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

Chapter 334 Liu Xie died, Zheng Ping arrived in Wen County

His Majesty's will?

Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu in surprise, and then said solemnly, "What is your Majesty's will?"

For Guan Yu, Liu Bei can absolutely trust.

Therefore, apart from being a little surprised at first, Liu Bei did not doubt the authenticity of Guan Yu's death.

"Your Majesty's will is 'the one who punishes Yuan, the ruler of the world'!" Guan Yu paused every single word, revealing the reason Zheng Pingxin had already prepared for Guan Yu, which was to deal with today's situation.

Zheng Ping understood Liu Bei, and Guan Yu also understood Liu Bei.

Liu Bei would not give up his past reputation and calmly ascend the throne just because someone elected him.

Helping the Han Dynasty does not mean becoming emperor.

Liu Bei is a clan member of the Han family, and Kuang Fu Han is Kuang Fu Liu. For Liu Bei, anyone can be emperor, as long as he is a clan of the Han family.

But Liu Bei thinks so, but others may not think so.

Liu Bei obviously didn't realize that the ultimate goal of those who followed Kuangfu Han family was to revitalize the family.

Without any benefit, it is almost impossible to follow Liu Bei and become someone else's minister with just a slogan of helping the Han Dynasty. In the future, the family will be implicated because Liu Bei loses the emperor's favor.

Zheng Ping only believes in one eternal truth, that the prosperity of the world is for profit, and the prosperity of the world is for profit.

Talking about ideals without talking about interests will not last long.

Only by reasonably integrating ideals and interests can we truly implement our ideals to the end.

If you want to help the Han Dynasty, you can't ask those who follow you to have no desires or desires.

Liu Bei is unwilling to take the step of proclaiming himself emperor, and Zheng Ping will push Liu Bei to this step.

If Liu Bei misses this opportunity, it will be almost impossible for Liu Bei to become emperor in the future.

Is it going to come again, the new emperor's Zen position?

That's tantamount to taking off your pants and farting, and making people around you laugh at the joke.

And this villain can only be played by Zheng Ping and Guan Yu.

One is the mastermind who helped Liu Bei raise troops in Gaotang and laid down most of the foundation; the other is Liu Bei's righteous brother who has followed Liu Bei for many years and will never harm Liu Bei.

Although this will damage the reputations of Zheng Ping and Guan Yu, giving up these reputations will allow Liu Bei to inherit the throne as soon as possible!

Once Liu Bei inherits the throne, any subsequent battles will become clear and smooth.

Why Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu ended Wang Mang's troubled times in just 14 years is not because of the destiny magician in the joke, but because Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu only took three years from raising troops to proclaiming himself emperor!
Then conquer the Quartet with righteousness, so that the world can be unified again in just 14 years.

Similarly, this is the path that Zheng Ping wants Liu Bei to take.

From the beginning of Xia Gaotang helping Liu Bei in the first year of Chuping to the spring of the third year of Xingping, Liu Bei has spent nearly six years.

The fundamental reason why it would be difficult to help the Han Dynasty is that Liu Bei's status was inferior to Liu Xiu.

So much so that Zheng Ping had to constantly plot against Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, constantly try to unite vertically and horizontally, constantly try to win over and divide, and constantly deceive and deceive, so that Liu Bei could become second only to Yuan Shao in this era of heroes coexisting. The second force.

However, the longer the time dragged on, the stronger the support for Yuan Shao from the three northern states became.

After a few more years, when the scholars in the three northern states all believe that the Yuan family is the destiny, then the war will escalate to a real national war.

Even if Liu Bei is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, to conquer the three northern states with righteousness, for the scholars of the three northern states, it is called aggression!
This war may not end even if we fight for another 30 years!

According to the progress of history, even if Cao Cao won two consecutive battles in the battle of Guandu and Cangting, Yuan Shao died of illness, and Yuan Shao's three sons were fighting among themselves, it took Cao Cao a full eight years to unify the four northern states !
It can be seen from this that if Yuan Shao had not died, even if Cao Cao had won Guandu and Cangting, he might not dare to say that he would surely win Yuan Shao.

This is Yuan's terrifying influence!

Therefore, Zheng Ping had to cut through the mess quickly, so he took advantage of the opportunity of fooling Fengji to fight Xudu, killed Liu Xie, and took the opportunity to let Liu Bei take over.

Only when Liu Bei is in power, can Yuan Shao's influence in the three northern states be quickly launched to destroy the state when Yuan Shao's influence in the three northern states has not yet reached its peak, so as to minimize the influence of Yuan's influence in the three northern states!
Although Guan Yu is not as far-sighted as Zheng Ping, Guan Yu believes that Zheng Ping will not harm Liu Bei.

And in these years, any decision Zheng Ping made could make Liu Bei go a step further, which also made Guan Yu trust Zheng Ping's means.

"Whoever kills Yuan is the common ruler of the world!"

In just seven words, Liu Bei fell into deep thought.

In today's world, Liu Bei is the only one who has the strength to kill Yuan Shao and is a relative of the Han family.

Guan Yu's false claim of Liu Xie's death is almost equivalent to telling Liu Bei: Brother, don't hesitate, who else is qualified to be the co-lord of the world except you?
"Yun Chang, why didn't you say that you have His Majesty's will?" Liu Bei stared at Guan Yu and spoke slowly.

Guan Yu didn't change his face, he shook his head and said, "If it had been said earlier that there was His Majesty's last order, I'm afraid everyone would think that His Majesty died because of his brother's conspiracy."

Liu Bei's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly understood the reason.

Liu Xie died in Guan Yu's arms, and then Guan Yu said that Liu Xie had a will to "kill Yuan, the master of the world", which does not mean telling everyone that Liu Bei is going to be emperor.

Cao Cao and the public ministers will inevitably oppose Liu Bei with the same hatred and create all kinds of rumors to slander Liu Bei.

Now, just Liu Yu's election has caused Liu Bei to fall into rumors, let alone another Liu Xie's death.

Many forces in Dudu are arguing endlessly over who should be called the emperor.

Yuan Shao in Yecheng also got the news of Liu Xie's death.

"Liu Xie's son was shot and killed by an unknown person from Xiliang, the sky is dead, and the Han Dynasty is about to perish!" Yuan Shao laughed in surprise: "Ziyuan, I intended to proclaim myself emperor, and then gathered soldiers from the three states to go south. Completely wiped out the remnants of the Han Dynasty."

Although all the soldiers and horses who went south from the four routes failed, Yuan Shao didn't care about this small failure.

Winning or losing is a common matter for military strategists, and Yuan Shao was able to make a comeback.

But Xu You shook his head and said, "Duke Ming, put off your desire to be emperor for now. Although the Han Dynasty is about to perish, its heritage is still there, and Duke Ming has not yet completely made the scholars and people in the north respect the Yuan family."

"What's more, if you become emperor at this time, it is tantamount to letting Cao Cao and Liu Bei join hands again."

"Although Liu Ye is dead, not many people really know how Liu Ye died. Although there was an accident in the last peace negotiation, it was confirmed that it was Duke Ming's plan. Therefore, Duke Ming only needs to issue a proclamation to let Liu Ye die. Liu Ye came back from the dead."

"It is certain that the one in Nanzhou who can become emperor in the end will definitely not be controlled by Meng De."

"Minggong might as well send someone to recruit Mengde, and still promise to take the position of Sikong to assist Liu Kai together."

"When Mengde arrives in Hebei, it doesn't matter whether Liu Kai lives or dies."

Yuan Shao's eyes lit up, he pondered for a while, and said: "Meng De's troops are also good at fighting. If they can come to Hebei, it will be much easier to deal with Liu Bei in the future."

"It's just a Sikong position, Meng De may not be willing to come!"

Xu You sneered: "Xu Du's spies reported that Fengji killed several of Cao Cao's sons. Now that Fengji has fled to Hanoi, it is better to capture Fengji and use his head to appease Cao Cao."

"Cao Cao can't stay in Xudu any longer, and he remembers the past, so he will definitely come to Hebei!"

"As for the position of Sikong, if Cao Cao doesn't want to take it, he can be named General Zhengxi and let him lead his troops to Xiliang, just in time for Cao Cao to deal with Ma Teng and Han Sui who fled in fear of crime."

"No matter what, without Cao Cao, Liu Bei will lose a lot of help, and it will be much easier for Ming Gong to go south."

Yuan Shao thought carefully for a moment and agreed to Xu You's proposal: "In that case, we will follow Ziyuan's plan and send people to Xudu to recruit Mengde! If Mengde sees that this general is sincere, he will no longer miss Xudu."

And state.

Because of the return aid from Gao Gan and the Xiongnu Chanyu, Zheng Ping gave up the idea of ​​​​robbing Bingzhou City, and instead focused on emptying Bingzhou City's money and food for the consumption of the Montenegrin military and civilians.

Although Gao Gan was very angry, he had nothing to do with Zheng Ping's guerrilla tactics.

No matter when, guerrilla tactics are the most unpredictable.

There is no fixed strategic goal, only attack at will.

Where there are high-ranking cadres, Zheng Ping does not go.

When the senior officials arrived, Zheng Ping left.

If high officials dared to divide their troops, they would defeat the weakest soldiers.

With Montenegro in the rear, Zheng Ping can send troops from anywhere in Montenegro.

The most frustrating thing for high-ranking cadres is that Zheng Ping also played "robbing the rich and helping the poor".

When grabbing food, it was under the banner of the Black Mountain Army, and when delivering food, it was under the banner of Liu Bei.

As a result, Liu Bei's reputation as a benevolent and virtuous man gradually spread in Bingzhou.

Even if senior cadres scolded Zheng Ping for being shameless and posted notices exposing Zheng Ping's sinister intentions, they could not change the attitude of the people who benefited from "Liu Bei".

In troubled times, we will naturally support whoever can benefit.

This is the mentality of most ordinary people.

In terms of scheming, none of the ten senior officials could defeat Zheng Ping.

In the end, Gao Gan simply stayed out of the city, and only guarded a few important cities, watching Zheng Ping make Liu Bei famous in Bingzhou.

After all, not to mention spending money and food to go out of the city, if you are not careful, you will be ambushed by Zheng Ping, which will damage your troops for no reason.

"The high-ranking officials have become a coward, trying to use guerrilla tactics to defeat the effective forces of the high-ranking officials, but it will not work."

Seeing that Gao Gan didn't leave the city, Zheng Ping didn't intend to continue teasing Gao Gan anymore.

After all, the purpose of sending troops to merge with the state was to allow high-ranking officials to withdraw their troops and trigger changes in the situation in Xudu.

Now that the goal has been achieved, Zheng Ping is not going to stay in Bingzhou anymore.

"Zhang Qushuai, you must have understood the specific tactics these days."

"From now on, it's up to you to contain the high-ranking officials in Bingzhou."

"Remember the core: using soldiers is a deceitful act, and its essence is deceit. Therefore, if you can fight, you must pretend you can't fight; "If you want to go far, you have to pretend to be close. Give the enemy a small profit to lure him; force the enemy to be confused, and then attack him."

There is a saying in Sun Tzu's Art of War: Soldiers are deceitful.Therefore, what can be shown is impossible, what is used can be used to show that it is not used, what is close can be shown to be far, and what is far can be shown to be near; profit can be used to lure it, chaos can be used to take it.

Zhang Yan has also read this passage, but he has not been able to learn and use it like Zheng Ping.

During this period of time, Zhang Yan followed Zheng Ping and witnessed how Zheng Ping beat Gao Gan, a general who was good at attacking in Bingzhou, into a shrinking turtle.

With Zheng Ping's simple explanation in vernacular, Zhang Yan gradually understood the essence of "soldiers, deceitful ways".

"Commander Zheng is leaving Bingzhou, where are you going?" Zhang Yan stood humbly beside Zheng Ping, her tone also very respectful.

Zheng Ping waved his fan and said: "Go to Xudu! By the way, ask Zhang Qushuai for the position of General Pingbei, and also give Zhang Qushuai a title. From now on, he will no longer be a black mountain bandit, but a general of a big man!"

Zhang Yan's eyes brightened.

Who wants to be a thief for life?
In troubled times, you can't help yourself; when you are handsome in Heishanqu, you can't help yourself.

If the soldiers and civilians of Montenegro can live a good life, and I can also become a marquis and a general, then I will not regret it in this life.

"Yan, thank you for your kindness!" Zhang Yan bowed excitedly.

Zheng Ping gently waved his hand, motioning for Zhang Yan to stand up, and said: "Zhang Qushuai, don't say much. When we meet again in the future, I hope Zhang Qushuai can offer the head of a high-ranking official to General Zuo."

After saying goodbye, Zheng Ping turned around and called Zhao Yun and Sun Ce to go south.

Seeing Zheng Ping going away, Zhang Yan was full of fighting spirit: "Is the head of Gao Gan? In the past, Yan didn't have much confidence, but now, Gao Gan is just a turtle with a shrinking head!"

Hanoi County.

Zheng Ping led his troops to Wen County.

Although Hanoi County is a county, each county is relatively independent because it is a strategic buffer for Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

Therefore, no one took the initiative to intercept Zheng Ping's cavalry. After all, no one wanted to seek death.

"Military division, why did you make a detour to Wen County? Is there any old friend of the military division here?" Zhao Yun asked puzzled.

Originally, he wanted to arrive in Xudu in the shortest time, but Zheng Ping changed his mind temporarily and made a detour to Wen County.

"Well, the old man can't be called an enemy, he should be considered an enemy." Zheng Ping replied casually, holding his chin.

Sun Ce suddenly got excited: "The enemy? Since he is the enemy of the military division, then leave it to the last general! What does the military division think? Should we kill all of them or only half of them?"

Zhao Yun looked at Zheng Ping with some confusion: "The military advisor still has enemies in Wen County? Why has Yun never heard of him?"

Zheng Ping's mouth twitched slightly.

Such a subjective enemy is really hard to say.

Do you want to tell Zhao Yun that because Sima Yi has such a bad reputation in later generations, he deliberately came to cause trouble for the Sima family today?

"If I had known that Sun Ce was so active, I would have asked Sun Ce to pretend to be a robber."

"With Zilong around, it's not easy to do things."

Zheng Ping pondered secretly.

After all, Zhao Yun's three views are too upright, and he will definitely not support Sun Ce's way of destroying Sima's family or half of it.

a long time.

Zheng Ping shook his head secretly, and chose a compromise method: "There is no need to kill people, let's collect some food and grass. In addition, I heard that the second son of the Sima family is quite talented, so let him serve with the army."

Sun Ce laughed loudly: "It turns out that the second son of the Sima family has a grudge against the military master. Ce understands! The military master waits for a while, and Ce will go to the Sima family immediately. He must let him give the grain and grass happily, and then send the second son of the Sima family , bring it to the military division.”

Seeing Sun Ce's fierce smile, Zhao Yun quickly reminded him, "Bo Fu, the Sima clan is a big family in Hanoi, so be careful not to ruin your reputation."

Sun Ce raised his hand: "Don't worry, don't worry, Ce has a sense of proportion!"

(End of this chapter)