The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 77 077 Yuan Shao messenger

After Zhang Yan took over Xuzhou, he began to rectify the administration of officials, dismissed some unqualified officials one after another, and planned to have a big change in Xuzhou.

However, Zhang Yan's tent was pitifully few talents, and in recent years when Tao Qian was in charge of Xuzhou, the government was dim, and many people with lofty ideals were unwilling to become officials, or simply left their hometowns and hid in deep mountains and old forests for seclusion.

Therefore, Zhang Yan set up a Juxian Pavilion in Tancheng to recruit famous people from all over the world, and Mi Zhu was in charge of it.In addition, he also asked the prefects of each county to recommend talents in the county.

After Zhang Yan drafted the recruiting order, he handed it to Mi Zhu, asking Mi Zhu to look it over and consider it.

Mi Zhu took over the recruitment order, read it quickly, and hurriedly said, "My lord, isn't this recruitment order too simple and straightforward?"

Zhang Yandao: "The simpler and more straightforward, the better. Recruitment orders are not only about recruiting celebrities, but also recruiting some powerful men. Most of those strong men are rough people. If the recruitment orders are written too politely, I worry about them. Do not understand."

"But have you ever thought about it, my lord, those so-called celebrities are usually very noble. If the recruitment order is too straightforward, they will definitely dismiss it after reading it, so why are they willing to come to the Juxian Hall?"

Zhang Yan frowned, feeling that Mi Zhu was right, and asked, "Then tell me, what should I do?"

Mi Zhu said: "My lord, you might as well recruit civil and military personnel separately. The Juxian Pavilion is only responsible for entertaining celebrities from all over the world. The recruiting order can find a person with a higher level to write for him. The Vietnamese words written are gorgeous and the rhetoric is more beautiful. After those celebrities read it, they will be better. Appreciate it, I will naturally come to Juxian Hall to try it out. Besides, the Lord can also set up another place to entertain warriors, assign it to a special person, and then issue an order to recruit soldiers. The simpler and more straightforward the better, those warriors After reading it, if you want to join the army, you will come naturally."

Zhang Yan nodded, and said slowly: "You are right. Then follow your method, but who should write this recruitment order?"

Mi Zhu clasped his fists and said, "Chen Deng's father, Chen Gui, is the most admired celebrity in Xuzhou, and he also wrote good articles. If Chen Gui is asked to write for him, this recruitment order will definitely be extraordinary."

"Okay! Then ask Chen Gui to write for you, and I will leave this matter to you. After the recruitment order is written, [-] copies will be circulated. It is widely circulated in Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Yangzhou and other places. Post."

"Here!"

Mi Zhu received the order and went to handle the matter.Zhang Yan sent someone to call Xu Sheng, and he wrote a new notice to recruit soldiers.

As soon as he finished writing the notice, Xu Sheng walked in from outside the hall, cupped his fists and said, "Master, are you looking for me?"

"Well. Is there any news from Yanzhou?"

Xu Shengdao: "In the past few days, there have been news that when Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou, he surrendered to Lv Bu's city and surrendered to Cao Cao again. Cao Cao first fought a big battle with Lv Bu in Fan County. Lv Bu was defeated and returned to Puyang. Cao Cao led his army to Puyang, and now he is fighting Lu Bu in Puyang."

"Very well, let the two of them chat slowly in Yanzhou. In the past few days, apart from paying attention to the news from Yanzhou, there is one more thing I want you to do."

"Do as the master orders!"

"You go back to Pengcheng today, first find a suitable post in Pengcheng, ask the craftsmen to make a plaque with the words 'Jingwuguan' written on it, then hang it on the post, and then hold this Seal the recruitment order and give it to Chen Qun, and ask him to find someone to copy [-] copies, and then send it to various places. I will return to Pengcheng after handling the government affairs in these two days."

Xu Sheng said: "Yes, master."

In the next two days, the Juxian Hall and the Jingwu Hall are being nervously organized. The Juxian Hall is set up in Tancheng, and the Jingwu Hall is set up in Pengcheng.

Mi Zhu asked Chen Gui to be picked up from Pengcheng. When Chen Gui learned that Zhang Yan asked him to write a recruitment order, he didn't even think about it, and even agreed.

Chen Gui wrote with just a swipe of a pen, and wrote thousands of words in a fluent manner.

However, Chen Gui changed the order of recruiting talents to the order of seeking talents, and the text reflected Zhang Yan's thirst for talents. After three corrections, he gave it to Mi Zhu for others to copy.

After Chen Gui finished writing the order to seek meritorious service, he took the initiative to go to Zhang Yan, and after explaining his intention to Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan knew that Chen Gui had come to seek an official from him.

This move was beyond Zhang Yan's expectation, when he learned that Chen Gui was really here to seek an official, not a joke, Dang even let Chen Gui be the assistant in the state pastoral mansion.

Chen Gui thanked Zhang Yan first, and then suggested that Zhang Yan move Xuzhou's administrative office from Tancheng to Pengcheng. After all, this state pastoral mansion has become Tao Qian's home, so Zhang Yan is working in Tao Qian's home. Some are not convenient.

Chen Gui's proposal was quickly approved by Zhang Yan, and he handed over the matter to Chen Gui.

Chen Gui was very moved by Zhang Yan's trust in Chen Gui, and immediately said to Zhang Yan: "I know that the envoy is thirsty for talents, so I recommend two celebrities to the envoy..."

"Oh, tell me, Mr. Chen, who are these two people?" Zhang Yan asked impatiently.

Chen Gui said: "These two people are famous scholars in Xuzhou, and they are also well-known scholars in China. One is from Pengcheng, whose surname is Zhang Mingzhao, and his style is Zibu; the other is from Guangling, whose surname is Zhang Minghong, and his style is Zigang. If you can get their help, you will be even more powerful. These two people are now avoiding chaos in Jiangdu, so you might as well ask Yuan Long to visit, express your intentions, and send these two people to Jiangdu. Come to the envoy."

"Well, thank you, Mr. Chen, for reminding me. I'll let someone tell Yuanlong to go to Jiangdu for me and invite these two cards."

Jiangdu City is in Guangling County, and it happens that Chen Deng is the prefect of Guangling. It is very appropriate that this matter should be entrusted to Chen Deng.

Zhang Yan wrote a letter and sent it to Chen Deng quickly, and stated in the letter that no matter what method was used, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong must be sent to him.

Both Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong are well-known talents in history, both of them are important ministers of Wu, and they are very good at handling internal affairs. If these two are brought together, Zhang Yan can hand over the rear to them to manage, Then you can deal with foreign enemies wholeheartedly.

As soon as Zhang Yan sent the letter out, the scouts brought back the latest news from Yanzhou. Cao Cao and Lu Bu fought in Puyang, Cao Cao was defeated and retreated to Lihu.

Lü Bu took advantage of the victory and led his troops to attack Lihu, but was ambushed by Cao Cao. He was defeated and returned to defend Puyang.

Later, Cao Cao pretended to attack Chenliu, and Lu Bu led the main force to rescue, but was ambushed by Cao Cao, with heavy losses, and even Puyang was occupied by Cao Cao.

Lu Bu then retreated to Dingtao, became horns with Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, and entered a stalemate with Cao Cao.

Zhang Yan frowned when he learned of the situation in Yanzhou. Cao Cao's ability to turn defeat into victory under such circumstances cannot be underestimated.

After a while, Bao Xun, the prefect of Shanyang, sent a secret letter saying that Lu Bu sent people to Changyi, asking Zhang Yan to send troops to attack Cao Cao together.

Zhang Yan had just finished reading the letter here, and received a letter from Yu Jin there. Yu Jin stated in the letter that Cao Cao and Lu Bu had entered a stalemate, and the soldiers of the two armies were already exhausted. Sending troops will definitely sweep Yanzhou and completely wipe out Cao Cao!

After reading Yu Jin's letter, Zhang Yan could no longer restrain his inner excitement, and immediately made a decision to send troops to attack Cao Cao.

However, before sending out troops, Zhang Yan still had to deal with the government affairs at hand. Before the soldiers and horses moved, the food and grass went first. In war, money and food were the only thing to fight. Without money and food, no matter how powerful the army was, it would collapse soon.

Therefore, Zhang Yanxian sent troops to escort the grain and grass to Kangfu, while he himself waited for Tai Shici in Tancheng.

According to reports, Tai Shici has returned from Donglai and will arrive in Tancheng tomorrow.This time, Zhang Yan was going to take Tai Shici on the battlefield together in order to deal with Cao Cao's personal bodyguard Dian Wei.

The next day, Tai Shici arrived as scheduled, and Zhang Yan personally greeted him outside Tancheng. After he settled Taishici in Tancheng, he rewarded Taishici with a mansion and some domestic slaves, and then appointed Taishici as a guerrilla general. With the cavalry, he left Tancheng and headed for Yanzhou.

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Yanzhou East County.

In the dilapidated city of Puyang, Cao Cao heard that Zhang Yan took over Xuzhou and became the new Xuzhou Mu. In anger, he tore the secret letter to pieces.

At this time, Dian Wei came in from the outside of the hall, clasped his fists and said, "My lord, the envoy sent by Yuan Shao, the Mu of Jizhou, has arrived."

"An envoy sent by Yuan Shao?" Cao Cao asked suspiciously.

"Ah."

"Bring the envoy in," Cao Cao said.

"Here!"

Not long after, Dian Wei walked into the hall with an envoy. When the envoy saw Cao Cao, he immediately paid homage: "My little one pays homage to Mr. Cao."

Cao Cao was sitting upright, and civil and military officials gathered in the hall. Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Hong, Li Dian and others were on the left, and Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and others were on the right. Cao Cao said loudly, "Mianli, General Yuan sent you here. , why?"

The envoy immediately took out a letter from his bosom, handed it to Cao Cao directly, and said: "My lord sent me to deliver a letter to Mr. Cao, please read it."

Cao Cao took the letter, opened it, browsed it hastily, and said to Dian Wei with no expression on his face: "The envoy has worked hard all the way, you take him down to rest first, so that he can be entertained, and there must be no mistakes."

"Here!"

After the envoy left the big tent, Cao Cao's face became gloomy, his brows were wrinkled, and he sneered, "I never thought that I, Cao Cao, would be reduced to such a state!"

Guo Jia asked, "Master, what did Yuan Shao write in the letter?"

Cao Cao said succinctly: "Yuan Shao heard that Zhang Miao, Chen Gong and Lv Bu rebelled against me. They were short of food and soldiers. He wanted me to move my family to Yecheng and unite with them to deal with Lv Bu and regain Yanzhou."

Guo Jia hurriedly asked: "Then what is the master's plan?"

Cao Cao sighed softly, and said slowly: "Now our army is short of food and soldiers, and our soldiers are exhausted after repeated bloody battles. Yuan Shao has a strong army in Jizhou and sufficient food and fodder. If we can unite with him, we can't help but Recapturing Yanzhou and defeating Lu Bu, why not do it..."

Before Cao Cao could finish speaking, a scribe stood up angrily, and said loudly, "My lord, this is absolutely impossible!"

Cao Cao took a look at the scribe, who was the Prime Minister of Dongping whom he had appointed. His surname was Cheng, his name was Yu, and his style name was Zhongde.Seeing that Cheng Yu was so excited, he asked, "Why not?"

(End of this chapter)