(Tomorrow, which is the 28th, is said to be a three-day double monthly pass. Brothers, please consider that the captain has basically maintained three shifts this month. In the last few days, leave the monthly pass to the captain.
Captain, thank you)
The person who came forward, with a face as sharp as a knife and a resolute look on his face, was none other than Ju Shou...
Yuan Shang ascended to the throne of Wei King with the support of scholars in Hebei. Naturally, most of his important civil and military officials were from Hebei.
Yuan Shang had three great counselors under his command: Jushang, Fengji and Jushou.
Among the counselors under his command, Yuan Shang trusted Shenpei the most. Whenever he was away in battle, he would always use Shenpei to stay in Yecheng.
Yuan Shang was good at eloquence and always used him as his chief diplomat.
As for Jushu, he was known as a good strategist as early as Yuan Shao's period. Yuan Shang originally wanted to use him as a strategist for the army, but Jushu was a tough man and often spoke out against his advice. His previous remarks made Yuan Shang very uncomfortable.
, so it has been left idle.
It was not until he was repeatedly defeated at the hands of Liu Bei that Yuan Shang realized that he lacked a top counselor to help him. As a last resort, he had no choice but to transfer Ju Shou from Yecheng to the Yanzhou front line.
What made Yuan Shang feel unhappy was that Ju Shou still had no change of character and poured cold water on Yuan Shang's head in his first speech after being re-activated.
"Gong Yu, I think your worries are unnecessary. I still believe in Yuan Tu's Bencai. Are you still worried that he can't convince Yan Liang?"
There was secret displeasure in Yuan Shang's tone.
Ju Shou did not take care of Yuan Shang's emotions and said bluntly: "Feng Yuan Tu has inherent talents, but from what Yan Liang has done before, it can be seen that this person is extremely cunning and cunning. With Feng Yuan Tu's ability, he will not be able to sway Yan Liang."
In front of everyone, Jushou hit Yuan Shang's self-confidence without hesitation, which made Yuan Shang frown even more.
Yuan Shang's face suddenly darkened: "My lord, you must have spoken too highly of Yan Liang. Don't forget that after all, he is just a traitor general of my Yuan family."
Yuan has not yet had a direct confrontation with Yan Liang. Although he has heard about Yan Liang's record of repeatedly defeating powerful enemies, the pride in his heart makes him still despise Yan Liang.
Jushou said seriously: "Yan Liang is a rebel general of the Yuan family, but he has occupied Jingxiang for several years, and now he occupies most of Yuzhou. Even Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and even the Sun family in Jiangdong are no match for him. This shows that this person is actually a traitor."
He is an extremely difficult hero to deal with. If your Majesty despises this person today, I am afraid he will regret it in the future."
Although Ju Shou's words contained contempt for Yan Liang, he did not dare to underestimate Yan Liang's heroic strength, and there was even a hint of praise in his tone.
Yuan Shang got angry after hearing this and said loudly: "Jugong Yu, what do you mean by this? Are you mocking my arrogance?"
Jushou's expression changed, and he hurriedly held up his hands and said: "How dare I mock the king? As the saying goes, loyal words are harsh to the ears. I just want to remind the king that you must not despise Yan Liang."
Jushou's fear and panic made Yuan Shang feel a little more comfortable, but the pride between his brows only increased.
"Hmph, that traitor Yan Liang just got lucky and met a few stupid opponents. After I destroy Liu Bei in the future, he will be the next one to deal with."
Yuan Shang's words were extremely arrogant.
"Your Majesty Wang Xiong has surpassed others, how can Yan Liang, the traitor, be his opponent?"
"Yan Liang is just a rebellious general from a humble background. If a villain succeeds by chance, he will be destroyed by the king sooner or later."
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The rest of the ministers knew that Yuan Shang was underestimating the enemy, but no one dared to dissuade him. On the contrary, they all agreed, praising Yuan Shang's heroic strategy and belittling Yan Liang.
Jushou looked at Yuan Shang's arrogance with a worried look on his face.
Hearing the compliments and compliments, Ju Shou couldn't bear it any longer and said loudly: "Since your Majesty is so dismissive of Yan Liang, let me ask you why you defeated Liu Bei repeatedly in the past, but Yan Liang not only killed Liu Bei to a great extent
Defeated and forced him to abandon the Liang Kingdom?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent and looked at Jushou in surprise with reproachful eyes.
Jushou, however, stood there fearlessly and righteously.
His words were a blatant mockery of Yuan Shang's inferiority to Yan Liang. When Yuan Shang heard this, he couldn't help but become furious.
"Well, Mr. Ju, you actually despise me in public. You are so brave." Yuan Shang sternly reprimanded, waved his sleeves and shouted: "Come here, give it to me..."
"Report——Chen Liu urgent report——"
When Yuan Shang was waiting to order his men to take down Jushu, a hasty cry interrupted his display of power.
The scout rushed straight in and shouted in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Chen Liuguo is reporting urgently. General Ma Yan died in battle, and Chenliu City has been captured by Yan Liang!"
The shocking bad news, like the thunder on a sunny day, instantly split everyone including Yuan Shang into pieces.
The horrified Yuan Shang put aside his anger towards Jushu in an instant and asked sharply: "Chen Liu is a fortified city and Ma Yan has thousands of elite soldiers. How can it be suddenly captured by Yan Liang? What is going on?
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Facing Yuan Shang's questioning, the scouts hurriedly reported to Yuan Shang how Yan Liang coerced Feng Ji and deceived the cities of Xiangyi, Yongqiu and Chenliu into leaving.
Every word is like a blade, stinging Yuan Shang.
In the lobby, a deathly silence fell in an instant.
"Yan Liang, the thief, suddenly betrayed the alliance, was incompetent, and was willing to be used by the thief Yan Liang. It's hateful, hateful--"
Yuan Shang gritted his teeth in hatred, a look of panic surged on his face, and he lost his sense of proportion for a moment.
Everyone who was equally frightened looked at Jushou in unison, and everyone was amazed by Jushou's information.
Yuan Shang did not dare to look at Ju Shang. How could he have thought that one second he wanted to punish this person who spoke out and remonstrated, and the next second, this cruel fact was unfortunately revealed by this loyal person.
Yuan Shang's panicked face was filled with shame.
Jushou still held his head high, standing there in a dignified manner but silently.
After a while, Yuan Shang finally regained his composure. He took a deep breath, reluctantly forced out a smile, and turned his head to face Jushou.
"Gong Yu is really good at knowing things. He is worthy of being the first counselor under my command. I just wronged Gong Yu. I hope Gong Yu doesn't take it to heart."
Yuan Shangyi's stern and arrogant attitude turned into a polite one.
Jushou cupped his hands and said, "How dare you, a humble minister?"
Yuan Shang breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "My lord, now Yan Liang's dog thief has betrayed his trust and used deceit to seize half of Chenliu Kingdom. In your opinion, how should I respond to the current situation?"
At the critical moment, Yuan Shang's arrogance disappeared, and he had to put down his body and seek advice from Ju Shou, the "crow's mouth".
Jushou let out a long sigh, "Yan Liang has grown up, and now he has taken the lead. With the current strength of my king's troops, I'm afraid it's really difficult to compete with him. In my opinion, this time, the king has to make some concessions."
Even Ju Shang had no solution, and Yuan Shang's already gloomy face couldn't help but cast a thicker shadow.
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Five days later, Chen Liucheng.
In the county government, Yan Liang was also holding a civil and military conference, but he was not giving advice and talking about his ideals.
In the lobby, the aroma of wine and meat was flowing, the singers in the hall were dancing and making shadows, and the civil and military men were enjoying the dance and drinking, it was so enjoyable.
This group of heroes fought several fierce battles in succession, and now that Chenliucheng has fallen, Yan Liang will of course reward them with fine wines and beauties.
After finishing the glass of wine, Yan Liang pointed to the dancers in front of the hall and said with a bold smile: "You have all worked hard. After the banquet, I will give all these beauties to you, so you can enjoy them to your heart's content."
Upon hearing this, Wen Chou and other military generals were overjoyed. They were all happy and grateful.
As for the civil servants and counselors, they were much more elegant. They were just sipping wine, admiring the dancing beauties, and thinking about how to snatch a favorite beauty from the hands of the generals later.
Everyone was excited, but Jia Xu just sipped the wine and seemed calm.
Women are the tools of war, whether they are generals or counselors, even if they don't say it with their mouths, in their hearts they are not happy that Yan Liang rewards beauties.
Yan Liang couldn't bear to see Jia Xu pretending to be innocent, so he smiled and said: "Wen He, you have chosen that beauty, even if you say so, I will choose it for you."
"My lord is joking. The old man is already a lot older, but he can't compare to those young people. I'm afraid the old man can't bear my lord's kindness."
Jia Xu laughed at himself.
Yan Liang waved his hand, "I see that Wen He, you are a veteran and your body is strong and tight. Why can't you bear it? Since you are so coy, I will personally pick one for you."
Jia Xu was stunned, but she didn't expect that her lord was so "considerate" and insisted on forcing a woman into her if he didn't want her.
At that moment, Jia Xu felt embarrassed and hurriedly excused himself.
Yan Liang ignored him, glanced at him several times, pointed at a dancer and said: "That's it. Send it to Wenhe's tent immediately, warm the bed, and wait for Wenhe to go back and enjoy it later."
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After the order was given, Zhou Cang smiled and ordered people to take the selected dancer down.
All the generals laughed loudly and envied Jia Xu for his beauty and blessings. The lord chose the most lovable one for him.
Now that things have come to this, Jia Xu can no longer pretend to be innocent, so he can only smile helplessly, cup his hands and say: "Then I have no choice but to thank my lord for this kindness."
Yan Liang laughed loudly and drank even more happily.
At this time, Wen Chou suddenly remembered something and said loudly: "My Lord, since we have captured Chenliu, why not send troops northward in one go and capture the entire Chenliu Kingdom, and reach the south bank of the Yellow River."
Yan Liang smiled but did not answer, and turned to look at Jia Xu.
Jia Xu explained for Yan Liang: "If my lord pushes his troops to the north bank of the Yellow River, it will pose a threat to Ye City and endanger Yuan Shang's foundation. At that time, Yuan Shang will definitely station heavy troops on the north bank to guard against our army. At that time,
If our army retains a small number of troops, it will not be enough to resist Yuan Shang's full force going south. If it retains a large number of troops, it will not be able to concentrate its forces to destroy Wu. In this case, why not withdraw when the opportunity arises? In this way, we can defend Xu Capital without forcing Yuan Shang to attack.
Fight us with all our strength, and let him fight to the death with Liu Bei. Isn't it the best of both worlds?"
Jia Xu's words revealed Yan Liang's intention, and Wen Chou and others suddenly realized it.
Wen Chou doubted, "That being said, that boy Yuan Shang is also an arrogant person. Will he just let it go?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the troops outside the hall came to report that it was Yuan Shang's envoy Ju Hu who came to ask for an audience. (To be continued.