Chapter Seventy-Five: Troubled Times—Trends of the Parties
On the first day of the war between the Champion Hou forces and the Yangzhou Assassin History, the Wujun County Guard led the people of the city to surrender to Cheng, swore to break away from the jurisdiction of the Wenzhou Assassin History, and officially accepted the control of Mingyue City. The news quickly spread throughout Yangzhou, and even some interested princes outside Yangzhou showed different smiles when they received the news.
When Cao Cao, who was left behind, saw this briefing again, an intriguing smile appeared on his face, and the military drama on the side couldn't help but ask: "Lord, it seems that you are not surprised that the champion Hou can achieve such a result?" ”
Passing the briefings in his hand to his subordinates in turn, Cao Cao said: "Zhicai, although the world is chaotic, our strength is very weak now. But there are very few people who can be regarded as our real enemies, but even if we have only one real enemy, it must be the champion! ”
Cao Cao's words were not denied, but nodded in agreement: "The lord is wise, if you want to say that there is a great chaos today, there are many people with great talents and strategies among the princes from all walks of life. But looking at all the princes in the world, only the champion marquis is the great enemy of the lord. Between the rise of this person and his lineage, no matter his family reputation, he is not obvious, but now who in the world does not know the reputation of the champion Hou. ”
"Exactly, the champion Hou Wei's fame is only secondary. This troubled world is still coming, even if you have a good reputation, it is a waste if you don't have the strength to protect it. Cao Cao nodded and said, "But Champion Hou is not a person who only has fame. I have participated in the Battle of the Yellow Turban and the Battle of Tiger Prison Pass with the champion Hou. To be honest, judging from the combat power shown by Mingyue City when the Tiger Prison was closed, the strength of the champion Hou was not weaker than Dong Zhuo at that time......"
Hiss! Cao Cao's words made Xi Zhicai sweat. If you want to say that Dong Zhuo, the original national thief, it took the power of the princes of the Eighteenth Route and the champion Hou to drive him out of Chang'an, what kind of strength is that? But now his father-in-law said that the strength of the champion Hou is not weaker than Dong Zhuo, you must know that his father-in-law is not a person who likes to exaggerate his opponent, and the truth of this is at least 90%.
"The lord doesn't need to bother, we are now occupying Chenliu, and with the support of the Cao family and the Xiahou family behind us, I believe that it won't be long before the lord will be able to break through a foundation. Then it's time for us to battle it out with the champion! After thinking of Cao Cao's eloquence, Xi Zhi said confidently.
The civil and military forces on the side also responded, and Cao Cao also enjoyed all this with a smile on his face. As a hero, he knows when to motivate his subordinates and when to show enough self-confidence.
Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, who were fighting in the north, also received this briefing. Yuan Shao scoffed more at this, and the champion Hou was only found in Yangzhou at present, he was expanding his territory in the north, and the two had no contradiction at all. Of course, the most important thing is that in Yuan Shao's eyes, the fact that the champion Hou was able to win Wu County so quickly was more to take advantage of his title as the champion Hou. If you want to say who else has the biggest reputation in this world besides the champion Hou, then Yuan Shao is definitely the first choice.
"Humph! A champion who is ready to be out of breath, wait until General Ben exterminates Gongsun Zan and then controls Jizhou, and then let him know that he is not the only one in the world who has a reputation! Yuan Shao said disdainfully and threw the briefing aside.
The judge next to him frowned, and stepped forward to advise: "Lord, this champion Hou can take the entire territory of Wu County in a very short time, although he takes advantage of the name of the champion Hou and the righteousness of the world, but this also shows that the strength of the troops in Mingyue City should not be underestimated. Lord, you have the world in mind, the champion Hou is such a strong enemy, let's pay more attention, if we really meet on the battlefield in the future, we will be a little more sure! ”
Guo Tu, who was with thief eyebrows and rat eyes on the side, said with a mocking face: "Matching, are you questioning the judgment of the lord?" Or did you take some benefits from Bright Moon City and brag so much about the strength of Bright Moon City here? ”
"You...... Guo Tu, you know that I don't mean this, but why do you want to mislead the lord. Seeing that Guo Tu was still fanning the flames from the side at this time, the judge said angrily, "The prestige of the champion Hou was originally made by military exploits, and no one in the world knows the combat power of Mingyue City, and the champion Hou has put down several large-scale rebellions in recent years, and its brilliance is so high that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty in the past was canonized as the champion of the Han Dynasty." Can't you Guo Tu be blind and can't see this......"
Regarding the words of the trial, Guo Tu seemed to have his own immunity, and still said to himself: "Yo! Feelings in the eyes of your judgement, only the champion Hou in this world has outstanding merits, our lord led the princes of the Eighteenth Road to break through the Tiger Prison Pass, and occupied Luoyang, which is not also a famous hero in the world, how to listen to the meaning of your mouth, there is a sense of looking down on the lord? ”
Poof! The judge knelt directly on the ground and saluted Yuan Shao respectfully: "Lord, my subordinates don't mean that. Guo Tu's words are seriously injured subordinates......"
Yuan Shao, who was in the first seat, waved his hand impatiently and said, "Okay, you two don't need to argue anymore." Both of you are the general's most trusted advisors, so why bother here meaninglessly because of a champion who can't beat the eight poles! Don't hurt the harmony because of this, let's study how to solve this Gongsun Chan quickly......"
Speaking of fighting against Gongsun Zhan, the trial didn't care about the previous matter, and directly suggested: "My lord, this Gongsun Zhan's combat power is nothing more than relying on the elite of the white horse under his command. As long as we find a way to restrain this white horse team, then we will find the key to winning Gongsun Zhan! ”
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He nodded and asked, "Then do you two have a good plan?" ”
Guo Tu thought about it, and looked like he wanted to say something, but Yuan Shao knew that there should be nothing Guo Tu could do. On the contrary, he looked confident, just waiting for himself to ask, although Yuan Shao was unhappy in his heart, he could only squeeze out a smile and said: "Mr. Zhengnan (the word for trial), defeating the Gongsun Zan force is related to the first step of this general to unify the northern border, please teach me!" ”
Seeing the appearance of his own lord Corporal Lixian, the hot temper of the trial also dispersed a lot, and he hurriedly helped his lord up and said: "The lord doesn't have to be like this, making suggestions is what the judge should do." To say that this white horse is the elite of the cavalry, the bow horse is skillful and mobile, and all of them are brave and good at fighting. However, the subordinates recommended one person, and with this person, the fight against Bai Ma Yi is definitely from hand to hand! ”
"Oh? Who is Zhengnan Kuai? Yuan Shao hurriedly asked.
On the other hand, Guo Tu looked deflated, which made the judge very proud. Since the war with Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao can be said to be very depressed, and his general Yan Liangwen Chou also has the courage of ten thousand people, and there are far more soldiers under him than Gongsun Zhan. But this white horse is brave in battle, and comes and goes like the wind, and his advantage in strength has become a disadvantage in front of the other party's white horse Yicong.
The larger the number of troops, the slower the speed of the march. After all, even Yuan Shao, who was at the peak of history, could not match all his soldiers with war horses, and even if he did, it would be impossible to outrun the white horse. In front of the White Horse Yicong, as long as your speed can't keep up, then all your strategies will be disrupted, and when the time comes, you will be dragged into a passive battle situation, and it is not how people say to fight.
Now that there is finally a way to break the game, Yuan Shao is naturally very excited. The trial did not let Yuan Shao wait, but said directly: "This person is from Xiping, named Ju Yi. In his early years in Liangzhou, he was proficient in the Qiang people's tactics, especially good at fighting against cavalry. As long as the lord reuses this person, then the white horse righteousness of breaking Gongsun Chan will be just around the corner......"
Yuan Shao immediately summoned Ju Yi and began to plan a battle plan against Gongsun Zhan and Baima Yicong.
At the same time, Gongsun Zhan in Pingyuan County also received a battle report from the champion Hou.
After reading the battle report, his subordinate Zou Jing hurriedly suggested to Gongsun Zhan: "Lord, it should only be a matter of time before Champion Hou wins Yangzhou. You have some friendship with the champion Hou in the early years, and we have been at a stalemate with Yuan Shao for a long time, although now the Yellow Turban Sect of Yanshan has promised to send troops to help, but they are all unable to contribute. Our battle with Yuan Shao is still in a passive defensive situation, so it is better to write a letter to the champion Hou ......"
Gongsun Zhan naturally knew what Zou Jing meant, but just shook his head and said, "Zou Jing, I understand what you mean. Not to mention that the relationship between General Ben and Champion Hou is not obvious, and it is said that Champion Hou has already launched a battle against Liu Wen in Yangzhou. At this time, repairing a letter will only make the champion Hou feel that we are not capable of defending our territory, and now that the troubled times have come, strength is the root of everything. Now the only one who can be relied on is the white horse in our hands, this general already has a plan, ready to fight Yuan Shao at the boundary bridge today, you don't need to persuade again! ”
"Hey...... All right! "Zou Jing, as a confidant who has followed Gongsun Chan for so many years, doesn't know that once Gongsun Chan makes a decision, it is very difficult to change.
It's just that he can't find suitable foreign aid, thinking that the Yellow Turban Sect in Yanshan has performed mediocre in many battles, and is typical of going with the wind and waves, Zou Jing's mind is to start hitting some heroes near the plain. Although these people are from bandits, they also have a lot of blood, and with the prestige of their own lord outside the Saiwai, it should be possible to win them over.
Gongsun Zhan didn't know what Zou Jing was going to plan, or even if he knew, he would only smile disdainfully. Gongsun Zhan, who has been fighting against the Hu people for many years, knows deeply that only his fist is king, and it is useless to rely on external forces. But he didn't know that a conspiracy was brewing against him, and the Battle of the Boundary Bridge would make White Horse Yicong a short-lived existence in the long river of history.
Compared with the fierce war in the north, Li Dao Guo Yan, who occupied Chang'an and held Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty in his hands, was completely for the champion Hou to send troops to Yangzhou: standing and watching, lying down, looking at it, obliquely watching, how to see it, anyway, it is a sentence, and it is not a big deal to watch the excitement.
"Li Dao, do you say that this champion Hou can beat Liu Wen?" Looking at the briefing in his hand, Guo Yan took a sip of the wine in the palace and asked Li Dao beside him.
Li Wei smiled disdainfully, as if he was mocking Guo Yan, and said in a flirtatious tone: "Guo Yan, shouldn't all your skills be wasted on a woman's belly!" This champion Hou is a person who even had to retreat from Dong Taishi back then, and even the brave and combative Wenhou Lu Bu failed to do anything to others, and was beaten and fled. Do you think Liu Wen can resist a Yangzhou assassination? ”
After taking a sip of wine, Li Dao continued: "Besides, the intelligence can be said that Nanyang is too protective of Yuan Shu, Changsha is too protective of Sun Jian, and a large number of strangers have responded to the call of the champion Hou. Not to mention the strength of the champion Hou Jun, but Yuan Shu and Sun Jian are enough for Liu Wen to drink a pot. In addition, almost the entire county of Huiji County in southern Yangzhou is out of Liu Wen's control, and now the four words of internal and external troubles are not too accurate to describe Liu Wen! ”
Looking at the excitement left and right, Guo Yan suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said: "Li Dao, you said that if we issue an edict in the name of the Son of Heaven now, remove Liu Wen, the assassin of Yangzhou, and recognize the dominance of the champion Hou in Yangzhou, isn't it ......?"
"Wonderful! Guo Yan, your idea is too good, in this way, we can be regarded as selling a favor to the champion Hou, whoever wants to trouble us in the future, we can still mobilize the champion Hou with the holy decree. This also adds a hole card to us, what a clever plan, a great plan! Li Dao praised him for his thighs.
Li Dao and Guo Yan can be said to hit it off, and hurriedly entered the palace to "ask for orders". Of course, how they asked for this decree in the process, and whether they did anything else, is not enough for outsiders!
After Lu Bu, who echoed Chang'an, saw the briefing, he angrily threw the briefing on the ground and stepped on it twice.
Jia Xu, who had just entered the house, saw this scene, and his eyes were rolling. That's right, after Jia Xu escaped from the Tiger Prison Pass, he dodged various Dong Zhuojun and alliance troops along the way, and finally hid in Luoyang by chance. It didn't take long for Lü Bu to expel the princes of the Eighteenth Route led by Yuan Shao and successfully occupy Luoyang.
It's not a coincidence, Jia Xu doesn't have much silver taels on him, and he has to find a way to get some plates to be wrapped back to Xiliang's hometown. As a result, when he went to the street to seek entry, he was met by Lu Bu. If it was just encountered, it would be okay, Lu Bu rode a red rabbit horse on the street that day, and Jia Xu arrived at Lu Bu before he could react.
Facing the angry Lu Bu, in order to protect himself, Jia Xu could only show some of his talents in exchange for his own life. Of course, it was to give Lu Bu some ideas to stabilize the situation in Luoyang, and Lu Bu was also suffering from receiving Luoyang at that time, and suddenly there was such a person who was directly brought back to the mansion immediately. Isn't this a scene of Jia Xu following Lu Bu's side, if Xu Yang sees it, I don't know how he will despise the system in his heart: I poached Chen Gong, and your system actually assigned Lu Bu a Jia Xu.
"I wonder why Wen Hou is so angry?" Jia Xu hadn't read the news in that briefing, but as a top strategist, Jia Xu could not be said to lose to any Guo Jia and others in controlling the situation in the world. It's just that Jia Xu is born to think about himself and then others, and Jia Xu's strategies are often some desperate strategies, which are extremely vicious, which is also a characteristic of Jia Xu.
Lu Bu didn't pick up the briefing on the ground, but sighed and said: "The champion Hou and Liu Wen, the assassin of Yangzhou, fought, and the whole territory of Wu County on the day of the dispatch of the army, can be described as a noble soldier...... Huh, now that there is a big chaos today, this champion Hou holds the edict of Emperor Han Ling, and it can be said that he occupies the righteousness of the world, and I am afraid that it will be disadvantageous for us to continue like this! ”
After listening to Lu Bu's words, Jia Xu didn't pay much attention to it, and took a few steps forward to pick up the bamboo slip briefing from the ground, and after looking at it a few times, his expression began to become solemn. After a long time, he spoke: "Wen Hou, in this briefing, it is said that Nanyang Taishou Yuan Shu and Changsha Taishou Sun Jian have joined the battle one after another to respond to the call of Champion Hou?" ”
In this regard, Lu Bu nodded and said even more angrily: "Yes! There are also these wall grasses, one by one, they know how to follow the trend, and when they see that the champion Hou is strong, they wagged their tails and begged for mercy, and they all had no backbone......"
Listening to Lu Bu's curses on these people, Jia Xu had another thought in his mind: This champion Hou has a master under him, and just this trick of inviting everyone to carve up Yangzhou can block the mouths of the princes of the world.
The powerful people in this world are not terrible, but the real terrible ones are those who have both strength and brains! Obviously, the champion Hou now has these two points, Jia Xu looked at the briefing, and began to plan in his heart, and soon calculated it.
"Wen Hou, his subordinates have a plan, although they can't stop the champion Hou from dominating Yangzhou, but they can vent their anger for Wen Hou. Moreover, it can also stabilize our relationship with Champion Hou to a certain extent......" Jia Xu said with a smile on his face.
"Oh? Wenhe's clever plan, please tell me quickly! For Jia Xu's strategy, Lu Buna admired. If he had such a strategist under him, he would not have had to travel many places and recognize two more fathers.
Jia Xu hurriedly said his strategy: "Wen Hou, the world is still in chaos today, although this champion Hou is strong, it is not something we can't catch up with." The top priority for us now is to develop our own strength first and ensure that we do not clash with Bright Moon City in the near future. Based on the lord's past performance, Jia Xu felt that we should ask for some supplies from Bright Moon City first......"
Talking about his plan little by little, Lu Bu frowned tightly from the beginning, then showed his appearance, and finally laughed loudly: "Hahaha!" Wen and this counts very much, very much! At that time, as long as we annex Li Dao Guo Yan of Chang'an and occupy the first line of Luoyang Chang'an, it can be said that we can attack and retreat! Moreover, the defensive strategy of the Eastern Front used Cao Cao so perfectly, gentleness is really a great talent! ”
For Lu Bu's praise, Jia Xu just smiled slightly. Although this strategy is good, Jia Xu doesn't think it will be successful, after all, the wrestling of the situation in the world, if you make a move, others will naturally take it, and in the whole strategy, Jia Xu eats the most stable is Chang'an's Li Dao Guo Yan.
And at this moment, Li Dao Guo Yan, who is still immersed in a luxurious life in Chang'an, doesn't know that they have become the prey in Jia Xu's eyes......
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