Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

151 Marriage
Shen Chen was on his way back to Nanyang at this time.

He has to fight for Zhang Xiu, only in this way can the plan go smoothly.

In fact, in many cases, he thinks the problem is very simple.

As a new youth who admires great men in the new era, he only has eyes for the poor and suffering people at the bottom.

In this era when the class is solidified and the aristocratic family holds the land and the right to speak, if he wants to do practical things for the people, he must pay unimaginable efforts and costs.

Sun Ce killed the Jiangdong family, and eventually Sun Quan had to compromise with many Jiangdong families after his death, and killed many people in the middle and late stages.

Cao Wei merged with the aristocratic family, and the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, but how miserable are the people under his rule?

In the end, the three families returned to the Jin Dynasty, and the chaos in China was caused by the fact that the aristocratic families were in power, the upper class fought for power and profit, and the people at the bottom were struggling to survive, and the barbarians took advantage of it?

So he will choose to cooperate with Liu Bei, just like Xun Yu cooperated with Cao Cao, in the name of supporting the great man, he can successfully seize power, and in the future implement the plan to weaken the aristocratic family and give gifts to the people.

The biggest difference between Shen Chen and Xun Yu is that Xun Yu only sees the Han Dynasty, while Shen Chen sees the Han people all over the world, and he never wants to repeat the mistakes of the five chaotic Chinas.

It's just that in the end, Xun Yu lost the bet, so he chose to commit suicide, ashamed of being the ancestor of the Han Dynasty.

Shen Chen is now betting.

If he helps Liu Bei seize the country in the future, Liu Bei betrays his class, and since he became an emperor from a commoner, he no longer cooperates with him to suppress the powerful families and carry out land reforms to help poor people obtain land.

Then Shen Chen naturally lost the bet.

Maybe at that time, Xun Yu will be happy, because Xun Yu bet on Cao Cao wrongly, but Liu Bei still supports the Han Dynasty, as long as the world is still Han, then Xun Yu will naturally rest in peace.

Only Shen Chen could only end up ashamed of Wan Min and committed suicide.

But he will still choose to gamble, because throughout the history of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei is already the only prince who treats the people kindly, and he cannot be self-reliant, so he can only choose to cooperate with Liu Bei in the end to gamble on the future of the people in the world.

After losing the bet, Shen Chen committed suicide.

If he wins the bet, he will learn from the great men together with Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, work hard to transform this country, and strive to let the big man move towards a bright future peacefully!

This is his ideal.

Naive perhaps.

However, those founding leaders of the new era in later generations are also working hard towards such an ideal world, and have they finally succeeded in taking actions?
What's more, even if it's not for the common people, even if it's to prevent the great Han world from falling into chaos, it's impossible for him to join Cao Wei's quagmire full of aristocratic families, a group of insects who only fight for power and profit for the benefit of the family.

Cao Cao himself is a typical example of a young dragon slayer who eventually becomes a dragon. In his early years, he supported the Han family, and in his later years he paved the way for Cao Pi to usurp the Han.It seems that he left the last fig leaf for the Han Dynasty, but he is not a good person after all.

So Shen Chen could only work hard for such idealism.

As for Liu Bei's own personality problem, he will also find a way to solve it, and try not to make him extreme.

At least for now, no matter how talented Cao Cao is, looking at the corpses of innocent people in Xuzhou, he would never have the idea of ​​helping Cao Cao.

July 29, early morning.

Shen Chen and dozens of guards on horses had already arrived at the city of Rangcheng.

There is a lot of traffic inside and outside the city, and people are like clouds. Rangcheng is located in the west of Nanyang, close to Wuguan, and a large number of people migrated here from Guanzhong.

Since Zhang Xiu arrived in Rangcheng, he has become the city lord here with peace of mind, and he doesn't even want Wancheng.

After all, he and Cao Cao had a lot of hatred. Although Cao Cao was fighting Yuan Shao in Guandu and tried his best to win him over, Shen Chen's persuasion still made him hesitate. things.

After Shen Chen entered the city, he immediately went to the county government mansion to see Zhang Xiu.

Knowing Shen Chen's arrival, Zhang Xiu hurriedly let him in.

These days, Jia Xu also often persuaded him to surrender to Cao Cao, but Shen Chen came to the city of Xudu several times in the north, causing Cao Cao's rear to be turned upside down, and Zhang Xiu clearly realized that Cao Cao was not that scary.

Maybe it won't be long before Cao Cao will be wiped out by Yuan Shao.

Recently Yuan Shao also sent someone to seek cooperation with him. He has no hatred with Yuan Shao, so Zhang Xiu has also considered the issue of voting for Yuan.

It's just that Jia Xu has a high prestige in the Xiliang army. Although he can command this army, he can't ignore Jia Xu's opinion, so he has been procrastinating like this.

Now that he heard Shen Chen coming, he naturally wanted to hear Shen Chen's opinion.

Soon Shen Chen saw Zhang Xiu in the central hall. After entering, Zhang Xiu opened his eyes wide, looked up and down, and praised after a while: "Ah Chen, it has changed a lot since you went out last time."

The skin has turned darker, and the temperament of the whole person has become tougher. After all, it was fought between several lives and deaths. The several battles in Yingchuan Runan were much more tragic than the previous battle in Nanyang. Even Shen Chen himself was in danger.

Shen Chen said in a deep voice: "General Huiyan, my several battles with Cao Jun are indeed like tempering iron, which has benefited me a lot."

"I heard that you have come to Xudu several times?"

Zhang Xiu asked.

Shen Chen then said: "That's right, Cao Cao is actually not that great. Didn't the general defeat him in Nanyang? Now that Yuan Shao is going south in a big way in the north, it's a good time for us to go north to attack Cao Cao and please the emperor."

"To welcome the emperor?"

Zhang Xiu lost his voice: "You want to welcome the emperor to Nanyang?"

"This is an act of desperation."

Shen Chen said: "For us now, it is best for both Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to lose, but if Cao Cao loses, we must get the Son of Heaven, shoulder the righteousness, and work together with Liu Jingzhou to fight against Yuan Shao."

"Forehead"

Zhang Xiu was in doubt, Cao Cao would be very difficult to deal with, let alone Yuan Shao.

Shen Chen continued: "General, there is great chaos today, a crowd of heroes vying for the throne, and those who have no ambition will eventually be controlled by others. Nanyang is not a place to stay for a long time, how can a man be trapped in a city? If you don't uphold righteousness and ride the wind, wouldn't you be living A generation?"

Zhang Xiu asked: "What do you mean?"

Shen Chen said: "The general should lead the troops to go north with me to Kunyang, and wait for the time to move. If Yuan Shao is defeated, we will attack Xudu, so that Cao Cao cannot take the north. If Cao Cao is defeated, we will still attack Xudu, so that the emperor can go south to Jingzhou If you seek to conquer the world in the light of righteousness, if you can serve the emperor, you will be able to accomplish something.”

"Well"

Zhang Xiu hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I see, Ah Chen will go back first, I will organize the soldiers, horses, food and grass first, and I will come to Kunyang to find you soon."

"Thank you, General."

Shen Chen was overjoyed, he didn't expect Zhang Xiu to be so easy to talk, so he thanked him: "I'll go back to Xinye to supervise the food and grass, and I invite the general to come to Kunyang as soon as possible."

"You go."

Zhang Xiu nodded, then got up and walked Shen Chen to the door, and then returned to the hall with his hands behind his back.

Go north to meet the emperor?
Such a dangerous thing, fortunately he can say it.

Zhang Xiu was thinking in his heart.

It is definitely not possible to welcome the emperor, he is now thinking of voting for Yuan Shao with all his heart.

Although Cao Cao also wooed him, Shen Chen was right in saying something, and now he is the one who needs him.

If I really took refuge in Cao Cao and helped him defeat Yuan Shao, Cao Cao turned his face and refused to recognize anyone, and settled accounts after the autumn, wouldn't the whole family suffer?

So for the sake of safety, it is impossible for Zhang Xiu to vote for Cao.At this time, Yuan Shao was very powerful, and he was likely to annex Henan. At that time, most of the world would belong to Yuan Shao, and it would be the most cost-effective to vote for him.

And the reason why Zhang Xiu agreed to Shen Chen's going north is also simple.

After arriving in Kunyang, if news of Cao Cao's defeat came from the front line, he would immediately attack Xudu together with Shen Chen.

His is the cavalry, and when the time comes to capture Xudu and hijack the emperor's officials, it will be a great achievement for Yuan Shao. With this credit, wouldn't it be better than bringing the emperor to Nanyang and working hard with Yuan Shao?

More importantly, if Yuan Shao is defeated, he can indeed attack Xudu as Shen Chen said, forcing Cao Cao to be unable to pursue Yuan Shao and take the entire north.

Otherwise, as a person who has a deep hatred with Cao Cao, once Cao Cao gains power and he is in Nanyang, wouldn't that be a dead end?
Therefore, whether it is to betray Shen Chen, stab him in the back when Yuan Shao wins, and capture Liu Xie and dedicate it to Yuan Shao.Or to prevent Cao Cao from getting Hebei, he had to go north to Kunyang to unite with him.

In the final analysis, Zhang Xiu didn't have the high awareness of Kuang Fu Hanshi. He only thought about his own interests, but he didn't have the ability to stand on his own. Naturally, he could only choose to hug Yuan Shao's thigh.

But what Zhang Xiu didn't know was that a guest from the north also came to Jia Xu's mansion at this moment.

The name of this man is Wang Bi, who is Cao Cao's Sikong master. When Cao Cao captured Lu Bu, Cao Cao also intended to recruit Lu Bu. In addition to Liu Bei's words, he also played a key role in persuading Cao Cao to kill Lu Bu. was hanged.

In history, Cao Cao was called the King of Wei, and he opened a mansion in Yecheng. The political center of gravity shifted to the north, leaving the king to take care of Liu Xie. It can be seen that the king must be Cao Cao's confidant, secretly doing some dirty work for Cao Cao.

Now he came to Nanyang, naturally to persuade Zhang Xiu.

Wang Bi sat opposite Jia Xu in the hall. He said to Jia Xu: "Sikong is now in Guandu, confronting Yuan Shao. Yuan Jun has come from a long way away, so he will not be able to fight for a long time. Besides, Sikong is entrusting the emperor to order the world, and heroes from all directions will come. I belong to the land of Xuzhou and Qingzhou, and everyone responds to Cao Gong's call. How can Yuan Shao be invincible? You are a man of reason, and you must not let General Zhang go astray."

Jia Xu sighed: "Brother Yuan Shaolian can't tolerate, let alone Rong Guoshi? I also know that Duke Cao has the generosity to tolerate others, and he has the ambition to dominate, so he will be able to dominate the north. However, Zhang Xiu killed Duke Cao's eldest son and his confidant general. , I was afraid that Mr. Cao would be liquidated afterwards, so he refused to submit, I persuaded him many times, but there was nothing I could do."

Wang Bi said with a smile: "Sir, there is no need to worry. General Zhang's concern is nothing more than this matter. Mr. Cao ordered me to come here to understand this knot. The general has a son and a daughter under his knees, and they are legally married. You know, Mr. Cao In addition to the eldest son Cao Ang, the Duke also has an eldest daughter and a second son, both born to Mrs. Liu, who are compatriots with Cao Ang's mother, if they marry each other, will it solve the general's worries?"

Cao Cao's original wife was Mrs. Ding, and because Mrs. Ding was barren, she married Mrs. Liu.Mrs. Liu gave birth to two sons and a daughter, the eldest son Cao Ang, the second son Cao Shuo, and the eldest daughter Princess Qinghe, who later married Xia Houmao and almost murdered her husband.

Guo Jia and Xun You suggested marriage to Cao Cao. It just so happened that Zhang Xiu's son and daughter were in their teens and 20s, about the same age as Cao Shuo and Princess Qinghe.

You must know that these two people and Cao Ang's mother are compatriots, and they marry each other with the Zhang family. If Cao Cao really settles accounts after the fall, he has to consider the situation of his son and daughter. For the sake of a son who died young, he ruined the happiness of another son and daughter Apparently he had to think twice, too.

So this is to dispel Zhang Xiu's concerns.

Although my eldest son was killed by you, but I married the eldest son's brother and sister to your son and daughter. Doesn't that make you feel at ease?

The only one who made Cao Cao feel guilty was Mrs. Ding.

Due to Mrs. Liu's early death, Cao Ang, Cao Shuo, and Princess Qinghe were all raised by Mrs. Ding at first. Later, Cao Ang died in battle, and Mrs. Ding divorced him. In recent years, Cao Shuo and Princess Qinghe were raised by Mrs. Bian.

It's just that the kindness of nurturing is still there. Although Mrs. Ding has the best relationship with Cao Ang, Cao Shuo and Princess Qinghe are also like his children.

Now Cao Cao has killed his own son, but for the sake of the so-called great cause, he wants to marry Cao Shuo and Princess Qinghe, who are the same mother as Cao Ang, to Zhang Xiu's son and daughter, and marry the enemy who killed the son. If Mrs. Ding knows , I am afraid that I will never forgive him in this life.

However, there was nothing he could do.

The situation in Guandu is extremely serious, and Shen Chen and Liu Bei are eyeing Kunyang again. If sacrifices are not made, it is very likely that the Cao family will be destroyed.

For this reason, Cao Cao had to adopt Guo Jia and Xun You's suggestions and marry Zhang Xiu.

Knowing this, Jia Xu was overjoyed, and immediately said: "If this is the case, then General Zhang can be persuaded. Please come with me, Master, and we will go to the General's residence together."

"Then thank you sir."

Wang Bi hastily cupped his hands to express his thanks, Jia Xu was a firm supporter of the Cao faction, if it wasn't for his help, Zhang Xiu might have joined it long ago.

He has made a lot of contributions to this matter, and he is likely to be reused by Duke Cao in the future, so Wang Bi also respects him very much.

The two immediately went to Zhang Xiu's mansion.

At this time, Zhang Xiu was still thinking about how to send troops in the mansion. When he heard that Jia Xu was coming, he secretly thought that it was bad. Could it be that Jia Xu wanted to persuade him again when he heard about Shen Chen's arrival?
But Jia Xu had a high prestige in the Xiliang army, and he had nothing to do with him, so he had to let him in.

Soon Jia Xu and Wang Bi entered the hall. When they saw Zhang Xiu, he introduced to Zhang Xiu: "General, this is Duke Cao's envoy, Master Sikong, Wang Bi."

"Must see the general."

The king will bow his hands and salute.

"Oh?"

Zhang Xiu was surprised and said, "Mr. Cao sent another envoy?"

Wang Bi smiled and said, "It's different from before, this time Bi came to congratulate the general."

"congratulate?"

Zhang Xiu sneered and said, "I killed Dianwei Cao Ang, Mr. Cao wished he could kill me soon, what else is there to congratulate?"

Wang Bi said: "General, don't believe in slander. Mr. Cao has always been tolerant. How can he abolish the affairs of the family and the country because of hatred? This time Mr. Cao sent me here because he planned to marry the eldest daughter to the son of the general. Propose to the general's daughter to marry Cao Gong's son, in order to be good to the whole family."

"Mutual in-laws?"

Zhang Xiu was very surprised. He didn't expect Cao Cao to spend all his money in order to win him over.

Jia Xu persuaded: "General, this time Duke Cao's children are unusual. They are the son and the eldest daughter of the legitimate son. They are compatriots with Cao Ang's mother, and they were not born to concubines. This is enough to show the sincerity of Duke Cao. Moreover, it is the time when Duke Cao and the eldest daughter are married. During Yuan Shao's battle, if the generals help each other, they will be honored in the world, and the two families have a good relationship, and if Duke Cao gains power, the generals will also be able to become marquises and worship generals."

"This"

Zhang Xiu only hesitated for a moment, and immediately said: "Uncle's words are very true, I am willing to surrender to Cao Gong. But before uncle came, Shen Chen asked me to send troops to help attack Xu Du, and now he has only left for an hour. If there is still time to chase him, I will immediately hunt him down."

"No!"

Jia Xu stopped him and said, "Cao Gong is still in Guandu and can't rescue him, but Zhang Xian is dead. Liu Biao is about to conquer Jingnan, so he will go north! Shen Chen doesn't know that the general has surrendered. If he attacked rashly, even if he was killed, Liu Bei would still be dead. In Kunyang, we will join forces with Liu Biao to attack the general."

Zhang Xian died of illness in June this year, and Huan Jie supported his son Zhang Yi to continue fighting Liu Biao.But Zhang Xian relied on his personal prestige to gather the soldiers and horses of the four counties, making it difficult for Liu Biao to conquer, but Zhang Yi did not have such a great prestige.

So once Zhang Xian died, the morale of his army dropped drastically. At this time, Liu Biao had already attacked Changsha and Wuling counties, and the two counties of Lingling and Guiyang had not been recovered.

But at present, Zhang Yi may not last long.Once Liu Biao is freed, he will definitely take the opportunity to attack the north.

Now Liu Bei still controls the exit of Nanyang. If Zhang Xiu wants to go north, he has to pass through Kunyang, Ye County. Shen Chen died in Nanyang, causing great harm. Xinye and Xiangyang are close at hand, and Liu Bei is in Ye County. They will face two sides In the end, they were either eliminated or fled from Wuguan to Guanzhong.

No matter from which point of view, it is not in Cao Cao's interest.After all, Cao Cao is now in Guandu, if he never defeated Yuan Shao, when Liu Biao and Liu Bei wiped out Zhang Xiu, he would definitely attack Xu Du from behind.

Zhang Xiu asked: "Then what should I do?"

Jia Xu murmured: "The general can follow his plan and send troops to Kunyang first. When Liu Bei and Chen Chen are fighting with Duke Cao's soldiers and horses, if they suddenly turn against each other, they will be wiped out in one fell swoop!"

"it is good."

Zhang Xiu nodded, although Shen Chen and him were regarded as friends, but in front of interests, they were nothing.

Zhang Xiu didn't hesitate at the moment, and immediately chose Jia Xu's strategy, preparing to gather troops and horses first, and go north to Kunyang. At the same time, he asked Wang Bi to take his daughter to Xudu, and then asked Wang Bi to bring Cao Cao's daughter here. .

As long as the ritual between the children is completed, he can take a reassurance that he can launch a rebellion in Kunyang with peace of mind.

　I didn’t expect that after seeing this, there are still people who object to the cooperation between the protagonist and Liu Bei. Let’s not say that the protagonist and the protagonist in my last book have opposite personalities and have family and country feelings.As far as whether Liu Bei will betray the class, I have the final say in my book. If I say he will not betray the class, he will not, understand?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)