Gou writes entries in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 128 New Mission

The Poyang flagship was moored quietly in the bay.

The spacious cabin was brightly lit, and the heating from the steam engine made the entire cabin warm.

Everyone took off their armor and sat down at the banquet.

On the table in front of him, there were steaming rice, smoked bacon that was golden and oily, freshly slaughtered broiler chickens stewed with dried mushrooms, the aroma was fragrant, and other fruits and vegetables.

Materials were abundant under Liu Xuan's rule, and Liu Xuan was extremely particular about eating.

In particular, it is hard work for a large army to go abroad. If they don't eat well, they will lose their combat effectiveness.

Anyway, Liu Xuan has [-] square meters of warehouse space, plus the warehouse space of the Poyang, it is no problem to bring enough food, and the space of this entry combination has another special feature, that is, the things stored inside are not limited. The tide never rots.

Dried meat, melons and fruits can be stored in it for two to three months.

Liu Xuan ordered several fighting ships to separate several cabins to raise broilers. In this way, even if they were at sea for several months, they could often eat fresh meat.

Zhao Yun and others looked at the sumptuous meal in front of them and looked at each other for a moment, unable to believe that what they were seeing was real.

"Come, come, brothers, we have been fighting for a day. Let's drink some warm wine to warm up."

Liu Xuan was the first to pick up the wine bottle and drink a glass. Then everyone drank the warm wine and began to eat happily.

The food and wine are on the table, everything is easy to talk about.

Zhao Yun had no grudges in his heart and had a pleasant conversation with Liu Xuan.

Liu Xuan finally realized that his arrival had really changed the world a lot.

From the Battle of Shouchun, when Liu Xuan designed Liu Bei to get Shouchun, the gears of everyone's destiny began not to follow the historical trajectory.

Liu Bei did not go to Yuan Shao, nor did he ask Gongsun Zan to borrow troops, so naturally he had no way of getting acquainted with Zhao Yun.

And because Shouchun's money was emptied by Liu Xuan, Liu Bei had to ask Liu Biao, so he passed by Jingzhou and got Xu Shu in advance.

In short, no matter what, the Zhao Yun in front of him is considered an amateur to the major forces in the Central Plains.

Only Liu Xuan knew that Zhao Yun was an amateur with real potential, so he would not let him go easily.

After three rounds of drinking, Liu Xuan said to Zhao Yun,
"Junior Brother Zilong, I wonder what your plans are for the future?"

Zhao Yun paused and replied in a daze,
"Zhao Yun is just a warrior. He is ups and downs in these troubled times. He doesn't know where he will drift to. Maybe he will continue to lead the local warriors to kill mutants along the coast. After he has accumulated enough merits, he can change his job to an official."

Zhao Yun's choice can be regarded as the most common choice among warriors nowadays.

Just like the original Yellow Turban Rebellion, this time the mutants invaded, the state governments also issued documents, and local warriors could kill the enemy on their own, and then report their battle achievements to the local county magistrate, and then they would be rewarded based on their merits.

A small team like Zhao Yun and others who are brave and good at fighting may be able to obtain official positions such as pavilion chief, li chief or even county lieutenant if they accumulate enough military exploits.

It can be considered that he came ashore after taking the public examination and began to embark on an official career.

But how could Liu Xuan let a talent like Zhao Yun spend his youth at the bottom, so he said directly,
"Since Zilong is determined to join the official family, why should he abandon the near and seek the distant? I am now in charge of guarding Yangzhou. It is a time when talents are urgently needed. Why don't you go to Yangzhou with me? With your talents, you can become a pioneer general."

Vanguard General?

Liu Xuan's words made Zhao Yun a little embarrassed. Although he believed in his extraordinary martial arts skills, he was only in his early twenties.
Previously, under Gongsun Zan, he only served as the captain of Baima Yicong's personal guard. Although he could follow Gongsun Zan, his actual official position was not high.

Now Liu Xuan directly asked him to serve as the vanguard general, which made Zhao Yun dare not say it.

But he didn't know that Liu Xuan was a real person. Zhao Yun could be said to be the God of War and the Undefeated God of War in later generations. Regardless of whether he lived up to his name, Liu Xuan was willing to take a gamble.

Zhao Yun stood up and saluted Liu Xuan: "Thank you for the promotion, senior brother. It's just that Zhao Yun is still young and has not made any achievements. How dare he hold the position of a general. If senior brother is really serious, Zhao Yun is willing to start as a junior soldier under senior brother."

When Liu Xuan saw that Zhao Yun had agreed to follow him, he waved his hand.
"Hey, Zilong doesn't have to be modest. You are also a descendant of the gun prodigy Tong Yuan. How can you be ordinary? You are just a pioneer general. If I say you are qualified, you are qualified. If you feel that your merits are not enough to convince the public, then show your skills. Let your military exploits speak for itself.”

"How about it, is Zilong confident?"

When Zhao Yun heard this, he said with an arrogant expression: "Of course I am confident. In that case, Zhao Yun also wants to see if the silver spear in my hand can kill a world for my lord."

"Okay, hahahaha, this expedition to the north of the Bohai Sea is the biggest gain." Liu Xuan picked up the wine bottle and said to everyone, "Come, brothers, drink from this bottle and welcome Zhao Yun to join."

. . .

AD 202, the beginning of the year.

Liu Xuan's northern expedition fleet finally returned to Guangling.

The weather is gradually getting warmer, and occasionally the south wind blows, and green buds are beginning to appear on the vegetation in various places in the south of the Yangtze River.

As Liu Xuan expected, as the north wind stopped, the mutant ships with poor sailing skills were unable to go south, and the long east coastline of the Han Dynasty was finally free of mutants.

Only in the northernmost area bordering Goguryeo, mutants continued to invade from the peninsula.

In order to prevent mutants from crossing the border, Yuan Shao has begun to recruit civilians in Youzhou to prepare to build a new Great Wall on the northern border.

The battle between Yuan and Cao lasted for more than half a year. After both sides lost tens of thousands of troops, they both stopped fighting because mutants were invading their territories.

The Central Plains fell into a brief period of peace.

At this time, Liu Bei's power in Jingzhou expanded unprecedentedly.

Originally, Liu Bei gave up Shouchun and sought a place to recuperate in Xinye under Liu Biao's rule.

In addition to the Huyang County that Liu Bei acquired from Cao Cao, the scope of his governance was not small.

Liu Biao asked Liu Bei to guard the new field, facing Xiangyang across the river.The main purpose is to let him clean up the many small forces in the north of Jingzhou, including mountain bandits and water bandits. At the same time, if Cao Cao from the north attacks from Wancheng, Liu Bei's forces can serve as a good buffer.

It's just that Liu Bei seemed to be very lucky. For more than a year, Cao Cao in the north was busy fighting Yuan Shao. It was too late to comfort Liu Bei, so how could he easily send troops south.

Liu Bei relied on Xu Shu's wisdom and the courage of his two sworn brothers to wipe out the bandits and water bandits in northern Jingzhou with overwhelming force. At the same time, he defeated several thorns who were disobedient to Liu Biao's rule.

For a time, Jingzhou's strength increased greatly and the people's morale became stable.The Liu Bei Group's reputation in Jingzhou is also growing day by day.

In addition, Liu Bei talks about the name of a Han clan clan member every day, making him more famous than Liu Biao, a serious Han clan clan clan member.

However, what really made Liu Bei officially become the strongest force under Liu Biao was the death of Cai Mao.The two strongest family groups under Liu Biao were originally the Cai family, headed by Cai Mao, and the Kuai family, headed by brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue.

Cai Mao was favored by Liu Biao because his sister was Liu Biao's wife and gave birth to his second son Liu Cong.

As a result, the Cai family came to power, and Cai Mao also served as the commander-in-chief of the Jingzhou navy, and he was in the limelight for a while.

The Kuai family is also a famous family in Jingzhou, and the two heroes of the Kuai family, Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue, are the best among the children of the family.

The two families had been fighting for many years, and finally Cai Mao overpowered the Kuai family because of his military power.

Liu Bei approached the Kuai family at the right time. After some lobbying, he successfully got the Kuai family to agree to join forces with Liu Bei. Under the Kuai family's advice, Liu Biao trusted Liu Bei more and more and entrusted him with important tasks.

After Liu Bei gained Liu Biao's trust, and because Liu Qi and Liu Bei were close, Cai Hao was afraid that Liu Qi's rise would make Liu Cong fall out of favor, so he became malicious and bribed the maids around Liu Qi to poison Liu Qi's meals.

I don't know why Liu Biao knew about this incident, and he caught the poisoned maid on the spot. After questioning, he learned that it was Cai Mao's instigation.

This matter violated Liu Biao's bottom line.

Although Liu Biao seemed to be indifferent to the world, he was not mediocre and incompetent. He immediately ordered Cai Mao to be killed and the Cai family captured.

Unexpectedly, since Cai Mao planned to poison Liu Qi, he had already made preparations. When he saw what had happened, he launched an army to rebel first, saying that Liu Biao was bewitched by a traitor and wanted to kill Zhongliang, and Cai Mao had no choice but to protect himself.

Cai Mao had served as the commander-in-chief of the Jingzhou navy for many years, and he was very good at running the army. He had a high prestige in the army. At one time, there were tens of thousands of soldiers who followed Cai Mao in rebellion.

With his excellent water combat ability, Cai Mao was able to fight Liu Biao's army with ease.

It was not until the three Liu Bei brothers personally led their elite troops to lure Cai Mao into an ambush using Xu Shu's strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain. The three of them surrounded Cai Mao in one fell swoop, annihilating Cai Mao and his cronies, and finally ended the short-lived civil strife in Jingzhou.

After this battle, no one under Liu Biao could compare with Liu Bei's power.

Liu Biao's second son Liu Cong was implicated in Cai Mao's affair and was ignored by Liu Biao. However, the eldest son Liu Qi, who had always been disliked, was favored by Liu Biao again because he successfully achieved many political achievements with the help of Liu Bei.

Just when Liu Xuan sent a letter to the emperor asking for the title of Yangzhou Shepherd, Liu Biao also wrote to the emperor, asking for Liu Bei to be granted the title of Nanyang County Governor.

The names of Liu Bei, Queen of King Jing of Zhongshan, and Liu Xuan, Queen of Huaiyang, finally spread in Xuchang and were known to Emperor Liu Xie.

Liu Xuan listened to Jia Xu's story, and his attention to Liu Bei deepened.

Although the trajectory of history has been skewed by the emergence of Liu Xuan, some people do have the ability to change their fate against the odds.

This is the case for Liu Bei. He has survived from desperate adversities many times. All adversities have become Liu Bei's stepping stones, allowing him to reach his current height.

Liu Xuan feels that the history of Liu Bei's fortune can definitely be regarded as a classic inspirational story.

Now Liu Bei has become the largest power group under Liu Biao. With Liu Bei's scheming and Xu Shu's wisdom, maybe Jingzhou will eventually return to its original trajectory and fall into Liu Bei's hands.

In March, when the smoke was cold and the willow buds were beginning to bloom, an imperial edict from the emperor arrived in Yangzhou.

It turns out that Liu Xuan's letter last winter asking for the title of Yangzhou Mu finally got a reply from the emperor.

In the edict, the emperor officially conferred Liu Xuan as the General of the Eastern Conquest and led Yangzhou as a pastoralist.

At the same time, the emperor heard that Liu Xuan was a clan member of the Han Dynasty. The Queen of Huaiyang was very happy and summoned Liu Xuan to the palace to meet the emperor as a clan member.

Liu Xuan didn't know why the emperor specially summoned him to the palace, but since it was an imperial edict, if he didn't go, he would be disobeying the edict.

Although with the emperor's current prestige, even Liu Xuan's resistance to the decree is nothing, but now that Yangzhou has been settled, the world is still in disputes. It is impossible for Liu Xuan to think that he will be safe by holding Yangzhou firmly.

The situation is still the same. Regardless of whether Cao Cao or Yuan Shao wins in the Central Plains War, the next step will definitely be to attack Jianghuai and Jiangnan.

Even Liu Bei, if he really gets Jingzhou, or the land of Yizhou as historical trajectory, he will naturally expand eastward.

Therefore, the current situation still does not allow Liu Xuan to be free and easy. Anyway, he will have to get involved in the Central Plains sooner or later, so he should simply go to Xuchang now in response to the emperor's summons.

After the emperor's envoys left, Liu Xuan summoned all civil and military officials to discuss military plans.

"Everyone, I have been summoned by the Emperor's decree to enter Xuchang. I have decided to go to Xuchang. Do you have any suggestions?"

Jia Xu was the first to come out and said: "My lord, this is a God-given opportunity. My lord rose from Huaiyin and developed with a small power to occupy the entire Yangzhou today. His wings are full and it is time to aspire to the world. It is a good time for the emperor to go to Xuchang." Justify your name."

"My lord, now that the emperor is in Xuchang, he is being manipulated by Cao Cao. Could this imperial edict be Cao Cao taking the opportunity to lure my lord there in order to harm my lord?" Cheng Hu said worriedly.

Liu Xuan nodded happily. After several years of experience, Cheng Hu finally no longer knew how to fight.

"I have also considered this point, but judging from the current world situation, Cao Cao has no reason to be disadvantageous to me. Yuan Shao in the north has not been destroyed, and it is not a wise man to make a new enemy at this time."

Hearing this, Lu Bu folded his hands on his chest and said proudly,
"So what if Cao Cao wants to do harm to the lord? This time when I enter the palace, the lord and I will go together. With the force of the lord and I, Lu Bu, who in the world can trap us?"

"Well, that's fine," Liu Xuan nodded and said, "Fengxian is also a Wenhou conferred by the emperor, and he knows most of the civil and military officials in the court. With him by his side, no one dares to act rashly."

Seeing that no one had any objections, Liu Xuan directly decided,

"In that case, everyone will obey the order!"

"This time when we enter Xuchang, I will go with Lu Bu. Zhao Liniang will lead the personal guards to accompany us, and we will select [-] elite men from the Tiger Battalion to support us."

"Jianye was garrisoned by Cheng Hu, who led the Tiger Camp, Jia Xu was the military advisor, and Zhao Yun led a garrison of [-] troops to support the defense of the counties and counties in Yangzhou."

"The Guangling Navy, with Gan Ning as the commander and Sun Quan as the accompanying military advisor, will continue to go out to sea to guard the coast of the Han Dynasty. The guards of the other counties will remain unchanged. If there is an emergency military situation, they can send fast horses to Xuchang at any time to convey messages."

After arranging the military and political affairs in various places, Liu Xuan packed his luggage and prepared to go to Xuchang to meet the saint.

[Notepad opens.]

[In 202 AD, Jianye, after you successfully occupied the entire territory of Yangzhou, you wrote to the emperor to request the title of Yangzhou shepherd. The emperor agreed and summoned you to the palace to face the saint.Although you didn't know the meaning of the emperor's summons, you wanted to take this opportunity to clear your name, so you decided to go to the Xuchang Palace. 】

[Trigger Challenge Mission: Royal Approval]

[Mission details: Obtain the emperor’s approval and officially inherit the title of King of Huaiyang]

[Task reward: entry*2]

(End of this chapter)