Yuan Chang had long expected that after he said about the Shuntian Alliance, Xu Shu would make the right choice, that is, to serve Yuan Chang. I believe that anyone, as long as he is not mentally numb, is not willing to be a pawn when he learns that the world he lives in is secretly controlled by such a group of people, but chooses to resist. Therefore, for Xu Shu's actions, Yuan Chang did not have the slightest surprise at all.

Yuan Chang took a step forward, stretched out his hand to grab Xu Shu, and said with a smile on his face: "Yuan Zhi, you have finally figured it out, and you won't have the idea of not working hard in the future!"

"Ugh!"

Xu Shu's expression froze, and his face was slightly embarrassed. He didn't expect that his previous thoughts had been seen through by Yuan Chang, but it was normal to think about it, Yuan Chang, a seventeen-year-old boy, was now able to become the lord of a state, coupled with his identity as a rebel, it was normal to be able to see through his thoughts.

"The lord rest assured, his subordinates should do their best, and they will never dare to have the slightest reservation. Xu Shu said with a straight face, with a resolute and serious expression.

"Haha!"

Yuan Chang laughed out loud and said casually: "Yuan Zhi, I was just joking with you before, don't be so serious." Early tomorrow morning, I will set out to catch up with the army, and all the things in Youzhou will be handled by you. It's just, it's a pity!"

Listening to Yuan Chang's sudden emotion, everyone's faces showed puzzled looks, what is Yuan Chang's pity?

Guo Jia was also a little curious, and asked the doubts in everyone's hearts: "Lord, what's the pity?"

"It's a pity that Jia Wenhe couldn't come to Youzhou, otherwise, even if I'm not in Youzhou, with him, I believe there is no need to be too afraid of the Shuntian Alliance. Yuan Chang didn't hide it, he told his thoughts very directly and simply. After finishing speaking, Yuan Chang passed the letter sent by Jia Xu to Guo Jia, and after Guo Jia read it, everyone read it one by one.

Jia Xu didn't say much in the letter, but said that he was very grateful to Yuan Chang for taking care of his family for him, and he should repay it in the future.

Although it is a few simple sentences, it has two meanings. One meaning is naturally that Yuan Chang takes care of his family, and Jia Xu will be grateful, while the other meaning is to tell Yuan Chang that if he is not good for his family, then Yuan Chang should also be careful and wait for his revenge. The entire letter, the handwriting shows a fierce momentum, which looks awe-inspiring. Of course, anyone's family will not be happy if they are coerced.

Of course, several of the strategists present also understood the meaning of Jia Xu's letter.

Dong Zhao hesitated for a moment, but still asked: "Lord, what is so special about this Jia Wenhe, the lord thinks that if he is in Youzhou, he doesn't need to be afraid of the people of the Shuntian Alliance?"

In fact, Dong Zhao's words were not only his own thoughts, Xu Shu, Xun Chen and others all had this meaning, and they all wanted to ask, but they didn't expect Dong Zhao, who usually doesn't speak much, to ask first. Of course, it wasn't that they were jealous of Jia Xu and felt that Yuan Chang looked down on them. On the contrary, if Jia Xu is really as powerful as Yuan Chang said, they still hope that Jia Xu can come to Youzhou. After all, they all know the strength of the Shuntian Alliance, and Xu Shu also understood how powerful the Shuntian Alliance was after Yuan Chang's explanation. Therefore, if Jia Xu can guarantee that the Shuntian Alliance will not dare to attack in Youzhou, they will be very happy in their hearts.

Yuan Chang didn't seem to know how to explain it, and after a pause, he said, "Let's take an analogy, just like this incident. I asked Haitang and Yidao to 'invite' my aunt to Youzhou, Yuan Zhi knew that I had bad intentions, but I had to come to Youzhou, which was caused by Yuan Zhi's filial piety, and Tianya and Cheng went to 'invite' Jia Wenhe's relatives, Jia Wenhe not only did not come, but also wrote a letter to threaten me. Of course, it does not mean that Jia Wenhe has no filial piety, he also has filial piety. However, he knew that if I had bad intentions towards him, he would have given away his life when he came to Youzhou, and if I had good intentions towards him, then his relatives would naturally be kind to him. Therefore, the result of his coming or not coming is the same, and he can still save his life. Just like when Dong Zhuo was killed, the Xiliang soldiers under Dong Zhuo wanted to flee back to their hometown, but what they did in the past will inevitably be intolerable to the world and will be wanted. Therefore, Jia Wenhe instigated Li Dao, Guo Yan and others to raise an army to counterattack back to Chang'an and behead Wang Yun, and after they took power, they could ensure that they were safe. Do you understand that?"

After frowning and pondering for a moment, Guo Jia's eyes suddenly flashed with a fine light, and he said in a deep voice: "Lord, do you mean that our talents are suitable for being used in the front and confronting the enemy, while Jia Wenhe's ability is more suitable for the severe situation and winning with intrigue and trickery. ”

"That's right, that's what it means!"

Seeing that Guo Jia understood what he meant, and said what he wanted to express in simple words, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Wenhe's talent is not much different from yours. Just as there is day and night in the world, your talents are like day, and Wenhe's talents are more like night. Therefore, Wenhe will be called a poisoner. The so-called poisoner is not only cruel to others, but also to himself. Therefore, if there is Wen He, there is no need to worry about their attack, on the contrary, it is the people of the Shuntian Alliance who are worried. ”

"I see!"

After listening to Yuan Chang and Guo Jia's words, everyone finally understood what was going on. As Yuan Chang said, like Dong Zhao, Xun Chen and Xu Shu, their talents are all on the right path, suitable for head-to-head confrontation, but not for secret confrontation, and Guo Jia belongs to the kind of person who is between good and evil, although he can deal with it, but he is not the most suitable candidate. Only Jia Xu is a person who is completely extremely evil, otherwise, he would not have won the title of poisoner.

Throughout history, Jia Xu's performance has shown his talent in this aspect.

Jia Xu was investigated for filial piety in his early years, resigned due to illness, returned to his hometown to the west, and met the rebellious Di people on the way, and was captured by the Di people together with dozens of fellow people. Jia Xu said: "I am the grandson of Duan Gong (Duan Cheng), don't hurt me, my family will definitely be ransomed with a lot of money." At that time, Taiwei Duan Cheng, because he had been a border general for a long time, shocked the western soil, so Jia Xu pretended to be Duan Cheng's grandson to scare the people, and the rebel really didn't dare to harm him, and sent him back after making an oath with him, but the rest of the people were killed.

Jia Xu was caught by the betrayal, and used Duan Cheng's name to fake the tiger, but he also frightened the other party, so he escaped safely. And Jia Xu didn't think about coming forward for others, just to save his own life.

After that, Dong Zhuo was killed, and Jia Xu instigated Li Dao and Guo Yan to counterattack Chang'an and threaten the Son of Heaven. In the feudal era, the Son of Heaven was the Son of Heaven, but Jia Xu wanted to save his life, but he didn't take the Son of Heaven in his eyes, and let Li Dao and Guo Yan threaten the Son of Heaven, which shows Jia Xu's evil nature. Even a hero like Cao Cao only coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and he didn't dare to have other ideas at all, and compared with Jia Xu, Cao Cao couldn't be compared at all. As for the reason why Cao Pi dared to usurp the throne later, perhaps a big reason was because Jia Xu was his teacher, and Cao Pi dared to do so under the influence of Jia Xu.

In addition, in the battle between Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu, Jia Xu's performance was also remarkable.

In March of the third year of Jian'an, Cao Cao marched south against Zhang Xiu and surrounded the city that Zhang Xiu was defending. Soon, Cao Cao heard that Yuan Shao wanted to take advantage of the attack to capture Xudu, so he immediately retreated from the city. Zhang Xiu led his troops to follow the pursuit, and Liu Biao also sent the Jingzhou army to occupy Anzhong, cut off the retreat of Cao's army, and tried to attack Cao's army with Zhang Xiu. After Cao's army was victorious, they quickly retreated north. Zhang Xiu personally led his troops to pursue, but Jia Xu dissuaded: "Don't chase, you will be defeated." Zhang Xiu didn't listen, forcibly pursued, and was defeated by Cao Cao himself. Jia Xu said to Zhang Xiu at this time: "Hurry up and chase again, you will definitely win." Zhang Xiu said: "I didn't listen to your advice to get to this point, and now I have lost, why do you want to chase again?" Jia Xu said: "The situation has changed, hurry up and chase to make a profit." Zhang Xiu followed Jia Xu's advice, collected stragglers, and then pursued, and actually defeated Cao Cao's rearguard troops. After the victory, Zhang Xiu asked Jia Xu what was going on, and Jia Xu explained: "This (truth) is easy to understand." Although the general is good at using soldiers, he is by no means Cao Gong's opponent. Although the Cao army has just withdrawn, but Cao Gong must be the queen in person, although our pursuers are fine, but the generals can't compare to them, and their soldiers are still very morale, so I know that you will be defeated, general. The reason why Cao Cao withdrew his troops before he tried his best must have something wrong in the rear, so after breaking the general's pursuit, he will definitely retreat with all his strength, leaving others to break the queen, although the generals he left behind are powerful, they are not as good as the generals, so I know that the generals can win with defeated troops. Zhang Xiu was greatly impressed.

Throughout history, how many people will chase and kill when their own side is defeated and the enemy retreats. will think that the other party is a trick to lure the enemy, but Jia Xu can think that there is something wrong with Cao Cao's rear, and his thoughts are completely different from others, and his sword is on the wrong side. Even Zhuge Liang can't compare to Jia Xu at this point. Zhuge Liang is step-by-step and obedient in terms of troops and policies. The only time the sword went off the rails was because of extreme circumstances. If Zhuge Liang had a little adventurous spirit, I am afraid that he would have listened to the majestic advice a long time ago, sent troops to the Meridian Valley, took Chang'an, and changed the fate of the Three Kingdoms. It's a pity that Zhuge Liang's steady spirit made him give up his strategy of using Wei Yan, so that Shu Han was finally destroyed. If Zhuge Liang had used Wei Yan's strategy, perhaps history would have changed long ago.

Later, when Ma Chao and Han Sui attacked Cao Cao, Jia Xu's discord plan was even more classic. A letter with a few vague words deliberately written made Ma Chao and Han Sui chaotic, and they were finally defeated by Cao Cao.

Also, at that time, Cao Cao was the king of Wei and had not yet established a crown prince. Cao Pi was a general with five senses, and Cao Zhi, the Marquis of Linjiang, was named Fang Sheng, and Cao Cao preferred Cao Zhi, a son with outstanding talents. Later, Cao Pi asked his cronies to ask his teacher, Jia Xu, for advice, and Jia Xu said: "I hope that the general can promote morality, cultivate temperament, practice the responsibilities and obligations of scholars, be diligent, tireless, and do not do things that violate filial piety, and it will be fine." Cao Pi followed his advice and deliberately honed himself.

It seems that Jia Xu didn't seem to intervene, but, don't forget, later, Cao Cao privately asked Jia Xu what he thought of the heir, Jia Xu didn't answer, Cao Cao asked him why he didn't answer, Jia Xu said: "I'm thinking about Yuan Shao and Liu Biao." Cao Cao laughed, so he made Cao Pi the crown prince that year.

From the above things, it can be seen that any of Jia Xu's strategies are to save his life, no matter what the process is, the result will not be bad. Just like Jia Xu is Cao Pi's teacher, of course he has to speak for Cao Pi. Otherwise, Cao Zhi may be a good person, and he will not attack Jia Xu after taking the throne. However, Cao Zhi's subordinates would not let him go. Therefore, for the sake of his own life, Jia Xu can only be sorry for Cao Zhi.

Therefore, if Jia Xu, a guy like Jia Xu, who is completely trying to save his life and has different ideas and practices, in Youzhou, it is conceivable that even if the Shuntian Alliance comes, it will not be pleased.

Looking at the Three Kingdoms, the one who can be comparable to Jia Xu may be Sima Yi. Both of them belong to the same category of people, people who dare to do anything to save their lives, just like Sima Yi, in order to save their lives, even **** This kind of thing can be described as unprecedented, and it is not right, Goujian, the king of Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period, is also such a person. However, perhaps it is people like them who can achieve great things. Gou Jian, the king of Yue, killed Wu Wangfucha and achieved the hegemony of the Yue Kingdom; while Sima Yi usurped the power of Cao Wei and laid the foundation for the ascendancy of the Sima family; as for Jia Xu, as a strategist who joined Cao Wei's camp in the later period, he was able to position the three dukes, and it is conceivable that it is difficult for people of their kind to succeed or not.

After understanding the meaning of Yuan Chang's words, everyone felt a little sorry that Yuan Chang's threatening method failed to get Jia Xu to Youzhou. Otherwise, they don't have to watch out for the attacks of the Shuntian Alliance day and night, as Yuan Chang said, with the existence of such a sinister and vicious guy as Jia Xu, it is the people of the Shuntian Alliance who should be worried. Because they don't know when they were killed by Jia Xu.

Yuan Chang discussed with his subordinates again, and after arranging some matters, they dispersed. Early tomorrow morning, he will set off with Guo Jia and Dian Wei with the elite of 5,000 independent cavalry divisions to begin the great cause of conquering Goguryeo. And the affairs of Youzhou were handed over to Zhao Yun and them to deal with. Militarily, with Zhao Yun, the commander of the Youzhou Military Region, and Yan Rou, deputy commander, it is not a big problem; politically, with Dong Zhao, Xun Chen, and Xu Shu, there will be no problem at all. Therefore, Yuan Chang could give up all his strength to deal with Goguryeo, so that this small country that had plagued the Central Plains many times in the future would be completely annihilated in the long river of history. (To be continued.) )