The arrival of the princes did not bring any changes to the ancient capital, which had become an empty city, and a few days later, the princes began to leave one after another, and the vigorous war that began in the first year of the early peace ended a little hastyly.

Although both Dong Zhuoyi and the Kwantung princes got what they wanted, for the world, this may be the beginning of the war.

However, within a few days, the princes began to be in turmoil, Liu Dai borrowed grain from Qiao Mao, Qiao Mao did not allow it, Liu Dai led people to kill Qiao Mao, and then quickly withdrew, and the alliance has been regarded as a real existence at this point.

For Chen Mo, who is used to seeing intrigue, he doesn't feel strange about this, from the beginning, he didn't think that the alliance could do anything, but he forced Dong Zhuo back and successfully captured Luoyang, regardless of whether this Luoyang was an empty city or not, but this merit was enough for them to explain to the people of the world.

The next thing is naturally the distribution of interests, in fact, this interest is nothing more than a legitimacy of the current princes' rights to rule, that is to say, from this moment on, the princes will have the right to govern the military and government, as well as financial power, and the appointment and dismissal of officials can be decided by themselves without going through the imperial court, which is equivalent to a small imperial court.

Dong Zhuo's retreat to Chang'an, the biggest drawback is that he gave up the last control of the imperial court over the local government, and the imperial court can still issue an edict to appoint and remove officials, but it is only a nominal official position.

As for continuing to fight westward and crusade against Dong Zhuo, this kind of thing is thankless, naturally no one will mention it, Cao Cao left with his troops the next day, and the general trend of the world has shown that the princes are rising together, and the heroes are competing for each other, and he has not yet determined the deployment, so he should plan as soon as possible.

Chen Mo is also there.

"Brother Xian, say goodbye today, I don't know when I will see you again, cherish!" Outside Luoyang City, the ancient road was silent, and Cao Cao had many old friends in the past, but when he left today, only Chen Mo came to say goodbye.

"Brother, too." Chen Mo nodded and said.

"On the day the wedding date is set, remember to pass the book to me and prepare a generous gift for your brother!" Cao Cao laughed.

"Definitely." Chen Mo agreed, watched Cao Cao get on the horse, and went east with his subordinates, although he had been prepared, but he still couldn't help but feel melancholy in his heart.

"Clean up, it's time for us to go!" Looking at the silent ancient road in front of him, Chen Mo put away the melancholy, the road ahead is still very long, and it is time for him to do his own thing, Luoyang...... Maybe it's Nanke's dream.

Early the next morning, Chen Mo said goodbye to Yuan Shao, and took Dian Wei and Zang Hong and his more than 100 Hun cavalry on the road to Hedong, and it is worth mentioning that Chen Mo and Zhang Chao are going to Yang Mao, but they will not come with Chen Mo, but go back to Hedong with their families to join Chen Mo, the cold winter is coming, there are still many people in Hedong who have not been settled, if you can't let these people have a proper placement before the first heavy snow comes, this winter, I am afraid that many people will freeze to death.

Three days later, Chen Mo crossed the river and arrived at Keiguan.

"My lord, Hanoi now has Zhang Yang entrenched here, there are thousands of soldiers, and our army only has these soldiers and horses, I am afraid it will be difficult to swallow." Bai Bi came to Chen Mo's side and bowed.

"Zhang Yang?" Chen Mo nodded, although Liu Dai has killed Qiao Mao, but between the princes, they still need an excuse to attack each other, even if Liu Dai kills Qiao Mao, it is because the other party refuses to borrow grain, although this excuse is a bit absurd, but at least there must be.

"I know, you should also go and rest first, there is no urgency in this matter." Chen Mo said with a smile, the most important thing at the moment is to deal with the people's livelihood problems in Hedong, so the matter of Hanoi, Chen Mo wants to solve it in a short time, and if he wants to extinguish Zhang Yang in a short time, Chen Mo can't think of any good way at once.

"Bo Dao, Hanoi had better not move lightly." After everyone left, Zang Hong looked at Chen Mo and thought for a while.

"But the teacher thinks this is unjust?" Hearing this, Chen Mo hurriedly asked solemnly, he would not blindly follow, but he would definitely attach importance to his teacher's advice.

"That's not it, so far, how can there be any righteous words?" Zang Hong shook his head, brought the wine jug and wine buds on the table, and filled the wine buds, but did not stop: "When the wine is full, it overflows, you may understand?" ”

Chen Mo nodded and said, "The teacher is saying that Mo is not enough now?" ”

"It's enough, but have you ever paid attention to the topography of Hanoi?" Zang Hong took the map hanging on the wall and compared it to Chen Mo: "To the east of Jiguan, the terrain in the river is gradually opening up, if you come from the east to Hanoi, it is extremely difficult to defend, and further east, is the land of Jizhou, he is in the Central Plains war, for the division does not recommend Bodao to fall into the quagmire of war too early, you don't choose Xuzhou and choose this place as the foothold, isn't it to fall into the war prematurely?" If Hanoi is taken at this time, I am afraid that Bodao's energy will be forced to move south, and it is better to seize what is more easily obtainable. ”

"Does the teacher know what I'm going to do?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.

"You don't choose Xuzhou but Hedong as a foothold, if you want to develop in the Central Plains, Xuzhou is ten times better than Hanoi, and with the help of the Chen family, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort, but you chose here, thinking that you covet the land of Guanzhong." Zang Hong said with a smile: "In this case, it is necessary to avoid premature confrontation with the princes of the Central Plains, and only need to hold the Kei Pass, so that the rear can be worry-free, but if the troops enter Hanoi, the result will be different." ”

"Thank you for your teachings." Chen Mo nodded, he was also thinking about this matter before, but the people in Bingzhou were thin, and there was only one Hedong, so he was afraid that he would not be able to support himself, so Chen Mo was also hesitating now.

"Bo Dao knows, in these ancient times, in the troubled times, which kind of person is the most likely to lose?" Zang Hong looked at Chen Mo and asked with a smile.

"It depends on luck, but the easiest to lose is nothing more than a person who has no plan and no decision." Chen Mo thought for a moment.

"If you can be a prince of one side, how can you have no plan? As for the unbroken, it can also be called cautious, such a person may lose, but by no means the fastest to lose, the fastest to lose, but often a smart person. ”

"What's the point?" Chen Mo looked at Zang Hong puzzled, smart people will lose, doesn't that mean that those who win the world in the end are fools?

"Smart people are the best at drilling, and get the maximum harvest at the least cost, right?" Zang Hong asked with a smile.

Chen Mo nodded, if he couldn't do this, he wouldn't be a smart person.

But that's why smart people are the most likely to take risks, or rather...... Covet! Zang Hong looked out the window and said with a smile: "This greed together, no matter how talented you are, you will inevitably lose after all, because greed will make people lose their minds, and profit will make them lose their minds, that's it, as for the lessons of the past, there is no need to say more for the teacher, right?" ”

"Thank you for your advice." Chen Mo nodded, the so-called blind eye, probably this is what it means, in fact, history is always strikingly similar, but when they are in it, few parties can jump out of the chessboard to look at the overall situation.

"You want to be a prince, this is your choice, the teacher will not interfere, this road, the teacher has not walked, and he can't teach you, but many things in this world are the same, the teacher hopes that you can go to the end, want to fill more wine, the best way is to make your wine bigger and stronger, this Hanoi seems to be strong, but it seems to have opened a hole in this bigger place, no matter how much wine you pour, it will be leaked." Zang Hong returned to his seat and laughed as he played with the wine.

"Disciple understood." Chen Mo smiled and nodded, and saluted Zang Hong: "Thank you for your advice." ”

"No, with your intelligence, it is not difficult to see that it is just a young man, and you must quit greed." Zang Hong shook his head and smiled.

"After all, the disciple is young ......" Chen Mo hesitated, looked at Zang Hong and said: "If the teacher is willing to stay, always supervise and spur the disciple, why can't he succeed?" ”

"This can't work, I know you look down on Meng Gao." Zang Hong shook his head and smiled: "He may be the kind of stupid person that Bo Dao said, but a stupid person like him can trust his life without hesitation, but you can't do it." ”

Chen Mo was speechless, if Zang Hong stayed, Chen Mo would definitely be reused, but if he didn't ask anything and entrust the power, even if it was his own mentor, Chen Mo couldn't do it.

"He needs to be a teacher more than you do." Zang Hong said with a smile: "Don't worry, Bodao, if there is a suitable talent, the teacher will recommend it for you." ”

Chen Mo nodded, he couldn't tie up Zang Hong like he tied Xu Rong, and he could only say helplessly: "Then thank you, teacher." ”

"You and I, master and apprentice, don't need to be so polite." Zang Hong waved his hand, got up and stretched his waist and said with a smile: "As for other things, you don't have to tell me, this time I came to Hedong to be a guest for the teacher, and after you get married, the teacher will leave." ”

Chen Mo got up and respectfully sent Zang Hong back to the guest room, and only then did he begin to carefully consider the matter of Hanoi.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Chen Mo summoned the generals and said: "Yesterday I thought about it all night, and our army will not take this land of Hanoi for the time being." ”

"Lord, why is that?" Bai Bi and Han Kai said unexpectedly.

"Now there are still tens of thousands of displaced people in Hanoi who have not been settled, the white wave thieves are still raging, and the terrain in the river is open, if there is a dispute with other princes, there is no danger to defend, it is better to hold the Kei Pass, and after seeking to annex the state, then do what he thinks." Chen Mo smiled.

When everyone heard this, they could only nod.

"Yu Sheng!" Chen Mo looked at Yu Sheng.

"The last general!" Yu Sheng stepped forward and said.

"After I leave, Jiguan will be garrisoned by you, and there will be three temporary men, and you only need to strengthen the defense of Jiguan on weekdays, and don't take the initiative to provoke." Chen Mo looked at Yu Sheng and smiled.

Among the first generals to follow him under his command, if you say that the most reassuring are Yu Sheng and Gao Shun, Gao Shun needless to say, is definitely a general, and Yu Sheng may talk about commanding the army to fight, just a middle-of-the-road posture, but he has a calm personality, and Chen Mo is the most relieved to hand over Jiguan to him.

"The last general commands!" Yu Sheng bowed.

At that moment, after Chen Mo arranged the defense of Jiguan again, he took Han Kai and Bai Bi to escort Xu Rong out of Jiguan and go all the way to Anyi.