Chen Wen (ιζΈ©), courtesy name Yuan Ti (ε ζ), was a native of Ru Nan (ζ±ε). He was an assassin of Yangzhou and served as a soldier in Cao.
Though in the group of male and female at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, by the court's will to serve as a state assassin, he did not create any bright achievements, but also did not have unrealistic ambitions, mediocre life by the disease to the flat on the stop, and then only in the annals of history to leave such a few strokes.
Compared to those talented and brave generals whose names have been passed down through the ages and who have been written about by their descendants, they are a complete passerby.
But his death has become a well-deserved trigger. Even Cao Cao's great achievement of defeating the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Yanzhou in one fell swoop by winning the battle with fewer people was dwarfed by the fact that his death was a well-deserved cause célèbre, and was not as glamorous.
Before the court debated on a new Yangzhou assassin and sent him here, the first person who couldn't sit still wasn't the nearest state warlords, but Yuan Shao, who was deeply involved in a bitter battle with Gongsun Zan in Hedong.
After the dissolution of the alliance, he thought that he was still the leader of the alliance, and wishfully appointed his brother Yuan Zhiwei, who was known to be "the best of the world and the best of the time", to take over the position.
I have to say, only Yuan Shao's faction would think so, it's really too sweet.
Outsiders have not yet explicitly opposed, early on this was succeeded by the great luck of the once concubine brother to look at the eyes of Yuan Shu, see he is not only the banner of the Yuan family in style, outside the massive recruitment, including talent into their own command not to mention that, but also completely override to his head, will be more noble bloodline set off their own dull action of deep indignation.
At this time, Yuan Shao still think to send people to snatch the prey of their own mouth, but it is not precisely the new hatred plus the old hatred accumulated over the years, where will be willing to let go?
It can be imagined that the others have not yet decided whether or not to trip in this muddy water, at the risk of offending the hegemony of Hebei Yuan Shao to seize the territory, the result of the first jumped out to oppose his own brother Yuan Shu, simply happy to watch the joke on the sidelines.
Before anyone reacted and took action, Yan Qing, who had just gotten the news of Chen Wen's death and was aware of the general trend of the next steps, had already invited Lu Bu to gather the key generals in the council hall.
When the people arrived, Yan Qing took the lead to make a shocking statement: "This is a heavenly opportunity for us to annihilate Yuan Shu's power and seize Yangzhou, we must not miss it!"
The effect of these words was no less than a stone's throw, before Lu Bu had even opened his mouth, the other military generals exploded in shock, and only Jia Yan and Xu Shu were a little calmer, but they were also unable to keep up with Yan Qing's over-jumping mind for a moment.
Xu Shu coughed lightly, he and Yan Qing personal relationship is very good, so even if you think it is extremely inappropriate, but also only very politely expressed the question: "At this time to go out, will not be too hasty a bit? Why don't we wait until spring and then decide, one is easy to wait and see, and the other is also good to recuperate."
Jia Yan also frowned, not quite agreeing, "At this time, the situation is not clear, so I'm afraid it's not advisable to act rashly."
Yan Qing shook his head and said, "At extraordinary times, extraordinary measures should be taken. Soldiers are precious and speedy, and what needs to be taken advantage of is for the division to take the lead, seizing the first opportunity when others are ill-prepared."
He knows that to convince these people in front of him, it will be a hard battle, but when he thinks of the opportunity behind it, and they have enough power at this moment, he can't help but be excited, so he stood up and walked to the side of the map, his eyes brilliantly pointing to the Yangzhou county, and spoke eloquently: "Although the court is already declining, and the vassals want to take over the position of Chen Wen, who was appointed by the assassin, he will not have a name, but when he dies, the jurisdiction will naturally fall away, just as the whole body will be affected, which will definitely call for a big shake-up in the situation. The court is already in decline, and the vassals want to seize the position of Chen Wen, who was appointed by him, but also without a name, but once he dies, the jurisdiction of Yangzhou will naturally fall by the wayside, and just as the slightest change affects the whole body, it will definitely call for a big shock."
"Looking at the whole picture, on the strong force of the Western Liang Ma Teng, Han Sui, the mighty border of the Youzhou Gongsun Zan, or the four times before the Alliance of the Three Dukes of the Alliance, Yuan Shao, either can not be reached, or continuous war, difficult to take care of their own. The only people who really have the power to fight, excluding our army, are the vassals around Yangzhou."
"Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Tao Qian of Xuzhou, Yuan Shu of Nanyang, and Cao Cao of Qingzhou, who is not yet firmly established in Qingzhou despite his great generalship, are not to be feared."
This is precisely the reason why Yan Qing had to be anxious, Cao Cao this person uses the army like God, and there are theater Zhicai Xun Yu and other great wisdom and strategy for him, so that he subdued a large number of Qingzhou soldiers, slowed down this breath, it is not generally tricky.
"Yuan Shao, however, has a long history of usurping the Han Dynasty, and his younger brother Yuan Shu has made himself the governor of Hebei Province, and Cao Cao as the governor of Yanzhou Province, without regard for the face of the Emperor or the majesty of the court. This time, even though he is farther away, he will not be tired of playing the trick of self-appointment again. Yuan Shu, who has always been proud of himself, will not listen to his words. He can take advantage of the geographical advantage to send troops to the east to strike first, and also have the help of the northern alliance Gongsun Zan to slow down Yuan Shao's hands and feet, if defeated can be safely retreated, if the success of a fertile land can be obtained to build up troops and raise the strength of the army, this kind of cost-effective business, he will have no reason not to do."
"There are snipers and mussels fighting, why don't we be the fisherman? Rush out troops, slow to attack the city, may as well wait for good news in fine sun, and so on both sides of the soldiers tired and slack, both losing, molded into a chaotic situation, and then quickly pull out of the battalion out of the army, can be taken in one fell swoop."
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These long-winded analysis, at first hearing, only let a person feel as if the sky, unthinkable, arrogant and bizarre. But by Yan Qing colorful, certainty of a say, plainly more than a few points of convincing power, not to mention the words within the rationale, it is the reaction of the vassals like the hands of the chess pieces like a thorough grasp, and as if everything has long been in front of the eyes of the life-like.
Jia Yan and Xu Shu two people, the more you listen to the more feeling of panic, if not personally hear, and see with their own eyes, how would believe that the world really have such a micro-knowledge, can glimpse a spot and see the whole panorama of the ghosts and gods unpredictable ability?
"Chongguang's words are reasonable," Jia Yan, who has known him the longest, calmed down the fastest, thought carefully for a moment, and gazed with a frown, "It's just that the art is good at harmonizing, so don't take it lightly."
"In order to perform the art of vertical and horizontal, it is far from enough to rely solely on a sharp mouth with empty words." Yan Qing proudly laughed: "There is no great power to borrow, and repeated defeats, increasingly downtrodden first son of the Yuan family, who else can be united now? Liu Biao in Jingzhou is close to the water, but he is now friendly with Shao, and the only general under the highway who is brave enough to kill his father is Sun Bofu, if he dares to reveal that he wants to unite with Liu Jingzhou, Sun's old troops who are fond of their old masters are afraid that they will be the first to rebel against him; Yanzhou Cao Cao, even though he has already had the intention of setting up his own house, he is still close to Yuan Shao; the only thing that remains is Tao Qian and his back in the Beihai Kong Rong, but the former is only interested in profit and is not interested in the future. However, although the former is profit-oriented, but indecisive, see the Lord's power, and close to the court, easy to hesitate; the latter has always been loyal to the emperor to protect the Han, conceited talent, since it will not have no reason to be enemies with us."
"As for Yuan Shu himself, in the military fighting together, is a complete layman, reputation and its concubine brother, empty lineage of the first son, but slaughter Dong Dong not destroyed, kill brother brother not die, he is more and more fight more backward shrinking to go. Who lost all go to vote for him, but not because he has a good reputation for benevolence and virtue, but to know that he is not picky about good appetite. With some of the defeated soldiers and remnants who are prone to flee when they are not caught, how can they defeat our elite troops who have fought in a hundred battles? He will surely be defeated!"
As soon as Jia Dang was silent, Xu Shu frowned and picked up, "The court will definitely send another candidate to govern Yangzhou, why should we be so busy for others to do the dowry?"
Yan Qing smiled faintly and asked instead of answering, "Then does Yuan Zhi know why Qing didn't fight the others but had to fight Yuan Shu?"
Xu Shu couldn't help but stare, Jia Yan is a fierce high-five, more than his one step in the morning, will Yan Qing hidden very deep real intention to roughly understand over, and then go back to think about those joints, it is easy to pass more, can't help but praise this plan is exquisite and venomous, and then there is no intention to oppose, only at the end of the shaking his head and sighed: "Chongguang thinking of the depth of the, I can't hope to be as good as, it is really the world of the ghosts and geniuses also! "
Xu Shu suddenly had a feeling and couldn't help but exclaim: "Could it be for that Jade Seal of State!"
Yan Qing laughed, "Precisely! It is time for that national treasure that has been lost for so long to be returned to its rightful owner."
When the time is not yet, the general situation has not yet been determined, rashly proclaimed the emperor, just like Yuan Shu's approach in history, purely looking for death, but also as a clown in the eyes of the crowd.
Yan Qing half-heartedly did not want to keep this hot potato, whose symbolic significance was countless times greater than its actual use, around to test how strong Lu Bu's self-control was, and sending it back to Liu Xie was undoubtedly the best option.
No one would doubt that after Lu Bu's rescue and the great achievement of returning the Jade Seal, the overjoyed Emperor Liu Xie would still be so stingy that he could not even afford to reward him with the post of Assassin of Yangzhou.
Even if Wang Yun and others want to touch the death on the pillar to admonish the will, but also can not stop him to comfort the heart of the merit.
Taking a step back, even if Liu Xie is heartless and unsympathetic, he will come to unload the mills and kill the donkeys, insisting on sending another candidate, and begrudgingly granting even a false title to this set of people, with their hands on the real power of Yangzhou, Yan Qing also has countless ways to empty the airborne soldiers.
Wanting to sit back and expect them to obediently look at the face of that broken emperor to vacate their seats is undoubtedly a thousand dreams.
What Jia Dang and others failed to guess is that Yan Qing this madman also looks at the gentleman clean, in fact, the ambition is very great, the scheme is far more than that - is being spoiled in the hands of Yuan Shu's priceless treasures, in addition to the seal of the state is not in his hands, since the famous Sun Wu founder, the little king of the Sun Ce Sun Bo Fu is undoubtedly.
However, later to pacify Jiangdong, the world's "little bully" at this time even eighteen years old are not full, can only be considered "small little bully", is confused and disillusioned with the mixed days.
Even if he can't collect Sun Ce for Lu Bu's use even after exhausting all the methods, and it's not easy to kill him, it can make his period of confusion a little longer, and delay the birth of the emerging power in Jiangdong.
Lu Bu listened silently, did not make a statement indiscriminately. See Yan Qing even amplification, will have dissenting people one by one to persuade not to mention, but also got countless hot admiration eyes, and to determine the three military masters have reached a consensus, before clearing his throat, the mighty and awe-inspiring said: "What you say, is just what I want, there are wonderful strategy elite troops, why worry about not destroy Yuan Shu children's chicken and tile dog?"
On the spot ordered the military division Jia Yan and three generals to stay, leading three thousand men to guard the rear, the rest of the people will return to their respective camps to mobilize their troops, and will leave on the same day.
As Yan Qing expected, Yuan Shao was busy learning about the vacancy of the assassin of Yangzhou, and sent his trusted cousin Yuan Zhui to take up the post. However, within a few days of Yuan's arrival in Shouchun, his younger brother Yuan Shu, who personally led the troops into battle, caught him off guard and he was whisked away from the city and fled to Xiaopei under the protection of his personal guards.
Halfway through the run, this exhausted group of sporadic people bumped into a group of strong soldiers and horses, who were leisurely making fire and cooking in the camp, and it was Lv Fengxian, the governor of Yuzhou, who was wearing the brightly colored "Lv" banner.
Not waiting for the fleeing and gray-headed Yuan Wei to have the leisure to be shocked at how they could have camped here, seeing their hasty and bruised appearance, and still desperately protecting that weak literati, Yan Qing how could he not guess their identities, and not even giving them a chance to speak, directly ordering them to be detained and put under close guard.
In order to keep the profound frame, Lu Bu held back on the spot did not ask, back in the tent, it can be assured that said out: "If you are afraid that he leaks the news, how not to directly kill the matter?"
Yan Qing is not good to tell him, the reason why he chose to block here beforehand instead of going from Shouchun to the road to Xiapi, is to catch Yuan Zhai, after hearing this, helplessly look to their own kill. After hearing this, he looked helplessly at his own killers, and sighed: "Although this person can not be used for us, but Denggao can be entrusted, the well-known, there is a good reputation outside, and Yuan Shao is very trusting rely on blood relatives, how can it be easy to kill?"
Lu Bu gave a sigh of relief, and pondered on his own, "Indeed, keep it and exchange it with Shao for some money and grain."
Yan Qing heart, intention to broaden his horizons, reminded: "money and food is only secondary, Yuan Shao busy fending off the enemy of Youzhou, has been held for months, missed the fall harvest, is the most tight food and grass at the moment, even if you have the intention to redeem, but how much can be squeezed out of the teeth? I'm afraid to also resent the Lord took advantage of the fire to rob. Moreover, looking at the world's vassals, now there can be which can be compared to our granary full?"
Lu Bu thought it was extremely reasonable and asked with an open mind, "Then according to Shiguang's opinion, what exactly is the best use of keeping them?"
Yan Qing but smiled.
He was born extremely singularly handsome, especially with three reserved smile up, a pair of watery eyes gently bent, after the lips have a little snow white hidden, more obvious Xuanran Xiaju.
Although Lu Bu and other rough people do not find suitable such as 'teeth such as braided shells, but also if gourd rhinoceros' to describe the ultimate beauty of what they saw, but also was shaken to the eye of a blur, the heart seems to be a cat's claw gently scratched, inexplicably itchy.