"Being prepared is the best way for the country. How can you destroy the embankment before the water flows across it?" Zhenguan political leader
The three of them took the troops back to the military camp outside Xiaopei City. Liu Bei saw a young scribe in dark clothes standing in front of the camp gate with a graceful manner.
"Long article." Liu Bei's eyes darkened, then he put on a smile, laughed, turned over and dismounted: "You didn't even say a word to me when you came?"
He enthusiastically grabbed Chen Qun's hand, kept walking, and pulled him into the tent. As he walked, he said: "I am already grateful that you accepted my offer. There is no need to actually come over and take care of Chen Qun in Tan County."
Sir, Mr. Chen's health is urgent."
As a descendant of the Chen family in Yingchuan, it is usually impossible for Chen Qun to accept the conquest of a man like Liu Bei and have a relationship with him. However, the main reason why Chen Qun agreed to enlist was because of his father's generation.
Because of people.
Chen Qun's father, Chen Ji, was once the Prime Minister of Pingyuan. He got acquainted with Liu Bei when they were in Pingyuan. Later, due to various reasons such as the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao competing for Pingyuan, etc., he gave up the position of Pingyuan Prime Minister to Liu Bei and took refuge in Xuzhou.
Tao Qian. When Zheng Xuan and Kong Rong entered the court together and passed through Xuzhou, they met Liu Bei in Xuzhou. Liu Bei's mentor Lu Zhi and Zheng Xuan were brothers in the same school. In terms of seniority, Zheng Xuan was Liu Bei's uncle.
Kong Rong respected Zheng Xuan and was close friends with Chen Ji and Chen Qun, while Tao Qian treated Zheng Xuan as his mentor and friend, and Liu Bei and these people were related to him.
The small Pei Kingdom was not in Liu Bei's eyes at all. The real reason why he was willing to stay in Xuzhou was mainly because of the existence of such a complex and powerful network of contacts. This network of contacts allowed him to officially enter the scholar class.
Zheng Xuan was very fond of Liu Bei, a junior, for his righteous deed of helping Xuzhou alone, and he, Kong Rong, Chen Ji and others pushed him onto the political stage in Xuzhou, and reached a tacit understanding with each other in private that was unknown to outsiders.
Liu Bei is a force that people like Zheng Xuan deliberately cultivated to realize their own political demands. If the emperor re-establishes the Han Dynasty in the future, then Liu Bei will be used by Zheng Xuan and others to exchange interests with the emperor, or the world will inevitably continue to collapse.
If Liu Bei wants to develop in the right direction, it is worthy for them to increase their investment. And Liu Bei also intends to use their support for him to realize his own value step by step. This is mutual use and tacit understanding.
The only thing that worries Liu Bei is that with Tian Yu gone, these newly recruited people under his command will be difficult to check and balance at this stage, and they will not be able to lose their strength.
Although Chen Qun, as a role model for young scholars in Yuzhou, was first recruited to serve as Liu Bei's vassal, he only met Liu Bei a few times and spent most of the time taking care of his old father in Tan County. At this time, he was still a little uncomfortable with Liu Bei's closeness.
Holding hands with him, he calmed down and said calmly: "It's my fault for coming here presumptuously, but I have my father's orders and I have to tell you something personally."
"What's the matter?" Liu Bei pulled Chen Qun to his seat and asked him to sit side by side with him.
Chen Qun was flattered and quickly declined, but Liu Bei persisted and spoke sincerely, so Chen Qun had no choice but to comply.
He sat next to Liu Bei, turned slightly sideways, and said with a helpless smile: "It's both a good thing and a bad thing."
Liu Bei smiled and said nothing, his eyes were bright, and he looked at him seriously. Chen Qun could even see his own reflection in the other party's pupils. He said: "The imperial court deprived Yuan Shao of the position of Jizhou Mu, and appointed Hanoi Zhang Yang as Jizhou Mu.
You must all know about it, right?"
Not only this, Xiaopei is close to Yanzhou, and even Yuan Shao expelled Gongsun Zan from Jizhou last month and stationed troops in Bohai. Liu Bei knew as much as Tao Qian and others. He knew that Chen Qun must have something important to do, so he couldn't help but
He straightened his back and asked in a deep voice: "I would like to hear the details."
"Zhang Yang originally stationed troops at Chaoge to spy on the situation in Jizhou, but after hearing that Gongsun Zan was defeated and fled, he did not dare to enter Jizhou and reined in his troops and returned." Chen Qun pointed on the table with his hands and drew out a map.
, the narrative said: "On the way back to the army, Zhang Yang's general Sui Gu rebelled and joined forces with Jiang Qi and Sui Yuan, the generals sent to Hanoi by Yuan Shao, to attack Zhang Yang."
"What?" Liu Bei has always been calm. Although his expression remained unchanged after hearing this, he was actually in a state of panic. He did not expect that Yuan Shao could deal with the powerful enemy Gongsun Zan and still find the remaining strength to deal with Zhang Yang. This
He was even more amazed at Yuan Shao's strength, but he quickly thought of a key: "Sui Yuanjin? What is his relationship with Sui Gu?"
"It's my brother." Chen Qun obviously found out the whole story: "Sui Gu was originally a Black Mountain bandit. He once conquered Dongjun with Yu Du, Bai Rao and others, and was later wiped out by Yuan Shao. Yu Du and others died.
, Sui Gu led his troops to surrender to Zhang Yang. At that time, I was still curious as to why Sui Gu didn't just surrender to Yuan Shao. It turned out that this relationship was involved. Presumably, the Black Mountain bandits were defeated so quickly because of the contributions of people like Sui Gu. After all, Yuan Shao had many subordinates.
What a capable person."
"What happened next? What happened to Zhang Yang?" Liu Bei asked.
"Zhang Yang was unprepared and died in the rebel army. His subordinate Yang Chou led the remaining soldiers to fight Jiang Qi in Huojia, Xiuwu and other places under the banner of revenge for Zhang Yang." After Chen Qun finished speaking calmly, he stared at him with his eyes.
Liu Bei.
Liu Bei felt baffled at first, thinking that even if Yuan Shao instigated the rebellion in Hanoi, it would only make him marvel at Yuan Shao's strength. After all, Hanoi was so far away from him, and no matter how chaotic the fight was, it had nothing to do with him. How could Chen Qun
As for telling yourself something so solemnly?
"Could it be?" A flash of inspiration flashed in Liu Bei's mind, as if he understood something.
"When there is chaos in Hanoi, how can Henan Yin, who is south of it, remain indifferent?" Chen Qun pointed out the key point: "Twenty thousand people under the former general are stationed in Luoyang. If they move northward, then Yuan Shao's general Zhu Ling who is staying in Chen will definitely come.
March west to Henan Yin, harass the former general's flank, or go south to Yingchuan. What if Cao Cao of Yanzhou, who is allied with him, is unwilling to follow Zhu Ling into the army, disobey the imperial court, and is unwilling to embarrass himself between the imperial court and Yuan Shao?
Where is it?"
If Cao Cao doesn't want to get involved between the two, or doesn't want to take a stand so quickly, he can only find other excuses to show that he doesn't have time to get involved in the war in Hanoi. While sitting and watching Cao Cao's surroundings, Nan
There is Sun Bi, the governor of Yuzhou appointed by Yuan Shu. For the time being, he can't commit another full-scale war with Yuan Shu and cause chaos in Qingzhou to the east. Presumably he won't stir up the trouble. Only Xuzhou is the only one who has a grudge against him for killing his father.
Moreover, the weak Xuzhou, due to emotions, reasons, and power, was Cao Cao's only choice to use troops to divert his attention.
"Cao Cao wants to attack Xuzhou again?" Liu Bei said in a deep voice: "Although there are more than ten thousand tribes in Xiaopei now, there are both the Danyang soldiers assigned by Tao Shijun and the old troops I brought from Qingzhou. They are mixed for a while.
If the training time is short, it may be difficult to resist Cao Cao."
Chen Qun smiled and said in a solemn voice: "Don't worry, Mr. Fu. It's late autumn now. All the northern states have just gone through wars. The troops are exhausted and the food and fodder are insufficient. If we want to fight, there will only be a small war in Hanoi. But wait until next year.
, there will inevitably be a war because of Yuan Shao, and when all parties are involved, I would like to ask, where will the Lord go?"
Although Liu Bei was surprised why Chen Qun suddenly asked this, he still said without hesitation: "I am a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and I am the shepherd and guardian of the country. If there is an edict from the imperial court, I must fulfill my responsibilities as a minister!"
"Good! Mr. Fu is worthy of being a loyal minister of the imperial court." Chen Qun's eyes flashed, and he quickly lowered his head and cupped his hands and said: "If Mr. Meng never gives up, I am willing to go to Yanzhou for Mr. Meng."
"Going to Yanzhou?" Liu Bei was puzzled.
"Cao Cao is short of food and grass, so he doesn't really want to send troops." Chen Qun said calmly: "If Dongping Prime Minister Xun Wen is friendly to me, he can explain it on his behalf." 11