Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 335 Sand Table
Seeing that Yuan Shao refused to explain the reason, Zhang Sui was too lazy to ask.

Yuan Shao actually had many capable people under his command, and any of them could have come up with this plan.

Not just Ju Shou and Tian Feng.

Xun Chen, Guo Tu, Shen Pei and Xu You were actually all quite capable.

The reason why these people did not leave much of a good reputation in history, in addition to the fact that they followed Yuan Shao and left early, was that Yuan Shao was unable to bring out their talents.

Yuan Shao simply does not have the ability to balance the numerous factions in Hebei today.

I don’t know what was wrong with me that I listened to Ju Shou and Tian Feng this time.

This has never happened in history.

There is no need to worry about it.

As long as I can become the governor of Yangzhou——

Zhang Sui also felt a little hot in his heart.

By then, Cao Cao would no longer have Yangzhou and Xuzhou.

If I could quickly take care of Jiangdong.

He and Yuan Shao definitely suppressed Cao Cao.

There is still some hope that we can sweep across the world and end this chaotic world ahead of time.

Of course, the prerequisite is that Yuan Shao does not make another mistake and give Cao Cao another chance.

As for the future after unification, Zhang Sui could not think that far ahead for the time being.

Zhang Sui and Yuan Mi talked with Yuan Shao for a while before they said goodbye to Yuan Shao and returned to Yuan Mi's former residence.

Zhang Sui stayed with Yuan Mi for a while. After lunch, Zhang Sui took Zhen Hao, Huang Han and Zhao Yun directly to the government office to replace Xin Ming, the original commander of the 2,000 guards.

However, Zhang Sui did not drive him away.

Zhang Sui made him his deputy commander in chief.

Zhao Yun, Zhen Hao and Huang Han were ostensibly members of his personal guards.

According to Yuan Shao's previous statement, many of the two thousand guards had been bribed by Yuan Shang. Yuan Shao would have to wait until he had made arrangements to lure Yuan Shang into action before he would let Tian Feng take action to eliminate these bribed generals.

Therefore, before this, Zhang Sui did not dare to offend Xin Ming openly.

On the one hand, he needed to learn from Xin Ming detailed important information about the layout, patrols, and other aspects of the 2,000-man guard so that he could send people to replace the bribed generals at any time.

On the other hand, if Xin Ming had not been bribed, then having an additional general who was familiar with defense would be of great benefit to him.

In particular, Yuan Shao revealed a very important message today: he values ​​his three sons more than himself.

This was fatal to Zhang Sui.

Although Yuan Shao's three sons all had some abilities, they were not sufficient and they liked to fight among themselves.

Plus there’s a senior official who’s eyeing them covetously.

Zhang Sui did not want to become the governor of Yangzhou in the future, but the internal fighting between the three brothers and senior officials ruined his achievements and even allowed Cao Cao to reap the fruits again.

He also has to make some preparations in advance.

Zhang Sui, Zhao Yun, Zhen Hao and Huang Han listened to Xin Ming's detailed explanation of the deployment of the two thousand guards before Zhang Sui allowed Xin Ming to continue to serve as deputy commander in his place.

Afterwards, Zhang Sui took Zhao Yun, Zhen Hao and Huang Han back to Yuan Mi's residence.

Zhang Sui gathered all the people he brought with him and made a sand table in the courtyard using soil, leaves and mud blocks.

The sand table is not big, it is just the provincial government residence and the government hall.

Yuan Shao didn't want the matter to escalate this time, and didn't want his family's dirty laundry to be made public.

Then, the best way is to limit this war to a local area.

Here is the governor's mansion and the government hall.

Zhang Sui only had two thousand guards, but the city defense army had five thousand people!

Therefore, Zhang Sui chose to defend instead of attack.

Zhao Yun and others were a little surprised when they saw the sand table for the first time.

They had never seen such a vivid and lively scene.

Through the sand table, they seemed to have completely included the surrounding area. Zhang Sui smiled and said, "This is called a sand table. In fact, it appeared at the beginning of Emperor Guangwu's reign. The person who made this sand table at that time seemed to be called General Fubo. I don't remember which battle it was fought in."

“It’s just a pity that not many people have passed on this very creative idea.”

"As you know, my first teacher was Ding Gong, the former governor of Bingzhou. Although he did not teach me, he gave me all the books before he went to Beijing to serve the king. I read from them."

Everyone looked at Zhang Sui with sparkling eyes.

Even Zhao Yun was a little surprised.

This is actually considered self-taught.

No wonder even though he is lustful, he is very capable. It turns out he is talented and works hard.

Zhao Yun looked at his sister Zhao Yu, seeing her looking at Zhang Sui with a dazed look on her face. He sighed, but in the end he still didn't say anything.

Zhang Sui used a sand table to retell what the deputy guard commander Xin Ming had said about the patrol of the two thousand guards. He called out their names one by one and asked the twenty elite soldiers he brought with him to replace the guard general.

There were sixteen generals among the two thousand guards.

Because Zhao Yu and Zhao Tong had no battlefield experience, Zhang Sui asked them to stay with him along with Zhao Yun and Zhao Li.

Zhang Sui also assigned a task to Zhao Yun.

That is, during this period of time, he was asked to carry the tiger talisman and, as the captain of Zhang Sui's personal guards, ensure that there were no problems with the deployment of the two thousand guards.

At least, it is consistent with what Xin Ming said.

After doing all this, it was getting dark.

After dinner, Zhang Sui went out alone in the dark.

He was going to meet two people.

One is the deputy driver Tian Feng, to see if he has any advice on this defensive battle.

Zhang Sui had to combine Tian Feng's opinions, discuss with Zhao Yun, Zhen Hao, Huang Han and others, and then formulate accurate defense measures.

The other is Zhen’s shop.

It is highly likely that Yuan Shang will not besiege other officials during this attack.

Because Yuan Shao wanted to lure him to take the initiative, and didn't want his family's dirty laundry to be made public, the noise wouldn't be too big.

Yuan Shang only had 5,000 city defense troops under his command, so it was very likely that he would not besiege the officials.

Every official's residence has a group of soldiers.

Yuan Shang was not stupid enough to do something that would affect the entire body.

However, Yuan Shang might take action against the Zhen family shop.

The reason was simple. Zhang Sui had always gone to Zhen's shop openly before.

Even Yuan Shang was not afraid of Zhang Sui entering the city.

But, to be on the safe side, some hostages are better than no hostages.

Therefore, Zhang Sui wanted to take the second lady Zhen Mi away in advance.

Whether she wants to or not.

The first place Zhang Sui arrived at was Tian Feng’s mansion.

Tian Feng was very pleased to see Zhang Sui coming back.

In the past year, Zhang Sui gave Tian Feng enough face and basically wrote a report every month to report on his actions in Zhongshan County.

Tian Feng gave some advice at the beginning.

Later, he simply let Zhang Sui do it boldly. He wrote a note on Zhang Sui's report, which basically consisted of one word: "Good!"

Tian Feng was already lying on the bed.

At this moment, he asked his wife to sleep next door.

He also asked the maid to make hot tea for him and Zhang Sui and prepare some cakes.

He and Zhang Sui sat on both sides of the Hu couch, listening to Zhang Sui's report that had not been submitted this month, mainly about the harvest in Zhongshan County and the conditions of the people.

(End of this chapter)