Chapter 397: Lu Zhi lost his official position and everyone rushed to the scene
Zuo Feng did come to Jizhou, this eunuch with the emperor's order is more slippery than a loach, and it is inevitable to ask for a bribe, why? Others don't know, Zuo Feng still doesn't know the mind of the Son of Heaven, he came to Jizhou to find fault, no matter whether there is a problem or not, Zuo Feng must find out the problem, as for the proceeds of asking for bribes, it is not in vain, and if he asks for it, he will not help Lu Zhi anything, at most, it will turn the capital crime into a living crime.
So, did Lu Zhi pay a bribe to Zuo Feng? I don't know, anyway, in the end, Lu Zhi just took it back to the capital to ask for the crime, and when he arrived, he just went to his post and lost his office, so do you say he paid a bribe?
Of course, this is just a malicious speculation, as the saying goes, people with Buddha in their hearts see everything as Buddha, and people with in their hearts see everything as, it is recorded in the history books that Lu Zhi was because he refused to bribe Zuo Feng, which led Zuo Feng to Lu Zhi to fabricate charges, prompting Lu Zhi to seize his post and investigate.
Lu Zhi was escorted back to Beijing in a prison car, and the charges of 'fearing the enemy, wasting military resources, and having ill intentions' were originally a capital crime, but the Son of Heaven saw Lu Zhi's past merits and commuted the death penalty by one degree and deprived him of his official position for the people.
Lu Zhi's prisoner car returned to Beijing, this is a historical plot mission, the Yellow Turban Army camp released the task of attacking and killing Lu Zhi, and the imperial court camp released the task of escorting loyal ministers back to Beijing, these two tasks are quite funny, and they are considered by the majority of players to be a joke of Zhinao.
In fact, if the publishers of these two tasks are reversed, it seems to be more in line with the background of the political struggle at that time, and the Yellow Turban desperately went to protect Lu Zhi, so as to make the imperial court hate Lu Zhi even more, and confirmed the rumors of Lu Zhi's ambiguous relationship with the Yellow Turban Army; And the imperial court to kill Lu Zhi seems to be more in line with the interests of both the imperial power and the family. At least a one-time deterrent to the stubbornly centrists.
However, this world is greatly dominated by Zhi Brain, so Zhi Brain has to let everyone carry out plot tasks according to the plot in the romance and history books, and the players have no opinions, they just think it's a little funny, so there are more strange words.
It's a pity that now Liu Bei is organizing troops jumping up and down in Jingzhou. The Yellow Turban Army, which was preparing to attack Runan and Jingbei, failed to come to escort his teacher. As for Gongsun Zhan, although he is stepping up his southward movement, it seems that in addition to shouting louder, he did not send cavalry to chase Lu Zhi for protection, on the contrary, Gongsun Zhan's troops are rapidly advancing towards Jingxian, wanting to take Jingxian as his stronghold in southern Jizhou.
But. There are people who are reluctant to let Jingxian fall into the hands of Gongsun Zhan, and that person is Fang Zhiwen.
The defenders of Jingxian are now Han Fu's people, when Han Fu learned from Fang Zhiwen that Gongsun Zhan was aiming at Jingxian, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, to be honest, Han Fu was really a little too timid, the Xindu War was over, Fang Zhiwen did not go south to Anping County as expected, Han Fu actually quietly transferred Nangong's troops to the south and shrunk back to Qinghe County. I don't want to confront Yuan Shao head-on in Anping County, and as for Jing County, there are few guards.
However, this may also be a strategy of Frustration, wanting to take advantage of the opportunity of the imperial court's edict for the border army to go south to help the war, to give up Nangong and Jingxian, and let the people who occupy Nangong or Jingxian to withstand Yuan Shao's anger.
Of course, dare to occupy Nangong and Jingxian. It's nothing more than a few people from the north, Lu Bu, Fang Zhiwen and Gongsun Zhan, these people. None of them are fuel-efficient lamps, and the cities of Anping County such as Jingxian and Nangong will be surrendered. On the one hand, Han Fu was weak and shrunk his forces to deal with the ensuing difficulties and suppression after Dong Zhuo came to power, and on the other hand, it also created contradictions between Yuan Shao and the border army in the north.
What Gongsun Chan did in Zheng County was obviously not giving Fang Zhiwen face, or even slapping his face, of course Fang Zhiwen was not the kind of person who spit on himself, when he learned that Gongsun Chan was trying to occupy Jing County, Fang Zhiwen did not hesitate to take the first step to take Jing County, although Jing County has no residents at all, it is a pure fortress city, but Fang Zhiwen values the geographical location of Jing County more.
This is a very suitable position from the battlefield, more than 200 miles to Quzhou, 300 miles to Julu, is the best distance for the cavalry to exert their power, and further south, is the original control of Lu Zhi's hands Guangzong, 300 miles to the north is Nangong, if Gongsun Chan is stationed in Nangong, he will not be able to touch the edge of the Guangping War at all, not only Gongsun Chan is not satisfied, I am afraid that the newly appointed Dong Zhuo will not agree.
If you continue to go south, you can only be stationed on Dong Zhuo's territory, or Han Fu's territory, and what's more, his logistics channel is extremely long, and he will be cut off by Fang Zhiwen or Yuan Shao at any time, this uncomfortable situation, Gongsun Chan has to accept it now, unless he chooses to be stationed in the field, or will Jingxian be stormed, the question is, does he dare?
Gongsun Chan really didn't dare, he received the edict to go south, Gongsun Chan didn't dare not come, he was still hesitating whether to send his younger brother south, or go south himself, under Guan Jing's explanation, Gongsun Chan finally understood that going south was not for the war, but for the dividends after the war, in front of such a strong official army, Sister Huang of the rabble is not a rabble, I am afraid that I can't keep Guangping and Quzhou, and even Julu is a problem.
And the huge military achievements after this battle, if Gongsun Chan can't come in person, it is very likely to be squeezed out, resulting in nothing, so Gongsun Chan can't help but come, if he doesn't come, even Jizhou's foothold will not have the name of righteousness, at that time, whether Zheng County can keep it is still a problem.
On the contrary, if Gongsun Chan went south, Zheng County would be safer, at least until the end of the Battle of Guangping, no one would take the initiative to attack Zheng County in the face of the world's disapproval, and of course, it was also a very necessary precaution for Zheng County to leave enough defenders.
However, going south is not such a simple matter, and it is not possible to really and honestly hand over the command of the troops and then be used as cannon fodder, but to strive to have considerable autonomy in the use of troops on the premise of full participation, and it is best to reap the greatest benefits with the smallest losses.
In order to achieve this goal, the first thing is to strive for a relatively free stronghold that is far away from Quang Binh, but can intervene in time on the Quang Binh battlefield. And the best location for this stronghold is Jingxian, when Gongsun Chan quickly stepped up and wanted to occupy Jingxian before the new commander-in-chief of Jizhou took office, creating a fait accompli, Fang Zhiwen took the lead and seized Jingxian, which was already regarded by Gongsun Chan as his own territory.
Gongsun Zhan looked at Fang Zhiwen's battle flag fluttering on the head of Jingxian County, and he gritted his silver teeth with hatred and wanted to vomit. But facts are facts, unless Gongsun Chan dares to go to war. Otherwise, this fact cannot be changed.
Gongsun Zhan left Jingxian depressedly, found a field to set up the camp first, and then planned his next move.
On the other hand, Lu Bu was also hurrying south, of course he would not come to protect Lu Zhi's life, his plan was the same as Gongsun Zhan. He wanted to deploy his troops in the position that was most advantageous to him before the new commander-in-chief arrived, and even if the new commander-in-chief had any requirements, Lu Bu would be able to prevaricate with the fact that his troops' posture was conducive to the offensive.
Lu Bu's movements were very fast, which was completely different from his previous grinding situation, because the smart people around him told him that once the new commander-in-chief of Jizhou took office, Lu Bu would lose the opportunity to occupy a good position, and could only follow the instructions of the other party, and this passive situation was naturally not something that the proud Lu Bu was willing to accept.
Almost with Gongsun Chan's front and back feet. Lu Bu also led 20,000 cavalry to Jingxian, while the other 10,000 infantry were still far behind, but Lu Bu's first choice of Jingxian had really fallen into the hands of the cunning Fang Zhiwen, and Lu Bu did not have the idea of forcibly seizing Jingxian from Fang Zhiwen, whether out of personal character or out of consideration of righteousness. But Fang Zhiwen didn't think so.
"Zhiwen, what do you mean by this? Could it be that I, Lu Fengxian, am such a person who forgets his righteousness for the sake of profit? ”
Lu Bu's raised wine glass froze and blinked. Lu Bu put the wine glass heavily on the desk, and his face was uneasy. However, he thought carefully in his heart, Fang Zhiwen was willing to take the initiative to give up Jingxian, this kind of good thing Lu Bu actually wanted to accept.
"Fengxian misunderstood, I let Fengxian be stationed in Jingxian, but it has nothing to do with other reasons, just because I want a more stable ally to stand behind me."
Fang Zhiwen said with a smile, he would not be swayed by the majestic momentum on Lu Bu's body at all, but looked complacent, speaking of which, the generals here are indeed famous generals, but on the whole, Fang Zhiwen's side even has a little advantage, but there are probably not many people who can be unaware of Lu Bu's momentum.
"Oh, what do you mean by that? Could it be that Zhiwen plans to set up camp in the wild near Jing County? Zhang Liao asked curiously.
"Exactly, you are all old people on the battlefield, you must be able to see that if you want to attack the front line of Julu from Jingxian, the best plan is to cross the river and move westward, after raiding the side of Quzhou, it is okay to directly attack and harass Julu or Pingxiang, and the key to crossing the water lies in Bo Luojin on the bank of the water in the west of Jing County, I just want to be stationed in Bo Luojin, this is an important place, I don't want this place to fall into the hands of Gongsun Zhan."
Fang Zhiwen turned his gaze casually to the side of the huge map, guiding everyone's eyes, on the edge of the water thirty miles away from the west side of Jing County, there is a very small ferry Bo Luojin, don't look at this ferry port, if you want to quickly cross the water, this is the best place to cross the river, and after the water, you will face the side of the giant deer defense line, it is definitely a very good attack point.
On the other hand, Fang Zhiwen and Lu Bu's troops, adding up to only 40,000 cavalry troops, either side wants to divide troops to garrison Jingxian and Bo Luojin at the same time, it seems a little powerless, and it is still the time when the war starts, and when the war starts, the troops will be even more stretched, so uniting with Lu Bu and firmly grasping this key point of Jingxian is Fang Zhiwen's real plan.
In addition, Bo Luojin is on the edge of the river, it is a good place to use river transportation for material supply, Fang Zhiwen will naturally not let go of this place easily, more importantly, Fang Zhiwen's subordinates are all cavalry, trapped in the city is definitely not what the cavalry should do, the so-called cavalry defense should be active mobile defense, so it doesn't matter whether there is a city or not, Fang Zhiwen occupies Jing County, just wants to drive Gongsun Chan to the south, if Gongsun Chan occupies Jing County, How could Fang Zhiwen be stationed in Bo Luojin, the camp he had chosen early! To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation.