The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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On the south bank of the Jishui River, in a small battle, Xun Zhen's troops annihilated more than a thousand enemies.

Although this battle was not a major victory, it always solved the siege of Ying Tao, and it was considered to have completed the military order of Wang Fen, the prefect of the state.

Guo Dian thanked Xun Zhen for leading his troops to help, and invited Xun Zhen to enter the city, set up a wine banquet, and fulfilled the friendship of the landlord.

Ying Tao was besieged for many days. Once the siege was released, the army and people in the county cheered. Although it was difficult to arrange a good banquet in a hurry because of the military struggle, but hearing the cheers and lively sounds of the people outside the prefect's mansion, everyone participating in the banquet. I am in a good mood.

Xun Zhen did not bring too many people to the banquet, but only Xun You, who was mostly accompanied by officials from the prefectural government, Yingtao County Temple, and local gentry. The officials of the prefectural government and the Yingtao county temple were nothing more than the officials, but there was one person among the local gentry who was well-known by Xun Zhenjiu.

This person's surname is Tian Feng, and the character is Yuan Hao.

Xun Zhen knew this person's name in a previous life, and knew that he was a counselor under Yuan Shao's account. He was wrongly executed by Yuan Shao. In this life, he came to Zhao County, Jizhou, as an official, and discussed with Liu Heng, Handan Rong and others about the literati of Jizhou. I heard them mention this person's name many times.

Before the banquet started, Guo Dian introduced Xun Zhen to the people who were with him, and when he introduced Tian Feng, he emphasized his tone, and said to Xun Zhen, "This time, the defending thief in the city is due to Tian Jun's plan."

Xun Zhen saluted and said with a smile: "Tian Gong's name, Zhen has heard of it for a long time, and it's a blessing to meet you today!"

Tian Feng was about forty years old, with a white face and long beard, facing Xun Zhen's modesty and saluting, he did not return him with a big gift like other prefectures, county officials and gentry, but only bowed and replied: "Lieutenant Megatron Zhao County, Feng Yi has long admired your name."

Xun Zhen didn't care about Tian Feng's "bow ceremony", because he knew that Tian Feng was "strong in nature", and he also knew that although Tian Feng was white now, according to Liu Heng and Handan Rong, he had He was also a court official.

Tian Feng is erudite and knowledgeable, and is famous for the state party. In his early years, he was confiscated by the Taiwei's mansion and served as the official of the Taiwei's mansion.

"Maocai" is an inspection subject that is higher than Xiaolian. Those who can be elected as state Maocai are either the sons of the powerful or outstanding, and Tian Feng is obviously the latter. The "Servant of the Imperial Censor" is a subordinate of the imperial censor, with a total of 15 members. The rank is not too high, 600 stone, but the power is not small. Impeach it." When Yan Yannian, a famous official of the Han Dynasty, was serving as the imperial censor, he impeached the general Huo Guang.

Tian Feng was born in Maocai and served as a censor. He was arrogant and self-reliant. He was able to bow to the young Xun Zhen because of his considerable military exploits. .

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "I heard from the head of my mansion that in the past, because he hated the filth in power and Yingxian was murdered, he gave up his office and returned home. His honesty and uprightness is admirable."

Tian Feng just said, "Lieutenant has a big impact on Zhao County, and Feng Yi has long admired your name." This is not a polite sentence. He has indeed heard Xun Zhen's name for a long time. Quite surprised.

He thought to himself: "Although I heard that Xun Zhen was not very old, it is rare to see Xun Zhen get to this place just because of his military exploits and not relying on his family's reputation." He replied, "If you talk about the Qing Dynasty, you are not as rich as Mr. Liulong. , and not as good as the Dukes of Li, Du, and Jia in your county."

"Mr. Liulong" refers to Xun Shuang, and "Li, Du, Jia Zhugong" refers to Yingchuan sages Li Ying, Du Mi, and Jia Biao. One of Li Ying and Du Mi was praised by scholars as "models of the world", and the other was praised as "good assistants in the world" by scholars, and they were tied for eight handsome, as famous as the previous generation, and they were called "Li Du" by the world. Although Jia Biao was not the leader of the party Among his names, he was the leader of the students at that time, and he was as famous as Xun Shuang. The county people praised Xun Shuang for "Xun's eight dragons, and the unparalleled kindness", and Jia Biao also had similar praise from the county people: "Jia's three tigers, great Festival is the most angry."

This is the benefit of being born into a famous family and a famous person in the county.

No matter where you go in the empire, once you show your family name, if the other party is a scholar, you can immediately be accepted by the other party.

Xun Zhen called Xun You over, smiled and said to Tian Feng, "This is my nephew Xun You."

Xun You is famous in Yingchuan, but he is not very famous in Jizhou, but it doesn't matter, he is not famous, his grandfather and Congzu are famous, his Congzu Xun Yu is one of the eight handsome, grandfather Xun Tan is also famous When talking about his ancestors, Tian Feng admired them very much, and said: "When Feng was young, he admired the reputation of the two princes of Yuesi and Guangling for a long time, but he never expected to see the descendants of the two princes today."

Yuesi refers to Xun Yu, who served as the prefect of Yuesi. Guangling refers to Xun Tan, who was the prefect of Guangling.

When the Xun Tan brothers were prefects in the past, the brothers were all ill and evil, and they wanted to eliminate the eunuchs. If the guests of the eunuch's party were under their rule, they would be punished for their crimes. Ying all died, and Xun Tan was also imprisoned for life. Tian Feng also hated the eunuch. He resigned because he was not used to the eunuch's use of power. At this point, Brother Xun Tan was his senior.

After Guo Dian introduced Tian Feng, he focused on another person, but this person was an old acquaintance of Xun Zhen. The deer went to visit friends in other places, so I couldn't meet each other that time.

This old acquaintance of Xun Zhen is not an official, nor a scholar. Tens of thousands of acres of fertile land.

"Last year, the harvest was poor, and the county government ran out of grain. This time, I have been able to hold the city fortified until now, thanks to the generosity of everyone Feng who opened the storehouse and lent the county government Wanshi grain," Guo Dian said.

Feng's parent is not too young, in his sixties.

A man in his thirties with embroidered clothes and a tall crown stood beside Feng's parents. It was his son named Mr. Feng. It was the first time that Xun Zhen and Feng Yan met, and they looked at him a few more times, only to think that this person had a hawk-eyed nose, giving people a gloomy feeling.

Those who are qualified to participate in this banquet are all people with identities. After Guo Dian introduced them one by one, everyone took their seats.

During the banquet, it was inevitable to talk about the rebellion between Zhang Niujiao and Chu Feiyan.

Although the siege of Yingtao has been resolved, Julu has not yet recovered the entire territory, and the Yang clan in the south of the county, Xia Quyang and other counties are still in the hands of thieves.

Xun Zhen asked Guo Dian, "I don't know what the Fu-Jun is going to do next?"

"Hey, there are many thieves, and my army has few soldiers. I don't hide the lieutenant. Although I have the heart to attack the thieves, I can't do it."

Guo Dian is also unlucky. Last year, Huangfu Song attacked the Yellow Turban. The main battlefield in Jizhou was Julu. Compared with Yujun in Jizhou, Julu suffered the most. The invasion of Zhang Niujiao and Chu Feiyan.

Tian Feng asked Xun Zhen, "This time the lieutenant led the troops out of the county and into Julu. Is this the order of Uncle Fang?"

"Exactly."

"What did Fang Bo's order say?"

"Let me rush to help Ying Tao."

"Didn't you mention the southern counties of my county?"

Xun Zhen knew the meaning of Tian Feng's question. Julu had few soldiers and was unable to recover the south of the county. Tian Feng wanted to borrow the power of Xun Zhen. He answered truthfully, "I didn't mention the counties in the south of your county." After a pause, he said, "I have sent someone to Gaoyi to report to Fang Bo that the thieves have escaped to the north, and to ask Fang Bo's next steps. The strategy of pacifying the thieves, Fang Bo's palindrome may soon arrive."

Yingtao was only twenty or thirty miles away from Gaoyi, and it would take one day to come back quickly. At most two days, Wang Fen's palindrome would arrive.

Xun Zhen saw that Tian Feng was thoughtful, and knew that he was a great advisor to later generations, guessing that he might have a plan to pacify the thieves, and asked with a smile: "I think Duke Tian has a good strategy to pacify the thieves, and Zhen would like to hear about it."

Tian Feng said, "Does the lieutenant know about Li Zuoche from the previous dynasty?"

Li Zuoche was a strategist during the Chu and Han Dynasties. His grandfather was Li Mu, a famous general of Zhao during the Warring States Period. The princes joined together at the end of the Qin Dynasty. He assisted King Xie of Zhao. The plan, he answered "a hundred battles won," Han Xin attacked Yan and Qi accordingly.

"A wise man thinks a thousand times, and he has a loss; a fool thinks a thousand times, and he has a gain." This famous saying was said by Li Zuoche.

Li Zuoche was from Bairen County, and Xun Zhen replied: "Zhen is Lieutenant Zhao. He traveled to Bairen County last year and tasted Li Zuoche's hometown."

"In the past, the Marquis of Huaiyin asked Li Zuoche for a plan, and Li Zuoche replied: 'A hundred battles will be won by a miracle.' Will it be released?"

"If Zhang Niujiao dies, the thief army will be in chaos. Chu Feiyan is a real man, and many of the people he trusts are also real men. If Fang Bo can take advantage of the current robbery chaos, use all the elite soldiers from the state to attack Zhending, it will definitely lead to thieves. The division within the army - Chu Feiyan will definitely return to the division to rescue Zhending, but other thieves may not follow him. At that time, our army can abandon the rest and focus on attacking Chu Feiyan. With the lieutenant behind and attacking from both sides, not only will it be easy to restore the counties in the south of the county, but it will also be difficult to destroy Chu Feiyan."

Just like Tian Feng's analysis, although Chu Feiyan has used various means to make all the thieves and soldiers recognize his position as the head coach, the foundation is still shallow. The state soldiers attacking Zhending was the pressure and incentive for them. Chu Feiyan would definitely go to rescue Zhending, but the other bandits such as Yang Feng would not necessarily follow him. As a result, the bandits were divided among themselves , and as soon as they split, their power becomes weaker. Wang Fen, Xun Zhen, and Guo Dian abandoned the remaining thieves and attacked Chu Feiyan exclusively.

Once Chu Feiyan was annihilated or severely damaged, and the bandits lost their commander-in-chief, they would fight on their own. By that time, the Han soldiers would attack them separately, and it would not be difficult to overcome them.

Tian Feng's voice fell to the ground, seeing Xun Zhen and Xun You laughing at each other, and asked, "What?"

"Gong and Gongda coincide, and I have written this strategy into the letter to Fang Bo."

"I see!"

A government official at the table said, "This is a good policy, but I don't know if Fang Bo will adopt it?"

Tian Feng Nianxu said: "Fang Bo is a famous official today. He is known as a high-profile official, and naturally has a high-level vision. If he thinks about it, he will definitely not refuse to use this strategy."