Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 645 The Controversy Between Zhang Liao and Wei Xu
While Zhu Wei was busy sorting out the follow-up matters on Shouchun's side, many changes gradually occurred on Xuzhou's side because of Lu Bu's death.

At the beginning, because of Lu Bu's death, Xuzhou was indeed a bit chaotic. Zang Ba, who occupied Taishan County, immediately sent troops to Pengcheng, wanting to take the opportunity to expand his power, and also wanted to occupy a place in Xuzhou.

And Zhang Liao, Wei Xu and others were also somewhat dissatisfied. Although Zhang Liao was the left-behind general ordered by Lu Bu, Wei Xu was Lu Bu's relative. Originally, Wei Xu was also Lu Bu's cronies who stayed to contain Zhang Liao.

Now that the news of Lv Bu's death came, but Lv Bu had no son who could succeed Lv Bu. Although Zhang Liao was the left-behind general, it was obviously impossible to succeed Lv Bu, so Wei Xu wanted to take the opportunity to take the position.

It's a pity that Zhang Liao looked down on him. Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were originally a small gang, so Zhang Liao and Wei Xu had small conflicts with each other. How could it be possible for Zhang Liao to regard Wei Xu as the master.

The forces left by Lu Bu in Xuzhou could have been divided into three small groups.

The first gang is the powerful faction headed by Gao Shun, Chen Gong, and Zhang Liao. They are all powerful and capable figures, and they originally controlled some real power on Lu Bu's side.

But because of Gao Shun and Chen Gong's temperament, they were not liked by Lu Bu very much, so the rights were gradually divided.

Only Zhang Liao was relatively tactful and knew how to follow Lu Bu's temperament, so now he was left behind by Lu Bu in Pengcheng, Xuzhou, and he was considered to be in control of Pengcheng's military power.

The second group is the slick faction, including Chen Deng, Wei Xu and others. Of course, they may not necessarily form a group, and sometimes they make their own profits, but they all know how to please Lu Bu, and instead they are reused by Lu Bu. It's a pity that they still haven't been able to control much real power because of their respective abilities and qualifications.

The last gang is the independent Taishan bandit Zang Ba. He and his five generals, Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yi Li, Sun Kang, and Chang Xi, are basically a gang that listens to the instructions and does not listen to the announcement.

In this way, Zhang Liao, Wei Xu and others actually had conflicts within Lv Bu's army, and there were conflicts of interest between them in the struggle for military power.

But what added fuel to the flames at this time was that after hearing the news of Lu Bu's death, Zang Ba of Taishan also had a bit of covetous heart for Xuzhou, so he also led troops to Pengcheng, saying that he would protect Lu Bu's family. , In fact, they also want to take the opportunity to seize Xuzhou.

However, Lu Bu had no sons to inherit the power. He only had Mrs. Yan, his concubine Diao Chan, and his daughter Lu Lingqi. Naturally, there was no way to suppress the selfishness of these generals.

Originally, because Wei Xu and Mrs. Yan were cousins, of course Mrs. Yan believed in Wei Xu more. Under Wei Xu's words, she meant to support Wei Xu's command of the army.

But after all, Zhang Liao is the left-behind general left behind by Lu Bu, and now he actually controls the military power in Xuzhou Pengcheng. He looks down on Wei Xu and is naturally unwilling to hand over the military power.

Under normal circumstances, the army left behind by Lu Bu might have split up directly. Zhang Liao, under the pressure of Mrs. Yan, would leave with a part of the army who was willing to follow him, and Wei Xu could retain part of his troops to occupy Pengcheng or something.

This is similar to the situation in which various divisions of the Xiliang Army split up and seized power after the death of Dong Zhuo in Chang'an, and Lu Bu's army immediately fell apart.

Fortunately, Chen Deng, who came back with the news of Lu Bu's death, still had the task of pulling Xuzhou to Zhu Wei, so he stepped forward as a middleman, and then raised the question of Xuzhou's future.

Chen Deng brought back [-] recruits and young men from Xuzhou this time, and they can be regarded as powerful figures with certain military power. Although there is a Cao Xing who follows Chen Deng, it seems to have a certain influence on the troops brought by Chen Deng.

Given Chen Deng's identity as the Chen family, Chen Deng still controlled the real power of this Xuzhou army, so Zhang Liao and Wei Xu paid a lot of attention to his words.

Coupled with the external threat brought by Zang Ba of Mount Tai, Zhang Liao and Wei Xu finally did not split up and divide their troops directly, so Chen Deng invited Mrs. Yan to convene everyone to discuss the future of Xuzhou.

In this discussion meeting, Chen Deng did not express his intention immediately, but explained to everyone the situation Xuzhou is facing now, indicating that the forces Xuzhou can invest in now are roughly the three families of Zhu Wei, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

Now Xuzhou is under the siege of these three forces, but Yuan Shao's territory in the north and Pengcheng are separated by Zang Ba of Mount Tai, and Cao Cao's Gunzhou and Pengcheng in the northwest are also separated by Xiaopei's Liu Bei, and only Zhu Wei in the south occupies it. There is no barrier between Guangling County and Pengcheng.

Then Chen Deng also explained that now that Pengcheng has lost Lu Bu, it is no longer possible for Wei Xu, Zhang Liao and others to stand on their own. It can be said that Xuzhou will definitely become the dish of these three families, just to see which one will eat Xuzhou with chopsticks. Just into the stomach.

So now Zhang Liao and Wei Xu are vying for the troops left behind by Pengcheng and Lu Bu, which is actually meaningless. The only thing to consider now is which side everyone should vote for Zhu Wei, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao.

However, Chen Deng also explained that no matter which side Xuzhou votes for now, it will definitely be hated by the other two sides, and then send troops to attack.

It's just that Chen Deng deliberately made a small trick here, and brought up the existence of Zang Ba and Liu Bei, meaning that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao wanted to attack, but they were separated from Zang Ba and Liu Bei, but if Zhu Wei came to attack, he could kill them directly. come over.

In this way, no matter where Zhang Liao and Wei Xu prefer, they will definitely have to face this problem in the end. Can Zhang Liao and Wei Xu stop the attack of Zhu Wei's army?

After listening to Chen Deng's words, Zhang Liao and Wei Xu calmed down as expected, and began to think about their future direction and their first choice of investment goals. After all, this is also a major event related to their future prospects.

And Mrs. Yan who is in the main position is also a liar. She originally supported Wei Xu, but Wei Xu promised her that she could continue to live in the current mansion. Wei Xu will not change her current treatment or anything, but now it seems that Wei Xu's promise It doesn't make sense at all.

As a result, Wei Xu thought he could go to Yuan Shao in the north, but Zhang Liao thought he should go to Zhu Wei in the south. As for Cao Cao, they had no choice.

After all, Lu Bu took them to steal Cao Cao's lair in Gunzhou before, and they were hostile to Cao Cao before. They were worried that they would be targeted by Cao Cao, and there was no prospect of development.

However, Wei Xu chose Yuan Shao mainly because he felt that the Yuan family had four generations and three lords, and that Yuan Shao might be able to dominate the world in the future, so he wanted to hug Yuan Shao.

But Zhang Liao didn't think so. Lu Bu actually lived with Yuan Shao before, but Lu Bu was jealous of Yuan Shao. Gunzhou copied Cao Cao's lair and resolved the crisis in Xuzhou.

So although Zhang Liao didn't think that Yuan Shao would not accept them because of this, he felt that Yuan Shao was not a good lord who could accommodate others, but Zhu Wei in the south created the current foundation by himself, but it was the recruitment of talents to fill the foundation When the timing is right, they can only be reused if they vote for Zhu Wei.

For a while, Wei Xu and Zhang Liao started arguing again, with the intention of parting ways again and carve up Lu Bu's family fortune, each choosing a side to go to.

When Chen Deng heard Zhang Liao's remarks, he couldn't help being overjoyed. Since Zhang Liao's heart belongs to Zhu Wei, he can certainly contribute to the flames. So he asked Wei Xu another question. If Wei Xu voted for Yuan Shao, what would he do? Li, why should Yuan Shao value him...

(End of this chapter)