Bai Xiaowen is still very confident in recruiting Hua Xin.
After Hua Xin took refuge, Bai Xiaowen was of course "overjoyed", and then appointed Hua Xin as Yilang and granted him the position of counselor in the Grand Sima Mansion.
Hua Xin didn't expect Bai Xiaowen to think so highly of him, so he naturally thanked him. He thought to himself, Yuan Xi was in a high position at such a young age and could still treat the virtuous corporal. No wonder he could achieve such a great reputation.
After being granted official status, Hua Xin became one of his own.
Bai Xiaowen asked: "You have been in Jingxiang and Jiangnan, so you should be familiar with the situation there. I heard that there were frequent wars between Jingzhou and Jiangdong some time ago?"
Hua Xin replied: "Liu Biao has been in a state of decline since the defeat of Xudu. The Sun family in Jiangdong is indeed powerful. They have many talented people in civil and military affairs. They took advantage of the situation and sent troops to attack Jingzhou. Within half a month, they occupied five counties and cities in Jingxiang.
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Bai Xiaowen nodded and said, "I have heard for a long time that Sun Ce is the Tiger of Jiangdong, as brave as Lu Bu. But I don't know who else is under his command?"
Hua Xin said: "The literary scholars include Lu Su, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and others, who were all famous scholars of the time; the warriors include Taishi Ci, Sun Yi, Zhou Tai and others, who are also brave generals. There is also Zhou Yu's civil and military skills.
Shuangquan, the Jinfan thief Gan Ning has recently been conquered, and the army is even more powerful."
Bai Xiaowen has heard of these names.
However, the general named "Sun Yi" still made Bai Xiaowen curious: "What is the relationship between this Sun Yi and Sun Ce?"
Hua Xin said: "Sun Yi is the third son of Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha, and the third brother of Sun Ce. He is only sixteen years old, but he is already an adult. He has courage that no man can match. Sun Ce loves him very much and always keeps him with him."
Bai Xiaowen was secretly surprised, but he smiled and said, "What kind of skills can a sixteen-year-old boy have?"
Hua Xin said seriously:
"Yan Gong should not be underestimated. Sun Yi is brave and not inferior to Sun Ce. More than a month ago, some of his subordinates made trouble and got him drunk during the banquet with the intention of assassinating him. Sun Yi was stabbed several times and his blood flowed all over the ground, but he still acted.
As usual, kill all the rebel generals.
"Sun Yi also made great achievements in the subsequent attack on Jingxiang. If Liu Bei hadn't given all his help and saved the remaining counties and cities, I'm afraid that when Liu Biao died, there wouldn't be a place to bury him."
Bai Xiaowen nodded: "Who else is under Liu Bei's account?"
Hua Xin said: "Liu Bei's army originally had military generals who were stronger than civil servants. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun were all enemies of ten thousand people. However, they recruited Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang and other talented people, and they became like a fish in water. Zhuge Liang was known as the 'Wolong',
If it weren't for his strategy, I probably wouldn't have been able to save the remaining cities."
Zhuge Liang's early appearance was known to Bai Xiaowen as early as when he entered the world of the Three Kingdoms.
While feeling regretful, Bai Xiaowen also had an idea in his mind.
It seems that the Sun Yi under Sun Ce's account should be a top awakener.
According to the rules of the spirit world, the real Sun Yi was probably hacked to death by his generals, and then the top awakener took the identity of the deceased Sun Yi and killed the generals on the spot.
As for Liu Bei, there should be no powerful awakened ones joining him.
If there is a powerful awakened person, he will definitely "stand out" early, just like Sun Yi.
Those awakened people who have never come to prominence and are mentioned by Hua Xin will certainly not affect the progress of Bai Xiaowen's unification.
Bai Xiaowen asked again: "Are Liu Biao's original subordinates, such as Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others, still there?"
Hua Xin did not expect that the dignified Duke of Yan was quite familiar with the people in Jingzhou, so he carefully replied: "Cai Mao was killed in the battle with the Sun family; Zhang Yun was under Liu Bei's command, assisting in training the navy. In addition,
There are also advisers such as Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue, who still respect Liu Cong as their leader."
Bai Xiaowen understood. No wonder Liu Bei was much more nourished than in the novel. It turned out that his biggest stumbling block, Cai Mao, the pillar of the Cai family of the Jingxiang wealthy family, had been broken.
Without Cai Mao, Mrs. Cai would be a little orphan and a widow, and of course she would not be able to make a living. Wasn't Liu Cong, a brat, destined to be manipulated at will by Zhuge Liang?
As for the other civil servants in Liu Biao's old ministry in Jingzhou, everyone who outplayed Zhuge Liang would either be killed or marginalized sooner or later. The best outcome would be to submit to Liu Bei.
"Are Sun Ce and Liu Bei still attacking each other?" Bai Xiaowen asked the key point.
Hua Xin shook his head and said: "I heard that Zhuge Liang wrote a letter to Sun Ce, and the two families stopped fighting and made peace for the time being. Currently, out of the nine counties of Jingxiang and Xiangzhou, Liu Bei and Liu Cong occupied four counties, and the remaining five counties are all under Sun Ce's control.
In hand."
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said: "It seems that both the Sun and Liu families are on guard against Gu!"
Hua Xin said: "Sun and Liu are afraid of Duke Yan's power, so they have stopped fighting and made peace. It is advisable for Duke to slow down his plan. If he rushes to attack Jiangnan, Sun and Liu will join forces and it will be difficult to defeat him."
Bai Xiaowen nodded in approval. Hua Xin's ability to say such words showed that he was also knowledgeable.
Bai Xiaowen was not in a hurry to go to the south of the Yangtze River. After all, in the novel, Cao Cao suffered a big loss at the hands of the Sun and Liu coalition forces, which made him unable to unify the world in his lifetime.
In Bai Xiaowen's opinion, it is better to take the land of the two rivers first so that Liu Bei cannot occupy Xichuan!
When the time comes, there are thirteen states in the world, and Bai Xiaowen owns ten. After accumulating enough strength, he will find a way to defeat Sun Liu in one fell swoop and complete the unification.
Hua Xin stayed in Yedu, and Bai Xiaowen sent Hua Xin's deputy envoy back to Jingzhou with the imperial edict.
Regarding Liu Cong's succession, Bai Xiaowen did not stand in the way, but happily named Liu Cong the shepherd of Jingzhou. As for the request in the letter, asking Liu Bei to be named General Xiangyang and temporarily take charge of Jingzhou affairs, Bai Xiaowen did not agree, and instead named Liu Bei.
As the prefect of Jiangxia.
At present, Jiangxia is already Sun Ce's territory. It is not difficult to guess what Bai Xiaowen's intention is in appointing an official like this.
Especially if Zhuge Liang is on the other side, Bai Xiaowen's plan can be seen even more clearly.
However, this is a conspiracy. I have the emperor in my hands, and I am happy to grant him the title. You can do whatever you want.
Within a few days, the good news came back to Yedu.
With the help of Li Shuyi, Cecilia and others, Zhang He defeated the Bingzhou horse thieves, killed more than a thousand enemies, and captured 400 good horses.
Bai Xiaowen was overjoyed and rewarded Zhang He heavily.
However, there was one item in Zhang He's report that caught Bai Xiaowen's heart.
When clearing out the horse thieves in Bingzhou, Zhang He discovered that the base of these horse thieves was in Yunzhong County, Bingzhou.
Yunzhong County is the territory of the Hu people, including Xianbei, Wuwan and other Hu tribes.
Moreover, the horse thieves killed were only a small number of Han people, and most of them were Hu people.
From this, we can know what happened to the Bingzhou horse thieves. If the Hu people cannot be severely injured, then the Bingzhou horse thieves may reappear and cannot be eradicated. Should Da Sima personally conquer them once and for all?
After Bai Xiaowen thought about it, he gave the reply that Zhang He should be ordered to lead the victorious army and continue to conquer the foreign tribes in the north. The food and grass would be raised by the senior governor of Bingzhou.