Chapter 50 The five kings in the world are separated from each other.
Qingzhou, Pingyuan Country, Pingyuan County.
Chen Mu was sitting in the back, processing official documents one after another.
Siwei intelligence from Feng County, Huailing and other places arrived in Pingyuan County a few days later.
Hou Xu walked in quickly and saw Yan Zhong sitting behind the desk, checking the intelligence on the Jizhou front line.
Although Yan Zhong was recommended by Chen Mu, Liu Bei knew that if Yan Zhong was given a high position from the beginning, others would definitely be dissatisfied.
So he arranged for Yan Zhong to work under Chen Mu, and Chen Mu asked Yan Zhong to serve as chief secretary of the Military Intelligence Department, responsible for managing the intelligence coordination work.
Nominally, Hou Xu and Yan Zhong have the same official positions, but Hou Xu is very aware that Yan Zhong's role and status are far above his own, so he has always regarded Yan Zhong as Chen Mu's deputy.
Seeing Yan Zhong, Hou Xu quickly raised his hands and said, "Sir."
He knew who Yan Zhong was. Although he changed his name to Yan Yi, the two had met in Luoyang and were already old acquaintances.
Yan Zhong nodded and said, "Is there any urgent official document?"
"Cao Cao and Lu Bu confronted each other in Feng County."
Hou Xu stepped forward, put the official document on the desk, and said: "Yuan Shu went north to attack Huailing, but he stalled. Some spies discovered that he just ordered Liu Xun to lead ten thousand people to go north, and he personally led the army to
Gone east."
"To the east?"
Yan Zhong was puzzled. He took the official document, looked at it carefully, thought for a moment, and said, "I'm afraid Yuan Shu has another plan. Come, follow me to the backyard."
At this time, Chen Mu was resting in the backyard. He was on duty in the morning and asked Yan Zhong to come in the afternoon. He had half a day of free time, lying on the bamboo bed and sleeping soundly. It was summer and the weather in the north had been dry recently, and the wind blew from the window in the afternoon.
Makes you sleepy.
The wind chime sounded outside the hall, and a servant shook the bell, waking Chen Mu up. After getting up, he shook his head, put on his white silk satin robe, and walked outside the hall, where he saw Yan Zhong and Hou Xu waiting for him.
"What's wrong?"
Chen Mu stretched and yawned.
Yan Zhong handed him the official document and said: "Lü Bu went east to attack Cao Cao, and the two faced off at Feng County. At the same time, Yuan Shu went north, but stalled at Huai Ling."
"Is Yuan Shu involved in this? The south is really a mess."
Chen Mu took the official document, read it quickly for a while, and frowned: "It seems that Yuan Shu has formed an alliance with Lu Bu, and Yuan Shu seems to be selling Lu Bu."
Chen Mu was not surprised that the two of them formed an alliance, because they had formed an alliance before in history.
Although he didn't know about Yuan Shao sending envoys south to contact Lu Bu and Yuan Shu, he originally planned to use Lu Bu to attack Cao and give Qingzhou an excuse to withdraw troops from the front line, so no matter how things develop, it will be considered smooth for Qingzhou.
The problem is that Yuan Shu did not choose to go north, but only sent a part of his troops to Huai Ling to pretend to attack, but in fact his troops went east.
Who is east of Yangzhou?
Liu Yao!
Therefore, Yuan Shu planned to betray Lu Bu and attack Cao on the surface. In fact, he wanted to eliminate Liu Yao and eliminate the threat from his own rear.
I have to say that Yuan Shu's move was really disgusting, not only disgusting his teammates, but also his opponents.
Once Sun Jian was fooled and did not keep an eye on Yuan Shu on the Runan front, when Yuan Shu defeated Liu Yao, Lu Bu would definitely be attacked and destroyed by Cao Cao and Sun Jian.
When the time comes, Lu Bu, whom he has worked so hard to support, will be gone, and Cao Cao will regain Yanzhou again and regain his strength. Even if the previous suppression was in vain, Cao Cao will rise again.
Yuan Shu is really...short-sighted.
Chen Mu shook his head.
He is worthy of being called a withered bone in the grave. This kind of person actually once despised Yuan Shao, but he didn't know that Yuan Shao was many times stronger than him.
At the beginning, he occupied Runan, Huainan and other places, and ruled millions of people and hundreds of thousands of troops. He was stronger than Yuan Shao in the early stage. However, he played a good hand and became the most incompetent prince in the Three Kingdoms at the end of Han Dynasty.
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"Yuan Shu's target is actually Liu Yao. Liu Yao has few soldiers and it may be difficult to resist Yuan Shu's army. When Liu Yao is destroyed, Sun Jian will be next. Wouldn't Sun Jian be in danger?"
Yan Zhong couldn't help but said.
Chen Mu muttered: "It depends on whether Cao Cao has a conscience. If this guy has a dark heart and drives Lu Bu from Yanzhou to Yuzhou, Yuan Shu will have defeated Liu Yao and will definitely go north.
When the north and south attack, Sun Jian will indeed be in danger."
Hou Xu frowned: "If Yuan Shu has tricked Lu Bu so much, will Lu Bu still be willing to join forces with him to deal with Sun Jian?"
"Lü Bu is a person who is cunning, cunning, and only sees profit. There is no loyalty at all."
Chen Mu said: "He only cares about profit. Yuan Shu will make an excuse when the time comes, saying that there are heavy rains and monstrous floods in Huainan, making it difficult for him to march, and he can easily stop him. At that time, Lu Bu can only join forces with him."
"Why?"
Hou Xu was a little confused.
Chen Mu explained: "Yuan Shao is jealous of Lu Bu. If Lu Bu is defeated by Cao Cao, he will not dare to surrender to Yuan Shao. To the west is Luoyang, where my second brother lives. He was once beaten to the point of vomiting blood by the eldest, second and third brothers.
It is absolutely impossible to surrender to Luoyang and our Qingzhou. It is even more impossible to go to Yizhou and Jingzhou in Guanzhong. Sun Jian will not accept him. Isn't Yuan Shu the only way to go?"
Lu Bu and Yuan Shu have always been hooking up in history, and they almost became their daughter's in-laws, but they were destroyed by Chen Gui and Chen Deng's father and son. Now Lu Bu has a place to live in Yanzhou, but they are surrounded by enemies on all sides, Yuan Shao to the north and Guan Yu to the west.
, Liu Bei and Cao Cao to the east, and Sun Jian to the south.
The current situation is that Lu Bu and Yuan Shu agreed to attack Cao Cao. Cao Cao learned the news and joined forces with Sun Jian to resist. As a result, Yuan Shu betrayed Lu Bu and did not plan to come to help, but turned around and attacked Liu Yao.
If the two families of Sun Jian and Cao Cao become one, Lu Bu will definitely not be able to withstand it. Once he is defeated, Yuan Shu will naturally be the only option.
When the time comes, Yuan Shu will find an excuse to get off the stairs, and the two parties will still unite together to keep warm.
After Liu Yao was overthrown, Yuan Shu's next opponent was naturally his mortal enemy Sun Jian.
At this time, Sun Jian will be attacked by Lu Bu and Yuan Shu. If Cao Cao is evil and finds an excuse not to support, then Sun Jian will definitely have no way to survive.
After all, together with Liu Biao and Liu Yao, he could barely compete with Yuan Shu. Now without Liu Yao, Yuan Shu has more than Lu Bu. With the strength of Liu Biao and Sun Jian, they cannot compare.
After hearing Chen Mu's explanation, Hou Xu immediately said: "Should we send someone to inform Sun Wentai immediately? Tell him Yuan Shu's intention, so that he should stop entangled with Cao Cao and Lu Bu and go south to deal with Yuan Shu?"
Chen Mu spent a lot of money to establish a strong intelligence network of the Military Intelligence Department in the Central Plains. In Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou and other places, as long as there are still people living in every county, there is a stronghold of the Military Intelligence Department. There are horses hidden in the strongholds.
If you need to convey information, you can change people and horses, and gallop day and night. You should be able to deliver the information to Sun Jian within three days.
However, Chen Mu thought for a while and shook his head: "No, we are looking for an excuse to withdraw our troops and use Yuan Shao's help to drive Gongsun Zan out of Jizhou. When both of them are defeated, we will take the opportunity to fight Yuan Shao in a full-scale decisive battle. If we remind Sun Jian now,
Then our strategy has failed."
"My son is back."
Yan Zhong pondered: "Now that we have united with Gongsun Zan, we can compete with Yuan Shao. Why do you think that after driving Gongsun Zan away, we still have the strength to defeat Yuan Shao?"
Chen Mu touched his chin and said, "Before I implemented this strategy, I heard that Yuan Shao had submitted his declaration of submission to the imperial court."
"oh?"
Yan Zhong thought: "It seems that Yuan Shao can no longer withstand the pressure. This is to ease the conflict between us and him."
"Yes, on the surface, there is no harm in being a vassal."
Chen Mu continued: "But in that case, the Emperor of Jizhou would have to be deposed. This is the biggest problem."
"Then what does this have to do with Gongsun Zan?"
Yan Zhong couldn't help but ask: "I know that Gongsun Zan wants to divide Jizhou equally, but after all, our strength is not enough. I am afraid that we cannot compare with Yuan Shao."
Chen Mu smiled mysteriously: "There are some things that cannot be said. You just need to know that Gongsun Zan must leave before Jizhou can be in my hands."
Hou Xu and Yan Zhong looked at each other, their hearts already numb.
The five kings of the world, joining hands at the same table?
These five benevolent and righteous warriors, who have been circulated for many years in "Chasing Dong Ji" and are recognized by the world, seem to have become a joke at this moment.
They used to be very close, but now they are like this.
The princes from all walks of life are cheating each other, colluding with each other, betraying each other, and scheming against each other.
Originally there was at least one benevolent and righteous gentleman, Liu Bei, who kept his promise, was loyal to the emperor, patriotic, benevolent and trustworthy, and would not betray his allies.
It just so happened that in Liu Bei's camp, Chen Mu came out as a freak.
Gongsun Zan was Liu Bei's childhood friend and had been a classmate for many years. Together they raised an army to attack Dong. Chen Mu wanted to plot against him.
Cao Cao was also the general who joined forces with Liu Bei to fight against Dong. He was one of the Five Lords in the World and was nominally an ally of Liu Bei. Chen Mu also wanted to plot against him.
In the end, even though Sun Jian was an honest man who once served under Liu Bei, worked diligently as a vanguard general, and never disobeyed Liu Bei's orders, Chen Mu still wanted to plot against him.
Is this something humans do?
"But in that case, once Sun Jian dies, we will completely lose Yuzhou."
Yan Zhong said.
Chen Mu smiled slightly and said to Hou Xu: "Go and send a letter to Luoyang and ask your second brother to send people south. When Sun Jian is defeated, he will immediately send troops to rescue him."
"only!"
Hou Xu took the order and went.
Watching his leaving figure, Chen Mu sat on the banquet, his eyes slightly lost in thought.
The five kings in the world have become a thing of the past.
Although this would inevitably lead to suspicion of backstabbing allies and being capricious.
But both Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao have lost their original aspirations.
They were once loyal to the imperial court and the Han Dynasty, but now they are just pursuing their own selfish desires.
In the end, such people will only become a stumbling block in the eldest brother's road to reviving the Han Dynasty, and they will no longer be as close as before.
So for Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao, suppress them if you can, regardless of whether they stabbed them in the back.
As for Sun Jian.
Sun Jian was indeed obedient and loyal to the Han Dynasty.
However, it is no longer suitable for him to continue to stay in Yuzhou as the lord of a place. It is his destiny to return to his elder brother's tent and continue to serve as a vanguard general.
Let the land of Yuzhou be given to Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Lu Bu and the others. Anyway, for the south, the more chaotic it is, the better it will be.