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

Chapter 174 A decisive victory for thousands of miles, Liu Bei and Zheng Ping discuss the situation

Linzi city.

Since sending more than a dozen messengers, Liu Bei has paid special attention to the intelligence of the states and counties.

The slogans of severing ties and alliances and never ending death were shouted out. If Yuan Shu could not be sanctioned, then the prestige of Qingzhou would not be able to be earned.

Whether the layout against Yuan Shu can be successful this time determines whether Qingzhou can have a sharp sword in hand that can deter Xiaoxiao.

July.

Liu Bei ordered Cao to be responsible for Hu Zhao's allocation of money and food, and temporarily added a large number of scouts to and from Qingzhou and You, Ji, Yan, Yu, Jing, Xu, and Yang.

Unlike in the past when the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans first started, they could be defeated with a thunderbolt while the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans had not yet fully formed effective combat effectiveness.

Yuan Shu has a lot of elite soldiers and sufficient money and food, so he cannot be defeated easily.

If you are not careful, you may be killed by Yuan Shu.

therefore.

Whether it is Jingzhou Xiangyang soldiers who intend to attack Nanyang, Xuzhou Danyang soldiers who are planning to attack Huainan, or Liu Chong, Guan Yu and others in Chen State, they are all very cautious.

It won't be as relaxed and comfortable as when the Qingzhou Yellow Turban was conquered.

In August, State Shepherd's Mansion.

Liu Bei ordered people to carry the chessboard, put the black and white chess box, and invited Zheng Ping to play chess at the same table.

With the implementation of the decree, the talented scholars recruited by various ministries at all levels have gradually gained a deeper understanding of their respective responsibilities, and they have become more proficient in handling government affairs.

The military and political affairs of the six prefectures of Qingzhou radiated from the State Shepherd's Mansion have also become more efficient.

And the direct benefit of this is that Liu Bei and Zheng Ping have more and more leisure time.

In troubled times, the situation is unpredictable.

If both Liu Bei and Zheng Ping's energies are bound by the military and political debris inside Qingzhou, it will be difficult to pay attention to the general trend of the world.

Black and white chess pieces quietly appeared one after another on the chessboard.

Liu Bei holds the white piece in his hand, and moves the piece calmly.

"After being summoned by the Confidence Envoy, Inspector Liu of Jingzhou and Inspector Tao Tao of Xuzhou have replied one after another and will wait for an opportunity to attack Yuan Shu."

"Bao Xin, chancellor of Jinbei, Ying Shao, governor of Mount Tai, and Grand Sima also made it clear that they would not help Yuan Shu."

"Yanzhou Inspector Liu Dai and Chenliu Prefect Zhang Miao are unclear about their positions; Brother Bogui of Changshan Kingdom still hasn't replied."

As Liu Bei settled quietly, he mentioned the feedback from the states and counties.

Zheng Ping gently shook the feather fan with his left hand, and said slowly: "Liu Dai and Yuan Shao have a relationship by marriage, and now they are confronting Zhang Miao."

"Based on common sense, Liu Dai would not form an alliance with Yuan Shu, but alliances have always been beneficial since ancient times, Liu Dai did not respond, presumably he also had the idea of ​​looking for opportunities in his heart."

"Zhang Miao has a rift with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu wants to compete with Yuan Shao, Zhang Miao is happy to see it succeed."

"Although Zhang Miao will not openly express support for Yuan Shu, although there is a messenger from the envoy, but he will not offend Yuan Shu at this time."

"Wait and see what happens is the best choice for the two of you!"

"As for General Gongsun, he probably wants to seize the opportunity to snatch Wei County from Yuan Shao again."

Liu Bei sighed softly: "If brother Bogui really wants to snatch Wei County from Yuan Shao at this time, what should I do?"

Zheng Ping held the black piece in his hand, looked at a blank space on the chessboard, but did not place a piece: "Master, based on your understanding of General Gongsun, if he becomes the shepherd of Jizhou, where will his future go?"

The way of the future?

Liu Bei was silent.

After a long time, Liu Bei shook his head and sighed, "Unpredictable!"

Zheng Ping put Heizi down steadily, and said with a fan: "Since it is unpredictable, then General Gongsun cannot get Jizhou."

"So you can send someone to send another letter to General Gongsun, and remonstrate with Su Qin's story about King Min of Qi's past."

Su Qin once lobbied King Min of Qi, saying that those who use troops and are happy to lead the world are worried, and those who are happy to make an agreement are lonely.Those who are latecomers borrow, and those who complain far away.

The general trend of the world should be based on the late strikers, and only by following the trend can we stay away from resentment.

Whoever launches a war with troops first will have future troubles; whoever concludes a covenant with hatred will fall into isolation.

Therefore, when a sage handles affairs, he must make good use of power as a means of relying on it, and use the current situation to make the country prosperous.

Relying on power is the key to commanding all things; making use of the current situation is the prerequisite for doing anything.

"What if Brother Bogui doesn't listen to the advice?" Liu Bei fell, and the offensive was very fierce.

Zheng Ping's eyes froze slightly: "If you don't listen to advice, General Gongsun will be defeated by Yuan Shao. This unpredictable future will naturally become clear."

Liu Bei shook his hand: "Brother Bogui's current army can be regarded as the strongest army in Hebei. How could it be possible to lose to Yuan Shao?"

Zheng Ping shook his fan and laughed lightly: "As the saying goes: when a Qiji is weak, a poor horse is the first; when a Meng Ben is tired, a woman wins. Both a bad horse and a woman are inferior in physical strength to a fine horse and Meng Ben, so why are they better than a fine horse and Meng Ben?" Woolen cloth?"

"This is because there is a pre-emptive basis."

"Although General Gongsun's soldiers and horses can be regarded as the strongest soldiers in Hebei, but he is using Wei County at this time, and his division is unknown, so there must be hidden dangers inside."

"However, Yuan Shao was late to attack others, but he was able to use his troops in the name of justice."

"In the past, Qi and Yan used troops in the twists and turns of Mount Huan. As a result, Yan's army was defeated and [-] troops were wiped out. However, the Hu people took the opportunity to attack Loufan and other counties in Yan, and robbed a large number of cattle and horses."

"The Hu people are not close to the Qi State, and they have not concluded any covenant on the use of troops, but the Hu people and the Qi State are both using troops from the Yan State."

"This is because the Hu people and the Qi State have the same worries in the general situation, and the interests of sending troops are also the same."

"The envoy has severed all ties with Yuan Shu, so Da Sima will inevitably withdraw Xian Yuqian and the three thousand cavalry."

"Fresh and dry are dead!"

"Da Sima had already guessed the purpose of Gongsun Vietnam's visit to Luyang, so he sent envoys to Luyang, hoping to prevent the disaster."

"But now that Xianyugan is dead, if Da Sima can't recall Xianyugan and those three thousand cavalrymen, Gongsun Yue can't hide what happened to Xianyugan!"

"Looking at the envoy's disrespect, Da Sima can temporarily not use troops against General Gongsun; but if General Gongsun refuses to listen to the envoy's advice and insists on attacking Wei County, Da Sima will definitely take the opportunity to cut off Gongsun Zan's return."

"How can General Gongsun win against the enemy?"

Liu Bei was unable to make a settlement for a long time.

Obviously, Liu Bei, who knew Gongsun Zan well, did not have full confidence in admonishing Gongsun Zan.

If Gongsun Zan really listened to Liu Bei's advice, it would be impossible for him not to reply for so long.

Not replying to the letter means that Gongsun Zan is already waiting for a chance to fight, and even Gongsun Zan may have concluded an alliance with Yuan Shu!
"Do your best and listen to the destiny. If you don't use your strength, you will regret it. If you don't listen to your destiny, you will be in vain."

"My lord, don't worry too much about the result, just do your best and have a clear conscience."

Zheng Ping knew that Liu Bei was soft-hearted, and couldn't bear Gongsun Zan to go to a dead end.

But Zheng Ping has tried his best to give Gongsun Zan a life, and even Jushou was managed by Zheng Ping to temporarily attach himself to Gongsun Zan.

But if Gongsun Zan insisted on dying, even a god would not be able to save him.

Liu Bei sighed: "It's up to people to plan things, but it's up to Heaven to make things happen. That's the only way to go."

game room.

Sanli delivered the new information.

Liu Bei glanced at the information, slightly surprised in his eyes: "Sun Jian has withdrawn his troops!"

Yuan Shu sent Sun Jian to attack Chen Guo. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhang Hong, Chen Deng and others first delayed Sun Jian's marching speed with a plan of suspicion, and then pretended to attack Luyang, which scared Yuan Shu and hurriedly transferred Sun Jian back to the army.

As a result, just as Sun Jianjun was halfway back, Yuan Shu realized that it was just a false alarm.

In a rage, Yuan Shu gave Sun Jian an order to march quickly, and recruited Runan prefect Xu Wei to send troops to assist Sun Jian.

Sun Jian had no choice but to change his original plan, from thirty miles a day to fifty miles a day.

As a result, he was ambushed by Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others in Chenguo.

The prefect of Runan, Xu Que, wanted to go to support, but on the way he saw a long snake-like flame.

Xu Yan was so frightened that he thought that Chen Guo's reinforcements were coming, so he retreated directly to Runan.

But these flames were nothing more than Chen Deng's accumulation of firewood in order to confuse Xu Yan, and arranged them in neat piles every ten steps, like a formation of long snakes.

Xu Qi's retreat made it difficult for Sun Jian to lead his troops to break through.

In desperation, Sun Jian saw the commander-in-chief of Chen Wang Liu Chong, and prepared to capture Liu Chong alive and escape.

As a result, Sun Jian was led to a remote place by Liu Chong, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Taishi Ci all came out and besieged Sun Jian.

Guan Yu then released Sun Jian, hoping that Sun Jian would find a chance to retreat.

Sun Jian didn't want to be an enemy of Guan Yu at first, but was released by Guan Yu Nianjiu, so he just besieged the city and feigned an attack, looking for an opportunity to escape.

After a month's siege, Liu Biao of Xiangyang sent troops to Nanyang, and Liu Xun of Yuan Shu's troops who stayed behind in Nanyang fled in a hurry.

Chen Deng also advised Liu Chong to make an appointment with Yuan Shu to divide Yuzhou equally, and divide Yingchuan County, Runan County and Peiguo to Yuan Shu.

Although Yuan Shu suspected Liu Chong's intentions, he had to transfer Sun Jian back to Xiangyang to resist Liu Biao, and then set up a large number of flags in Yingchuan County and Runan County as suspicious soldiers.

Zheng Ping glanced at the information carefully, and already asserted in his heart: "Yuan Shu didn't regard Chen Guo as the main battlefield. It seems that his main force has already detoured north."

"Otherwise, we wouldn't choose to form an alliance with King Chen at this time."

Liu Bei was surprised and said, "Isn't Yuan Shu afraid of losing the rear instead of destroying the Chen Kingdom first? Even if Brother Bogui really formed an alliance with Yuan Shu, it will not be possible to conquer Yecheng in a short time."

"What's more, even if Yecheng is captured, Yuan Shu will still have to fight with Brother Bogui. If there is a loss in Yuzhou, will he be able to come back?"

Zheng Ping lightly shook his feather fan, and had already guessed Yuan Shu's intention: "Yuan Shu refused to concentrate his superior forces to conquer Chen State in one fell swoop, but only ordered Sun Jian to send troops to Chen State. It must be this army going north, which has an alliance with the forces in the north."

Liu Bei thought for a while: "Xianmou refers to the Heishan bandit? The autumn harvest is approaching, and the Heishan bandit is going out to grab grain. But the Heishan bandit will return to Heishan after robbing the grain, so Yuan Shu must arrive in Jizhou before the Heishan bandit returns to Heishan Only then can we use the troops of the Black Bandits to deal with Yuan Shao."

"That's why Yuan Shu refused to concentrate his superior forces to attack Chen State. He was worried that he would delay in Chen State for too long, and he would be blocked by Yanzhou forces when he went to Yanzhou, and it would be difficult to arrive as scheduled by taking the Hanoi detour."

"This must be the reason for agreeing to form an alliance with King Chen and Liu Chong."

Thinking of this, Liu Bei became overjoyed: "Sun Jian withdrew his troops, and Yuan Shu's main force went north again. Attacking Yingchuan County and Runan County at this time is tantamount to cutting off Yuan Shu's way back."

"It's better to write to Yun Chang and ask them to send troops to Yingchuan County and Runan County immediately, and teach Yuan Shu a hard lesson."

Liu Bei couldn't wait to see Yuan Shu's defeat.

Zheng Ping, however, shook his head: "Master, why bother to take credit from the civil and military soldiers who fought on the front lines?"

"Don't Shi Jun think that the alliance between King Chen and Yuan Shu is very strange?"

Liu Bei was taken aback for a moment, but quickly realized: "Xianmou means that Yun Chang and the others deliberately used alliances to test Yuan Shu's reality?"

Zheng Ping nodded: "Yuan Shu dared to move his army northward, and he would definitely set up a large number of flags in Yingchuan County and Runan County as suspicious soldiers."

"A military battle is dangerous, and it is most taboo to take risks!"

"Yun Chang is cautious. He will definitely find a way to test Yuan Shu's reality before deciding whether to send troops."

"And let Chen Wang Liu Chong pretend to form an alliance with Yuan Shu to divide Yuzhou, which is to test Yuan Shu's falsehood."

"It's a pity that Yuan Shu's wisdom is still a little shallow. If he kills Liu Chong's allied envoy, and then bluffs his troops to attack Chen Guo, maybe he can still hide Yun Chang and others."

"Agreed to form an alliance with King Chen, but it seems that Yuan Shu has a guilty conscience."

"It won't be long before Chen Guo's counterattack will begin!"

Liu Bei thought about it, and it was the same reason.

If you send a letter to issue a military order at this time, then the credit will fall on Zheng Ping.

But the civil and military personnel on the front line will not be able to get top marks.

Zheng Ping has never cared about these credits, and naturally he doesn't want to compete with the frontline civil and military for credit.

"My lord, this year's weather in Qingzhou is smooth, and the harvest will not be bad."

"After the autumn harvest, Qingzhou's grain reserves won't be in too much of a crisis."

"Although we have used many ways to raise money and food this year, the one who contributed the most is Mi Zizhong from Donghai."

"If he hadn't bought grain from Yangzhou frequently this year and sold it to Qingzhou on credit, it would have been difficult for us to support the autumn harvest due to the impact of the war in Hebei, Yanyu."

"You have to think about how to repay Mi Zizhong's kindness."

Liu Bei is awe-inspiring.

Due to the impact of the war in Youji, Yanyu, the grain trafficking in all states and counties has been seriously affected.

But at this time, Mi Zhu suddenly told Liu Bei that the Mi family in Donghai could sell grain on credit, which was enough to support Qingzhou until the autumn harvest.

There will be no shortage of grain to support Qingzhou until the autumn harvest, far beyond what Mi Zhu's family can afford.

It wasn't until Liu Bei asked, that he realized that Mi Zhu had almost used up his family's resources to purchase a large amount of grain from Yangzhou.

The grain has been purchased and must be sold to recoup the cost.

If Liu Bei came to say that he didn't want food, the Mi family would probably be devastated because of it.

But Mi Zhu always said that he was talking about business, and only asked Liu Bei to return the grain after the autumn harvest, and he was not at all proud of helping Liu Bei.

This sophistication was handled very well.

Liu Bei was suddenly worried: "Mi Zizhong's kindness is too great, how can I repay him? He is Xuzhou, don't drive, I can't agree to a higher official position."

Zheng Ping shook his fan and said slowly: "Mi Zizhong's Biejia is because of supporting Tao Qian with money and food. Once Tao Qian is gone, his Biejia status will be useless."

"For Mi Zizhong, the status of a talented person is far more precious than the special post granted by Tao Qian."

"The court of Chang'an will definitely agree to let the envoy play Mi Zizhong as a talented person."

(End of this chapter)