Governor please stay

Chapter 343

Because he was worried about Er Zhurong's sneak attack, Gao Huan, who fled in embarrassment after Rencheng was unexpectedly captured by Liu Yishou's troops, put out his thoughts of revenge and going back.

After all, this expansion of Qingxu has already extended its tentacles to places like Jinan County, which can be regarded as a return of capital.If you continue to entangle with Liang Guo, you won't get any benefits, and you will even cause trouble.In other words, many of the losses in the early stage have become "sunk costs".

After fleeing all the way to Xingyang, Gao Huan finally regained his breath. He began to send people to contact the front part, and then slowly realized that the situation seemed to be much better than he expected.

Li Yuanzhong led his troops to garrison Lu County (Qufu, Shandong) next to Yanzhou, and Feng Longzhi stationed troops in Dong'an County (east of Yiyuan County), which can be regarded as defending the "results" of this march into Qingxu.

The Six Towns trilogy, which is not very suitable for dealing with the local tycoons of the Han people, was divided into multiple routes and retreated to Fufen City in Jibei County, planning to rush to Xingyang, Yecheng and other places by the Yellow River waterway.

Gao Huan later learned that these were Sun Teng's unified deployments. Under the chaotic situation at the time, it was not easy to deploy calmly and not be taken advantage of by Liang Jun (let alone whether Liang Jun had the intention to fight back).

Sun Teng was Gao Huan's mastermind, but he did not return at this time, but sat in Yanzhou to deal with the aftermath.He also wrote a letter to Gao Huan, detailing everything he knew.

It is mainly what happened after Gao Huan escaped from Rencheng.

For example, the entire army of Gao Ao Cao was annihilated, the trilogy of the six towns left smoothly, and Duan Rong and his son made great gains and so on.

Especially the last one, he spent a lot of pen and ink to describe, and in the letter asked Gao Huan how to deal with Xiao Zhengde and Xiao Ji, who were captured by Duan Rong and his son.

Sun Teng tended to use one of them to exchange Gao Aocao and others back, and keep the other as a "spare".In the future, once something happens to Liang Guo, then he can play the drama of Duke Wen of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period.

If Liang Guo refuses, then it's better not to change it. It seems that it is a good choice to put all the responsibility on Liang Guo's side, and then take the opportunity to integrate the power of the Gao family in Bohai.

In short, Sun Teng can't make the decision on how to do it, Gao Huan will decide everything.

With the troubles of happiness in front of his eyes, Gao Huan was a little at a loss for a while.

In fact, from the heart, he is more inclined not to exchange the Gao brothers back, and then the boss Gao Gan can't support himself alone, and he has no ability to lead troops, so it is inevitable to give up some benefits.

Besides, Gao Ao Cao's tribe has always been rebellious, and there is a tendency to compete for the "dominance" of Wei State, Gao Huan doesn't mind taking a drastic action.All in all, it's not a bad thing.

However, although this idea is very attractive, there are still many obstacles in its realization.From the perspective of gathering people's hearts, it is a big trick.There are Gao Brothers today, but what if the other parts are in trouble in the future?Treating his subordinates so indifferently, what would others think of him as Gao Mouren?

Gao Huan thought over and over again, feeling that he couldn't let it go.So he wrote to Sun Teng, asking Sun Teng to handle the matter with full authority, without reporting everything, just telling him the final result.

In principle, to maximize the benefits!

Now those Liang Jun prisoners of war and the two Xiao clans are all in Yanzhou, Gao Huan has no one to discuss with himself, he doesn't want to waste his brain to pay attention to similar shit, he just wants to have a good rest and relax.This time, she won first and then lost, and was even criticized by others, Gao Huan couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Life is impermanent, success or failure is but a blink of an eye.

Most of the cronies were absent, and only a young scribe was working in the lobby of the government office in Xingyang, dealing with daily affairs in Xingyang Xingtai.

Gao Huan stood behind him for a while, but this person didn't notice, he was still concentrating on writing the copy, but Gao Huan was greatly surprised.

Because this person's handwriting is so beautiful!Calligraphy is an essential skill for scribes, and it is not uncommon to write well.But it is still rare to see people who write words that make people's eyes shine!

Gao Huan's younger brother, Gao Chen, was in charge of the Xingyang Xingtai. Out of curiosity, Gao Huan found Gao Chen and asked the name of the person working in the lobby.From Gao Chen's mouth, I learned that this person's name is Cui Jishu, his courtesy name is Shuzheng, he was born in a collateral line of the Cui family in Boling, he is the governor of Xingyang County, and he is very talented.

Gao Chen specifically emphasized that this is a talent he discovered, with a "clean" background, not the direct descendants of the Hebei aristocratic family.Gao Huan was overjoyed to hear that, and invited Cui Jishu to have a drink, and test his talent by the way.

After some questioning, Cui Jishu answered fluently, was very skilled in government affairs, and quoted scriptures, showing unusual cultural heritage.

At this time, Gao Huan's old brothers were not around, and there was no one to discuss, so Gao Huan asked Cui Jishu, "This time our army has captured the eighth prince of Liang, Xiao Ji, and his family, Xiao Zhengde. What do you think should be done?"

Cui Jishu is the governor of the county, and it is absolutely impossible for people in the government to be ignorant of these things.What Gao Huan asked was not outrageous.

"I think that the enemy of King Gao has always been the Erzhu family, not the Liang country. At least before the Erzhu family is wiped out, it is impossible to fight against the Liang country. Even if it is this time to send troops, it is nothing more than Recovering lost land does not depend on how much land Liang Guo can annex."

Cui Jishu saluted, and said slowly: "King Gao might as well express his goodwill to Xiao Yan, and take the initiative to send back the Liang army captives and the two Liang clans to show his sincerity. The emperor of Liang has a good reputation, so he will naturally send Gao The people and prisoners sent back to show that they are aboveboard."

This is a bit of a joke, right?
Gao Huan was displeased, but there was no expression on his face.He sighed slightly, and said hypocritically: "I'm afraid that Xiao Yan may not appreciate my sending back the people of the Xiao family. There are too many untrustworthy things between countries, how can you casually hand over what you have in your hand to others?" ?”

Cui Jishu is only 20 years old, and he doesn't have that much scheming.

Seeing that his idea was not adopted, he put his sleeves together and made a big gift to Gao Huan and continued: "If people don't have faith, they won't stand; The far-reaching impact does not lie in this momentary gain or loss."

The truth is the same, but Gao Huan has been living in the low-level intrigue environment since he was sensible. If it wasn't because of his handsome looks that Lou Zhaojun saw him as the capital to turn himself around, he might be hanging out in some ghostly place now.

Cui Jishu was full of ideals and morals, but Gao Huan still felt that this person was thinking too well, a little too idealistic.

"Uncle Zheng is brilliant, but you don't understand the sinister ways of the world!"

Gao Huan said with a sigh, and after that, he only talked about trivial daily things, touching Cui Jishu's bottom in a sideways manner.

After some testing, Gao Huan's original plan to use Cui Jishu also faded away.This talent is not bad, but he is still a little immature and lacks experience.

Gao Huan thought to himself, first endure him for ten years, and put him in a place to practice.When he trains his successor, he will be placed next to the successor, killing two birds with one stone.In order to show reuse, Gao Huan awarded Cui Jishu the post of official doctor in Daxingtai, responsible for all government affairs in Xingyang Xingtai.

……

Among Liang Guo's centers, the person who dislikes Liu Yishou the most is none other than He Chen.He Chen had said many times to Zhu Yi and the others that in the future, those who will disrupt the Liang Kingdom must be Liu Yishou.

But for some unknown reason, this time Xiao Yan asked He Chen to come to assist Liu Yishou, Yang Kan and the others by name and to act as an envoy between the central hub and Fang Zhen to deal with the exchange of captives and the two Xiao clans.

Bodhisattva Xiao's operations are often incomprehensible to people, but He Chen is still very talented, and he is regarded as a capable minister in the Liang Guozhong. From this perspective, Xiao Yan sent He Chen here, perhaps because he "didn't think so much" .

He Chen is quite talented, but also jealous and hot-tempered, plus he can't understand Liu Yishou's actions, so after he arrived in Xiapi City, he had a bad face when he met him.

On this day, Sun Teng of the state of Wei sent a letter to express his sincerity by sending back the captured Liang Jun governor Zhao Bochao.The place where the captives were exchanged was on the north bank of the Sishui River near Xiapi City.

By returning the captives this time, the two sides established mutual trust, and then proceeded to the next exchange.It has to be said that Sun Teng is still very capable, and Liu Yishou and others couldn't refuse his request.

"It seems that Wei Guo has the intention of returning the prisoners, at least some of them."

In the lobby of the government office, Liu Yishou said to Yang Kan thoughtfully, while He Chen sitting beside him didn't speak, he didn't know what he was thinking.

"National Treasure (written by He Chen), what do you think?"

Yang Kan asked He Chen.

"I just came here yesterday, and I don't know how many Wei Jun you two have captured. If we want to exchange for the two Xiao clans, are the prisoners in our hands big enough?"

He Chen is a straightforward person, even Xiao Yan dared to contradict him, since today he talked about the matter of changing prisoners, he went straight to the point and didn't make any detours at all.

"In the previous battle, under the leadership of Dudu Yang, our army wiped out the Wei army Gao Aocao's troops, and captured thousands of Wei soldiers from Gao Aocao and down, and none of them escaped."

Liu Yishou said calmly, even a little coldly.

Hearing this, He Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and he said with a sense of relief: "Then there will be no problem. Our bottom line is to return the Eighth Prince Xiao Ji and Linhe King Xiao Zhengde. For the rest, bargain with them."

He Chen set the tone. Anyway, he gave Xiao Yan an explanation that when Liang Guo and Wei Guo fought, there were often generals in border towns who would jump up and down repeatedly. Those people should ignore it.

Of course, it would be even better if Liu Zhongli could be replaced.

"that……"

Yang Kan glanced at He Chen with a guilty conscience, and said insincerely: "We have let Gao Aocao go."

"Let go?"

He Chen was shocked, his voice was a little out of tune, and became high-pitched and sharp.

"You didn't release anyone over there, so you released all the captives?" He Chen cursed in his heart, and he didn't speak freely out of self-cultivation.

"He Changshi, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. We didn't release all the prisoners, but Gao Aocao alone. These two things are not the same."

Liu Yishou patiently corrected the small loopholes in He Chen's words.

"Then what's the difference? Among these people, Gao Aocao is valuable!"

He Chen couldn't help but speak out his true inner thoughts.

"Don't get excited, He Changshi, listen to me slowly."

Liu Yishou said slowly, with a smile on his face.

He Chen was so anxious that he didn't have the heart to listen to Liu Yishou's nonsense, so he stood up and walked back and forth in the hall of the government office, like ants in a hot pot.

"The emperor has asked many times, such a thing! Such a thing! Alas!"

He Chen stomped his feet, his blood surged with anger, he sat down to rest panting heavily.

He just thought that Liu Yishou would rebel in the future, but he didn't think that Liu Yishou would join Wei.At least at this stage, Liu Yishou is still a powerful vassal in Liang Guobian Town, mainly working hard for Liang Guo.

This person is obviously cunning like a fox, why did he commit such a crime this time?

He Chen cast a dissatisfied glance at Yang Kan, who was with the old god, and seemed confused why Yang Kan didn't stop Liu Yishou from doing this.

"Letting Gao Aocao go is just a plan to kill three soldiers with two peaches. It's useless for us to keep those Wei army prisoners. After all, we have to exchange the two clans back.

It's just that if Gao Aocao doesn't go back, the troops in Hebei are very likely to be annexed by Gao Huan.If Gao Huan successfully integrates the various ministries under his command, his strength will definitely expand greatly, and there will be no peaceful days on the border of Liang State in the future.

This time Gao Aocao was betrayed by Gao Huan's subordinates, so he was defeated and captured. Let him go back and let him bite each other with those under Gao Huan's command.At that time, Gao Huan was in a dilemma, and the possibility of having to let go of the two clans in exchange for Gao Aocao's two brothers did not decrease, but increased.

If Gao Aocao was imprisoned by us, then there must be someone in Wei State doing everything possible to prevent the exchange of prisoners between the two sides. At that time, He Changshi was unable to return to Taicheng to do business. "

Liu Yishou spoke eloquently, describing the cause and effect of the process.Even if He Chen didn't like him, he had to admit that Liu Yishou really saw through the people under Gao Huan's command.

Offended Gao Aocao, and then there was no way to reconcile.If there is a chance, people like Duan Rong and the others must be looking forward to Gao Aocao's early death!
When the time comes to kill Xiao Ji with a glass of poisoned wine, the way for the two sides to exchange prisoners will be completely blocked. Are you going to exchange the chips in your hand for a dead man to come back?

"Well, letting Gao Aocao go is a good move."

He Chen spoke the truth.

"Right, so it seems that we should be anxious, but in fact, after Gao Aocao returns, there will definitely be troubles within Wei, and they are the ones who are anxious.

Now that the weather is getting warmer, it is a good time for outings. Would He Changshi want to go with us to the countryside tomorrow? "

Liu Yishou asked with a smile, almost driving He Chen into a rage!
Everyone is talking about exchanging prisoners, but you are thinking about spring outing, can you bear it?
"Captain Liu! Don't forget your identity!"

He Chen was so angry that he slapped the table directly, his palms turned red.

"Doing things is not something that can be done in a hurry. On this point, He Changshi still needs to study the knowledge of nourishing Qi. This time, it is easy for me to exchange the two clans back.

But, I just don't like to be impatient when doing things.If He Changshi thinks he can do it by himself, then I will stop interfering in this matter, He Changshi please do it yourself. "

Liu Yishou said softly but firmly.

It was only then that He Chen remembered Liu Yishou's past experience. This person had intersected with many people under Gao Huan's command. If he didn't show up, it would be really difficult to control many situations, at least in terms of knowing oneself and the enemy.

He Chen suppressed his anger, cupped his hands and saluted, "Then I'll have to trouble Governor Liu."

"It's easy to say, let's go outing tomorrow, and He Changshi will come with you, there will be a surprise." Liu Yishou smiled mysteriously.

(End of this chapter)