Yuan Shuji sat on the Hu bed, holding his knees with his hands, and a pair of big eyes swept over the faces of Yan Xiang and the others, revealing an indescribable confusion all over his body. Yan Xiang lowered his head, Qiao Rui, Feng Fang, Zhang Xun, Liu Xun and others raised their heads to study the pattern of the top of the tent, some thought about the philosophy of life, and some simply closed their eyes and took a nap, but they couldn't hide the anxiety in their hearts.

Everyone knows that if there is no accident in Wancheng, it will be a big deal if something happens. Their families are all in Wancheng, once they fall into the hands of the enemy, it is light to suffer a little, and it is normal to cut off a few heads. Yuan Shu was not the best candidate in the first place, and he followed him only because his surname was Yuan. Now that he and Yuan Shao have turned their faces, the brothers will have to divide sooner or later, and now that they are in this situation, should they take this opportunity to switch to Yuan Shao has been placed in front of everyone and force them to make a choice.

But in front of Yuan Shu, no one dared to show this meaning. Yuan Shu, who was furious, could do anything, and it was not impossible to take their lives immediately. With Sun Jian as the backing, Yuan Shu has no fear.

When they thought of Zhou Yu's youthful appearance, they didn't feel good in their hearts. Sun Jian can fight, after all, he is a veteran general who has worked hard for 20 years to get ahead, and his son Sun Ce is only seventeen years old, and he completely annihilated 3,000 opponents in one battle, and he also killed the generals in battle. The father and son are both famous generals, and now they have the support of the Lujiang Zhou family, who can balance them in the future.

The Zhou family and the Yuan family developed almost at the same time, Zhou Yu's great-grandfather Zhou Rong was the former official of Yuan Shu's great-grandfather Yuan An, and the relationship between the Yuan and Zhou families has always been close. Although it is not the fourth and third dukes, the influence of the Zhou family's support for Sun Jian's father and son cannot be underestimated, and even Yuan Shu must pay attention to this, and can no longer be treated as an ordinary general as before.

Of course, Sun Jian has never been an ordinary general, and his family has not come to Wancheng so far. Yuan Shu convened them to discuss how to reward Sun Jian's father and son, but in fact, there was another meaning in his words: should Sun Jian send his family to Wancheng to strengthen his control over Sun Jian's father and son.

According to common sense, the family members of important generals like Sun Jian are hostages, and they must be controlled by the monarch, otherwise there is no way to talk about trust. But no one dared to mention it. Sun Jian is unreasonable, and his son is unreasonable, and he wants to destroy people at every turn. If they knew who reminded Yuan Shu, they might not dare to do anything with Yuan Shu, but it was entirely possible to find trouble with the reminder.

Yuan Shu was already in a bad mood, and when he saw these people pretending to be deaf and dumb, he became even more angry. "Why are you dumb? Usually they talk loudly, as if they can do anything, why don't they talk today. Did you see Zhou Yu, your heart is empty. Hehe, the future is terrifying, today is considered to be insightful. You scholars, don't just talk about saints and saints, but practice the teachings of saints and save yourself. ”

Yan Xiang saw that Yuan Shu was getting more and more explicit the more he spoke, and if he continued to talk about it, he was afraid that he would have to curse people, so he couldn't hide, so he had to cough: "General, you must pay equal attention to grace and power, combine strength and softness, and distinguish priorities, the most important thing at the moment is to control Xiangyang, and then control Jingzhou, so that you can have enough money and food to supply and fight." The Qingxu War is imminent, we are constrained by money and food, not only can we not send troops, but Cao Cao attacked Nanyang, and our morale has been affected, and we can no longer reproduce branches. ”

Yuan Shu snorted: "You mean to let Sun Jian do his own thing?" ”

"General, that's not what I meant." Yan Xiang smiled bitterly: "The general wants Sun Jian to send his family to Wancheng, just to see Sun Jian's loyalty and obedience. But Sun Jian's family is far away in Lujiang, and even if he is willing, it will not be possible to arrive in a day or two, and if he deliberately delays, it may not be a few months. Rather than this, it is better to be more direct and see if he is willing to give up Xiangyang. ”

"Xiangyang was originally mine." Yuan Shu sneered: "He attacked Xiangyang to accept my orders. If you conquer Xiangyang, of course you have to give it to me. ”

"What if he doesn't give it? Although Sun Jian came, his son Sun Ce did not come, so do you know that he didn't want to take Jingzhou by himself? ”

"If he ......" Yuan Shu opened his mouth, looking a little embarrassed. If it was really as Yan Xiang said, he really couldn't help it. He and Sun Jian's troops were originally about the same, but just after the defeat of Xinye, the 10,000 horses he brought were lost, and although there were routs coming back one after another these days, there were only three or four thousand people. If something happens to Wancheng, these three or four thousand people may be his last capital, and they are not Sun Jian's opponents at all. Liu Biao can't take Xiangyang, and Sun Jian can't count on Xiangyang, so he doesn't dare to count on it.

At this time, it is definitely not a good choice to turn your face with Sun Jian.

"That'...... What to do? Yuan Shu's tone softened significantly, but he was still a little unwilling.

"Hurry up with power." Yan Xiang also breathed a sigh of relief. "The general Zeng cousin Sun Jian led the Yuzhou Assassin History, but it was only because Liu Biao refused to send food that he let him attack Xiangyang. If Xiangyang succeeds, the problem of money and grain is solved, and the big war in Shandong is imminent, he, the assassin of Yuzhou, should naturally take office, and Sun Ce is his son, so he should naturally follow. If he refuses, he has different aspirations, and the general must not let him move his family here. When it really got to that point, the general had to prepare early. ”

Yuan Shu nodded repeatedly. "This is also true, Yuzhou assassin history, naturally should go to Yuzhou. Besides, Yuzhou is my own state, and letting him be the assassin of Yuzhou is worthy of him, and he should be grateful. If he is doing the history of Yuzhou and still domineering Jingzhou, then he really deserves to die. Even if I kill him, no one can say anything. ”

"What the general said is very true."

"That's it, wait." Yuan Shu thought about it, but he still didn't know the bottom in his heart, and said: "Sun Jian is loyal and upright, he shouldn't be able to bear me, right?" Feng Zizheng, have you met Sun Ce, what kind of person is he? ”

Feng Fang was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "General, looking at the son Mo Ruo's father, seeing that Sun Jian is so satisfied with Sun Ce, he also knows that Sun Ce must not be bad." He played a trick and did not say his own opinion, but deduced from Sun Jian. In case Sun Ce betrayed Yuan Shu in the future, he would be able to shirk it. In fact, according to his own meaning, Sun Ce and Sun Jian are two kinds of people, although Sun Jian is rough and easy to kill, his respect for Yuan Shu comes from the bottom of his heart. Sun Ce was a little unruly, calling Yuan Shu's name behind his back, and he didn't have much respect in his heart.

Yuan Shu was distracted, he didn't hear the meaning of Feng Fang's words, Qiao Rui and the others had their own thoughts, and they didn't expect so much, but Yan Xiang was thoughtful and couldn't help but glance at Feng Fang. Feng Fang was taken aback, hurriedly avoided Yan Xiang's gaze, secretly complained in his heart, and hurriedly said: "General, even if Xiangyang succeeds, the other cities in Nanjun may not be convinced, Sun Jian and his son are going to Yuzhou, so who will pacify the other counties in Jingzhou?" ”

When the generals heard this, they immediately became refreshed. Jingzhou is rich, even if it is a Taishou, it is a fat difference, and it cannot fall into the hands of others.

Liu Xun stepped forward. "General, I am willing to pacify Nanjun and Jiangxia for the general."

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