On the matter of whether or not to ally with Gongsun Zan, the strategists hotly discussed and discussed and finally split into two factions.
Guo Jia and Liu Ye were against it, Jia Yan and Chen Gong were in favor.
Guo Jia thinks that since Yuan Shao was no match for them in his heyday, instead of hiring Gongsun Zan, who has a huge appetite and is a vicious fighter, and going down a difficult and winding road, and then having to share the richness of Jizhou with someone else in the end, it would be better to be generous from the start and let Yuan Shao recover some vitality, and then attack him after he has had some peace of mind to recuperate and consolidate his strength.
Zhang Miao's rebellion this time is so easy, and also brought up some of the Lu Bu momentum has long been dissatisfied with the support of the big families, in the final analysis is that Cao Cao left traces of too heavy, the city of the change of ownership of the means is too mild, and can not play a deterrent effect, of course, the main reason, or too short a period of time.
If the people sent by Lu Bu want to really take root, they still have to go through a lot of trials and tribulations and gather people of all ranks. As for this, there is no shortcut.
Most importantly, Gongsun Zan had been known for his high-profile killing of Liu Yu, a Han clansman who was beloved by the people and had a high reputation for virtue, by brutal means, and another round of violence against violence, thunderous cleansing of dissenters, and persecution of the scholars.
Not only is it hated by the people of all classes who have been favored by it, but it is also against the people's will, and it is also known as perverse and anti-ethical, tyrannical and unkind. I'm afraid that if you work with them, you will inevitably be tainted with some stains.
-- Especially Lu Bu's broken reputation of being unkind and ungrateful and a slave of three surnames, which took several years of effort, countless financial and material resources, plus the efforts of his subordinates to gradually wash from pheasant to phoenix, and is at the critical moment of trying to repair the relationship with those hairpin families, so it is even more important not to foolishly get together.
In the war, Gongsun Zan was invincible in the confrontation with the foreigners, but when he was confronted with the cunning people of the Central Plains, his faults of arrogance and rashness, and his fondness for success, were exposed.
That extremely inconsistent play is just hard to trust.
Looking at the past battles, Gongsun Zan in the hands of the old enemy Yuan Shao, not only did not take advantage of what, but also suffered a great loss - under the banner of the 10,000 White Horse Guards with good combat strength, is not in the battle of the boundary bridge by Yuan Shao was destroyed by the seven or eight, so that his prestige is no longer?
If they are dragged into a protracted situation, Lu Bu and his men would be taking valuable grain and grass to fill a bottomless pit of insatiable greed.
Even though Gongsun Zan didn't directly participate in the Battle of Guandu, which was a snake's tail, Gongsun Zan was able to retain his strength, especially compared to Yuan Shao, who had lost his troops and generals, which is a typical example of how the two sides can grow together.
But this slightly more plentiful troop food, dragged down by the elongated supply lines, is only minimal if you really want to use it as an advantage.
If you want to drop a stone, you have to see how big and heavy a stone you can move.
Gongsun Zan learned a little bit smarter this time, rather than single-handedly gnawing on this hard bone, it's better to seek outside help.
Lu Bu, who had more troops and more food, and had never had a real conflict with him, and who had also cooperated with him in a similar way a few years ago in defending against Yuan Shao, became the first choice in his eyes.
However, Lu Bu's power was flourishing, not comparable to the past, and Gongsun Zan was polite this time when he made his request for an alliance.
It was Yan Qing who was really in tears when he saw that the people who came to serve as errand boys were all young in age, with handsome eyebrows and long, straight and slender bodies, and they all wore silver armor and claimed to be good at robbing.
It's totally modeled after the Zhao Yun picks of the day, right?
I'm afraid it was Gongsun Zan who remembered how he gave away Zhao Yun in the first place, full of the thought that they were just fine with this kind of beautiful man, and only then did he make a smart move by way of roughly and directly 'hinting' a pass: they have plenty of such young and handsome additions to their ranks.
The reasoning of Jia Dang is much simpler: Gongsun Zan is a man who is deeply righteous, has no ambition to fight for the world, has martial arts courage but lacks strategy, has looks but lacks brains, and his hands are full of incorrigible fools (rereading), and he has cut off the desolate and remote You Prefecture.
This place, Lu Bu is temporary eye, so between the two forces, there is no conflict of interest, and Yuan Shao Cao Cao's two common enemy, temporarily maintain friendly relations, there is no loss.
Whether or not the alliance, because of the reputation of the relationship, can also do in the discretion, but just send some money and food words, not only will he be like a dagger, greatly suppress Yuan Shao, to prevent its resurgence, but also at the same time wear Gongsun Zan's own strength, it is the two tigers competing for food, the hunter benefits.
It was the first time that there was such a big difference of opinion among these top strategists.
He listened to several people expounding to him in turn, all of them looking inscrutable, and noncommittally murmured a few times.
He felt that it all made quite a bit of sense, and for a while, he couldn't come up with an idea, so naturally, he looked towards the pensive Yan Qing.
The four arguing strategists also looked at him in unison.
The vote of Yan Qing, who had not opened his mouth since the introduction of the topic, was crucial in this situation of stalemate.
Yan Qing didn't make a fuss either, directly rising, he leisurely saluted them and smiled, "This matter involves a great deal, and in haste, it is not appropriate to make a decision. In order to show prudence, Qing needs to ask all of you to wait for a day, allowing me to consult some information before elaborating."
It was only a one-day delay, so naturally no one objected.
Yan Qing gladly sent them away, then immediately converged on the faint smile on his face, abruptly turned around and went straight to the study.
Jizhou is undoubtedly the most coveted fertile land in the Guandong region, and Yuan Shao, who is in control of it, is in the most weakened period, and all those who have the power to fight are all eager to move.
But in Yan Qing's eyes, the attraction of Jizhou was far less than that six-foot tall lord.
Jizhou won't grow legs and run away, even if we take it later, what can we do? Hurry up to Cao Cao, who is deeply involved in the war and can't get out of it, to beat him to the point where he can't turn around, and either catch him and lock him up and keep him under strict guard; or kill him personally and catch the whole clan, which is the right thing to do.
This kind of no matter what kind of predicament, are courageous to meet the difficulties, indomitable to make open up, and God protects his heroes, as long as he is still at large and active one day, Yan Qing will always have to be worried about.
Unfortunately, in Cao Cao's momentum, has been Yan Qing's series of planning under the high-pressure blow can only be praised a colorful, but not so eye-catching to the extent of calling people to produce deep scorn.
Even Guo Jia, who could see that the other party was a gifted and talented person who could not be underestimated, would not have taken Cao Cao, who was still fighting for a base, more seriously when there was the big cake of attacking Jizhou in front of him.
Therefore, if Yan Qing wanted to persuade them to turn their backs on the chaos in Jizhou and focus on cleaning up Cao Cao, who was still alive and kicking in Qingzhou, it would be almost as difficult as climbing into the sky.
A two-pronged approach is of course ideal, supporting Gongsun Zan's provisions while sending troops to take down Qingzhou, but the provisions can't stand up to this kind of squandering.
After the Guandu battle, intensified with the locust drought - a sharp decline in food production, the second so that the grain relief increased dramatically, and then to accommodate a large number of displaced persons from the Guandong region, multiple nibbling, Lu Bu's granary and then full of full, but also to the thinning of many.
Especially with Yan Qing's cautious nature, it is absolutely necessary to keep a share for contingencies (such as a sudden war in a certain place, or a large-scale disaster that has never been recorded in history), then the remaining share that can be utilized, to cope with the additional expenses of the two ends at the same time, I do not know if it is feasible.
Of course, Lu Bu is completely convinced of him and listens to him, even if his opinion is contrary to that of the strategists, and he has to choose between the two, Yan Qing is very sure that Lu Bu will choose to listen to him without hesitation.
But the negative effect of abusing this trust is just as horrific - the inevitable devastating impact on the motivation of other staff members to contribute to the program.
Since they say a hundred truths, are not as good as Yan Qing's sentence can call the Lord convinced, then the so-called courtesy to the wise and open to advice is pure farting, worse than the external leniency and internal jealousy, multi-thinking and unbreakable Yuan Shao.
The wise men who truly assist the captain at the helm are not far from destruction once they become disillusioned with starting this vessel, even if they look prosperous and flourishing.
Until the last resort, Yan Qing would never consider utilizing his absolute influence with Lu Bu.
Lu Bu followed Yan Qing closely, watching him wind his way back to the study and start rummaging through the books deposited in the cabinet, and when he placed them in piles on the desk, he hurriedly stepped forward to help move them, so as not to tire the precious Priestess.
Yan Qing hurriedly thanked him and began to bury his head in the pages.
What he needs is not a general concept, but a specific figure of all the grain and grass that can be used without affecting people's livelihoods or shaking the fundamentals, minus the need for consumption during the period from this winter to the next fall harvest.
It's not that Yan Qing has to do everything himself, unwilling to labor on the side to help him, but it is absolutely impossible to find a second person who can skillfully use the Arabic numerals and four operations, plus modern bookkeeping techniques, only personally on the battlefield.
Lu Bu sat quietly across the table, seeing him solemnly writing down strings of strange looking symbols that he didn't even recognize, he wisely didn't disturb or ask questions, instead he also found a book and absentmindedly flipped through it while stealing glances at the seriously busy Yan Qing.
After winking at his personal attendant again and calling him over, he ordered him in a low voice to add some good charcoal to the fire pit in the study to drive away the cold.
It was only because Yan Qing's concentration power was extremely amazing that he was able to remain undisturbed by his gaze and sit steadily. A needle could be heard in the room, and only the clatter of paper being turned over so fast appeared frequently.
Until the middle of the night, Yan Qing will be the years of the dossier read, copied nearly a hundred industry data, however, light this is not finished, need to unify the accounting, and is a few hours of work.
By the time it was really done, the sky was already white.
The total amount he finally calculated failed him: even if he greatly reduced the support to Gongsun Zan and allocated the bulk of the support to the army of Qingzhou, it would still be extremely difficult to achieve the result of taking care of both ends, and if he tried hard to do so, it would be more likely that he would end up with a basket of water that would not be used at all.
Unless one uses those supplies from the bailout ......
Yan Qing could not suppress the disappointment that welled up in his heart.
But there is nothing to be done about it. It is only their fault that they spent too much some time ago.
This sitting is almost ten hours, during which basically did not move, at first slack, but is standing up, want to go to the study that for Guo Jia nap on the couch to lie down on a lie, already feel heavy-headed, eyes are faint, stumbled, if it is not Lu Bu quick eyes and hands, hold him, fell to the ground are possible.
Yan Qing could not help but sigh that in the end he is not young, fierce stay up late on the disheveled into this, which seems to be the year of the lively and vigorous.
Just as he thought that, he raised his eyes in a smooth manner and met Lu Bu's gaze that was full of concern.
This real age is already thirty five, accompanied by the simmering overnight, still glowing to call people jealous ...... So it seems that it is not all a matter of age.
Lu Bu didn't realize that because he didn't even look half tired, he struck his own priest who was secretly making comparisons, and only asked with a frown, "It's still early for the scheduled moment, why doesn't Chong Guang go back to his room to rest?"
"It's not necessary."
After Yan Qing bluntly refused him, she completely relaxed her body, softly paralyzing herself towards the couch, closing her eyes without even removing her outer clothes.
After all this intense mental labor, he was so worn out that he felt like he could fall asleep the next moment he dipped his pillow.
As for going back to your room?
With the severity of his hijacking, he couldn't even be bothered to take a bath at this point, let alone walk that extra distance to get back to his bedroom, so of course he wasn't going to toss and turn again.
But this hard feeling of having your limbs out of whack and your brain slowed down is more like the feeling you get before a new deck comes out, only the reaction isn't as big as it was the first couple times.
It can't be such a coincidence, can it?
This idea just popped up in his mind, Yan Qing had not had time to think about it carefully, he felt a huge shadow enveloping him, and then the thin quilt that covered his body crookedly was gathered together by someone's skillful strength, he was wrapped up in it as if he had become an omelette.
Yan Qing had no choice but to barely open his eyes, asking good-naturedly, "What is Lord doing-"
"Go to your room and rest, so you don't catch cold."
After putting down these words, the always thunderous Lu Bu picked him up firmly, kicked open the closed door of the room with a sharp kick, and walked out with a big stride under the dumbfounded eyes of the attendants.
Yan Qing: "......"
It's déjà vu all over again - and it's about to be just as humiliating.
Yan Qing thought with a few moments of self-loathing, but his body reacted honestly.
Without even waiting for Lu Bu, who had carried him all the way to the bedroom, to actually put him on the couch, just by staying in this familiar and reassuringly warm embrace for a few moments, Yan Qing had already, without realizing it, fallen asleep peacefully.
Author's Note: Although not nearly as famous as Guan Yu, who is also righteous, Gongsun Zan is also really known as a man of love and justice.
He came from a humble background, but he was recognized by the governor Liu and married his daughter to him, so he remembered this favor. Later, Liu Taishou committed a crime and had to be escorted to the capital, he escorted him all the way and took good care of him; Liu Taishou was sent to the faraway Rinan after the trial, he was also ready to accompany him all the way and even visited the graves of his ancestors before he left, so he was ready to go and could not come back. Fortunately, Liu Taishou was pardoned, so he didn't have to go.
The main reason he turned against Yuan Shao and fought to the death was also because his brother was killed by Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses.
Most importantly, he's a recognized beauty ......