Hearing that it was written by an old friend of Yan Zhong, Yan Xing couldn't help but be a little surprised. He couldn't help but glance at the letter on the table, but then he looked back. Yan Zhong saw it and said with a smile: "You
I’m curious who wrote it?”
Yan Xing felt a little ashamed and said, "I couldn't hold it back just now. Please forgive me, uncle."
Yan Zhong said disapprovingly: "Everything I have will be left to you from now on, so what does a letter mean?"
He picked up the letter and handed it to Yan Xing, saying: "This is from Huangfu Song, please read it."
Yan Xing wiped his hands, then took the letter, opened it and read it for a while, then raised his head and asked in surprise: "What does Huangfu Song mean?"
"Hey, what else could it mean? You probably know that we will send troops to the east again within a year or two, so you came to warn us."
Yan Xing was still a little confused and asked: "But the Eastern Expedition is a strategy that has been decided for a long time. The army is expanding and the factories have been producing armor and weapons. Could it be that if he writes a letter, we will give up the plan?"
Isn’t the strategy successful?”
Yan Zhong laughed loudly and said: "Huangfu Song wants to tell us that he has already made preparations in Fufeng. If we are smart enough, we should not go to Chencang to hit the wall again. Huangfu Yizhen, Huangfu Yizhen, if you were that day
Listen to what I say, why are you in such a state of embarrassment?"
"Uncle is saying that Huangfusong no longer has the confidence to continue to guard Fufeng?"
"If he still has that ability, why bother?" Yan Zhong sneered: "I don't know who gave him the idea, but he actually asked us to attack Dong Zhuo. Although Bingzhou is vast, how can it compare with the fertile fields of Guanzhong?
Qianli? Captured Sanfu, which is comparable to several Bingzhou!"
He said to Yan Xing: "Come and polish the ink for me. I want to write a reply to Huangfu Song."
Yan Xing quickly arranged the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, first added a little water to the inkstone, and then melted the ink. Yan Zhong thought for a while, picked up the brush and started writing on the laid paper. An envelope was filled with words.
A hundred words, written with almost no pauses.
Chen Cheng destroyed Song Jian in just ten days, which not only shocked the entire Liangzhou and Guanzhong. Dong Zhuo, who was far away in Bingzhou, was also shocked. He had led troops and fought in Xiliang for many years, and he knew best
The Xiliang people were so unruly that they never imagined that Song Jian, who had tens of thousands of troops, could be destroyed so easily.
Now that Liangzhou has been unified under the feet of a strong man, it will definitely expand to the surrounding areas. But he is still competing with Ding Yuan and Zhang Yang. Not only has his strength not increased, but it has been greatly weakened in the constant wars.
For this reason, Dong Zhuo also felt very worried.
He invited Li Ru to his house and asked: "Although He Jin is now in decline, our army is still entangled with the enemy in Hedong. Now Chen Cheng has Liangzhou in the west, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao in the east.
Yuan Shu and others in the south each occupy more territory and have more troops. If this continues, I'm afraid that even if He Jin is destroyed, there will be nothing to do with you and me in the future!
"
Li Ru pondered for a long time, and then said: "I have also thought about what my lord said. Now that Ding Yuan has his back in Guanzhong, his manpower and material resources are several times ours, and he also has Lu Bu and Zhang Liao as generals, so
Our army has suffered repeated setbacks. If my lord wants to break the current predicament, Bian must first make a truce with Ding Yuan."
Dong Zhuo had recovered from the arrow wound he had sustained in the Battle of Jianhe, and he had returned to his shrewd and capable appearance. He asked in a deep voice: "Ding Yuan is indeed a formidable enemy. It would be good to have a truce with him first. But he
He only wants to fight his way back to Bingzhou, but he just won’t give up with me."
Li Rudao: "If we go to lobby, Ding Yuan has the upper hand now, so naturally he refuses to have a truce, but how can we go in and talk to him?"
Dong Zhuo shook his head and said: "I asked Yang Feng to accept the canonization of the imperial court as you said, but Ding Yuan still refused to give up. The authority of the imperial court and He Jin's orders no longer apply to him."
Li Ru said: "Now that Ding Yuan has created a rift with the imperial court, let's add more fire to it."
"Oh, what's the plan?"
"My lord, why don't you go to the court and say that you are willing to return to the general's command. He Jin is in embarrassment now and will not disagree. In this way, Ding Yuan will be in a dilemma. If we retreat, we can safely save our money.
Strength, waiting for the changes in the world. If he refuses to retreat, the authority of the imperial court will be gone. With Ding Yuan as an example, who else in the world will obey the orders of the imperial court? I am afraid it will be Zhang Yang, Zhang Miao, and Zang Hong
My generation, as well as the generals on the Central Plains front line, will all do their own thing."
Dong Zhuo's face changed slightly, "Wen You, are you asking me to surrender? Before, I was the most loyal person in the world, and now I am the first to submit to the imperial court? How can I, Dong Zhongying, be such a capricious villain? You are asking everyone in the world to surrender.
What do you think of me?"
Seeing Dong Zhuo's anger, Li Ru fell to the ground and said: "With Huaiyin's ability, he still has the humiliation of his crotch. Today's situation is critical. Why don't my lord hold back his anger for a while and wait for the future? If my lord can establish Han Gaozu,
With ordinary achievements, why should you care about other people's opinions? On the contrary, if you end up like Xiang Ji who committed suicide in Wujiang, what will it matter even if the world praises you?"
Dong Zhuo's face softened slightly. He stepped forward and reached out to help Li Ru up. He sighed and said, "This matter still needs to be carefully considered by me."
Li Ru had known Dong Zhuo for more than ten years and was very familiar with his temperament. He knew that although his lord wanted to consider it, he would definitely agree in the end. As expected, just a few days later, Dong Zhuo sent Li to Li Ru again.
Confucianism called him and asked him to write a memorial to the court asking for surrender.
But it was said that he was asking for surrender. In fact, he did not hand over his military territory and did not go to the capital to report on his duties. Rather than surrendering, it is more appropriate to call it a truce. Now Dong Zhuo has powerful rebels in Bingzhou, and Ding Yuan is pursuing him outside.
The fight was fierce, and He Jin was not much better either. There were princes from all over the world peering outside, and the Yellow Turban Army was resurrected inside. He also needed to take a breath before talking.
As a result, the two parties hit it off and soon staged a jaw-dropping show.
In the eyes of the people of the world now, Chen Cheng lived in Liangzhou and took charge of the Liangzhou herd. Of course he was a rebel. The Baibo Army and the Black Mountain Army were also rebels, but they were both surrendered by the imperial court. This changed the hearts of the people.
The situation becomes even more turbulent. Since even thieves and bandits can become state shepherds and generals as long as there are soldiers and horses, why can't others?
The local tycoons have always supported a large number of tribes, and they have always suffered from being monopolized by aristocratic families on the road to advancement. Even if they can dominate the local area, once something happens, their savings of tens or hundreds of years will be immediately wiped out.
will come to naught. Now that we have seen this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, why not take advantage of it and fight for it?
As soon as Liu Biao arrived in Jingzhou, he united with the local aristocratic families, ambushed the swordsmen, and took advantage of the banquet to stage a late Han Dynasty version of the Hongmen Banquet. However, this time, the local tycoons who came to the banquet were not as powerful as Liu Bang.
Good luck. Liu Biao was not as indecisive as Xiang Yu. He killed more than 70 powerful people attending the banquet in one breath, and then stabilized the situation in Jingzhou.
But it was this kind of behavior that made the powerful men from the four counties of Lingling, Guiyang, Wuling, and Changsha dare not go to Jingzhou. Even when Jingzhou was at war with foreign enemies, the four southern counties only united to protect themselves.
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In Jingzhou, the scholars purged the powerful forces. In Bingzhou, Dong Zhuo purged all the powerful people. In fact, the distinction between scholars and powerful people was not so obvious and strict. They occupied large areas of land and owned
A person who has many slaves and guests can be called a powerful person.
If a powerful son can become a disciple of a great scholar of the time and gain some fame among the scholars, then he can be associated with the scholars. Then wait until there are several high-ranking officials with a thousand dan or more in his family, and can continue to do so.
After several generations, one can be called a famous family and truly become a member of the scholar-bureaucrat class.
Dong Zhuo purged powerful people, and the scholar-bureaucrats could reluctantly accept it, but his methods were too ruthless, and he even killed many scholars in Bingzhou, which aroused strong opposition from scholars all over the world. Later, the imperial court issued an edict to reprimand,
Dong Zhuo brazenly raised the flag of rebellion and used the name of "Qingjun side". As a result, a group of scholars led by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu actually responded collectively.
This is magical enough, but there are even more magical things behind it. First of all, Dong Zhuo, the rebellious Bingzhou Mu, saw that he could no longer fight after two years of fighting. He suddenly changed his mind and expressed his intention to surrender to the court. The court actually returned the favor.
He really agreed to this and sent people to Bingzhou to give Dong Zhuo the title of "General of Chariots and Cavalry".
This kind of operation simply stunned everyone in the world. In comparison, the tricks Chen Cheng played in Liangzhou were nothing more than trivial tricks. Chen Cheng sighed with emotion: "If people are forced to be anxious, what will happen?"
You can do it all!”
Yan Zhong took the opportunity and said: "Then can we advance the eastward advance by one year? Now that the imperial court is weak, maybe our sect does not need to wait until the year after next, and can use troops after next autumn. If we are late, I'm afraid
If Guanzhong is occupied by Dong Zhuo, it will be difficult to handle. Dong Zhuo is no better than Ding Yuan. He has many relatives and friends from his old tribe in Guanzhong and Xiliang."
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "Dong Zhuo has too much time to take care of himself now. How can he have the ability to seize Guanzhong?"
Yan Zhong said: "The imperial court has issued an order to Ding Yuan, asking him to withdraw his troops from Hedong and continue to transport grain and grass to Luoyang. Ding Yuan disobeyed the order and sent troops to blockade Tongguan. The rebellion now is not Dong Zhuo, but Ding.
It’s original!”
Chen Cheng raised his eyebrows and said leisurely, "Ding Yuan is probably close to death if he does this."
Yan Zhong looked at Chen Cheng in surprise, and after a while he said: "The Lord also knows that Ding Jianyang's death is coming?"
Chen Cheng said: "I once stayed in Jizhou for a long time. At that time, Huangfu Song was the shepherd of Jizhou. I really know Huang Fuyi well, not as well as Bo Dao!"
Yan Zhong said with a smile: "The prince has also read the letter Huangfu Song wrote to me before. Probably he didn't expect that in just a few days, the traitor and the officers and soldiers would have changed their identities. Why don't we start a crusade?
How about marching into Guanzhong in Ding Yuan's name?"
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "Only when we have the power to seize the entire Guanzhong can we attack Fufeng. Only when we have the capital to be the enemy of the world can we occupy Luoyang. The events of war can affect the whole body. You can't just watch.
Fufeng is a place, and we need to see the entire Guanzhong. Our march into Guanzhong is not only a military issue, but also an economic and political issue. There are hundreds of thousands of households in Guanzhong and a population of more than one million. We want it, and Dong Zhuo also wants it, but
It's still in Ding Yuan's hands now."
"What if Ding Yuan dies?"
"Even if Ding Yuan is really dead, Huang Fu Yizhen is still there." Chen Cheng said: "Wait until the next year to expand the tooth soldiers to 20,000 people, so that I can be sure that I can defeat Huangfu Song while also resisting.
Dong Zhuo and He Jin."
Yan Zhong said cheerfully: "I'm afraid that He Jin will have been defeated before the year after tomorrow."
