Chapter 3 Seeking Hearts
Guan Jing left, but Yuan Shao's group of courtiers did not disperse, in the handsome tent, Yuan Shao looked at Xu Yu with an indifferent face, and after a moment of silence, he said loudly: "Ziyuan, you won't really believe his words, right?" ”
Yuan Shao didn't believe it, or didn't want to believe that Li Xuan would have such great ability, if he didn't make a sound, it would be a blockbuster, but this surprise was too big, so big that Yuan Shao didn't want to face it at all.
Sighing slightly, Xu You shook his head, did not answer, but said: "Yes or no, I believe it won't take long to know." ”
Fighting on two fronts, in just half a month, the six counties were annexed in one fell swoop, if this news is true, even if you don't need to go out of your way to investigate, it won't take long for the world to know.
"The most important thing now is Gongsun Zhan's proposal, I don't know if I thought about it at the beginning?" Xu You changed the subject.
"Proposal?" Yuan Shao was a little dazed for a while, but suddenly looked at Xu You and said, "You mean to join forces to attack Li Xuan?" ”
"Not bad." Xu You nodded and said, "Personal grievances aside, I originally felt that Gongsun Boqi and Li Ziyang were more threatening to us?" ”
Yuan Shao's words were gloomy again, but Yuan Shao in this period was still relatively wise, far from being as rigid as later, so he didn't answer, but looked at Xu You and motioned for him to continue.
"Don't talk about anything else for the time being, Guan Jing has a sentence but he didn't say it wrong, Li Xuan, tiger wolf also!" Clearing his throat, Xu You looked at Yuan Shao very seriously and said: "Sweeping Mobei, the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, countless famous ministers and fierce generals have not been able to eradicate the troubles that have been eradicated by it in just a few years. ”
Although reluctant to admit it. But he had to admit that Li Xuan's name was now more effective than the Holy Decree in this northern land, and he nodded, which can be regarded as agreeing with Xu You's statement.
"Luoyang and his party. Presumably I knew better than I did at the beginning, at the beginning, to put it mildly, Li Ziyang was called into Luoyang by the former emperor, if there is no accident, it is not strange to die in Luoyang in this life, but the truth is the opposite. Xu You said in a deep voice.
When Yuan Shao heard this, his face was a little gloomy, and he was interested in Li Xuan at the beginning. He also had the heart to solicit, but unfortunately......
"The heroes are begging for Dong, Li Xuan is showing his grandeur, but this grandeur has made the world look sideways, and the princes of the Eighteen Roads, including us, have all been damaged. Only he, Li Xuan, was not the slightest injured. On the contrary, there are several more strong armies. ”
With Xu You's words, Yuan Shao's complexion became worse and worse, he didn't think much before, but now, putting Li Xuan's past all together, it is really easy to make people feel a sense of frustration.
Xu Yu continued: "It's not all. Liu Bowen and Zhou Yi under Li Xuan all have the talent of Wang Zuo, they should be first-class and even top strategists, and there are also immortal commanders like Yue Fei, Zhao Yun and Shan Xiongxin. All of them have the courage of ten thousand people, and any one of them may not lose to the two generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou. ”
"Humph!" Yan Liang and Wen couldn't help but let out a muffled snort, and there was a little disdain in their eyes.
Xu You ignored the dissatisfaction of the two generals, and continued: "On the other hand, Gongsun Zhan, although he has the support of a wealthy family, but he is not Guan Jing, and he will not be a king's door, and the white horse general may be called a famous general in the world, but I look at his command, but they are all busy people, although Gongsun Bo is a hero, but he is stubborn and self-serving, nepotism, even if he sits in Youzhou, he is by no means Li Xuan's enemy, and Li Xuan is now full of civil and military forces, and those who are lacking are also in the ground, at the beginning, if we continue to entangle with Gongsun Zhan, let Li Xuan sit big in Youzhou, Gongsun Zhan can be destroyed with his backhand, But what we are going to face is not to pick the fruits of victory, but to face a person who is ten times stronger than Gongsun Chan, a hundred times stronger! ”
"Brother Ziyuan is too worrying." Feng Ji smiled coldly, stood up and bowed down and said: "Lord, although Li Ziyang is famous, but after all, the foundation is not as deep as the lord, the fourth and third princes, how many people in the world dare to be disrespectful, how can it be compared to a martial artist." ”
"Heh, Ichikatsu Takeo?" Xu You couldn't help sneering, and looked at Feng Jidao: "Sweeping Mobei, eradicating Hu Ji, training troops in Luoyang, only 3,000 women, but destroying Yuan Yi's 20,000 troops overnight, Yuan Tu probably doesn't know, this person is still Cai Yong Cai's fast son-in-law, and he has even moved Shilin in Yingchuan with a poetic talent, such a character, how can a martial artist be determined?" ”
"Li Ziyang may have some talent, but Ziyuan is a little ambitious, and his prestige has been extinguished." came out and bowed slightly to Yuan Shao: "Lord, the minister thinks that although Ziyuan is a little alarmist, if he talks about joining forces with Gongsun Zhan, it is not impossible." ”
"Oh?" When Yuan Shao heard this, he looked at the judge and said, "What is Zhengnan's plan?" ”
"I can't talk about the strategy." Judging with a smile: "It's just that although our army is not afraid of Li Xuan, but not long after the lord Xinding Jizhou, coupled with the destruction of Gongsun Zhan, the army is tired after a long battle, if it is an enemy with Li Xuan again, even if it can win, it will also hurt its vitality, it is better to make a truce with Gongsun Zhan first, and let Gongsun Boqi deal with Li Xuan, while we can sit and watch the two tigers fight, wouldn't it be better to sit and reap the profits?" ”
Yuan Shao couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "What Zhengnan said is with my heart!" ”
Xu You took a deep look at the matching, among the wealthy families of the scholars in Jizhou, although the matchmaking is a big family, it is not a representative figure, but this person also has some ability.
As if noticing Xu You's gaze, the judge nodded slightly, and was about to retreat, when there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the tent, and a dusty warrior rushed into the tent, knelt down to Yuan Shao and bowed: "Lord, the big thing is not good." ”
The originally good mood was suddenly interrupted by this plain sound, a little more gloomy, Yuan Shao lowered his head, looked at the person who came, and was slightly stunned, it was actually a general of the Yuan Mansion, and snorted coldly: "Yuan Qing, it's getting more and more unruly!" ”
"The stakes are high!" Yuan Qing took a breath and looked at the surrounding civil and military forces, but did not continue.
"Say, there are no outsiders here!" Yuan Shao said indifferently, after the fourth generation and the third duke, the extraordinary family background has grown up in such a circle since childhood, and naturally knows a little bit of means to win people's hearts.
"Yes." Yuan Qing hesitated, and his voice lowered a little: "Three days ago, the three counties of Zhongshan, Changshan, and Hejian suddenly lost contact for some reason. ”
"Lost contact?" Yuan Shao looked at Yuan Qing puzzled: "What do you mean?" Hearing this, the faces of the civil and military officers also became solemn, and they looked at Yuan Qing together.
"According to the main bus generation, in order to prevent other princes from taking advantage of the fire to loot when our army exterminated Gongsun Zhan, the county governments of each county were during the battle, every two days. I had to send someone to report the latest situation to Yecheng, and all the counties had been acting according to the order, but half a month ago, the three counties of Zhongshan, Changshan, and Hejian suddenly had no news, at that time. The adults only thought it was negligence or an obstacle on the way, and they didn't care, but they just sent someone to the three counties to check, but the people sent out never returned, and the three counties have not been conveyed by any documents since then. Please decide! ”
"Map!" Yuan Shao's face was a little gloomy, and immediately, two warriors came in from outside the tent and spread out a huge map in the big tent, and Yuan Shao stared at the map with his eyes.
"Changshan, Zhongshan, and Hejian are just completely blocking the way back of our army, if these three counties are too guarded by two hearts, our army is in danger!" Guo Tu looked at the map. frowned.
Before the matter was clarified, the public rule came to a conclusion at this time. It's a bit premature, isn't it? The judge frowned, the three counties are all Jizhou scholars, and they are more inextricably linked to the Jizhou civil and military forces present, once the crime of rebellion is confirmed, many people present are afraid that they will be suspicious of Yuan Shao.
"As far as the matter is concerned, don't blame Zhengnan. But after all, it is extremely suspicious, otherwise how can they explain their actions? Guo Tu said with a smile, and then retreated, the Jizhou Shi clan is powerful, and at this moment Yuan Shao has just established a solid foundation in Jizhou. needs the support of the Jizhou scholars, at this time, he is not too much, some words, just stop at the point.
"Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Ju Yi!" Yuan Shao suddenly said sharply.
"The last general!" Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Ju Yi came out and bowed.
"Each leader will lead a group of soldiers and horses to the three counties and assist in guarding the three counties!" Yuan Shao said in a deep voice, it's not that he doesn't want to send troops to directly take down the three and has become a traitor in his eyes, but just like Guo Tu scruples, now that he has just obtained the sovereignty of Jizhou, he has to be cautious about the attitude of the wealthy family in Jizhou.
"Whoa!" The three of them were ordered to leave.
Lu Nu, Zhen Family Garden.
"The things that the Marquis of Ji ordered should be done." In the courtyard, Li Xuan stood proudly in the garden, admiring the scenery of the courtyard, and behind him, a handsome young man said respectfully.
"The third prince doesn't have to be so polite." Turning around, Li Xuan looked at the young man in front of him and said with a smile: "This time things can go so smoothly, thanks to the help of the third prince, wait for me to say hello to Mr. Zhen, time is pressing, it is inconvenient for Ben Hou to go to Zhen's mansion to greet him for the time being, and I hope that the old man will not be surprised!" ”
"The Marquis of Ji is serious!" The young man hurriedly surrendered his hand, and then said with some doubts: "It's just that Zhen Yao has something unclear." ”
"The third son, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." Li Xuan smiled.
"Yuan Benchu has also been in contact with Xia, and he is not incompetent, can this kind of strategy really deceive him?" Zhen Yao looked at Li Xuan puzzled.
"It doesn't matter what the strategy is." Li Xuan smiled and shook his head and said: "As long as you use the right direction, it is a good plan, Yuan Benchu, I also had a period of contact when I was in Luoyang, the outside is wide and the inside is taboo, now he is in the limelight, high-spirited, naturally he wants to make a virtuous posture to envelop the heroes of the Quartet, but this person has a fragile heart, once he encounters adversity, the weakness in his bones will be exposed." ”
Zhen Yao nodded, with a little disbelief in his eyes, but he didn't ask any more questions, and left.
Zhen Yao left, and at some point behind Li Xuan, three more people walked out, Jia Xu in a black robe, Liu Bowen with an elegant face, and Tian Yu with a little doubt in his eyes.
"Lord, everything has been prepared, just wait for Yuan Benchu to take the bait." Jia Xu said in a low voice.
Nodding and not asking again, Li Xuan believed that with Jia Xu's meticulousness, since he said that he had been prepared, there was nothing missing.
"My lord." Tian Yu hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help but speak.
"Huh?" Li Xuan turned his head, looked at Tian Yu gently, and motioned for him to speak.
"With all due respect, with the strength that our army now controls in Jizhou, even if you attack immediately, it is not a problem to occupy Jizhou, so why does the lord have to use this method to obtain Jizhou?" Tian Yu was puzzled, and it was only after he officially allegiance to Li Xuan that he gradually felt Li Xuan's terror.
The most terrifying thing in Longcheng is not Yue Fei and other fierce generals, nor Jia Xu, Liu Ji and other wise people, but the dark hall that obeys Li Xuan's orders, and his ears and eyes are almost all over the world, even now, Tian Yu feels extremely mysterious about the dark hall, but just those who see it have already made Tian Yu creepy, and Ji and Sanzhou, now it is infiltrated by the dark hall like a sieve, although Longcheng has just started, but Tian Yu can't think of any reason for Li Xuan's failure, sweeping Sanzhou has almost become an inevitable trend, Why bother going around with Yuan Shao here?
"Huh." Li Xuan smiled slightly, shook his head and said: "Jizhou is easy to obtain, the people's will is difficult to attach, now Yuan Shao has just gained power, Jizhou gate valves, the people are all devoted to Yuan Shao, if at this time, we forcibly take Jizhou, we can indeed take Jizhou in a short period of time, but the state makes it feel that how long will it take to stabilize the people's hearts?" ”
"This ...... It's about three years, right? Tian Yu thought about it and said, the human heart is the most wonderful thing in the world, and if you want to change some inherent concepts in the human heart, you can only wash it slowly with time.
"Three years?" Li Xuan shook his head: "It's been too long." ”
Tian Yu was speechless for a while, is three years really long? That's the land of three states, and it also includes Jizhou, the richest state in the world.
"Therefore, we can only let Yuan Shao hand over this people's heart." Li Xuan smiled.
"Hearts and minds?" Tian Yu's eyes were even more puzzled, can this thing be handed over?
Liu Ji looked at Tian Yu, he still liked this young general who was both civil and military, and was good at learning, and he could also see that Li Xuan intended to cultivate this person, and explained with a smile: "Guorang might as well think about it, if you are from a Jizhou family, what will you think in the face of Yuan Shao's constant suspicion, and even unwarranted suppression and exclusion?" ”
"This ......" Tian Yu frowned slightly, as a child of the family, he was extremely sensitive to this issue, and quickly thought of the focus of the problem, raised his head, and looked at Li Xuan with a shocked face: "My lord, this is what you want...... Manipulating Yuan Shao's emotions? ”
"It's not manipulation." Li Xuan shook his head, with a little disdain in his eyes, and said: "And we don't need to manipulate, as I said before, Yuan Shao is a person, there is a false appearance, once he encounters adversity, he will be at a loss, when the tiger prison is closed, the defeat of the princes' coalition army, although there are also different reasons for the alliance's internal thoughts, but as the leader of the alliance, he is indecisive, the coalition failed, Yuan Benchu, at least half of the responsibility, so, as long as we make a false impression for him, he will be in chaos, and even without us doing it, Jizhou will be in chaos from within." (To be continued......)