The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

After reading Xun Zhen and Sun Jian's third table, Liu Biao didn't have as many thoughts as Yuan Shu, because his main focus was on the tug-of-war between Huang Zu and Yuan Shu's troops.

Since Yuan Shu's side added a Lu Bu, the originally stalemate situation gradually became unfavorable for Liu Biao's side.

Lu Bu is really capable of fighting, and his troop is also really good cavalry. Not long after he joined Yuan Shu's camp, he helped Yuan Shu push the front of Yuan Shu's troops in Jiangxia more than 100 miles to the south, and now they are approaching Xiling, the county seat of Jiangxia.

Xiling is on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Once this place is captured, the east flank of Xiangyang will be threatened. Yuan Shu's troops can go west from here, then attack counties such as Anlu and Yundu, and then go north along the Han River to cooperate with the north of Xiangyang. Yuan Jun, attacked Xiangyang in two ways.

Of course, looking at the current situation, Huang Zu has personally led his elite troops to settle in Xiling, and defend the city. At the same time, Lu Bu has also returned to Nanyang because of the exhaustion of his troops, and now only a few soldiers and horses under his tent remain on the front line of Xiling. It is unlikely that Xiling will be captured in a short period of time. Taking a step back, even if Xiling is captured, Yuan Shu's troops will have to capture several county towns if they want to make a roundabout attack to the flank of Xiangyang. The road is hundreds of miles away. However, without far-sightedness, there will be near-term worries, but it is necessary to take precautions against this early.

Because of this level of concern, although Liu Biao could see the true intentions of Xun Zhen and Sun Jian, the third list above, he did not pay too much attention. After discussions with Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, Cai Mao and others, Liu Biao made two decisions in response to the current situation. One was military, he decided to strengthen defense, and the other was political, he decided to send envoys to Chang'an to pay tribute to the emperor.

There is no need to say much about military decisions. Since we are at a disadvantage, we should focus on strengthening our defenses.

His political decision was made only after Kuai Liang and others argued several times. Li Jue and others are indeed thieves, but the emperor is in Chang'an, the court is in Chang'an, and the righteousness is in Chang'an. In order to win over Yuan Shu, Li Jue asked Ma Riju to give Yuan Shu the seal of the left general, false festival, and seal of Yang Zhai Hou, compared with Now, Liu Biao is only an official title of the prefect of Jingzhou, and his political appeal is not as good. In order to compete with Yuan Shu in this regard, he can only send envoys to the court, in order to obtain the honor of Li Jue and others who are in power despite being thieves. .

At the same time, he also sent an envoy to Yangzhou to form an alliance with Chen Wen.

For a time, Chen Wen became a sought-after dessert.

Yuan Shao could ignore Xun Zhen and Sun Jian's first two, but he couldn't ignore the third.

Taking this list, Yuan Shaoshi, Zhao Qi and the others looked at it and thought about the help he had given to Xun Zhen before, but now Xun Zhen has fallen into trouble, hated in his heart, with a calm expression on his face, a warm smile, and said, "Zhendong, The two lords who have revolted against the two lords, who have a little feathered wings, actually accused me of righteousness and entrusted the name of the court. Whether it is loyal or traitor, all the people in the world who are knowledgeable can tell for themselves." Then he said with a strong expression, " As for the dust in the Han Dynasty and the chaos in Chang’an by thieves, don’t I know? Does my heart not hurt? But Gongsun Bogui is rebellious, relying on a strong army, and comes to seize my Ji, if I don’t fight, Ji will be owned by him, how can I Bring troops to the King of Diligence, destroy Li Jue's thieves, and welcome the Son of Heaven to return to the old capital?"

Zhao Qi and the others all said, "What the general said is exactly what he said."

Yuan Shao repaired a letter and sent someone to send it to Cao Cao. In the letter, he said to Cao Cao: You and Zhendong are old friends and know him well. If you have any countermeasures, you can write to me and let me know.

Cao Cao was not in Wei Commandery. He first returned to Dong Commandery from Yanbei, then moved his entire army northward, and fought against Tian Kai in Pingyuan and Ganling.

Gaotang was on the south bank of the Yellow River, occupying this place was equivalent to blocking the import of Tian Kainan's criminal Yanzhou. Next, Cao Cao can attack northeast along the river and continue to attack Pingyuan County, or he can turn to attack Ganling country from Liaocheng and Boping in Dongjun to the north.

After receiving Yuan Shao's letter, Cao Cao sighed.

Xiahou Dun and other generals asked, "Why did Duke Ming sigh?"

Cao Cao said: "There is a lot of turmoil in the sea, the heroes are rising together, and the Guandong Prefectures and counties are fighting each other, all for personal gain, and there are few people who care about the royal family. Zhenzhi and Wentai's words appear to be loyal, but their intentions are definitely not here. "

"The two of them don't care about this, so why?"

"Zhenzhixian has already used the pretext of chasing the Yellow Turbans to force his troops into Rencheng and Dongping. Now he and Wentai have put together this list. I believe that King Qin is a fake, and his intention is to follow his old wisdom. When Gongsun Bogui was arguing, he made an excuse to seek me further." Cao Cao was a little heartbroken, and he beat the case a few times, and said, "I made friends with Zhen, and when I first met him, I felt that he was full of enthusiasm. In recent years, his behavior has changed drastically. I don't know if his previous actions were fake? Or because he has a state as his capital, he is satisfied with his wishes, and he has no ministers. Heart? This gentleman can win the hearts and minds of the corps. He has excellent soldiers and strong generals. So sigh!"

Cao Cao added: "Sun Wentai used to beg Dong Zhuo, and he was very loyal and brave. You all know back then that even though the Kwantung coalition was prosperous, those who sacrificed their lives to fight against Dong Zhuo were just Wentai, Zhenzhi, and Yuncheng with me, but now he is loyal to him. It's a pity to be willing to be a partisan! Although this man has no rank, he knows the soldiers and dares to fight, he has hundreds of soldiers, and he is capable of fighting. Made it."

Xiahou Dun said: "Although the Han family is small, there are still loyal ministers like generals. If you really don't have the will to fight against the east, Dun and others are willing to ask the generals together!"

After reading Yuan Shao's letter, Chen Gong pondered for a long time and said to Cao Cao: "Watch Zhendong and punish the rebellion. Zhendong attacked Xujing with the prefect of Guangling, and stationed Rencheng and Dongping forcibly. Liang, these two monarchs are indeed not good ministers. It should be as the general said. The two of them are on the list this time, and their intention must be with me. General Yuan asked the general what countermeasures, and dare to ask the general, is there a good plan?"

Cao Cao said without hesitation, "I have four strategies in mind."

"General, please speak, Gong dare to hear it."

"Please ask Duke Zhao to write to Duke Zhu, tell the interests and the interests, what is the original intention of Ming Zhenzhi and Wentai, and make Duke Zhu resign from the throne of the alliance, this is one of them."

Please Zhao Qi write a letter to Zhu Jun, explaining clearly the intentions of Xun Zhen and Sun Jian to elect him as the leader of the alliance, so that Zhu Jun understands that he has been used as a spearman by Xun Zhen and Sun Jian, and automatically resigns from the so-called position of leader of the alliance. Xun Zhen and Sun Jian suffered nominal setbacks.

Chen Gong said: "Weakening its name first is the right policy."

"Zhenzhi is like a plan for Yan, I expect him to attack Mount Tai first. Once Mount Tai is reached, Yan's territory will be in his grasp. When you go to book Liu Yanzhou, Ying Zhongyuan and Yuncheng~www.wuxiaspot.com~ remind Ying Zhongyuan that he must To strengthen the defenses along Mount Tai and Xuzhou to prevent Zhenzhi's surprise attack, please Liu Yanzhou suspend the battle against the Yellow Turbans in Yanbei, make preparations to help Ying Zhongyuan, and make Yuncheng step up to guard against Xuzhou soldiers in Dongping and Rencheng. Second."

Xun Zhen and Sun Jian are on the third list in a row. It's like opening a bow. The bowstring has been fully drawn. Even if Zhu Jun is persuaded to voluntarily give up the position of the leader of the alliance, the two of them will not give up the plan because of this. Therefore, the second step is to get Actively prepare for the military.

Chen Gong nodded and said, "Let's strengthen our defenses, as it should be."

"At the beginning, I wrote letters to Liu Jingsheng very diligently, but I could go to Liu Jingsheng and ask him to transfer troops to the border between Jing and Yang, and then go to Chen Yuanti to connect them with the counties of Yangzhou, so that Zhenzhi was worried about Guangling and Jiujiang, and he couldn't do his best to plan for Yan. Third."

Cao Cao's third strategy is difficult to implement. Liu Biao may not be able to help. Chen Wen is a native of Runan and is familiar with Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, as well as Cao Cao. Xun Zhen suddenly became their common enemy. It is very likely that they will respond to Cao Cao's strategy.

Chen Gong couldn't help but praised him and said, "It's a wonderful strategy to surround Wei and save Zhao."

"Invite Duke Zhao to go to Liu Youzhou again, so that he can gather his troops from the back to attack Gongsun Bogui. At first, he held the line of defense to drain Gongsun Bogui's sharpness. Immediately, I will lead troops to attack the Qinghe River to capture the flank of Wei County and cut Gongsun Bogui. Gui's situation, these are four of them."

Cao Cao's first three strategies, weak name, strong defense, and borrowing foreign aid, can all be used, but the fundamental reason why Xun Zhen and Sun Jian coveted Yanzhou and other places is the dispute between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan. We should still focus on defeating Gongsun Zan.

Chen Gong slapped his palms and said, "If General Yuan is willing to follow the general's strategy, how can Gongsun Bogui be sure? If Gongsun Bogui is defeated, it will not be enough to suppress the east and punish the general! The general's several strategies are sincere and high."