Chapter 381 Pimping
Liu Mang finally escaped. Jia Xu, the old fox, arrived in time and asked a soldier to inform Liu Mang of something important to happen outside the study door. The lord needed to deal with it in time. If there was something important, Qiao Yu knew that men should have a career besides women, so she would not disturb Liu Mang. After leaving the study, her face still had a delicate red color and a little panic. After all, she was kissed by Liu Mang, and her heart was warm and her girlish feelings rippled again. Although she was put on her top, she did not organize it well, because Liu Mang's hands just now became unruly. As soon as Qiao Yu left, Zou Rong's came out! The appearance she came out was not much better than Qiao Yu. Although she was not dressed, her face was even worse than Qiao Yu. The makeup on her face was ruined and was wiped with a white liquid.
As soon as the two came out, they immediately sorted out their clothes. Although Liu Mang had difficulty, he still sorted out his clothes and pants. He was no longer as calm as he could be considered as a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and the key points were reduced again!
"Madam!" After Liu Mang put on it, he clasped his fists at Zou who had just wiped the traces on his face. Liu Mang felt a little guilty in his heart. It was him who made Zou in front of him so embarrassed.
"You still call her wife!" Zou looked at Liu Mang. Although she said she was here to seduce Liu Mang to find a place for herself, she did not expect that it would become like this. No matter how much Liu Mang pays attention to her hygiene, it would always taste. The smell of this mouth made Zou very uncomfortable. She didn't expect that this bad guy's bad thing would be like this. But her purpose was still achieved, right!
Although the two did not have the joy of the fish and water, this also means that their relationship has become unclear.
"Zou, Zou!" Liu Mang shouted several times but didn't know what to call, but Zou said with a giggle: "My name is Zou Rong. You can call me Rong'er!" Zou Rong said her name. When she was under Liu Mang's robe, she heard Liu Mang call her wives all Ling'er, Yu'er, and Fang'er. She also wanted to get closer to Liu Mang. Naturally, she said such a nickname.
"Rong, Rong'er!" Liu Mang was hesitant and struggled and finally called out this name. The Zou family was a beauty. Liu Mang told the truth. Who wouldn't like a beauty? But there were risks after accepting this beauty. The three in the family were difficult to solve, and then it was the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. The Zou family's identity was the old master of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and Zhang Ji's widowed wife. Liu Mang was outside Shouchun City because he did not show his greed for the Zou family, which made the Xiliang Iron Cavalry quickly return to his heart. But now if he accepted Zou family, then what's the difference between it and Cao Cao before! Liu Mang is Liu Mang, although he likes beauty, he is not a human being. His wife Cao likes to accept other people's wives.
"Yeah!" Zou nodded and responded, a kind of shyness appeared on his face. How many years have you been? The title of Rong'er has been no longer mentioned. People call her Mrs. Zou, wife, and aunt, and never called her boudoir name! So when Liu Mang called it out, Zou suddenly became shy from a young woman but like a girl.
"Oh!" Liu Mang looked at the cleansing of Zou's face. Liu Mang sighed and gritted his teeth. He was like Zou. Could it be that he could really push Zou out? This is not Liu Mang's style, but what should the two big and small tigers in his home do? It's difficult to deal with it. The gentleness that Qiao Yu showed before was because he was very obedient and did not steal fishy. If he was discovered, then wait for the volcano to erupt. There was no way out before and after, and Liu Mang could only
He gritted his teeth and said to Zou Rong, "I will be responsible!" Then he walked out. He had something to talk about in the main hall! Although Jia Xu came to save the scene, there was something really wrong. Otherwise, after Jia Xu sent a soldier, several more soldiers would have come. These were not Jia Xu's rescuers, but were sent by Xu Shu and Liu Ye if there was something wrong. Even Zhou Cang Guanhai also came to Liu Mang's mansion with a sword and stood on standby, which means something really happened.
"Lord!" Liu Mang was led by the soldiers and headed towards the main hall. When he arrived at the main hall, basically everyone was in place. Only Zhang Liao and others were forward to the Linhuai generation because they were vanguards. The black chess army of the central army had already set off, so Zhang Liao and Xu Sheng and others were not there, while the other generals were there, and the three foxes were all in the main hall. Although the three had disagreements, they were at the end of the transaction, and each was more serious than the other. It seemed that this was really not a small matter, otherwise the three of them would not have been like this.
"Lord is here!" Liu Mang entered the main hall, and a soldier reminded everyone present to come.
"Lord!" Everyone greeted Liu Mang with fists and fists.
"What happened!" Liu Mang sat in his main seat and asked the three dog-headed military advisors below.
"Lord, something big happened!" Xu Shu was the military advisor of Yangzhou and the largest person in the entire Liu Mang army except Liu Mang, so he spoke directly. It was difficult for Liu Mang to see Xu Shu like this. The most recent time was the last time in Shouchun siege. Liu Bei used fake Lu Qiling as bait. Xu Shu had no choice but to open the city to surrender. Now this is the case, which shows that something is not small.
"Tell me!" Liu Mang took a deep breath, ready to welcome the bad news that Xu Shu said.
Sure enough, Liu Mang was not wrong. As soon as Xu Shu opened his mouth, Liu Mang was really stunned. The news shocked Liu Mang. He sent not only the messengers from the seventh and eighth routes to give an answer, that was, he did not buy any food and grass.
There is no food and grass! What's the point of doing this! Liu Mang was really stunned. Food and grass are a key factor that restricted the entire Liu Mang army, even the entire Yangzhou, and the entire Lu Bu army, because in Shouchun, all the millions of people were hungry and wanted food. It can be said that Liu Mang raised a million people, not the other princes who only needed to support his own army, and those people had their own food.
As soon as Liu Mang's conscript was released, Sun Ce from Jiangdong was playing with it. A million people emerged from all over Yangzhou, and even helped Jiangdong a lot of fun. They asked them to throw away the big package of Shanyue. It can be said that Sun Ce from Jiangdong was very grateful to Liu Mang.
Whether it was Sun Ce from Jiangdong, Liu Bei from Yuzhou, or Cao Cao from Xudu, they wanted to watch Liu Mang's army collapsed and be completely killed by the rioters. In this way, they would dominate as if one of the opponents were missing on the drawings.
Liu Bei, Zhang Xiu and Sun Ce wanted to come to a three-way siege Lu Bu army to annex the Lu Bu army, which forced Liu Mang to a dead end. He almost succeeded because Cao Cao who did not bring Xu Du to play, as well as the Wuchao that Liu Mang gave Cao Cao and the crossbow that Cao Cao wanted in Liu Mang's hand, which made Cao Cao give 100,000 yuan of food and grass to Liu Mang for emergency treatment. In this way, he could repay Liu Mang's favor, and in the second way, he could also make Liu Mang owe him a favor, the most
The key is that although Cao Cao defeated the overlord of Hebei in the Battle of Guandu, it would take a lot of time to truly unify Hebei and become the overlord of the entire Hebei. Cao Cao did not want to unify Hebei and finally conquer Hebei, and when he finally wanted to conquer the world, it would be really hard to fight! So what Cao Cao needed was a Central Plains that could not be unified, so neither Liu Bei nor Sun Ce were in line with his interests. This was the real purpose of Cao Cao's rescue of Liu Mang.
Liu Mang indeed won the battle, and in the end, Zhang Xiu lost 20,000 Western Liang cavalry to Yangzhou with the death of Zhang Xiu. Liu Bei's army was also defeated, and even General Chen Dadu and his most beloved Bai Er Chongjia died in Yangzhou. It can be said that the siege of Yangzhou was a complete contact.
And then I have to consume it and wait for the next bumper harvest, but Liu Mang still has no food and grass in his hands! Without food and grass, I naturally need to buy it. Liu Mang has money in his hands, which is all the foundation that Yuan Shu left in Shouchun, but Liu Mang really didn't expect that he could not buy it even if he had money!
"Tell me! Why didn't I buy any one of them?" Liu Mang rubbed his head. This head was really painful. He didn't expect that it would reach such a level and not sell any one! Haha, although there are enemies around Liu Mang, not all of them are enemies, what are these people thinking of writing? Is it great for them to destroy the Lu Bu army?
"Report to the lord, Sun Ce of Jiangdong, our envoy was beaten out by the soldiers of Jiangdong before we arrived." Xu Shu said the first time that Sun Ce of Jiangdong was Sun Ce. The envoy sent to Sun Ce of Jiangdong really failed to reach Sun Ce. It should be said that even the Yangtze River was beaten back before it was passed. Not only were they beaten back, but the daughters brought were also swallowed up.
"Hmph! Sun Ce!" Liu Mang slapped the table suddenly, his eyes shining cold. Fortunately, Liu Mang was prepared in his heart. Although he and Sun Ce of Jiangdong did not go directly to war this time, who didn't know that the Yangzhou trap was planned by Sun Ce of Jiangdong. Sun Ce of Jiangdong was the mastermind, how could he give you military rations to help you solve the problem? Therefore, it is reasonable that Sun Ce of Jiangdong would not sell it. However, he didn't expect that the envoy would be swallowed up after being beaten out. But it doesn't matter. After eating Liu Mang's, he naturally needs to vomit it out. Linhuai and Liu Mang's place is enough to replenish it.
Liu Mang was waiting for Sun Ce to know what his expression would look like after he swallowed his territory in Huainan. He also hoped that Sun Ce's army would be furious and be completely stunned by the anger. Finally, the army attacked so that Liu Mang could surround and attack support.
"After this, it's Yuan Tan Yuan Xi!" Xu Shu continued to explain to Liu Mang, Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, these two brothers are now friendly troops, brothers, but in this battle for inheritance rights, they are almost going to die. Although Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao after fighting Hebei, Yuan Shao's thin camel is bigger than a horse, and with the four continents of Hebei as a supporter, I'm afraid Cao Cao is really hard to fight, and even Yuan Shao can turn defeat into victory. Unfortunately, the two brothers are not united, and after Yuan Shao fell ill, he fell ill.
What is left behind is that there is no heir. Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang wanted to obtain the inheritance rights of Hebei. Not to mention Cao Cao, the two brothers began to fight each other. The younger brother blamed himself for not obeying his father's orders and rebelling, and he refused to recognize himself as the lord of Jizhou. The older brother accused his younger brother of putting his father under house arrest, wanting to poison his father to dominate Hebei. Cao Cao could just sit there and enjoy his achievements. The news brought back by the two envoys sent by Liu Mang this time was simply a joke.
When he arrived at Yuan Shang's place, Yuan Shang gave the condition to sell military rations to attack Yuan Tan. As long as Liu Mang sent troops to attack Yuan Tan in Qingzhou, Yuan Shang immediately took out 100,000 grain and grass, not only sold it alone, but also sold it for free.
Yuan Tan also gave the same condition that Liu Mang sent troops to Yuan Shang. As long as Liu Mang sent troops, he would also send 100,000 grain and grass, not only food and grass, but also gold. Liu Mang looked at the two conditions in front of him and was a little amused. The rewards among these two conditions were really rich, with 100,000 grain and grass, plus gold, but Liu Mang knew that he could not get what he could get. He attacked Yuan Tan of Qingzhou? Liu Mang wanted to go to Qingzhou by land, except for taking the sea route. Liu Mang didn't even have a sea port. How could he go? Moreover, Liu Mang's navy was not formed, how could he go? How could he go by land route? Yangzhou and Qingzhou are still separated by Xuzhou, and Lao Cao could walk on the street?
As for beating Yuan Shang, it was even more fantastic. Unless it was used to fly, it would not be possible. Therefore, these two envoys had no effect. The conditions given by Liu Mang sent Yuan Xi's envoys to the scene were a bit reliable.
Yuan Xi is the son of Yuan Shao, the younger brother of Yuan Tan, and the younger brother of Yuan Shang. After Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan, he made Yuan Xi the governor of Youzhou. Yuan Xi may be regarded as Yuan Shao's best son. This person is not only capable. His Youzhou is well-organized under his governance, which is a little better than when Gongsun Zan was there. Moreover, Yuan Xi did not have any ambitions. His younger brother was Yuan Shang, but he had a good relationship with Yuan Tan, so Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan went to war but failed to affect him. Liu Mang believed that if Yuan Shao made the heir to be Yuan Xi, then Lao Cao's fun would be great. Unfortunately, Liu Mang could only think about these things. He didn't know whether Yuan Shao could have a good end in the hands of his beloved youngest son Yuan Shang, let alone making a will!
The conditions given by Yuan Xi were much more reliable. He wanted Liu Mang to send troops to attack Cao Cao. No, Yuan Xi was more prescient than his brother Yuan Tan and younger brother Yuan Shang. It can also be said that he was a bystander. As long as he defeated Cao Cao, let alone Hebei, even the whole world might belong to their Yuan family. Then he would fight for hegemony. At that time, whether it was his younger brother Yuan Shang or his older brother Yuan Tan could become the overlord of one side, but Cao Cao was the real person who could make them eliminated. As long as Cao Cao was there, whether Yuan Tan or Yuan Shang won, he could only give Cao Cao a wedding dress in the end. However, his two brothers could not think of so many that they thought of how to get Hebei after his father died.
"Attack Cao Cao?" Liu Mang frowned and calculated that the main reason was that Yuan Xi gave was that it was too tempting. "A total of 200,000 stones of food and grass, plus 20,000 war horses, and countless gold, silver and jewelry!" What are the most lacking in the princes in the Central Plains? It is not the population, not the number of war generals, nor are they super intelligent strategists, but war horses, but cavalry. You can use Jiangdong Sun Ce's strength to form 5,000 Yuzhou Iron Cavalry to form 5,000 Yuzhou Iron Cavalry. You can know how important this cavalry is in the Central Plains and even the Jiangnan region.
As for Cao Cao's territory, it is close to Yangzhou. Not to mention the distance, the nearest one is Xuzhou, which is the direction where Lu Bu's army came.
"Lord, it's best not to take Yuan Xi's wealth!" Xu Shu was the first to stand up and object.
"Well? Why is Yuan Zhi?!" Liu Mang was a little confused. Although Cao Cao's army was powerful, the main force of the Cao army is in Hebei. There are really not many soldiers in this Central Plains area, and Xuzhou is even more inactive. Lu Bu's army was driven out of it by Cao Cao. If Liu Mang and Cao Cao went to war, then Lu Bu's army would probably have a third level of combat. After all, it was a battle of revenge, and this morale was very exciting. But now Xu Shu said that Cao Cao could not fight, why is this!
"Lord, although Cao Cao is a traitor in Han, don't forget it. He is kind to the lord!" Xu Shu clasped his fists at Liu Mang and said, although Cao Cao had a bad reputation, Cao Cao really had kind to Liu Mang, whether it was Liu Mang's title of King of Shu, Liu Mang's general of the Southern Conquest, or even the subsequent 100,000 food and grass, these are the kindness of Cao Cao to Liu Mang.
"The position of King Shu, General of the Southern Expedition! "Liu Mang snorted coldly. These are just Cao Cao's counter-espionage tricks. "At that time, Lu Bu's army broke out from Cao Cao's layers of siege and left Xuzhou. Liu Mang made great contributions. Cao Cao was afraid that Lu Bu would get it and Liu Mang was in a hurry. He wanted to use the counter-espionage trick to use Lu Bu's suspicious character and to increase Liu Mang's title and official position, which was much greater than Lu Bu. In this way, Lu Bu became suspicious of Liu Mang and finally killed Liu Mang!
But what Cao Cao miscalculated was that although Lu Bu was suspicious, he would not be suspicious of his son-in-law. You should know that Lu Bu was just one daughter, as long as whoever married Lu Bu's daughter would be equivalent to getting Lu Bu's foundation. Such Liu Mang still needs to rebel! So the sugar-coated cannonball was eaten by Liu Mang, and Liu Mang quickly obtained the title of King of Shu and also gained a lot of benefits with this title.
"But who knows!" Xu Shu shook his head and said to Liu Mang. Although this was Cao Cao's plan, no one knew it. Even if some aspiring people knew about these, these people were a minority after all. What everyone knows was that Cao Cao helped you return to the royal family again, and he still expressed you as the King of Shu in front of the Emperor of Han, and gave you a title. This is the reality. The ancients cared about reputation, and three of them became tigers.
"100,000 grains and grass?" Liu Mang shook his head disdainfully again. Although this 100,000 grains and grass were given by Cao Cao, it was indeed the hard work of me, Liu Mang. In the Battle of Guandu, without a letter from me, Liu Mang, could Cao Cao win? A joke! Moreover, Cao Cao gave the grains and grass to get a crossbow, it was just a relationship of interest! Cao Cao is not a good person at all, where did he get the kindness?!" Liu Mang simply disdained. This does not mean that Liu Mang looked down on Cao Cao. Liu Mang would still maintain a due respect for a hero like Cao Cao. What he disdained was Cao Cao's kindness to him.
Xu Shu was disdainful and shook his head and sighed, "But no one knows!" Liu Mang gave Cao Cao a letter that said the key points of the Battle of Guandu. If you want to win, it must be Wuchao. This is an important reason why Cao Cao was determined to attack Wuchao and finally won the Battle of Guandu. But everyone doesn't know this reason. The letter given by Liu Mang was a private message, and it will not be made public. It was also secretly given to keep it confidential. Otherwise, It’s impossible to rush all over the world. If Cao Cao wants to beat Yuan Shao, you attack his Wuchao. This is impossible. So no one knows the kindness that Liu Mang gave to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao is different. The 100,000 grains and grass he gave was real. There are hundreds of big trucks and dozens of ships. This is the real thing that can be seen at the corner of his eyes and touched in his hands. This is Cao Cao’s kindness. So for the world, Cao Cao is full of kindness to Liu Mang.
"Damn it!" Liu Mang hammered his fist hard. "Is there nothing I can do about it!"
"There is really no way!" Xu Shu said to Liu Mang, "My lord, once you start a war with Cao Cao, your reputation will be destroyed. Although you can take the name of clearing the emperor and supporting the Han Dynasty to eliminate Han thieves, in the eyes of most people, you are ungrateful! What's more, Cao Cao is now empty, lord, you are taking advantage of others' danger, so Cao Cao cannot fight, not only can you not fight, lord, you must refuse righteously and honestly in order to maintain your reputation!" Xu Shu's words were that if Liu Mang attacked Cao Cao, it would be ungrateful. In the eyes of the ancients, ungrateful was very serious, so serious that everyone would despise you.
"Come, drag Yuan Xi's envoy out and behead him!" Liu Mang also knew that the current situation was unfavorable to him, so he could only give up the benefits in Yuan Xi's hands and kill Yuan Xi's envoy, so as to tell the world that Liu Mang is still a righteous person. Yuan Xi's envoy who was still waiting for news in Shouchun's post station did not know that he was about to become the soul of Liu Mang's sword.
But this person should not be desperate. Just as Liu Mang bit and dragged him down and killed him, "Slow down!" Just as the soldiers were about to go down to execute, a middle-aged scholar stood up. The smile on the man's face was very cunning. Isn't this the old fox Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe?
"Lord, although you can't attack Xuzhou, you don't need to kill Yuan Xi's envoy!" Jia Xu said to Liu Mang with a smile. Killing Yuan Xi's envoy would offend Yuan Xi. Jia Xu is not Liu Mang. Liu Mang knows history and knows that the three brothers of the Yuan family are not Cao Cao's opponents. There are even two allusions: One is called "Frank and Killing".
After Gongsun Kang captured Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi alive, Yuan Shang felt that the ground was cold and asked Gongsun Kang for a seat, but Yuan Xi said: "Our heads are going to be sent to Cao Cao thousands of miles away, so what else is needed!"
The record of Yuan Shao's biography of the Three Kingdoms is that Xi said: "The head is traveling thousands of miles apart, so what is the place to do!"
The records of the Later Han Book were Shang said to Kang: "Before you die, you can't bear the cold, so you can go to the mat." Kang said: "You are traveling thousands of miles in your head, so why do you do it!"
Another thing that is said is not Yuan Xi, but also shows that Yuan Xi's ending is called "Grand of the Lord". After the loss of Yecheng, the decline of Yuan's clan was inevitable. Yuan Xi's general Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan launched a rebellion and ordered all officials in Youzhou to take blood and surrender Yuan to Cao for the alliance. Han Heng, the other party in Youzhou, disagreed and said, "I have received the kindness of Yuan Shao and Yuan Xi's father and son. Now that Yuan's clan is defeated, I cannot save my wisdom and courage, and I am lacking in great righteousness. If I want me to surrender to Cao Cao at this time, I cannot do it.
These two allusions mean that none of the three brothers of the Yuan family had a good result in the end. Liu Mang didn’t care whether he was offended or not!
"Hmph, can you, Jia Wenhe, have a better way?" Liu Mang looked at Jia Xu with an unhappy look!
Chapter completed!