In the autumn of 196 A.D. in the third year of Han Xingping, the wind and rain set off at the beginning of the year because of the engraving and printing, with the great victory in Shuzhong, the imperial court suddenly occupied Shu and lost attention without any news from the princes.
In the eyes of many scholars, the selection of talents in the palace is related to the life and death of the scholar class, followed by more than 200 officials stationed in Yingchuan, Chenliu, Dongjun and Jiyin counties under the welcome of Liu Bei, which caused panic among the princes Almost all of the officials sent to the four counties of Yingchuan were the officials sent by Liu Xie to serve as county commanders, and almost all of these officials were brushed off in the process of selecting talents in the imperial court this time, except for a few outstanding talents.
Although it is not a county order now, but it is a county and county leader, the main book into the four counties under Liu Bei's rule, in the eyes of outsiders, this is just an attitude of Liu Xie, but in fact, in Guanzhong, many people who know the root know that once these two hundred officials take office, it means that Yingchuan, Chenliu, Dongjun and Jiyin The four counties have completely fallen into Liu Xie's control, and this news quickly spread to Kanto through Xu Yu in Guanzhong, not only Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu also got the news.
"It's not appropriate" Peng Cheng, Cao Fu, looking at the information in his hand, Xun Yu's brows furrowed into a Sichuan character.
"How is it inappropriate" Cheng Yu looked at Xun Yu puzzled, puzzled.
"Looking at what His Majesty has done since he regained power, every step seems to be dangerous, but in fact he plans and then acts, but this deployment is really incomprehensible" Xun Yu handed the information to Cheng Yu, looked at Cao Cao and said: "Dongjun, Chenliu, Jiyin and even Yingchuan are all places of four wars, there is our army in the east, Yuan Shao in the north, and Yuan Shu in the south, once the place is fully occupied, it will be feared by the princes, at that time, I am afraid that the princes of the world will be forced to join forces to resist, and now the Yuan brothers have a heart of disobedience, Your Majesty's actions are not to force the two Yuan to join forces" Don't look at Yuan Shu being beaten by the imperial court now, but if Yuan Shao reveals this intention, then Yuan Shu will definitely stand with Yuan Shao without hesitation, and without Liu Bei's help to contain it, it is equivalent to Cao Cao having to face the pressure of Er Yuan, either agreeing to unite with Er Yuan, or before the court officially leaves the customs, the two sides will fight first.
Even if Cao Cao has confidence in himself, but at the same time facing the pressure of Er Yuan, he also has to worry about the thoughts of those scholars under his command, under the internal and external troubles, Cao Cao has no chance of winning, as for the Chen family who are now shrinking in Xiapi, I am afraid that this battle will still be on the side of the scholars, that is, he will definitely help Er Yuan.
Cao Cao couldn't help but nod when he heard this, the imperial court's governance was originally in contact with Yuan Shao in the Hanoi area, and now he has received Dongjun, which is equivalent to full contact with Yuan Shao, and Chen Liu's side is also intertwined with Yuan Shu's canine teeth, and the most important thing is that these two places are almost impossible to defend, if the two Yuan come to attack at the same time, Cao Cao has to do it even if he is unwilling, otherwise he will have to be destroyed by the three surrounding princes, so when the time comes, Liu Xie will face the pressure of the four princes and half the world, this move is unwise, not like what Liu Association does, But now I did.
In the hall, listening to everyone's comments, Xi Zhicai smiled slightly and retorted, but as soon as he spoke, he couldn't help coughing.
Cao Cao couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward, stroked Xi Zhicai's back, helped him calm down, and said with a wry smile: "Since Mr. is unwell, he doesn't have to attend, take care of his body first." ” "Don't worry, my lord, I'm sick."
Xi Zhicai shook his head with a wry smile, trembled his hands, took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, poured some powder from it, and as for his mouth, his face was a little ruddy.
"Sir, Lang Zhong said that this thing hurts the body, and eating more is tantamount to drinking a donkey to quench your thirst."
Looking at the porcelain vase, Cao Cao frowned and said with concern.
Waving his hand, Xi Zhicai didn't explain, and smiled at Cao Cao: "The Son of Heaven is forcing us to express our position, or to force us to join forces with Er Yuan." ” "What do you mean" Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai puzzled, the Son of Heaven is crazy, he will do this kind of thing.
"Dare to ask the lord, if the two Yuan really join forces, what will the lord guild do" Xi Zhicai did not answer, but asked rhetorically.
How to do it Cao Cao was a little hesitant, he didn't want to be an enemy of the court so quickly, especially after seeing the court become more and more powerful, but he didn't want to be annexed like this, once the two Yuan really joined forces, then Cao Cao would fall into the attack of the two Yuan and the Chen family, not that Cao Cao had no self-confidence, but that Cao Cao's foundation was far less solid than in history.
"I still have a choice" After a long time, Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai with a wry smile.
After thinking about it for a long time, Cao Cao suddenly smiled bitterly and found that if he didn't want to perish, he could only join forces with Er Yuan, because even if he was lucky enough to defeat Er Yuan, he could only watch the imperial court annex the Central Plains step by step.
"This is the terrible thing about the Son of Heaven."
Xi Zhicai smiled bitterly: "Although I don't know what the Son of Heaven wants, but this action is to force us to unite with Er Yuan, even if we don't want to, we have to do it, I'm afraid the plan is very big." ” "The Son of Heaven has to use the four counties of Yingchuan as a battlefield to fight with us" Cao Cao frowned, Liu Xie has always attached great importance to the population, and this kind of practice of plunging his own land into war is not quite like what the Son of Heaven did.
"My lord doesn't need to be anxious."
Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "In this matter, the Yuan brothers have a headache, and we will wait to watch from the wall, and when we need it, we can cheer for it, but we must not get ourselves into this dispute too deeply." ” Cao Cao couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, after the imperial court settled in the four counties of Yingchuan, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu only partially bordered the imperial court, but he was fully bordered, and it was not easy to avoid being involved Koto, Huiji.
With the defeat of Wang Lang, after being captured by Sun Ce in the Dongye area, Yu Tuo also surrendered, and the four counties of Jiangdong fell into the hands of Sun Ce.
"This victory is all thanks to the great help of all the soldiers and soldiers" Standing on the top of the Huiji City Tower, Sun Ce was heroic and looked at everyone proudly: "Immediately put up a list to calm the people, in the future, this will be under our rule, remember not to hurt the people, otherwise, Hugh blames the ruthlessness of military law" "Huh" Ling Cao, Chen Wu and other generals bowed down in response.
Seeing the soldiers scattering, Sun Ce took Zhou Yu to walk in Huiji City, looked at Zhou Yu and said, "Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong sent a letter, hoping that I can raise troops to respond to Yuan Shu." ” "But Yuan Shu wants to attack the imperial court" Zhou Yu laughed when he heard this, it seems that Yuan Shu has recently regained a little strength, and his tail is cocked again.
"It's more than that."
Sun Ce sighed, handed a letter to Zhou Yu and said: "This time it is not Yuan Shu's family, but Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, and Chen Qi, and the princes of the four roads want to clear the monarch's side." ” "It seems that the selection of talents in the palace of the Son of Heaven has made the big families in the world panic."
Zhou Yu smiled slightly, shook his head and said disdainfully.
"That's true."
Sun Ce nodded and said with a smile: "The culprits of these families have been making trouble recently, or I will come to select talents later."
"No" Zhou Yu shook his head and said solemnly: "If all the princes want to curb this matter today, once I follow the example of the imperial court, it will not only be the Jiangdong family that I have to face, not to mention the others, then Yuan Shu and Chen Qi will not give up this good opportunity to enter Jiangdong."
Looking at Sun Ce's smiling expression, Zhou Yu rolled his eyes angrily: "Right now, I just got the land of the four counties, but it is not as big as the great cause of the imperial court, even if there is the Yangtze River moat, it may not be able to block the combined forces of Yuan Shu and Chen Qi, even if it is blocked, it will be greatly damaged, and Bo Fu does not want to enter the Central Plains." ” "The Son of Heaven's actions have leveraged the foundation of the family, and in terms of the world" Sun Ce frowned and looked at Zhou Yu, this time, he wanted to help the imperial court.
"However, as far as our army is concerned, we must not help him now," Zhou Yu said with a solemn expression.
Sun Ce nodded helplessly: "Then you say, for the sake of today's plan, do it on the wall or" "Drag it on, my four counties in Jiangdong have just been pacified, and it is the time to recover, but nominally, I want to promise that Yuan Shu, I don't mean that Bo Fu killed the family too much in Jiangdong this time, and this approach can also appease people's hearts, as for how to look at the current situation in the future, it is not easy for the Son of Heaven to do this" Zhou Yu sighed and glanced at Sun Ce.
"There is a reason for this, these families are too presumptuous" Speaking of the family, Sun Ce's face was a little ugly, this family openly persecuted the gentleman in the township school he established, how could he bear it.
"Those who become big things, when they will endure" Zhou Yu didn't know how to say him, this is a necessary run-in between them and the family in the process of pacifying Jiangdong, although the family's move is a little disgraceful, but its idea, I'm afraid it just wants to explore Sun Ce's bottom, who knows that Sun Ce went directly to the door, and chopped off the son of the family in front of the head of the family, and then caused a storm that swept the entire Wu County and Huiji, if it weren't for that, it would not have been until now to pacify the four counties.
"Hey" Sun Ce said proudly: "The son of heaven is only a child, he can force those families to compromise, and he doesn't dare to resist, if he is not born, where will I send him" "When have you ever heard the Son of Heaven kill people so recklessly, and when did you not take advantage of the righteousness, or even let the family do it themselves, your way of doing this, in addition to provoking them, will only make those families look down on you."
Zhou Yu sighed helplessly again, if it comes to commanding the army to fight, Liu Xie is naturally inferior to Sun Ce, but if you talk about these intrigues, I am afraid that the three Sun Ce are not as powerful as Liu Xie's calculations.
"Gong Jin" "Hmm" "You're far away."
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