The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 124

It has been proved impossible for the coalition forces to challenge Dong, or the princes to challenge Dong.

The princes from all walks of life have different intentions. It can be said that if the emperor is willing to let the emperor regain control of the government and support the big man again, there may be only one or two people in the world today.

Even Liu Yan and Liu Biao, who are both clan members of the Han Dynasty, were unwilling.

That is to say, a good old man like Liu Yu may be willing to return power to the emperor.

It's a pity that a person with Liu Yu's personality can govern a state, but leading the army to welcome back the emperor is simply impossible.

Under such circumstances, if there is any coalition of princes, I am afraid it will really become a joke, so when thinking of this, Wei Tao's face is also a bit weird.

"It's the coalition army asking for Dong, but it's just the general and my lord uniting."

Cheng Yu obviously came prepared, and immediately talked freely.

"Whether it's the general or the lord of my family, they are all heroes of the moment. They aim to help the great Han society, which is different from other people's congresses. In the past, the general and my family's active strength were weak, so it is naturally impossible to defeat Dong Zhuo. But now the general is based on Hanoi. Bingzhou, my lord occupies Yanzhou, with the joint efforts of the two, Dong Zhuo will be defeated and the emperor will be returned."

"Dong Zhuo's strength is not weak."

Wei Tao frowned slightly, but he was noncommittal to Cheng Yu's words.

"What's more, I haven't just established myself in Hanoi, and my strength is far inferior to Dong Zhuo. I'm afraid Meng De's proposal will not be accepted for a while."

"So that the general can know that my lord is already contacting the princes of the court. If there is any action at that time, the princes of the court will immediately respond. With the cooperation of the inside and the outside, the emperor will be rescued from Dong Zhuo's evil thief."

Cheng Yu said with a smile again.

"If you combine the strength of the general and my lord, you can do it with [-]% certainty."

"It makes me think about it."

Wei Tao vaguely guessed why Cao Cao made such a move. I'm afraid Wang Yun is already trying to drive a wedge between Dong Zhuo and Lv Bu. Without Dong Zhuo, how could Lv Bu subdue the Liangzhou generals?

Perhaps Wang Yunhui was naive and believed that with the prestige of the emperor, those people would have no reason to be dissatisfied, but Cao Cao himself was not so naive. After learning the news, he was ready to meet the emperor.

"So wait for the good news of the general."

Afterwards, Cheng Yu offered congratulatory gifts according to the etiquette, and then lingered for a few days, persuading Wei Tao for a while, and then left.

These kinds of things are big things, Wei Tao can't make a decision for a while, and Cheng Yu thinks it should be.

What's more, although Cao Cao was already discussing this matter internally, there was no reason to launch it immediately. Dong Zhuo was still alive for a day, and the strength of Xiliang's army should not be underestimated, and Cao Cao could not act rashly.

It has to be said that although Cheng Yu's visit was not long, it caused Wei Tao a lot of trouble. After thinking about it for a while, Wei Tao was completely at a loss and couldn't make a decision.

"It would be great if Gongjin was here, but unfortunately, Gongjin is still stationed in Changshan, and he has no way to separate himself..."

Wei Tao smiled wryly and shook his head. It is impossible to discuss such an important matter by letter.

"It seems that there is still too little civil and military around me. In this case, I am afraid that the only way is to announce the recruiting hall like Brother Meng De, to see if we can recruit any talents."

As for the matter of welcoming the emperor, Wei Tao also had his own ideas in mind.

In fact, the setting up of the recruiting hall is not that difficult. Simply put, it is just a room for visitors.

Wei Tao's establishment of the recruiting hall is actually nothing more than a casual move. What Wei Tao is thinking now is whether he can recruit those famous people to his own hands in advance.

It's a pity, thinking about it like this, but Wei Tao soon found that it was impossible to do it.

Leaving aside the origins of those famous people, Wei Tao actually doesn't remember many of them. It's not easy to find people in just one big city.

What's more, even if you find someone, how can you convince them?

After thinking for a long time, Wei Tao still had no idea.

What Wei Tao couldn't have imagined was that after only three days of opening, great talents came to vote.

"Xun You, Xun Gongda? Why is this one here?"

Even Wei Tao was shocked.

Xun You, like Cheng Yu, was supposed to be Cao Cao's strategist. He acted meticulously and planned a lot, and he was the top strategist.

Is such a talent really going to join him?

If not, why did Xun You appear in the recruiting hall?
Suspicious and uncertain, Wei Tao also rushed to the recruiting hall that had just been established.

Entering the room, I saw a young man with a handsome face, but the most memorable thing was the pair of bright eyes, as if one could see through his heart with just one glance.

"Dare to ask, is it Xun You, is Xun Gong Da?"

Wei Tao was already sure that this person was Xun You, and immediately saluted him respectfully.

"Wei Ziyu, I met Mr. Gongda."

"Gongda is only white now, how can he be worthy of such a great gift from the prefect?"

Seeing Wei Tao salute and bow to him, even Xun You was slightly startled, and quickly returned the salute.

"Xun's eight dragons are famous all over the world. Ziyu is lucky to be able to meet Mr. Xun You and listen to his teachings. Now that Mr. is here, please don't hesitate to teach me and give some pointers to Wei."

This is to elevate Xun You very high, and this kind of courtesy is basically to make Xun You his confidant.

Even if Xun You thinks that he is very talented and knowledgeable, no matter where he goes, he can have a place, but he is a little touched to receive this courtesy.

"You don't have to be like this, general. Now that Xun has arrived, he is naturally willing to share the general's worries."

"In that case, please."

After all, the recruiting hall is newly established, and everything is simple and crude, not a place to entertain guests, so Wei Tao invited it to the mansion for a talk.

"Cheng Zhongde came here not long ago and mentioned that Mr. Xun Yu is now working under my brother Meng De's account. Although I don't want to admit it, my brother is not only talented, but now his career is several points better than mine. Why don't Gongda go and vote for him, but come to me instead?"

After sitting down, Wei Tao couldn't help asking curiously.

It's not that Wei Tao suspects anything, even if he wants to ambush a spy, there is absolutely no reason for a great talent like Xun You to do such a thing.

Wei Tao was really curious why Xun You had changed his mind about going to Cao Cao and came to go to him instead.

"Hehe... the general doesn't know something. My Xun family has passed down poems and books for generations, so it is called the Eight Dragons of the Xun family. However, everyone in my Xun family has different ideas. If Wen Ruo is my uncle, his ambition is to help The Han Dynasty, let the big Han become stronger again."

Xun You said it very easily, but although Xun You's seniority is Xun You's uncle, he is actually a few years younger than Xun You, so it is not surprising that Xun You called him directly.

"You's philosophy is similar to Wen Ruo's. Now the Han Dynasty is precarious, just like a dangerous building. If it is not carefully protected, it may be in danger of falling down. But if there are capable ministers to assist, it can help the building to collapse again. However, You It is different. Although the great man is in danger, he will not fall if he is in danger. He needs the help of capable ministers to prosper. However, external bandits should not be ignored. If they take advantage of the vacancy, they will overthrow our great man. I am sweeping away the aliens, so I came to help the general."

Hearing Xun You's words, Wei Tao understood.

To be precise, Xun Yu should be advocating that in order to fight against the outside world, the inside must be settled first, and the big Han should be strengthened first, and then consider the matter of sweeping up the alien race.

Xun You, on the other hand, was thinking that if the big Han might be invaded by foreign races during civil strife, he should first wipe out the threat of foreign races, and then help and save the big Han.

Whether it is Xun Yu or Xun You, the ultimate goal is to help the big man, but the roads, methods, and ideas are different.

If it turns out that Cao Cao is a great talent, Xun Yu and Xun You, after looking at the princes of the world, think that Cao Cao is the best candidate to help the Han Dynasty, so they will naturally choose Cao Cao.

But now Wei Tao's talent is not bad, and his ambition is closer to Xun You, so Xun You turned to Wei Tao instead.

In fact, this is also the way of life of the aristocratic family. Let the outstanding clansmen of one's sect serve the princes of all walks of life respectively. In the end, no matter which prince of the road wins, the prosperity of the family can be guaranteed.

Xun You did not have this intention in his move.

But in any case, Xun You's vote was an extremely important matter for Wei Tao, which meant that he had also entered the eyes of the aristocratic family.

"I also know the talent of the gentleman. In the future, I still have to ask the gentleman for all affairs."

Wei Tao cupped his hands again, and said with a smile, after saying this, Wei Tao's expression became serious, and then he let all the people serving on both sides back out.

"Now I have a problem that is difficult to solve. It is just in time for my husband to come. Please ask him to help me."

"No, please tell the general."

Just now, the relationship between ministers and subordinates has been clarified, but now seeing Wei Tao wanting to talk about serious matters, Xun You is also sitting upright.

"Before when Cheng Zhongde came, he said that Cao Mengde wanted to join forces with me to enter Luoyang again to welcome the emperor back, but now Cao Mengde has to contact all the officials in Chang'an. Once he takes action, he can welcome the emperor back under the cooperation of internal and external cooperation. "

Wei Tao confessed everything that Cheng Yu said after his arrival.

"Someone wants to separate Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu. Dong Zhuo will die!"

After listening to Wei Tao's words, Xun You blurted out after a little thought.

"Mr. is indeed worthy of being a wise man, and I think so too. Then Lu Fengxian is unparalleled in martial arts, and he is the most arrogant person. Although Dong Zhuo adopted him as his adopted son, he was treated like a domestic slave when he was used. It's fine for a while, but for a long time, How can you convince a tiger and wolf general like Lu Fengxian?"

Wei Tao also responded with a smile, but he also admired Xun You, and he really deserved to be a top strategist.

"What's more important is that Dong Zhuo also appointed Lu Fengxian as his guard. If there is a divorce, Dong Zhuo will die at the hands of Lu Fengxian."

"The general is really talented, that's exactly what he is."

Xun You also smiled, a little more approving of Wei Tao.

"The general wants to ask how to act? I don't know if the general can control the emperor like Dong Zhuo, with the order of the emperor?"

"Take the emperor to order the princes?"

Wei Tao trembled slightly, couldn't help but blurted out.

"It's serving the emperor to beg for disobedience."

Xun You's face was as calm as water, making people wonder what his mind was.

Whether it is coercing the emperor to order the princes, or serving the emperor to beg for disobedience, it is no longer the action of a human minister. Wei Tao doesn't know why Xun You asked such a question.

But hearing this, Wei Tao just shook his head after thinking about it.

"My ambition is to eradicate the danger of the alien race to my big man. It is the right thing to welcome His Majesty back. As for the actions of non-human ministers, it is not allowed."

Wei Tao still remembered that although Cao Cao got the benefit of coercing the emperor to make the princes, he also attracted the attention of all the heroes in the world, and he used this to recruit people, and he didn't know whether the people who came to like him would vote for him or the emperor.

What's more, now Wei Tao feels that his strength is still weak, and he doesn't want to be like this.

Of course, it is impossible to be so blunt to Xun You, not to mention that this is indeed his ambition.

"You, my lord."

But to Wei Tao's surprise, after getting Wei Tao's answer, Xun You got up slowly, and then bowed respectfully to Wei Tao.

Xun You recognized Wei Tao as the princess.

Just now what he said was true, but it was also a temptation. Wei Tao's answer in this way was in line with what Xun You believed to be the master, so Xun You was like this.

"Mr. Xun You please hurry up, there are still many affairs in the future if you rely on your husband."

Seeing Wei Tao like this, Xun You didn't put much effort into it. He got up, and then he bowed his hands to Wei Tao and said slowly.

"My lord, no matter what Cao Mengde's thoughts are, I think this time helping His Majesty should be able to do something. If you can save Your Majesty from the tiger's mouth, with this feat, you should be granted the title of Bingzhou Shepherd, and lead Bingzhou with righteousness. Then it is We can rectify the army and horses, first get rid of the Black Mountain army transformed from the yellow scarf, then go south to get the land of Jizhou, and go north to get the place of Youzhou. All armies march north, regardless of the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Qiang and many other alien races, they will be invincible."

Xun You's words are very similar to Zhou Yu's strategy for Wei Tao. They both occupy Bingzhou first, then expand Jizhou, and finally go south to the Central Plains for melee, or go north to expel aliens.

In order to have Xun You to rely on, Wei Tao gradually recruited some talents.

Although Wei Tao has never heard of many of them, but after talking with Wei Tao himself, it can be confirmed that they are indeed talented.

So, in less than half a year, the whole of Hanoi was completely in Wei Tao's hands, and news came from Zhou Yu. Although some people wanted to be the prefect of Changshan, with Zhou Yu around, Changshan was always in his hands.

Both Xun You and Zhou Yu are worthy of being top counselors. They can manage both the army and the government. Wei Tao feels extremely lucky to be able to get the help of the two of them.

Some people are lucky, and others are unlucky. In fact, at this time, Wei Tao and Cao Cao are talking about Chang'an, which is full of wind and clouds.

Wang Yun is now an official to Situ, because Wang Yun came here on his own to agree with him, and he is also very famous, so he was naturally reused by Dong Zhuo.

This reuse is to reuse Wang Yun to contain other courtiers.

It has to be said that Wang Yun is indeed capable. With the change of position, he won over countless courtiers, and even made Dong Zhuo gradually rely on him, while alienating Li Ru.

But Wang Yun's purpose is not for these, Wang Yun's purpose is for the Han family, to return power to the Han emperor.

So Wang Yun focused on Lu Bu.

Lv Bu is unparalleled in martial arts and commanding the army, but he is greedy and has a bit of a reckless temper.

Although there is no Diao Chan, who is all over the country and sacrifices his life for righteousness, it is not difficult to find beautiful singers as Wang Yun, but Wang Yun dare not confess to these singers.

But Wang Yun also has Wang Yun's way.

Several times Wang Yun expressly gave it to Lv Bu, but in the end Dong Zhuo was always the first to snatch these beauties away.

If one doesn't work, there are two, and it's also a beauty trick. Although it can't charm Lu Bu's heart, it can also make Lu Bu dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo.

A person as proud as Lv Bu was naturally very dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo after his favorite Meiji was taken away by Dong Zhuo, and this is the time for Wang Yun to take the opportunity to speak.

"General Wu Yong is unparalleled in the world. Now he lives under Dong Zhuo. He is called a righteous son. He is actually a domestic slave. Even a veteran is not ashamed of him. If the general is like this, how can he be trapped by an old thief? Now your majesty is I was imprisoned by Dong Bandit, if the general saves him, I will be honored by Your Majesty!"

I have to say that Wang Yun really hit Lu Bu's mind.

Fame and fortune may be Lu Bu's pursuit, coupled with the growing dissatisfaction with Dong Zhuo, Lv Bu finally made a decision to kill Dong Zhuo to accomplish the task.

Dong Zhuo used Lv Bu as his guard, and after careful arrangements, Dong Zhuo was easily killed by Lv Bu.

Now that Dong Zhuo was dead, Wang Yun and Lu Bu would not let go of those who followed Dong Zhuo, and immediately ordered people to capture them.

And Li Ru, who was originally valued by Dong Zhuo, was also among them.

Give an order, no one else needs to do anything. It turned out that Li Ru's servants had tied Li Ru up and brought him to Wang Yun. Li Ru's hair was disheveled and his body was covered in blood. Obviously, he had suffered a lot on the way here.

"My lord, this guy Li Ru is very mean to us servants on weekdays because he is a popular person next to Dong Thief. Even if the younger ones are of his own clan, he will scold him even if he is a little unsatisfactory. Now, my lord is going to kill the thief. , I am willing to make a contribution to the adults."

It was Li Ruguan Li Zhong who spoke, and he said to Wang Yun with a flattering smile.

"What are these people doing here? Just kill them!"

Wang Yun's character was also cold, he didn't even look at Li Ru, he just gave the order, and naturally there were strong men who took him down and beheaded him.

Lu Bu turned a blind eye to Wang Yun's actions, because Wang Yun had fulfilled his promise. Now Lu Bu not only has a deeper official position, but also after beheading Dong Zhuo, all the wealth and maidservants confiscated from Dong Zhuo's mansion belonged to Lu Bu. .

Naturally, Lu Bu had no interest in other matters.

However, both Wang Yun and Lu Bu underestimated the consequences of killing Dong Zhuo's remaining party so wantonly. Although Dong Zhuo died, the generals under Dong Zhuo's tent were still there, commanding a large number of Xiliang arrogant soldiers.

Such a kill immediately forced those warriors to a dead end, and they were naturally ready to fight to the death.

It's a pity that Wang Yun at this time is immersed in the dream of beheading Dong Zhuo and helping the Han family in the future. Don't say he doesn't know, maybe even if he knows, he doesn't care.

(End of this chapter)