The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms Chapter 245

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Cai Mao's expression became serious, and when he said that he wanted to ask Xun Zhen about something important, Xun Zhen guessed that what he was asking about must be related to Yuan Shu, and it was likely that he wanted to ask himself when he planned to use troops to attack Yuan Shu. Sure enough, as he expected, Cai Mao asked exactly this.

One is that Liu Biao and Liu Biao have been established as allies earlier, and the two sides cooperated well in the war in Jiangxia County; two, Liu Biao will need to cooperate in Xiangyang when they conquer Yuan Shu in the future; The ability of this person is not very jealous of him, and it can even be said that he did not regard him as a real strong enemy, so after hearing Cai Mao's question, Xun Zhen did not hide his plans from Yuan Shu. He replied bluntly, saying: "Yuan Shu was disobedient. First the sage called him to see him, but he openly refused the decree on the grounds of a foot problem, and then the sage sent an decree to him, calling him again, and saying that if he couldn't come, he could send him to see him. The envoy was replaced, and he was ordered to hand Guo Si over to the court to be convicted. His reply form was delivered the day before, but he still said that he had a foot problem, and he refused to send the envoy to replace the court. There is no doubt that he despised the court! When he handed over Guo Si's order, he also refused to execute it and tolerated the traitors. His intentions are already known! Degui, this Yuan Gonggong, the imperial court will sooner or later crusade, but... it's not yet time."

Cai Mao said: "Duke Ming, on the way from Xiangyang to Xu County, all the counties in Nanyang along the way, there are old friends of Mao's old friends, and Mao once looked for opportunities and met a few of them. I heard that the sage has moved to Xu. , Duke Ming was worshipped by the imperial court as a general of the Book of Records, a general of chariots and cavalry, and now he is in command of the army and stationed in Yingchuan. We all hope that Master Wang will be able to send troops to Nanyang as soon as possible to attack Yuan Shu. This is what the people's hearts want! Since the people's hearts are already there, and with Mao's ignorance, if Duke Ming should obey the mandate of heaven and obey the people's opinions, he will send troops to attack Nanyang. , and Liu Jingzhou raised troops from Xiangyang to respond, attacked from the north, destroyed Yuan Shu, and it was as easy as the palm of your hand! But I don't know why Duke Ming said that it is not yet time?"

He guessed and asked, "Dare to ask Ming Gong, but because I can't find a good name?"

There is a saying that "the teacher is famous." If the teacher is unknown, it is an unjust battle, and morale and people's hearts will be greatly affected. After all, Yuan Shu was the left general of the imperial court, and he did not openly rebel. If he attacked him, he would have to have a name.

But Xun Zhen said that it was not the time to send troops, obviously it was not because of this.

If you want to fight Yuan Shu, the name is easy to find. Yuan Shu resisted the decree twice and refused to come to Xu County to meet Liu Xie, which is a good reason for beating him; Guo Si has been classified as a traitor by the imperial court, and the emperor hated him to the bone, but Yuan Shu accepted him and refused to hand him over Convicting the court, hiding the traitor, is also a very good reason to beat him, as well as mutilating the people, etc., can also be the reasons.

Xun Zhen could imagine that when he confronts Yuan Shu in the future, there are probably more than ten of Yuan Shu's crimes that can be listed in the arraignment.

Cai Mao said: "If it wasn't because it was not easy to find a name, then Mao would dare to ask Duke Ming again, but because he was worried that when he was attacking Yuan Shu, Yuan Benchu ​​might attack Yingchuan from Jizhou? But you don't have to worry about it. Yuan Gonggong and Yuan Benchu ​​are brothers, but they are at odds with each other. If Duke Ming attacked Yuan Gonggong, Yuan Benchu ​​would definitely not help him."

Xun Zhen said, "No."

"Dare to ask Ming Gong's high opinion?"

Xun Zhen said: "Yuan Benchu ​​probably won't help Yuan Shu, but seeing me attack Nanyang, he should not miss this opportunity. He may attack me in Yanzhou, Qingzhou, or Henan Yin. Degui, you advise I don't have to worry too much, but I can't take it lightly!"

"What Duke Ming said is very true, because he didn't think carefully. Duke Ming has such concerns, dare to ask Duke Ming, how do you plan to resolve it?"

Xun Zhen said: "There are two strategies to respond to it. I have sent people to Jizhou to carefully examine the original trend, which is one of them; the court has already issued an decree to call Liu He, Yan Rou, Xian Yufu and others to the Hajj to see them, and this is the other. Two."

"Calling Liu He and others for an audience? Duke Ming wants to use Youzhou to contain Yuan Benchu! This is a good strategy. I just don't know, when will Liu He, etc. or his envoys be able to come to Xu County?"

Xun Zhen said: "In a month or two, it will definitely be there."

"It's another month or two!"

As Xi Zhicai said, the crusade against Yuan Shu was Liu Xie's first battle after moving the capital, and he could only win, not lose. Therefore, Xun Zhen and Xi Zhicai discussed it a lot. For now, there is basically a plan in place.

This plan is basically what Xun Zhen and Xi Zhicai said when they were discussing in the hall after welcoming Chen Deng to Xu County. To weaken Yuan Shu's strength.

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Xun Zhen hesitated, and didn't say anything about the strategy of alienating Lu Bu.

There is no need to hide from Cai Mao that he is ready to crusade against Yuan Shu, but in terms of the specific crusade strategy, it is better to keep it secret.

Seeing that Cai Mao was quite impatient, Xun Zhen smiled to comfort him, and said with a smile, "De Gui, you don't have to be too anxious. It's actually beneficial to us to keep Yuan Shu alive for a while."

"Is there a benefit? Dare to ask Duke Ming, what is the benefit?"

Xun Zhen said: "Yuan Gonggong's department, plus Lv Bu's department, already have tens of thousands of people, and only relying on the supply of Nanyang County and Jiangxia half-county is already stretched, and now there are more than 10,000 departments of Guo Si's department. , the cost of food and grain has skyrocketed, and it may be able to support it in a short period of time, but as time goes by, there will definitely not be enough to distribute military rations. By that time, Yuan Shu, Guo Si and Lu Bu will not be able to support them. How can we not hold grudges? Then our army will attack at that time, and it will be easier to win. Is this a benefit?"

Cai Mao nodded frequently and said, "Ming Gong is brilliant."

Xun Zhen sighed and said, "Leaving Yuan Shu to survive, it will be beneficial to our army in future crusades, but it will hurt the people of Nanyang."

In the case of insufficient military rations, Yuan Shu will definitely increase the exploitation of the people, and the life of the people of Nanyang will inevitably become more difficult. However, the other side of suffering more is that people's hearts will be more towards the court, or more towards Xunzhen.

Cai Mao said: "Duke Ming has a heart of pity for the people. If Nanyang scholars know about it, they will be grateful to Duke Ming."

Having said this, it has come to an end, but Xun Zhen saw that Cai Mao seemed to have something to say, so she asked him and said, "De Gui, you seem to have something to say..." She laughed, "But Liu Jingzhou still has something to say. Do you have anything to ask me? You and I are old friends, so you don't need to be polite, just say something."

Cai Mao looked outside the hall.

The night outside the hall was dark, and the spacious courtyard was brightly lit. Except for Xu Chu and other guards standing opposite each other with spears, no one else was waiting.

Cai Mao turned around and said to Xun Zhen, "Ming Gong, do you know something?"

Seeing his behavior, Xun Zhen expected that what he was going to say would be secret, so she concentrated her mind and asked him, "What's the matter?"

"Ming Gong, I heard that Zhang Xian, the prefect of Changsha, intends to join forces with General Wei to plot against me in Jingzhou!"

Xun Zhen was stunned for a moment when he heard these words, and said, "Zhang Xian, the prefect of Changsha, wants to join forces with Bofu to conspire with Jingzhou... Degui, where did you hear this?"

"Sun/Wentai has an old official named Huanjie, does Duke Ming still remember?"

Xun Zhen's heart skipped a beat and thought, "Huanjie? He's from Changsha." With his face as usual, he nodded, and said, "Huanjie is a loyal and righteous man, I remember it. I heard that he died because of his father's death. I went back to Changsha a few years ago."

Cai Mao said, "That's right! Duke Ming, Zhang Xian intends to conspire with General Wei to take Jingzhou together, and it is Huan Jie's line between them."

Xun Zhen certainly didn't know about Sun Ce's conspiracy with Zhang Xian to take Jingzhou together, and he didn't believe it when he first heard Cai Mao mentioned it. Zhang Xian is in Changsha County, Sun Ce is in Yuzhou, the two are far apart, and the road is blocked, and the two of them don't know each other, and for no reason, how could they get together and discuss a conspiracy in Jingzhou? But after hearing Cai Mao say Huan Jie's name, Xun Zhen couldn't help but believe it. He believed it for three points, but Xun Zhen looked like she didn't believe it at all.

Xun Zhen waved his hands again and again and said with a smile, "De Gui, this is impossible. Bo Fu has just been worshipped as the prefect of Yuzhou by the imperial court, and although Wentai has served two thousand stones in Jingzhou, Bofu has never been an official in Jingzhou. How could he plot Jingzhou together with Zhang Xian? Besides, is Jingzhou so scheming? Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Liu Jingzhou, which one is not sitting on a hero? How can Bofu and Zhang Xian take it!"

Cai Mao said: "Duke Ming, Mao has a life-and-death acquaintance. He is Cao Ye in Zhang Xian County's mansion. He secretly told Mao about this matter. Duke Ming, there will be no falsehood in this matter!"

"Is it?"

Cai Mao said: "Duke Ming, Yuan Shu only occupied one county in Nanyang, and the reason why Liu Jingzhou has not been able to defeat it is mainly because of Zhang Xian! Zhang Xian has always been dissatisfied with Liu Jingzhou, he has been in Jingzhou for a long time. Being an official in the south is quite popular among the people of Changsha, and also has an influence on Lingling and Guiyang counties. Because of this, even Changsha, Lingling and Guiyang counties often want to disobey Liu Jingzhou's orders. Therefore, Liu Jingzhou is actually a I haven't been able to break Yuan Shu for a few years! ... Duke Ming, since Zhang Xian is against Liu Jingzhou, it is not surprising that he conspired with General Wei through Huanjie to covet Jingzhou!"

Zhang Xian is a native of Nanyang, Jingzhou, and his family is the right surname of Jingzhou. He is very famous in Jingzhou. As mentioned above, before he served as the prefect of Changsha, he served as the chief officer of Lingling County and Guiyang County successively. Xian is not only in Changsha, but also has a certain appeal in Lingling and Guiyang counties. Cai Mao said that Liu Biao failed to defeat Yuan Shu because Zhang Xian refused to obey the order. This is not a lie, but the truth. If Changsha and other counties all obeyed the transfer order and combined the strength of several counties in Jingzhou, how could they not win against Yuan Shu, who only had one county? Liu Biao had no military strategy, and Yuan Shu had no military strategy, so he had already won the battle.

Liu Biao was Xun Zhen's ally, and he needed Liu Biao's help when he was arguing with Yuan Shu. Sun Ce was even more of Xun Zhen's party. If at this time, Liu Biao and Sun Ce had a conflict, Xun Zhen would be very difficult to do.

Saying to Sun Ce is not good for him to attack Yuan Shu, and it is not good for him to control Jingzhou after destroying Yuan Shu; then to Liu Biao? It is certainly impossible.

The best choice at the moment is to resolutely do not believe in the existence of this matter.

Xun Zhen kept calm, smiled and said to Cai Mao: "De Gui, this must be a misinformation. Bo Fu is now obsessed with capturing and beheading Lu Bu to avenge Wentai, so how could he have the intention to conspire with Zhang Xian to capture Jingzhou? De Gui? , Zhang Xian and Bo Fu never knew each other, and to seek such a major event as Jingzhou, only one Huan Jie leads the needle, De Gui, just think about it, is it possible? It must be a misrepresentation, a misrepresentation."

Cai Mao had no intention of forcing Xun Zhen to admit the matter. The reason why he brought it up to Xun Zhen was just to test whether Xun Zhen knew about it. At the same time, if Xun Zhen didn't know, he would use this to remind him, but he couldn't. Because of this, the relationship with Liu Biao was destroyed. Seeing Xun Zhen's performance, he probably didn't know about it, and the purpose of the reminder was achieved, so Cai Mao didn't say more.

Following Xun Zhen's words, Cai Mao said: "I hope it will be just like what Duke Ming said. It is best to spread rumors. Duke Ming, Liu Jingzhou, the clan has a deep heart, and has always been loyal to the sage and the court. In my humble opinion, the Duke of Ming is now in power in the court, but he must not hurt the hearts of loyal ministers and lose the hope of the four quarters!" This second half of the words were very sincere.

Xun Zhen replied solemnly, "De Gui, you can rest assured!"

Da Cai and Xiao Cai's concubines were already on the porch outside the hall, and Xun Zhen called them in.

The two Cais each hugged their own children and entered the hall to meet Cai Mao.

Cai Mao hurriedly invited the two of them up. Although he and Da Cai and Xiao Cai were brothers and sisters of the clan, their wife was the husband. Even though Xiao Cai was Xun Zhen's concubine, now it also changed with Xun Zhen's identity. It's just different, but he didn't dare to treat them as Japanese brothers at all, and said, "I just arrived in Xu County, and I came to see the riders. I came in a hurry, and I didn't bring any gifts for you. Tomorrow, after I have seen the saint, I will come back and give you gifts."

That night, Cai Mao stayed at Xun Zhen's house.

The next day ~www.mtlnovel.com~ Cai Mao joined his entourage and asked to see Liu Xie on the form.

Liu Xie summoned him.

I went to the table seal and square tribute that Liu Biao presented to Liu Xie. Cai Mao reported some situation in Jingzhou. Liu Xie said that he knew it. He praised Liu Biao's loyalty and Cai Mao's loyalty to come to the audience at risk. It's over.

In the third year of Chuping, that is, the year after Li Jue and Guo Si conquered Chang'an and took control of the court, in October of this year, Liu Biao sent envoys to the court and made sacrifices. He was the general of Zhennan, the shepherd of Jingzhou, the false festival, the three princes of Yitong, the military governor of Jing, Jiao, and Yang, and he was named Marquis of Wu. It can be said that all the officials and rank that can be appointed to Liu Biao have already been appointed to him, and the top generals are the heavy generals. The cavalry general is obviously not allowed to be given to Liu Biao, so how should Liu Biao send Cai Mao to the court this time, and when Xun Zhen was in power at the beginning of his reign, how should he reward him?

Liu Xie asked Xun Zhen, Yang Biao and others to discuss.

The ministers came to a conclusion that Liu Biao could be given the title of a servant.

Foreign ministers, including all the officials in the court, could not see the emperor at any time, but if they had the title of servant, they would be able to see the emperor without restrictions. Adding the title of Servant to Liu Biao did not change his real power. He was far away in Jingzhou, and it was impossible for him to come to see Liu Xie every day, but it could show Liu Xie's trust and closeness to him.

After the negotiation was over, the court issued an edict the next day, adding Liu Biao's servants, worshipping Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi and second son Liu Cong as their lords, and worshiping Cai Mao, Kuaiyue, Zhang Yun, Huang Zu and other officials under Liu Biao. different official positions.

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