The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Xu Rong is an old soldier. He is brave and brave, and he is very good at governing the army. Otherwise, he is a native of Liaodong, Youzhou, and he would not have been able to get the Dong Zhuo warlord group mainly composed of Liangzhou soldiers and generals. Dong Zhuo's reuse.

Therefore, under his long-term training, the soldiers of his subordinates are not only neat in appearance, but also skilled in formation, and whether it is morale or actual combat, they are all first-class soldiers.

The next day, Xun Zhen inspected Xu Rong's camp, and he was very satisfied with the results.

In particular, the generals Wu Ming and Qu Jun Hou Xiaqing under Xu Rong's account were the first-class soldiers in Xu Rong's department. They fought with Xu Rong for many years, and they did not need to practice the formation at all. They only fought there. An arrogant killing aura emanated spontaneously, and if it was an ordinary commoner here, I am afraid that just by looking at them, they would be frightened by these tigers and wolves and their legs would go weak.

The tone of voice of these quiet and cool soldiers is different from that of Yuzhou soldiers and Xuzhou soldiers, but because Xun Zhen treats them equally, just like Yuzhou soldiers and Xuzhou soldiers, military pay and daily rewards are never less, so they When facing Xun Zhen, his attitude of respect and obedience was no different from that of the soldiers of Yuzhou and Xuzhou.

Xun Zhen and Xu Rong said: "Lingyi, they are all of Qing's old troops, especially Youzhou soldiers, who have followed Qing from Youzhou to Luoyang, and then from Luoyang to Xuzhou. And in the foreseeable long period of time, it may be difficult for them to go back to their hometown. I see that many of them are over thirty or even over forty. And take care of their lives!"

Xu Rong didn't understand much, and said, "Pay attention and care about their lives, Rong is stupid, dare to ask Ming Gong what this means?"

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "Male should be married, and women should be married. You have to arrange a marriage for them."

Xu Rong became embarrassed and said, "Duke Ming, there are more than 2,000 soldiers who will follow you from Youzhou to Xuzhou at the end, plus the soldiers and soldiers from Liangzhou, the total is over 3,000. So many people, where will the end go? Are they looking for relatives?"

"I have two suggestions for you."

Xu Rong said: "Dare to ask Ming Gong for instructions."

"One is to settle the marriages of military officials above the age of 30 and above, who are not married to Sima and Qu Junhou, according to their age and military position; Are the Yellow Turbans surrendered? If the local people are unwilling to marry women into the army, you can choose the appropriate ration for them from the refugees and the Yellow Turbans.”

Xu Rong suddenly realized and said, "Yes, yes, Rong will start making arrangements in the past few days."

"But remember one thing, don't force it!"

Xu Rong replied, "Yes, don't worry, Duke Ming, Rong definitely doesn't dare to force him to do this." After a pause, he added, "What's more, even if Rong has the guts to force him, Wang Fujun will not allow Rong to do this. !"

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "Lingyi, do you think I'm a bit of a mother-in-law? Even the marriages of your lieutenant generals, I'm blind to ask?"

"Ming Gong, how can this be a blind question? Rong Ying Lieutenant General, it is their blessing to have such a meticulous relationship with Ming Gong!"

Xun Zhen said: "Lingyi, 'those who have a permanent property have perseverance'. These soldiers and soldiers in your camp, whose hometown is not in Xuzhou, come from you alone, short is better, as time goes by, it will inevitably arise Homesickness. Usually it’s fine, but if we wait for the arrival day, our army will head west to Chang’an to welcome the Son of Heaven and return to Luoyang, and when we fight against Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou and other generals from Liangzhou, it’s impossible to say that in your camp The homesickness of soldiers and soldiers may become a hidden danger for our army at that time, so it must be solved early. Therefore, I will ask you to pay attention to their lives and arrange their marriage events as soon as possible. To reassure their hearts."

Only then did Xu Rong understand the reason why Xun Zhen suddenly cared about the marriages of the cool soldiers in his camp.

He admired the anomaly and said, "Duke Ming is far-sighted and foresighted, and he is very admirable!" He also said sincerely, "Duke Ming never forgets to exterminate the thieves, welcome the emperor and return to Luodu.

He is loyal, and Rong is very admirable! "

Having inspected Xu Rong's barracks, accompanied by Wang Lang, Li Bo, Xu Rong, etc., Xun Zhen began to inspect the Guangling counties the next day.

In many places in Guangling County, there are still memories of Xun Zhen.

Every time he went to a county, Xun Zhen would often tell Wang Lang, Li Bo, mainly Xu Rong, about what happened when he was in Guangling County.

On the fifth day of the county tour, a military newspaper was suddenly sent from Jiujiang County, which is south of the river.

Xun Zhen started to watch, but what was said in the military newspaper was: The water thieves in Chaohu Lake, Jiujiang heard that Xun Zhen was in Guangling County, and somehow mistakenly thought that Xun Zhen would lead troops across the river in person, and went to attack them. It was a group of thieves who were frightened, or they went out of the lake, went to Jiujiang Prefecture, and took the initiative to show their loyalty to Xun Chen again, or even planned to flee Lujiang County and Jiangxia County.

Xu Rong and others could not help but flatter Yitong, saying that Xunzhen's might was even to this extent.

Xun Zhen didn't take it seriously. After reading the military newspaper, she laughed it off.

The mere Chaohu water thief, Xun Zhen really didn't take it to heart.

In addition to patrolling the county, he also paid attention to the situation in Yangzhou.

However, what he is mainly concerned about is that, at this time when Lv Bu and Huang Zu in Jiangxia County of Jingzhou confronted each other, and Yuan Shu and Liu Biao both showed their coveted Yangzhou after the death of the former Yangzhou prefect Chen Wen, under this new situation, Did the prefects of several counties in Yangzhou have any new political trends as a result of this, that is, did this new situation have any new impact on Yangzhou?

There are six counties in Yangzhou.

They are Jiujiang County, Danyang County, Wu County, Lujiang County, Kuaiji County and Yuzhang County.

Among them, the four counties of Jiujiang, Danyang, Wu, and Lujiang are densely populated, but their jurisdiction is small.

For example, Jiujiang County, the smallest, is only 200 li long from north to south, and only 300 li long from east to west, but there are many counties in the county, fourteen; another example is Wu County, a famous county in Yangzhou, with an area similar to that of Jiujiang. Similar, at the same time the number of counties is also similar, also more than ten.

The two counties of Kuaiji and Yuzhang are sparsely populated, but their jurisdiction is very wide. Both counties are located in the south of Yangzhou, Kuaiji County is in the east, and Yuzhang County is in the west. two-thirds.

Apart from Jiujiang County, the prefects of the remaining five counties in Yangzhou are now Zhou Xin in Danyang County, Sheng Xian in Wu County, Lu Kang in Lujiang County, Tang Mao in Kuaiji County, and Yuzhang County in Yuzhang County. The prefect is Zhou Shu.

These five prefects, according to the political faction, can be roughly divided into three factions.

One is Zhou Xin, the prefect of Danyang, and Zhou Shu, the prefect of Yuzhang, both of whom are of the same clan, both from the Zhou clan in Kuaiji.

Although the Zhou family of Kuaiji was born in Yangzhou, Jiangzuo, but their family has 2,000 stones. As mentioned above, Zhou Xin had a good friendship with Yuan Shao in his early years. He has three brothers, his two younger brothers Zhou Ang and Zhou.喁 (yong) is now in Jizhou, following Yuan Shao's account.

Since their relationship with Yuan Shao is so deep, Zhou Xin and Zhou Shu are from Yuan Shao's faction.

One is Lu Kang, the prefect of Lujiang. Lu Kang's family is also in Yangzhou.

However, unlike Zhou Xin and others, the relationship between Lu Kang's family and the famous clan in the north is not very deep. Lu Kang is not a member of Yuan Shao's party, and has nothing to do with Yuan Shu and Liu Biao, the two separatist forces in neighboring Jingzhou. A loyal minister has only the Son of Heaven in his eyes, and only recognizes edicts.

Another one is Sheng Xian, the prefect of Wu County, and Tang Mao, the prefect of Kuaiji.

Sheng Xian needless to say, Yao Sheng had helped him a lot when he hired wives for the children of Xun Zhen, although he couldn't say that he belonged to Xun Zhen's faction. Most of them use Xun Zhen to check and balance Chen Wenwen and Danyang and other counties, but at least his relationship with Xun Zhen is not bad.

As for Tang Mao, he had a deep relationship with Xun Zhen, or in other words, with the Xun family.

Tang Mao was from Yingchuan, the same county as the Xun clan, and he and Xun Yu were still related by marriage. Xun Yu's wife, Tang Shi, was an **** from Yingchuan.

Tang Heng's daughter, Tang Mao is Tang Heng's son, and her father, Sikong Tang Zhen, is Tang Heng's younger brother. ——Due to Tang Heng, the Tang family has developed so far. Tang Mao still has an identity, that is, the father-in-law of the young emperor who was abolished by Dong Zhuo, and his daughter is the concubine of the young emperor.

Both from the county, the two families have in-laws, especially after the death of Yangzhou prefect Chen Wen this year, Tang Mao gradually strengthened his correspondence with Xun Zhen.

It is no wonder that Tang Mao was able to be the prefect of Kuaiji, not because of his own ability, but because of his daughter's background in marrying the young emperor. There used to be a prefect in Yangzhou, but the situation in Yangzhou's counties is better, but now there is no prefect. , Zhou Xin, Zhou Shu, Lu Kang, Sheng Xian, which one is the idle person? Moreover, all four of them are natives of Yangzhou, Zhou Xin and Zhou Shu are from Kuaiji, Lu Kang is from Wujun, Sheng Xian is also from Kuaiji, and only Tang Mao is from Yingchuan, Yuzhou, and Yuan Shu and Liu Biao are right outside. Yangzhou was all staring at him, and in the meantime, Tang Mao could not help but hang in the shadows and was always in a state of fear. For his own sake, he could only take the initiative to move closer to Xun Zhen.

The political inclinations of the five prefectures were originally like this. In the current situation where Lv Bu and Huang Zu were confronting Yangzhou, and Yuan Shu and Liu Biao were all coveting Yangzhou, it is still possible to say whether they showed any new political trends.

That is: whether it is Zhou Xin and Zhou Shu of Yuan Shao's party, or Lu Kang, who is loyal to the imperial court, or Sheng Xian and Tang Mao, who are similar to Xun Zhen's faction, they all, without exception, covet Yuan Shu and Liu Biao. showed conflict.

The two counties of Lujiang and Yuzhang bordering Jingzhou, and the prefects of the two counties, Lu Kang and Zhou Shu, invariably deployed heavy troops in the area adjacent to Jingzhou in the west of their counties. Anyone with a discerning eye can see what the purpose of the two of them is, obviously to prevent the invasion of Jingzhou.

Counting all the states of the Han family, there is only Yangzhou, and most of the prefectures of the prefectures are natives.

This phenomenon illustrates two things.

One is that Yangzhou scholars are relatively exclusive. In other words, the local surnames in Yangzhou are relatively powerful in the local area, so they can only use the right surnames of their own state to crown the famous people to govern their own state.

——In fact, the prefects of the counties in Yangzhou in the past were still from outside the state, and the prefects of the counties in the prefecture were mostly scholars from the prefecture~www.readwn.com~ This was gradually seen after Emperor Ling.

One is that there are many Yangzhou natives from the county prefecture, so even if there will be factions within them, when faced with threats from other states, like now, it is possible for them to unite and unite with the outside world.

And needless to say.

While patrolling the county, Xun Zhen found out the current political trends of the prefects of Yangzhou counties.

Although he was slightly jealous of Zhou Xin, Zhou Shu, Lu Kang, and Sheng Xian, the four county governors who were originally from Yangzhou and served in their own state, but he also let go of "what if Yuan Shu or Liu Biao was involved. Yangzhou” concerns.

He explained to Wang Lang and said, "Your Majesty is in Guangling, you should hear more about Yangzhou events, no matter how big or small the changes are, report to me immediately."

Wang Lang agreed.

Time flies by like a white horse, and suddenly the end of the year has come.

The Guangling counties had already been toured, and Xun Zhen wanted to return to Tan County before Zhengdan next year, so he did not stop at Guangling, that is, he left the county to return to Tan. Wang Lang, Li Bo, Xu Rong and others sent him to the county border.

The most northeastern corner of Guangling County is about 60 miles away, bordering Donghai County, but this location is too far, and the sea is further east. Xun Zhen did not choose to take this road, but chose the one along the hinterland of Guangling County. The Zhongdu River goes north on this road.

To walk this road, you need to pass the eastern part of Xiapi County first.

After leaving Guangling County, he re-entered Xiapi County.

After crossing the Huai River, it was not far away, and when it was still a hundred or ten miles away from the border of Donghai County, an army reported to him.

It was still sent by Xun You from Yanzhou.

It is also a report on the fighting situation between the Jizhou soldiers and the Montenegrin army.

The military newspaper wrote: "Yuan Benchu ​​led his troops out of Ye, joined Chunyu Qiong's troops, entered Zhongshan, and fought with Zhang Feiyan's troops in Zhending. Zhang Feiyan summoned the four battalions Tu Ge and Yanmen Wuhuan to help each other, with tens of thousands of elite troops and several horses. Thousands of horses. Yuan Benchu ​​was invincible at the beginning."