Chapter 595: Driving the tiger to swallow the wolf
Wang Jun led Zao Song to the study.
There was a jade bed in the room, which was similar in length to a sleeping bed. Wang Jun sat down and felt tired, so he lay down on it and said, "Taiwan, I heard that you got a tortoiseshell bed, what do you think?"
Zao Song was not afraid, and just smiled and said: "It's not like this."
Wang Jun laughed happily and said: "Be more restrained from now on, don't use other people's things." "Collect."
Zao Song responded repeatedly.
This woman is not a kind person.
For more than ten years, the world has been in chaos, and many knowledgeable people believe that Jin Zuo will end and a new lord will emerge.
In this context, Wang Jun, who was once powerful in Hebei, also started to think about it.
There was a prophecy in the Han Dynasty: "Those who succeed the Han Dynasty should be painted high."
To be honest, this prophecy is ambiguous and vague. No matter how you interpret it, it seems to make sense, but it also seems to be nonsense.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, a witch explained it to Li Jue.
"Tu" is the same as "路", and "Tugao" means a high place on the road, that is, "que". And "啕" is the same as "que", so this prophecy should be on you - it's really a forced explanation.
Li Jue knew that his strength and reputation were far behind, so he ignored it.
However, there are people who are more outrageous than Li Jue. Quexuan, a local tyrant in Xuzhou, heard this and was overjoyed to raise an army. He gathered thousands of people and claimed to be the emperor. He was later annihilated by Tao Qian.
Que Xuan was informed by Yuan Shu because of his prophecy that Wei Wei would raise an army. He thought about it, if "Tu" leads to "road", then "my word highway is in line with his prophecy"!
When we arrived at Cao Pi's meeting, Xu Zhi explained again.
The gate in front of the palace is sometimes called "Xiang Wei". This prophecy should be about replacing Han with Wei.
At Sima Zhao’s meeting, a new solution was invented.
Some time some alchemists suggested that "Tu Gao" refers to the tallest person on the road, which must be a person riding a horse. "Sima" means Tu Gao. Cao Wei was a puppet dynasty, and Sima was the Han Dynasty!
Wang Jun's father, Wang Chen, was named "Chu Dao", which corresponded to the word "Dang Tu", so Wang Jun came up with the idea and summoned his close aides and disciples to discuss it.
Honestly, his explanation was too outrageous. It was simply because he had a disobedient heart and forced his way into it.
Liu Liang, the former governor of Bohai, Wang Tuan, governor of Beihai, and Gao Rou, the shogunate who lived in Youzhou, all tried to persuade him. Wang Jun was furious and killed them.
I asked Huo Yuan, a famous scholar from Yan State, about the prediction of Wei, but Yuan did not answer. Wang Jun became angry again, killed him and hung his head in public.
Han Xian, a lieutenant in charge, said that Murong Xin had done a good job in resettling refugees and treating scholars courteously, and his reputation was growing, so he used this as advice. Wang Jun was angry again and killed him again.
So, why do you think the atmosphere of the Youzhou shogunate became like this?
All the loyal and upright people are dead, who dares to tell the truth? Can't you follow Wang Jun? Whatever he likes to hear, just fool him to avoid misfortune.
After Jizhou was occupied by the Xiongnu, some scholars were unwilling to serve as Husbands, and they were not very happy to go to Henan, so many people came to Youzhou with their families. Seeing Wang Jun's behavior, they simply defected to Pingzhou Governor Cui Ao and even Murong Xianbei went there.
Everyone is trying to fool Wang Jun. People's hearts are no longer popular. His subordinates are rebellious and will fall down with just one kick, just like Yuan Shu back then.
Lu Zhigan assured Shao Xun that there was a reason why he would let you enter Youzhou sooner or later.
Zaosong knew the woman's nature very well and would always say nice things to make the woman happy and entrust her with important responsibilities.
Zao Song was too lazy to do anything, it was pointless, so he devoted himself to making money, living day by day.
There is a folk song in Youzhou: "Ten bags and five bags, all of them will go to Zao Lang." Zao Song didn't take it seriously, but he didn't expect that the woman also heard about it, and she suddenly became worried, who is behind this? "Slander" me?
Fortunately, the woman seemed to have no intention of pursuing the matter.
"Taiwanese, I am sure about the distribution of grain and fodder." Wang Jun changed into a comfortable position and said, "But how should we fight this battle? Do you have a strategy?"
Zaosong made a quick calculation in his mind.
The woman's knowledge of the outside world is limited to Shao Xun's rapid rise, his defeat of Shi Le, and his great reputation in Henan and Hebei. The rest should not be known much.
I wonder if anyone told Liu Yao about coming to Changshan?
Does he know about Shao Xun’s ambition?
In the eyes of the woman, is Shao Xun just like Sima Ying and Sima Yue back then, rising and falling?
Thinking of this, Zao Song even had a mischievous idea: If he said that Shao Xun admired the grace of the Taiyuan Wang family and was willing to respect women as the main ones because of his low background, I wonder if he would believe it?
After suppressing this ridiculous thought, Zaosong replied in a deep voice: "Have you heard about Duan Bu Xianbei's affairs?"
Wang Jun's face fell and he said: "Taiwan There is no need to hesitate, just say it."
Zao Song's heart trembled and he said: "The Xianbei Department of Duan Department has gone south to Zhangwu."
Wang Jun hesitated for a while and sat down. He stood up and said, "What are they going south for? Fighting for Jizhou with me?"
When Zaosong heard this, he secretly thought that the old man was really going to fight for Jizhou, so he decided not to fight for it and followed the plan. His words said: "Duan Bu has no great ambitions. He should not be able to capture Jizhou and just rob him to death."
Wang Jun's face softened slightly and he said with a smile: "I didn't expect them to have such ability. "Zao Song observed the words and followed Wang Jun's words and said: "There is also a woman in Beizhou who dares not make mistakes."
Wang Jun laughed and scolded: "Don't say nonsense."
Rebuke, but it can be seen that he is still very useful. When you get older, you tend to become unconscious and like to listen to beautiful words.
"But -" After making Wang Jun happy, Zaosong changed the topic and said: "I heard that Duan Xianbei might have been seduced by the Huns, so he went south to Zhangwu. And Shao Xun's soldiers were also in Zhangwu and Ling Hu Ni fights with Duan Bu. "
"Oh?" Wang Jun heard the news for the first time and said in surprise: "Isn't Shao Xun still in Hejian? ?”
Zao Song secretly scolded the generals of the shogunate for not reporting such important news? But the eldest brother doesn't talk about the second brother. He also hides a lot of things from each other.
"Only one of the pioneers went to Zhangwu." Zao Song said: "There is a general named 'Jin Zheng' under Shao Xun's account, but he has already reached Gaoyang."
Wang Jun suddenly became confused. He calmed down and said, "How come the troops are advancing so fast?"
This was difficult for Zaosong to accept.
You said that Shao Bing has strong fighting ability, which may make Wang Jun unhappy. After all, Han Xian's story is first, and he really doesn't dare to talk nonsense.
You said that Shi Le suffered heavy losses and could not be fought. It may also make Wang Jun unhappy. After all, Youzhou soldiers suffered losses at the hands of Shi Le. Without Shao Xun's Northern Expedition to Yecheng, Youzhou might not have been saved. .
In short, facing the moody Wang Jun, Zao Song must speak carefully, even if he is Wang Jun's son-in-law.
“I heard that Shi Le was careless and carried out a sneak attack for Shao Xun, and he lost tens of thousands of people, leading to this.” Zao Song said: “Now Shao’s troops have advanced to Zhangwu and Gaoyang——”
"Haha!" Wang Jun suddenly smiled while stroking his hands.
Zao Song was puzzled.
Wang Jun glanced at him and said: "Produced in Taiwan, Shile has one hundred thousand cavalry, which is twice as many as Youzhou. I was a little worried at first, but now that they are defeated, isn't it a God-given opportunity?"
Zao Song secretly said that it was bad, but the woman still wanted to seize Jizhou. He was puzzled, why was he so obsessed with Jizhou? And since the obsession was so great, after capturing Yecheng, we should not give up or leave.
Of course, the prestige of the court was still very high at that time, Sima Yue was also there, and he had many soldiers and generals. It was right to withdraw the troops at that time, otherwise he might be reprimanded by the court, or even be besieged from all sides.
Now we can attack Jizhou in a grand manner, but our own strength does not allow it.
Looking at the woman like this, she is obviously out of her mind. Why are we attacking Jizhou? Once a good opportunity is lost, you should accept your fate and find ways to maintain the situation to avoid greater failure.
If Zaosong still had some extravagant hopes in his heart before, thinking that after Shi Le's defeat, the woman could take the opportunity to gain control of Jizhou counties and increase her strength, he completely gave up this idea after returning to Yecheng. idea.
Not to mention, the scholars and officials in the counties of Jizhou did not recognize Wang Youzhou. Several groups of people were sent to appease him. Has anyone come over? None.
No one is a fool. Everyone knows that women are getting more and more stupid and rebellious. Even if they vote for the Huns, they will not vote for you, because no one likes to be on the side that is destined to lose.
Zaosong really couldn't understand why the woman thought that Shi Le could benefit from him in Jizhou after hearing about his defeat.
Who gave him this confidence?
Thinking of this, Zaosong sighed secretly. Maybe, he is also responsible, everyone in the shogunate is responsible. Everyone is lying and singing praises from top to bottom. The woman doesn’t like to go out very much now, so she stays in the city all day long. The only people who provide him with information are her own people - it seems that she has deceived him!
“What the old woman said is true.” Zao Song followed Wang Jun’s words and said.
But he didn’t want to smash the bowl he was eating from. He wanted to continue to make money, so he said: “However, Shi Le and Shao Xun have repeatedly fought and killed each other, leaving corpses everywhere, which is also good for Youzhou. . You might as well stock up on food and military supplies, train your soldiers, and wait and see what happens. Once both Shi and Shao are defeated, the opportunity to go south will be ripe." "Well, that makes sense." Wang Jun patted his thigh. , smiled and said: "It is Taiwanese who are experienced enough to come up with such a plan. Then we must first gather military resources and soldiers to lure the barbarians. Let's do this. I will go to Daijun and persuade Tuoba Xianbei to come and meet."
Zao Song felt bitter in his mouth.
In his opinion, this matter cannot be accomplished by running to Dai County.
Daijun was given to Xianbei by Liu Kunkang and Wang Junzhi. It is considered a relatively good territory in Tuoba Xianbei. However, the nobles do not live in Daijun. They might have to go to Shengle. .
Even if he brought more horses and traveled day and night, he would be able to arrive in less than half a month, but it would be too hard. He didn't want to do this drudgery and delay him from making money.
But Wang Jun said so, and Zaosong didn't dare to contradict him. He was afraid that the woman would be unhappy and beat him or even kill him, so he agreed.
“Shao Xun is also an arrogant person.” Wang Jun added: “I read the letter you brought back from Yecheng last time, and actually ordered me to do this and that for his profit. It's simply ridiculous. Let him be satisfied first. I will go south one day and hold him accountable. I want to see whether he is ashamed or not."
Wang Jun smiled happily when he said this. stand up.
Zao Song also laughed awkwardly.
Just when the Weng and his son-in-law had come to an agreement, thousands of horsemen rode southward from the pastures south of Jixian County and soon crossed the Juma River. Jizhou was already in sight.
The leader is surprisingly Duan Mobo, the leader of Duan Xianbei.
(End of this chapter)