People are selfish, and now Yuan Shu is still in its infancy, and the civil and military forces under his command have not yet formed their own interest groups. If you wait until a few years later, these people you rely on will become a new interest group like the family, and then you will face more than just the family, and more than half of the people under your command will oppose you.

No matter how strong the enemy is, there is a chance to defeat it. But if most of the forces under his command are against him, then Yuan Shu really has no choice.

Tian Feng didn't think of this, but he didn't want to face it, because the family was too strong!

Even now Yangzhou has lost half of the family, and now it can easily pull out 50,000 soldiers.

Tian Feng didn't have to think that if Yuan Shu's decree continued, at least 200,000 troops would be killed in Yangzhou.

"Lord, do you have to take this step?" Tian Feng said a little unwillingly.

With his continuous efforts, little by little, he has watched Yangzhou become rich and strong to this point, but now in order to fight against the family, he has to face the situation of burying the entire Yangzhou and even Yuan Shu, Tian Feng is really a little unbearable.

"Yuan Hao, do you remember the first conversation between you and me?"

Yuan Shu smiled freely: "The family must exist, but the land must be in the hands of the state or the people, otherwise it will be another big man at most." For the sake of your and my ideals, aren't we ready to fight the world alone? ”

Guo Jia looked at Tian Feng, who was worried: "This time to discuss Dong, most of the princes in the world are gathered around Luoyang, and it will take at least half a year. The generals left behind by these princes were more than enough to defend and not enterprising enough. What's more, these princes and families are not all of the same mind. Although the family has a large number of troops that can be organized, it lacks heroic generals. In addition, there are more than 100,000 elite soldiers in Yangzhou, plus many good generals, we should have a fifty percent chance of winning this time, Yuan Hao does not need to worry! ”

On the other side, Xun You, who had been silent, also stood up and added: "Moreover, there are also many contradictions between these families, and I will hinder them, so that my Yangzhou victory rate is more than sixty percent." ”

Yuan Shu was actually very surprised that Xun You was able to stand on his side.

At first, Yuan Shu still had some reservations about Xun You, after all, he, Gu Yong, and Zhu Heng were rare members of a large family under his command.

Others, like Guo Jia and Lu Su, are all children of poor families, at most they are side branches of the family or not into the mainstream family, so naturally there is not much conflict of interest with Yuan Shu now.

And Gu Yong and Zhu Heng's current family is basically a break with the Jiangdong family, and they can only follow Yuan Shu to the dark, and the possibility of defection is not high.

Now only Xun Yu is left, as a descendant of the Yingchuan Xun family, so Yuan Shu does not dare to believe it completely.

Xun You is also aware of this, and his approach is very direct.

When Guo Jia and Yuan Shu discussed this matter, he directly came to the door to have a showdown with Yuan Shu, and took the initiative to participate in it, and for this reason, he also used some of the power brought from the Xun family to make some small moves to stir up the relationship between the family in Jingzhou and Yuzhou.

Yuan Shu listened to Xun You's explanation, and then saw the thick green halo on Xun You's head, and finally chose to believe all this.

There are also factions within the family, just like the Xun family. Xun Yu belonged to a typical royalist faction, bent on revitalizing the Han family, and eventually even fell out with Cao Cao for this, causing the Xun family to be devastated.

And Xun Yu is a loyal person who knows how to protect himself, and since he has recognized the master, he naturally has to think about the problem from the position of Yuan Shu, not to mention that the conflict between Yuan Shu and the Xun family is not big at present. Even if he won't try his best to help Yuan Shu, he won't hold back.

Even if Guo Jia and Xun You said so, Tian Feng was still very worried.

"My lord, even if you can survive this half a year, what will you do when you fail to fight Dong and the princes come back?"

Yuan Shu took a deep breath: "So Yuan Hao, this half a year is very important. This time, I will only take Sun Jian, Dian Wei, and Fu Zhi, as well as the 33,000 troops under my command. Because after all, he is righteous, and on the bright side, the other princes must not dare to do it easily, which should be enough to protect themselves. ”

"What you have to do is to make full use of this blank period to develop Yangzhou rapidly, and strive to raise the strength of the entire Yangzhou to a higher level after half a year."

"If the officials in Yangzhou in these families are too slack or even make any changes, they will be dismissed immediately and replaced by the children of the poor family. Even if these poor children are lacking in ability, they will be installed for me. ”

"If there is any change in the family in Yangzhou, let the trapped camp, the first dead soldier and Ji Ling go to suppress it, and others must not act rashly."

"Especially you, Hansheng!"

After speaking, Yuan Shu looked at the most critical point of this battle, Huang Zhong.

"I sent you to garrison Lujiang because this is the bridgehead of Yangzhou."

"You may face flanking attacks from Jingzhou, Yuzhou and Xuzhou, so you must hold on."

"The enemies from Yuzhou and Xuzhou in the north have Xingba and Wenchang to deal with together, and there is also the danger of the Yangtze River. Wenyuan Zhen Shouyuzhang only faces Jingzhou, and there will be no big problems. The most important thing is Lujiang, the place of the four wars, you must hold it, not for no merit but for no fault, I will let Fengxiao assist you. ”

Huang Zhong suddenly felt a heavy pressure, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, the lord is loyal to his life." ”

Looking at Huang Zhong, who was sturdy and imposing, Yuan Shu nodded reassuringly.

In history, Huang Zhong was over sixty years old and could still rank among the five tiger generals, shooting Guan Yu with arrows and beheading Xiahou. At this time, he was forty-five years old, but he was still at the peak of his martial arts, and it was estimated that he was not false even in the face of Lu Bu.

Yuan Shu had seen the battle between him and Dian Wei with his own eyes, and the battle was shattered and even terrifying. The two of them had fought hundreds of rounds in close combat, and Huang Zhong had not yet shown the archery skills he was proud of.

If it weren't for this crisis, Yuan Shu really wanted to take him to the Tiger Prison Pass to see who was better between Lu Bu and Huang Zhong, who was close to his peak.

"Fuyi!"

Yuan Shu looked at another key person, Ji Ling.

"There are now 300,000 Shanyue people in Lujiang, you go to recruit 50,000 young people for training, once there is a difference in the war on any side, immediately send young strong reinforcements, I will arrange Yuan Hao and Gonghe to assist you, and the specific situation is subject to his command, there must be no mistake."

Ji Ling also nodded solemnly.

Speaking of Ji Ling's talent awakening, it was really time, and it gave Yuan Shu a big surprise.

Just enough to quickly cultivate tens of thousands of reserve soldiers for Yuan Shu in case of accidents.

And with the two golden partners of Fu Zhu and Tian Feng, they can perfectly control the overall situation, reasonably allocate reinforcements, and avoid accidents that lead to collapse.

Guo Jia is good at scheming and is suitable for dealing with such a complex situation in Lujiang. Fa Zheng cooperated with Zhang Liao, and this combination Yuan Shu was also very relieved.

Xun You and Lu Su guarded Danyang and Jiujiang, and together with Shang Ganning and Wei Yan, it was enough to stop the enemy north of the Yangtze River.

The remaining strategists are all internal affairs talents, and it would be good if they could stabilize the development of Yangzhou, and it would be of little use to participate in the war.