The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 579 Variables
"I always keep my body on the saddle, and the flesh on my legs has disappeared. Now that I don't ride again, the flesh on my legs has grown. If the sun and the moon are galloping, the old general will die, and the achievements will not be completed, so it is sad."

Liu Bei used to live in Jingzhou, and one day he had a banquet at Liu Biao's place.

He went to the bathroom on the way, and when he came back, he burst into tears. When Liu Biao asked why, he said this.

The meaning of this passage is very simple. He has never left the horse's back before, and there is no fat on his thighs.

Now that I don't ride a horse very much, fat has grown on my legs.

The sun and the moon are rushing, time flies too fast, and I have already shown my old state, but I have not yet made achievements, so I feel sad.

At that time, Liu Bei was over forty years old and had entered the age of forty.

At the age of forty, when a person reaches the age of seventy, he has already spent most of his life.

After several ups and downs, experienced countless ups and downs, the displaced Liu Bei even lost his family and his followers at that time, so he could only live in Jingzhou as a guest.

If it is an ordinary person, under these repeated blows, I am afraid that they have already lost their enterprising spirit, and they are thinking about how to live a stable life in Jingzhou.

But Liu Bei didn't. The successive failures didn't kill his ambition, and the years of ease in Jingzhou didn't kill his spirit.

He didn't shed tears on the battlefield of swords, lights, swords and shadows, he didn't shed tears when he was in a catastrophe and almost died, he didn't even shed tears when he fell from the state shepherd and lost everything again, but he found himself in the toilet. His thighs grew fat and wept.

A person with such a firm belief, even if he falls into the abyss, as long as he is alive, he will move forward step by step and slowly climb out of the abyss.

Xu An rubbed his temples to relieve the long-term tension.

Liu Bei is not in a good mood now, he knows that his main opponent is not Liu Bei, but Han Sui and Ma Teng in Liangzhou.

Food has to be eaten bite by bite, and the road has to be walked step by step. He can't disturb the muddy waters of the Central Plains just yet.

Liu Pi has been in charge of the Eagle Wolf Guard for many years, and has stayed with Xu An even longer. Seeing Xu An's expression, he knew that Xu An seemed to attach great importance to this Liu Bei.

He thought for a moment and added.

"In the battle of Longcou, Liu Bei's subordinates suffered a lot of losses. Now the Pingyuan County area north of the Yellow River is occupied by Yuan Shao, and the main force of Liu Bei's army is now stationed in Gaotang City in the south of the Yellow River in Pingyuan County."

"Jiao He will definitely not let Liu Bei go. If there is no accident, Pingyuan County will be taken back by Jiao He soon."

"It's okay."

Xu An waved his hand.

"Eagle Guard is investigating information in the Central Plains. Besides this Cao Cao, pay attention to a few other people. I will write you a list later. You compile their general situation into a book and report it to me regularly."

Xu An looked at the map on Hu's desk, and his thoughts turned. The matter of Liu Bei gave him a reminder. He really needs to pay attention to those famous figures in history, so that he can better formulate countermeasures and avoid critical moments. At a loss.

Liu Pi promised that this request would not be difficult for Yingwei, it was just a matter of distraction, and there would not be much risk in listening to news.

"There is another piece of information about Youzhou."

Liu Pi beckoned again and signaled to Wei Tiqi, the eagle wolf behind him.

Another two Tiqi stepped forward, and laid out a more detailed map of Youzhou and Jizhou on the Hu table.

"Gongsun Zan was forced to withdraw his troops from Bohai County, and then on the way to Youzhou, he allowed his subordinates to plunder the common people's prefectures and counties. But it remains unchanged.”

"The discord between the two is no longer a secret matter in Youzhou. There are rumors of disputes between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan in the streets of Youzhou."

Liu Pi pointed to the east side of Ji County in Zhuo County and continued.

"After Gongsun Zan was defeated in the Battle of Longcou, he led the army and fled all the way to Jixian County in Zhuo County. However, he did not enter Jixian County. Instead, he built another small city in the southeast of Jixian County to defend himself. The soldiers under the command of the two even used swords and soldiers, although there were only a few people fighting with weapons, but the rumors of discord have been confirmed."

Xu An leaned his hands on the desk, staring at Zhuojun on the map.

He knew much more than Liu Pi about the conflicts and matters between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan.

In the original time and space, Gongsun Zan disobeyed orders, was self-willed, and even sent troops to plunder, which caused Liu Yu a great headache. Liu Yu was unable to restrain Gongsun Zan at all, and wrote letters to impeach Gongsun Zan many times.

When Gongsun Zan heard the news of Liu Yu's impeachment, he was very angry. Not only did he not restrain himself, but he even intensified the plundering of the people, and even wrote a letter accusing Liu Yu. Such actions deepened the conflict with Liu Yu.

At that time, the imperial court was simply unable to govern, and could only let it go.

The current situation of Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan in Youzhou is almost the same as in the original time and space. Although the court of Chendu is stronger than the Han court in the original time and space, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Youzhou is far from Yuzhou, Yanzhou Central Plains and other places It was too far away, and the court of Chendu had no way to interfere with the affairs of Youzhou, so they could only make peace.

I am afraid that this incident will happen again now.

"Continue to pay attention to the affairs of Youzhou."

Xu An tapped on the Hu table lightly, and was about to ask someone to put away the map of Youzhou when he suddenly saw another person's name.

"This Gongsun Du actually occupied the land of the four counties without making a sound, and even subdued Fuyu and Goguryeo..."

Xu An's impression of Gongsun Du was the phrase "My king Liaodong, He Yongning too!", and directly threw the Yongning Marquis seal rewarded by Cao Cao into the warehouse.

Xu An pondered for a while, and finally gave the order.

"Send a message to Xu You to ask him to find someone in the Department of Foreign Affairs who is familiar with Youzhou affairs, and to get in touch with Gongsun Du. Maybe it will be useful in the future."

An enemy's enemy is a friend, perhaps this Gongsun Du can take advantage of it.

"Okay, put it all away."

Xu An pointed to the map on Hu's desk, and then said to Liu Pi.

"After taking Anding County, don't relax. The passes must be well guarded. Dong Zhuo's army is in Sili. The cavalry marches very fast, and it will arrive sooner or later. We have to guard against it."

Xu An looked at Sili's map and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Dong Zhuo's abnormality made him a little worried. It is well known how the Yellow Turban Army is powerful to the aristocratic family.

Now because of Dong Zhuo's revival and Yuan Shao's alliance against the Chen Du court represented by Sun Jian, the prestige is slowly recovering.

Xu An is now a little worried that Han Sui will jump over the wall in a hurry and choose to join Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo is recovering now, because of Yuan Shao's help, Dong Zhuo also broke through Sun Jian's blockade of Guanzhong, reoccupied Luoyang, gained a certain amount of initiative, and regained the qualification to compete.

Han Sui is not like before, it is impossible to choose Dong Zhuo to ally with Dong Zhuo, and once Han Sui really chooses to ally Dong Zhuo, I am afraid that there will be countless more variables in the plan to attack Liangzhou.

(End of this chapter)