Chapter five hundred and eighty sixth complex situation in Xuzhou
Compared with Cao Cao's side, where everything can be decided by one person, the situation on Liu Bei's side is much more complicated.
Compared with the original historical period at the same time, Xuzhou was taken away by Lu Bu, and he lived in Xiaopei with humiliation, sitting and watching Yuan Shao conquer Hebei, Cao Cao conquered the Central Plains, and Sun Ce conquered Jiangdong. All the heroes, old and young, showed their grace in the world.
In this world, due to the rise of Ying Zige in Yongliang, the development trajectories of the two northern heroes, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, were also greatly affected. This caused the people who used to use the status of Lu Zhi's disciples to circulate in the north.
Liu Bei, however, received a lot of training that was not found in the original history.
Hard work makes people grow.
The embarrassing road indeed made Liu Bei less kind and naive in his character, and more decisive and ruthless. Therefore, in this life, when Tao Gongzu humbly surrendered Xuzhou, Liu Bei calmly followed Tao Gongzu.
With his humility and his long-planned preparations, he completed control of most of Xuzhou.
This is not like the original history, where Tao Gongzu reluctantly became the lord of Xuzhou after making three concessions to Xuzhou without any preparation. Although the three concessions to Xuzhou at that time were in line with the ideas of some Confucian disciples, he gained a lot of prestige. Unfortunately, it was also corresponding.
He lost the opportunity to subdue the Xuzhou family and control the power of Xuzhou in one fell swoop.
It can be said that although Liu Bei in the original history was named the Lord of Xuzhou, except for the support and favor of the wealthy family Mi, he did not get the sincere recognition of the wealthy Xuzhou families. This is why he later appeared in
Emperor Xiao ordered the princes to attack Yuan Shu under the orders of Cao Cao. The foundation of Xuzhou was quickly stolen by Cao Bao and the outside Lu Buliu army.
Of course, these are all digressions. Liu Bei's current situation in Xuzhou has aroused criticism from many people because of his origin, especially Cao Bao, who originally controlled most of Xuzhou's elite troops and even Danyang's elite troops.
Don't want to give up the elite in your hands easily.
However, compared to the original situation where he had only the support of the Mi family in history, Liu Bei in this life had the foreign support of Tai Shici, the general who actually controlled the military power in Qingzhou after Kong Rong decentralized power, and his decisive temper and grand layout.
, his unique personality charm also allowed him to quietly gain the superficial obedience and support of the Chen family in Xuzhou.
Together with the assistance of the power left by Tao Gongzu, although the control of all Xuzhou elites has not been taken back directly from Cao Bao for the time being out of considerations of stabilizing people's hearts, the actual power of control is far from being comparable. It can be said.
say, at this time
With the help of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Taishi Ci, Chen Gui, Chen Deng, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang and other civil and military officials, Liu Bei's strength was not as strong as that of Liu Bei who visited the thatched cottage three times in his previous life to invite Zhuge Liang to win the battle at Red Cliff.
situation, but it is enough to be called the hero of one party.
Of course, there are hidden dangers in this, just like what Xun Yu and Cao Cao said. Now the seemingly powerful Liu Bei group is too complex, and it is difficult to distinguish between people. How many people really surrender, even if they are
Liu Bei, the hero who has always been the best at winning people's hearts, could only smile bitterly in his heart at this time.
First of all, let’s talk about Taishi Ci. Fundamentally speaking, he can only be a Qingzhou general and a minister of Kong Rong. As long as the loyal Taishi Ci fails to get the news from Kong Rong that all Qingzhou has surrendered and Liu Bei is the leader, that day Liu Bei will treat Taishi Ci
Ci Lai was just a relatively recognized hero, someone who was offered help by his lord Kong Rong. Once Kong Rong signaled his rebellion, even though Taishi Ci hesitated in his heart, he would not hesitate in his movements.
As for whether Kong Rong will recognize Liu Bei as his master?
Not to mention others, even Liu Bei himself can only say that he is still relatively pragmatic and can only think about whimsical things in his dreams.
Apart from Taishi Ci, who has the support of Qingzhou, the only people Liu Bei can truly trust now are the two brothers Guan and Zhang, as well as Sun Qian, Jian Yong and other Yuan followers. As for the Zheng'er Ba Jing under his command, which now belongs to Xuzhou's civil and military forces, the Cao family headed by Cao Bao The first line is self-evident. Although the Chen family is submissive and approved on the surface, it will take time for Liu Bei to really reach the point of trust. Only the Mi family, which is extremely wealthy, can now win more over Liu Bei. trust.
However, Liu Bei, who had not been able to marry the daughter of the Mi family at this time, still did not dare to give too much trust to the Mi family compared to Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Guan and Zhang. This may be because he wanted to compare it with the original history This must be the biggest change in Liu Bei's growth and development, as he shows his heartfelt trust to whomever he chooses to pledge his allegiance to.
The complex situation of the forces under his command has not yet been resolved, but Yuan Gongdao has to fight the noisy ones. Since then, staying in Xuzhou has become Liu Bei's biggest difficulty. But fortunately, compared with the original history, there are too few people under his command, so he cannot do without The second brother Guan Yu, who was both civil and military, could not only lead the army but also serve as a staff officer. He had to take his assistant to Yuan Shu's expedition, leaving the uneasy third brother Zhang Fei to guard Xuzhou.
Now that Liu Bei really made up his mind, the power he could use was still very strong. Including the more than 10,000 Danyang soldiers controlled by the Cao family. After Liu Bei really gave the order, no matter how unwilling he was, he could only send out a battalion of 1,000 soldiers. The elite Danyang of men followed Liu Bei.
After all, Liu Bei's forces are not weak now. Not to mention the Qingzhou soldiers sent by Tai Shici, Liu Bei has accumulated 3,000 elites from the north, and nearly 10,000 elites sent by Tao Qian to join hands with the Chen family, Mi family and actual control After Xuzhou, there were county soldiers from various counties. It can be said that if Liu Bei is really cruel, it is not impossible to pull up an army of 100,000 soldiers and horses from Xuzhou. It may not be possible without the more than 10,000 Danyang elite soldiers in the hands of the Cao family. But regardless of the losses and the subsequent series of chain reactions, it was not difficult for Liu Bei to destroy the Cao family.
Of course, later on, when the family backfired and Xuzhou was in chaos, it was almost inevitable that the princes would take the opportunity to invade. With Liu Bei's ability, he would not do such a self-destructive thing. However, there are no absolutes. I don’t have to say how to resist, as long as I don’t really break up with him, I am not willing to gamble with the wealth and life of my entire family on Liu Bei’s madness.
In short, the situation under his command was complicated. After struggling for a period of time, Liu Bei finally handed over Xuzhou to Guan Yu with confidence. He personally led Zhang Fei to join Xuzhou's civil and military affairs, and led 18,000 elite horse and infantry troops to Huainan. Everything went smoothly. After taking down several small towns on the periphery of Yuan Shu's power, just like Cao Cao, they were blocked outside Ping'a City by the iron barrel defense line set up by Yan Xiang and Ji Ling.
If Ji Ling hadn't died in the battle, Yuan Shu would have survived and led his elite men into Jingzhou. In addition to leaving Yan Xiang and the soldiers and horses from various counties to guard the old nest, Yuan Shu would have given up the iron barrel defense line. At this time, Liu Bei would be like Cao Cao. , should still be stopped outside Xiacai and Ping'a cities.
