Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 147 Yuan Shaoding's serial plan

Feng Ji's remonstrance really made Yuan Shao hesitate.

Yuan Shao would not be reconciled if Yuan Shu was allowed to win Dong Dagong because of this.

"Does Yuantu have a good strategy?" Yuan Shao asked.

Feng Ji looked back at Xu You triumphantly: "Duke Ming, to restrain Qingzhou's troops, there is no need for Liu Dai and Zhou Yu to send troops at the same time."

"Let Liu Dai attack Jibei Kingdom and Taishan County first, and lead Qingzhou soldiers into Yanzhou to persuade peace."

"After the soldiers from Qingzhou enter Yanzhou, then order Zhou Yu to drive the troops into Yuzhou, so that Liu Bei can't take care of Yuzhou."

"Seeing that Liu Bei couldn't take care of himself, Yuan Shu had no choice but to let Sun Jian retreat."

Yuan Shao suddenly felt that it was reasonable, but he always felt that something was wrong.

Xu You sneered again and again.

I thought there was some clever strategy, but it turned out that I was just deliberately confusing Benchu ​​here, so that Benchu ​​would think that you would have a share of the credit.

But Xu You didn't point it out!
The more confused Yuan Shao is, the more he thinks Xu You's strategy is brilliant!
"Don't believe it at the beginning!" Xu You said with his hands behind his back, "Although the method of Fengyuantu can make Sun Jian retreat, it will also make Lu Zhi retreat."

"The reason why we think that Liu Bei does not have enough troops to intervene in Jizhou affairs is largely because Liu Bei's elite cavalry went to Luoyang."

"If Sun Jian retreated, Lu Zhi would have no choice but to retreat in order to defeat Dong Wuwang. Wouldn't it be true that he would also retreat?"

"Lu Zhi's army is already close to Wei County. If this army is allowed to return, the old things in Ye City will repeat itself. At first, they would have to bear the infamy of voluntarily rebelling against the alliance."

"How stupid!"

Yuan Shao finally sensed something was wrong, and angrily scolded Feng Ji: "Feng Yuan Tu, you almost ruined my big business!"

Feng Ji was reprimanded, quite dissatisfied: "Xu Ziyuan, how do you think to prevent Yuan Shu from defeating Dong Zhuo?"

Xu You stroked his short beard, and said sarcastically, "Feng Yuantu, you are still from Nanyang, so you don't even understand this."

"Yuan Shu was in Nanyang, extorting and extorting violently, and the scholars and common people suffered unspeakably."

"And Nanyang belongs to Jingzhou, and Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, has the power to supervise the prefect of Nanyang!"

"At the beginning, we can send people to Jingzhou to persuade Liu Biao to question Yuan Shu and expel Yuan Shu from Nanyang."

"If Yuan Shu sees that both Nanyang and Yuzhou are in danger of being lost, how can he care about attacking Dong Zhuo?"

"This is a plan to attack from far away!"

Yuan Shao clapped his palms and laughed: "Ziyuan is really resourceful. Although Yuan Shu is the prefect of Nanyang, Nanyang belongs to Jingzhou. He extorted money in Nanyang. How can Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, not send someone to hold him accountable?"

"Allying with Liu Biao will cut off Yuan Shu's way back."

"Even if Yuan Shu returns to Yuzhou and defeats Zhou Yu, he will deeply hate Liu Biao because of Liu Biao's sending troops to Nanyang."

"With Yuan Shu's personality, he will definitely send troops to attack Liu Biao to vent his hatred."

"There is Yanzhou in the north and Jingzhou in the south. I can make Yuan Shu face the enemy without a single soldier."

"Wonderful!"

Yuan Shao was in a happy mood, and he didn't care about Fengji's fault, instead he comforted Fengji and said, "Yuan Tu, you should ask Ziyuan for advice more in the future, and don't offer such stupid tricks again."

"I would like to follow Ming Gong's instruction." Feng Ji lowered his head, and there was more resentment in his eyes.

He failed to plot Xu You, but Xu You plotted against him. Feng Ji was quite dissatisfied and hated Xu You even more.

In fact, with Fengji's talents, if he is committed to commanding the army, not only will he not have a conflict of interest with Xu You, but he will have a close friendship with Xu You because of his relationship with the county people.

At the beginning, Xu Youken recommended Fengji because of Fengji's talent in military strategy.

According to Xu You's idea, he is responsible for strategizing, and Feng Ji is responsible for commanding the troops in battle. Together, they are Yuan Shao's Zhang Liang and Han Xin.

In addition, Xu You and Feng Ji both escaped from Luoyang with Yuan Shao, so they have Yuan Cong's affection.

Even if Yuan Shao gathers other talents in the future, he doesn't worry about being divided.

But knowing people, faces, but not heart, Xu You didn't expect Feng Ji to compete with him in strategy.

This made Xu You not only lose an ally who can command the army, but also gain an enemy who can make suggestions.

"Ben Chu's subordinates lack great talents to command the army, and Feng Ji wants to compete with me again, so he has to try to introduce some talents who can form an alliance with me to join Ben Chu."

"Although Guo Gongze is talented, it is obviously not from Guo Gongze's last suggestion, and Xun Youruo and Xin Zhongzhi did not participate in it."

"It must be Guo Gongze who has talented people under his command to offer advice, and then steal it as his own."

"If I can introduce him to Benchu, I can add another ally."

After thinking about it, Xu You decided to secretly send someone to Yecheng to inquire.

Yuan Shao adopted Xu You's strategy. On the one hand, he sent a letter to Liu Dai and Zhou Yu to send troops, and on the other hand, he sent Dong Zhao, who joined the army, to Jingzhou to persuade Liu Biao to send troops to Nanyang.

After the discussion, Yuan Shao wrote back to Gongsun Zan to agree on the details, and sent Gongsun Fan back.

Liu Dai and Zhou Yu were delighted when they received the letter.

Especially Liu Dai, ever since he married Yuan Shao, he has been planning to unify Yanzhou!
But now that the opportunity came, Liu Dai naturally refused to miss it.

"Call Mr. Zhongde quickly!"

The "Mr. Zhongde" in Liu Dai's mouth is Cheng Yu, a famous official in Yanzhou.

Cheng Yu has strategy, courage and insight, and can judge the situation. Although he rejected Liu Dai's enlistment, he still advised Liu Dai as a counselor.

The situation in Yanzhou was too complicated. Although Cheng Yu wanted to be a hermit, he couldn't be alone, so he used this half-official method to protect his family.

Soon.

Cheng Yu arrived.

Although he is temporarily under Liu Dai's command as a counselor, Cheng Yu is eight feet three inches tall, has a beautiful beard, can ride a horse, can shoot arrows, and can wield a long spear to play horse battles with others.

Bravely surpassing Ben Yu, he was talking about Cheng Yu.

Liu Dai respected Cheng Yu, a well-rounded civil and military official.

Even though Cheng Yu politely refused to enlist, Liu Dai still had a lot of trust in Cheng Yu.

After all, there are very few famous officials in Yanzhou that Liu Dai can really enlist.

Except for Biejia Wang Yu and the appointed Dongjun prefect Wang Gong, there is nothing around Liu Dai who is worthy of great responsibility.

"I intend to send troops to Jibei Kingdom and Taishan County, and then point to Chenliu to unify Yanzhou. What's Mr. Zhongde's plan?" Liu Dai asked humbly.

Cheng Yu's eyelids couldn't help twitching: "Emissary Liu, although you have taken charge of Dongjun, Dongping and Rencheng, you also have the support of Yuan Xu from Jiyin County and Yuan Yi from Shanyang Army."

"But Jibei Kingdom and Taishan County are adjacent to Qingzhou, Cui Yan and Ying Shao have always been friendly with Liu Bei."

"There are also rumors that the emperor sent an envoy to Qingzhou. Liu Bei is now the shepherd of Qingzhou, and he will not be rescued in danger."

Liu Dai laughed and said, "Liu Bei is of the same clan as me. As long as I promise to give Liu Bei 30 shi of food and grass after unifying Yanzhou, he will not refuse."

30 shi grain and grass, you said it so easily!

Cheng Yu's eyelids trembled again.

"Liu Shijun, this is not an issue of food and grass. Out of consideration for the interests of Qingzhou, what Liu Bei wants is a war-free Yanzhou, where money and food transactions can be completed smoothly."

"That's why Liu Bei sent troops to persuade Han Fu and Yuan Shao to make peace."

"Once Liu Shijun really sends troops to Jibei Kingdom and Taishan County, Liu Bei will definitely send troops!"

Although Liu Dai's thinking was too naive, Cheng Yu still fulfilled his duties as a counselor.

Liu Dai was a little annoyed: "Send troops as soon as you send them out, am I still afraid that Liu Bei will fail?"

"He has become a shepherd of Qingzhou, so why don't I be allowed to rule Yanzhou, and show the emperor to be a shepherd of Yanzhou?"

Cheng Yu was silent.

Liu Dai is in a hurry!

When Liu Bei was still a Gaotang county lieutenant, Liu Dai was already the governor of Yanzhou.

But now, Liu Bei ruled all the prefectures in Qingzhou, and became the shepherd of Qingzhou justifiably, but he, Liu Dai, was still the governor of Yanzhou who could not take charge of the prefectures in Yanzhou!
Liu Dai is jealous of Liu Bei!

After pondering for a moment, Cheng Yu suggested: "Taishan County has strong soldiers and horses, and Ying Shao also has many good generals and talents under his command, it is difficult to defeat them in a short time."

"Cui Yan, Prime Minister of Jinbei, although he has some fame, but he is not familiar with military affairs, he can send troops to attack Lu County at night and kill Cui Yan for corruption."

"At the same time, let Yuan Yi and Yuan Xu station troops on the border of Chen Liuguo to frighten Zhang Miao. Liu Shijun can then concentrate his forces to attack Taishan County, and it may be successful."

Liu Dai also knew how powerful Taishan County Ying Shao was: "Then follow Mr. Zhongde's plan, kill Cui Yan first, and then attack Taishan County."

"If Liu Bei really wants to drive troops to persuade him to make peace, the sword is ruthless and he can't recognize anyone!"

Adopting Cheng Yu's strategy, Liu Dai personally led the troops to attack Lu County at night.

As expected, Cui Yan didn't have much defense. Liu Dai easily broke through the city and captured Cui Yan, Prime Minister of Jinbei.

"Liu Dai, aren't you afraid of being cast aside by the world if you attack Jibei Kingdom without authorization?" Cui Yan was furious.

Last time Guan Yu sent troops to persuade and escaped a catastrophe, but this time he did not have such good luck.

Liu Dai sneered: "Cui Yan, I am the governor of Yanzhou, and I have the power to supervise the counties and states!"

"It has been found out that during your tenure as Prime Minister of Jinbei, you took bribes, colluded with local bullies and harmed good people. The evidence is convincing!"

"If you want to blame, blame yourself for not being able to control yourself!"

Cui Yan was suddenly at a loss for words.

This charge, Liu Daibing did not make up nonsense.

In other words, how many of the great Han's prime ministers can really be honest and upright?

Liu Dai insisted on using the Han Law to question him, but Cui Yan was unreasonable!
Just like the inside story of Song Ci's case-solving among the criminal officials of the Great Song Dynasty, at the end of the corrupt dynasty, any unsolved cases were solved, in fact, it was just some officials in the court and China who were eradicating political enemies.

"Liu Dai, you won't be complacent for too long!" Cui Yan scolded angrily, "I come from Qinghe Cui family, and my people will avenge me."

Liu Dai snorted coldly: "So what about the Qinghe Cui family? I'm still afraid? I'll drag it on and kill it!"

After killing all of Cui Yan's cronies, Liu Dai immediately strengthened his military defenses and sentries on the border of Yanzhou to prevent the news from spreading.

When Zhang Fei of Pingyuan Kingdom got the news, it was already five days later!

"Father was killed by the dog thief Liu Dai five days ago, uncle, please make the decision for me!" Cui Hong, the son of Cui Yan who escaped by chance, cried on the ground.

bang.

The desk in front of Zhang Fei was thrown away.

"No reason!"

"Liu Dai, how dare you attack and kill Cui Yan, Prime Minister of Jinbei? Doesn't he know that Cui Yan is my friend?"

"Nephew, stand up for me and put away your tears. You can't cry when a man takes revenge."

Zhang Fei opened his eyes angrily, just wanting to kill someone.

"Come here, order troops according to the truth!"

Ten days ago, Zhang Fei was still asking Cui Yan if he could borrow some cattle and work together to complete the spring plowing.

Cui Yan patted his chest and assured Zhang Fei.

As a result, Cui Yan is now dead!
Zhang Fei is a quick-tempered man, so he ordered troops as soon as he said he would.

Although there is no elite cavalry from Youzhou, Pingyuan Kingdom has its own county soldiers who have fought against the Yellow Turbans.

"Wait a minute!"

Zhang Hong, who heard the news, hurried to look for Zhang Fei.

"Mr. Zigang, don't stop me!" Zhang Fei respected Zhang Hong, and quickly reined in: "Liu Dai killed Cui Yan, how can I ignore it?"

Zhang Hong persuaded urgently: "Mr. Zhang, sending troops to help Beiguo at this time is equivalent to Qingzhou declaring war on Liu Dai."

"I also ask Zhang Xiang to calm down the anger of the thunder for a while, and inform Liu Shijun about this matter first, and then make a decision!"

If another person came to persuade Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei would probably be able to greet him with a whip.

But now it was the famous official Zhang Hong who came to persuade Zhang Fei, but Zhang Fei had to listen.

"Hey, I can't explain to nephew Cui Hong like this." Zhang Fei whipped his horse angrily, and sent someone to send the news to Linzi city overnight.

Liu Bei was also shocked by the change in Yanzhou and broke into a cold sweat: "Cui Yan is dead? Liu Dai actually chose to send troops during spring plowing. Is he sure that I will not dare to use weapons at this time?"

Liu Bei was angry and angry.

Qingzhou has been doing its best to open up wasteland and prepare for spring plowing. It is very unfavorable for Qingzhou to mobilize troops at this time!

Once the troops are mobilized, a large number of civilians need to be requisitioned to clear the way and transport food.

But in this way, the manpower for spring plowing will be even more insufficient.

Especially now that Liu Bei has been carrying out large-scale collective farming, it is even more difficult to recruit civilian husbands.

Zhang Fei spent most of his time in charge of the army and didn't understand the difficulties involved, so he ordered troops out of the city as soon as his temper got over him.

Zhang Hong assisted in handling Pingyuan's internal affairs, and knew the interests involved in this, so he tried his best to dissuade Zhang Fei.

As far as Qingzhou is concerned, it is not easy to fall into war at this time.

"Please don't drive Zheng to discuss the matter!" Liu Bei stood up swiftly.

If the war in Yanzhou is not handled properly, it will affect Qingzhou's spring plowing plan.

Before Zheng Ping arrived, the envoy from Taishan County also came to Linzi.

"Emissary Liu, Yanzhou Inspector Liu Dai suddenly raised his troops to question Taishan County, reprimanding Eunuch Ying for disregarding the law and discipline, and obstructing the Inspector's Office's supervision and work."

"The prefect should send a villain to Zicheng at night, and ask Liu Shijun to send troops to persuade him to make peace."

Liu Bei's eyes became serious.

"Quickly invite Liu Zhizhong, Zhao Gongcao, Zhang Wenxue and other prefectures to work together, and come to the state pastoral mansion to discuss matters together."

If only Cui Yan had been killed, Liu Bei hadn't prepared to call the prefectural pastor's office to discuss matters together.

But now even Taishan County has been attacked by Liu Dai, which made Liu Bei smell something unusual.

When things go wrong, there must be a conspiracy.

Liu Dai dared to attack and kill Cui Yan and Ying Shao with great fanfare at this time, there must be support behind him.

Liu Bei looked at Jizhou subconsciously: "Could it be that this is another conspiracy by Yuan Shao? He wants to involve Qingzhou in the Yanzhou war?"

The intervention in the Jizhou incident destroyed Yuan Shao's plan last time, and Liu Bei was not so naive as to think that Yuan Shao would be able to bear this anger.

"Qingzhou is in decline, the country is suffering, the treacherous courtiers have not yet been punished, and there are ambitious people in the local area who intend to make trouble."

"Do you really think that I, Liu Bei, dare not use swords?"

In Liu Bei's eyes, there was suddenly a murderous look.

(End of this chapter)