Lu's relatives

Chapter 373 Misfortune caused Xiao Qiang, Emperor Tu became a dream
Qin Xu and Guo Jia were joking, but seeing a huge piece of fat in Yangzhou in front of his eyes, he felt powerless and couldn't eat it. It was really not a comfortable thing.

The so-called those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain.More than two years of non-stop wars and military expansion, coupled with the once-in-a-century drought in the Central Plains, is supported by the huge wealth accumulated by the Mi family through the strategy of controlling sea salt, and the former Xuzhou Mu Taoqian who took over all of them for several years. Accumulated, Lu Bujun is actually a bit overwhelmed financially.

The former Qingzhou side has successively expanded the six battalions of Zhanzhen, Xiandeng, Xiaoqi, Feiqi, personal guards, supplies, and city defense (the establishment of the Shengong battalion was cancelled, and it was incorporated into the city defense battalion), plus the local government soldiers in Linzi, Lu Bu There are more than [-] soldiers and auxiliary soldiers of the army in Qingzhou.

In Xuzhou, after the rebellion of Danyang soldiers, although part of them were purged, there were still more than 2 soldiers left, but with the addition of the 3000 Qingzhou soldiers stationed in Xiapi from the beginning, and the 12 Xiliang soldiers newly recruited by Fan Chou, it was also There are nearly [-] troops, and the combined strength of the two states has reached a staggering nearly [-].Moreover, the soldiers of the Lu Bu army are different from the half-armed and half-armed model of other forces. Because Qingzhou has many mountains and little land, when the million yellow turbans were newly surrendered, they used the refugee policy as a blueprint to send these hundreds of thousands of yellow turbans to station. I went to the counties and counties to do farm work, that is to say, these military figures of Lu Bu's army are all "professional soldiers", even the soldiers of the Linzi Prefecture Yamen.The confirmation of this news has already aroused the vigilance of the surrounding forces as early as when Qin Xu was ordered to join Cao Cao in rescuing the emperor.

It's no wonder that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were so jealous of Lu Bu's army. The two prefectures of Qingzhou and Xuzhou were not big in nature, and the two prefectures combined were only the size of Yuzhang County in Yangzhou, but they gathered so many soldiers. What is their intention?That is to say, Qin Xu made "great achievements" in Chang'an, Yuan Shao died violently, and Lu Bu "handed over" the ownership of Emperor Han. "Honeymoon period".However, this superficial peace was not enough to calm Cao Jun's sense of oppression, so it led to the investigation of the reason for passing on the jade seal of the country and the conquest of Yangzhou by order.

On the surface, Cao Cao cherished his military strength and handed over the great Yangzhou to his allies, which is indeed worthy of Lu Bujun's "gratitude". The good thing about "cheap" is enough to see Boss Cao's integrity.But in fact, Yangzhou is like a quagmire. If you sink into it, you won't be able to get out of it in a short time.

Sun Ce, Yuan Shu, Yan's father and son, and Liu Yao, but in one state, there are four "qualified" forces to sign their names, and in other counties and counties, most of them are from aristocratic families who are far away from the war in the Central Plains because of the great river. Controlled, not to mention the Shanyue aliens from time to time going down the mountain to plunder the population of good people and looting the prefectures and counties, relying on Qin Xu's [-] troops alone to go deep alone, no matter how elite the army is, it will never be easy to go.

As a last resort, Qin Xu could only set up a game of mutual killing with the help of Guo Jia and Jia Xu, and at the same time find a good retreat early on while refusing to covet Yangzhou from other forces.In fact, it was a big "game" at the beginning, from spreading rumors about Yuan Shu to Qin Xu's promise to help Liu Yao regain the government, but pretending to be careless and not bringing auxiliary troops to the expedition, the military supplies, food and pay were all handled by his own cheap uncle At the beginning of Mi Zhu's supply, he made a gesture that he did not want to touch the muddy water of Yangzhou.It even included the fact that Sun Ce was lucky enough to besieged, but he was kind enough to let him go. Apart from thinking that Sun Ce was far less dangerous than Sun Quan, a green-eyed buddy, it was also a part of the game, in order to be in the eyes of the emperor, Cao Cao and surrounding forces. , to make the drama more "like".This is on the bright side.

In the dark, when Qin Xu "escorted" Yuan Yao, Tao Shang and others to Xuchang, the shadow under Jia Xu's command was already looking for a "scene" that could support Yangzhou, which Lv Bu's army could not swallow for the time being. Candidates who are qualified for the policy of "supporting the bandits and self-respect".

Just when Yuan Shu hoped that Li Feng and Han Yin would "supervise" Yan Baihu, Yan Yu and his son, and try their best to recruit as many soldiers as possible as soon as possible to deal with the conceivable Qin Xu and Sun Ce's opposition to Xiao Guan, At the time of the attack on Fu Pass, Yuan Shu was shocked by news.

"Your Majesty! The big thing is not good! The guards of the headquarters brought by Li Feng and Han Yin desperately came to report. The father and son Yan Baihu and Yan Yu used the five hundred soldiers left by the lord to sit in Liyang as weapons to engulf Liyang. The government office responded to the crowd, and it turned against me!" Lei Bo almost stumbled into the door, startling Yuan Shu and Yan Xiang, who were discussing how to allocate two strategies to defend against the enemy, before Yuan Shu could speak angrily , was shocked by the news brought by Lei Bo and was speechless for a while.

"What? Yan's father and son turned against each other? They captured Liyang City with 500 people? Aren't these two thieves afraid of the lord's return to the army?" His complexion changed drastically again, and he stood up with a bang. He didn't even care about his knees hurting from the low couch in front of him. He grinned his teeth under the severe pain, and said to Yuan Shu with a somewhat ferocious and panicked face: "No! Your Majesty , what the Yan family and his sons planned is not a mere Liyang City!"

"Of course I know that they are not planning Liyang City!" Yuan Shu had just recovered from the explosive news brought back by Lei Bo, and suddenly heard Yan Xiang's "nonsense". Said: "It seems that the Yan family and his son had no good intentions when they took refuge in me at the beginning! I still want to test them and entrust them with important tasks! It's good, after all, let me see clearly the relationship between the two True face, after I have pacified those Qin and Sun thieves first, I will deal with them properly!"

"Your Majesty! Don't forget, half of the soldiers we have in our hands are soldiers brought by the Yan family!" Yan Xiang almost cried.Yuan Shu is good at everything, but sometimes this problem of delusional thinking can't be changed!How about pointing at the tens of thousands of troops at hand to repel Qin Xu and Sun Ce's army, which may come at any time, and then return to the army to "put down the rebellion"?I don't even use my brain to think about it, it's fine on weekdays, after all, the Yan family and his son were the marquises "personally appointed" by Yuan Shu before, and it is justifiable for the soldiers under his command to fight for the Zhong family dynasty.But now Yan's father and son have turned against each other. Between Yuan Shu and the old master, is it hard to guess the choice of these people?It's already a shame that people don't immediately respond to the rebellion and turn against each other.

"Huh? I... I am the true son of heaven. These thieves are deeply favored by me, so I don't think they will..." Yuan Shu was just delusional, and he was not a fool. Yan Xiang's words pointed directly at people's hearts, and Yuan Shu How can you not understand?With such self-deceiving words, Yuan Shu couldn't even say it himself.He could only look at Yan Xiang dryly, hoping that the prime minister of the Zhong family dynasty would come up with a solution immediately.

"Your Majesty, for the current plan, we should take advantage of the fact that the Yan family's two thieves have not yet made any movement, and before the soldiers from the Yan family that Guo Duo had not heard of before they made any 'actions', we should screen them out..." Yan Xiang is worthy of being The resourceful man thought of a "solution" in just a few breaths, and said with a wry smile.

"Should we kill them all after being screened out? It's just what I want, these gangsters and thieves are indeed to be punished! Lei Bo!..." Yan Xiang didn't finish his sentence, but Yuan Shu took the conversation away, with murderous looks on his face. If you want to do it, you have to tell Lei Bo to "do it."

"No, no, no! Your Majesty has misunderstood! It must not be like this!" Seeing that at this time, Yuan Shu was still thinking about his own happiness. Yan Xiang was in a hurry, and he didn't care about the etiquette of the emperor and ministers, so he hurriedly pulled Lei Bo, who was about to fulfill his promise, said loudly to Yuan Shu: "All anger is hard to offend! If Your Majesty is like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get out of Xiaoguan!"

"Hmph! Can't kill?! Could it be possible to let me sit and wait for the Yan family's two thieves to come and kill them, and cooperate with each other?" Yuan Shu was so angry that it was too late to care about Yan Xiang's disrespectful words, and asked angrily: "I am The Son of Heaven, how do you know that among the ten thousand thieves, there are not many people who are loyal to the king and serve the country? Besides, since my humerus ministers Li Feng and Han Yin can pass the news back, it seems that they will surely die Report, it can be seen that there are not no national scholars around Yan and his son!"

"Your Majesty!" Yan Xiang really cried this time!With such a lord and "emperor" on the stall, it is really worrying to be the prime minister of the Zhong family dynasty: "Then even if Li Feng and Han Yin survived the Yan family's two thieves army, just because of the relationship between these two How could he defeat more than ten thousand soldiers? It was the personal guard who 'grew his life' and fled back. How did the lord know that it wasn't the two thieves from the Yan family who deliberately let the lord back in order to make the lord mess up? Now it is In such a situation, His Majesty's safety is the most important thing, and in my opinion, I'm afraid there is only..."

"Only what? But it's okay to say! Now that you've reached the current situation, I will forgive you for not guilty!" Seeing Yan Xiang claiming to have a solution, but he hesitated to explain clearly, Yuan Shu roughly guessed something from his expression. , On the originally arrogant face, there was also a rare wry smile.

"I have two strategies. The best strategy is for your Majesty to take the emperor's title and plead guilty, and then take shelter of Lu Bu like Sun Ce, so that your life will be safe, and I will observe Qin Xu's various behaviors since he came to Yangzhou. It is expected that even if he cannot take Yangzhou himself, he will definitely not let Yangzhou be monolithic. Your Majesty will take effect in time, because of the "Prince" who is in Xuchang, and Yan's father and son, the thief Kou Danyang. , maybe we can still maintain the position of the county under Lv Bujun's command!" Yan Xiang glanced carefully at Yuan Shu, who looked gloomy, but rarely did not immediately get angry, and said carefully: "The worst policy is what I just said, to screen No matter how many soldiers and horses are sent out of the Lord's headquarters, while the news of the two thieves' rebellion has not spread, they go out of Danyang and occupy Yuzhang, and stick to Fuguan and Lingguan in the direction of Kuaiji. If so, the lord will have no way out!"

"Hmm! Yan Qing is worthy of the prime minister's talent, let me think about it carefully..." Yuan Shu was a little embarrassed to look directly at Yan Xiang and Lei Bo, and said hesitantly.

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