Volume Three, Chapter Ten, Crisis equals Opportunity
All warlords have their own little ones. While they are fighting each other, they will inevitably have the intention of forming alliances and unite to deal with the Bingzhou Group. So after Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai and others discussed, they asked Lu Zhi to come forward and wrote a letter to Gongsun Zan, advising Gongsun Zan not to just focus on fighting and have an emperor in their hearts.
At the same time, Bingzhou Group also wrote a letter to Yuan Shao, saying that the emperor is still trapped in Chang'an, so he asked Yuan Shao not to be busy beating Gongsun, and he had to consider the face of the fourth generation and three dukes and find ways to protect the emperor.
After Chen Qun's wedding, some people in the Bingzhou group were transmitted to the warlords through the mouths of various scholars. Yuan Shao also knew that Lu Zhi was in Bingzhou. After receiving the letter, he naturally reflected: What kind of alliance might have been formed between Bingzhou and Gongsun Zan. Bingzhou blatantly gathered troops at the junction of Jizhou and Bingzhou, which also made him more aware of this.
Let’s not talk about the distance and attacks near and far away. If Bingzhou sends troops to join Gongsun, Yuan Shao will not be able to take advantage of it.
Gifts were given, letters for showing good news. Yuan Shao did not mention Gongsun's affairs, but just said that he was unable to do anything now, and then he looked around and said that he wanted to win over him. Gongsun Zan saw that Bingzhou did not help Yuan Shao send troops, so he felt comforted. In addition, after receiving a letter from his teacher Lu Zhi, he kept dealing with Yuan Shao wholeheartedly.
He couldn't stand Yuan Shao's attitude of thinking that his family background was good and arrogant. But as long as Yuan Shao temporarily gave up his desire to covet Bingzhou, Lu Bu and others would be satisfied. After all, Cao Cao was busy attacking Xuzhou and had no time. It was impossible for him to go to Bingzhou to grab territory all at once. As long as he could maintain the delicate balance between Youzhou, Bingzhou and Jizhou, Bingzhou could continue to develop quietly for a period of time.
But man's calculation is not as good as God's calculation.
Just the day after Xu Rong arrived in Bingzhou, Lu Bu and others received a report from the spies. The report said that Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew took all their troops from Xingyang to Yanzhou in the east. Before leaving, they sent someone to send a letter to Fan Chou, but they didn't know what they said.
No matter what they said to Fan Chou, no matter why they ran to Yanzhou. But it became a fact that Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu’s uncle and nephew rebelled against Bingzhou Group.
Lu Bu and others were puzzled. Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai seemed to have guessed something. The only thing that was certain was Hua Tuo.
Hua Tuo knew that in history, when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, Chen Gong instigated Zhang Miao to rebel and welcomed Lu Bu, which made Cao Cao have no way home. Thanks to Mr. Human, the beautiful middle-aged uncle Cheng Yu and others, he had a place to settle down and could fight back.
Compared to Cao Cao who was busy avenging his father, the biggest possibility was that Chen Gong and others used bait to deceive Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew away. Out of some selfish intentions, Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew began to win over Fan Chou.
Of course, these are all guesses by Hua Tuo. He only told Ye Xiaoyi, but not others. If the situation is chaotic today, it is better to keep things in your heart. He and Ye Xiaoyi are planning to see all the decisions and actions of Guo Jia, Lu Bu and others, and let the rest be discussed when the actual news comes.
So, the way of peaceful evolution changed slightly under the stimulation of this incident. The people in Bingzhou regarded Xu Rong, who was kept in the dark, as an ant, and lit a fire under the pot. Facing the people in the hall glared at him, Xu Rong really had the intention of hot ants on the pot.
"Lu Bingzhou. The wise man doesn't say secret words. Rong used to be a minister with Lu Bingzhou and never lie. He also asked Lu Bingzhou to tell him about the incident. Rong was really confused." Xu Rong looked at the Bingzhou people in the house and sighed. He looked heartbroken and began to get anxious.
"Mr. Xu. Last night, we caught a sapling and found a secret letter from this sapling." Chen Qun looked at Lu Bu with a stern face. When he saw Lu Bu nodding, he took out a piece of cloth "very reluctantly" and handed it to Xu Rong.
Xu Rong took it over and saw that it was written for him. The general idea was that Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu were going to Yanzhou to develop. The specific development was vague. I hope Xu Rong could drag Bingzhou according to the agreement with them earlier, or linger in the border area of Bingzhou and Yanzhou as their backing, and also serve as a tiger beside Bingzhou bed.
Judging from the popular words at the end of the Han Dynasty, this letter is written very touching. Basically, all the incitement words that can be used are used. The signature is also written with Zhang Ji's name and Zhang Ji's seal is also stamped.
"Mr. Xu, don't deny that this was not written to you." Chen Qun said seriously: "Bingzhou and all the military generals in Liangzhou signed and sealed the letter and handwriting group knew it. This letter and handwriting were clearly from Zhang Ji's aides. Lord Xu, since you have been swearing with Bingzhou, why did you secretly betray us? Joined with Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew to plot against us?"
"Yu had a few encounters with Lord Xu before. Looking at his face and behavior, he thought Lord Xu was open and honest, open and brave. Unexpectedly, Lord Xu and Zhang Ji and the others... were so heartbroken, heartbroken, heartbroken~" Cheng Yu beat his chest and stamped his feet, blew his beard and stared at him, and was in pain that he was quite tempted to eat Xu Rong.
"This... is indeed their handwriting, but... Rong did not secretly collude with them to betray the alliance with Bingzhou..." Xu Rong read the letter several times, and was so angry that he drew his sword and chopped it up: "Zhang Ji's husband actually framed me."
"Everyone, be angry, Jia has a word." Guo Jia was sang to everyone and ran over and turned red: "Jia is in the wild, and I will not abandon you, so that Jia and Lord Xu will learn about Zhang Ji's rebellion at the same time. But Jia thought, no matter what Zhang Ji wanted, would he deliberately write this letter and send it to Bingzhou?"
"Fengxiao, what you mean..." Lu Bu seemed to have a flash of inspiration.
"Ah, yes." Xu Rong could understand, and he slapped his thigh, "It must be that Zhang Ji, the old man who had betrayed the covenant, and then saw that I was in Bingzhou, he wrote this letter to frame me. If I catch these two mankind in the future, I will definitely tear them to pieces."
"Mr. Xu's guess is reasonable. Among the generals in Liangzhou, Mr. Xu and Lu Bingzhou are the best friends. Zhang Ji and others should pay attention to this point, so they want to kill people with a knife." Guo Jia made a high-level summary and signaled everyone to close the net quickly.
After Guo Jia finished speaking, everyone here also "suddenly realized". Everyone condemned Zhang Ji's unjust behavior and "rehabilitated" Xu Rong. Of course, not everyone believed in Xu Rong's innocentness. Chen Qun was still skeptical. Xi Zhicai also hummed a few times, as if he was not interested in Xu Rong's defense.
"Let's do this first. Don't doubt people, don't doubt people." Lu Bu walked over to comfort Xu Rong and said, "Since Bu has an alliance with you, I naturally believe in your character... Zhang Ji... I just blamed me for seeing it wrong."
Xu Rong was very moved when he heard Lu Bu's words, especially when Lu Bu said that those supplies could still be taken away by him, and his excitement was beyond words. He swears in front of everyone that no matter what Zhang Ji did, he and Zhang Ji were swearing that no matter what Zhang Ji did, the matter in Bingzhou would be his own affairs in the future...
After talking about it for a long time, Xu Rong's heart was finally returned to his position. He was so excited that he did not dare to stay any longer. After that night, he took people with his things away early the next morning. Chen Qun was ordered to see him off and told him that he could come to pick up a batch of supplies when winter was just around the corner. After all, this batch of supplies was not enough to make his team spend the winter.
Looking at Xu Rong leaving in a dirt, Ye Xiaoyi couldn't help but ask Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, do you think he can find out the truth when he goes back?"
"The truth? What is the truth? The letters were forged by me, and the seals were forged by your subordinates. Speaking of falsification, I'm afraid no one can compare to our Ye Mansion." Guo Jia smiled proudly, "It is a fact that Zhang Ji's rebellion is true. Although the letters are false, Zhang Ji has no way to argue. It belongs to the kind of death you said without evidence. Even if you meet Xu Rong in the future and refute this matter, Xu Rong will think that he is a thief and dare not admit it."
"It makes sense to worship filial piety." Hua Tuo agreed, "Anyway, we have planted the fire, and we will be harvested in the future."
"It will take less than a few days to harvest." Guo Jia is just waiting for the secret agent to report back more detailed situations. At that time, he estimated that the battle to clear Sili was inevitable.
"Well, um, but Fengxiao, why don't you become an official?" Hua Tuo looked at Guo Jia sadly. His favorite figure in the Three Kingdoms in history was Guo Jia, a genius child. So he was a little confused about Guo Jia's failure to become an official.
"I guess the time has not come. Right?" Ye Xiaoyi grabbed Guo Jia's arm: "Now those people are in the eldest brother's military mansion. If Xiao Jiajia becomes an official, at most he will have a similar role to Chen Qun and others. Scholars like to accumulate reputation these days. If Xiao Jiajia is not an official now, his reputation will become higher and higher. In the future, he may become a civil servant who competes with his eldest brother."
"Even a arrogant person like Dong Zhuo will take into account his reputation... It seems that Fengxiao has a great ambition." Hua Tuo blinked at Guo Jia.
"Hey, don't worry, you will definitely not be able to escape from the position of the Three Dukes. In the future, you and your elder brother will be the right-hand man of the court." Ye Xiaoyi shook his head, thinking that he didn't know what the emperor would do at that time.
Guo Jia is waiting, Lu Bu is waiting. Others from Bingzhou are waiting. Why did Zhang Ji run east to Yanzhou? Cao Cao is attacking Xuzhou. What exactly do the scholars and wealthy families in Yanzhou want to do?
Less than five days after Xu Rong left, the spies finally sent back accurate information: Some conflicts arose between Cao Cao and the scholars and nobles in Yanzhou. Over time, these contradictions became deeper and deeper, and the people of Yanzhou also had news. Finally, Chen Gong and Zhang Miao from Yanzhou united and took advantage of the opportunity when Cao Cao went to fight Xuzhou to welcome Zhang Ji. Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew took over Yanzhou, hoping that they would take Cao Cao and replace him.
The civil and military officials of Bingzhou and the elites of Ye Mansion gathered together. They drew maps of northern regions such as Bingzhou, Sili, Yanzhou, and Jizhou on the wall. Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, and Cheng Yu seemed to have discussed it and suggested to Lu Bu that the remnants of Liangzhou of Sili can be rectified. To put it bluntly, it is time to annex.
Yes, it's here.
Ye Xiaoyi sat aside, and each of Hua Tuo's hands was holding a small bucket of chicken wings. He thought while gnawing: It's not that we are not kind, who makes other people's crisis equal to our own opportunity?
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Tears, I didn't see Liu Yue sing "Back to Lhasa" and regretted it for ten thousand years. Who has this audio or video? Please give me some more tears, I like Liu Yue's high notes~"_"
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