Chapter Three Hundred and Thirteen
With Niu Fu's roar, several players were swept out of Niu Fu's mansion and fell to the ground in a flat sand and falling geese.
"Gongguanggu, what's the matter? Just this little thing and want to get a prefect. I'm really good at bullying, right?"
Niu Fu, who was drunk, cursed and took back his kicked foot, sweeping back and forth with disdainful eyes.
The players and guests who were doing business for Xu Gong were completely dissatisfied, so they had to lower their heads and escape. As for the money and gifts prepared by Xu Gong, they did not dare to ask Niu Fu to retrieve them, so they had to watch these things stay in the mansion.
As soon as these uninvited guests left, Jia Xu and others, who were hiding in the shadow of the Niu Mansion, walked out, their eyes flashed slightly.
"Oh, I didn't expect these people to look down on me, Niu, so I want to use this little jewelry to make me do things. It's really abominable. These jewelry should be used as compensation for me."
Niu Fu was as thick as a city wall, so he took the things he sent for himself as a matter of course, without any guilt.
"I would have liked everyone as kind as Brother Li, just giving things is very important to me."
Niu Fu continued to invite Jia Xu and others to drink and talk about whether it was so happy.
However, Jia Xu politely declined Niu Fu's kindness, and after getting what he wanted, he said goodbye and left.
Under the escort of Shi Jingsi and Li Cunxiao, Jia Xu successfully left Luoyang City, returned to Longque City through the teleportation array, and handed over the Ren Shu that Niu Fu gave him to Li Ji.
Li Ji checked the contents of Ren Shu, and after confirming that it was correct, he handed Ren Shu to Wang Meng, and then said: "Xiwen and others have already captured Yan Baihu's hamlet. Now they only need to defeat Yan Baihu and others in Wucheng County. Jing Lue, the 50,000 troops have been assembled, and it's time to set off."
Wang Meng smiled slightly and said, "Meng understands that he will definitely complete the task for his lord."
"Well. Jiandou, Hansheng, Li Guang, Gong Miao, you four are temporarily obeying orders under Jingluo's tent. Zhicai, you act as the military advisor."
After receiving the order, Lu Xiangsheng and others immediately left the line and followed Wang Meng to leave the lord's mansion.
After watching these people leave, Li Ji looked at Ruan Yu on the side and asked, "Yuan Yu, are you ready for that manifesto?"
"Return to the lord, Yu has finished it. Please check it out."
After saying that, Ruan Yu handed over the manifesto prepared early in the morning to Li Ji.
After taking a look, Li Ji found that the proclamation to Yan was so literary. After scolding Yan Baihu, he couldn't help but feel happy.
"Yuan Yu is worthy of being a disciple of Mr. Cai. His writing style is indeed one step ahead, which is very good. For the filial piety, you can publish this manifesto, so that we can become famous for our troops. It is best to let Xu Gong, who is a turtle in Wu County, know it, so that he will find it difficult to sit firmly."
"Jia received the order."
Guo Jia bowed and said, taking a few officials out of here for the mission.
"Come here, notify Yang Su and the others outside Qiantang Bay and order them to move westward immediately and take down the three counties of Qiantang River! Let Yu Ji's troops cooperate with their actions."
Li Ji arranged the task and personally took charge of Kuaiji County to prevent people with ulterior motives from secretly damaging them.
At this time, the battle against Dong was about to begin. Li Ji wanted to take advantage of this time to control the counties in the southern part of Wujun. After the bid for Dong was over, he could immediately march northward and occupy the entire territory of Wujun.
In this way, he could rely on the dangerous separatist areas of the Yangtze River, use Danyang and Yuzhang as shields to devote himself to developing internal affairs.
As long as the time comes, you can join forces to advance westward and occupy the four counties south of the Yangtze River.
"Lord, when Xu asked Wang Jingluo for the post of the prefect of Wujun through Niu Fu's path, he found that Xu Gong's disciples had visited Niu Fu and also asked Xu Gong for the prefect of Wujun."
Jia Xu told Li Ji about everything he saw in Niu Fu's mansion, and also focused on this matter.
"Xu Gong was once a person around Sheng Xian and served as the chief lieutenant of Wu County. In the entire Wu County, if Sheng Xian died, Xu Gong's prestige had a high chance of succeeding to the prefect of Wu County. If Xu Gong played some tricks himself, then it would be a foregone conclusion that he was the prefect of Wu County. Unfortunately, he never expected that someone would have a step faster than him and would have connections in Dong Zhuo's power."
Li Ji chuckled and then crossed the steps back and forth in the mansion.
Before rescuing Sheng Xian, they suspected that Sheng Xian had an internal ghost who was causing trouble, and that Yan Baihu, the king in the mountain, could not go out to fight. Li Ji and the plotters believed that Sheng Xian would undoubtedly die.
So Li Ji borrowed Jia Xu's relationship in the Western Liang army and his friendship with Niu Fu, and decisively sent Jia Xu to visit Niu Fu with generous gifts, and asked for the position of prefect of Wujun through Niu Fu in advance.
Although his adopted son Lu Bu has recently become a celebrity around Dong Zhuo, he is also very good to Niu Fu, the son-in-law. Niu Fu took the position of prefect of Wujun from Dong Zhuo with just one or two words and rich money.
Of course, Sheng Xian had not yet died in battle at that time, and Dong Zhuo was still concerned about Sheng Xian's reputation and specially transferred Sheng Xian back to the central government for office.
But before Ren's book was issued, Sheng Xian died tragically under Yan Baihu's knife.
If the news of Sheng Xian, a not-becoming central official, died in battle, was transmitted to Luoyang City, it would be no different from slapping Dong Zhuo in the face.
I am afraid that Li Ji will not move his troops by then, and Dong Zhuo will also ask the young emperor to issue an edict to force Li Ji to move his troops.
However, what Dong Zhuo could not have thought of was that Li Ji had decided to participate in the battle against Dong. If Dong Zhuo knew that Li Ji had just asked him for an official position and then raised an army to attack him, he would probably be so angry that he would jump straight away.
"It's just that if I was a little surprised, Xu Gong really dared to collude with Yan Baihu and kill his boss. If we take this matter out, I'm afraid those loyal soldiers of Sheng Xian will find his bad luck."
"Even if Xu Gong won the prefect position in this way, once this matter is known, the soldiers will not be convinced, and even the local aristocratic families are unwilling to cooperate with him. After all, what these aristocratic families fear the most is the capricious villains. If they really cooperate with Xu Gong, they may not be able to sleep every night."
Jia Xu continued Li Ji's words.
"Wenhe, if Xu Gong knew that he had not become the prefect of Wu County, but was taken down by the confidant of the prefect of the next county, what do you think he would do?"
"Although I have never seen Xu Gong with my own eyes, Xu can see from his behavior that Xu Gong will definitely not give up. In Xu's opinion, Xu Gong is likely to join forces with the powerful families in the northern part of Wujun to resist Jing Lu's entry, and may even launch wars."
"What you said makes sense. If I hadn't forcibly suppressed the aristocratic families of Kuaiji County, the imperial examination would not have been so smooth. If the four surnames of Wu County really knew that Jing Lue had become the prefect of Wu County, he would not have given up. He would have been very likely to use his prestige to force Xu Gong as the new prefect."
Wang Meng is Li Ji's most valued subordinate. Wherever Li Ji appears, Wang Meng will basically appear wherever he follows.
It can be said that Wang Meng is a business card of Li Ji.
Now that Wang Meng has taken office as the prefect of Wujun, as long as he knows the relationship between Li Ji and Wang Meng, he naturally knows that all this is a trick made by Li Ji.
There is no difference between Wang Meng's prefect of Wujun and Li Ji's prefect of Wujun.
Li Ji knew the faces of these powerful families, and the guys must know very clearly the policies he implemented in Kuaiji County.
For the powerful family who regard family interests as their life, Li Ji's policy is undoubtedly a killing knife, and he desperately cuts flesh and bones from them.
Now among the four major surnames in Wujun, only the Gu family has taken a fancy to its potential and sent Gu Yong, the best disciple in the clan, to help.
But even so, Li Ji did not open a back door for Gu Yong. Gu Yong had to take the imperial examination and relied on his real materials to get the position of county magistrate.
I'm afraid that in the eyes of these powerful families, letting them take the exam with the mud legs of ordinary people would be too priceless.
After all, they are all children from prominent families. Most people think that their abilities are much higher than those who even have problems with eating, so why do they still need to take the exam?
Seeing Li Ji in deep thought, Jia Xu, who was a mature man, immediately guessed Li Ji's concerns, so he chuckled and asked, "Are you worried about those stubborn families?"
"It is precisely that the four surnames in Wujun are not as easy to control as the Kuaiji family. They have a very high prestige and are deeply rooted in the local area. If they cannot handle them well, they will easily cause resistance."
"Haha, the lord is in a misunderstanding."
"Why do you say this?"
Li Ji asked curiously, wanting to know what sinister and cunning plan this old fox came up with.
"Lord, now the little emperor is controlled by Dong Zhuo. Even if they have great skills in the court, it is difficult to make any waves. Moreover, Jing Lue is a legitimate prefect. His policies must be followed by the powerful families and the common people. If they violate the law, the lord can use this to kill the chicken to warn the monkey."
"Ah, I almost forgot that when I first entered Kuaiji, I also used this move. Pull a group and beat another group. My ancestors are really not bullying me."
Li Ji's eyes lit up, and he clenched his fist in the palm of his left hand.
"Not only that, lord, don't forget the newly appointed magistrate of Taimo County Gu Yong, who is a child of the Gu family. As long as the lord kills hard enough and beats it hard enough, then take advantage of the opportunity to promote Gu Yong and put it on the table. I think those aristocratic families dare not act rashly, and they may even turn back to join the lord."
"No, not bad, Wenhe's words really made me clear away the clouds."
Li Ji laughed and pulled Jia Xu's arm to discuss the big thing.
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[Announcement of all players in Wujun, Yangzhou: The bandit Yan Baihu killed the prefect of Wujun Sheng Xian, which made the court angry. He specially ordered the county magistrate Wang Meng to be the new prefect of Wujun and lead his troops to wipe out Yan Baihu]
[Announcement of all players in Wujun, Yangzhou: The prefect of Wujun Wang Meng hated Yan Baihu's atrocities and issued a special proclamation to fight against Yan, borrowing 50,000 troops from the prefect of Kuaiji Li Ji, and joining forces with the generals of the prefect of Kuaiji Li Ji to fight against the rebels]
[Announcement of all players in Wujun, Yangzhou: Wang Meng completed the prerequisites and triggered the plot of the attack on Yan Baihu. Please pay attention to it and properly keep your money and personal safety]
While Wang Meng drove his troops north to Wujun, Guo Jia issued a manifesto written by Ruan Yu to punish him, which happened to trigger the historical plot, which surprised the players in Wujun.
"TNND, it's less than a month or two before the battle against Dong. What's the matter with this Yan Baihu? He killed the prefect Sheng Xian before, and there was a more powerful man behind him. It's really hard to live a stable life."
"Fuck, Wang Meng is not Li Ji's subordinate. Why did he suddenly hold the same position as his lord? What's the difference between becoming the prefect of Wu County and turning his left hand and right hand? Isn't Li Ji controlling Wu County?!"
"Damn, Wang Meng takes action himself. This battle is pretty good. You know, this is the first time Wang Meng leads his troops as the head coach. It is usually Li Ji who takes action."
"Come and bet, see how long Yan Baihu can last under Wang Meng's attack. I think Wucheng County will be broken within three days, and Yan Baihu will die on the streets!"
The announcements were all players in Wujun. The strongest of them were preparing for the next battle against Dong, but the news disrupted the original plan.
Those pitifully weak players like to hear that, they thought they would do nothing in the past three months, but they were awakened by the sudden plot and became fun and were all enjoying themselves.
But they were a little disappointed. The strength gap between the two sides of this war was 100 million points. On one side was Yan Baihu, who only occupied one county, and on the other side was the famous Wang Meng, who was backed by the mountain Li Ji, the prefect of Kuaiji.
After all, the two sides of the struggle in history were the little overlord Sun Ce and Yan Baihu. At that time, Yan Baihu cooperated with Xu Gong to occupy the entire Wu County, while Sun Ce was a young man with no territory, and the soldiers were borrowed from Yuan Shu.
The incident of Wang Meng borrowing troops was very affected, and the players' injustice soon spread throughout Yangzhou. Even Sun Jian, who was far away in Jingzhou, Dong Zhuo and others who were far away in Luoyang, had some news about this.
Jingzhou, Changsha County
After hearing this, Sun Jian's face was filled with a smile, "Haha, I did not misunderstand this man, Brother Anmin, I really dare to cross the county to attack Yan Baihu, this traitor! Come on, prepare for the troops immediately. I also want to follow my brother and attack the traitors in Lingling and Guiyang."
Zhu Zhi, who acted as a strategist, said with a worried look on his face: "No, lord, after all, Prefect Li is famous, but we have no reason to cross the county to conquer. If we do this, it may cause criticism."
"Yes, lord, and we still want to attack Dong Zhuo. If we lose our troops there, it may damage our strength." Huang Gai, the future old minister of the Eastern Wu, also dissuaded.
However, Sun Jian waved his hand, and murderous aura appeared in his tiger's eyes, and he said firmly: "Most of the recruits we recruit are recruits. Even if the suppression zone stars have received some training, we still need more opponents so that they can quickly grow into an elite team."
"My father is right. I will go out with my father this time."
Chapter completed!