The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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【Author of the novel】: Zhao Ziyue

The book "The Loveliest of the Three Kingdoms" was first published: Vertical and Horizontal Chinese Network

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[Nature of novels]: works

[Fiction category]: Travel through history

[Introduction]: A young man travels through the end of the Han Dynasty, starts from the pavilion, and strives for the world.​​

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After writing the letter to Sun Jian, Xun Zhen sent someone to rush to Changsha.

Xin Ai, who went to Yingchuan to discuss grain, and Yao Sheng, who went to Danyang to recruit troops, arrived at their destination. From time to time, letters were sent back to report their progress.

As Xun Zhen expected, Yao Sheng, as a native of Yangzhou, with the fame of Wucheng Yao clan, and Xun Zhen's status as a member of Yuan's party, made good friends with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, Zhou Xin, the prefect of Danyang. They did not embarrass him, but also cooperated and supported him vigorously.

There are many mountains in Danyang, and there are many mountain people. Some of these mountain people are Han people who fled to the mountains to avoid taxes, and some are savages who have lived in the mountains for generations.

Zhou Xin sent an order, and all the counties and temples in Danyang sent people into the mountains, using rice, meat and food as a lure to recruit brave men for Yao Sheng.

The imperial court has recruited soldiers many times in Danyang, and Danyang Prefecture and all counties are very familiar with this, and it went very smoothly.

According to Yao Shengxin's report, more than 3,000 Jingyong have been recruited - this is after eliminating many unqualified mountain people.

Although Xin Ai was arrogant by nature, he was not a person who did not know the priorities. After arriving in Yingchuan, he had secret discussions with the elders of the Xun clan and the Xin clan, and he was secretly happy. "Borrowing Food".

In his letter to Xun Zhen, he reported the smooth progress of the grain discussion, and also mentioned the recent situation and developments of the Xun, Xin, and Yingchuan nobles.

After being worshipped by Dong Zhuo as the shepherd of Jizhou, Han Fu once specially sent horsemen back to his hometown of Yingchuan in order to compete with the nobles of Jidi and gain a firm foothold in Jizhou, and invited the scholars of Yingchuan to enter Ji with great fanfare to strengthen his momentum. , to expand his wings, many Yingchuan scholars accepted his invitation and went to Jizhou, such as Xin Ping and Xin Pi brothers from the Xin clan, such as Xun Zhen's former colleagues in Yingchuan Prefecture, who were born in Yangzhai Guo His Guo Tu, who had all gone to Jizhou, is now in Han Fu's mansion.

Han Fu also invited the Xun family. On the one hand, it was because of Xun Zhen's secret voice, and on the other hand, it was also a personal opinion. The Xun family now clearly knew that the world would be in chaos. After deliberation and repeated consideration and consideration The clan finally decided to let Xun Yu's fourth brother Xun Chen accept Han Fu's invitation. Following Xin Ping, Xin Pi, Guo Tu and others, they just went to Jizhou not long ago. Xun's family knew that the world would be in chaos, but In the Ming family, Xun Zhen was the prefect of Guangling, and his army was strong and powerful, but why didn't he do his best to help Xun Zhen, and instead sent Xun Chen to Jizhou? In fact, it is not surprising, the reason is very simple: this is the self-protection strategy of the aristocratic family in troubled times.

Although Xun Zhen is a member of the Xun clan, and although he is also the prefect of a locality, he is only one of the more than one hundred county officials in the empire. Maybe it all hangs on his tree, and Han Fu is a native of Yingchuan, and he is a fellow of the Xun family, and now he is the shepherd of Jizhou. There, whether it is for the clan or for the future development of Xun Zhen, there should only be advantages and no disadvantages.

Just like the Xin family, Xin Ai was determined to follow Xun Zhen, while Xin Ping and Xin Pi went to Jizhou. This seems to be their own personal choice, but from the perspective of the clan, in fact they are both. It is the same nature, and it is the most appropriate decision.

Besides, Xin Ai also wrote to Xun Zhen about two very important things.

One is that Dong Zhuo enlisted Chen Ji, the prime minister of Pingyuan, to be the leader of the five senses, and the other was that Dong Zhuo also enlisted Xun Shuang as the prime minister of Pingyuan.

Not only did Xin Ai write to Xun Zhen about these two incidents, but Xun Yu also wrote a special letter to tell about the incident. In fact, they didn't need to tell Xun Zhen about it. Xun Zhen also knew about it from other sources.

Combining with a series of previous cases of Dong Zhuo showing his favor to the scholars after he abolished the emperor, it goes without saying that this time he promoted Chen Ji and expedition Xun Shuang, obviously for the same purpose, but also to win the support of the scholars. .

Along with Chen Ji and Xun Shuang, Han Rong, Shentupan and others were also recruited. Han Rong was also from Yingchuan, and Shentupan was from Chen Liu. Except for Shentupan, Chen Ji and others accepted Dong Zhuo's recruiting,— - Xun Shuang was reluctant to accept it. He had been hiding in Hanbin for more than ten years when the party was in bondage. , he could not escape, and in desperation, he had no choice but to accept the expedition. He left Yingchuan a few days ago and went to the plain to take up his post.

Xun Zhen had no memory of Chen Ji being recruited to Luoyang, but Xun Zhen had an impression of Xun Shuang being recruited by Dong Zhuo and eventually arriving in Luoyang.

He had already given serious thought to this.

He was about to raise troops to attack Dong, and when Yuan Shao raised his troops, Dong Zhuo killed Yuan Hui and dozens of other Yuan clan members, so is it safe for Xun Shuang to go to Luoyang at this time?

He thought it was safe.

The upcoming crusade against Dong will be led by the brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. That is to say, the reason why Dong Zhuo kills the Yuan clan is "the first evil will be punished", in order to attack Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. Qiao Mao and others, they are only "little brothers" under the hands of Yuan Shao's brothers. In order to reduce the "dead enemies", Dong Zhuo would definitely not attack their clansmen - you know, Cao Cao, Liu Dai, Qiao Mao Most of the people are the children of the "gong clan", and the elders in the clan have all served as the third prince. Many of their clan members are either officials or settlers in Luoyang. If Dong Zhuo wants to kill, he can kill Yuan Wei and other Yuan. The clan members were killed together, but in fact he did not kill, which also confirmed from the side that Xun Zhen's speculation was correct.

Since Dong Zhuo would not kill Xun Shuang, Xun Zhen remembered that after Xun Shuang arrived in Luoyang, he was worshipped by Dong Zhuo as one of the three princes after a short period of time. No matter which one it is, as long as it becomes the third prince, whether it is for the Xun clan or Xun Zhen, it is an excellent opportunity to increase his prestige. In this way, Xun Zhen is happy to see Xun Shuang's entry into the capital. .

However, to be on the safe side, after he got the news that Chen Ji and Xun Shuang had been conquered by Dong Zhuo, he immediately called Dian Wei and ordered him to select a hundred elite soldiers from the army, and immediately left the county, half to go. Chase after Chen Ji, and half go after Xun Shuang, and each will be their guard. In this way, when Chen Ji and Xun Shuang arrive in Beijing, with these hundred warriors by their side, if something changes, they can protect them from Luoyang in time. .

Xin Ai decided to borrow food and returned to Guangling in mid-October.

Shortly after he came back, Chen Rong, Chen Dao, and Chen Bao completed the task of suppressing the thieves one after another, and they also returned to the county government to pay the order.

San Chen's thief suppression this time was very successful. Not only did he wipe out all the thieves who were entrenched in the mountains, forests, lakes and swamps of the county, but also strictly followed Xun Zhen's secret order, and took the opportunity to win military power in each county in one fell swoop.

Each of the counties of Guangling has its own counties, more or less, as few as one hundred or ten, as many as several hundred. When San Chen set out to fight the thieves, they all took Xunzhen's warrant, ordering all counties to leave the county, thinking that they would cooperate. After San Chen arrived at the locality, every time he went to a county, he would first review the county pawns, select the strong ones, compile them into one section, and get them under the command of his own men. After the thieves were killed, these strong men were not returned to the county temple. On the grounds of "lack of soldiers", San Chen still brought them under his command, and then went to the next county. Go to the next county and do the same. In this way, after the thieves and bandits in eleven counties in the county were quelled, each of the three Chens had a few other divisions made up of strong soldiers from each county, and they brought these divisions back to the prefecture.

There were a total of eleven separate divisions, and a total of more than a thousand county soldiers. After Xun Zhen personally inspected them, Xun Zhen waved his pen and went to each county, saying, "The army of the county is empty and needs to be replenished. I plan to keep it in the county for use." He detained these more than 1,000 valiant soldiers in a fair and just manner, weaving them together, forming an independent battalion, and becoming a separate division of the county army. "An County", with Chen Rong as the general.

After the establishment of this military division, Chen Rong was nominally the general, but Chen Rong's current chief position is the county bandit Cao Ye, who has his own business. In lieu of being in charge, he trains with Xun Zhen's headmaster.

When the meeting with Dong was imminent, Xun Zhen strengthened the practice of righteous obedience and increased the intensity and intensity of the practice. Now it is almost non-stop.

After visiting Zhang Hong and other famous people and clans in the county for the second time, Xun Zhen also devoted his main energy to the army. He would go to the camp for half a day every two days, and sometimes live in the army for a while. one night.

Chen Zhi, Chi Concubine, Wu Concubine, Tang Er and other daughters did not know that Xun Zhen was going to attack Dong, but with their intelligence, they also guessed some clues from Xun Zhen's sudden emphasis on military affairs, Chen Zhi did not say anything. , but worry is inevitable. In order for her to be able to raise her child with peace of mind, Master Xun Zhen had no choice but to devote a little more energy to her.

Not long after Sanchen returned to the prefecture, Yuan Sui, Qin Song and others who went out on behalf of Xunzhenxing County came back one after another.

According to their reports, many county officials, county officials, and scholars expressed their indignation at Dong Zhuo, and some young scholars were indeed impulsive, but under their timely guidance and comfort, nothing happened. Great chalk thing to clean up.

Xun Zhen really liked to hear this news. The more indignant the officials and officials in the county were~www.wuxiaspot.com~, the more confident he would be able to leave Guangling when he begged Dong in the future.

Wei Guang, who was instructed to supervise the smelting and casting of Tongshan Mountain, also sent two batches of cast bronze arrowheads these days. Xun Zhen ordered the counties to send blacksmiths to the prefecture. Most of the blacksmiths in the counties close to Guangling have already arrived, and those far away are also on their way. According to Wei Guang, the 20,000 arrowheads produced by these two batches of smelting are only the results of small-scale chalk smelting. With the cooperation and help of a righteous congruent soldier from a Yingchuan iron official, he has straightened out the smelting of Tongshan, firmly controlled Tongshan, and organized the smelting work of weapons. Once the blacksmiths have all arrived, they can start smelting ordnance on a large scale without stopping.

Xun Zhen accepted Cheng Jia's proposal, and sent someone to see Mi Zhu, hoping to buy some weapons from Mi Zhu, which was related to the military, and involved a great deal. Although Mi Zhu was persuaded by Qin Song earlier, he was willing to help Xun Zhen. Busy, but hesitant, but in the end, Xun Zhen retreated and asked for the next best thing. Instead of buying weapons directly, he used "insufficient agricultural tools" as an excuse to buy iron instead. After that, he agreed to the sale.

Mi Zhu's hometown, Qu County, produces iron. There are both government-run iron officials and private smelting workshops. With the local power of the Mi family, whether it's government-run or private, it's easy to get some iron, even if it is to avoid it. Tao Qian was suspicious. In order not to attract attention, he purchased goods from various places and put them together. It was also a large amount, enough for Xun Zhen to build thousands of weapons.

In short, since September and October, after Dong Zhuo deposed the emperor, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's two letters arrived, Xun Zhen took charge of the overall situation, and the civil and military people under his account branched out. , the pace of asking Dong to prepare for war is getting faster and faster.