When Liu Xin heard the news suddenly, he really didn’t know whether he should be happy or sad. He was still thinking about what needs to be done to stabilize the rear. One of them was how to arrange the brothers Liu Wei and Liu Zhang. There are many in the army now. Yizhou soldiers and five counties were taken from Liu Yan's hands. Everyone was smiling in peace. Who knows if the uneasy gentry officials will stabb him in the back once the army goes northward. The last knife, and if these people want to do it, they will definitely hold Liu Yan’s banner. Although Liu Yan is dead, Liu Yan and Liu Zhang are still there.
Hearing the news of Liu Hao’s death, Liu Xin suddenly regretted it. At the beginning, he should follow Cheng Yu’s suggestion to accept Wu Yu as a concubine. At least he could tie Wu Yi firmly to his chariot. Now he has not only harmed Wu Yu. The life of this little girl made her a widow early, and there is no guarantee that Liu Yan's old ministry will be loyal to her. Liu Xin was stunned for a long time before asking, "Zhongde, how did he die? ,"
Cheng Yu leaned back and said: "Back to the lord, Liu Hao has been crazy. Even Mr. Zhang can't diagnose what is wrong with him. The subordinates are a little suspicious. Will cry secretly,"
Liu Xin interrupted Cheng Yu and said, "Could it be that he is pretending to be crazy,"
Cheng Yu continued: "The subordinates also have this doubt. Today, the people sent there found that he was escaping, and stepped forward to stop him. He jumped out of the window in a hurry, but fell on a stone and died on the spot. I don’t know if he is really crazy or fake, but it’s a good thing that Liu Hao died."
Liu Xin was startled. He even suspected that Liu Yu was killed by someone sent by Cheng Yu. However, when I think about it, it’s not like killing a Liu Yu. Liu Zhang is still there, and there is something on him. The two older brothers under Dong Zhuo closed their eyes and thought for a while. Liu Xin sighed and said: "Forget it, the man is dead, whether he is really crazy or not, please verify his body and be buried thickly."
Cheng Yu promised and just turned around and heard Liu Xin say: "Wait, let Wu Yi take his sister back, let her remarry, and also, send Liu Zhang to Changsha and leave it to Gan Ning to take care of him. , You can do it now,"
Liu Xin knew that none of the five major legions had a garrison in Changsha. The place had been completely handed over to the navy to guard. Therefore, there were neither soldiers from Yizhou nor officials from Yizhou. In addition, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai were eager to make contributions. Without the foundation, Liu Zhang will not succeed even if he wants to rebel.
After dealing with Liu Wei and Liu Zhang’s affairs, Liu Xin called Dianwei and Xu Chu over again and asked them to rectify the Feihu guards a year ago. Sun Ce’s affairs reminded him that if someone pretended to be Personal guards, then it is easy to get into Dongcheng District, or even into Zhou Mufu. After his army sets out, the entire Xiangyang defensive responsibility will fall on Feihu's personal guards. This is inevitable. Not only that, Liu Xin also ordered a secret review of all the guards to prevent the perpetrators from mixing in, and stipulated that the selection of guards in the future shall be conducted on the registration and review of the immediate family members within three generations.
Solving these two things, plus taking Sun Ce some time ago, Liu Xin's worries have gone for the most part. Just when he returned to the backyard, he saw Zhu Qian waiting there with a blushing face, and said, "Master, I have something to think about." Discuss with you,"
Liu Xin knew that Zhu Qian would never take the initiative to ask anything. If there was anything, it must be about Liu Rui, so he walked over and gently hugged her shoulders and said, "It's Rui'er's business. It's a family, just say it straight."
Zhu Qian looked up at Liu Xin and asked in surprise: "Master, you know, then you don't agree with such a marriage,"
Liu Xin was confused and asked in surprise: "Marriage, what kind of marriage?"
At this time, Ma Yun came over and said, "It's the relationship between Rui'er and Sun Ce. I think they are quite good match."
When Liu Xin saw Ma Yun coming over, he hurriedly released Zhu Qian, but he was even more surprised between the words: "The marriage between Rui'er and Sun Ce, Sun Jian was married to me, but the circumstances at the time were special and I did not agree. Now I think about it,"
Ma Yun smiled and said: "Did you not see Sun Ce in the study that day? I think he is thinking of Shang Rui'er. Sun Ce is also a young hero, and he is very filial to his mother, and he is doing things under your hand. Together is the best of both worlds,"
Liu Xin understood Ma Yun's meaning and used marriage to completely tie Sun Ce into a political marriage. It was the most commonly used method in that era, but Liu Xin was unwilling to be so utilitarian. He remembered Liu Rui's treatment of Sun Ce in the study that day. Attitude, could not help but ponder: "Qian'er, what do you mean, will Rui'er agree to it?"
Zhu Qian answered very simply this time: "This child looks pretty good, but the slave family has no objection. In the end it won't happen. It's all up to the master."
Ma Yun also said to the side: "You don't have to think about Rui'er, this girl is also big, I think she is 80% willing, otherwise how can she repeatedly make things difficult for Sun Ce,"
Actually, Liu Xin didn't have much opinion on this marriage, but he didn't want to be too utilitarian. After thinking about it, he still said: "You go and ask Ruier yourself. If she has no opinion, we will settle this matter first, and so on. When I come back from Chang'an, I will talk to Sun Ce and his mother,"
Liu Xin also has selfish intentions. This time he attacked Dong Zhuo. He did his best and wanted to bring Sun Ce by his side. However, on the battlefield, there is no eye on the sword. If Sun Ce has something to do, wouldn’t it be Liu Rui’s mistake? lifelong,
Just as Liu Xin was planning the crusade against Dong Zhuo, a shocking news came from the north. Gongsun Zan was defeated by Yuan Shao and had retreated to Yijing. In this way, Yuan Shao would soon further annex You after he occupied Jizhou. Liu Xin knows that due to his arrival, much history has deviated from its original track. This was as early as he expected. However, Liu Xin did not expect that Gongsun Zan would lose so fast. He remembered Yuan Shao and Yuan Shao. Gongsun Zan’s battle should have been going on for five or six years before it ended. Now, not only did the war between the two have advanced, but Gongsun Zan retreated to Yi Jing so quickly. According to Liu Xin's vision, after he defeated Dong Zhuo, the north should be Cao Cao. , Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Zan are three-legged, and the three are still fighting endlessly. The south is the world of Yuan Shu, Tao Qian, Liu Yao, and Yan Baihu. Of course, Liu Bei may take the opportunity to occupy one or two sites. By then, He can completely defeat them one by one,
In fact, the reason for this situation is really related to Liu Xin. In history, the reason why Gongsun Zan has been with Yuan Shao for such a long time was that there was a fierce general named Zhao Yun who saved Gongsun Zan from danger several times. It was Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei who helped them many times. Now, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei were poached by Liu Xin early, and Liu Bei took Guan Yu to Xuzhou. In this way, Gongsun Zan had no external power. For help, his turf was originally robbed from Liu Yu, and Liu Yu’s old ministry still refused to accept him, so his disintegration was justified.
In the twelfth lunar month, there was even more shocking news. Cao Cao occupied Luoyang. Cao Cao was also a vanguard against Dong Zhuo. However, after the battle of the princes against Dong Zhuo was over, Cao Cao received a paper from Dong Zhuo. Immediately turned the spearhead to the Yellow Turban Yudang in Shandong,
Cao Cao also had his high-sounding reasons. He obeyed the order of Emperor Liu Xie, not Dong Zhuo. In fact, he saw the right time and wanted to vigorously develop his power during the crusade against the Shandong Yellow Turban. To be honest, Cao Cao did. He is a courageous generation of traitorous heroes. After he left Luoyang, he quietly occupied the East County, devoted himself to developing his own power, recruiting talents, and gradually gained some atmosphere.
These so-called yellow turban remnants are actually peasants, mainly from the two states of Qing and Xu. These yellow turbans are different from the yellow turbans during the rebellion of Zhang Jiao. They are just under the banner of the yellow turbans. , And drag the family with their mouths, and also bring animals and furniture. If you remove the yellow scarf on your head, you will be no different from ordinary farmers.
The Yellow Turban Army attacked the city and plundered the land, and it was still very imposing. Even the Jibei minister Bao Xin died in their hands. However, when Cao Cao led his army to attack, how could such an army be better than Cao Cao’s elite soldiers and powerful generals? , And soon turned into another scene. Following Cao Jun’s Bingfeng’s point, the Yellow Turban bandits descended from the wind, but within half a year, all of Shandong had been calmed down.
After this battle, Cao Cao's strength greatly increased, recruiting more than 300,000 thieves, millions of men and women, Qing and Yan Erzhou quietly fell into the grasp of Cao Cao, even Yanzhou governor Liu Dai, only I was able to tremble under Cao Cao’s account, but the larger population also brought a lot of trouble. Many of these surrendered yellow towels came from Xuzhou. There were no land or houses in Qing and Yan Erzhou. Cao Cao himself was very short of food and grass. It was not until Yuan Cao’s struggle for hegemony ended in history that he completely solved this problem.
It was in this situation that Cao Cao took a fancy to Luoyang. Now Luoyang is an empty city, but the houses are basically there, and there are large tracts of deserted land outside the city. Cao Cao selected elites from these surrendered yellow towels and compiled them into The army and the others were all ordered to transfer to Luoyang to work in agriculture, which not only placed these yellow turban soldiers, but also increased the supply of munitions, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Among all the princes, Liu Xin was most worried about Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Now that Cao Cao has risen ahead of schedule and the situation has changed suddenly, Liu Xin has to step up and start a war against Dong Zhuo in advance.
In fact, Guo Jia, Chen Gong, Tian Feng and others did not approve of Liu Xin's use of troops against Dong Zhuo now. They all suggested that Liu Xin should first collect the four southern counties, then capture the Jiangdong area, and gradually strengthen his strength, and finally fight with Dong Zhuo. Fight to the death, but Liu Xin also has his own considerations. Dong Zhuo is like a tiger now. The princes everywhere are busy fighting for power and killing each other, but no one dares to stroke Dong Zhuo’s tiger beard. At this time, Dong Zhuo’s vigilance The worst, when his army is the most unorganized, and the combat effectiveness is also at the lowest, really waiting for Dong Zhuo to foresee that someone will act on him, and if he wants to win him, he will have to pay several times more.
Another reason that prompted Liu Xinxian to act on Dong Zhuo was that Cai Yan took Diaochan to Xiangyang on his own initiative, which made Wang Yun's serial plan lose the most critical link. The relationship between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu has been unbreakable. It’s no longer possible to squeeze inside the Xiliang Army,
Fortunately, Liu Xin has been preparing for this war for a full year and a half. The food, grass, ordnance, as well as the deployment of soldiers and horses are all ready. Just waiting for his order, Xiangyang City will feel the same to outsiders throughout the Spring Festival as usual. , Peaceful and peaceful, but everyone who comes into contact with the core secrets knows that the exciting moment will come soon,
Liu Xin carefully calculated every link in the study. This time, he almost lost all his wealth and life. There is no room for a slight loss. Suddenly, Liu Xin remembered one thing.