Xiliang Iron Cavalry

The food and wine served to Zhang Song were all top-grade. Even with Zhang Song's vision, he would frequently raise his chopsticks when he saw such delicacies. Lips and teeth remain fragrant after the character is passed.

"Liang Wang, this wine is much better than Yizhou's."

"Hehe, if Yongnian likes it, he can stay in Chang'an. What this king lacks most is good wine, and what he yearns for the most is talent."

Zhang Song's expression froze slightly. From Jia Rong's words, he felt something strange. Could it be that Jia Rong wanted to keep himself in Chang'an?It's absolutely impossible, I don't have a big reputation in Yizhou "Liang Wang is joking, Song is just an unknown person."

"Why should Yongnian underestimate himself, Liu Yan doesn't know how to use you, how can this king not know Yongnian's ability."

The reception of Zhang Song was so solemn that Jia Xu realized that the matter was extraordinary. Afterwards, he hurried to look for Jia Rong. After hearing Jia Rong's meaning, he immediately agreed. In recent years, Xiliang's army has the worst penetration Nothing is better than Yizhou. The main reason is that Liu Yan is too conservative. Xianlian Pavilion is also quite suppressed in Yizhou. very limited.

The arrival of Zhang Song can just open this gap. If he can take refuge, it will be of great significance for the Xiliang Army to pacify Yizhou in the future.

Jia Xu obeyed Jia Rong's advice, and did not judge Zhang Song by appearance, but spoke kindly to Zhang Song. After chatting, when Zhang Song was startled by Jia Xu's talent, Jia Xu also praised Zhang Song's knowledge, The two can also be said to cherish each other.

In the end, Jia Xu proposed to invite Zhang Song to join the Xiliang Army, but Zhang Song did not immediately refuse, which gave Jia Xu hope.

In fact, Zhang Song came out of Yizhou this time to be able to find someone worthy of refuge among the princes of the Central Plains. Liu Yan of Yizhou seems to be powerful, but he is too conservative and does not want to make progress. Being swayed by the officials under him, and Zhang Song being suppressed in Yizhou, he has long been dissatisfied.

Chang'an is not Zhang Song's first stop, he still has to go to Yanzhou, Jizhou and Jingzhou, walk around, and finally decide which prince to take refuge in, although the enthusiasm of the King of Liang is very useful to him, he has not yet reached the point where his head is hot. In his heart, Cao Cao is the best candidate. With a strong army in his hands, he will rule the fertile land of the Central Plains, and he is most likely to win the world.

Jia Xu and Jia Rong naturally didn't know there was such a mystery in it.

The envoys of all parties have lived in Chang'an for more than a month, and left one after another. After all, the cost of board and lodging in Chang'an is still very high. The envoys of all parties are rich people, and they must not be embarrassed to eat cold every day. Those meals provided by the palace.

"My lord, Zhang Song is quite tempted by the proposal of a humble job, and this matter can be accomplished." Jia Xu concluded.

Jia Rong nodded and said, "The matter of contacting Zhang Song is entrusted to Wenhe, but we must be careful in everything. There are many talents in Yizhou, so we should not take it lightly."

Jia Xu bowed his hands and promised, feeling a little moved in his heart, but the two monarchs and ministers have known each other for many years, and they have already formed a faint tacit understanding. Jia Rong did this, and Jia Xu will be the most credited for the Xiliang Army's acquisition of Yizhou.

Originally, Jia Xu was the first military division of the Xiliang Army, and he sat firmly in a high position in the army. However, with the development of the Xiliang Army, the power in his hands was gradually divided. This is also the general trend. Be careful not to fall into the trap.

However, in the Xiliang Army, those who have made merit have always held high positions. It is an indisputable fact that if Jia Xu can play an important role in the Xiliang Army's acquisition of Yizhou, his position will be more stable. Unshakable, unless their contribution is more prominent than seizing a state.

"Wenhe, you have followed me for many years and have been conscientious. Although there are occasional omissions, it is human nature. People are not sages and sages can do nothing. In the future, give more opportunities to the younger generations and let the young people experience more. After all Time is not forgiving, even if you and I have great ambitions, we still have to obey the old age, after a hundred years from now, you don't want to see that the Xiliang Army has no one who can stand alone." Jia Rong sighed.

Jia Xu cupped his hands and said: "My lord is far-sighted, so I'm not as good as you. Among the newcomers in the Xiliang army, there are extraordinary and outstanding ones. There are countless strong generals in the army. There are also more and more talents who govern the local area. It's like the head of a county. It is difficult to choose among officials, but in the process of the school continuously providing talents for the local area, many talented people have emerged. These people may not be as knowledgeable as the scholars in the Central Plains, but they do have rich experience in governing the local area. , in time, all of them will be able to govern a state and become unique talents."

Jia Rong nodded and said, "It's all thanks to everyone's help that the Xiliang Army is in such a situation."

Zhang Song left Chang'an with a hesitant mood. During the time when Jia Xu showed his favor and Jia Rong received him, he almost agreed and was willing to serve the Xiliang Army, but he still wanted to go to other princes to wait and see After all, the principle of the aristocratic family is not to hang on a tree. Zhang Song is also a member of the aristocratic family. Some policies of Jia Rong have too many disadvantages for him. He also tried to test Jia Xu and found out about this. After there was no room for turnover, while Zhang Song was a little disappointed, he also resolutely decided to go to the other princes to investigate. After all, taking refuge in a new lord has a lot to do with him, not to mention his reputation in front of the world. How much personal benefit you bring is the most important thing.

Cao Cao in Yanzhou finally couldn't bear it anymore. After forming an alliance with the Xiliang Army, he gathered [-] soldiers and horses and moved closer to Qingzhou. If it didn't work, Cao Jun would never even think about using force in the next year.

Facing the Xiliang army, Cao Cao had no chance of winning, but he was very confident in fighting Yuan Shao. Just like Liu Bei back then, he was beaten by Cao Cao and ran around. Let's take care of Liu Biao's home and nursing home. Maybe there is a minister in Jingzhou who can't see it, and Liu Bei will be pushed out.

The purpose of acquiring Qingzhou is to further weaken Yuan Shao's strength. All these years, the one who has been fighting with Cao Jun is nothing more than the Jizhou Army. The Xiliang Army is the kind that moves like thunder, and the Jizhou Army is like tarsal maggots. Especially Yuan Shao's actions when the Xiliang army attacked Luoyang this time strengthened Cao Cao's idea of ​​occupying Qingzhou.

Swinging an army of [-] troops to attack Qingzhou, Yuan Shao had already heard the news. At best, he occupied only three counties in Qingzhou. Tens of thousands of soldiers rushed to Pingyuan County. As long as the two armies are captured, Yuan Shao's power in Qingzhou will be declared broken, and Yuan Shao's strength will also be reduced. In less than three years, Cao Cao is confident that he will be put down , the premise is that the Xiliang Army does not intervene.

After Yuan Shao heard the news that Cao Cao raised his troops to attack Qingzhou, he couldn't sit still. The generals in Qingzhou were Wen Chou and Gao Lan. Wen Chou led 2 troops to garrison Le'an State, and Gao Lan led [-] soldiers to garrison Pingyuan County. , The Jizhou Army has gone through too many battles. Yuan Shao has no spare energy to form more troops. Even more than [-] people have to save money to provide them. Fortunately, the harvest in Qingzhou has been good in the past two years. The Jizhou army was able to scrape by.

But war is not a child's play. It is not only the consumption of materials, but also the loss of soldiers. The command ability of generals is very important.

Cao Ren suffered a big loss in the hands of Jia Rong and lost Luoyang and other important cities. What he was thinking about was how to regain his position with the Jizhou Army. He didn't have any fear. In his opinion, this tall and thick guy was much cuter than the Xiliang Army. At least Wen Chou didn't bother to do the impossible assassination. As for generals, Cao Ren was not afraid. Cao Cao came here this time. He even sent his general Xu Zhu to Cao Ren in order to quickly occupy Le'an Kingdom.

There are too many borders between Qingzhou and Yanzhou, and Cao Jun can lead the Jizhou Army to attack from all angles.

Cao Cao's strategy is very simple. Occupy the counties around the county and completely isolate the county. Once successful, even if Yuan Shao leads an army to kill, Cao Cao can calmly capture Qingzhou.

Yuan Shao did not expect the news that Cao's army would attack Qingzhou just after his envoy to Chang'an. Before supporting the Xiliang army and Cao's army to fight, the Jizhou army was running out of food and supplies, and could barely survive a year. But war is not just a competition. Grain and grass are more supplies, not as rich as the Xiliang Army, Yuan Shao has the most soldiers, and at critical moments, he can only let the soldiers step forward to resist.

As Jia Rong said, a war is actually a competition of who has more money, how much is a crossbow, how much is a bed crossbow, and the princes who have no money want to learn others to play offensive and defensive, purely courting death That's all.

Yuan Shao's first reaction when he heard Cao Jun attacking the city was to send envoys to Chang'an to ask for help. Yuan Shao knew that Jia Rong must have heard the news of Cao Jun's attack on Qingzhou, but whether to support or not is another matter. It seems that the Xiliang Army does not need to be like Yuan Shao. To curry favor with Jia Rong.

The candidate to go to Chang'an became Xu You. After some discussions, Yuan Shao was willing to give up three counties in Zhuojun, Youzhou, and the Xiliang Army sent [-] troops to help.

Jia Rong readily accepted such a condition, and asked Xu You to go back and tell Yuan Shao that if Zhuo County could be ceded to the Xiliang Army, he would send [-] troops to help.

As the war continued to escalate, Yuan Shao finally agreed to this condition, which made Jia Rong extremely happy. He helped Yuan Shao defend Qingzhou, but it was just a matter of sending soldiers to go through the motions. Infantry is the best at defending the city, and the losses are very few. Getting Zhuojun was unexpected.