Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Lu Bu was mistaken for his father-in-law

Chapter 231 2 Undercurrents Surge, Arrogant Capital
"I found that you are a little fond of the new and dislike the old."

The voice of the old father-in-law came from outside the hall.

Did my old father-in-law know about my fish farming?

No, three wives and four concubines are quite normal in this day and age.

"You have always said that many of the shady things around you are left to Ruo Rong to do. Now that Guo Tu is here, you will abandon Ruo Rong like a shoestring?"

Lin Mo breathed a sigh of relief, thinking what was the matter, he stood up and poured a cup of tea for his old father-in-law before slowly saying, "It is precisely because of protecting Ruo Rong that Guo Tu was sent to Youzhou."

"How do you say that?" After the old father-in-law sat down, he sipped the new Beiguo tea, pouted his mouth, and motioned for Lin Mo to sit down and talk.

"Anyone with a discerning eye knows that we have something to do with Xu You's death, but it was caused by Ruo Rong and Guo Tu's verbal abuse on the street, so the two of them are ultimately responsible for this matter.

The more we use Guo Tu now, the more the sages in the Northern Kingdom will think that Xu You's death was led by Guo Tu, and it was a vote he gave us. "

Lu Bu slowly blew on the mouth of the hot cup with a pensive look on his face, put down the cup after a while, and asked with speculation: "Let Guo Tu be the target of Xu You's sudden death, anyway, he is in the North Kingdom He already has a good influence and can withstand it; on the contrary, if Ruo Rong is too sharp at this time, he may not be able to withstand the pressure from the powerful family of the Northern Kingdom?"

After Lin Mo nodded, Lu Bu smiled relievedly, "I never imagined that you would bother so much about this kind of matter. Now that I think about it, it really makes sense."

At this time, the old honors of the Northern Kingdom, especially those who followed Yuan Shao in the early years, must not die in his hands, otherwise everyone in the Northern Kingdom would be in danger.

From this point of view, what Lin Mo hopes more is that Guo Tu can persuade Yuan Xi to come back.

Only when he comes back safely will the northern scholars believe that the old father-in-law is in charge, and the place will be more harmonious than before.

Of course, if you really can't persuade him back, you should kill him or you have to kill him.

The current situation is very clear. Lin Mo is sending a message to the powerful family in the Northern Kingdom. The old father-in-law is coercing Yuan Shangling, who is so loyal to the Yuan family in the Northern Kingdom, and will definitely find a way from Yuan Xi.

Although he is a moderate person, but his life is threatened, he may not rise up to resist.

Always try to avoid war if possible.

"With you in charge, I can rest assured."

Lu Bu took a sip of his tea and pondered, "There is one more thing, have you forgotten, or did it on purpose."

"Li Yang, Jiang Yiqu." Lin Mo helped the old father-in-law to finish by himself.

"It seems that you haven't forgotten that he has fifty thousand troops on hand, and he is occupying the strategically important city of Liyang in the Northern Kingdom. If he has any intentions, Yecheng will bear the brunt of it. What do you think?"

Lin Mo sighed, and said in a deep voice: "I haven't thought about how to deal with this matter. Lord Yuezhang should know that Jiang Yiqu is a military general who was personally selected by Yuan Shao. He was not very conspicuous in the past, but now, Hebei Sitingzhu is not so conspicuous." After that, Zhao Rui, Han Ju, Ma Yan, He Mao and others were all killed, and his prestige in the army will be even greater than before.

The death of Xu You has already caused quite a commotion. If Jiang Yiqu dies again, there may be a mutiny in the army if it is not a powerful family from the Northern Kingdom. "

Lu Bu rolled his eyes, reacted, and blurted out: "So, you didn't rescue the high-ranking officials because you considered his prestige in the army, and being Yuan Shao's nephew, you were worried that if he returned to the Northland safely, it would be difficult for us to control him." Is Yuan Shang unfavorable?"

Lin Mo didn't speak, but there was already an affirmative answer written on his face.

Thinking about it carefully, this matter is really tricky. At the beginning, Guo Tu proposed to let Jiang Yiqu rescue Bingzhou, but his son-in-law rejected it. Now he understands that these people are going to die after all, how can they do it with a knife? It is very important that Cao Cao is not cheap.

In response to Gao Gan, Lin Mo chose to give him a false hope and let him fight as many soldiers as possible. Of course, it turned out that he still underestimated Cao Cao's ability, and Gao Gan was easily dealt with by him.

But this also means that it is wise not to send Jiang Yiqu to the rescue. If there is no military division to sit in, the [-] army may become [-] prisoners in the end, but it will help Cao Cao to grow bigger.

"Just like dealing with Yuan Xi, how about ordering him secretly to return to Yecheng in Yuan Shang's name, if he doesn't return, then cut off his food and grass?"

The old father-in-law's proposal was rejected by Lin Mo shaking his head, "Now everyone knows that the Northern Kingdom is ruled by our son-in-law, it would be best for him to obey our orders and come back, but if he is determined not to obey our orders, what if he is in a hurry? Those who are likely to vote for Cao should not be tempted rashly."

After all, Jiang Yiqu's position is different from Yuan Xi's. To deal with Yuan Xi, he can use etiquette first and then soldiers. In addition, there are still cards that are useless. Lin Mo is confident that he can take down Yuan Xi in one fell swoop.

But Lin Mo didn't have any trump cards beside Jiang Yiqu, and Li Yang was the strategic frontier. If he wanted to vote for Cao, he could change hands in one day.

"I think Li Yang is no less important than Youzhou at this time. Only when Li Yang is in our hands can we directly deter Xuchang. Xiahou Dun's troops stationed in Anfeng will give up the siege and return immediately, even In the future, if there is any change in Cao Cao, we must also weigh the risk of fire in the backyard."

"I see."

Lin Mo took a deep breath, "The reuse of Guo Tu and others is more than likely to appease Jiang Yiqu and let him understand that even if our son-in-law Weng decides, he can still be reused, but the effect does not seem to be great."

In fact, Lin Mo did a lot of homework. Apart from Guo Tu, the Xin family brothers also received awards, and they were promoted to two ranks.

These two positions are officials of eight hundred stones, which are better than Jun Cheng and Jun Wei.

However, the integration of the 10,000+ army has replaced too many old honors, and almost all of them have been wiped out at the military level and above. It is impossible to hide this from Jiang Yiqu, and his anxiety probably comes from this.

Because of this, Jiang Yiqu was intimidated but not intimidated, used and not used, and the situation was very embarrassing.

"Let the Xin family brothers go on an envoy?" Lu Bu asked tentatively.

"Forget it, there's no need to startle the enemy. Now Jiang Yiqu himself is suffering. We will provide him with food and grass. First, stabilize him. At the same time, we will send multiple scouts to ensure that he will not collude with Cao Cao. Wait a few more months to see how he behaves.

If it doesn't work, I still have a backup. "

Lu Bu didn't say anything else. He was not good at this kind of thing. You asked him to take the troops to attack Li Yang. He could kill Fang Tian with a painted halberd on his shoulder. Playing with his brain, it was obviously embarrassing.

The only thing that was a little unpleasant was that he didn't expect that after taking over the northern kingdom, Jiang Yiqu, who was not well known, would become the most troublesome thing, and he couldn't beat him or scold him.

Some headaches.

"Brother Wei, I didn't expect that you would go to the village in person. It's really glorious. It's a great honor for me. Come, I will respect you on behalf of the Black Mountain Army with this cup!"

Taihang Mountain is more than 3000 meters high, with a total length of more than a thousand miles, almost running through the entire northern country from north to south. The mountains are high and dangerous, and there are countless strategic points.

It is also because of such a natural moat that Zhang Yan has been here for more than ten years like a fish in water, even Yuan Shao, who was at the height of the sun, couldn't do anything to him.

Ever since Lv Bu started coercing Yuan Shang to order the North Kingdom when he was in Qingzhou, he already knew the fact that the sky in the North Kingdom had changed. Naturally, it was expected that Lv Bu would send envoys to the door.

It's just that he didn't expect that it was Wei Yue, a fierce man under Lu Bu's command, who came, and what he didn't expect was that he dared to put all the cavalry at the foot of the mountain and went up Taihang Mountain alone. It's the same when chasing tens of thousands of people.

"General Zhang, you understand what Marquis Wen means. How about it? Can we talk about it?" As a general of Zhonglang appointed by the imperial court, Wei Yue didn't mind being called a general even though he had the notoriety of being the leader of bandits in Heishan. of.

Zhang Yan, who was sitting on a handsome tiger-skin chair, exchanged a glance with Du Chang, the second leader, and said with a smile: "Brother Wei, you also know that I am used to taking these brothers to idle on the mountain. If I go down the mountain, I am afraid I won't be able to adapt Instead, it violated Marquis Wen."

Wei Yue put down the wine bowl and waved his hand directly, "It's all men, don't play around, just order, what are the conditions."

If possible, Zhang Yan really didn't want to go down the mountain, but the situation in the northern country is not what it used to be. Bingzhou is in the hands of Cao Cao, and Jizhou is in the control of Lu Bu. How can Zhang Yan, who is sandwiched between the two places, stay out of the matter? , he must choose a betting company.

Of course, most of the Taihang Mountains are still in Jizhou, plus the fear of being dominated by Lu Bu in those years, and analyzing the current strength of Lu Bu, Zhang Yan must choose one of the two, and Lu Bu is better.

"Brothers are not used to military regulations, so even if we go down the mountain, our people can't break up. I will assign all positions in the army."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Yan carefully stared at Wei Yue, wanting to check his reaction.

Fortunately, he still drank wine on his own, obviously acquiescing to this, so Zhang Yan continued: "After becoming the prefect, I will decide from the county magistrate, county lieutenant, and county magistrates in the jurisdiction. Of course, In terms of taxes, I will also pay them quarterly according to Marquis Wen's request."

Wei Yue still didn't respond, which made Zhang Yan's heart fall more than half of the boulder.

After all, in such a situation, even if they go down the mountain, the Black Mountain Army is still the Black Mountain Army, and they don't need to live in the cottage all the time. The brothers can be cleansed, and the family members can also farm well.

Some choose, who wants to be a bandit?
"Finally. Finally."

Zhang Yan hesitated to speak, but finally said firmly, "I want Changshan County."

Hearing this, Wei Yue sneered, "Are you stupid for being a bandit? I don't know where you are from?"

The household registration avoidance system clearly stipulates that local people must never serve as local officials. For example, people from Wen County cannot be county magistrates in Wen County; people from Pengcheng cannot be prefects of Pengcheng;

Zhang Yan himself is from Changshan, so it is obviously not in compliance with the law, but he seemed to have been prepared, and said with a smile: "Du Chang is from Hanoi, so letting him be the prefect is not considered a violation of the court law."

Wei Yue took a look at Du Chang, who had a scar on his forehead extending to his cheek, and looked fierce. He probably understood what they wanted to play with, and he had to learn how Marquis Wen made a puppet, right?

After all, they just didn't want to leave Taihang Mountain. Here in Changshan, if there is any emergency, they can still escape into Taihang Mountain immediately.

"Other requests can be agreed to you, but this one, no." Wei Yue refused firmly.

Changshan is the gateway to Bingzhou, and it is absolutely impossible to hand over such a strategically important place to Zhang Yan.

What's more, the people he brings are all up to him. One day when Cao Cao asks a sky-high price, he can sell the big guy at any time. This point can be known without going back and asking, and he must not agree.

"Of course, of course, this is just my humble opinion. If Marquis Wen disagrees, everything has to be done according to Marquis Wen's will."

Wei Yue looked at Zhang Yan in a daze, no, why don't you fight for it?
He even thought about how Zhang Yan would put on airs because of the strength of the Black Mountain Army and the right time and place. How could he be so obedient.

Could it be that he was really afraid of being beaten?

For a moment, Wei Yue didn't know how to respond.

"Then if you have no objections, go to Pingyuan to be the prefect." Wei Yue was dull for a while before opening his mouth.

"Good, then it's plain." Zhang Yan obeyed the teacher's arrangement like a good student.

"When can we leave?"

"Brother Wei, there are nearly [-] Black Mountain troops on Taihang Mountain, and the number of Jianjia is less than [-], and it has been operating here for more than ten years. Even if you want to leave, you have to give me some time to prepare. How about half a year?" Zhang Yan asked with a smile.

"Three months."

"Fight, I will fight for three months to leave."

Wei Yue felt as if he had punched the cotton with a punch, and he couldn't bear it at all.

You say Zhang Yan is not good, what do you say, but Wei Yue is not a fool, of course he knows that Zhang Yan can deal with Yuan Shao for so many years and still talk and laugh, how can he be easy to be with.

He really hoped that Zhang Yan would get angry, but the problem was that he was still cooperating tightly. In desperation, Wei Yue could only put down his wine bowl and said in a muffled voice, "Today is the first day! Goodbye."

"I'll send Brother Wei off." Zhang Yan was like a person who was always smiling, and sent Wei Yue out of Dazhai for two miles in an amiable manner before stopping.

When Wei Yue's figure disappeared into the dense forest, his smile froze for an instant, staring at the mountain downcastly, and sneered coldly: "What do you think of me?"

"The head of the family, I think he brought a lot of cavalry, all of which are good horses, otherwise, let the brothers hug the grass and beat the rabbits?" Du Chang's voice almost flowed out.

There are also cavalry in the Black Mountain Army, but compared with the ones brought by Wei Yue, their horses are like heavy-duty horses, and Du Chang's heart itch.

"Drink you too high! Why go to provoke them?"

Zhang Yan rolled his eyes at him, and said coldly: "Think about it with your toes, do you think the current Lu Bu is still the lost dog who fled everywhere?"

Du Chang, who was reprimanded, did not dare to say anything, and listened obediently.

Zhang Yan walked to the edge of the cliff at the hill, folded his arms and murmured to himself, "Yuan Shao was so high-spirited back then, and even if he couldn't help me, a prefect wanted to send me away. If you have the ability, you can give Taihang Mountain If you settle down, you'll be fine."

"Then what is the answer from the court?" Du Chang dared to ask after hearing this sworn speech.

"How can I answer, the same, we can't offend anyone anyway, but whoever wants to eat me, Zhang Yan, has to ask him if he has such good teeth." After finishing speaking, Zhang Yan turned her head and returned to Dazhai.

There are more than 20 stockades like this in the entire Taihang Mountains, and the main one is the three caves of the cunning rabbit.

He wasn't worried at all that Wei Yue would figure out the terrain when he came today.

Before the price reached her bottom line, Zhang Yan also did not intend to be inferior to anyone.

In fact, Zhang Yan has the capital of arrogance. If nothing else, the Taihang Mountains, which are thousands of miles deep, can't beat you, can't you hide?

Don't say that with Lu Bu's troops now, Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops could not encircle and suppress them.

consume it.

I have been here for so many years, I don't care about more days, anyway, others are in a hurry, and he is not in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)