Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Nanyang, Wancheng.

The sky seems to be changing.

Jia Xu's chubby figure was sitting on the straw mat, and the winter sun fell on him, helping him dispel the chill. When he was free, Jia Xu liked to hide in his yard and bask in the sun.

When Chu Nan, Lu Bu and others came out of the secret realm, they sent someone to send over a copy of the idea of ​​meditation. When the Central Plains promoted the idea of ​​meditation, but Chu Nan did not force Nanyang to do anything, but just sent it over. Didn't say anything.

Jia Xu could roughly understand what Chu Nan meant. This was another wooing. The north-south dispute was inevitable. Nanyang was attached to the imperial court, but relatively independent. The appointment and dismissal of officials, military power and even finances were still in the hands of Zhang Xiu.

But for this reason, the Nanyang nobles were quite repulsed by Zhang Xiu.

Is it a rule? Except that the gentry under Chu Nan’s rule are more miserable, other places are still the same. Once local officials are rejected by the gentry, they will be hindered everywhere, even if it is a prince like Zhang Xiu who holds military power. the same.

Of course, Zhang Xiu could also choose to follow Chu Nan’s old path and sacrifice the butcher’s knife, but Zhang Xiu obviously did not have the courage to do so, and Jia Xu did not suggest doing so.

He didn't want to live a busy life, living in the shadow of being assassinated all day long.

However, it is possible to cooperate with the imperial court. Material trade, exchange of goods, and even the New Deal can also be used. After all, this is an imperial court decree. We do things according to the imperial court's law. At this time, if he dared to forcibly stop him, he would not give him a way out and forced Zhang Xiu to use his butcher knife.

The gentry obviously understood this truth. In order to avoid completely pushing Zhang Xiu to Chu Nan, they made some compromises, which made Nanyang look quite peaceful now.

As long as there is no chaos, Jia Xu doesn't care about other things. In the end, Nanyang will choose a power to join, and it will be fine after the northern hegemon is decided.

If it was Cao Cao, Jia Xu would suggest Zhang Xiu to defect now, but if it was Chu Nan, Jia Xu thought it would be better to wait, after all, Chu Nan took a different path from Cao Cao, and it was too dangerous.

As for the ultimate benefits, Jia Xu doesn't care, take your time, safety is the most important thing, so although you won't get any big benefits, you won't take any big risks either.

It's just that Jia Xu didn't quite understand the process of Chu Nan taking over the power.

It's too easy, isn't it?
It seems to be a very natural transition. This is the first time Jia Xu has seen such a peaceful internal power transfer in most of his life.

Sure enough, it is impossible to count all the things in this world, let's take a closer look at whose hands the battle for the hegemony of the Central Plains will eventually fall into.

"Patriarch!" An old servant walked in quickly and saluted Jia Xu.

"What's the matter?" Jia Xu asked with a smile.

"The envoy is here." The old servant said with a bow.

"Please!" Jia Xu stood up unsteadily, straightened her clothes, and walked unsteadily to the main hall.

Zhang Xiu had already arrived in the main hall, saw Jia Xu, got up quickly and said, "Sir."

"Please sit down, sir." Jia Xu hurriedly motioned Zhang Xiu to sit down, and said with a smile: "The emperor is the emperor, and the subordinate is the minister. How can the emperor be polite to the minister?"

"Sir, don't say that. I can sit firmly in Nanyang, thanks to your advice." Zhang Xiu followed the good advice, sat down, looked at Jia Xu and said with a smile: "I know that you like to be quiet, so I don't want to disturb you, but There is something unresolved today, so I want to ask Mr.

Jia Xu is very satisfied with Zhang Xiu's attitude. Looking around the world, it is difficult to find such a lord who will confess his subordinates.

It's a pity that Zhang Xiu doesn't have the appearance of a hero, and Nanyang is the place of the Four Wars, so it's really not easy to develop, otherwise, he might be a prince that can't be ignored in the world.

"It doesn't matter if you say it, sir." Jia Xu still had a smile on his face.

"Liu Biao sent a letter today, inviting me to Xinye to have a talk." Zhang Xiu frowned and said, "I wonder if it has something to do with the Central Plains battle?"

Although Chu Nan and Yuan Shao hadn't fought yet, Jingzhou began to gradually reduce its trade with Chu Nanzhi before the competition between the two sides started. It can be seen that Liu Biao is waving the flag with Yuan Shao tied up.

"The envoy agreed?" Jia Xu asked after a moment of thought.

Xinye belongs to the buffer zone between Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu. Liu Biao is quite sincere in meeting Zhang Xiu here.

But if you really want to count people, it's too simple.

"I haven't replied yet, I'm here to ask you what you want." Zhang Xiu shook his head, he obeyed Zhang Xiu's words, whenever there was an unresolved matter, he was the first to ask Zhang Xiu instead of making a decision himself.

"If Shijun believes in me, I will decline the invitation." Jia Xu sighed.

This Liu Biao is looking for Zhang Xiu for nothing more than two purposes. One is to draw a clear line between Zhang Xiu and Chu Nan. After all, in name, this Nanyang is also under the rule of Jingzhou. Still an alliance.

Now Liu Biao is cheering for Yuan Shao and pulling Zhang Xiu, who is attached to Chu Nan, to his side, which is not a strange thing.

Another reason might be a bit sinister. Liu Biao wanted to take back Nanyang. If this was the purpose, Zhang Xiu's trip would be dangerous. Since Liu Biao invited Zhang Xiu to go, he was sure to keep Zhang Xiu behind.

Once Zhang Xiu died in Xinye, Liu Biao took advantage of the situation to attack Nanyang, and the Nanyang gentry would probably be the first to greet him. Without Zhang Xiu in charge of Nanyang, it would be too easy to attack.

No matter what the possibility is, it will not be beneficial to go there, and there is even a risk of losing one's life, so why go.

"This..." Zhang Xiu hesitated, but still nodded.

Jia Xu looked at him, shook his head and smiled, this character is the kind of person who can't get rid of affection and is not good at rejecting.

"In this way, I will send you a letter back, saying that I have been busy with official duties recently, and someone has been assassinated. I was frightened and I am not good at it. If you have important matters, you might as well come to Nanyang to discuss." Jia Xu straightened his body and gave Zhang Xiu had an idea.

Put the meeting place at the end, if the other party really wants to persuade Zhang Xiu, just send an envoy to come over, if not, then it is probably the second type, want Nanyang, want Zhang Xiu's life.

"Okay!" Hearing this, Zhang Xiu relaxed a lot, nodded and said, "Then I'll go now."

Jia Xu nodded and got up to see her off.

Looking at the back of Zhang Xiu leaving in a hurry, Jia Xu shook her head, and continued to go back to the yard to bask in the sun. Before the end of the North-South War, there would probably not be any role in Nanyang.

On the other side, Zhang Xiu followed Jia Xu's suggestion and wrote back a letter for the envoy sent by Liu Biao to take it back.

However, the emissary did not return directly to Xiangyang, but went directly to Xinye.

"My lord!" The envoy saluted Liu Bei after seeing Liu Bei, calling him lord.

"Has Zhang Xiu ever agreed?" Liu Bei didn't speak, but Jian Yong beside him got up, looked at the messenger and asked.

"I don't know about my humble position. General Zhang just replied this letter." After the soldier finished speaking, he delivered Zhang Xiu's letter.

Jian Yong quickly took it, took out the letterhead and opened it.

After a long while, he shook his head disappointedly at Liu Bei: "That Zhangxiu shirked his busy schedule and refused to come. If there is something important, I want Duke Jing Sheng to go to Wancheng to discuss it."

Liu Bei nodded silently, raised his hand, and let the soldiers back down.

Naturally, this letter did not come from Liu Biao, but from Liu Bei.

At the beginning, the three Liu Bei brothers were defeated by Lu Bu in Heilujian, Zhang Fei died in battle, and Liu Bei was seriously injured. Guan Yu only took his bodyguards and took Zhang Fei's coffin and fled south with Liu Bei, looking for famous doctors to heal Liu Bei along the way.

It was also Liu Bei who was destined to meet the traveling Zhang Ji and help him heal his injuries.

After Liu Bei heard the news of Zhang Fei's death, he didn't cry, but stayed in a daze for a long time, and took Guan Yu and the disabled soldiers to bury Zhang Fei silently.

Since then, Liu Bei has been silent a lot.

After recovering from his injuries, Liu Bei took Guan Yu and others to join Liu Biao.

As a clan member of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei was well-known. Liu Biao took care of this brother of the same clan and always regarded him as a guest of honor, but he always ignored Liu Bei's suggestion of wanting to attack Lv Bu in the north.

Recently, Liu Biao accepted Yuan Shao's alliance, which allowed Liu Bei and his brothers to station in Xinye.

Xinye is indeed a zone of relaxation between Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu. Usually, Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao don’t care about it, but at this time Liu Biao occupies Xinye, and because of the repulsion of Zhang Xiu’s gentry, the news is not good, and Xinye already belongs to his forces. Outside the range, there was no news for a while.

After Liu Bei settled in Xinye, he actively prepared for the battle. At the same time, he wanted to take Nanyang as his base, relying on Liu Biao, and prepared to take advantage of the decisive battle between Lu Bu and Yuan Shao to destroy it from behind and avenge his third brother.

The first plan was to use Liu Biao's name to lure Zhang Xiu to Xinye to kill him before the news of Xinye's occupation reached Zhang Xiu, and then took advantage of the situation to seize Nanyang.

Now it seems that this plan has failed.

"Where is Yun Chang?" Liu Bei looked to the left and right, not seeing the figure of the second brother, and asked with some doubts.

"The second general is practicing soldiers." Sun Gan said with a smile, "I will invite you here."

"No, let Yun Chang continue to practice, and I will discuss with him when he comes back." Liu Bei sighed.

Zhang Fei's death hit Guan Yu equally hard. After Zhang Fei was buried, Guan Yu worked hard every day and practiced battle formations. It's just that it's been a long time since he smiled, even when facing his own son, he never smiled again.

"My lord, now our army only has a small area of ​​Xinye, with no more than [-] soldiers. If we want to make a big fortune with a small amount and seize Nanyang, we need a clever plan!" Jian Yong said, looking at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei nodded, and he didn't know that it was somewhat wishful thinking to capture Nanyang with his two thousand soldiers, so he wanted to trick Zhang Xiu into beheading him, and then it would be much easier to capture Nanyang.

"Why don't you contact Nanyang Hero, it might work." Sun Qian said suddenly.

Nanyang hero?

Liu Bei looked at Sun Qian when he heard the words: "But Bei and Nanyang Haojun have never had any friendship, I'm afraid..."

"My lord, let me see that Zhang Xiu is close to Lu Bu, and the Nanyang nobles are quite repulsed. Since the trap is not successful, it is better to use the name of the lord and try to win over Nanyang's handsome men. If they help, Nanyang will be easy to get!"