Chapter 295 Joining Liu Biao
Lujiang was his home base that he had acquired with great difficulty and worked hard for more than two years. How could Liu Xun be willing to give up here, let alone that he was still ambitious and regarded this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. A good opportunity.
"De Gui, I will give in for now. You can ask Liu Shijun to come to your aid as soon as possible."
Since Liu Xun has made a decision, he naturally wants to urge Liu Biao to hurry up. Note: "Liu Feng also has twenty or thirty thousand people in his hands. Once General Zuo surrenders, the Ruyin, Shencheng, and Xiacai front lines will all collapse. Liu Bei will soon go south to Shouchun to join forces with Liu Feng. Get there At that time, even if General Zuo's surrender is not included, Liu Bei's army should be at least 50,000 strong."
"Right now, there are only 10,000 people guarding Shucheng, and the Zhou family, Zheng family and other families in the city may not be the same as me. One heart.”
Liu Xun deliberately showed a worried look and said uneasily: "If the other party continues to go south, Shucheng may not be able to support it."
Cai Hao sneered in his heart, feeling that Liu Xun was harsh and cowardly, ambitious but also courageous. Small as a mouse.
But there was a high-sounding guarantee on his face: "Don't worry, Zitai, I will urge Mr. Huangfu to send troops eastward as soon as possible for reinforcements. At the same time, my lord will also send another envoy to Shouchun to meet him. Xuande Gong, tell him the cause and effect in order to resolve the war."
When Liu Xun heard Cai Mao mention this matter, he asked solemnly: "Degui, did Liu Shijun send someone there? Operation in the DPRK? "
There are only three fundamental reasons why Liu Xun dared to join Liu Biao so boldly.
First, he was greedy for profit and was dazzled by Huang Zu's treatment. He felt that Liu Biao gave too much and the status of an independent vassal town was too tempting. Seeing how happy Huang Zu was in Jiangxia, Liu Xun naturally also I want to learn from others.
Second, it was a misjudgment of the strength of Liu Biao and Liu Bei. From the bottom of his heart, he did not feel how strong Liu Bei was.
After all, on the surface, Liu Bei is still the defeated general who was chased from Hebei to Xuzhou by Cao Cao.
And after Cao Cao’s massacre, all the warlords thought that Xuzhou was in decline and the population loss was too great.
Almost nothing is known about Liu Feng's plan to recuperate in Xuzhou. Even Cao Cao and Yuan Shao don't know much about it. How can Liu Xun, a local military leader, know about it.
In his opinion, Liu Bei was so aggressive that he almost squeezed Xuzhou dry, otherwise he would not be able to support an army of 60,000 to 70,000 people.
Thirdly, Liu Xun still had an account in his mind, that is, he was still nominally a minister of Yuan Shu, and Liu Biao was also a loyal minister recognized by the emperor.
Don't underestimate this, it means that it is legal for him to surrender to Liu Biao, because everyone in the world is a king's minister, and Liu Bei is not a Yangzhou shepherd.
But Liu Xun underestimated Liu Bei's determination. He was simply gambling with his life.
Because once Liu Bei becomes serious, there are several ways to strangle him to death.
The emperor's edict clearly stated that Liu Bei should be in charge of the affairs of the three states, and anyone with two thousand stones or less from the state can make his own decision. Not to mention that the emperor also made Liu Yan the governor of Lujiang. Liu Bei could completely deny Liu Xun's surrender and continue to use troops against him.
So Liu Xun was essentially gambling on his life. If he won the bet, he would seize Lujiang and become a powerful vassal like Huang Zu. If he lost the bet, the three clans would be at peace.
No matter how good-tempered Liu Bei is, he can't spare him unless he can come up with another jade seal to pass down the country.
"Zitai can rest assured, Liu Shijun has already sent people to the court to contact the court, and Mr. Cao may come to his aid."
Cai Mao immediately expressed his position: "You and I are both old friends of Mr. Cao. , knowing his talents well, now that Cao Gonggui is a general and in charge of the government, he will not let Liu Bei do whatever he wants."
Liu Xun thought about it carefully, and it was indeed as Cai Mao said. Cao Cao had great ambitions, outstanding talents, and a treacherous nature. Judging from Cao Cao's character, he should also want to bury Liu Bei in the sand.
In this way, Liu Xun felt more confident, but he still did not forget to tell Cai Mao: "Degui, Mr. Cao needs to contact you as soon as possible and ask for it with great courtesy. If this happens, I will definitely retaliate."
In Liu Xun's eyes, Liu Bei's expedition against Yuan Shu was really a God-given opportunity.
In his opinion, Liu Bei and Yuan Shu are equally powerful and have similar military strength, and Yuan Shu also has the advantage of defending the city.
The biggest possibility is that both sides will suffer losses.
In fact, not only Liu Xun thought so, but Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, even Liu Yao, and Sun Ce all made this judgment.
Siege warfare in this era is really difficult.
Even Liu Beijun himself was ready for a bloody battle.
After all, the counterweighted trebuchet can only increase the firepower of Liu Bei's army and suppress the firepower of the city wall and city head, but it cannot replace the infantry on the city head or in hand-to-hand combat at the gap.
In the end, the path to victory must be achieved through hand-to-hand combat.
Therefore, Liu Xun felt that he had enough time to wait and see and choose the best time to change his family.
But no one would have thought that Yuan Shu could not survive for a month.
Unexpectedly, Liu Feng would actually win over Sun Xiang, force Zhou Yu to surrender, attack Chengde by surprise, and sneak into Shouchun City by pretending to be reinforcements from Yuan's army in the south.
He even captured Yuan Shu alive in one fell swoop, which made Liu Xun extremely embarrassed.
In fact, after the news of Shouchun's fall and Yuan Shu's capture came, Liu Xun once intended to retreat.
As long as Liu Bei and Liu Feng are willing to recognize his position as the governor of Lujiang and retain his status and privileges in Lujiang, he will most likely surrender to Liu Bei.
But how could Liu Bei and his son tolerate such a vassal within a vassal? Even Liu Xun knew that his idea was nothing more than a daydream.
Betray Yuan Shu and surrender to Liu Biao, and betray Liu Bei and surrender to Liu Biao.
These are two completely different things, and the consequences are even more different.
Liu Xun is quite clear about this.
The reason is quite simple, because Liu Bei was ordered to fight against thieves, and he was ordered by the emperor to attack Yuan Shu.
Essentially, the territory that was conquered also belonged to the emperor, but the emperor gave it to Liu Bei to manage.
But the problem is here, Liu Biao is also loyal to the emperor. If Liu Xun surrenders to Liu Biao, Liu Bei will have no reason to attack Liu Xun, because Liu Xun is also a Han official.
In terms of the justice of the court, Liu Bei had no reason to ask Liu Xun to surrender to him, and there was no reason to ask Liu Xun not to surrender to Liu Biao.
Because Liu Biao is also a courtier of the Han family, his territory is also nominally the territory of the imperial court.
On the surface, Liu Xun seems to be the same as everyone he surrenders, and there is nothing wrong with that.
But if Liu Xun surrenders to Liu Bei, then you can no longer think wildly.
Surrendering to Liu Biao now can be called a gamble, but if trouble occurs again after surrendering to Liu Bei, it would be suicide.
In addition, Liu Xun also had a huge reliance on Cao Cao and Liu Biao. In his opinion, Liu Biao was also a loyal minister of the imperial court in name, so it was reasonable and reasonable for him to betray Yuan Shu and seek refuge with Liu Biao.
Instead of competing with Liu Biao for Lujiang, Liu Bei might as well go to Jiangdong first.
After all, everyone knows that persimmons should be pinched first when they are soft.
Especially in Liu Xun's view, Liu Bei was nominally the governor of the three states of Yu, Xu, and Yang, but in fact Pengcheng was a white land, and Xuzhou had suffered from wars and its strength had been greatly reduced. However, Runan and Penan in Yuzhou are both newly acquired areas and will take time to digest.
However, Liu Biao has occupied Jingzhou for many years, has well-equipped troops, and has a much better record than Liu Bei. Not only did he kill Sun Jian, but he also drove Yuan Shu away from Nanyang.
Especially this is a head-on confrontation, the competition is about hard power, not Liu Feng's machinations.
After all, hard power is always there, but opportunities to steal chickens are rare.
If Liu Xun himself were in Liu Bei's position, there is a high possibility that he would temporarily put aside Lujiang and enter Jiangdong first.
A Wu county is several times richer than Lujiang, let alone the three counties of Danyang, Kuaiji and Yuzhang.
Liu Bei should be able to tell clearly which one is more important.
This is Liu Xun’s confidence.
Some people may think that Liu Xun has no brains, but in fact, Liu Xun was like this in history.
In the third year of Jian'an, Cao Cao raised a large army and marched south to conquer Yuan Shu. He was unstoppable along the way, winning three battles in three battles. He killed four generals of Yuan's army, namely Qiaorui, Li Feng, Liang Gang and Lejiu. Zhang Xun was defeated and fled for 500 miles.
He beat Yuan Shu so hard that he fled with his head in his arms and huddled in Shouchun City waiting for death.
At that time, Cao Cao's troops were approaching Shouchun City, and Sun Ce had already swept across the east of the Yangtze River, facing him across the Lujiang River.
In this case, Liu Xun and Cao Cao are still old friends and have a relationship at the level of close friends.
Not only did Liu Xun have no intention of surrendering to Cao Cao, he even took the initiative to accept Yuan Shu's son-in-law Huang Yi and his younger brother Yuan Yin after Yuan Shu's death. Later, he also led people to ambush him halfway and wanted to defect to Jiangdong. Sun Ce's Yang Hong and Zhang Xun captured a large number of people and wealth and brought them back to Shucheng.
What is this operation?
How can Liu Bei at this time be as powerful as Cao Cao at this time in Yuankong?
How can Liu Feng be as famous as the little overlord who swept across Jiangdong?
Isn’t Liu Xun’s action more bold and crazy than in this time and space?
This is openly opposing Cao Cao and Sun Ce at the same time. Later, Sun Ce crossed the river to attack Liu Xun. It was Liu Biao who sent the Jiangxia Army to rescue him. Huang Zu's eldest son Huang She personally led the troops and also brought the most elite Changshe Army with him.
It can be seen that Liu Xun and Liu Biao actually had a deep relationship secretly for a long time.
Most of Liu Xun's confidence came from Liu Biao, so he was quite polite to Cai Mao. He immediately and respectfully thanked Liu Biao and Cai Mao for their help, and once again promised to repay Cai Mao generously.
At least this attitude made Cai Mao very satisfied, and he once again promised that he would go all out to assist Liu Xun.
Liu Xun then discussed some details with Cai Hao. At the same time, Cai Hao decided to return to Jiangxia in person to urge Huang Zu to send troops.
Although Liu Xun was not happy with Cai Mao's departure, he was righteous and had sufficient reasons, so Liu Xun had no choice but to let him go.
On the occasion of parting, Liu Xun also presented many gifts, including many treasures, such as the snow salt and frosting sugar that Liu Xun spent a lot of effort to obtain. Especially frosting sugar, which is Yuan Shu's favorite, almost on the same level as honey water.
These gifts made Cai Mao smile. He was very humble and finally returned home with a full load.
That night, Liu Xun personally hosted a banquet in honor of Yuan Yin and Yang Hong.
Yang Hong made a powerful statement for Liu Xun at the banquet. At the same time, he strongly praised Liu Feng for his young achievements, and urged Liu Xun to abandon the dark side and surrender to Liu Bei. He even offered a condition that Yuan Yin did not know.
If Liu Xun felt that the position of county guard was low, Liu Bei was willing to recommend Liu Xun to go to Luozhong, and was even willing to give Liu Xun a guarantee to at least get him a job as a Jiuqing.
This is a great deal of sincerity. After all, you, Liu Xun, only have the territory of a county. The current situation is no longer the same as when the princes challenged Dong.
At that time, a county was already a pretty good starting point, and most of the princes were at this level.
But now the situation is very different. After several years of conquests and annexations, the princes are now connected across states and counties. Objectively speaking, there is no way out for a small warlord like you.
Handing over territory and military power and becoming a high-ranking official in Luozhong may not be a bad ending.
Not to mention that if Liu Xun was willing to choose this path, Liu Bei also promised to give him 500,000 yuan in money, 300 shi of grain, 5 shi of snow and salt, 50 jins of frosted sugar, and 200 bolts of silk every year.
It can be said that he is very considerate.
At least Yang Hong himself was moved.
Liu Feng still hopes to send a message to Lujiang. Less war means less damage, and he can also buy time.
But in Liu Xun's view, he had Lujiang in his hands, so what money, food, silk and silk could he not have?
Use your charity to give me these things?
The negotiations naturally ended on bad terms.
Yang Hong tried to persuade Liu Xun until the end, and even made Liu Xun impatient.
The next day, Yang Hong, who failed to persuade Liu Xun to leave, asked to go, but Liu Xun in turn comforted him.
"Changshi, you have to give me some time to think about it, right?"
Liu Xun said eloquently: "How can I solve such a big thing in one day."
Yang Hong then compromised and waited for Liu Xun's long examination.
But in fact, Yang Hong had already secretly sent the message, and the message was sent out of Lujiang and straight to Shouchun.
Liu Feng opened the message and saw that there were only four words on it: "There is a change in Lujiang."
In fact, Yang Hong didn't believe Liu Xun's words at all. He also knew that something had happened here in Liu Xun. , but he tried hard to persuade Liu Xun. On the one hand, he wanted to fight for it again, and on the other hand, he was also pretending.
Yang Hong was in Shucheng, so he was naturally worried about Liu Xun being silenced.
So he had to pretend to be ignorant, persuade Liu Xun in every possible way openly, and spread the news secretly.
No matter what, if he can spread the news of the changes in Lujiang, Yang Hong has made a meritorious service.
After Liu Feng got the news, he immediately convened a meeting.
Soon, Liu Ye, Zhou Yu, Sun Xiang and a group of generals in the city were summoned, including Yuan Huan, Shu Zheng brothers, Shi Mao and other trusted generals of Yuan Shu's army.
"Gentlemen, Yang Hong sent a message from Shucheng, saying that Liu Xun has changed. I wonder what your opinions are?"
Liu Fengzhu organized a brainstorming session, especially inviting Yuan Shu's surrender, that is, I want to expand my thoughts and horizons.
They have been working with Liu Xun for two years, and they must know much more than newcomers like themselves.
Sure enough, after Liu Feng said this, Yuan Huan and others showed deep thoughts on their faces.
After a moment, Shu Zheng was the first to speak: "In the southern expedition, Liu Zitai was trapped in Lujiang, but it was only a county. There was Dajiang in the south, Dabie in the west, and both directions in the east and north were already there. Our army is in control. Lujiang County has now become a strategic point."
"Looking at it from this point of view, the only way to go is to surrender."
Shu Zheng continued: "But now that Liu Xun has other ideas, he obviously has other support, and other forces may join him."
I have to say that Shu Zheng’s idea is very correct.
Liu Ye, Zhou Yu and other smart people had actually guessed it a long time ago, and they had even concluded that the person who intervened was probably Liu Biao.
This is actually not difficult to understand. There are only three people around Lujiang, Liu Biao, Liu Yao, and Hua Xin. Liu Yao is trapped in the north of Danyang and cannot move. Hua Xin is ruling inaction in Yuzhang and does not have any strong troops. .
Only Liu Biao had enough strength and motivation to intervene in Lujiang.
"What Mr. Shu said is true."
After Liu Feng praised him, he asked: "Can you please teach me who wants to interfere in Lujiang River?"
Liu Ye and Zhou Yu looked at each other and laughed together, but neither of them spoke.
On the other hand, Shi Mao, one of Yuan Shu's surrendered generals, tried his best and said: "I was ordered by General Zuo to temporarily station in Lujiang. During that period, Liu Xun had very close trade relations with Jingzhou."
"The person who intervened in this matter may be Liu Jingsheng."
Liu Feng nodded in agreement: "Liu Jingsheng was in Jingxiang, and he always wanted to expand outward. When Liu Yan died in Shu, there was Liu Biao instigated Yizhou's powerful forces to rebel, and then went north to regain Nanyang. He fought and made peace with the Xiliang army many times, which shows that he always had the intention of expansion. "
" Well, Liu Jingsheng, we have worked so hard to break into Shouchun, but he is hiding behind and trying to take advantage of us. Do you really think we are dead?"
Pan Zhang was furious, got up and pointed at Liu. Feng Qingying said: "Young Master, at the end of the day, I will ask you to be the vanguard. First break the Lujiang River, and then Jiangxia. Go to Xiangyang and ask what the old dog's intentions are!"
"Insolent!"
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Liu Feng was furious and scolded: "You are so bold. Liu Jingsheng is the shepherd of Jingzhou ordered by the imperial court to become the Marquis of Wu. Wen Gui'an dares to be so presumptuous. Retreat quickly."
Pan Zhang was arrested. After Liu Feng's instruction, he immediately lowered his head and retreated.
He did not dare to have any grudge against Liu Feng, but instead placed the blame on Liu Biao and Liu Xun.
It was these two guys who caused me to be scolded by the young master. If there is a chance in the future, I will definitely take revenge.
After scolding Pan Zhang, Liu Feng saw some silence in the crowd and took the initiative to say: "The current changes in Lujiang are probably caused by Liu Jingzhou."
Now that he had decided who was behind the scenes, Liu Feng continued to ask: "If this is the case, what should Feng do? I hope you guys can teach me."
Zhang Liao was the first to speak: "General, Regardless of whether Liu Xun has different intentions, the top priority is to send an advance army to Hefei."
Liu Feng looked at Zhang Liao with a strange look in his eyes: "Hefei?"
"Exactly! "
Although Zhang Liao was aware of it, he didn't take it seriously. He talked to himself and said: "Hefei is an important place between the north and the south. If I get it, the Lujiang River will be under my control. If Liu Xun gets it, our army's march south will be blocked by Hefei."
Liu Feng nodded in agreement: "What General Wenyuan said coincides with me."
As he said that, Liu Feng showed a confident smile and said: "As early as after entering Shouchun, I have already passed on A letter was sent to Master Taishi, ordering him to divide five hundred elite cavalry with Liang Dao, and command Liang Dao to command his troops to move south immediately and stationed in Hefei. Three days ago, the matter was completed, and Liang Dao had already taken over the defense of Hefei. "< br>
Zhang Liao hurriedly raised his hands and said: "The general is far-sighted and Liao has spoken."
(End of this chapter)