The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

From the point of view of Xun Zhen's original intention, he really does not want to face Yuan Shao as an enemy.

Not because he was afraid of Yuan Shao, but because Xuzhou's current front was stretched too long, and his available troops were already stretched thin.

On the other side of Yangzhou, Jiujiang was a nail he placed in the southeast of Huai River and west of the Yangtze River. This county must be preserved no matter what.

Jiujiang County is adjacent to Danyang in the east and Lujiang in the south.

In particular, Danyang County is a place rich in elite soldiers. Zhou Xin, the prefect of Danyang, is also a party of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. His brother Zhou Ang and others are now under Yuan Shao's tent; and the predecessor who was seized by Xunzhen. Tao Qian, the prefect of Xuzhou, also lives in Danyang. Now Tao Qian has been released by Xun Zhen. Although he is old, his sons and nephews will inevitably hate Xun Zhen. , plus the elite soldiers in the county, it is indeed a big threat to the eastern border of Jiujiang.

In addition to Danyang and Lujiang, there are external threats, as well as Yuan Shu in Nanyang County to the west.

Lujiang West borders Jiangxia County in Jingzhou, and Nanyang County is to the west of Jiangxia County. Yuan Shu's current expansion direction is only two, either to attack Liu Biao in Xiangyang in the south, or attack Jiangxia in the east. Liu Biao, he has been fighting, but he has not been able to win. Then, the next, or in other words, it is not the next, his current main attack direction is Jiangxia County. Once Jiangxia was conquered by him, Lujiang would follow. After that, it was Jiujiang County.

Danyang Zhou Ang and Nanyang Yuan Shu, one near and one far, are threats from outside Jiujiang.

The interior is also unstable.

The prefecture of Yangzhou is Liyang in Jiujiang County. Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, has nearly 10,000 people. The east of Liyang borders Danyang County. Bao and other pirates in Chaohu are entrenched in the southern part of Jiujiang. Xun Chen, the prefect of Jiujiang, Liu Ye, the governor of Jiujiang, Jiang Gan, the chief registrar of Jiujiang, etc., although according to Liu Ye's advice and Xun Zhen's plan, have driven Fuling away, connecting Fuling and Jiujiang into one, a great deal. He enhanced Jiujiang's self-defense ability, and while forming an alliance with Sheng Xian, the prefect of Wu County to the east of Danyang, divided and attracted Zheng Bao and other Chaohu thieves, but the current internal situation of Jiujiang can only be temporarily stabilized.

Therefore, not only the Liu Deng, Wenpin and other departments in Jiujiang County cannot move, but also the Xu Rong department in Guangling County can not move, so it is best not to move. When they attacked Yanzhou a month ago, do you want to transfer Xu Rong's department to support? Xun Zhen hesitated for a long time at the time, but thanks to Sun Jian's offer to help, he helped Xun Zhen solve this problem. Departments such as Liu Deng and Wenpin have a total of 5,000 troops, and Xu Rong's team has a total of nearly 6,000 troops.

The total number of troops and horses in Xuzhou before was more than 50,000. After removing the more than 10,000, there are about 20,000 troops now used for the garrison in the counties of Yanzhou. That's more than 30,000 steps. Donghai is the prefecture of the state, and Langya is close to Qingzhou. Neither of these two counties can be stationed without heavy troops. Before the attack on Yanzhou, there were nearly 20,000 troops in the East China Sea, more than 6,000 troops in Langya, and more than 6,000 troops in Xiatun. Most of the horses were selected from the garrison in the East China Sea. The number of garrisoned troops in Donghai County has been reduced by more than half. The total number of garrisoned troops in the two counties now is more than 10,000. The soldiers and horses, the soldiers and horses led by Zhao Yun to guard Licheng, the soldiers and horses stationed in Runan led by Xun Min, etc., in other words, the necessary garrison troops in Xuzhou, plus the garrison troops in Licheng and Runan, now There were fifteen or six thousand people up and down.

The total number of troops of more than 50,000, minus the nearly 50,000 troops, Xun Zhen currently has only three or four thousand mobile troops available.

That's right, the elite veterans of ten thousand people were selected from the Yellow Turbans, but they had just surrendered and had not yet been reorganized. How could Xun Zhen dare to throw them into the battlefield so easily?

Facing the military report sent by Zhao Yun, Xun Zhen fell into deep thought.

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Liu Qian didn't know if he should say goodbye. He stroked his beard and coughed softly.

Xun Zhen came back to his senses and said, "I only looked at Zilong's military report, but I forgot about Qing."

Liu Qian said: "Duke Ming has military affairs, so please leave first."

"Hey, don't go, I was just about to hear your opinion."

Hearing this, Liu Qian thought to himself, "Is Zhendong trying to test my talents?" He raised his spirits, straightened his sitting posture, and said solemnly, "Ming Gong, please speak."

Xun Zhen didn't know that Liu Qian would think so, the reason why he wanted to ask Liu Qian's opinion, firstly, during the days he had been in contact with Liu Qian, he felt that Liu Qian was resourceful, and secondly, Liu Qian was from Qingzhou, about Qingzhou , ask him a thing or two, there is no harm.

But Liu Qian thinks so, it is not wrong.

As for Xun Zhen's question, if Liu Qian answered well, he would be able to give him some points. Maybe it would not be necessary to "wait for a while", Xun Zhen would appoint him to a real post, and he would not have to work there. When this "teacher and friend engaged" who is respected but has little power, and if he doesn't answer well, I'm only afraid that this "teacher and friend engages", he will have to do it for a while.

Xun Zhen first introduced the content of Zhao Yun's military newspaper to Liu Qian, saying: "We just said that I want to declare Kong Beihai as the governor of Qingzhou, and this military report from Zilong came. The military newspaper said that Yuan Benchu ​​sent his son Yuan Tan to lead Zhang He and other generals led more than 10,000 troops to attack Pingyuan County. Tian Kai of Pingyuan County asked Zilong for help, saying that he was willing to vote for Xu."

After the introduction, I asked him and said, "Yixun, you said Tian Kai's request for help, should I help him or not?"

Liu Qian pondered for a while and had an opinion.

He said: "Ming Gong, Qian's stupid opinion, it is better to help him."

Xun Zhen said: "Oh? Why is it good to help him? I'd like to hear more about it."

Liu Qian said: "Duke Ming, Pingyuan County is adjacent to Jizhou in the west, Dong County in the south, the sea in the northeast, and Le'an and Jinan in the southeast, across the Yellow River. This county is indeed the key to the west of my Qingzhou. If they are captured, the Jizhou troops will cross the east of the river to attack, invade Le'an, and plunder Jinan. Although General Zhao is stationed in Licheng, he may be difficult to attack.

"Le'an and Jinan have come down, and they will march in, and the three counties of Qi, Beihai, and Donglai will all be captured by Yuan Benchu!"

After a pause, Liu Qian continued, "Not only will Qingzhou be occupied by Yuan Benchu, the southwest of Pingyuan County will be bordered by Dong County, and the south of Dong County will be bordered by Chenliu County, so Yuan Benchu ​​will be able to connect with Cao Mengde and Zhang Mengzhuo to the north, Responding to the west, thus forming a situation of semi-encirclement of Xuzhou, it will also greatly endanger Xuzhou!"

Xun Zhen sighed: "What you said is exactly what I thought. Only I was able to get the five counties in Yanzhou. My troops and horses in Xuzhou are now stationed in Yanzhou, Jiujiang and other places, and the available troops are not enough at the moment. - Yuan Benchu ​​and Gongsun Zan fought a series of fierce battles and managed to drive Gongsun Zan back to Youzhou. He kept reorganizing his works and maintaining the people's strength. He sent his son to attack Pingyuan County. One point. Although I want to prevent Yuan Benchu ​​from entering Qingzhou, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, but what! Yixun, can you have a good plan to relieve me from this difficulty?"

After listening to Xun Zhen's words, Liu Qian understood Xun Zhen's difficulties and said in his heart: "I heard what General Zhendong said, he is worried that if he gets into a hard battle in Pingyuan County and has to transfer troops from another place in the end, it is very likely It will lead to instability in Yanzhou and Jiujiang. This is indeed a dilemma."

The lack of troops and horses is a hard injury, and he can't solve this problem.

However, although this problem cannot be solved from the front, we might as well change the way of thinking, think from the side, and see if there is any way to solve this embarrassment of Xun Zhen, or reduce it a little.

After thinking for a while, Liu Qian came up with a countermeasure and said, "Isn't Duke Ming intending to declare Kong Beihai as the prefect of Qingzhou again?"

"good."

"What do you mean by this?"

"The state of Qi borders on our Beihai. The prime minister of the state of Qi, Chen Mai, is humble and well aware of him. This man has high self-esteem and has ambitions for peace and hardship. In my state, his name is only inferior to Kong Beihai. , In his letters, he often rebuked the brothers Yuan Benchu ​​and Yuan Gonggong for rebelling and not being ministers, and they were ashamed of the country.

Xun Zhen understood what he meant and said, "Do you want me to call him a prefect, and then use his dissatisfaction with Yuan Benchu ​​and his fame in Qingzhou to gather troops and horses from all counties in Qingzhou to fight against Yuan Benchu ​​together?"

Liu Qian said: "Qian is exactly what I mean."

"Then, will he accept my offer?"

Liu Qian said with a smile: "Chen Mai is different from Kong Beihai. Kong Beihai is loyal and upright, and Chen Mai is able to make changes. Duke Ming only needs to submit the list, cite him as the prefect of Qingzhou. He will take office immediately.”

Xun Zhen asked, "Will the counties in Qingzhou obey his call? The Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou are flourishing, and even if the counties are willing to help him, how many troops and horses can they mobilize?"

"Although the prefects of Jinan and Le'an are famous people~www.wuxiaspot.com~, they have no real ability, but they are strong enemies and want to invade their territory. If there are people who dare to stand up and resist, then they are expected to be willing to do something. It should be reconciled. If Kong Beihai wants to defend the soil for the emperor, he will definitely help him.

"As for troops and horses, our state is indeed rampant with the Yellow Turbans, but the counties are not without troops. With Donglai County, how could the four counties be able to gather seven or eight thousand county soldiers for him. Qi has five county soldiers. More than a thousand. In total, there are more than ten thousand soldiers!"

Xun Zhen was overjoyed and said, "Okay! If that's the case, then according to what the minister said, I'll go to the table today and name him the prefect of Qingzhou!"

Liu Qian said, "Although Chen Mai has a reputation, he doesn't know how to fight, so relying on him alone might not be able to stop Yuan Tan and Zhang He."

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "Chen bought more than 10,000 soldiers, and I just want to use them to boost the momentum."

Liu Qian said: "It's only used to boost the momentum? So, is Duke Ming going to send troops to help Tian Kai?"

"The reason why I hesitated before, whether to help Tian Kai or not, was that my troops were not enough. Now that I can gather more than 10,000 troops, it is enough to strengthen my momentum. Then, just as you said, the Pingyuan County Department The lock and key to the west of Qingzhou, and the gain or loss of Qingzhou is related to the safety of Xuzhou, Tian Kai's request for help, I should not sit idly by. I will tell my brother, let him send troops to rescue the plains immediately!"

"My younger brother" is none other than Xun Cheng, who is currently the military governor and general of the various counties in Langya.

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