Sun Ce understood, even if Liu Chong was not assassinated by Yuan Shu, he would not be able to fight for the world.

Because he's so good. He can't do this kind of thing like destroying people's homes and seizing people's industries, and he may not bother to do it. He is the king of Chen, and no matter how little tax the state pays, it will not affect his income. It was only now that he walked out of the palace, commanded the army, and saw countless people starving to death on the side of the road, that he knew how tricky it was to lack food. Even so, let him tear off his face and be a villain, he can't do it.

In his concept, those families are not evildoers, but many of them are humble gentlemen, although the property is rich, but they also come to the open, and they may have done a lot of good deeds, and he may still owe them favors. It's one thing to sympathize with the common people, it's another thing to rob a gentleman for the sake of the common people, he can't do it.

On the one hand, there are innocent people who are starving to death, and on the other hand, there is a family with good friendships, Liu Pet and Luo Jun can't choose, so they simply do the ostrich, give him this burden, let the good people do it, and the wicked let him do it, they stand aside and pretend that they can't see anything.

A good guy who didn't take responsibility. Sun Ce did not hesitate to issue a good person card to Liu Pet and Luo Jun.

Although this matter is difficult to do, Sun Ce also scratched his head, but he feels that to do this kind of thing, he is obviously much better at it than Liu Chong and Luo Jun, and it is incumbent on him. He raised his glass. "Well, I don't have a good reputation anyway, since the king thinks so highly of me, I will take this task."

Liu Pet was embarrassed and picked up the wine glass with both hands. "I thanked the general for the people of Chen Guo."

Sun Ce smiled and said, "Don't be in a hurry to thank me, the king, I have conditions." ”

"General, please say, within your ability, you can't give up."

"I would like to ask the king to teach my younger siblings how to shoot. It would be better if the king could train me some crossbowmen if he wanted to. I declare in advance that I don't pay any salary, not a single penny. Don't tell the king, I also owe a lot of debt now, and I don't have any money for you. ”

Liu Pet smiled dumbly and endured it very hard. He said angrily: "The general can rest assured, there is no food to eat, and there is no danger of running out of food for the time being." Not only did he not restrain himself, but he also included food and lodging to repay the general's help. ”

"That's great." Sun Ce was in the middle of it, originally thought that it would be a difficult thing to ask Liu Pet to teach him to shoot, but he didn't expect it to be solved so easily. He looked at Luo Jun again. "Luo Jun, you can't be idle."

Luo Jun arched his hand. "Command, General."

"You have to treat me to a treat, I want to invite all the heroes of Chen Guo to drink and discuss the plan."

Luo Jun looked at Sun Ce with uneasy eyes. "General...... Do you want to learn from Liu Jingsheng? ”

Sun Ce was surprised, and then shook his head again. "Haha, that's too rude, I'm not going to do that. If I wanted to do that, I wouldn't have had to invite them to drink, and it would have been more straightforward to send someone towing a catapult to attack their manor. Luo Jun, don't worry, I will be very friendly, as long as they don't pull out the knife, I will never pull out the knife first, and promise not to embarrass you. ”

Luo Jun will be skeptical. However, he also knew that Sun Ce was really going to be ruthless, and he couldn't wait for Chen Guo at all, so he would do it as early as Runan. Since he didn't do it in Runan, he wouldn't want to come to Chen Guo.

"Then I'll give it a try."

When his wish was fulfilled, Sun Ce was very satisfied and raised his glass again. "Dare to be the king's birthday, may we be in the same boat and protect the country of Chen."

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In Xiangyi City, Cao Ang stood on the city wall, lowered his head, and walked slowly. Even though it was late at night, he was still sweating hot. Mosquitoes are flying in his ears, which is annoying, and his hair has not been washed for several days, and it is very itchy, but he can't scratch it casually, so he can only endure it.

Cao Ren stood by the city wall, looking at the dark sky in the south, without saying a word. Cao Chun stood aside, glancing at Cao Ang from time to time, distressed. Lu Cui stood a little farther away, the smell of Cao Ang and the others was too strong, and he was very unaccustomed to it when he first arrived at the barracks.

Cao Ang stopped and looked at Cao Ren and Cao Chun, his eyes uneasy. "Two uncles, Sun Ce suddenly went north, could it be that he was going to attack?"

"Probably not." Cao Ren turned around and patted Cao Ang on the shoulder. "Zixiu, you're too nervous, go back and take a shower, get a good night's sleep, and you'll be fine tomorrow. No matter how cunning Sun Ce is, he is not a god, and with his four or five thousand people, it is simply wishful thinking to attack Yanzhou. ”

Cao Chun said: "Having said that, you can't be unguarded. He and the Yellow Turban have always been unclear, and now that the Yellow Turban's attack is fierce, it is possible for him to come and respond. But Zixiu, you don't have to worry, in terms of troops, we have an advantage, and we are defending the city, it is not so easy for him to break through Xiangyi. I have already sent a scout, and as long as he intends to cross the border, we have enough time to prepare and notify Zhu Ling to come to help. ”

Cao Ang breathed a sigh of relief and smiled slightly. "Thanks to the two uncles, I really don't know what to do."

"It doesn't matter, it's inevitable to be nervous when commanding a battle for the first time, just go through it a few more times." Cao Ren comforted: "Zixiu, you can send someone to contact him." Anyway, he exalted you as filial piety, you can't go to thank you face-to-face, and it is still due etiquette to write a letter to thank you. ”

Cao Ang nodded again and again, turned around and said, "There is Lao Lujun." ”

Lu Cui smiled. "I am willing to serve the general. General, it's getting late, and if there's nothing going on, I'll go ahead and draft it first. The general's letter of congratulations to Yuan Yuanjun has not yet been written. ”

"Hard Lujun, you go and rest first."

Lu Cui saluted Cao Ren and Cao Chun again, turned around and went down to the city. Cao Ren shook his head and said softly: "Zixiu, this person is talented but not virtuous, seeing Yuan Tan entering Yanzhou, I am afraid that he already has the idea of climbing high branches, and he may leave when he will." There are some things that you don't leave to him to do in the future. ”

"I see." Cao Ang sighed again, his eyebrows furrowed even tighter. "Two uncles, I'm worried about my father and want to send someone to Chang'an to have a look. He is alone in Chang'an, and he doesn't even have a relative by his side, so he will be very lonely. I want to send Mrs. Bian and my younger brother to Chang'an to accompany him, do you think it's okay? It would be better if you could go to a man and ride for him and guard him to his right and left. Although Uncle Yuan Rang and Uncle Zilian are loyal, their cavalry command ability is not as good as yours. The war in Chang'an is tense, and there are many cavalry in Xiliang, and there is no elite cavalry guard, what can I do in case of danger. ”

Cao Ren and Cao Chun glanced at each other and nodded in agreement. Cao Chun said: "Brother, I'll go to Chang'an, you have rich experience and strong martial arts, stay and assist Zixiu, I can rest assured." ”

Cao Ren nodded in agreement. "You should also be careful, this way to Chang'an, it is very likely to encounter Xiliang people."

"Don't worry, brother, I'll be careful. Alas, the world is in turmoil, and I don't know when it will be peaceful. If you want me to say, this Yuan Shaozhen is not a Ming Jun, even Han Fu will be killed, once he wins the world, he doesn't know how many people he will kill. It's really not worth it for our Cao family to work hard for him, so it's better to go to Chang'an together and serve the imperial court. What do you say, brother? ”

Cao Ren patted Cao Chun's shoulder. "Zihe, having said that, the imperial court may not be able to reassure people, and it is not appropriate for us to break with Yuan Shao for the time being. As soon as the situation in Chang'an is clear and ZTE is hopeful, we will rush to meet you immediately. ”