Under the lamp, Liu Miao and Xu Shao each took a case and drank wine silently.

The two bad news he received in the evening made Liu Miao feel very bad. The death of Xu Gong meant that Wu County was lost, and only Yuzhang was left in the six counties of Yangzhou, and his strength was damaged. Tai Shici's frustration means that he does not know people clearly, uses people inappropriately, and his reputation is damaged. For a moment, he didn't even know which was more serious.

It has been less than two months since he was appointed, and he is at the end of his rope and does not see any chance of completing his task. What's next? He didn't have a clue. Enter, there is no way out. Retreat, how to explain to Yuan Shao?

Liu Miao looked at Xu Shao from the corner of his eye, and remembered Xu Shao's suggestion again. There is no other way but to go to Yuzhang. It can not only avoid being flanked by Sun Ce, but also counterattack Danyang with Yuzhang's troops. Yuzhang has a large number of households, and it is not a problem to gather 350,000 people.

Liu Miao weighed it for a long time and coughed. "The general."

Xu Shao turned his head and looked at Liu Xuan. He didn't drink as much as Liu Xuan, but he was more drunk, there were two blushes on his cheeks, even his eyes were red, his eyes were a little blurry, and he couldn't find the direction. When Liu Miao saw it, he couldn't help but sigh. Xu Shao was more confused than him, so he could only use wine to kill his sorrows. Compared with him, Xu Shao's situation is even more difficult. He was driven out of his hometown by Sun Ce, his reputation was discredited, and he could not return home, so he could only hope to defeat Sun Ce. But as things stand, defeating Sun Ce is almost an impossible task.

The only one who can defeat Sun Ce may be Yuan Shao, and Yuan Tan is unlikely.

Liu Miao got up and left the table, walked to Xu Shao's side, snatched the wine glass from his hand, and pulled him up. "General, don't drink, get drunk and hurt yourself."

"Oh, oh." Xu Shao responded vaguely, struggling to stand up, but his legs couldn't use his strength, so he could only lean on Liu Xuan. Liu Miao couldn't cry or laugh, he craned his waist, carried Xu Shao up, and didn't wear shoes, so he got out of the tent and went straight to Xu Shao's tent on the side. Xu Shao's waiter hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, Liu Shao stretched out his hand to push him away, walked straight to the inner tent, put Xu Shao down, turned around and was about to leave, but Xu Shao pulled his sleeve.

"Go to Yuzhang, go to Yuzhang." Xu Shao muttered indistinctly.

"Okay, I'll go to Yuzhang. Rest well, and we'll discuss it tomorrow. ”

"No, go to Yuzhang." Xu Shao grabbed Liu Miao tightly. "Avoid the real and make it virtual, go to Yuzhang, attack Lujiang and Jiujiang, Cheng Pu and Wu Jingzhong are not opponents of the king." After Xu Shao finished speaking, he let go of his hand, lay on the bed, and fell asleep.

Liu Xuan's eyebrows twitched. He stood still, rolled his eyes, and felt that although Xu Shao was drunk, there was some truth. His task is not to capture Yangzhou, but to make Sun Ce unable to deploy calmly, in the case that his strength is inferior to Sun Ce and he cannot fight a decisive battle head-on, of course, he should avoid the real and make a false one. Sun Ce is good at fighting, but Cheng Pu and Wu Jing are not so strong, if they can break through from Yuzhang to Jiangbei, how can Sun Ce sit still?

"Xu Zijiang, it seems that you should still drink a little more." Liu Miao raised his head and laughed, put his hands behind his back, and strode out. Back to his big tent, he brought the map, and drank while looking at it, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that this plan was good, so he pushed away the wine and food, spread out the pen and ink, and wrote a letter to Yuan Shao. When he goes to Yuzhang, he will inevitably work with senior cadres, and he needs to give Yuan Shao a message.

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Guanzhong.

Xun Yu frowned, picked up the letter on the case and read it again, put it down gently, pressed it with two fingers, and pushed it in front of Yang Biao.

Yang Biao put the letter away, but his eyes kept staring at Xun Yu. The letter was written by Yang Xiu, and the time was half a month ago, and Sun Ce had just defeated Xu Gong. Xu Gong was defeated very quickly, and the defeat was very bad, and the whole army was wiped out, and no one survived. But this is not a problem that Yang Biao is worried about, before the victory or defeat is scored, the Wujun family fell to Sun Ce, which is the biggest problem.

The Wujun family fell to Sun Ce, can Xu Gong still be undefeated?

"Wen Ruo, why do I think letting Sun Ce go to Huiji is to let the tiger return to the mountain. In just a few days, Danyang and Wu County have missed, and there is only one Yuzhang left in Yangzhou. If Yu Zhang was too shou Zhou Shu at that time and provoked Sun Ce like Zhou Xin, would Yu Zhang be gone? ”

Xun Yu sighed softly. "Yes, it is indeed surprising that Zhou Xin and Xu Gong lost so quickly. It can be seen that the sorcerers can rule peace, not chaos, and it is not only necessary for the imperial court to revive the martial style, but also to speed up the pace. ”

"What did you say?" Yang Biao was stunned, suspecting that he hadn't heard clearly. He felt that Xun Yu was pretending to be confused, he didn't mean this at all, he was suspicious of Xun Yu's decision to let Sun Ce go to Yangzhou, not to discuss whether it was necessary to be martial.

"Yang Gong, am I not right?" Xun Yu was very calm, and there was a trace of indescribable sadness. "The Zhou brothers are also known as Huiji celebrities, Xu Shao and Xu Jing are also Runan celebrities, and they are still the commentators who preside over the Yuedan Commentary, but in front of Sun Ce, they were defeated like a mountain, and they were defeated with one blow."

Yang Biao was speechless.

"Counting further, Dong Zhuo is in turmoil, Shandong Prefecture and County are begging for Dong, the momentum is huge, and there are many celebrities and heroes, but how many people dare to fight Dong Zhuo? Not a single celebrity. The only one who can fight and win is Sun Jian. Celebrities and gentlemen only know that they will drink highly, and the food will be dispersed, so how can they have the ability to fight? ”

Yang Biao took a deep breath and slowly spit it out again, repeating it several times before suppressing the anger in his heart. Xun Yu's words were harsh, but he had to admit that what Xun Yu said was the truth. Now is a troubled time, those celebrities can only sit and talk about it, in the face of the Sun family father and son, they are helpless, and they are useless at all.

If there are bright spots, the only bright spot is probably the warrior named Tai Shici, although he didn't succeed in attacking Sun Ce, he was able to get out under Sun Ce's encirclement. Maybe Xun Yu is right, you can only use warriors to deal with people like Sun Ce, and celebrities are useless.

"The tournament can be held. But have you ever thought that the imperial court can grant official titles and titles, but it may not be able to reuse them like Sun Ce. Sun Ce can let river thieves and bandits like Gan Ning and Zu Lang be in charge, can the imperial court do it? Wen Ruo, Sun Ce is a martial artist, he has enough confidence to control these martial artists, the imperial court does not. In case the elected people are unruly and do not listen to the orders of the imperial court, won't there be another Sun Ce? ”

Xun Yu was silent for a long time. "If there is another Sun Ce, it can only be said that the fortune of the Han Dynasty is like this, and it can be recovered by non-manpower. It is up to people to plan things, things are done first, and if providence is like this, what can we do? ”

Yang Biao was very unhappy, and shouted in a deep voice: "Wen Ruo, how can you say that? ”

Xun Yu stood up, hung his arms, walked to the door, stopped again, and looked at Yang Biao slightly sideways. "Yang Gong, when it is an extraordinary time, it is necessary to take extraordinary measures. Extraordinary work, treat extraordinary people. Looking ahead and looking backwards, seeking full blame, you can only sit back and wait for death. The sage said that virtue and meritorious service, looking at the world, how can a person who is complete with the three have ever seen it. Even a saint can only stand up for virtue and speech, and if he has not made meritorious contributions, what else can Yang Gong hope for, waiting for a saint to descend from heaven? ”

Yang Biao was speechless, watching Xun Yu put on his shoes and walk out, disappearing into the night.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning lit up, illuminating Xun Yu's slightly emaciated back. Xun Yu raised his head, looked at the sky, sighed softly, and walked faster. Yang Biao was startled by the lightning, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time, until the rumbling thunder rushed from a distance and exploded in his ears, he reacted and walked quickly to the bottom of the porch.

The raindrops of beans fell, and in a moment the torrential rain poured, and the yard was filled with a shallow layer of water, and the air was a little cooler.

Yang Biao's face turned pale, and he muttered: "The solar eclipse of the first month, the thunder of February, the yin qi is strong and the yang qi is weak, the courtiers are strong and the monarch is weak, it is a bad omen." ”