Chapter 864: Slow Planning Is the Best Strategy

Li Ru is of course very capable, and Dong Zhuo owes a lot to what he is today. He killed the young emperor and the Queen Mother He, formed a good party to stabilize the situation, and moved west to Chang'an to avoid the influence of the princes. Wang Yun launched a series of schemes, Li Ruyan said that Diao Chan and Lu Bu would be sent away, but Dong Zhuo did not do it. If you agree, you may not die so early.

To say that he saw through the serial scheme is not necessarily true. But he knew how important Lu Bu was, and Diao Chan was just a beautiful woman. It was self-evident which one was more important. What's more, he also knew that Diao Chan was given by Wang Yun. He was on guard, so he gave advice and suggestions, but Dong Zhuo didn't accept them and he didn't take any action.

So now he understood the meaning of Dong Zhuo's words very clearly.

This was something he had already thought of during the two hundred and fifty miles journey, so now he spoke directly without hesitation.

"Xiang Guo, Zhang Yang must pretend to be in agreement, but we can't sit idly by. If the king's thieves take Yanmen, Chang's safety will be in danger. If they take Bingzhou and go to the east of the river, they will advance the three auxiliary troops with one drum. Their soldiers are good at fighting, and they also have generals leading the army. King Kuang Yan Wu is even more brave than Lu Bu. If he personally leads a large army to attack, Chang'an will definitely be difficult to stop. However, our situation is not stable. Chang'an will have a large army to suppress it to prevent chaos, and there is no way to stop Wang Yan."

After talking about the seriousness of the problem, and looking at Dong Zhuo's impatient look, Li Ru talked about the solution, "There is Zhang Yang in Hanoi, and Yanmen is empty. The Prime Minister can order Zhang Yang to defend Yanmen Pass to prevent Wang Yan from taking advantage of the opportunity. At the same time, It can also contain Wang Yan, forcing him to divide his troops for defense and not dare to attack Bingzhou with all his strength.

In terms of Bingzhou, the Prime Minister can issue an edict to Liangzhou, favor Ma Teng and Han Sui, and have them send troops to fight against Wang Yan. In this way, the four families are fighting and destroying each other's strength. The Prime Minister will send another 20,000 troops to drive the Baibo bandits north. I will stand firm and watch the tigers fight, looking for opportunities to reap profits. "

Zhang Yang was in Hanoi. Only by giving up the defense of Yanmen Pass could Zhang Yang send troops as bodyguards. If they send troops to defend Yanmen Pass, then Zhang Yang relies on Hu Pass to defend himself, and it has nothing to do with Zhang Yang. But now that Yanmen Pass is released, Zhang Yang can be given a bigger place. Zhang Yang will definitely not give up this kind of expansion, and as he grows stronger, he will inevitably have rifts with Yuan Shao.

The reason why Zhang Yang urgently sent a letter to take refuge was because holding Huguan was not enough. If Wang Yan occupied Yanmen, marched into Sili, bypassed Chang'an and attacked Hanoi, he would be in danger. Even if he recognized Yuan Shao as his eldest brother, there was still Wang Yan in the north. If Yuan Shao dared to divide his troops, Wang Yan would dare to go south, so Zhang Yang had no choice at all.

Wang Yan's plan to merge the state is not only related to the state, but to draw a big circle around the Taihang Mountains. The people in this circle are all in it, and it affects the whole body.

Their attack on Wang Yan was uncertain, but they were still sure of Zhang Yang.

Dong Zhuo squinted his eyes, thought for a while, and laughed loudly: "According to the wise son-in-law's plan, I ordered Hu Zhen to lead 20,000 troops and break camp in the spring. I will leave it to you to issue the edict and increase the favor. Issue the edict as soon as possible. Time does not wait. I, Wang Yan, have a strong army and am afraid something will happen."

"yes."

"Go ahead. I'm very fond of Ai Ji recently. Please don't disturb me unless it's important."

"Yes, Prime Minister, Ru is resigning." Li Ru bowed his hands and respectfully retired. Without stopping at Xiwu, he set off for Chang'an.

Dong Zhuo rubbed his waist impatiently. It turned out that it was because Wang Yun offered Diao Chan and played songs night and night recently. The prime minister had become too old to live up to the time when he was a knight. Out of frustration, he casually chopped down the refugees who were working hard to light the fire...

What Li Ru and Dong Zhuo discussed was not beyond Wang Yan's expectations. This is a condition for full utilization. If you have enough wisdom and want to understand the difference between ourselves and the enemy, you will naturally make this kind of response. For the Three Kingdoms, which has many capable people, this is a necessity.

As for Yuan Shao in Jizhou, needless to say, once he discovers that Youzhou is empty, he will definitely go north. Therefore, this also affected Wang Yan's military strength, making him afraid to attack Jizhou with heavy troops wholeheartedly. Zhang Yang, Ma Teng, Han Sui, plus a Baibo army are not ordinary people. Although they cannot raise a large army due to distance restrictions, their combined troops are more than 100,000. Even if Zhang, Ma, Han, and Baibo are within four directions Fighting may not be all-out, but it is still enough to restrain Wang Yan.

What's more, they sent 20,000 troops and horses. If Wang Yan was negligent, Dong Zhuo might have taken advantage. In this way, the situation in Bingzhou became predictably troublesome.

However, one thing worth noting is that whether it is Dong Zhuo or Li Ru, they all call him "Wang Yan" instead of "king thief". General Wang doesn't know this. If he knew, he would be a little relieved.

Dong Zhuo is a recognized rebel. There is nothing to look down on him as a recognized rebel, and he is even more embarrassed to call him a 'king thief'. Even speaking of it, perhaps Dong Zhuo still envied Wang Yan.

After all, Wang Yan is in the north, he is a real earth emperor. They were merciless in killing wealthy families, and Fan Yanglu killed more than half of them. The Fanyang Lu family was the luckiest. Others, such as the royal family Liu family, although in decline, were still members of the royal family. There were many evildoers. Liu Bei's group killed half of them, and there were almost only a few others left. The Zu family of Qiuxian County, the Li family of Fanyang and other random powerful people were all slaughtered.

If Dong Zhuo wanted to kill an entire family, he must have the courage. After all, he had killed most of the Yuan family he relied on. He also killed many other powerful families. If he didn't kill them, how would he have money and food to feed his troops? But if he wanted to kill like Wang Yan, he wouldn't dare to do it even if he had eight courages. Otherwise, why would he have the intention to keep Liu Xie? He would just kill them all if he had nothing to do with arguing with a bunch of courtiers.

Fan Yanglu's family is Lu Zhi's family. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the five surnames were Qiwang and Fan Yangluzhan's family.

Lu Zhi had previously opposed Dong Zhuo's dethronement and enthronement. If it weren't for the ministers' pleading, he would have been beheaded in court. Later, when he fled, Dong Zhuo secretly sent people to hunt him down. When Lu Zhi returned to Youzhou, Liu Yu was still in power, and he fled to Shanggu to hide. Later, Wang Yan went south and sent troops into Youzhou, so he ran to Jixian to give advice to Liu Yu.

However, Youzhou's civil and military affairs were too useless, and the army's fighting spirit was not high. After making many plans before, Wang Yan called for surrender before a decent battle was fought. Lu Zhi's health was not very good to begin with, and he died a year earlier because he was more busy with the affairs of Youzhou. When Wang Yan left, Lu Zhi was taken back to Fanyang by the children of the Lu family for burial.

Of course, their family also had a lot of land, and of course many people did evil. When Lu Zhi died, he was only buried in a simple earth pit, without a coffin, and only a single piece of clothing. During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, he was still worthy of being worshipped in the Confucius Temple.

His high moral standards do not mean that all the children in his family are high. On the other hand, Dong Zhuo's secret robbery of the emperor's tomb was widely spread. Maybe Cao Cao's role model was Dong Zhuo, and there had been tomb robbery among the people for a long time. Lu Zhi might not have had this idea.

Of course, this is a real malicious speculation. Maybe Lu Zhi saw it clearly.

In any case, the person is dead, and Wang Yan has not seen it. He did not give any special instructions for the treatment of Lu Shi, just handle it normally. According to the reputation of local people, tenants, and servants, those with problems will be forced to work, and die of starvation and cold in a year. Those with minor problems will also work and rest, and ensure that they can live and work for a few years. Those with no problems will be directly moved away, and the land will be redistributed. They will honestly farm the land and serve as senior teachers in the school. They can neither let their resentment affect the seedlings nor waste the knowledgeable people.

In detail, although General Wang did not lead the army to fight a few battles, under his command, there are more than ten thousand nobles, rich families, and landlords who have been killed by him in You and Liao alone. Not to mention Wuhuan, Xianbei, Fuyu, and Goguryeo, they fought and killed while encroaching on them. A general's success was achieved at the cost of thousands of bones, and the foundation of a king's hegemony was more than thousands of bones...

This world never changes according to human will. Cao Cao still defeated the Black Mountain Army as before, gathered many remnants to strengthen himself, and secretly dug graves. Because he had never fallen out with Yuan Shao, and after getting Jizhou, he sent letters to contact him, so Yuan Shao appointed him as the governor of Dongjun, which was considered to be his own territory.

Liu Bei, who did not follow the original history to serve as the prime minister of Pingyuan under Gongsun Zan, was attached to Tao Qian of Xuzhou. The direction he changed would definitely not be changed back. Gongsun Zan's bones are now initially hanging porcelain, and it is too late to say anything.

Liu Bei was more valued by Tao Qian. When the princes fought against Dong before, he also saw the ability of the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang. He also contacted Liu Bei, listened to his words, and believed that Liu Bei was a hero of the world and would do great things.

But now is not the time for Tao Qian to flatter and provoke Cao Cao to raise troops to attack. Although his body is weak, it is not to the point of being ineffective, so he just admires and relies on him, and has not given Xuzhou away.

Although Liu Bei was confused, he didn't know where to go or how to start his career. But he was very happy about Tao Qian's trust, so he worked hard for Tao Qian. Together with his three brothers, he led 3,000 soldiers and horses. In just a few months, he swept Xuzhou and defeated some large-scale rebel forces. He also recruited 5,000 soldiers and horses, stationed in Xiaopei, and led the army to exercise for two hours every day.

Tao Qian supported part of the food loss. After all, Liu Bei was now his subordinate, and those soldiers and horses were also his soldiers. In addition, Liu Bei swept Xuzhou and prospered Xuzhou to a certain extent, so he didn't mind giving some food and grass. The other part was supplied by Mi Zhu and several other Xuzhou families.

Tao Qian was in poor health, his descendants were incapable of taking on important tasks and controlling the overall situation, Liu Bei was both civil and military, and now the Xuzhou nobles had already started to bet. They were just waiting for Tao Qian to die, and then a new boss would come up to deal with the current chaotic world.

It was already this time, the thieves occupied You, Liao, and the grasslands, Yuan Shao seized Jizhou, Yuan Shu dominated Huainan, and so on, and so on, and they were all operating their own territories and starting to fight. Even the dumbest could understand the situation.

So the nobles began to invest, just like the Yanzhou nobles welcomed Cao Cao, and the Jiangdong nobles welcomed Sun Ce, it was the same reason, they had to find someone to take the lead.

The Mi family was a famous family in Xuzhou. Mi Zhu took a fancy to Liu Bei, and with his help in contacting financing, Liu Bei rose quickly.

In the past, Liu Bei had not thought about the problem of the nobles in detail, and of course he was not naive to think that their Liu family was the boss, and that people would listen to whatever they said, and that the whole world was really the king's land. It was just that he was in it, and he did not seriously examine the Han Dynasty and the nobles.

After his experience in Liaodong, he understood General Wang's attitude towards the wealthy families. After hearing all the damn words from General Wang, he also had opinions about the wealthy families. Especially after he went to Xuzhou and got to know the conduct of each family, he understood why Wang Yan was so cruel and why he wanted to kill them all, because they were really a disaster.

Of course, many families are investing in him now, and he feels very happy again. He has a sense of taking off from the ground. This feeling once made him a little lost. This overwhelming wealth finally came to our old Liu.

But thinking about it carefully, it's quite uncomfortable. Because the wealthy families are poison wrapped in frosting, enjoying its benefits, naturally you have to bear the side effects that come with it. He has nothing now, and he doesn't want to rebel against the Han Dynasty with General Wang's men. He has no place to stand, and can only rely on the support of these people to gain a foothold. If they develop, these people must control all positions under his command, and it is difficult to eradicate them like maggots on the tarsal bone.

Since the Qin Dynasty, all ambitious emperors have done nothing more than two things. Externally, we attacked foreigners, and internally we suppressed powerful men, powerful men, scholar-bureaucrats, and landlords. If both of these things achieve results, you will be a wise king. If one thing achieves results, you will be the master of ZTE.

Because as long as you do one of these two things well, you can relieve stress, expand your living space, and ease conflicts. However, when doing these two things, it is the people who suffer. War requires military expenditures, landowners must mobilize the people to resist, and wars must cause internal disasters. It is not easy no matter what.

Liu Bei was secretly on guard. He was consciously imitating General Wang. Apart from fighting with troops, he did everything he could without showing his face...

At this time, Sun Ce, another leader of the Three Kingdoms, had just died. Sun Jian attacked Liu Biao, but was shot to death by Huang Zu's random arrows. Sun Ce inherited Sun Jian's old army and continued to work as a thug for Yuan Shu.

From this point of view, Liu Bei is much better than Sun Ce. After all, he is dependent, Sun Ce is purely working, and Sun Jian is dependent...

In March, Youzhou has already thawed. Although it is still cold in late spring, it can no longer stop the arrival of spring.

On this day, the General's Mansion in Jixian County was lively again, decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. The people in the General's Mansion are very skilled, but there is nothing we can do about it. The General has many wives, so there must be one or two every year.

Lao Cai, who lives in Wenchang Pavilion in Liaodong, rarely comes to Jixian. Although Wenchang Pavilion is being built here, it is still larger, has more functions, and is more magnificent than the one in Liaodong. He has seen the design drawings and heard from the person responsible for the construction. I haven’t even watched the scholar’s ​​explanation once.

In the general's mansion, I saw the smiling General Wang. His nose was not a nose, and his eyes were not eyes. He looked like he was blowing his beard and staring.

Because today is his daughter entering the house, it would be strange to be happy. There was also someone who was not worried about him, her little daughter Cai Li who she had sent to her door. Although they are two years apart, they are raised in the General's Mansion and taken care of by Cai Yan.

Wang Yan didn't care about Lao Cai's blowing his beard and staring, he smiled shamelessly and said, "My son-in-law has met my father-in-law." He was still angry.

Lao Cai became even more angry, snorted coldly, turned around and entered the house without even looking at Wang Yan.

Wang Yan laughed, looked at the woman in a wedding dress with her head covered, and rubbed Cai Li's head: "Take your sister to the back house."

At this time, Cai Li no longer had the same energy as before, or in other words, she still had it, but she just understood what the relationship between men and women was, and she was very embarrassed to see Wang Yan. When Wang Yan touched his head, he immediately blushed and became slightly blessed. He quickly pulled his sister and followed Zhen Dao, who came to greet people, to the back house.

Today, he married a new wife, the famous Cai Yan. General Wang has seen countless women, and of course he is not very happy, but after all, she is Lao Cai's girl. The existence of Lao Cai has been of great help. Today, the cultural prosperity under his rule has Lao Cai. Tsai deserves a lot of the credit. He also forcibly married two daughters, so he had to set up two tables to take care of everything. By the way, I will teach you again and unify my thoughts.

You should pay special attention to this aspect. Don’t be afraid of saying old things over and over again, but be afraid of not mentioning them at all.

As usual, the general gave a speech, and then there were the popular and spicy drinks, which were all very delicious. When it comes to chefs in You and Liao, the best one is the fat cook in the General's Mansion. Moreover, the General has a new wife, so she is a hard food. These people who came here, ranging from various high-ranking officials to low-level officials who performed outstandingly, as well as soldiers and craftsmen, have never had such a good meal.

General Wang does big things from the top, not to mention various high-ranking officials, grassroots officials, soldiers, and craftsmen. This is something to pay attention to. When he marries a wife or holds a year-end banquet, these people must be chosen to take the lead. effect. The general personally received them and toasted them, and when they returned, the effect would definitely be full.

Therefore, many people hope that the general will marry more wives. This is definitely the most heartfelt blessing.

After dinner and team building, just when Wang Yan was about to leave, Guo Jia stopped him.

Facing Wang Yan's probing eyes, Guo Jia said: "General, the city has been conquered this winter. Now the ice has melted and the snow has melted, and spring is coming. Dong Zhuo and others will definitely respond. I predict that Dong Zhuo will not send many troops, and he pretends to send an imperial edict to Xiliang. Send Han Sui and Ma Teng to attack.

In the past two years, Yuan Jian went to the grassland for another eight hundred miles, but only a thousand miles later he reached Liangzhou. Therefore, Jia thinks that if Han and Ma come to Chun and they really raise their troops to attack me, Yuan Jian may be able to lead the cavalry camp to attack thousands of miles, seize his nest and cut off his return route. In such a pincer attack from east to west, Han and Ma can defeat him in a single battle. , the two states of Bing and Liang can be established. "

Wang Yan shook his head and smiled: "You can run thousands of miles to harass their nests, kill the wealthy clans, seize their wealth and food, and force them to return to the army, but you can't seize their nests. Without me, I can't conquer the world on horseback, because there is really not enough food and grass. After a battle, Liang will be defeated. Who will govern the two states? If we don’t kill the powerful people, why will our people work hard?”

Guo Jia was still young, so he was a little out of his depth when he was released. Just thinking about conquering the world ignores many things. Did he, General Wang, not want to decide the country early? Who wants to go slow if he can go fast? How sick does he have to be before he wants to take people's lives, raise a group of rivals, and then torture them one by one?

After hearing the general's words, Guo Jia sighed: "It's just Jia's impatience that made him miscalculate."

"Xu Tufang is the best policy, but if you make steady progress, the world will win."

Wang Yan smiled and patted his shoulder, then turned and entered the back house.

Cai Yan had lived a very happy life in Liaodong in the past few years. He spent all day either studying or playing the piano and practicing calligraphy. When he got a little older, he was even assigned to be a teacher and taught in a school. He lived a fulfilling life every day. In the past seven years, she had watched Wang Yan develop Liaodong into a powerful and prosperous country. She had already been fascinated by this man who was eight years older than him. She longed to see the day when the general became successful.

She heard the door open, heard the voice of the maid being told to go out, heard the approaching footsteps, and then the veil was lifted, and she met the pair of deep eyes.

As the saying goes, girls change a lot when they grow up. Old Cai has a unique look, but Cai Yan is really pretty. She has become more and more beautiful in recent years. Wang Yan said she is very smooth...

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