At the turn of spring and summer, there are black mountain thieves Yu Poison, Zhenggu, Bai Rao, etc., and the cavalry of the Huns in Fuluo, who wandered in Hanoi, came to plunder in the north. Because the princes' soldiers and horses were holding each other with Dong Zhuo, there were battles from time to time, and they couldn't react for a while, and they were actually broken by the thieves. More than 20,000 thieves under Bai Rao's department rushed straight to Dongjun.

Wang Qiu, as the Taishou of the Eastern County, had the responsibility to defend the territory, and when he heard the news, he immediately gathered the soldiers and horses of the county and planned to resist the enemy. But there was a shortage of food and grass, and there was not enough money, so he had no choice but to summon the wealthy families in the city to ask for help.

Zhao Yu was also invited.

On this day, Zhao Yu came back from the city, and Wang Tian, who accompanied him, asked him suspiciously: "Since the owner doesn't look down on Wang Qiu, why do you still support grain and grass?"

Previously, Wang Qiu invited, and during the banquet, each family in the city only donated twenty or thirty stones of grain and grass, which almost made Wang Qiu angry. Only Zhao Yu donated 3,000 stones.

Wang Qiu reciprocated the favor and asked Zhao Yu to serve as the magistrate of Dongjun. Zhao Yu refused, but recommended Dian Wei to be the lieutenant of Puyang County. Wang Qiu directly agreed.

Hearing Wang Tian's doubts, Zhao Yu smiled and said, "If you don't give him food and grass, how can he go to death?"

"Huh?"

Wang Tian was stunned.

Zhao Yu shook his head: "Without grain and grass, Wang Qiu will not dare to send troops, so he can only rely on the thick walls of Puyang City to defend." My Zhuangzi is just outside the city, and the thieves can't break through Puyang, so they will definitely turn to attack me. There are only 100 guards in Zhuangzhong, and the two fists are invincible to the four hands, and only by letting Wang Qiu lead the troops and keep the thieves out of Puyang, Zhuangzi will be stable. ”

Zhao Yu only said half a sentence.

In fact, when the thieves were swarming, Xiahoudun's side was earlier than Zhao Yu got the news. At this time, everything has been prepared for a long time.

Let Wang Qiu lead his troops out of the city in order to let him die.

Wang Qiu is not dead, how can the seat of Dongjun Taishou be vacated?

Back in the village, Zhao Yu called Dian Wei: "I asked Taishou Wang Qiu for the position of Puyang County Lieutenant, and you will go to perform your duties tomorrow." Don't do anything superfluous, just keep the county soldiers and city defense firmly in your hands. ”

Dian Wei didn't ask much, and said, "Yes, Dongjia." ”

"Go ahead. ”

After sending Dian Wei away, Zhao Yu thought alone in the study for a while, and then called Wang Tian in: "You go to the sour jujube overnight, and invite Xiahou Yuanrang and Cao Zi and any of them." ”

After a pause, he commanded, "Let the people of the Wei caravan in the city get ready, and tell them that there is a shipment of goods to be delivered." ”

Wang Tian responded: "Yes." ”

"The thief is powerful, Wang Qiu is afraid that he will ask Liu Dai for help. Zhao Yu thought alone: "But the news of the resurgence of the yellow scarf in Qingzhou should have spread..."

In the history that should have been, Liu Dai died at the hands of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban. Qingzhou Yellow Turban is back, and the leader is Guan Hai. This person's ability is good, but after all, he is a wild man. On the Qingzhou side, hundreds of thousands of yellow scarves were broken by Gongsun Zhan and had to go south to Xuzhou and Yanzhou. Liu Dai, as the assassin of Yanzhou, led his troops to resist and was killed by the Yellow Turban in the battle.

It was also Liu Dai who was killed, and Cao Mengde, who had just won the position of Taishou of Dongjun, was welcomed as the assassin of Yanzhou.

A lot of information flowed through his heart, and Zhao Yu's mind was extremely clear.

The most important thing at the moment is to push Cao Mengde to the position of Taishou of Dongjun. Let Cao Mengde carry the soldiers who are firmly rooted in Fuluo, let the people of Yanzhou see Cao Mengde's military might, and make them believe that only Cao Mengde is the best choice to protect them at this time, and naturally, Cao Mengde will be pushed to this position.

As for Wang Qiu and Liu Dai, I'm sorry, who made him have nothing to do with Zhao Yu.

Before dark the next day, Xiahoudun rode alone and rushed to the village.

"Haha... Mr. Zhao, I ran and killed a horse to arrive in one day. ”

Xiahoudun clasped his fists and saluted: "I don't know what Mr. called me to do, what orders do you have." ”

"Come into the house and talk. ”

Zhao Yu invited Xiahoudun into the study, and then retreated left and right, before saying: "The matter is coming, it is about Meng De's next step, I have to be cautious." ”

Xiahoudun knew in his heart: "What does Mr. mean..."

Zhao Yu said: "I don't know if Yuan Rang can know the current situation in Qingzhou?"

When Xiahou heard this, he was slightly stunned: "Qingzhou... Yuan Benchu intended to seize Jizhou, joined forces with Gongsun Bogui, and seemed to give Qingzhou to Gongsun Bogui. ”

Speaking of sending, it is also a joke. Qingzhou was not under Yuan Shao's rule, but it was just an agreement with Gongsun Zan to deal with Han Fu.

Zhao Yu nodded: "I watch the number of days, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban will rise again." ”

Since Xiahoudun didn't know, Zhao Yu could only use the illusory reason of days to prevaricate.

"Yellow Turban?!"

Xiahoudun was even more stunned.

"Yes, yes. Zhao Yu said: "The thieves came north and have entered Dongjun. Wang Qiu, as the general of Liu Dai, must ask Liu Gongshan for help. However, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban could not fight Gongsun Zhan, and he must go south to Xuzhou and Yanzhou. Hundreds of thousands of yellow scarves, where does Liu Gongshan still have the leisure to take care of him? In my opinion, Liu Gongshan will die at the hands of the yellow scarves. ”

Xiahoudun's mouth opened wide.

"I asked Wang Tian to invite you over overnight, just because of this. Zhao Yu said: "When Wang Qiu sent troops to fight with the thieves, you used the banner of Cao Mengde to break the thieves, and quietly killed Wang Qiu by the way, but this matter cannot be exposed, can you be sure?"

When Xiahou heard this, he patted his chest: "Sir, don't worry, I can shoot him with one arrow." ”

"Good. Zhao Yu said: "After you shot Wang Qiu, send the remnants back to Puyang, and now the captain of Puyang County is Dian Wei, just let Dian Wei take over, so Puyang is in his hands." Remember to make a big deal of it all the way, but you originally returned from Yangzhou to recruit troops and train a little in Suoju, and you were going to Hanoi to fight against Dong thieves, but you didn't expect to encounter thieves on the way, and so on..."

Yuan let know. "Xiahoudun has a clear understanding.

Zhao Yu said: "Listen to me." Wang Qiu is dead, Puyang is also in control, since Liu Gongshan is also certain to die, why not go further and let Meng De sit on the position of Yanzhou assassin?"

The position of the assassin was originally established by the imperial court to supervise the official positions of the local taishou, and there was no real power. On the other hand, only the state pastor is the super prince who is in charge of the military and political power of a state. But if the world is in chaos, the history of thorns has also jumped up. If you do a history of assassination, nominally, you have the right to dictate to the entire state. In Hanlu, the status of the history of assassination is not higher than that of Taishou, but when he does the history of assassination, he has the name of interfering in other counties, which is the most important thing.

"The yellow turbans are huge, hundreds of thousands of people. The people of the Yanzhou family are strong and strong, and they must be trembling. Especially after the death of Liu Gongshan, he must be in fear. At the beginning, Zhang Jiao started an incident and killed the powerful officials of the family, and I still remember it vividly. Therefore, the whole Yanzhou must be looking forward to a person with great combat power to sit in charge. With 3,000 soldiers and horses, you broke 20,000 thieves and destroyed the withering and decaying, and Meng De easily defeated the thieves such as Fuluo, Yu Poison, and Zhenggu in Hanoi and Wei County, so everyone expects it..."

After listening to this, Xiahoudun suddenly admired in his heart: "Mr. Jinyu has good words." ”

Zhao Yu smiled slightly: "Therefore, you and Meng De must show strong combat effectiveness." That's why I called you. ”

Xiahoudun's heart turned, and he suddenly showed joy: "Could it be..."

Zhao Yu chuckled: "It is the armor and equipment in the warehouse." I originally planned to wait for Meng De to enter the East County, and then hand over the armor to Meng De, and Meng De himself will distribute it, and I can't overstep my bounds. But now it seems that the armor is in the warehouse, so it is better to use it. There are more than 5,000 sets of armor stored in the warehouse, all of which are sharp and strong, and if they are equipped with elite soldiers, they will be invincible. I have informed the Wei Firm that a caravan will come tomorrow and secretly transport the armor away. Use a part of your 3,000 soldiers and horses, and send the rest to Hanoi and give it to Meng De. ”

"Thank you, sir!"

Things were completely no different from what Zhao Yu expected, first, Wang Qiu asked for help, but Liu Gongshan learned that hundreds of thousands of yellow turbans in Qingzhou were expelled south by Gongsun Zhan and had entered Taishan County. Tao Gongzu of Xuzhou hurriedly sent the general Cao Bao to lead the troops to defend it.

The yellow scarf couldn't enter Xuzhou, so he came east and entered Yanzhou, but Liu Gongshan was powerless to take care of him.

And Wang Qiu led his troops to cross to the north, encountered thieves in Dunqiu, fought a big battle, lost the enemy, retreated in panic, only hundreds of people crossed the river, and the rest were defeated. The thief Bai Rao's troops pursued closely, crossed the river with their tails, and besieged Wang Qiu's remnants dozens of miles outside Puyang.

Xiahoudun led the troops to appear at the right time, instantly broke the thief soldiers, and beheaded Bai Rao in the chaos of the army. And Dongjun Taishou Wang Qiu was also killed by the stray arrow.

In this battle, Xiahoudun's troops were well-equipped, and their fierceness was revealed. 3,000 against 20,000, breaking the thief soldiers in an instant, losing only more than ten people, beheading thousands of people, capturing tens of thousands, and suddenly shocking Dongjun.

Xiahoudun escorted more than 100 remnants of Dongjun to Puyang, and the wealthy families in the city asked Xiahoudun to temporarily control Puyang, but Xiahoudun refused, and Gaybecause Xiahoudun wanted to lead troops to Hanoi to help Yuan Mengzhu fight against Dong thieves. The people of the Hao clan begged hard, but Xiahoudun was unmoved, and the next day he led his troops to leave Puyang and go to Hanoi.

At this time, several thieves, in addition to the Bai Rao Division, which was broken by Xiahou Dun, as well as Yu Poison, Zhenggu and Yu Fuluo, etc., were still huge and were wreaking havoc in the land of Dongjun on the other side of the river. The wealthy clans in the city are fighting all day long, so they frequently gather, and even Zhao Yu is often invited.

There is a yellow turban in the eastern part of Yanzhou, and it is difficult for Liu Gongshan to take care of it. And in the north of Dongjun, there are thieves raging, the wealthy family of Dongjun thought about it, discussed more than ten times, and under the hint of Zhao Yu without a trace, finally before the autumn, sent a representative to Hanoi to meet Yuan Benchu.

Soon, Cao Mengde was ordered by Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, to lead troops to fight. First in Wei County, Huang Da broke the Black Mountain thief Zhenggu, the Xiongnu in Fuluo, and then marched into Dongjun, where the Dunqiu King was defeated, and then broke in the poison, so Dongjun Dading.

The people of the wealthy families in Dongjun all cheered, and their hearts suddenly settled a lot.

"Now that the troubled times are in smoke, although this matter has passed, where will the thieves come from next year?"

Zhao Yu was at the banquet and said eloquently: "If Dongjun wants to be stable, it is necessary to have a capable and meritorious Taishou to sit in charge." In my opinion, Cao Mengde and Cao Gong won more with less, and tens of thousands of thieves were destroyed in less than two months. Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, Cao Gongchang's Righteousness, Black Mountain Rebellion, Cao Gong's Broken Thief Soldiers, it is more than enough to be too guarded in Dongjun, what do you think?"

Zhao Yu said again: "My industry is outside the city, if there are thieves again, it will be difficult to please." Although you live in the city, the good fields and mulberry trees are all outside the city. Now that the Yellow Turban in eastern Yanzhou is powerful, Liu Tingshi may be difficult to resist, and he has to be a person with brilliant achievements to win the situation. The rebellion of Zhang Jiao, drenched in blood, everyone, but a few years, have you forgotten?"

Zhao Yu's 'heart-to-heart' was indeed true, which moved the wealthy family of Dongjun.

So they unanimously agreed to send a representative to see Yuan Benchu again and ask Cao Mengde to be the Taishou of Dongjun.

But before a representative was sent, Yuan Shao's order arrived.

Cao Mengde was appointed as the Taishou of Dongjun.