"Everyone, I've seen it, I don't know what you think."

Seeing that everyone had seen Gongsun Zhan's essay on Yuan Xuan, Liu Bei asked. "Should I help the Yuan family, should I help the grandson, or should I not help each other and watch coldly on one side."

Everyone was speechless for a while, and Liu Bei asked, "I hope you can speak freely and don't have any worries." Mr. Xi, you are my long history, a military general. Otherwise, you might as well come first. ”

Since Liu Bei got Cheng and Xun, Xi Zhi was obviously silent a little, and seemed to have some concerns. Therefore, Liu Bei publicly said today that Xi Zhi was the head of his advisers, to show trust and appease.

The arrival of Cheng Yu and Xun Yu did make Xi Zhicai have some thoughts in his heart.

If it's just Cheng Yu, it's okay, after all, he's old, and he's also from a poor family, and between him and Xi Zhicai, no one should laugh at anyone.

But Xun Yu is different, although the ancestors of the Xun family have not had any big officials, but the Xun family's Xun Eight Dragons are too famous, and even Dong Zhuo has to use the high position of the three princes to win over the Xun family in order to win over the scholars.

Especially in the early years, Xi Zhicai also studied in the private school run by the Xun family, and in the face of Xun Yu, Xi Zhicai was under some pressure, which was inevitable.

When Xi Zhicai heard this, he was happy in his heart, his face remained unchanged, he just touched the beard on his chin, and said: "Lord, now that the Yuan family and Gongsun Erhu are fighting, the ownership of Hebei actually lies in the lord, and the lord should take advantage of its disadvantages." If you sit and watch. These two grievances must be gathered in the lord, and no matter who wins or loses in the future, the lord must not be neutral. ”

Liu Bei listened and bowed his head in agreement. If he is neutral, no matter who wins in the future, he will resent Liu Bei, although Liu Bei didn't do anything, he just didn't help. So you have to join a party. Of course, there is a "snipe and mussel competition, and the fisherman profits." Taking advantage of the battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, it would be better to send troops to serve the two of them in one pot.

In short, it is not possible to be outside the neutral.

Liu Bei looked at Zheng Yi again, and Zheng Yi said: "Yuan Shuen IV, the people in the sea are high, and the grandson is just a warrior in the border county." If Yuan Benchu could not base Jizhou, how could Gongsun Bogui be able to base Jizhou. ”

Cheng Yu just said briefly, "Now Gongsun is strong and Yuan is weak, but it's just now." ”

Liu Bei was speechless......

I don't know if Cheng Yu is talking about Gongsun Zan Qiang or Yuan Shaoqiang, and I don't know if he wants Liu Bei to play the game of uniting the strong to carve up the weak, or whether he wants Liu Bei to unite the weak to fight against the strong. This is ambiguous, no matter how you interpret it, this is the art of language.

Everyone is also arguing, saying that they should help Yuan's family, or that they should help Gongsun Zhan.

Liu Bei looked at Xun Yu again, and said in his heart that you Xun Yu is known as "Wang Zuozhicai", and it depends on what you say first.

Xun Yu got up and said, "General, like today's situation, it is similar to the time of the Warring States Period. The general occupies the land of the old Qi country, Yuan Benchu is based on Jizhou, as if Zhao State, the Montenegrin army is entrenched in the valley, like Zhongshan, Liu Yu and Gongsun are based on Youzhou, it is like Yan State. In the past, the Yan State combined the troops of the five countries to attack Qi, and more than 70 cities under the Qi State. Yan, Zhao, and Qi seem to be standing together. If Yan is not with Qi Tu Zhao, then it will be with Zhao Tuqi, now Gongsun Bogui is strong and powerful, if the general helps again, Jizhou must also. Youzhou soldiers, Jizhou is rich, if Gongsun Bogui does his best to fight Yan Zhao's crowd and try to match, it is really not possible to resist. Therefore, the general should be in the center and balanced, Yan Qiang will help Zhao, Zhao Qiang will help Yan, and if one family cannot be dominant, Qingzhou will be safe. ”

Liu Bei said: "In Wen Ruo's opinion, I should help Yuan Benchu." ”

Xun Yu said: "Definitely." ”

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart, didn't you let me help whoever was weak, or did you think Gongsun Chan was the weak side, so he asked, "Then I should help Gongsun Hu?" ”

Xun Yu said: "It's not either. ”

Liu Bei simply didn't guess, and asked directly: "Please also ask Wen Ruo for advice." ”

Xun Yu said: "Today, Dong Zhuo is rebellious, and the Son of Heaven is covered with dust, this is the time for loyal ministers to work hard, and the righteous are brave." Why didn't the general rebuke Yuan Benchu and Gongsun Bogui with great righteousness, and ask the two to call off the army and truce the war, and raise troops to the west, punish the country and thieves, welcome the Son of Heaven in Xijing, and drive in the old capital. If the two should not, the general should raise troops to attack them, so that the righteousness of the monarch and the ministers will be avoided, and the resentment of the two princes will be avoided, and the hearts of loyal ministers from far and near can also be collected. Why wouldn't the general do it?

Liu Bei nodded, this Xun Yu is still very clever, and then reacted, isn't this special thing just being outside the neutral, plus and thin mud.

Judging from the current situation alone, Yuan Shao's foothold in Jizhou is not stable, while Gongsun Zan has a strong army.

Among them, Changshan, Zhongshan and Zhao in the east of Jizhou are the scope of activities of the Montenegrin army, and sometimes the Huns will come to take a walk. The Montenegrin army is very powerful, spanning Bingzhou, Jizhou, Hanoi and other places, with Zhang Yan as the leader of the alliance, there are dozens of relatively large teams, the big ones are tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and the small ones are thousands, whether it is Han Fu or the current Yuan Shao, the control over this area is very weak.

In Anping County, Hejian Country and other places in the north of Jizhou, bordering Youzhou, in Gongsun Zhan's sphere of influence, plus some officials appointed by Han Fu, they were dissatisfied with Yuan Shao's seizure of Jizhou, and they were also afraid that Yuan Shao would purge them of Han Fu's people, and there were many local officials who directly announced their response to Gongsun Zhan. Like the area of Yi County in Hejian Country, it is simply the base of Gongsun Zhan.

What Yuan Shao could really control was actually only two or three counties such as Wei County.

It's just that Yuan Shao is really as weak as he sees now, Liu Bei shook his head and said: "I don't expect Gongsun Bogui to be Yuan Benchu's opponent." ”

Although I don't know why Liu Bei made this judgment when Gongsun Chan had the advantage, since Liu Bei said so, everyone didn't want to ask too much.

Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Liu Bei waved his hand and said, "Let's disperse." ”

After thinking about it, Liu Bei decided to write a letter to Guan Yu and the others, who were officials outside, and asked what their opinions were.

After all, whether to help Yuan Shao or Gongsun Zan can be regarded as the core of Liu Bei's policy in the next few years, and he has to think carefully, and it is always right to listen to more opinions.

After everyone left, Liu Bei carefully recalled the history. Now this time period is probably the period when Yuan Shao's strength is the weakest. If you make a move at this time and kill Yuan Shao, it is estimated that there will be no powerful prince who has reached the peak of his power before the Battle of Guandu, and is the most powerful prince in the world.

It's just that in this way, Gongsun Chan will inevitably become bigger.

Liu Bei was silent, thought for a long time, and finally felt that Gongsun Chan was easier to deal with than Yuan Shao. When it comes to Yuan Shao, Wen You, Tian Feng, Juan Pei, Xu You and others are strategists, and Wu has Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Ran and others as minions. When it comes to Gongsun Zhan, there is no one under him, as if there is no one who can fight.

After a while, Liu Bei decided to find the trick Zhicai, at this time, you can't just look at your talent, but also look at your trust. Xi Zhicai has been with Liu Bei for a long time, and it is not Cheng Yu and Xun Yu who have just joined the characters who can be compared, so Liu Bei decided to discuss with Xi Zhicai first.

Someone came to report, saying that Xi Zhicai came, Liu Bei hurriedly invited Xi Zhicai in, and when the ceremony was finished, Liu Bei held his hand and asked: "I invite Mr. to come, I really have a hard idea in my heart, with Mr.'s intelligence, there will be someone to teach me." ”

Xi Zhicai said: "I am watching the lord today, and I seem to have the intention of helping Gongsun Bogui in my heart, so I came to inquire." ”

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that I was so obvious, and said: "Don't hide it, sir, I and Gongsun Bogui both studied at Lu Gong's place, Gongsun Bogui is a few years older than me, and takes care of me a lot, I think of it as a brother, so I want to help Gongsun Bogui, but I have some hesitation in my heart, and I don't have an idea for a while." ”

Liu Bei wanted to learn from Han Xin, and use Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty to "undress and push food" to push away Xiang Yu's co-optation, and simplify complex political issues into friendship between individuals.

When Xi Zhicai heard this, he thought for a moment, and then offered a plan: "In this case, the lord might as well still fight for Yuan Benchu and Gongsun Zhan, but secretly transfer elite soldiers and strong generals, and then sneak attack Yuan Benchu." When the time comes, the lord can unite Gongsun Zhan and Zhang Yan of Montenegro, and use Gongsun Zhan to attack Yuan Benchu in the north, and Zhang Yan to send troops to contain his flank. The lord then led his men out of the plain, attacked the Ganling country, and finally ordered Zang Ziyuan of Dongjun to send troops to attack Yecheng, then Yuan Benchu could be captured. This is a plan to hide from the world. ”

Liu Bei raised his eyebrows and secretly said "smart".

Xi Zhicai said again: "If the lord helps the grandson, there is one person who must not be let go." ”

"Who?" Liu Bei asked.

"Therefore, Jizhou Mu Han Fu Han Wen Festival, this person is now in Chen Liuzhang's guard."

When Liu Bei heard this, he suddenly woke up, nodded and said, "If it is not Qing's words, I really don't understand." This is true, Mr. Heaven has come down to help me achieve great things. ”