The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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Liu Biao asked, "Is it subject to its surrender?"

Kuailiang said: "Duke Ming, as Liang Shicai said, if you accept his surrender, you will gain two benefits. One, you will gain more than 10,000 pieces of Guo Si's ministries, and the other, you will gain five counties in the west of Nanyang County. , especially the latter is more beneficial to Duke Ming. Because of this, it is appropriate for the good and the ignorant to accept it."

However, before the war, Xun Zhen and the others discussed how to get along with Liu Biao after the war. Liu Biao and the others discussed similar issues at the same time as Xun Zhen and the others, that is, after the war. How to get along with Xun Zhen.

Liu Biao, Kuailiang, etc. all had a concern, that after Yuan Shu was eliminated, there would be no buffer zone between Liu Biao and Xun Zhen's sites, and their sites would be bordered, so Xun Zhen would be the next to clean up. , maybe it will be their separatist forces.

In other words, the "alliance" relationship between Liu Biao and Xun Zhen has been around for a year or two since they entered into it, and there is a high possibility that it will end with Yuan Shu's demise. become hostile.

So, how to face this change, how to deal with this change?

The result of their discussion is that it can be dealt with in two ways.

One aspect is that, after Yuan Shu is destroyed, Liu Biao needs to treat Liu Xiehe's court with respect, and he needs to show his loyalty to Liu Xiehe's court as much as possible, so that Liu Biao's side will not lose his righteousness. Zhen couldn't catch Liu Biao's handle.

Kuaiyue, who specially rushed back to Xiangyang from Zhangling County, and participated in the gathering, said to Liu Biao at that time: "The world's heroes are rising together, and the strongest people today are only chariots and generals. At the bottom, if you use troops to Xiangyang, you will be able to benefit from the seat. The general is also a great general. With the wisdom of chariots and cavalry, I will never do this. Because of my humble opinion, after destroying Yuanhou, the biggest possibility of chariots and cavalry should not use soldiers. Xiangyang is instead gathering strength and waiting for the decisive battle with Yuan Benchu. And once such a situation occurs, as I expected, the two heroes will stand on each other, and the most important thing in the world lies in Duke Ming! Then during this period, Duke Ming only needs to be obedient to the court. Therefore, without losing the name of righteousness, it is enough to watch the times and change, if you want to do something, you can take advantage of its disadvantages;

Liu Biao took it seriously.

But doing this alone is not enough.

Righteousness and name are illusory. This aspect can be called a "retreat" aspect, and there is a "practical" aspect.

This "practical" aspect, that is, Liu Biao, Kuaiyue, Kuailiang, etc., also considered that after Yuan Shu was destroyed, Xun Zhen might not return Nanyang to Jingzhou, that is to say, Liu Biao would directly rule, then if Xun Zhen did not If Nanyang County gave Liu Biao, this battle was a waste of time. The owner of Nanyang was changed from Yuan Shu to Xun Zhen, and the strategic environment for Xiangyang and Nan County did not change at all, and maybe even because of Xun Zhen. more powerful, and Liu Biao will face a more passive environment.

How to solve this trouble?

The solution proposed by Kuaiyue is: in the battle to eliminate Yuan Shu, strive to gain more territory and cause de facto occupation. In this way, no matter who the prefect of Nanyang County will be in the future, as long as these occupied territories are in Liu Biao's hands, they can at least replace Yuan Shu earlier, and still allow a certain buffer area between Xiangyang and Xunzhen's territories.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Biao used almost all the mobile forces he could use to cooperate with Xun Zhen in attacking Yuan Shu this time.

It's just that the fighting power of his soldiers was not as good as that of Xun Zhen's army, so that Xun Zhen's army had already conquered three counties of Luyang, Ji, and Ye, but Liu Hu and Kuaiyue had not been able to conquer Chaoyang county.

but

At this time, Guo Si begged Liu Biao to surrender! In Kuai Liang's view, this is like a pie falling from the sky!

Although the counties such as Nali Country and Shunyang are located in the west of Nanyang County, it seems that they cannot compete with Xiangyang in the south of Nanyang County. They are not as important to Xiangyang as Chaoyang and Xinye counties in the north of Xiangyang, but one After all, this is also the land of five counties; second, think about it from another angle, in fact, it is precisely because these counties are located in the west of Nanyang, west of Wan County, that they can play a protective role in Xiangyang, but this Protection is protection from the side. Just imagine, these counties are located directly west of Wan County, and they can threaten Wan County at any time. Doesn’t this reduce the pressure on Xiangyang’s front?

Therefore, Kuaiyue has a saying that "the two advantages are compared, especially the latter is more beneficial".

Compared with the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of Guo Si's department, this benefit is indeed greater.

Liu Biao understood what Kuai Liang meant, but he was still suspicious.

He said, "However, Guo Si is deeply hated by the Holy High. If I accept him now, won't I anger the Holy High?"

Kuai Liang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Ming Gong's worry, why is it difficult to solve it?"

"Is there any way, sir, to relieve this worry for me?"

Kuailiang said: "After accepting Guo Si's surrender, call him to Xiangyang, kill him, and offer his head to the court."

"...Li Ru said that Guo Si wanted to stay in Liguo County, and I called him. If he didn't come, what would he do?"

Kuailiang said: "Guo Si, there is no plan! After Yuan Shu is destroyed, Duke Ming and his chariots and horses are in Nanyang. How can Guo Si resist? I dare to predict that when the time comes, Duke Ming will summon him. He must not dare not be called."

Liu Biao pondered and said: "Guo Si's troops are more than ten thousand, if I kill him, what if his troops are in chaos?"

Kuailiang said firmly: "Ming Gong, I can guarantee that there will be no chaos in his department."

"Why?"

Kuailiang said: "Duke Ming, there are many Liangzhou people in Guo Si's clan, but they are not natives of Jingzhou. If Guo Si died, they would be a group of snakes without a head, how would they dare to make trouble in my Jing? I will not dare! It is enough for the generals under the Si tent to win over a little!"

Liu Biao thought for a while, agreed with Kuailiang's strategy, and asked Cai Mao, "De Gui, why do you think it's like this?"

Cai Mao knew that Liu Biao must have accepted Kuai Liang's strategy, and of course he agreed, saying: "Ming Gong, Zi Rou's strategy is a good strategy, Mao Yu thought that Ming Gong might as well adopt it."

Therefore, Liu Biao decided to accept Guo Si's surrender.

The next day, he summoned Li Ru to see him and expressed his intentions. Knowing that Li Ru was the mastermind of Guo Si, he treated Li Ru kindly and wrote a reply letter to Guo Si in his own hand. He handed it over to Li Ru and ordered him to go back. After Li Kingdom, he gave the letter to Guo Si; he also told Li Ru that when Li Ru returned to Li Kingdom County, he would send a trusted confidant to go back with Li Ru together. Zang Ba of Bing Liguo County communicated and let Zang Ba know that Guo Si had surrendered to Liu Biao and was no longer an enemy.

Li Ru was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed down to thank Liu Biao.

Some words, Liu Biao could not explain to Li Ru.

After meeting Li Ru, Liu Biao left first, and Kuai Liang stayed.

Kuailiang and Li Ru said, "After returning to Li State, Mr. Guo has to tell General Guo to guard Li State, Shunyang and other counties so that they must not cause chaos in the county! When it comes to the common people, it is very inappropriate.”

When Li Ru heard Kuai Liang's words, he immediately realized Kuai Liang.

The meaning contained in the good words is that Guo Si is clearly telling Guo Si to control Li Guo and other counties, and that Zang Ba and other soldiers under Xun Zhen's department cannot occupy all these counties.

Li Ru replied: "Don't worry! When I go back, I will tell General Guo what I said. There will be no trouble in Liguo, Shunyang and other counties!"

"Okay, okay, then I can rest assured. Sir has been working hard. When this is done, General Zhennan will reward him."

Li Ru became more and more happy and thanked him.

However, Liu Biao had received military reports one after another a few days ago, saying that Xunzhen's subordinates had already conquered Kruyang, Ji, Ye and other counties, but he still failed to take down a single Chaoyang county. Impatient, suddenly today, because of the unexpected surrender of Guo Si, the five counties in the west of Nanyang County fell into his hands without bloodshed, which finally relieved his anxiety a little, but he If they still wanted to occupy a few more counties, they sent orders to Liu Hu and Kuaiyue on the front line to intensify their offensive against Chaoyang, to take down Chaoyang County as soon as possible, and then head north to Xinye, where it was necessary to capture Xinye County, without further ado.

A day later, Liu Biao sent a messenger to go with Li Ru to Liguo County.

After traveling for a few days, he arrived at Liguo County, entered the city, and saw Guo Si, Li Ru proudly told Guo Si about the envoy, and presented Liu Biao's reply and official documents to Guo Si.

Guo Si was overjoyed when he heard the words, and after reading Liu Biao's reply and official documents, he received the messenger sent by Liu Biao, set up a banquet with wine, and was very enthusiastic. During the banquet, Guo Si asked the messenger, when did he plan to see Zang Ba? The messenger answered him, saying that he would go tomorrow.

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This time Zang Ba interspersed and went deep into Liguo County~www.wuxiaspot.com~ with only two troops and more than 4,000 troops in total.

His mission was not to attack the city. One was to guard Guo Si and prevent him from assisting Wan County, Bowang County and other places. The other, as Li Ye had guessed, was to attract Yuan Shu's main force to attack. Therefore, when he arrived in Liguo County, The camp was built in the shortest time, and then he was mainly stationed in the camp. He never attacked Liguo County once, but he still had strict surveillance on the entry and exit of Liguo County.

A few days ago, when Li Ru was out of the city, Zang Ba learned about it, and yesterday, Li Ru came back from the south with a group of people, and Zang Ba learned the news again. Zang Ba was just guessing about this. On this day, Yuanmen will report that someone outside the camp asked for an interview, claiming to be Liu Biao's.

Zang Ba was even more suspicious, so he invited the person who claimed to be Liu Biao's envoy to come in to meet him.

This person arrived at the account, reported his name, and greeted Zang Ba. He took out Liu Biao's official document and presented it to Zang Ba.

After reading Liu Biao's official document, Zang Ba knew what was going on, and he was speechless for a while.

After asking the messenger to go down to rest, Zang Ba summoned all the generals under his command to discuss with them. This matter is of great importance, involving Liu Biao, and all the generals agreed that they must report to Xun Zhen immediately. Zang Ba then sent a messenger that day to see Xun Zhen and asked Xun Zhen to decide.

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Xun Zhen arrived in Luyang four or five days ago, and the main force of his troops is now heading to the surrounding Bowang County, but he himself is still in the camp outside Luyang County.

Liu Biao's messenger walked slowly on the road, and the Tibetan tyrant sent a quick cavalry to Luyang to report to Xun Zhen.

Two days later, Xun Zhen got the news.

This news was really beyond Xun Zhen's expectations, he didn't expect it.

She raised her face and pondered for a while, Xun Zhen ordered the servant to call Guo Jia and others to see him.