Xiaoqi

In fact, Li Xuan and Li Ru did not hold the positions of other drivers, and their positions were far above that of other drivers; but in the eyes of the world, they were indeed the indispensable right and left of the big carriage in Xiliang.Li Ru is in charge of the Xiliang Army's intelligence operations, and Li Xuan is in charge of government affairs and treasury, with a high position and authority, escorting Li Li.The most eye-catching thing is that they have the same surname as Li Li, and they are relatives of each other by marriage. They are both good and bad, and they are actually Li Li's confidantes and close ministers, and their loyalty is commendable.

At this moment, there are many generals in the commander's tent, and there are more than 100 generals at the rank of lieutenant or above.Feixiong soldiers commanded Huan Fei, deputy commanders Dong Yue and Huang Lie, Longxiang battalion commander Ma Chao, deputy commanders Li Zheng, Meng Chong and school lieutenant Ma Dai, Wushuang cavalry commander Teng Yu, deputy commander Yingu and Tiegu brothers, Qinglong The deputy commanders of the battalion, Pang De and Cheng Gongying, the deputy commanders of the Wuwei battalion, Huang Zhong and Ma Wan, the commander of the Jinyiwei, Li Zhi, and the guard of Tongguan, Bo Cai, and other generals.There are more than [-] generals above the deputy commander alone, and there are as many as hundreds of generals at the level of generals and lieutenants.

It's just that the discussion of the commander-in-chief this time is not about discussing the military situation and war, so most of them, the leading generals, just listen and don't talk about it, to understand the current situation of the war and the situation of the army's food and supplies.Therefore, the protagonists of this discussion are still Li Xuan, Li Ru and Jia Xu, because they have the army's food, intelligence and troop deployment in their hands.

"I called everyone together tonight for a discussion, but actually it's for a gathering, a chat and a drink. Hehehe!" On the handsome seat, Li Li raised his wine bottle with a smile on his face to drink with everyone.

"Hahaha!" Drinking a cup of hot wine.The generals laughed heartily, and then relaxed their serious expressions; two or two drank and chatted happily, laughing and whispering to each other.

Seeing the lively atmosphere in the big tent, Li Li smiled and remained silent.Gu Zi raised his bottle to drink and didn't say anything more.So as not to destroy the elegant spirit of the generals drinking happily.When the army arrived in Chang'an one after another before.Li Li didn't call all the generals together, nor did he hold a big banquet for everyone to have a good drink.This is because the secret agents placed by various princes all over Chang'an City, once the generals gather to discuss matters, it is tantamount to presenting the situation of the Xiliang Army's mobilization of troops and horses in the eyes of all parties.So after the army was assembled, the entire city of Chang'an was under martial law.The east city where the army is stationed is even more heavily guarded, and all soldiers are not allowed to leave the camp.Afterwards, the army did not hold the swearing-in ceremony, but quietly marched out of the city, and the flags and drums were silenced along the way.It was not until they arrived at Tongguan Daying that all the generals were able to gather together.

That being the case, Li Li also knew that the army's expedition could not be concealed from the eyes and ears of the princes of the Central Plains, and it would then spread to the ears of these princes.However, the allocation of soldiers and horses of the Xiliang Army can be hidden from the eyes of the Central Plains princes in Chang'an. At most, they know the number of troops that the Xiliang Army will go to the expedition, but they have no way of knowing the specific details.The reason why Li Li wanted to do this was to cast a shadow over the minds of some very suspicious princes and make them make suspicious guesses and thus have some scruples.In fact, this move is just to confuse the public and make mysteries. It is of little practical use and has little impact on the battle situation.

Half an hour later, all the generals were full of wine and food, and the banquet was withdrawn, and the handsome maid served tea to the generals.

"Wen You, you said you had something to report a few days ago, but what is it?" While drinking tea, Li Li asked casually with a smile on his face.

"Uh!" Li Ru was stunned at the sound, and then he came back to his senses and said, "My lord, I received a secret report three days ago that Xuzhou Mu Taoqian died of illness. Before he died, he handed over the six prefectures of Xuzhou to Zhuojun Liu Bei. The subordinates received the secret report Later, I wanted to report to the lord immediately, but unexpectedly Mrs. Lianshi was in poor health, so the lord didn't care about it, so the subordinate put aside the secret report and didn't report to the lord until tonight. This subordinate has neglected his duty, please punish the lord!"

"Tao Qian is dead, and the big-eared thief is in charge of the six counties of Xuzhou?" Li Li was shocked when he heard this, the smile on his face disappeared instantly, and then he frowned and muttered in a low voice.

"Exactly." Li Ru followed up and reported: "According to detailed investigation reports, Tao Qian died of illness in the early morning seven days ago. When he was dying, he secretly summoned Liu Bei to entrust his funeral. After Tao Qian died, Liu Bei claimed to follow Tao Qian's last wish, The six counties of Xuzhou were raised, and Tao Qian's suicide note was revealed to the public. Immediately, all the officials in Xuzhou had no objections, and they were willing to worship Liu Bei as the main one, so that Liu Bei could take the position of Xuzhou Shepherd smoothly."

After finishing speaking, Li Ru got up and walked to the Shuai case, took out a stack of letters from his sleeve and handed it to Li Li, and said respectfully: "This is Tao Qian's memorabilia that he received at noon today. He recommended it to the imperial court. Liu Bei succeeds Xuzhou Mu, please take a look."

When he took the letter, Li Li's expression of astonishment had returned to normal, and then he glanced at the contents of the letter calmly, and then put it aside noncommittally.

After thinking for a while, a faint smile appeared on Li Li's face, and said with a light smile: "Xuzhou Tao Gongzu has two sons, the eldest son Tao Shang and the youngest son Tao Ying, who have already reached the crown. Although these two are great talents, they are not without merit. Now that Tao Qian died of illness, he recommended Liu Bei to succeed Xuzhou Mu when he was dying. This move was really unexpected.

Tao Qian is well-known in the world for his humility and honesty. He is lenient in governance and kind to others. He is known as a virtuous man.When he died of illness, he did not pass on the position of state shepherd to his son, but handed it over to Liu Bei. This move, in the eyes of the world, is quite like Yao and Shun.However, in my opinion, Li Li, this is an act of fishing for fame. Tao Qian only cares about leaving a good name for himself for the rest of his life, and may be famous in history in the future, but where will he put his two sons?Maybe he wanted his two sons to spend their lives in peace, but who in the troubled times can stay out of it and enjoy peace? "

Listening to the words, Li Ru, who was standing at the bottom of the steps, immediately asked for instructions: "My lord, you mean to reject Tao Qian's request and not allow Liu Bei to take Xuzhou?"

Li Li smiled indifferently when he heard the sound, waved his hands and said: "No, Tao Qian is quite famous in Xuzhou, and he is deeply loved by the people of Xuzhou. If his dying wish is rejected by me, Li Li, wouldn't it be true and be criticized by others? "

Speaking of this, Li Li smiled calmly and said: "What should come will eventually come. Liu Bei has planned Xuzhou all over the place, and now he finally got his wish, occupying the six counties of Xuzhou for nothing. Such a big piece of pie falling on his head is enough to He was so overjoyed that he didn't know where to go. At this moment, he was in high spirits. If I didn't give him the Xuzhou Muzhao, but reprimanded him instead, he would definitely become angry and become an enemy of my Xiliang army. However, he wanted to do it in vain. Occupying Xuzhou is wishful thinking. You must know that there are not a few princes who miss Xuzhou. This time he was so easily acquired by Liu Bei. I am afraid that many princes will feel unhappy and salivate.

Therefore, right now is not the time for us to formally express our position. Let’s put it aside for the time being, and we should not know about it.After the Battle of the Central Plains is over, we will come back to deal with this matter.If Liu Bei is sensible, he should know how to do it; if he is not, then don't blame me, Li Li, for not being sympathetic.Although Tao Qian gave Xuzhou to him, whether Xuzhou Mu's position can fall on him is not up to Tao Qian, but to me, Li Li! "

When Li Ru heard the words, he smiled lightly and said, "It is said that Liu Bei has always lived in the royal clan himself, calling himself a nobleman of the royal family, the nobleman of the Liu family. Nowadays, there are many descendants of the Liu family in the world. If you count them carefully, there are at least hundreds of them. It's ridiculous that Liu Bei is pretentious, takes ignorance as capital, shows off his shamelessness, and shamelessly publicizes that he is a Han clan clan. Little do they know that the clan clan of the Han clan doesn't have to be surnamed Liu, but must be officially included in the genealogy after being confirmed by the Zongzheng government It can be counted. Liu Bei's move itself is an act of disobedience that ignores the laws of the clan and tramples on the majesty of the royal family. Although he temporarily occupies the six counties of Xuzhou, there is no imperial edict from the emperor. Xuzhou is a land without a master, and any prince can send troops Crack down on him. Just like Cao Cao in Yanzhou, he led Yanzhou pastor himself. Although he has occupied Yanzhou for more than two years, he has always been dishonest, so that he is currently being attacked by Lu Bu and deprived of his foundation."

"Huh?" Li Li was slightly startled when he heard the sound, and then said with a smile: "Wen You's words reminded me that I immediately issued an imperial edict to confer Lu Bu as the shepherd of Yanzhou and the general who conquered the North, and entrusted Yanzhou to him. The general, Marquis of Tancheng, appointed the pottery merchant as the order of Pengcheng, and inherited his father's title. Tao Ying was the prefect of Guangling and Marquis of Nanling. As for Liu Bei, his previous position was too low, just a mere plain order, not enough to succeed Xuzhou. Praise him and order him to take over Xuzhou temporarily, without any specific official position."

"My lord is clever, my subordinates will do it immediately!" Li Ru accepted the order happily.

After Li Ru left quickly, Jia Xu got up and reported: "I just got the report that Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi, secretly colluded with Yuan Shao and plotted against him. Recently, he built an altar outside the west gate of the county city and built thousands of tents. Camp. It is reported that as of recently, the princes of the Eight Routes have led a large army to Hanoi, and it is presumably that the ceremony of the princes' alliance will be held in the near future."

"Hmph! Is this Zhang Yang again?" Li Lijian snorted coldly with a slight frown, and said in a deep voice: "Since I took charge of Xiliang, Zhang Yang has been a traitor and has repeatedly despised me. I have been holding back for two years. No Thinking that this time he finally declared his banner to join Yuan Shao, and led the army of the Central Plains princes directly into Hanoi County, and the soldiers pointed directly at my camp in Anyi. This thief steals from the inside and steals from the outside, and secretly informs outside thieves. ! This time our army marches east, the first enemy to be eliminated is this Zhang Yang, if I don’t kill this thief, it will be hard to get rid of my hatred!”

Chapter 612

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Huai County, in the 26th year of Emperor Shihuang (221 BC), Huai County was first set up, and became Hanoi County in the second year of Han Gaozu (205 BC).

Hanoi County is located on the north bank of the Yellow River, with outstanding people, many famous families in the territory, and a dense population. There are tens of thousands of households in Huai County alone, with many shops and a prosperous market.

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Hanoi County has been in constant wars. Baibo bandits, Black Mountain bandits and the Southern Huns who fled around the Shangdang area frequently fought. As a result, Hanoi County became increasingly depressed, its prosperity was no longer prosperous, and its population dropped sharply.

In recent years, many people had to flee to Xiliang with their families due to war disasters.Many of them did not move to Chang'an, but moved to Hedong County, a hundred miles away, to resettle.

In the past two years, this kind of phenomenon of only migrating hundreds of miles is not uncommon.The reason is simple. Hedong County is under the protection of the Anyi camp, and fifty thousand Xiliang troops are stationed in the territory. Therefore, Hedong County has been peaceful for two years.Neither the Baibo thief nor the Heishan thief, even the Hun barbarian army under Yu Fuluo's command, dared not set foot in Hedong County.

Therefore, although Hadong County borders Hanoi County, the two places are in a world of ice and fire, just like two different worlds.

Huai County, Hanoi County, is located in the hinterland of Hanoi. The terrain is relatively flat, the land is fertile, and the products are abundant. However, due to the sharp decline in population, it is becoming increasingly barren.

However, in the past two weeks, Huai County has been extremely lively and crowded with people, attracting the attention of the whole world to gather here.

Outside the west gate of Huai County, camp tents sprang up one after another, and more than ten camps, large and small, were set up on the wasteland that was once full of wild grass, with no end in sight.

At this moment, the entire Huai County was filled with flags and banners.The military power is like a prison.

In the middle of more than a dozen camps, there stands a nine tough high platform, and the tents around the high platform are the camps of the Chinese army of the Central Plains princes' alliance, which is the camp where Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses in Jizhou are stationed.

In the large tent of the Chinese army, Yuan Shao rested peacefully on a huge and magnificent throne with tiger head and python pattern.Standing on both sides of the steps in front of the Shuai case are two majestic and burly warriors. These two are the confidantes who often protect Yuan Shao, the famous Hebei generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

Below the steps, there are more than a dozen people sitting on both sides of the big tent, most of them are counselors and generals under Yuan Shao's command.But the people sitting first on the left and right sides were not Yuan Shao's subordinates, but Cao Cao of Yanzhou, Chen Liu and Zhang Miao.

While Zhang Miao and Cao Cao were having a drink, Yuan Shao, who was in command, smiled and asked Zhang Miao, "Brother Meng Zhuo, are you all right?"

Zhang Miao was shocked when he heard the sound, his body trembled slightly, and his expression was quite nervous.He opened his mouth to answer, but swallowed the words back on his lips.Appeared restless.After a moment of hesitation.He bit the bullet and respectfully said: "Everything has been fine in recent years, thank you Yuan Gong for your concern."

With a hasty and perfunctory sentence, Zhang Miao turned his head away from Yuan Shao's smiling face, and raised his wine bottle to pretend to be good wine, but actually he was thinking secretly.

In fact, Zhang Miao did not intend to come to the alliance this time.He didn't even want to meet Yuan Shao and Cao Cao again.However, when Lv Bu rushed to the Xiuwu secret meeting before, he touched his upper and lower lips and publicly stated that he would send [-] troops to Hanoi to form an alliance. Once he said this, it was too late to regret it.However, among the [-] troops, [-] cavalry were under the command of Zhang Miao and his younger brother Zhang Chao. Over the years, they worked hard to recruit soldiers.It took a lot of money to build weapons and armor, and it took two years to train into an army.It is no exaggeration to say that these [-] soldiers and horses are the root of the two brothers Zhang Miao's survival, like the lifeblood, and there is absolutely no room for loss.Unexpectedly, Lu Bu threatened to send [-] troops, so that Zhang Miao could neither save Lu Bu's face, nor worry about the [-] soldiers under his command. Forced and helpless, he had no choice but to come to Hanoi to meet the alliance. All the soldiers and horses were defeated by Lu Bu.

After leading the army and Lu Bu to arrive at the allied camp today, Zhang Miao did not come to the central camp to meet Yuan Shao immediately, let alone meet Cao Cao.It's a pity that some things and some people can't be avoided after all, and they will meet each other sooner or later in the Allied camp, Zhang Miao originally wanted to hide as much as he could, and wait until they actually meet to play by ear.Unexpectedly, he was summoned by Yuan Shao to a banquet in his tent when he arrived in Daying without even sitting on his buttocks. Coincidentally, the person who went to the banquet with him was Cao Cao, the last person he wanted to see.

In detail, the conflict between Zhang Miao and Yuan Shao has a long history. As early as five years ago, when the feudal lords gathered to attack Dong Zhuo, the two parties had already formed an enmity.

At that time, Yuan Shao was the lord of the feudal lords, but conspired with Yuan Shu to repeatedly deduct the food and salaries of the feudal lords from all walks of life, causing the feudal lords who were short of food and grass to rush to rob the grain, making Chenliu counties restless and in chaos.For this reason, Zhang Miao held back at first, hoping that Yuan Shao could restrain the allied forces more and stop harming Chenliu County, his jurisdiction.It's a pity that the allied army's looting of food was out of control, and it became more and more serious. They committed all kinds of crimes, such as burning, murdering and raping, which led to the rapid depression of Chenliu counties.Such a bad situation made Zhang Miao furious, and he went to argue with Yuan Shao. As a result, the two sides did not agree with each other, and they blatantly turned their faces during the dispute, which made Yuan Shao lose face in front of the princes from all walks of life.From this, Zhang Miao and Yuan Shao forged a grudge, and after the alliance of princes was disbanded, they parted ways and hated each other.

Compared with Yuan Shao's feud with Yuan Shao, Zhang Miao had a close relationship with Cao Cao before, and his personal friendship was deep.Yuan Shao urged Cao Cao to murder Zhang Miao many times, but Cao Cao shied away and refused to execute it.Zhang Miao learned of this incident, which moved him very much. Later, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, was killed by the Yellow Turban Bandit. He pushed Cao Cao to succeed him as the governor of Yanzhou, which was regarded as repaying Cao Cao's kindness.

However, as Cao Cao grew bigger and stronger day by day, Zhang Miao felt uneasy and suspected that Cao Cao would murder him sooner or later, and then seize Chenliu and dominate Yanzhou.So under the deliberate arrangement of Chen Gong, Zhang Miao secretly formed an alliance with Lu Bu, and took advantage of Cao Cao's army to attack Xuzhou, and sneaked into Dongjun to capture Cao Cao's lair.Then Zhang Miao and Lu Bu joined forces to attack, and took advantage of the situation to capture most of Yanzhou, besieging Cao Cao in the three small cities of Dong'a, lingering on his last breath, and dying soon.

Since then, Zhang Miao has completely broken with Cao Cao. He not only betrayed Cao Cao, but also wanted to put him to death.To this day, the relationship between Zhang Miao and Cao Cao has grown, and the feud seems to be as deep as the sea.Never die.

However, at this moment, Zhang Miao was facing Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, who had deep grievances, and they were sitting in the big tent drinking and talking together.This situation of enemies sitting together and eating wine really made Zhang Miao feel like he was sitting on pins and needles, his mind was extremely nervous, his body trembled, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, for fear that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao would take the opportunity to murder him.

Just as Zhang Miao was secretly anxious, Yuan Shao gently put down the wine bottle and sat up straight.He smiled and said: "Meng Zhuo don't think too much, even if you just sit and drink, you don't have to worry about me and Meng De waiting for an opportunity to harm you. It is true that there were some rifts and misunderstandings between us before. But this is all It’s the past. Now the times have changed, and the three of us are not the ones who will pay attention to every detail. Let the past be the past. Don’t bring it up again!”

"What brother Benchu ​​said is very true, and Cao also has the same intention." Cao Cao nodded happily, and said to Zhang Miao with a smile on his face: "Brother Meng Zhuo and I have known each other for many years, and we have a very close personal relationship. I always treat him like an elder brother. .Brother Meng Zhuo and Fengxian joined forces to capture Yanzhou, and Cao was really upset at first. He complained a lot about his brother and Taiwan, and once regarded his brother as an enemy. However, I gradually became relieved afterward. What about growing strength?

Therefore, Brother Meng Zhuo and Feng Xian teamed up to sneak attack on East County, which is behind me. Although I am very indignant, it is also reasonable.If Cao was in brother Meng Zhuo's position, he might not be able to help but take the opportunity to expand his territory and strengthen his own strength.And the root cause of our fighting each other is that we are all under Li Li's iron hooves in Xiliang. Only by constantly strengthening our own strength can we increase our chances of survival when facing Li's army of thieves and marching eastward to the Central Plains.This is what Cao said from the bottom of his heart. I wonder if brother Meng Zhuo thinks so? "

"This,,, Meng De Gaoyi, I am deeply ashamed!" Zhang Miao hesitated with a look of astonishment.

Indeed, Cao Cao's words were so eloquent and emotional that Zhang Miao's cheeks flushed, and he lowered his head and dared not look at Cao Cao, feeling ashamed.Although he didn't believe what Cao Cao said in his heart, and he didn't believe that Cao Cao could really let go of the hatred between each other, so he just stopped and dealt with it calmly.However, Cao Cao has fallen to the point where he is today, but he can still talk with a calm expression, without a trace of anger in his words. This kind of magnanimity alone is enough to make Zhang Miao secretly admire and sigh.As a result, Zhang Miao inevitably recalled the scene of drinking and chatting with each other in the past, and couldn't help but feel a little guilty when he was sad, feeling that he was ashamed of Cao Cao.After all, Cao Cao treated him very well in the past, but he broke his promise and joined forces with Lu Bu to attack Yanzhou while Cao Cao led his army out.

Now that the matter has come to this point, even though Zhang Miao feels guilty, he will never reconcile with Cao Cao.Because he is not a three-year-old child, he will never be fooled by the few words of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and he will never think that the grudge and hatred between each other can be eliminated so easily.

After sorting out his thoughts, the expression on Zhang Miao's face gradually calmed down, and he asked Yuan Shaogong, "I don't know why Yuan Gongzhao came here? If it's a war and military affairs, I'm not good at conquest. This time the [-] troops will be led by Feng Xian." Yu, Yuan Gong only needs to discuss with Feng Xian face to face. If it is a government matter, please ask Yuan Gong to make it clear that you will never shirk anything that you can do!"

"Brother Meng Zhuo speaks quickly, which suits me very well. Hehehe!" Yuan Shao nodded and said with a smile, "Since Brother Meng Zhuo asked, Yuan will just speak up. The thing is like this, as of now, the meeting The princes of the Seven Routes have already led troops into the camp, and are now setting up camp, and will then gather together to discuss major issues. Before this, I discussed with Meng De, Feng Xian, and Zhang Yang, and added another One route of princes, and the newly added princes of this route are [-] cavalry under Brother Meng Zhuo. In this way, the allied army will have eight princes, famous and powerful. It can be deployed, so as to avoid friction among the princes and affect the overall situation of the Allied war. I wonder what Brother Meng Zhuo wants?"

"Huh? Mr. Yuan wants me, Zhang Miao, to become a vassal on my own. Do you intend to dismantle the [-] troops of General Fengxian and me?" Zhang Miao asked in a low voice with a displeased expression.