The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Leaving Yingchuan County, and heading eastward, it is the State of Chen, and after passing through the State of Chen, it is the State of Pei. The capital of Pei is in Xiangxian, and the road from Yangzhai to Xiangxian is smooth, and it is not too far, more than 500 miles away.

Xun Zhen chose a civilian leader and assigned him 2,000 soldiers and horses. In the name of supervising food, he sent him to Pei, and Xun You also joined the army.

After leaving the border of Yingchuan County, he took the road of Chen State. A few days later, Xun You and Wen Pin entered the territory of Pei State. Xun You asked Wen Pin to suspend the army before the county border. Ye Yuan Zhong.

After seeing Yuan Zhong, Xun You moved it with words. If Xun Yu expected it, he persuaded Yuan Zhong without much effort and got permission.

Xun You called Wen Ping into the manor and met Yuan Zhong. Wenpin came from the Nanyang clan, and he was also a son of the gentry. He had a common language with Yuan Zhong. After so many years of polishing, Wenpin was very calm in his words and deeds, and soon won Yuan Zhong's favor and trust.

Seeing that the matter was completed, Xun You did not stay in Pei country for more than two days. After the clerical leader left Xiangxian and went to Fuli, he also said goodbye and returned to Yingchuan.

Fuli is a county in Peiguo, and it is the place where Xunzhen and others agreed to garrison the army. This county is located in the eastern border of Peiguo, at the junction of Peiguo, Pengcheng and Xiapi counties. To the north is Pengcheng for 30 to 40 miles, and to the east is Xiapi.

With 2,000 soldiers and horses stationed here, at a distance, they can echo Chen Bao's department in the west of Guangling County across Xiapi County, and they can echo the Pengcheng Prime Minister Xue Li's department in Pengcheng County in the north. Because the distance from Yangzhai was only five or six hundred li, the cavalry could arrive in a few days, and Xun Zhen and Sun Jian could also provide timely support. Thinking of it, Tao Qian would be able to frighten Tao Qian and make him dare not move rashly.

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Xuzhou Donghai County, the state governs Tan County.

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It didn't take long for Tao Qian to learn the news that "Xunzhen will be divided into 2,000 troops, with civil servants as generals, with supervisory provisions as the number, troops will enter the country of Pei, and stationed in Fuli." Ask everyone's opinion.

He said first: "Xun Guangling, in the name of supervising grain, divided troops into Fuli. What do you think Xun Guangling means?"

One of the people in the seat replied: "If you are in charge of grain, you should go to Guangling, and now the country of Pei will be settled, and the intention will not be grain."

Tao Qian looked at him and saw that this man was wearing a tall crown and wearing a dignified posture, but it was Wang Lang who was engaged in governance.

Another person went on to say: "Guangling is a long way, and there is also little grain storage in the house. I heard that Xun Guangling got a lot of grain from Yuzhou. It has been several months since he started his army, and I have never seen Guangling send grain to him. But now, in the name of supervising food, his troops enter Fuli, and from my perspective, his meaning must be in Pengcheng."

Tao Qian looked again and saw that the speaker was a scholar in his thirties. This person had a few similarities to Tao Qian, but he was his eldest son, Tao Merchant.

Tao Qian turned his eyes to the other people in the seat and asked, "What do Yuan Da, Yuan Long, Zi Zhong, Qing and others think?"

"Yuan Da" was Zhao Yu's career in Biejia, "Yuanlong" was Chen Deng, the captain of the state agricultural school, and "Zizhong" was Mi Zhu, a giant merchant of the East China Sea.

Zhao Yu, Chen Deng, and Mi Zhu, who were either named Chongzhou, or family members, or families with huge wealth, were all people in Tao Qian's mansion who could share the same name with Wang Lang, except Zang Rong and Zang Ba. Apart from others, he was the state official who was most used by Tao Qian.

Mi Zhu said in his heart: "I have many contacts with Guangling, although because of this, I have been given more importance by Fang Bo, but I heard about it, but it was also quite jealous of Fang Bo. Now Fang Bo intends to take Pengcheng, but Xun Hou divided his troops and sent them to Fuli. , is obviously supporting Pengcheng, ... When this is delicate, I can't say much, so as not to mistake myself. "

Last year, because of being persuaded by an old friend, Qin Song, a high-ranking official in Guangling County, Mi Zhu decided to "follow both sides, make use of strengths, and raise the price by himself", so he did business with Guangling and sold a lot of iron and grain to Xun Zhen. All things solved Xun Zhen's urgent needs, and the final result was as Qin Song said. Because of this, he got Tao Qian's favor and reuse, but at the same time, he also inevitably got some suspicions from Tao Qian.

A little bit of suspicion is acceptable, but if the suspicion turns into jealousy, it will not be worth the loss. Therefore, in order to avoid such a thing, he decided not to say a word.

Mi Zhu did not speak, nor did Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yusu promises to be "high, clean and honest", and considers himself a nobleman in his own state. Earlier, he was forced by Tao Qian to become an official, and then he became a state driver. To be honest, it was fine at first, although he was forced to leave the official position. Yes, but Tao Qian valued his name and virtue, and in order to borrow it for his own use, he treated him with great courtesy, but the longer the contact time, the more he resented Tao Qian’s strength and ambition, and he once said to a close friend in private: " The Tao Xuzhou ethnic group is silent, famous among the military, arrogant and rigid in nature, desires to be far and strong, and is really not a good master", there are already many meanings to escape, but because of Tao Qian's toughness, he is afraid of meeting He was captured by Tao Qian and sentenced to prison, so he stayed in the prefecture until today.

Since he is more and more disgusted with Tao Qian, and he originally disapproved of Tao Qian's attack on Pengcheng, there is nothing wrong with Pengcheng, and it is not a rebellion and chaos, what is it that you Tao Qian attacked him for no reason? Don't say that you are not a Xuzhou shepherd, you are just a Xuzhou prefect, you are a Xuzhou shepherd, and you can't attack a county in Zhinei for no reason! This is outrageous. What is the court for? What is the vision of the gang? Doesn't this regard himself as the emperor of the earth, and regard Xuzhou as the world of his Tao family? Like the opposite. Moreover, there is another thing, you Tao Qian is from Danyang, Yangzhou, but the people of Pengcheng are from Xuzhou. Although they are not from the same county and village of Zhao Yu, they are from the same state. They share one state. Pengcheng taxis. People, Zhao Yu also knows and knows a lot of people. When the army is in chaos, there will be dead people. You are a Yangzhou native, and you go to Xuzhou for personal gain. Because of fear of Tao Qian's power, Zhao Yu is ashamed that he did not strongly oppose it. , Under such circumstances, it is possible to support Tao Qian and actively make suggestions for him? Because of this, he didn't make a sound.

However, although Zhao Yu and Mi Zhu were both silent, they were essentially different.

Mi Zhu was thinking about his family's status in the prefecture~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Zhao Yu was opposed to Tao Qian's capture of Pengcheng at all, and it was for this reason that Xun Zhen divided his troops and stationed in Fuli. Zhao Yu was actually "very welcome" in his heart. Of course he knew that Xun Zhen divided his troops into Fuli. In the end, it was not for the people of Xuzhou or Pengcheng, but, like Tao Qian, it was for personal gain. Zhen sent troops to Fu Li, but no matter what the reason for Xun Zhen, at least it seemed that he could contain Tao Qian's ambition. This is a good thing. For Xuzhou people, it can avoid unnecessary wars.

Tao Qian saw that Zhao Yu and Mi Zhu were both silent, and he was displeased, but he was quite shrewd and his face did not show.

In fact, Tao Qian wanted to take the opportunity to take Pengcheng this time, the reason why he did not attack immediately, but just set up a situation first. Of course, he was afraid of Xun Zhen and worried that Xun Zhen would return to his teacher for help. In addition, there was another The reason is precisely this: in his house and under his tent, people such as Zang Ba from Danyang and Zang Ba from Yanzhou did not oppose or support him, but local scholars in Xuzhou such as Zhao Yu did not oppose him. Many have expressed their opposition to this, even very strongly. There are different opinions within Tao Qian, so it is not easy for Tao Qian to act rashly. After all, he is the prefect of Xuzhou, and he cannot ignore the opinions and public opinions of local scholars in Xuzhou. .

Mi Zhu and Zhao Yu did not speak, but Chen Deng spoke.