43, the king has the weapon, the concubine is nameless (five)
Inside the house, a monarch and his ministers were seated on the mat.
After listening to Yan Xiang's statement, Yuan Shu did not rush to speak. Instead, he closed his eyes slightly, as if he was deep in thought, chewing and digesting what he had just heard.
Yan Xiang on the other side felt guilty at this time, so he naturally did not dare to say anything to disturb him. While sitting upright, he calmly glanced at the tables. He was startled at first, then looked at it again as if to confirm, and suddenly
shock!
Those who came to Han Dynasty...
Lord, this is...
As he was thinking about it, he saw Yuan Shu's eyes reopened and he was looking over. His face was quite calm, showing no signs of joy or anger.
"The Yellow Turban traitor is a dishonest and unjust person, so breaking promises is normal." Yuan Shu said calmly:
"I don't mind the slight loss of property, so you don't need to worry too much."
"Remember this, next time you have to recognize people with your eyes." Yuan Shu warned with a joking tone with a smile.
"promise!"
Yan Xiang, on the other hand, looked solemn and said yes repeatedly.
However, the two of them coincided with each other, and neither of them mentioned that it was Yuan Shu who took the initiative to propose aid to Qingzhou Yellow Turban to disrupt Cao Cao's rear defense in Qingzhou.
Sometimes ministers want to take responsibility for their faults, and Yan Xiang has already realized this.
Moreover, after all, he had finalized the decision after meeting with Wang Zheng that day, so he had no choice but to shoulder the responsibility.
"But this Wang Zheng is an anomaly." Looking at the document in his hand again, Yuan Shu said with a little surprise: "As a Yellow Turban bandit, he has a very humble position, but now he occupies Langya Kaiyang...
"
“It’s rare to be able to rise so quickly even though you started at a young age.”
"More than that." Yan Xiang added: "After this man took out Linzi last year, he sent out troops at the end of the year and divided them in four places. Before Kaiyang, he actually conquered four cities in Xuzhou."
"That's it." Yuan Shu looked at the document again and nodded: "I didn't look carefully just now. Doesn't that mean that most of Langya County is in the hands of thieves?"
Having said this, Yuan Shu paused, "What a pity that such a beautiful place fell into the hands of thieves."
He looked at Yan Xiang, his tone doubtful, but his eyes full of enthusiasm: "Are the two states of Qingxu and Xuzhou so empty now?"
Yan Xiang, who was listening, sighed secretly in his heart.
He has followed Yuan Shu for a long time and has become familiar with Yuan Shu's habits. Everything else is fine, but his personality is too arrogant.
I came to report the news as soon as possible after receiving the news, not to let him have an interest in Xuzhou first.
Although the other party's previous words towards Wang Zheng were positive, they were only superficial.
This is not appropriate...
Big mistake!
"My lord, I met Wang Zheng once when I was in Linzi." Yan Xiang decided to make it clear: "This man should not be underestimated!"
"A concubine is even more of a thief. He has been plotting for a long time and took advantage of the situation." Yuan Shu smiled and said: "Don't say that most of Langya is obtained, but the whole county is involved. What's the point?"
"Lord!" Yan Xiang said anxiously: "Thieves and bandits are accustomed to coercion. The size of the force is not the key. The key is the leader!"
"After the angle is opened, the thieves in all walks of life may be ignorant, greedy, or unintelligent, but they are all minor illnesses and are nothing to worry about..."
"But this kid is different!"
"Just from the fact that this son captured Linzi and marched eastward to Xuzhou non-stop, it can be seen that he is definitely not comparable to ordinary thieves. Not only is he far-sighted, but he also has great ambitions!"
"Your Majesty speaks loudly." Yuan Shu laughed loudly and disagreed:
"When he marched eastward to Xuzhou, I expected him to plunder all the wealth in Linzi and then be unable to replenish his wealth. This is just the nature of bandits."
"Why is his ambition so small?"
"If that's the case, why did the thief choose the time of winter and the end of the year?"
Yan Xiang asked: "If it is out of greed, it will be addicted to pleasure. It is not too late to make plans when the spring is warm and the ice is melting."
"This..." Yuan Shu was stunned for a moment, and when he was about to speak, he heard Yan Xiang give his own explanation:
"The place where the Four Battles took place in Qingzhou was where the three forces of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Gongsun Zan were intertwined."
"Even if Cao Cao has no time to look around because Lu Bu is attacking Yanzhou, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan will not just sit back and watch Linzi fall to the Yellow Turbans."
"It is precisely because of seeing this that I urgently ignore the losses suffered by the army during the winter trip, and have no nostalgia for the prosperity of Linzi!"
"In the past, when Emperor Gaozu entered Xianyang, he made a three-part agreement that no property could be obtained and women would have no luck. When Fan Zeng heard about it, he asserted that his ambition was not small!"
"Not to mention the yellow turban bandits, even among the heroes of the world, how many of them can make a decision and give up immediately after seizing Linzi, one of the five capitals of the Han Dynasty?"
After listening to Yan Xiang's eloquent talk, Yuan Shu's expression finally became serious.
He is not a stupid and incompetent person.
On the contrary, even among the princes of the late Han Dynasty at this time, Yuan Shu was the best among them in terms of military ability and political ability.
In the eyes of future generations, a coquettish maneuver to become emperor was enough to seal the coffin of the Skeleton King's ingenuity and ability.
In fact, this is just a matter of success or failure.
To put it simply, in the second year of Jian'an when Yuan Shusu proclaimed himself emperor, he had actually replaced his brother Yuan Shao and became the number one prince in the world at that time!
This year, Cao Ah Man could no longer bear to be Yuan Shao's younger brother. The two completely fell out and separated, and then each fell into trouble.
Zang Hongju's rebellion in Dongjun made Yuan Shu miserable; Zhang Xiuwan City surrendered first and then rebelled, Cao Cao suffered from the loss of his son.
As for Yuan Shu, the situation is excellent.
Not only does it sit in the six counties of Yangzhou, but its sphere of influence has also expanded to Yuzhou (Peiguo, Chenguo, Runan), Xuzhou (Guangling, Xiapi)
It has become a behemoth with eleven counties under its jurisdiction and a population of eight million.
Its territory extends to Chen State and Pei State in Yuzhou in the north, Xiapi and Guangling in Xuzhou in the east, Dongye in Kuaiji in the south, and Jingzhou in the west by Liu Biao.
Even people like Lu Bu who had trouble with Yuan Shu still had to rely on Yuan Shu after occupying Xuzhou.
How could Yuan Gongdao, who was able to achieve such a level, really be a person without ability or strategy?
Even when he captured Yangzhou, it was a stroke of genius in terms of strategy: "walk to a waterless place and sit back and watch the clouds rise."
At the beginning of the fourth year of Chuping (193).
Yuan Shu used Nanyang in the north of Jing as his base and went north to Yanzhou to suppress Yuan Shao's group. However, he was defeated by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in Kuangting.
Defeating the battle certainly doesn't prove his ability, but his subsequent transfer is eye-catching.
After the defeat, Yuan Shu not only did not retreat to Nanyang, but gave up completely. Instead, he turned southeast and raided Yangzhou!
This makes people sigh: wonderful!
At that time, Yangzhou was the place where the Yuan Shao Group's influence was weakest, and the forces that existed were not very strong. They were just people like Zhou Xin, Liu Yao, and Wang Lang.
As a result, it became a good situation in which the soldiers advanced, Kuaiji fell, Jingxing lost its control, and the three rivers and five lakes were captured.