Chapter 2374 It’s All a Conspiracy

Buddhist temple.

If you still have expectations for this life, you will most likely cultivate in this life. If you are tired of the present, you will probably cultivate in the next life.

A statue of Buddha.

An incense burner.

An old lady.

Mrs. Wu slowly turned the rosary beads, making a soft clicking sound.

"Tell me……"

Mrs. Wu's voice was soft and her eyelids were slightly closed.

Sun Quan sat at the bottom with a gloomy expression, "This is the path our Sun family... must take..."

"Jiangdong...the biggest enemy is not Cao Cao, nor Fei Ziyuan who is far away in Guanzhong, but these aristocratic families in Jiangdong, these powerful people!" If it cannot be defeated, the Sun family will be trapped in a quagmire forever, unable to extricate themselves..."

"Fei Qian Fei Ziyuan..."

"He can be considered a figure... First, Sanfu in Guanzhong used the reputation of being short of food to make Zuo Fengyi's wealthy family covet money and hoard food and grass. Finally, with one blow, Zuo Fengyi's wealthy family was almost wiped out! 』

"Guanzhong was shaken, and the third assistant was terrified!" The unruly people of the past prostrate themselves under their feet, and the arrogant people of the past are obedient to the palm of their hands! How joyful! ” Sun Quan said with excitement, as if he had become Fei Qian and then saw a large group of people lying on the ground with their fat buttocks raised high.

Mrs. Wu frowned slightly, but didn't say anything.

Sun Quan's eyes gradually shone with light, "Then Fei Ziyuan used Longyou as a bait to lure the tyrants of Longyou and Longxi into his hubby, and incited the Zhang family in Hanzhong to rebel and cause turmoil in Sichuan and Shu... All these actions were all for one thing. matter……"

"Eradicate the big houses everywhere!" 』

"Local power!" 』

"People like this are also the fault of Jiangdong!" 』

As Sun Quan talked, he became a little excited. Perhaps in front of Mrs. Wu, he could be like a child and let go of his disguise and defense more easily, "Brother...if it wasn't...huh..."

Sun Quan took a deep breath, stopped, and calmed down.

In fact, the original heir of the Sun family was Sun Ce, and Sun Quan had nothing to do with him. So from the beginning, Sun Jian took Sun Ce to practice on the battlefield, giving him personal guidance on how to strengthen his muscles and practice martial arts...

Sun Ce also lived up to Sun Jian's expectations. He was powerful in martial arts and dominated the battlefield. But Sun Jian forgot one thing, that is, Sun Ce was partial to the subject. In fact, Sun Jian himself may be aware of this, but the problem is that Sun Jian himself has no good way. Fortunately, Sun Ce met Zhou Yu, and he could barely make up for this shortcoming.

But this shortcoming to make up for was not Sun Ce's own after all. When Zhou Yu was not around, or when he could not make any suggestions, Sun Ce leaked, and the habit of killing opponents on the battlefield was brought to the battlefield. The result of getting used to not using your brain is that you no longer need to use your brain at all.

For Sun Quan, his feelings towards Sun Ce are complicated. He both admires and hates Sun Ce. The reasons for admiration are simple, but the reasons for hating are complex.

And now, there is one more person for Sun Quan who both admires and hates him.

Feiqian.

Fei Qian came from a poor family, and Sun Quan was also from a poor family.

Fei Qian's starting point was very low, and Sun Quan's starting point was not very high either.

Fei Qian is older and Sun Quan is younger, but they are both relatively young.

In the early days of Feiqian, Bingbei was poor and in chaos. In the early days of Sun Quan, Jiangdong was in chaos and his family business was on the verge of collapse.

It seems that in comparison, the two have something in common, but then Fei Qian became someone else's child, which made Sun Quan feel heartbroken and uncomfortable. After feeling uncomfortable, I couldn't help but take a sneak peek and another look to see how that damn guy did things and what he did.

When Sun Quan deduced Fei Qian's overall plan one by one, he suddenly discovered that there was such an operation?

Damn it, no, it’s okay!

Sun Quan is also a very vengeful person. Now he is only nearly 20 years old. When he was supposed to be young and vigorous, he was suppressed by the Jiangdong nobles and turned into a little old man.

So one word jumped out in Sun Quan's mind...

Do it!

Isn’t it just copying homework? Who can’t?

I’ve already copied my homework, wouldn’t I be a fool if I didn’t copy it?

Is it about copying homework...

Many people have done it.

Everyone naturally knows whether copying homework is good or not, but the question is when it comes to their own hands, should they copy it or not?

Sun Quan even felt that Cao Cao even deliberately released water in Xuzhou and did not provide support. His purpose may be to use Sun Quan's hand to consume the big local households in Xuzhou...

That’s just right!

"The child spread the news to the outside world, saying that Zang Xuangao wanted to invest in the child..." Sun Quan smiled and squinted, "Haha... This is false... I guess there will be someone who will pass this news back... By then, hehe ...』

"The thief Cao must be suspicious of everyone in Taishan..."

"At that time, the child only needs to win over a little bit..."

"The situation in Xuzhou will definitely be turned upside down!" 』

Therefore, this time Sun Quan marched into the army and even proposed to "conquer personally". Sun Shiwan's idea was to eat both sides. On the one hand, he would take the opportunity to capture Xuzhou, and on the other hand, he could also go back and capture some of the big, unscrupulous households in Jiangdong!

Such a plan is naturally inseparable from Mrs. Wu's support.

Sun Quan finished talking, and then looked at Mrs. Wu with some expectation.

Mrs. Wu frowned, closed her eyes, and the beads in her hand clicked slowly.

The green smoke of sandalwood lingers in the Buddhist hall, and the sound of monks banging wooden fish and chanting sutras seems to be heard in the distance...

"The plan is good..." Mrs. Wu opened her eyes and said slowly, "But you forgot one thing..."

Sun Quan fell to the ground and asked, "Please give me some advice, mother." 』

"What you can think of...can't others think of it?" ! Mrs. Wu said slowly, "You have made some progress than before, but it is not enough..."

Sun Quan's heart skipped a beat and his eyes rolled.

Mrs. Wu glanced at Sun Quan and said, "There are two words, you still have to think about it carefully..."

"Please give me some advice, mother." 』

"Conspiracy!" 』

……(￢_￢)……

The Taishan bandit is a typical outsider among the Three Kingdoms.

In history, although after fierce competition, the three major separatist forces of Cao, Liu, and Sun were finally formed, the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu were not able to firmly control all of China's territory at that time. There were still conflicts within and around these three countries. Independent regions or forces of varying sizes.

For example, Mount Tai.

The Rise of the Taishan Bandits During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li and others from Taishan County took the opportunity to raise troops in Xuzhou. Their respective tribes jointly elected Zang Ba as their leader and settled in the Kaiyang area of ​​Mount Tai.

With almost the same power as Zang Ba, there is also Chang Xi from Taishan County. He is also very powerful and is the most troublesome to Cao Cao among the Taishan thieves.

When Tao Qian was still alive, he wanted to let the Taishan bandits fight with Cao Cao, but the Taishan bandits didn't know whether it was because the commander was in confusion and it was difficult to unify his opinions, or because he had no intention of developing outward, so the Taishan bandits did not Showed too much aggression towards Cao Cao.

When Yuan Shu was strong, Taishan and Yuan Shu flirted with each other. When Lu Bu came, Taishan also laughed with Lu Bu. Even when Liu Bei arrived in Xuzhou, Taishan said that they could get along with each other...

This situation, of course, made Cao Cao very worried when he confronted Yuan Shao. In addition, Cao Cao did not have the ability to fight on multiple fronts at that time, so he could only bribe as much as possible and offered favorable conditions, so Zang Ba and Chang Xi Then he surrendered to Cao Cao.

The cost for Cao Cao to recruit and surrender the Taishan thieves was high. "He appointed Ba as the prime minister of Langxie, and appointed the prefects of Dunli City, Li Dongguan, Guanbeihai, and Kangcheng Yang as governors. He cut off Qingzhou and Xuzhou and entrusted them to Ba." 』

Not only was Zang Ba and others promised to be given official titles and titles, and they could retain their own troops, but they even directly assigned a large area of ​​Qingzhou and Xuzhou to Zang Ba. Another Taishan force, Chang Xi, was granted the title of "Zang Ba" by Cao Cao. Governor of Donghai County.

Under such favorable conditions, Zang Ba Changxi stood on Cao Cao's side and played an important role in resisting Yuan Shao's attack on the Qingzhou route. However, at the same time, he also became a huge figure in the heart of Lao Cao. pimple.

The last time the Hussars invaded Xu County, the Taishan bandits couldn't agree on the same opinion. In the end, although they did indeed lead troops to Xu County to support them, they arrived relatively late anyway.

This shows that the Taishan thief is not "loyal" enough!

so now……

"Brother Zang..."

"Do we...really want to send our children there to be used as hostages?" 』

Zang Ba was silent.

If there hadn't been Fei Qian, the hussar general, there might not be much need to think about this issue. As a general, Cao Cao had the power to control the court. Even though he knew that the son he sent out would become a hostage, he could only bow his head obediently and respectfully send him to Yecheng.

Even though Cao Cao said that he was not a "hostage", he just established a new academy in Yecheng and invited promising young people of "appropriate age" to study and make progress together...

Zang Ba had a hunch that if he really sent his children to Yecheng, in a few years, even if he could keep the inheritance in his hands, his children would not be able to afford it in the future!

Yecheng!

Zang Ba has some idea of ​​what his children are like. At that time, I am afraid that I will become a weak scholar with no strength, and if I want to lead an army... Haha, I am afraid I don't understand anything, I just know a few verses of scripture!

But if you don't send it...

Xiahou and Cao's children have all gone, why can't Zang Ba's son go?

Sun Guan squatted aside, putting his hands on his knees, "Why can't we stay here?" We just want to occupy other places in our hometown... If they like, they can occupy them, and we will not stop them..."

"Because he is afraid..." Zang Ba also sat down next to Sun Guan and looked into the distance, "He is afraid..."

"What are you afraid of?" Are you afraid that we will rebel? Sun Guan sneered, "We are not fools!" 』

Zang Ba nodded and said: "We are indeed not... but they think we are all..."

"we are not! Sun Guan stared, "Why don't they believe it?" ! 』

Zang Ba smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, why don't you believe it?" 』

In fact, both people can understand this answer to some extent.

Not a stranger.

Although Cao Cao has repeatedly emphasized that he is recruiting talented people from all over the world, the "talented people" under Cao Cao are more or less from some family backgrounds. They really have no background, or are just like Zang Ba Sun Guan, because of the Yellow Turban The relationship between thieves and the characters who grew up under the opportunity of the storm cannot truly become their "own people".

To put it simply, under Cao Cao, the civilian side was the Yingchuan clan headed by Xun Yu, while the general side was basically the Cao family and the Xiahou family. Where was there any room for other people?

On the other hand, in Xijing, under the Qiusi, both civil servants and generals came from many places. Although the Jingxiang family may account for a slightly larger proportion, they are still much better than those under Cao Cao!

What's more, under the Hussar, there are a large number of children from poor families who can pass exams to obtain official positions. There is no need to find people, have connections, and have connections to enter the department, otherwise even if they are in Cao Cao, If you go in, you will soon be treated as an outcast, and you never know when you will be thrown out to pay for your sins.

Comparatively speaking, in Cao Cao, the "upper class" live happily, while in Fei Qian, the middle and lower class people have more opportunities...

If he really wanted to send his son somewhere, Zang Ba really thought it would be better to send him to Xijing than to Yecheng.

It's a pity that Qiusi doesn't seem to have much interest in Shandong.

At least not at the moment...

"Alas..." Zang Ba sighed.

Sun Guan turned his head and looked at Zang Ba, "What should we do now?" Are you just dragging it on like this? 』

"..." Zang Ba raised his head and looked in another direction, "Of course I can drag it, but I'm worried that I won't be able to drag it on..."

"Why? ” Sun Guan asked.

Zang Ba didn't speak, just looked into the distance for a long time, and sighed again.

……(〒︿〒)……

Guangling is a relatively peripheral county in Xuzhou, because during the Han Dynasty, the coastline along the coast had not expanded so much, and some alluvial plains were still being formed, so Guangling was actually relatively close to the coastline and relatively remote. .

To the north of Guangling is Xiapi, the base of the Chen family. It is considered a relatively important city, and it is also a prosperous place second only to the Xuzhou Government Office.

In the Cold Weapon Age, water source was a very important factor. The army could not leave the water. Therefore, although the land to the north of Guangling was not compensated by the hills in the south of the Yangtze River. There were many hills and it was considered a relatively open area. However, for Sun's soldiers, Said that water sources are still indispensable, and attacking along the river is the safest choice.

That is Huai River and Sishui.

The important node on the Huai River is Guangling, and the node on the Si River is Xiapi, and through the Yishui River, it connects Donghai County and Langya County. Now Guangling was invaded by Sun Quan's army, and the war was about to extend to Xiapi. Naturally, countless messengers were sent to report and ask for help, and many of them went to Xu County and Yecheng.

Of course, among these messengers, there are also those who go to Donghai County to ask for help...

Zang Ba is the Prime Minister of Langya, and Chang Xi is the Prime Minister of East China Sea.

Letters from Xiapi requesting reinforcements were piled on Changxi's desk.

Guangling's city defense was originally in disrepair. Sun's army advanced by land and water, and buildings and boats arrived directly at the foot of Guangling City to assist in the attack. Even with Man Chong rushing to help, they could not hold it, and finally evacuated Guangling and retreated to Xiapi.

Then, on the other side of Changxi's desk, there was a letter from Yecheng, saying that the quality of education in Yecheng was very good, and he wanted to invite Changxi's son to "visit and provide guidance"...

If I really go, I guess I’ll say goodbye forever?

The reason why Chang Xi and Cao Cao did not deal with each other before was because Cao Cao only gave Chang Xi a name but nothing specific. At first, Chang Xi thought it was because he didn't explain it clearly, or because the report he typed up was still in the queue. But then he got really impatient, so after asking around and asking someone, he found out that Lao Cao didn't have it at all. Plan to approve his application!

Not only Changxi's application, but also all Taishan Army's demands for territory from Dongguan to Langya, from Donghai to Chengyang, were invisible and inaudible. Cao Cao had no intention of giving any support from the beginning to the end!

Of course, other aspects of Lao Cao’s classmate are actually tight, but the problem is, don’t people only know how to look at problems from their own perspective?

This made Chang Xi very disappointed.

Very, very disappointed, because Chang Xi thought that his status as the Prime Minister of the East China Sea meant that he had successfully cleared his name and landed ashore, but in fact, in the eyes of those people, he was not a local official worth two thousand dan, he was still a thief!

Taishan thief!

So even those people who know these places in Xuzhou and Qingzhou have suffered a certain amount of damage due to the previous wars, whether it is city defense, water conservancy, or Zhuanghe farmland, and these people also know that Changxi's applied craftsman is Repair for agricultural and mulberry water conservancy...

This is good for the people, right?

But because Chang Xi was a Taishan thief, he refused to approve it!

Therefore, there are other facilities in Donghai County's city defense, and the repair process is slow...

Chang Xi scolded Cao Cao countless times for this reason, and even almost got killed because of it.

Chang Xi was somewhat aware of this. He even heard people say that Cao Cao originally wanted Zang Ba to come and kill him, but Zang Ba refused.

The reason, of course, is brotherhood...

Brother, what the hell!

Can brotherhood be used as food?

Is brotherhood more important, or is it the soldiers in your hands that are more important? If there are no soldiers in his hands, can brotherhood still save his life?

Zang Ba was unwilling to take action because Zang Ba was not a fool. Everyone knows that this is just a divorce plan, and it is also a divorce plan on the surface. The relationship between Zang Ba and Chang Xi is not good, just because they share the name of "Taishan Army", so if Zang Ba takes action, the situation that was originally maintainable will collapse immediately!

The reverse is also true.

Chang Xi would not take action against Zang Ba. Even those who did not understand the allusion of lips dying and teeth cold would understand this truth. Regardless of whether the Taishan Army can get along with each other, at least they must be consistent externally, so that they can stay stable.

But now, it's getting more and more troublesome...

Although it was said that Zang Ba refused, Chang Xi was murmuring in his heart, who knows if Zang Ba really refused?

What if...

So I knew it was a stratagem, but there was already some distance in my heart.

Now, it's even more troublesome.

If we rescue Xiapi, it means that the troops in Donghai County will be empty, and Langya County is right next door. Who can guarantee that Zang Ba will not receive any orders again?

If we do not send troops to rescue Xiapi, it is almost equivalent to standing on the opposite side of Cao Cao. Regardless of whether Xiapi can be defended in the end, this crime will be serious. If it is not a minor offense like scolding Cao Cao a few times, it will be a serious crime. When Cao Cao shouts to kill again, even Zang Ba may not be able to stop him...

what to do?

Chang Xi looked left and right, his eyes roving back and forth over the letters on both sides, but his hand couldn't help but reach into his arms and touch another letter...