Chapter 326 The horse butcher is the wolf

"Wolf! The wolf is here, where are you here! Help..."

In the middle of the night, Liu Biao suddenly screamed from his sleep. Cai hurriedly called the maid to put on the lamp. Only then did he find that Liu Biao's eyes were straight, his whole body was sweating profusely, and he looked shocked. Cai couldn't help but be surprised, and stepped forward to hug Liu Biao and asked, "Master, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing." Liu Biao breathed a sigh of relief, and his whole body collapsed as if he had dispersed. He sighed, "It's just a nightmare."

Cai looked worried and said, "Master, I heard that the miraculous doctor Zhang Ji has been in Xiangfan recently. Have you sent someone to invite him to see you?"

Liu Biao shook his head and said, "There is no need for this, I am not sick."

Cai said: "But you have been unable to sleep for several days in a row."

Liu Biao sighed, "Cao Cao is coming to Jingzhou. Can I sleep peacefully?"

"Cao Cao?" Cai said in confusion, "I heard from my brother (Cai Mao) that Cao Cao is a hero of the times, and the horse butcher in the north is the evil wolf. Master, have you made a mistake?"

"Hmm?" Liu Biao's expression suddenly stopped and he asked in a daze, "What did the lady say just now?"

Cai said: "I think Cao Cao is a hero, and horse butcher is a wolf."

"The horse butcher is a wolf? The horse butcher is a wolf!" Liu Biao suddenly felt like he had lost his soul and murmured, "After the old wolf king aging, the strongest young male wolf in the wolf pack or outside the wolf pack will challenge it. If the old wolf king is defeated, the new wolf king will take over the wolf pack. At this time, all the female wolf in the wolf pack will no longer be nostalgic for the defeated old wolf king, but will happily throw themselves into the arms of the new wolf king! Why is this? Because only the new wolf king can provide protection for them, and only the new wolf king can keep the wolf pack alive and vibrant, so that the wolf pack can continue to survive!"

Cai said: "Master, what are you talking about?"

Liu Biao refused to answer and said sadly: "I understand, finally I understand, so that's it, so that's it!"

Cai said: "What does the master understand?"

Liu Biao said: "Gou is indeed the old wolf king, but the new wolf king is not Cao Cao but the horse butcher, and those female wolf king is not the aristocratic clan of Jingxiang, they are clearly the people of Jingxiang! Pang Degong, Pang Degong, you are really compassionate, but Gorge wants to disappoint you."

Cai was confused when he heard this, and almost thought that Liu Biao was crazy about gains and losses.

After thinking it through, Liu Biao no longer felt sleepy. He immediately put on his clothes under the maid's service and sent someone to summon his son Liu Pan, his nephew Zhang Yun and his eldest son Liu Qi to the mansion overnight.

Luoyang, Prime Minister’s Mansion.

Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, Lu Su, Zhong Yao, Cai Yong, Zhen Yi and others were invited to visit.

By the way, Kuai Liang and others had no good feelings for Ma Yue. In fact, since they were captured by Ma Yue, Kuai Liang and others have always been idle at home and have never been willing to become an official. If it weren't for Ma Yue's support for the emperor and acting like a wise minister, they wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to him.

After the ceremony was over, Ma Yuesu said, "Sirs, come to the seat."

"Thank you Prime Minister."

Everyone thanked me and went to the seat one after another.

After three rounds of wine, Ma Yue said: "Since he was appointed as prime minister, he has always thought about reporting to the country and servitude to the people. However, a person's power is limited after all, and a person's ideas will inevitably be deviated. Therefore, I want to ask you gentlemen to serve as prime minister and assist me in governing major affairs in the world, in order to revive the Han Dynasty and benefit the people of the world. I wonder what you guys mean?"

Ma Yue said this with great sound, and it was difficult for Kuai Liang and others to refuse. If they refused, wouldn’t it mean they would refuse to serve the Han Dynasty?

After a moment of silence in the hall, Lu Su took the lead in expressing his opinion: "I am willing to help the Prime Minister share the worries of the country."

Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue looked at each other, and at the same time clasped their fists and said loudly: "Sharing worries for the country is the responsibility of the scholars in the world, and they dare not refuse."

Seeing that Lu Su and the other three expressed their opinions, Zhong Yao, Cai Yong and Zhen Yi stood up and responded: "I am also willing to help the Prime Minister with some help."

"Haha, that's great." Ma Yue said happily, "Mr. In-law (Cai Yong) is very knowledgeable and respected by scholars all over the world. He can be the Prime Minister Xi Cao, in charge of the selection of officials and demotion. Mr. Zhong Yao is a steady person. He can be the Prime Minister Dong Cao, in charge of affairs of the world. Mr. Zhen Yi is very literary and can be the Prime Minister Cao, in charge of rules and regulations. Mr. Kuai Liang is good at internal affairs. He can be the Prime Minister Cao, in charge of the matter of collecting rented valleys. As for the two gentlemen, Kuai Yue and Lu Su, in charge of offering wine as military advisors. I wonder what you think?"

Cai Yong and others said, "I dare not obey orders."

"Master." Ma Yue had just assigned the positions of Cai Yong and others, and Li Su suddenly hurried in. After seeing clearly that Cai Yong and others had already spitted their mouths in the hall, they swallowed them back into their stomachs, walked to Ma Yue and whispered, "Master, please borrow a step to speak."

Ma Yue said: "It's okay, Zi Yan just said it's okay."

Li Su then said: "Just just now, the chief of the Western Regions Banshan sent an emergency document to 800 miles. After eroding the old land of the Dayuezhi (the ancient Kushan Kingdom), the Western power continued to march northward and now he has reached Dayuan. The royal city of Dayuan has been surrounded by a large army of 100,000 Anxue, and is in danger. The countries in the Western Regions beg the Celestial Empire to send troops to rescue him."

[At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were four powerful countries in the world that dominated the Eurasian continent. From west to east, they were Rome, Anxi, Kushan, and Eastern Han Dynasty. Anxi was located in West Asia. It was an ancient dynasty established by the Iranians. The Kushan was founded in Central Asia and was built by the Great Yuezhi people in the first century BC. In the first century, the dynasty began to decline and split into the five Xihou. In the official history, it was not destroyed by the Daren until the 5th century AD. The northernmost branch of Xihou in this book (Aziguli's homeland) was destroyed by Ma Chao, and the other four Xihous were also taken by Anxi to take the opportunity to annex.]

"Rest?" Ma Yue asked with a frown, "What kind of country is Rest?"

Zhong Yao, who had just served as Prime Minister Dong Cao, replied: "Prime Minister, Ban Chao, the chief minister of the Western Regions during the reign of Emperor He, condemned Zi Ban Yong to bring the envoy of Anxu to Luoyang to pay homage to the emperor, so he learned that there was still a powerful country in the west of Kushan, called Anxu, with a million armors and nearly ten million people, and the country's power was especially above Kushan."

"Millions of armor?" Ma Yue frowned, "Is this a big country?"

Zhong Yao said: "Although the rest of the country is millions, it is undoubtedly a small country compared to our Heavenly Kingdom and is not worth mentioning."

Ma Yue said: "Prime Minister Dong Cao was in charge of the affairs of the county and state of the world. The Chief Mansion of the Western Regions is also among the Han counties and states. Yuan Chang (Zhong Yao's name is a name) thought that should the Celestial Empire send troops to rescue him?"

Zhong Yao said: "Of course we should save it."

Ma Yuewei said: "But the Liang army has just experienced a series of fierce battles and is exhausted. It is probably difficult to send troops in a short period of time."

Kuai Yue, who was a military advisor, said casually: "If the Prime Minister wants to save the countries in the Western Regions, he does not need to mobilize the Liangzhou army at all. He only needs to condemn one member to be good at fighting. The famous general leads thousands of iron cavalry to come!"

Ma Yue said, "How do you say this?"

Kuai Yue said: "The countries in the Western Regions do not have the strength to defeat Anxi, but lack the courage to fight Anxi. The Prime Minister only needs to send a general to lead thousands of elite cavalry to the place. The countries in the Western Regions have reliance and courage to become stronger, and they dare to go to war with Anxi Country."

Ma Yue said: "So that's it."

Li Su said: "Gao Shun, Xu Huang, Fang Yue, and Gan Ning are all generals who can conquer and fight well. But if they are famous, they are not as famous as the major general!"

"Meng Qi?"

Ma Yue frowned. At this time, Ma Yue really didn't want Ma Chao to go out to the Western Regions, because it won't take long to go against Xichuan, but Ma Chao was the commander chosen by Ma Yue. If Ma Chao went out to the Western Regions, who should the army going out to the Western Regions lead?

However, what Li Su said is indeed correct. In this acre of three-point land in the Western Regions, even the butcher of Ma Chao is far less famous than Ma Chao. Children in the Western Regions dare not even cry at night whenever they hear Ma Chao's name!

"Forget it." Ma Yue pondered for a moment and said to Li Su, "So quickly summon Meng Qi to come."

Xiangyang, Liu Biao’s official residence.

Liu Pan, Zhang Yun, and Liu Qi came in one after another, and Liu Qi said, "My father saw the summons late at night, I don't know what's important?"

Liu Biao nodded lightly and signaled the three of them to the seat with a stern hand. After the three of them sat down, Liu Biao said with a heavy expression: "I summoned you here late at night, and there are actually several important things for you to do."

Liu Pan said: "I don't know what the big deal is? My uncle just said it's okay."

Liu Biao nodded and asked Zhang Yun first: "Derong (Zhang Yunbiao's name), how many troops are there in the Jingzhou navy that are completely obedient to you?"

Zhang Yun said in confusion: "Just need the order from my uncle, the child can mobilize all the navy troops in Jingzhou!"

"No, this is not what Gu means." Liu Biao shook his head, "Gu means that if you want to mobilize the navy and Cai Mao opposes, how many of the 30,000 navy troops can you mobilize?"

Zhang Yun said: "My uncle wants to transfer the navy, why should Cai Mao object?"

Liu Biao said: "This is just an assumption. I just want to know how many naval troops can completely obey you?"

Zhang Yun said: "If this is the case, there will be only three thousand people at most."

"Okay! It's almost enough to have three thousand people!" Liu Biao said in a deep voice, "After Derong returns to the Navy's Grand Village, he will immediately gather these three thousand people and horses and screen them again, and execute all those who are not under your control! Remember, your hands and feet must be clean, and don't let Cai Mao's people find clues."

Zhang Yun said: "Uncle, this..."

"Don't ask why." Liu Biao said in a deep voice, "It is related to the life and death of our Liu and Zhang families. Derong just does it."

"Boy obeys the order."

Zhang Yun agreed and took the order.

Liu Biao said to Liu Pan again: "Zhongshi (Liu Panbiao's name is), I will ask you to go to Changsha to recruit the bandits of the District Star, to get rid of the old and weak, and to choose their strong to train the new army. How is the progress?"

Liu Pan said: "A total of 5,000 elite soldiers were recruited, and they are stationed in You County to practice day and night."

"Youxian is too far from Xiangyang." Liu Biao said with Youyou, "Zhong Shi can lead his army north and train troops in the Public Security Bureau!"

Liu Pan said: "My nephew obeys the order."

Liu Biao said again: "Also, all the generals recommended by Cai, Huang and Wang families to join the army must be closely monitored from today. If there is any change in Xiangyang, Zhongshi will take down these generals as soon as possible and behead them on the spot to prevent future troubles."

"Is there any change in Xiangyang?" Liu Pan said in a lost voice, "Uncle, this..."

Liu Biao said in a deep voice: "The Jingxiang gentry, led by Cai, Huang, Wang and other aristocratic families, believed that the orphans were not as capable as Cao Cao and was not enough to lead the Jingxiang gentry to resist Ma Yue, so he wanted to welcome Cao Cao into Jingzhou! For the sake of the Liu family's foundation, the orphans had to prepare for the rain and make plans early."

"Ah?" Liu Pan said in shock, "If this is true, it would be difficult for my nephew's five thousand elite soldiers to resist the Jingzhou army led by Cai Zhong, Cai He, Huang Zu, and Wang Wei, not to mention that there are also powerful generals such as Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Pin in the Jingzhou army. My nephew is afraid that he can't handle it alone."

"Don't worry about this Zhongshi." Liu Biao said in a deep voice, "If you take action, you will have a complete arrangement and you will never let your five thousand soldiers take over the entire Jingzhou Legion."

"I understand." Liu Pan took a deep breath of air conditioning and said in a deep voice, "So my nephew said goodbye and went back to You County."

Liu Biao said: "Go quickly."

Liu Pan bowed a long time, turned around and left.

Watching Liu Pan leave, Liu Qi asked on his own initiative: "Father, don't know what the child should do?"

Liu Biao handed a caltrop bone flower about a foot long (actually Xu Chu's wolf teeth hammer shrink version) to Liu Qi and said, "I am old with the king of Wuling Shatuo. Shatuo once said that if I am in danger, I can ask someone to take a token to ask for help. Now our Liu family is facing a major crisis. When we need help from arm, Qi'er can take this item to Wuling Mountain for help."

"Boy obeys the order."

Liu Qi agreed and took the order and left.

Watching Liu Qi's figure fade away, Liu Biao's face gradually showed a bit of sternness.

Yecheng, the residence of the general.

The eunuch Xuanzhi was high in the main hall and said with a sharp voice: "General Yuan Shao made outstanding achievements. He hoped to return to the country. He was awarded the title of Grand Sima. He was appointed as the Duke of Wei. He added 20,000 households in the town. The eldest son Yuan Tan was the General of Yulin and the Marquis of Fuchunting, and the governor of Yangzhou; the second son Yuan Xi was the General of Huben and the Marquis of Yuyao Ting, and the governor of Xuzhou; the youngest son Yuan Shang was the General of Fenwei and the Marquis of Yuhang Ting, and the governor of Yuzhou; the senior rank was the General of Annan and the Marquis of Qiantang Ting, and the governor of Yanzhou. I admire this!"

"I am Yuan Shao to thank me for your kindness." Yuan Shao raised his hands and took the imperial edict, knelt down and thanked, "Long live my emperor."

Behind Yuan Shao, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang, Gao Gan and a group of Hebei civil and military officials knelt down one after another and shouted long live.

"Duke Wei asked." The eunuch Xuanzhi stepped forward to help Yuan Shao and sneered, "Our family is here to congratulate Mr. Wei on his all-official promotion."

"Hahaha." Yuan Shao smiled three times at the sky, waved his hand and said loudly, "Come here, take your father-in-law down to entertain him well, no mistakes should be made."

"As for orders." A family general came forward to the eunuch who proclaimed the eunuch, "Please, father-in-law."

The eunuch announced the eunuch went down with joy.

After the eunuch announced the eunuch, Yuan Shao took the imperial edict to the hall respectfully and then turned around and said proudly: "Although I was defeated by Guandu, I finally entered the Central Plains. Even though the cavalry swept across the Central Plains, I still had to give in to the Central Plains in the end, I still wanted to give in to the Central Plains. Haha, it was so satisfying!"

The strategist Shen Pei said with concern: "Lord, this is probably Jia Xu's trick."

"Crack?" Yuan Shao said disapprovingly, "What kind of trick can it be?"

Although Shen Pei instinctively believed that the butcher Ma had no kind intentions, he could not say what the butcher Ma had. Shen Pei was the same as Feng Ji. Although the two were loyal to Yuan Shao, their abilities were far inferior to Tian Feng and Xu You. Now that Tian Feng was killed, Xu You rebelled against Cao Cao and was also in troubled by the chaos. The talents in Hebei were withered, and Yuan Shao had no outstanding advisers since then.

Seeing that Shen Pei couldn't tell me why, Yuan Shao couldn't help but groaned: "Zhengnan should remember it, and you should not speak sarcastically."

Shen Pei's face was ashamed and silent.
Chapter completed!