Xiaoguangong

Chapter 194 Staying Useful
Although Cao Pi didn't quite understand what happened, it was undoubtedly a good thing for Chen Qun and Yun Shan to make peace on the surface.

The anger towards Chen Qun in his heart increased a bit, and he thought that Chen Qun really did more than fail. If it wasn't for him, Nanjun wouldn't lose him now, and he wouldn't be reprimanded by Cao Cao. Now his status will be higher.

Thinking of the incomparably sincere appearance of Chen Qun crying before, Cao Pi cursed in his heart, wondering why he hadn't discovered his acting skills so well before.

These Yingchuan aristocratic families can only be used and cannot be regarded as their own trustees. They have too many calculations, and they still have to consider the interests of their own families after all. Those who come from poor families or even humbler status are loyal to my family.

The origin of Yunshan is unknown, it is very likely that he was born in Nanyang bandits, and Chang Diao is just a guard next to Cao Ren, a lowly person.

No wonder my father insisted on meritocracy, and he had to watch these loyal ministers at critical moments.

Thinking of this, Cao Pi snorted and asked Ma Di to fetch a scroll.

Cao Cao asked Cao Pi to write a report on the loss of Nanjun as a general with five senses. Cao Pi was hesitant and didn't know how to write it.

But now he figured it out.

"Liu Ba." A stern look appeared in Cao Pi's eyes, "Hmph. This son has committed a heinous crime. To eliminate Liu Bei in the future, he must be punished first!"

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In Jiangling, Liu Ba wanted to throw himself into the river several times, but in the end he couldn't make up his mind.

It's embarrassing, it's really embarrassing.

After Yunshan left, Liu Ba did a good job in defense. He also greatly strengthened and raised the city wall of Jiangling, dug and widened the moat, and prepared a large number of ordnance. If Liu Bei wanted to attack, he was confident that he could defend the city longer than Cao Ren.

Sure enough, Liu Bei led an army to kill, and Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei personally commanded the army to attack the city.

Liu Ba knew that there was no chance of winning the field battle outside the city, so he boosted his morale and prepared to fight. At the same time, he released news through the government and the market, saying that Liu Bei perverted and ruined everyone's business.

But he never expected that when he raised his arms and shouted, everyone in the official market rushed up and tied him up first.

The Jiang Wan, Liao Hua and others he recommended had no intention of resisting. In order to protect everyone's business, they opened the city gate without hesitation and welcomed Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei into the city. Even the slightest impact on the business of the city.

After Zhuge Liang led the army into the city, he immediately sent people to protect the merchants in the city. The soldiers did not commit any crimes, and there was no tension in the whole city. There were thunderous cheers in the city.

Accompanied by Jiang Wan, Zhuge Liang inspected the official city of Jiangling, and he recognized Zhibaiqian very much, and said that he could gradually promote it to the people and test Zhibaiqian in private transactions that did not involve grain transactions.

Jiang Wan patiently memorized and quickly repeated Zhuge Liang's previous instructions. Zhuge Liang nodded repeatedly, very satisfied with Jiang Wan's performance.

At the same time, he did not forget to thank Liu Ba for his contribution.

"Zichu has made great contributions to Jiangling, Jiangling can have today's prosperity, we really have to thank Zichu."

Even though he knew that Zhuge Liang was not Yin Yang himself, Liu Ba's face turned green with anger, and he wished he could squeeze Zhuge Liang to the ground and beat him hard.

Damn, how could this happen.

At first Liu Ba thought that Liu Beijun's spy was Yunshan, and as long as Yunshan left, he would definitely be able to keep Jiangling's prosperity.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Yunshan left, Jiangling, which he had worked so hard to manage, opened the city directly. Jiang Wan and Liao Hua, whom he had single-handedly recommended, neither resisted, but instead enthusiastically devoted themselves to the construction of Jiangling. The city counterattack became the strong base camp of Liu Bei's army.

Who is undercover is now clear at a glance.

I'm sorry General Yun, but I can't go back now either.

Thinking of his short time in Cao Jun, Liu Ba couldn't help but burst into tears.

He was so respectful to Cao Zhi Sima Fu, but both of them dismissed him.

On the contrary, General Yun, whom he had always looked down upon, trusted him quite a bit, and entrusted him with the important task of guarding Jiangling.

I let General Yun down.

Liu Ba was dejected, knowing that the way to go to Cao Jun this time was almost completely blocked.

Chen Qun hadn't casually revealed Guan Ping's identity in front of Liu Ba in order to keep a secret, so Liu Ba still has a lot of hope in Yunshan.

After waiting for a few days, he heard that Yunshan had not been punished, and instead took charge of the army to prepare for the battle. He will take back Jiangling in the future, and the heavy responsibility of crusade against Liu Bei will definitely fall on this person.

General Yun is my confidant, and he will definitely understand my difficulties.

I want to temporarily save my useful body, and take the initiative to contact General Yun. When I counterattack, I will definitely give Liu Bei a fatal blow!
Continuing to hang around in Jiangling City will definitely not accept important military information. Liu Ba made up his mind and took the initiative to find Zhuge Liang at his door, begging Zhuge Liang to grant him an official position, and help the Han Dynasty together in the future.

Zhuge Liang had a happy face, he held Liu Ba's hand tightly, and said gracefully:

"Brother Liu is like this, it is really a blessing for the great man, and the ancestors of the great man will definitely be happy when they know about it.

I have absolute trust in Brother Liu, so how about it, Jiangling civil affairs will still be dispatched by Brother Liu, and everything will be under Brother Liu's command. "

Hmph, still don't believe me.

Liu Ba cursed secretly in his heart, Xindao really couldn't do it with just a few words to gain Zhuge Liang's trust.

But can this stump me?

I, Liu Ba, are a well-known scholar in Jingnan. Before that, I could make Jiangling prosperous with a few hundred dollars. If I put a little effort into it, the world will definitely admire my abilities. If Liu Bei doesn’t use me then, he will be jealous. If he uses me... …

Hmph, if you use me, I will clearly report every step you take to General Yun, I see what you can do!
Thinking of this, Liu Ba's blood boiled with enthusiasm, his fighting spirit soared, and his face was full of determination.

"If there is chaos in Jiangling, I, Liu Ba, will throw myself into the river and die.

With me, Liu Ba, in less than three years, Jiangling will have a stable government and harmonious people, and I will tell you to watch my tricks! "

Zhuge Liang nodded again and again, looking forward to it:

"Okay, Liang will wait for Zichu's method."

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With Nanjun gone, Guan Ping, the prefect of Nanjun, must be gone too.

Both the ruling and opposition parties believed that the loss of Nanjun was not the fault of Yunshan, and Cao Cao only removed the prefect of Nanjun from Yunshan, who had deducted half a year's salary, and changed Yunshan to General Pingnan, who was stationed in Fancheng to continue training the navy.

On the bright side, Cao Cao showed that he wanted to take back Nanjun and fight Liu Bei forever, but everyone could feel that Cao Cao didn't seem to have much interest in Jiangling.

"Winning Jiangling is just going back to before the Wulin War.

Moreover, Sun Liu is stronger than then, and can continue to attack through the navy, and we are still surrounded by enemies.

Everyone in the court persuaded the prime minister not to go south at will, and the prime minister has been dispatching troops to Guanzhong. I think the prime minister wants to wipe out the northern bandits first, and then continue to march south with the prestige of victory. "Zhao Yan talked eloquently. Although everything was speculative, it was obvious that sending troops to Guanzhong was inevitable.

But Zhao Yan also found it very strange that Cao Jun's general direction was clearly to send troops to Guanzhong, so why did he emphasize that Guan Ping should continue to drill the water army, and some food, grass and supplies should be assembled in Wancheng.

"The Prime Minister will not use troops against Liu Bei and Zhang Lu at the same time, right?" Chen Qun sneered, "If that's the case, the great man will be in danger."

Guan Ping glanced at Chen Qun and said angrily:

"Changwen don't want to talk nonsense, the prime minister's calculations are the two of you who know, don't want to talk nonsense and speculate, and disturb our army's morale."

Cao Zhi, who had been listening intently, showed admiration in his eyes.

The more he got to know him, the more he admired General Yun's heroism and loyalty. This man is both brave and loyal, and he is really a first-class hero in the world.Yang Xiu, his good friend by Cao Cao's side, sent him a lot of news, so that he could already guess Cao Cao's intentions a little bit.

Father is going to make great use of General Yun.

If Chen Qun hadn't framed Yunshan before, and if there hadn't been a huge strife within Cao Jun, Nanjun should still be in Cao Jun's hands now, providing Cao Jun with a steady stream of wealth.

Now Nanjun is hard to take back for a while, Le Jin himself is enough to hold Jingzhou, Yunshan's loyalty does not want to squeeze Le Jin's position, Cao Cao also feels that Yunshan's talent is a bit of a waste, and is planning to take advantage of this battle to give Yunshan a chance The opportunity to experience.

If it is available, Yunshan will get rid of Le Jin's status as a general and guard one side alone.

Cao Zhi sincerely looks forward to the early arrival of this day. He believes that Yunshan's talents will end the troubled times early and make a great achievement that will amaze the world.

Cao Cao is going west...

Guan Ping could probably guess what Cao Cao was going to do.

This hero has realized that it is difficult to go all out to pacify the world when there are future troubles. He now wants to wipe out all the hidden dangers in the north and accumulate enough strength to go south again.

This is absolutely impossible for him to fulfill his wish, but now that Liu Beijun is exhausted from the long-term battle, he still needs to work hard to manage Jingnan, and he will not be able to fight decisively for a while. According to Zhuge Liang's thinking, even if Jingnan is managed well, the next goal It is also to occupy Yizhou first, and then plan big things.

Well, Cao Cao's westward expedition, the eastern front must be extremely empty. I revealed this news to Sun Quan. He must have suffered a big loss in Hefei last time. This time he should try his best to get revenge. If he breaks through the Hefei defense line, Lianghuai, Xuzhou The gates of the city will be wide open. At that time, I will immediately lead the army to set off from Jingzhou to restore the Han Dynasty and rescue the emperor. There should be no problem.

General Sun, don't let me down.

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Jingkou, Sun Quan is thinking about a major event recently.

Although the last big defeat in Hefei made Sun Quan very embarrassed, Zhou Yu won Jiangling and divided the territory with Liu Bei, so that Sun Quan's forces finally entered the interior of Jingzhou. Dissatisfied, more than [-] people, the old and the young, fled to Sun Quan's rule. His prestige and power soared, and he believed more and more that he was the man of destiny.

During Zhang Hong's investigation, he found that Moling is surrounded by low mountains and winding mountains, surrounded by mountains and water, with unique natural features.There are mountains in the territory, the Zhongshan Mountain in the east of the city looks like a long dragon, and the Stone Mountain in the west of the city looks like a tiger.

When Sun Quan heard about this, he was very happy and planned to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to build a new capital city and build Ruxuwu.

But at this moment, he heard a piece of news that surprised him——

Zhou Yu actually came back without notification!
(End of this chapter)