Chapter 172: The Undercurrent in Guanzhong
No one can tell when the opportunity Lu Bu was waiting for would appear, but the undercurrent in Guanzhong began to surge after Lu Bu left Chang'an, and time passed to Chang'an after Lu Bu left.
"Public career, what do you mean?" Shi Sun Rui looked at Zheng Tai in confusion. This time, no one thought Lu Bu would win. This was a great opportunity. As long as Lu Bu lost, he would immediately recruit Yuan Shu into Guanzhong to assist the emperor in revitalizing the world.
But what should we do? Shi Sun Rui can manage the local area and sort out the people's livelihood, but if we talk about giving advice, we are far inferior to Zheng Tai. When Wang Yun was in power, Zheng Tai immediately divided Niu Fu, Dong Yue and Duan Wei, who were most likely to become a threat.
If Wang Yun had not been stubborn and self-righteous, how could there be a scene where Lu Bu counterattacked Chang'an?
This time, Shi Sun Rui had contacted many ministers in the court. Just waiting for Lu Bu and Yuan Shu to start a war, Chang'an immediately seized power and responded, attacked inside and outside, completely clearing Lu Bu.
To do such a thing, it is naturally necessary to make careful arrangements. Shi Sun Rui thought of Zheng Tai at the first time. He thought Zheng Tai would agree without hesitation, but this time, Zheng Tai's attitude surprised Shi Sun Rui. He chose to stay out of the matter, not helping each other and be a spectator.
"Jun Rong..." Zheng Tai looked at Shi Sun Rui helplessly and sighed: "You and I are all people who have walked through the brink of life and death. We have been lucky enough to save our lives. Why should we get involved in it again?"
"Are you afraid!" Shi Sun Rui frowned and looked at Zheng Tai: "Dong Zhuo was powerful and had never been afraid of his business in the world, but now Lu Bu..."
"Different!" Zheng Tai interrupted Shi Sun Rui with a wry smile and said, "Lu Bu is very different from Dong Zhuo. Although Dong Zhuo is cruel, he is also kind and righteous. However, Lu Bu seems to be kind and righteous, but he acts extremely resolutely, which is beyond Dong Zhuo's comparison!"
The benevolence and righteousness here refers to soft-heartedness. Dong Zhuo acts like a cruel person, but he will compromise on the affairs of the gentry. He will give up some interests to compromise with the gentry in order to cater to the gentry. On the contrary, when they get along with each other on weekdays, Lu Bu will not sin against others because of his words or kill people at will, but he will not compromise at all. When it is time to take action, Lu Bu is ten times more cruel than Dong Zhuo!
Dong Zhuo's kind of seemingly cruel, but in fact he is strong on the outside but also a man who is a man who is strong on the outside. On the contrary, Lu Bu's kind of thing really provoked him. As long as he can't kill him, Lu Bu's revenge will be ten times more fierce than Dong Zhuo.
Zheng Tai dared to deal with Dong Zhuo because even if Dong Zhuo wins in the end, Dong Zhuo will leave them a way out, but Lu Bu is different. Look at what happened after he occupied Chang'an, Yu Minqiu was completely unreasonable, but the Guanzhong gentry was killed by Lu Bu, which was not a single concern.
Faced with such a Lu Bu, all three tribes were destroyed by accident and their bloodlines were cut off, so Zheng Tai retreated this time!
"Because of this, we should take this opportunity to wipe out the traitors and support the Han Dynasty!" Shi Sun Rui frowned. He didn't understand why Zheng Tai chose to retreat at this time.
"When you find a good opportunity!" Zheng Tai shook his head and chose to refuse.
"This is a good opportunity!" Shi Sun Rui frowned and said, "Yuan Gonglu threw all the 500,000 troops from Jianghuai to attack. The entire Guanzhong army was only 100,000, and Lu Bu could not take them all away. How could he compete with Yuan Gong? What's more, we are in the rear to seize power, why worry about the big thing not being done!?"
"Yuan Gaolu may not be able to win." Zheng Tai shook his head: "Yuan Gaolu will send troops this time, at most, no more than 200,000."
"Even if it is 200,000, it is enough to crush Lu Bu, why can't you win?" Shi Sun Rui said in confusion. In this battle, 200,000 and 100,000 will definitely win.
"The way to use troops is not better. The land of Nanyang is flat and stands at the rushing of cavalry. If there are insufficient cavalry in Yuan Shu's army, they will be implicated." Zheng Tai sighed, and he decided to make up for military tactics for Shi Sun Rui.
"In addition, the war is courageous. Lu Bu fights south and north, and the heroes are shocked at Hulao Pass, and the Qiang and Hu are shocked in the northwest. The soldiers under his command are all brave. Although there are many soldiers on the road, they are negligent in training and even less conquering. Jun Rong should have seen the tiger and wolf army under Lu Bu, so the road is probably not an opponent!"
"These are all small douches!" Shi Sun Rui frowned.
"Then let's talk about the righteousness. Lu Bu's dispatch of troops this time was because Yuan Gonglu seized the angel. It can be said that it is legitimate in morality. Yuan Gonglu sent troops to rebel against the king! It would be fine if he could win quickly. If he could not, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Tao Qian, and Liu Biao would all move in sight. By then, it would be rare for Yuan Gonglu to be undefeated, let alone attack Guanzhong?"
After saying that, Zheng Tairuo glanced at Shi Sun Rui with a deep meaning. Yuan Shu sent troops this time to rebel against the king. If they welcomed Yuan Shu, if they really pursued it, it would be a traitor and a loss of justice. This is also one of the reasons why Zheng Tai refused to participate in this matter.
If the reputation is not upright, the words will not go well. It would be fine if he can fight quickly. However, with Lu Bu's ability, those who can fight quickly in the world against him are usually killed by the quick battle. Yuan Shu seems to be a huge momentum, but in fact there are many hidden dangers.
Moreover, Yuan Shu was so arrogant and disregarded by his own power and did not even take the imperial court seriously, which really made Zheng Tai dislike. Wang Yun had some morality when dealing with Dong Zhuo. This time, Yuan Shu sent troops to the army to have nothing to do with righteousness. No matter what Lu Bu was doing to the scholars, in this matter, it was difficult for Lu Bu to occupy the righteousness, and Yuan Shu lost the righteousness and wanted to win.
Shi Sun Rui frowned and sighed, looking at Zheng Tai and said, "But have you ever seen how humble the Guanzhong gentry was under the rule of Lu Bu?"
Zheng Tai nodded and said nothing. Putting aside his identity as a scholar, from the perspective of the bystander, this was also done by the Guanzhong clan itself.
When Dong Zhuo was there, he kept compromising, but of course, led by Wang Yun and Huangfu Song also included himself, and forced Dong Zhuo to death.
Dong Zhuo died as he wished. Now a real ruthless person has come, but he also thinks that he is not compromising. Less than half a year after Lu Bu was in power, the people's livelihood in Guanzhong quickly recovered. In fact, no one can survive without anyone else.
Zheng Tai was also a scholar, so he naturally wanted to speak for the scholar. Now it seems to be the time to deal with Lu Bu, but in fact, if he really takes action, he may have taken the initiative to hand the knife to Lu Bu and wait for someone to chop and kill.
"Jun Rong, listen to my advice. This is definitely not the time to deal with Lu Bu. If you take action, you may be doomed!" Zheng Tai looked at Shi Sun Rui and said earnestly.
Shi Sunrui shook his head and looked at Zheng Tai and said, "The public does not understand the business."
"What I said is not to shirk. Does Junrong think that Tai is just because of his greed for life and fear of death, so he dare not participate in this matter?" Zheng Tai frowned.
"It's not this. Gongye had previously made suggestions for the fall of Dong and was busy running around. Unfortunately, his teacher took the credit for his own contribution, which made you and I escape from the liquidation by chance. But I know Gongye is not a person who is afraid of death." Shi Sun Rui shook his head and said.
Zheng Tai felt a little ashamed, he was really afraid of death.
Shi Sun Rui said: "But if I don't participate this time, there will be nothing wrong. Do you know that since Lu Bu decided to raise an army to attack the highway, the Guanzhong Sect has been secretly united. Can you persuade me, maybe these people?"
Zheng Tai shook his head. He knew why the Guanzhong Sect was like this. Compared with the officials in the court, Lu Bu moved the biggest thing about their vital interests. These Guanzhong Sects were more eager than anyone else to fall and drive Lu Bu out of Guanzhong. There were also those Longxi gentry members who had lost their character!
These people have been blinded by interests. If he comes forward to persuade him, he may even be bitten back. Why do you have to do such a thing?
"They want to move, so they are. Why should Jun Rong get involved?" Zheng Tai probably understood what Shi Sun Rui meant and persuaded with a wry smile.
Shi Sun Rui sighed and said, "Lu Bu is unrighteous and goes against the will of heaven. Perhaps as Gongye said, his energy has not been exhausted, but he will eventually have to come out. If I don't come out, the Guanzhong gentry will be even more difficult to defeat him. If I wait to come forward, I may have a few chances of winning!"
Of course, Shi Sun Rui was not the only one in the court who was preparing to do this. However, since Zheng Tai did not want to participate in this matter, Shi Sun Rui would not inform others, one to prevent the leak of the secret, and the other to ensure that Zheng Tai was not involved in this matter.
Zheng Tai heard this and said politely: "Brother Jun Rong Gao Yi!"
Shi Sunrui shook his head. To put it bluntly, it was just a coup. Since Zheng Tai was unwilling to join, Shi Sunrui would not force it. It would be fine if they failed. When they were unable, there would be people in the court who could continue to compete with Lu Bu!
"Brother Jun Rong!" Before leaving, Zheng Tai suddenly grabbed Shi Sun Rui.
"Public career...you..." Shi Sun Rui had already seen Zheng Tai. Could it be that he changed his mind?
"I really don't want to get involved this time, but if I want to succeed, I'm willing to offer three suggestions!" Zheng Tai looked at Shi Sun Rui and said.
"Talk about the public business!" Shi Sun Rui's eyes lit up and looked at Zheng Tai and said.
"If you want to do something, don't break off your relationship with Yuan Shu in the name of him, otherwise even if you succeed, you will be a master of Wuming!" Zheng Tai said in a deep voice.
Shi Sun Rui nodded. Zheng Tai said just now that he had lost the will to take action in the name of responding to Yuan Shu.
"Secondly, take Chang'an and Chang'an for a while, Guanzhong will be in chaos. At that time, the emperor's decree will be surrendered to all rebels. Remember, don't ask for any crime and say bluntly that everyone except Lu Bu can be forgiven! Although Lu Bu has prestige in the army, he is not enough to fight against the imperial power. As long as he possesses Chang'an, he will have the ability to command the world!" Zheng Tai said this with unprecedented seriousness. Wang Yun could be said to have died under this move. Of course, other reasons are also there, but this problem is the most important.
Shi Sun Rui nodded again: "What's the last plan?"
"If the first two steps are achieved, immediately send troops to seize Wuguan, the faster the better. If Lu Bu's way back, Guanzhong can be determined. Otherwise, once Lu Bu returns, the generals of Western Liang in Guanzhong may be immediately instigated by him!" Zheng Tai said in a deep voice.
As for how to fight and how to incur trouble, Zheng Tai didn't say that, he had to adapt to the situation and it was impossible to calculate everything in advance. He didn't have the ability, but as long as he followed these three steps, there was basically no problem.
Shi Sunrui nodded and looked at Zheng Tai and said, "Thank you."
Chapter completed!