第六十七章 壮士归

Gongsun Yuan from Liaodong moved to Gongsun Gong and immediately wrote a letter to Cao Rui in Yecheng, demanding that Cao Rui be enfeoffed.

Gongsun Yuan knew that under the attack of Shu Han and Eastern Wu, the Wei State had lost Huainan, Luoyang and Nanyang one after another, and its strength was greatly damaged, so he simply used a trick to open his mouth and was also testing Cao Rui.

"Bang!" Cao Rui threw the memorial submitted by Gongsun Yuan to the ground, and shouted loudly: "Blacking for extortion, this is simply blackmailing me!"

Xu Shu walked over and slowly took the memorial on the ground that was thrown away by Cao Rui. When he opened it, his brows frowned slightly.

Gongsun Yuan's trace probably means that Gongsun Gong had a heavy army and could not be in charge of the affairs of the Liaodong, so Gongsun Yuan temporarily inherited Gongsun Gong's position and took over Gongsun Gong's affairs. At the same time, he hoped that Cao Rui could recognize his position and grant him the title of the prefect of Liaodong.

In Xu Shu's opinion, these were not considered excessive, but then Gongsun Yuan's request was a bit too excessive. Gongsun Yuan said that the Gongsun family had been guarding Liaodong for many years, defeated Wuhuan, Goguryeo and other tribes several times, guarded the border for the Great Wei, and made great contributions, and asked Cao Rui to enthrone himself as the King of Yan!

At that time, Gongsun Du was just a marquis of Yongning Township, and later the position inherited by Gongsun Kang and Gongsun Gong was also the marquis of Yongning Township. Now, Gongsun Yuan opened his lion's mouth and suddenly asked for a King of Yan. There was a great sense of threat in it. However, Gongsun Yuan had the capital to threaten because he had soldiers in his hands.

Although this King of Yan is only a title, its practical significance is very important. The Han Dynasty cannot be named a king, but the only one among the different surnames at the end of the Han Dynasty was the King of Wei Cao Cao. Later, after Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, the titles he named were also from the Cao family. Now Gongsun Yuan submitted a letter to be named a king, which was like slapped Cao Rui in the face.

At the same time, Gongsun Yuan said that the Gongsun family defeated Wuhuan and Goguryeo, and they were showing off their power to Cao Rui on the surface, but in fact they were showing off their power, and there was a hint of threatening force in it. That was why Cao Rui was so angry.

After reading Gongsun Yuan's memorial silently, Xu Shu looked at Cao Rui with anger on his face, and shook his head silently.

"Your Majesty, this Gongsun Yuan is indeed a bit too much. He dares to let Your Majesty sign him the King of Yan. But I think that this Gongsun Yuan is not arrogant, but is testing Your Majesty." Xu Shu said.

"Test me? What does sir mean?" Cao Rui asked hurriedly.

"Your Majesty, Gongsun Yuan is testing us. If we signify him as the King of Yan, it means that we are afraid of him. Gongsun Yuan will definitely be even more arrogant and will not take Your Majesty seriously. Therefore, Your Majesty must not sign Gongsun Yuan as the King of Yan." Xu Shu said.

“那朕该怎么做?”

"Your Majesty, now that Sun Quan is lost, the battle between Huainan and Yingchuan has stopped, so I think it is better to send the newly recruited people in Jizhou to Youzhou to shock Gongsun Yuan. As for Gongsun Yuan's request... I'll just give him a village marquis."

"Well, what the sir said is deeply in line with my wishes, so let's do as the sir said!"

Xu Shu walked out of the hall and looked slightly at the sky in the distance.

"Huh... Cao Rui, you and Gongsun Yuan have a quarrel! Gongsun Yuan, even if you don't want to rebel this time, you have to rebel!"

Gongsun Yuan is indeed a very ambitious person. How can a village marquis satisfy Gongsun Yuan's appetite? In Gongsun Yuan's opinion, although it is a bit outrageous to be emperor, it should be in line with his identity as a king. After all, he is also the overlord of the Liaodong side.

Cao Rui followed Xu Shu's advice and took a tough attitude towards Gongsun Yuan. Not only did he not agree to enthrone Gongsun Yuan as King of Yan, but he also transferred the newly recruited soldiers from Jizhou to Yingchuan and Huainan to Youzhou.

After hearing the news, Gongsun Yuan was naturally very angry. In Gongsun Yuan's view, Wei State had been defeated by Eastern Wu and Shu Han, lost its city and land, and its national strength was greatly damaged. With this current Wei State, it was already very difficult to resist the pressure from Eastern Wu and Shu Han, and he dared to provoke himself.

Nowadays, Gongsun Yuan from Liaodong is considered to have 100,000 soldiers, and these 100,000 people are 100,000. There are no soldiers like military farming, and these soldiers are not new soldiers. Liaodong soldiers have been fighting against Wuhuan and Goguryeo for many years. All the soldiers in Liaodong are veterans who have been through the battlefield for a long time. Compared with those military farming soldiers and new soldiers, these veterans have much stronger combat power.

Gongsun Yuan felt that with his own strength, he could at least take down Youzhou, but in the end Gongsun Yuan still endured it. First, because the war in the Central Plains had basically ended. If Daxing rebelled against the flag at this time, he would face the Wei State alone. The second point was that the Eastern Wu sent an envoy.

The envoys of the Eastern Wu came from the sea.

In fact, Gongsun Yuan has been in contact with Sun Quan for so many years. Sun Quan long ago hoped that Gongsun Yuan could get a knife in the back of Cao Wei, but the power of Liaodong was in the hands of Gongsun Gong before, so this plan has never been realized. Now that Gongsun Yuan is in power, Zhuge Jin accepts Sun Quan's order and sends someone to contact Gongsun Yuan.

Nowadays, all major events in the Wu Kingdom are determined by Zhuge Jin, Gu Yong and Lu Xun. Among the three, Zhuge Jin is the oldest, so Zhuge Jin is basically responsible for the major events. In comparison, Zhuge Jin made a lot of promises to Gongsun Yuan, not only did he also give Gongsun Yuan the title of King Yan, but he also promised to give Youzhou to Gongsun Yuan.

After weighing the pros and cons, Gongsun Yuan naturally chose to cooperate with the Eastern Wu, so the two sides agreed that when the Eastern Wu attacked Wei next time, Gongsun Yuan would launch an uprising in Liaodong and attack Youzhou.

On the other hand, Dongwu was also in trouble, that was, Shi Hui was rebelling.

There are seven counties in Jiaozhou, and the Shijia occupied four counties, namely Jiaozhi, Hepu, Nanhai and Jiuzhen counties, while the remaining three counties, Yuguang, Cangwu and Gaoliang, are under the control of the Eastern Wu.

The first three counties controlled by the Eastern Wu were Cangwu County.

Shi Xie is from Cangwu, Jiaozhou. Cangwu is the old nest of the Shi family. Shi Xie has been in Cangwu for many years and is deeply rooted. Most of the people's hearts belong to the Shi family. Compared with Sun Quan, the outsider, the people believe in the local Shi Hui, so Shi Hui turned against the flag and the people of Cangwu responded one after another. Shi Hui basically took Cangwu without bloodshed.

Gaoliang County is located in the southernmost direction, sandwiched between Hepu, Nanhai and Cangwu. It is also small in area, and the people mainly act on the coast and make a living by fishing. The army of the scholars surrounded him on three sides, and the prefect of Gaoliang obediently gave up the resistance. In a blink of an eye, Yulin County was left in the entire Jiaozhou.

Yulin County is the largest county in Jiaozhou. If divided according to the region, Yulin County occupies most of the current Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Therefore, there are many barbarians and Yue people living in Yulin County. These ethnic minorities have different living habits from those of the Han people. They rarely interact with Han people on weekdays and will not obey the control of Han officials. At the same time, Sun Quan was too lazy to manage these ethnic minorities. As long as they did not mess around on weekdays, Sun Quan's power in Yulin County was only average. As a result, the dignified Yulin County was also undermined by Shihui in just a few days.

After receiving the news of the rebellion of the Shi family, the governor of Jingzhou, Lu Dai immediately mobilized troops from Jingzhou to suppress it.

Lu Dai also stayed in Jiaozhou for a long time, and Lu Dai was very familiar with the Shi family. At that time, Jiaozhou was not as good as the Central Plains. Many places were not developed, and the population was far less than that of the Central Plains. Therefore, according to Lu Dai's previous understanding, the Shi family had a total of more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and its weapons and equipment could not be compared with the elites in Jiangdong.

So Lu Dai sent General Zhu Ju to lead 30,000 elite troops in Jingzhou to pacify Shi Xie.

Zhu Ju was also a prime minister in history. Zhu Ju was both civil and military, well-versed in military tactics, and acted very steadily. In Lu Dai's view, Zhu Ju was definitely able to pacify the military emblem.

After Zhu Ju entered Jiaozhou, he did not make any mistakes. Zhu Ju knew that the people of Jiaozhou were still towards Shihui, so he fought steadily along the way, fighting each city and land. Every time he broke through a city, he would send people to distribute food and grass to appease the people's hearts. At the same time, in order to prevent civil unrest, a system of joint seats was implemented, and hundreds of households were placed as one seat. Any rebels were found to be killed. If someone reported it in advance, then hundreds of households would be spared.

Zhu Ji's move was indeed very effective. Those people who were interested in Shi Hui did not dare to act rashly. Zhu Ji's steady style also made Shi Hui have no loopholes to exploit. In a short period of time, he only saw Zhu Ji's frequent advancement. Although the speed was not fast, he was winning one after another.

However, as the weather gets hotter, Zhu Ju's good days are over.

It is not so comfortable to stay in Jiaozhou in midsummer. Poisonous insects are rampant in the mountains and forests. Some people may have fever and headaches after being bitten, and some may be improperly treated, but they can be fatal.

I can't stay in the mountains and forests, and the city is uncomfortable. The summer mosquito bites made the Jiangdong soldiers miserable, and some soldiers were bitten dozens of big bags.

In the hot summer, things are more likely to deteriorate, and people will naturally get sick after eating deteriorated things. As a result, diseases such as dysentery swept over, and the non-combattal loss of soldiers in Jiangdong was greatly increased.

Not adapting to the local environment is a difficult problem to solve. Zhu Ju had no choice but to slow down his marching speed and at the same time, he ordered the rear to send more herbs from Jingzhou.

At this time, Shi Hui was hiding in Zhuyazhou, which is Hainan Island, and the 20,000 troops were finally dispatched.

In a big battle, Zhu Ju was defeated and fled back to Jingzhou with his remaining defeated generals. Until Zhu Ju returned to Jingzhou, he had not figured out why there were so many soldiers in Shihui.

After receiving the news of Zhu Ju's defeat, Lu Dai was first surprised, but later he slowly found out that he had mistakenly estimated Shi Hui's troops, which led to Zhu Ju's defeat. Lu Dai also understood that his good friend Shi Xie had left a backup plan with him and secretly hid some of the troops.

The hesitation has entered the summer. The climate in Jiaozhou is really not suitable for Wu soldiers to fight in depth. So Lu Dai ordered to temporarily defend Jingzhou and to attack Jiaozhou after the weather gradually cooled down.

Compared with the unbearable heat in Jiaozhou, the summer in Chang'an is simply a paradise.

However, the people living in Chang'an did not feel any feeling of paradise at all, because Chang'an is also very hot in summer. Although it is not like Jiaozhou, it can also make the farmers who work outdoors sweat all over.

Especially in recent days, God seems to be joking with the people of Chang'an again. The dark clouds in the sky have been covering the sun. Although there is no direct sunlight, there is no wind in the air. The people all feel the stuffy heat, as if they are staying in a steamer. Even the livestock cannot withstand the stuffy heat and keeps gasping.

Under this situation, the business of the herbal tea stall outside the city has become particularly good. Although the herbal tea in this shop uses only the worst tea leaves, there are indeed a constant stream of people who come to drink tea. In the hot summer, being able to sit down and drink a bowl of herbal tea is a rare pleasure for ordinary people.

A traveling businessman wiped the sweat from his head, came to the tea stall to sit down, put down the goods on his back, and said, "Missary, give me a cup of herbal tea, I want a big bowl."

"Haha, Brother Zhang, you are here, sit down, tea will arrive soon!" the tea stall owner hurriedly greeted.

People around him looked back at the traveling merchant named Zhang. This is the official road leading to Chang'an. Many business trips will pass here. Naturally, those caravans will not come to such small tea stalls to rest, but those traveling merchants like to rest at this kind of tea stall the most. Over time, these traveling merchants and tea stall owners have also become acquaintances.

A moment later, the tea stall owner brought a large bowl of tea. After taking it, the traveling merchant named Zhang took it and drank it all. The tea stall owner consciously filled the traveling merchant named Zhang again.

"Brother Zhang, I made a lot of money this time!" the tea stall owner asked.

"Yeah, that's OK!" said the traveling merchant named Zhang, patted the shelf he was carrying, and then said: "I went back to a new village, where there were newly moved Di people, and I changed a few sheepskins with these Di people. It's summer now, and this sheepskin is cheap, so I have changed two more. When I put it in winter, I will definitely be able to sell it for a good price." The traveling merchant said happily.

The owner of the tea stall laughed a few times with this. For these travelers, it is a good deal to make money by changing things to those newly moved Di people. The Di people first came to Yongzhou and didn't know anything and were easy to fool. Take sheepskin as an example. If it comes to autumn and winter, the price of selling will definitely be much better than in summer.

The traveler named Zhang took another sip of tea, then sighed slightly, and then said, "God has been cloudy for several days. Look at the clouds in the sky, it seems to be raining, but it just won't fall! This day, it's a pain for us small vendors who rely on their feet to make a living."

"Brother Zhang, it's getting raining soon! It's been cloudy for several days. Look, it's definitely a big rain!" The owner of the tea stall said in response.

As soon as the tea stall owner finished speaking, the rumbling sound gradually sounded in the horizon in the west.

"Missary, it's really up to you, it's thunder!" said the traveler merchant named Zhang.

"Thunder? Is it going to rain?" The tea stall owner did not frowned, and his face showed a hint of displeasure. For people who run tea stalls like him, the weather will be much cooler when it rains. Once the weather is cooler, fewer people will drink tea, which will have a great impact on their business.

"You hear the thunder, and it keeps going. It seems that it is really raining. Miss, I'll put the tea money here for you. I have to hurry up. After the rain comes, my goods will be wet!" said the merchant named Zhang, carrying the goods and leaving.

"Brother Zhang, wait!" The voice of the tea stall owner came.

"Misser, is there anything else?" The traveler named Zhang turned around and found that the tea stall owner had a surprised expression on his face, and there was a slight fear in his eyes.

"Miss San, what's wrong?" asked the traveling businessman named Zhang.

"Brother Zhang, this is not thunder, I have heard this sound! When Hu cavalry came a few years ago, it was this sound. This is not thunder, it is the cavalry coming!"

"Oh my God! Is it because the Hu people are back?" The traveling businessman named Zhang was so scared that he sat on the ground.

At this moment, on the horizon in the west, rolling dust also appeared in the air, and then a big flag appeared on the horizon.

It was a broken flag. The corners of the flag had long become dilapidated. Some places were even worn out, and the flags were covered with dust. In some places, you could even see red and black blood. Just a flag could feel the solemn aura.

Then all kinds of cavalry appeared under the banner, and the cavalry rode high-quality war horses. Each of these war horses would probably cost hundreds of gold to buy them when they were given to the Central Plains.

Looking at the knights on the horse's back, the outfit is not satisfactory. Most of them are just wearing a layer of leather armor, and they are very broken leather armor. Many of them can even see traces left by weapons on them. Some of them are simply shirtless and shirtless, revealing bronze skin and strong muscles. Of course, there are also shocking scars.

The traveling merchant named Zhang swallowed slightly. Although these cavalry were wearing very poor clothes and were even worse than beggars, the temperament exuded on them could make people shudder. This was not only the temperament of a soldier, but also a trace of killing was mixed in during the period. The traveling merchant named Zhang did not doubt at all. These cavalry had killed people, and had killed more than one!

"Who knows the words? What are the words written on the banner?" a man next to him murmured.

"Big Flag?" Hearing the man's voice, everyone turned their attention to the big flag, the military flag that looked very worn.

"Han! I know it, that word is 'han'!" the tea stall owner shouted.

"Nonsense, we also know this word. There is no word hanging on that city? If it weren't for seeing this word, we would have run away long ago!" another traveler said.

Indeed, there will be this big banner with the character "Han" hanging in the most conspicuous position in every city controlled by Shu Han. How could the traveling merchants travel around the world and how could they not recognize this word?

Finally, an older traveler came out, pointed to a floating banner, and recited word by word:
Chapter completed!