The Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms: The Evil God Arrives

Chapter 380 Bingzhou has made a choice

Ju Shou, Tian Feng and others were a little puzzled as to whether they had guessed Guo Tu's thoughts too easily. After all, even if Guo Tu had devoted most of his attention to figuring out Yuan Shao's thoughts, he shouldn't have been unable to conceal his own thoughts, right?
However, this is not a very important matter. It is also good to let Guo Tu indulge in his dreams. At least it can let him do some real work instead of thinking about overthrowing them and taking his own position. If he wants to get his own position, it requires more than simply guessing the intentions of his superiors.

If Yuan Shao was the kind of monarch who favored villains and distanced himself from wise ministers, Guo Tu might have been able to ascend to the throne with his ability to guess his master's intentions. But unfortunately, Yuan Shao was not that kind of monarch. When Yuan Shao was in trouble, he was so wise and brave that he was terrifying.

In this state, Yuan Shao might be happy for a while when he heard Guo Tu's flattery, but after Yuan Shao was happy, things would remain the same as they were originally. Yuan Shao knew very well what he should do at this moment.

As for Guo Tu, I guess a few words of praise from Yuan Shao would make him happy for the whole day, and then reaffirm his belief that he can get to the top. After all, Guo Tu has been praised by Yuan Shao, and you haven't even given him a verbal praise. So since he has received verbal praise from Yuan Shao, what else do you want from others?
In response to Guo Tu's confident promise, Yuan Shao once again verbally encouraged him to keep up the good work and try to trap Yang Ji in Xuzhou, then waved his hand and told him to leave, saying that his performance time was up, and next it would be the turn of Ju Shou, Tian Feng and others, which would be the highlight.

"It is a good idea to keep Yang Ji in Xuzhou. It can effectively prevent the defender of Licheng from going crazy and leading the army directly to interfere with our war with Gongsun Zan." Yuan Shao fully affirmed Guo Tu's idea, paused and then continued: "But it is not enough. This is a temporary solution and there is no way to solve the problems we are facing now from the root. Do you have any other way to strengthen our strength?" Yuan Shao asked Tian Feng, Ju Su and others.

That's right. In Yuan Shao's opinion, although Guo Tu's method was good and could attract the attention of Fenggao and give them some time to strengthen themselves, after all, if there was any movement in Jizhou, Fenggao would definitely send people to sabotage it. This was inevitable. However, Guo Tu's plan would definitely not shake Liu Bei's foundation.

Guo Tu's plan can serve as an eye-catching appearance, but they must have a plan that can strengthen their own strength, and it must be an open plan that others cannot destroy. Changing external conditions is indeed a way, but strengthening themselves at any time and any place is also the most correct way.

Tian Feng and Ju Su did not say anything to Yuan Shao's question, but looked at Shen Pei. After all, Shen Pei was Yuan Shao's appointed counselor. If they did not really need someone to suppress their internal struggles, it would still be a question whether Shen Pei could hold on to his position as counselor.

He was the chief strategist under Yuan Shao, the overlord of Hebei. It is possible that all the other strategists except Xun Chen would have to compete for the position. Although Yuan Shao's title of overlord of Hebei was somewhat undeserved before he defeated Gongsun Zan, it is true that Yuan Shao's economic and military strength was stronger than Gongsun Zan's, which needs to be acknowledged.

If Shen Pei were to be the chief strategist, it would not be unacceptable, after all, Shen Pei's ability was not inferior to theirs. Although he was a little too authoritarian, in the current situation, perhaps a little more authoritarianism would have a better effect, not to mention that Yuan Shao was there to put pressure on them, so they were not afraid that Shen Pei would not listen to their suggestions.

Shen Pei pondered for a while and said, "There is almost nothing that can be tapped into in Jizhou's military potential except for recruiting elite troops. If you want to recruit more troops in Jizhou, there will be turmoil in Jizhou.

Therefore, we need to consider the military strength of the states around us. "Said Shen Pei, looking at Ju Shou, it was Ju Shou who proposed the proposal to seek outside.

"The troops of Li Jue and Guo Si entrenched in Guanzhong?" Ju Su's eyes gleamed. The Western Liang Iron Cavalry, that was once the strongest cavalry unit that Dong Zhuo relied on to dominate the world.

Although when the eighteen princes were fighting against Dong Zhuo, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was just like ordinary cavalry and did not have any suppressive effect on the coalition forces at all.

But, that was only because Dong Zhuo gave up on his own. Even Dong Zhuo's will was eroded. Do you still expect those ordinary Xiliang cavalry to be able to stop the prosperity of Guanzhong?

Although it is not known whether Li Jue, Guo Si and others still have the strength to dominate the world as before, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. Even if the strength of Li Jue and Guo Si's cavalry has not yet recovered, it is still possible to use them as external aid to command the 40,000 cavalry under Yuan Shao.

"Not only the Iron Cavalry of Li Jue and Guo Si in Guanzhong, but also the Iron Cavalry of Ma Shoucheng and Han Wenyue in Xiliang, and the Wolf Cavalry of Lu Bu in Bingzhou.

If we look at any one of them individually, none of them are our opponents, but when they unite, even we have to be careful to deal with them. "Shen Pei did not say such discouraging words as his own side would also capsize in the ditch, but everyone knew what Shen Pei wanted to express.

However, no one stood up to reprimand Shen Pei for saying such things. After all, if the three families united, the combat power they would unleash would be truly impressive. Moreover, the Iron Cavalry and the Wolf Cavalry had been teammates for a while, so maybe they could really unite.

As for Ma Teng and Han Sui, although these two guys have reconciled recently for various reasons, the difference between them and the previous two parties is not a little bit.

Although Ma Chao and Pang De had recently emerged in Xiliang, Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu of the Iron Cavalry had pinned them down in Liangzhou, making them unable to move.

"There's no need to compare Ma Shoucheng and Han Wenyue with the Iron Cavalry and the Wolf Cavalry, right?" Feng Ji said with a sneer. He looked down on Ma Teng and Han Sui. How could they be compared with the other two parties when they were blocked in Liangzhou by the Iron Cavalry? It was cheap.

"Ma Shoucheng and Han Wenyue are just extras. The important ones are Ma Chao and Pang De. These two young men are both military commanders with great internal energy." Ju Yi pointed out the value of Ma Teng and Han Sui very bluntly.

"Two internal energy out of body?" Feng Ji frowned. When did two internal energy out of body appear in that poor place of Liangzhou? You know, there are not many in Jizhou.

"Not long ago, Ma Shoucheng and Han Wenyou joined forces to fight Zhang Ji. Ma Shoucheng and Han Wenyou sent out Ma Chao and Pang De, while Zhang Ji sent out his nephew Zhang Xiu, who also had internal energy out of his body." Shen Pei added from the side.

Three internal energies leaving the body, this cannot but make everyone take it lightly, because three internal energies leaving the body represent three legion talents. If three generals with legion talents and internal energies leaving the body command a double-talented legion, even the Royal Guards can be stopped. If their wills explode and the talent strength is drastically increased, then killing the decisive battle troops will not be a problem.

As for whether Ma Chao, Pang De and Zhang Xiu have legion talents, they definitely have them, otherwise Ju Yi would not have pointed it out specifically.

"Since there are two talented generals with internal energy in charge of the legion, it is not impossible to let them join." Feng Ji nodded slowly and agreed to the plan to win over Ma Teng and Han Sui of Xiliang.

"Since we have decided to bring Liangzhou and the Western Liang Iron Cavalry under our command, do you have any ideas to attract these two parties to our command?" After seeing that the officials in his command had reached a consensus on whether to attract Ma Teng and Han Sui, Yuan Shao asked for advice. After Yuan Shao asked for advice, everyone fell silent. It was not that they had no ideas, but that their ideas seemed to be useless against the Western Liang Iron Cavalry.

You mentioned using food grains. In the past two years, people have been vigorously re-digging the Zhengguo Canal. After the Zhengguo Canal is reopened, the people in Guanzhong will be able to plant food on the 40,000 hectares of abandoned farmland.

Although due to various reasons, Li Jue and his team have not yet completed the reconstruction of Zhengguo Canal, they have already completed more than half of it. Now the food in Guanzhong is enough to be self-sufficient.

Moreover, because of the reopening of Zhengguo Canal, the people in Guanzhong had a new impression of Li Jue, Guo Si and others. After all, it was these people who led the reopening of Zhengguo Canal.

As for the bad reputation of Li Jue, Guo Si and others among the upper echelons of the empire, what does it have to do with ordinary people like them? They are busy farming and have no time to deal with things that have nothing to do with them.

Moreover, if Li Jue, Guo Si and others had not reopened the Zhengguo Canal in the name of the imperial court, do you think they would have paid the taxes? It would have been good enough if they had not beaten the officials who came to collect taxes.

Oh, when we had no food, you came to collect taxes. Collecting taxes would have been fine, but why didn’t you show us a way to survive?

So although the people in Guanzhong still pay taxes to the Chang'an court, they pay taxes directly to the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. As for the tax collectors who come to the door? Sorry, we have already paid the taxes. If you still want to collect them, please ask the military officer over there what he said.

"We can bring them under our command in the name of the emperor. Once we bring them under our command, things will be easier." Ju Su said. He didn't expect that after so many twists and turns, he would finally use this idea.

"But will the emperor in Chang'an agree? Will Li Jue, Guo Si and others agree?" Yuan Shao asked with a frown. He was not against Ju Su's suggestion, but he did not really want to welcome the Han emperor.

"Haha, the Emperor of Chang'an and the officials in the court should want to capture the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and replace them with their own people." Tian Feng's eyes flashed. Although there are capable people in the court of Chang'an, the Emperor of Han cannot use them if he doesn't want to.

"As for the Western Liang Iron Cavalry..." Tian Feng also had a headache. Although Dong Zhuo did not die at the hands of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao was the leader of the alliance. Just based on this point, if there were no accidents, Li Jue, Guo Si and others would not join their camp.

"How about you, my lord, use the power of Yuan family to cover up for those Western Liang Iron Cavalry who attacked the imperial mausoleum?" Xin Pi said. Apart from enhancing the reputation of Li Jue, Guo Si and others, he could not think of any other way to peacefully take over the Western Liang Iron Cavalry.

"This..." Yuan Shao frowned. He didn't want to use the power of the Yuan family to wash away the stain on the Xiliang cavalry who dug the imperial tomb, especially at this time.

"Let's discuss it again." Yuan Shao still wanted to see if anyone else had any good ideas. If there was really no other way, then he would use this plan. What's more, Li Jue seemed to be from a side branch of an aristocratic family, so this plan might not be useful to him.

"As for Ma Shoucheng and Han Wenyue, what they want is just an alliance with official titles. Just give it to them." Although Yuan Shao had little contact with Ma Shoucheng and Han Sui, those two had been making trouble in Xiliang for many years, and people had long seen what they were after.

"Gong Yu, the affairs of Guanzhong Xiliang Iron Cavalry and Liangzhou are now left to you." Yuan Shao looked at Ju Su. He had found Ju Su's original proposal from the corners of his memory. The plan was very good, but he, Yuan Shao, did not need the Han emperor to act as his imperial decree.

"Yes." Ju Su bowed to Yuan Shao. He already knew what Yuan Shao's attitude was. Although it was a pity not to give up Liu Xie's imperial seal, it didn't matter. After Liu Bei became powerful, it was no longer useful to use the emperor to control the princes.

If Yuan Shao really used Liu Xie's imperial seal, perhaps those who were still loyal to the Han Dynasty would directly worship Liu Bei. After all, apart from his status, how else was Liu Xie better than Liu Bei? Moreover, every relative of the Han Dynasty had the right of inheritance.

"You Ruo, what did Lu Fengxian of Bingzhou say?" Yuan Shao asked Xun Chen. The previous strategy for attacking Bingzhou was formulated by Xun Chen, and Xun Chen had also been to Bingzhou. He should be the most clear about the current situation in Bingzhou among all the civil and military officials.

Although Xun Chen was isolated from the people under Yuan Shao's command, he still had to do his job, the only difference was the amount of effort he put in.

"The situation in Bingzhou is more complicated than that in Yongzhou and Liangzhou. Lu Fengxian met with Yang Ziyu before returning to Bingzhou, and there is a trade line between Nanyang and Bingzhou." Xun Chen shook his head and said.

"And not long after Cao Mengde was defeated, that guy Chen Gongtai ran from Fenggao to Bingzhou to serve as a deputy governor. Lu Fengxian's choice should have been obvious." Xun Chen sighed.

"Chen Gongtai?" Tian Feng, Ju Su and others frowned. It was not like they had never seen Chen Gong before. With Xun Chen's ability, he should not have shown a fearful expression towards Chen Gong.

If it weren't for the fact that Xun Chen always kept a distance from the people under Yuan Shao's command, with his ability that was no less than theirs and the blessing of his family background, he would have long been Yuan Shao's chief strategist, and there would have been no chance for Shen Pei.

"Don't underestimate Chen Gongtai. According to Wen Ruo, although Chen Gongtai is slow, it is due to his spiritual talent. If his spiritual talent is activated, his wisdom will reach an inhuman level." Xun Chen said very solemnly.

(End of this chapter)