The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

The military newspaper was brought by Zhang Zhao, and he was the first to speak, saying: "The last time Yuan Tan attacked Pingyuan County, when Tian Kai was in charge of Pingyuan County, he returned without success. What about now? He has only a few troops under his command. Qian, with this four or five thousand soldiers and horses, although the soldiers and people in Qingzhou have not yet been fully settled, and the Yellow Turbans are being placed to surrender, it is expected that they will not be able to do anything. Zhao's ignorance, as long as Yuan Benchu ​​does not send him more troops. With a lot of reinforcements, Pingyuan County will be fine."

"Zhicai, Wenruo, Fengxiao, what do you think?"

Xi Zhicai raised his eyebrows and waved his feather fan, and said: "What Zhang Gong said is very true. Feng, but his behavior and character are not as good as Yuan Benchu's. He has a small group of credit and lax military discipline. He can't strictly restrain his subordinates, and the rewards and punishments are unclear. Therefore, the last time he attacked Pingyuan County, he returned without success; this time he attacked again..."

Having said this, Xi Zhicai paused a little, looked at everyone, showed a contemptuous smile, and then continued, "This time, it is not Tian Kai guarding the border, but Zilong guarding the land! Under Zilong's account, I am Xuzhou. Elite; Zilong is valiant, and he is good at handling soldiers and soldiers, and can kill soldiers; Zilong's temperament is extremely stable, what else can Yuan Tan be other than returning?"

Zhao Yun's bravery and character are not mentioned for the time being, only the soldiers under his tent are mentioned.

Xun Zhen had two people who were best at training soldiers, one Chen Dao, the other Zhao Yun, and Le Jin was also one of them. But Le Jin had a high official position and had a heavy task, so Le Jin practiced less.

Most of the new soldiers in the Xuzhou army were trained by Zhao Yun and Chen Dao.

All the soldiers they have trained, regardless of the drills of the formation or the strict discipline of the military, are all first-class. New pawns can practice this kind of effect. Now Zhao Yun is leading the army, and his account is mostly old pawns. When he has nothing to do, he will practice it again. With Zhao Yun's Xiaozao, it is self-evident that he is so sharp now.

Guo Jia was in Licheng and stayed with Zhao Yun for a long time. He saw the soldiers under Zhao Yun's account with his own eyes, so he plugged in, his young face was full of admiration, and said: "General Zhao's soldiers are forbidden by orders. , is really the leader of my Xuzhou armies! I once saw a drill under General Zhao. More than 3,000 soldiers stood in formation in the field, exposed to the sun, from morning to evening, everyone stood upright, Not moving, there were a few fainted in the middle. The soldiers around these fainted soldiers turned a blind eye and stood still. ... More than 3,000 people were silent for most of the day. Such military discipline is rare! How could such a tiger soldier be? Are Yuan Tan’s rabble comparable?” His eyes turned to Xun Zhen, and he said with a smile, “Ming Gong, the reason for appointing General Zhao as the Prime Minister of Pingyuan is that Ming Gong wants to use General Zhao as the gateway to the west of Qingzhou, right?”

Xun Zhen stroked his short mustache and said with a smile: "Pingyuan County is adjacent to Jizhou in the west, and the Bohai Sea in the north of the county and the central and northern parts of Hejian counties. There are now more than 10,000 people from the Quyi tribe. Once Quyi and Gongsun Zan start a war, the plain The county may be affected, and such an important boundary is not guarded by Zilong, and I am not at ease."

——But it means that there are more than 10,000 people in Quyi’s army. Since they are stationed in Bohai and Hejian, and Bohai borders Pingyuan County, then don’t Xun Zhen and others worry that Quyi will cooperate with Yuan Tan to invade Pingyuan County and even Pingyuan County? Is it Qingzhou? But why did Zhang Zhao say that as long as Yuan Shao did not send a large number of reinforcements to Yuan Tan, Pingyuan would be safe and sound, as if he did not care about Qu Yi and his troops?

the reason is simple.

Although Qu Yi has a lot of soldiers and horses, and they are all elites, the enemy he faces is also very strong, so he is definitely unable to support Yuan Tan. Even if he supports, he can only send at most. Small troops.

And as for who is this powerful enemy?

Of course it was Gongsun Zan.

The border between Hejian Kingdom and Zhuo County is Yi County, the fief of Gongsun Zan. Gongsun Zan obeyed his younger brother.

According to Liu Weitai's suggestion, according to the nursery rhyme, construction is now underway in Yi County to build barriers; to the north of Bohai County is Guangyang County, where Zhiji County of Youzhou Prefecture is located. Occupy all.

To be honest, when Gongsun Zan killed Liu Yu and collected a large number of Liu Yu's troops who were defeated, defeated, and surrendered for his own use, and the army increased greatly, although Tian Kai of Pingyuan County in the south was defeated by Xun Zhen. It seems that the knife that Gongsun Zan placed in the back of Quyi's department is gone. It seems that Quyi's department no longer has to face the risk of being attacked by the enemy. The confrontation with Gongsun Zan is already very good, but where is there any spare energy to help Yuan Tan?

Because, although Quyi's troops and horses were only a hundred miles away from Pingyuan County in terms of distance, they actually did not pose a great threat to Pingyuan County.

When Zhang Zhao and Guo Jia were talking, Xun Yu was thinking about a question, and when Xun Zhen finished speaking, he said: "Brother, Yuan Tan is certainly not too worried, but brother, there are many resourceful people under Yuan Benchu's account, but they also I don't know who will be used to be the mastermind of Yuan Tan's war?"

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Xi Zhicai said: "Under Benchu's account, the scholars of Ji and Yu are not compatible with each other. Yuan Tan is the eldest son of Benchu, and all the generations of Guo Tu have always been very close to him. Tian Feng and others will definitely not be the mastermind of Yuan Tan, and the most likely one should be one of Guo Tu, Xu You, Xin Ping, and Xin Pi. And Guo Tu seems to be the head of Yu Shi under the original account, and Xu You is the The two of them can also be ruled out, so Yuan Tan's crime against Pingyuan County this time, his mastermind can only be one of Xin Ping's brothers."

Xun Zhen thought that Xi Zhicai's analysis was correct, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "Xin Ping and Xin Pi brothers are old acquaintances, and I know them well. Xin Ping is famous for loyalty and righteousness, Xin Pi has a little plan, but The lack of troops to fight a miracle. If Yuan Benchu ​​made one of his brothers the mastermind of Yuan Tan, then this battle of the Plains, Yuan Tan can only be in vain!"

The so-called "temple calculation" is to calculate the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy and us. After a discussion, a consensus was reached. Yuan Tan's attack on Pingyuan County again should be more defeats and less wins, or in other words, Lost situation.

Then the question arises, didn't Yuan Shao see this?

Zhang Zhao thought of this question and said doubtfully, "Duke Ming, Yuan Tan has no chance of attacking Pingyuan County, so why did Yuan Benchu ​​still send him to attack my Pingyuan County?"

Xi Zhicai shook the feather fan lightly and said with a smile: "There is no reason for this, it is simply because Yuan Benchu ​​was unwilling to sit back and watch Qingzhou as Duke Ming's gain, but now he really has no spare energy to compete with Duke Ming for Qingzhou, so he sent Yuan Tan here. The offender, what he did, is nothing more than a trick to see if he can take advantage of the opportunity that Duke Ming has not yet been able to completely stabilize Qingzhou. If he can, won't he earn it? You can also take advantage of Yuan Tanzhi to invade our territory, cause some harassment to our Qingzhou, and delay the time for the Ming police to stabilize Qingzhou."

The chief clerk, Chen Yi, came in from outside the hall and presented his drafted letters to Sun Ce and Xu Rong.

Xun Zhen caught it, took a look at it, and was very satisfied, and said with a smile: "If you are a gentleman, a wonderful pen is a flower. Lao Qing will write a letter for me again."

Chen Yi bowed his head and asked, "Dare to ask Duke Ming, who is he talking to?"

Xun Zhen simply stated that Yuan Tan led troops to commit the crime of Pingyuan County, and then said: "There are still two orders, one for Zhongren and the other for Zilong. The order given to Zhongren ordered him not to be punished. Yuan Tan's attack has affected all the important military and political tasks he currently has to appease Qingzhou, especially the placement of the Yellow Turbans. Gan, ordered Tian Kai and Qin Qian to obey Zilong's restraint in this battle that Yuan Tan came to invade.

"Give Zilong an order, and order him to be on guard. When Yuan Tan's troops arrive, don't fight in waves; if you have the opportunity, you can take the initiative to attack."

Chen Yi replied, "No."

Without returning to his own office, he leaned on Xun Zhen's case table, picked up the pen and laid the paper, and quickly wrote these two orders. Xun Zhen was quite satisfied after reading it, so he called the military mansion Sima Xuankang. - Sima has two responsibilities, one is the main soldier, the other is the palm print. After a while, Xuankang, dressed in black official uniform, strode forward. When he arrived, Xun Zhen ordered him to put a big seal on these letters.

After the seal was affixed, officials were immediately dispatched to Yuzhou in the west, Guangling in the south, or Qingzhou in the north, to distribute the various documents.

...

Donghai County was the closest to Guangling County, and two days later, Xun Zhen's letter reached Xu Rong.

Xu Rong opened his eyes and was overjoyed.

He didn't stop for a day, he simply arranged the military, and only brought three or four cavalry.

...

The East China Sea Bureau was farthest from the state capital Sun Ce now placed in Runan Pingyu.

But Sun Ce went down without peace.

After he sent Chen Ji to the border of Yuzhou and Xuzhou, he did not return to Pingyu immediately, but went to Qiao County in Pei.

Qiao County is the original state governance of Yuzhou. As a state governance, Qiao County is indeed more suitable than Pingyu.

Qiao County is located in the westernmost part of Pei State, adjacent to Liang State to the north, only forty li from Chen State to the west, and to the south to Runan, bordering the three prefectures of Yuzhou, including Pei State, all four prefectures are here. within the radiation range of the county.

In addition, for now, if the prefecture of Yuzhou is still here, there are two other advantages, that is, one is close to Tanxian, the prefecture of Xuzhou, only 400 miles away, and the two are far from Changyi, the prefecture of Yanzhou. Even closer, only two hundred miles up and down.

So ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Sun Ce was considering whether to relocate the prefectural government of Yuzhou to Qiao County. Therefore, after sending Chen Ji off, he stopped by Qiao County to have a look at Qiao County. What is the current situation of some state capitals and other buildings?

Previously, the reason why Sun Jian put the prefecture in Pingyu was mainly because at that time there was an enemy of Yanzhou in the north of Yuzhou, an enemy of Yuanshu in Nanyang of Jingzhou in the south, and he was still using troops in Hanoi County. Among Yan, Jing, and Hanoi, Pingyu, which is about the same distance from Yan, Jing, and Hanoi, was more suitable for his garrison than Qiao County in terms of geographical location.

But now the situation around Yuzhou has undergone major changes.

Yanzhou returned to Xunzhen and was no longer an enemy; after Lü Bu withdrew from southern Runan, he turned to Jiangxia to fight, Yuan Shu was no longer able to plot against Runan, which meant that both the north and the south were already safe.

Then, it should be feasible to move the state governance back to Qiao County.

Sun Ce has not made a final decision yet, he intends to seek Xun Zhen's opinion.

But there is no need to say more about this.

It is only said that Qiao County is much closer to Tan County than Pingyu.

Just two days after Xu Rong set off, crossed the Huai River, and approached the border of Donghai County, Xun Zhen's letter to Sun Ce was sent to Qiao County.

After Sun Ce started to look at it, he got up and ordered: "Return to Pingyu!" He said again, "Send someone to Yingchuan first, and ask Duke Xuande to come to Pingyu to meet me."

Chen Bao, an official of Sun Ce's trusted army, who was standing beside him, asked, "Ming Gong, please invite Xuande Gong to Pingyu?"

"I have something important to discuss with him." Sun Ce didn't say much, and stepped out of the hall.

...

The state governance of Qingzhou is in Linzi of Qi State.

The distance from Donghai to Linzi is similar to the distance from Qiao County, but a little further.

On the afternoon that Sun Ce received Xun Zhen's letter, Xun Cheng, who was in the prefecture of Linzi, also received Xun Zhen's letter.