Jurong.

Liu Miao suddenly frowned, and his cheeks twitched twice.

Xu Shao, who was sitting directly opposite him, looked at him, picked up a piece of raw fish tart, dipped it in the sauce, put it in his mouth, chewed it slowly, and shook his head again. "The time hasn't come yet, Jiang Xian is not fat enough, and it lacks so much meaning. Zhengli, what do you think? ”

Liu Miao was distracted and did not respond, but only reacted after a while, and hurriedly raised his glass to apologize. Xu Shao chuckled: "What is Zhengli worried about, so distracted? It won't be that I'm worried about the war in Danyang, Chen Zhi is from my county, he is not Zhengli's opponent, Zhengli don't worry. ”

Liu Miao laughed, raised his glass and drank it all, and wiped his beard. "If you have this sentence, I will be relieved. General, in your opinion, what kind of person is that Gao Gan, can he control Yuzhang? ”

Xu Shao snorted without being salty, picked up the wine glass, and sipped slowly. He just came from Yuzhang and discussed with Liu Xuan about the joint attack on Danyang, Yuzhang Taishou Zhoushu was already terminally ill, time was running out, Yuzhang would sooner or later fall into the hands of the new Nanchang Ling Gaogan, but he did not have a high evaluation of Gaogan, and felt that this person was not enough to control Yuzhang. Liu Miao obviously didn't have much confidence in Gao Gan, so he asked him about his evaluation of Gao Gan.

"Zhengli, do you think Xu Gong can be Sun Ce's opponent?"

Liu Miao smiled bitterly. He understood what Xu Shao meant, just as he didn't have a high opinion of Xu Gong, Xu Shao didn't have a high opinion of Gao Gan. Xu Shao came here to persuade him to join Yuzhang and not to have any hope for Wu County, Xu Gong is not Sun Ce's opponent, and Wu County will be Sun Ce's territory sooner or later. But he can't do this, first, Gao Gan is Yuan Shao's nephew, and he can't grab Gao Gan's territory. Second, he didn't want to give up Wu County like this, he also wanted to recapture Danyang, or even recapture Wu County, at least to control the northern part of Wu County in his hands and cut off Sun Ce's connection with the Central Plains.

This was the task given to him by Yuan Shao, and he couldn't give up easily.

Seeing that Liu Miao didn't speak, Xu Shao knew that his hope had been disappointed, and he felt indescribable chagrin in his heart. He was driven out of Runan by Sun Ce, left his hometown, and came to Yuzhang, but Sun Ce came to Yangzhou again. He wanted to give advice to Liu Shao and hoped that he would become the master of Yuzhang, but Liu Miao was stuck to Yuan Shao's arrangement and was unwilling to clash with Gao Gan. According to this situation, Liu Xuankong has the ability, but the troops are insufficient, and it is difficult to play a role, and the senior cadres sit on the Yuzhang County, but they do not have enough ability, let alone defeat Sun Ce and capture Yangzhou, even Danyang may not be able to conquer it.

Where do I go? Where can I go?

Xu Shao was in a depressed mood, and every bit since he met Sun Ce came to mind, and the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became. became famous for more than 20 years, but in the end it was destroyed at the hands of a teenager, not only discredited, but also wandering around like a lost dog, panicked.

Xu Shao drank one glass after another, Liu Miao couldn't bear it in his heart, and persuaded: "Zijiang, you don't have to worry, Taishi Ziyi has already gone to Yangxian, and with him connecting the thieves in Danyang, Huiji, and Yuzhang Mountain, it is difficult for Sun Ce to win quickly......"

"A person like Tai Shici can also be a general and pay for the task?" Xu Shao became excited, put the wine glass on the table, and the wine spilled everywhere. Xu Shao's face was flushed, and even his eyes were red. "Talented but not virtuous, acting with cunning first, unscrupulous means, what is the difference between him and Sun Ce? Things gather by like, people by groups, you say that he can be the enemy of Sun Ce, but I am worried that he and Sun Ce will be familiar at first sight. Righteousness, although it is said that power and scheming are still in troubled times, but if everything is based on profit first, no one cares about morality, how can it be peaceful? ”

Liu Xuan's face was red, his ears were red, and his temples were pounding. He hesitated for a long time before he smiled and said: "General, you can't say that, you can use literature to govern the world, and use force in troubled times, even the imperial court must revive the style of martial arts......"

"The Imperial Court?" Xu Shao sneered: "Do you mean the Son of Heaven who is only ten years old, or the powerful minister who is in his first place?" ”

Liu Miao was speechless. He knew that he had said the wrong thing, and saying it would only make Xu Shao unhappy. He raised his glass in disdain. "General, drink."

Xu Shao squinted at Liu Xuan, raised the wine glass, only to find that there was no wine in the cup, he simply threw the wine glass, picked up the wine on the side and poured it into his mouth, most of the wine was poured on the front placket, and it was wet. Xu Shao closed his eyes tightly, and tears welled up in his eyes. He threw away the wine, stood up, and staggered out, laughing loudly as he went, laughing and weeping as he went.

"The great rivers and mountains were destroyed by the hands of the faint monarch and the ministers. The world is so big that there is no place for me to stand. Evil fate, evil luck, why is it so unfair. ”

Liu Xuan's face was gloomy and motionless.

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Tiger Hill.

Sun Ce put his hands behind his back and stood on the hillside, overlooking Gusu City.

Gusu City is lit up and quiet. Taishou Xu Gong has gathered 10,000 near Changmen, and there will be a big battle tomorrow, but Gusu City is still very calm, except for the heads of those families, ordinary people don't care much about this war.

Those who were willing to fight for Xu Gong were either Xu Gong's troops or the soldiers he recruited, and there were also some nominally county soldiers, but they were controlled by those who supported Xu Gong, taking Wu County's military salary and working for Xu Gong. With the exception of this, most of the soldiers remained neutral, waiting to see tomorrow's outcome and clinging to the victor.

People are so practical, for them, there is no moral difference between Sun Ce and Xu Gong, they are both warriors who support their own troops and respect themselves.

"Husband, go to bed early, I have to fight tomorrow." Feng Wan walked over, draped the big coat on Sun Ce's body, and turned to Sun Ce's body to tie the tie for him. Sun Ce took her hand and held it in his arms. Feng Wan was a little embarrassed, looked around secretly, and said in a low voice: "Husband, I don't want to be said to be like Xi Shi's red face and trouble, which will ruin your great cause." ”

Sun Ce laughed. "Only useless men will blame women for their failures. Although I am not talented, I can't do such a shameless thing. Besides, you and Achu have done so many things, helped me so much, and don't let Xu Mei, who can say that you are a red face and a troublemaker? ”

"It's all done by Achu, I'm just helping to copy and copy, and everyone does it."

"Everybody can do it, but not everybody wants to do it." Sun Ce ruffled the hair from Feng Wan's forehead, and his fingers slid over her creamy face. "Look at those scholars, their eyes light up at the mention of saints, and they shake their hands again and again when they do something practical, for fear of staining their hands. Hey, what can I do? I also want to use the loom you developed to make money to feed them, so that they can leave their names in history and become great talents with literary style. Do you think I'm wronged? ”

Feng Wan couldn't help but laugh out loud and gently pushed Sun Ce. "Husband, don't talk about these unhappy things, let me tell you a good news, I just received my mother's letter, and Sister Quan is happy."

Sun Ce was stunned for a moment, then smiled. "It's a good sign, tomorrow will be a big success. Whether it's a daughter or a son, I decided to name him Jie. Well, that's it. ”