This letter was written by Sun Ce? "Chang'an, when Chen Mo received the letter from the Jiangdong messenger, he almost couldn't believe his eyes.

What personality does Sun Ce have? Judging from the short battle outside Yique Pass, coupled with Sun Ce's combat style in Yangzhou later, it was a strong character.

Chen Mo thought that Sun Ce would come to ask for an official, but this letter made Sun Ce's image in Chen Mo's heart collapse.

It's not flattering, but the letter almost counts Chen Mo's half-life achievements, and there is no mention of the revenge of killing his father, although there is not a word of flattery, but the admiration seems to flow from between the words, with Sun Ce's character, even if he is soft, it is impossible to write such a letter, right?

"Exactly." The way that people come are neither humble nor arrogant.

"Okay, let's just think he wrote it." After a short period of surprise, Chen Mo nodded with a smile, put away the bamboo slip and said, "What official does Sun Ce want?" ”

If this letter was written by Sun Ce, he ate the bamboo slip.

It should be Zhou Yu, but this week Lang Wencai ...... It's also very average~

There is no explanation in the bamboo slip, this Zhou Yu is also cunning, I didn't say that sometimes it is more powerful than I said, Chen Mo looked at it, but I praised you like this, it's too low.

"Back to the Marquis of Changling, my lord doesn't ask for much, but there is no official body at the moment, and now Danyang and Huiji have been pacified, but they are still Yuan Gong's generals, and it is difficult to convince the public, so he came to the court to seek help from the court." , Ah, the messenger bowed and said.

"Since that's the case......" Chen Mo thought for a moment and said: "I will give him the position of a titled general, and he will be named the general of the Han Protector, and the seal will be ready soon, you can take it back to Sun Ce." ”

There were no titled generals before, with the division of the princes, the original military positions under the princes, has been unable to meet the increasing number of troops, is to start on top of the captain, add the title of generals, these titled generals are also called miscellaneous generals, the amount of military power is completely determined by the princes, there have been similar military positions before, such as the general Fubo under the command of Emperor Guangwu is the miscellaneous general.

The position of Taishou, Chen Mo could not give it to Sun Ce, this miscellaneous general is above the cavalry captain and captain, and it also echoes Sun Ce's current status, as for the rest, Sun Ce has to fight for it himself.

Jiangdong is not the only choice for Chen Mo.

"Thank you, Marquis Changling!" The messenger saluted solemnly.

This time, Sun Ce sent an envoy to Chang'an to seek officials, but he didn't come empty-handed, he brought a lot of Jiangdong things, jewelry, jade and silk, the sincerity is full, Chen Mo really needs an ally in the direction of Jiangdong, Sun Ce is just right, if he pacifies the north in the future, he doesn't need to feel guilty about Sun Ce.

Although his father died in his own hands, it was his father's hand that moved first, and he gave Sun Ce an official position, he should be grateful, if he does not surrender at that time, some will be crusaded in name.

After sending Sun Ce away, Xu Shu came back and saw Chen Mo sitting there stunned, and said with a smile: "The lord is worried about Sun Ce? ”

"Him?" Chen Mo shook his head and said: "Sun Lang does have some skills, but Jiangdong this place, although I haven't been there, but I have also read it in books, it is not easy to cross the river to fight in the past, but it is also not easy for the other party to cross the river and get involved in the Central Plains, he chose this place as the foundation to stand on, and if he wants to kill back to the Central Plains in the future, it is not so simple~"

Chen Mo has never been to Jiangdong, but he also grew up in the land of Jianghuai, and he still understands the topography of that area, no matter how powerful Sun Ce is, he will occupy the land of Jianghuai at most, unless there is a big war in the Central Plains, there will be no chance for Sun Ce at all.

But the current pattern of the Central Plains is a three-legged position, Sun Ce can contain Cao Cao for himself, but he wants to go further, unless there is internal turmoil in Cao Cao, just like the last Yanzhou Rebellion gave Sun Ce an opportunity, but such an opportunity, in terms of the current situation, is unlikely to appear, even if there is, Cao Cao, who has learned the lesson last time, cannot be unprepared.

"But if Sun Ce and Liu Bei join forces, will there be any changes?" Xu Shu asked.

"Yes, if he forms an alliance with Liu Bei and quickly annexes Yuan Shu, Cao Cao is afraid that he will not be able to help them." Chen Mo nodded, there was indeed this possibility: "But it must be fast." ”

Although Cao Cao's military movements have not been reported back recently, this is suspicious, Chen Mo estimates that his brother is probably accumulating strength at this time, secretly preparing to attack Xuzhou, if Sun Ce wants to make a difference, he must destroy Yuan Shu before Cao Cao attacks Xuzhou.

"It's hard." Xu Shu said with a wry smile, although Yuan Shu's power is not as good as before, but the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, and Yuan Shu's current strength should not be underestimated.

"Things are man-made, nothing in this world is absolute." Chen Mo shook his head and said, "This is also Sun Ce's only way out at present. ”

"My lord, I've been thinking about something these days." Xu Shu bowed and said.

"Oh?" Chen Mo looked at Xu Shu and smiled: "Yuan Zhi has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Xu Shu pondered: "If a three-legged situation is formed in the north, and the lord and Cao Cao have no time to look south, and Sun Ce abandons Xuzhou and instead attacks Jingzhou, will a new situation be formed?" ”

Jingzhou is also a big state, and with the Central Plains War in recent years, a large number of people have flowed to Jingzhou, and compared with the Central Plains, the waterways of Jingxiang are more suitable for the Jiangdong Army to attack, if Sun Ce gives up Xuzhou and turns to attack Jingzhou, if he succeeds, in addition to the three major overlords of the Central Plains, there may be one more force comparable to the three overlords, in that case, the situation in the world will be more unpredictable.

Chen Mo thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's really a bit difficult, but Sun Ce's son has a lot of ambitions, if he has the opportunity to compete in the Central Plains, he shouldn't easily change his strategy." ”

Although Jingzhou is good, it can only be regarded as a corner of peace compared with the Central Plains, and Sun Ce is not small in ambition, so he should not give up the opportunity to compete in the Central Plains.

However, if he really changed his mind and turned to attack the land of Jingxiang, Chen Mo really couldn't do anything for a while.

After all, it is difficult for his hand to reach Jingzhou.

The world, which was gradually becoming clearer, seems to have become blurred again.

Chen Mo rubbed his temples, even if it was him, he couldn't predict Sun Ce's future, although Sun Ce today was far from reaching the point of walking on the chessboard and being the same chess player with them, but as long as Sun Ce sat Jiangdong firmly, I'm afraid Sun Ce wouldn't be obediently a chess piece in his hand to help him contain Cao Cao, right?

Before Sun Ce made a move, he would take Jingzhou first?

Chen Mo frowned and thought about the feasibility of this matter, and then vetoed this idea, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao could not watch themselves take Jingzhou, Liu Biao is not the kind of person who can be kneaded by others, and his own rear is undecided, and going to lay out Jingzhou at this time will only disrupt his original deployment.

"Let's take Xiliang first, as for the future of this world, it depends on when Cao Cao and I can divide the winner." Chen Mo sighed and said to Xu Shu with relief.

Pingxi Liang, lay a solid foundation, accumulate grain and grass, and wait for the times to change, what to say at the moment is a random guess, since the future is difficult to calculate, then do the current things well.

"Whoa!" Xu Shu nodded in response.

At present, one of Chen Mo's main energies is to continue to improve production, even if there is another drought year, it will not be like the year before when all the grain has to be borrowed, and the other is to pacify Xiliang as soon as possible, sweep away Ma Chao and Han Sui, so that the Qiang people do not dare to act rashly, and stabilize the rear.

Not only Chen Mo is doing this, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are now also working hard for the stability of the rear.

……

Xuzhou, Xiapi.

"Bei and the Marquis of Changling are also acquaintances." Liu Bei took Chen Qi's hand cordially, and said with a smile: "At that time, it can be said that it was like a familiar thing at first sight, but when I saw Han Yu and Yuanlong today, I knew that the Chen family was a real masterpiece, and I was very envious." ”

"It makes the king's words heavy." Chen Jue doesn't know Liu Bei's thoughts, now Liu Bei is in Xuzhou to spread benevolence and righteousness, in order to gain the hearts of the people, not to mention, Liu Bei does have a unique charm, since he entered Xuzhou, the East China Sea wealthy Mi family poured all their wealth to help, Cao Bao also surrendered to Liu Bei, many scholars in Xuzhou are also under Liu Bei's command, compared to when he first came, Liu Bei can be said to be fledgling at this time.

The Chen family is a prominent family in Xuzhou, since Chen Mo became famous, the Chen family is faintly the first family in Xuzhou, if the Chen family can assist Liu Bei, Liu Bei's power will go to a higher level.

Personally, Chen Jue and Chen Deng's father and son still have a good impression of Liu Bei, but as the head of the family, Chen Jue and Chen Deng are also more rational in their eyes on problems, and they will not be influenced by their feelings.

If Liu Bei had more time, he might really be able to become the overlord alongside Cao Cao, but unfortunately, Liu Bei started too late, Xuzhou was beaten by Cao Cao, both the population and the strength of the army, are far inferior to Cao Cao, and Xuzhou has no danger to defend, Yuan Shu was separated by Cao Cao, it can be said that there is no foreign aid, in this case, Liu Bei wants to hold Xuzhou, difficult!

Chen Qi naturally did not want to put the future of the Chen family on Liu Bei, but if Cao Cao really captured Xuzhou, the status of the Chen family would be very embarrassing, not to mention anything else, just because of Chen Mo, Cao Cao would definitely be wary of the Chen family, and the Chen family's life would not be too easy, which was also the reason why Chen Qi was willing to let Chen Deng serve as Liu Bei's chief secretary.

The official position is not big, but he can also give advice to Liu Bei, and there is also a Chen Gong to assist Liu Bei, but it may not be impossible to stop Cao Cao.

"Xuande Gong." After hesitating for a moment, Chen Qi looked at Liu Bei and said, "The old man has a word, which may help Xuande Gong fight against Cao." ”

"Han Yu, please speak." Liu Bei's eyes lit up and looked at Chen Qidao.

"It's good to rebuild with Yuan Shu, if Xuande Gong can join forces with Yuan Shu, it will not be easy for Cao Cao to attack Xuzhou." Chen Qi is actually reluctant to let Liu Bei join forces with Yuan Shu, after all, the Liang Zi of the Chen family and Yuan Shu has been settled, but in the current situation, if Cao Cao is allowed to sweep away the land of the two Huai, the Chen family is afraid that Cao Cao will be the first target of Cao Cao, even if Chen Qi's father and son are under Cao Cao's command, they will also be weakened by Cao Cao, which is definitely not what Chen Qi wants to see.

"Then Yuan Shu doesn't distinguish between good and bad, so he comes to attack each other, it's rude, and now you want me to take the initiative to ask him for peace?" Zhang Fei on the side was dissatisfied.

"Don't be rude!" Liu Bei hurriedly stopped, frowned and thought for a moment before saying: "Although the third brother is reckless, his words are not unreasonable, even if he is willing to join forces with Yuan Shu, Yuan Highway may not agree." ”

"Xuande Gong only needs to send a person who is good at argumentation to explain his power, Yuan Highway is not an unwise person, and there are wise people under his command, so he should understand the current situation." Chen Qi stroked his beard and smiled.

Yuan Shu should still understand the truth of the cold lips and teeth, if Liu Bei dies, how can Yuan Shu survive alone?

"Thank you Han Yu for your advice." Liu Bei bowed slightly.

"Don't dare!"