Luyang County Cheng is a special official position under Zhang Xiu, since Zhang Xiu entered the lane, "the first Nanyang County Cheng is Zhang Ji, and then Zhang Ji was transferred to Hanzhong County Cheng." Don't look at it as just a flat tone. Among them, there has been a change in power, and it can be seen from the officials of Hanzhong, Sizhou, and Chang'an that Zhang Xiu's setting is actually a supreme official. Take charge of the overall situation, and then a government official, a military official, and assist the supreme officer.

Among them, due to the differences in the situation in various places, civil and military officials were sent to serve as the highest governors. It seems that Hanzhong is to guard Li Ru as the Tai, but because Hanzhong has many passes to defend, and Hanzhong, as a large grain-producing county under Zhang Xiu's rule, mainly governs the government, so Li Ru is sent to govern the army, and Xu Rong is the army below. The governance is based on Zhang Jiwei, who can be said to be the third person in Hanzhong County, slightly inferior to Xu Rong, who is older than him.

And Chang'an is based on Huang Zhong, the general of the expedition to the west. This is because Chang'an, as the front-line base of Zhang Xiu's war with Ma Teng and Han Sui, must be guarded by a husband, and the second Nanyang County Cheng is Jing Zhaoyin, who is the governor of Chang'an and assists Huang Zhong.

Sizhou is based on Zhao Yun, but in fact, Zhao Yun needs to do more is to scrape the army and deal with public security, of course, this is just the appearance, if Yongliang changes, then Zhang Xiu will let Zhao Yun immediately lead the troops westward and attack Yongliang, so Sizhou is headed by Zhao Yun. The counties of Sizhou were divided into Huaxiong, Mengda, Duji, and Han Hao, and there were civil and military officials due to different situations, and they assisted Zhao Yun in handling Sizhou affairs.

Here in Nanyang, in fact, it is the same. The supreme official is Zhang Xiu, and the following government is governed by Zhong Qi. The army is governed by Zhang Liao and Tai Shici. Of course, Zhang Xiu, as the lord of everyone, also took care of the situation in the other three places.

It is because Nanyang County has its historical reasons. Everyone under Zhang Xiu's command knows that as long as he serves as the Nanyang County Cheng, the next step will definitely be transferred to become the second person in the party. It's not a small handwriting.

Zhuge Jin did not speak, but took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu took the letter, opened it, and his face changed slightly. Then he said: "It turns out that Lu Zijing has recommended Ziyu to Wentai, but he is presumptuous." ”

Zhuge Jin smiled, and in front of Zhang Xiu, he tore the letter into pieces with a "brush". Then he stood up and saluted Zhang Xiu: "Zhuge has seen the lord. ”

Zhang Xiu saw it and said in surprise: "Ziyu, you", why? ”

Zhuge said with a smile: "The so-called good birds choose trees to perch. The virtuous minister chooses the lord to do things. Sun Wentai didn't know the talent of Jian, and only relying on Zijing's recommendation was not enough to make Wuchenghou appreciate Jin. And Sun Wentai is under his command. Most of the Jiangdong families worked for them, and there were fine celebrities to help, but Sun Wentai was based in Jiangdong. When the Jiangdong family is the mainstay, and it is an outsider to serve there, there will inevitably be a lot of struggle between the two factions. For self-preservation, it is difficult to show what you have learned.

The lord recruits talents from all walks of life, has both civil and military skills, and is not like the general Kansai people who despise the scholars, the literary style is prosperous, and the martial style is not degenerate, and the imperial examination system is used to benefit the family, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. I thought that under the command of the lord, I could show what I had learned. Therefore, I would like to abandon Jiangdong and go to the lord.

Zhang Xiu listened to Zhuge Jin's explanation. Xi said: "Dezi Yu is like-minded, embroidered like a fish in water, and like a dragon entering the sea." ”

Zhuge Ji replied: "The lord praises falsely." ”

After Zhuge Jin's work, Zhong Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, and with Zhuge Jin's help, Zhong Xuan's work was much easier. Zhuge Jinzhi is even better than Zhang Ji and Li Yan. Zhong Xuan also praised it.

After seven days of lectures, the Nanyang School Palace also came to an end temporarily, and Sima Hui, Pang Degong and Huang Chengyan returned to Xiangyang County. However, after this round of lectures, there are many poor scholars from all over the country who remain in Wancheng. Cai Yi and others will also give lectures regularly. There is also a collection of books in the palace for scholars to read. The poor scholar lacked books, and of course he would not let go of such a good opportunity, so he stayed.

In the blink of an eye, it turned into midsummer, and the spring ploughing was completed very well, and even the 50,000 military tun basically planted the wasteland of Hongnong County with grain, and then 45,000 of the 50,000 soldiers were transferred to continue to build Huangguan and Luoyang City. Just when Zhang Xiuzhi was thriving, Yizhou and Guanzhong began to move again.

Since the beginning of the latter part of spring ploughing, Ma Teng and Han Sui successively sent troops to Chang'an to harass, intending to affect the spring ploughing in Chang'an, Huang Zhong naturally sent troops to resist, Huang Zhong and Ma Teng, Han Sui's troops fought dozens of times, all of which repelled the enemy army and successfully completed spring ploughing in Chang'an. After Huang Zhong freed his hand. Let Huangfu Di and Wu Ban not stop leading a small force to attack Zuo Feng Key and Right Fufeng, each time leading troops as little as a few thousand, as many as 10,000, the three sides do not stop fighting in Guanzhong. However, Ma Teng and Han Sui did not unite, but attacked Zhang Xiu separately, although the goal was the same, but they could not form a cooperation. Therefore, the three parties are mutually victorious and losing. Entering the summer, Zhang Ren's army on the Yizhou side attacked again, but this time the soldiers were divided into two ways, attacking the Sword Pavilion on the one hand, and attacking the Yulei Pass on the other, Xu Rong did not act rashly, but just sent troops to defend the Yulei Pass, and the Sword Pavilion had Pei Yuanshao in it, and the defense was more than enough.

The small battle with Ma Teng, Han Sui and Liu Zhang did not stop until the beginning of winter. Zhang Xiu's side is constantly fighting, and the Central Plains is also the same. Yuan Shu attacked Xuzhou, and Lu Bu retreated from Yuan Shu's army with archery, but Cao Cao, who had a lot of fanfare last year, did not move this year.

Yuan Shu attacked Xuzhou and no longer intervened in the dispute between Sun Jian and Liu Biao, but because of Sun Jian's yang and yin. gradually began to contact Liu Biao, intending to join forces with Liu Biao to control Sun Jian. The Hebei duo continued to fight, but Yuan Shao had gained the upper hand, and Gongsun Chan was forced to retreat and shrink his defenses. The first year of Jian'an passed quietly in the open and secret battles in various places, but there were no big war students like last year, and the people were praying for the war to end as soon as possible, but the princes around the country were mobilizing troops and horses to prepare for the next year's war.

Under Zhang Xiu's rule, it was stable, and the Nanyang School Palace ushered in the great Confucian Zheng Xuan in the autumn, Zheng Xuan was the master of the world's classics, and his reputation was more prominent than that of Sima Hui and others, so Zhang Xiu invited Sima Hui and the three of them again, and held a large-scale lecture. In the end, the position of sacrificial wine in Nanyang School Palace was awarded to Zheng Xuan. And Zheng Xuan is also determined to stay in Wancheng, the biggest factor that attracts him to stay in Wancheng is naturally the collection of books, but he is not too rare for the Nanyang School Palace to sacrifice wine.

The formation of the navy has been completed, and Gan Ning commanded 9,000 sailors and 1,000 Jinfan troops to conduct exercises in the Yellow River, although the big ships discussed with Ma Jun were not built. But it does not hinder the training of the water army.

In the first year of Jian'an, Zhang Xiu's subordinates also held two happy events, that is, the marriage of Zhao Yun and Tai Shici. Tai Shi Ci and Zhao Yu Bu Chuan'er, since they returned from the Hanshui trip, they were originally like two acquaintances who were enemies. Tai Shici's mother and Zhao Yun did not object, and there was a basis for their marriage.

However, Zhao Yun was groundless, Ma Yunlu's matter Zhang Xiu sent a letter to explain the situation to Zhao Yun, but Zhao Yun did not return to Wancheng on the grounds that he was busy with business. Ma Yunlu won the arrogance of Qiang women. went directly to Luoyang to find Zhao Yun, and I didn't know what was going on, in short, just before Tai Shici and Zhao Yun got married, Zhao Yun also came with the news that he was going to get married, and the object was Ma Yunlu.

Such an explosive news came. Everyone couldn't accept it for a while, only Zhang Xiu remembered that there were rumors that Zhao Yun was married to Ma's sister. knew that they should be fateful, so he smiled and said nothing. Naturally, the younger sister cannot marry before the elder brother. So the marriage of Tai Shici and Zhao Yu had to be postponed. Let Zhao Yun and Ma Yunlu marry first. Gao Tang is also easy to do, Tong Yuan and Wang Yue are Zhao Yun's masters. acted as a high hall, and Ma Yunlu was served by Ma Dai, who was under house arrest in Wancheng. Ma Dai originally thought that Ma Yunlu was forced to marry Zhao Yun, but later saw that the two were close to each other. Only then did he go to this idea and served as Ma Yunlu's high hall.

The two happy events were successfully completed, Tai Shici and Zhao Yu were nothing, and the news of Zhao Yun and Ma Yunlu's marriage reached Yongliang, which immediately caused a storm. The alliance between Ma Teng and Han Sui has no possibility of pulling back, Ma Yunlu is the pearl of Ma Teng's palm, which is well known to everyone in Xiliang, and now marrying the number one general under Zhang Xiu's command makes people feel ridiculous, there is such a relationship between Ma Teng and Zhang Xiu, how can Han Sui never trust Ma Teng again.

When Ma Teng heard such a news, of course he was furious, and immediately led tens of thousands of troops to attack Chang'an, forcing Huang Zhong, who was still fighting with Han Sui in Zuo Feng Key, to immediately withdraw his troops and fight with Ma Teng in Chang'an City, until the heavy snow came in winter, and Ma Teng's army had no choice but to retreat. Last year's defeat is vivid, and Ma Teng has not forgotten it.

In the spring of the second year of Jian'an, Zhang Xiu's spring ploughing net was completed, and Zhang Xiu found all the civil and military henchmen in Wancheng. I saw that in the main hall of the General's Mansion, Zhang Xiu sat Jia Xu, Zhong Chai , Fa Zheng and Zhuge Jin on the right side in turn, and Zhang Liao, Tai Shici, Zhou Cang, Yang Feng and Wang Wei on the left. On the guest seat sat Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun.

Zhang Xiu cleared his throat and said: "The year before last, our army recaptured Chang'an, and last year Ma Teng and Han Sui attacked Chang'an many times. Our army already has the strength to fight a big war. Therefore, Ben will prepare to recover Guanzhong. In one fell swoop, Ma and Han drove the two out of Guanzhong, I don't know what your best plan is? ”

Zhuge Jin is the first time to participate in such a major military conference, before receiving Zhang Xiu's notice, he has begun to prepare, and now he can hear Zhang Xiu's question, but he is a little eager to try, "Now Zhuge Jin is like the new Zhang Xiu's Fa Zheng that day, Jia Xu and Fa Zheng saw it, looked at each other and smiled, and they were all silent.

Zhang Xiu naturally saw the performance of the people below, smiled slightly, and asked: "Ziyu has a good strategy, so he can't be blunt." ”

Zhuge listened to it, answered loudly, and then came out and said: "Lord, the plan to divide the lord and Jia Changshi that day has been quite effective, and with the marriage of General Zhao and Mrs. Zhao, the alliance between Ma Teng and Han Sui has been directly broken. Therefore, I understand that to recover Guanzhong, we should deal with one family first, rather than two families to conquer together. Just wipe out one family first. It is much easier to destroy the other family, and then the lord can not only recover Guanzhong, but also Liangzhou. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Xiu nodded and said: "What Ziyu said is reasonable, so which one does Ziyu think is better to attack first?"

Zhuge replied: "Ma Teng."

Zhang Xiu let out a light "oh", and then asked, "Ziyu, let's talk carefully." ”

Zhuge replied: "General Zhao and Mrs. Zhao's marriage made Ma Teng very annoyed, and last year he personally led a large army to attack Chang'an, which shows that Ma Teng was extremely angry because of this matter. Whoever is angry goes into battle. will lose calm, although the Ma family is brave, and if they lose their coolness, there is only the courage of the horseman, and they can be defeated in a battle. On the other hand, Han Sui, although he has no generals, but there are many large armies, and the strategist Cheng Gongying is also quite resourceful, which is more difficult to deal with than Ma Teng, and if Han Sui is in a desperate situation, Ma Teng may not be able to save him, but if Ma Teng is in a desperate situation, then Han Sui will not save him. Compare the two, it is better to ask Ma Teng first

Zhang Xiu nodded and said, "What Ziyu said is reasonable, since you want to ask Ma Teng, Ziyu has a strategy to break the enemy?" ”

Zhuge Jin said with a smile: "Now Ma Teng's general Pang De has 30,000 troops stationed in Xianyang, there are 20,000 troops of Ma Yue in Longyou, and 40,000 Ma Teng's troops in Tianshui, Longxi and other places, and Ma Teng's total strength is close to 100,000. To deal with Ma Teng, I thought that Ma Teng's hatred for General Zhao could be used, so that General Zhao led the army to attract Ma Teng's attention, and the lord was defeated again

Zhang Xiu heard this, nodded and smiled: "It's a good way, but it's a bit of a committee." ”

Fa Zheng also echoed: "Ziyu is reasonable, but before attracting Ma Teng, you need to defeat Pang De and Ma Yue's army, and Pang De is brave. He is cautious by nature, and it is really not easy to deal with, and he is also careful that Han Sui will send troops to attack Chang'an and intercept the rear of our army.

Everyone listened and nodded their heads. At this time, Huangfu Song suddenly said: "The old man has a plan. It can wipe out Ma Teng's entire army. "The people listened. They all looked at Huangfu Song in surprise. Huangfu Song looked at Zhang Xiu instead, and said: "This strategy is actually not what the old man thinks, but the policy that the general gave to the old man back then, why don't the generals use it." ”

Zhang Xiu ignored everyone's gaze at him, but lowered his head in contemplation, and only raised his head for a long time. looked at Huangfu Song and said, "What Huangfu said. Isn't it embroidered that the three strategies of Pingqiang were the best strategies? ”

Huangfu Song nodded and said, "Yes." Now Nanyang, Hanzhong, Chang'an, and Sili are all under the rule of the general, and the general can transfer troops and send generals here to crusade against Ma Teng, why only march from Chang'an. ”

Zhang Xiu nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, the strategy was made back then." even abandoned it, how foolish he saw the puzzled looks of everyone. Zhang Xiu slowly explained in detail the three strategies of Pingqiang that were dedicated to Huangfu Song.

After hearing this, everyone sighed: "If the imperial court had used the policy of the lord back then, the Qiang disaster would have been settled earlier, and there would have been no rebellion of Dong Zhuo later." ”

After sighing, Jia Xu stood up. Out of the column said: "Lord, there is a strategy to break the enemy