Before Li Xian set off, he had already sent someone to bid farewell to Yuan Shao, saying that he would join him in the future.

When Li Xian was the pastor of Yuzhou, he once recommended Yuan Tan as Maocai.

At that time, filial piety and Maocai both needed the recommendation of the assassin or Taishou in the place where their family was located, and Yuan Shao was a native of Runan, Yuzhou, so he had to be recommended by Yuzhou Mu.

With this relationship, Yuan Shao had a good impression of Li Xian, although it was Cao Cao who recommended Li Xian at that time.

And Li Xian's betrayal of Cao Cao's escape, Yuan Shao already knew.

After Cao Cao welcomed the Son of Heaven to Xu County, he asked the Son of Heaven to issue an edict to reprimand Yuan Shao for supporting the army and respecting himself, and Cao Cao became a general himself, which made Yuan Shao very unhappy.

Although Cao Cao later gave up the position of general to Yuan Shao, there was already a gap between the two, and Yuan Shao even regarded Cao Cao as an enemy.

The enemy of the enemy can be a friend, and now that Li Xian has betrayed Cao Cao and come to vote for himself, how can he not accept it.

He had also heard of Li Xian's name as the Black Mountain thief Halberd General, such a fierce general, sent to his side, Yuan Shao didn't know how happy he was.

He hurriedly led his subordinates out of the city twenty miles to greet Li Xian, and gave Li Xian a high-standard reception.

Li Xian knew that Liu Bei had enjoyed Yuan Shao's high-standard reception in history, but he didn't expect that he could also have such treatment.

The only difference is that Yuan Shao went 200 miles to Yecheng to greet Liu Bei, and now he is only 20 miles out of the city to greet Li Xian.

When Yuan Shao saw the old and weak soldiers like bandits led by Li Xian, his expectations in his heart were lowered a lot.

After a polite exchange, Yuan Shao welcomed Li Xian into the city.

Because they were all bandits, Li Xian didn't want them to enter the city, for fear that they would be difficult to change their nature and make a mess.

He asked Yuan Shao for military tents and weapons and food, and asked Zhao Yun to lead the soldiers to be stationed outside the city.

Only let Gao Shun follow him into the city with twenty guards.

When he came to Yuan Shao's mansion, Yuan Shao had already asked people to prepare wine and food and feast Li Xian.

Everyone sat down separately, and the servants poured wine for everyone, Yuan Shao raised his glass and said to everyone: "In order to welcome General Yangwei's arrival today, please drink this cup." ”

Everyone raised their glasses and drank them all.

And the servants who were waiting by poured wine into their cups for all.

Li Xian was previously worshiped by the emperor as General Yangwei, so Yuan Shao called him General Yangwei.

Just like in history, after Liu Bei came to Yizhou, others still called him Liu Yuzhou.

Now Li Xian is also the pastor of Yuzhou, if others call him Li Yuzhou, it is okay.

It's just that Liu Bei was a general left when he was behind Cao Cao, but Li Xian is now just a general of Yangwei, and General Yangwei is a miscellaneous general.

Yuan Shao smiled again and said: "When General Li was fighting against the Black Mountain thieves in Dong County, the Black Mountain thieves called the general the halberd general, and the thieves were famous and fearful. Now that there are generals to help, Shao's hegemony is just around the corner. ”

Li Xian said modestly: "Yuan Gong won the award, and when he fought against the Black Mountain thieves, it was the soldiers who fought to the death, not the credit of the oblique alone. ”

"General Yang Wei loves his soldiers and is often intimate, but his military law is majestic, and the rewards and punishments are clear, no wonder the soldiers he leads use his life."

It was General Fenwu who spoke.

"Yes, General Buzhi is a talented general who commands the army, and when Dongjun was attacked in the past, he killed more than 3,000 Black Mountain thieves with 300 horsemen. Mengde will not employ people, and it is my blessing to lose the general, and the general belongs to me. ”

Yuan Shao couldn't help but praise him sincerely when he thought that Li Xian had killed three thousand bandits with three hundred horsemen.

The most important thing is that Cao Cao lost a fierce general like Li Xian, and he got it, which is the other and I am rising, and his strength is getting stronger and stronger.

Li Xian listened to everyone's praise, just smiled, and didn't know what to say.

At this time, a strategist sitting opposite Li Xian said: "I heard that Cao Gong loves Li Yangwei very much, and he promised to be a woman, and he was appointed as the pastor of Yuzhou. I don't know why General Yangwei betrayed Duke Cao and defected to Duke Yuan? ”

Li Xian recognized that this was Guo Tu, and Yuan Shao introduced it when he went out of the city to greet Li Xian.

Guo Tu saw that Yuan Shao praised Li Xian excessively, and wanted to embarrass him a little and expose him a little short, so as not to let Yuan Shao value him too much.

Li Xian knew that it was inevitable that someone would ask this question, and on the way here, he had already thought about how to answer: "Gong Cao is my father-in-law and my former master. It's just that he doesn't know anyone, sees things unfairly, listens to the words of the villain Cao Ren, accuses me of rebellion, and wants to kill me, so he has to surrender to Yuan Gong. ”

"Listen to what you mean, you were forced away by Cao Ren, not Cao Gong. If Cao Gong is called, will you still go back? Guo Tu asked closely.

"If it weren't for Cao Gong's intentions, Cao Ren wouldn't dare to kill me. Now that I have surrendered to Yuan Gong, unless Yuan Gong drives me, I will be Yuan Gong's person. ”

Yuan Shao saw that Li Xieguo and Guo Tu were fiercely speaking, and hurriedly said: "Gongzhi, how can General Yangwei be suspicious of him when he sees harm and comes to vote." He turned to Li Xian again and said, "Not straight, if I want to welcome the Son of Heaven Yu Ye, do you think Meng De will agree?" ”

"It will not be allowed."

"What if Meng De moves the capital to Juancheng?"

"I will not allow it."

"What should I do if I want to be close to the Son of Heaven?"

Yuan Shao was in Cao Cao's hands because the emperor was in Cao Cao's hands, and every time an edict came, he felt that it was sent by Cao Cao.

He also knew that Cao Cao would not agree to welcome the emperor to Yecheng, so he wanted Cao Cao to move the capital to Yanzhou Juancheng, so that he would be closer to the emperor and more convenient to have affairs.

Li Xian thought for a while before saying: "If Duke Yuan wants to be close to the Son of Heaven, the only way to lead troops to Xu Du is to welcome the Son of Heaven Yu Ye." ”

"Troop leads? Wouldn't that be a war with Mende? ”

Although Yuan Shao was strong, he didn't want to start a war with Cao Cao yet, because there was still a black mountain thief Zhang Yan in Jizhou, and Gongsun Zan in Youzhou was still trapped in Yijing.

Unless Youzhou Gongsun Zan solves it, then he can start a war with Cao Cao.

At this time, Tian Feng followed Li Xian's words and said: "What General Yangwei said is extremely true, Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven, and ordered the princes, if Yuan Gong did not want to be controlled by Cao Cao, he would welcome the Son of Heaven Yu Ye, so that he could defend the four states. ”

Fu Zhu also echoed: "What Yang Wei and Yuan Hao discussed is very much, now that Cao Cao is using troops in Jingzhou, we can take advantage of the emptiness of his capital to lead troops to suddenly welcome the Son of Heaven." May Yuan Gong have no more doubts. ”

As early as when the emperor left Chang'an, Fu Zhu suggested that Yuan Shao send troops to meet him, but at that time, Yuan Shao was afraid that there would be a lot of inconvenience when he received the emperor, so he gave up.

Now seeing that Cao Cao picked up the emperor nearby, there were many benefits, and he himself was scolded by an edict, which caused him to write a long article to show his loyalty.

Yuan Shao was pondering, and Guo Tu spoke again: "If you lead troops to welcome Yu Ye, the Son of Heaven, you will break with Cao Cao, if Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan send troops from the north and south, there will be a black mountain thief Zhang Yan in chaos." I'm afraid that when the time comes, we will gain the Son of Heaven, but lose Jizhou. ”

Yuan Shao's subordinates were divided into two camps at that time, one was the Yingchuan faction and the other was the Jizhou faction.

The Yingchuan faction has Xun Chen, Guo Tu, Xin Ping, and Xu You. Xu You is a native of Nanyang and is adjacent to Yingchuan, so he can also be regarded as a member of the Yingchuan faction.

The Jizhou faction has Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, Trial Match, and Zhang He.

Therefore, both Fu Zhu and Tian Feng were in favor of leading troops to Xu Du to welcome the Son of Heaven, and Guo Tu would find reasons to oppose it.

However, what Guo Tu said also makes sense, although Gongsun Zan in the north has been scared, he still has Youzhou. If he and the Black Mountain thief Zhang Yan joined forces to go south and cooperated with Cao Cao to lead the troops north, it would be really difficult to deal with.

Yuan Shao saw that his subordinates did not agree on the same opinions, so he said: "What the public rule said is also reasonable, let's discuss this matter later." ”

Yuan Shao called the dancers to dance to help the wine, and everyone stopped talking about business and drank to their heart's content.

During the period, Li Xian frequently toasted to Fu Zhi and Tian Feng, and won the favor of Fu Zhi and Tian Feng.

After the banquet, Li Xian took Gao Shun and the guards to stay in the post house.