Chapter 402 Huangfu Song keeps a low profile and bides his time
Chapter 402: Huangfu Song who keeps a low profile
Looking at Xiang Yu who was kneeling respectfully in front of him, Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.
Is the man in front of me really the proud and arrogant Xiang Yu? Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liangliang secretly wondered.
Xiang Yu raised his head and shouted with grief on his face: "Father-in-law."
Although Zhang Ning is still in Qin Hao's hands, the engagement between the two has not been terminated, so Xiang Yu still calls Zhang Jiao "father-in-law".
"My son-in-law has lost his mind due to hatred. In a moment of confusion, he has caused such a big disaster. He has failed to support his father-in-law..."
After hearing what Xiang Yu said, Zhang Jiao's mouth suddenly opened wide. He really couldn't believe it. Xiang Yu actually gave up his position as heir.
Has he really repented? Zhang Jiao thought to himself.
Zhang Liang saw a trace of hesitation flashing in Zhang Jue's eyes, knowing that his eldest brother's soft-hearted habit had occurred again, so he quickly winked at Zhang Jue.
Zhang Jiao understood instantly.
Yes, who knows if he is pretending. Even if he is sincerely repentant, committing such a crime is unforgivable.
"I know that the death of General Xiang Liang has a great impact on the virtuous son-in-law, but no matter what, you should not vent your anger on the people..."
Zhang Jiao had a straight face and lectured Xiang Yu like an elder for nearly half an hour, and finally got to the point.
"Luoyang, you can't stay here any longer. Continuing to stay here is not good for you or for me, the Yellow Turban."
The implication of Zhang Jiao's words is already obvious, that is, Xiang Yu will be exiled. If Xiang Yu leaves the central government, he will be like Huang Chao, which means he will automatically lose the right to inherit the Yellow Turban.
How to arrange Xiang Yu's whereabouts gave Zhang Jiao a headache. After all, Xiang Yu had made great contributions to the Yellow Turbans. Even if he could not be his successor, the governor's side was more than enough.
But the Yellow Turban currently only has six states: Yan, Yu, Hebei, Qing, Xu, and Yang. Except for Yanzhou, the other five states have not been completely pacified, and Qingzhou already has a governor, so where should Xiang Yu be placed?
What about the state?
After Zhang Jiao pondered for a long time, he finally thought of how to arrange Xiang Yu.
"Let's see, Huangfu Song has retreated to Jizhou, and the local generals have been unable to do anything about it, so my dear son-in-law, you'd better go to Jizhou."
Speaking of Huangfu Song, the savior of the Han Dynasty in the original history, his performance in this life is far less eye-catching than in the original history.
Except for a big victory at the beginning, Huangfu Song basically didn't make any great achievements after that. Of course, this is also because the Jizhou Yellow Turban is too strong.
Today, Huangfu Song is still suppressed by Zhang Bao and Zhang Xianzhong with 200,000 men and unable to move in Wei County.
Of course it wasn't that Huangfu Song didn't want to move, but when Zhang Jiao went south to Yanzhou, Huangfu Song was chased and intercepted by nearly 500,000 Yellow Turban troops, so the elite troops were almost exhausted.
Huangfu Song now has nearly 100,000 troops in his hands, but most of them are newly recruited troops, as well as soldiers from aristocratic families who have taken refuge in him for protection. Their combat effectiveness is much weaker than before.
Faced with the Jizhou Yellow Turbans who could quickly replenish their troops as long as there was no large-scale attrition, Huangfu Song rationally chose the strategy of "avoiding war externally and training elite troops internally" to keep a low profile and bide their time.
Huangfu Song was waiting for the situation to change before delivering a fatal blow to Zhang Bao, but what he didn't know was that because of his caution, he had already missed several opportunities to annihilate Zhang Bao.
Han Xin, who was implanted by the system as Han Fu's son, offered suggestions to Huangfu Song several times, but Huangfu Song thought that Han Xin was still Han Fu's dandy son, so he naturally refused to adopt it.
But when Huangfu Song accepted Han Xin's ninth plan and allowed Han Xin to lead the army to defeat Zhang Bao, Huangfu Song realized how big a mistake he had made.
Although Jizhou is a trouble for the Yellow Turbans, its huge population base and vast territory are also the first choice of future Yellow Turban governors.
The implication of Zhang Jiao's words is that in addition to appointing Xiang Yu as the governor of Jizhou, he also intends to deprive Xiang Yu of his military power.
After all, Xiang Yu's 200,000 elite troops would never be able to march to Jizhou at this time.
Jizhou's two hundred thousand Yellow Turbans can be regarded as a compensation for Xiang Yu. Of course, there is definitely no comparability in combat power between the two sides.
Although Xiang Yu knew that Zhang Jiao was disappointed with him, he didn't expect that he would exile him to Jizhou without even trying to persuade him to stay, and would also deprive him of his military power. Naturally, he was very dissatisfied.
Xiang Yu did not express his dissatisfaction. Although there were no loopholes in Zhang Jiao's arrangement, Xiang Yu would never honestly accept the surrender of military power.
"Father-in-law, Ning'er is still in the hands of Qin Hao. My son-in-law asked for orders to go south to Jingzhou to rescue Ning'er from Qin Hao's hands."
As he spoke, Xiang Yu lowered his head sincerely, while Zhang Jiao opened his mouth, not knowing how to respond.
When Xiang Yu said he wanted to go south, he actually didn't want to go to Jizhou and wanted Jingzhou, but he used Zhang Ning as a cover, so Zhang Jiao really had no reason to refuse.
The fiancé saves the fiancée, how to refuse?
Unless the engagement between the two is terminated, the punishment of depriving the heir is already severe enough for Xiang Yu. It would be a bit ungrateful to break the engagement at this time.
Zhang Jiao sighed and said: "Well, in that case, my dear son-in-law, you will lead an army of 200,000 men south to Jingzhou, and I will make you the governor of Jingzhou."
The reason why Zhang Jiao compromised was actually to make up for the guilt in his heart. After all, he was the one who invited the Xiang family to come out, and he was the one who exiled the future head of the Xiang family now.
Although Xiang Yu was wrong, Xiang Yan supported Zhang Jiao wholeheartedly, but now he is trying to kill Xiang Yu, which makes Zhang Jiao feel guilty that he has no face to see Xiang Yan.
Although the 200,000 troops under Xiang Yu are elites, they are not taken seriously by Zhang Jue. After all, as long as the "Heavenly Land Acquisition System" is implemented, the Yellow Turbans will never be short of soldiers again. A mere 200,000 elites will be there when they arrive.
Just keep training.
Seeing that Zhang Jiao agreed, Xiang Yu felt a little calm and said: "Father-in-law, Qin Hao is very cunning, and my third uncle is full of resourcefulness, so my son-in-law wants to ask his third uncle to help him rescue Ning'er together, but I don't know if it's possible?" p>
Zhang Jiao was stunned when he heard this, voluntarily gave up, took the initiative to conduct external transfers, and also took the initiative to arrange for manpower to monitor him?
In order to reassure himself, is it really necessary for Xiang Yu to do this? It seems that he does have regrets. Zhang Jiao thought to himself.
"I want to discuss this with my third brother. You can go down first."
"No."
After Xiang Yu left, Zhang Jiao immediately asked Zhang Liang: "Third brother, what do you think?"
"Abnormal, so abnormal."
Zhang Liang had a solemn look on his face and said: "Either Xiang Yu is truly repentant, or he is using retreat to advance and pursue other goals."
Zhang Jiao thought for a moment, nodded and then asked: "Then, third brother, are you going or not?"