Lu's relatives

Chapter 215 Qingzhou Chaos Breaks, Yuan Shu Kou Xuzhou

"From what Yi Ang saw, Zhong Ming shouldn't be too worried this time, the truth will come to light one day. I believe that with General Lu's relationship with Weng and his son-in-law, it will not be difficult for Zhong Ming to ascend to the high cabinet in the future. Besides, Ang Hasn’t it always been the same as Zhongming and you now, you don’t have any official position, don’t you also contribute to the big man?” Qin Xujiu told Cao Ang the truth and grievances, and still didn’t forget Remind Cao Ang from time to time, these words are just for the time being, let Cao Ang also listen to it, believe it or not.I don't know if it's because of Qin Xu's great acting skills, or the various versions of the news from Linzi, which already made the outside world full of doubts. Qin Xu's attitude made Cao Ang nod repeatedly after listening to Qin Xu's words, and finally He even started to comfort Qin Xu, making someone from Qin, who was about to hurt himself from laughing, even feel a little guilty towards Cao Ang, a rare and honest child at the end of Han Dynasty.

"What Zixiu said is that Xu has lost his composure!" Qin Xu sighed hypocritically, and said, "Xu also hopes to understand it as soon as possible, but the Central Plains is currently in a severe drought, and what Xu Zhi has done has made Qingzhou unbearably passive. It is really a crime to attract prying eyes from all over the world. Cough cough, Xu has no other intentions, and I hope Zixiu will not be offended, just because Xu's wife and brother Xu Zhou don't drive Mi Zhu, and because of this matter, he has a lot of ties, even It's been a few days since I came to Zixi, and Xu didn't dare to see each other, I'm really ashamed, if there is any slip of the tongue, I hope Zixiu will forgive me."

"Zhongming is overthinking!" Cao Ang nodded in embarrassment. He thought he was a little embarrassed by what Qin Xu had said, paused, and said, "Don't worry about Zhongming. I will definitely help Zhongming to settle the matter. As for this matter, Zhongming can rest assured that the two prefectures of Qingyan and Yanzhou are allies. Ang this time has Zhongming frankly tell the truth about the matter, and he has also received Zhongming's previous warning of the drought situation. , I will definitely report back truthfully, and I believe that my father will definitely choose to advance and retreat with Qingzhou!"

So you believe it?I don't know what purpose Cao Cao sent Cao Ang to come to Zi. Now he is forced by Qin Xu's words, and the extremely logical "truth" Qin Xu said is roughly consistent with his own detailed information. A promise was made.However, Cao Ang at least still remembered the exhortations summed up by the ministers who had suffered a great loss at Qin Xu's "Lessons of Blood and Tears" before coming to Zizi. He didn't say anything dead, but it was enough to satisfy Qin Xu.

"With Zixiu's words, Xu can finally breathe a sigh of relief for the time being!" Qin Xu made a grateful look, and said with anger: "If Zixiu persuades, General Cao will really care about the feelings of his allies. , treat this matter impartially, and stand up for Qingzhou, Xu is willing to persuade the lord to transfer [-]% of the [-] stone grain and grass that Tao Qian paid this time as a thank you gift! In order to repay the affection of Zixiu and General Cao."

"This, Ang is just adhering to the original intention, and has no intention of repaying this. How can Zhong Ming do this?" Cao Ang believed it very much after hearing Qin Xu's words, and he was doing this for himself. Maybe he had to take an empty trip, not knowing how to explain to Cao Cao, and was a little frustrated, but Qin Xu suddenly offered such a price because of such a small talk, which was quite unexpected by Cao Ang.Although [-]% of the [-] shi army rations is not much, it is indeed not a small amount for Yanzhou, which is also severely affected by the disaster.

"But why not? Although there were indeed some misunderstandings between Qingyan and Yanzhou before, those are all things in the past. Now Qingyan and Yanzhou are allies. If friends and neighbors are in trouble, how can they stand on the sidelines? Let's talk about the severe drought right now. If General Cao's plan for Chang'an is successful, and he successfully rescues the emperor from the hands of the thieves, and if the emperor is used to defeat the ministers, how can he support the emperor only with Yanzhou and Sili, two hard-hit places? The left and right are for the great Han society Zixiu, don't refuse!" Qin Xu seemed to be moved by Cao Ang's willingness to believe in his "righteous deed" before, and with a heart-to-heart look, he said to Brother Cao Ang who lacked life experience: "Although Qingzhou is barren, There are not many fertile fields, but the troops are quite small. Although the military rations stored by our army were slightly insufficient after being distributed to the states and counties, the military rations sent by Tao Qian, even if they are allocated to General Cao, can still last for a period of time. As an ally , it should have the meaning of making money!"

"I didn't have such righteousness in Xiang Zhongming's heart. Ang had doubted what Zhong Ming said before. I really feel ashamed." Seeing that Qin Xu's words were very "sincere", Cao Ang showed a bit of embarrassment on his face. As if he had made up his mind, he said: "Don't worry Zhongming, I believe that Mi Biejia will clarify the facts and not make it difficult for Zhongming. And I, the people of Yanzhou, will definitely feel deeply about what Lu Qingzhou and Zhongming said. The meaning of fist and fist to help each other."

"Second brother, could it be that the supplies delivered from Jinan this time are really..." The price of sending away the [-] shi of grain that was originally intended to support Yanzhou was lost, and Qin Xu had forgotten how much military rations Qin Xu had cheated from Yanzhou. Before Qin Xu could heave a sigh of relief, Hao Zhao, who had been standing by Qin Xu's side and listened to Qin Xu's confusing words about Cao Ang, suddenly faltered and asked. .

"Huh? Think for yourself!" Qin Xu couldn't help but look at Hao Zhao, who was frowning and worried. He didn't expect that his honest words would not only make Cao Ang, an honest boy, fall into the trap, but also Even Hao Zhao, the future famous general who was listening in, believed it eighty-nine percent, and said angrily.But generally speaking, the arrival of Cao Ang made Qin Xu and Lu Bu successfully take the first step in their plan to attract surrounding forces into the water. Qin Xu is still in a good mood.I believe that through Cao Ang's remark and the support of [-] shi of grain, even if Cao Cao can't completely believe what Qin Xu said, he will follow Qin Xu's statement and turn his attention to what Cao Cao regards as his pocket Now, because of the severe drought, Yuzhou, which has revived the Yellow Turban, and Xuzhou, which once made Cao Cao quite embarrassing, have won time for Qingzhou to develop.The next thing to wait is to see what kind of banner Yuan Shao's envoy will come under. If he also wants to get a share, Qin Xu doesn't mind telling the truth about the scandals in Pingyuan and Beihai, and persuades Lu Bu to pay a part of it. The price is to let Yuan Shao, who has already shown signs of decline, continue to stalemate with Gongsun Zan, who has three big-eared brothers to help him, so that no matter whether it is Gongsun Zan who lived in a building in history or the old man with a higher heart than the sky and a thinner life than paper. After Yuan unified Hebei in general, he set his sights on Qingzhou, which has not yet fully fledged, and the loss outweighed the gain.

Although the news that Cao Ang visited Qin Xu, who had been dismissed from his official position by Lu Bu, seemed to be nothing out of the ordinary, it was soon known by interested people who were always paying attention to the matter in Qingzhou. What was the conversation between the two of them? No one knows, but judging from the fact that Cao Ang couldn't hide his happy face after he came out of the Qin family, he must have gained unexpected benefits. In a certain way, it can also represent the attitude of Cao Cao, the lord of Yanzhou, towards Qingzhou.This is indeed good news for Qin Xu, who took the trouble to drag Cao Jun's forces into the water, but Qin Xu now has no time to take care of it.

"This is the pleading letter from Tao Laoer in Xuzhou just sent by Zi Zhongzhi, please take a look!" In Qingzhou Mu's mansion, Lu Bu stared at the roll of silk in his hand with a gloomy expression, and handed it to Qin Xu, saying: " This old man Tao probably knew that I would not return Kanxuan's plunder, and there would definitely be all kinds of excuses, so he came up with other ideas. I still don't believe it, mere Yuan Shu and his like were beaten by that Cao Cao Like a bereaved dog, it was impossible to escape all the way, occupying the two counties of Jiujiang and Lujiang in Yangzhou in a panic. It only took a few months to gather thousands of remnants, and Tao Qian, who had [-] elite soldiers in Danyang, was able to do as he said in the letter. How timid to say that? Why do you want me to have the right to deploy Qingzhou soldiers? What a joke!"

"My lord is right. Tao Qian really wants to get it back elsewhere! He really knows how to choose the time. This is an obvious reason for us to refuse!" Qin Xu took the silk from Lu Bu's hand, roughly He took a few glances at this letter of plea for help that Tao Qian specially sent after Mi Zhu arrived in Qingzhou for a few days, smiled and shook his head and said.It can't be helped that Lu Bu's face is not good. Yuan Shu's ability is not bad, but his ability to add chaos is not bad. It happened because Qingzhou and Xuzhou robbed Pengcheng and Donghai counties for Kan Xuan. When there were some rifts in the relationship, they brazenly launched an attack on the two counties of Xiapi and Guangling in Xuzhou.It gave Tao Qian an excellent excuse to "righteously" recover his "old money" from other aspects.

When Lu Bu withdrew his troops from Xiapi, he had made an alliance with Tao Qian. The price for leaving [-] Qingzhou soldiers to defend Xiapi was to hand over the Yellow Turban bandits and Kanxuan rebels who were at the siege of Xiapi to Xuzhou for disposal. If there are bandits attacking Xiapi again, Lu Bu will send troops to help.

The world is impermanent!
At that time, neither Lu Bu nor Qin Xu expected that to the north of Xuzhou was Qingzhou, an ally, to the west was Yanzhou, which had already negotiated peace and had no time to look east, and Yuzhou, which was ravaged by the Yellow Turbans, and to the south was Yangzhou, which was in chaos. Except for Lu Bu and Cao Cao, there was no one at all. Which side can compete with Xuzhou is because Qin Xu, who knows the direction of history, did not pay much attention to the one who was suppressed by Cao Cao and Liu Biao of Jingzhou because of the various things that deviated from the historical track after coming to the end of Han Dynasty. Yuxi, the second child of the Yuan family who dared to represent the Han Dynasty.Who knew that the second Yuan would really dare to attack Xuzhou.And judging from Tao Qian's letter, this time, the second son of the Yuan family who dared to tease Cao Cao to attack Chen Liu, if Liu Biao hadn't lost his nerve and suddenly sent troops, might have succeeded. In a few days, they captured more than ten county towns at the junction of the two counties of Xiapi and Guangling. The soldiers were so sharp that they could not be easily blocked.And I don't know what kind of hatred I have with Tao Qian. I also dealt with Guangling County, which is close to Yangzhou and was less affected by the severe drought. Food, money, silk, and population were all within the scope of their looting, and Xuzhou was shaken.This ruthlessness, coupled with the background of his old Yuan family and his relationship with Yuan Shao, made Tao Qiankong feel horrified with [-] Danyang elite soldiers guarding Xiapi from afar, not daring to move at all, and turned to use the original The covenant is a bond, and using the ownership of the Qingzhou seizure as a secret bargaining chip, I wrote to Lu Bu in Qingzhou for help.Kill two birds with one stone, well thought out!
"Old man Tao Qian has added to the chaos this time, but how should we deal with it? You have always had a lot of ghost ideas, do you have a countermeasure?" Lu Bu frowned. Obviously, under the calm surface of Qingzhou, there are dark waves and turbulent waves. Regarding the issue of weapons, even Lu Bu, who has always been fond of war, was a little worried.

"My lord Mingjian, this old man Tao Qian probably also knows that the catastrophe in Qingzhou is raging right now, and the people's hearts are unstable, so it is not appropriate to lightly use weapons. It is a good idea to send this letter of appeal at this time." Qin Xu understood Lu Bu's meaning and decided first. He changed his tune, and said with a slight smile on his face: "Don't worry about how this old Tao knows the situation in Qingzhou like the palm of his hand, just because of the meaning behind this request for help, I am afraid that he wants to use Qingzhou to get Kanxuan to hide something. In exchange for the opportunity for Qingzhou soldiers to leave Xiapi, this time I have obtained a large amount of food and military resources in Qingzhou, but I have to deal with the coveted forces of the surrounding forces with all my strength. , but it also helped Qingzhou a lot..."

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