It is said that it will not be boring, but after Huang Yueying and his two men finished handling the mountains of government affairs, it was already midnight.
A subordinate soldier served the three porridge and side dishes. After a hasty meal, the three of them each had a cup of tea in front of them, and they finally had time to have a good chat.
"Thank you very much." Huang Yueying said with a smile as she wiped the beads of sweat on the tip of her nose caused by drinking hot porridge.
It seemed that these two people had not eaten any water or rice all day, and they were both very hungry.
"It's not as hard as you, I'm just doing errands." Qi Zhen also smiled, but he quickly stopped smiling and spoke out several names he got from Yuan Shu's head one after another. .
"These people should be Yuan Shu's direct descendants. They pretended to surrender, but in fact they reported to Yuan Shu all the time what happened in Nanyang County. In fact, what you have done these days has not escaped Yuan Shu's eyes. His purpose is We want to take this opportunity to turn the entire Nanyang into a monolith, whether it is Nanyang City or other places in Nanyang County."
Huang Yueying nodded and said softly: "I know."
"You know!?" Qi Zhen was a little surprised.
"Of course I know. If I don't understand the position of these people, how can I dare to lead troops to attack Nanyang?" Huang Yueying was still smiling.
Qi Zhen suddenly realized it, then shook her head with a wry smile.
This rebellion was originally planned by Huang Yueying, relying on the influence of the Cai family in the entire Nanyang County. Huang Yueying naturally has a way to identify which ones are sincerely defecting, which ones are just following the wind, and which ones are pretending to surrender.
However, Huang Yueying did not clarify these matters immediately after the screening, but took this opportunity to lead those who pretended to surrender step by step into the trap. Yuan Shu seemed to have a clear understanding of the entire Nanyang County matter. He even knew it well, but in fact the news he got was still what Huang Yueying wanted him to know.
If not, it would be difficult for Huang Yueying to form a siege on Nanyang City during this period of time. Yuan Shu was actually just self-righteous.
Huang Yueying originally didn't know whether Qi Zhen could control the situation in Nanyang City within three days. The original idea was to directly eat the less than 10,000 soldiers when Yuan Shu sent out the city defense troops to prepare for the internal and external cooperation when they were approaching the city. , a truly unexpected move.
Qi Zhen has been busy these three days, and Huang Yueying and Liu Bei are not easy either.
The day after Qi Zhen left, Huang Yueying carried out a large-scale purge of all lower counties and military towns. The speed of the start and the clear goal were strange.
Within one day, all loyal ministers affiliated with Yuan Shu were replaced. Those who were reserved by Huang Yueying came to the stage one after another and took over the government and military affairs of those people with thunderous power. Since they had been laid out before, it was just Another day passed, and no major changes occurred on the military and political fronts.
So the things Qi Zhen thought about on her last day and the efforts she made on the tower now seem like a joke, just a battle of wits and courage with the air.
"To be honest, I didn't expect that you could actually control the situation in Nanyang City within three days." Huang Yueying looked at Qi Zhen with admiration in her eyes.
"This must be attributed to the fact that Nanyang is not monolithic, otherwise it would not be so fast." Qi Zhen waved her hand, not taking credit. In these three days, the relationship between the two civil servants Yan and Yang was stirred up, the two generals Zhang Qiao were instigated, and Yuan Shu and even Ji Ling were killed. The whole process actually involved a lot of luck. Looking back, if Yuan Shu had not harbored evil intentions, , the two civil servants Yan and Yang were wary of each other, and Ji Ling was an inexperienced martial artist, so everything Qi Zhen did would be a waste of water.
"Luck is also a part of strength. For example, when it comes to killing Ji Ling, I dare not say that in the whole world, I am afraid that no one in Nanyang County can do it." Liu Bei said with a smile at this time.
"Brother, long time no see, are you okay?" Qi Zhen asked with a smile.
"Fortunately, my cooking skills have improved a lot." Liu Bei glanced at Huang Yueying and said with a smile.
"Now that Nanyang City has completed a stable transition, I'm ready to hit the road." Qi Zhen said.
Liu Bei pondered for a moment and then asked: "So urgent?"
"Back to Yuzhou from here, I need to talk to Kong Ming about the things here. Let's make plans early. By the way, let me ask one more question, how many soldiers can we control now?" Qi Zhen asked.
"Why don't you take a guess?" Huang Yueying blinked slyly.
"Fifty thousand?" Qi Zhen stretched out a hand.
"To be honest, the number of soldiers we can control now is probably around 200,000." Liu Bei squinted his eyes and smiled.
"So many?!" Qi Zhen said in surprise.
"Originally, there were not so many soldiers in the lower counties and military towns of Nanyang. Thanks to Mrs. Huang's unparalleled resourcefulness, while gathering the soldiers under Yuan Shu's command, she was still recruiting troops. With a little trick, the entire Yellow Turban area near Nanyang was wiped out. All the remnants of the party will be taken into his own hands, so that the number of soldiers available in Nanyang County will reach such a number that seems extremely intimidating." Liu Bei explained.
Qi Zhen said nothing, only admiration remained in her heart.
"There is only half a decade left in the alliance, how do you plan on it?" Qi Zhen asked.
This is not only a matter of sending troops to form an alliance, but more importantly, after the death of Yuan Shao's younger brother, under what name did Nanyang County send troops to Luoyang.
"I plan to send troops in the name of the Cai family, how about it?" Huang Yueying asked.
Qi Zhen nodded, he expected this to be the case, but he still asked: "Are you sure that Yuan Shao will not anger Nanyang after Yuan Shu dies?"
"If you can hide it for a day, it's a day. If you wait four or five days, even if Yuan Shao knows about it, he can still turn the blade and go straight to the south sun after the thief's appeal has been issued?" Huang Yueying said with a smile.
"Then how many soldiers are you planning to bring to the alliance?" Qi Zhen then asked.
"One hundred thousand, in order to prepare for the big thing you are going to do next, there can't be more than one hundred thousand." Huang Yueying said without thinking.
Qi Zhen finally felt relieved. It turned out that everything was under Huang Yueying's calculation, and his worries were unfounded.
"It's just that this time, I will not participate in the alliance. Kong Ming is there, which is enough. Xuande will personally lead the alliance this time. In this way, it will be justified for him to serve as the prefect of Nanyang." Huang Yueying added One sentence.
"Okay, you have thought of everything, so I don't have anything to do here. I'll go back first." Qi Zhen was a little annoyed. This woman is so smart that she really puts the men in the world to shame.
"Well, it's really not of much use if you stay here. Let's go back to rest first and go back to Yuzhou early tomorrow morning. We both have a lot of details to do, so I won't keep you talking all night." Huang Yueying was happy and didn't persuade her to stay at all. It doesn't mean anything.
Qi Zhen nodded, said hello to Liu Bei again, then turned and left.
"Oh, by the way, I have something to tell you. Yan Xiang has been arrested by me because he advocated asking Yuan Shao for help." Before Qi Zhen walked out of the house, she heard Huang Yueying add this sentence behind her.
Qi Zhen turned her head in surprise and said doubtfully: "If I hadn't been eavesdropping on the roof that day, I wouldn't have known about this. How did you learn about it?"
Huang Yueying smiled naively: "If you don't know how to employ people, Yang Changshi and I have always had a good relationship."
Damn, my tool is really good.
Qi Zhen walked on the way back to Zhang's Mansion, with these words echoing in her mind.
Well, it turns out that Huang Yueying has been burying nails in Nanyang City. Yuan Shu's every move has naturally not escaped Huang Yueying's eyes, while Qi Zhen has been kept in the dark and is worried about these nonsense.
With such an unparalleled strategist, Qi Zhen didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
"What the hell is this!" Qi Zhen yelled,
The stray dog who was sleeping soundly on the roadside was awakened. He looked at Qi Zhen with an extremely aggrieved look on his face, turned around and walked away.
Qi Zhen returned to Zhang Mansion and told General Zhang Qiao, who had been waiting for news, about the conversation in the governor's manor. The two rough men were shocked. In the end, they both looked helpless and kept saying this. Literary people are not good people, and their hearts are very bad.
When he learned that Qi Zhen was leaving, General Zhang Qiao was not willing to let him go. Taking advantage of the fact that General Liu Xun was now leading Nanyang's defense, he asked the soldiers to bring him good wine and insisted on having a drink with Qi Zhen.
Qi Zhen is a good person, and he also really likes the freedom and ease of these two generals. On the one hand, he is dissatisfied with many of Yuan Shu's actions, and he also knows what Yuan Shu's character is, but the more he is in this situation, he can still serve for the kindness of knowing and meeting him. Around Yuan Shu, he had a straightforward temperament that could only be found in the military.
And after the death of the loyal person, he ignored the rumors and focused on considering the safety of the soldiers and people in the city, which shows that the two of them did not have so many twists and turns.
Just like Qi Zhen likes Guan, Zhang and Zhao, in the history of the Three Kingdoms, apart from Lu Bu, there are really not many people that Qi Zhen really hates.
Even Ji Ling is like this. It's just a matter of stance between the two parties and has nothing to do with anything else.
But when it comes to drinking, ten more like them can't drink Qi Zhen alone.
So after the floor of the main hall was filled with large and small wine jars, the two generals finally became completely drunk, lying around, crying and laughing, and kept mumbling something.
Perhaps he was also commemorating the lord Yuan Shu in this way.
Qi Zhen looked at the bright moonlight and thought to herself.
Things in Nanyang County have settled down, and when he returns to Yuzhou, he will start preparing for the alliance.
Thinking about it, Jingzhou and Changsha haven't received any major news yet, and I don't know if there has been any substantial progress.
Among these people, the one Qi Zhen is least worried about is Lin Biao, and the one she is most worried about is not the youngest Liang Sicheng, nor Wang Jianguo in Luoyang City.
But Tangyi.
