Xinzhen Zhongli. Zhang Xiu knew that this person must be a few, and he wanted to recruit a little Yi Naizhou" Er Zhang Xiu suddenly said: "Fang is in chaos today, where can he be calm, since this brother is both civil and military, and his talent is extraordinary, why not make contributions in the troubled times, and leave a good name in history, so it is better than dying in the mountains and forests." ”

Speaking of which, you should also know that this person is Li Yan, who was knocked unconscious by Hong Yun and abandoned in Wancheng that day. Several people also knew who Zhang Xiu was talking about, and they all looked at Li Yan and waited for his response. Li Yan heard it and said: "There are many talented people in the world, and it can be seen that there are a few people in high positions. ”

Zhang Xiu heard this, snorted, and asked, "Do you know Xu Huang?" ”

Li Yan replied: "The general under the fat cavalry general, Xu Gongming, the general of Pingkou who slashed the Hebei general with an axe in front of the Tiger Prison Pass

Zhang Xiu nodded and said: "Xu Gongming was originally just an ordinary citizen in Yang County, Hedong, when Baibo Yellow Turban entered Kouyang County, Xu Gongming led the people to help defend the city, and had to rescue Zhang Xiu, who was not a fat cavalry general at that time

After a pause, Zhang Xiu asked again: "Do you know Huang Zhong?" ”

Li Yan heard this, nodded and replied: "Under the command of the new Fat Cavalry General, Huang Hansheng, who was named General Fenwei. ”

Zhang Xiu nodded and said: "He was just an ordinary hunter in Nanyang County, and by chance, he had a chance to learn from Zhenwei General Zhao Yun, regardless of victory or defeat. Therefore, he was appreciated by the fat cavalry general, and was named the general of Fenwei, leading 10,000 troops.

Hearing Zhang Xiu's words, Li Yan was surprised: "Huang Hansheng can actually compete with Zhao Zilong regardless of victory or defeat?" ”

Li Yan's surprise was not surprising, the reputation of the generals who had made a move before the Tiger Prison Pass that day had spread almost all over the entire Han Dynasty, Zhao Yun could fight Zhang Xiu alone without defeat, and his reputation was no less loud than Yan Liang and Wen Chou. When Zhao Yun was still under Yuan Shao that day, there were already rumors that the number one general in Hebei was Zhao Yun, not Yan Liang and Wen Chou. And Li Yan once saw Ji Ling, the general under Yuan Shu, make a move, and he paid for his own martial arts to be slightly better than Ji Ling, and Zhang Xiu beat Ji Ling to a serious injury in a few faces, and now he heard that an ordinary Orion in Nanyang County was no less skilled than Zhao Yun, and his surprise can be imagined.

Zhang Xiu naturally saw Li Yan's surprise, and without waiting for him to speak, he immediately asked again: "It can be known that Du Yi, who was lonely when he was young, was a stepmother who worked hard to raise a person, and his background was not a wealthy family, which can be regarded as miserable, but now he is a county guard." You just said that there are many talented people in the world, but I don't see a few people in a high position, how many people I said can be regarded as in a high position? If you don't count, just look at the fat cavalry general Zhang Xiu, who is not from a wealthy family, but now he can have this achievement, which is actually his own hard work. There are so many precedents, why do you still sigh like this? ”

Although Zhang Xiu's words were finished, they still kept echoing in Li Yan's mind, and after thinking for a while, Li Yan suddenly realized and immediately asked, "Who are you, and why do you know so much?" "Many of what Zhang Xiu said is unknown to outsiders. For example, Huang Zhong's case.

Hearing Li Yan's question, Zhang Xiu smiled indifferently and said: "A certain is just a small official in the mansion of the fat cavalry general, and he will naturally know it when he sees a lot." Zhang Xiu's explanation was believed by those ordinary scholars of the poor sect after hearing it, but Li Yan was still deeply suspicious. At this time, Zhang Xiu said: "Now the opportunity is in front of you, since you are both civil and military, why not participate in both civil and military imperial examinations, if you win the championship in one fell swoop, it is probably not difficult to become an official or a general, I hope to work with you in the Fat Cavalry General's Mansion." After finishing speaking, Zhang Xiu didn't pay attention to Li Yan, just put down a few five-inlaid coins, and left the tavern with the second daughter.

After Zhang Xiu left, those poor men were talking about it, and there were many scholars who doubted the authenticity of what the list said, if they were in the exam, they would be able to be an official, but now they can listen to Zhang Xiu's words, and they believe a lot in the content of the list. After some discussion, they all left in a hurry, and it seemed that they were ready to run to tell other friends.

At this time, the scholar surnamed Liao asked Li Yandao: "Brother Zhengfang, how are you prepared?" ”

Li Yan was silent for a moment and said, "Brother Liao, I'll go and sign up together." ”

When the scholar surnamed Liao heard this, he laughed and said, "There is Brother Zhengfang participating, it seems that Brother Zhengfang won the imperial examination this time."

Li Yan smiled, didn't speak, just hurriedly settled the bill, and went out with the other scholars who were going to sign up.

Let's say that after Zhang Xiu left the tavern, she was not in the mood to go any further, and the second daughter was also a little tired, so she hurried back home, and naturally she couldn't escape the verbosity of the Bu family.

After dinner, Jia Xu came to see Zhang Xiu and introduced Jia Xu: "Wenhe came to visit late at night, I don't know what?" ”

Jia Xu handed over a bamboo slip and said, "My lord, this is to sort out the situation of the princes in various places in the past six months, please take a look." ”

After Zhang Xiu returned to Wancheng, he asked Jia Xu to collect information about the princes from all over the country, and immediately took it with him after collecting it. I saw that Jia Xu had already received the citation. After Zhang Xiujian shrugged and watched carefully, Zhang Xiu put down the bamboo slip and asked, "What does Wenhe think?" ”

Jia Xu replied: "Although the war between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan in Hebei has stopped, as soon as the winter passes, the war may start again, but at this time, Gongsun Chan only has one city in Beiping, and it is really difficult to compete with the power of Yuan Shao and a state. In this way, the two males in the north will compete with each other, and they may not be able to distinguish the winner and loser in a short period of time

Zhang Xiu recalled the history he knew, and it was indeed as Jia Xu expected, Gongsun Zan killed Liu Yu, seized Youzhou and fought with Yuan Shao, which lasted for several years.

Nodding, Zhang Xiu said, "Wen He and continue to speak."

Jia Xu said: "In the north of Chongzhou, Cao Cao led his troops to attack the Yellow Turbans, and basically wiped out the Yellow Turbans in Chongzhou, but this battle was killed by Bao Xin, the northern prime minister, but it did not damage Cao Cao's military strength. Moreover, after Cao Cao dominated Chongzhou, Wen De Xun Yu, Xun You, Xi Zhong, Cheng Yu, and Guo Jia joined the service, and Wu De Yu Ban and Dian Wei. And according to rumors in the army, this Dian Wei can tear the tiger and leopard alive, and his strength is infinite, and he defeats Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan, if he encounters it on the battlefield, the lord must not pay attention to this person. And Yu Ban is good at managing the army and training soldiers, and he is a general. As for this Cheng Yu, who can judge major events, he is a famous man in Yingchuan, and he is stronger than Xun Yu. As for the other people, the lord also saw them in Hedong that day, so I won't say anything

After Zhang Xiu listened, he said secretly: "Cao Cao's team of civil servants and generals is complete. After being silent for a while, he sighed: "Wen has Erxun, Xi Zhong, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu's help, Wu has Xiahou brothers, Cao Ren, Li Dian, Yu Ban, Le Jin and other generals, and Dian Wei is such a fierce general, Cao Cao really can't be underestimated, and he is really my biggest rival." ”

Jia Xu heard this, nodded and said: "That's right, fortunately, our army will take Xiangcheng, if Xiangcheng is owned by Cao Cao, I am afraid that our army will be sitting on a needle carpet at this time." However, I thought that with the strength of our army, Cao Cao would definitely not come to provoke our army at this time. Moreover, Cao Cao has Yuan Shao in the north, Yuan Shu in the south, and our army and Dong Zhuo in the west are not lightly followed, Cao Cao can only go east to get out of trouble, but although Tao Qian in the east is weaker than the other three, he also has more soldiers and more food, and Cao Cao wants to take Xuzhou I am afraid it will take a lot of effort. And our army only needs to take Guanzhong before the princes of Kwantung decide the winner, then our army will be invincible first, and then Zhang Xiu, who will slowly draw pictures, will hear it, nod and say: "What Wenhe said is reasonable, and continue to speak."

Jia Xu nodded and said: "Then there is Yuan Shu, who occupies a part of Yuzhou and Yangzhou, but his network was defeated by our army, and the people were recruited too much before, and it will take a while to recover." And now that the lord and Liu Biao have joined forces to defeat Yuan Shu, I am afraid that he will not dare to go west in a short period of time, and he thinks that Yuan Shu should aim to seize the remaining half of Yangzhou and Xuzhou, I am afraid that there will be a round of competition between Yuan Shu and Cao Cao. ”

Zhang Xiu nodded, if it is analyzed according to the existing situation, it is indeed Yuan Shu and Cao Cao who will fight for Xuzhou. However, the so-called unpredictable world, after Dong Zhuo's death, Lu Bu was forced to escape from Chang'an and go to the eastern part of the country to find a place to live. And Tao Qian willingly ceded Xuzhou to Liu Bei after Cao Cao's attack, these are all unexpected things, and I am afraid that before he was born, only Zhang Xiu was known as a traverser.

Later, Jia Xu said: "The land south of the Yangtze River in Yangzhou is the most powerful with Liu Que, but it is only a few thousand soldiers and horses, and I think that Yangzhou will be occupied by Yuan Shu." As for Jingzhou, Liu Biao has driven Zhang Xian, who entered Kounan County, back to Changsha, and believes that Liu Biao will enter Jingnan after the beginning of spring, and get the rich land of the four counties of Jingnan. ”

After a pause, Jia Xu continued: "After that, Liu Yan of Yizhou, although Liu Yan is ambitious, but he is already in his twilight years, his son Liu Yan is still an official in Chang'an, if Liu Yan can return to Yizhou, with Liu Yan's ability, Yizhou can still be divided from one side." However, it is not known whether Liu Yan can return to Yizhou, Liu Yan still has a son Liu Zhang in Yizhou, but it is rumored that Liu Zhang is cowardly and incompetent, and if he inherits his father's business, it is not known whether he can keep the foundation of Yizhou. ”

Jia Xu analyzed the strengths and weaknesses and advantages and disadvantages of the princes of each state, and after listening to it, Zhang Xiu combed it through with the memories that came through it, and then nodded and said to Jia Xu: "Mr. continued, how is Dong Zhuo and Liangzhou?" ”

Jia Xu nodded and said, "Liangzhou is still occupied by Ma Teng and Han Sui, but Liangzhou has been in chaos for several years, and its momentum has declined. If Dong Zhuo can make up his mind, it will not be difficult to recover Liangzhou, but now Dong Zhuo's ambition has long been worn out, and he is immersed in wine every day. ”

Zhang Xiu heard it and asked, "Is there any change in Chang'an?" ”

Jia Xu replied: "It is reported that Situ Wang Yun successively invited Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu to his home for a banquet, and then I heard that Lu Bu married a new wife, who is the daughter of Situ Wang Yun. ”