Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Highway Comes
Yanbei did not indulge in the gentle township, and Zhuojun still had a lot of things waiting for him to decide.
Early the next morning, an elite rider was dispatched to send Zhen Rong to the Zhuangzi given to him by Jiang Jin outside Jixian County, along with Zhen Rong's maidservants and domestic servants, as for the child's name, there is still some time to think about it.
Zhuojun recruited 20,000 new soldiers, although 3,000 of them were recruited and garrisoned for Tai Shici earlier, but the rest are also some good seedlings to be soldiers.
In the early years, he was able to share weal and sorrow with the soldiers, and now although he has a lot of affairs, he still has the help of others in the end. Yan Bei relied on his youth, and still ate and slept with these new soldiers of Zhuo County, in his opinion, there was nothing more important than training at the moment...... As in the past, to gain the loyalty of the soldiers, it was necessary to let them see themselves, even if it was just by calling out some of them by name.
The status of the highest military and political commander in Youzhou brought him not only power, but also convincing respect from others.
As for the affairs of the state, Yanbei has carte blanche to entrust Xun Yue with all the powers, except for the things that the state government cannot manage, he needs to send a letter to him, otherwise everything will be decided by Xun Yue. Yanbei knew that this was not a long-term solution, but at least before the autumn harvest, he had to appear at the Zhuoxian garrison camp from time to time to eat and sleep with these soldiers. Now is the time when the people of Zhuojun are most grateful to him, if they can strike while the iron is hot, they can win the hearts of the army.
If the military spirit is there, the people's hearts will not go far.
It's just that the training has not been around for less than a month, and a letter from Youzhou Mansion was sent to Zhuo County, and Yanbei set off for Ji County.
Xun Yue's biography said that the Jing Yang generation led the Yangzhou pastor, and Yuan Shu, who proclaimed himself the governor of Yangzhou, sent envoys, but he held the talisman used by the imperial court to seal the officials, so Xun Yue had to be treated seriously.
"The imperial court, it's been a long time since I've heard a letter from the imperial court."
When Yan Bei crossed the threshold of the state capital, he was still thinking in his heart, where did the ghost Yuan Highway in the middle of the road snatch the talisman and ran to me to show off. If you want to say that it is really a person from the imperial court, Yanbei categorically does not believe it, not to mention that Guo Yan, who is now in charge of the imperial court, was defeated by himself in Hebei in the early years, and fled in a hurry for Zhao Yun all the way; Even if Li Dao and Guo Yan don't remember this hatred, if the imperial court wants to send envoys to Youzhou, it is more difficult than climbing the Shu Road, and it is absolutely impossible for an envoy to arrive in Jixian County openly.
At least there is no Crouching Tiger Gongsun Zan on Shu Road, isn't it?
Don't look at Gongsun Zhan, he can't even control the fleeing people, if there is an envoy of the imperial court who passes through Jizhou with a letter to Yanbei Fengguan, you see if he can walk to Jixian alive!
As soon as he entered the state capital, Yanbei saw that many officials in the state were there, and there was a middle-aged man he didn't know sitting in the hall. ”
Yuan Jian thought that if he wanted to see Yanbei, he would have to go to Liaodong County and other bitter cold places, but he didn't want to go through more than two months of sea drifting, so he stopped the ship in Youzhou and heard that Yan Zhongqing had been elected by the Youzhou people as the state pastor and was fighting with Gongsun Zan in Zhuo County. Therefore, he kept an eye on it and did not rush to the state capital, but temporarily stayed in Yuyang Quanzhou for more than a month. However, there are a lot of things I have seen and heard in the past month.
When he went to Yuyang, it was the Yanbei Army that uprooted the Wang clan of the big clan entrenched in the three counties of Yuyang, Guangyang, and Youbeiping with a thunderous force, and then Zhao Yun led the troops into Yuyang to collect the Wang family's assets, and the action could not hide from his eyes. Seeing that the two parties were divided in Zhuo County, and Gongsun Zhan and his son were killed by Yanbei, Yuan Jian took the seal letter and sent someone to release the news to Youzhou Mansion, and drove all the way in the purchased car.
If the two sides are not scored, or Gongsun Chan has the advantage, he will have to consider whether it is appropriate for him to be friendly with Yanbei.
Yan Bei nodded in response, and Xun Yue on the side was afraid that Yan Bei would misunderstand, so he said to him: "This Yangzhou envoy is from Chen County. ”
"So, your Excellency is not a relative of General Yuan? Your Excellency has been waiting for a long time. Yan Bei smiled, and then waved his hand to let everyone sit down, and then said to Yuan Lian: "Yan and General Highway fought together in the Central Plains, and they have the love of robes, so Your Excellency does not need to see outside." How is General Yuan doing lately? I heard that Brother Highway is fighting in Huainan and making a good situation, congratulations! ”
"There is General Lao's concern, my lord Yuan Gong has always been concerned about the things that fought together with Your Excellency in the Central Plains, and he also praised the general a lot. In order to make the next conversation smooth, Yuan Jian thought that it was very meaningful to say some nonsense praising Yanbei and Yuan Shu's martial arts, and finally asked Yanbei: "I am bold, I don't know what the general thinks of the situation today?" ”
In fact, in comparison, the most powerful prince today must be Yuan Shu. Especially when the distance between the north and the south is too far and the road is impassable, the situation in the south is more like a layer of clouds and mist, which makes people unable to see other situations except Yuan Shu at all.
Yan Bei said with a smile: "If you talk about the situation in the world, the princes north of the river are fighting in chaos, and now Youzhou is pacified, Jizhou is divided into three, and the state is plagued by the Hu people and the rebels; There are Cao, Liu, Tao, and Brother Lu in China, but what is the situation in the south? ”
"South of the Huai River, now has been pacified, the land of Jingyang is all in the hands of my lord, now Tao Qian lives in Xuzhou, for Cao Mengde, Yuan Benchu suffered, please our lord north to force Yuan Shao; In addition, Xuzhou Tao also took Zhu Jun of the garrison as a famous general, and he made many military exploits and could be entrusted with great tasks. Then he joined the former Yangzhou Assassin Shi Zhou Gan, Lang Evil State Minister Yin De, East China Sea State Minister Liu Kui, Peng Cheng State Minister Ji Lian, Beihai Xiang Guo Kong Rong, Pei Xiang Yuan Zhong, Taishan Taishou Ying Shao, Runan Taishou Xu Xuan, former Jiujiang Taishou Fu Qian, Doctor Zheng Xuan and others jointly elected Zhu Jun as the Grand Master, moved the Mu Bo, and discussed Li Dao and others to welcome the Son of Heaven. ”
"Huh, such a big noise? Yan didn't know at all. "It's still very useful to have envoys coming, at least to be able to exchange information with each other, this year he fought with Gongsun Zhan, which is equivalent to sealing Youzhou's eyes and ears facing the Central Plains, and he doesn't know what happened. The old enemy Tao Qian summoned many things about the Taishou in Shandong, which made Yanbei very concerned, and immediately asked: "Later, can this coalition army send troops to fight the thief?" ”
This coalition of Li and Guo is almost a copy of their fight against Dong back then, and it is also connected by the Taishou in various places, and almost elects a celebrity who has no strength but prestige like Yuan Shao back then to be the leader.
Yanbei didn't want Tao Qian to get such a big benefit.
"It can't be done." Yuan Jian shook his head, although there was no ridicule on his face, but there was also a bit of banter, and said: "Zhu Junqi is well versed in Mingzhe to protect his body, how can he lead the way to be this master, I am afraid that it will just end up without a problem." ”
Yan Bei nodded slowly, this is okay, only then did he remember what Yuan Jian said earlier about the south being in the hands of Yuan Shu, and asked tentatively: "I heard that Xiangyang is still in Liu Jingsheng's hands?" ”
As long as Liu Biao is still in Xiangyang, it is a joke that the south is in the hands of Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu is a good friend, but a good friend who is too powerful, I'm afraid it's not a good thing for anyone.