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

Chapter 230 The world is like chess, Yuan Shu, the military exploit baby

One is Xuzhou Biejia Mi Zhu, the richest Mi clan in the East China Sea.

One is Chen Deng, the school captain of Diannong, the Chen clan, the head of the Xuzhou gentry.

And, Cao Bao, Tao Qian's confidant, is now the highest-ranked general in the Danyang army.

These three people almost represent most of the civil and military people in Xuzhou.

Even if Tao Shang and Tao Ying are Tao Qian's sons, they can't change the current situation.

Xuzhou animal husbandry is an important post in the country, not a prince can pass it on to his descendants, and the civil and military in Xuzhou are not Tao Qian's family generals.

Tao Qian died.

The potters and Tao Ying had never been officials, so it was impossible for them to be elected as the new state shepherds.

Seeing that Cao Bao, Mi Zhu and Chen Deng all supported Guan Yu's temporary leadership of Xuzhou Mu, the two brothers Tao Shang and Tao Ying couldn't help feeling bitter in their hearts.

If Guan Yu became Xuzhou Mu, how would he avenge his father?
The two brothers are not fools either.

Tao Qian killed Cao Cao's father first in this matter. Guan Yu and Cao Cao did not have endless hatred.

"General Cao, can you send some soldiers and horses to escort my two brothers back to Danyang? Now that my father is dead, my body should go back to my homeland."

Cao Bao saw that the pottery merchants no longer argued, and he didn't want to be too harsh, so he went along with the situation and said: "The two young masters have such filial piety, it is Tao Shijun's blessing."

Without the obstacles of the potters and Tao Ying, the civil and military forces of Tancheng unanimously decided to welcome Guan Yu into Tancheng and preside over Xuzhou's military administration.

After half a day.

Guan Yu came to Tancheng.

At the same time, Guan Yu also came with Zheng Ping from Qingzhou.

"Xianmou, I didn't expect you to come in person." Chen Deng's eyes moved, and he smelled something unusual.

With the current situation in Xuzhou, there is no need for either Liu Bei or Zheng Ping to come.

The presence of Mi Zhu, Chen Deng and Cao Bao is enough to help Guan Yu stabilize Xuzhou and repel Cao Cao.

The arrival of Zheng Ping now means that apart from Cao Cao, Zheng Ping has another purpose.

Zheng Ping bowed to all of you, then waved his fan and said, "Although Yun Chang was recommended by everyone, Yun Chang took the position of Xuzhou Mu temporarily; but after all, Xuzhou Mu is only temporarily employed, and cannot be regarded as the real Xuzhou Mu."

"Recently, I have received information that Lu Bu has linked up with Hanoi prefect Zhang Yang, Chenliu prefect Zhang Miao, and others to raise troops to serve the king."

"Li Jue and Guo Si have retreated steadily."

"Li Jue and Guo Si broke Chang'an by chance, and their foundation in Chang'an is not stable. They are no match for Lu Bu and others."

"Once Lu Bu regains Chang'an, Xuzhou Mu will not necessarily belong to Yun Chang."

Everyone was surprised.

Mi Zhu asked: "Xianmou, then Lu Bu is only a warrior, even if he gets Chang'an, how can he govern the government?"

"Although Lu Bu was named a great general, he was teased by Wang Yun as a great general, and he couldn't even control the military power."

"Even if we win Chang'an again this time, it will be difficult for us to beat the court officials."

Zheng Ping chuckled: "Lü Bu really lacks power, if he wants to fight alone with the ministers of Chang'an, naturally he can't fight."

"But this time it's different. Lu Bu has Zhang Miao and Chen Gong, two famous officials from Yanzhou."

"Zhang Miao is a man of great ambition, magnanimous and tolerant. He will not divide Lu Bu's military power like Wang Yun."

"Dongjun Chen Gong is also a wise man in the world, and has the ability to help the world."

"With the help of these two people, and with the two contributions of King Qin's rescue, Lu Bu's power in Chang'an will be even greater than that of Dong Zhuo in the past."

Chen Deng bowed his head and thought carefully: "Lu Bu, Zhang Miao and others are all ambitious people. If they have power, they will definitely not be partial."

"If Chen Gong has a long-term strategy, he will definitely let Lu Bu control the power of Qingyan, Henan, Xuyang, Jing and the six prefectures in a way of obeying the emperor's order and disobeying his ministers, and destroy the false emperor in Zhuocheng."

"In this way, Lu Bu, Zhang Miao and Chen Gong will be able to achieve incomparable achievements!"

"So, once Lu Bu replaces Li Jue and Guo Si, Chang'an will no longer easily bestow the state shepherd, leaving the Kanto region out of control."

"If you want Guan Junhou to become Xuzhou Mu smoothly, you must have a military exploit that Chang'an can't refuse!"

Suddenly.

Chen Deng looked up at Zheng Ping, his tone was a little more surprised: "Xianmou, do you want to destroy Yuan Shu?"

Zheng Ping shook his fan and said with a smile: "Brother Yuanlong is a great talent, I didn't say a word about Yuan Shu, you can guess the purpose of my trip."

Cao Bao asked: "Cao Cao occupied Peng Chengguo. If I went south to fight Yuan Shu, Cao Cao raised troops to invade our rear, wouldn't it be the enemy?"

Zheng Ping chuckled: "General Cao, do you know why Cao Cao didn't take advantage of the victory to attack Tancheng after beheading Tao Qian, but retreated back to Pengcheng?"

Cao Bao was stunned for a moment: "I almost forgot about this matter. I am also very puzzled. Cao Cao killed Tao Shijun, but returned to Pengcheng. He didn't fight Donghai or Xiapi, as if he was waiting for someone to come."

Cao Bao's voice faltered, and he asked uncertainly, "Could it be that Cao Cao is waiting for Yuan Shu to lead his troops north?"

Chen Deng said with certainty: "It can't be wrong. Cao Cao must have expected that if Mr. Tao Shijun died, we would definitely support someone appointed by Mr. Xuande to take over Xuzhou Mu temporarily."

"Now that Tao Shijun is dead, Cao Cao's excuse to avenge his father can no longer be used. If he wants to go to war with Duke Xuande, Cao Cao has no righteousness."

"But Cao Cao doesn't want to return to Yuzhou, so he has only one way: lie about giving up Xuzhou to Yuan Shu, and lure Yuan Shu to the north!"

"Duke Xuande has an undying feud with Yuan Shu, so he will definitely lead his troops to fight Yuan Shu."

"And Cao Cao can turn passive into active, sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight."

"If my predictions are correct, Cao Cao would also like to take the opportunity to gain military exploits."

"If Cao Cao captures Yuan Shu alive, then the emperor of Chang'an will definitely reward Cao Cao."

"This Xuzhou Mu may be recommended by Cao Cao!"

"At that time, Cao Cao will be sitting on Xu Yu, and he can go south to get Huainan. In the south of the Yellow River, Cao Cao will become the overlord."

Cao Bao scratched his head, unable to understand Chen Deng's unconstrained analysis.

There are no more than five people present, both civil and military, who can understand.

Zheng Ping nodded and said: "In the south of the Yellow River, the only military achievement worthy of serious consideration is Yuan Shu who responded to the emperor of Zhuocheng and was named Duke of Jiujiang."

"Yuan Shu, with Sun Jian as his general, is trying his best to wipe out all the forces in Jiangdong, and now even Liu Yao has been defeated in Yuzhang."

"The worse Liu Yao's defeat is, the greater the victory in defeating Yuan Shu."

"Not only Cao Cao is greedy, but Liu Biao in Jingzhou is also greedy."

"And Qingzhou is also greedy for this military exploit!"

The situation where the two emperors are in the same sky.

It doesn't matter whether Yuan Shu proclaims himself emperor or not.

As long as Yuan Shu supports the emperor of Zhuocheng, then Yuan Shu is a very attractive military exploit in the eyes of Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Liu Biao.

In the past, it didn't really matter whether you won this battle or not.

Whether it is Dong Zhuo or Li Jue and Guo Si, they all want to try their best to win over Liu Bei, Cao Cao and others.

So if you want an official to an official, if you want a prince to a prince.

But now that the situation has changed, Zheng Ping can no longer act according to the previous strategy.

If Li Jue and Guo Si are defeated, then the emperor of Chang'an can be regarded as the real power.

With the wisdom of Zhang Miao and Chen Gong, they will no longer easily promise official positions to win over the heroes of the Kwantung.

When Zheng Ping went south to Xuzhou, he guessed that after Cao Cao's advisers got the news, they would also change their original strategic purpose.

If we say that at the beginning, Cao Cao just wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

So now, Cao Cao will also follow Zheng Ping's idea and wait for the opportunity to use Yuan Shu for military exploits!

As Zheng Ping guessed.

Cao Cao in Pengcheng also received a message from Xun Yu.

Cao Cao's face was solemn: "Lv Bu broke through Tongguan, beheaded the Xiliang warrior Fan Chou, Li Jue's nephew Li Li was captured, and Guo Si fled back to Chang'an City. Wen Ruo estimated that Li Jue and Guo Si would abandon the city in a short time. escape."

Xi Zhicai said unconcernedly, "Li Jue and Guo Si are not well established in Chang'an, so it's not surprising that they would be defeated by Lu Bu. As a martial artist, Lu Bu will definitely not be accepted by those ministers. I expect that Lu Bu will be kicked out again soon." Out of Chang'an."

Guo Jia's eyes were burning: "Duke Ming, is there another accident?"

Cao Cao was worried: "Together with Lu Bu, Zhang Mengzhuo, the prefect of Chenliu, Chen Gong, the governor of Dongjun County, and Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi."

"What a good plan!"

"Meng Zhuo was bluffing in Chenliu, holding a literary meeting, and throwing a big banquet, but he ran to Tongguan."

"It's so deceitful, Meng Zhuo's ambition must also want to serve the emperor so that he can't be a minister!"

"Zhicai, Fengxiao, our strategy against Yuan Shu has to be changed."

Cao Cao was very sad.

Yuan Shao supported Liu Xie, so naturally he would not rob Liu Xie from Cao Cao.

Zang Hong was unambitious, so Cao Cao didn't care much about what would happen to Yanzhou.

After thousands of calculations, Cao Cao missed Zhang Miao.

Who would have thought that Zhang Miao and Lu Bu would quietly go to King Qin to attack Li Jue and Guo Si!
If they dare to do this, Zhang Miao and Lu Bu must have internal support in Chang'an.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to break through Tongguan so quickly.

Xun Yu was able to get the news because he had a correspondence with Zhong Yao, a good friend in Chang'an. The messenger was surprised by the incident in Guanzhong on the way, so he hurriedly notified Xun Yu.

Knowing that Lu Bu had broken through Tongguan, Xun Yu also felt uncomfortable.

Lu Bu is a warrior, but Zhang Miao and Chen Gong are not!

This change directly caused Xun Yu and Mao Jie's Feng Tianzi to make a serious impact on the strategy of not being a minister.

Xi Zhicai also put away his contempt.

King Lu Buqin is different from King Lu Bu Zhang Miao and Chen Gongqin.

The former is just a brave warrior, while the latter is the complement of a brave warrior and a famous official advisor.

As long as Lu Bu, Zhang Miao, and Chen Gong don't fight among themselves, there will be a power minister in Chang'an who is more difficult to deal with than Dong Zhuo.

Guo Jia thought about it for a while, and asked in a concentrated voice: "Minggong wants to destroy Yuan Shu!"

After Lu Bu and Zhang Miao took the lead, it became more difficult for Cao Cao to serve the emperor in order not to be a minister.

For the current plan, if you don't want to be ruled by Lu Bu Zhang Miao with the order of the Son of Heaven, you have to make Lu Bu Zhang Miao jealous.

Destroying Yuan Shu and gaining military exploits is the simplest and easiest way to achieve.

One is Qin Wang Dagong and the other is Yuan Dagong. Even if Lu Bu and Zhang Miao were in Chang'an, they would not dare to question Zhou Mu at will.

Otherwise, you will not be able to convince the public!

Cao Cao nodded: "Not only do we want to destroy Yuan Shu, but we also want to let Liu Bei win the first prize."

"Yuan Shu must be captured alive by this general."

"In this way, I will have the opportunity to lead my troops to escort Yuan Shu to Chang'an, and hand it over to the emperor for questioning."

Cao Cao's thinking is very clear.

The Son of Heaven cannot be controlled by Lu Bu and Zhang Miao, and the power of the two must be divided.

But if you want to decentralize power, you have to make a military exploit that neither Lu Bu nor Zhang Miao can ignore, and then go to Chang'an to ask the emperor to reward you.

Cao Cao is now the Mu of Yuzhou, the General of Zhengdong, and the Marquis of Xu.

Further up the seal, it is General Sangong.

Liu Bei can get the right to a false festival, so can't Cao Cao get a false festival after Yuan Shu is destroyed?
When the official position cannot be compared, it is necessary to compare military exploits and real power.

Unless Lu Bu and Zhang Miao want to imitate Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and others to award rewards indiscriminately, then Lu Bu and Zhang Miao have to follow the rules of the Han Law!

Otherwise, Cao Cao will be able to participate in Lu Bu and Zhang Miao's crime of authoritarianism, and come to the side of the Qing Dynasty again!

In terms of treachery, Cao Cao is the best in the world.

Guo Jia paced and thought carefully, "Minggong can get the news, and Liu Bei in Qingzhou must also get the news."

"With Zheng Ping's strategy, he will definitely be able to judge the impact of Lu Bu and Zhang Miao's entry into Chang'an on the situation. Therefore, Qingzhou is likely to target Yuan Shu with all its strength."

"Jia believes that it is not appropriate to garrison Pengcheng at this time."

Cao Cao said calmly: "Does Fengxiao want the general to go directly to Peiguo and march to Huainan?"

Guo Jia nodded: "Not only that, Duke Ming also wants to covenant with Liu Bei!"

"Invite Liu Bei to attack Huainan together on the grounds of conquering Yuan Shu, Duke of Jiujiang bestowed by the false emperor Liu Kai."

"In this way, Duke Ming can take advantage of the righteousness, and it will be difficult for Liu Bei to use tricks in secret."

"As for who can capture Yuan Shu, it's up to each individual!"

Cao Cao bowed his head and thought quietly: "Everyone depends on their ability. This can save a lot of unnecessary troubles."

"Only in this way, Xuzhou can only be surrendered to Liu Bei."

Guo Jia shook his head: "That's not the case! As long as Duke Ming disagrees, and Lu Bu and Zhang Miao disagree, the Xuzhou Mu appointed by Liu Bei can only be a fake job."

"Liu Bei is already the shepherd of Qingzhou and has the power to fake festivals. He doesn't need to capture Yuan Shu's military exploits alive."

"The only thing that needs to be guarded against is that the Xuzhou shepherd appointed by Liu Bei has captured Yuan Shu alive!"

"Once Xuzhou Mu, appointed by Liu Bei, captures Yuan Shu alive, his achievements in battle will be enough for the emperor to officially bestow the title on him."

Cao Cao sighed softly: "Meng Zhuo really gave this general a great gift."

If Lu Bu and Zhang Miao did not break through Tongguan, Cao Cao would not have to conquer Yuan Shu at all, as long as Liu Bei and Yuan Shu fought each other.

Cao Cao can also find any reason to fight Xuzhou.

After all, Li Jue and Guo Si were originally the rebels who held the emperor hostage. Do they need to listen to the rebellion of the rebels?

But when Lu Bu and Zhang Miao took charge of Chang'an, they were not traitors, but obeyed the order of the emperor.

Cao Cao could not attack Xuzhou casually.

Discussed the details with Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai, Cao Cao wrote a letter, sent Wang Jun to Qingzhou to deliver the letter, and invited Liu Bei to Xuzhou to meet the alliance.

Seeing the worry on Cao Cao's face, Guo Jia offered another plan: "Duke Ming, why don't you go to Jizhou to spread rumors, and say that Qingzhou shepherd Liu Bei intends to join forces with Gongsun Zan to attack Yuan Shao."

"Yuan Shao has the heart to plot against Gongsun Zan, and Liu Bei has a close personal relationship with Gongsun Zan. Even if he guessed that someone was deliberately spreading rumors, Yuan Shao dared not stop being on guard against Liu Bei."

"And once Yuan Shao mobilizes troops at the border, Liu Bei in Qingzhou can only dispatch troops to guard against Yuan Shao."

"In this way, we can divide Liu Bei's army so that he cannot deal with Yuan Shu with all his strength!"

When Cao Cao heard this, he was overjoyed.

(End of this chapter)