The reason why Sun Ce did not go to Pingyu for a long time was not that he was not sure to conquer Pingyu, but that it was unnecessary. Sun Jian, the pastor of Yuzhou, is an ornament, and the people of Runan can not take it seriously, but Zhu Jun, the captain, is genuine, and Zhu Jun's reputation is very good, and he has a great influence among the scholars. If you don't have such a good tiger skin, you have to attack it by force, and that's brainless.

Sun Ce walked slowly with his men and horses, and asked Qiao Rui to enter Pingyu City with the documents of the Taiwei Mansion, and meet Xu Xuan, the Taishou of Runan.

Lao Ji is in wait, and he doesn't need to raise his whip to work hard. Qiao Rui didn't leave, just to prove his worth, hoping to get an official position. You can't go to war, you can do something else. Yan Xiang can be the Taishou of Nanyang, and he can also be the Taishou of a county, which is better than going home to support the elderly.

After all, it is not yet fifty years old, and it is a little too early to retire. Qiao Rui wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to play again.

When I came to Pingyu, Qiao Rui said in front of everyone that I was ordered by Taiwei Zhu Gong to come to contact Xu Fujun. The people who defended the city didn't think too much, Qiao Rui only brought two entourages, it couldn't be a siege, so he reported to Xu Xuan, who was too guarded.

Xu Xuan knew Qiao Rui's intention, although he was reluctant, he couldn't ignore Zhu Jun's order, and he didn't dare to disadvantage Qiao Rui. The bridge family is a big family of the Liang country, Qiao Rui's clan uncle Qiao Xuanguan to the third duke, with a strong personality and famous all over the world, he has to give Qiao Rui a little face, so he can only send someone to lead Qiao Rui into the city.

In front of Xu Xuan and the officials of Runan Taishoufu, Qiao Rui showed Zhu Jun's official document, first identified himself, and then explained the situation in front of him, Dong Zhuo was sentenced, Wang Yun was in power, and peace can be expected, but Yuan Shao did not obey, so Zhu Jun asked Sun Ce to lead Yuzhou on his behalf and prepare for war, Runan should obey orders and cooperate.

Before he could finish speaking, one of them stood up and unceremoniously interrupted Qiao Rui. "What Qiao Jun said is very true, since it is the order of Taiwei Zhu Gong, I Runan should naturally obey it. It's just that Sun Jian, the pastor of Yuzhou, can be appointed by the imperial court? ”

Qiao Rui was prepared. "Since Dong Zhuo's chaotic government, the young emperor was deposed, the Son of Heaven is young, and the dust is in Xijing, and the princes are forced by Dong Zhuo's cruelty, and his body cannot be protected, how can he have the ability to control the government. If you are talking about Dong Zhuo's appointment, it is indeed not. Qiao Rui shook the official document of the Taiwei Mansion in his hand. But Zhu Gong, the captain, was worshiped by the imperial court after Dong Zhuo was executed, he recognized General Sun's Yuzhou pastor, and relied on General Sun's father and son as his right-hand man, don't you approve of it? ”

The man paused, licked his lips, and sat back.

Qiao Rui won the first battle and pursued while he was victorious. "When you talk about the appointment of the imperial court, there is something related to this, I don't know if you are interested in hearing it."

Xu Xuan didn't know what Qiao Rui was selling, so he could only bow and say, "Please advise." ”

"The year before last, the state and county raised troops to fight against Dong, and General Sun was ordered by General Yuan to fight a bloody battle with the Xiliang soldiers in the Yingchuan area. At that time, General Sun's official position was that General Yuan undertook the system and worshipped, and Xu Rong, who commanded the Western Liang Army, was a general appointed by the imperial court. ”

Everyone looked at each other. Yingchuan is next door to Runan, and the forward of the Western Liang soldiers once entered Runan County, how could they not know.

"That Xu Rong led the troops to invade Nanyang again last year, and there was still an edict from the imperial court, but as a result, he slaughtered Nanxiang and Shunyang, and the blood flowed like a river."

Xu Xuan's face changed greatly, and he involuntarily raised his body. "Is that so?"

Qiao Rui sneered: "If you don't believe it, you can ask the refugees who returned from Nanyang, they know very well." Not only did they know about Xu Rong's massacre of the city, but they also knew that General Sun—I wasn't talking about Sun Jian and Sun Wentai, but his eldest son, Sun Ce and Sun Bofu outside the city—in order to save the people of Nanyang, he commanded 20,000 new soldiers, fought with Xu Rong in the city, broke Xu Rong, and annihilated 20,000 Xiliang soldiers. ”

Xu Xuan and the others' faces suddenly became ugly, and they heard Qiao Rui's threat. Do you think Sun Ce didn't dare to conquer Yucheng? Wrong! He can defeat Xu Rong, how can he care about the small Pingyu City. Either you can't do it, you can't do it.

Qiao Rui once again raised Zhu Jun's order and said sharply: "General Sun is on the orders of Taiwei Zhu to act as an agent for military affairs in Yuzhou, do you want to refuse him outside the city?" ”

Faced with the order of the Taiwei Mansion and Sun Ce, who had defeated Xu Rong, Xu Xuan hesitated again and again, did not have the courage to face head-on, and asked Gongcao Xu Shao to go out of the city to meet Sun Ce on his behalf.

Xu Shao is the host of the Yuedan Commentary, but he is first and foremost a member of the Xu family of the Runan clan.

When it comes to the Runan family, many people first think of the Yuan family of the fourth and third dukes, but the influence of the Yuan family has gone beyond Runan County, and even beyond the scope of Yuzhou, becoming one of the best families in the entire Han Dynasty. The Xu family has not yet reached that realm, but it is not far behind, Xu Shao's uncle Xu Jing, Xu Jing's son Xu Xun, and Xu Xun's son Xu Xiang have all been ranked as the third duke.

But Xu Xiang's character is very poor, Xu Shao is unwilling to associate with him, and Xu Shao's father and ancestor have never been high-ranking officials, he mainly relies on his own reputation, which is the kind of person who is successful among the children of the family.

In Shen Pavilion in the north of the city, the moment he saw Sun Ce, Xu Shao was arrogant. Taishou Xu Xuan asked him to go out, just to use his prestige to deter Sun Ce, even if he couldn't drive him away, he had to let him know that this Runan County was not the place where their Sun family's father and son could do whatever they wanted.

"Runan Xu Shao, Meng Xu Mansion Jun is wrong to love, and he is the county meritor." Xu Shao took a long time. He was in his early forties, white-faced and sparsely bearded, of medium height, slightly chubby, with a straight lower abdomen and upturned eyes.

Hearing the name Xu Shao, Sun Ce guessed Xu Xuan's intention, this was a slap in the face. But he didn't care, and he didn't plan to ask Xu Shao to judge him, he just wanted to level the city.

"That Xu Zijiang that Yuedan commented?" Sun Ce slapped his palms with a horsewhip, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and smiled weirdly.

A trace of uneasiness passed through Xu Shao's heart. He has seen countless heroes and heroes, and he has also seen many self-righteous people, but he has never seen Sun Ce like this. No matter what their identity or status is, whether they came to ask him to comment or not, they are very respectful and polite, and there is an indescribable awe, not necessarily for him, but more for the moral public opinion of whether people are ethical or not, and whether people and things are evaluated.

But in Sun Ce's eyes, he couldn't see a trace of awe, whether it was for him or public opinion.

"Exactly."

"Don't be nervous, haha, I don't want to ask you for a review." Sun Ce laughed. "I just want to ask you one thing, when you commented on Cao Cao, did he really force you with a knife?"

Xu Shao's snort was heavy, and he stared at Sun Ce without speaking, and his anger rose. That's his shame, his scars, Sun Ce uncovered his scars as soon as they met, is this to fight? But the corner of his eye swept to Sun Ce's hand stroking the knife ring, and his heart was a little drumming. What if Sun Ce was as rude and arrogant as Cao Cao and drew his sword directly? In terms of killing, the Sun family's father and son are more ruthless than Cao Cao, and one is more ruthless than the other, Sun Jian killed Wang Rui and Zhang Zhi ruthlessly enough, and Sun Ce directly wiped out the Kuai family.

Xu Shao weighed it again and again, but he had to hold back his anger and deal with Sun Ce. "The general knows Cao Cao?"