Chapter 73 (1/2)
In the third year of the early Han Dynasty, the central plains were still in war and strife, losing the control of the central government, and the order among the various princes had become disorderly. First of all, Dong Zhuo of Chang'an was forced to move westward by the warlords of Guandong, but the Xiliang army and Bingzhou army under Dong Zhuo were still the world's heroes. Dong Zhuo controlled the three northwest States, and looked forward to the opportunity.
In the southwest, Liu Yan still controlled Yizhou, and made Zhang Xiu and Zhang Lu capture Hanzhong under his tent. As a barrier, Liu Yan became a overlord in Yizhou. However, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, since the defeat of the first World War in Wulin, began to concentrate on consolidating his Jingzhou power. It seems that he has no idea of going east any more.
In the northeast, there was a series of scuffles among various princes. First, Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei occupied Youzhou. Yuan Shao controlled most of Jizhou's territory bounded by Boling and Anguo. Liu Bei, as a new born vassal, sent troops again to seize Zhongshan County and extracted the two teeth from Yuan Shao's mouth After that, Liu Bei gradually appeared in the eyes of various princes.
Under the pretext of exterminating the remaining evils of the Yellow turban army, Cao Cao seized Yanzhou and Qingzhou, and organized a large number of yellow turban troops. His influence gained unprecedented expansion, and had a series of friction with Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou. Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao's younger brother, lost his strength after the defeat in Yangzhou. Later, he fell out with his brother Yuan Shao and had to retreat to Yuzhou.
As for the fastest-growing and most noticeable one is Sun Jian. After returning to Changsha, Sun Jian was like a fierce tiger. First, Cheng Pu led a group of people to take Lingling and Guiyang counties to consolidate the rear. Then, Liu Biao, the remaining General of Han Dang, broke down the attacking Liu Biao, and helped Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, beat back Yuan Shu. Sun Jian himself took Yuzhang, Chaisang, Pengze and Lujiang, which was very powerful In the following months, Sun Jian led Jiangdong army down the Yangtze River, where he heard the wind and fell. Except for Yan Baihu's Wu Jun and Wang Lang's Kuaiji, all the Jiangdong areas belonged to Sun Jian. Sun Jian is famous for the fierce tiger in the east of the river.
In the government office of moling City, Sun Jian and one of his subordinates gathered happily. As early as a month ago, Sun Jian followed Chen Ren's suggestion, strengthened and widened moling City, and sent people to connect all the generals and family members of Changsha City to this place, which was intended to be a new base area.
In the banquet hall, the factions on the left and right sides of Sun Jian's seat are clear. The old members of Sun Jian's first cadre headed by Chen Ren sit on Sun Jian's left hand side, while those sitting on the right side are a group of new people who have come to seek refuge after sun Jian swept Jiangdong. Among them, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Zhen are the leaders, representing the forces of the major families in Jiangdong.
Chen Ren poured his own wine and secretly looked at Zhang Zhao and others who were sitting opposite him. Unfortunately, all these represent the interests of the aristocratic family, which is fundamentally opposite to Sun Jian, who wants to rule Jiangdong authoritarianly. Otherwise, they are all good talents!
After listening to Lu Ji of the Lu family behind him, Zhang JianZheng suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, but turned to see Chen renzheng, who was known as the Dragon general, looking at his side. Perhaps it was because of his own discovery that Chen Ren simply raised his glass to this side and began to drink with a smile. Naturally, Zhang Zhen would not give Chen Ren the face, and immediately raised his glass in front of him, thinking while drinking.
At first, when he heard about Chen Ren's deeds, Zhang Zhen thought that he was just a martial man. Although military generals were of great importance in the war, they were not indispensable. Zhang always believed that only the wise men were the key to the decisive factor. However, since the day when Zhang Jian went to Sun Jian and saw Chen Ren, his surprise never stopped.
First of all, Chen Ren's appearance does not look like a military general at all. It seems that he is even thinner than the literati, and his appearance is too mediocre. In his childhood, Zhang also learned a little about facial features. Looking at Chen Ren's face, he looked like he was dying early. Moreover, he could not live to be ten years old. However, Chen Ren was in good health.
The second is Chen Ren's talent and learning. Although he joined Sun Jian's account for a short time, he could always hear some wonderful words and sentences from Chen Ren's mouth. Zhang Zhen was also full of poems and books. The words and sentences read by Chen Ren could be said to have never been heard by him. There was only one possibility that Chen Ren wrote them himself. However, judging from his words and sentences, either impassioned or reclusive in the field, his style is changeable, which is totally different from that of a man.