Chapter 61 Sun Jian finally arrives
When Wang Zhen saw that Wen Chou had made the arrangements, he did not say much, so he led Zhou Lu and others to hurry over to see Kong Qicheng.
However, Kong Yi-Cheng had already received a report from his servants. He knew Wang Zhen. Zhou Lu and others rushed to Wen Chou Camp to communicate as soon as they went out. At this time, they saw them coming to ask for a meeting. They probably asked for a response from Wen Chou, so they ordered them to put them in the door and thought to themselves: "I am the governor of Yuzhou. It is natural for me to be the governor of the county and state of our prefecture. Let me see what solutions do Wen Chou have to deal with?"
Wang Zhen, Zhou Lu and others entered the courtyard and went to the hall to salute. Kong Qiqi asked knowingly: "Did you take the people? Have you come to the grain book? Present it to Yu Wu for a check."
Wang Zhen frowned and said, "People, the grain book is divided into each Cao Cao. I don't know where the Cao servant went and could not take it out for a while."
"Since I haven't picked up the book, why are you here to see me?" Kong Yichang said with great energy.
"It's still about building camps for the troops." Zhou Lujie said.
"Hmm?" Kong Yichang frowned.
"The army led by Ming Gong is very powerful, and Ming Gong is very strict in his subordinates and has a strong military discipline. However, how can the common people in the county know about Ming Gong's power? Now, when tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry soldiers are entering, they are all afraid and frightened in the suburbs of the county. Therefore, we dare to ask Ming Gong to choose a good place as soon as possible, set up camps, and promote their power and virtue to comfort the common people."
Kong Yi said intently: "Wen Chou is not stupid. I understand my series of plans and guessed that I was looking for food is light and taking his camp is heavy. Therefore, I wanted to use the people as a force to force me to choose another camp to numb the barriers of the family. How can I make you happy if you insult me like that before?"
He shook Yu Ruyi for a while and said, "Since you know that our army is strict, why should you worry that the soldiers will disturb the people? No need to say anything else. You should hurry up and give me the people of your county and the grain book."
He repelled Wang Zhen, Zhou Lu and others. Seeing them walking away in shame, Kong Yichang was in a very happy mood.
He touched Yu Ruyi and thought to himself: "Yingchuan County Government gave Wen Chou a lot of food. When I got the grain book, I forced him to return the food. I expected that he would not be willing to repay it. If it didn't matter, I would do it again, "retreat as advance." It was fake to ask him to return the food, pretend to give back a step back and force him to give me the camp to me. It was true that he took down his camp and made him lose his prestige, and I could avenge him for insulting me."
Wang Zhen and Zhou Lu went to Wen Chou's camp again. He passed Kong Yichang's words to Wen Chou.
Wen Chou was shocked and asked, "Have you handed over the grain book to Kong Yuzhou yet?"
"..." Wang Zhen, Zhou Lu didn't expect that Wen Chou asked the first question after listening to the words.
Zhou Lu said: "Lord, the grain book is small, but Gong Kong's intention is deep!... The lord asked him to choose a camp early, but he ignored it. What should I do?"
Wen Chou smiled and said, "Since he ignored him, you can report to the county people. You can also tell the Yuzhou army, which means that it is not that the county government does not give land. It is because Yuzhou is unwilling to set up camps."
Wang Zhen, Zhou Lu suddenly had a clear sense of ugliness, and was both surprised and happy. Wang Zhen said, "Mr. Wen's wonderful plan!"
One day when Kong Yichang arrived in Yangdi, the scholars and people in the county may not have realized the danger of tens of thousands of people staying in the suburbs of the county in the open air, and the Yuzhou army may not have realized that if Kong Yichang did not camp for them, they would have to sleep in the wild. The weather in early February was still very cold at night, living in the wild and sleeping with Jia, and few people were willing to suffer.
Wen Chou reminded them of something they did not realize. It can be expected that after receiving the spread of Wang Zhen, Zhou Lu and others, the scholars inside and outside Yangdi County would be in an uproar, and the Yuzhou army would also be in a state of turmoil. At that time, Kong Yichang was not too late to deal with these things, so how could he have the energy to find trouble for Wang Zhen, Zhou Lu and others and Wen Chou?
Therefore, Wang Zhenxiu said the "wonderful plan".
Since Kong Yichang didn't have the energy to find trouble for Wen Chou, it was impossible for him to seize Wen Chou's camp again.
These are just one aspect of Wen Chou’s “this plan”, and another aspect, which Wang Zhen and Zhou Lu have not seen for the time being.
The real purpose of Wen Chou's "this plan" was not to cause trouble for Kong Yichang and make him unable to take care of himself, but to destroy Kong Yichang's reputation in the county and shake the morale of the Yuzhou army.
No matter which aspect of the "this plan", in fact, it was just a casual blow from Wen Chou after he saw that Kong Yiqiu wanted to seize his camp. As for Kong Yiqiu's plan to act as the Yingchuan County Office and investigate the grain, Wen Chou had another countermeasure.
Wang Zhen, Zhou Lu and others bid farewell to Wen Chou and returned to the county. That night, they invited relatives and friends to drink. When they were drunk, they pretended to be wrong and told them about Kong Qicheng's "refusing to set up camp", or deliberately sighed, which attracted others to ask questions, and then they told them about Kong Qicheng's "refusing to set up camp", and by the way, they expressed their concerns about scholars, clans and personal safety in the county, and people's clans, and personal safety.
In this way, one person spreads ten, ten people spread a hundred, which is related to the safety of the county, and the news spreads quickly. The next afternoon, hundreds of scholars and civilians gathered outside Kong Yichang to petition and beg Kong Yichang to settle down as soon as possible. Not only did the county scholars and civilians come, but the captains of the Yuzhou Army and the military guards also came to Kong Yichang to inquire after hearing this.
When Kong Qiqi was in a state of great anxiety, he suddenly heard a message, that Sun Jian entered Yingchuan, and Yuan Shu represented Sun Jian as the prefect of Yingchuan. This was a compromise between Wen Chou and Sun Jian and Yuan Shu. For their own interests, Yuan Shu finally recognized the intervention of an external force such as Wen Chou. To a certain extent, Wen Chou and Sun Jian formed a small group. Of course, the price paid by Wen Chou was also quite large. The first thing to bear was to block the knife for Yuan Shu and resist the threat from Dong Zhuo and even Yuan Shao!
When Kong Yi suddenly heard this, he was shocked and angry. He hurriedly summoned Luo Tao and said in annoyance: "I regret not listening to you. I didn't expect that Wen Zixiao really dared to use his heart. He actually told Yuan Gaolu to report others to be the prefect of Yingchuan." Although it was not Wen Chou's statement, it was indeed Wen Chou's plan. He just borrowed Yuan Shu's hand to achieve the "Sun Jian as the prefect of Yingchuan."
Kong Yichang's "serial plan" of "forcing Wen Chou to give up the camp" was thought out by himself, but before taking action, he consulted Luo Tao's opinion. Luo Tao said to him at the time: "Ming Gong's plan is of course good, but it seems that there is something to be discussed below."
Kong Yichang asked him: "Where can be discussed?"
"Now Yingchuan is short of guards. It is certainly okay for Ming Duke to temporarily manage the military and political affairs of Yingchuan as the governor of Yuzhou. But if General Wen finds out about this, he simply chooses another person. The above statement is the prefect of Yingchuan. Wouldn't Ming Duke fail this plan?"
Kong Yizheng said: "Who is the filial piety and virtue? How can Wen Chou get the courage to do such things?" What he thought was not good, but Wen Chou did not have courage, but had no strength, because he was just a lieutenant who was more than two thousand stones. How could he express his respect for others as the prefect of a county? Therefore, Wen Chou could only use his mind to borrow strength.
Furthermore, when Guandong is now fighting against Dong, although they share the general's titles with each other, this is just for the convenience of marching and fighting. To put it bluntly, Wen Chou's general Xingwu, Kong Qiong's General Xing Jianwei, etc. are just empty names, light and have no real power, but official positions like "Yingchuan Prefect" have real power. Although Dong Zhuo is in chaos in the court, the Luoyang court is still in the world. The so-called "only artifacts and names cannot be faked", like a county prefect like Yingchuan, you are a county magistrate who raised an army to express your views? It's too arrogant! The Han family has been in the world for four hundred years, and the court has accumulated power. Anyway, Kong Qiong has no courage to show off his power. So he doesn't think Wen Chou dares.
Luo Tao said: "Kantong raised a lot to fight Dong, and things will be successful. If things fail, then the world will be in war. At this moment, success and kings will be defeated and bandits will be defeated. How could Wen Zixiao not have the courage to express his rank?" This is not easy to say to Kong Yi, and then said, "This is not good. For the following plan, for the sake of stability, instead of being temporarily represented by Ming Gong himself, Yingchuan's military and political affairs, it is better to start first and simply express one person to guard the county. In this way, even if Wen Zixiao uses any means to express others, his reputation will be incorrect."
On the one hand, Kong Yichang did not believe that Wen Chou had the courage, but on the other hand, he did not have a suitable candidate. - Yingchuan is a famous country and cannot be the prefect by just choosing someone. First of all, he has enough fame and qualifications, so such a candidate is difficult to find. Therefore, Kong Yichang did not follow Luo Tao's advice.
However, he did not expect that Wen Chou actually put his thoughts into practice, which made Yuan Shu express his opinion that Sun Jian was the prefect of Yingchuan.
Although Sun Jian was not a true scholar, he was also a former minister in the court, and had the position of being the prefect of Changsha, and had the title of Wucheng Hou and sufficient qualifications. Yuan Shu claimed that he was the prefect of Yingchuan. At least in theory, no one could find out his shortcomings.
At this time, I heard that Yuan Shu had submitted a letter to Sun Jian as the prefect of Yingchuan, and Kong Yichang regretted it, but it was too late. He asked Luo Tao: "Sun Wentai was now represented by Yuan Gonglu, and he will soon lead his army to Yangdi. What are your plans? Can you solve this change?" If Wen Chou had submitted a letter privately, Kong Yichang would not have been so shocked, but Yuan Shu's stabbing halfway made him a little confused.
Luo Tao replied: "Although Yuan Gonglu stated that Sun Wentai was the prefect of Yingchuan, he was just a comment. According to my information, the court will not have any replies. Without the official appointment documents of the court, Sun Wentai would be incorrect and not up to par. Ming Gong could ignore him at all."
Kong Yichang was worried and said, "The reason is this, but you have also seen the situation of Yingchuan County Government. Most of the officials in the palace prefer Wenzi filial piety and are in a dilemma with me. Yuan Gonglu now made Sun Wentai the prefect of Yingchuan. When he arrived in Yangdi, even if there was no official document from the court, the county government would probably follow Wenzi's filial piety and regard him as the leader. By then, even if I ignore it, it would be useless." But in his words, there was another concern, that is, Wen Chou. Sun Jian, as the vanguard of Yuan Shu, was in charge of Yingchuan. So what was the matter with Kong Yichang in Yingchuan, and even Yuzhou? Are they all from a small group of Yuan Shu?
Luo Tao thought to himself, "How could I not know this? That's why I suggested that you name one person as the prefect of Yingchuan earlier. But at that time you didn't listen to my advice, and now even if you can't regret it, what's the use?" He said, "Only now has only one plan."
"Oh? What's the plan? Tell me quickly, tell me quickly." Kong Yichang said anxiously when he heard that there was a solution.
"Fortunately, when Ming Gong arrived in Yangdi, he moved into the back house of the county government. This is the residence of the county magistrate, next to the front courtyard of the county government. As long as Ming Gong did not give this house to Sun Wentai, the county government would be full of General Wen, and hesitation for whether Sun Wentai should be the chief." Luo Tao said.
The back house of the county government is the residence of the prefect. Although Sun Jian was represented by Yuan Shu as the prefect of Yingchuan, if he could not live in the back house, this means that Sun Jian, Wen Chou could not compete with Kong Yichang, that is to say, their strength was not as strong as Kong Yichang. In this way, even if most county officials were interested in Wen Chou, they would definitely think twice before Kong Yichang's "hard power", and maybe they could take advantage of this opportunity to win over those county officials who were already interested in Wen Chou after showing their "hard power".
Kong Yizheng was overjoyed and said, "It's a good plan, it's a good plan!"
Luo Tao said: "Sun Wentai was regarded as the prefect of Yingchuan by General Yuan Gonglu. From a faraway county, Changsha, he was found to be a famous county in the country. I have always heard that he was a tiger general of the world, and he was fierce and powerful. He even heard that he had forced the governor of Jingzhou to death on his way to Nanyang. The army arrived in Nanyang and killed Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang! Now in order to establish the position of prefect of Yingchuan, he might be strong. Ming Gong must not take it lightly and must make arrangements early to prevent him from fighting for the back house."
Kong Yichang was even more shocked when he heard this, but he still tried to calm down and said: "I heard the news that Sun Wentai only brought more than 10,000 troops in the country. He and Wen Zixiao had only 30,000 troops. Why do I have the strong army and horses? 'Use strong'? How dare he use strong?"
Having said that, I think that Wen Chou dared to fight against him only after Sun Jian arrived, but he had to be on guard against this. Because he called him and others to work, he ordered a thousand elite soldiers to go to the army and explained: "I will send them to the mansion tomorrow, and I will use them as the guard."
Not to mention Kong Yichang's arrangement, but said that Sun Jian arrived at Yingchuan County, and Han Meng personally welcomed him, and personally led him to Yangdi. Wen Chou left the county thirty miles and caught Sun Jian. The two met with joy and affection. Although it was their first time meeting, their same origin, same temperament, and same experience made them fall into the same place at first sight. Before that, the two of them all had admiration for each other. Wen Chou admired the tiger of the Jiangdong, the tiger of "Sun Jian", while Sun Jian admired the ability of "Wen Chou" to seize opportunities and rise rapidly with only a mere gift!
When we first met, Sun Jian brought nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses. Wen Chou looked at it and all the soldiers were majestic. Although they arrived on a long distance, their morale was high and they did not feel like praise. At the same time, they introduced and greeted each other again to the main aides of both sides. Everyone laughed and laughed. With more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, they arrived outside Yangzi County from time to time. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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Chapter completed!