However, Ju Shou knew about Liu Xin's policy of rest and recuperation, so he asked in confusion: "Since Yuan Shu took the initiative to propose mutual non-aggression, it was not in line with the Lord's wishes. Why didn't Madam take the opportunity to agree to him?"
Ma Yun smiled and said: "Don't say it is a verbal agreement, even if it is written in black and white, it will be torn up if it is torn up, and it is not accurate, so why bother too much. Since Yuan Shu took the initiative, it means that he is more urgent about this matter, let's
We can use this to gain more benefits. If we agree to him easily, he will see our thoughts and cause more trouble."
Jushou thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "My lady is still far-sighted and my subordinates feel inferior."
Ma Yun waved her hand and said: "Let's leave Yuan Shu alone for the time being, and let's discuss the rescue of Zoke County first. Since General Zilong has returned, please ask General Zilong to take these fifteen thousand people there first.
Xiahou Lan will bring back the troops from Wuguan and continue to reinforce them. What do you think of this arrangement?"
Zhao Yun muttered: "In this way, the entire Fourth Army, except for the five thousand troops that Zhang Wenyuan brought to Xuzhou, the rest were all sent to Zoke County. Could it be that Madam made such an arrangement not only to defend Zoke, but also
But to regain the four central and southern counties in one fell swoop?"
Ma Yun was slightly surprised. She did have this plan, but she couldn't make up her mind yet, so she didn't say it out loud. She just transferred Zhao Yun's fourth army to Zangke first. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yun guessed it right away.
After hearing Zhao Yun's guess, Jushou quickly figured out the whole story and hurriedly said: "Mrs. Qizhen, this is absolutely impossible! If we just deal with Yong Kai, Gao Ding and others, there is no need to go to great lengths.
However, Zang Ke is facing a hundred thousand barbarians now. These barbarians are actually just barbarian people. If there is a big killing, I am afraid it will increase the conflict between the Han and the barbarians. Madam, please think twice!"
In fact, Ma Yun had thought of what Ju Shou said just now, which was why she had been undecided about taking action against the four central and southern counties. However, if she just defended blindly, how could she dispel the ambition of the barbarians to found a country?
Zhao Yun cupped his hands and said: "Mrs. Qi, the policy of one family of Han and barbarians implemented by my lord can completely dispel the doubts of the barbarians, but it cannot be implemented in the four central and southern counties. If a person with high moral standing among the barbarians can be invited to stand up, he will
If the lord's policy is communicated to the barbarian people, the four central and southern counties can be won without fighting."
Ma Yun nodded and said: "General Zilong is right. In terms of reputation, Zhu Ding is quite qualified, but he is seriously injured now. Fengyuan's influence is only limited to the Jingnan area. I'm afraid what he said will affect the people of the four central and southern counties."
I don’t know how to listen, and I really can’t find anyone who meets the conditions for a while.”
Jushou suddenly touched his palm and said, "There is someone in the Prefectural Mufu's Mansion right now."
Ma Yun's eyebrows wrinkled slightly and she muttered: "Are you talking about Zhu Rong?"
Ju Shou nodded and said, "Yes. The barbarians worship the God of Fire, and after Miss Zhu was considered the God of Fire, she had an irreplaceable position in the hearts of the barbarians. I think this is the reason why Meng Huo insisted on pursuing Miss Zhu and did not hesitate to go to war for her.
"
Ma Yun said "Oh" and said: "You mean to let Zhu Rong go back to Zhongnan to promote the policies of the Han barbarian family? She is a girl after all, and I really can't trust her to do such a dangerous thing."
Jushou said with a smile: "I hope that the girl will be as good as the men, and she will be able to do the job. However, she will have to wait until the Lord returns before she can actually make the trip."
Ma Yunqi asked: "What does her going to Zhongnan have to do with Liu Xin?"
Jushu suddenly hesitated and mumbled for a while before finally saying: "Going back to my wife, I wish you a three-year contract with your lord. Now that the contract has expired, I wish you to come in person. It is not appropriate for your lord to break your promise. Your lord implements the policy of the Han barbarian family and encourages
Chinese
Barbarian intermarriage. But Han women are not allowed to marry barbarian men. Even if Han men are willing to marry barbarian women, there are very few of them, unless they are too poor to take the blame and find a wife. I have never heard of a few gentry families.
Those who take barbarian girls as wives and concubines.”
Ma Yun said in a deep voice: "Who said there is no such thing? Isn't General Dian's wife the daughter of the barbarian family?"
Jushu said sarcastically: "There are too few people like General Xu after all. If the lord can take Miss Zhu as his concubine, and Miss Zhu returns to Zhongnan to speak out, it will definitely do twice the result with half the effort in promoting the policies of the Han and Barbarian families."
If faced with Liu Xin, Jushou would naturally say these words without hesitation, but facing Ma Yun, Jushou would indeed find it difficult to say them. After all, there is a completely different difference between persuading a man to take a concubine and persuading a man's wife to help a man take a concubine.
Two different things. As Jushou said this, he secretly glanced at Ma Yun, but saw that her face was calm, so he felt a little relieved.
Ma Yun understood that Ju Shou's proposal was just a political marriage. The political marriage in front of her was not impossible, at least Zhu Rong's attitude was written on his face. Sharing the same man with another woman, for Ma Yun from later generations
She felt a little embarrassed, but the social custom was such that she couldn't stop it, and she didn't want Liu Xin to take women home one after another, so she and Liu Xin made an agreement of three wives and four concubines.
Ma Yun did not object to Zhu Rong, a girl who was careless, but she still didn't know what Liu Xin's attitude was. Ma Yun knew very well that with Liu Xin's character, he would never allow such a thing to be related to politics.
Those who took the bait couldn't help but hesitate and said: "This matter will be discussed later. At the moment, I would like to ask General Zilong to go to Zoke first. Don't take the initiative to attack, but guard Zoke like an iron barrel and don't teach Meng Huo to step beyond the thunder pool."
"
Zhao Yun cupped his hands and accepted the promise: "I will obey my wife's order. If you are here, whether it is Meng Huo, Yong Kai or Gaoding, I will tell him to come and never come back. I have one more thing to report. I just listened to Mr. Ju."
Speaking of which, in addition to sending Yuan Shu to attack Nanxiang and Jiangxia, Cao Cao also issued
Yan Baihu issued an edict to Yuzhang, asking him to attack Changsha. The general has not heard any news about Changsha yet. Could it be that Yan Baihu did not accept the edict? The general thought that when Xiahoulan's men came over, why not send them
Go to Changsha, just in case."
Yan Baihu planned to attack Changsha only after receiving an official letter from Liu Xin from Chang'an today. Ma Yun, Jushuo and the others knew about it. They had not yet had time to send envoys to Changsha to find out, so they did not know what was there.
Condition.
Ma Yun couldn't help but secretly nodded, Zhao Zilong was indeed loyal and courageous. It would be very difficult for him to go to Zoke for reinforcements this time. If he could get help from Xiahoulan's 40,000 fresh troops, not to mention holding Zoke County, he would even defeat the four central and southern counties.
It was not impossible. But Zhao Yun did not do this. Instead, considering the safety of Changsha, he left the difficulty to himself.
Before Ma Yun could speak, she heard Zhao Yun continue: "The general will only take ten thousand infantry to Zangke this time. Zangke has many mountains and forests, and Jiangdong has many rivers and lakes. There is no place for cavalry in these two places.
, I will leave the five thousand cavalry accompanying me in Xiangyang in the end to intimidate Xiaoxiao’s followers.”
Ma Yun thought for a while and said: "What you said makes sense. In this case, I will ask General Dian Wei to go and help you. General Dian has been to Zoke County, and his wife is a barbarian woman. He will go with him to defend Zangke County."
Ke Jun should have no big problem."
Zhao Yun also smiled and said: "It would be great if my fifth brother goes with us. It's a long way to Zoke. It's not too late. I don't dare to delay. I'll set off now. Please tell my wife to speak to me on my behalf."
Although Zhao Yun, like Xu Huang, refused to call Liu Xin brother anymore and insisted on calling him lord, the friendship between them has only increased, and the other people still treat each other as brothers.
What's even more valuable is that Zhao Yun has already stayed away from home twice. If he comes again, he will catch up with Dayu who controls floods. The last time he came back from the Wuguan front line, he immediately went to Nanxiang and did not go home to visit.
.This time I just came back from Jiangxia and immediately had to rush to Zangke. I also didn’t have time to go home.
Ma Yun looked at Zhao Yun's hurried away figure and nodded secretly. Liu Xin left Ma Yun alone in the river, but he made a special trip to Changshan to dig Zhao Yun over. For this reason, Ma Yun almost suffered the insult of Li Lin.
, Thinking about it now, it was really wise for Liu Xin to do this at that time.
Jushou also praised: "With people like General Zhao here, my lord, there is no need to worry about big things happening."
Ma Yun couldn't relax, and frowned and said: "This time in the Northern Expedition, in addition to facing the powerful Dong Zhuo, I didn't expect to have to guard against young people like Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, and Yan Baihu. Even the barbarians in the south would rise up and rebel."
, it’s only because we didn’t think well at the beginning that we fell into today’s passive situation.”
Jushou said disapprovingly: "A wise man will make mistakes after all his considerations, and that's okay. Now that Dong Zhuo has been eliminated, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu have both returned in defeat. With General Zhao and General Dian heading to Zangke County, the barbarians in Nanzhong will certainly not be able to defeat them.
What a big rant."
Ma Yun said with a sad face: "Liu Xin is right, this campaign has cost a lot, and we no longer have the strength to launch another big battle. Otherwise, even if we win, our vitality will be severely damaged. However, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind
Not only that, Yan Baihu, Liu Dan, Meng Huo and Liu Fan will not give up. I want to send another person to Changsha to assist General Gan Ning. Does Mr. Ju have a suitable candidate?"
Jushou thought for a moment and said, "Sun Ce, who has just returned from the front line, should be able to take on this responsibility."
Ma Yun hesitated and said: "Forget it, his mother came to me yesterday and wanted to propose marriage for him and let him rest in Xiangyang for a few days. General Xu Chu was asked to go to Changsha. His father-in-law's family is a wealthy family in Changsha, so he
It’s appropriate to go there. But there’s been no news from Changsha so far, which seems a little unusual.”
In fact, Ma Yun also knew that Sun Ce was a more suitable candidate, but thinking that he was originally under Yuan Shu in history, and later borrowed thousands of troops from Yuan Shu, and actually established a foundation in Jiangdong, Ma Yun really did not dare to put Sun Ce in Jiangdong.
go.
Jushu was very confident in Changsha and said with a smile: "Madam, don't worry, General Gan Ning is very knowledgeable. If Yan Baihu really dares to attack Changsha, he will definitely send someone back to report. How is it possible that there is no news at all until now?"
From what my subordinates have seen, I think that Yan Baihu is a mountain bandit and grass bandit, so he may not accept the imperial edict, and he may not have sent troops to Changsha at all."
At this time, General Gan Ning, who was quite knowledgeable, was kicking open the door of Yuzhang Prefect's Mansion. He saw a figure shaking inside the door. Gan Ning swung the sword in his hand without thinking.