Huang Zhong didn't hear the slipperiness in Luo Yang's words. He just heard that Luo Yang agreed with his opinion at the beginning. Then he turned to Wang Rui and clasped his fists and said, "Sir! Zihui once stayed in Luoyang City.
, he must be more knowledgeable than me! Since he agrees with my opinion! Then what are we waiting for? Please give the order quickly!"
When Luo Yang heard Huang Zhong's words, he felt helpless in his heart. With Huang Zhong's straightforward character, it's no wonder that Kong had good skills. In the original history, he was unknown in the first half of his life. Now, although Huang Zhong's achievements are
Zhong has made a name for himself, but how many bosses can tolerate his temper?
However, Wang Rui seemed to have been used to Huang Zhong's temper for a long time. He didn't seem to care, but shook his head and said: "Han Sheng, you don't know! Now we in Jingzhou have no soldiers and no food, so what can we do with it?"
Going to Chenliu to participate in the alliance? Even if we go like this, with Jingzhou's little wealth, can General Yuan and General Cao be interested in it?" As he said this, Wang Rui's eyes glanced to the side intentionally or unintentionally.
Cai Mao and the Kuai brothers.
So that's it! As soon as Wang Rui said these words, Luo Yang immediately understood Wang Rui's intention. I bet Wang Rui was eyeing the soldiers, horses, and food in the hands of the Cai family and the Kuai family!
Although Luo Yang has not been in Xiangyang for a long time, people have already found out clearly that Wang Rui, the three most powerful people in Xiangyang City, controls nearly 10,000 troops in Jingzhou's direct-administered headquarters, while the other troops in Jingzhou are
It is firmly controlled by the Cai family. As for the food and grass for the various soldiers and horses in Jingzhou, it has always been in the hands of the Kuai family, which is equivalent to pinching the throats of the soldiers and horses in the hands of the other two parties. The power in the hands of the three parties checks and balances each other.
Even after these years of management, Wang Rui could only maintain an undefeated situation against the Cai family and the Kuai family.
However, according to Wang Rui's selfish desires, how could he watch his power being divided by others? This time, the edict sent by Cao Cao just provided Wang Rui with this opportunity. He just used this excuse to force the Cai family and the Kuai family to hand over power.
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Luo Yang could see the clues, and Cai Hao and the Kuai brothers certainly couldn't. Cai Hao sneered secretly and glanced at the Kuai brothers opposite. The old god Kuai Liang was sitting there with his eyes closed, just relaxing.
As if he didn't hear Wang Rui's words at all, the second child Kuai Yue turned to look at Cai Hao and smiled faintly, just nodded lightly. Cai Hao also smiled back, but secretly thinking in his heart, this Kuai Yue
The brothers are not easy-going people. Even if Wang Rui is defeated in a fight in the future, I am afraid that the Cai family and the Kuai family will inevitably fall out!
Although Huang Zhong stayed in Xiangyang longer than Luoyang, first of all, he was a straightforward person and never paid attention to the intrigues in the officialdom. Secondly, after Huang Zhong arrived in Xiangyang, he devoted himself to the training of the army.
Even if he had free time, he was busy finding a doctor to treat his son Huang Xu. How could he have the time to care about the cliques between Wang Rui and the Cai family and the Kuai family. So after hearing what Wang Rui said, Huang Zhong was stunned.
Without thinking much, he said directly: "Sir! What's the difficulty? Even if Xiangyang's headquarters does not have enough troops, your Excellency can order to summon all the cities and counties in Jingzhou to mobilize troops! As for the problem of food and grass, Jingzhou is rich.
In this land, we should be able to afford the food and grass for this expedition!"
Hearing Huang Zhong take the initiative to propose this suggestion, Wang Rui felt happy. Huang Zhong said this, which was equivalent to being a person who helped the Han Dynasty. If the Cai family and the Kuai family dared to disobey, then
It just disrespects the Han Dynasty! And if the Cai family and the Kuai family compromise and offer troops, horses, food and grass, then of course Wang Rui will take it in his pocket without mercy! It is not up to Wang Rui himself to decide whether to go to Chenliu or not.
Well! Find an excuse and delay it for a while. If you think about it, the battle between the soldiers and horses from various counties and Dong Zhuo will definitely not last long!
Wang Rui was making wishful thinking in his heart, but Luo Yang was sneering in his heart. Wang Rui's calculation was crackling, but the Cai family and the Kuai family were big families that had been rooted in Jingzhou for decades, especially the Cai family, Cai Mao's father.
When Cai Xi was still alive, he married his sister to Captain Zhang Wen, and later married his eldest daughter to Jingxiang celebrity Huang Chengyan. Using this marriage method, the Cai family was deeply rooted in Jingzhou.
Even later, Cai Mao used this marriage method to marry his younger sister to Liu Biao, the future governor of Jingzhou!
As for the Kuai family, although they are not as powerful as the Cai family, the two brothers in the Kuai family are not good at it. Even in the later period when great people emerged, Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue were both considered first-rate advisers! Even Cao Cao treated them
I also appreciate it very much. With Wang Rui's ability, I'm afraid it's not enough for these two brothers!
However, Luo Yang, who saw through all this, chose to watch. Now that he has come to Xiangyang, he will not just be a small general in Jingzhou. Luo Yang's purpose is naturally to use Jingzhou as a base for his development.
Completely under his control. Therefore, whether it is Wang Rui, the Cai family, or the Kuai family, to Luo Yang, they are all enemies that must be eliminated in the future!
In addition, when Wang Rui heard what Huang Zhong said, he thought Cai Mao and the Kuai brothers would express something, but he did not expect that these three people actually chose to remain silent. This reaction was beyond Wang Rui's expectation.
After waiting for a long time, Wang Rui coughed lightly and decided to take the initiative. He said to Kuai Liang: "Mr. Zirou! What do you think of what Han Sheng said?"
Kuai Liang slowly opened his eyes, looked at Wang Rui, smiled faintly, and said: "What General Huang said is absolutely true! This is a major matter to help the Han Dynasty! If Zirou has any opinions, everything will be at your discretion!"
When Kuai Liang said this, he seemed to have compromised with Wang Rui, which made Wang Rui a little confused. It was as if he had just grabbed the opponent's collar. He planned to use all his strength to knock the opponent down, but he didn't expect that it was just
He pulled off the other party's clothes. Wang Rui glanced at Kuai Liang suspiciously, but found that there seemed to be nothing wrong with the other party. He turned to look at Cai Mao and said, "General Cai! What do you think?
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Cai Mao also imitated Kuai Liang and said with a smile: "Since General Huang and Mr. Zirou have said it, what other problems can Cai have? Everything will be subject to your arrangements!"
Wang Rui couldn't believe that he agreed so easily. He looked at Cai Mao and then at the Kuai brothers. The three of them had the same smiling faces. Wang Rui couldn't see any problem. It was so successful.
Really? Only then did Wang Rui realize that his plan had been implemented smoothly. At that moment, he suppressed the joy welling up from the bottom of his heart and hurriedly said to Huang Zhong: "In that case! I will write down the military order immediately and mobilize all the cities.
Thirty percent of the troops and horses from the county are coming to Xiangyang! Han Sheng, I'm going to have to work hard on your journey this time!" Finally, Wang Rui also knew not to act too hastily, so he only asked for 30% of the troops and horses from each city and county, but this is still a lot of money.
, in total, there should be no less than ten thousand people!
Huang Zhong clasped his fists at Wang Rui with excitement and shouted: "What are you talking about, sir! This is the duty of the general! Why bother talking about it!"
Just when Wang Rui was anxiously writing military orders on the spot, an emergency report suddenly came from outside the hall. A sergeant covered in dust ran to the door of the hall, knelt down towards Wang Rui, cupped his fists and shouted: "Sir
!Urgent report from Fancheng! The military rations shipped from Nanjun to Shangyong have been robbed in Fancheng!"
"What!" Upon hearing the news, Wang Rui's whole body trembled. He couldn't even hold the pen in his hand, but he messed up the military order he had just written. However, Wang Rui didn't care about it anymore and just stood there.
He stood up and shouted to the sergeant: "What did you say? Say it again!"
The sergeant didn't dare to delay, so he repeated it again. Wang Rui, who was sure that he heard correctly, suddenly turned pale, his feet went weak, and he slumped down. It's no wonder that Wang Rui was so rude, in Shangyong City
Compared to other cities and counties in Jingxiang, Shangyong City is located in a mountainous area. The local grain production is very small, let alone the army. Even most of the people rely on transfers from various cities and counties in the southeast of Jingxiang.
At the same time, Shangyong City was one of the few cities and counties under Wang Rui's control, and the city guard of Shangyong City, Deng Xi, was also one of the subordinates that Wang Rui finally managed to recruit.
Originally, every month, Wang Rui would specially concentrate the grain and grass allocated from the cities and counties in the southeast of Jingzhou in Nanjun, and then transport it to Shangyong via the Xiangjiang River. The past few years have been uneventful, but he did not expect that this time it would happen.
Something like this happened! If Shangyong's food and grass were cut off, not only would Shangyong's defenders be starved of food, but even the people in Shangyong City would be starving. It might even trigger a civil uprising. If that's the case.
, then Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, has come to an end!
After being stunned for a long time, Wang Rui finally came to his senses and hurriedly shouted at the sergeant: "How could this happen! Didn't I ask the Nanjun garrison to send heavy troops to escort me? How could it be robbed? Who robbed it?"
The sergeant was only responsible for delivering letters. How could he know so much? Wang Rui asked him, but he stopped him. Seeing Wang Rui's face, the sergeant couldn't help but worry. If he answered directly, he didn't know whether Wang Rui would kill him immediately.
Killed his head! Thinking like this, the sergeant was so frightened that he didn't even dare to say anything. He could only kowtow and beg for mercy.
Wang Rui couldn't ask why, and he became more and more angry, and shouted loudly: "Waste! What a waste! What's the use of raising waste like you? Come on! Get this waste away from me now!"
Get down! Cut off his tongue!" Wang Rui no longer cared about maintaining his image at this moment, his face was ferocious, and his eyes were as if he wanted to eat people.