Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 307 Unidentified
In Guangling City, Tai Shici strode into the eunuch's mansion, cupped his hands to Chen Deng who had already been waiting inside, and said, "I have seen the eunuch, why did you call Ci?"

Chen Deng hurriedly asked Tai Shici to sit down, put some rolls of silk in front of Tai Shici, and said: "The envoy sent a letter from Youzhou, and Dent came to know the general."

Tai Shici picked up the silk book, read it carefully, frowned, a little confused: "Young master said, if you make friends with Liu Yao, if you have the opportunity to meet people from Jiangdong, how many people can you make friends with?"

"Liu Ye?"

"Lu Yi, or Lu Xun?"

"Lu Fan?"

"Bu Zhi?"

"Ci is rough and ignorant, what are the backgrounds of these people, and it is worth sending an urgent letter from the gentleman?"

Chen Deng said: "Among these people, some of them are already famous, but there are also some I have rarely heard of. I have inquired many ways before, and only then did I understand the origins of these people."

After telling the backgrounds of these people one by one, he said: "Young master has always had a unique vision of people. Since it is the person he wants us to pay attention to, there must be something special about him."

Tai Shici thought of Yuan Xi's unhesitating appearance when he recruited himself, Tian Yu and others, and he was deeply convinced.

He wondered if Yuan Xi had such a good eye for seeing people, did he have some expert advice behind him, or was he himself an expert?
Could it be that he really knows how to watch stars?
Chen Deng pointed to the silk script again and said: "Young master specifically said in the letter that if there is any change in Jiangdong, we can wait for the opportunity to find the whereabouts of these people and recruit them. The condition is that we can open it casually, and you will be the master in the future."

"As for whether to expand the territory, it is not the most important thing. If there is a chance, Jiujiang County to the west of Guangling can be spied on, but don't cross the river."

Tai Shici deeply believed that the Guangling water army hadn't been trained yet, even if they crossed the river now, they couldn't hold it with their current strength.

He keenly smelled a breath, "Young master said that Jiangdong has changed, what do you mean?"

Chen Deng thought for a while, and said slowly: "Deng made wild guesses, Yuan Shu is likely to become emperor in the near future."

"What!" Tai Shici was startled, "Impossible, how could he be so bold!"

Chen Deng told about Yuan Shu detaining his second brother and privately sending a letter to recruit Chen Gui. Tai Shi Ci heard this and said angrily, "This Yuan Shu is so daring!"

Immediately he praised: "Mr. Hanyu is upright and admirable, but Mr. Yuanlong's second brother, so there is no whereabouts?"

After hearing this, Chen Deng said slowly, "I'm afraid that the second brother will be in danger."

Tai Shici comforted: "Things may not be so bad, it may also be locked up."

"If Yuan Shu proclaims himself emperor, he will definitely not be tolerated by the world. From what I see, your son's words and deeds will definitely make us wait for an opportunity to attack Yuan Shu together."

"When the time comes, I will lead troops to attack Yuan Shu's old lair, maybe I will be able to rescue Yuan Long's second brother, that's unknown."

Although Chen Deng felt that there was little hope, he thanked him again and again, "However, Yuan Shu's Sun Ce is really difficult to deal with. The day before yesterday, he even sent a navy to spy on Guangling Port, but fortunately he was repelled by the general."

Tai Shici said with a smile: "The more the soldiers fight, the stronger they become. I'm still afraid that he won't come!"

"Sun Ce is indeed difficult to fight, but if he is attached to Yuan Shu, and when Yuan Shu proclaims himself emperor, with a single Sun Ce, can he stop the princes of the world?"

Chen Deng said, "I'm afraid Liu Yao won't be able to hold on."

"If Sun Ce crosses the river and invades Wu County, he will be as powerful as a bamboo in the south, and if he captures Kuaiji, he will take all of Yangzhou. In this way, Yuan Shu will indeed have the capital to become emperor."

Tai Shici felt the same way, "Liu Yao's emissary has been staying there and has become more polite. I am afraid that Sun Ce's attack is very urgent, and they will soon be unable to withstand it."

"If Liu Yao is defeated, what should we do?"

"At that time, we will send a letter to ask the young master, but it will be too late."

Chen Deng thought about it. In the silk script, Yuan Xi hinted that Sun Ce might not follow Yuan Shu to the end. The current situation in Jiangdong is so complicated that Chen Deng is also hesitant.

However, Yuan Xi asked Chen Deng to act cheaply and decide on his own, which made Chen Deng even more troublesome.

I decide by myself?

This is related to the general trend of the world. How can you be the master like this if you are so picky?

Chen Deng thought for a while before he said, "How about this?"

"The general sent some spies to Jiangdong to look for the whereabouts of those people that the envoy said. If they found them, they would find a way to bring them to Guangling."

"On the other hand, I heard that Haixi City sent several caravans one after another to search for cotton in Annan. This is something that the envoy attaches great importance to and cannot be missed."

"If Liu Yao loses Yangzhou, Yuan Shu will cut off the sea route to the south of Guangling. I'm afraid it will spoil the important affairs of the envoy."

"So the most urgent task is to find ways to prevent Liu Yao from being defeated so quickly."

After hearing this, Tai Shici smiled and said, "Sir, are you afraid that I will still miss Liu Yao's envoy's contempt?"

"Although compassion is not talented, how could it be because of a moment of enthusiasm that it missed the important matter of the young master."

"Everything should be arranged by Mr. Yuanlong."

A few days later, Liu Yao's envoy returned to Jianye, Wu Junzhi, and met Liu Yao.

When Liu Yao saw him, he said, "You're back. Why did you come and go for so long?"

The envoy's vest was dripping with cold sweat, and he naturally guessed that it was probably because he had slighted Tai Shici that Yuan Xi deliberately hung it there.

When Yuan Xi went north to Youzhou, he never saw him again, and let Tai Shici take charge of Guangling's military affairs. How could the envoy guess that he had offended someone?
He couldn't advance or retreat, and he didn't dare to return to his command, so he had to stay in Guangling City.

Fortunately for him, Tai Shici came to see him a few days ago and said that there was an urgent matter in Youzhou, so Yuan Shijun was in a hurry to go back.

But when it came to specific matters, Tai Shici only said that if the port on the Liuyou River was attacked, Guangling would come to help, but he didn't promise anything else.

The envoy didn't know about it, it was all an excuse, but with Tai Shici's promise, it was better than nothing, so he came back to report to Liu Yao.

Liu Yao was a little disappointed when he heard this, but he also felt a little more at ease. The more careless the other party was, the more it meant that he had no intention of plotting against Yangzhou.

After all, Yuan Xi was the governor of Youzhou, and Guangling was an enclave. In the eyes of the other party, maintaining the status quo is probably the best choice, right?
He asked, "What does the other party want?"

The messenger replied honestly: "The other party has only one request."

"It is said that there is a shortage of officials in Guangling County. If there are talented young scholars in Yangzhou, those who come there will not be rejected, and appropriate official positions can be arranged for them."

After hearing this, Liu Yao asked in confusion, "Young scholar? Isn't he older?"

The messenger replied honestly, "That's what the other side said."

He nodded and said, "I understand, you step back."

He thought to himself that this is not easy, if the other person wants young scholars, he can just recommend a few to go there.

Anyway, I have Xu Shao on my side, let him take care of it when the time comes, and the talented people will stay by themselves, and the ones that Xu Shao doesn't like can be sent to Guangling.

At this moment, Xu Shao walked in with a gloomy face, holding an urgent letter in his hand.

When Liu Yao saw this, he suddenly felt bad, and said, "Mr. Zijiang, what happened?"

Xu Shao sent the urgent document and said in a shy voice, "An accident happened in Yuzhang County!"

When Liu Yao unfolded the bamboo slips and looked at them, he was struck by thunder.

Zhu Hao, the prefect of Yuzhang, was killed by Ruo Rong who defected to Liu Yao!

Xu Shao shook his head and sighed, "The state shepherd didn't listen to my advice, so what happened today!"

Liu Yao gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't expect, I really didn't expect that Ruo Rong, a dog thief, would repeat it again and again!"

"Unfortunately, I thought he was a great power of Buddhism in building the Futu Temple in Xuzhou and instituting a Buddhist meeting, but I didn't expect him to be so vicious!"

In fact, what Liu Yao said is correct. Ruo Rong was the first to prosper Buddhism in the south of the Yangtze River, and he is the ancestor of Buddhism in later generations. Without him, there would be no grand occasion of 480 temples in the Southern Dynasty.

However, it is difficult to distinguish between the mind and deeds. Ruo Rong has the heart of worshiping the Buddha, but it is difficult for people to comment on his behavior.

From Zhao Yu to Xue Li to Zhu Hao, maybe it was because they only saw the appearance that they were all killed by him?

Ruo Rong became Tao Qian's general, first defected to Guangling prefect Zhao Yu, then took the opportunity to kill him, plundered his property and fled to Jiangdong, where he attached himself to Liu Yao.

At this time, it happened that Sun Ce had been attacking Liu Yao for more than a year near Qu'a.

The battle of Qu'a was caused by the fact that after Liu Yao took control of Qu'a, he expelled Yuan Shu's subordinates Wu Jing and Sun Ben in Danyang, and set up a military stronghold along the Yangtze River to prevent Yuan Shufang from counterattacking.

So Sun Ce was ordered by Yuan Shu to attack Qu'e. The first big city on the route was Moling.

"Jiang Biao Zhuan" records, "At that time, Xue Li, the Prime Minister of Pengcheng, and Ruo Rong Yiyou, the Prime Minister of Xiapi, were the leaders of the alliance, and the ceremony was based on Moling City, south of Rongtun County."

Xue Li and Ruo Rong were both Tao Qian's subordinates. After defecting to Liu Yao, they were both resettled in Moling.

Afterwards, Sun Ce attacked Ruo Rong first, and Ze Rong sent troops to fight. Sun Ce beheaded more than [-] people, and Ze Rong retreated to the city, shutting the door and daring not to move.

Sun Ce was unable to attack the city, so he crossed the river and crossed Ruorong to attack Xue Li. Xue Li fled in a hurry.

Ze Rong hosted a banquet for Xue Li, and killed him at the banquet, and then Xue Li's soldiers, wealth and family were all taken over by Ze Rong.

Afterwards, Sun Ce attacked Ruo Rong again, but failed to find any openings, so he retreated again.

Liu Yao was very unhappy when he learned that Xue Li had been killed, but at the time, firstly, Xue Li was not his direct descendant, and secondly, he needed Ruo Rong to restrain Sun Ce, so he didn't pursue it for a while.

Liu Yao hesitated again and again, considering that Ruo Rong was one of the few in his subordinates who could fight against Sun Ce, so he finally kept Ruo Rong.

But keeping Ruo Rong by his side is obviously not reassuring, so Liu Yao thought of a plan, let Ruo Rong assist Zhu Hao, the prefect of Yuzhang appointed by himself, and attack Zhuge Xuan, the prefect of Yuzhang appointed by Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao. .

After Xu Shao learned about it, he said to Liu Yao: "Ze Rong never cared about what others said about him. Zhu Hao is honest and honest, easy to confide in others, and trusts others easily. You must tell Zhu Hao to beware of Ruo Rong!"

Liu Yao told Zhu Hao, but Zhu Hao didn't care.

However, unexpectedly, and within reason, Ruo Rong had murdered Zhu Hao again!
He still used the same method he used to deal with Zhao Yu and Xue Li. First, he became close to Zhu Hao, then held a banquet during the banquet, and then the soldiers went out to kill them, and plundered Zhu Hao's wife, daughter, and family.

This was a great blow to Liu Yao. Not only did he lose Zhu Hao, but Ruo Rong himself took over the prefect of Yuzhang, which meant that Liu Yao lost Yuzhang as well!
Liu Yao's heart was bleeding because his relationship with Zhu Hao was unusual, and Zhu Hao's identity was even more unusual.

Zhu Hao is one of the three masters of the late Han Dynasty, the son of Da Sima Zhu Jun!
Zhu Hao was a loyal man with a paternal style, and was sent by the Han court to be the prefect of Yuzhang. Both father and son had a very good friendship with Liu Yao.

Hanting's appointment itself also meant that Zhu Jun kept his son away from the vortex of Chang'an and entrusted him to Liu Yao.

Now that Zhu Jun had just passed away due to the Chang'an Rebellion, and Zhu Haoyou was killed, it was embarrassing for the father and son to end up like this.

Liu Yao's eyes were about to burst, and he roared, "I killed Zhu Hao, if I don't kill Ruo Rong, I swear I won't be a human being!"

"Come on, raise up your army, I will personally lead the army to attack Ze Rong, so as to comfort the spirit of Da Sima in the sky!"

(End of this chapter)