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

Chapter 166 The Situation Sudden Change, Yuan Shu's Death Behavior
It is difficult for ordinary generals to restrain the military discipline of the Qingzhou sharp soldiers selected from the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans who are good at fighting and fighting.

If the military discipline is not clear, Qingzhou Ruishi will not change his thieves and plunder at will. This is not good for Liu Bei, who has always insisted on benevolence and integrity.

Although there are many strong generals in Qingzhou, but those who can restrain Qingzhou elites and train them to become masters of tigers and wolves, Zheng Ping's candidate is more inclined to the combination of banning and full favor.

It is used to train Qingzhou sharp warriors with Jin and Manchong. In wartime, Zhang Fei is assigned as general, Yu Jin as deputy, Zhang Hong as military adviser, and Manchong as army commander, which is enough to maximize the combat effectiveness of Qingzhou sharp men.

However, Man Chong has resigned since he tortured Zhang Bao, the postmaster who was corrupt and disrupted the administration, and his whereabouts are unknown. Zheng Ping has been secretly ordering Ni Heng to look for him in Yanzhou.

And Yu Jin is now under Bao Xin's command, and he is stationed in Dongwuyang with Bao Xin, which is a good time for Shi En to be seconded.

Seeing Liu Bei's inquiry, Zheng Ping shook his fan lightly, and said slowly:
"This man's surname is Yu Jin, and his written name is Wen Ze. He is from Juping County, Taishan County."

"Yu Wenze has a resolute and stable personality, maintains a strict army, is good at controlling the army with laws, and is known as majestic."

"It is the best candidate to train Qingzhou Ruishi!"

Liu Bei rejoiced in his heart.

Three armies are easy to get, but one general is hard to find.

It is even more difficult to find a good general who can maintain a strict army.

Although Yu Jin is Bao Xin's subordinate, but now everyone is a Hanchen, and Yu Jin is just a normal subordinate relationship under Bao Xin's command, not Bao Xin's retainer.

It is true that Bao Xin is kind to Jin, but if Liu Bei recommends Bao Xin to be the Prime Minister of Jinbei, Liu Bei also has the feeling of recommending Bao Xin.

At that time, Qingzhou Mu will second a department of Jinbei Prime Minister to train Qingzhou soldiers, and it is difficult for Bao Xin to refuse, public or private!
Liu Bei nodded and said, "According to Xianmou's words, I will send people to Dongwuyang."

One is to ban the general, and the other is Bao Xin, an ally. It is beneficial and harmless to recommend Bao Xin as Jinbei compared to Qingzhou.

After all, Zhou Yu, the governor of Yuzhou recommended by Yuan Shao, was killed by Liu Bei, and Gongsun Zan entered Changshan Kingdom to confront Yuan Shao. It is impossible for Yuan Shao to have no resentment towards Liu Bei.

Although Yuan Shao would not enter Qingzhou as a matter of fact on the surface, there is no guarantee that Yuan Shao would not order Liu Dai to enter Qingzhou, or recommend a certain Jibei minister and Qingzhou governor to secretly attack Qingzhou.

However, Liu Bei acted first and made Bao Xin the Prime Minister of Jibei. With Bao Xin and Ying Shao standing in the west of Qingzhou, it was enough for Xiaoxiao not to dare to invade Qingzhou easily.

The envoy was ordered to arrive in Dongwuyang, and made a statement that Liu Bei wanted to recommend Bao Xin as Prime Minister of Jibei.

"Liu Shijun actually recommended me to be the Prime Minister of Jibei?" Bao Xin was surprised and delighted, and hurried to see Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was suspicious by nature, and subconsciously began to doubt Liu Bei's intentions: "Liu Bei has repeatedly sabotaged the original deployment, but now he shows his favor to Yuncheng. Is there any fraud in this?"

Bao Xin said in a low voice: "There are treacherous officials in the court who overthrow the royal family, and there are heroes in the world who respond to the righteousness. When I became the leader in the first place, I was able to help the chaos."

"But now Benchu ​​only cares about fighting for power and profit. He not only steals Jizhou, but also sends people south to Yuzhou to compete with Yuan Shu."

"Kandong will be in chaos, and another Dong Zhuo will appear."

"If we fight against the original, I am afraid that we will be unable to control it. If we go with the original, it will violate the righteousness we insist on."

"It's better to wait to the south of the Yellow River to see the changes!"

"I'm originally from Taishan County, and I'm the chancellor of Jibei. Nan Ke and Ying Shao are good friends, and Dong Ke and Liu Bei are good friends, so we can be safe for the time being."

Cao Cao saw that Bao Xin had the determination to become Prime Minister of Jibei, and he also knew that Bao Xin would have nothing to do if he stayed in Dongwuyang.

After a pause, Cao Cao suggested: "Although it was recommended by Liu Bei, we should also inform Benchu, so as to avoid conflicts with Liu Dai. Yuncheng can then spend his life in Jibei, rehabilitate his troops, and wait for the right time. "

The news spread to Yecheng.

Yuan Shao was furious immediately: "The big-eared thief first killed my governor of Yuzhou, Zhou Yu, and then sent people to lobby Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu, and ordered Gongsun Zan to station troops in Changshan to ruin my great affairs. Now he dares to recommend Bao Xin as Prime Minister of Jibei!"

"Send someone to Dongwuyang and tell Bao Xin that if he dares to become Prime Minister of Jibei, he will be my enemy!"

Yuan Shao was very upset.

I thought that Liu Bei would come to persuade him to make peace, so Gongsun Zan could only stay in Youzhou honestly.

As a result, Changshan Kingdom and Zhongshan Kingdom suddenly announced that they would break away from Jizhou and attach themselves to Youzhou. Gongsun Zan led [-] steps and rode all the way to enter Changshan Kingdom with great fanfare, fearing that Yuan Shao would not know about it.

What made Yuan Shao even more angry was that the spies who went to Youzhou to inquire about information easily got the information that Liu Bei sent Zheng Ping to lobby Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu!
Such confidential information was easily probed, which simply did not take Yuan Shao seriously!
Gongsun Zan even sent someone to tell Yuan Shao that it was immoral to put Jushou under house arrest, and that if Jushou and his family were safely sent to Changshan, everyone would be safe.

If you don't give it away, then the real chapter will be seen on the battlefield.

Yuan Shao's army had not yet had time to purge, and Changshan Kingdom was not far from Yecheng. If Gongsun Zan really went south to attack Yecheng regardless of everything, Yuan Shao's vitality would be seriously injured no matter whether he won or lost.

If Gongsun Zan could not be defeated, the Jizhou counties that had just attached themselves would have doubts about Yuan Shao.

After all, the purpose of attaching to Yuan Shao is for profit, and Yuan Shao couldn't even defeat Gongsun Zan, and was blocked in Yecheng, so who would want to attach to Yuan Shao?

Yuan Shao deliberately sued Gongsun Zan to Liu Yu in order to delay the purge of the three armies.

Going to war now is not in Yuan Shao's interest.

Yuan Shao could only hold back his anger and send Ju Shouli out of the country, and made peace with Gongsun Zan.

Xu You had a close relationship with Cao Cao and Bao Xin. Upon seeing this, he immediately persuaded him, "Calm down your anger at the beginning! General Bao has always supported Benchu. If General Bao is angered because of Liu Bei, it will be against Liu Bei's plan to drive a wedge."

"The counties of Yanzhou, Chenliu County and Taishan County refused to accept Liu Dai, and Shanyang County and Jiyin County are all from the original tribe."

"And Dongjun, Jibei Kingdom, Dongping Kingdom, and Rencheng Kingdom are all controlled by Liu Dai."

"General Bao did not immediately agree to Liu Bei's recommendation, but instead sent someone to inform Benchu, which is enough to prove that General Bao has a heart for Benchu."

"Besides, having General Bao as Prime Minister of Jibei can not only ease the conflict with Liu Bei, but also further control Yanzhou."

Yuan Shao's anger faded away, but he was still dissatisfied in his heart: "The big-eared thief has repeatedly ruined my good deeds. Both of you are heroes in the world. Can't you think of some way to make the big-eared thief suffer?"

Xu You remained silent.

He has already persuaded Yuan Shao, the credit is enough, there is no need to cause trouble for himself.

Guo Tu rolled his eyes, smiled sinisterly, and offered advice: "Ming Gong, as long as you carefully study Liu Bei's various behaviors, you can guess Liu Bei's purpose."

"Qingzhou is currently short of money and food, and it is most taboo to have wars in neighboring counties, so Liu Bei will spare no effort to deal with the forces in the five prefectures of Hebei, Yanyu, Xuzhou."

"It's the same with forming an alliance with Yuan Shu, and it's also the same with repeatedly ruining Duke Ming's affairs."

"Now that you know Liu Bei's purpose, you can plan against Liu Bei."

"Duke Ming first decided on Jizhou, so naturally he didn't dare to be enemies with Gongsun Zan, Liu Yu, and Liu Bei at the same time, so the matter north of the Yellow River, Duke Ming had to endure."

"But in the south of the Yellow River, Yuan Shu's power is no match for Duke Ming!"

"Ming Gong can send people to Yuzhou to spread the news, saying that Liu Bei and Chen Wang Liu Chong are united to seize Yuzhou!"

"With Yuan Shu's brain, he can't guess Liu Bei's real purpose, so he can't see through Duke Ming's estrangement plan, because he will only see that Liu Bei's generals are joining forces with Liu Chong in Yuzhou!"

"And the future situation may evolve into a clan alliance of Liu Bei in Qingzhou, Liu Chong in Yuzhou, and Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and Yuan Shu will become the turtle in the urn."

"Once Yuan Shu falls into the trap, he will inevitably withdraw his troops and return to Yuzhou, and what Zhou Yu failed to achieve will be achieved."

"And the army that Liu Bei provided to Lu Zhi will also be trapped in Luoyang because of Yuan Shu's withdrawal."

"If Yuan Shu had been more ruthless, this army might have died in Luoyang."

"Lu Zhi died in Luoyang, the feud between Liu Bei and Yuan Shu will never end!"

Yuan Shao clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "It's wonderful! It's wonderful! Gong Ze's plan is very pleasing to the hearts of the people. How could Yuan Gonglu, a foolish child, know such a strategy?"

"Even if there are wise and resourceful people to advise, with the temperament of the road boy, he will not listen to advice."

Now Shen Pei and Feng Ji are sent by Yuan Shao to purge the three armies.

Xun Chen, Xin Ping, Xin Pi and others also had important government affairs.

Xu You and Guo Tu were the only ones who conspired under the account.

Guo Tu was recommended by Xu You, and he is better at life than Feng Ji, and there is no conflict between the two for the time being.

Therefore, Guo Tu offered advice, and Xu You gave Guo Tu a chance to perform as he did to Feng Ji.

A strategy is set.

On the one hand, Yuan Shao sent people to reply to Bao Xin, asking Bao Xin to respond to Liu Bei's recommendation to serve as Prime Minister of Jibei; on the other hand, he sent people to Yuzhou to spread rumors that Liu Bei wanted to join forces with Liu Chong to seize Yuzhou.

have to say.

Divorce is very useful for Yuan Shu.

When there were rumors in Yuzhou, Yuan Shu immediately became suspicious of Liu Bei, and immediately summoned Yang Hong, Yan Xiang, Li Ye, and Han Yin to discuss.

Yan Xiang had an upright personality, and he immediately remonstrated: "Rumors only stop with wise men, it must be that Yuan Shao failed to seize Yuzhou, and deliberately sent people to spread rumors, so that Ming Gong and Liu Shijun would turn against each other."

"Duke Ming must not fall for Yuan Shao's tricks!"

Yuan Shu was a little unhappy.

What do rumors stop with wise men?
Does that mean I, Yuan Shu, am a fool?
Yang Hong observed his words and deliberated, and said: "The trifoliate sentence came to the nest, and the rumors came out of nothing. This rumor will not appear out of thin air."

"Maybe Liu Bei didn't intend to seize Yuzhou, but it's hard to guarantee that King Chen didn't have this idea."

"Last time, King Chen agreed to King Qin, and on the surface he claimed to be the General Fu Han, but the army didn't even leave the Kingdom of Chen."

"It's better to send people to Chen Guo to borrow food. If King Chen is willing to borrow food, it means that the rumor is false; if King Chen refuses to borrow food, it means that the rumor is true."

Yuan Shu was overjoyed: "The long history is right. Who would like to go to Chen State as an envoy?"

Han Yin volunteered: "Han is willing to take a trip to Chen Guo for Minggong. With Han's ability, Chen Wang will definitely let Chen Wang donate food."

After Han Yin left, Yuan Shu asked Yan Xiang to retreat, leaving only Yang Hong and Li Ye.

"Gongsun Yue found this general before, and he can help him annex Liu Yu's three thousand cavalry."

"The general is short of cavalry, why not hold a banquet today and take the opportunity to kill Xian Yugan!"

Yuan Shu licked his lips, with greed in his eyes.

Three thousand cavalry!
Even if the cavalry resisted, it would still be three thousand horses!

Yang Hong suggested: "If you want to kill fresh people, you must do it yourself. In this way, even if someone is held accountable in the future, we can push Gongsun Yue to take the blame."

"At the same time, Liu He was placed under house arrest, and it was said that Liu He had returned to Youzhou."

Yuan Shu was overjoyed: "Long Shi still has strategies, Yan Xiang is just an elm head."

that night.

Yuan Shu held a banquet in the mansion, and then invited Xian Yuqian and Gongsun Yue to the banquet.

Xian Yugan didn't doubt that he was there, so he happily came to the banquet.

While drinking the wine, Gongsun Yue suddenly drew his sword and pierced Xian Yugan.

Poor Xian Yuqian, he didn't even have time to struggle before his death!
"Gongsun Yue, you are really sincere!" Yuan Shu was very happy when he saw that he killed Xian Yugan so easily, so he asked Ji Ling to take Xian Yugan's head and go to appease the three thousand on the charge of colluding with Yuan Shao in the assassination cavalry.

When Gongsun Fan arrived, Ji Ling had already controlled the three thousand Youzhou soldiers.

"Brother Yue, something bad happened!" Gongsun Fan hurriedly informed Gongsun Yue of Gongsun Zan's secret order.

Gongsun Yue also broke out in a cold sweat: "Now that Xian Yuqian is dead, we must stop Liu Yu's messenger immediately, otherwise my brother will be in danger in Youzhou."

And on the other side.

When Hua Ji was looking for Liu He, he heard that Liu He had returned to Youzhou, and suddenly became suspicious: "Why did Yuan Shu let Liu Shizhong go back to Youzhou? Could it be that what brother Xianmou was worried about happened?"

Thinking of this, Hua Ji couldn't help but shudder.

Huaji and Qingzhou have always had secret letters. Zheng Ping sent secret letters to Huaji before he went to Youzhou, asking Huaji to pay close attention to the [-] cavalry from Youzhou.

Hua Ji, who was secretly suspicious, went to visit Xian Yuqian again with an excuse, but was told that Xian Yuqian had been ordered to Luoyang to reinforce Sun Jian.

"It's broken! Something must have happened to Liu Shizhong and General Xianyu."

"Lu Yang, I can't stay any longer."

Aware of the danger, Hua Ji lied that he had heard from Hua Xin in Jingzhou and was going to Xiangyang.

Yuan Shu was also worried that Hua Ji would be aware of Liu He and Xian Yuqian's misfortune, so he let Hua Ji go to Xiangyang along the way.

As soon as he arrived at the boundary of Xiangyang, Hua Ji immediately turned back and headed towards Xuzhou. There was a major change in Luyang, and Hua Ji had to send the information to Qingzhou immediately.

And during this period.

The battle in Luoyang also took a decisive turn.

Sun Jian and Lu Zhi joined forces and designed to lure Dong Zhuo out of the city.

Although Li Ru made suggestions, Li Ru was only a civil servant before. Although he knew some tricks and tactics, he was far inferior to Lu Zhi.

Dong Zhuo, who thought he had a plan, personally led his troops to fight Sun Jian and Lu Zhi, but was ambushed and was severely injured by Sun Jian's army and Lu Zhi's army.

The brave son Lu Bu was almost beheaded by Sun Jian and Guan Yu.

The terrified Dong Zhuo left Lu Bu to garrison Luoyang, and transferred to Mianchi and Shancheng by himself.

Sun Jian and Lu Zhi sent troops to attack Luoyang and fought with Lu Bu.

Lu Bu was afraid of the bravery of Sun Jian and Guan Yu, so he didn't dare to fight to the death, and retreated to Tongguan after resisting for a while.

For the first time, the Allied Army of Discuss Dong entered Luoyang!

(End of this chapter)