Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

According to Chen Deng's initial suggestion, after killing Ruo Rong, Gan Ning can temporarily take shelter in the Chen family's manor, and meet Li Yi after the limelight passes, but Li Yi thinks this is not good and the risk is too great , because Gan Ning and the others had hundreds of people after all, if there was no news, or if the rumor was leaked by that loose-mouthed person, it didn't matter whether it would hurt Li Yi, anyway, Chen Deng couldn't stay in Xuzhou any longer.

Therefore, Li Yi decided on a plan that he thought was more secure, and asked Chen Deng to send a few guides to take Gan Ning and the others to find a ditch at the junction of Guangling and Xiapi to hide for a while, and wait for Li Yi When the army passes by, return to the team.

By doing so, first of all, the possibility of exposing Chen Deng was completely avoided. Second, it was just in case. If Mi Zhu failed to become the prefect of Guangling smoothly, then Gan Ning and the others would go to Guangling to do things, or intercept and kill him directly, or Find a few rich and unkind local rich men to rob again, anyway, find a way to get rid of the new prefect.

In all fairness, Li Yi's arrangement is very good, and he is prepared with a lot of hands. However, in many cases, no matter how good your plan is, it can't prevent accidents from happening.

After Gan Ning and his party entered Guangling, they were noticed by a local family named Chen on the first day. The Chen family kept silent at first, and waited for Gan Ning and the others to find a place to stay. Qian Qingzhuang challenged Gan Ning and the others.

The 500 men that Gan Ning brought were the most elite soldiers under Li Yi's command. Not to mention a thousand ordinary people, he would not be afraid even if the number doubled several times, but Gan Ning was no longer the Gan Ning of the past. It was absolutely impossible to fight, so Gan Ning and his party had no choice but to run, and the five hundred elite soldiers were driven away by a group of ordinary people for dozens of miles with hoes.

However, things are not over here.

Although Xuzhou's aristocratic family is relatively greedy, they are more united in the matter of guarding the soil. In addition, Cao Cao's actions are indeed hated by others. Therefore, everyone is not polite to the defeated soldiers left by Cao Cao. After the Chen family took action, Several big families also mobilized one after another, mobilizing tens of thousands of people, chasing Gan Ning and the others to run back and forth in Guangling, and finally trapped Gan Ning and the others on a hill.

Fortunately, at this time, Mi Zhu finally arrived in Guangling. These aristocratic families were not afraid of Mi Zhu, but were afraid of Li Yi, so they made up their minds and planned to give the credit to Mi Zhu. After all, if they fight themselves, they will inevitably die, and there is no real benefit. It's better to give it to Mi Zhu to make the relationship between the two parties harmonious.

Mi Zhu naturally agreed, he came to Guangling so quickly because he knew that Gan Ning was being chased like a dog by the locals, and was about to lose his hold, and urgently needed his help.

So, Mi Zhu accepted the kindness of the local aristocratic family, and held a banquet to thank them. When a group of people were drinking and drinking, Mi Zhu sent someone to tell Gan Ning and the others the news, and made a way to call Gan Ning and the others. Run away overnight.

The next day, Mi Zhu and the members of the family found that Gan Ning and the others were missing, and they were very upset. At first, some people wanted to shirk responsibility from each other, but Mi Zhu generously blamed himself for the fault, and gave comfort and verbal praise. After killing these aristocratic families, and then took some chasing soldiers without pain, in short, it was fooled by this matter.

As for Gan Ning, he ran to the edge of the Yangtze River and then went up the river in order to return to the embrace of the large army as soon as possible.

Since being targeted by people in Guangling, Gan Ning could only run, feeling very aggrieved. However, this was just Gan Ning's own thoughts, and even Li Yi and Kuai Yue couldn't notice it. Gan Ning In the eyes of uninformed outsiders, his performance is so wise and brave.

In the battle in Cheng County, Xia Houyuan, the main general, lost more than half of his losses, but Gan Ning, the unknown young general, led a remnant army. First, he avoided the encirclement and search of Li Yi's tens of thousands of troops. The high-ranking officials in Xiapi almost killed them all, and retreated completely afterwards. The lone army rushed into Guangling.

It is no exaggeration to say that Gan Ning traveled hundreds of miles this trip, killing officials and seizing money, without any damage to himself. This performance is difficult even for those famous ancient generals. Therefore, Gan Ning's performance is naturally It has attracted the attention of many interested people.

Needless to say, Cao Cao, he heard that there is a capable person in his family who is still fighting alone in Xuzhou, and he immediately loves talents. However, he asked Xia Houyuan to inquire, but Xia Houyuan didn't match up at all, and Cao Cao felt that Neither Tao Qian nor Li Yi could give him face, so in the end he could only regretfully let go of the idea of ​​saving people, but even so, he has always maintained a high degree of attention to the movements of Gan Ning and others.

During this process, neither Cao Cao nor the resourceful people around him have ever doubted the identities of Gan Ning and others. After all, Ruo Rong was killed, who else could have done this except Cao Cao's people?

Apart from Cao Cao, the person most interested in Gan Ning is Xu Gong, the prefect of Wu County newly appointed by Yuan Shu. Xu Gong has been recruiting troops. tempted.

So Xu Gong sent more than ten people to cross the river, traced all the way, finally found Gan Ning, expressed his intention to recruit, promised to give Gan Ning the post of captain, and promised to recommend Gan Ning to Yuan Shu.

After Gan Ning received the letter from Xu Gong, he was a little dazed. He never thought that this would happen. However, Gan Ning is also quite smart. He felt that there might be a lot to be done, so he didn't reply Xu Gong directly, but sent someone to contact Li Yi quickly, asking Li Yi to make a decision.

When Li Yi got the news, he had just sent Ruo to integrate into the soil in Xiapi. He was also very surprised by this matter. After thinking about it for a while, he decided to let Gan Ning agree to Xu Gong's solicitation, and let Gan Ning take advantage of Xu Gong's unknown situation. Kill Xu Gong, and then quickly withdraw.

In reaching this decision, although Li Yi followed the trend, he made it on the premise that he had mastered the overall situation in Yangzhou.

After Xu Gong helped Sun Ce kill Sheng Xian, the former prefect of Wujun, Sun Ce intended to occupy Wujun, but Yuan Shu was worried about Sun Ce. In addition, Yuan Shu couldn't let his cronies receive the fruits of victory directly. After all, Sun Ce was in Wujun That battle was really well fought, so, after several considerations, Yuan Shu simply appointed Xu Gong, who was equally meritorious, to be the prefect of Wu County.

After Xu Gong took office, he lived up to Yuan Shu's expectations, and quickly stabilized the situation in Wu County. Using Yuan Shu's name, he incorporated the two powerful clans of Yan Baihu and Yan Yu into the official army, and all of them were named capitals. Wei, let them check and balance Zhu Zhi, who also led troops in Wujun and was close to Sun Ce.

Yuan Shu was very satisfied with Xu Gong's performance, so he directly included Xu Gong in his core. Later, Yuan Shu became king and sent troops to Jingzhou. Although Xu Gong didn't join the army, he gave his full support and provided a lot of soldiers and horses, and helped Yuan Shu settle down the rear .

Therefore, if Li Yi wants to start a war against Yangzhou, besides Jiujiang, which is where Yuan Shu is located, the second place that needs attention is Wujun. Wujun is adjacent to Guangling, and there is a river in the middle. It is difficult to send troops on a large scale, but it is very convenient to send small groups of troops to harass the existence.

Li Yi's original idea was to keep a few thousand people in Guangling, take a defensive position against Wu Jun, prevent Xu Gong from making trouble for him, and then go back and deal with him completely after taking Jiujiang, but now Xu Gong has taken a fancy to Gan Ning and wants to Naturally, Li Yi had no reason to refuse to lure the wolf into the house, so he simply asked Gan Ning to kill Xu Gong.

In the case of Li Yi wielding troops in Jiujiang, even if Xu Gong died, it would be difficult for Yuan Shu to worry about the situation in Wu County for a while. There is no one in charge in Wu County, and Yan Baihu, Yan Yu and Zhu Zhi who were originally checking and balancing each other must not be able to. Peaceful coexistence and fighting in the nest is a matter of time. Even if they know that Li Yi defeats Yuan Shu, they will be the next unlucky one. The two still cannot unite, because this is human nature.

Speaking of Xu Gong, it is natural to talk about other information in Li Yi's hands.

The first is Sun Ce. After Sun Ce killed Sheng Xian, the prefect of Wu County, he had the idea of ​​occupying Wu County to stand on his own. In order to achieve his goal, he even agreed to let Sun Quan go to Shouchun as a hostage. Operating forces.

But to Sun Ce's surprise, even so, Yuan Shu did not choose him, but appointed Xu Gong, who was instigated by him, as the prefect of Wu County.

Sun Ce was very dissatisfied and even hated Yuan Shu. Not long after that, Yuan Shu became king and sent troops to Jingzhou. Sun Ce was shocked at first, then overjoyed, thinking that this was his chance, because Yuan Shu's move was incompatible with the rebellion. No two, he just happened to be able to take advantage of his righteous name to attack Yuan Shu.

After making up his mind, Sun Ce began to prepare secretly. He didn't just want to fight Yuan Shu. At that time, Yuan Shu was like a sharp knife out of its sheath. If Sun Ce jumped out, he would definitely die. Therefore, Sun Ce's plan is to wait until Yuan Shu's attack on Jingzhou fails, or when the soldiers and horses are weak, and then act. The victory at that time will be the greatest.

However, Yuan Shu was much worse than Sun Ce thought. He dispatched troops in a mighty manner, but was defeated within a few days, losing troops and losing generals, and then retreated all the way back to Shouchun. Because a lean camel was bigger than a horse, with the preparations he had made during this period of time, he could pull up 2000 men, but even if Yuan Shu was defeated, he still had tens of thousands of soldiers under him, and the strength gap between the two sides was too great.

However, to Sun Ce's surprise, Yuan Shu summoned him soon after he came back. At that time, Sun Ce was very nervous, thinking that Yuan Shu had noticed some of his small movements. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shu seemed to be a different person, like a kind and generous elder , told Sun Ce a lot of things with Sun Jian back then, and even apologized to him for failing to take good care of his nephew, Sun Ce was in a trance for a while,

He didn't understand what Yuan Shu was going to do.

On the second day after that conversation, Yuan Shu convened a discussion with all the people, appointed Sun Ce as General of Zhonglang, dispatched troops, and asked Sun Ce to send troops to Lujiang to attack Lu Kang. He even promised in public that as long as Sun Ce defeated Lu Kang, he would appoint Sun Ce as prefect .

For Lu Kang, Sun Ce still admires him very much in his heart, but Yuan Shu's temptation is too great. If he is allowed to win Lujiang, Sun Ce has the confidence to build a career with the connections left by his father. He was so happy that he provoked the leader for the first time. He didn't know that Lu Kang was a certificate prepared for him by Yuan Shu, because Lu Kang was a loyal minister. As long as Sun Ce killed Lu Kang, it would be basically impossible for him to stand in the court in the future. that side.

Sun Ce failed to see through Yuan Shu's calculations, and thought that Yuan Shu was really enlightened. So, Sun Ce and Lu Kang, one is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers and is full of heroic spirit, and the other is strong and strong with age. The offensive was fierce, but Lu Kang was as immovable as a mountain. After several months of fighting, both sides suffered a lot of casualties, but the fighting remained in Tongxiang, Shuxian, and Xiang'an, without any change.

In the past, Yuan Shu would definitely have reprimanded Sun Ce for this, but Yuan Shu had indeed changed his character after his defeat. Not only did he not blame Sun Ce, but instead made people work hard, he wrote letters to comfort him, advising him to fight steadily and not to worry about what to do.

Yuan Shu's words made Sun Ce very useful. Although he had long wanted to turn against Yuan Shu, the current situation still made him very ashamed, so Sun Ce vented all his emotions on the battlefield. In the ensuing battle, the battle between the two sides became more and more cruel , the proportion of casualties is also increasing. Although Lu Kang is powerful, he is not as cruel as Sun Ce, so Lu Kang's side finally began to show signs of decline.

It was at this time that the news of Yuan Shu's pardon came from the imperial court. For Lu Kang who had been resisting Yuan Shu alone and his followers, it was like a bolt from the blue, and what was even more chilling was that the imperial court They just pardoned Yuan Shu, but they didn't explain anything to Lu Kang, as if they had given up on them.

As a result, the morale of Lu Kang's army suddenly collapsed. A few days later, the city of Shu County was destroyed, and within the next half month, Sun Ce broke down several cities in a row. Lu Kang had no choice but to pack up his troops and retreat to Wan County. The disciples stick to it.

Regarding the situation in Lujiang, Li Yi was very embarrassed. If it were Lu Kang, he would definitely not be able to bear the grievance. Even if he didn't rebel, he would have to join the rebellious forces, otherwise his ideas would definitely not be clear.

Compared with Lujiang and Wujun, the rest of Yangzhou, although they are all within Li Yi's attention, have a lighter weight in Li Yi's heart.

First was Yuzhang. After Yuan Shu took Yuzhang from Zhugexuan, he appointed Liu Xun as the prefect of Yuzhang. He wanted to unify the power of Yuzhang. Zhuge Xuan, Yuan Shu and Liu Xun are all bad wolves, so Yuzhang's management of Liu Xun is very uncooperative, and Liu Xun also lacks management methods, so Yuzhang has never been truly included in Yuan Shu's management. Some people were disobedient, and Liu Xun put out fires everywhere. Li Yi sent troops to Yangzhou this time, so it was difficult for Liu Xun to provide much help to Yuan Shu.

Chapter 510

For Yuzhang, Li Yi didn't take it seriously at all, and he didn't want to take down Yangzhou with only 3 people in his hand. As early as when Li Yi was still in Lanling, he had already sent a letter to Xiangyang , let the other side dispatch troops and horses, and appoint Zhang Liao as the commander-in-chief to advance eastward.

Zhang Liao faced Liu Xun, and Zhang Liao returned many soldiers, so the result is not obvious?

After Yuzhang is Danyang. Among the counties in Yangzhou, apart from Lujiang, which is currently at war, if you want to say where the officialdom is the most chaotic, Danyang is the number one.

When Yuan Shu first arrived in Yangzhou, Zhou Yu was the prefect of Danyang at that time, but because of Yuan Shu's arrogance of the king, Zhou Yu couldn't stand it anymore, but Zhou's family was too involved with Yuan's family, so Zhou Yu simply gave up. Yuan Shu took the opportunity to get Danyang.

Originally, Yuan Shu wanted to appoint someone close to his family to manage Danyang, but it happened that Zhou Shang, the son of Zhou Jing, the Marquis of Anyang who was once ranked among the three princes, returned from Chang'an with his family. , Served as Sikong and Taiwei, it can be said that they are high-ranking and powerful, and several of Zhou Shang's brothers are now serving as high-ranking officials in the court. Although their power is not as good as before, their influence is still quite impressive.

Therefore, Yuan Shu, in order to give himself a boost, invited Zhou Shang to be the chief historian of his palace, but Zhou Shang's head was not fooled. Knowing that he was on the wrecked ship of Yuan Shu, the reputation accumulated by generations of the Zhou family must be He would be dragged down, so Zhou Shang declined Yuan Shu politely, but he was afraid that Yuan Shu would turn his back on him, so he retreated to the next best thing and asked Yuan Shu to serve as Danyang prefect.

Although Yuan Shu failed to achieve his wish, he was unwilling to make an ugly face with Zhou Shang, so he agreed to Zhou Shang's request after some consideration.

Originally, things should have been like this, but following the defeat in Xiangyang City and Lu Kang's uprising, Yuan Shu was very worried that Zhou Shang would follow Lu Kang's example and hit him on the back, so Yuan Shu didn't wait to return. In Shouchun, Zhou Shang was replaced by his clan brother Yuan Yin as prefect, so as to strengthen his control over Danyang.

The two appointments of the prefect of Danyang, Yuan Shu's judgment itself is not a problem, but there is an unavoidable fact, that is, in less than a year, Danyang has changed three prefects in a row, which is simply child's play Generally speaking, once the prestige of the government is lowered, many noble families in the local area will gather young and powerful people, encircle the territory, and start to close their doors to become local emperors themselves. Although no one dares to rebel like Yuan Shu, they will also make Danyang a mess.

Yuan Yin, the new prefect, really wants to deal with the wealthy families in this place, but Yuan Shu is determined to implement a benevolent government and change his image. Moreover, although the armed forces in those places are not very powerful individually, they are a big force when they are united. Yuan Shu is just recuperating. At that time, they rejected Yuan Yinqing's opinion on paying them, and turning to appeasement was actually letting them go.

It is precisely because of Yuan Shu's response that even though Danyang is next to Jiujiang, it could have been Yuan Shu's strong support, but now it is a mess at home, similar to Yuzhang's side, and it is difficult to provide support for Yuan Shu.