Xue Yun knew that giving up Youzhou was a wise way to protect himself, but he thought that Xu Shu had made a promise to help him get Youzhou, and he was still a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Xu Shu seemed to know what Xue Yun was thinking, and said, "Lord, I said before that I wanted to occupy Youzhou City, so that the people of Youzhou City would remember your goodness, and remember that when they encountered danger, it was you who were not afraid of the threat of the Yellow Turban Army and sent troops to rescue them. Although you didn't get Youzhou City, you won the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people. Once we ... ”

Xu Shu didn't finish his words, Xue Yun and Xu Yu knew the meaning.

Xue Yun remembered that Tang Taizong said that "the people are the water, the king is the boat, the water can carry the boat, and it can also overturn the boat".

Think of the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprisings in the last years of the Qin Dynasty, which set a precedent for the overthrow of the Great Qin Empire.

It was also the first peasant uprising in Chinese history.

There is also the current Yellow Turban Army, which is also composed of civilians, not a rebellion by a certain prince.

And the root cause of this series is the mediocrity of the rulers.

It is only without understanding the suffering of the world that a powerful empire is pushed to destruction.

And the core purpose of Xue Yun's assistance to Gongsun Zan has been achieved, that is, the people's desire of Youzhou City.

Because it is good to a person on weekdays, it is better to help this person in times of crisis, which is impressive, and this is what heroes mean to save beauty.

As for Youzhou City, although Xue Yun also wanted to get it.

But if he does that, he will be the next Gongsun Zhan, who will be wiped out by the Yellow Turban Army, while the others will stand by and watch.

After Xue Yun thought things through, he asked everyone to retreat.

And Cao Cao, who was in Yanzhou, also learned about the behind-the-scenes situation from his father-in-law, and also gathered his advisers to discuss countermeasures.

Cao Cao himself knew that Youzhou City seemed to be a piece of fat, but in fact it was a hot potato.

His original plan was only to occupy a small city in Youzhou, and when the princes were fighting in the future, he could occupy the advantageous position and launch a surprise attack on Youzhou.

At that time, he can become the lord of the two states like Yuan Shao.

Then he fought hard and conquered the world.

It's just that now he is fledgling, if he gets the entire Youzhou at this time, it will be tantamount to sending himself to the guillotine.

So he asked everyone to come here to discuss, if the emperor wants to discuss the ownership of Youzhou, what should he do?

Xun Yu said, "My lord, among the three princes summoned by the emperor, we are the weakest one. If the emperor asks us to manage Youzhou, it will be our death. ”

Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu and asked curiously, "I know what you said, so you say, if it really comes to that time, what should we do?" ”

Guo Jia replied, "My lord, Eryuan's strength can be said to be the second strongest in the world, if the emperor really intends to let us take over Youzhou City, we can... ”

After Cao Cao listened to Guo Jia's words, his eyes suddenly lit up, nodded again and again, and said, "Yes, this is a way, I think that with the current strength of the imperial court, I can't do it to this point; And even if it did, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu would definitely not agree. ”

"Lord, I have a plan to make this Youzhou among the two of them, and it will help us in our future plans." Guo Jia said again.

Cao Cao asked, "Oh? And this good thing? ”

After Guo Jia finished talking about his strategy, Cao Cao laughed and said, "Haha, okay, when I enter the palace, I will tell the emperor like this." ”

Xue Yun and Cao Cao both planned to give up the fat of Youzhou, but there was one person who wanted to eat it in their stomachs, and that person was Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu was in his own room and did not convene his ministers to discuss the matter.

Because in his opinion, this is an opportunity given to him by God to send him a Youzhou City.

He thinks that in the whole world, no one is qualified to compete with him for Youzhou.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, he didn't take the latter in his eyes at all.

After a eunuch, relying on the background of his ancestors, Zhang Rang let him take charge of Yanzhou.

But he only had thirty or forty thousand men under him, and he was no match for himself at all.

Yuan Shu has already thought about it, if Cao Cao doesn't fight with him tomorrow.

Then I won't worry about Cao Cao.

Otherwise, Yuan Shu would make Cao Cao regret coming to this world.

Although it was impossible for Yuan Shu to send people to directly attack Yanzhou, he could control Cao Cao from the aspects of grain, grass, and ordnance, so that he could not survive or die.

As for Yuan Shao...

Thinking of his brother, Yuan Shu was in trouble.

Because Yuan Shao is superior to himself in terms of strength and prestige, he is at a disadvantage in all aspects.

Although he also won a battle some time ago, it was not worth mentioning compared to the battle in Anhua City.

In the end, he thought of a method in his head, although he was a little reluctant, but he was still ruthless and paid this price, so that Yuan Shao would not earn it with himself.

It's just that if Yuan Shu knew that he was planning to get Youzhou City, Xue Yun and they didn't plan to ask for it at all, I don't know how they would feel?

Xue Yun, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shu are all making their own little calculations.

Of course, there is another person, that is, Zhao Yun, who was named by Zhang Rang and was responsible for escorting Qiao Zhong to Luoyang.

It's just that he didn't think much about it, after all, it was the emperor's intention to let him be in charge of the escort.

And he, as a courtier, can only accept it.

It was already dark, and the three Guan Yu brothers were eating together.

Guan Yu said, "The two virtuous brothers, Yan Liang and Xiahoudun both told me before that their lord intended to recruit us. I would now like to hear what the two brothers think? ”

Zhang Fei took a sip of wine and said, "Wherever the eldest brother wants to go, we will go." ”

Zhao Yun nodded in agreement.

After knowing what Zhao Yun meant, Guan Yu said, "Okay, I will think about it again, and when the third brother comes back from Luoyang and the officials of Youzhou City arrive, we will leave." ”

After saying that, he continued to drink wine and eat meat.

In Jizhou, Xue Yun was quietly looking at the night sky, and there was no one around him, and he seemed very quiet.

Xue Yun kept asking himself if he wouldn't have come here if he hadn't asked for this game at that time.

Everything that happened here was too shocking for him, who was just a college student.

He is just an ordinary person who is familiar with the Three Kingdoms, and he does not have Lu Bu's charging force at all, nor does he have Zhuge Liang's strategic intelligence, nor does he have Cao Cao's ambition to conquer the world.

Now let him compete with these legendary characters, it is a feeling of bronze against the king.

It's just that it's too late to say anything now.

He can only fight wits and courage with Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, Zhou Yu and others to see who can have the last laugh.

Xue Yun breathed a long sigh of relief and said lightly, "Look at how I, Xue Yun, write my own legend in this era of war." ”