"If you decide beforehand, you won't be tired; if you decide beforehand, you won't be sleepy." [Book of Rites· Doctrine of the Mean]
"Chen Gongtai has been dissatisfied with Cao Cao since the death of Bian Gong. This time he defected to Ming Gong and wanted to repay Yanzhou. It was a God-given opportunity." Tian Feng bowed slightly and said calmly: "Now Cao Cao's army is gathering on Mount Tai.
Langye and other counties are empty inside. As long as Chen Gongtai designs and cooperates with us internally and externally, Yanzhou will be easily captured."
Bian Rang was a famous scholar in Yanzhou. He always relied on his talent and arrogance. He not only despised the identity of Cao Cao's eunuch descendants, but also made a bigger fanfare with Cao Cao's enemy, Yanzhou governor Tian Fen. Tian Fen was born in a powerful family in Jizhou, and was backed by the Yuan family, who was the fourth generation and the third prince.
In the eyes of scholars like Bian Rang, both in terms of status and name, they were more suitable to govern Yanzhou than Cao Cao. Therefore, influenced by Bian Rang, the positions of many Yanzhou scholars began to waver. Cao Cao felt deeply threatened and finally looked for an opportunity to kill them.
He also punished many scholars and suppressed this unhealthy trend.
However, since Bian Rang's death, the Yanzhou scholars were filled with grief and became even more dissatisfied with Cao Cao's actions. In particular, Chen Gong and Bian Rang had a deep friendship. Although it was not shown on the surface, they had long been separated from him in private.
Tian Fen, the governor of Yanzhou, stayed in Yanzhou for two or three years. Although he did not receive the full support of Yuan Shao and was unable to intervene in specific civil affairs, and was ignored by Cao Cao's men, he was not unknown and did nothing. For a long time, Tian Fen
Fen has been deeply involved among the scholars in Yanzhou and has a clear understanding of Yanzhou's intricate relationships. Bian Rang was optimistic about him and recruited a large number of scholars for him. Although he was blocked by Cao Cao in the end, he indirectly brought most of the neutral people to him.
Yanzhou Haoqiang pushed him to his side.
"As the saying goes, 'If you don't make a sound, it will be a blockbuster.' Tian Fen seems to have done nothing in Yanzhou, but in fact, he has laid hidden dangers for Cao Cao behind his back." Yuan Shao glanced at Tian Feng and said casually.
Tian Fen and Tian Feng are of the same race. As early as when Tian Fen was appointed by the imperial court to be the governor of Yanzhou, Yuan Shao was not very happy. He thought that this would increase the arrogance of the Jizhou scholars, so he was always unwilling to give Tian Fen much help and acquiesced in Cao Cao's move to Yanzhou.
Taking it as his own can be regarded as compensation for Cao Cao who lost his position as state shepherd.
However, what Yuan Shao did not expect was that the little-known Tian Fen would actually win over the support of many Yanzhou scholars in the past two years. If there was no arrangement by Tian Feng and others behind this, Yuan Shao would not believe it.
It's just that times have changed, and out of the need to unite his subordinates and unite with the outside world, even Yuan Shao has to change his original intention and use Tian Fen's idle chess.
Tian Feng looked at Yuan Shao without any scruples, and was about to talk when Ju Shou on the other side said: "The original reason why Tian Fen was left in Yanzhou was to contain Cao Cao and prevent him from becoming powerful, as a contingency plan. Now it is working.
, to solve the troubles here for Ming Gong, it can be seen that Ming Gong was decisive at the beginning, which impressed us all."
Jushou's character is more upright than Tian Feng's, and he is actually willing to say so many nice things in front of Yuan Shao. He doesn't like clever words. In addition, the reason why Tian Fen has such a climate is inseparable from Jushou's painstaking planning.
, but at this time, all the credit was put on Yuan Shao's account, which made Tian Feng frown. In the eyes of Yuan Shao and others, they regarded this as a sign that Tian Feng and Ju Shou had a close relationship, and that Jizhou scholars shared the same feelings.
The symbol of Qi connecting branches makes me feel a little more fearful.
"Cao Mengde is an old friend of mine. I never thought of deliberately guarding against him or scheming against him." Yuan Shao shook his head, quietly removed the sharpness in his eyes, leaned back, and said calmly: "Who let the current situation happen?
Unexpectedly, Yanzhou is actually the heart of the Central Plains and the place where the Four Wars were fought. I have to stay in the hands of those close to me so that I can rest assured." He stared at the wine bowl silently and said softly: "Since Chen Gongtai intends to rebel, what are his plans?"
"He has already convinced Yanzhou's Zhonglang Xu Si, Wang Kai and others. As soon as Ming Gong's troops come out, Yanzhou's Jiyin, Rencheng and Dongping counties will all gather to respond. Tian Fen was originally worshiped by the imperial court.
The governor, with his intervention, Yanzhou can be stabilized in less than a month." Tian Feng was the most worried about this matter and was particularly enthusiastic about it. He actively spoke from the side: "As long as Yanzhou is captured this time, Ming Gong can
Gather the power of the three states of Hebei, Yanqing, and defeat Gongsun Zan in one fell swoop, and take over the Youzhou sudden cavalry for our own use. By then, let alone the generals, even if the imperial court regains the western frontier, it may not be the opponent of Duke Ming."
The land of Guanzhong has long been barren due to years of Qiang rebellion. Bingzhou, Yongliang and other places are not densely populated. Yizhou, the only newly acquired area under the imperial government, is still relatively rich, even though it has been cultivated in the past two years.
, it is not as good as the densely populated and fertile Jizhou. In the view of Yuan Shao and others, although the imperial court now has four states, they are not good places. I heard that there is still a drought and locusts recently...
Yuan Shao secretly changed his mind. Tian Feng had drawn a blueprint and vision for him more than once. Not to mention the distant past, just recently in Bingzhou, Hedong's plot made him return without success. But this time Tian Feng once again drew a vision for him.
, Yuan Shao, who had experienced this, was no longer tempted, but he still had to express his attitude: "I like what Tian Jun said, but now I have to prepare for Gongsun Zan, and I can't even take care of Qingzhou, so what?"
Are you still free to go to Yanzhou?"
Guo Tu saw Yuan Shao's eyes and said sadly: "Yes, Cao Mengde must have expected this, so he dared to transfer all the capable warriors and reveal his innermost feelings, right?"
Jushou noticed the trap in Guo Tu's words, and was about to change his voice when he suddenly heard a crisp sound from one side, as if someone knocked the tea bowl heavily on the table. The sound was very sudden, and everyone turned their attention to someone.
In a corner, I saw the man smiled shyly and confessed to everyone.
With such an interruption, Ju Shou was confused for a moment, and Tian Feng had already turned around to speak: "Didn't Duke Ming appoint Zang Ziyuan to serve in Dongjun? He has thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, which is enough to lead Tian Fen's advance.
, Furthermore, Zang Ziyuan was once appointed as a subordinate by Zhang Menggao, and they had a 'junior-subordinate bond' with each other. Zhang Menggao is Zhang Miao's younger brother. With this connection, Chenliu County will also turn to Ming Gong."
"Zhang Chao decides whether Chenliu County will be returned to him." Yuan Shao's eyes flickered, and when he mentioned his former friend Zhang Miao, his tone was somewhat cold: "Zhang Miao had a close friendship with Cao Mengde. When Cao Cao went to conquer Tao Qian, he once said to his family, 'I
If you don't return it, go to Meng Zhuo. I have been friends with him for many years, and I have never seen him support me with his wife. This shows that there is nothing about the relationship between Zhang Miao and Cao Cao that Zhang Menggao can shake."
"Today is different from the past." Pang Ji suddenly chuckled and couldn't help but interjected from the side: "Since Cao Cao killed Bian Yi, the scholars in Yanzhou have been frightened and uneasy, and everyone is in danger. Even those who helped him at the beginning
When Cao Cao moved into Yanzhou, Chen Gong had different aspirations, not to mention Zhang Miao, who always liked to help the poor and make friends with scholars." Seeing Yuan Shao's thoughtful expression, Pang Ji then said: "Ming Gong has forgotten, Zhu Wenbo also
It’s in Chenliu.”
In order to repel Yuan Shu who invaded Yanzhou a few years ago, Yuan Shao specially sent Zhu Ling south to help Cao Cao, but he did not let him come back afterwards. Instead, he stayed with Zhang Miao as a thorn.
At this time, Yuan Shao only needs to instruct Zang Hong and Zhu Ling to march from Dongjun and Chenliu directions, and with Chen Gong as an internal support, Yanzhou can change its owner with almost no effort or Yuan Shao using a single soldier.