Chapter 425 Sun Ce invites you
Liu Feng saw the eagerness to try on Sun Ce's face. The little overlord had no chance to become a real overlord in this time and space, but he had the courage to do his job and wanted to be a leader. Even when he was under Liu Feng's command, he still remained the same.
It's just that Sun Ce himself knows very well now that it would be better for the unnecessary thoughts in his heart to disappear as soon as possible.
Sun Ce's strategic vision has always been quite good. When he was under Yuan Shu's command, he took the initiative to invite Ying to go south to Jiangdong.
At that time, Jiangdong could not be conquered for a long time, but Yuan Shu's development to the north was quite smooth. Runan was the foundation of the Yuan family, and his disciples and former officials were all over the county. Even if he was unwilling to work for him, it would be difficult to lose face and oppose him.
After all, the Eastern Han Dynasty was a relationship society, especially the relationship between disciples and former officials, which was not much different from the relationship between father and son.
That is to say, Yuan Shu's reputation was too bad, which gave these powerful nobles an excuse to refuse. But even so, they could not openly oppose Yuan Shu because it violated the moral standards of the time.
It's easier than it is for Sun Ce to give up, but he still has a sense of the overall situation.
"Bo Fu, get up first."
Liu Feng was quite kind to Sun Ce. After all, the Sun family had many surrendered generals and troops. Even if the army was expanded this time, the Sun family's troops still accounted for more than 20%.
If Sun Shangxiang hadn't been too young, only seven years old this year, there would have been many people keen on matchmaking.
But even if Sun Shangxiang is still young, she has almost no other choice. As long as she can grow up smoothly, she will definitely be included in Liu Feng's harem.
This has nothing to do with whether there are feelings or not. Even if Liu Feng just wants to reassure the Sun family to work for him, he must do this.
After hearing Liu Feng's words, Sun Ce did not dare to neglect and immediately stood up and returned to the banquet to sit down.
Liu Feng was very satisfied with Sun Ce's respectful obedience and continued: "What Bo Fu said is indeed true. As far as Feng knows, Huan Boxu has been conquered by Zhang Shihong and is now the governor of Changsha County. Zhang Shihong is very fond of him. He values and just listens to his words. ”
"This time Zhang Shihong raised an army to rebel against Liu Jingsheng, it was Huan Boxu's credit. It was he who advocated raising the army and told Zhang Shihong bitterly about Liu Biao's disobedience, which made Zhang Shihong determined to turn against Liu Jingsheng."
Liu Feng first affirmed what Sun Ce said, and added a lot of information that even Sun Ce himself didn't know, and then said: "I summoned you here this time just to ask you to teach me. The current situation, I Yangzhou How to deal with it.”
There was another moment of silence in the field. Zhao Yun, one of the five giants, finally couldn't hold back and was the first to speak.
"Young Master, Jingzhou is located in the upper reaches of our state and is blocked by Jiangxia Xiling. Unless we naturally go west from Yuzhang, it may be difficult to cross."
Although Zhao Yun did not say it explicitly, the conservative meaning in his words was quite strong, and his attitude was actually very obvious.
As we all know, there are only two ways to enter Jingzhou from Yangzhou, either by taking the Yangtze River or by climbing over the mountains.
The former is hundreds of times smoother than the latter, and the manpower consumption is only one hundredth of the latter. Only a fool would go over the mountains and ridges to start from Yuzhang, and even if you take this road, you will not arrive after crossing the mountains. Just Changsha County.
At this time, although the south had gained a lot of Central Plains nobles and people who had fled the chaos, the essence of Jingzhou was still in the north of the Yangtze River, not in the south of the Yangtze River. Going to Changsha was really of little significance to the entire Jingzhou.
Zhao Yun was worried that Liu Feng would rashly start a war with Jingzhou, so he was the first to jump out and persuade Liu Feng. From his perspective, Jingzhou's river defense was impregnable, and Yangzhou's naval forces going upstream would definitely be in trouble.
As an important minister in the Yangzhou army, Zhao Yun naturally felt that he had the obligation to warn Liu Feng to rein in his horse.
After listening to Zhao Yun's words, Liu Feng could only sigh secretly. His fourth uncle was good at everything, but his emotional intelligence was too low. But this is also reasonable. After all, no one is perfect. Uncle Zilong is quite good in other places, and he should have some flaws.
Liu Feng's eyes passed over Zhong Yao, Chen Qun, and Dong Zhao, and finally stopped at Fatty Hei.
Dong Zhao felt Liu Feng's gaze, and his face immediately fell.
Liu Feng obviously wanted him to come forward to appease Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun's status in the Yangzhou Army was very transcendent. He was on an equal footing with Liu Feng's bow and horse masters like Tai Shici and his close advisors. He was the two leaders of the Yangzhou Army. At this time, the army he led was second only to the Destroying Front Army. The elite of the army is the future new army appointed by the emperor.
Dong Zhao really didn't want to confront Zhao Yun, but Liu Feng was giving him another wink, which made the fat black man have to rack his brains to think.
Although he was very reluctant, Dong Zhao could only explain with Liu Feng's gaze: "The general doesn't know something. Liu Jingsheng's attitude towards me in Yangzhou has changed. Liu Xun from Jiangbei defected before, so he took him in." . Jingzhou is in the upper reaches of our state. If we cannot seize this opportunity and strike first, we may be controlled by Jingzhou in the future. ”
Zhao Yun frowned. He naturally knew what Dong Zhao said. After listening to Dong Zhao's words, he also quite agreed.
But Zhao Yun is still worried that the geographical advantage Jingzhou occupies is too great, and the advantage of smooth water warfare is huge and difficult to offset.
In the original time and space, the brothers Sun Ce and Sun Quan fought against Jiangxia so many times, with more defeats and fewer wins. This is enough to prove that Zhao Yun is not unfounded, and his worries are still correct.
The problem is that Zhao Yun does not know the full extent of Liu Feng's plan. His current correctness is actually the correctness of a blind man and an elephant.
"Do you have any other opinions?"
Liu Feng deliberately asked other people present.
It's just that no one at the scene could figure out what Liu Feng was thinking, and in a hurry, it was difficult for them to formulate a plan in their minds.
Therefore, the hall fell into silence again, and no one except Zhao Yun made any suggestions.
Liu Feng hesitated, thinking about whether to make the Jingzhou plan public.
These people in front of me are all close associates of the shogunate. They are either important ministers who are closely related to Liu Feng, such as Taishi Ci, Zhao Yun, Zhong Yao, Dong Zhao, Chen Qun, etc., or they are outstanding talents such as Zhao Yan and Du Xi who have great respect for Liu Biao. Very disdainful of newcomers.
Therefore, Liu Feng was not too worried about the plan being leaked.
But in the end, Liu Feng decided not to talk about it for the time being.
The reason is simple. Liu Feng feels that now is far from the time to take action.
In the original time and space, Liu Biao had been fighting for more than a year to pacify Jingnan. Where he was now, he was still far from the climax.
Seeing that the gentlemen in the hall had no new opinions, Liu Feng planned to adjourn the meeting.
But at this time, Sun Ce suddenly left the table and prostrated himself. He prostrated in the hall with a very humble attitude, his forehead lowered to the ground, and shouted loudly: "General Mingjian, my father used to fight against Dong for the country. He fought many bloody battles and almost survived. Discouraged, he finally succeeded and was able to defeat the Dong thieves and regain the capital. He reported to the country and reported to the people. As a son of a man, it is also honorable. "
"It's a pity that the emperor was hunting in the west, but my father was blocked by traitors and was not allowed to drive into the pass. Later, because he didn't know the person and was blinded by the evil, he attacked Liu Biao, but was wounded by Huang Zu's secret arrow, and finally died on the battlefield."
"When my late father died, he was no longer able to dance like an elephant. He was suddenly faced with a heavy burden. He made mistakes on his errands. He was deceived by Yuan Shu. He conquered Jiangdong for the rebels and disturbed the Yangtze. His crime was very serious."
"Fortunately, General Meng Zuo did not give up. He offered mercy and pardoned the Sun family. He allowed Ce to redeem himself through his service. I am truly grateful beyond words. I only wish to do my best to repay Ming Gong's kindness."
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"The Jingzhou Incident is very close today. Our state is close to Jingxiang and is still downstream. Jingzhou and Yangzhou drink from the same river. How could we not prepare early?"
Sun Ce was impassioned and said with a sincere look: "General, Ce is willing to go to Changsha, pay a visit to Mr. Boxu, and help you persuade Changsha to surrender!" Liu Feng was greatly surprised. Except for him, most people in the hall also looked at Sun Ce sideways. .
In fact, no one expected that Sun Ce would jump out at this time, and actually wanted to persuade half of Jingzhou for Liu Feng.
Yes, if Zhang Xian is willing to surrender to Liu Feng, then Liu Feng will not only get Changsha County, he will be able to get the entire four Jingnan counties, and even launch a plan to devour Jingzhou in advance.
Liu Feng's eyes were as bright as a torch, and he stared at Sun Ce for a whole cup of tea. Sun Ce, on the other hand, was lying on the ground obediently, not daring to raise his head at all.
There were thousands of thoughts running through my mind, and I even had the idea of asking the people around me for their opinions.
But in the end, Liu Feng didn't ask anyone, and made his own decision: "Good! Since Bo Fu has such ambition, how can Feng remain indifferent. Whatever you need for this trip, you can give it to the shogunate. I will I will do my best to comply.”
Sun Ce was overjoyed when he heard that Liu Feng had granted his request. Although he said he was confident, in fact he had been worried that Liu Feng would not let him go.
But Liu Feng had no worries at all and agreed to his request so easily.
In the final analysis, the difference in vision between the two people is too big.
In Liu Feng's mind, Sun Ce himself was certainly a good general, but that was all.
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Liu Feng favored Sun Ce more because he hoped to win the hearts of the Sun family army and digest them into his own nutrients.
It was a surprise that Sun Ce himself was willing to work for him. If he wasn't willing, he would support him.
Even if he ran away, what could Sun Ce accomplish by himself?
The invincible Xiang Yu, the real overlord, had no choice but to commit suicide in Wujiang, not to mention that Sun Ce was just a little overlord.
After the meeting ended, everyone left one after another, and only the third secretary of the cabinet was left in the hall, sitting in the banquet and looking at Liu Feng eye to eye.
Liu Feng couldn't hold it back and asked, "Don't you have anything to ask me?"
Zhuge Liang showed an indifferent smile, Pang Tong was busy covering his mouth with a small fan, and Lu Xun had a serious look on his face, but he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
Although the three people have different expressions, they all mean the same thing, that is, they have nothing to say.
Liu Feng couldn't help but smile bitterly. He also wanted to be a teacher and wanted to use the Jingzhou incident to teach Zhuge, Pang Tong and Lu Xun a lesson. Unexpectedly, these three elites did not give him a chance at all.
Obviously Zhuge and the others have realized that the Jingzhou incident may last for a long time, and now is far from the best time to intervene. On the contrary, they trained the army step by step and wiped out the mountains and rivers, which further confused Liu Biao and made him go south to quell the rebellion.
Liu Feng had nothing to do with the three of them, so he simply got up and left.
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"How dare Zhang Shihong!?"
In Xiangyang, Jingzhou, in the main hall of the state capital, Liu Biao roared loudly like a lion, his eyebrows flying.
Kuai Yue and others stood up and prostrated at the same time, shouting at the same time: "Ming Gong, please calm down."
Liu Biao looked at the civil and military officials who prostrated themselves in the hall, and the fire in his heart only increased.
It was these people who repeatedly persuaded themselves not to touch Zhang Xian and to follow their own wishes. Zhang Xian should have been removed long ago.
Zhang Xian has an upright character and is very at odds with Liu Biao. Although the two are not on equal footing, they hate each other.
Liu Biao tried to get rid of Zhang Xian several times, but he was always stopped by the officials in the state capital.
The reason is actually very simple, and Liu Biao himself understands it very well.
Because Zhang Xian is from Jingzhou.
Zhang Xian is a native of Nanyang, Jingzhou. He has been serving as the prefect of the four counties in the south of Jingzhou. He is now the prefect of Lingling, Guiyang and Changsha.
To the Jingzhou gentry, this was one of their own with upright roots. Moreover, with Zhang Xian restraining Liu Biao in Jingnan, Liu Biao would be more pressured to win over the powerful nobles in Jingbei.
"I want to fight in person, I want to hold Zhang Shihong's head at the door, personally question his crimes, punish his mistakes, and warn the world of traitors and traitors."
Liu Biao's eyes swept across the crowd in the hall, his face was gloomy and his beard was messy.
Many Jingzhou nobles in the hall looked at each other, frightened by Liu Biao's personal conquest.
Since Liu Biao entered Jingzhou, he has never led a team to fight in Xiangyang. He almost always achieved the goal of expanding his territory through alliance agreements and assassinating targets. Even Xiangyang City was persuaded by Han Song and others to surrender.
Liu Biao has never proven his ability to lead an army, let alone a large battle with tens of thousands of people.
"Ming Gong! Never do it!"
When everyone heard this, they immediately exploded.
A large number of people desperately opposed, trying to persuade Liu Biao to give up his personal expedition.
In their opinion, Liu Biao had little talent for commanding an army, and now all southern Jingzhou was in rebellion.
Now that the civil war in Jingzhou is about to begin, you Liu Biao should stop making noises.
Liu Biao seemed to have noticed this from the attitude of his ministers who were all trying to persuade him not to be impulsive.
But he was still angry.
What kind of person is Zhang Shihong? He has neither talent nor virtue. He only got into the position of Changsha governor by being a dog for his fellow villagers. If it weren't for the selfish motives of this group of people and their efforts to stop him, Zhang Xian would have been arrested and tortured by him.
Liu Biao was still very confident in Zhang Xian's ability. In his opinion, although he had never led an army, Zhang Xian did not have similar experience.
"Ming Gong, although Zhang Xian is incompetent, he has Huan Jie, Liu Pan and others under his command, who are both civil and military. Huan Jie, in particular, once accompanied Sun Wentai in the Central Plains without a single defeat."
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Don't drive Han Song to persuade him: "How can Duke Ming's body of gold collide with rubble? Besides, there are so many generals in the state. You only need to choose one at random to fight. Why does Duke Ming need to go into battle himself?"
Liu Biao heard the hidden meaning in Biejia Han Song's words and understood that the other party did not expect him to take the initiative.
(End of chapter)