After the next dynasty, everyone dispersed, and Xun Chen drove to Xu Yu's mansion.

Entering the lobby, Xun Chen saw Xu Yu sitting on the floor with his back to him, his hair was scattered, and there were empty wine jugs around him, and he poured a glass of wine and drank it all.

"You're here."

Hearing the movement behind him, Xu Yu said without looking back.

"Knowing that you can't do it is not the work of a wise man. You know this best, but why are you so stubborn? Xun Chen sighed slightly.

"Above the court, Gong Gong Princes, how many people really can't see through the pros and cons of starting a war? But none of them stopped, only me, a villain with interests, wept in the court, which was really ridiculous. Xu Yu laughed at himself.

"Yes, who would have thought that you would be the only one to stand up." Xun Chen also sighed.

"Where the interests are, where the people's hearts want, you all have your own thoughts, and I am alone, so I can naturally go out."

"Isn't Yuan Highway also your old childhood friend? No matter what His Majesty chooses, it will not harm you, so why do you have to insist on it? ”

"Although I am not an upright minister, I am not a traitor seeking glory. Your Majesty has not failed me, and I shall be loyal to it with all my might. If it is ordinary, it will be retreated, but at such a critical time, how can I cringe? Xu Yu said.

"That's right, at a critical juncture, there's no point in wearing that disguise mask again, this is the real you." Xun Chen said: "Have you ever wondered why Your Majesty disagrees with what you said? ”

"I don't know." Xu Yu said in a deep voice.

"Alas, it's not that you don't know, but you don't want to admit it." Xun Chen shook his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty is unwilling to admit defeat, but Your Majesty knows that you have lost." Not to mention the children of those families above the court, even the Yuan family, to which His Majesty belongs, is afraid that he has already given up on His Majesty. Under the rebellion of the relatives, His Majesty could not break the situation at all, and he was not even qualified to negotiate with Yuan Shu. ”

"Your Majesty chose to take the initiative when he knew the stakes, just to win Yuan Shu. At the same time, it is also to stabilize people's hearts. ”

When Xu You heard this, he fell silent. has been with Yuan Shao for half his life, and he understands Yuan Shao's mind better than Xun Chen. Xun Chen's words are not wrong at all, Yuan Shao fought this battle with the intention of being angry.

"Will you be there this time?"

"Naturally, this kind of battle to lure the snake out of the hole is just the right thing for my spiritual talent."

"How sure are you?" Xu Yu asked.

"More than ninety percent of them can win." Xun Chen said.

Xu You frowned: "That's not what I'm talking about." ”

"It is basically impossible to completely annihilate the enemy, and the probability of capturing the enemy's head is less than 20%." Xun Chen sighed lightly and said.

"Twenty percent?" Xu You muttered to himself: "If we can capture Sun Bofu in this battle, it will be extremely beneficial to us." ”

"Don't worry, I'll do my best." Xun Chen nodded.

"It's a pity that Your Majesty doesn't have any other top generals except for Yan Liangwen Chou, and the Euphorbia is heavy and inconvenient. Otherwise, there will be less than 20% certainty. Xu Yu said regretfully.

"Although there are many fierce generals in the world, how many of them can reach the level of Yan Liangwen and Chou? Ziyuan thinks too much. ”

"Then why are there so many generals in Nan Chu? Dian Wei, Huang Zhong, Xu Chu, Sun Jian don't talk about these, many young generals are also good at martial arts, and Zhao Zilong, who is in Liaodong, can draw with Zhang Fei. How unfair! ”

The corners of Xun Chen's mouth were slightly bitter: "It can only be said that Yuan Highway's ability to recognize people is indeed good, and at the beginning of the troubled times, nearly half of the heroes in the world were under his command." ”

"That's what I'm most puzzling about." Speaking of this, Xu You couldn't help but speak: "I have carefully studied the process of recruiting the strategists under Yuan Shu. Many of them are unknown, and their places are also different from the south and the north, but they just let Yuan Highway catch one by one. Just like Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, Yuan Shu was supposed to go south to Yangzhou to take office, but he just found Ding Yuan, who he didn't know, and the two generals he borrowed were such heroes. I really can't figure out how Yuan Highway knew about them. ”

Most of the Wenchen came from families, but the military generals were different, and many of them were from reckless backgrounds. Recruiting scribes can be done through their prestige or the family they belong to, but it is extremely difficult to recruit these generals who were unknown at first.

"It's really puzzling. It may be that Yuan Highway has an accurate source of information, after all, there is the Yuan family standing behind him! Xun Chen said.

"Your Majesty, isn't it the Yuan family standing behind you? If it was with the help of the Yuan family, His Majesty should have known about it a long time ago. With His Majesty's fame and means, how could Yuan Highway take the lead? This is certainly not the convenience provided by the Yuan family for the Yuan Highway. Xu You asked rhetorically.

"Could it be Yuan Highway's own intelligence network?"

"This is even more impossible, I have been friends with Yuan Highway and Cao Mengde since I was a child, and although I dare not say that I know their temperament and situation very well, at least I know it in my heart. Yuan Highway is a person with a general arrogant temperament like His Majesty, but his actions are more flamboyant and straightforward, and he would not have thought of this. What's more, at that time, he was just a son-in-law, and he didn't get rid of the Yuan family, how could he have so many resources to establish such an intelligence organization all over the world without telling everyone? Xu You shook his head and said.

"Then according to what you say, someone is helping Yuan Highway? Who has the ability and the willingness to do such a thing? Yuan Highway is not a puppet in Nanchu now, but a veritable male lord in power. Maybe Guo Fengxiao and Jia Wen were prepared for them? Xun Chen frowned.

"A group of poor people, how can they have such great ability. At most, you can draw a few maps and place a few shadows. The only possible one is your nephew. "The gap between the Hanmen and the family is very clear. For so many years, he seems to be in power under Yuan Shao, and he can compete with Guo Tu, Fengji and others. But in fact, it was just the result of Yuan Shao's deliberate favoritism in order to check and balance the family, as long as Yuan Shao let go, he had no power to fight back.

"Although my Xun family is prepared in this regard, it will definitely not be able to do this. Gongda had been studying at home and working in Luoyang, so he shouldn't have had time to organize these. ”

"Could it be that Yuan Highway is really a coincidence and a blessing from heaven?" Xu Yu muttered.

Yuan Shu's victory was the most difficult for him to accept. When he was in Chang'an, he was the first to give up among the Yuan brothers and Cao Cao and others. Unexpectedly, this mediocre lord he looked down on the most was now overpowering the other two and was about to dominate the world. This was a resounding slap in the face for him.

"Okay, the wood is already in the boat, what's the point of you drilling the horns again? Let's get down to business. ”

Xu You spread his hands and said with a bitter and helpless face: "Now that I am imprisoned in the mansion by His Majesty, what can I do?" All day long is just cranky. ”

"Your Majesty has imprisoned you to protect you. Among us, you are the least of us who need to wade into this troubled water. Whoever wins and who loses is not much harm to you, and Yuan Highway still has some affection with you. ”

"Since I chose Your Majesty, I will not regret it. Your Majesty has not failed me, and I will never fail Your Majesty. What's more, the current situation is not yet the time to admit defeat. Xu Yu said solemnly.

"Definitely. Things are man-made, although the right time, place and people are not on our side, but it is not without a chance to win. The next battle may be a turning point. Xun Chen's eyes flashed.