The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 515 Chapter 514 Liu Bei's fate (2)

Early in the morning, Zhang Fei took the appointment letter and went directly to the government office. He was going to see Liu Qi, and resigned his appointment as county magistrate in person.

However, when Zhang Fei came to the gate of the government office, he was also shut down.The difference is that Zhang Fei doesn't have such a good temper. Since Liu Qi didn't see him, he simply threw all the letter of appointment and seal to the guard at the gate, and threw it together with Guan Yu's letter of appointment and seal. Ass, walk away.

The guards guarding the gate hurriedly informed Liu Qi who was in the government office of the news. When Liu Qi heard that Zhang Fei had handed in his and Guan Yu's seals, he resigned. Although he was not very happy, there was nothing he could do.

After all, there are policies and countermeasures, and Liu Qi is not going to press every step of the way. He is afraid that Zhang Fei will be cornered. Then with Zhang Fei's force, who can hold him?

Both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are enemies of ten thousand people, and they are also Liu Bei's sworn brothers. Judging from this incident alone, it seems impossible to separate Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei by simple means.

So, Liu Qi waved his hand, that's all, if you want to completely separate Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, you have to use other methods.

Liu Qi doesn't care about whether Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will take up the post. What he cares about is whether Liu Bei will lead the army to take up the post in Nanyang. If Liu Bei doesn't go, it's easy to do. Just do what you want, in this way, Liu Bei is the one who made the mistake first, so no one will say that he is really killing the donkey.

Liu Qi sent his confidants to monitor Liu Bei to see if there was any movement in Liu Bei today.Half an hour later, his confidant came back to report that Liu Bei had gathered all [-] soldiers and horses under his command, and they were already on their way. The rest of the army was handed over to General Huang Zhong, who led the army, and went to the barracks to find General Sima Yi. The report went.

That is to say, although Sima Yi's strategy failed to divide Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, it brought Huang Zhong back and became his direct subordinate. For Liu Qi, it was undoubtedly a good thing.

Another half an hour later, Sima Yi brought four newly promoted generals, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Pin, and Li Tong, all to the hall of the government office to formally meet with the governor Liu Qi.

Naturally, Liu Qi had good words, and he continued to encourage the four newly promoted generals, and made these four generals Jingzhou's future support.

These days, Jingzhou has undergone a series of changes. After the changes in the wind and clouds, the sky above Jingzhou has gradually become clearer.Zhang Xiu surrendered, the Cai family was uprooted, Liu Bei was transferred to Xinye, and most importantly, Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou, finally handed over all the power to his eldest son Liu Qi, and let Liu Qi take full charge of Jingzhou affairs. After that, Liu Biao seemed to be a different person, he started to ignore Jingzhou, and spent his days in the mansion with peace of mind.

Two days later, Liu Biao gathered civil and military officials at all levels in Xiangyang City, and officially announced that he had resigned, and that all his positions and powers would be succeeded by his son Liu Qi.

In today's Jingzhou officialdom, without the Cai family, there would be no opposition, and the methods Liu Qi used to deal with the Cai family also showed his astonishing actions, which made those people keep silent.

In addition, Liu Biao also specially wrote a call to action, which was announced to the entire Jingzhou. From then on, he completely retreated behind the scenes.

As the so-called three fires for new officials to take office, Liu Qi is no exception. According to Sima Yi's suggestion, Liu Qi first put forward the "I am the most talented" recruitment policy. As long as you think you are talented and capable, you can come to Xiangyang to sign up. After a series of assessments, you can directly become an official, and then show off your talents.

I have to say that this so-called "I am the most talented" is actually an imitation of the imperial examination system held by Zhang Yan, but it is just a change, and it is adopted in an emergency, so it will appear a bit rough.

But the difference is that the "I am the most talented" advocated by Sima Yi is not limited to civil and military, literati can come, and warriors can also come.For Jingzhou now, what is lacking is not civil servants, but military officials.Because Jingzhou is located in the south, and this area is fertile, it is a natural treasure land, and there has not been any turmoil, so the whole area has become stable, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, and there is no such thing as being close to the northern minorities. Sturdy folk customs.

During the turmoil at the end of the Han Dynasty, Jingzhou became a place to hide from the world, and Liu Biao generously provided the necessary academies for the educated people who came to take refuge in Jingzhou, so Jingzhou also became a place of great universities in the world.Perhaps because of the edification, various counties and counties have also established schools one after another, and Lang Lang's reading can be heard every time.

Moreover, Liu Biao also pays more attention to literati, and believes that intelligence is the only way to solve problems, so there are more literati in Jingzhou and fewer warriors. In addition, Cai's party squeezes the army unrestrainedly, so the enthusiasm for joining the army is not very high. The phenomenon of still eating short positions is also relatively common, and corruption is more serious.Therefore, Jingzhou's army may be okay to use to protect the country and the people, but it is really a mess when it is really used in war.

This time Liu Biao launched the war against Zhang Yan, which is a good example. Although the army has a large number of troops, they are not fought.

Sima Yi happened to see this shortcoming of Jingzhou, so he thought about rebuilding an army belonging to Jingzhou. When beheading Cai's party, he killed many corrupt veterans in the army, causing the middle leadership of the army to be broken. That's why Sima Yi thought of relying on this "I'm the most talented" to select new and young generals and inject a fresh blood into the army, hoping to rejuvenate the existing army in Jingzhou.

Holding "I'm the Most Talented" is the first fire for Liu Qi's new official. To replace the unqualified officials in Jingzhou, and rebuild a middle leadership of the army.Then, the third fire is to train the army while rectifying the administration of officials.

All of this was planned by Sima Yi early in the morning. He wanted to rejuvenate Jingzhou. When the time was right, he would let Zhang Yan lead the army to go south, and then persuade Liu Qi to surrender to Zhang Yan. In order to achieve the goal of taking Jingzhou without bloodshed.

Once Zhang Yan goes south to Jingzhou, he will definitely take advantage of the victory. His first target must be the Sun family in Jiangdong. Then Jingzhou's army will come in handy. Maybe Zhang Yan will let Sima Yi lead Jingzhou's army. Down the river, they approached Nanchang, and formed a three-sided attack with Zhao Yun's army located in the east of Nanchang, and Zhang Liao and Gan Ning's troops located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, thus conquering Jiangdong and destroying the Sun family in one fell swoop.

After Jiangzhou and Jiangdong are destroyed, only Yizhou remains in the world, and then Sima Yi will take the initiative to ask for orders to pacify Shu, so that the world can be unified.

Of course, this plan was thought up by Sima Yi, and he also said in the letter sent by Zhou Yuncong just now, as long as Zhang Yan nodded and agreed, within five years, Zhang Yan would be able to calm the world and make great achievements. Sima Yi's name will also be remembered by history for his dedication to Jingzhou, Pingjiangdong, and Dingbashu.

Although Sima Yi is very young, he has already deeply understood the principle of the strong preying on the weak. After Zhou Yuncong revealed his identity, Sima Yi also stayed up all night.

He is choosing whether to resist Zhang Yan and change his fate against the sky, or to follow the current situation and use the momentum to build momentum.

In the end, Sima Yi made his choice. He chose the latter. He was unwilling to change his fate against the sky, because the chances of that were too small, and Zhang Yan had already taken advantage of the timing, location, and harmony. Pulling out teeth is very dangerous. If you are not careful, you may even lose your life.

Moreover, when Sima Yi learned that everything Zhang Yan had done to him was a huge conspiracy, he felt even more excited. He was also willing to accept this great challenge to show Zhang Yan his strength.

Facts have proved that Sima Yi has done it, and he has done it very well. Now he has become a person under one person in Jingzhou and above ten thousand people, and he is one step closer to what he wants to do.Then the next step is to start cultivating your own power, and turn Liu Qi into a real puppet who can be manipulated by him.

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Liu Bei left, and when he left Xiangyang, he didn't turn his head. He had nothing left to commemorate this cold city.

He led only the [-] soldiers, most of them were infantry, and his personal bodyguard Chen Dao followed him, while Zhang Fei went back to Changsha to find Guan Yu, and planned to take Guan Yu to Xinye together, and the three brothers were together again. reunion.

When he was leaving, Liu Qi’s other letters of appointment were also announced to the public. Liu Qi replaced all the prefects of the four counties appointed by him as the governor of Jingnan. Yiji, Jiang Wan, Ma Liang and others were all transferred to Xiangyang. It's really poisonous to draw salary from the bottom of the pot, and Liu Bei has to admire it.

And it wasn't until after he left Xiangyang City that Liu Bei realized that Liu Qi seemed to be no longer the Liu Qi he knew before. That down-and-out son whose life was threatened everywhere, born with a father but not raised by a father, the current Liu Qi has changed. A person, a cold-blooded, ruthless person, I don't know when it started.But Liu Bei has not noticed this until the moment he left Xiangyang City.

Perhaps, all of this is related to that person, the person Liu Qi has always obeyed, Sima Yi.

Disappointed, Liu Bei led the army and walked for several days before arriving at Chaoyang County.

Chaoyang County and Xinye County both belong to Nanyang, and the two counties also border each other, but Chaoyang County is to the south of Xinye County.When he arrived in Chaoyang County, Liu Bei got the news from the scouts. It turned out that after Zhang Xiu led the Han army to occupy Wancheng, the county seat of Nanyang County, an army of 5000 people directly occupied Xinye County.

Xinye County was occupied by Zhang Yan's army, so Liu Bei lost the purpose of this march, so he temporarily stationed the army in Chaoyang County, and then wrote a letter to Liu Qi, asking for instructions on the next step.

(End of this chapter)