After January, on the seventh day of the sixth month, it is the hottest time of the year, Yanmen, Yin Pavilion.

The mighty convoy slowly drove into the city gate, accompanied by many Hu people.

"Wei Qi's trip to the grassland seems to have been fruitful." Wei Qi smiled.

"Not really." Chen Mo shook his head: "There are still many problems, but Mr. Boru is willing to come, and the biggest gain is the one." ”

In Chen Mo's extremity this time, on the one hand, he had the intention of investigating, and on the other hand, he also wanted to use this to lure out people who were dissatisfied with him in Yanmen, Taiyuan and even Hedong, but Wei Qi's willingness to come out under his command at this time was indeed a great thing for Chen Mo.

Now there is no shortage of talents around Chen Mo, but most of them are talents from a county, and there are only Gao Shun, Zhong Yun, and Cui Geng who can shepherd a county or even a state so far.

Although there is still Shangdang who has not occupied it, but basically the overall situation of the state has been controlled by Chen Mo, and all important places are also controlled by Chen Moka, as long as there are no problems in these places, the next thing to do is to work steadily step by step, lay a solid foundation, and wait for the times to change.

"The lord praises it." Wei Qi smiled slightly: "The lord has a strong chest, but he is not in the bottom, I believe that this matter of merging the state is also in the master's hands." ”

"Don't say these polite words." Chen Mo asked Wei Qi to sit down and said: "Although this Yanmen is tired, it is the gateway of my annex to the state, and the stakes are very important. ”

"Now that he has become a leader, he should be at the disposal of his lord." Wei Qi shook his head and said with a smile: "But when it comes to great talents, there is one person below who wants to recommend the lord." ”

"Oh?" Chen Mo said curiously: "If you can ask Mr. Boru to recommend, you must be a great talent." ”

"I don't know if the lord has ever heard of Guo Yi?" Wei asked with a smile.

"But the son of the great Si Nong Guo Quan, Guo Yi and Guo Shouren?" Chen Mo's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Wei Qi nodded and said: "Exactly, this person is from Jinyang, and he is also a filial piety and incorruptible person, a civil and military all-rounder, and he also served in the border pass, and then returned to his family to guard filial piety because of his father's death, but after the expiration of the period, he is encountering turmoil in the world." ”

"Come and see me quickly." After Chen Mo left Yunzhong, he asked Gao Shun to temporarily replace Yunzhong Taishou, but Gao Shun is a good general, but he may not be a capable minister, training troops to fight is powerful, but the governance side is not his strength, Chen Mo is also having a headache during this time, who will replace Gao Shun as the Taishou in Yunzhong, this Guo Yi is just right.

In fact, it's not just Guo Yi, as Chen Mo gradually gained a foothold in Bingzhou, the original scholars who looked down on Chen Mo in Bingzhou have begun to waver a little, and the smaller ones have begun to show favor to Chen Mo.

Now is the time to employ people, although Chen Mo has been suppressing the family by various means, but I have to admit that talents, especially those who govern the local area, it is really difficult to find a few apart from the family, even if there is no Wei Qi to recommend, after coming back this time, Chen Mo is also ready to visit Taiyuan, Shangdang, and several big clans.

didn't move before, that was because Chen Mo was unstable and his power was not enough, but since Chen Mo entered the state, he will win every battle, and he has gradually established his prestige in the state, and it would be unwise to put up a fight with Chen Mo at this time.

Why did Wei Qi choose to become a leader at this time? Because this time is the time when Chen Mo is most in need of talents on the way to expand his power, once Chen Mo gradually stabilizes in the future, and the talent team has been formed by then, it will be too late to come out at that time, at least the status in Chen Mo's heart will be lowered by one or two grades.

Guo Yi is the second person in the wealthy family of Bingzhou to take the initiative to serve Chen Mo, of course, this is Wei Qian's recommendation, but if Guo Yi didn't mean this, Wei Qian would not come to blindly recommend.

Soon, Guo Yi arrived, saw the silence, after the two sides were polite, Chen Mo did some teaching, and did not directly let Guo Yi go to Yunzhong for the time being, after all, it is impossible to give you the position of a county Taishou at once, and although Yunzhong is vast and sparsely populated, it is Chen Mo's preparation for the integration of Hu Han in the next period of time, and the Taishou candidates should naturally be cautious, after determining that the national fortune is willing to serve him, Chen Mo will set Guo Yi into the Assassin's Mansion to assist Chen Mo in handling political affairs, It is also necessary for the two sides to exchange the specific details of the first implementation of Hu and Han mixed residence in the land in the clouds, and Guo Yi must at least understand his intentions before he can take office.

In the next few days, Chen Mo took Guo Yi with him, and carefully confirmed that the political affairs of Yanmen were correct, and then began to lead the team back to Hedong, and at the same time sent a message to Dalang, asking him to lead his troops to clear the only remaining white wave thief Han Xian in Xihe County.

Just like Uncle Wang, Chen Mo is going to try Da Lang this time, he has studied for so many years, and he has also been on the battlefield with him, and the next thing to determine is whether Da Lang can have the ability to take charge of himself.

"Lord, this party is also a large county, why is it delayed?" On the way back to Hedong, Guo Yi looked at Chen Mo with some confusion and asked.

"The old general doesn't know anything." Guo Yi's age may be older than Chen Mo's father, so for Guo Yi, although he is the main minister, Chen Mo has always been quite respectful, and smiled when he heard the words: "It's not that you can't go down, but you can't go down." ”

"Because of the Black Mountain Thieves?" Guo Yi raised his eyebrows and said, although the Black Mountain thief is powerful, it is not enough to make people like Chen Mo helpless, right?

"Well, didn't the general find out, although Shangdang County shouts that bandits are rampant every day, but in fact, the people are not seriously damaged, it is said that there are millions of thieves in Montenegro, which is naturally a bit false, but there are definitely 100,000 people, there is not much suitable land for growing crops on Montenegro, where does the grain of 100,000 come from?" Chen Mo smiled.

"Collusion between officials and bandits?" Guo Yi frowned.

"It's not really, it can also be said to be a compromise, the party is powerless to suppress the bandits, and Montenegro also needs someone to provide them with food and grass, there should be a lot of such places, and more should be east of Taihang Mountain." Chen Mo rode his horse and walked, and said: "Now, I don't really want to provoke the Black Mountain thieves, although in this way, the people of Shangdang will suffer a little, but at least they can live, but if there is no buffer, I am afraid that the Taifar, Yanmen and even Hedong will be attacked by bandits, I have ordered the Shangdang Taishou to exempt the people from forced labor, in order to appease the heart of the Black Mountain thieves, but before doing a comprehensive defense, I don't want to start a war with it." ”

Chen Mo is more concerned about the problem of Guanzhong now, now he holds the land of the five counties of Hedong, Taiyuan, Yanmen, Xihe, and Yunzhong, self-sufficiency is enough, and it is not appropriate to expand blindly, what needs to be done now is to accumulate strength, so that when there is a change in Guanzhong, he will take action as soon as possible and take Guanzhong, instead of putting the current limited forces on suppressing bandits.

It seems that the territory has expanded, but in fact, it is not cost-effective for Chen Mo to take down the Shangdang, the Black Mountain thieves are the same as the Hu people, the best way is to appease rather than exterminate, and they can't be eliminated.

Guo Yi nodded silently, Chen Mo had no problem calculating this account.

The team was moving forward slowly, and with Chen Mo's return, it completely stabilized.

At the same time, during the period when Chen Mo led his troops to return to Hedong, Jizhou and Bohai.

"Lord, great joy!" Feng Ji, a strategist under Yuan Shao, walked in quickly and smiled at Yuan Shao.

"Oh?" Yuan Shao looked at Feng Ji and smiled: "Where does the joy come from?" ”

"My lord, I have persuaded Gongsun Zan to send troops to Jizhou!" Feng Ji smiled and saluted Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao put down the object in his hand when he heard this, stood up, thought for a while, and said: "However, under Han Fu's account, there are also quite fierce generals, and the land of Jizhou has a lot of soldiers and food, and Gongsun Zan may not be able to win this expedition." ”

"The lord doesn't know." Feng Ji knelt down in his seat and saluted Yuan Shao: "Han Fu is weak, although he has generals, he can't use them, although he has elite soldiers, he can't dispatch them, what is the use of having more soldiers and horses?" On the other hand, Gongsun Zhan, although Youzhou is bitterly cold, but his subordinates are all brave and good at fighting, and Gongsun Boqi is good at cavalry, if he fights, Han Fu is only Geng Wu, Zhao Fu, and Cheng Lian, and An is the enemy of Gongsun? ”

Gongsun Zhan's good fighting celebrities are well known, and at the beginning, outside of Chenggao, there were few people who could compete with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and these people under Han Fu's command, even if there were many soldiers, they might not have much chance of winning against Shanggong Sun Zhan.

Yuan Shao's strategy in the art of war is not bad, he naturally understands this truth, sometimes more soldiers may not be powerful, holding his chin and smiling: "But if it is not my wish to let Bo Jue win and capture Jizhou, do you really want me to share Jizhou with him?" ”

"If the lord wins Jizhou, how can he be compared to Han Fu?" Feng Ji smiled.

Yuan Shao nodded, in fact, Han Fu's side has been planning since last year, and now, there is basically no problem for Yuan Shao to win Han Fu.

"What's been going on on the other side of the road lately?" After talking about the affairs of Jizhou, Yuan Shao began to care about the affairs of the world, but now it seems that his biggest opponent is his brother.

"There is nothing abnormal in the Hou General's office, but the land of the state is ......" Feng Ji looked at Yuan Shao and said: "Lord, judging from the latest news, Chen Mo has established a firm foothold in the state, Yanmen and Taiyuan have fallen into his grasp, and now I heard that those Hu people in the clouds have also been under his command, lord, this son is extraordinary, you need to be careful!" ”

"Bo Dao ......" Yuan Shao sighed when he heard this, and then smiled: "Bo Dao has the ability, but when Zi Yuan returned, didn't he already say that Bo Dao had promised to form an alliance with our army?" ”

"My lord, how can this covenant be trusted?" Feng Ji shook his head.

Yuan Shao nodded when he heard this, if the covenant could be believed, the princes would not have been so unlucky last year.

"But now there is an alliance, and it is not good to be evil." Yuan Shao looked at Feng Jidao.

"You don't need to do it." Feng Ji smiled and said: "Don't forget, Chen Mo's position as the assassin of the state was sealed by Dong Zhuo, but he secretly made Hanoi too shou and publicized as the pastor of the state, and the lord only needs to sit and watch the two fight." ”

"Zhang Yang?" Yuan Shao thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's okay, now that I will take Jizhou first, I will ask Zhang Yang to try Bodao." ”

"I'll write here!" Feng Ji smiled.

Yuan Shao is the leader of the princes' alliance, since the princes oppose Dong Zhuo, they will naturally not recognize the imperial court, and this Guandong official is naturally Yuan Shao.