Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Fifth: The Solitary Desire of Yunchang is the Prefect of Yangzhou
It was Liu Bei's regret that he could not destroy Cao Cao, but this time, he was only defending Xuzhou, but now he was able to defeat Cao Cao and kill several of his generals, which showed Liu Bei's power.
He also asked Yuan Shao to send troops to force Cao Cao to compromise and move the emperor to Yecheng. From then on, Cao Cao lost the authority to control the emperor and command the world.
Although the emperor may still be hijacked in the hands of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are very different.
Yuan Shao did not have the ambition and strategic vision of Cao Cao, and he had many loyal family members to constrain his ambition.
Even Cao Cao, in the 17th year of Jian'an, wanted to be promoted to the title of Duke, but Xun objected, saying "this is not appropriate."
Immediately afterwards, Xun was reassigned by Cao Cao to serve as a minister and joined Guanglu as a doctor. He left Xudu and went to Qiao County to work in the army. He stayed in the army to join the prime minister's military affairs. He was also left in Shouchun to recuperate and was not allowed to return to Xudu.
Xun died soon, and Cao Cao first cut off Dangyin, Chaoge, and Linli in Henei; Weiguo in the east county of Yanzhou, Dunqiu, Dongwuyang, and Fagan; Julu's Yingtao, Quzhou, Nanhe, and Guangping.
Rencheng; Xiangguo, Handan and Yiyang of Zhao State were included in Wei County.
Then in the 18th year of Jian'an, he became the Duke of Wei as he wished, and a total of ten counties, including Hanoi, Hedong, Weijun, Zhaoguo, Zhongshan, Changshan, Julu, Anping, Ganling and Pingyuan, were made Cao Cao's fiefdom.
Jizhou only lacks Bohai County and Hejian Kingdom, but has more Hanoi County and Hedong County, as well as a plain country, which is larger than the original Jizhou.
Therefore, with people like Xun and Kong Rong around, Yuan Shao cannot do whatever he wants, and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are a little different.
In order to maintain his reputation, Yuan Shao liked to kill people with borrowed knives without doing it himself, but Cao Cao did it himself and just found a random reason.
It was precisely because Cao Cao understood this about Yuan Shao that he asked Xun to follow him to Yecheng and still serve as minister.
In short, the emperor is more advantageous to Liu Bei in the hands of Yuan Shao than in the hands of Cao Cao.
Now Cao Cao can be allowed to reduce his troops to 20,000, which is also very beneficial to Liu Bei. Although this result is not what he wanted, it can be considered satisfactory.
"Sir, since Yuan Benchu did not want Yunchang to serve as the governor of Yuzhou, and now that Yangzhou Shepherd Liu Zhengli has died, Gu wants to express Yunchang as the governor of Yangzhou. What do you think?" Liu Bei asked Zhou Ping.
The above table is actually a self-declaration and does not require court approval.
Now that Liu Yao is dead and Yuan Shu occupies most of Yangzhou's territory, taking advantage of the opportunity to gain fame after just defeating Cao Cao, it will be easier for Guan Yu to be named the governor of Yangzhou first. It will be easier to capture Yangzhou later.
At the same time, you can also see how Yuan Shao will react.
If Yuan Shao's reaction is not excessive, he can boldly attack Yuan Shu and Sun Ce.
"Ping thinks this is feasible. In addition, Lu Zijing can be regarded as the prefect of Lujiang. In this case, they will try their best to attack the enemy." Zhou Ping said happily.
Liu Bei shook his head slightly and said, "For the post of Lujiang Prefect, I would like to express it to Mr. Lu, but Lu Zijing can express it to me as the Commander-in-Chief of Lujiang."
"I?!"
Zhou Ping was a little shocked.
I don’t know what Liu Bei means. He asked himself to be the governor of Lujiang. Doesn’t he want to go with the army to conquer?
"Haha, sir, why are you so surprised? Sir, you have made extraordinary achievements many times, but you have no reward for it. This is all you can do now. Although sir, you are appointed as the governor of Lujiang, even if we capture Lujiang, the military and political management of Lujiang can still be left to Lu Zijing
, Sir is still with me."
Zhou Ping hesitated for a moment, feeling that it would not be good to refuse too much. Anyway, it was just a false name now, and Lu Su could also get an official position, so he had to say: "Thank you, my lord, for your love!"
With Zhang Fei's contribution, he can now be appointed as the prefect, but Liu Bei wants Zhang Fei to stay in Xuzhou as the prefect, and then let Jian Yong be the county magistrate.
Manage civil affairs for Zhang Fei.
Liu Bei called Tai Shici again and brought up the matter of Liu Yao.
Liu Yao died of illness in Yuzhang. Taishi Ci had already known about it, but it was useless just to know. It was impossible for him to go to Yuzhang now.
However, if Liu Yao dies, Taishi Ci may recognize Liu Bei as his master. However, Liu Yao's death has not been long ago, and Liu Bei and Zhou Ping do not want to bring up the matter of asking Taishi Ci to recognize him as their master.
He just said that he would recommend Guan Yu as the governor of Yangzhou, and Taishi Ci agreed.
Taishi Ci had lived with Guan Yu for some time and was impressed by his abilities. The only thing he didn't like was that Guan Yu was often arrogant.
Inside Xudu City.
Cao Cao is arranging for the emperor and officials to move to Yecheng.
Fortunately, Emperor Liu Xie and all the officials were accustomed to this kind of thing.
From Luoyang to Chang'an, from Chang'an back to Luoyang, and from Luoyang to Xu County, the emperor was often followed by soldiers who were chasing him. He ran for his life and suffered a lot.
Now when we go to Yecheng, we are protected by 30,000 soldiers and horses from Jizhou. At least we don't have to worry about the pursuers behind us. We can travel safely and still have enough to eat.
Moreover, since he arrived in Xudu, Liu Xie couldn't help himself. Cao Cao's people were everywhere inside and outside the palace, which was not as good as when he was in Anyi.
Cao Cao seemed so strong again, and Liu Xie felt so much pressure in Xudu that he always wanted to escape.
Now I finally have the opportunity to leave. Although I don’t know what it will be like in Yecheng, after thinking about it, I always feel that it will be better than in Xudu.
For all this, the people Liu Xie wants to thank are Liu Bei and Zhou Ping. It was Zhou Ping who invited Yuan Shao's troops, and it was Liu Bei who defeated Cao Cao, who made Cao Cao compromise and sue for peace.
He wanted to reward Liu Bei and Zhou Ping, but he didn't know how to reward them.
Now he can no longer make the decision. When he was in Anyi, at least he could still give out rewards.
In April of the second year of Jian'an, the emperor and his officials left Xudu and headed north under the escort of 30,000 soldiers and horses led by Guo Tu and Chunyu Qiong.
Liu Bei could not come to see the emperor, so he just stood in the camp, standing solemnly and looking north.
Three days after the emperor left, Liu Bei asked Guan Yu and Tai Shici to lead the troops back to Fei, while he led the troops back to Xuzhou. At the same time, he appointed Guan Yu as the governor of Yangzhou, Zhou Ping as the prefect of Lujiang, and Lu Su as the captain of Lujiang.
Liu Pan and Zhang Xiu also led their troops back to Xiangyang and Nanyang.
Cao Cao also led 30,000 troops back to Yanzhou Juancheng to reduce the number of troops. After returning to Yanzhou, Yuan Shao would send people to supervise, and Liu Bei would also send people to supervise together.
However, Cao Cao had already asked Cheng Yu to start farming in Yanzhou. Once the soldiers and horses returned, he would let the old and weak soldiers disperse, while the strong and strong men could stay and recruit more soldiers to farm.
Xia Houyuan had previously collected 5,000 remnant soldiers and stationed them in Fugou. He was just waiting for the court to let Chen Prime Minister Luo Jun move to the governor of Yuzhou, so that he could go to Chen State and take up the post of Chen Prime Minister.
Zhou Ping advised Liu Bei to deliberately pay homage to Chen Wang Liu Chong when he was passing through Chen State, and to meet Chen Prime Minister Luo Jun on the way.
In the future, Yuzhou will be a key place. Luo Jun will be appointed as the governor of Yuzhou. You can establish a good relationship with him first, at least to ensure that he will not help Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to attack him.
At the same time, Zhou Ping also wanted to take away thousands of his powerful crossbows from Chen Wang Liu Chong, and could not leave them to Xia Houyuan, who was about to become Chen's prime minister.