The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms Chapter 168

When Zhang Fei and Cao Bao each led troops and horses, and they all marched toward each other, in Guangling County, Xun Zhen received a military report from Xun Cheng.

When receiving the army report, Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, Zhang Hong, Xun Yan, Zang Hong, Chen Yi and other civil servants who stayed behind were all in the mansion.

After they finished reading, Xun Zhen said, "The Zhongren Military News said: Zang Ba left Kaiyang and moved south, what do you think?"

Xun Yan said: "I read the report of Zhongren's army. Although Zang Ba was heading south, he said that his march was very slow, and that he would build a camp if he traveled twenty li a day. , Although he couldn't bear Tao Xuzhou's urging, he finally sent troops, but he didn't seem to have the will to fight."

Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "Zang Ba was famous for his 'filial piety' in the past, and he was the commander of the Taishan army. , and even sent the pottery merchants to Kaiyang. Zang Baru still refuses to use the army, which is a bit unreasonable. ... In my opinion, his southward trip was just to perfunctory Tao Gongzu, and secondly, he didn't want to suffer. People are just mocking."

Xun Yu and others all agreed.

Zang Hong Fenrong said: "It's like Zang Ba's disciple, named 'filial piety' and invited to get the name of 'righteousness', but a real thief! Neither loyalty nor righteousness, the name is not worthy of the name, and the name is used for self-interest. The world Everything is in the hands of these people!"

Although Zang Hong and Zang Ba are both surnamed Zang, their personalities are completely different.

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "Ziyuan is generous and heroic, a loyal and righteous man!"

He pondered for a while, then said, "What Zhicai said is very true, Zang Ba is willing to go south, and there is no need for Tao Xuzhou to urge him. Now that he has gone south, he is slow in marching again. It is obvious that he has two intentions and does not want to fight with me. I ordered Chen Yi, "Reply to Zhongren: As long as Zang Ba doesn't come to hit me, our army won't hit him. We can send someone to meet him at the right time, pass the news,... Be sure to show respect. See."

Chen Yishan has been responsible for the drafting of official documents since he was hired by Xun Zhen, including some of Xun Zhen's private letters, which were also written by him.

Chen Yi agreed to the promise, and immediately began to write and write, and presented it to Xun Zhen for review.

After Xun Zhen looked at it, there was nothing to modify, so he called in the officials outside the hall and ordered them to be sent to Xun Cheng.

Zang Hong was still depressed, and he said: "Your Majesty, if Zang Ba dares not fight our army as the supervisor said, then that's all, if he is out of his capacity and comes to fight our army, lord and lord. There is no need to be merciful, just wipe it out! ... And even if he does not dare to come to fight with our army, after taking down Xuzhou, he must not be allowed to stay in Langya anymore, otherwise, there will be future troubles."

"Supervisor" refers to Xi Zhicai, whose current military title is "Supervisor Captain".

Xun Zhen smiled and said: "This matter is not urgent, it will not be too late to talk about it after Xuzhou is taken down."

Xun Yan said with a smile: "Yesterday, General Xu's army reported that Zhao Xiaowei has conquered the Prime Minister and seized the Sishui Ferry. The soldiers are less than a hundred miles away from Xiapi County. Once Xiapi, the East China Sea is within easy reach.  … It's not too far from taking down Xuzhou!"

At this time, it was not a formal military meeting, so Xun Yan called Xun Zhen by the name of Xun Zhen's family.

Xun Zhen was not so optimistic, he said, "Don't take it lightly."

Speaking of the current overall situation of the war, Xun Zhen showed some worry, and then said: "Although our army has already won the five cities of Xiapi, the gains of Huailing and Xuxian are the power of Lai Que Xuan, and the gains of Huaipu and Huaiyin. It is due to the strength of Chen Gui and Chen Deng, now that Junqing is besieging Xiaqiu and Zhongren is besieging Quyang, they have not been down for a few days, and the troops of Xiapi are definitely not enough, but the strength of Danyang's troops should not be underestimated."

Chen Yi smiled unconsciously.

Xun Zhen asked, "Why did you laugh?"

"I'm laughing at Junhou's insufficiency."

"Oh?"

"The soldiers of our army that came out on the 26th of the last month, this is only the beginning of February, they have already conquered the five cities of Xiapi and won half of the prefecture. They are so fast, they are really breaking the bamboo, and the princes and lords are still too slow, isn't it? Are you not satisfied?"

Xun Zhen has always been kind and easy-going towards his subjects, and Chen Yi has been with his old friend for a long time, so he dares to joke with him.

When Xun Zhen heard this, she also laughed, and sighed again, "You said that I am not satisfied, it is not because I am not satisfied, but because the supply pressure of military supplies and other military supplies is too great."

Guangling is only a county, and there are not as many households as in Yingchuan and Runan. The amount of grain produced each year is limited. Although Xunzhen has streamlined his troops, set up field troops, and managed to buy from other counties and prefectures. A lot of grain has come, but in the end the savings are low, and there is no problem in supplying a small-scale war, but now it is a battle to seize the state. Once the progress is slow, it will inevitably fall into the dilemma of lack of food.

Xun Yu relieved Xun Zhen and said, "Brother, you don't need to worry too much. Although I don't have much grain reserves, as long as we capture Xiapi, we can take the grain from Pi and use it. Although Junqing and Zhongren are now besieging Xiaqiu. , Quyang has not been conquered, but our army has won consecutive victories, and the Qi army and Danyang army have suffered consecutive defeats, and the morale is incomparable. I predict that within five days, there will be good news that these two cities will be conquered for me."

"I hope so!"

After talking about the overall war, Xun Zhen thought of Pengcheng and asked, "Is there any news from Pengcheng?"

The military secret report has always been in charge of Xi Zhicai, and Xi Zhicai replied: "It's the same secret report a while ago. Tao Gongzu sent people into Pengcheng to see Xue Li. Apart from this, there is no other news."

"What's wrong with Xue Li?"

Xi Zhicai sneered and said, "Sun He is stationed in Xiaoxian County, and he is so close to Pengcheng, what's wrong with Xue Ligan?"

The "Pengcheng" that Xi Zhicai said was not the "Pengcheng" of Pengcheng State, but the "Pengcheng County" of the capital of Pengcheng.

Xiaoxian County, where Sun He was stationed, was only 60 miles away from Pengcheng County, which can indeed be called "close at hand". Sun Jian and Xun Zhen are both known for their good fighting skills. With Sun He's army stationed here, even Xue Li regretted it and changed his mind of supporting the soldiers. He wanted to help Tao Qian. Heartless, dare not send troops.

Zang Hong is loyal and fierce, and what he hates most is people who only care about self-interest and have no public mindedness. When he heard the mention of Xue Li's name, he hated Zang Ba as much as he hated him, because he said, "Xue Li's head is on both ends of the mouse, and Zang is at the same time. The tyrants are all thieves!" He said to Xun Zhen, "Your Majesty, when Xuzhou is taken down, this person cannot be kept."

Xun Yu, however, had a different opinion, saying: "Xue Li was indeed the first and last two ends, and he meant to sit and watch. Now the situation is different. Our army has sent troops for a few days and has taken half of Pi County, maybe?"

Zang Hong asked, "How?"

"Maybe if we send someone to see him again, maybe we can persuade him to help our army conquer Pi and the East China Sea."

Xun Zhen nodded and said, "Wen Ruo's words make sense."

Zang Hong was not happy and said, "Jun Hou, like Zang Ba and Xue Li's disciples, who really can't work together, how can they use their strength instead?"

Xun Zhen sighed and said, "First the Yellow Turbans rose, then Tao Gongzu was a villain and a distant gentleman, and the government decrees were faint. The people of Xuzhou have suffered for a long time! I am raising the army today, as a last resort. Can we fight less or less in this battle? Fight as well."

When Zang Hong heard this, he was no longer in a daze, but with awe, he said: "Hong is a Xu person, but he does not love Xu as much as the prince. What he said just now is Hong's fault."

"Qing is always upright and upright, and I have known it for a long time! This is the place where Qing has strengthened me." After hearing Zang Hong admit his mistake, Xun Zhen in turn persuaded him. He looked at everyone and sighed, "Why don't I want to go straight ahead! But in today's chaos in the sea, if you want to save the chaos and bring peace to the people, sometimes you have to do something against your will!"

Among the people present, Zhang Hong felt the most sympathy for Xun Zhen's remarks. When he was young, he studied in Kyoto and has extensive experience. He has seen many things that confound right and wrong, and he has also seen many upright gentlemen being killed and arrested. Knowing the difficulty of "doing things" is by no means black and white. He said: "Everything in the world is hard to do, and you don't need to blame yourself. As long as it is for the country and the people, I think it is straight and straight!"

Xun Yan praised: "Zhang Gong's words are true!"

After comforting Zang Hong, after listening to Zhang Hong and Xun Yan's two interjections, Xun Zhen said: "As Wen Ruo said, you can send someone to Pengcheng to see Xue Li and tell him: As long as he raises troops to help me now, wait a minute. I took down Xuzhou, and he is still the prime minister of Pengcheng. ... Wen Ruo, this matter is up to you to arrange, and the envoys must be carefully selected, not only good words, but also not arrogant when seeing Xue Li. "

What if Xue Li didn't help Xun Zhen? So after Xun Zhen takes down Xuzhou, what will happen to him? Xun Zhen didn't say it, and didn't need to say it.

Xun Yu agreed.

While he was talking, an official came to report: "Cen Sima sent a person, said to be a person from the prefecture." He presented a stack of documents and said, "This is the record of the inquiry."

"Cen Sima" means Cen Rong. In order to ensure that the Guangling counties would not be in chaos during the first battle of Xu, Xun Zhen sent Cen Rong, Luan Gu and others to the counties to supervise the military and civilian affairs of the counties. Cen Rong is currently in charge of supervising Tangyi County. Since he sent it, it was also sent from Tangyi. Tangyi is in the west of Guangling County, and further south is the boundary of Jiujiang County in Yangzhou.

The attendant in the hall took the document and presented it to Xun Zhen.

Xun Zhen signaled the officials outside the hall to step down, opened the document, and looked at it carefully. After reading it, she couldn't help smiling, and instructed the attendants, "Please pass it on."

Xi Zhicai was the chief among Xun Yu and others, but he didn't read it first, took the document, covered it up, put it on the case, and said, "Let me guess, ... this must be sent by Tao Gongzu. Go to the three counties of Danyang, Jiujiang and Wu, and I want to persuade them to attack my Guangling."

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "Zhicai expected things like God!"

Xi Zhicai sneered and said, "Tao Gongzu is really dizzy! He didn't even think about it: Danyang Zhou Taiming~www.mtlnovel.com~ made good friends with Yuan Benchu, and treated the prince friendly. The prince sent people to Danyang to recruit troops. How could they help Tao Gongzu? Jiujiang Fuzishen, Wujun Sheng Xiaozhang, two Confucian scholars and scholars, such as talking about scriptures and essays, the princes and princes may not be able to match them, but the two of them don't know the army, and they just want to help him Tao Gongzu, what's the use? "

Xun Yu said, "Since Tao Xuzhou sent people to the three counties of Danyang, he must also send people to the counties of Mount Tai."

Xi Zhicai said: "When the Yellow Turbans were in chaos in Xuzhou, Tao Gongzu used his neighbors as a beggar and drove the Yellow Turbans into neighboring countries. Now, let's not say that the counties of Mount Tai are too busy to take care of themselves. Even if they have "time" and their previous grudges have not disappeared, how could they be willing to send troops to help him!"

Zhang Hong asked, "How do you plan to deal with the person sent by Cen Sima?"

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "After all, he was ordered to go. He was able to travel so far in our county until he was discovered in Tangyi. It would be difficult for him. It would be useless for me to keep him, so I asked him to be my messenger!"

"Be a messenger?"

"I want to write a letter to Tao Xuzhou."

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