The atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn.
Wang Yu thought for a while and did not answer directly. Instead, he asked: "What do you think, brother?"
Gongsun Zan hesitated for a moment and then said thoughtfully: "With your methods, you should not bother to hold the Hongmen Banquet. Besides, Liu Yu is not someone that the Hongmen Banquet can scare and deal with. But if it weren't for the Hongmen Banquet, you would have invited him to come to the end."
I can’t figure out why.”
He spread his hands, looked at Wang Yu seriously, and said, "You don't want to negotiate with him, do you?"
When he thought about it, Liu Yu had done a lot of tricks secretly. Wang Yu couldn't bear the loss and couldn't bear the anger. He probably wanted to give the other party some trouble.
"Capture the thief first and capture the king first. How can the Hongmen Banquet be useless?" Wang Yu avoided the question again and asked Gongsun Zan with interest.
"Liu Yu, hey, Liu Yu...Pengju, as a brother, I am not afraid of embarrassment today. I will tell you everything about the past, and you will understand." Gongsun Zan read the name several times, his eyes
While showing deep hatred, there was also a hint of helplessness.
From the moment Liu Yu suddenly appeared in the field of vision, Wang Yu had already become wary. Before formally confronting the enemy, it is most important to understand the enemy. And the person who knows someone best is often his enemy. From Gongsun Zan's perspective
Understanding Liu Yu should be the most accurate.
Seeing Gongsun Zan's expression, Wang Yu knew that this opponent might be more difficult than he expected.
"On the surface, there was a dispute between Mr. and Liu Yu because of their attitude towards the Hu people, but in fact it is not that simple? The land of Youyan is a mixture of Han and Hu people, and there are many local wealthy families. Many of them have the blood of the Hu people like Xian Yu.
, Liu Yu is an official. He is no different from Liu Biao, Liu Yan and others, who prioritize appeasing local powerful people. Most of the powerful people in Youzhou are miscellaneous barbarians. Liu Yu naturally has to look at barbarians in a different light..."
As Gongsun Zan narrated, the truth about the civil strife in Youzhou was slowly revealed in front of Wang Yu.
The Hu-Han conflict between Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu was actually a misunderstanding.
Gongsun Zan's hatred for the Hu people was real. During his decades in the frontier, he had seen too many evils committed by the Hu people and had too many blood feuds with the Hu people. The soldiers under his command were originally Han frontier troops.
The meaning of it is to resist external humiliation. Of course, there is nothing to be merciful to the barbarians.
Liu Yu, on the other hand, purely out of the consideration of consolidating his power, wooed local powerful people so that local officials' decrees would be smooth. After consolidating his power, he would naturally have to satisfy the other party's political demands. As for whether there is anything wrong with the other party's demands,
Under the theme of power being the most important thing, if you can ignore it, you will naturally ignore it.
"The Zahu are not Hu people, but many of their habits are very similar to the Hu people, and they are naturally close to the Hu people. However, the Hu people are savage and often go back on their word. In addition, there are many conflicts between the various tribes on the grassland. When they invade,
. Often even robbing the tribesmen... Hey, in fact, on the grassland, tribes don't rob each other. It's not surprising."
Gongsun Zan sneered and said: "When the Central Plains were strong, the bastards did not dare to stir up trouble openly. But they would secretly communicate information and trade supplies with the grasslands. When the Central Plains became weak and the grasslands were strong, they would jump out blatantly, as if
As a representative of the grassland
At one time, he asked to open a mutual trade and allow the grassland tribes to exchange livestock and war horses for iron tools. At another time, he asked to allow the barbarians to travel freely...Liu Yu, an old man who only cared about his official position, agreed to everything, which finally led to the great disaster.
disaster."
"A big disaster?" Wang Yu was startled.
"With iron, the Hu people can make scimitars and arrows. They can come in and out freely, and they can figure out the border defenses. At that time, the third assistant was under fierce attack by the Xiliang rebels. In order to seize power, the old man reported to the court and transferred someone to
Guanzhong helped in the battle, and the result... Hey, everyone says that Liu Yu made great contributions to that chaos. Don't you know that if he hadn't acted in the opposite direction, how could there have been such chaos? "
Wang Yu nodded slowly.
Regarding the mutual market, he has a lot of say. The grasslands are poor in minerals, not to mention iron, and even wood is scarce. There are only livestock and grass. Herdsmen usually use bone arrows for hunting, which are lethal to animals and each other.
, once against the Central Plains warriors wearing armor, it would be ineffective at all.
The Central Plains dynasties of later generations have always been cautious about mutual trade, especially the Song and Ming dynasties, which suffered greatly from the ravages of the barbarians. At least officially, the export of ironware was prohibited. Even if mutual trade was opened, they would not
Therefore, tea and salt are in short supply in the grasslands, but they do not affect the overall situation and their transactions.
Once the official opens the mutual market and allows the iron trade to flow out, the troubles will suddenly intensify. This is a rule summarized through thousands of years of blood and tears.
During the Hulu invasion in the fifth year of Zhongping, Liu Yu may not have played a decisive role subjectively. After all, Zhang Chun, who caused the rebellion, was also one of the important officials of the imperial court. Before this person officially raised the flag, he made some preparations.
It is not surprising that Gongsun Zan was transferred away.
Liu Yu might have just been taken advantage of unconsciously.
But just because of this, it would be unscientific to regard Liu Yu as a good old man who is harmless to humans and animals. This man is a very typical politician. For him, only power is the most important, and everything else is trivial.
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The actual situation in Youzhou determines that if you want to make a difference in a place like this, it is crucial to appease Zahu, and this is where the contradiction arises.
"He has been my enemy for several years. The most serious harm he caused was that he almost buried a certain person and his brothers in Guanzicheng in western Liaoning! Pengju, you should know my temper. Are you wondering why I don't take revenge on him?
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"Is it possible that the eldest brother has some scruples?" Wang Yu asked softly. Although Gongsun Zan is not as outrageous as Lu Bu, he is still a fierce and proud person after all. It will be difficult for him to swallow his anger.
"Not only do I have some scruples, I just don't know what to do!"
Gongsun Zan slammed the table and said loudly: "This person is very slippery and never leaves any clues when doing things. Although I knew that he leaked my marching route to Qiu Liju, I couldn't find any evidence. Take it away.
When Qiu Li was in his hometown, a certain person captured several people involved in this incident, tortured them, and asked them to find out the truth. Those people insisted that it was a captain in our army who died in battle, but the captain followed me.
As time goes by, how could it be possible..."
Gongsun Zan shook his head and sighed helplessly: "With this person's reputation, status, and identity, he rashly provokes a conflict without evidence. It can easily lead to chaos and get out of control."
Wang Yu nodded.
Reputation depends on people. Liu Yu has won the heart of Youzhou's powerful people, and he can put on a show, so his reputation is certainly not bad; in terms of status, this person is the Youzhou Mu who was granted the title of Emperor Ling, and as Gongsun Zan
, rashly attacking him was unjustifiable both emotionally and rationally, even if there was no open conflict. Gongsun Zan was still called domineering, and if he really attacked him, it would be no different from rebellion.
Of course, after the death of Emperor Ling, the Central Plains officially entered the era of disputes between princes, and it didn't matter if the subordinates conquered the superiors. But Liu Yu still had the status of a clan, and a well-known clan, anyone who took the initiative to attack him would definitely be scolded by the world.
Rebellious ministers and traitors. For example: Sun Jian.
His reputation and identity are all false. More importantly, Liu Yu has integrated the powerful people in Youzhou. This force is very huge. It is so huge that even Gongsun Zan, who has a large number of soldiers, has to look at him sideways.
Of course, powerful people are just powerful people after all. Even if they join forces, they may not be the opponents of Gongsun Zan's elite soldiers. But what cannot be ignored is the identity of these powerful people. They are miscellaneous men. Miscellaneous men who have been swinging between the Central Plains and the grasslands.
.If you push them too hard, they will definitely not sit back and die. Instead, they will lure the wolf into the house.
No matter how strong Gongsun Zan is, he doesn't have three heads and six arms. Naturally, he cannot resist it. Even if he can resist it, he will definitely suffer heavy losses. A barbarian with internal support and a barbarian without internal support are completely different things.
Wang Yu was very passionate, and the reason why Gongsun Zan brought up this topic was because he was worried that he would be too impulsive and follow in his footsteps.
Liu Yu's power is not as strong as Yuan Shao, but he has cleverly tied himself to most of Youzhou and even the grassland tribes. To deal with him, the problem cannot be solved by winning one or two battles. Just hold a Hongmen Banquet.
Taking it down would be like poking a hornet's nest.
"Brother's advice, I'll take it to heart." Wang Yu raised his fist in thanks and said calmly: "However, brother, don't worry, this invitation is not for him alone, but for all the princes in Hebei.
Invitation. This also includes eldest brother."
"Oh?" Gongsun Zan was stunned.
Although Wang Yu was very concerned about all the forces in Hebei, the princes paid much more attention to what happened after Qingzhou's great victory and the complete defeat of Yuan Shao than Wang Yu's attitude toward all parties.
Qingzhou is no longer a small force limited to a corner of the mountains and seas, but a behemoth of great importance. Wang Yu's movements are directly related to the life and death of the princes.
After this battle, the Qingzhou Army captured countless baggage. The surrendered troops belonging to Qingzhou alone were as high as 80,000. Tian Kai, who had been fighting side by side with Wang Yu, only had more than 10,000 prisoners. It can be seen from this that the strength of the army is clearly divided.
A spot.
There were also war horses. The Hun cavalry came over with three horses per man, and there were more than 70,000 horses in total! They were wiped out in one fell swoop, and nearly half of the horses were lost on the battlefield. However, there were nearly 40,000 horses that were intact.
In other words, if Wang Yu is willing, he can recruit surrender and rebels and form an army with a total number of up to 100,000, and the cavalry alone has more than 30,000!
No one can resist such a large army head-on, not even the three princes in Hebei join forces. No one in the world can match it in strength.
The Qingzhou Army also lost many elites in a series of battles. The Yulin and Juefeng Second Battalions both lost more than 2,000 people. The Shesheng Battalion lost only 600 soldiers. The cavalry unit suffered the smallest loss, only more than 300.
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But overall, the combat power has not been greatly damaged. Even if we fight another battle like yesterday, we can survive.
The strengths and weaknesses have been clearly defined, and it is said that going with the trend is the most harmonious way.
However, although Gongsun Zan was on good terms with the other party, he could not help but feel a little uneasy. He did not love power, but he had to consider the fate of his old brothers, and he himself could not calmly hand over the entire power to others.
, will always change. Who can guarantee that Wang Yu’s attitude will change after the transfer of power?
Wang Yu suddenly said that he wanted to meet all the heroes, which made Gongsun Zan very troubled and worried. However, as soon as Wang Yu's next words came out, he was only surprised.
Just listen to Wang Yu's loud voice: "The purpose of inviting the heroes this time is for nothing else but to clearly delineate the boundaries, restrain the troops of all parties, and return the people of Hebei to a bright and peaceful world." (To be continued...)