Chapter 33: Make the first move
Xu Dan slapped his thigh hard: "Fortunately, I have Zhengyan to advise me, otherwise I would have almost let Cao Hong's child be used in vain."
With emotion After that, Xu Dan asked again: "Then what is the current plan according to the truth?"
Zhang Jie hesitated, as if there were some words that were difficult to say.
Xu Dan immediately expressed his position: "I can speak out, but I will never pursue it."
Zhang Jie still had trust in Xu Dan. After hearing this, he gritted his teeth and said, "For the current plan, there are three strategies: upper, middle and lower!"
When Xu Dan and Xu Ying heard this, they were surprised. There are so many ways to do it, and I immediately felt happy.
"The right words come quickly."
Zhang Lie thought for a moment and sorted out his thoughts: "The best strategy for Lie is that the Lord is willing to give up military power and hand over all the troops to Liu Envoy."
"How..."
If it hadn't been for the agreement just made, Xu Dan would have almost jumped up and cursed.
Zhang Jie looked sincere: "My lord, Cao Jianwei has already leaned on Liu Shijun. There are more than 20,000 Danyang soldiers, and Liu Shijun has controlled more than half. What's more, there are still two or three soldiers in Xiapi, Guangling, and the east of this county. Tens of thousands of troops, what can the lord do with the four or five thousand men and horses in his hands?"
"If Liu Shijun reorganizes his troops in the coming year and wants to recruit elite troops from the lord's army, will the lord give them to him? ?”
Xu Dan hesitated. As Zhang Lie said, the balance of force is now completely unbalanced. Liu Bei has the upper hand, and it can be seen that this advantage will only get bigger as time goes by.
Currently, due to lack of food and grass, the county soldiers in the coastal areas of Xiapi, Guangling and Donghai counties cannot be mobilized.
But this is not the norm, it is just caused by a temporary lack of food.
After this summer's harvest and the summer grain is put into storage, Liu Bei will have the confidence to take action. I'm afraid it is just as Zhang Lie said. When the time comes, the state government will order the elites under his command. Will he give it or not? Give it?
Give it, not only unwillingly, but also weakened yourself, and may become a fish on the chopping board in the future.
If you don’t give it, you are violating the order of the state government, and then there is only one way to rebel.
Zhang Jie saw that Xu Dan was silent and quickly continued to persuade: "My lord, Commander Liu has a reputation for kindness. Cao Jianwei just ceded some of his troops. If my lord directly handed over all the military power, then Even if you are the first general to surrender, Liu will definitely reward you both publicly and privately.”
Xu Dan was silent for a moment and then said: "To be honest, let's talk about the middle strategy first."
Zhang Jie was a little disappointed. In his opinion, Cao Bao, the eldest brother of the Danyang faction, had already surrendered. Xu Dan's strength , before Cao Bao has completely made up his mind, it would be the smartest move to get first place first.
But he also knew that he could no longer persuade him now. If he continued to persuade him, he might be regarded as a young man by Xu Dan.
Zhang Lie said slowly: "The middle strategy is to maintain the status quo and wait and see how the situation changes."
Seeing Zhang Lie stopped, Xu Dan quickly asked, "What next?"
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"No more."
Zhang Jie shook his head and said, "We can only play it by ear and see what changes happen in the future before making a decision."
Xu Dan looked disappointed, but still didn't give up. Continue to ask: "Then what is the next strategy?"
Zhang Jie said helplessly: "The next strategy is to defend ourselves with troops, and Cao Changshi and Cao Changshi are mutually beneficial, and draw each other's support to resist Liu Shijun. ”
“That’s not right.”
Hearing Zhang Zhuo's plan, Xu Dan had already shook his head: "Zhengyan said before, Cao Hong, the lamb to be slaughtered, is not allowed to get close to him, and there is no chance that he will be dragged into the water."
Zhang Lie was speechless, I just said I've talked too much, and I haven't seen you agree to the best suggestions I've made so carefully.
Xu Dan glanced at Zhang Lie and saw that the other party was silent and unwilling to speak any more. He could only sigh helplessly: "Let's make the right strategy first and let me think about it later."
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After Liu Feng sent Pan Zhang and others away, he wanted to go back to his courtyard to continue packing things, but suddenly he heard that Hua Tuo was here and was in the backyard to nurse Wu and Tian.
Liu Feng was immediately overjoyed. It wasn't that he refused to go to Hua Tuo, but that Hua Tuo couldn't stop. He was a philanthropic person who often gave needles and donated medicines, and treated the poor for free. He was very busy. Besides, there were many people outside and Liu Feng himself was very busy at the moment, so he was delayed.
Now, Hua Tuo has taken the initiative to come to the state capital to take care of Uncle Zhou’s mother and wife, who are Liu Feng’s grandmother and mother. Liu Feng must go there to thank him, and by the way I would like to take this opportunity to talk to Hua Tuo about business.
Soon, Liu Feng came to the backyard and stood outside the doors of Wu and Tian, waiting respectfully.
It wasn’t until half an hour later that an elderly doctor walked out of it.
Seeing this person, Liu Feng's eyes suddenly lit up. He took two steps forward to greet him and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Yuanhua. Can you lend me a moment to speak?"
This old doctor is no one else, but one of the three famous doctors of the Three Kingdoms. One of Hua Tuo.
Hua Tuo looked up and saw Liu Feng, and immediately smiled: "Okay, sir, please."
Liu Feng led Hua Tuo to the study room aside, and then went up Had tea soup.
Waiting until Hua Tuo tasted the tea soup, he spoke.
First, he asked about the health of his grandmother and mother. Hua Tuo said that the two ladies would be doing well. As long as they continued to take care of themselves, their health would definitely improve this year.
After hearing this, Liu Feng thanked him happily, and then turned the topic to the topic.
"Sir, I heard that you have ever intended to become an official?"
Yes, Hua Tuo has never been a simple doctor.
Hua Tuo was born into a noble family in Qiaojun, and he was a fellow villager with Cao Cao.
Moreover, in addition to his medical skills, Hua Tuo also read classics and history, and traveled far and wide to visit famous people.
Chen Deng's father, Chen Gui, admired Hua Tuo very much. When he was the prime minister of Pei State, he even wanted to recommend Hua Tuo as Xiaolian, but Hua Tuo declined.
It's a pity that Hua Tuo refused Chen Gui's recommendation not because he didn't want to be filial and honest.
It was precisely because Hua Tuo wanted to become an official that he refused.
Because such things as filial piety and honesty are rarely recommended to truly poor families.
Hua Tuo probably came from a poor family.
Chen Gui recommended Hua Tuo to be Xiaolian, and then Hua Tuo refused. The whole process was a typical Eastern Han Dynasty style of fame.
Chen Gui’s recommendation was in good faith, and Hua Tuo’s rejection was also in good faith.
Chen Guiming knew that this Xiaolian could not really be given to Hua Tuo, and Hua Tuo also knew this, so he refused.
More importantly, Hua Tuo was nominated for filial piety and integrity, but then declined. This set of actions won him a lot of fame.
In the future, even if you cannot be named filial and honest, you can still rely on this reputation to enter an official career.
In fact, Hua Tuo’s idea is not wrong.
But unfortunately, Hua Tuo lost to fate.
He never imagined that his fellow countryman Cao Cao would suddenly emerge and successfully unify the north.
He never expected that Cao Cao would forge a bloody feud with the Xuzhou scholars because of his second attack on Xuzhou, so much so that he would suppress the Xuzhou scholars in his later years.
As for Hua Tuo, he was classified as a different kind by Cao Cao because he admired his Chen Gui.
In the end, Hua Tuo could only be raised by Cao Cao as an alchemist, and ended up being tortured to death.
(End of this chapter)