Great Han Empire

Chapter 892 Troubled Times Heroic Chapter Wins Central Plains
Shocked, Chen Hao knelt down and pleaded guilty, "General, I have a heavy trust..."

"Hmph..." Li Hong sneered, and waved his hand at him, "I thought Sun Ce was dead, and Jiangdong was in jeopardy, but Zhou Yu would voluntarily give up fighting for Jiangdong and assist the little-known Sun Quan. How long do you think the close relationship between Sun Quan and Zhou Yu can last?"

Seeing that the general did not blame himself, Chen Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "In my opinion, as long as Mrs. Sun is alive, even if there is internal strife in Jiangdong, it will not affect the stability of Jiangdong. When Sun Quan first led Jiangdong, his qualifications Not enough, the foundation is not stable, he needs time to build and consolidate his power, so Zhou Yu's support and help will be very important to him in the future, he will never turn against Zhou Yu rashly. As for Zhou Yu, he chooses to assist Sun Quan at this moment It is also a last resort. He is weak, and is connected with Sun Quan's fate. One prospers and one loses and one loses. It's hard to say."

"How do you know that?" Li Hong asked curiously, "Could it be that Sun Quan is better than his brother Sun Ce?"

"I think he is very scheming and shameless."

"Shameless?" Li Hongnong frowned slightly, "You mean forcing Mrs. Sun to marry her daughter to you?"

"No, it's the question of appointment." Under Li Hong's signal, Chen Hao sat down on the table again, curled his lips contemptuously, "Sun Ce is dead, Sun Quan is actually taking over Jiangdong on his behalf, and the court wants to take the appointment, of course it is Sun Quan Sun Quan lied and lied to Mrs. Sun that we wanted his younger brothers to come to Jinyang as hostages. Mrs. Sun actually believed it. She didn’t even think about it. Sun Quan is the lord of Jiangdong, and we want his What's the use of a younger brother as a hostage? How much threat are Sun Quan's younger brothers to Sun Quan? In my opinion, Sun Quan deliberately asked his younger brothers to leave Jiangdong, so as not to fight with him for power and profit, and to fight against each other. Who knows that Mrs. Sun is firm and disagrees. .”

"When I asked to leave Jiangdong, I met with Sun Quan alone. Sun Quan hinted to me that Zhou Yu had the final say in Jiangdong now, and it would be more effective to use Zhou Yu's wife and children as hostages. Of course I understood what he meant, so formally During the discussion, I put forward a change of opinion, Sun Quan's younger brother can also be the hostage, but Zhou Yu's wife and children must be added."

"I didn't know what Sun Quan's real purpose was at the time. Considering that neither Sun Quan nor Zhou Yu had the sincerity to be caressed, I also talked nonsense. Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhao came to marry the next day. Only then did I suddenly understand."

"The situation in Jiangdong is very critical, and Hebei's help must be obtained. It is also in the interests of Hebei to help Jiangdong contain Cao Cao. Sun Quan is not afraid that we will not send troops, so he resolutely rejected the request for hostage, so as not to be punished by Hebei in the future." In addition, after the situation in Jiangdong stabilized, in order to gain time for himself to develop his strength, Sun Quan secretly negotiated a peace with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Biao and others, so as to realize the situation where all forces stand on top of each other. If you step on two boats, you can't get too close to Hebei, and you can't send the hostage to Jinyang, so as not to encounter great resistance when negotiating with Cao Cao and Liu Biao. Sun Quan is unwilling to send the hostage, but he wants to get us as soon as possible So he took advantage of my opportunity to ask Zhou Yu for a challenge, angered Zhou Yu, and joined hands with Zhou Yu to put pressure on Mrs. Sun and bribed me by means of marriage, hoping that I would pass the marriage between the general and Zhong Yuan and Xiao Lan. relationship, persuade Jinyang to send troops as soon as possible."

Chen Hao looked at Li Hong worriedly, and said with embarrassment: "If Jiangdong doesn't give a hostage, it will be a failure to recruit. If I refuse to marry at this time, it will be tantamount to tearing apart with Jiangdong. Under Jiangdong's despair, it is possible to put an internal rebellion on the table. Regardless, we fought against Cao Cao and Liu Biao in the Yangtze River. We had no choice but to send troops to help, but because of the failure of appeasement, Jiangdong would not be grateful to us, nor would we contain Cao Cao and Liu Biao in Jiangdong when we attacked Luoyang .Two trade-offs, so..."

"So you married Brother Wentai's daughter?" Li Hong teased, "It seems that Sun Quan is really shameless, but what about you? Aren't you also shameless for marrying without authorization while on a mission, and you're so daring that you don't even want your head?"

"General..." Seeing Li Hong getting angry, Chen Hao was very scared at first, but when he heard Li Hong scolding him for being shameless and daring instead of violating the law, he was overjoyed and knew that the general had no intention of punishing him, so he hurriedly Kneeling down and defending, "General, the situation was urgent at the time, I can only agree, otherwise the consequences will be serious, and..."

"And what..." Li Hong tapped his finger on the table, "Do you still have a reason? I wanted to kill you just now."

"Hey..." Chen Hao smiled shyly, "I thought you were scolding Sun Quan and Zhou Yu."

"You can still laugh?" Li Hong couldn't help laughing bitterly, "If you go back like this, Zhong Yuan, Xiao Lan, and many of your classmates will probably break up with you."

"How can it be so serious?" Chen Hao said indifferently, "I married in Jiangdong. Although I violated the law, it still helped the court to appease Jiangdong. Even if you give me ten heads, I wouldn't dare to do such a thing."

Li Hong looked at Chen Hao in surprise, "Yiqian, your skin is unusually thick."

"General, since you sent me to Jiangdong to appease you, and let me act cheaply at the critical moment, I certainly can't live up to your trust. No matter what, I must try to achieve the purpose of this trip." Chen Hao said with a playful smile, "Daddy General, you must help me."

"You are so shameless that you want to drag me in." Li Hong shook his head again and again, "Immediately write to the court and explain the matter clearly. With Zhong Yuan and Xiao Lan interceding for you in Jinyang, there will be no major incidents. But the impeachment of the admonisher is inevitable."

"General, can I not go back to Jinyang?" Chen Hao hesitated for a while and asked cautiously.

"Alright." Li Hong nodded, "You know the law and broke the law, you can't do it no matter what. You can stay in Xingyuan."

"I don't want to stay in Xingyuan." Chen Hao cupped his hands and said, "I will be a lieutenant in the army and lead the army to fight."

"Now that you are dealing with crimes, what qualifications do you have to ask for this or that?" Li Hong said angrily, "Stay in Xingyuan first."

Chen Hao didn't dare to say more, and bowed to leave.

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Just a few steps away, Li Hong stopped him again, "Where is Brother Wentai's daughter now?"

"At the post in the city."

"You take her into Xingyuan and let her live with Madam temporarily."

"why?"

"Brother Wentai's daughter is getting married, and she wants to be beautiful, so what's the point of hiding it?" Li Hong said angrily, "You don't have an overlord to force your bow, do you?"

"No, no..." Chen Hao was taken aback, shaking his hands again and again, "I was in a hurry to come back, so I didn't do anything."

"That's good, if you lie to me, I'll castrate you." Li Hong snorted a few times, and then said, "I'll talk to Boyang (Sun Ben) in detail later, and when the situation in Jiangdong stabilizes, call Jiangdong Send someone to marry the bride in strict accordance with the six rituals."

"Sun Quan is anxious to marry his younger sister. We are not in a hurry, we have time. We are marrying, not threatening, not blackmailing, and not blatantly plundering, so we have to make the wedding grand and let Mrs. Sun feel Hebei has respect and sincerity for Jiangdong. For us, this marriage is a good thing. If the friendly relationship between Hebei and Jiangdong can be maintained for a longer time, it will be very beneficial for us to attack Luoyang and take the Central Plains."

Chen Hao already understood what the general meant.In order to help him get rid of the crime, the general intends to disclose the marriage between Hebei and Jiangdong. Although his status is not very respected, he has a lot of power behind him, and they are all a group of forces that are closely related to General Sun Jian.Once this marriage is spread, it will still have a great influence. With Mrs. Sun's current status in Jiangdong, it is very likely that Hebei and Jiangdong will maintain the alliance for a longer period of time.

Originally, this was a matter that was extremely unfavorable to his future, but the general turned it into a state matter and a good thing in a blink of an eye.If Hebei benefits from this in the future, he is likely to be rewarded by the court.The general is the general, powerful.Chen Haohuan knelt down happily, and just after a few words of flattery, Li Hong spoke again, and this sentence immediately stunned Chen Haowen.

"How do you explain to the Hedong Wei family?"

Mrs. Chen Hao is from the Hedong Wei family, and is the younger sister of the current head of the family, Wei Che.There are many guards among the ministers of the dynasty, and those with higher official positions include Wei Che, Wei Gu, Wei Ke (ji), Wei Zhen and others.In the past, the relationship between Beijiang and the Wei family has always been very good, but after Beijiang tried to force the Wei family to withdraw their marriage in order to fulfill Zhao Yun and Cai Yan, the relationship between the two parties became very tense.At that time, it was Xiao Lan who presided over Hedong Xingyuan who forced the Wei family to withdraw their engagement.Later, in order to improve the relationship with the Hedong Wei clan, Xiao Lan thought of many ways, one of the most important things was to facilitate the marriage between Chen Hao and the Wei family, which gradually made the relationship between the two parties closer.

It's not that Chen Hao didn't think about this problem on the way back, but he was helpless.

Chen Hao's status in northern Xinjiang is very special.In order to stabilize northern Xinjiang, Li Hong specially wrote to the imperial court to set up a supervisory official in northern Xinjiang. Chen Hao is the supervisory official in northern Xinjiang. He has great power and is a very important official in northern Xinjiang.Later, the eldest princess went to northern Xinjiang, rebuilt the imperial court, and replaced the Jian Yushi Mansion with Yushitai, and Chen Hao has been working in Yushitai.If Dr. Yushi is not around, he will have full power to handle all matters of Yushitai. The power is still there, and he is also one of the hottest figures in Jinyang.The key to the fact that the Wei clan is willing to marry Chen Hao, who was born in a second-class gentry, is that he is interested in his bright future.This censor "Big Axe", who is known as an all-rounder in civil and military affairs in Jinyang, will definitely be one of the three princes in the future.

According to Chen Hao's prominent status, it is normal to marry another wife and concubine, but the problem is that he married the daughter of Jiangdong Sun's family.Jiangdong Sun's family was rebellious in the past, and now they have no choice but to be pampered, but what about the future?If he rebels in the future, it will not only seriously affect Chen Hao's personal future, but also involve the vital interests of the guards.The Wei clan will definitely do everything in its power to prevent this marriage, and may even have fierce conflicts with Li Wei, Xiao Lan and others.

"You have been a censor in Hebei for more than ten years, and you have offended many people. It is not bad to take this opportunity to return to the army." Li Hong looked at the frowning Chen Hao and said, "I will handle the affairs of the Wei family, you Don't worry about it."

Chen Hao was so grateful that he knelt on the ground and didn't know what to say.

"You go to the city to fetch people immediately, and I'll cleanse you up at night." Li Hong waved his hand and told him to leave, "We'll talk about some things at night."

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Wang Ling and Any Ran walked into the big tent one after another.

"Xuzhou's send-off team will soon enter the border of Yanzhou. You two will take the iron cavalry to pick it up." Li Hong roughly outlined the route, "Jifeng has already led people to go first. After you meet up, you will walk fifty miles a day. , not too fast."

"I heard that Master Zuo Cheqi, Mr. Xianyu, will also personally come to congratulate him. Is it true?" Ren Ran asked.

"Yes, many people will come to Youzhou this time." Li Hong smiled, "Don't tell Jifeng, I want to give him a surprise."

"Master Tai Changqing Xu Shao, Master Zhang Yan, General of the Left Guard, Lord Lu Bu, Former General, Lord Zuo Yan, Captain of the Sili School, Lord She Tianchou, the right servant of Shangshu, Lord Sima Huangyue of the Prince's Palace..." Wang Ling looked at the table. The roster, very surprised, "Princess also sent someone?"

"There are people coming from all over the place, this time it should be very lively." Li Hong stretched wearily, and said slowly, "We must wait until the people from outside the Great Wall arrive at Xingyuan before we can hold the wedding ceremony."

"What does the General mean to say that this time there will be many kings of the Hu clan outside the Great Wall also coming to congratulate?"

"Of course." Li Hong said, "A Hu man from the Karasuma tribe can marry a daughter of a high-ranking family in the Central Plains as his wife in the Central Plains. It was a shock, a strong shock, to the powerful and rich men of the big man. The big man today is different from the big man in the past, but many people don't know what the difference is. This grand wedding ceremony, perhaps Can give a clear and definitive answer to those who are ignorant."

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Fu Gan came to report in a hurry, and Jiangdong Sun Ben and Zhu Zhi asked to see him.

"General, you once promised me that you would send troops to Xuzhou to rescue Jiangdong. Is this true or false?" Sun Ben asked very bluntly with an angry face.

"What? Do you suspect that I won't rescue Jiangdong?" Li Hong asked with a smile as he stretched out his hand to ask the two to sit down.

"General, I know you have always kept your promises, but this time..." Zhu Zhi had just recovered from a serious injury, his body had lost a lot of weight, and he didn't have much strength to speak. He hesitated for a moment, and summoned up his courage to ask, "I heard Is it true that the general will soon marry Cao Cao's daughter for one of his subordinates?"

"It's true." Li Hong said with a calm demeanor and a slight smile, "My subordinate is called Jifeng, and he is the captain of Changshuiying. Xinjiang, conquered Xiliang, expedition to the desert, made great achievements, and later died in the sunset. This kid is smart, studious, and brave in battle. He is the best of the young generals in this dynasty, and I have always regarded it as my own."

The faces of Sun Ben and Zhu Zhi became more and more ugly.Li Hong was slightly surprised, "Why? Brother Junli and Boyang have objections to this?"

Sun Ben was angry and silent.Zhu Zhi sighed, "General, since you have married Cao Cao and negotiated peace, how can you help Jiangdong?"

"Why can't I help Jiangdong?" Li Hong asked strangely, "Cao Cao submitted to the imperial court, and Jiangdong also submitted to the imperial court. You are all high officials stationed by the imperial court in various places, and you must obey the imperial court's will. The imperial court ordered you to shake hands. Yanhe, you must stop attacking. Doesn’t this save you Jiangdong in danger?”

Sun Ben snorted, "General, please say something useful. If the general is unwilling to help us, then we will leave Hebei immediately and fight Cao Cao to the death."

Zhu Zhi pushed Sun Ben lightly, signaling him not to provoke Li Hong.

"General, did Jiang Dong refuse to appease?"

"It's almost the same as refusal." Li Hong nodded, "Sun Quan and Zhou Yu did not agree to any of the three conditions for appeasement proposed by the imperial court."

"Sun Quan? Zhou Yu?" Sun Ben and Zhu Zhi were shocked, "Bo Fu...is he dead?"

"Dead." Li Hong summed up what Chen Hao said, "The situation in Jiangdong is very critical now, but Sun Quan and Zhou Yu seem to have forgotten what loyalty is? They love their wives and children more than they love big men."

Sun Ben and Zhu Zhi were so sad that they sat there without speaking for a long time.

"General, just now you said that Zhongmou (Sun Quan) married his younger sister Shangxiang to Lord Chen Hao." Zhu Zhi suddenly thought of something, "General, that means that Jiangdong and Hebei are also married."

"I can admit that this is a marriage between Hebei and Jiangdong, but they haven't held a wedding ceremony so far." Li Hong said lightly, "Cao Cao didn't know that Jiangdong also had the intention of submitting to the court, so he hurriedly sent his daughter to get married , obviously to attack Jiangdong immediately. Your time is running out."

Zhu Zhi suddenly woke up.The goal of Hebei is Luoyang, and Li Hong obviously has no intention of attacking Xuzhou, so he wants to use the opportunity of marriage negotiation with the two parties to prevent Cao Cao from attacking Jiangdong, and use Jiangdong to contain Cao Cao, so that he can fight with all his strength without worrying about the future. Luoyang.

"When will the wedding ceremony for Mr. Jifeng be held?"

"We can delay it for a few days." Li Hong said, "If you send the letter back now and ask Sun Quan and Zhou Yu to send a sending team to Dingtao immediately, I can hold this wedding ceremony on the same day."

"On the same day?" Zhu Zhi said in surprise, "General, then it's settled. I'll report to Jiang Dong immediately."

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After seeing off Sun Ben and Zhu Zhi, Li Hong returned to the big tent and ordered Fu Gan and Zhao Xing to write a memorial immediately.

Chen Hao's goal of going south to Jiangdong has been achieved. We can be sure that Jiangdong Sun Ce is dead, and Jiangdong is facing a great crisis. However, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu, two rebels, even in this critical situation, still have no intention of submitting to the court, so We can conclude that Jiangdong will definitely become a huge obstacle for the imperial court to pacify the world in the future. The imperial court should plan for the last rainy day, form and train the Han Navy as soon as possible, and prepare for the army's recovery of Jiangdong in the future.

The marriage between Chen Hao and Jiangdong Sun's family brought an opportunity for the court to easily resolve the matter between Xuzhou and Jiangdong.Cao Cao saw that we were married to the Sun family in Jiangdong at the same time, so he didn't dare to attack Jiangdong rashly anyway, so Jiangdong's danger would be resolved by itself, and I took advantage of Xuzhou and Jiangdong's mutual restraint and immobility, and quickly threatened Xuzhou's army Zhongzheng dispatched half of the troops to the Yingchuan battlefield, and transformed the diversion attack that should have been on the Henan battlefield into a powerful attack on the Yingchuan battlefield, so as to use the short diversion attack time to complete the capture of Yingchuan and cut off Yuan Shao and Yuzhou. , Jingzhou, surrounded Luoyang, and attracted Yuan Shao's army to the eight passes of Gyeonggi, buying enough time for the army attacking the pass to defeat Han Sui and gaining an absolute advantage in strength.Once Guanzhong, Kanxi, and Yingchuan are taken by us successively, the time for the army to conquer Luoyang will be greatly shortened.

"General, shall we fight Yingchuan?" Fu Gan asked worriedly, "Qingzhou and Yanzhou are not yet stable, and we can't produce food now, and the food given to us by the imperial court is only one month's supply. Chuan?"

"Solve it on the spot, Yingchuan must have food."

"General, now that Liu Biao's army from Jingzhou has entered Jiangdong, if Cao Cao recklessly attacks Jiangdong with all his strength, wouldn't Jiangdong be in danger?" Zhao Xing also asked in surprise.

"Send someone to contact Yuan Yao and Liu Ye, and tell them to turn around and pretend to attack Jiujiang immediately, so that Cao Cao will be attacked." Li Hong laughed, "Yuan Yao should be back. If my estimate is correct, Cao Cao is very likely to attack Yuan Yao first, and then attack Cao Cao." Fight Jiangdong. Who is Cao Cao? When he fights Jiangdong, he will put Yuan Yao, an enemy, behind him? Think about how Yuan Shu beat him back then? How dare he forget the lessons learned from the past? "

"Fake attack on Jiujiang?" Zhao Xing hesitated, "Could it be that the general wants Yuan Yao to bring his troops back to the Central Plains?"

"No, let him rush into Yuzhou and attack Runan to attract Liu Bei's attention and contain Liu Bei's troops so that our army can launch a surprise attack on Yingchuan." Li Hong pointed to Fu Gan and said, "Urgently order Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Wu Xiong and Guan Hai each led 5000 men and hurried to Chenliu and Yongqiu to join Yan Liang, Zhao Yun, Wen Chou, Jiang Wu, Wang Dang, and Zhang Xiu, and prepare to attack Yingchuan."

"When to attack?"

"The day of marriage is the time when the army attacks."

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(End of this chapter)