Chapter 96: Chen Xi's Calculation

Since the harvest of autumn grains and the start of Chen Xi's plan to embezzle Qingzhou, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have been on the border between Qingzhou and Taishan. They have either gathered the refugees, capture the Yellow Turbans, or help Zhao Yun reclaim the deserted Qingzhou.

In short, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have been very busy. The two of them brought the few cavalry under them to the border of Qingzhou. They kept pulling the Yellow Turbans apart. They rely on the cavalry, which was faster than the infantry, to avoid being strangulated by the Yellow Turbans. Then they waited for Guo Jia to come. In Qingzhou, in addition to pulling out the Yellow Turbans to weaken the opponent's strength, it was more to induce the opponent to attack. Then turn the Yellow Turbans into a strong refugee, and finally continue to increase the reclamation efforts.

Of course, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were not at all comfortable with this kind of thing. After all, the Yellow Turbans were rebellious peoples. If they are incorporated into the wasteland reclamation team like this, the entire team will be ruined by the opponent.

However, for this idea, Guo Jia expressed his own considerations. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei compared the losses and benefits. Then decided to incorporate them in accordance with Guo Jia's arrangement, and strengthen management at most. Finally they wait until the Yellow Turbans is finished. These sluggish characters naturally can't jump up, but now these people still have their roles.

After the November winter came, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun each packed up their troops and returned to Fenggao. However, unlike Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who only needed to take care of their own troops after returning, Zhao Yun has a second task to complete.

The care of widows and sons that Chen Xi and Lu Su discussed before naturally fell on Zhao Yun shoulders. He was the only one who was close to the people. Besides, he was the only one who can run through the entire Taishan county. Zhao Yun started running right away, then returned to Liu Bei before New Year's Eve. There was no need to run around anymore.

Of course, those are all superficial tasks. In fact, the arrangements was for Zhao Yun to mainly investigate the population of Taishan county, to prepare for spies infiltration from other warlords in the following year, and to calculate the number of potential soldiers in Taishan county. Under good circumstances, it will not be hurt the people to swallow Qingzhou silently.

And now, in less than a month, Zhao Yun returned to Fenggao. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Taishi Ci, and the others all came to Liu Bei's house to feast with Zhao Yun. Then they started to eat, after all they were all top tier masters.

"I have seen the lord!" After Liu Bei opened the door and entered, all the generals and civil servants who were eating and drinking discarded what they were holding and got up to greet Liu Bei.

"You don't have to pay attention to etiquette. I wasn't expecting Zhao Yun to return so soon." Liu Bei bowed in return to recognize the hard work of many generals and ministers they did for half a year. Then he straightened up, looked at everyone, and said, "I don't care about the etiquette of monarchs and ministers today. Just drink as you please!"

"Night Jade Lion. How can he not return so soon. I also want one too." Zhang Fei mumbled, but the loud voice let everyone hear it.

"The top tier horses will be available sooner or later. There are good horses in Jizhou, Bingzhou, and Liangzhou. There are countless wild horses in the north. If the Chitu was injured, would you be afraid that there will be no good horses in the north? Third brother is too impatient." Chen Xi said with a smile.

"I must have a black one for my top tier horse!" Zhang Fei took a bite of the leg lamb and said, "Also, I must fight against Lu Bu several times!" Zhang Fei waved his fists excitedly as if reenacting the situation.

"Second lord, do you have any ambitions?" Chen Xi has nothing to say about Zhang Fei's reenactment. Perhaps even if Lu Bu is dead, Zhang Fei will only be sad about how he didn't stab Lu Bu a few more times while Lu Bu was alive.

"Helping the Han room!" Guan Yu spit out a few words majestically and ended the conversation with Chen Xi. His habit has not changed.

The banquet that was messed up by Zhang Fei and others before was removed and re-arranged. Fortunately, Liu Bei had a lot of servants and cooks at home. When Liu Bei sent someone to bring in Zang Ba who was standing guard outside, the banquet had restarted.

There were braziers burning around the living room. Of course, there were four behind Lu Su. Seeing that guy's sweaty and enthusiastic expression, Chen Xi felt weird. The temperature should not rise anymore, but Lu Su was already excited. Okay, seeing this situation, it is really possible that there was something wrong with him. Chen Xi silently pull a little distance from him.

As they talked about their ambitions, Liu Bei gave out wine one by one, and everyone was satisfied. Naturally, they couldn't avoid talking about Hua Xiong who was still being a bandit in Yongzhou and Gan Ning who was training the navy in the sea. These two hapless guys are probably uncomfortable right now. The place in Yongzhou is much colder than Taishan, and the wind in the sea is much stronger than Taishan on land. Maybe these two are in tragedy.

Chen Xi knows about the situation of these two guys. Hua Xiong is now the biggest bandit leader in Yongzhou. He doesn't rob the people, but only plays black and eats black. The bandits soon had an idea, saying that he had violated the rules, then the bandits who said that was also hacked down.

Naturally, Hua Xiong, who did that, was attacked by a group. Thirty-two thousand robbers gathered to kill Hua Xiong's army. They didn't want to but were easily defeated by Hua Xiong. Then the entire Yongzhou bandits in Yongliang was under Hua Xiong and he became famous. Even Li Que also came to solicit Hua Xiong, but Hua Xiong refused.

After that, it was simple. The rules were written by the strong. Hua Xiong said that the bandits in the Yongzhou territory needed to pay him protection fees. Chen Xi gave him this idea. If the bandits who paid the protection fees were caught by other bandits, or if the army attacked the Yongzhou bandits, then he was willing to provide protection for them. If they were unwilling to pay, then there is no other way. If they were suddenly beaten, it would have nothing to do with Hua Xiong.

There are always disobedient people in the world. Hua Xiong naturally had the idea of standing up and killing those bandit groups to make them obedient. Now the whole Yongzhou bandit group has been transformed into a sheep by Hua Xiong. There is now 30,000 to 50,000 bandits under him. Hua Xiong said that he could already take the emperor back to Taishan in accordance with Chen Xi's request.

Of course, that is just what he said. The reason why Chen Xi gave Hua Xiong enough manpower at the time was to recover the Yongzhou bandits. After all, Hua Xiong needed a place to stay before Dong Zhuo died. Then he would wait for Lu Bu to kill Dong Zhuo before taking Jia Xu and Li Ru out of Chang'an. After Dong Zhuo die, Emperor Xian would takee power. Then Hua Xiong would personally go present the gift. He would then proudly tell the situation about Taishan and invite Emperor Xian to move to Taishan.

Of course, no one will agree at that time. Wang Yun and Lu Bu, who are full of confidence, will not believe it. When Li Jue and Guo Si threatened Chang'an, Hua Xiong could use the bandit army to rush and fight with them for a while. Indicating that he had done his best for the Han Dynasty and reluctantly retreated. It is also easy to explain. Lu Bu was defeated, can he be undefeated?

In this way, when the emperor flees in a few years, then Liu Bei and Cao Cao come to greet him, the loyal officials of the Han Dynasty will naturally have no face to go to Taishan. Whether it is because Chenliu is the center of the world, or Taishan is too remote and not prosperous enough to inherit the foundation of the Han family, they will play the emperor and send back some official titles.

In short, it was the imperial uncle Liu Bei did his best, but you did not come and went to Cao Cao. This proved that you were blind. It was as simple as that. Then they could played "Shen Sheng died inside, and Chong Er is outside." What a good situation this is, the biggest banner of the Han Dynasty naturally fell on Liu Bei's head, and the road ahead will be even better.