Three Kingdoms: I don’t want to fall in love in troubled times

Chapter 208 You misunderstood me

"Arrived at Yecheng, the largest city in Hebei!"

In the distance, the gate tower on the city wall was already vaguely visible, and Xu Jiashu suddenly shouted this without any clue.

Miss Lu, who was on the side, was not surprised. She stuffed a piece of dried horse meat with an expressionless face, trying to block his mouth.

"Yecheng is so beautiful, eh——"

Soon, the two of them started chewing horse meat jerky with expressionless faces.

There is no other way. Every time you encounter a level, you have to kill a horse. Considering the comfort of the old man lying in it, you have to kill the fattest ones. Isn't that just a lot more horse meat that can't be eaten?

Smoke it over a campfire at night and sprinkle it with a little salt. It's barely edible, but better than nothing.

"Is Yecheng the largest city in Hebei?" Dong Bai carefully looked at the looming outline and asked like a curious child: "But it looks just average."

Yecheng is located in the north of Zhangshui. Although it is a large city built on the water, in the eyes of a few people who are used to seeing the two capitals, it can only be described as ordinary and not very amazing.

Historically, Yecheng was officially the center of the entire north, and it had to wait for Cao Cao to take over the expansion after defeating Yuan Shao.

"It's not big now, but it won't be so big in the future, um——"

Xu Jiashu was about to give him a blow, but Miss Lu stuffed him with a piece of dried horse meat. This time, the action was much rougher. The end of his seductive eyes slightly raised, warning this guy not to speak too harshly.

Really, it’s as if you are remarkable.

In any case, this "Gongsun family's caravan" finally arrived at the gates of Yecheng.

According to what Xu Jiashu and the defenders in front had learned, there was only the last Yuan Army checkpoint left in front of him on the road. In order to avoid the range of crossbows and siege weapons, it was still some distance away from Ye City. There were not many defenders. Play the role of monitoring targets.

Judging from the laziness of these people, it is estimated that Han Fu did not do much during this period.

Xu Jiashu clearly showed his saber - he had simulated it once with Miss Lu, and found that he could not use the excuse of selling military rations to get through. On the contrary, the defenders here were weak, so it would be easier to just attack the card directly.

Yecheng is right in front of us, there is nothing to be afraid of.

In order to seize as much territory as possible before Lu Zhi's arrival and get more war points (bushi), Yuan Shao scattered his few troops like flowers, so the defense of the checkpoint was helplessly placed at the bottom.

It's not that Yuan Benchu ​​didn't want to set up a dragnet, but with the level of communication and surveillance in ancient times, it was impossible to completely surround Yecheng. After all, he was fighting in an away game, and he only needed a few people to take over the county and monitor Han Fu. I can only look at a few necessary paths.

There was no need to kill them all. Once the overwhelming momentum of these thousands of war horses was revealed, except for the unlucky man on duty, the rest of the sentries ran away without a trace.

Xu Jiashu did not order a chase - several levels communicated with each other. Even if they were killed, the previous levels would quickly notice that something was wrong. It was better to take advantage of this precious time to transport the grain and grass provided by Zhen. Entering the city is also a good way to prepare for the next war.

Well, the war between Lu Zhi and Liu Guanzhang.

After clearing the card, it was no longer possible to hide the news that the new Jizhou Mu had entered Yecheng. With Yuan Shao's intelligence network, his spies were definitely densely packed in the city.

"But what does this have to do with me, Xu Zimao, aka the Qiang tycoon Ke Muzhi?"

Xu Jiashu wiped the saber on his hand.

I have to say that for horse fighting, this thing needs to be easy to use.

Although the fierce generals of the late Han Dynasty all used weapons, they were children's skills that they had practiced since childhood. They did not need stirrups and could be controlled with just their legs, and it did not affect combat.

Xu Jiashu's current level can also be achieved, but it is still somewhat awkward.

After driving away the sentries here, the envoys showed off the talismans and the full set of ceremonial guards. Jushou on the tower saw this scene and knew that the long-awaited reinforcements had arrived. He quickly ordered the door to be opened and left in a hurry. Be the first to inform colleagues to discuss countermeasures.

The colleagues here refer to Hebei scholars represented by Shen Pei and Tian Feng.

The Eastern Han Dynasty had a strong sense of the rural party. Han Fu, a native of Yingchuan County, came to Jizhou to serve as a state pastor, and he promoted many scholars from his hometown.

For example, brothers Guo Tu and Xin Ping Xinpi and others.

It would be fine if there were only these people in the Zhou Mufu. After all, the position of Biejia was still in the hands of the people from Hebei, and their status had not been challenged. But if we also include the Xun family, Guo family and other noble families in the city who seemed to have no desires or pursuits, , the momentum of the Yingchuan people can be said to be huge. If things go on like this, it will only be a matter of time before the local scholars are completely ignored.

Jizhou scholars had to be wary of these outsiders - the local gentry in Yizhou were suppressed by Dongzhou people and could not hold their heads up. The lessons learned from the past are not far away. These people said they left their hometown to avoid disaster, but they may not have taken root in Jizhou. The idea that sprouted, such a large group of nobles could not be dismissed by giving up some benefits.

People are like dragons crossing the river.

The reason why the conflict between the northern and southern factions did not arise, and even appeared to be quite harmonious on the surface, was that on the one hand, Xun Yu, the leader of the Yingchuan scholars, did not serve as an official, and on the other hand, Yuan Benchu ​​happened to take action, and the various chain reactions that followed.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that no matter who Jizhou belongs to in the end, Han Fu will not be able to sit on the position of state pastor for long, so the two sides reached a tacit agreement to temporarily cease the war and contacted Yuan Shao privately to negotiate their respective conditions and remuneration.

To put it harshly, it means that the seller is seeking glory.

The appeal of the local scholars is very simple, just maintain the status quo, that is, the people of Hebei must obtain the same primary status in Yuan Shao's house as they currently have, and still have the right to speak in the new team, and cannot allow scholars from other regions to ride on it. Go up to their heads. Only in this way can they protect their interests from foreign nobles, and even assist Yuan Shao to further expand their power to other states and counties.

In exchange, once Yuan Shao successfully captures Jizhou, the government controlled by the Hebei gentry will seamlessly work for the new state pastor and help Yuan Benchu ​​complete the transfer of power in the fastest and smoothest way.

Frankly speaking, only the fourth and third princes of Yuan Shao, who are so prestigious in the world, can they get such preferential treatment.

Others, even important members of the clan such as Liu Biao, needed to marry into local wealthy families and gain allegiance through significant decentralization of power. The price was that important positions in Jingzhou were controlled by the Cai family and the Kuai family, and they had to acquiesce to Huang Zu's semi-independent status in Jiangxia.

Compared with the local nobles, the Yingchuan people had much less bargaining chips, so their certificates of investment were more valuable.

They wanted to persuade Han Fu to surrender.

In these days, although Han Fu refused Yuan Shao's lobbying team to enter the city, Guo Tu and the Xin brothers had begun to openly persuade Han Fu to hand over power.

There is nothing new in the rhetoric used. It is nothing more than using the lives of the people to kidnap them morally, and then threatening them with the consequences of defeat.

The local faction acquiesces to this blatant behavior of cheating - anyway, they don't have to bear the infamy of betraying their lord, and they don't have to delay the right to speak after the handover, so why not do it?

Han Fu was a soft-spoken man. When he saw his staff publicly urging him to surrender, he didn't even bother to pretend, and he was deeply shaken.

But with the appearance of the talisman under the city, everything changed again.

This was very embarrassing. We had even agreed on how to divide the cake in advance, but when the cake was gone, the previous agreement with Yuan Shao naturally no longer counted.

It's no wonder that the nobles in the city said that it was Yuan Shao himself who had the problem and failed to stop a mere old man from outside the city.

Yuan Shao also has something to say. According to the information in his hand, Lu Zhi has over a hundred people under his command. This is an estimate including the escorts of the envoy. If the envoy from Chang'an is not willing to fight for this old man, It was impossible for him to bet hundreds of members of his family.

With such full calculations, no matter how much he expected the enemy to be lenient, Lu Zhi's manpower ranged between "early hundred" and "lonely man". Although the number of sentries left behind was not large, it was more than enough to stop this number of enemies. Without It cannot be stopped, and it is fortified at all levels. Even if the front level is broken through, there will be enough time for the back levels to wait for reinforcements.

No matter how you look at it, Yuan Shao's response was flawless, but who would have expected that Lu Zhi suddenly conjured up more than a thousand cavalry like a magic trick, and his marching speed and combat effectiveness were not lost?

In any case, it is an established fact that Lu Zhi has entered the city, and the agreement to share food with Han Fu has been voided. Then both the local faction and the Yingchuan faction have to reconsider how they will stand next. As the group that truly holds the real power in Jizhou, if Without their support, no matter how justified Lu Zhi was, he would not be able to secure his position as Jizhou Shepherd.

Just when all parties were seizing the time to discuss countermeasures, Lu Zhi took the lead.

The envoy left part of the food transport behind, and, surrounded by elite Xiliang cavalry, rushed straight to the residence of Han Fu, the prefecture pastor. This was also the usual behavior of Han envoys. In this way, they had to read the emperor's edict in front of everyone. , to show Lu Zhi's legitimacy, the old man and even his military power and popularity were at a disadvantage, so he first acted vigorously and resolutely to seize the name of justice.

In the governor's mansion, Han Fu knelt on the ground and listened to Sun Zi read out the edict, with a complicated expression on his face.

After all, he still failed to hold on to his position of power.

Time is fate, and perhaps this is the fate of the weak - in all special times, such as when power suddenly falls into a vacuum and no one is filling it, their incompetence is an advantage. Those in power need them to occupy some key positions to avoid affecting others. He poses a threat. Han Fu was like this when he got Jizhou. When the overlord divided the kingdoms, the same was true for those after the six kingdoms.

But once the order dissipates, they will become the weakest blood prey in the Colosseum, attracting the attention of other beasts, and thus becoming nourishment for the strong.

This is true in ancient and modern times and is inevitable.

Seeing that he was unwilling to get up for a long time, Xu Jiashu comforted this famous softie in the late Han Dynasty in a low voice, "Han Shijun is concerned about the king's affairs. The emperor naturally has other appointments, so you should cheer up."

No matter what, it's better than being scared to death by Yuan Shao after you gave up Jizhou, right?

Han Fu smiled bitterly and nodded.

It's not that he hasn't reviewed his actions - when he elected Liu Yu as the emperor, it was probably his only chance to succeed in becoming a slave to the dragon. Now that he has suffered a complete defeat, being able to withdraw with dignity is the best he can imagine. The end.

Xu Jiashu looked around and found that the gates of the Prefectural Mufu were deserted and asked, "I wonder where the officials in the government are now?"

I originally wanted to ask Han Fu about this, where is your luxurious civil service corps?

Let me be healthy!

Although the Xun family in Yingchuan has not been in official positions for the time being, Guo Tu, Ju Shou, and Tian Feng are also temporary choices. If you just drag two of them back, the kid from Huanjie doesn't have to shout every day to quit.

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Hearing this, Han Fu finally couldn't control his emotions, raised his head and shed a tear of sadness.

"Perhaps we are preparing to welcome the new state pastor."

By this time, no matter how stupid he is, he should know that he has never really conquered the group of celebrities under his command, but was betrayed by them early.

"You guys misunderstood me"

The loser muttered.

(End of this chapter)