Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

Chapter 336 He, Xu Zhen, is he going to keep his word? !

"How do these people plan to respond? In addition, Master is not the only one making up his mind in Sichuan and Sichuan. I heard that Liu Bei also sent envoys to investigate the situation in Sichuan." Zhuge Liang is the person in charge of spying on the situation in Jingzhou.

Before leaving, he used his connections to put down many spies. At the same time, he had some contact with the clan brother who lived in Nanyang and lived in seclusion. Relying on his relationship, he placed the spies in Nanyang.

These news were all obtained from secret inquiries and guesses based on trends. Xu Zhen would never ask for completely honest news, otherwise he might be deceived.

What he wants are trends and certain guesses, and at the same time exact news. After getting the news, he can basically know the real situation by continuously speculating based on all the information.

"This uncle, after several months of quarreling with Jiangdong, gradually stabilized the emotions of the local people, and gradually separated from the Cao family, and they will not move with each other."

"In this situation, they may have to rest for several years."

"Chuanshu, most of them are already interested in master, maybe we are the first to take the lead."

"Whether he takes the lead or not," Xu Zhen took a deep breath, but he didn't pay attention to Liu Bei's strategy for the time being, and he didn't intend to rely on others to achieve his goals.

"Let's go to Zhang Lu in Hanzhong first, and then make preparations. This man has gathered a lot of soldiers and horses, and he may also be a threat. He has hundreds of thousands of people under his rule. When we get it, they must be one step late."

Although Xu Zhen did not strive for these plans and layouts, after these years of promotion, it finally became such a situation.

Winning Hanzhong this year will give you more bargaining chips to wrestle with the rest of the princes. If you want to gain a foothold in the world, you really need strength.

Xu Zhen doesn't have the determination to win the world for the time being, maybe the time has not come yet, but she doesn't want to be controlled by others anymore.

"Yes, the two armies of Zilong and Zhongkang have already left. Let Gao Shun and Zhang Liao guard Youzhou, but reject Jizhou. At present, the commercial road is still open, and there are many fewer bandits on the road. Don't worry. At present, Now is the best time to collect the people and make meritorious deeds." Zhuge Liang knew that the real power of the Youzhou garrison was still in Zhang Liao's hands.

The governor is still Xu Zhen, and now he needs to move around, to change the position of governor to someone else, and to withdraw himself.

This movement requires contact with Xu Du again, but he doesn't want to ask Cao Cao. If he wants to write a book and ask for a few words, the emperor will naturally issue an edict, but it also means, What to lose again.

Everyone is not a fledgling person. Over the years, Xu Zhen has already transformed into a qualified businessman, knowing that once he asks for something, he must pay for it.

"Receiving the people and governing the merits, we must strive to do our best every year. It is not the merits of this year. Now the territory is stable. There is no war or alien disaster. It is only necessary to order the foreign generals to guard the border and prevent the war from harming the subjects."

"I know that you are all in a hurry now, and you want to make political achievements immediately, so that Xiliang will become prosperous and strong, but it doesn't happen overnight. The farther away we are from Xudu, the more we have to find a way to stabilize our footsteps."

"Just like Prime Minister Cao, he can't make mistakes in every step, and we are the same."

Xu Zhen saw that Zhuge Liang was a little anxious, so he couldn't help but try his best to say a few words, as if governing a county, if he wanted to give an order and the people would respond immediately, it could only be imagined.

Often many strategies go on, like a stone sinking into the sea, without any waves.

"At present, the people follow us because they are refugees, so they have no fixed place to live, and they have never been settled in a certain place. In all likelihood, the people who come from Jizhou are the refugees who have been treated over the years, not the The local people are willing to follow."

"What does this mean? It means that my people's hearts have not yet reached the point where they are indispensable, and there is still room for improvement. But when I reflect on it, I just set an example and cite it as an example. I haven't really let more people Get rich."

"Affluence is not about having things to do, but seeing peace in the future."

"If they continue to worry about governing the county and strengthening the army, they will feel that they will have to fight sooner or later, because this is preparing for war. The people just haven't gone to school, and many people are illiterate, but it doesn't mean they are not smart. In it, you can smell it."

"So, it's not how we introduce policies to make people feel at ease and stable, but if we can stabilize, then everything will be stable."

Zhuge Liang is so smart, and he has five years of experience in governing the county. Xu Zhen's words today opened up a new way of thinking for him.

Only when you are stable and not sick or slow, can the people really feel at ease.

"Xiliang has a vast land and rich resources. To slowly let the wandering people stabilize, this will be my foundation in the future," Xu Zhen stared at Zhuge Liang, speaking from the bottom of his heart.

His view of the world at this time is naturally different from that of the past. Now his position is also high, and the power he holds in his hands is also great, and the things he considers are more strategic.

"This place is only barren for a while, but with millions of people struggling to live in peace, I don't think prosperity is far away."

This remark made Zhuge Liang deeply agree, and he calmed down a bit, "Then, I'd better order people to prepare presents one by one, and then return them back, so that these officials in central Shu can taste some sweetness, and then express Master's intention."

"Okay," Xu Zhen nodded and smiled at Zhuge Liang, watching him turn and leave. For him, the attitude of these people in Sichuan represented the difficulty of entering Sichuan next.

If the opposition is too fierce, then there must be many difficulties, and it may take a fierce battle to enter.

But Xu Zhen knew very well that people in Sichuan and Shu at this time must be in turmoil, which was enough to see from Liu Zhang's inability to suppress Zhang Lu.

In the huge Yizhou, there must be many people who are considering their future and need enough time to pave the way forward.

Of course, this is also the way out that Liu Zhang cannot fight for hegemony and is difficult to save.

Since this is the case, it is very easy to handle. If he is still a little Erqianshi, or the governor of the state, it will be difficult for Yizhou officials to regard him as a thigh that can be hugged, but now he is still a chariot general, a superhero. The great princes of ten thousand households.

Under the rectification of Han Ting's name, apart from Cao Cao, who has already entered Wei Gong, the marquises are led by Xu Zhen. He has already earned everything he should have under Cao's command.

This is from the accumulation of military achievements, coupled with the cultivation of his power, it is said that there are too many capable people and strange people under his command, so the position will rise a little faster, and Xu Zhen's promotion will be accelerated invisibly.

Now, it is too easy to get a position. If he understands this section, then all the officials in Yizhou can also understand it.

So they want to take Xu Zhen's path, which is much better than directly investing in Cao Cao.

Now in the territory of the Han Dynasty, there are only two political systems. One is to support Cao Cao and protect the Han Dynasty, and recognize that Cao Cao is serving the emperor's orders instead of ministers, and has made outstanding contributions to the Han Dynasty.

There is another kind of anti-Cao, which uses the name of Cao Cao as a Han prime minister but actually a Han thief. These people are mainly Liu's royal relatives, and these people dare not surrender to Cao Cao at all.

Once they surrendered to Cao Cao, they must have been reviled for many years and placed on the pillar of shame in Liu's genealogy.

However, at this time, there was a turning point in Xu Zhen's appearance. He was a big man with a personal seal, and he had hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

Every year, he doesn't need to deliberately recruit soldiers, and there are still countless people who come to join him, including those warriors from the countryside and the endless stream of Xiliang warriors.

It took Zhuge Liang half a day to select all the gifts, and he selected Zhen's caravan, and ordered them to go on the road and send many new treasures sent to the middle of Sichuan to be transported there.

Of course, Xu Zhen still didn't give Zhang Lu any response. In his opinion, Zhang Lu is already a deadly enemy at this moment. To win the favor and follow of Yizhou people, he must show his military strength.

After all, no matter how glamorous the record is, it is false, and you need to see it with your own eyes to know it, which is not so simple.

Then Zhang Lu is the best choice. With him as the background board, we can show Xu Zhen's current military strength to Yizhou this year.

In addition to armored cavalry, crossbow cavalry, and sword and shield cavalry, there are also flying troops crossing mountains and mountains.

This is a unit specially selected to deal with the terrain of Sichuan and Sichuan, and has been trained in the mountains and forests with selected elite soldiers in the past two years.

Those who were selected were warriors who hunted in the forests of Bingzhou, Xiliang and other places. They were mainly strong in stature and long in stamina. With foot training, they could continue to fight in the forests.

And proficient in archery.

In one year, an unknown number of people were eliminated, and they were lured with a lot of money, so even though the elimination was frighteningly high, there were still countless people who wanted to enter the Feijun camp.

The so-called flying army actually means that they can fight in the wild over mountains and ridges. These soldiers and horses will not appear on the battlefield in the plains, but if they enter the mountains and forests of Yizhou, Sichuan and Shu, the only disadvantage is that they are not as familiar with the battlefield as Yizhou soldiers. That's all.

Therefore, it is impossible for Xu Zhen to talk to Zhang Lu. At this time, Zhang Lu is still complacent about suppressing Liu Zhang for many years and being able to firmly occupy Hanzhong.

And he didn't take Xu Zhen seriously.

Although Xu Zhen was surrendered from Xiliang, it was mostly due to Ma Chao alone, and the rest of the tribes followed him and surrendered because of his name and prestige as the mighty general.

For Zhang Lu, this is not a devastating horror news, because it is the same way that the gentry use their own family's political resources to push a son into an official career.

The Ma family has guarded for many years, and the family has exhausted its own resources to win over. It has basically exhausted the family's wealth to push Ma Chao onto the stage.

But now it's all cheaper for Xu Zhen.

So he scoffed. As for the battle with Xu Zhen, and Xu Zhen's various horrific achievements over the years, he just felt that there was no need to bad-mouth him so quickly if he hadn't fought.

After all, some people raised troops in Chibi and claimed to be millions, but they were burned to death, and they were beaten back to their hometown in Xudu.

Moreover, in the Hanzhong area, Zhang Lu III's popularity has nothing to do with the gentry. He is a Taoist celestial master of five buckets of rice, and what he wants is to win the hearts of the people by spreading etiquette.

Even a belief.

Then in Hanzhong, what Zhang Lu got was a political-religious regime. With such power, almost everything in the territory can be firmly grasped in his hands.

The hatred between him and Liu Zhang is the hatred of killing his mother, and it is impossible to solve it.

Sending Xu Zhenli as a present was a continuous and in-depth test, to see if he could join forces with Xu Zhen to carve up the middle of Sichuan through some unscrupulous transactions, or even surrender.

In this way, Liu Zhang can be relieved of his worry, and at the same time, he can get on Xu Zhen's thigh, but what he didn't expect is that Xu Zhen doesn't need a helper like him now.

After all, the third generation of Taoist celestial masters exists in the territory, and Xu Zhen will not be at peace. If he is left alone for a long time, he may be like Yu Jizhi to Sun Ce. Once he is killed, it will cause a lot of public resentment in the future.

Even in the future, if some common people feel that Xu Zhen should respect these Taoisms, it will be even more embarrassing.

Xu Zhen allows the existence of the righteous way and the way of heavenly masters, and there is no need to force them to be eliminated, but they cannot be given such great power.

At this moment, taking advantage of Liu Zhang's invitation, it is best to send troops to repel and gradually wipe out.

These so-called cultivators can't let go of power, so they are not cultivators, they are just rulers.

This year, after the autumn harvest, Xiliang and Bingzhou had harvested more than 200 million shi of military rations for stockpiling. Xu Zhen was relieved.

Because these grains don’t need to be counted as the people’s savings for the winter, and they each have a little grain in their homes. Many of the millions of refugees who followed him came from those young and yellow scarf thieves back then. Go buy some practical daily necessities.

It is enough for them.

At least the standard of surviving this year has been initially met, and Xu Zhen also has enough rations to mobilize troops.

So they dispatched [-] soldiers, mixed the elites under their command, and led them into Hanzhong with three generals. According to the previous agreement with Liu Zhang, they attacked Zhang Lu together.

Under the front and back attacks, Xu Zhen captured Zhang Lu's Hanzhong in December, expelled the Taoists of Zhengyi, and engulfed Zhang Lu's army.

On this day, when Liu Zhang came to thank him, he suddenly found that Xu Zhen didn't seem to have any intention of returning Hanzhong to him.

So Fazheng, Li Yan and other people who had received gifts from Xu Zhen were sent to negotiate and inquire about what he meant.

At the same time, let Zhang Ren take the soldiers and horses back first, and don't have any conflicts with Xu. He dare not be angry. Compared with Zhang Lu, this person is even more unfathomable.

Moreover, they also found that Xu Zhen did only come with 5 people at the beginning, and on the way to attack Zhang Lu, no matter how many soldiers and horses he sacrificed, he still kept 5 people.

After the capture of Hanzhong, 10 more people came in to guard it, which frightened the Yizhou soldiers at a loss. If there was a fight, there would be no reason for it. If there was no fight, there would be no negotiations...

Doesn't that mean we are helping Xu Zhen beat Zhang Lu?I have been busy for a long time and can't get anything.

And Xu Zhen will also lose his promise in Yizhou.

Is he willing to be a man who breaks his promise? !
Is he willing to be a capricious person? !
While discussing, the Yizhou scholars repeatedly denounced Xu Zhen's atrocities in low voices, and then came to a conclusion.

It doesn't matter who he wants to be, whether he wants this reputation or not.

If you gain a firm foothold in Hanzhong in the future and take over the entire Yizhou by the way, you can only praise him as the master of enlightenment, otherwise what should we do?

You escaped to Jingzhou to join that clan surnamed Liu?

Or go to Xiliang?
It's useless to go to Xiliang, Xiliang is also their territory.

Therefore, the scholar party in Yizhou soon divided into two factions, and gradually there were ideological differences, and then there was a scolding war against each other.

At this time, it happened that Fa and Li brought their fellow officials who had kissed each other to pay a visit to the Hanzhong guard and asked to see Xu Zhen, the charioteer.

(End of this chapter)