Chapter 93 The mastermind behind the scenes (third update, first order required! 36)
It is precisely because of the good relationship that Liu Bei is so angry at this moment. You must know that Liu Bei was far from being as anti-Cao as he would be in the future, and he still attached great importance to peace and harmony. The friendship between Cao Cao.
At this moment, Liu Bei had actually just jumped off Gongsun Zan's boat, had a hand in Tao Qian's boat, and finally successfully jumped into Yuan Shao's camp.
I have to say that Liu Bei's job-hopping skills are really great. There seems to be no difference in the nature of his job-hopping and Lu Bu's. Both have had the experience of betraying their lord.
But there seems to be an essential difference between Liu Bei and Lu Bu's job hopping, because except for Cao Cao, all Liu Bei's other bosses have never said anything bad about him, and they still maintain a good relationship with him.
Even Cao Cao puts Liu Bei first in his heart.
After all, talking is just talking, and evaluation is evaluation.
You can verbally abuse Liu Bei as a mat weaver and shoe seller, an ungrateful person, but in your heart you always regard him as a dragon among men.
When Liu Bei first changed jobs to go to Tao Qian, Gongsun Zan even collected a hundred Huqi and two thousand refugees to help him manage his family. It can be seen that the relationship between the two parties is still very good, let alone falling out. of.
Tao Qian originally wanted to recruit Liu Bei as the security captain, but after he became seriously ill, he had some hesitation and simply gave Xuzhou to him.
Later, when he arrived at Yuan Shao, he did not give in too much. Yuan Shao asked his son Yuan Tan to serve Liu Bei as a teacher. When he was leaving, he gave him a large amount of start-up capital and asked him to go south to harass Xuchang.
By the time Liu Biao arrived, if Cao Cao hadn't known Liu Bei too well, he would have marched south to Jingzhou as soon as Hebei was conquered.
As long as Cao Cao enjoys half a year of peace in Hebei, believe it or not, what happened in Xuzhou can be repeated for you in Jingzhou.
The official history is not like the novel, where the entire Jingzhou is a surrender group.
Jingzhou in the official history is almost divided. Those who surrendered supported Liu Cong, while those who resisted sided with Liu Qi.
It was precisely because the rebels were so powerful that Liu Bei fled south. When he passed Xiangyang, Zhuge Liang strongly suggested that Liu Bei take Xiangyang as a stronghold to resist Cao. He was confident that he could settle the interior of Xiangyang for Liu Bei within a few days.
Zhuge Liang is not bragging, he is really confident. Where does this confidence come from?
Of course it comes from the resistance within Xiangyang.
In fact, even Liu Cong himself did not want to surrender, he was purely coerced.
He even felt sorry for Liu Bei and secretly sent someone to tell Liu Bei that Cao Cao had gone south.
Otherwise, there would be no Changbanpo, and Liu Bei might just let Cao Cao be blocked in Xinye City.
Liu Bei is so angry right now. In his opinion, he is now in the same camp as Cao Cao. They are both allies and vassals of Yuan Shao's eldest brother.
This is no joke, Yuan Shao is a good big brother who is 100% pure gold at this time.
Although Yuan Shao and Cao Cao fought to the death later, at this critical point, Yuan Shao is really a good big brother.
Ignoring the harm Gongsun Zan caused to him, he just gathered 5,000 elite soldiers and sent them to Cao Cao. Not only did he bring his own dry food, but he also sent an additional 5,000 stones of grain and grass to Cao Cao. He was worried that his brother Mengde would have nothing to eat. .
What is this if not a good big brother?
The same goes for Liu Bei. He said that each of them had their own masters before and let bygones be bygones. He didn't mind at all that Liu Bei stood in Gongsun Zan's camp and fought with him for three or four years. He also strongly supported Liu Bei in taking over Xuzhou and enthusiastically Welcome brother Liu Bei to join the Yuan Shao family.
At this time, Yuan Shao is the most leading and big brother Yuan Shao.
Liu Bei was relieved, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to be uneasy.
You must know that Mi Zhu is his only two lifeblood. No matter whether Chen Deng or Mi Zhu is touched, the other one will be unable to survive alone.
Liu Bei really hated Cao Cao this time.
"Feng'er, what should I do next?"
Although Liu Bei hated Cao Cao, he also knew that he could not do anything to him at the moment.
I can’t even complain to Yuan Shao.
Don’t say you haven’t caught the evidence yet, what will happen if you do catch the evidence?
Yuan Shao still occupies the east county of Yanzhou. What do you think Cao Cao can do?
Liu Feng didn't know what his father was thinking, he just thought that the other party was asking how to deal with Cao Hong.
"This matter is easy to handle."
Liu Feng had already thought about it: "My father only needs to put Han Xun in jail first, and then sit back and watch Cao Hong make mistakes."
"With Cao Hong's resourcefulness, it is impossible to come up with such a profound, link-by-link strategy."
Liu Feng looked confident: "It is conceivable that someone must be giving Cao Hong advice behind his back. From a child's perspective, this person must be one of Xun Wenruo, Xi Zhicai, and Cheng Li."
"Judging from this technique, I feel that it was Cheng Li's hand."
"Xun Yu is a talented person who is the king's assistant. His strategy is upright and he uses his power to overwhelm others. He may have a strange plan, but he doesn't know how to do it. Such a deed."
"Xi Zhicai comes from a poor family, and he is very clever and good at tricks. However, although this person is very dangerous and cunning, he rarely uses poisonous tricks."
Speaking of this, Liu Feng couldn't help but think of a joke from later generations.
The reason why Cao Cao attaches so much importance to Cheng Yu and Jia Xu is entirely because he found the bottom line of being a human being in these two people.
Cao Cao felt that even if he slaughtered the city everywhere, even if he killed prisoners and robbed the people, compared with the strategies these two people came up with, he was definitely a benevolent king.
"According to my child's opinion, the person hiding behind Cao Hong should be Cheng Li!"
This smell is too familiar. Isn't Cheng Li the best at kidnapping money, especially meat tickets?
“Cheng Li?”
Liu Bei blinked, never heard of it. Could it be that he was Meng De's new counselor?
"Exactly, this person is from Dong'e County. He is very strategic, but he despises the people and treats people like animals."
Hearing this, Liu Bei showed disgust on his face. Colorful, he said angrily: "These people have talent but no virtue. Even if they have peerless talent, they should not be used. How did Mengde become so despised for the people now?"
Liu Feng also seemed concerned. Thinking, this incident sounded a wake-up call for him.
This is the real world, not a game world.
It’s not just that you can develop with peace of mind if you develop with peace of mind.
The forces around you will all penetrate and influence your forces.
Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Kong Rong, Yuan Shu, Sun Ce, Liu Yao, these people are not NPCs, they all have their own opinions and plans.
Just like this time, Liu Feng just wanted to assist Liu Bei to farm land in Xuzhou, digest the Danyang faction, first regain Langya, then Guangling, and finally rebuild Pengcheng and unify Xuzhou.
These things are all internal affairs of Xuzhou and have no intention of expanding outwards.
But as soon as they started, they already saw that Cao Cao was at work.
How many black hands are there that I haven’t seen?
This made Liu Feng shudder.
However, Liu Feng did not continue to think divergently, but gathered it back and suggested: "Father, Cao Guangyi is just a fool. If something happens, he must only turn to the people behind him for help."
"Father, you can quickly take Han Xun into custody and put him in jail to await his punishment. This is a plan to knock down the mountain and shock the tiger."
"Cao Guangyi must be uneasy after a sudden change. As long as he contacts the people behind him, we can follow the clues and catch them all."
Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction. His son had the same idea as him. Therefore, being so tolerant to Cao Hong just now is nothing more than fueling his arrogance. It is best to make him completely get carried away.
"Well, since you are back, go to your grandmother and mother to say hello."
Liu Bei waved his hand: "Now they know that you are going to stay overnight in the military camp. , you should first think about how to explain it to them."
When Liu Feng heard this, he was immediately confused: "Father, I just followed your order..."
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Liu Bei was immediately dissatisfied: "Okay, I will order you to return home now..."
"Father, the child is wrong!"
Feeling that something was wrong, Liu Feng immediately gave in.
Liu Bei felt dissatisfied. When he thought that he had almost suffered for this kid, he couldn't help scolding: "You traitor, get out of here!"
Liu Feng fled the main hall in embarrassment and headed to the backyard.
As he expected, Mother Liu and Mrs. Tian were dissatisfied with him, complaining that he had to go to the military camp for the night at such a young age. Liu Feng could only endure it and secretly share some of the pot with Liu Bei. On the head, he finally got it off by luck.
After coming out, Liu Feng returned to the military camp and trained, ate, slept and slept with the Danyang army. As mentioned before, Danyang produces strong and elite soldiers. Tao Qian and these Danyang soldiers are authentic Danyang soldiers, but why are their combat effectiveness so low?
There are three main reasons. The first reason is naturally that the general is not good enough.
Whether it is Tao Qian or the army leaders Cao Bao and Xu Dan, they are not qualified in terms of ability or courage. Letting them lead will naturally only cause the army's combat effectiveness to decline.
Secondly, these Danyang soldiers have been in Xuzhou, a rich place, for a long time. People are lazy. When they are poor, they can risk their lives, but when they become rich, they will become fearful of themselves. dead. Danyang soldiers originally had very poor military discipline and relied on daring to fight and fight. Now that they can't even dare to fight and fight, they naturally can't become stronger.
Third, there is the issue of organization. These Danyang soldiers have been defeated by Cao Cao three or four times in two years. The morale, morale and organization of the army have been almost eliminated.
The most important thing in an army is not a strong general or a wise man, but organization, followed by military cohesion.
After Liu Feng entered the military camp, the first thing he did was to restore organization.
Whether it is standing up trees and hanging gold, or the victor eating meat, or sharing joys and sorrows, there is only one purpose, which is to build trust in him, Liu Feng, in the hearts of Danyang soldiers.
With trust, what he says can be trusted by everyone, and the organization can gradually recover.
Liu Feng is confident that as long as he is given two or three months, this Danyang soldier will at least improve greatly, not to mention being completely transformed.
If you can regain your confidence in the battle with Chang Xi, the time for changing your appearance will be greatly advanced.
In the following time, Liu Feng was almost on the same line, returning to the state capital once in the morning and evening to check the provinces for Liu's mother, Liu Bei and Tian family in the morning and dusk, and then returned to the military camp to soak.
The training items have gradually increased from simple military stances and walking to team drills and step-by-step confrontations.
Liu Feng tentatively formed spearmen, using bamboo spears up to five meters long.
Fortunately, there were still large bamboo forests in Xuzhou at this time, making it very convenient to obtain materials.
And making a simple bamboo gun is very simple. You only need to wrap one end of the handle and sharpen the other end.
Of course, you can’t do this during training, as it can easily cause accidental injuries.
However, a real bamboo gun is more complicated than this. It needs to make a composite structure of the gun handle, with hardwood such as oak as the core, wrapped with bamboo slices, the gun handle is painted and waterproof, and then joined to the main body of the bamboo gun.
Such a long gun is waterproof, strong and becomes a standard weapon.
In this era of lack of armor, spearmen like this are very powerful.
If you can wear leather armor, use a shield to defend against long-range attacks, and then use an archer to counterattack, it can be said to be an integrated attack and defense.
Coupled with some swordsmen and axemen to deal with the enemy's key breakthroughs, there is no big weakness.
Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang, Xiahou Bo, and Fu Shiren were all surprised by Liu Feng's new combat mode, and they couldn't tell the difference between good and bad for a while.
But just looking at the dense forest of spears in the front, I feel that this spear formation is a bit scary.
However, the spear array is not perfect. Its biggest drawback is that it is bulky.
In addition to the extremely poor mobility, it also requires a high degree of organization for the team. Not only must everyone be united, but at least they must be highly obedient.
There can be no cowards inside, nor can there be reckless men who ignore military orders, let alone disrupt the formation when being shot at from a long distance.
At present, Liu Feng's army is still in its infancy and has a long way to go.
Liu Feng was busy in the military camp, and things were going on outside.
A week later, another news came from the state capital, asking Liu Feng to go back.
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"What a good Cao Hong, a good one to recuperate."
Liu Bei was circling in the hall with his hands behind his back, his face cold and calm, not at all his usual gentle and gentle look.
Just now, he told all the central officials present here that Cao Hong designed to trap him and Mi Zhu, connected with other states, and had an ulterior conspiracy.
"Since Bei entered Xuzhou, he has respected the virtuous officials and respected famous religions. Regarding the political affairs left by Tao Gong, he followed all the political affairs and followed them."
At this time, except for Liu Bei in the hall, In addition, there are also celebrities such as Chen Deng, Mi Zhu, Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Chen Qun and so on.
Lu Su's status is too low. If it is a secret discussion, he can naturally be called to participate.
But now, he can't enter this state government meeting for the time being.
These people sat upright and watched Liu Bei spinning around in the hall, with different expressions on their faces.
Chen Deng had a sneer on his face and cold eyes. In his opinion, Cao Hong was just a fish in the cauldron and a turtle in a urn.
If we honestly give up all the people's wealth and anointing that we plundered in the past and return it to the Xuzhou scholars, maybe we can spare his life and let him return to his hometown, so as to show the kindness of Xuzhou scholars. .
I just didn’t expect this officer to be so stupid and crazy.
This situation was set up to harm Uncle Fang, and Biejia entered the court, so as to restore the dominance of Danyang people in Xuzhou. It was simply harboring evil intentions and was extremely shameless.
If Uncle Fang is soft-hearted today, I will definitely persuade him to kill him!
Mi Zhu was still as gentle as water, silent, neither looking at other people's faces nor talking to others, just sitting upright and minding his own business, following Liu Bei with his eyes, letting others Can't see clearly what he is thinking.
Even in Liu Bei's words, he was considered a party involved, and even the target of the conspiracy, but he still behaved calmly and deeply.
Jian Yong is Liu Bei's confidant Yuan Cong. He is just a dissolute and straightforward person. He is acceptable as a lobbyist but weak as a politician.
Liu Bei called him here because of his identity and status.
At this time, everyone else was sitting upright, except Jian Yong, who was slouching, just sitting comfortably, without any appearance of being engaged.
Sun Qianze was a new sage before Liu Bei. He was a disciple of the master Zheng Xuan. He was recommended by Zheng Xuan and then recruited by Liu Bei to work.
In the novel, this person was Tao Qian's right-hand man. He shared part of the credit with Chen Deng and Mi Zhu, and became one of the heroes who welcomed Liu Bei into Xuzhou. He was also recommended by Tao Qian to entrust him to Liu Bei before he died.
But in official history, this man had nothing to do with Tao Qian. He followed the same path as Zheng Xuan and Kong Rong, and was recommended to Liu Bei's command by them.
Sun Qian is a kind person, speaks volumes, is capable of getting things done, and is excellent in all abilities, but he is not up to the top level, and is considered a big step below Chen Qun.
Sun Qian was a little sensitive at this time. He had just arrived, and this matter involved the political struggle between Zhou Bo and the Danyang faction boss. For him, a newcomer with no background, it was definitely not a good thing.
He didn't want to make any merit in this matter. Preserving himself wisely was the smartest thing to do.
The last Chen Qun has the most complicated thoughts.
He strongly advised Liu Bei not to come to Xuzhou at the beginning, feeling that he could not control the muddy waters in Xuzhou.
But now it seems that I am young.
Liu Bei was not only confident, he was almost ready to kill this mess.
Chen Deng and Mi Zhu have become Liu Bei's strongest supporters, and they are still subordinates, not allies.
Cao Bao, the strongest and highest-ranking member of the Danyang faction, suddenly rebelled. Not only did he alienate his former distant relative, Chief Shi Cao Hong, but he also directly switched to Liu Bei's side at the cost of 4,000 pieces.
Now, the third giant in the Danyang faction and the only big boss in the state capital, Shi Cao Hong, actually handed the matter to Liu Bei himself, so that Liu Bei could not only justifiably remove him, but even You can use him to scare the monkeys.
Although Chen Qun still couldn't see clearly how things could change so smoothly to Liu Bei's side, he was already keenly aware that Liu Bei was in Xuzhou and was about to become the real lord of Xuzhou, holding the two major powers of military and political affairs. .
This is undoubtedly good news for Chen Qun.
Chen Qun followed Liu Bei to Xuzhou under such difficult circumstances. Liu Bei will never forget this kindness.
Now it seems that the stronger Liu Bei is in Xuzhou, the more qualified and capable he will be to protect Yuzhou in the future.
As for whether Liu Bei is willing to go to Yuzhou, Chen Qun believes that he will definitely be willing.
If Xuzhou, a place of four wars, does not expand to the outside world, what is the difference between sitting back and waiting for death?
"Gentlemen, what crime should Cao Hong deserve for being so secretive and sneaky, trying to harm his lord and colleagues, and betraying the state and county?"
Finally, Liu Bei stopped circling and looked towards the hall. Zhongzhu engaged in: "Everyone, please speak freely."
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