"Qiyu State Pastor, someone outside the house claimed to be the envoy of Youzhou, and came to meet the state pastor on the order of Youzhou Mu. Just as Yuan Shao was about to dismiss his subordinates and leave, a cronie outside the hall reported loudly.

"What did Yuan Chang send an envoy for?"

Yuan Shao muttered to himself with a puzzled face, but he still said to his cronies outside the hall: "Since he is the envoy of Youzhou Mu, let him come in and speak." ”

"No!"

Not long after, a middle-aged man came to Yuan Shao. This person turned out to be Li Yong, who was the host of the military parade in Bohai County that day, and Yuan Changchang Li Yong was able to speak well, so he promoted him to be his spokesman, in addition to letting him preside over large-scale activities, he was also specially responsible for the affairs of the envoy. After dressing up, this Li Yong is also handsome and graceful, and as a messenger, he has not fallen into the prestige of Youzhou.

"Li Yong, the consul of the Youzhou Foreign Office, paid a visit to Jizhou Mu, and his subordinates greeted Jizhou Mu Yuan Benchu on behalf of my Youzhou Mu, here!" Li Yongbi bowed respectfully, and said very politely.

The diplomatic office was naturally set up by Yuan Chang in accordance with the embassy in his previous life, and the establishment of the embassy was naturally to cope with the role of the envoy. Whenever there is any communication with other powers, this is when the embassy's envoy comes in handy. Otherwise, you can't be like Liu Bei and Sun Quan, when you want to send your subordinates to contact each other, you have to send important advisers under your command. For example, Liu Bei sent Zhuge Liang, and Sun Quan sent Lu Su. If the other party has bad intentions, will this counselor be in danger. Just like Zhuge Liang, after arriving in Soochow, he must beware of Zhou Yu's black hands everywhere. It's also a shame that Zhou Yu didn't blatantly attack. Coupled with Lu Su's help, Zhuge Liang finally escaped from danger. Save your life. However, you can't expect to be so lucky every time. If one side tears its face and directly kills the other party's advisers regardless of the consequences, when the time comes, everyone is dead, and what is the point of sending a messenger to condemn or something?

Yuan Chang set up a diplomatic office to train diplomats in order to cope with the situation of future envoys. Of course, it is impossible to let the strategists go out in everything, and it is still necessary to have professional diplomats. Of course, this is not to say that the lives of these diplomats are not worth anything. Rather, they exist to deal with such situations. Before becoming a diplomat, everyone goes through an assessment and an agreement is signed. The first thing they were told was that the diplomat's life was in danger, and if he was willing to accept it, he could become a diplomat and be trained. Naturally, their salaries will not be low, after all, they do dangerous jobs. And, once their lives are in danger. The pension will also be extremely generous.

The diplomatic office has only just been built, and professional diplomats have not yet been fully trained. Therefore, Yuan Chang could only let Li Yong, the consul general, be the envoy to Jizhou this time, of course. There will be no danger of life when he goes to Jizhou, and at most he may suffer some cynicism.

"Humph!"

Sure enough, I listened to Li Yong's words. Yuan Shao's face sank directly, and he snorted coldly. Said angrily: "The herd of this state is very good, and it is not a good pastor of Youzhou." If Youzhou Mu has eyes and this state pastor, there is still a brother in the eye. Why do you have to calculate the state pastor, you can tell me what the reason is. ”

Li Yong's envoy to Jizhou, naturally he had already been instructed by Yuan Chang, and in the face of Yuan Shao's questioning, he was not in a hurry, and bowed respectfully, and then said: "Qi Jizhou Mu, say that Youzhou Mu calculates against you, but this is wronged Youzhou Mu, and Jizhou Mu is bewitched by the villain to have such an idea." My Youzhou Mu has always respected your brother Jizhou Mu, since he served as Youzhou Mu, he has been conscientious and conscientious, and he dare not slack off, lest he be unable to fulfill his responsibilities and lose the value of Jizhou Mu. Dare to ask Jizhou Mu, Youzhou Mu is so cautious, how can he calculate it against you?"

"Hmph, that's a nice thing to say!"

Yuan Shao snorted coldly, although after Li Yong's words, his anger subsided, but he still asked: "Since you said that Youzhou Mu did not calculate the state pastor, then let me ask you, what is the explanation of Youzhou Mu for the matter of merging the state and Qingzhou?"

"Regarding the merger of state and Qingzhou, Youzhou Mu has never given instructions, and his subordinates don't know how to explain. Li Yong replied with a calm expression and without panic. replied calmly, and then continued: "However, although Youzhou Mu does not have any instructions, however, the villain has a little opinion, I don't know if Jizhou Mu is willing to listen to a few words." ”

"Tell me about it!"

Li Yong smiled slightly, showing the demeanor of a qualified envoy between his words and deeds, and said sonorously: "The villain has also heard a little about Qingzhou and Merging Prefecture. Previously, Jizhou Mu and Youzhou Mu had an agreement, the two sides jointly captured Youzhou, and after the matter was completed, Jizhou Mu recommended Youzhou Mu to take charge of Youzhou, and Youzhou Mu in return, then for Jizhou Mu Qingzhou and Merge State to take the return. Now that the imperial court has ordered Jizhou Mu to lead Qingzhou and Merge the two states to complete the previous agreement between the two parties, Youzhou Mu has not been dishonest in the slightest, dare to ask Jizhou Mu, how can Youzhou Mu calculate?"

Yuan Shao listened to Li Yong's explanation, and after thinking about it, it seemed to make sense, according to the agreement, Yuan Chang helped Yuan Shao take Qingzhou and Merge the state, and did not explain what method to use. Now Yuan Chang does not spend a single soldier to help Yuan Shao take Bingzhou and Qingzhou, that is Yuan Chang's ability, is this also wrong? Or is it that Yuan Shao is red-eyed Yuan Chang has obtained most of the combat power left by Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, on the other hand, although Yuan Shao leads Qingzhou and Bingzhou Erzhou herd, however, the soldiers and horses want him to recruit himself, and everything has to start from scratch, it seems that Yuan Shao is actually jealous and red-eyed Yuan Chang. As for calculations, there is no such thing as calculation. After all, people are not as good as heaven, of course, Yuan Shao naturally doesn't know, Yuan Chang is actually really calculating him.

Not only did Yuan Shao feel that it made sense after listening to Li Yong's explanation, but the strategists under Yuan Shao's command also felt that it made sense, Yuan Chang did what he should have done as agreed, as for sending troops to capture Bingzhou and Qingzhou as originally imagined, although the process was different, the result was the same. Of course, although it makes sense, but whether you like it or not is another matter.

Although after Xu You's persuasion, Yuan Shao had given up the idea of sending troops to Youzhou. However, if Yuan Shao's anger can be triggered again at this moment, maybe Yuan Shao will change his mind again. For Feng Ji, who has followed Yuan Shao for a long time, Feng Ji is very clear about Yuan Shao's character. Fluid and fickle. Just like in history, Guan Yu killed Yan Liang and Wen Chou. Under Liu Bei's persuasion, Yuan Shao felt that it seemed that it would not be a loss to exchange Yan Liang and Wen Chou for Guan Yu. As a result, Guan Yu was still on the way to Hebei, so Yuan Shao changed his mind again, wanting to wait for Guan Yu to arrive and kill Guan Yu to avenge his two lackeys. So, Liu Bei embarked on the road of escape again.

Therefore, Feng Ji's eyes rolled at this moment, and bad water began to boil from his head again.

"Well, clever words! I can't erase the fact that Youzhou Mu is calculating my lord!" Feng Ji jumped out like a thief, shouted angrily, and said: "Even if there is no Youzhou Mu's soldiers and horses, my lord can still take Youzhou, and by the way, Qingzhou and Merge State." In this way, my lord will be able to sit on the land of the four states and become the most powerful overlord in the world. In this campaign against Youzhou, my lord made the greatest contribution, and the soldiers and horses suffered heavy losses. Countless grains and grasses were consumed, but only Qingzhou and Bingzhou were taken in a clean and clean manner, while Youzhou Mu did not lose many soldiers and horses, grain and grass with one mouth. But he got a land in Youzhou for nothing, so it seems that the pastor of Youzhou is not calculating my lord. Youzhou is a good plan, with both fame and fortune. In addition to taking Qingzhou and Merge Prefecture, which are of little use, my lord may not know how all forces in the world are still laughing at my lord. ”

was provoked by Feng Ji like this. Yuan Shao's mind suddenly changed again.

That's right, Lao Tzu's special loss of soldiers and horses. If you consume money and grain, you will get Qingzhou and Merge State, but Yuan Chang will get Youzhou, which is full of soldiers and horses, and full of grain and grass, which is not a good deal. Of course, for Yuan Shao, the most fatal thing was Feng Ji's last sentence, all forces in the world were laughing at themselves? Yuan Shao had the best reputation, how could he tolerate this kind of thing happening?

At that moment, Yuan Shao suddenly changed color, and said angrily: "Yuan Chang'er is too deceitful, does he still have my brother in his eyes." If there is no reasonable explanation, I will certainly not spare him. ”

Regarding Yuan Shao's change, some people are naturally happy and some are worried.

People like Tian Feng and Xian Pei are naturally worried, and now that they have just experienced a war, Jizhou is indeed not suitable for another war. The fatigue of the soldiers and the consumption of grain and grass are all big problems. In addition, now that Yuan Shao is leading the Qingzhou Mu and the Merge State Mu, these two states also need to be dealt with by Yuan Shao; moreover, Yuan Chang's strength is not weak, if they really start a war with Yuan Chang, they will definitely have a chance of winning in Jizhou? Judging from the previous battle in Youzhou, Yuan Chang's combat strength seems to be only stronger than his own side, and if he really goes to war, Yuan Shao will be defeated. It's just that Yuan Shao is in anger at this moment, and they can't persuade at all; now Yuan Shao is just like the age of adolescence, and the more persuasion he has, it will be counterproductive. Therefore, the few people who were worried could only wait, and when Yuan Shao's anger had subsided, it would be better to persuade them. Anyway, according to Yuan Shao's erratic urine, it is common to change his mind.

As for Guo Tu, Feng Ji and the others, they were naturally happy in their hearts, and they only thought that after taking Youzhou and solving Yuan Chang, their power could be further enhanced, and they would show off their might in front of the down-and-out Yuan Chang. However, they forgot one thing, if Jizhou and Youzhou go to war, will they Jizhou definitely win?

"Jizhou Mu, please forgive the villain for boldly saying it, if there is no help from my Youzhou Mu, Jizhou Mu wants to take Youzhou, but it is not easy. ”

In the face of Yuan Shao's anger, Li Yong's expression remained unchanged, and he said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

What Li Yong said is not wrong, in history, Yuan Shao occupied the land of Jizhou, Qingzhou and Bingzhou, and as a result, he beat a Gongsun Zhan, who was stunned for nearly ten years, and finally destroyed Gongsun Zhan. On the other hand, Cao Cao on the other side abused Lu Bu, Liu Bei, Zhang Xiu, Tao Qian, Yuan Shu and other forces over and over again. Of course, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are in such a different situation, and they also have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Cao Cao's soldiers have experienced so many wars, and those who can survive are naturally elite soldiers, which is an advantage; of course, the consumption of grain and grass is also huge, and the soldiers are tired, which is a disadvantage; while Yuan Shao, who has experienced few battles, and the soldiers have not been tempered by war, their combat strength is naturally inferior to Cao Cao's soldiers, which is a disadvantage. However, Yuan Shao's soldiers were well recharged, suffered fewer casualties, and had plenty of food and grass, which was also an advantage; if Yuan Shao and Cao Cao fought in such a situation, Yuan Shao's chances of winning would actually be greater. It's a pity that Yuan Shao didn't know how to judge the situation, so he was a waste of time and gave Cao Cao time to recuperate, and finally Guandu was defeated.

"Whew!"

Feng Ji listened to Li Yong's words, sneered disdainfully, and said: "Your Excellency doesn't think that the soldiers of my lord are not as good as the soldiers under the command of Youzhou Mu, and only by relying on the soldiers and horses under the command of Youzhou Mu can you capture Youzhou." ”

Feng Ji said such a sentence, naturally with ulterior motives. But don't underestimate these strategists with many eyes, every word they say has a purpose, not nonsense. Sure enough, after listening to Feng Ji's words, Yuan Shao, who was already gloomy, was about to drip water at this moment, and it seemed that he was about to explode in the next moment.

"That's not what I mean!"

Li Yong said unhurriedly: "The soldiers and horses under the command of Jizhou Mu are strong, and Youzhou Mu has always praised him, and he has no intention of underestimating him. However, if there is no opponent, who knows the strength of the soldiers and horses under the command of Jizhou Mu? If it were not for the fact that Jizhou Mu was involved in the main force of Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses, how could Youzhou Mu go around to the rear of Gongsun Zhan, thus forming a two-sided attack and making Gongsun Chan go out of the city and fight a decisive battle with Jizhou Mu? Just imagine, if Gongsun Chan defended the city, Jixian Zhijian thought that everyone knew that it was not a matter of three or five days to capture it. Therefore, the fact that the Youzhou war can be resolved so quickly is mainly due to the credit of Jizhou Mu, but the credit of Youzhou Mu cannot be erased either. ”

Just as Li Yong said, if Yuan Chang had not attacked the rear of Gongsun Chan and joined forces with Liu He's soldiers and horses to repel Karasuma, Eastern Xianbei and other alien races, wouldn't Gongsun Chan have gone to the outside of Jixian County to fight Yuan Shao and end the battle so quickly? If Gongsun Chan had held on to Jixian as he had done in history, perhaps it would have taken several years for Yuan Shao and Yuan Chang to end the battle. No one will doubt the solidity of Jixian County.

In short, the meaning of Li Yong's words is very simple and clear, with Yuan Chang's help, he can solve Gongsun Chan so quickly and take Youzhou. And Yuan Shao was able to obtain Qingzhou and Merge State so quickly, and it is completely unreasonable to say that Yuan Chang calculated Yuan Shao.

Of course, Yuan Shao, who now feels very unhappy to see Yuan Chang, no matter what Li Yong says, he feels unreasonable, and his face is still gloomy.

"This little came to Jizhou, one is to say hello to Jizhou Mu for Youzhou Mu, and it is to offer treasure to Jizhou Mu, with this treasure, Jizhou Mu will definitely be able to be famous through the ages, for centuries, and future generations can know the righteousness of Jizhou Mu!"

Yuan Shao's reputation is the most important, and after listening to Li Yong's words, his eyes naturally lit up and he looked at Li Yong expectantly. (To be continued.) )