When Wang Zheng was asked about this, he was naturally mentally prepared, and he handed over his hand and had to explain: "The state pastor doesn't know something..."
But Yuan Shu smiled and said: "There are so many? This is beyond my expectation."
After saying that, he asked with a concerned look on his face: "I heard from Chief Yan that just before setting off, not long after the imperial army conquered Taishan County, there were bandits inside and Cao Cao was looking at him outside. If you don't leave more troops, be careful.
It turns into elbow and armpit."
Forehead...
Seeing that he actually took the initiative to put forward the reasons he had thought up, Wang Zheng had to change his words: "Thank you Zhou Mu for your concern, but before Zheng left, he happened to go to Pengcheng, negotiated the contract with Cao Cao's envoys, and then stayed.
The general is guarding it, so I think it will be no problem."
"Then you still need to be careful." Yuan Shu nodded and said, "This eunuch has always been capricious, and he is not a man of promises! Don't be careless."
His words were sincere, and his tone was even more sincere, but the wording was quite unpleasant, especially the phrase "a man who keeps promises". Even though he knew it was not an insinuation, Wang Zheng still felt a little embarrassed, and couldn't help but laugh dryly: "Zheng also has some
To make arrangements, all the cities in Taishan County adjacent to Jibei have gathered heavy troops..."
"Good, good, good," Yuan Shu praised greatly: "I was a little worried at first. After all, young heroes are usually arrogant and arrogant, and they will inevitably make the mistake of underestimating the enemy due to arrogance. But now I see that the imperial bandits are the same as those of the enemy.
It’s different, quite calm.”
He also asked: "Since you started the uprising, there have been many military campaigns. Are there any shortages of food, grass and baggage now?"
Nonsense, of course it’s missing!
Although he thought so, Wang Zheng was a little suspicious. There is no free lunch in the world. After hearing what Yuan Shu said, would he still have to send money and food?
But what is the purpose? Could it be that he, Yuan Gongli, dislikes money and likes to be a money-splitting boy?
With a sudden change of mind, because he could not guess the other party's intention, he did not want to directly interface with him, and said: "I have gained a lot in Qingzhou before, but for now, I don't have any worries about the luggage."
"It's okay for now, but it's still not enough!" Yuan Shu waved his hand and said boldly: "Since we are allies, we should help each other. Let's do this. I will give you a thousand pieces of long and short weapons. Yangzhou is also short of armor and horses.
, based on the ration of three hundred people."
"I originally wanted to go north to welcome the emperor, but now that the rear is unstable, I have to put it aside for the time being. I can only say that your trip is in vain. If there is nothing else, you can take these and the troops back to Xuzhou."
Wang Zheng was so surprised by these words that he was stunned and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
During this trip, Wang Zheng was full of confidence. On the one hand, he had seen through Yuan Shu's intention of inviting him to Yangzhou. On the other hand, it was because of his previous life. Knowing Yuan Shu's fate, he still had some contempt in his heart and did not look down upon him.
other side.
To put it bluntly, he first started an uprising in Qingzhou, and then took the initiative to provoke the side and conquered Mount Tai. However, Cao Cao had no choice but to take the initiative to seek peace. Wei Wu still did this, and Yuan Shu, Wang Zheng, who was despised by him as "the withered bones in the tomb"
Why did you ever take it seriously?
It's just that the other party's behavior today made him confused. He couldn't understand it, let alone guess it.
However, Yuan Shu saw that he was silent and took the initiative to change the subject: "By the way, Yu Kou, do you know the current situation in Chang'an?"
Chang'an has nothing to do with me. Although I thought so, I said: "The government is in Xuzhou. I haven't heard about the affairs of the world for a long time. I want to ask the state pastor for advice."
"At the beginning of this month, as far as I know, the Emperor has decided to return east to Luoyang."
In the first year of Xingping, there was a great famine in Guanzhong. Li Jue and others robbed the grain that Emperor Xian had intended to use for disaster relief as military pay. By the end of the year, the treasury was empty, and the Xiliang army began to rob grain from the people.
After Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and others had been tormented like this, the people in Guanzhong were completely unable to survive. At this time, ordinary people only had two choices.
The first is to rebel, the second is to escape.
They chose the latter, and most of them moved south to Jingzhou, Hanzhong and Yizhou, creating a certain degree of population support conditions for the future tripartite confrontation.
In the second year of Xingping, the eight-hundred-mile Qinchuan River was about to be completely destroyed. It was said that "one hu of grain is 500,000, beans and wheat are 200,000, people are eating each other, bones are lying on the ground, and the road is full of stinking filth."
(The so-called bandits are too many and there are not enough good people.) Since there is nothing to plunder from the outside, and Guo Si and Fan Chou pose a threat to Li Jue's boss status, the Xiliang army directly engages in an internal conflagration.
In early spring, when Wang Zhengping was marching towards Xuzhou, Fan Chou also wanted to lead his troops out of the customs. He would probably starve to death if he stayed here any longer. As a result, Li Jue suddenly attacked and asked his nephew Hu Feng to stab Fan Chou to death at an impromptu meeting.
, first annexed Fan Chou's troops.
With his lips dead and teeth cold, Guo Si was frightened and decided to strike first. The two sides began to fight directly. The battle lasted for several months, and tens of thousands of people died.
Emperor Xian was afraid of causing harm to Chi Yu, so he sent someone to mediate, but both sides ignored him. At the beginning of spring in March, Li's nephew Li Xian led thousands of soldiers to surround the palace and took Emperor Xian to the military camp. The officials followed Emperor Xian's car out of the palace on foot.
Then Li Jue's troops entered the palace, robbed the maids and property, and set fire to the palace and government offices.
Emperor Xian sent his ministers to Guo Si to mediate the conflict between Li and Guo, but you kidnapped the emperor and I snatched the high-ranking officials. Guo Si then took the Taiwei Yang Biao, Sikong Zhang Xi, Shangshu Wang Long, Guang Luxun Liu Yuan, Wei Weishi Sun Rui, Taiwei, etc.
Servant Han Rong and other high-ranking officials who came to make peace were all detained as hostages in the camp. After the hostages were tied up, the two sides continued to fight.
As Li Guo's civil strife escalated, the military strength left by Dong Zhuo began to collapse.
Not only was the strength greatly lost due to internal strife, but there was also a considerable proportion of Qiang and Hu soldiers in the Taishi tribe, and ethnic minorities had to collect money to do things.
Grand Master Dong has prestige, and even if he has no money, he can write a bad check with his face. But Li and Guo don't have this face. The main reason for robbing the palace later is to pay these mercenaries.
Later, Guo Si secretly instigated a rebellion against Li Jue's younger brother Zhang Bao, and at the same time Yang Feng, the leader of another force, also quit.
Yang Feng was the commander of the Yellow Turban Army who came from Baibo Valley in Bingzhou. He was not from the same group as the Northwest Army. Later, he was recruited and surrendered by Dong Zhuo. In addition, all the Yellow Turbans in various states in the world later died down, so Yang Feng was recruited again by Li Jue.
According to the original history, he only conspired to kill Li Jue at the end of June of that year after Zhang Bao completely surrendered to Guo Si and after Li Jue's power was greatly weakened.
But at this time, the world of the Han Dynasty was undergoing historical changes. Wang Zheng and Xu He made troubles in Shandong one after another. Seeing that the yellow scarf bandits could be used again, Yang Feng was greatly moved. He became restless earlier than in history. He actually and
Zhang Bao rebelled at the same time.
By the end of April, after the three-party melee cost tens of thousands of lives, Zhang Ji, another leader of the Northwest Army, rushed back from Hongnong and began to persuade peace.
Li, Guo just calmed down for a few days, and the Qiang and Hu started to make a fuss again asking for wages. We have helped you Li Jue fight for so long, so many people have died, so hurry up and send money. Li Jue has no choice but to avoid seeing them. These ethnic minorities have no choice. Next, go directly to Emperor Xian.
(General Li promised me the beautiful ladies in the palace, are they all safe now?)
In the hesitant and helpless hands of Emperor Xian, there was a loud sound in the sky, and the future No. 1 Poisoner of the Three Kingdoms made his debut.
There is no record in the history books how Jia Xu persuaded these barbarians. Anyway, he just had a meal alone, without paying a dime, drew a cake, and then let a group of migrant workers who were owed wages touch their noses and commit suicide. He left resignedly.
(Xu Nai secretly summoned the Qiang, and Marshal Hu ate and drank them. He promised them titles and valuables, so he lured them away. Jue weakened from this)
Xu Yi was awarded a title and a treasure...
The word "Xu Yi" is worthy of careful consideration.
This is Jia Wenhe's ability. No matter who or what he faces in his life, this person always seems to be calm, effortless, relaxed and calm, which is scary.
Li Jue, whose strength was once again greatly reduced, found that he could not continue the fight. If he continued to fight, he would be unable to defeat him, so he had to agree to reconcile with Guo Si.
Then Director Jia Da began to promote the plot.
After a month of bandit mediation conference, the northwest warlords reached a consensus that the thousands of miles of no-man's land in Guanzhong is now a dead place, and they must not stay any longer!
So Li Jue led his troops to Chiyang (Jingyang), and the remaining Dong clan bosses took Emperor Xian back east to Luoyang to seek development.
After listening to Yuan Shu's talk, Wang Zheng didn't say anything for a while.
The first question that came to his mind was not that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was one step closer to Cao Cao, and how much threat it would bring to his future self. It was that Yuan Shu was further away than he was, and the information he knew was so detailed. On the contrary, he There’s no sound at all!
Another point is that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty is not only in danger now, but also a group of thieves are disobeying the rebels. How can he have the leisure and willingness to issue an edict recommending the Yellow Turban rebels to be the governor of a state at this time?
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If it was just suspicion before, now it is certain that the edict must have been drafted by Yuan Shu and issued from Yangzhou!
Thinking of this, Wang Zheng raised his head and glanced at Yuan Shu. The Skeleton King had become so unruly. Could he be about to proclaim himself emperor?
Was it already at this time in history, or was it earlier due to the changes brought about by my own time travel?
Seeing that the other party still looked like a loyal minister who was concerned about the country and the people, obviously waiting for him to take the initiative to speak, Wang Zheng suppressed his surging thoughts, and secretly decided that the intelligence work of the Robbery Division must be strengthened as soon as possible!
It's a bit uncomfortable to feel like you're blind.
He asked cooperatively: "On the way back east, Thief Li is far away from the emperor, so he should be fine. Zhou Mu, I wonder where the emperor is now?"
Yuan Shu did not answer at first, but asked Yang Hong to spread out the map, called everyone forward, and immediately pointed out: "I also got the news recently. The Emperor set out at the beginning of the month, and the Holy Emperor's journey cannot be as fast as our march. I'm afraid I should still be in Jing Zhaoyin at that time, either Ba Ling or Xin Feng."
"It's only 800 miles from Chang'an to Luoyang." Wang Zheng mused: "It may take three or four months, or it may take forty or fifty days, and we should be able to reach the eastern capital."
Calculated this way, if Yuan Shu sets out from Yangzhou at this time, he can stop him halfway.
Why did he take the initiative to ask him to return to Xuzhou at this time? What was his intention?
But Yuan Shu asked again: "Yu Kou, in your opinion, after learning about this, how will the heroes in the world respond?"
Does it matter to me? Historically, it seems that it was because other people, especially Yuan Shao, disliked Emperor Xian that Cao Cao missed it, right?
"Except for Yuan Shao, most people are beyond the reach of the whip, so they have a desire to please. It is difficult to overcome mountains and rivers." After thinking about it, he answered like this.
Yuan Shu slapped the table and laughed: "Yes, that's exactly it."
"The closest places to Luoyang are Ji and Yanzhou."
"It's just that I know that Yuan Benchu has always disliked the emperor. In the past, Dong Zhuo wanted to depose the young emperor, so he had a falling out with him and even stayed away from Luoyang."
"If what goes up is followed by actions, Cao A'ao will naturally not make arbitrary decisions."
"As for You and Xu, Gongsun Zan cannot protect himself, Liu Xuande is not stable, even if he has the intention, he is powerless."
"Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Zhang of Yizhou, the former has lost his ambition, and the latter is timid and unintelligent. They are both people who only want to protect themselves, and they dare not get involved."
Then you are wrong. If Yuan Shao is not willing, it does not necessarily mean that Cao Cao is not willing.
However, Wang Zheng naturally did not say these words. He just smiled and said: "Zhou Muguo hit the right spot in the current situation."
"Looking at today's world, I am afraid that only Zhou Mu remembers the emperor and is loyal to him."
"Yes." Yuan Shu suddenly sighed and said, "Although I have this intention, as the imperial concubine said, after all, the manpower is limited, and it is difficult to conquer mountains and rivers."
"More than that." At this time, Zhao Xun interjected with a worried look on his face: "My lord, according to the reports from the spies ahead, Qu'a's troops and horses have been mobilized frequently recently, and the traitor Liu Yao may have the intention to invade our territory."
"Liu Yao?" Upon hearing this name, Yuan Shu's face darkened and he said: "The newly defeated army has lost its courage long ago. Zhao Xun, when you see Bo Fu defeating the enemy and making achievements on the battlefield, why don't you want to imitate him?
Are you so afraid of fighting?"
"It's not that the general is afraid of fighting." Zhao Xun quickly explained: "It's just because Liu Yao was defeated by Bo Fu not long ago. If he attacks at this time, he will avenge his humiliation. He must have been preparing for a long time and the army has risen."
"Furthermore, although Bo Fu was victorious in consecutive battles, there was an unexpected reason. The victors were just defenders from various places, and they had not fought against Liu Yao's Danyang elite."
"Besides..." After a pause, Zhao Xun said: "According to the spies' report, Liu Yao got a new tiger general today, who is extremely capable of arrows and halberds. It is said that he has the courage of thousands of people, and he should not be underestimated!"
At this time, Yan Xiang, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "What General Zhao said is not unreasonable. Danyang's soldiers are famous all over the world for their bravery, and they are indeed a great threat."
"If you don't deal with Liu Yao, you will always have a thorn in your back. You can't act rashly, let alone go thousands of miles away to welcome the emperor."
"Now, the time has come!"
"Oh?" After hearing this, everyone looked at Yan Xiang, and Yuan Shu even took the initiative to ask: "How do you say this?"
Yan Xiang said seriously: "Liu Yao is indeed a powerful enemy, so he has been able to stand side by side with Zhou Mu in Jiangdong for a long time. If we rely solely on our army, it is really difficult to defeat him. Even if we can win, it will probably be a tragic victory with eight hundred losses."
."
"But now..." Yan Xiang pointed at Wang Zheng and said with a smile: "We are no longer fighting alone."
coming!
Wang Zheng knew that the show had finally begun, and he immediately understood that what had told him to return was all nonsense. However, the other party had just given him another gift, so he wanted to make a show of it and said: "The state shepherd treats me very well. If there is any use for politics, I will act like a dog and a horse."
It’s hard work.”
"Haha." Yuan Shu laughed dumbly: "Yu Kou, no matter how elite your soldiers are, with three or four thousand men, they have nothing to do with the overall situation, so how can they help me defeat this powerful enemy?"
Now, you said this yourself.
"Although the army is weak." Wang Zheng did Tai Chi: "If the state pastor is in a hurry, he should go all out."
At this time, Yang Hong also said: "It is enough for the governor Wang to have such a heart. My lord, judging from Yi Hong, with the strength of our army now, it is indeed not easy to pacify Liu Yao. Even if we win a tragic victory, it will be said that the gain outweighs the loss."
"That being the case, it's better to go ahead and become stronger."
"How to strengthen yourself?" Yuan Shu asked.
"Self-improvement is nothing more than expanding the territory to accommodate the population and wealth. What's more, there are no two days in the sky and no two masters in man. General Tiangong is the emperor's personal appointment as the governor of Xuzhou. Liu Bei is in the wrong position and should be attacked! This is the common desire of our two families.
, mutual benefit.”
Hearing this, Yuan Shu couldn't help but look at Wang Zheng and asked: "Yu Kou, what do you think?"
In the name of attacking Liu Bei, do you want me to help you capture Pi and Guangling?
This was what Wang Zheng had expected before he came, and he said: "As Master Yang said, Zheng also deeply agrees."
When his neighbor changed from Liu Bei to Yuan Shu, Wang Zheng felt that this deal was a good deal even if he let the other party get the three counties of Xuzhou first.
Of course, the premise is that the opponent's Yangzhou Army is the main force.
Yuan Shu chuckled and said: "If we want to attack Xuzhou, it is of great importance and cannot be decided hastily. I will convene all the ministers to discuss it later and make a plan."
Then he looked at Wang Zheng and suddenly said: "Yu Kou, you are also a talented general. In your opinion, if we want to attack Xu, should we take Guangling first or Xiapi?"
What does this mean?
Shouchun is in the north of Jiujiang County, adjacent to Xiapi. Not to mention that it is a taboo for military strategists to seek the distance instead of the near. Even if you want to attack Guangling first, you must also cross Xiapi.
He didn't understand the meaning of the question for a moment, so he laughed: "The military is a big deal, and politics also needs to be carefully considered."
Yuan Shu nodded: "That's how it should be."
It seemed that his purpose had been accomplished at this point, and he yawned immediately. Wang Zheng immediately understood that the next topic was their internal topic, so he left.