Yecheng, Yuan's house.

Today is different from the past, and the house is no longer full of vigor and life.

At the gate of the mansion, Guo Tu and Feng Ji collided in one place. If in the past, the two of them would have asked you to earn me more, but today the two of them are a few steps away from the door of the house, and their two heads are together talking.

"Although Ju Yi's martial arts are not as good as Yan Liangwen and Zhang He, but they are second, and they are proficient in the art of war, and their halberds are rare elites in the army, but this is the case, with Tian Feng's help, they are still invincible to the Youzhou army, what should we do?" There was a lot of eagerness in Guo Tu's words.

Feng Ji replied with a puzzled face: "It's not Ji who is self-defiled, Yuan Hao's ability is beyond your reach, but it is still defeated by the Youzhou Army, it seems that the strength of the Youzhou Army needs to be reassessed!" ”

If you can't compare to him, forget it, why are you pulling Guo Mou, although ......

Guo Tu was unhappy in his heart, but he said: "This is not the key, the key is that the lord suddenly fell ill, if this news reaches the ears of the lord again, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no case, what can I do when the time comes!" ”

A hint of discoloration flashed in Feng Ji's eyes, and he said firmly: "Concealing the military situation is a big crime to kill the head, why don't you leave this matter to you?" ”

Old puppet, Ann dares to bully!

Guo Tu had anger in his eyes, but he replied quietly: "What Yuan Tu said is extremely true, the military situation is urgent, you and I should be the same as the lord, and the good sect lord knows the current crisis, and then work hard to lead us to break the crisis." ”

This guy can't wait!

Feng Ji glanced at Guo Tu meaningfully, and was about to speak, but he heard-

"Gongzhi, Yuantu, why don't you go in when you arrive?"

The two turned around at the same time, and saw Xu Yu looking at them strangely at the gate of the mansion. The two of them felt like they had been splashed with cold water on their heads, and their whole bodies felt cold, and they hurriedly replied: "It's Ziyuan!" Scared the old man. ”

"Haha, I'm sorry about that!" Xu Youlang laughed and said, "You guys continue to talk, Xu Mou takes the first step." ”

"You ......"

Guo Tu has always looked at Xu Yu unpleasantly, and he was about to follow in anger, but he was stopped by Feng Ji with his hand, turned around and said angrily: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"Nothing." Feng Jiyun replied lightly, "Since Lord Xu is willing to take the first step, we might as well let him go." ”

Guo Tu is not stupid, he was just carried away by anger just now, and he instantly understood what Feng Ji meant, which was nothing more than letting Xu You be a substitute for the dead ghost. couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth, and scolded in a low voice: "Okay, Feng Yuantu, it's really treacherous!" ”

"Each other, each other!" Feng Ji didn't think about it and replied sarcastically.

The two stayed outside the door for a long time, and only entered the house together when Xin Ping and Xin Bi brothers arrived.

Besides, Xu You, when he stepped into the mansion, he understood the intentions of Feng Ji and the others, and his heart couldn't help jumping, and he secretly called himself careless. However, he was not a person who was afraid of things, so he still hurried to the backyard of the house.

When Feng Ji and the others arrived, they saw Xu You chatting with Yuan Shao with a worried face, Feng Ji and Guo Tu couldn't help but feel depressed: The lord didn't vomit blood? How about chatting with Xu You?

Wow, if Yuan Shao knew that these two old people thought of him like this, I am afraid that they would not be able to think about him anymore.

"Huh?"

suddenly screamed, almost scared Feng Ji and Guo Tu to death. The rest of the people didn't expect such a thing to happen, and they were also shocked. Immediately, everyone's eyes were on Xu You, because it was the voice he made.

Xu You didn't feel any difference, but said to himself: "By the way, my lord, when you entered the mansion, you heard that the prince and Yuan Tu said that there was an urgent military situation to discuss with the lord. ”

When Feng Ji and Guo Tu heard this, they all scolded Xu Yu in their hearts: This guy is really shameless, is this going to force us to death?

However, in the face of Yuan Shao's searching gaze, the two could only speak: "My lord, General Ju and Tian Junshi have been defeated, and Bingzhou has fallen into the hands of Gongsun Du. ”

"yes, got it."

To everyone's surprise, Yuan Shao was not angry when he heard the news, but his face was flat.

Yuan Shao glanced at everyone, and didn't know what they were thinking, but in this strange atmosphere, he suddenly said: "The strength of the Youzhou Army is the best in the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, is there anything unusual about being defeated by them?" ”

Everyone was stunned, and then greeted Yuan Shao with a worried face, and after showing their loyalty, they said goodbye and left.

However, when everyone dispersed, Yuan Shao felt that his eyes were black, and he didn't faint.

"These bastards! Forehead...... cough cough cough ......"

Yuan Shao scolded hatefully, but because he scolded hard, he coughed violently without taking a breath, and a group of subordinates hurried in. After a while, Yuan Shao recovered and waved away a group of subordinates.

"Hey, the old man is really old, it seems that he has a few years to live!" (Yuan Shao is also a short-lived ghost, although fifty years old at this time is really not short, but among the princes, except for those who were killed, he was really short.) Like Sun Liu Cao, which one is not longer than him. ）

Yuan Shao's serious illness this time made him feel like he knew the destiny of heaven, sighed with emotion, and frowned again: "It's just that Tan Er is the heir, or is it Li Shang'er?" ”

"Tan Er is the eldest son after all, and there are a lot of civil and military forces who support him, if he is not established, it may cause chaos, but ...... Tan Er has always been ruthless, but he is only a shallow learner, if he succeeds to the throne, other children are afraid that it will be difficult for them to live, and Jizhou will also be annexed by others! ”

"Shang'er...... has always been smart, but after all, he is much younger, and he is the third son, although there are many other civil and military who support him, but in the end it is a lot less than Tan Er and Xi'er, this ......"

When Gongsun Du returned to Youzhou, he received the news that Yuan Shao would not move, and he sighed in his heart: Yuan Shao seems to be going to embark on the old road of history!

If you want to say that Yuan Shao originally played the role of the four states and needed to choose carefully, now he only owns a small Jizhou, plus the territory of a county in Hanoi, so he doesn't need to be too cautious at all, why should he be so?

This doubt was erased in Gongsun Du's mind in just an instant, because he knew Yuan Shao's constant, scheming and indecisive nature. In other words, it's a choosing, and it's a severe one.

"But Cao Cao is about to pacify Yangzhou, how do you deal with it?"

A few days ago, Gongsun Du also received news from Yangzhou, knowing that Yuan Shu had been beaten to the point that only one city of Shouchun remained, and it would be broken in ten days at most.

Thinking of this, Gongsun Du couldn't help but hesitate.

Originally, according to the plan, this year was to use troops against Jizhou, but Lu Bu took advantage of the turmoil in the world to attack Youzhou, and later directly surrendered to him, and it coincided with Yuan Shao's attack on Jizhou, so he had to change his plan to take Merge State first. Although the trip to the state was not long, there were more than a month, and it is now June, and it is about to enter July.

Bingzhou is different from Jizhou, Bingzhou first had Lu Bu take refuge, and then Yuan Junxin went to Shangdang and Taiyuan, and the people's hearts were not attached to it, so they could quickly take it. However, Jizhou is Yuan Shao's old nest, the business time is not short, the people's hearts are stable, and Yuan Jun also has a full 100,000, and it is not an overnight thing to take it. The most important thing is that Jizhou has always been rich, and there is no shortage of food. And because of the rapid expansion of Youzhou, although there are species with extremely high grain yields such as sweet potatoes, no one may believe it when they say it, and Gongsun Du's Youzhou is actually short of grain after taking the state.

It is not advisable to attack for a long time due to lack of food, otherwise you will be blamed.

It just so happens that Jizhou is such a place that will not be able to take it for a while.

If you don't enter Jizhou for the time being, but operate and merge with peace of mind, the benefits are simply not too much. First of all, in a year or two at most, the problem of grain and grass can be completely solved, and it can also take the opportunity to train the state, and the original ones really have some dishes.

Secondly, according to history, Yuan Shao's life is less than two years, and when he dies, if he still walks the old road of history, as long as he sits on the mountain and watches the tiger fight and enjoys his achievements, the only trouble is that Cao Cao may think the same way.

Finally, and most importantly, it is not impossible to take Jizhou as soon as possible, as long as you attack Qingzhou together. It's just that this will expose the relationship between each other, even if it is not exposed for the time being, it will not be able to hide it from Cao Cao and others when they go south in the future, so it is really better to operate and merge with peace of mind first.

It's just that......

"Forget it, don't think about it for the time being, let's go to Zhuo County first, let's take a look at the situation of the Zhen family first, if it's average, then forget it, if it's serious, then ......"