The Liaodong vassal state east of Liaoxi was under the control of the Wuhuan people before, and after Xu Shu recovered Tatun and others, the Liaodong vassal state was also successfully taken into the pocket by Xu Shu.

In this way, of the eleven counties of Youzhou divided during the period of Emperor Ling, five counties and one country were controlled by Xiang Ao, leaving only the three counties of Liaodong and the Zhuo County and Guangyang County controlled by Yuan Shao. Xiang Ao, who occupied most of Youzhou, finally made Yuan Shao start to worry.

"Xiang Ao is just a flat-headed commoner, a lonely person, the lord doesn't have to worry." Xu You, a strategist under Yuan Shao, stepped forward and said disdainfully: "The lord only needs to get up with the army, capture Juyong Pass, divide Youzhou on both sides, and take Youzhou is just a snap of his fingers." ”

"Hehe, Xu Ziyuan is really talented!" Yuan Shao's most important strategist, Guo Tu, stepped forward and looked at Xu You with a funny smile: "But Brother Ziyuan really thinks that Xiang Ao can be dealt with so easily?" Now Xiang Ao sits on the entire state, most of the Youzhou, nearly 10 million people under his command, and 100,000 soldiers and horses, can he really easily win it? ”

"Humph!" Xu You snorted coldly, and said to Yuan Shaozuo: "Lord, Xiang Ao's origin is unknown, he is neither a family nor a poor family, I don't know where he came from. Although the Bingzhou family was cleaned up by Xiang Ao, if we are also a Bingzhou family, what do you think of Xiang Ao? ”

"What Brother Ziyuan said is true!" Feng Ji of the Nanyang family stepped forward and said: "Xiang Ao's background is untraceable, and various decrees are extremely prejudiced against the family. The families in the state, especially in Taiyuan and Shangdang counties, will definitely have a lot of opinions about Xiang Ao, and the lord can use one or two. ”

When Guo Tu heard this, he turned his head and glared at Feng Ji fiercely, and snorted coldly.

Yuan Shao looked at the battle between the ministers in the room, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and he took the art of weighing, which was like this, and it was also what Yuan Shao wanted.

Xu Yu and Feng Ji are the Nanyang family, Guo Tu, Xin Bi, and Xin Ping are the Yingchuan family, and the two families are each their own faction and fight each other. As for the local families in Jizhou, the representatives include Jubei, Cui Yan and Cui Lin, plus most of the generals under Yuan Shao's command were born in Jizhou, and the Jizhou family is the most powerful, faintly suppressing Xu You, Guo Tu and others in Yingchuan and Nanyang.

Although Xu You, Guo Tu and others are fighting with each other, as long as the people of the Jizhou family come forward, Xu You and Guo Tu will temporarily unite to compete for Yuan Shao's trust and the merits within Yuan Shao's forces.

Yuan Shao is also a member of a family, of course he understands what the various families are fighting for, and Yuan Shao thinks that among the children of the family, he can easily control them. Now the struggle between the various factions in Yuan Shao's own forces is also formed with Yuan Shao's acquiescence and even guidance, so that Yuan Shao will not worry about being seized by many families and forming the appearance of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.

Although among the generals under Yuan Shao's command, only Chun Yuqiong is a person from Yingchuan, and the rest of the people are Jizhou generals, but Chun Yuqiong has been following Yuan Shao since Yuan Shao designed to kill the eunuchs, and He Jin has been following Yuan Shao since he was the most trusted confidant of Yuan Shao. also made Chun Yuqiong, who is a military general, faintly become the first person under Yuan Shao's account.

"My lord, what Brother Ziyuan and Brother Gongze said makes sense." As a representative of the local family in Jizhou, he stepped forward and said lightly: "Xiang Ao, who has an ordinary background, even a low background, is Xiang Ao's most fatal weakness. But it is also because of this that when Xiang Ao governed and merged the state, he did not take the family as the focus, but opened up another realm and tried to win the hearts of the people. ”

"Xiang Ao's courage is extraordinary, and most of the millions of people in the annexed state have great respect for Xiang Ao, especially the refugees who fled and the nomads who returned to the annexed state, and they have received a lot of benefits from Xiang Ao." The trial didn't seem to want to offend Yingchuan Nanyang and others, and said it very tactfully: "The people's wishes, Xiang Ao's various decrees in the state have been implemented extremely smoothly, so that Xiang Ao has recruited hundreds of thousands of elite troops in a few years. ”

However, it is precisely because of this that most of the families in Bingzhou have resentment towards Xiang Ao. Brother Ziyuan's strategy can be used. However, the lord has to be careful, although the Bingzhou family is dissatisfied with Xiang Ao, but Xiang Ao's control over the Bingzhou family is extremely firm. Many families are also trembling in the territory of Bingzhou, and they are conscientious and perform their duties, and there are few people who come from nonsense. ”

"If the lord wants to enter the family, he needs to find a safe family." The judge said this book, his expression was extremely solemn: "Although the family is available, but the lord does not have to be too anxious, even if the state is now rich, but it is far less than the beauty of my Jizhou, the lord only needs to work hard to develop the people's livelihood, and it will take half a year to surpass Xiang Ao in terms of military strength." ”

"Besides, don't forget the Qingzhou that has just been recovered, but there are many former Qingzhou Yellow Turban elites, which can be used!"

Yuan Shao's eyes lit up when he listened to the analysis of the trial, and it seemed that his previous anxiety had been swept away. Yuan Shao turned his head to the judge and said politely: "I have due south, why worry about the injustice of Hebei?" Hahaha..."

Originally, his father-in-law's praise for himself should make the trial happy, but Yuan Shao's words made Guo Tu, Xu You and others look at the trial with strange eyes. made the judge's face sink, and he offended people again!

"It is within our duty to share worries for the Lord, and the Lord has a good reputation!" The judge hurriedly returned the salute and said modestly, as if he wanted to reduce the jealousy of the people in Yingchuan and Nanyang as much as possible.

Speaking of Qingzhou, Chen Lin, as the pastoral secretary of Jizhou, looked displeased, hesitated for a moment and stepped forward to say: "Lord, the Yellow Turban is a rebel, even if it is available, I am afraid it is not really surrendering to the lord, and please think twice before acting." ”

In the last years of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Chen Lin served as the chief secretary of the general He Jin. Dong Zhuo was ruthless in Luoyang, and Chen Lin took refuge in Jizhou and entered the Yuan Shao shogunate. Chen Lin is also one of the two people under Yuan Shao's command who have not stood in line for the time being, and most of the strategies offered for Yuan Shao are put forward from an objective point of view, but Yuan Shao only regards Chen Lin as a scholar and does not reuse it.

As for the other person who did not stand in line, it was Dong Zhao, who also had a previous incident with He Jin. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty saw that Dong Zhao was famous for filial piety when he was young, and he was quite talented, so he was promoted as filial piety, and after Yuan Shao entered Jizhou, he recruited Dong Zhao to join the army and participate in the military.

Dong Zhao and Chen Lin agreed on the views of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and after Chen Lin's admonition, Dong Zhao also stood up and said respectfully: "My lord, most of the Yellow Turban Army is brutal, if there is no way to discipline it, I am afraid it will endanger the military discipline of the Lord Army." Especially the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, Zhao has never heard the good remarks of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, except that he is really brave on the battlefield. ”

After Chen Lin and Dong Zhao's admonitions, Yuan Shao gently choked his head and nodded in agreement. However, this also made Yuan Shao entangled. Today's Jizhou, there are less than 100,000 regular soldiers and horses, if you want to fight a decisive battle with Xiang Ao in Bingzhou, I am afraid that there is still some weakness, if you can collect tens of thousands of Qingzhou yellow scarves for your own use, Yuan Shao is confident that Xiang Ao will be defeated in a short time.

"Lord, I have a plan!"

"Oh?!" Yuan Shao saw Guo Tu confidently stepping forward, and asked excitedly: "The public is coming quickly." ”

Guo Tu smiled confidently and indifferently: "Wei County in Jizhou has been under the control of the Black Mountain Army and has not been able to take it, why didn't the lord promise the Yellow Turban generals of Qingzhou, if they can capture Wei County by themselves, they will appoint the Yellow Turban generals as the Taishou of Wei County?" ”

"If the Qingzhou Yellow Turban is really successful, after it captures Wei County, and then appoints its leader as the Hanoi Taishou, wouldn't it be possible to withdraw most of the troops in the south and west without the need for the lord to bother, and have Qingzhou soldiers to contain Xiang Ao Shangdang and Hanoi's army?"

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! When Yuan Shao heard this, he was ecstatic and shouted: "Hahaha... The public rule is really like a ghost, such a strategy can not only make the yellow turban for my use, but also enough to weaken the Qingzhou soldiers, and it will be convenient to control in the future! ”

"The lord praises it!" Guo Tu smiled modestly and said lightly: "It's also thanks to Secretary Chen and Dong Senjun!" ”

After that, Guo Tu looked at Chen Lin and Dong Zhao with great meaning, and cast a friendly gaze. Although Guo Tu and other families representing Yingchuan were reused by Yuan Shao, the local families in Jizhou still put Guo Tu under great pressure, and at this time, they could sell Chen Lin and Dong Zhaowei's colleagues who had never stood in line with each other, and they would get along well in the future, of course, it would be better if they could pull the two into their camp. Guo Tu thought about it, and his gaze at the two became more and more kind.

Chen Lin and Dong Zhao glanced at each other, both smiling bitterly. The partisan struggle among the forces will lead to death if you are not careful, and the two do not want to get involved. However, the goodwill that Guo Tu threw was not easy to ignore, and nodded politely in return, not saying much. Cui Yan, who was also from the Jizhou family next to him, looked at Guo Tu with a low brow, then at Dong Zhao and the others, and didn't say much after sitting upright.

Yuan Shao looked at Dong Zhao and Chen Lin with satisfaction, nodded lightly, turned around and continued to say to Guo Tu: "At this time, the public will arrange it immediately. Now that Xiang Ao has won the five counties and one country in Youzhou, it will be even more difficult to deal with if Xiang Ao is allowed to unify the three counties of Liaodong again. ”

"Don't worry, the lord will immediately arrange for someone to go and let the Qingzhou Yellow Turban leave as soon as possible." Guo Tuzuo received the order, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry.

"That's right, my lord!" Guo Tu suddenly remembered Kong Rong of the Bohai Kingdom in Qingzhou, and asked Yuan Shaodao: "Kong Rong, the Prime Minister of the Bohai Kingdom..."

"Humph!" It's okay not to mention it, as soon as Kong Rong was mentioned, Yuan Shao's face turned dark, and he snorted coldly: "Kong Rong relies on himself to be a descendant of Confucius, thinking that Benzhou Mu doesn't dare to touch him?" ”

"But don't pay attention to it for the time being, Yanzhou Cao Cao's performance in recent days does not seem to intend to surrender to the Honzhou Mu, and he is still plotting against Xuzhou. Leaving Kong Rong behind, when the Herdsman of Benzhou fought against Xiang Ao, he could also help Tao Qian contain Cao Cao. ”

Guo Tu nodded with satisfaction, and then said no more and left.

Although Yuan Shao was extremely ambitious, the growing power also made Yuan Shao swell a little. But how to say that Yuan Shao is also a hero, with great intelligence, how can he not see the general trend of the world. At this time, leaving Kong Rong will have more advantages than disadvantages, and Yuan Shao will not put himself in the quagmire because of some gains and losses in front of him.