When Liu Xin suddenly heard the news, he really didn't know whether he should be happy or sad. He was just thinking about what he needed to do to stabilize the rear area. One of them was how to arrange the brothers Liu Hao and Liu Zhang. Now there are many in the army.
Yizhou soldiers and five counties were all taken from Liu Yan. Everyone was smiling when there was peace. Who knows if there will be some restless noble officials who want to stab him in the back once the army sets off to the north?
The last one. And if these people want to take action, they will definitely hold up the banner of Liu Yan. Although Liu Yan is dead, Liu Hao and Liu Zhang are still there.
Hearing the news of Liu Mao's death, Liu Xin suddenly regretted it. He should have followed Cheng Yu's suggestion and took Wu Ran as his concubine. At least he could tie Wu Yi firmly to his chariot. Now he not only harmed Wu Ran
This little girl's life made her a widow early, and there was no guarantee that Liu Yan's old subordinates would be loyal to her. Liu Xin was stunned for a long time, and then asked: "Zhongde, how did he die?
?”
Cheng Yu leaned over and said: "Back to my lord, Liu Hao has been acting crazy. Even Mr. Zhang couldn't diagnose what was wrong with him. His subordinates became a little suspicious, so they sent someone to secretly keep an eye on him and found that he was watching him secretly when no one was around.
Then I will cry secretly.”
Liu Xin interrupted Cheng Yu and said, "Is he pretending to be crazy?"
Cheng Yu continued: "My subordinates also had this doubt. Today, the people who were sent found that he was showing signs of escaping and stepped forward to stop him. In desperation, he jumped out of the window, unexpectedly fell on a stone and died on the spot. Even now, he is still alive.
I don’t know whether he is really crazy or fake, but it is a good thing that Liu Hao is dead."
Liu Xin was startled. He even had some doubts that Cheng Yu sent people to kill Liu Hao. However, when he thought about it, it didn't seem like it. What was the use of killing Liu Hao? Liu Zhang was still there, and there were people above him.
The two brothers were under Dong Zhuo's command. They closed their eyes and thought deeply for a while. Liu Xin sighed and said, "Forget it, the man is dead. It doesn't matter whether he was really crazy or not. He will be identified and given a generous burial."
Cheng Yu agreed and was about to turn around when he heard Liu Xin say: "Wait a minute, let Wu Yi take his sister back and let her remarry. Also, send Liu Zhang to Changsha and hand him over to Gan Ning for strict supervision.
You go and do it now.”
Liu Xin knew that none of the five legions had troops stationed in Changsha. The place had been completely guarded by the navy, so there were neither soldiers nor officials from Yizhou. In addition, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai were eager to make meritorious deeds.
Liu Zhang has no foundation, and even if he wants to rebel, he will not succeed.
After dealing with the affairs of Liu Mao and Liu Zhang, Liu Xin called Dian Wei and Xu Chu over and asked them to rectify the Feihu guards before the year. The incident of Sun Ce reminded him that if someone pretends to be a relative,
Guards, it would be easy to sneak into Dongcheng District, and maybe even sneak into the Prefecture Mufu. After his army goes out, the entire defense of Xiangyang will fall on the Feihu guards, which must be guarded against. Not only
In this way, Liu Xin also ordered a secret review of all personal guards to prevent spies from sneaking in, and stipulated that in the future, the selection of personal guards must be based on the registration and review of immediate family members within three generations.
After solving these two matters and subduing Sun Ce some time ago, most of Liu Xin's worries have gone away. Just when he returned to the backyard, he saw Zhu Qian waiting there with a red face, and said calmly: "Master, I have something to think about.
Let’s discuss this with you.”
Liu Xin knew that Zhu Qian would never take the initiative to make any requests. If there was anything, it must be about Liu Rui, so he walked over and gently hugged her shoulders and said, "It's Rui'er's business, it's all about the same family."
People, just say it."
Zhu Qian looked up at Liu Xin and asked in surprise: "Master, you know everything. Do you agree to such a marriage?"
Liu Xin was confused and asked in surprise: "Marriage? What marriage?"
At this time, Ma Yun came over and said, "It's the marriage between Rui'er and Sun Ce. I think they are quite a match."
When Liu Xin saw Ma Yun coming over, she quickly let go of Zhu Qian, but she was even more surprised when she said: "Rui'er and Sun Ce's marriage! Sun Jian proposed marriage to me, but the situation at that time was special and I didn't agree. Why now?
I remembered this."
Ma Yun said with a smile: "Didn't you see Sun Ce's appearance in the study that day? I feel that he is thinking about Rui'er. Sun Ce is also a young hero, very filial to his mother, and he works under you. They are here
Together, it’s the best of both worlds.”
Liu Xin understood what Ma Yun meant and used marriage to completely tie Sun Ce. This was also considered a political marriage and was the most commonly used method in that era. However, Liu Xin was unwilling to be so utilitarian and recalled the way Liu Rui treated Sun Ce in the study that day.
Attitude, I couldn't help but ponder: "Qian'er, what do you mean? Will Rui'er agree?"
Zhu Qian answered very simply this time: "This child looks pretty good, and I have no objection to the slave family. Whether it succeeds or not depends entirely on the master."
Ma Yun also said at the side: "You don't have to think about Rui'er. This girl is old. I think she is 80% willing. Otherwise, why would she repeatedly make things difficult for Sun Ce."
In fact, Liu Xin didn't have much objection to the marriage, but he didn't want to be too utilitarian, so after thinking about it, he said: "Go and ask Rui'er yourself. If she doesn't have any objection, let's settle the matter first and wait."
I'll talk to Sun Ce's mother when I get back from Chang'an."
Liu Xin also had a selfish motive. He tried his best to attack Dong Zhuo this time, and also wanted to bring Sun Ce with him. But on the battlefield, swords and guns have no eyesight. If Sun Ce had any good intentions, wouldn't it be a mistake for Liu Rui?
lifelong.
Just when Liu Xin was intensively planning to attack Dong Zhuo, a shocking news suddenly came from the north. Gongsun Zan was defeated by Yuan Shao and had retreated to Yi Jing. In this way, after Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou, he would soon further annex You.
Liu Xin knew that due to his arrival, much history had deviated from its original track, which he had expected. However, Liu Xin did not expect that Gongsun Zan would be defeated so quickly. In his impression, Yuan Shao and
Gongsun Zan's war should have lasted five or six years before it ended. Now, not only has the war between the two been advanced, but Gongsun Zan has retreated to Yi Jing so quickly. According to Liu Xin's idea, after he defeats Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao should be in the north
, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan are three pillars, and the three of them are still fighting endlessly. In the south, Yuan Shu, Tao Qian, Liu Yao, and Yan Baihu dominate the world. Of course, Liu Bei may take the opportunity to occupy one or two pieces of territory. By then,
He can definitely defeat them one by one.
In fact, the reason for such a situation has a lot to do with Liu Xin. Historically, the reason why Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao have been at odds for such a long time is that, first, Zhao Yun, a fierce general, saved Gongsun Zan from danger several times; second,
It was with the help of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei that many dangers were saved. Now, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei were poached by Liu Xin early, and Liu Bei took Guan Yu to Xuzhou. In this way, Gongsun Zan had no external help.
Xiangzhu, his territory was originally snatched from Liu Yu's hands, and Liu Yu's old subordinates still refused to accept him, so it is reasonable for him to fall apart.
In the twelfth lunar month, more shocking news came. Cao Cao had occupied Luoyang! Cao Cao was once a vanguard against Dong Zhuo. However, after the war between the princes against Dong Zhuo failed, Cao Cao received a document from Dong Zhuo and immediately
Turning the target of the attack on the remaining Yellow Turban Party members in Shandong.
Cao Cao also had his high-sounding reasons. He followed the orders of Emperor Liu Xie, not Dong Zhuo. In fact, he saw the right opportunity and wanted to vigorously develop his own power in the process of conquering the Shandong Yellow Turbans. To be honest, Cao Cao did
He was a brave and strategic traitor of the generation. After he left Luoyang, he quietly occupied Dongjun, devoted himself to developing his own power, recruited talents, and gradually gained some reputation. He had advisers under his command and fierce generals.
These so-called Yellow Turban remnants are actually ordinary farmers, mainly from Qingxu and Qingzhou. These Yellow Turbans are different from the Yellow Turbans during Zhang Jiao's rebellion. They just use the banner of the Yellow Turbans. These people do not fight according to the team.
, and they brought their family, livestock, and furniture with them. If they took off the yellow scarf on their heads, they would be no different from ordinary farmers.
When the Yellow Turban Army first attacked the city, they were very powerful. Even Bao Xin, Prime Minister of Jibei Province, died in their hands. However, when Cao Cao led his army to attack, how could such an army defeat Cao Cao's elite soldiers and generals?
, soon turned into another scene. Following the direction of Cao Jun's troops, the Yellow Turban bandits descended upon the wind. Within half a year, everything in Shandong had been restored.
After this battle, Cao Cao's strength greatly increased, and he recruited more than 300,000 traitors and millions of men and women. Qing and Yanzhou fell into Cao Cao's control quietly. Even Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, could only...
They can tremble and obey orders under Cao Cao's tent. However, a large population also brings a lot of troubles. Many of the surrendered Yellow Turbans are from Xuzhou. In Qing and Yanzhou, they have no land, houses, food, clothing, food and accommodation.
Problem, and Cao Cao himself was very short of food and grass. Historically, it was not until the end of Yuan-Cao's struggle for hegemony that he completely solved this problem.
It was under this circumstance that Cao Cao took a fancy to Luoyang. Luoyang is now an empty city, but the houses are basically still there, and there is a large area of barren land outside the city. Cao Cao selected elites from these surrendered Yellow Turbans and incorporated them into his army.
All the others in the army were ordered to go to Luoyang to work in agriculture. This not only resettled these Yellow Turban soldiers, but also increased the supply of military supplies. It can be said that it killed two birds with one stone.
Among all the princes, Liu Xin was most worried about Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Now that Cao Cao had risen ahead of schedule and the situation suddenly changed, Liu Xin had to step up his actions and start a war against Dong Zhuo ahead of schedule.
In fact, Guo Jia, Chen Gong, Tian Feng and others did not agree with Liu Xin's use of troops against Dong Zhuo now. They all suggested that Liu Xin first take over the four counties of Nanzhong, and then capture the land of Jiangdong, gradually strengthen his own strength, and finally fight with Dong Zhuo.
Fight to the death. However, Liu Xin also had her own considerations. Dong Zhuo was now like a fierce tiger. The princes everywhere were busy fighting for power and killing each other, but no one dared to stroke Dong Zhuo's tiger beard. At this time, Dong Zhuo's vigilance
At its worst, his army was the most disorganized and its combat effectiveness was at its lowest. Once Dong Zhuo had foreseen that someone was going to attack him, he would have to expend several times more effort to capture him.
Another reason that prompted Liu Xin to attack Dong Zhuo first was that Cai Yan took Diao Chan to Xiangyang on his own initiative, thereby losing the most critical link in Wang Yun's chain plan. The relationship between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu was already unbreakable, and he hoped that
It is no longer possible to cause strife within the Xiliang army.
Fortunately, Liu Xin had been preparing for this war for a year and a half. The provisions, weapons, and troops were all ready, just waiting for his order. Throughout the Spring Festival, Xiangyang City felt the same to outsiders as usual.
, peaceful and peaceful, but those who come into contact with the core secrets know that an exciting moment is about to come.
Liu Xin was carefully calculating every step in the study. This time, he was almost risking all his wealth and life, and there was no room for error. Suddenly, Liu Xin remembered something.