Three Kingdoms: Everything Can Be Gamified

Chapter 330 Gongsun Zan's Defeat

"Yuan Shao has a bad reputation. As the saying goes, good birds choose trees to roost in. Why should Mr. Shen be stubborn?" After Zhang He dealt with these celebrities, he came to another room.

It has been more than ten days since Yang Lang kidnapped him.

Zhang He tried his best to persuade him to surrender, but someone still refused to let go.

Shen Pei is currently one of Yuan Shao's four great strategists. He is both civil and military, and is rarely seen as loyal.

Zhang He still has a good impression of him, but if he continues to be disrespectful, he will have no choice but to behead him. Seven captures and seven attempts will be too troublesome.

Not to mention libraries in Chang'an and Jinyang, I heard that Luoyang and Ji County are also building libraries.

With the popularity of night classes, people who have completed literacy will spontaneously go to the library to read.

It is not expected that all of them will succeed in their studies. If one out of a hundred has a better talent and can achieve some results, then the next round of imperial examinations will be able to provide a large number of talents for the imperial court.

The famous historical ministers/generals of the Three Kingdoms may still have some kind of charm, but Zhang He is not superstitious about this stuff now.

He prefers to believe that as long as they are cultivated properly, there are talents everywhere.

Moreover, talents who sincerely submit will eventually come under Liu Bei's command, no matter where they are from.

Those who are unwilling to surrender will naturally seek mercy and gain mercy!
Without reporting to Liu Bei, it was considered benevolent enough to prohibit these scholars for three generations from participating in the imperial examination.

"A good bird chooses a tree to roost in, but the general forgot that there is another saying, which is called 'a loyal minister does not serve two masters'." Shen Pei replied.

"The question is here, are you loyal to Zhao Han or Yuan Shao?" Zhang He asked back.

"General, you have mentioned this more than once." The judge reminded me.

As far as the situation in the Zhao and Han courts was concerned, it was basically 'the ministers' ministers are not my ministers'. It would be better to say that the emperor himself was a puppet.

There is no point in worrying about who you are loyal to and who you are not loyal to.

"To be honest, in your situation, I want to just cut him off. In the future, there will be more and more talents in the world. One more person will not be more than you, and one person less will not be much. But ready-made talents are always better than just now A political novice who wants to become an official." Zhang He lamented.

Then he ordered someone to bring a jug of wine, poured a glass for Shen Pei, and drank the rest himself.

It is normal for the old Zhang family to be addicted to alcohol. What is abnormal is Zhang Fei's original constitution, which has now been resolved.

"Okay, since Mr. Shen doesn't change his original intention... just drink this farewell wine!" Zhang He looked at Shen Pei.

Shen Pei didn't hesitate, just picked up the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp.

He thinks he doesn't have much talent, and he is not a wealthy person. He only knows that this person must be persistent, otherwise if he lets go of the bottom line once, he will let go of the bottom line countless times.

Let's just say that there is such a thing as a loyal minister. If he changes his family at will, what qualifications do he have to be called a "loyal minister".

This situation, on the contrary, corresponds to the saying 'It's not loyalty, it's lack of chips for betrayal'.

Shen Pei's idea is very simple. He will use his own death to teach the world what a 'loyal minister' is, even if he is called a 'foolish loyal minister'.

Rather, a guy who casually calls people "foolishly loyal" is not a loyal person in essence.

At the same time, this is what he can finally repay to Yuan Shao.Now that Yuan Shao is in ruins, how many people are considering getting away and drawing a clear line with him.

Through his own death, he can put pressure on them, and Yuan Shao doesn't have to be so anxious.

Unfortunately, it only slowed down the speed of his defeat...

So Shen Pei was pushed out and paraded around Changshan to explain his identity, background, and actions.

In the end, he was beheaded under the contempt of a lot of people.

There is no need to say anything about the crime, just say: This is Yuan Shao's military advisor, giving him advice.

The people's hatred for him immediately became overwhelming, and based on what Xu You had done before, no one had any good impressions of 'Yuan Shao Military Advisor'.

Before execution, Zhang He came to the judge and said to him: "I'm sorry, I'm never polite to my enemies!"

Since Shen Pei has chosen to be loyal to Yuan Shao, he is his own enemy.

Want to die in exchange for the reputation of loyalty?

Don't even think about it!

Not only will he not be given, but he will be smeared to the maximum extent and nailed to the pillar of shame!

In the words of Zhang He: I don’t want to give you face, so I’ll give you a toast instead of eating and I’ll have to drink as a penalty!
Shen Pei passed away under such a background. He did not expect that things would develop like this, but it was impossible to change.

He did not beg Zhang He for mercy. After all, the other party had regarded him as an enemy, so begging for mercy would only bring humiliation to himself.

After Shen Pei was beheaded, Zhang He also focused on other things.

Xia Houlan had already gone to Taishi Ci's side and was appointed as the prefect of Zhao County.The whole family of King Zhao was burned to death. Before a new King Zhao appeared, it was inevitable that the State of Zhao would be abolished and establish counties.

The problem is that Liu Bei only has three sons, Liu Feng, Liu Chan and Liu Li, and they are all little kids.

The prince is still not sure who he is, let alone the title of king.

On the contrary, Liu Bei conferred the title of Marquis of Qi on his uncle Liu Yuanqi. As for whether Liu Yuanqi comes to Qi County, it depends on what he wants.

If not, you can pass it on to his son Liu Deran.

It is difficult to say whether Liu Bei or Liu Deran was the main one when he first became a disciple of Lu Zhi.

After all, Liu Bei's expenses were all funded by Liu Yuanqi.

It can only be said that Liu Bei quickly accumulated fame, while Liu Deran may have literary talent but no fame.

The Liu family did not have extra funds to support the rise of two people at the same time, so Liu Bei was focused on training.

There was no news about Liu Deran after he became a disciple of Lu Zhi.

It may also be that the talent is not good enough, so nothing can be accomplished.

It is more likely that in order to support Liu Bei, he inherited the family business and provided financial support for Liu Bei.

Now Liu Bei no longer needs financial support, but instead supports these relatives of the Liu family in Zhuoxian County.

However, collateral lines are collateral lines after all, and it is impossible to be crowned a king. They are basically all crown princes, and the worst one is Guannei Hou.

Returning to the topic, Xia Houlan became the governor of Zhao County, and Taishi Ci also received a report from Chen Dao, saying that Yuan Shao's main force had been discovered.

There's just one strange thing, that is, the locations of Yuan Shao and the Southern Xiongnu are not consistent.

One is in the south and the other is in the east. It is hard to say whether there is a stalemate or parting ways.

Chen Dao has sent people to investigate, and it will take up to five days to get the news. However, during this period, he got some not-so-good news:
Lu Bu designed to defeat Gongsun Zan and made great progress all the way.

Not only did they attack Youzhou, but they also joined forces with Gongsun Du to block Gongsun Zan's way back north. Gongsun Zan was desperate and finally committed suicide in Yijing.

Why bother?Mingming quickly went south, entered Julu County, and finally came to Zhao Kingdom.

Based on our past friendship, we will definitely take him in.

Perhaps Gongsun Zan's character was like this. He originally wanted to compete fairly, but ended up being so humiliating.

Thinking of either becoming a prisoner or living under someone else's roof, these were obviously unacceptable, so he chose to commit suicide.

"It turned out to be arson again, what a coincidence..." Tai Shici sighed, this was his brother-in-law after all, and he wanted to restrain the body for him, but the body was incompletely burned.

Surprisingly, Gongsun Zan's men broke out and escorted Gongsun Xu to Handan with Yan Gang, Guan Jing, Gongsun Yue and others.

"Please ask my uncle to make the decision for Gongsun's family!" Gongsun Xu paid homage to Taishi Ci with tears in his eyes.

Taishi Ci went to Gongsun's family to marry him, so she was naturally Gongsun Xu's uncle.

"Xu'er doesn't need to be so outspoken. Now that you're here, uncle will take good care of you." Tai Shici promised.

After a pause, he continued: "I heard that Lu Bu entered Zhuo County, and my fifth brother has already fought eastward from Changshan. If there are no accidents, there may be a decisive battle with Lu Bu before midsummer."

It's just that Lu Bu still has thousands of elites under his command, and it's hard to say how many soldiers from Youzhou he will absorb in the future.

Since Guan Jing and more than a dozen people and three thousand soldiers came to defect, Taishi Ci thought for a while and sent Yan Gang and Tian Kai to support.

They don't need to be effective on the battlefield, but if they can guard the place, it shouldn't be a big problem.

　Gongsun Zan underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly. This happened twice in history. Once he attacked Zhang Chun, but was defeated and retreated in the end.

　　One time, when the troops sent to support Zhang Yan did not return reinforcements, they advanced all the way and were finally trapped by Yuan Shao in Yixian County, Hejian County (the novel is Yijing, but they are actually the same place).

　　To say that he resisted to the end, he was defeated in Youbeiping and even Liaodong and suffered casualties, but he committed suicide in Yijing, which is really sad.

　　Here we follow this, which is a few years ahead of schedule.Anyway, Chen Gong was plotting against him. Gongsun Zan knew that Yuan Shao's house had collapsed and Lü Bu wanted to retreat, so he rushed in greedily and was surrounded and killed by Lü Bu in Yijing.

　　This is fine, but how will Liu Bei handle himself if he fights Gongsun Zan in the future?
　　If he didn't fight, with Gongsun Zan's arrogance, would he be willing to serve Liu Bei?If he was really willing, he would not have supported Liu Yu in the first place, but would have recognized him directly.

　　We can only arrange this ending for him, and then Lu Bu enters Zhuojun.

　　It kind of means going from Yanzhou to Xuzhou, but the time sequence is different.

　　Even the Battle of Zhending copied the concept of the Battle of Puyang, except that the protagonist was at fault and the opponent's plan failed, so it ended hastily.

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