Chapter 264 Helping Yuan Long
Under the worried eyes of Liu Feng and Chen Deng, Hua Tuo continued: "This disease can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause."
Looked at Chen Deng Afterwards, Hua Tuo added: "If Mr. Fu stops eating raw fish, the relapse may take a long time. If he continues to eat raw fish, he will definitely relapse within two or three years."
Chen Deng's face turned pale. Although he can remain open-minded and cheerful in the moment of life and death, it does not mean that he can really ignore life and death.
It is better to die than to live. Chen Deng still has a lot of ideals and ambitions that have not been realized, so how could he die so easily.
But...but he wants to stop eating fish!
It’s really difficult.
Chen Deng's face was extremely ugly, and he was very troubled in his heart.
This fish is his favorite thing, but now he has to give it up for his life.
Liu Feng spoke at the right time and said: "Mr. Yuanlong, Yusheng, Xiaodaoer, the world, the great road. Which is more important, sir, you should make your own decision."
What to decide?
Of course it is better to abandon the small road for the big road.
So, Chen Deng closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then opened his eyes again: "Young Master and Divine Doctor Hua really laughed. In this case, from today on, Deng will never eat fish again. ”
Liu Feng was immediately overjoyed.
Hua Tuo also nodded repeatedly: "If Mr. Fu can stop eating raw fish, even if it relapses, it will not be as dangerous as this time."
Chen Dengxian glanced at the bugs in the bucket, feeling shocked and disgusted at the same time. Finally, he nodded vigorously: "Thank you, sir."
Hua Tuo smiled. He and the Chen family were old acquaintances. Chen Deng's father Chen Gui was very kind to him, and with the relationship between them, it was only natural to treat him.
Since the onset of the disease, Chen Deng has experienced abdominal distension and pain, chest tightness, and no appetite. Even if he tried hard, he would vomit as much as he ate.
After being tortured like this, I felt a little sleepy at this time.
Liu Feng immediately asked people to take down the bugs and burn them, then arranged a place for Hua Tuo to rest, and finally left Chen Deng's bedroom to let him have a good rest.
Hua Tuo's medical skills were so great that Chen Deng was able to eat the next day and had a good appetite.
If Liu Feng hadn't been worried and wouldn't let him eat more, he could have finished a small pot of corn porridge in one go.
On the third day, Chen Deng, who was still dying before, was able to get off the ground and looked almost the same as a normal person.
As soon as Chen Deng got well, he thanked Hua Tuo very much. That night, he even held a banquet for Hua Tuo and also presented him with generous gifts of money and silk as a token of his gratitude.
Afterwards, Chen Deng approached Liu Feng and asked about many matters regarding his trip north.
The two chatted very easily. Liu Bei and his son had great trust in Chen Deng, and there was almost no cover-up. And Chen Deng is also a smart man. Many problems will not go over the line and will not make it difficult for Liu Feng.
"Nowadays, the general in the DPRK has monopolized power. At first, he may be able to calmly act as a chariot. But if time goes by, with the character of the general, he will definitely cause trouble."
Chen Deng hit the nail on the head, He figured out Cao Cao's character.
Chen Deng and Cao Cao actually knew each other, but they were not close.
When Chen Deng was studying in Luozhong, he met Cao Cao at the houses of generals He Jin, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu. Even though Cao Cao had already served two thousand shi at that time, in terms of status, , he is not as good as Chen Deng.
Chen Deng’s uncle is Chen Qiu!
Sangong, the real person, died trying to eradicate the eunuchs.
The ingredients are so good, it can’t be redder.
It’s just that Chen Gui kept a low profile, and Chen Deng was not optimistic about General He Jin, so he ran away and went home.
Chen Deng’s analysis of Cao Cao and the situation of the court is quite reliable, and he almost agrees with Liu Feng’s ideas.
That's why Liu Feng is now so scrambling against time and so aggressive that it scares his father. This is partly due to this.
Liu Feng nodded and agreed with Chen Deng's words: "The general cannot get the position of Sili Xiaowei. If he wants to make large-scale substitutions, he will have to rely on time."
Sili Xiaowei can directly investigate officials with two thousand stones. If he can get the support of the emperor, he will have the dual authority of investigation and review.
It is like the powers of the Public Security Bureau, the Procuratorate and the Law have been merged into one. Faced with this situation, who can withstand it?
This is also the reason why Liu Feng spent so much effort to transfer Sili Xiaowei to Zhong Yao.
The emperor now has the support of Colonel Sili, and Colonel Sili has the endorsement of Xuzhou's military force.
If Cao Cao wants to replace officials on a large scale and replace his own confidants, he can only rely on hard work to accumulate.
Liu Feng made a rough estimate and found that it would take at least a year to slowly occupy some key positions.
Then Liu Feng will take advantage of this year to give the widow Cao a huge surprise.
“Young Master’s strategy of going south, Deng strongly agrees with it.”
Liu Feng's ideas and strategic plan for going south have been fully informed to Chen Deng. The latter is extremely supportive of this, but he also has some cautions.
"I just wish that Deng couldn't go south to join the war, and could only sit back and watch the achievements of the southern monarchs."
Chen Deng was determined and difficult to adjust.
But he, the prefect of Dongguan, had actually just served for one year. If he wanted to go south, a smooth transfer would mean a high promotion.
After all, he, the prefect of Dongguan, was specially designated to allow Chen Deng to perform his duties, and Guangling is a large county with more than a dozen counties.
More importantly, Chen Deng knew the reason and purpose of Liu Bei placing him in Dongguan.
Besides, Chen Deng has done a lot of work in the entire Langya County for this purpose, and he is about to reap the rewards. He is not willing to leave at this time.
“If you really want to go, I’ll help you think of a way.”
After hearing this, Liu Feng smiled and joked: “Even if it can’t be smooth, if Mr. Yuan Long can’t If you give up, you can join my general's shogunate."
After hearing this, Chen Deng burst into laughter. In fact, he had already received an invitation from Liu Bei to invite him to his shogunate.
Now Liu Feng also spoke, which made Chen Deng feel happy. He only felt that Liu Bei and his son's respect and favor for him were, if not the only one, then they were among the top three.
"Forget it, we have made some progress here, and it is expected to be a great achievement."
Chen Deng told Liu Feng excitedly.
It turns out that there are two big pirates in the entire East China Sea, one is Guancheng in the south of Xuezhou and the other in the north.
Xuezhou is mainly located in Guangling and the Donghai coastal area, while Guan Cheng's home base is in the Langya coastal area and the entire Donglai coastal area.
The two of them were quite in harmony with each other, each divided their power and dominated one side.
When Liu Feng slaughtered the salt tycoons in the East China Sea, he actually killed Xue Zhou's collaborators.
It’s just that Xuzhou’s army is powerful and Guangling is already under its control, so Xuezhou can only swallow its anger.
Although the salt tycoons here in Langya are far less powerful and wealthy than Donghai, they are still quite popular. They rely on Guan Cheng to evade taxes and are considered good citizens. They are more fierce and directly resist taxes with force.
Xue Zhou could endure it mainly because his territory overlapped with Liu Bei's. If Liu Bei was angered, he would have almost no place to escape.
But Guan Cheng thought he was different. His territory in Donglai was beyond Liu Bei's reach.
And due to the relationship between Yuan Shao and Yuan Tan, it is temporarily inconvenient for Liu Bei to continue to reach out to Donglai.
Rather than aggravating the relationship with the Yuan family for the sake of Donglai County, where the island is rampant, the population is declining, the land is not fertile, and the only salt industry has merit, it is better to go all out to the south to gain greater benefits. .
So, due to a strange combination of circumstances, Guan Cheng really let him make the right calculation.
However, the changes at the end of last year made Chen Deng feel a little itchy.
Since Zhang Miao, Chen Gong and Lu Bu were resettled in Donglai, fierce conflicts immediately broke out with local powerful people and pirates.
Even though it was winter, the two parties had fought several times in temperatures as low as ten degrees below zero.
Among them, Lu Bu directly rode on light cavalry and raided the pirate stronghold in Weihai City in later generations. He killed more than a hundred pirates on the spot and defeated more than 400. It can be regarded as a deadly feud with Guan Cheng.
Seeing that spring is about to begin, both sides are getting ready to make a big move.
After Chen Deng received the news, he immediately had a lot of ideas, especially the wealthy salt families along the coast of Langya, which were particularly annoying.
But if you really want to move them, it's really difficult, even more difficult than what Liu Feng encountered at that time.
After the incident in the East China Sea, these salt tycoons have all become thieves and thieves. The core of the family and their military forces have all withdrawn to the Wubao outside the county. They will not easily enter the city, and will never be able to enter the city again. It was as easy as Liu Feng closing the door and catching rabbits.
According to Chen Deng's estimation, Liu Bei would have to be asked to send at least 4,000 to 8,000 additional men to the north, and it would take another year or two.
Based on Chen Deng’s plan, he wanted to bring one faction together to fight another, and it would be best if he could seize the opportunity and destroy several of them in one fell swoop. But this kind of opportunity is hard to come by, especially after the East China Sea Incident. What the salt tycoons want to guard against is to catch them all in one fell swoop.
Therefore, Chen Deng thinks that a more reliable method is to first select one or two companies that are usually the most domineering and take the lead in resisting taxes and kill them for other monkeys to see.
Although Chen Deng also coveted the wealth of those salt tycoons, he really couldn't find a chance to completely destroy them. Moreover, these salt tycoons were not weaklings, they all had knives in their hands.
If one person is not good, he will rise up and rebel.
After listening to this, Liu Feng glanced at Chen Deng.
Although this man was still sitting upright, looking like a celebrity, his eyes were fixed on Liu Feng, with a look of hope hidden in them.
"How many troops does Mr. Yuanlong specifically want?"
Liu Feng couldn't hold it back in the end. If it weren't for the conflict between Lu Bu and Guan Cheng, he would definitely not approve of Chen Deng taking action at this time. .
But now that Lu Bu has taken the initiative to help build the bridge, those salt tycoons must also be worried about their own safety.
If Chen Deng does it beautifully at this time, he can indeed get twice the result with half the effort.
Another important reason is that Guangling’s 30,000 horses can actually be reduced.
As long as the offensive posture is switched to a containment posture, only 15,000 men are needed in the Guangling direction.
Liu Feng's 30,000 men pushed directly towards Wu Junping step by step, regardless of whether Sun Ce could not cross the river or whether they supported Yuan Shu or not.
But if we just increase the number of troops in Jurong and force Sun Ce to deploy heavy troops to defend Qu'a and Dantu, there will be no need for 30,000 troops, and 15,000 will be enough.
Besides, these soldiers and horses can be transferred south at any time, so they can be regarded as helping Chen Deng.
If Chen Deng can do this well, Langya's taxes can be increased by at least 30% to 50%, which will also be of great benefit to Xuzhou's salt and iron patent policy.
Chen Deng had already made a calculation in his mind and blurted out: "Six thousand people, it is best to have five hundred knights."
Liu Feng thought about it for a while and said: "Okay, I will ask my father to tune Uncle Long went north, and his troops were 4,000 men. I will also transfer Jia Kui's troops to 2,000 troops, including 1,000 Sanhe Jingqi. Is Mr. Yuanlong satisfied?"
Chen Deng suddenly responded. He was overjoyed, he just wanted five hundred knights to cover the battlefield and block the forts of the salt tycoons from helping each other.
Because the place is not small, sometimes you have to take detours. Five hundred knights is the minimum. If you have less than this number, you will be stretched thin.
Now that Liu Feng has directly allocated a thousand cavalry to him, Chen Deng's next plan will be much easier.
"Okay!"
Chen Deng suddenly became excited, and Zheng Rong gave Liu Feng a big gift.
Liu Feng was a little surprised, but heard Chen Deng continue: "The three counties of Langya have suffered greatly from the salt tyrants and pirates. I didn't know it when I came to the future, but I knew the harm done by the pirates and salt tycoons later. A fierce tiger."
Liu Feng suddenly felt ashamed.
Perhaps I am too utilitarian.
But now is a time of great strife, and his own strategy is indeed the fastest way to stabilize the world.
When the three families of Cao, Liu, and Sun stood in power, the registered population in the world was only eight million. Even if there were a large number of hidden households, could these hidden households still compare to those of Emperor Ling?
You must know that the hidden house did not only appear after the troubled times.
After the chaos in the world, the number of hidden households also decreased. Could it be that when Cao Cao massacred Xuzhou, he would still distinguish whether you were a registered household or a hidden household?
Therefore, as long as Liu Bei can take control of the world as soon as possible, he can save the lives of millions more people.
"Don't worry, I will return the troops and horses to you within half a year."
Seeing Liu Feng in a daze, Chen Deng thought that the other party was worried about the transfer of troops from the south to the north, so he quickly made a guarantee.
It is March now, and troops will be launched in the south in September at the latest. Even if Guangling is late, it should be launched in October.
If you take into account the time spent on the road, these seconded soldiers and horses Chen Deng will take less than half a year.
But even so, Chen Deng was quite satisfied.
Even if they don't take action, if they attack the extra 6,000 elites and 1,000 knights, the salt tycoons will probably reap a lot of benefits.
This is the power of the knife handle.
Liu Feng came to his senses, smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, these six thousand soldiers and horses will be handed over to Mr. Yuan Long. You can return them to us after you use them. If you delay, you can return to us next year." It's the same thing."
"Is this true?"
Chen Deng looked surprised, and then said seriously: "Zisheng, I'm very grateful that you are willing to help me accomplish this. If the southward strategy is delayed because of this, it will be a small gain but a big loss.”
Liu Feng laughed, his smile full of confidence: "Mr. Yuanlong, don't worry, I have all the plans to go south. Six thousand troops and horses will not affect the overall situation."
Chen Deng quietly said Staring at him, he said slowly after a moment: "Okay, Deng will thank Zi Sheng for now. I will never refuse if I have my destiny in the future."
Seeing that Chen Deng's health was getting better day by day, Liu Feng left Hua behind. Tuo continued to look after him, while he rushed back to Tancheng first.
The time has come to March, and various tasks are still eager to start. The biggest things require Liu Feng to promote them personally.
The first thing to do is to arrange for the people of Guangling. This time when going south to Jiangdong, Guangling must prepare at least 15,000 people. These people can be arranged to start mobilizing after the summer harvest, but the list must be determined as early as possible.
In this way, when the time comes, manpower can be recruited step by step to avoid delaying the military situation.
Also, an additional 10,000 soldiers will be recruited throughout Liu Bei's sphere of influence. These soldiers will undergo basic training and then be used as supplementary soldiers to supplement the losses on the front line at any time.
Coupled with the return of the army to Xuzhou, various rewards must be distributed in time.
There will be another big war in the second half of the year. Rewarding and rewarding the soldiers as soon as possible can help the soldiers maintain their morale and restore their fighting spirit.
According to Liu Feng's schedule, Taishi Ci, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang will hand over their infantry after returning to Tancheng. They were then organized into cavalry corps, each commanding 2,000 men, for a total of 6,000 cavalry.
With Tai Shici as the chief general and Zhang Liao and Xu Huang as deputy generals, they quietly stationed in Dongcheng in mid-August, ready to attack Shaopi and destroy Yuan Shu's reinforcements in southern Jiujiang.
At the same time, Jia Kui led a thousand men from his headquarters and Jia Bin's thousand Sanhe knights to go north to Dongguan, obeying Chen Deng's dispatch.
Zaifei ordered Zhao Yun's troops to regroup that day and prepare to go north to Dongguan.
The departure time was when Gao Shun's troops went south to take over the defense of Guangling City.
Finally, the entire Yuyang campaign layout has been completely formed.
The western front consists of Guan Yu's first army, with Guan Yu as the main general and He Yi as the deputy general. The total strength is 15,000 people. Another 10,000 yellow scarf young men are mobilized as civilians to escort food and weapons.
The order given to Guan Yu is quite simple. The main purpose is to let him suppress the cities in the west of Runan. If these counties are willing to surrender, that would be the best. If they are unwilling to surrender, Guan Yu does not need to attack by force and continues to the middle. Just get closer.
For the Yellow Turban Army along the way, He Yi can be the leader to negotiate. Those who can be persuaded to surrender will be persuaded to surrender and given military positions in Xuzhou.
If you are unwilling to surrender, as long as there is no hostility, you don't need to pay attention.
The middle road has Liu Bei's personal guards as the core, and has four captains under its jurisdiction, including his personal guards, Xiahou Bo, Zhuoying, and Chen Daochao, with a total of 18,000 people.
Then 6,000 people from Tianyu were transferred from Pei State to help, with a total force of 24,000.
On the east road, Uncle Zhang personally took action and commanded six thousand troops, heading south to Longkang.
Yuan Shu only garrisoned more than a thousand troops in Longkang, so he should be able to attack them in one fell swoop.
As for Xuzhou, it has become a hinterland at this time, and it is no problem to garrison more than a thousand county soldiers.
Besides, Jiangdong Erzhang is still in charge of Tancheng, and the top leaders among the local nobles are Liu Bei's die-hards. Zhang Fei continues to be in charge of Tancheng, which is a waste of his abilities and troops.
Finally, it was Guangling. Liu Feng asked Gao Shun to replace Zhao Yun and take over the defense of Guangling City. Originally, Zhao Yun was also in the Guangling Legion, but now he was transferred to Dongguan to help Chen Deng.
Therefore, Guangling's final military strength actually did not change. It gathered Gao Shun, Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang and other troops, as well as 6,000 naval troops, for a total strength of 18,000.
At the same time, there is still the possibility of continued expansion of these teams.
It’s just the current situation. Replenishment troops give priority to expanding Liu Bei’s personal guards and Zhang Fei and Guan Yu’s troops.
Only when there are sufficient additional troops, Gao, Xu, and Pan will be expanded to 6,000 men.
After all, the Guangling Legion is under the least pressure and takes the latest action, and may even continue to maintain a state of confrontation.
(End of this chapter)