When Xun Zhan returned to Yuan Shao's camp, Xin Ping was tied to a pillar outside the gate, and the executioner in red stood behind Xin Ping with a ghost-headed broadsword.

Xun Zhan glanced at it, Xin Ping's face was calm, and he didn't take the matter of being killed to heart at all.

Xun Zhan shouted loudly: "Zhongzhi, what's the matter? Why did the lord kill you? ”

Without waiting for Xin Ping to speak, Yuan Tan, who was in charge of the beheading, stood up and said: "Xun Junshi doesn't know, Xin Ping's evil words confuse the public and damage the reputation of his father, and his father ordered Xin Ping to be beheaded!" ”

"Misleading the crowd?" Xun Zhan smiled: "As far as I know, the lord insisted on attacking Guandu, Zhong Zhi persuaded him bitterly, and it turned out that Zhong Zhi was right, since Zhong Zhi was right, how did he become a fallacy to confuse the public and damage the reputation of the lord, let alone talk about it?" ”

"This ......!" Yuan Tan was speechless for a while: "I don't know about this, Xun Junshi has something to find his father, don't execute in front of us!" ”

"I'm going to block it today!" Xun Zhan turned his head: "Captain Chen, you bring someone to nail me here, before I come back, who dares to touch a single hair of Zhongzhi, take it down for me first!" ”

"Understood!" The person known as Captain Chen looked at Yuan Tan and smiled: "Did you hear it, brothers, the military advisor has arranged something for us!" More than a dozen of Xun Zhan's personal guards surrounded Xin Ping with a hula, and Captain Chen picked up the executioner and threw it far away.

"Xun Zhan, what are you going to do? So bold, I'm going to deal with you! Yuan Tanqi's face turned pale.

"Very good, let's go, I'm going to see the lord too!" Xun Zhan didn't look at Yuan Tan and took his own people into Yuan Shao's camp.

Yuan Shao was discussing with Guo Tu what to do with the war letter sent by Cao Cao, but he saw Yuan Tan coming in angrily, followed by Xun Zhan, who was smiling. Don't guess, it must be his own military advisor who bullied his son again, just look at Yuan Tan's expression, you can know.

"It turned out to be a military advisor! Come on, come on, I'm about to look for you, you look at this first! Yuan Shao handed Cao Cao's war book to Xun Zhan.

"Father! The child has something to report! Yuan Tan saw that Yuan Shao ignored him, so he spoke directly.

"Humph! What is Cao Jun's matter, wait until I finish dealing with this matter! You wait for a while! Yuan Shao glared at Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan had no choice but to stand aside obediently.

Xun Zhan smiled, opened Cao Cao's battle book, and took a look at it: "Does the lord think he should fight Cao Cao?" ”

Yuan Shao shook his head: "It's because I still can't make up my mind that I consulted with the military advisor, why doesn't the military advisor have his own opinion?" ”

Xun Zhan shook his head: "I don't want to follow in the footsteps of Zhongzhi!" ”

"What do you mean?" Yuan Shao was stunned for a moment and asked with a smile.

Xun Zhan said: "Just because Zhongzhi told the truth and guessed that the lord would be defeated when he went to Guandu, he got a charge of bewitching the public, in case mine is not what the lord thinks, and if I guess something like Zhongzhi, wouldn't I also become a gossip to confuse the public?" ”

"This!" Yuan Shao was speechless for a while.

Guo Tu said with a smile: "Master Xun laughed, the lord is actually the kind of person who does not distinguish between right and wrong, and he has his own reason for judging the lord, so it's better not to ask about it!" ”

"Oh? Then I really like to listen, why kill Zhongzhi, there must be a reason to kill! Xun Zhan looked at this Guo Tu without showing weakness: "Guo Junshi instigated the lord to attack Guandu before the first battle of Guandu, and now that the army is defeated, I am afraid that Guo Junshi's responsibility is greater, right?" ”

"Oh, hehehe......" Guo Tu blushed and smiled: "Xun Junshi laughed, laughed!" ”

Xin Ping was brought back.

Yuan Shao said: "If Xin Ping hadn't interceded for Xun Junshi, you would definitely die today, for the sake of Xun Junshi's face, I will spare you for the time being, and this Cao official will not be a Cao official anymore, go!" ”

Xin Ping kowtowed in thanks, shook his head and walked out of the big tent with a sigh. Xun Zhan gave Chen Tan a look, Chen Tan smiled slightly, and followed Xin Ping out.

Yuan Shao sighed: "The military advisor can now, what should Cao Cao's battle book do?" ”

"Father!" Yuan Tan suddenly interjected: "Father, Cao Cao burned the land of our army's Wuchao Tun grain, rumors are spreading in the army, if we don't fight with Cao Cao at this time, our army's morale is low, and we can't fight!" ”

Xun Zhan smiled: "Lord, my subordinates think that our army should not fight with Cao Cao, and should immediately return to Yecheng, our army has been losing since the expedition, morale is low, the black nest is burned, and the army's heart is unstable, if it continues to fight, it is not a question of whether it can win, but ......!" ”

"Shut up!" Yuan Tan said angrily: "Xun Zhan, are you also deceiving the crowd with your words? ”

"Tan'er." Yuan Shao stopped Yuan Tan and asked, "The military advisor really thinks that we are invincible in this battle?" ”

Xun Zhan nodded: "In these few wars, our army has always been at a disadvantage, although there are many people, but they have been constantly eaten away by Cao Cao, and now less than half of our army is left, this is all the elite of Jizhou, in case ...... That! Xun Zhan was no more, and he was worried that Yuan Shao would really stop fighting. Immediately changed the topic: "But the lord Shenwu, Cao Cao only has the last defensive city left in Guandu, as long as Guandu is taken, Chen Liu can take it, and the three richest states of the Han Dynasty owned by Cao Cao will no longer be a problem, and the subordinates have come to this point, the lord feels that he should choose how to choose, and his subordinates dare not figure it out." ”

It's like gambling, but it's a gamble that is so big that one bad thing is millions of lives, and it's much more terrible than winning or losing money.

Yuan Shao looked at Guo Tu, and Guo Tu was silent. Yuan Tan said: "Father, Cao Cao's soldiers are only 50,000, although our army is defeated, there are still more than 100,000 troops, as long as Cao Cao fights harder, he can be defeated!" Father, let's make up your mind to fight! ”

Yuan Shao thought about it, but he still couldn't pay attention. Xun Zhan is the same as Guo Tu, and after such a long list, he will never be again. The Yuan Tan brothers kept arguing and Yuan Shao continued to attack.

Gao Gan said: "Uncle, since I followed my uncle on the expedition, I have not set up any attacks, this time I am willing to lead the people of my headquarters as the vanguard, and I will not withdraw my troops if I don't take Guandu!" ”

Several people were like flies, buzzing in Yuan Shao's ears.

"Smack!"

Yuan Shao slapped on top of several cases: "Enough, all go out, get out of here, let me think about it alone!" Get out, get out of here! ”

Xun Zhan stood up and walked out of the big tent, and the three brothers Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang and Gao Gan also came out, and these people looked at Xun Zhan with hostility in their eyes. The last one to come out was Guo Tu, who looked at Xun Zhan's mysterious smile and didn't leave.

Chen Tan and Xin Ping stood in the distance. Xun Zhan hurriedly stepped forward: "How is it?" Xin Ping didn't answer Xun Zhan, and asked rhetorically: "Yuan Shao can't make up his mind whether to fight Cao Cao or not?" Looks like we'll have to add a fire! ”