That night, Yuan Yao convened everyone to hold a banquet in the Hou General's Mansion to receive the wind and wash the dust for Yuan Shao's envoy Guo Tu.

Guo Tu had already learned at this time that Cao Cao's envoy was in the city, and Cao Cao was going to marry Yuan Yao, Guo Tu was already angry in his heart, and after coming to the main hall, he hurriedly reprimanded: "General Hou, there is something I want to ask about next, and I ask General Hou to give advice!" ”

Seeing that Guo Tu was so rude, Yuan Yao frowned, and laughed coldly: "If the envoy has any questions, but it doesn't hurt to ask, I am going to solve the envoy's doubts!" ”

Guo Tu heard that Yuan Yao actually claimed to be the candidate, and knew that Yuan Yao was unhappy with him in his heart, but at this time, the situation was urgent, and he couldn't care about it so much, "I don't know if the general knows that my lord is about to start a big battle with Cao Cao, and at present, the two sides have gathered heavy troops on both sides of the Yellow River, and this earth-shattering battle is bound to start in the spring of next year at the latest!" ”

Yuan Yao replied quietly: "This battle is related to the pattern of the world, and all the princes in the world know about it, and Ben Hou naturally knows very well!" ”

Guo Tu then asked, "Are my lords and generals also from the Runan Yuan clan?" ”

Yuan Yao smiled slightly and replied, "Yes!" ”

Guo Tu then asked rhetorically: "Everyone in the world values the clan, since General Hou and my lord are also from the Yuan clan in Runan, and my lord is about to fight Cao Cao, why did General Hou marry Cao Cao at this time?" ”

As the saying goes: the family and the country are all over the world.

In this era, there is no national concept of 'first country and then family', it is all about clan, first family, then country, and then the world!

Guo Tu asked rhetorically, Yuan Yao was not easy to refute for a while, and at this moment, another voice came from outside the hall, "That's because General Hou puts the country first!" ”

"Yuan Shao is good at starting a war and wants to attack the residence of the Son of Heaven, this is a great rebellion! The lord of my family is the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and he was ordered by the Son of Heaven to crusade against the non-ministers, but he is loyal to the Han Dynasty! General Hou previously suppressed the anti-thief Huang Zu is also a pillar of the country, and my father-in-law is also grateful to General Hou's loyalty, so he will marry his beloved daughter! ”

The person who came was none other than Cao Cao's envoy Manzhong, who heard Guo Tu questioning Yuan Yao, and Yuan Yao hesitated slightly, so he hurriedly spoke out to help.

Speaking of this, Man Chong had already walked in front of Guo Tu and asked in a cold voice: "General Hou and my lord are both pillars of the Han Dynasty, why can't they get married?" Do you want General Hou not to think about serving the imperial court, but to help the rebellious Yuan Shao Yuan Benchu! Well? ”

When Guo Tu heard Manzhong's words, he was immediately furious, and shouted coldly: "Who are you, dare to insult my lord like this!" ”

"Who in the world doesn't know that Cao Cao is a Han Xiang, but he is actually a thief, and you can't see Cao Cao's coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the princes! My lord's attack on Cao Cao is the Qing monarch's side to eliminate treachery, after the people of the world heard about it, they all rejoiced, how dare you insult my lord as a great rebel minister? ”

Man Pet smiled indifferently and replied: "A certain Man Pet Man Bunning is also!" Yuan Shao is good at starting wars, annexing the land of the city, supporting the army with self-respect, and having ill intentions, this matter is known to the world! Do you think that your lord can deceive the rear general by making trouble in the name of 'Qing Jun's side'? The general is both civil and military, and his wisdom is outstanding, who is loyal and who is evil, he has his own measure in his heart! ”

Guo Tu's family knows his own family affairs, who is thinking about it, and everyone understands that at this time, there are still a few real big Han loyal and good people in the world, and everyone is just using the name of the big man to seek benefits for themselves!

Guo Tu also knows that the root of this problem lies in Yuan Yao, if he can't explain Yuan Yao, even if he is here for a day with full favor, it will be in vain.

When Guo Tu thought of this, he no longer cared about Man's favored words, and continued to look at Yuan Yao and said: "General Hou, you and my lord are both children of the Yuan family, one south and one north echo each other, which is enough to affect the general trend of the world!" If the queen general listens to the words of the full favor and does not make friends with my lord, this will only make the relatives painful and the enemies happy! Please also ask General Hou to think twice! ”

When Man Pet heard Guo Tu's words, he scolded coldly: "Hmph! Don't you want the general to conspire with your lord to cause trouble! At this time, you remembered that the general and your lord were the sons of the same sect, so why didn't your lord send troops to help when Liu Bei ambushed General Yuan in Xuzhou? Your lord knew that it was Liu Bei who ambushed the old general, which led to the death of the old general, but why did your lord form an alliance with that Liu Bei? Well!? ”

Yuan Shu will already be hopeless, and Yuan Yao has not yet risen, Yuan Shao and his subordinate martial arts have already felt that Yuan Shu's branch has declined, plus Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are not dealing with each other, so when Yuan Shu asked for help, Yuan Shao did not send troops to rescue Yuan Shu, but just let him lead his troops to break through, and then let Yuan Tan lead the troops in Qingzhou to respond, who knew that Yuan Shu was not enough to succeed, and the whole army was wiped out in Xuzhou.

As for Liu Bei, let alone that.

Liu Bei sat on a general like Heguan Zhang, a land in a state, and more than 100,000 troops, and the terrain was located on Cao Cao's flank, so in terms of importance, it was much more important than Yuan Yao at that time.

Yuan Shao wanted to fight Cao Cao, Liu Bei came to the door to form an alliance, for such a good thing, how could Yuan Shao and his subordinate Wenwu refuse to leave!

It's just that these words are thought about in their hearts, and everyone tacitly understands them, how do you let Guo Tu say it?

"This ......, this ......"

Guo Tu was a little speechless for a while, and when he saw Guo Tu's embarrassed appearance, he suddenly showed a sneering look, Guo Tu saw it, his heart was furious, and he shouted urgently: "For the death of the old general Yuan, my lord just can't rescue him, and Liu Bei is the Xuzhou personally sent by your lord Cao Cao, and Cao Cao is the real culprit who caused the death of the old general!" ”

Man Pet was not moved at all when he heard this, and reprimanded coldly: "Nonsense! Ordered Liu Bei to lead the troops to Xuzhou, this is the edict of the Son of Heaven, how can it be the instruction of my lord? Liu Bei and my lord are enemies of life and death, otherwise how could he kill my lord's general! My lord knew the harm, if it weren't for the edict of the Son of Heaven, how could he have sent it to Xudu! Please also ask the rear general to see! ”。

When Man Pet spoke, his expression was calm, as if he sent Liu Bei to Xuzhou, this was really not Cao Cao's instructions, if Yuan Yao hadn't known this history, it was Cao Cao who didn't notice it for a while before he let Liu Bei go back to the mountain, he was afraid that he would have been misled by Man Favor!

Guo Tu saw that he didn't say anything about his favor, and continued to struggle and said: "General Hou, the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty is now just a plaything in Cao Cao's hands, if it weren't for Cao Cao's permission, how could Liu Bei receive the edict of the Son of Heaven!" Please also ask the general to think twice, and never recognize the thief as a ......"