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

Chapter 227 King Lu Buqin, Cao Cao killed Lu County

Because of Lu Zhi, Lu Bu was named a general.

The general governs the state internally, while externally he specializes in conquest with a battle-axe, and his power is far beyond the right of the prime minister.

Although Lu Bu never really enjoyed such power, Lu Bu did not think that he was not entitled to such power.

Lu Bu stubbornly believed that if Wang Yun hadn't divided power and the princes and officials refused to accept it, he would be able to govern the country internally and restrain Shi Yanran like Dou Xian.

therefore.

After fleeing Chang'an City, Lu Bu never forgot his ambition to return to Chang'an and regain power.

Without Wang Yun this time, and with the achievements of getting rid of Li Jue and Guo Si, who would dare to say no to Lu Bu?

Knowing that Ma Rixun held festivals to appease Guandong Mushou, Lu Bu had an idea.

Lu Bu wants to use the name of a great general to lead the soldiers of the Kwantung to serve the king!
In the past, the tigers and wolves around Dong Zhuo now want to beg the king for thieves, which is like a joke in the eyes of Ma Rixun.

"Marquis Wen, Zang Yanzhou may not listen to your orders." Ma Rixun held back for a while, and persuaded him kindly.

Although Li Jue and Guo Si were eliminated, Ma Rizun did not have to worry about Li Jue and Guo Si being killed indiscriminately, but Ma Rizun did not trust Lu Bu.

A martial artist who is capricious, forgets righteousness for profit, and even kills his adoptive father, if he takes power, he will be a more brutal power minister than Li Jue and Guo Si.

Furthermore, Ma Rixun is now the Taifu and Lushang Shushi.

If King Lu Buqin succeeds, Lu Bu will have the final say on all affairs of the court, and Ma Rizun can't bear to let a warrior Lu Bu override him.

Lv Bu snorted coldly, seeing through Ma Rixun's thoughts, and his tone naturally became more murderous: "This Marquis is a great general, and you have the scepter bestowed by the emperor. If Zang Hong doesn't obey orders, he will be killed!" "

Ma Rixun was taken aback.

This Lü Bu has such an evil spirit that if he refused to obey orders, he would kill them. Would they still be able to get out of Yanzhou?
Ma Rixun panicked: "You can't be Marquis Wen! Zang Hong has been running Yanzhou for a long time, and Zhang Miao and others are helping him. If Zang Hong is killed, we won't be able to leave Yanzhou."

Zang Hong, does that mean you can kill if you kill?

Lu Bu's face changed, and there was a smile in his tone: "It's just a joke. How could Ben Hou kill meritorious ministers indiscriminately? Ma Taifu, don't think too much, Ben Hou will escort you to Yanzhou to meet Zang Hong."

Ma Rixun was helpless.

By saying this, Lu Bu made up his mind to go to Yanzhou.

Hanoi County is adjacent to Chenliu County, but within a few days, Lu Bu "escorted" Ma Ridun to Chenliu City.

Zhang Miao was more interested in Lu Bu's proposal than Ma Rixun's appeasing Guandong for Li Jue and Guo Si.

"The general has the heart of a king, this is the emperor's blessing."

"If necessary, Chen Liu's soldiers can listen to the general's orders."

"Zang Shijun is in Yanzhou, and he never forgets that the emperor is in prison day and night, and he has long intended to raise his troops."

Zhang Miao was very interested in King Qin begging for thieves.

Now that Yuan Shao has supported Liu Kai and will not raise his troops to the west, Cao Cao and Tao Qian have revenge for killing their fathers and temporarily ignore Chang'an, Qingzhou is located in a remote place, and Dong Zhuo died again.

Lu Bu was overjoyed: "Prefect Zhang's heart is with the Son of Heaven. After Li Jue and Guo Si are punished for rebellion, the Marquis will recommend Prefect Zhang to the emperor to serve as an official."

"This Marquis used to kill Dong Bandit, and rescued the Son of Heaven from among the gang of thieves with his horse. He has saved the Son of Heaven, so Governor Zhang can rest assured."

"As long as Zhang Taishou will not use troops indiscriminately like Wang Yun in the past, it is also possible to let Zhang Taishou be a Situ and a secretary."

Ma Rizun's face was a little ugly.

Zhang Miao recorded the affairs of the minister, so what is he Ma Riyi?
But Lv Bu didn't pay attention to Ma Rizun's thoughts at all, he just promised Zhang Miao, and told Zhang Miao the reason why Li Jue and Guo Si captured Chang'an.

Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao were shocked when they heard this.

"Using the newly surrendered generals to resist Li Jue and Guo Si, Wang Yun really disregarded the survival of the country for the sake of power struggle." Zhang Chao despised.

Even if Wang Yun didn't want to use Lu Bu, he could let Huangfu Song resist Li Jue and Guo Si.

It won't let Li Jue and Guo Si kill Xu Rongzhuang's prestige.

You must know that this battle between Li Jue and Guo Si, although Jia Xu made a plan, was actually very dangerous.

After killing Dong Zhuo, Chang'an City not only has sufficient food and grass, but also has excellent soldiers and courageous soldiers, and its morale is at its peak.

On the other hand, the generals in Xiliang ran away with their heads in their hands. Li Jue and Guo Si had only a few thousand troops to attack Xinfeng.

If there hadn't been a great victory for Jiang Hu Zhen to kill Xu Rong, the rest of the Xiliang generals Fan Chou, Li Meng, and Wang Fang would not have dared to join forces with Li Jue and Guo Si.

Because of this big victory, Jia Xu judged that the ministers of Chang'an City were in conflict, and it also greatly boosted the morale of the generals in Xiliang.

This is the incredible record of breaking Chang'an in eight days!

Lu Bu said angrily, "Wang Yun, you spoiled the great affairs of my lord."

"Li Jue and Guo Si are nothing to worry about. As long as Yanzhou agrees to raise troops, and with the help of Hanoi prefect Zhang Yang, we will definitely be able to enter Chang'an again and serve the emperor's order to disobey the minister."

Lv Bu was around Dong Zhuo, and probably knew the meaning of serving the emperor to make him disobedient.

Zhang Miao was quite surprised that a martial artist like Lu Bu could understand the principle of "serve the emperor to order you not to be a minister", so he couldn't help but re-examine Lu Bu.

After pondering for a while, Zhang Miao said: "The matter of King Qin is of great importance and must be treated with caution. Chen Gong, a famous official in Dongjun, has always had wise plans, why didn't the general call him to ask for advice?"

Zhang Miao is also not a generation who has lived under others for a long time.

Both Yuan Shao and Cao Cao made fortunes one after another.

Because Zhang Miao was from Chenliu, he was unable to be the governor of Yanzhou, so he recommended Zang Hong to be the governor of Yanzhou.

However, Zhang Miao became more and more unbalanced when he saw that Cao Cao was from Yuzhou and also became the queen shepherd of Yuzhou.

If he had known that people from the same state could be state shepherds, why did Zhang Miao recommend Zang Hong?

The past cannot be changed.

Although Zhang Miao was unbalanced, he was always thinking about how to go further.

And now, Lu Bu is here!

You can't be a state shepherd, but you can enter the court and be a Sangong!

If he can be ranked among Situ and Lushang Shushi, Chenliuzhang's family will also be the family of Sangong.

The most important thing is that Zhang Miao can be ranked above Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

Zhang Miao knew that he was not wise enough, so he recommended his friend Chen Gong to Lu Bu.

With the help of Chen Gong, Zhang Miao had the confidence to defeat Li Jue and Guo Si and take over Chang'an.

Lu Bu also knew the importance of a resourceful man.

If there were resourceful people in Chang'an who made suggestions, Wang Yun would not be able to catch up with him and take away his power as a general!

A dignified general can only mobilize [-] direct descendants of Bingzhou soldiers. Isn't this a humiliation to Lu Bu's intelligence?

Thinking of this, Lu Bu also showed his thirst for talent: "It would be my honor to be able to get help from a wise man!"

Chen Gong was invited.

As soon as he heard that Zhang Miao was going to respond to Lu Bu's call to raise troops to serve the king, Chen Gong understood Zhang Miao's intention.

In Yanzhou, Zhang Miao could only be a prefect of Chenliu and could not go any further.

But if he went to Chang'an, Zhang Miao would have a chance to be ranked as Situ!
The same is true of Chen Gong.

As a native of Yanzhou, it was difficult for Chen Gong to get a high position in Yanzhou.

But if he went to Chang'an, Chen Gong could also be ranked among the Jiuqing.

"Marquis Wen wants to be king, is there someone in the court who should be in charge?" Chen Gong asked a key question.

If there is no internal support, it is very difficult for King Qin to succeed.

Lu Bu was embarrassed: "Although this Marquis is a great general, there are many officials in the court who disagree with me, so I can't find an internal response."

Thinking of this, Lu Bu had an idea, and pointed to Taifu Ma Rizun: "Taifu Ma has many old friends in the court, so I must be able to find a lot of internal support."

Ma Rixun suddenly felt a headache, and tentatively said: "Everyone, the old man was ordered to appease Guandong Mushou, so I may not be able to participate in this matter."

Immediately, several pairs of eyes were fixed on Ma Rixun.

Grand Tutor Ma Rixun is actually unwilling to participate?
Chen Gong sneered: "Ma Taifu, Yuzhou Mu Cao Cao and Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian have revenge for killing their fathers. Because of Qingzhou Mu's intervention, Cao Cao reluctantly agreed to enter Xuzhou after the autumn harvest."

"What's the use of comforting you?"

"Or in other words, you have been favored by Li Jue and Guo Si as the Taifu, and you have recorded the affairs of the minister, so you don't want Li Jue and Guo Si to be punished by us?"

"Since you are a party of traitors, it is reasonable for me to kill you and sacrifice the flag."

Ma Rixun turned pale with shock: "The old man is the current imperial tutor, and he was ordered by the emperor to appease Guandong with festivals. How dare you kill me?"

Chen Gong held down the hilt of his sword: "Whether you are following the order of the emperor or Li Jue and Guo Si, do you really think I don't know?"

Seeing that the situation was not going well, Ma Rixun could only succumb and said, "Everyone, I was just joking just now! Former Sili school captain Huang Wan, servant Yang Qi, Huangmen servant Ding Chong, Zhong Yao, Shangshu Zuocheng Luchong, Shangshu Lang Hanbin, military official Yang Bo, Zuo Zhonglang General Liu Fan, Shushi Yushi Liu Dan, Taiwei Huangfusong, and others can all be internal responders."

Lu Bu was overjoyed: "There are so many internal responses in the court, wouldn't it be easy to kill Li Jue and Guo Si?"

Zhang Miao and Chen Gong looked at each other, their eyes became serious.

Putting Lv Bu and Ma Rixun in the post house, Chen Gong found Zhang Miao in private and said, "Meng Zhuo, the situation in Chang'an is complicated. Even if Li Jue and Guo Si are killed, the same mistakes may happen again, just like Lv Bu's plan."

"This group of officials and snakes are at both ends. King Qin refused to give up power when he punished the thief, and then ran out to share power after he succeeded in punishing the thief."

"Are you really planning to send troops to Chang'an?"

Zhang Miao pondered for a while, then said: "Gongtai, I am nearly forty years old, and I am only a Chenliu prefect."

"The world is chaotic. Although I have great ambitions, I have no place to display my talents."

"If you don't want to be mediocre, you can only go to Chang'an to gamble on a rich future."

"If you succeed, you will be ranked among the three princes, and you will help the emperor to rule the world; if you fail, you will hate the battlefield, and I, Zhang Miao, are no different!"

"If Gongtai doesn't want to, you can go back to Dongjun, I won't blame you!"

Chen Gong said angrily: "Who does Meng Zhuo think I am, Chen Gongtai? Is it a corrupt scholar who only stays in a comfortable place?"

"Meng Zhuo has a great ambition to be king, how can I, Chen Gongtai, be afraid to move forward?"

"I would like to go to Chang'an with Meng Zhuo. In this chaotic world, there will definitely be a place for you and me!"

end of August.

Lu Bu joined forces with Zhang Yang, Zhang Miao, Zang Hong and others to raise troops to serve as the king, and then used Ma Rizun's identity to surprise Hulao Pass, sent troops to Luoyang, and then directed troops to Tongguan.

Li Jue and Guo Si were furious and imprisoned Ma Rixun's family. Li Jue sent Guo Si, Fan Chou, nephews Li Li and Lu Bu to fight in Tongguan.

Fan Chou was killed, Li Li was captured, and Guo Si fled back to Chang'an.

The situation in Guanzhong changed drastically.

And on the north side.

Wuhuan of the Three Commanderies responded to Yuan Shao's call, and chose to go south to Youzhou before the autumn harvest on the grounds that "Gongsun Zan humiliated Liu Yu" and plundered Youzhou.

Gongsun Zan was furious, and he personally led Jingqi to fight against Wuhuan of the three counties in You Beiping.

Before Gongsun Zan could defeat Wuhuan, Ma Teng and Han Sui suddenly dispatched troops to Daijun, threatening to "kill the traitor Gongsun Zan" under the order of Emperor Chang'an.

Gongsun Zan suddenly fell into the situation of being attacked by the enemy, and sent envoys to invite Yuan Shao to send troops into Youzhou to resist Ma Teng.

Yuan Shao led Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Ji Guotu and other civil and military forces into Zhuo County.

South.

Cao Cao also took advantage of the approaching autumn harvest and launched a surprise attack on Tao Qian.

The sudden surprise attack stunned Cao Hong of Pengcheng.

Cao Hong never expected that Cao Cao would choose to attack Xuzhou when the autumn harvest was approaching.

This is where Cao Cao is treacherous.

With the autumn harvest approaching, Cao Cao didn't even need to think too much about military rations.

When there is no food, harvest the rice directly and use it to fight and raise the war to make the army more powerful!
Naturally, the soldiers of Xuzhou refused to grab grain from Cao Bing.

Cao Cao was very annoyed by the resistance of the county and township, so Cao Cao sent the vanguard Cao Ren to march into Lu County and defeated Xiang Rong of Xiapi.

Ze Rong was defeated and fled, and the rest surrendered.

However, Cao Ren obeyed Cao Cao's military order "No one will be forgiven if he besieges and surrenders later", and in order to achieve Cao Cao's goal of deterring the counties, he led his army to slaughter the city and plundered it for three days.

In Lu County, all chickens and dogs are gone, and there are no pedestrians in the township.

Cao Hong from Pengcheng heard that Lu County had been slaughtered, and saw that Cao Cao had personally come to Pengcheng to surrender. He was so frightened that he ran back to Fu Yang to see Tao Qian.

Knowing that Cao Hong had abandoned the city and fled, Tao Qian was furious and wanted to kill Cao Hong.

Cao Hong cried: "My lord! There is an order in Cao Cao's army that "those who surrender after the siege will not be forgiven will not be pardoned." Lu County was slaughtered by Cao Cao after fleeing because of Ze Rong's defeat."

"The entire Lu County is full of chickens and dogs!"

"My lord, the general knew that he couldn't defend Pengcheng, and he didn't want the people in Pengcheng to be massacred by Cao Cao, so he abandoned the city and fled."

At first glance, Cao Hong's reason seems to be no problem.

Cao Hong seems to have made a contribution to saving the people of a city for personal honor and disgrace.

But in Tao Qian's ears, it was inexplicably shocking.

Even Cao Hong abandoned the city and fled, so who would dare not surrender to the guards of the other cities?

"Damn Cao thief!" Tao Qian was so angry that his chest felt tight.

I thought that deploying defenses in Pengcheng, Luxian, Fuyang and Wuyuan would be able to resist Cao Cao.

Then wait for Yuan Shu to attack Yuzhou with troops and horses, and Cao Cao can be repelled.

As a result, in just a few days, Lu County and Pengcheng were easily defeated by Cao Cao!
Even Yuan Shu may not have received the news of Cao Cao's attack!

But what Tao Qian didn't know was that at this time, Yuan Shu had already dispatched general Ji Lingti to the north to attack Xiapi country, so he ignored the agreement with Tao Qian at all.

Attacking Yuzhou, Yuan Shu may not be able to defeat Yuzhou.

But to attack Xuzhou, Yuan Shu had the opportunity to seize Xiapi State and Guangling County.

Yuan Shu could see the pros and cons of it very clearly.

When Tao Qian was angry, a small soldier came and said, "Report! General Zang Ba of Wuyuan sent someone to deliver the letter."

Upon hearing that it was a letter from Zang Ba, Tao Qian quickly spread it out.

Seeing the content of the letter, Tao Qian was overjoyed: "Sure enough, at this critical moment, only Xuande can be relied upon!"

"Don't worry, generals, Liu Xuande has already hidden his troops in Taishan County."

"Three days later, I will go two ways with General Zang Ba and take back Pengcheng."

"Liu Xuande will wait for the opportunity to seize Xiaopei and prevent Cao's thief from returning."

"After defeating Cao Cao, all the generals will be promoted to three ranks, and the old man will personally ask the emperor to seal the princes for the generals!"

(End of this chapter)