Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1405 Dilemma

  In the early spring, the weather began to improve gradually, but it was still not completely out of the severe winter. Liu He had actually been in Huguan County for two days before he asked to see Fei Qian. Whenever there is a big event, there is a calmness, which is the basis for doing great things, and it is also where Fei Qian believes that Liu He is more clever than Liu Dan.

   But at the same time, Fei Qian also received news about Gong Jun's defeat and death.

  Although it is inevitable for generals to die in battle, Fei Qian was stunned by Gong Jun's death for a long time. After all, Gong Jun was the first person to adapt to some methods of Fei Qian's special operations, and Fei Qian never thought that Gong Jun would be ambushed and killed shortly after leaving the army.

   Pain, regret, but no amount of pain and regret can save the fact that has happened, only to adjust the pace as soon as possible to adapt to the latest situation.

  So, in the Huguan government office, Fei Qian ordered some tea and invited Liu He to drink tea.

  Drinking tea is secondary, the main thing is to finish dealing with Liu He as soon as possible, so that you can free up your hands to do other things...

"The things in the world can be seen or discussed, only those who have experienced them can understand." Fei Qian said lightly, "When I was in Heluo for the first time, I also felt that the things in the world were just mediocre, so I went to study in Jingxiang. , Under the deer mountain, under the instruction of Mr. Pang De, he devoted himself for several months without telling others. The world is so big and the world is so complicated that it cannot be recorded in a book. It is like looking at the sky from the flat ground, like standing on the top of a mountain, and looking at it from the top of the mountain. Only then can we know how far it is. I wonder if Liu Shizhong thinks so?"

  Liu He nodded slightly, looking at the tea soup on the table.

Because the skill of frying green tea is not yet fully mature, most of the tea leaves in Feiqian are fully fermented, so the tea soup presents a slightly reddish color. This kind of thick and ink-like boiled tea soup is completely different.

  This Zhengxi is really different from others in every way...

  Of course, Liu He naturally wouldn't think that Fei Qian was really just sharing with him his experience of studying and traveling, and the words naturally meant something else.

Liu He pondered for a moment, then said: "When my late father was especially the shepherd of Youzhou, on a certain weekday, he would hang out in teahouses and restaurants, where there were fireworks, calling friends, discussing and drinking freely, he thought he was a new rich man, and all his contacts were public officials. .but..."

Liu He sighed slightly, and continued: "...however, when my father was suffering from Youbei, a certain person was so anxious that he had nowhere to ask, but in the end it was of no use... he came out of Luoyang and was detained by the later general. Loyalty has a reputation as a chivalrous man, so I tried to seek it, I never thought... I never thought that I missed my father's life! This is the hatred of my life!"

   Liu He said it firmly, on the one hand, to express his attitude, and on the other hand, it was also an answer to Fei Qian's topic just now.

   Fei Qian nodded slightly, and stretched out his hand to signal Liu He to drink tea.

   Talking to smart people is more worry-free and labor-saving.

"Liu Shizhong's meaning, I know it..." After taking a sip of the tea soup, Fei Qian put down the tea bowl, tapped twice on the table, "If Liu Shizhong doesn't give up, I would like to present Liu Shizhong as the governor of Youzhou !"

   Liu He was a little surprised, obviously surprised by Yu Feiqian's straightforward decision, but he also quickly realized that he stood up, left the seat and bowed down, and said loudly: "He, I am willing to be driven by the general!"

   Fei Qian hurriedly got up and helped Liu He up. The two of them clasped arms and smiled at each other, as if they felt a lot closer.

  However, Fei Qian knew that this was just an illusion.

Liu He's here is only related to interests. Even if Fei Qian loses to Yuan Shao in the future, at least at this moment he has found someone who is willing to endorse Liu and himself, and he can use this name to recruit and develop. To reclaim what belonged to his father.

As far as Fei Qian is concerned, Youzhou is not in his own hands now anyway, and being named an enclave governor is like Liu Dan. If he succeeds, he will naturally have the opportunity to extend his hand to Youzhou. What too much loss.

  Of course, it is also possible that there will be any conflicts with Liu He because of the interests of Youzhou in the future, but that will be a matter for the future.

  After the two parties sat down again, their attitudes became much more harmonious, and some core issues began to be touched upon. The main issue was resource allocation and corresponding cooperation. However, under the premise of being willing to cooperate, some small differences were quickly put aside. Liu He agreed to return to Wuhuan immediately with Xian Yufu. Some of Yu Enhui's barbarians fought and cooperated with Feiqian's northern line, while Feiqian provided sufficient support in terms of armor, supplies and equipment...

  Victory will cover up all contradictions, while failure will explode all problems.

  If it weren't for Gong Jun's failure, Fei Qian would definitely be more calm now, at least he would have an advantage in Liu He's aspect, and now he has to give Liu He enough freedom to get Liu He's side.

  On the battlefield, the difference between victory and defeat is life and death. Outside of the battlefield, although Gong Jun's failure would not immediately bring down General Zhengxi's reputation, it cast a shadow over it.

   Avoidance and cover up?

Impossible, in the era when the awareness of secrecy was not formed in the Han Dynasty, the transmission of information could only be divided into speed and speed, and the concealment could only be covered up for a while, and people would still find out after all. It is better to simply admit it, and it can also reflect the open-mindedness that victory or defeat is commonplace. and calm.

  Obviously, Liu He appreciates Fei Qian's attitude of not avoiding and not covering up, which also promotes Liu He to fall to Fei Qian's side from another aspect.

   One win and one loss in the vanguard battle is considered a tie, but the next battle is the focus...

   What should the next changes be?

   Fei Qian rubbed his forehead, feeling a little pain in his head, so he couldn't help but sighed softly.

  ………………

  Taiyuan.

  Yangqu County.

  It is also called Wuyuan County, because it once accommodated a large number of the original Wuyuan population.

In the Western Han Dynasty, Wuyuan County had a population of more than 200,000, but at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wuyuan County began to decline. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wuyuan County experienced several major Hu people's invasions. During the period, the population of Wuyuan County had dropped to more than 20,000, and in the following period, the remaining population was still shrinking. Collect the Han people and resettle in the interior.

  Yangqu in Taiyuan was the largest resettlement site back then.

   Lu Bu recruited soldiers, and he came here. After all, this is more or less Lu Bu's hometown. But unfortunately, Lu Bu's recruitment is not going smoothly. Although Wei Xu, Song Xian and others went to the county town and villages separately to recruit in a formation, and the promised conditions are not bad, there are still not many people willing to join the army...

  Looking at a dozen or even a few sporadic people going to Gaoshun's recruit training camp every day, Lu Bu was very anxious, but he didn't know what the problem was.

   "Report!" A soldier ran to the front of the camp excitedly, and reported loudly, "Report to Marquis Wen! Lieutenant Zhang brought two thousand horses to vote! It's already twenty miles away!"

   "Who? Could it be Zhang Wenyuan?" Lu Bu was a little surprised, stood up and asked repeatedly.

  After getting an affirmative answer, Lu Bu was overjoyed immediately, called the guards, rode on the red rabbit horse, and went to meet Zhang Liao with a stream of smoke.

  Chituma is fast. To Chitu, a journey of twenty or thirty miles is just a warm-up. When he met Zhang Liao, Chituma was still unsatisfied, snorting and snorting and ran again...

   "Meet Marquis Wen!" Zhang Liao dismounted and paid his respects.

Lu Bu immediately swung the saddle off the horse, helped Zhang Liao up, patted Zhang Liao on the shoulder, laughed loudly, even showing his back molars, looking extremely happy, and said, "Hahaha, Wen Yuan, why are you here... Ah, no, why are you Wenyuan...not, oh! I am very happy that you can come, Wenyuan, really happy!"

   "Marquis Wen!" Zhang Liao was also a little emotional. After all, he had fought side by side in Bingbei for many years, and had many years of friendship.

  The two got on their horses again, and while heading towards Lu Bu's camp, they chatted and asked each other about the situation after being separated for these years.

   But after asking, Lu Bu fell silent, and just rode forward slowly without speaking.

  From Zhang Liao's words, even if Lu Bu had a dull personality, he could still hear Zhang Liao's admiration and respect for Fei Qian, the general who conquered the west, and Lu Bu had never seen this kind of admiration and respect from him before.

  Recovering the Yin Mountains, resettling the refugees, cleaning up the rebels, and restoring the people's livelihood, Zhang Liao talked about all kinds of things, with a proud expression on his face.

  Aware of Lu Bu's emotions, Zhang Liao also stopped talking. The atmosphere between the two suddenly dropped from the previous enthusiasm, and it seemed that an unspeakable embarrassment began to spread.

For the rest of the journey, the two of them didn't speak much, and they seemed to be thinking about the problems in their hearts. When they arrived at the camp, when Chen Gong, Gao Shun, Wei Xu and others who got the news also came together, the whole atmosphere was renewed. pick up.

  Lv Bu laughed loudly, and asked Wei Xu to prepare a banquet to clean up Zhang Liao.

At the banquet, they were naturally laughing at each other, talking about all kinds of things in the past, and there was nothing unusual under the mingling of cups and cups. It was just that after the banquet was over, there were some unharmonious rumors in Lu Bu's central army tent. the sound of.

"Wen Yuan is my brother! We have known each other for so many years, how could he have his heart!" Lu Bu frowned, and the deep wrinkles between his brows stood up, and he said dissatisfiedly, "You don't know Gongtai. Thirty or forty people chased and killed the barbarians who violated the border. They entered Shuo Fang for more than a hundred miles, and suddenly encountered a sandstorm. If I get past him, I'm afraid he will die under the yellow sand long ago..."

  Chen Gong was silent for a moment, and said: "Marquis Wen, it's not about wanting to renounce kindness and righteousness, it's about guarding against others... You must know that our recruiting is very difficult at the moment.

  Lu Bu still frowned, but the texture between the brows was deeper. Under the illumination of the lights, there seemed to be endless darkness lurking...

   Lu Bu has always been suspicious, but he didn't say it out, because he was also in charge of recruitment when he was still under Ding Yuan, and I remember that it was not as difficult to recruit as it is now. In fact, there were times when Lu Bu considered disregarding the order to recruit directly, but after thinking about it later, he gave up the temptation of killing the chicken and taking the eggs. After all, he now has the title of governor of Bingzhou. If you start, it will inevitably be unreasonable, and it will have a bad influence in the future.

Cui Jun's attitude was very sincere, but he always said one thing, not that he would not give Lu Bu, but that last year's taxes and taxes had been paid, and he had experienced military disasters and man-made disasters, so there was no money left in Taiyuan's warehouse. Therefore, if you want to give it to Lu Bu, you have to wait until this year's autumn harvest...

   And now spring is just beginning!

Of course, according to normal reasoning, Taiyuan prefect Cui Jun's reason is also appropriate. However, the annual tax is fixed, and now it is time for spring plowing, so it is impossible to order the governor of Bingzhou to conscript soldiers, so people will prepare to plow. Do you want to hand in the seeds too?

Lu Bu wanted to get angry, but he couldn't find a reason. After all, Cui Jun was very polite every time. Not only did he hand over the tax registration booklet to Lu Bu, he even took Lu Bu to walk through the warehouse in Taiyuan with his own eyes, saying that there was no Concealment, also don't have any in stock...

  Chen Gong was also helpless.

Although Chen Gong's ability to handle government affairs is not bad, he still can't make something out of nothing. In addition, Chen Gong is not familiar with these gentry in Bingzhou, so he won't be able to talk about friendship for a while. Naturally, it is impossible to immediately let these local gentry dominate Take out a lot of money.

Similarly, if the mandatory search is carried out irrespectively, I am afraid that these Taiyuan gentry Haoyou will immediately stand on the side of General Zhengxi, so Chen Gong can only run around during this period of time, trying to Draw some big cakes, get rid of the dependence on General Zhengxi as much as possible, and get some food, grass and supplies to tide over the current difficulties.

  But no matter what it is, it will take time...

  So regarding the two thousand soldiers brought by Zhang Liao, Chen Gong and Lu Bu's opinions are not very unified. Chen Gong suggested that Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses be separated and commanded separately. On the one hand, it can also supplement the troops of Lu Bu and other generals, and on the other hand, it can also reduce possible threats. However, Lu Bu didn't quite agree.

However, Lu Bu also knows that Zhang Liao is here now. Although he is happy to be happy, considering the current situation of Lu Bu, it is basically a situation of strong branches and weak ones. The sum was even more, even if Lu Bu didn't say anything, the generals under him might not have any opinions, so now Lu Bu is still very embarrassed after being happy.

   "Gongtai, it's late tonight..." Lu Bu closed his eyes, couldn't help the throbbing blood vessels on his forehead, and said, "Let me think about this matter..."

  (end of this chapter)