It turned out that after Cao Cao took Liu Xie to Puyang, he proclaimed himself prime minister, and let Liu Xie issue an edict, appointing Yuan Shao as the general and Yuan Shu as the great Sima. Yuan Shao received the edict and saw that Cao Cao's position was above him, so he felt uneasy. , To convene civil and military planning discussions,
Yuan Shao’s general, Yan Liang, said, “Cao Cao’s husband, dare to steal the top position. He is not talented at the end. I would like to lead a hundred thousand troops to defeat Puyang and capture Aha alive.”
"General Yan is brave to win the three armies, ten thousand people are invincible, but Cao Cao now occupies most of Qing, Yan'erzhou and Yuzhou, and his strength is not to be underestimated, but he should be cautious," the trial partner waved his hand and offered advice, "Cao Cao There has always been a shortage of money and food, and the previous attack on Xiangyang was a big defeat. It is even more difficult to support the court’s hundreds of officials. Why not take the opportunity to send people to welcome the emperor to Yecheng, and then it will be the lord who is holding the emperor to make the princes."
Yuan Shao listened to the tactics of the trial, and indeed he repaired a book, sent someone to Puyang, but was rushed back by Cao Cao's curse.
When Dong Zhuo abandoned Liu Bianli Liu Xie, Yuan Shao wanted to support Youzhou Mu Liu Yu as the emperor. But at that time, Liu Yu's power had been seized by Gongsun Zan and he did not dare to accept it. It didn’t take long before Liu Yu changed his position. He was killed by Gongsun Zan. Now, Gongsun Zan has been destroyed by him. He has annexed the three states of Hebei, Union, and You, and has received the help of the Xiongnu and Wu Heng. The strength is far above Cao Cao, and how can he be willing to subdue to Cao Cao
Knowing that Cao Cao refused to surrender Liu Xie, Yuan Shao was furious, and called the tent under the martial arts to discuss the establishment of a new monarch. In fact, everyone knew that what Yuan Shao wanted to set up was nothing more than a puppet. It happened to be Liu Biao from Shanyang. He was also a family member of the Han clan. He had always made friends with Yuan Shao and fled in Jizhou. Therefore, everyone proposed to support Liu Biao as the emperor, and Liu Biao actually agreed.
Listening to Jushou explaining the situation, Liu Xin naturally remembered that she had occupied Jingzhou, which belonged to Liu Biao, and that he had taken in Cai Jue, who should have been married to Liu Biao, but it turned out that Liu Biao became the emperor. He felt funny and said to Jushou: " Gongyou, he calls him his emperor, whatever he does,"
Jushou said with a worried expression: "The master of Qi, the third master of the Yuan family's fourth generation, has a family of deceased officials all over the world, and Liu Biao is well-known. Now Yuan Shao supports Liu Biao, and it is a hindrance to the master's dominance of the world."
In fact, Jushou's original intention was to persuade Liu Xin to take this opportunity to become the emperor, but seeing that Liu Xin didn't take Liu Biao's claim to the emperor to his heart, he withdrew from his mouth.
Liu Xin smiled and said: "There are no two days in the sky, no two kings in the country. Today, Cao Cao supports Liu Xie and Yuan Shao supports Liu Biao. The two are like water and fire. Sooner or later, there will be a battle. Evenly matched, if there is a war, it will be a protracted tug of war. What's so sad about it,"
Jushou said, "If, as the lord said, the two families of Cao and Yuan go to war, we can use this opportunity to kill them all at once."
Liu Xin smiled and said: "The most feared policy is to change the order. Now that I have set the general direction of rest and recuperation, I will not move the swords lightly. No matter what actions Cao Cao and Yuan Shao take, I will only respond unchanged. The change, let him go for the time being, the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, I am really worried about Wen Yuan’s situation."
Jushou said: "General Zhang and Tao Qian's Mi Zhu and Cao Bao have a good relationship. There should be no danger for the time being, but the message is a bit difficult. It is inevitable that the soldiers have left their homes for many years, and they will inevitably feel resentful. It is better to transfer them back. Xiangyang took a break and dared to ask what the Lord would like."
In fact, Liu Xin is most worried about Xuzhou, because there is Liu Bei in Xuzhou. Liu Xin knows that Liu Bei is very resilient. Don't look at what he is doing now. As long as he is given a chance, maybe he will be able to stand up. At this point, Liu Xin was unwilling to transfer Zhang Liao and the five thousand soldiers back to Xiangyang.
However, what Jushou said is also very reasonable. He compares his heart to heart. He has been fighting for a few months, and he still misses his wife and children at home. Moreover, these soldiers stayed outside for more than two years. They couldn't help thinking and asked, "Li Ming. How are your pigeons training?"
Ju Shou leaned back and said, "Back to the lord, my subordinates went there to see it a few days ago. At present, there are not many pigeons that can come in handy. There are only about a dozen pigeons. If two or three years pass, there will be a large number of pigeons. When it is put into use, not only the military, but also the Phantom Spy can easily transmit information."
"Parents, you don't want to place all your hopes on the carrier pigeons. After all, the pigeons will encounter various situations during the flight, and they may also be intercepted by the enemy," Liu Xin said with a smile, "However, with these ten A few pigeons can communicate with Wenyuan conveniently, but I don’t know how to transport these pigeons to Xuzhou."
Jushou said: "It's not difficult. Han Yin has been in Xiangyang for more than a month. He wants to see the lord and rehabilitate the old. The lord can make false promises, and pretend to agree to Yuan Shu's request. The road is smooth, so that will not be a problem."
Liu Xin thought for a while, and said, "Well, Han Yin, I'm gone. You will be fully responsible for this matter. You must ensure unimpeded communication with Xuzhou and realize regular rotation of the troops stationed in Xuzhou."
Jushou’s worries are not unreasonable, but the situation in Xuzhou is far less serious than he imagined. These soldiers have been away from home for a long time, and homesickness is inevitable. However, when in Jingzhou, Liu Xin often asked the army to use the training gap to help the people. After they arrived in Xuzhou, these soldiers kept this habit and often helped the local people to do some farm work. Therefore, the relationship between these soldiers and the local people was very harmonious, and they felt like they were at home. The only problem was these soldiers. They are very young and full of vitality, and strict military discipline prohibits them from entering and exiting places such as brothels. The night time is always a bit difficult.
In the Jingzhou Army’s tent outside Xuzhou City, Zhang Liao’s brows were frowned into the word "chuan", and another file was placed in front of him. Last night, two soldiers could not stand their loneliness and stole out of the barracks to contact the neighboring villages. The girls in the tryst were held and twisted over. Thanks to how helpful they are to the people around them, they didn’t resist when they were discovered, so they didn’t get beaten to death by the people. This has happened this year. It was the third incident of this kind. According to military regulations, they should be beheaded, but Zhang Liao was a little bit unable to do so, and the local people also took the initiative to intercede for them. Zhang Liao had to imprison them temporarily.
Suddenly, personal soldiers came to report that General Gaoshun came from Xiangyang.
Zhang Liao and Gao Shun had met once when they were in Luoyang, and the two can be regarded as acquaintances. Hearing that Gao Shun had come, he was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly greeted them.
It turned out that the negotiations between Jushou and Han Yin went very smoothly. Han Yin almost fully accepted Liu Xin's conditions. The two sides signed an offensive and defensive alliance again, and Yuan Shu also opened the road to Xuzhou to Liu Xin, allowing Liu Xin's army to be free. After passing, Liu Xin first reorganized the Fourth Army, appointing Zhang Liao as the commander of the army and Gao Shun as the deputy commander of the army. Gao Shun led 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry to Xuzhou to replace Zhang Liao, and Liu Xin also stipulated This kind of rotation will be carried out once a year in the future, and this army rotation will also lay the foundation for the establishment of the rotation system of the Han's troops stationed abroad in the future.
Zhang Liao was naturally very happy about Gao Shun’s arrival. Although the one-year rotation cycle was not short, it was still within the range that the soldiers could bear. He knew that he could leave Xuzhou and return to his hometown immediately. The soldiers in the barracks were all Excited, morale boosted for a while,
Suddenly a large army appeared outside Xuzhou city, and the news spread into the city. Tao Qian hurriedly called for civil and military plans.
Mi Zhu arched his hands and said: "The enlightenment to the lord, his subordinates think that because the Jingzhou army is stationed here, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Liu Yao and other talents dare not act rashly. If you don’t believe me, my subordinates are willing to go to the Jingzhou barracks in person to find out."
The civil and military officials of Xuzhou often accepted Zhang Liao’s food and gifts on weekdays. They had a soft mouth and a soft hand. Although they were a little skeptical about the purpose of the Jingzhou army’s mobilization, they chose to remain silent.
Tao Qian knew about Mi Zhu's betrothal of his sister to Zhang Liao. He was worried that he had different intentions, so he turned to Chen Deng and asked, "Yuanlong, what do you think about this matter?"
Chen Deng has also benefited from Zhang Liao. He is not a person who is greedy for money, but there are two things that make him unable to refuse. One is that he was frail since he was a child. Later, Hua Tuo passed by here to help him and he had some relapses recently. Zhang Qing was optimistic about him, and naturally owed Liu Xin a big favor. Second, the items Zhang Liao sent were not gold and silver jewelry, but a batch of classics printed on paper and bound into volumes. These things should not be said to be in Xuzhou. , Even in Xiangyang, you can’t buy it if you have money.
Because of this, Chen Deng kept his head down and said nothing. Now when he heard Tao Qian asking him, he knew that he could not hide, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "Go back to the lord, the Jingzhou army swept through Xiliang, and within Wei Zhenyu, if he wants to If you attack Xuzhou, you can make a big fanfare. Is there any need to spend these weeks?"
Tao Qian hesitated for a while, and said, "Zizhong, then please go and check it out."
In fact, Mi Zhu was also a little guilty. He didn't know what Liu Xin's sudden increase in Xuzhou meant. He received Tao Qian's order and hurried home. He wanted to prepare some gifts and head to the Jingzhou Army Camp outside the city, but the doorman said, " Master, General Zhang and another general have been waiting in the mansion for a long time."
Mi Zhu didn't expect that Zhang Liao would take the initiative to come to the door, and was quite surprised, but the nervousness was let down, which showed that the Jingzhou army came here without malicious intent.
Zhang Liao was alone, and his hometown was in Bingzhou. It didn’t matter whether he returned to Xiangyang or not. However, since Liu Xin gave the order, he did not dare to disobey, so he brought Gao Shun to visit Mi Mansion, which is considered to be For his future contacts in Xuzhou,
Seeing Mi Zhu coming in, Zhang Liao quickly got up and said, "Brother Zizhong, I'll introduce you to someone."