Great Military Division

Chapter 257 Under the new pattern of the Han court in the north and south, the choice of the aristocratic family!
Yingchuan County.

Lin Ying.

Cao's army camp.

Central Army, big tent.

Cao Cao stood in front of the sand table with his hands behind his back, watching the criss-crossed forces confronting above, thinking about the possible battle situation that would happen next, and at the same time thinking about the strategy to defend against the enemy.

a long time.

Standing up from the curtain, he broke into the general Cao Ren from outside the tent, clasped his hands and said, "Captain, there is news from Yangdi that Li Min has sent people to kill all Yuan Shu's people, and according to our request, put the heads in the car." It's here."

"Captain."

There was strange excitement in Cao Ren's eyes, and he tentatively said, "King Hongnong is about to ascend the throne. If this gift is sent to Nanyang, King Hongnong will definitely like it."

Even an army like Cao Ren has a clear understanding of the current situation. The Han Court in Chang'an has already made a move, and the Han Court in Nanyang is about to be established. This is the time to show loyalty.

If Cao Cao could send Yuan Shu to Yingchuan's assassination heads, all of them to Nanyang, or send the relatively important ones to Nanyang, it would mean that Cao Cao chose Nanyang Hanting instead of the favorable conditions of Chang'an Hanting.

In this way, how could King Hongnong not like it?
From Cao Ren's point of view, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to show loyalty!
but
Cao Cao waved his hand nonchalantly, and directly refused, "No, we will return these heads to Yuan Shu according to the original plan."

"one way or another"

Speaking of this, Cao Cao showed a sinister smile on his face: "We must not lose in terms of momentum. Although Yuan Shu has many soldiers and horses, they are all newly recruited soldiers. There are not many elites, so it is not worth mentioning."

"what?"

Cao Ren was puzzled: "Captain, how could you miss this great opportunity?"

Cao Cao smiled lightly and looked up at Cao Ren: "Zi Xiao, do you really think this is a good opportunity?"

Cao Ren was a little confused: "Isn't it?"

"You"

Cao Cao was extremely confident: "I don't know much about King Hongnong."

Cao Ren frowned: "Captain, what do you mean?"

"It's simple."

Cao Cao said with a light smile: "Your Highness has great ambitions, has good plans, has the opportunity to hide the universe, and has the ambitions of the world. He pays more attention to talent than flattery and flattery."

"The former Shaofu Yinxiu, do you have any impression?" Cao Cao said softly.

"Have."

Cao Ren nodded: "But Dong Zhuo sent him to Dagu Pass to delay the battle, and was finally rescued by King Hongnong, but he was sent back to his hometown, Yinshao Mansion?"

"It's the person."

Cao Cao took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly: "When I was in the Luoyang court, I had a relationship with him several times. In terms of ability alone, this person is definitely not bad, and he is even very talented and insightful."

“But a pity”

As far as this is concerned, Cao Cao shook his head and sighed: "He has long been invaded by the filthy atmosphere of the Luoyang court, and he called His Majesty Hongnong Wang when he met him, thinking that he would be able to please Hongnong Wang."

"Humph!"

Snort softly.

A faint look of hope flashed on Cao Cao's face: "Who would have thought that King Hongnong would be furious, scold him severely, and immediately send him back to his hometown, without any fear of the Nanyangyin family behind him."

"what?"

Cao Ren was amazed, with an expression of disbelief: "There is such a thing?"

Cao Cao nodded: "That's right, if the Governor Li hadn't mentioned this incident when we were chatting with me two days ago, how would I have known that this incident had happened when I was at Dagu Pass?"

"No wonder."

Cao Ren suddenly realized and nodded: "These Chief Li Junshou did not hide any secrets, and sent them to us in full. I always thought that Li Min was just, but I didn't expect that there was such a relationship behind it."

Cao Cao smiled: "Will you let me deliver this time?"

Cao Ren quickly shook his head: "Don't dare, I'll send it to Pingyu according to the plan."

"kindness."

Cao Cao nodded and said softly, "Don't worry, Zixiao. Although King Hongnong is in Nanyang, anything that happens in Yingchuan will never escape his attention. If we make military exploits, we will be rewarded."

Cao Ren clasped his hands and said, "The general will understand."

"in addition."

Just as Cao Ren was about to turn around and leave, Cao Cao interrupted with a wave of his hand: "Hurry up and send an order to each battalion, Yuan Shu is very likely to launch an attack, defeating them is the best gift for His Highness to ascend the throne."

Cao Ren cupped his hands, his fighting spirit was high: "Here."

Immediately.

He bowed and left the big tent backwards.

*****
Runan, Pingyu.

State Shepherd House.

Snapped!
Yuan Shu jumped up, the muscles at the corners of his lips twitching non-stop.

His eyes are wide open, and the cold and sharp fierce light suddenly shoots out like a sharp sword:

"Cao! Ah! Deceive it!"

These three words were almost squeezed out between the teeth. At the same time, Yuan Shu's hands slowly but vigorously bent into fists, and his body trembled uncontrollably as if sifting chaff.

only.
It wasn't fear, it was anger.

Yuan Shu really didn't expect it.

The people he sent out, without exception, all died the night before he received the edict.

It is clear!
Cao Cao and Li Min were already prepared.

Before allowing it to enter, it was just because he didn't want to startle the snake.

In fact, the other party has already sent people to closely monitor, and if there is any change, they will be killed!

These guys have been guarding themselves and never let up.

"I must smash you!"

The anger hidden in Yuan Shu's heart burst into his throat.

He suddenly remembered his experience in Guangcheng, Dagu, and Luoyang. He was crushed by King Hongnong's IQ, not to mention the loss of soldiers and generals, and he didn't even get any credit for it.

now
Does the same scene have to happen again?

The bad breath in Yuan Shu's heart was really hard to swallow: "Come here."

However, he just opened his mouth and before he issued an order, he was interrupted by the man in the hall: "My lord, don't be impulsive. Now that the opportunity to fight has been lost, if we attack Yingchuan by force, I'm afraid we will fall into the tricks of the thieves."

Yuan Shu was furious, and regarded him as the counselor Yan Xiang.

But he was already furious, how could he care about Yan Xiang's remonstrance, and immediately turned back without hesitation: "Hmph! How many soldiers does he have in Cao Cao's hands? There are no more than [-] people, and they are distributed in various counties. Stop my army."

"Sub-image!"

A fierce light flashed in Yuan Shu's eyes: "Don't forget, we now have [-] strong soldiers and more than a hundred generals under our command. If we concentrate on a single point of attack, how can Cao Cao resist it?"

"Humph!"

Yuan Shu snorted angrily, already showing a fighting spirit: "Isn't King Hongnong going to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor? Then I, Yuan Shu, will present a generous gift for his enthronement ceremony."

Yan Xiang cupped his hands again, earnestly saying: "Then Cao Cao sent this thing, it is clear that it is a aggressive method, he must have been prepared in Yingchuan, if we attack blindly, I am afraid we will lose!"

"Sub-image."

Yuan Shu glanced at the other party angrily: "Don't always raise others' aspirations and destroy your own prestige. Back then, when Cao Cao was in Luoyang, he was just a servant next to my slave of the Yuan family. What a shame!"

In Yuan Shu's eyes, Yuan Shao is just a domestic slave, let alone Cao Cao, Yuan Shao's follower?
In his heart, Yuan Shu has never looked at the other party directly, is a dirty and shameful person worthy of clamoring with generations of nobles?
Simply overwhelmed!
"do not worry."

Yuan Shu patted his chest and assured, "With Ji Ling here, we will surely defeat Cao Cao!"

Yan Xiang knew it was hard to stop, he shook his head and sighed: "Alas—"

Yuan Shu ordered sonorously: "Order! Order Ji Ling to lead [-] troops to attack Yanxian County, and Zhang Xun to lead [-] troops to threaten Xinji and contain part of Cao Cao's troops."

The messenger clasped his hands together and said, "Here."

*****
Jingzhou, Xiangyang.

State Shepherd House.

At this moment, there is a person sitting on the upper end, with a face like a crown jade, with distinct features, sharp edges and corners, and a very majestic appearance.

The person is none other than Liu Biao, the new Jinzhou shepherd.

but
He was not happy because of his promotion, but showed a sad face.

Sighing, Liu Biao glanced over the crowd of civil and military officials, and said softly, "I would like to ask you all, whether I, Liu Biao, will accept the imperial edict from the Han Court in Chang'an, or not?"

According to common sense, it is a gratifying and congratulatory event to change from the governor to the state shepherd and become a prince with military and political power, and this kind of edict is naturally to be accepted.

But
In addition, there is an edict to promote Cai Mao as the prefect of Nanyang.

Now the situation in this world is clear, Dong Zhuo is holding Liu Xie hostage and living in Chang'an, under his command is the inheritance of the former emperor, except for the jade seal of the country, everything else is available.

However, King Hongnong Bian held the Jade Seal of Chuanguo in his hands and controlled tens of thousands of soldiers. He wanted to establish another Han court in Nanyang Emperor Township to confront Chang'an, and become the emperor himself.

As the saying goes: one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, how can a country accommodate two kings!
Today, the northern and southern Han courts are fighting against each other. For the princes of the world, they must face a choice. Should they be loyal to the new Nanyang dynasty or the old Chang'an dynasty?

Judging from military strength alone.

At present, the Nanyang New Dynasty has an absolute advantage. After all, King Hongnong won three battles and three victories, and abruptly drove Dong Zhuo from the prosperous Luoyang to the dilapidated Chang'an.

But in terms of political capital, Chang'an can beat Nanyang in all aspects. After all, the most outstanding talents of the Han Empire have gathered there.

On the other hand, in Nanyang, in Liu Biao's eyes, most of the people under King Hongnong's tent were newcomers who had never seen the world, and they couldn't support an imperial court at all.

The military advisor he relied on, Xun Yu, although he claims to have the talent of Wang Zuo, is just a palace guard, a sesame seed official, and has no experience in handling government affairs.

And his most trusted general, Zhang Liao, had never experienced a single decent battle before being worshiped as a general, and he was originally just a military commander sent by He Jin.

Ha ha!

Even if this is the case for the leader, let alone the rest of the civil and military, I am afraid it is not worth mentioning.

From Liu Biao's heart alone, he has a positive attitude towards the strength of Chang'an Hanting.

The most important thing is that I was able to become the governor of Jingzhou because of an imperial edict issued by the Han court in Chang'an.

In a sense, my roots come from Chang'an Hanting. Now that the boss has a need, it is natural to charge forward and start a decisive battle with Nanyang Hanting.

but
Liu Biao also placed hope in Liu Bian's Nanyang New Dynasty.

After all, the Han court in Chang'an was already in a state of smog and terminally ill. Under Dong Zhuo's misconduct, it was getting worse and worse, and it was in danger, and it was bound to decline sooner or later.

As a clan member of the Han Dynasty, Liu Biao naturally hopes that the Han Dynasty can be strong!
What's more, Hongnong Wangbian, as the eldest son of the first emperor, is the orthodox emperor of the Han Dynasty. Now he holds the jade seal in his hand, inheriting the will of heaven and obeying the will of the people.

Both sides have advantages and disadvantages.

It was really difficult for Liu Biao to make a choice.

"Your Majesty."

At that moment, a person came out of the hall, and he regarded him as Kuai Yue from Zhonglu County: "I think this trick should be accepted, and it must be accepted, because only in this way can we justify our name and sit firmly in Jingzhou."

For brothers Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang, Liu Biao still had a lot of trust.

After all, without their help when he first came to Jingzhou, it would have been impossible for Liu Biao to successfully wipe out the sect thieves and control Jingzhou. They should be the first contributors to his achievements today.

"Oh?"

Liu Biao turned his head to look and asked, "Then how should we deal with the position of Nanyang prefect? ​​Could it be that De Gui led troops into Nanyang to fight against King Hongnong?"

"Wait, don't look at me!"

The strong man on the opposite side hastily waved his hands and shook his head, expressing his refusal: "Even Dong Zhuo is no match for King Hongnong, so what am I, Cai Mao? What's more, Sun Jian sent 1 troops back to Nanyang when he sent information from the direction of Nanyang. .”

"I"

Cai Mao breathed out, and said bluntly: "I admit that I, Cai Mao, are not his opponent. The Chang'an court clearly wanted me to die. This general is not stupid, and I will never go to Nanyang to die!"

Kuai Yue smiled: "Dong Zhuo's evil heart, how can we not know, but whether to send troops, when to send troops, isn't it all up to us? Could it be that Dong Zhuo is in Chang'an, and he can lead Jingchu from afar? "

"This"

Cai Mao's eyes wandered, already shaken.

Kuai Yue continued: "Since ancient times, there have been many refusals to take up the post. Degui can complain of illness, delay the opportunity, or directly write a letter, expressing that he is not capable enough to take on this important task."

"In short"

Kuai Yue said softly: "You have legs growing on your body, how can others control you?"

Cai Mao frowned and sighed: "You are right, but as long as you accept the imperial edict, it is equivalent to accepting the post of Nanyang prefect. Wouldn't King Hongnong take his anger on me?"

"Get angry at you?"

Kuai Yue raised his head to the sky and let out a haha, and immediately said indifferently: "Degui, you take yourself too seriously, don't you? What kind of person is Hongnong Wang? you?"

"It sounds reasonable."

Cai Mao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and let go of his hanging heart: "In this case, then pretend to be sick, and don't need to write a letter to save trouble."

In fact, Cai Hao didn't know that once he refused the letter, he would offend Chang'an Hanting, and if he was just pretending to be sick, at least on the surface, he hadn't broken his face.

In this way, regardless of whether the Nanyang new dynasty wins or the old Chang'an dynasty wins, Cai Mao still has room to turn around, so that he won't offend anyone and block the road.

Since Cai Mao had no objection, Liu Biao naturally had no reason to refuse.

"it is good."

Liu Biao responded with a happy smile, and turned to glance at Kuai Yue: "Different degrees."

Kuai Yue bowed, "Yes."

"Since that's the case, it's up to you to write the thank you form and report it to Chang'an."

"Here."

*****
Guanzhong, Chang'an.

Prime Minister's House.

call-

Dong Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief, and looked up at Li Ru: "Wen You, I have to admit that you are right to persuade me not to kill Yuan Kai and Yuan Ji for the time being."

"Send information from the direction of Yuzhou."

Speaking of this, Dong Zhuo passed the information to Li Ru, and said softly: "Yuan Shu is already organizing the army, and it should be going out from both directions. The Yuan family is too powerful in Runan. How long did it take to help Yuan Shu get it?" More than 2 people."

Li Ru took over the information, glanced at it briefly, and looked very calm, as if he had expected it: "Prime Minister, now that the North and the South are facing each other, we must not kill indiscriminately."

"Just like Yuan Kui and Yuan Ji."

Li Ru pinched the goatee under his chin, and said with great interest: "If the prime minister kills him out of anger, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao may directly seek refuge with King Hongnong, and the loss outweighs the gain."

"Furthermore, Yuan's family has four generations and three princes, with disciples and former officials all over the world. Once they are killed, their power will definitely make the Nanyang New Dynasty stronger in an instant, which is really not good for us."

This moment, that moment.

The pattern of the world today is completely different from that in history.

The confrontation between the northern and southern Han courts must be a relationship of ebb and flow.

In this way, how dare Dong Zhuo kill innocent people indiscriminately?

What he has to do now is to gather the power of the old dynasty and the family, and destroy the Nanyang new dynasty while it is still in its infancy, because only in this way can the emperor in his hands be truly valuable.

"I can not kill Yuan Wei for the time being."

"but."

Dong Zhuo's eyes burst into fierce eyes, and he said in a cold voice: "This does not mean that I will never kill him. Without him secretly manipulating everything, how could I, Dong Zhuo, be in the situation I am today."

"Wenyou!"

"exist."

"For Yuan Wei's surveillance, we must not relax for a moment!"

"Relax, Prime Minister."

Li Ru bowed his body and cupped his hands, and said in a loud voice: "I have deployed people around Yuan's house, and if there is any movement, it will not escape our eyes, so don't worry, after this incident, he can't make any trouble anymore. "

Dong Zhuo naturally believed in Li Ru's strength: "Well, that's very good."

"Report—!"

At this moment, a long announcement sounded outside the hall.

Dong Zhuo looked up.

However, General Dong Min hurried into the hall with a slightly surprised expression, bowed his body and cupped his hands and said, "Prime Minister, good news, the general knows why Hongnong King's cavalry can ride and shoot, and hold spears with both hands."

"Oh?"

Dong Zhuo was taken aback for a moment, and sat up straight: "What's the reason?"

Dong Min turned his head to greet the outside of the hall: "Bring it up."

next second.

A soldier came in leading a horse.

Dong Zhuo frowned and couldn't help being curious: "What do you mean?"

Dong Min raised his finger to the war horse: "Prime Minister, can you find out how this war horse is different from ordinary war horses?"

Dong Zhuo got up, bypassed the long case, and turned into the hall.

He fixed his eyes on the war horse and looked it over carefully.

suddenly.

When his eyes flicked to the saddle, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Why is this place so high?"

Dong Min nodded affirmatively: "That's right! King Hongnong has innovated equestrian equipment. The saddle is specially made, and it has double stirrups. The general tried it himself. When he gallops, his body is very stable and his moves are more powerful."

"If it weren't for recruiting new soldiers and temporarily pulling out these war horses, the general would never have discovered that King Hongnong actually innovated in terms of equipment. Although this kind of thing is simple, it can greatly improve the combat power of the cavalry."

"Prime Minister!"

Dong Min cupped his hands and clasped his fists: "The general is sure that if I were Xiliang Xiaoqi, I would use this method to improve my equipment. In the future, everyone will be able to shoot arrows on horseback and hold spears in both hands."

"When the cavalry is trained and the prime minister raises his troops into Heluo, if he encounters King Hongnong's cavalry again, it will be a different story."

hiss-!
Dong Zhuo is proficient in riding and fighting, and he can imagine the subtleties without having to try it out on horseback.

He nodded with great interest, his eyes brightened: "Just adding a stirrup and making the saddle higher front and back can have such an effect. It's really wonderful."

"Wenyou." Dong Zhuo greeted immediately.

"Yes." Li Ru bowed.

"Quickly arrange craftsmen to make [-] sets of harnesses with this saddle as the standard, without any mistakes."

"Here."

"Brother Min."

Dong Zhuo turned to look at Dong Min.

Dong Min bowed and cupped his hands: "Yes."

"After getting the harness, use it in your army first. Then I will observe it myself and see how effective it is."

"Here."

******
Chang'an, the Yuan family.

A lamp like a bean.

Under the flickering candlelight, a benevolent old man was reading a book.

a long time.

He put down the scroll and looked up at Yuan Ji beside him: "Shiji, King Hongnong's new dynasty is about to be established, and there will inevitably be a large shortage of officials. Send a message to the fourth son quickly and ask him to select talents from the clan and go to Nanyang to ask for help." A one-off job."

Yuan Ji couldn't help being stunned: "Uncle, this is you."

Yuan Kui explained: "King Hongnong established a new dynasty in Nanyang, and his purpose was nothing more than wanting to be in charge of the government, and he was unwilling to accept the old officials from Chang'an. I have to admit that King Hongnong is indeed very courageous."

"We were defeated in this battle, and we want to really turn around, and there is no time in sight. Instead of putting all our treasures on the original and the road, it is better to open up a new road."

"My Yuan Kai lineage can be wiped out."

"but."

In Yuan Kui's withered eyes, a light of struggling flashed: "The Yuan family must not be wiped out, even the young talents of the Chenjun Yuan family, Guangling Yuan family, and Shanyang Yuan family must fully support them."

As the head of the Yuan family in the late Han Dynasty, Yuan Kai's ideological realm was very high.

He not only limited his field of vision to the Yuan family in Runan, but also supported the rest of the collateral families, trying to make the family power spread across every state and county in the Han Dynasty.

Today, Chang'an Hanting is already ruled by the Yuan family, only Nanyang Hanting is still blank. As the head of the Yuan family, Yuan Kai will never allow Nanyang Hanting to exist without the power of the Yuan family, even if it is just a A small official is also a spark.

"But uncle."

Yuan Ji frowned slightly, worried in his heart: "Will King Hongnong use members of our Yuan family?"

Yuan Kui was still cold-faced: "The Nanyang new dynasty was first established, and it will definitely be targeted by major families. Even if they are not direct descendants, there will be collateral descendants. If King Hongnong is unfair, I am afraid it will be difficult to explain."

"So don't worry, as long as our Yuan family members are truly talented scholars, King Hongnong will definitely hire them, even if he doesn't use them because of the power of our Yuan family in Chang'an Hanting, as long as we can enter his regime, he will work hard Not too late."

call-

Yuan Kai let out a long breath: "It must be difficult for the Yuan family to be in Hanting in Nanyang, but we can't just give up this place because of this. King Hongnong has great ambitions. Although his current strength is weak, there is no guarantee that he will not stand up in the future."

"Remember!"

Yuan Kai turned his head to look at Yuan Ji, his cold gaze carried an awe-inspiring aura: "The first element of being the head of the Yuan family is to protect the continuation of the Yuan family's lintel, not its prosperity!"

Yuan Ji nodded, "Nephew, remember."

Yuan Kai picked up the scroll again, and breathed a sigh of relief: "I really want to see whether the old guys in Chang'an are the best, or the little kids in Nanyang are the best."

　Thank you [Old Dream Liren] for the reward of 2000 coins!
　　Thank you [Skeleton Hanging on the Tree] for the reward of 500 coins!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)