy person - kill!
Sun Jian suffered from the lack of a prominent background and a capable strategist, Jingzhou was a good place, cheaper Liu Biao, Nanyang was a better place, cheaper than Yuan Shu, Sun Jian buried his head all the way west, and all his thoughts were spent on attacking Luoyang.
Nowadays, among the princes, Sun Jian is extremely powerful, similar to Gongsun Zhan, they are all small officials but have outstanding military achievements, and they do not take their top bosses in their eyes.
Although Yuan Shu was born in a wealthy family and is very famous, he has little military support, so military merit is what Yuan Shu wants most, and with military merit he can expand his reputation and recruit more family talents.
Yuan Shu received a letter from Liu Wei, stating that as long as a thousand war horses would give up the credit of the Tiger Prison Pass to himself, he excitedly turned around several times in the camp tent, and then called a few beauties to dance in the military tent.
After venting his excitement, Yuan Shu was really resolute, sending General Chen Lan with 1,000 cavalry and Lei Bo with 3,000 infantry to come towards the Tiger Prison Pass in the starry night.
Nanyang has money, grain and population, and Yuan Shu is the rich man among the princes, so the first thing Liu Wei thought of was this person, not to mention that there was Zhang Wen's friendship that could be used.
Liu Wei easily won this world's Xiongguan, a strange commodity to live in, and he was familiar with Yuan Shu's psychology, so he sold this pass for a good price, and the smile on the corner of his mouth rose when he thought of this.
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The news that the Tiger Prison Pass was captured by Yuan Shu's department reached the ears of the princes from all walks of life, and the morale of the princes was high, and the calls for war were higher and higher, for fear that Yuan Shu alone would take all the credit into his arms.
Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, was overjoyed and ordered the princes of all walks of life stationed in Hanoi to assemble at Hugao Pass and prepare to capture Luoyang in one go.
Dong Zhuo, who was heading towards the Tiger Prison Pass, was shocked when he heard the defeat report, and immediately stopped the advance of the army, and gathered the generals of the Xiliang Army together, and after some discussion, two decisions were finally formed.