Liu Xin had long anticipated that Bei Gong Boyu would be angered by Bei Gongyan because of what happened today. It is inevitable to beat and scold her, but he did not expect Bei Gong Boyu to do so thoroughly, and he would simply deny her daughter. , Could not help but annoyed: "Dare to not even listen to my greetings, do you really want to rebel,"
Diao Chan persuaded her from the side: "Master, it's better to keep her. Lan Ni'er is injured and I am afraid that she will have to raise her for some time. There is a shortage of people around the slave family."
Seeing the hesitation on Liu Xin's face, Diao Chan said again: "Master, in fact, Bei Gongyan is not bad in nature, she was deceived by Ke Muji..."
Liu Xin hesitated for a while and said, "Lan Ni'er's injury is also difficult for her to deal with. This matter should wait for Lan Ni'er to wake up and ask her opinion."
Being able to rescue the hostages safely is the most difficult thing. In Liu Xin’s eyes, Lan Nier’s contribution today is no less than winning a war. Liu Xin’s attitude towards Lan Nier has also quietly changed. Treating her as an ordinary slave, but with a little more respect. Therefore, Liu Xin wanted to ask Lannelle’s opinion on this matter, and Lannelle had just fallen asleep, and she suffered so much. I’m afraid I won’t be able to wake up at one and a half. Liu Xin simply postponed his scheduled departure in the afternoon by one day.
In the early morning of the next day, Lan Ni'er finally woke up. When Diao Chan said that she wanted to keep Bei Gongyan, her eyes were obviously unhappy, but in Lan Ni'er's mind, Diao Chan was her master. , How could she have the right to object to what the master said, although she was unwilling, Lanier nodded vigorously.
Bei Gongxian was also brought over. She was originally a nobleman without zero, and she also had some knowledge about the etiquette of the Han people. As soon as she entered the door, she said a lot of blessings. Yesterday Liu Xin gave her a whole day to consider whether to go. Stay, when I said this, Liu Xin felt a little embarrassed, and felt like she wanted to eat it and wiped it out. However, Bei Gongxian did not hesitate at all. She made the decision yesterday and will follow Liu Xin in this life , Liu Xin didn’t have any more hypocrisy, so she and Bei Gongyan's aunts and nephews temporarily became Diaochan’s personal servants.
With the lessons of the Ke Muji incident, Liu Xin did not wait for Lannier to recover from his injury. Yesterday, Liu Xin personally began to select candidates for "personal female bodyguards". Liu Xin limited the bodyguard candidates to the barbarians, Qiangs, and Huns among foreign women, although There are many Han girls who practice martial arts, but they are only rare. Most Han women are still too weak. Because of Zhu Rong, the loyalty of barbarian women is not a problem. They should be the best candidates for bodyguards. Of course, in Liang Except for women of the Qiang ethnic group, Liu Xin did not have any other options in the state boundary.
However, the beauties sent by the leaders of the Qiang tribe were in the backyard of the Taishou Mansion. Liu Xin easily selected some eligible women and eliminated the women belonging to the Shaodang and Xianling tribes, and formed a team. A team of twelve women's bodyguards, named Women's Guards,
Liu Xin stayed in Wuwei for another two days, personally organized the female guards to conduct some basic training, taught them some close fighting skills, and then divided them into four groups, each group of three, taking turns to personally protect Diao Chan and Yan. For the safety of Rui’s mother and daughter, Lan Ni’er’s injuries have healed a lot after the medical officer’s care, although she still can’t practice martial arts with those women, but Liu Xin appointed her as the commander of these women and became the Han Dynasty. The first female general to have a formal official position,
Just as Liu Xin was preparing to set off, an emergency military information from Xiangyang brought the news Liu Xin had always wanted. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao went to war, but to Liu Xin’s surprise, it was not Yuan Shao who provoked the war. It was Cao Cao. Cao Cao secretly made a surprise attack and captured Liyang, the important town of Hebei, in one fell swoop.
According to Liu Xin’s original estimate, Yuan Shao was the first to provoke the incident. Historically, Yuan Shao took the initiative to send troops to attack Cao Cao. At that time, there were so many advisers and generals under Yuan Shao. Only Tian Feng and Jushou really stood up to persuade them. , These two have become Liu Xin’s right hand. It stands to reason that the rest of these people should all support Yuan Shao’s use of troops.
In fact, there are many capable people under Yuan Shao, but there are many factions. They fought openly and secretly. The internal friction was very serious. Tian Feng and Jushou opposed Yuan Shao's use of troops purely out of public intentions, but other people often have their own private ideas. He is an indecisive character. It is always difficult to make decisions on such major events. Since Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou last year, the debate about whether to take the opportunity to attack Cao Cao has begun, and until now, no result has been reached.
In fact, there is also a credit for treasurer Song. Originally in Yuan Shao’s camp, the leaders and factions headed by Xu You and Xun Chen were at a disadvantage. As a result, after treasurer Song’s attempt to kidnap Chen Qun, Xu You feared that he had secretly communicated with Cao Cao and became the main combat faction. The people such as Fengji, Judging, Xinping and others who had been the main battle at the beginning were based on the principle of "I will support if the enemy opposes, and I will support the enemy. The principle of "just oppose" immediately changed its direction and became the main and peaceful faction, making Yuan Shao even more at a loss, who was already difficult to make a decision.
Cao Cao didn't want to turn his face with Yuan Shao right now. He needed to accumulate strength, and his advisers, such as Xun Yu, Xun You, Chen Qun, and Liu Ye, also had this opinion. However, Liu Xin used thunder to wipe out Liu Bei and Liu. The powerful combat power displayed by the three princes of Yao and Yuan Shu has shocked Cao Cao too strongly. Cao Cao can be sure that Liu Xin’s strength has increased a lot over the past year.
Time flies. One year has passed since the time limit of the non-aggression agreement with Liu Xin has passed. Cao Cao knew very well in his heart that Liu Xin should do something to himself in another year. Strong, but Cao Cao also understands that with his current strength, it is impossible to face Liu Xin head-on, unless he can unite with Yuan Shao. However, this seems to be an impossible task. In this case, there are only two evils. The power is the lighter, and Yuan Shao was annexed first before he had the opportunity to compete with Liu Xin.
Cao Cao’s motive for sending troops on his own initiative was attached to the emergency military situation. This was analyzed by Jushou, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and other advisers after consultation.
When Liu Xin saw this, he knew it, and handed the paper to Jia Xu, asking: "Wenhe, according to you, who will win this battle, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao?"
When I went to the Western Regions this time, Liu Xin did not bring other counselors with him. It is because there is Jia Xu, a poisonous man who has repeatedly made ingenuity in history. Liu Xin believes that as long as he does not run into very difficult problems, Jia Xu can think about it. Come up with a solution,
Jia Xu did not answer immediately, but after reading the documents in his hand carefully, he thought for a long time before he said: "The key to victory in this battle lies in food."
The classic battle in history that led to a fundamental turn in the balance of power between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. The battle of Guandu was because Cao Cao burned the Wuchao where Yuan Shaozhe used to harvest food, and finally made Cao Cao win more with less. Unifying the north, is it possible that this fellow Jia Xu also has the ability to predict the end of the war in advance, Liu Xin glanced suspiciously at Jia Xu.
However, Jia Xu continued to say: "Although Cao Cao has temporarily gained the opportunity of war, he lacks sufficient food supplies and cannot be sustained. If his subordinates expected well, the reason why Cao Cao chose to start the war at this time must be taken advantage of the upcoming war. The opportunity of the summer harvest is so that the soldiers can cut wheat and eat and alleviate the plight of food shortage. On the other hand, Yuan Shao has many soldiers and sufficient food and grass. As long as he reacts, he can turn defeat into victory."
Liu Xin said in surprise: "Mr. Could it be that Yuan Shao will win in the end,"
Jia Xu stroked his three long beards and said with a smile: "Which of the two of them wins or loses is still unpredictable. However, one of the subordinates can be sure that no matter which one wins, they will bring new victories. Taking Luoyang, so the subordinates believe that if Cao Cao and Yuan Shao can maintain an undefeated situation, it will be most beneficial to the lord. If the war stalemate is to continue, the lord must give Cao Cao some support."
Liu Xin frowned and asked, "How can Liu support me?"
Jia Xu said with his hand: "Food, the lord can provide some food to Cao Cao, so that he will not be full or hungry."
The prefectures occupied by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have always been the most populous areas in the Han Dynasty. Their source of troops is not a problem. Yuan Shao has an army of 700,000, while Cao Cao can only maintain an army of about 300,000. The reason is that Cao Cao lacks food, because the more soldiers there are, the more food he consumes. If there is enough food, Cao Cao can quickly form a large army. With a large army, Cao Cao can naturally fight Yuan Shao for a long time.
Liu Xin shook his head and said, "Cao Cao has many capable people. If Liu gives him food for no reason, how can he not be suspicious? You can only hide this trick from him."
Jia Xu suddenly smirked and said: "The lord is wrong, how can we give him food? We sold it to him quietly."
When talking about the word "quietly", Jia Xu deliberately increased his tone, and Liu Xin understood immediately. The two nodded knowingly and laughed together.
The so-called selling food quietly, in a modern term, is to smuggle food. People die for money, and birds die for food. As long as profitable things are done, someone will do it. When the profit reaches a certain level, even if it is risky. There is also the risk of decapitation. Therefore, smuggling has existed since ancient times and is not new.
In order to ensure that the common people can eat and eat, Liu Xin implements a food price intervention mechanism in all urban areas within his own power to keep the food price basically at the level of about 20 yuan. In the area ruled by Yuan Shao, the food price has risen to a level. One hundred dollars, as for the area under Cao Cao’s rule, is even higher than this price. Five times the profit is enough to be a reason for some criminals to take risks.