In the fourth year of Jian'an, in May, Yuan Shao, who had just defeated Gongsun Zan and annexed Youzhou, intended to wave his troops south to capture the Central Plains, but was blocked by a group of strategists.

Jizhou, Yecheng

"Lord, attacking the Central Plains at this time is definitely not a good opportunity!" Tian Feng came out of the ranks, bowed to Yuan Shao and said: "Although Cao Cao is new to Xuzhou, his rule is not stable, but our army has just recovered Youzhou, the soldiers are tired, and it is not the best time to fight, besides, there is Chen Mo on the side, at the moment, the Central Plains is divided into three points, if our army goes south, Chen Mo will definitely not sit back and watch Cao Cao fall!" ”

"Not bad!" Xu You, who has always been not dealing with Tian Feng very much, stood with Tian Feng this time, bowed down and said: "Lord, Chen Mo and Cao Cao are not the enemies of the lord, but if the two join forces, if the lord attacks Cao Cao, then Chen Mo will definitely come out of Yanmen and attack the rear of our army, making it difficult for the lord to take care of the head and tail, according to the next opinion, the lord can win over Chen Mo and instigate the Chen and Cao families to fight, and when the two families move their troops, the lord will attack the Central Plains on the grounds of helping Chen Mo, at that time, Chen Mo will be vigilant, I am afraid that it will be too late, just wait for the lord to attack Cao Cao, Chen Mo alone, It's hard to resist my army again. ”

Frustration, trial, Guo Tu, and Feng Ji also echoed one by one, under Yuan Shao's command, Yingchuan and Jizhou's two factions of strategists, it was the first time that they had such neat opinions, and now at this time, it was really not a good time to send troops, and the three-legged stand was strong, although Yuan Shao was the strongest, but it was not strong enough to crush the Chen and Cao families, and at this time, the first move would put themselves in a disadvantageous situation.

After Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zhan, he did have the heart to pacify the Central Plains in one fell swoop, but seeing that the strategists under his account were so unanimous this time, and they also knew that this method was impossible, he nodded helplessly and said: "According to the opinions of the public, what should I do?" ”

"Raise soldiers and prepare food, just when the time comes, it will sweep the Central Plains!" Xu Yu bowed.

Others have no objection to this, now Yuan Shao is the most of the three princes, no matter what he does, it will arouse the vigilance of Chen Mo and Cao Cao, at this time, it is better to stop cultivating, just wait for the time to come, Yuan Shao has the best chance to sweep the world, if he moves lightly at this time, it will break Chen Mo and Cao Cao to join forces.

"In the past, children have become great enemies! Alas! Yuan Shao couldn't help but sigh: "If Chen Mo could be used by me back then, why would he be today?" ”

At this moment, Yuan Shao regretted a little, if he used Chen Mo's strategy to block Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing, maybe now Chen Mo is not the master of Guanzhong, but a general under his Yuan Shao, who is both civil and military, so now, how can there be these things? Just wave your troops south and sweep the Central Plains.

The ministers were speechless when they heard the words, even if they were not convinced, but Chen Mo's talent, Yunwen and Yunwu, are rare in the world, such a person, if the foundation is not too shallow, the achievement is only afraid of higher.

"Why should the lord worry about this, why is it difficult for Chen Mo to surrender when he sweeps away the Central Plains?" Guo Tu smiled and persuaded.

"Yes." Yuan Shao thought about it, and this is also the truth, nodded and said: "That is the case, as you said, suspend the mobilization of troops and send an envoy to Luoyang, I have not seen Bodao for a long time, but now that I think about it, I miss it a lot." ”

At that time, Chen Mo was handsome and talented, Wen Neng was drunk and made poetry, Wu Neng went to Ma to quell the thief chaos, Yuan Shao really liked it, if it weren't for those things later, Chen Mo ridiculed him, and the relationship between the two sides would not be stiff.

"The minister is willing to go and pay homage to the Marquis of the Mausoleum!" Tian Feng got up and said, he also wanted to see this young man who single-handedly created the foundation and was able to share the Central Plains with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

"It's okay, I'll ask Yuan Hao to wait for me to go to Luoyang." Yuan Shao nodded and smiled.

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On Luoyang's side, Chen Mo received a secret letter, news from Jiangdong, Sun Ce made peace with Yuan Shuyan, and moved to Chaisang to train his troops.

"Yuan Shu and Sun Ce, after all, there is the love of the old master, although Sun Ce now has the four counties of Jiangdong, its momentum has been stronger than Yuan Shu, but if Yuan Shu really dies in his hands, his reputation will inevitably be tarnished, and now that the Central Plains is stable, Sun Ce has attacked Guangling several times and cannot, that is, to defeat Yuan Shu, it is difficult to do anything to the north, it is better to capture the land of Jingxiang, west to Bashu, if it can be successful, it can be confronted with the three heroes of the Central Plains." Li Ru pointed to the map and analyzed his understanding of Sun Ce's actions.

Sun Ce is giving up his plan to develop in Jianghuai and preparing to shift his focus to Jingzhou.

Chen Mo nodded, from the current point of view, taking advantage of the strength of the three heroes in the Central Plains, Chen Mo and Cao Cao did not dare to use troops vigorously on the surrounding areas, take the opportunity to seize the land of Jingxiang, and then go west to Bashu, if it can succeed, Sun Ce will become another big prince in the world who can compete with their three major princes.

Since Sun Ce is not ready to continue to compete with Cao Cao for Xuzhou, then let Yuan Shu stand in front of Cao Cao to confront Cao Cao, and Sun Ce will take this opportunity to capture Jingxiang.

Now Sun Ce can no longer be regarded as the brave and victorious teenager he was back then.

Judging from Sun Ce's performance now, there may be a place in the world in the future.

"Wen You don't have to worry too much, although Sun Ce is brave, Liu Biao in Jingzhou is not easy to follow." Xun You took a sip of wine, looked at Li Ru and smiled.

Li Ru nodded, turned his head to look at Chen Mo: "Lord, if this Jiangdong forms a force, the Central Plains will be pacified in the future, and I am afraid it will be difficult to conquer." ”

The Yangtze River moat, once Jiangdong forms a complete force, it will be difficult to cross the river and capture it, but now that Sun Ce has become the lord of Jiangdong, it is useless to say this, but it must be deployed as soon as possible.

"I appreciate this Zhou Gongjin more!" Chen Mo looked at everyone and smiled: "It's also a young hero, but it's a pity that he can't be used by me, it's a pity!" ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, Zhou Yu? It's just a child, but it's about the same age as my father-in-law...... It's not a child, young Junjie, no wonder the lord values it so much, young people nowadays are not simple!

"As for the affairs of Jiangdong, we don't need to care too much, we see too far, it's easy to ignore the present, now the Central Plains is not solved for a third of the day, and we are not qualified to worry about Jiangdong's affairs, that is what Liu Biao should worry about, the land of Jingxiang is also full of outstanding people, Liu Jingsheng has governed Jingxiang over the years, making Jingxiang prosperous, and Sun Ce wants to attack Jingxiang, but it is not so easy."

Not to mention that although Yuan Shu is weak now, it is not without the slightest threat, and it is not so easy for Sun Ce to attack Jing Xiang with all his might.

"What the lord said is very true." Li Ru bowed and nodded.

"This year's battle, I'm afraid it won't be able to start, after Yuan Shao returned to Yecheng, he didn't continue the southern expedition, but chose to recuperate! The affairs of the world are becoming more and more difficult to fathom, and we also need to train our armours diligently and accumulate food and grass for the times to change. Chen Mo looked at everyone and smiled.

"Whoa!"

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Koto, Chaisang.

Looking at the Jiangdong soldiers who were training in formation, Sun Ce stood on the point platform and was full of spirit, now Jiangdong is in his hands, although it is not as powerful as Chen Mo, but it is already a prince.

Looking at Zhou Yu beside him, Sun Ce smiled and said: "When I break through Jingxiang and sweep away Lu Bu, it will be time to avenge my father!" ”

The hatred of killing his father, like a nightmare, has been haunting Sun Ce's heart, when Dian Wei carried the double halberd arrogantly and said to himself: Your father was killed by me, that look, still haunting in his heart, every time he thinks of it, Sun Ce can't wait to eat Dian Wei raw, sometimes the hatred for Dian Wei is even higher than the hatred for Chen Mo.

Now that he is the lord of Jiangdong, he is no longer the child of the past, he will let Chen Mo and Dian Wei accompany his father to bury him!

"Don't be in a hurry, the land of Jingxiang, the people are outstanding, the money and food are rich, if you want to break through, it is not easy." Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce, who gritted his teeth and his eyes seemed to be about to burst into flames, and hurriedly comforted him, Sun Jian's death seemed to have become Sun Ce's inner demon, and every time he talked about it, Sun Ce's emotions would show signs of getting out of control.

"Then Liu Biao has been defeated by Lu Bu several times, what is his ability?" When Sun Ce heard this, he said with some disdain, and looked down on Liu Biao for the fact that he also provided grain and grass to Lu Bu, although Lu Bu was brave, but he was only brave, Liu Biao had the land of Jingxiang, but he was always extorted by Lu Bu for his property, and there was no domineering spirit of the princes of one side.

Zhou Yu shook his head and smiled when he heard this: "Don't underestimate the heroes of the world, Lu Bu's bravery, the official is in the world, and now the strategy of Nanyang's military management is interesting." ”

The advantage of Nanyang's military management is that the princes' fine work is difficult to penetrate, and there is no shortage of soldiers and horses, some like the farming and warfare methods of Shang Yang in the past, so for Lu Bu, Zhou Yu does not dare to take it lightly, even if he takes Jingxiang, he needs to be cautious.

"It's a pity that this method is not suitable for Jiangdong." Sun Ce sighed and said, Sun Ce also appreciates this method.

"That's nature." Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce and said speechlessly, Lu Bu did that, there was no way that no one was available, but if there was a little talent, he would not come to that point.

"Let's go, drink and go, I don't know when the Central Plains will go to war, it's quite painful to wait." Sun Ce sighed, Cao Cao didn't move, and he didn't dare to move lightly, so as not to be taken advantage of.

"It shouldn't be too long, Yuan Shao is now powerful, he will definitely try to sweep the Central Plains, take the initiative to find fighters, if there is a chance, get the Son of Heaven first!" Zhou Yu said in a deep voice.

"I know." Sun Ce nodded and smiled, this was the strategy they set at that time, first move the troops to Chaisang, relieve Cao Cao's vigilance, once the Central Plains started a war, Cao Cao left, they quickly went down the river, attacked Suiyang, took the Son of Heaven to Jiangdong, and mastered the name of righteousness.