Chapter 140 Xun You Makes a Plan

Qiao Yan's decision to put the remaining points into luck rather than force and intelligence was a well-considered one.

She originally thought that after she was granted the title of Marquis and received the surrender of famous scholars and generals, her luck value was definitely enough.

However, seeing that now is not suitable for her to hold the imperial seal, the existence of this imperial seal will weaken her luck, so there is no guarantee that it will not change due to other reasons.

The conquest of Liangzhou is something that cannot be left to luck, even with the assistance of a system map.

The roaming Qiang cavalry could easily deal a heavy blow to the army during its in-depth pursuit. The climate in the Hexi, Hetao and Longyou areas of Liangzhou was also very unpredictable.

It is unknown what will happen when your luck is extremely high, but at least one thing is certain: if it is too low, something will definitely go wrong.

The upper limit of the luck value is a question mark instead of 100, which forces Qiao Yan to make plans in advance.

After determining the numerical points, Qiao Yan couldn't help but turn his attention to other parts of the panel.

The question mark behind the camp and the question mark behind the strategist profession really make people want to laugh.

"Why is my camp not the Han camp anymore?" Qiao Yan asked the system.

After all, she is still the governor of Bingzhou in the Han Dynasty, and she has not done anything that can be truly called treason, so it is a bit unfair to regard her as a question mark. Didn’t you see that even in the debates in the court, she was able to present herself as someone who is as strong as a rock?

[…Because the system’s built-in records have never seen such a division as one Han in the East and one Han in the West. 】The system was silent for a while and then gave an explanation.

According to the sign she has put out now, it seems that she should be assigned to the Western Han Dynasty camp - this Western Han Dynasty is the west in direction, but the system's built-in time gate line is called the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which conflicts with her current situation. This directly leads to the fact that even her camp is displayed as a question mark, and she looks more and more ambitious.

As for the question mark after the word "strategist", it was typed by the system itself.

Now that everyone has made it clear, just assume that... just assume that it is pretending to be blind.

Qiao Yan's counselor points increased from 230 to 350, which was indeed achieved because of this expedition to Luoyang, but the achievement of this achievement is by no means just about participating in historical events at a specific time gate.

The judgment of the counselor system is not that simple. If it were true, everyone could improve their attribute points by taking advantage of the situation.

For example, the previously completed [Plan to Destroy a Force] can be said to be a relatively general statement, and it is more like an achievement given by the system for free, used to improve the host's stats in the early stages, but it doesn't work now.

The four achievements completed by Qiao Yan are called:

[Dong Zhuo's Rebellion: Participate in the Suanzao Alliance event and reach the top three in contribution]

[Dong Zhuo's Rebellion: Two or more Zhonglang Generals who defeated Dong Zhuo in one move]

[Dong Zhuo's Rebellion: Dissuading Lü Bu from joining Dong Zhuo]

[Complete a letter of condemnation against a famous historical figure and have it circulated to more than 100,000 people]

The second achievement could probably have a more childish name called [Combo! General of the Central Army under Dong Zhuo] This achievement is not so easy to achieve, because even if you know the existence of this achievement, it is very likely to be understood as suppressing the rebellion of Li Jue and Guo Si.

It is very rare for someone like Qiao Yan to face Xu Rong and Niu Fu at the same time.

As for the third and fourth achievements, one tests the strategist's debating ability, and the other tests the strategist's writing skills. However, the way Qiao Yan achieved these two achievements was completely different from what the system had imagined.

It can only comfort itself that it is a good thing to be able to get it.

With the help of 120 strategist points contributed by these four achievements, Qiao Yan's attribute values ​​have been improved again, and his skills can also be improved a little bit.

The skill of incitement, which is particularly important when going on an expedition, is a package combination of archery and horse riding, and the eloquence that Qiao Yan had valued earlier has also been improved.

This time she chose not to leave any room for allocable skill points.

“After the number of people under you has reached a sufficient level, it is obviously unreasonable for a leader to know everything and take on all responsibilities. You still have to give your subordinates some room to display their abilities. So intelligence is enough.” Qiao Yan said confidently.

[Actually, it’s okay if you just say lord instead of leader... 】The system replied after preparing itself mentally.

"That's so embarrassing." Qiao Yan rubbed his hands and clicked on the new function [Tips and Tricks] that was activated after the strategist's points reached 300.

Now there is another function that can benefit her from the counselor system, so she has to maintain some dignity for the system.

This function has existed since she first owned the system, but it has never been unlocked.

After successfully unlocking it, the corresponding instructions for this function appeared in front of her.

Every month during the charging time gate, the [Tips and Tricks] function will generate a card draw opportunity.

The content generated by drawing a card is information about one of the current leaders of each party.

It has been exactly one month since Qiao Yan reached 300 strategist points, and this function has generated just one card draw.

She has already improved her luck a bit, so there shouldn't be any outrageous information coming out...right?

[You have obtained the leader information-Dong Zhuo]

[Rumor has it that Dong Zhuo could summon meteors just like Liu Xiu. In the second year of Zhongping, when Dong Zhuo defeated Han Sui and Bian Zhang in a battle, a meteor as bright as fire and more than ten feet long appeared at night. The donkeys and horses were frightened, so Dong Zhuo took advantage of the situation to defeat the enemy. 】

Qiao Yan: “……?”

What is this?

system! System, take a look at your information, is it serious?

If Qiao Yan couldn't see the entity of the system itself, it would be hard to say whether they were looking at each other in confusion.

However, this piece of news also involves Dong Zhuo and Han Sui, whom Qiao Yan is about to face, so it can be regarded as a reminder that things are not completely dark yet.

Since there is no rush to go out, Qiao Yan plans to wait until next month to try drawing another one.

If it wasn't serious news, she would save up the times to open ten consecutive calls.

She exited the system panel and heard a servant come to report that Zhao Yun wanted to see her.

Thinking of the tasks she had previously assigned to Xu Shu and Zhao Yun, she immediately had Zhao Yun brought in.

Among Dong Zhuo's generals, Qiao Yan had already accepted Xu Rong, and after returning to Bingzhou, she recommended him for the position of Commandant of Shuofang County. It was not appropriate for her to show too much preferential treatment to Zhang Xiu.

Now Zhang Xiu has not taken over the military power from his uncle. At most, he has shown fairly good martial arts. If Qiao Yan had asked him to fill the last vacancy and then personally inquired about the surrender, it would have meant that he would be treated better than his old subordinates. But now it is Zhao Yun and Xu Shu who are asked, so there is a difference, so it doesn't matter.

Zhang Xiu was captured by Zhao Yun, so it was most appropriate for him to inquire about the matter of surrender.

Zhao Yun bowed to her and replied, "My Lord, Zhang Xiu wants to surrender, but he has a request."

"Tell me about it."

"Zhang Xiu's uncle is still under Dong Zhuo's command. If he surrenders rashly, Dong Zhuo might attack Zhang Ji. This makes him hesitant. It happened that Mr. Wenhe gave him a suggestion during a casual conversation on the road, and he brought it up at this time."

Zhao Yun's face turned a little strange when he said this. Seeing Qiao Yan looking at him, he could only continue, "When Zhang Ji followed Dong Zhuo to flee Luoyang, he did not have the opportunity to collect his property and relatives. His wife, Zou, had followed the army earlier and also lived in Luoyang. When we brought Zhang Xiu back, we also brought Zhang Ji's family, including Zou."

"Zhang Xiu wants you to detain Zou instead of sending her to Chang'an. He can first defend Dingxiang for you, and then write a letter to mock your uncle for not being able to protect his nephew and his wife. This will also help your uncle unite with the Dong thief. When you fight against his uncle Zhang Ji, if you can capture him, he will persuade him to surrender."

"...Jia Wen and he become talkative when they meet their fellow countrymen from Liangzhou?" Qiao Yan pinched her brows, doubting that if this trend continued, one day the content of the lucky draw would reveal that her gossip about liking married women would appear, which would not be unfair at all.

But anyway, whether it is Ma Lun, Qin Yu or Lu Yuan, they all lack female assistants. If Zou is not only beautiful but can also be used as a human resource, and the provocative letter to Chang'an is not written by her but by Zhang Xiu himself, it is not an impossible plan.

"Tell him I agree, but next time there are Liangzhou surrendered generals, let Jia Wenhe tell me before he makes any suggestions."

Jia Xu had a very accurate understanding of her temper. This harmless little joke did not make her feel that Jia Xu had crossed the line. Instead, he openly exposed his relationship with the Liangzhou generals, which made her feel at ease.

Jia Xu's move was also a reminder to her that she had more and more people under her command, and it would be more likely that a large number of people would come from the same place, such as military generals from Liangzhou and Bingzhou, and famous scholars from Yingchuan.

In this era when geographical relationships easily lead to grouping, it is difficult for Qiao Yan to make any explicit regulations that prevent them from having normal interactions. He can only carry out checks and balances between each other, and from the perspective of a superior, clearly determine which words among these people are suggestions and which are meant to suppress other departments.

Fortunately, the civil and military officials under her command have not yet made any suggestions for power struggles, and she, as the lord, is obviously not someone who can be easily fooled.

While Qiao Yan was thinking about this matter, he asked someone to find Xun You.

After she returned to Bingzhou, the first thing she did was not to use Xun You's strategic expertise to discuss with him the plan to attack Liangzhou.

Instead, he first wrote a letter to Huangfu Song and ordered Fu Gan to deliver it to Liangzhou immediately, in case Dong Zhuo, who had fled back to Chang'an, was eager to reinforce his soldiers and transfer Huangfu Song to the court in the name of the emperor.

This is top priority.

Fu Gan never thought that in the third year of serving Qiao Yan, he would have the opportunity to avenge his father.

Even if this was just a precursor to Qiao Yan leading his troops to attack Liangzhou, it could not change the excitement he felt after receiving this task.

Fortunately, Fu Gan has always been steady, and he also promised Qiao Yan that apart from delivering the letter, he would not do anything insignificant on this trip, and he would never overstep the line and get involved in the affairs of Han Sui and Ma Teng when he was blinded by hatred.

He had been gone for half a month, and there had been no movement from Liangzhou, which did not make Qiao Yan panic.

At this time, the fact that there was no news of troop deployment was actually good news.

By leaving Xun You alone for half a month, he could have a clear idea of ​​Bingzhou's internal situation, troop distribution, etc., so that the subsequent military plan could be more targeted.

Xun You was a smart man, so he could naturally understand the purpose of Qiao Yan's arrangement.

Therefore, during this half month, although he was in charge of Shangdang's affairs, he actually traveled to most parts of Bingzhou. Except for the fortress area in Leping, where Xun You refused his invitation to visit on the grounds that he had not yet achieved anything, he knew almost everything he needed to know.

Now is the time to see him.

When Xun You entered the study of the provincial government from the outer door, he saw Qiao Yan sitting on a couch by the window with two pots of sweet rice on the table in front of him.

Bingzhou "exploited" a lot of cattle and sheep from the Xianbei, so there would be no shortage of cattle and sheep products in the state. In the earlier letters Xi Zhicai sent to Yingchuan, he had mentioned many times the delicacies created by the governor of this prefecture, and now he has even come up with this thing called Sushan.

But in Qiao Yan's opinion, Sushan cannot be said to have a very high technical content. After all, this ancient version of ice cream has already existed during the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty.

Bingzhou has extremely cold winters, so it is not difficult to get ice and store it in ice cellars. In summer, after being heated, the ice is poured into peak-shaped milk pastries, mixed with flavor, and then frozen in ice cellars to form pastry mountains.

Even though for the sake of decency, she should actually perform a scene with green bamboos reflected in the window and sipping tea in the house, but Qiao Yan thought about it and felt that it would be better to follow her own preferences.

What's wrong with the lord having a hobby of eating ice cream in summer?

She had robbed the cattle and sheep herself!

She raised her hand, motioning Xun You to sit opposite her, and asked, "Gongda has been in Bingzhou for some time. What do you think of Bingzhou?"

Xun You's face was slow to react, so he naturally did not lose his composure because of the differences between this place and other places other than the isolation of Taihang Mountain. He only replied, "You suddenly understood why Zhicai and Fengxiao had sent letters to me in the past two years."

Because the strength that Qiao Yan showed in sending troops to Luoyang was just the tip of the iceberg of the various changes that spread from Leping to the entire territory of Bingzhou. Bingzhou already had too many things that could not be fully displayed to the outside world.

To the common people who only knew the results but not the underlying circumstances, these things only made their lives better and made them more willing to live a stable life in Bingzhou.

But for people like Xun You who look at things more deeply, the gradually accumulated advantages and various innovations make him feel that Qiao Yan, the governor of Bingzhou, is more and more terrifying. He can't help but feel sad for those people outside Bingzhou who are still immersed in the struggle for power and profit.

Some people have already accumulated such amazing advantages, but they are still striving to make progress, while others...

He followed the direction pointed by Qiao Yan and tasted two mouthfuls of the Sushan. He found that there was a hint of tea flavor mixed in it, which could be considered another form of tea tasting. The bitter and cold taste brought his thoughts back.

At this time, Qiao Yan asked, "Since you already know the situation in Bingzhou, what do you have to teach me?"

Xun You had already prepared a plan in his mind before he came, so he did not hesitate to reply: "Please advance your troops to Shegu Mountain before the beginning of next spring, and set up a military settlement east of Nishui."