Late at night, in Jia Xu's room.

"Not sure?" Looking at Tang Yuan in front of him, Jia Xu smiled and took a sip of turbid wine and asked with a smile.

"Nope." Tang Yuan shook his head and said, "Actually, what my lord wants most, Mr. should be clear." ”

"Forgive me." Jia Xu shook his head, squinted his eyes slightly, and enjoyed the dreamlike feeling after the wine entered his stomach, he didn't drink much, but he liked to enjoy this feeling.

"My lord has personally been to Hongnong, and has seen a few strategies left by Mr., if Zhang Ji can use Mr.'s strategy, leave a general to garrison Hongnong, according to what Mr. said, my lord has the help of General Yang, I am afraid it will be difficult to capture Hongnong so easily." Tang Yuan bowed slightly.

At first, Chen Mo thought that Zhang Ji was a character, but Hongnong took it too easily, which made Chen Mo feel a little unreal, because Chen Mo had personally gone to Hongnong and found some surrendered generals to know about Jia Xu's existence.

"With the ability of the Marquis of Changling, it is ugly." Jia Xu chuckled.

"Sir, do you know what my lord said at that time?" Tang Yuan asked with a smile.

Jia Xu didn't speak, just squinted his eyes and took another sip of wine.

Tang Yuan said with a smile: "My lord once said that he didn't dare to be an enemy of Mr., and if he could get Mr. alone, he would be better than 100,000 heroes!" ”

Seeing that Jia Xu still didn't speak, Tang Yuan couldn't help but call: "Sir? ”

"These flattering words, don't say it again, Xu may have some strategy, but the Marquis of Changling is the hero of the world, he may have said this, but ......" Jia Xu shook his head and said.

It's the same as not saying it, how much weight he has, Jia Xu knows that this is not what he wants to hear.

"My lord is a good observer." Tang Yuan thought for a while and smiled: "He said...... The biggest concern of the gentleman may be the safety of himself and his family, because when he found out that Zhang Ji did not listen to the words of the gentleman, the gentleman did not persuade him, but moved the family members first, but my lord wants to ask the gentleman to know that it is very easy for my lord to find someone. ”

There is some threat in these words, Tang Yuan doesn't know why Chen Mo wants to say this to himself, celebrities and celebrities have to be faced, you say so, people will vote for you when they are crazy, but they have all the good things to say, Jia Xu also agreed to help Chen Mo persuade Zhang Ji, but he doesn't say whether he is compatible or not, in fact, compared to Zhang Ji, Chen Mo values Jia Xu more, Tang Yuan can feel this, but if you talk like this, the ghost is willing to follow you.

"That Marquis of Changling once said that what he can do, others in the world can also do." Jia Xu's eyes that had been squinting suddenly opened and looked at Tang Yuandao.

"My lord said that the official can't give Mr. too high immediately, but the protection of the family and the safety of the gentleman must be the highest." Tang Yuan couldn't understand Jia Xu's reaction, people threatened your family, don't you get angry?

Jia Xu nodded and said, "Very good." ”

What's good? What do you mean? To say yes or not to agree?

"What do you mean, sir?" Tang Yuan looked at Jia Xu and felt a little sore in his head.

"You go back and inform the Marquis of Changling that you can keep the official position of Uncle Zhang Ji's nephew, and I will try to persuade them to defect to the Marquis of Changling." Jia Xu smiled.

Tang Yuan nodded a little ignorantly, and seeing that Jia Xu had no intention of speaking again, he had to get up and say goodbye.

Early the next morning, Tang Yuan met Zhang Ji again, but Zhang Ji was still a little hesitant, and he was not sure what he should do next, so Tang Yuan had to say goodbye and return to Hedong.

……

A few days later, Hedong, Anyi.

"Jia Xuzhen said that?" Chen Mo asked with a smile while painting.

"Yes, Yuan also doesn't know what this Mr. Wenhe means?" Tang Yuan nodded, then frowned.

"People have already said that they will help me persuade Uncle Zhang Ji's nephew to vote, if he is unwilling to vote, why do he do this?" Chen Mo shook his head with a smile.

Tang Yuan nodded, as if this was indeed the truth, and then he was a little curious: "Lord, you said that this scholar generally has to be faced, why does this Mr. Wen and Mr. seem to be different from others." ”

"Does face matter?" Chen Mo drew a map of Guanzhong, and asked rhetorically while drawing.

"Not heavy?" Tang Yuan wondered.

"Look at what you think, yes, if it is related to the safety of the family and the country, why not die, but if you think about it carefully, how many things can be related to the safety of the world and need to be exchanged for the death of one person? There is also the encounter of foreign invasion, I would rather die than break, this is called righteousness, righteousness, but how many times can a person encounter this kind of choice in his life? Most of the time, I feel that my dignity has been violated, and then I look righteous and awe-inspiring, but when the real knife is on the neck, how many people do you think will die for this face? Chen Mo said with a smile.

"But the lord is forcing his life like this, how can Mr. Wenhe be willing to serve his life sincerely?" Tang Yuan wondered.

"When am I pressed?" Chen Mo smiled and asked, "I'm just clarifying the facts and the possible means, and besides, is Jia Xu angry?" ”

"I don't think so." Tang Yuan thought about it carefully, at that time, he was already ready to be blasted out, who knew that Jia Xu was calm from beginning to end, without the slightest intention of anger.

"People are different." Chen Mo carefully looked at the map he had drawn, and while thinking, he said: "Some people value fame and fortune, and some people value the belief in their hearts, but most people care more about their own net worth, Jia Xu is like this, he does not seek fame, fortune and wealth, but seeks self-preservation, under this premise, as long as it is not too excessive, he will choose to endure, but if you really touch the safety of him or his family, it is difficult to say what the consequences will be." ”

"The words of the lord, whether it ......"

"That's to let him choose, if he chooses to vote for me, his life and his family's life will be the safest, now Guanzhong is in chaos, but under my rule is the people are rich and the country is rich, orderly, I can provide him with enough protection, of course, if you don't choose me, then you have to compete, after all, such a person, if you put it under other people, I can't sleep well." Chen Mo smiled.

"So, Mr. Wenhe has already made a choice?" Tang Yuan said suddenly.

Chen Mo nodded and said, "For now, west of Chenggao, I am his best choice." ”

"But how does the lord know that this Mr. Wenhe will be like this......" Tang Yuan rubbed his temples, no matter how Jia Xu said it, he was also a scholar, and now he was still valued on the side of the Xiliang generals, if the ordinary scholars were threatened, I am afraid it would not be Jia Xu's reaction, right?

"I told you, people are different, everything in this world, whether it is negotiation or business, knowing oneself and knowing the other is the key to success, if you still don't understand, I have Jia Xu's life experience here, take a closer look, you can probably understand." Chen Mo put down the wolf hair and looked at the map of Guanzhong.

Judging from his life and Jia Xu's behavior during this time, this person is actually not too difficult to understand, he can seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and he proposed a counterattack on Chang'an at the beginning, just because Jia Xu was in Wang Yun's liquidation, it's as simple as that, if you count the accounts of the counterattack on Chang'an on his head, in fact, Jia Xu is also quite wronged, don't you do this, wait to be liquidated? But if Wang Yun took Jia Xu out, Chen Mo was sure that Jia Xu would never say half a word.

Wang Yun's ability to defeat the enemy, Chen Mo has always admired him, he didn't provoke him in Luoyang back then, so he inexplicably calculated himself several times, such a person is not easy to live until last year.

"Lord, if Zhang Ji surrenders, will we move troops?" Tang Yuan looked at Chen Mo and asked with a smile.

"Zhang Ji's men and horses are only 8,000, his stay is actually difficult to shake the Xiliang army, but although Fan Chou is easy to speak, it is difficult for him to surrender, it is not difficult for us to break Fan Chou, but if we really defeat Fan Chou and occupy Xinfeng, it will be a declaration of war with the imperial court, morally unbearable, the imperial court can completely let Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and even Liu Biao all come to attack me, and I will be the target of the public at that time, and I cannot be moved lightly at this time." Chen Mo shook his head and said.

Chen Mo knows very well that the person who wants to serve the Son of Heaven to please the subordinate, absolutely does not know that he is one, he occupies Hongnong, and takes Luoyang, which is equivalent to cutting off the road of other people's westward advancement, at this moment he is like pulling a rope on the cliff on both sides, walking on it by himself, a slight imbalance, it is a catastrophe, the princes join forces to attack, and the two Chen Mo can't do it, so at this moment Chen Mo is asking for stability.

Others are not sure, but if they really lose their righteousness, I am afraid that their brother will be the first to run against him, the two of them are very similar in concept, so they know each other's thoughts best.

At this time, Chen Mo must not give anyone a handle to attack him, the more this time, the more stable he must be.

"Then what's the point of us convincing Zhang Ji to vote at this time?" Tang Yuan was puzzled.

"Yes, and it's important." Chen Mo said with a smile: "Can you provoke Li Guo and the others to turn against Zhang Ji, you go to Xinfeng again, send a letter to Fan Chou, Jia Xu over there is almost persuaded Zhang Ji, you tell Zhang Ji, go to Guo Yan to complain first, Li Shijuni's junior ran to tease Zhang Ji's woman, this matter is more serious, Li Wei will take care of the loss, find Guo Yan to call the shots, the two will not turn against each other, but there will definitely be a suspicion." ”

No matter how big the rift is, it starts from a little bit, Chen Mo has studied the two of them, Li Dao's son, he is not very capable, but he is arrogant and domineering, plus Li Dao's woman dotes on this son to the point that ordinary people can't understand, making this matter is the first step, except for the dislike between the two, it is not enough to turn against each other, but then if the woman keeps blowing the wind in her ears, this rift can get bigger and bigger.

The biggest hidden danger of the Xiliang Army is not that they don't know how to govern, but that there are many factions, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, Duan Xuan, Li Meng, these big ones are not counted, and there are more than a dozen small ones, although Li Dao and Guo Yan took the court, they did not integrate the Xiliang Army, which is the biggest hidden danger.

"In addition, by the way, let Zhang Ji inquire about what Li Ru has been doing recently, and it is best to get in touch." After thinking about it, Chen Mo added that there is no shortage of officials working under him at present, but there is a lack of strategists who can take charge of themselves, and Li Ru is not bad.

"Whoa!" Tang Yuan agreed, turned around and left.