Guo Tu twisted his fingers and gently put down the letter, the corners of his mouth provoking a shallow smile. "Fengxiao is lucky, the monarch and the minister are in harmony, and life is a blessing."

"So is Sir." The sender gave a timely flattery, with a humble smile on his face.

Guo Tu raised his eyelids and glanced at the young man. Guo Jia sent him, naturally not only to send a letter, but also the liaison between him and Guo Jia, of course there is no harm in being clever, but he is too young, which makes him wonder if Guo Jia is too childish to send such a person to do such an important thing. If you slip your mouth and say something that shouldn't be said, it's troublesome.

"What's your name, where are you from?"

"Boy Lu Meng, a native of Runan."

"How old are you?"

"If anyone asks me, XVIII. Sir asked me, XIV. ”

Guo Tu couldn't help laughing. "Why?"

Lu Meng smiled: "I am indeed fourteen, but my age is too young, and it always makes people feel uneasy, so I have to falsely report how old I am." But Mr. Fengxiao said that you must not lie in front of Mr., one is one, and two is two, so as not to be seen through by Mr. and bring humiliation on himself. ”

The corners of Guo Tu's mouth are lightly picked, which is very useful. "You look strong, not like fourteen, it's a bit reluctant to say eighteen, fifteen or sixteen is fine. Come out at such a young age and do fine work, not afraid of danger? ”

"If it were somewhere else, Mr. Bonghyo wouldn't have sent me. Yecheng has a gentleman to take care of, how can there be any danger. ”

Guo Tu couldn't help laughing, shook his head, and didn't say anything more. He didn't believe that Guo Jia was so obedient, but Guo Jia knew that it was always good to flatter him, and if he was self-righteous and forgot to respect and inferiority, sooner or later it would bring him trouble. He waved his hand and motioned for Lu Meng to stand down. Lu Meng saluted and took two steps back, then turned around and walked out quietly.

Guo Tu looked at his figure, his eyes flashed, and he turned to a waiter beside him and said, "What do you think of this kid?" ”

The waiter stood beside Guo Tu and didn't speak, and if he wasn't careful, he couldn't even notice his presence. "Okay." He said two words and closed his mouth again. Guo Tu nodded and didn't say anything more. Okay means so-so, a little stronger than the average person, but not a strong player. This is roughly the same as his judgment of Lu Meng.

A waiter in Tsing Yi walked in briskly, stood still in front of Guo Tu, and arched his hand. "General, Xun Yu is gone, alone."

Guo Tu's eyes shrunk. "He Hao didn't leave?"

"No, he doesn't seem to give up."

Guo Tu sneered, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Did Xun You say where he was going?" ”

"I don't know, he didn't say. However, He Hao seemed to want him to go to Yanzhou, but he refused. ”

"Refused?" Guo Tu was surprised, and his eyes rolled. "Does he want to vote for Sun Ce? This is also true, Xun Yu is in Chang'an, Xun Chen is in Yecheng, and there is indeed no place for him around the alliance leader. As for Yanzhou, with Xin Bi here, he doesn't have much chance, so it's understandable that he wants to vote for Sun Ce. It's a pity that he was still a step late. If you see the opportunity too late, it will be difficult to achieve great things, otherwise you will not stand up for the past year and achieve nothing. As he spoke, he couldn't help laughing, glanced at the waiter in front of him, and swallowed back the rest of the words. Continue to monitor and see where Xun Yu goes. ”

"Whoa." The waiter in Tsing Yi answered, turned around and went out.

Guo Tu thought for a while and ordered, "Call Lu Meng." ”

——

Yuan Tan was in a good mood.

Defeating Sun Ce and trapping Sun Ce in Xiaohuang, he not only recovered the adverse effects of Jiang Qi's death, but also successfully took over Jiang Qi's old subordinates. Within a few days, the remnants of the defeated soldiers by Sun Ce came one after another, and he had six or seven thousand more people, and they were all well-trained soldiers, who did not need special training at all, and could immediately go into battle.

Despite this, he accepted Xinbi's suggestion, arranged for his cronies to serve as captains, and rectified for several days in a row to eliminate the adverse effects of Jiang Qi's defeat as much as possible. It turned out that this was still necessary, and Sun Ce's confidence in them was hit too hard, and at the mention of that night, they were embarrassed, and they couldn't raise the courage to fight Sun Ce.

After several days of training, Yuan Tan was ready to fight Sun Ce again. At this time, he received a handwritten reply from Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao was very satisfied with his unruly performance, and asked him to guard against arrogance and rashness, and continue to fight until he completely defeated Sun Ce and drove Sun Ce out of Yanzhou. He did not mention Jiang Qi, but mentioned Simbi. He expressed satisfaction with Xin Bi's choice and hoped that Yuan Tan would cooperate with him well and listen to his advice.

Between the lines, there is only the father's earnest teaching to his beloved son, and he can't see any life, let alone the slightest suspicion.

Of course, Yuan Shao did not mention the situation in Jizhou, especially the fact that Cui Juye was defeated by Gongsun Zan and lost nearly 10,000 people. Yuan Tan knew that this was from another channel, Xin Bi's brother Xin Ping was in Yuan Shao's army, and the situation in Jizhou continued to spread to Xin Bi, and then to Yuan Tan.

In this way, Yuan Shao's care is a little discounted, and it is not so convincing.

"The leader of the alliance went to Hejian, and Mrs. Liu accompanied him, and your two younger brothers also followed." Xin Bi said: "Look at the meaning of the alliance leader, after defeating Gongsun Zhan, he intends to let Xianyi Town Youzhou. ”

Yuan Tan snorted lightly: "I've come to Yanzhou, how can Xianyi stay in Jizhou." Jizhou was left to Ashan. ”

Simpi smiled and shook his head. "Envoy, this is the will of heaven, Cui Juye was defeated, the alliance leader has no time to look south, this Yanzhou matter can only be entrusted to the envoy. After a few days of rectification, those defeated troops have been used, and now they may attack Xiao Huang as soon as the grain and grass from the surrounding counties arrive. Driving away Sun Ce, with all the merits, the general can move his army eastward and recover Qingzhou. With the two states of Qingyan in hand, even the leader of the alliance cannot ignore the envoy. ”

Yuan Tan scratched his eyebrows, and there was a little more excitement in his eyes. "Five will attack it, ten will besiege it, I only have more than 16,000 people now, which is less than twice as much as Sun Ce, not to mention that there is a city, how to attack?"

Simbi's eyebrows were slightly raised. "The envoy wants to recruit troops?"

"Is that okay?"

"Absolutely. Let Bian Wenli do this matter, the Bian family is the Junyi family, the Dongwu Yu family is still the cousin of the Bian family, he himself became famous at a young age, and he is very famous in the surrounding counties. ”

Yuan Tan Waner smiled. "I didn't accept his suggestion and insisted on sending troops to intercept Sun Ce, and he didn't get angry?"

Simbi also smiled. "What's the anger, Envoy Jun, what he is most worried about now is that Captain Zhu is stationed in Junyi City, as long as Envoy Jun can repel Captain Zhu and Sun Ce and save the Bian family in danger, he is willing to do whatever he wants. Look at it, as soon as the warrant arrives, he will definitely be the first to come to work. ”

Yuan Tan was very satisfied, nodded, and was about to speak, when someone came to report, Zhang Miao came with a large army, and it was still twenty miles away from the camp. Yuan Tan was stunned for a moment, and then slapped his thigh. "Junyi is resting. Quick, hurry back to Junyi. "Get up and call for a herald.

Xin Bi took a step forward and stopped Yuan Tan. "Envoy, Junyi's gains and losses are not important, what matters is Sun Ce."