At the beginning, Cheng Yuanzhi only got Youzhou, and he continued to combine vertically and horizontally, and now he has such a scale. Cao Cao believed that when he got out of the capital Luoyang, there was a lot to do, and he had the official position of the state pastor, plus the Xia Hou clan and the Cao clan under his command to help, and wanted to control Yuzhou and develop externally, which was not a big problem.

Yuan Shao took a fancy to the land of Jizhou, rich in war horses, fertile land, abundant products, and Jizhou can go west and merge with the state, go south to Yanzhou, and go east to Youzhou, do a good job, recruit soldiers and horses, and definitely sweep the world. Cao Cao won Yuzhou, because he took a fancy to Yuzhou as a place of grain production, and he had no worries.

In these years, soldiers and horses are easy to recruit, and food and grass are difficult to raise.

Yuzhou is also a place where soldiers must fight, but go south to Jingzhou, east to Xuzhou, Yangzhou, north to Yanzhou, Cao Cao wants to gain a firm foothold in Yuzhou, and began to recruit a large number of talents, after all, there are many academies in Yuzhou, but not compared to Jizhou, Youzhou these remote and desolate places.

"Mengde, why are you as frizzy as you were at the beginning? Dong Zhuo has been punished, but the capital Luoyang has just been decided, and a large number of people are still needed in the city. That's it, Mengde, what you said is reasonable, even if you receive an official position, you don't go to work. Meng De, you haven't been to Yuzhou for a day, so naturally you can't contribute to the people of Yuzhou. Speaking of which, it really can't be delayed, and if the official is not the master of the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes. Meng De is also a determined person, this Sikong will not be a wicked person to stop you, you go down and get ready, before leaving, Ben Sikong asked Fengxiao to prepare a generous gift for Meng De. ”

Cheng Yuanzhi looked at Cao Cao and found that Cao Cao's threat to himself was probably better than Yuan Shao, although Yuan Shao had his back to Yuan's family, and he was as gentle as jade, and quite strategic, but Yuan Shao's shortcomings were also obvious, conceited and arrogant, and self-serving.

And Cao Cao is different, in addition to being cunning like a wolf and treacherous like a fox, Cao Cao is also very able to listen to advice, can speak widely, attaches great importance to talents, and does not care about the other party's background at all, Cao Cao is a little unkind and self-centered.

The name of the Yuan family behind Yuan Shao is big, and the protégés are all over the world, but most of these Yuan protégés have their own thoughts, and they will not all choose to serve Yuan Shao, and most of them support their son-in-law Yuan Shu.

is not as loyal to Cao Cao as Cao Cao, Xia Hou and Cao are loyal to Cao Cao, and there are a large number of talents in the two clans, which are endless, so Cheng Yuanzhi is between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, but he is more afraid of Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao also gave a salute, he withdrew from the main hall and led Xia Houdun and Cao Ren and others to leave quickly.

"Cheng Yuanzhi, Dong Zhuo is a rebel against the country, after Sun Wu, he is a loyal minister of the country, and he should contribute to Dong. Now it is the most rare to be able to successfully punish Dong, with a beginning and an end. Thanks to Cheng Sikong's favor and recommendation, I would like to thank Sikong here. However, do not hide Sikong, Jiangdong Road is far away, Jian's battle is a great loss, in addition to the food and grass emergency, there is not one of the soldiers and horses under his command, Jian has the courage to ask Cheng Sikong to reward some of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry prisoners to Jian and bring them back to Jiangdong, and Jian also has the face to face the children of Jiangdong. ”

Sun Jian will not be like Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, for the sake of a little fame, and not put the interests in his hands, this Jingzhou Prefecture, Sun Jian wants, grain and grass also want, Sun Jian even took a look at Cheng Yuanzhi's large number of Xiliang Iron Cavalry prisoners.

No matter how poor these captives are, they are still young and strong, and they can be used as laborers when they arrive in Jiangdong, open mountains for mining, build bridges and roads, etc. After a long period of subtle development, Sun Jian was sure to persuade these captives to surrender, so as to cultivate his own cavalry.

After returning to Jiangdong, Sun Jian's soldiers and horses were all naval troops, and the water battle was first-class, but after leaving the shore, Sun Jian's army was inferior to other people's infantry troops, especially when running, it was easy to lose strength.

Sun Jian came to Luoyang and saw that Dong Zhuo had Xiliang Iron Ride, Gongsun Zan under Cheng Yuanzhi had a white horse and righteous servant, and even Cao Cao had a small-scale tiger and leopard to ride, Sun Jian said that he was not envious, he was not greedy, it was fake.

When Cheng Yuanzhi heard this, his eyes lit up, this Sun Jian was so eye-catching, he knew how to judge the situation better than Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and he was worthy of being the number one suspect in the loss of the jade seal of the country.

"Wentai, these Xiliang Iron Riders are all criminals from thieves, even if this Sikong rewards them to Wentai, I'm afraid that Xiliang Iron Riders will be unaccustomed to Jiangdong and will be difficult to survive. However, since Wentai has mentioned it, and Wentai is a meritorious minister, how can Ben Sikong disobey Wentai's intentions, so let's do it, Ben Sikong did not capture many Xiliang Iron Cavalry this time, so he will give his 3,000 prisoners to Wentai. When Wentai returned to Jiangdong, please be careful all the way, the world is not too peaceful, there are many small people who do evil, and the soldiers and horses under the command of Wentai are not better than the past, and I hope that everything will be cautious. ”

Cheng Yuanzhi is a little jealous of Sun Jian, who is not afraid of death and bravely spares his life, saying that it is the fame of the Jiangdong Tiger, which is not false at all.

If it is replaced by Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, and the loss is in the end, there are less than 1,000 soldiers and horses left, I am afraid that they will retreat and start to protect themselves.

And Sun Jian and Sun Wentai didn't, they fought all the way, even if they fought to a single soldier, they had no fear of Dong Zhuo, and they didn't even mind acting as the spearhead of all the people.

"Thank you Cheng Sikong, I am grateful, and I can't repay it. Sikong, Jiangdong mountains and rivers are far away, and the capital Luoyang has Sikong sitting in town, the son of heaven is worry-free, I feel that it is time to return to Jiangdong, and the time to come out is not short, and then I don't return to Jiangdong, I am afraid that the Jiangdong rebellion will rise again, and then I have to put out the fire again, and the people's days can not be settled. ”

Sun Jian is neither humble nor arrogant, when he thanked Cheng Yuanzhi, he was a little more sincere than Cao Cao, Cheng Yuanzhi looked at Sun Jian's complexion, and found that what Sun Jian said did not seem to be false, and he really had the heart to return to Jiangdong.

Cheng Yuanzhi couldn't help but be polite, and said with a smile:

"Wentai, Ben Chu and Meng De are in a hurry to leave, that is the north is unstable, there are many foreign knocks, the east is the land of grain production, you can't be left unguarded, you finally came to Luoyang in Jiangdong, and you want to go back in a hurry, it seems that Ben Sikong is going to become a lonely person in this Luoyang City, and there is no one to accompany him." Okay, Wentai, you are homesick, this Sikong can understand, then you are ready to prepare, and then set off to go back to Jiangdong, and when you are free, remember to come to Luoyang City again, and this Sikong will be oblique, and then Ben Sikong will invite Wentai to drink. ”

Cheng Yuanzhi waved his sleeves and signaled Sun Jian to retreat too, these waitings are like dragons, all heroes and heroes, and they have to work hard to suppress them, as for solicitation, then don't think about it, it's a pure waste of scheming.