Xuande

Chapter 450 The boat of friendship capsized
While he asked Yan Wen to lobby Liu Biao, he also made some arrangements for Bao Xin, He Jin's general subordinate, and wrote a letter to Bao Xin.

Bao Xin was of the same clan as Bao Hong, one of the lieutenants of the Xiyuan Military Academy. Liu Bei and Bao Hong had fought side by side and had a little friendship. This time, through Bao Hong as an intermediary, Bao Hong was asked to lobby Bao Xin.

When Bao Xin received Liu Bei's letter, it was time to lead He Jin's order to return to his hometown to recruit soldiers.

He read Liu Bei's letter, then at Bao Hong, his face was cloudy.

"The general has just appointed me as the captain of the cavalry, and he is going to return to his hometown to recruit troops to Luoyang to increase his strength. Now you want me to follow Liu Xuande's advice and turn his back on the general. How can I do such a thing?"

"That's what I said, but should I just watch you die?"

Bao Hong shook his head and said: "We came to Luoyang to work hard for the glory of the family, but now we are forced to confront each other, this is not what I want to see, and this time, the emperor decided to take action against He Jin!

The name is justified, and the teacher is well-known. Why do you continue to follow He Jin? "

Bao Xin lowered his head and did not speak, it took a while before he spoke.

"The general has kindness to me, and his kindness to me is very heavy. As a subordinate of the general, I should be loyal to the general. How can I betray the general?"

"Between the great general's kindness and the emperor's order, do you want to choose the general instead of the emperor? You are the subordinate of the general, but all of us are the subjects of the emperor."

Bao Hong said slowly: "Even if the general himself is a minister of the emperor, the emperor ordered the general to dismiss the army before, but the general did not obey the order, this is already a blatant rebellion against the emperor's order!

To put it mildly, this is disrespect for the Son of Heaven. To put it more broadly, it is rebellion and rebellion. If the general himself does such a thing, he cannot take the lead. Do you expect his subordinates not to betray him? "

Bao Xin looked hesitant.

"You can't say that, the general...he must have a hard time..."

Bao Hong shook his head again and again.

"The emperor also has difficulties. You are a Hanchen, not a Heshichen. Even if the general summons you, how can you stick to such trivial matters? If the general rebels, don't you want to Do you follow the general and betray the emperor?"

Bao Xin was speechless.

For a long time, Bao Xin looked at Bao Hong hesitantly.

"The general trusted me and entrusted me with an important mission. If I betrayed me, what face would I have to live?"

Bao Hong thought for a while.

"Then resign, use your official status to repay the general's kindness to you, and give up your official salary and return to your hometown to live in seclusion. This is not considered a betrayal."

Bao Xin showed a struggling look, he thought about it, and suddenly he spoke again.

"Is the general sure to lose?"

"You think so, won't the general lose?"

Bao Hong shook his head again and again and said: "Besides, you have never seen the arrogant soldiers under Liu Xuande's command. I was lucky enough to see the power of Liu Xuande's army once. After returning home, there were two battles, and I was terrified. If I were to lead the Xiyuan Army and Liu Xuande I can't last a stick of incense when the army is fighting."

Bao Xin knew that Bao Hong had a military strategy and a lot of practical experience, he was not mediocre, so he was shocked.

"Liu Xuande's army is so strong?"

"His army has three meals a day, and there is never a shortage of soldiers' pay. Orders and prohibitions, order and strict military regulations are the only ones I have ever seen in my life!"

Bao Hong sighed: "Why did Liu Xuande only take two years to stabilize Liangzhou? Apart from his political strategy, his army's rampant behavior is the main reason. Otherwise, how could he continuously defeat the invasions of the Xianbei and Qiang people? Fight back?"

Bao Xin was dumbfounded.

"How could it be so?"

"That's true!"

Bao Hong nodded and said: "If it's really the time to see Zhenzhang for the last time, neither the general nor the Yuan family will be Liu Xuande's opponent. I understand this matter deeply, so I can't just watch you die. Be sure not to make a wrong choice, or I won't be able to save you!"

So Bao Xin stopped talking.

Finally, Bao Xin made a decision, decided to resign and go back to his hometown to live in seclusion, and never care about world affairs.

So the blast against Bao Xin was also successful.

In March of the sixth year of Zhongping, the Master-Apprentice Alliance and the Insect Alliance faced each other in Luoyang. Liu Bei attacked with all his strength, and before the confrontation, he first weakened the wings of He Jin and Yuan Kai, and blasted them internally to weaken their strength to the greatest extent.

At the same time, the insects were also trying their best to target Liu Bei.

It's just that their methods against Liu Bei are relatively limited.

Because the team brought by Liu Bei was trained by Liu Bei himself, and he formed an interest alliance with Liu Bei a long time ago, and the relationship is relatively stable and strong.

And if you look at it from two major directions, one part is Liangzhou people, and the other part is people from other states.

Not to mention the Liangzhou people, they are Liu Bei's diehard loyalists. Most people from other states followed Liu Bei earlier than the Liangzhou people, and their loyalty is relatively high.

Not to mention the several major family forces tied to death through in-laws.

Liu Bei can find a lot of breakthrough points from those people around them, or they know each other themselves, or acquaintances who know them can speak for them. There are many ways, and they can always find contact points.

Conversely, the core of Liu Bei's command is either cultivated by himself and climbed up from the bottom, or they are from Liangzhou.

For these people, Yuan Wei and He Jin could not find a breakthrough point.

Because these people have never been in their eyes, these low-level people have never been in their eyes, they don't care, they never thought that these people can become Liu Bei's powerful help.

So how to instigate rebellion?

Carrying gold and silver to come to instigate rebellion?

As for Liu Bei's few high-ranking members of the Kanto family, such as Xun You, there is no way to instigate rebellion, because the Xun family has publicly sided with Lu Zhi and joined the master-student alliance, and the Yuan family has never been very close To deal with it, no breakthrough can be found.

As for those Yizhou people, He Jin and Yuan Shi could find some connections, but these Yizhou people are not even Liu Bei's official subordinates, and they haven't even arrived in Luoyang. Unable to hold high positions.

It is impossible to affect the stability of Liu Bei Group.

Even the Cao family and the Zhen family who are most likely to be pried into corners have been further bound by Liu Bei's marriage relationship. When Yuan Wei wanted to lobby the Cao family for the last time, the person he sent was kicked out of Cao's family. the door of the house.

Cao Cao, who returned to Luoyang on the grounds of visiting relatives, operated it himself.

The person who was driven out was called Xu You, who had an old relationship with Cao Cao.

Xu You tried to persuade Cao Cao to return to Yuan's warm family. Cao Cao sneered and asked Xu You three questions.

First, can Yuan Kai accept his son Cao Ang as a disciple.

Second, whether Yuan Ji can marry his sister as a concubine.

Thirdly, can the so many economic interests held by the Yuan family be distributed to the Cao family.

Xu You couldn't answer any of these three questions.

And Xu You really thinks that Cao Cao is wishful thinking.

What is your identity?
What is Yuan's identity?
What Yuan Shi gives you is yours, if Yuan Shi doesn't give it to you, how dare you snatch it?

In this regard, Cao Cao's reply is also very clear.

"What Yuan Shi can give me, Liu Shi can give me, what Yuan Shi can't give me, Liu Shi can also give me. Ziyuan, tell me, if you were me, how would you choose?"

Cao Cao looked at Xu You with a sneer.

Xu You was stunned, and then with a trace of jealousy that he couldn't explain, he said something sour, such as Liu Bei would definitely be defeated by the Yuan family. It's not that Liu Bei can shake it or something.

Cao Cao laughed even more at this.

"Liu's 400-year-old emperor, 400 years ago, what were the Yuan's ancestors doing? The background? You say the background? It can be passed down to this day, who has no background? Why is the Yuan family noble, and my Cao family is down? Bah!"

After finishing speaking, Cao Cao didn't give Xu You a chance to keep talking, and directly kicked Xu You out of the house, and ended the "friendship" with Xu You by the way.

The boat of friendship between him and Xu You capsized.

(End of this chapter)