Lu's relatives

Chapter 443 Jizhou is treacherous, Jiangdong is in a hurry

Yuan Xi showed enough "sincerity" to make it difficult for Lu Bu to hold himself.A soldier talisman is sometimes not just a token of dispatching troops, but also another kind of disguised, more decent surrender.

The practice of the Han army is to recognize characters but not people.Handing over the soldier talisman is equivalent to dragging out all the wealth and life. Not everyone can achieve this kind of courage.

It is hard to imagine that Lu Bu was still right just a few breaths ago, just seeing that Lu Bu changed his previous indifferent appearance and dismounted himself to support Yuan Xi who was kneeling up and down in front of him. Yuan Xi's expression of not allowing strangers to enter was changed only because of these two pieces of bronze.

But Qin Xu was not too excited.The key to the famous story of Guo Jia’s plan to settle Liaodong lies in the fact that in history, when Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang were able to get down and ask for the protection of the Gongsun family to escape the disaster, they were very respectful on the surface, but in fact they wanted to The idea of ​​​​replacing it was eventually sacrificed to Cao Cao.

Although the situation and characters have changed too much now, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang probably won't have the chance to interact with the Gongsun family again in this life, but the current situation is surprisingly similar to the situation in history.

It was also the fact that Yuan's power fell into a trough and fell apart, and the same two brothers were forced to put aside their aristocratic figures to make peace. The difference is that the protagonist was changed from Gongsun to Lu Bu, and the persecuted person was Boss Cao. The whole family was replaced by Cao, Liu, Lu, the Heishan bandits, and Yuan Tan, the official eldest son of the old Yuan family, "joining forces".God knows how docile he is now, and even Yuan Xi, who is full of dissatisfaction with Wen Chou and Zhang Jaw, the two Jizhou generals who are coldly confronted, will, after he stabilizes in the future, whether he intends to be self-reliant as in history.

Not impossible!The center of gravity of Lu Bu's army is destined not to be in the north where the goal is the same as Cao Cao's. The two tigers will inevitably end up with one injury, whether it is Lu Bu or Cao Cao, anyone with a discerning eye in the two forces can see it.The acquisition of Jizhou is already the limit that Cao Cao can endure. If there is any further action, or if the movement is too large and Cao Cao is alerted, then the two families will definitely face the unending death that the other forces of the Han Dynasty most want to see battle situation.Therefore, it is impossible and absolutely impossible for Lu Bujun to start a premature war with Cao Cao, who has the emperor in his hand, before Jiangdong is peaceful.However, looking at Lu Bu's face full of smiles being praised by Yuan Xi, Qin Xu had a bad premonition in his heart.

Lu Bu's temper often gives outsiders the feeling of being violent!It's unreasonable!But as Lu Bu's son-in-law, especially after two years with Lu Bu, Qin Xu knew that this was just an illusion given by Lu Bu's irritable temperament.From the fact that Lu Bu was eaten to death by Qin Xu's three mothers-in-law at home, it is enough to see that Boss Lu is actually just a mild-mannered man with a slightly stronger temper.The anger comes and goes quickly, and he has a big temper but does not hold grudges. The most important point is that Boss Lu's ears are too soft.It's not that he has no opinions like Yuan Shao, but that he trusts people too easily.This is actually an advantage, of course, but also the biggest disadvantage.In history, if Lu Bu had a bad temper, he would not be able to force the "inverted Lu trio" to surrender to Cao Cao, but if he didn't trust others, relying on Lu Bu's hand, how could Fang Tianhuaji and Chituma, who were regarded as life, be regarded as life? It would be easily stolen and taken away, and it would end up in a dead end.

Seeing Lu Bu's expression of satisfaction after seeing the "sincerity" of Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang at this moment, needless to say, Yuan Xi's decisive action of breaking the boat left Lu Bu with a very good and deep impression.Even the somewhat disrespectful glaring at Wen Chou's open jaw was subconsciously ignored by the irritable Lu Bu.

"My lord!" Seeing Yuan Xi's repeated attempts, Lu Bu finally agreed to "inspect" the Jizhou army on his behalf. Wen Chou, who is the direct master of Jizhou's military power, suddenly changed his face, and just wanted to speak, but was caught by his side. Zhang Jaw grabs it with ease, whispers something to Wen Chou in his ear, and barely lets Yuan Xi talk about Wen Chou in order to please Lv Bu.But Qin Xu, who had been watching the expressions of Yuan Xi's brothers and the soldiers of Yecheng coldly, saw them one by one.

This child's play decision made suddenly by Yuan Xi will be nothing less than a major earthquake to Jizhou.To be honest, Jizhou, which used to be the headquarters of the Yuan family, sometimes does not determine its ownership just by making a certain decision by Yuan Xi.Not to mention the reaction of the gentry in Yecheng, just because of Wen Chou's several mobilizations, it is impossible for the Jizhou soldiers who planned to defend Yecheng to take refuge 100% just because the soldier amulets belonged to Lu Bu.

The Yuan brothers have a good idea!Qin Xu couldn't help frowning.Although on the surface, Yuan Xi has already made enough hints to entrust Jizhou to Lu Bu.But this is only a hint.Yuan Xi may overturn the previous "promise" at any time and place, and define Lv Bu as an aggressor, so as to arouse the resentment of the people in Yecheng who love Yuan.As Lu Bu, after accepting Yuan Xi's "good intentions", he also shouldered the important task of protecting the safety of Yecheng. No, the best ending that is very likely to be achieved is just a Jizhou that has lost the hearts of the people. If the relationship with the local gentry is not handled well, then the worst ending is that Jizhou alone is enough All the capital to fight for world hegemony accumulated by Qingzhou and Xuzhou in the past two years has been dragged down.

This is not alarmist talk.Jizhou has a vast territory, adjacent to the great river in the south, Taihang in the north, the sea in the east, and Xiongguan in the west. It is also a land of high grain and grass production. It is a big state that everyone covets.Moreover, Jizhou is different from Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and even the area is the sum of Qingxu and Qingzhou. If Jizhou is to be stabilized in a short period of time, unless all the officials of the Yuan family are retained, if only Qingzhou and Xuzhou are stabilized like before Political affairs are ordinary, if you only rely on the students who graduated from Jixia Academy in Qingzhou and are observing politics, facing the local forces that are hostile to the Lu Bu forces, which are easy to deal with, you have to have five or six years to do it. To the overall stability.Moreover, if Cao Cao successfully merged the prefecture, what Jizhou would face would be the encirclement circle of Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan. Although Cao Cao barely had an ally to mediate and maintain relative peace, if Cao Cao recuperated and recuperated, Cao Cao, who is dissatisfied with desire, will definitely choose a breakthrough between going west to Yongliang and fighting for Youzhou on his back.Compared with the barren and desolate Yongliang land, Youzhou, which is relatively rich, will inevitably become Cao Cao's next target.It is conceivable that Cao Cao, who has been plotting Hebei for a long time, and even deployed the black mountain bandit trick ten years ago, promised Jizhou to Lu Bujun under unavoidable circumstances. Will Lu Bu's forces be allowed to run Jizhou stably?

Furthermore, Liu Beijun and the Heishan bandits who plotted to defeat Jizhou certainly would not have hoped that they would almost eat the fat in their mouths, and that they would be taken advantage of by Lu Bujun so happily, and they would definitely make some moves. In Jizhou, although it seems that Lu Bujun has won by a bit, in fact, he has also trapped himself in it.Qin Xu intended to dissuade Lu Bu, but when he was about to speak, he suddenly noticed that Lu Bu turned his head and looked over. The calmness in his eyes did not match the ecstasy on his face.Qin Xu swallowed the words that came to his lips.

No matter in history or in reality, although Lu Bu has always given people a stupid impression, but as Qin Xu who has been with Lu Bu for three years, he dare not underestimate his old man.If a master like Cao Cao suffered a lot in succession, if he had only a simple mind and strong limbs, he would have died countless times.Where will so many great things be done.Qin Xu didn't think that he, who was just a middle-level cadre in a small company in his previous life, could be compared in political wisdom to Lu Bu, who had served as a senior official in the central government of the Han Dynasty despite his reputation of being less intelligent in history.Besides, even if this is really just a trap to invite you into the urn, don't we still have Jia Xu.With Jia Xu and other great gods around, Qin Xu really couldn't think of anything else that could stump this old poison.It just so happens that this clerk who has just officially joined him for more than half a year should do some work. The saving is always provided in the mansion like a grandpa. Peace of mind is peace of mind, but it is also a waste of Jia Xu's penetrating ability. .I really can't believe that Jia Xu, who can make a mess of the whole big man, can't deal with this mere place in Jizhou.

With this in mind, Qin Xu calmed down, and ordered Qianzhao and Zhang Liao's generals to bring a sentry to the plains to move soldiers and horses. Watching Yuan Xi lead the way, together with Yuan Shang, the leading party who brought his own dry food, opened the gate of Yecheng to welcome Lu Bujun into the city to inspect the generals and "guidance work".

It is said that a centipede is dead but not stiff, and it is the same for a big family.Although Yuan Shao died suddenly, it brought an almost destructive blow to the Yuan family's forces, and because of the frequent wars in Hebei, which delayed or even ruined the collection of grain and grass this season, even if Yecheng was not disturbed by the war, the price of grain in the city would have dropped. It's a thousand bucks.But even so, the welcome banquet prepared by Yuan Xi for Lu Bu was still filled with exquisite delicacies that Qin had never seen before.It really opened the eyes of someone from Qin who always thought that the ingredients at the end of the Han Dynasty were nothing more than boiled millet in white water.

Yuan Xi is also "well-behaved".Not only did he push Lu Bu to the top of the throne without saying a word, and he sat with Yuan Shang and his brothers as juniors, exhausting his thoughts, but the two generals Wen Chou opened his jaw, at this time, he didn't know that it was Yuan Xi who said to them What, although he still looked reluctant, but at least he didn't confront each other like he did during the day.

The strange and peaceful night banquet did not appear to throw cups as a sign and then kill with swords and axes, or Xiang Zhuang's sword dance aimed at Pei Gong's Dog Blood Bridge, although neither Yuan Xi's side nor Lu Bu's side had too much trust The other party, some words just started ambiguously and then stopped.After Yuan Xi had gone through a lot of life and death, he had nothing to ask for at this moment, and after all, Lu Bujun easily went down to Yecheng without a blade, so it was hard to say whether it was a victory or a defeat.Although the way to get Yecheng in the end was the last thing Qin Xu expected to see, being led by the nose by the Yuan brothers, and the ratio of troops in Yecheng was still Lu Bujun and Yuan Xi's ugly Jizhou soldiers and others. The euphorbia warriors were fighting against each other, but at any rate, compared with Cao Cao's army that was attacking Bingzhou, Lu Bu's army was undoubtedly in the lead.

The current situation in Hebei, after the Battle of the Pingyuan, not only made Liu Bei, who had always wanted to tease Lu Bu’s army, see what a real elite soldier in the world is, but even Zhang Fei, who is known as the enemy of ten thousand, was recruited by Lu Lingqi by surprise. House arrest, the prestige of Lu Bu's army resounded in the land of Hebei after the deeds of Lu Bu's fight against the Huns disappeared. The strategic goal of deterring Hebei has also been achieved.

"My lord! General Qin! Eldest miss, I hurried to Pingyuan six hundred miles from Linzi and sent a letter!" Yuan Xi's banquet was well arranged, and although the atmosphere between the two armies was strange, it was an agreement anyway. The so-called mutual defense treaty.Yuan Xi intends to ask Lu Bu to move to the southwest of the city to be responsible for resisting Cao Cao's forces who are likely to take advantage of the chaos in Jizhou. The most critical issue of Yuan Xi's forces, Wen Chou and Zhang Jaw, also hopes to completely solve the surrounding areas of Jizhou. The tigers and wolves around will make a decision later.Originally, when Yuan Xi said these words, he was very careful to pay attention to Lu Bu's expression all the time, but unexpectedly, this fell into Lu Bu's hands.Lu Bu knew about the secret agreement between Cao Cao and Qin Xu before, and Lu Bu also believed that Cao Cao would not easily send troops to Jizhou before he succeeded in Bingzhou.Although Boss Cao's character has always been bad, and his reputation has always been a problem. It's not like he has had similar criminal records before, but compared to the choice of interests, Lu Bu still chooses to believe that Lao Cao will keep his promise this time, at least if he takes it seriously. What happened, did Boss Lu ever be afraid of anyone coming?Therefore, for Yuan Xi's arrangement, Lu Bu is also happy to be at leisure. He can not only take the opportunity to imitate the incident of Xiapi in the past, and start to attack the two city defenses in the west and south of the city, waiting for the opportunity, but also take advantage of the black mountain bandits who have already torn their faces. Or Liu Bei's army rested and reorganized its troops to attack again, and took the opportunity to consume Yecheng's troops. Such a good thing, there is nowhere to find it with a lantern, and it would be hell to raise objections.Regarding this, although Qin Xu felt more and more uneasy, he really didn't want to believe that Yuan Xi, who in history avenged the Gongsun family in Liaoxi and killed him, would be such a "kind" person, but he couldn't find Yuan Xi's fault for a while. Now, he can only do whatever he can, and hope that Jia Xu will come two days later and rely on his superb wisdom to solve the situation.But when Qin Xu and Lu Lingqi helped the "drunk" Lu Bu back to the room, Hao Zhao, who was supposed to protect Qin Xu's family in Linzi, appeared in front of Qin Xu with a tired face, holding a The letter in a bamboo tube sealed with wax was sent in front of Lu Bu, who was "sober" in an instant.

"Bo Dao, what's the matter?" Lu Bu poured out the silk and silk book, his expression sank after only one glance, and he muttered to himself. With the letter in his hand, he turned to Hao Zhao and said.Obviously, it was Cai Yan's idea that Hao Zhao came forward to deliver the letter, that is to say, this matter is very likely to be related to Qin Xu, and it is definitely not a trivial matter.Just looking at Lu Bu's current state is enough to confirm Qin Xu's guess.

"Second brother, the Danyang army is rebelling! Guangling County of Xuzhou is surrounded by Danyang soldiers, Cao Bao, General Cao, and Yan Baihu's forces in Yangzhou Danyang County are attacked by Li Yingwai. Guangling prefect Chen Deng is alive or dead, and Xiapi and Langya counties are in a hurry. Thanks to Zhang Zhao The two gentlemen, Zhang Hong and Zhang Hong, responded properly, so that the thieves did not seize the newly harvested grain to use as thieves' money. However, the military commander Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao of Wujun wanted to transfer General Tai Shici to the north to suppress the rebellion, but unexpectedly Sun Ce, the prefect of Yuzhang, took the opportunity When they raided Kuaiji County, the traitors of Guangling County also took advantage of the situation to fight back. Wujun and Kuaiji fought on three fronts, and the two counties were in a hurry. Guo Junshi and Yangzhou Mu Liuxuan sent people [-] miles to Linzi for emergency. The food in the two counties can only be guarded for one month, and the reinforcements will not arrive in one month, Yangzhou is in danger! Qingzhou Sima Zanghong, Xuzhou don’t drive Zhang Zhao and dare not be good at it, Yan’s sister-in-law told the last general to change horses and not change people, come to report to the lord Decide with General Qin."

The most feared thing finally happened.Qin Xu was worried that Sun Ce, who was intimidated by his own rhetoric at the beginning, would be overwhelmed by a group of old Sun generals, especially after taking over a small number of Yuan Shu's remnants and greatly increasing his strength. , will never be too stable in Yuzhang County, but I didn't expect that Yan's father and son, who were immortal with Sun in history, would also get involved, and according to the urgent report letter, Yan's father and son There seems to be a shadow of Sun's support behind this approach.The so-called killing a snake will not kill you, but you will suffer from it. This must be the case.At the beginning, for the sake of Yangzhou's stability, he didn't want to use too many swords to hurt the vitality of the great man. He just put Sun Ce on the side of Liu Biao, who had revenge for killing his father, but he didn't expect that he would end up raising tigers. Instead, taking advantage of the main force of Lu Bu's army going northward, the remnants of the Yan family and Yuan Shu were entangled, and another storm arose in Jiangdong.If it weren't for the ambiguity between Guo Jia and Liu Yao that made Qin Xu keep Guo Jia in Yangzhou in a wicked way, Yangzhou would have been turned upside down by the actions of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu at this moment.

"My lord, the matter in Yangzhou is urgent and should not be underestimated. If it is not handled well, our army's control over Jiangdong will be greatly reduced. Even if we want to attack Yangzhou in the future, it will be half the effort. Agreed!" Seeing Lu Bu's hesitant to speak, Qin Xu also knew that Lu Bu must also be worried about the situation in Jiangdong at this moment, but now that Jizhou is newly attached, the hearts of the army, the people, and even the martial arts in Yecheng are hard to decide. It can be said that there is no intention to contribute. In addition, the Zhen family, which was originally cooperating with Lu Bujun, is still in the hands of Liu Bei. Lu Bu and Qin Xu, the masters of the army and the instigators of this incident, must have one person left to preside over the overall situation, and the main force must not be moved lightly.Who will go to Jiangdong to clean up the mess has become a key issue.If Lu Bu went there in person, it would certainly serve as a deterrent, but if something like this happened, if Lu Bu also "panicked", it would be a fatal blow to Lu Bu's prestige, which would directly affect the development of Yangzhou and even Xuzhou in the future. stable.Therefore, Qin Xu, as the governor of Xuzhou and the main "person in charge" of Lu Bujun's Jiangdong strategy, is really the best candidate.It's just that Yecheng is thousands of miles away from Wu County. Although Qin Xu has been trained by Lu Lingqi for nearly three years, he is only stronger than ordinary people. A bandit is enough to kill Qin Xu.This was also the reason why Lu Bu was hesitant to say it in front of Lu Lingqi.Qin Xu naturally saw Lu Bu's worries, and he knew what Lu Bu was worried about. It's just that this matter is true and reasonable, so he can't let others do it. Now that the general framework of Hebei affairs has been formed, according to Lu Bu's temper, Now that he was sitting on the main seat of the Yecheng Prefecture Mufu Hall, it was even more difficult to get him to give up his seat.Although Cao Cao's character is extremely unreliable, he will not use troops against Jizhou until he wins Bingzhou and sorts it out smoothly.As for the defeated general of Liu Bei's forces in Youzhou, with the [-] elite soldiers under Yuan Xi's command Wen Chou and Zhang Jaw plus [-] euphorbia soldiers as cannon fodder, with Lu Bu as the backing and Jia Xu's wisdom, he probably won't be able to succeed in a short time No matter how powerful the situation is, the only thing to worry about is the Zhen family who are still in his hands. Fortunately, Zhang Fei, Liu Bei's brother-in-law, is in his hands. The black mountain bandits have already been frightened by Lu Bu. If they don't bother them, Zhang Yan will probably have to burn incense, so don't worry too much.It was also based on this consideration that Qin Xu proposed to Lu Bu the plan to go halfway to Jiangdong.

As for his precious son-in-law's initiative, Lu Bu naturally agreed. He originally wanted Lu Lingqi to go with Qin Xu, but Qin Xu got entangled in this matter, and the safety of Cai Yan and other women still needs help. Taking care of her, she only agreed that Lu Lingqi would return to Linzi and sit in Linzi as the eldest lady. After thinking for a long time, Lu Bu agreed to Qin Xu's request, but Lu Lingqi complained all the time. If dad comes.He also worried about the long distance to Wujun, and it would be inconvenient if there were too many people. Anyway, the Qingzhou soldiers in Xiapi and Wujun were only at the command of Qin Xu, so they didn't have to worry about their strength.There was no order to go to the camp with him first.They only sent [-] senior veterans as Qin Xu's guards, plus Du Bo Xushang, Sima Mao, and Kong Bin, who were familiar with Qin Xu's camp, and Lu Bu's new personal guard commander Dian Wei accompanied them. Along with it, even if Qin Xu failed to appease Jiangdong, he would definitely not lose his life.

But neither Lu Bu, Qin Xu, nor Lu Lingqi thought that Qin Xu's trip to Jiangdong would have an irreversible change in both the future direction of Lu Bu's army and the fate of the entire Han Dynasty.As for whether it is a blessing or a curse, each person realizes it by himself...

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