Faced with the ironclad facts, the eunuchs were silent.
A few days ago, Liu Bei secretly convened a meeting with the eunuchs, saying that they might be won over by He Jin and Yuan Wei, and that He Jin and Yuan Wei would offer them an offer they could not refuse in exchange for their cooperation.
Then Liu Bei said that none of this was true. He Jin and Yuan Shi would never tolerate eunuchs sharing the fruits of victory with them after success, so they would definitely break their promises and tell the eunuchs never to believe He Jin and Yuan Wei.
Guo Sheng, one of the Ten Constant Attendants, disagreed with this statement and felt that Liu Bei lacked consideration.
"He Jin is the general, and Yuan Wei is the Situ of the dynasty. They are both men who stick to their word. Would such a man break the oath he swore at will? Aren't they worried about being punished by God?"
Divine punishment?
Liu Bei sneered.
"Then let's make an agreement. You can ask them to get the army afterwards. If they don't agree, it means they really want to join forces with you, and they plan to share the results with you seriously afterwards, so they are worried and don't I would like you to take control of the military.
If they agree without thinking, it means that you are already dead in their eyes. What kind of military power can a dead person hold? What benefits can a dead person share? So they don't need to think about this vital issue at all. "
The eunuchs looked at each other in shock.
As a result, a few days later, He Jin and Yuan Wei came to them to discuss cooperation, and they agreed to give them military power to protect themselves.
Guo Sheng had nothing to say.
The other eunuchs had nothing to say.
Everything was predicted by Liu Bei, what else is there to say?
"So I said, at present, the only one who can be trusted is Liu Xuande. Neither He Jin nor Yuan Wei can be trusted!"
Zhang Rang looked at the others with great pride and said with a smile: "Everyone, do you have anything else to worry about? If not, arm all your Hakka slaves and give them to me for unified command. We must concentrate all Use the power you can to prepare for the worst.”
"I have no opinion."
Zhao Zhong shook his head and said slowly: "I give up. Liu Xuande is a genius. He can predict everything in advance. It would be easy for such a person to kill me. If he talks about cooperation with me and wants me to live, I shouldn't." Any doubts.”
"Wise choice."
Zhang Rang nodded and looked at Guo Sheng, Song Dian, Gao Wang and others.
"what about you?"
The eunuchs looked at each other, but no one said anything. Finally, they all nodded in recognition.
They decided to hand over all the armed forces they could use to Zhang Rang for unified command. They all hid in Zhang Rang's mansion at the critical moment, gathered everyone's strength, tried their best to protect themselves, and did everything they could for Liu Bei. Something.
For example, taking advantage of the chaos to kill He Jin.
It would be better if they could kill Yuan Wei together.
Liu Bei believed that Yuan Wei was more difficult to deal with than He Jin, and the Yuan family was also more difficult to deal with.
But as long as the leader of the Yuan family is killed, the remaining people will try their best to distinguish the superiors from the inferiors before resisting, and then talk about other things.
When Liu Bei proposed these ideas at that time, Zhang Rang thought it didn't matter, because eunuchs were already notorious, and it didn't matter if they killed a few more people. As long as Liu Bei was willing to protect them, it would be easy for them to survive.
However, Zhang Rang thought that Liu Bei would just kill He Jin, but he actually wanted to take advantage of the chaos to kill Yuan Wei. Isn't this a serious matter?
"If the fourth and third prince of the Yuan family dies, why don't all the disciples and former officials of the Yuan family in the world gather together to attack? Can you bear it?"
"A group attack? For what reason?"
Liu Bei sneered and said: "As long as there is an edict from the emperor clarifying Yuan Wei's rebellion, I will stand firm. Besides, I am not afraid at all that their disciples and old officials will attack in groups. What I am afraid of is that they will not attack in groups. In this way If so, I have no reason to catch them all and liquidate them completely."
Zhang Rang was shocked.
"You want to uproot the Yuan family? The Yuan family's family business has been passed down for five generations and is deeply rooted. If you want to uproot them, it's not easy. Don't be too confident in yourself. The foundations of these prestigious families are so deep that you can't imagine! "
"I think too many people have been uprooted. Where is Mr. Yuan?"
Liu Bei looked at Zhang Rang and said with a smile: "It's just that this time, the help of your eunuchs is indispensable. You are notorious anyway. Doing more bad things and less bad things is nothing to you, but to me, it is still quite important." important."
Zhang Rang felt a little unhappy at that time.
"Use me as a knife?"
"Lao Zhang, the only one I can rely on now is you."
Liu Bei patted Zhang Rang on the shoulder and looked at him with sincere eyes: "If this happens, I will guarantee you a safe and prosperous life. This should be the best exchange condition for you, right?"
Zhang Rang hesitated for a moment, and then retreated under the offensive of Liu Bei's eyes.
"That's all. Anyway, this is the only place where I can use it. For the sake of peace and wealth, it's no big deal."
Zhang Rang finally accepted Liu Bei's commission and prepared to work with He Jin, Yuan Weixu and Wei She. When the time came, he would do what Liu Bei said and take action against He Jin and Yuan Wei.
If you're lucky, you can catch these two guys in one fell swoop. If you're not lucky, you can just kill any one of them.
If you are really unlucky and fail to kill both of them, there is nothing you can do but leave it to fate.
But Zhang Rang wanted to increase the success rate as much as possible. He didn't want to disappoint Liu Bei. He knew that Liu Bei had a great chance of winning in this dispute, so he wanted to gain credit and improve his future status in the new order led by Liu Bei. .
He needs defensible credit, credit enough to earn him status.
So Zhang Rang privately ordered his reliable subordinate, Xiao Huangmen Zuofeng, to take charge of selecting martial arts masters in Dongyuan and prepare to form a special team to practice assassination and poisoning techniques.
They were prepared to launch an assassination and beheading He Jin and Yuan Wei as soon as any accident happened, as long as He Jin and Yuan Wei were in Luoyang City.
He Jin thought he had taken care of Zhang Rang and other eunuchs, so he proudly went back to discuss the matter with Yuan Wei and told Yuan Wei that the matter had been completed.
Yuan Wei looked at He Jin's triumphant look and couldn't help but want to hit him.
"Don't be too happy too early. Eunuchs also don't care much about credibility. You'd better be careful and try to leave some backup. Although eunuchs are unlearned and incompetent, they are not stupid people."
He Jin suddenly laughed.
"On the contrary, these eunuchs are the most trustworthy. They take money to do things, but if they can't do it, they will keep the money for you, and they won't take your money next time they do things. Isn't this called credibility? Mr. Yuan , if this is not considered credibility, then what is credibility? Is it possible that our behavior of burning bridges across rivers is called credibility? "
Yuan Wei felt that he was being ridiculed, but he also felt that he had nothing to say.
This group of eunuchs is indeed very trustworthy and well-behaved. The last time the two parties cooperated was to help Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu with their military affairs, and that was done with money.
When the money is in place, things are done. Everything Yuan wants to be done is successful and the cooperation is pleasant.
Although he was unhappy, Yuan Wei said nothing more because facts speak louder than words and he didn't need to consider these things.
In contrast, what he wants to solve now is how to mobilize Dong Zhuo's army as a bonus for their side's victory.
Dong Zhuo is the most capable general on his side, and his army is also the most capable army among his faction.
If Dong Zhuo can bring Bingzhou's army to Luoyang, then he will have some confidence to face Liu Bei's powerful army.
