After Liu Jian left, Chen State's Prime Minister Luo Jun came to pay homage to Liu Chong.
"Did your Majesty tell Liu Jian how to secretly leave the city and steal the enemy's leader?"
Liu Chong picked up two hard stone bows on a wooden stand in the hall, pulled them apart with all his strength, and used them to exercise his arm strength.
After pulling it a few times, Liu Chong put down the hard bow again and said: "I have already told Prime Minister Luo's plan, and Liu Deran also agreed and did not have any doubts."
Luo Jun was very pleased when he heard the news:
"It is not in vain that the king took the initiative to provide Liu Deran with food and grass, and also accepted Liu Deran to come to Yangxia so that he could leave the Yellow River ferry and dare to come here with confidence. Now Liu Jian has great trust in the king. As long as he waits a little longer and coaxes him out of the city, he will
All the 20,000 people under his command can be swallowed up by the king!"
Liu Chong's expression did not change much, but after hearing Luo Jun's words, a bit of ferocity flashed in his eyes.
Liu Chong had no legitimate son. After his death, the Chen State would be expelled. However, he did not choose to lie down. Instead, he chose to take advantage of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the chaos among the princes, and colluded with Luo Jun, the Prime Minister of the Chen State, to accumulate troops, food and pay, and build a
The purpose of accumulating strength with the crossbow is to create a new world for this lineage of yours.
Nowadays, the world is in chaos, the Kwantung Mu Shou and Dong Zhuo are fighting each other, the emperor is young, and the queen mother is also a female... Liu Chong feels that as a noble king with a well-established family, if he can find an opportunity to enter the
If the capital supports the government and controls the power, even if the Chen Kingdom is eliminated in the future, his lineage will still be able to gain a foothold in the world, and even his lineage of King Chen will be able to develop better.
Perhaps when this generation of young emperors dies, their descendants may inherit the throne.
What a beautiful thought.
Liu Chong has a certain political vision, but at the same time his political ideas are not mature enough. Therefore, he has created such a dream king who has no political means and can only understand the current situation and recruit troops and seek opportunities to enter Beijing.
Although the Chen State has developed to this point, it has many soldiers and horses, but after all, due to the limitations of the county under the control of Liu Chong and Luo Jun, their soldiers and horses are unable to move forward.
The battle between Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao is in full swing. Once Dong Zhuo is defeated, Liu Chong will definitely lead his troops into Luoyang City without hesitation. With the respect of the princes and the name of King Qin as his escort, he will imitate Dong Zhuo and control the emperor in the palm of his hand.
inside.
Therefore, he gave himself the title of 'General of the Auxiliary Country'.
This is to take the path of the regent.
However, even if Dong Zhuo was defeated, with Liu Chong's current military strength, it would be too difficult to rush into Luoyang and take the emperor into his own hands.
After all, the upper limit he can mobilize now is only 10,000 people.
There are wild rumors outside that he has 100,000 troops. Luo Jun sent people to spread it out in order to build momentum for Liu Chong, hoping that Liu Chong could attract heroes and celebrities from all over the Chen Kingdom to join him.
But unfortunately, Luo Jun arranged for Liu Chong to brag a bit too much, so the effect of attracting heroes from all over to vote was not obvious.
There were quite a few people here who were just eating and drinking, but there were really not many real people.
It was at this time that Liu Jian sent a letter requesting that he and King Chen join forces in Yangxia to jointly resist Dong Zhuo's army.
According to common sense, it is impossible for King Chen to agree to Liu Jian leading his troops here.
Obviously, once Liu Jian led his troops to Yangxia, King Chen would have to unconditionally supply food and fodder for Liu Jian's more than 20,000 troops.
If you don't give it, it will easily intensify the conflict. Liu Jian has many generals who are experienced in fighting. If he uses the excuse of King Chen to cut off food for him and forcibly seizes the governance power of Yangxia County, then Liu Chong is really
There is no way at all.
There are indeed such examples in history, such as Han Fu and Yuan Shao.
But if Liu Jian is not accepted, once the matter spreads, it will indeed have a certain impact on Liu Chong's reputation.
After all, if we dig deeper, Liu Jian can be said to be the benefactor of all the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty.
Moreover, Liu Jian's reputation and reputation are indeed very good.
As they are both members of the Han clan, it would really be unjustifiable for Liu Chong not to accept him at this moment.
If Liu Jian was allowed to come, he would be taken advantage of, but if Liu Jian was not allowed to come to Yangxia, his reputation would be lost. Liu Chong was really in trouble at that time.
But it was at this time that Chen Guo's Prime Minister Luo Jun gave Liu Chong an idea.
"If your Majesty wants to march into Luoyang in the future, he will be short of elite soldiers. If Liu Deran leads his troops, and your Majesty plans to capture Liu Jian's soldiers, wouldn't it be like adding more power to a tiger?"
These words awakened Liu Chong!
He currently lacks soldiers and horses, but Liu Jian has soldiers under his command. Now that he is here, won't he bring soldiers and horses to his door?
only……
But this is not easy.
The solution Luo Jun provided Liu Chong was that as long as Liu Jian came to Yangxia, he would not be afraid that the matter would not work out!
Because Liu Jian had just defeated Niu Fu and was deeply hated by Dong Zhuo, Luo Jun estimated that as long as Liu Jian came, Dong Zhuo's pursuing troops would surely follow!
At that time, Liu Jian was in Liu Chong's territory. As long as Liu Chong used the "power of the horns" to "capture the thief and capture the king" and other reasons, he could send Liu Jian out of the city, and then secretly leak the news to Liu Jian outside the city.
When Jian died at the hands of the Xiliang army, Liu Jian's soldiers and horses in the city would become rootless men and women, and Liu Chong could take over in the name of Liu Jian's uncle and his kin to the princes and kings.
This is purely a waste of money.
Although there are indeed uncertain variables in this, Liu Chong and Luo Jun are obviously the kind of fanatical speculators. As long as they are three-point sure about something, they dare to take it!
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After Liu Jian returned to his residence, he immediately ordered someone to bring a man named "Ma Jie".
In this matter, Liu Jian felt that Jia Xu, whose pseudonym was "Ma Jie", was more capable and thorough than himself.
Sure enough, after listening to Liu Jian's words, Jia Xu immediately said: "King Chen is indeed not a kind person. He wants to use an excuse to embezzle the lord's soldiers and horses, so that he can gather the soldiers and horses to the west to Luoyang to seize the emperor in the future."
Liu Jian could more or less think of what Jia Xu said.
"It's just that I never expected that King Chen would have such great ambitions. For this ambition, he would even want to reach out to my soldiers and horses. It is really hateful."
Jia Xu said: "Therefore, it is not a pity to die for such a despicable and cunning person. The general does not need to care about the friendship of the same clan with him. Now he can mutiny in the city and kill him!"
"King Chen still has 10,000 elite soldiers and thousands of powerful crossbows in Yangxia City. He has plenty of food and grass for his troops and horses...Kill him! It would be okay to hold all these things in your hands and let the general coordinate them."
Don’t be afraid that you won’t be able to stop the Xiliang soldiers.”
"It's much safer than having two armies with two coaches unified command and control."
Just as Jia Xu finished speaking, Liu Jian suddenly reached out and slapped the table in front of him, with an angry look on his face.
"I serve him as my uncle, but he plots against me. It is really a waste of all my sincerity. This man does not deserve the surname Liu."
After hearing this, Jia Xu... fell silent.
Anyway, up to now, whether she is a good person or not, and whether she deserves the surname Liu or not, is all decided by your words.
"General, I wonder who is on the other side of the Prime Minister's country who is the vanguard to attack the people in Yangxiaxia?"
"Hua Xiong is the first, followed by Hu Zhen and Lu Bu."
Hearing this, Jia Xu suddenly clapped his hands: "If Hua Xiong leads the troops, then this battle will be easy to fight."
"Why?"
"Among the generals in Xiliang, this man is the most brave, and at the same time the least resourceful. I predict that Liu Chong will definitely not want to face the enemy directly with the Prime Minister. After he annexes the general's troops, he will fight with the Prime Minister.
Negotiate peace, and the Prime Minister does not want to create more complications at this juncture. If the news of the general's death is known, the Xiliang army will withdraw. This is the situation Liu Chong wants to see the most."
"So, as long as the general determines where he will station his troops after leaving the city, Liu Chong will definitely send a spy with a letter to see Hua Xiong and inform him of General Hua Xiong's whereabouts."
Liu Jian sneered and said, "It's a pity that he can't send an envoy."
Jia Xu said: "No, the general must ask him to send an envoy to Hua Xiong. When he turns back after seeing Hua Xiong, the general must capture the envoy outside the city and use this person as a witness to prove his case.
Liu Chong plotted to kill his clan members,"
"As for Hua Xiong, if we get Liu Chong's letter, and with his resourcefulness, if he can't see the flaw, he will not be suspicious, and we can use this matter to devise designs on him later."
Jia Xu's ingenuity in this aspect really put Liu Jian at a disadvantage.
When it comes to conspiracies and conspiracies, there are probably few people in the world who are more thoughtful than Jia Xu.
"Wen He's plan is very good. Not only King Chen, but also Hua Xiong has calculated it... Okay, very good! King Chen treats me unjustly, so there is no need for me to be polite to him! This time, I will be just and righteous.
They devoured his troops, horses, grain, grass and baggage."
When Jia Xu heard what Liu Jian said, he felt speechless again.
Just swallow it...and you still have to say something that's right and proper.
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The next day, Liu Jian went to see Liu Chong and told him that he was willing to lead 3,000 elite troops out of the city to garrison troops at the Langdang Canal west of Yangxia.
The Langlang Canal also had another name in the ancient Han Dynasty, which was the Chasm.
King Chen Liu Chong was originally a little worried that Liu Jian would bring a large number of soldiers and horses when he went out this time, which would reduce the number of soldiers and horses he could harvest from Liu Jian.
He was still thinking about how to get Liu Jian to lead as few troops out of the city as possible, but he didn't expect that Liu Jian actually proposed to lead only 3,000 people out of Yangxia, which made Liu Chong very happy.
However, he still kept his happiness in his heart.
Liu Chong deliberately pretended to be worried.
"Deran, is it safe for you to lead such a small number of people out of the city? Why don't you bring more people?"
After saying this, Liu Chong regretted it and wished he could slap himself in the mouth.
Since Liu Jian wanted to take so few people out of the city, what else could he do to pretend to care?
If he took advantage of the situation and took more people out, wouldn't he have to pay for it?
Then Liu Jian laughed and said: "It doesn't matter, I will take my two brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with me. Although the number is small, we can still be safe."
As soon as Liu Jian finished speaking, Liu Chong almost burst out of joy.
Among Liu Jian's subordinates, the two most feared by Liu Chong were Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two men worth two thousand dan.
Now that Liu Jian has led them all out of the city, the other generals under him are no problem to Liu Chong at all, and it will be easy to annex his army.
Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, Zhang He, Gao Lan... I have never heard of them!