"Nobility does not come from arrogance, and arrogance comes from it. Wealth does not come from luxury, but luxury comes from itself." Confucius Chuan
The news that Tao Qian died and Liu Bei quickly secured his position in Xuzhou with the strong support of Xuzhou soon spread to Shouchun.
"In my lifetime, I have never heard of Liu Bei in the world." Yuan Shu pushed away the beautiful maid in his arms, straightened his clothes, walked down and said to Yan Xiang: "What kind of insignificant person is he, and he dares to compete with me for Xuzhou?
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Yan Xiang seemed to have a guilty conscience and did not dare to stand too close to Yuan Shu. He took half a step back and said: "Liu Bei has just arrived in Xuzhou, and his foothold is not yet stable. He has no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.
There are Zang Ba, Chang Xi and others who are undecided. The ruler should take advantage of this opportunity and send troops to attack Liu Bei, Tao Qian, Chen Deng and others for their crimes of being arrogant in negotiating with each other to determine the state pastoral, privately giving and receiving, and defying the court's laws."
Yuan Shu glanced at Yan Xiang with a sinister look, put his hands behind his back, and walked slowly to the side for a few steps. Today he was wearing a soap-colored silk robe and a black robe with dark patterns.
His strong figure exuded a bit of aura. However, his gloomy face and face did not seem to have much righteousness, but instead seemed overly sinister.
He walked slowly, his eyes staring at Yan Xiang as if staring at prey, as if he was thinking about the feasibility of the plan proposed by Yan Xiang, and as if he was examining Yan Xiang himself.
Yan Xiang felt uncomfortable looking at him and did not dare to look at him, so he had to lower his gaze and put it on Yuan Shu's waist. The golden fish scale knife, a pair of white jade seals decorated with purple ribbons and various decorations,
All of them show that the master is more noble than a prince.
"What are you looking at?" Yuan Shu was still looking at Yan Xiang and ordered the maid who was standing aside. Seeing that she seemed to be motionless, he turned his attention to the maid and said, "Get out! Call Li Ye and two others to come in."
"Yan Jun, please sit down." Yuan Shu watched the beautiful maid hurriedly walked out, turned around and walked back to his couch. He did not sit down, but stood to one side. Yan Xiang looked at Yuan Shu.
He was willing to sit down on his slightly swollen back, but Yuan Shu turned his back to him and said: "This old man, Chen Gui, traveled with me in the past. I know his temper best. He seems to be loyal, but he is actually the most cunning.
He's a liar, you can't trust him easily"
Yan Xiang suddenly realized that he had been ordered by Yuan Shu to test Chen's tone a few days ago. At that time, Zhang Xun and others were approaching Pi, Tao Qian was about to die, and the interests of these powerful men would not be protected. In Yan Xiang's case,
It seems that, looking around, only Yuan Shu is powerful. If not Yuan Shu, who else can he vote for? What’s more, Chen has established contact with him a long time ago. Not only was he sincere, but he also informed many of Xuzhou’s secrets and made promises.
Many benefits.
Only then did Yan Xiang believe it, and he tried his best to help Yuan Shu and the Chen family to ease the relationship, and persuaded Yuan Shu to release Chen Ying. Chen Cong and others returned to Xiapi to show their trust. Yuan Shu really listened to him for various reasons.
Based on the current situation, needless to say, Yan Xiang also understands that he has been tricked. Even Yuan Shu has been humiliated. Now just thinking about it, he seems to be able to see the old face of his old friend Chen Gui.
She smiled smugly at him.
"It was my subordinates who failed to notice, which ruined the king's plan." Yan Xiang knelt on the ground and instantly understood why Yuan Shu looked at him with such hatred just now.
Yuan Shu pursed his lips, exhaled deeply, and looked down at the food table, as if he was about to have an attack.
At this moment, his adviser Li Ye hurriedly arrived and invisibly relieved Yan Xiang from the siege.
"The prime minister of Pei, Liu Bei, has stolen Xuzhou and has no imperial court. As the general of the Han Dynasty, I should attack him." Yuan Shu didn't waste any words and said directly: "Immediately mobilize 20,000 troops and horses. I will go to Xuzhou in person to attack Liu Bei!"
"Your Majesty!" Li Ye had already planned in his mind and responded: "Now Guangling has no owner and the people are in panic. As long as our army captures Xuyi and Huaiyin counties in Xiapi State, we can rely on the Huaihe River to isolate Xunan!"
"Good, this is to kill his arm first!" Yuan Shu said with his palm. As long as he takes Huaiyin and other important passes in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River, he can intimidate Xiapi, Donghai and other places in Huaibei when he advances, and he can easily get the Guangling County when he retreats: "Now
Send an order, ordering Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui to lead their ten thousand troops, march to Xuyi, wait for my army to arrive, and then attack the city together."
Yan Xiang was startled and said hurriedly: "This opportunity cannot be missed. We might as well let Zhang Xun and other generals attack Xuyi first and seize the key point. If that doesn't work, the prince can also send other generals, so why lead the army himself?"
He has seen the strength of Yuan Shu's army. His defeat to Cao Cao could be explained as a last resort due to being attacked from two sides. If he was not careful this time, he lost to Liu Bei.
Yan Xiang did not dare to say that Liu Beibing was definitely stronger than Yuan Shu, but at this juncture, everything must be cautious and prudent.
However, Yuan Shu also had his own considerations. In troubled times, military power was the most important thing. If he didn't hold military power in his hands at all times and personally command and win a few battles, how could he convince the public? Do he really want to entrust all wars to Zhang Xun?
, Ji Ling, and even Sun Ce and the others?
In his opinion, Liu Bei had only fought a few battles in Qingzhou, and was not as experienced as Cao Cao in wiping out the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou. He was just a soft persimmon for him to manipulate. After this battle, he could win with his own strength.
Xuzhou's authority in the army will become more and more consolidated, and there will no longer be a need to fear the Sun family's top military leaders.
Yuan Shu leaned over and picked up the wine bottle on the table with disdain on his face, as if he didn't take Yan Xiang's words to heart: "Zhang Xun only has more than ten thousand men, and he may not be able to defeat the Danyang soldiers that Liu Bei took over. I have to have all my best soldiers."
, just move forward at the same time." Seeing Yan Xiang still saying it, he waved his left hand decisively, holding the wine bottle in the other hand, slowly drank the wine in the glass, and said in one breath: "I have made up my mind.
, you don’t have to say much.”
Li Ye received the military order and immediately went down to mobilize the troops of Qiannu, Li Feng and others. Just a few days later, when Yuan Shu was fully dressed and ready to send out troops, Chief Shi Yang Hong came and said: "The refugees outside the city gathered to make noise.
Enter the city to ask for food."
"The refugees from that place!" Yuan Shu said displeasedly, and immediately remembered that these were the refugees who had fled from Xiapi Kingdom a few days ago and were driven out of the city by him. After thinking about it, Yuan Shu quickly changed his plan to provide relief.
He came up with the idea and said: "When the army sets off, where can we get the grain and wheat for them? Drive them across the river. Isn't Zuo Rong a good Buddha? Let him help these believers and stop staying here and causing me trouble."
This is a very reasonable consideration. The behavior of those refugees is extraordinary. We really cannot wait for it, let alone let them stay behind. But when the words came out of Yuan Shu's mouth, they seemed so cruel and cruel.
Unkind, Yang Hong frowned, remembered something, and said: "There is a military report coming from Danyang to be submitted to the prince, saying that Xue Li from Moling is dead."
"Xue Li? How did he die?" Yuan Shu was about to walk down the steps when he stopped and looked at Yang Hong: "Did Wu Jing capture Moling?"
Xue Li was originally the Prime Minister of Pengcheng under Tao Qian. Later, due to other affairs, he was forced by Tao Qian to lead his troops to Moling County in Danyang County. Relying on Moling's strategic location, he blocked Wu Jing's army for several months. Now he
His death may mean that the bridgehead of Moling has been captured, the door to Jiangdong is wide open, and the pacification of Wu County, Kuaiji and other counties is just around the corner.
However, Yang Hong's answer disappointed Sun Zhi: "It was Zuo Rong. He repeated his old trick. He killed Xue Li in an ambush at the banquet, annexed the deployment, and called himself the governor of Danyang."