"Among Yuan Shao's forces, there are many families, and there are also many poor families who are also admiring and defecting, and even those who are desperately born. In addition, Yuan Shao is a person who is wide on the outside and jealous on the inside, and acquiesces in the struggle of various factions under his command in order to achieve a balance of power, and the lord only needs to help Yuan Shao a little, then Yuan Shao's power will begin to disintegrate from the inside. Jia Xu, whose face was indifferent, was full of excitement in his eyes and continued.

"The trial is a person from Wei County, Jizhou, and he must represent the local family power in Jizhou among Yuan Shao's forces. In the conversation with the trial, Xu could clearly feel that the trial was strongly opposed to the dispatch of troops to Youzhou. Since the trial is against sending troops to Youzhou, why did Yuan Shao send the trial and matching army? ”

When Xiang Ao heard this, his eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "Could it be that Yuan Shao is using this to warn the trial?" ”

"Yes!" Jia Xu nodded and continued: "Yuan Shao is a scheming person, and he is even better at controlling the general trend of the world. However, now is a troubled time, Yuan Shao wants to control too many people, and prematurely executing the emperor's technique is tantamount to digging his own grave. ”

"Yuan Shao turned over and won Jizhou because of his fame. But Yuan Shao's move also planted the seeds of irreconcilable civil strife among Yuan Shao's forces. Jia Xu took another sip of tea and continued: "Since Yuan Shao has already resisted the trial, then think about it again, if the lord does not detain the trial, treat the trial with courtesy, and then send the trial back to Jizhou?" ”

Xiang Ao looked at Jia Xu in a daze, and kept thinking about the result of the release of the trial in his mind. After a long time, Xiang Ao had to sigh and said: "Being able to get Wen and help is indeed the favor of God." When Jia Xu heard this, he didn't answer, and looked at Xiang Ao with a faint smile. Seeing this, Xiang Ao shook his head helplessly and continued.

"As long as the trial is sent back to Jizhou, no matter whether the prince has persuaded him to demote the trial, and no matter what the trial plan is, after returning to Jizhou, Yuan Shao will definitely take precautions against the trial. In this way, the local families in Jizhou who are represented by the trial must be cold. Even if this prince enters Jizhou in the future, without the support of the family, it can make the Yuan Shao forces in this matter fight endlessly. ”

Jia Xu seemed to be extremely satisfied, nodded, took the words, and said very meaningfully: "However, before the release of the trial, you can send the trial to Taiyuan, so that the trial can see how the people under the lord's command live, and you can also let the trial see how the ministers, generals and even the family under the lord's command are getting stronger and stronger under the lord's rule." ”

When Xiang Ao heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he understood. Judging this person, Xiang Ao also understands something. Not only does he have the political ability to govern a state, but he also has a very unique analysis of the general trend of the world. If it weren't for the inherent conceptual fetters of the family, for Xiang Ao, the trial match would also be a person who could be reused. The judge is upright, but there are also the problems of the children of the family, and everything has been put in the interests of his own family.

This was the case when he assisted Yuan Shao to seize Jizhou, but Yuan Shao's various performances made the trial not too satisfied. Having said that, if he clearly knows how huge Xiang Ao's power is now, the trial will definitely make Yuan Shao and Xiang Ao fight to the death for the benefit of the Jizhou family. However, after being captured alive and sent back, it is unknown how much voice there is in the trial.

Xiang Ao thought so, and the smile on his face became more and more obvious.

When Xiang Ao began to look happy, Jia Xu poured a basin of cold water and said, "Lord, I'm afraid it has to be as soon as possible at this time!" The battle of Youzhou caused Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses to lose more than 50,000. At this time, Yuan Shao is the weakest time, if he can devour most of Yuan Shao's Jizhou within this year, Yuan Shao will not be able to quickly recover his strength by virtue of Jizhou's wealth, and the lord can ravage at will. ”

Hearing this, Xiang Ao lowered his head and thought about it, it was indeed the case. The wealth of Jizhou, coupled with the Jizhou family, Yuan Shao's war potential is extremely terrifying. If you don't take this opportunity to defeat Yuan Shao's vital force, then I don't know how long I will have to stalemate with Yuan Shao.

"Killing Yuan Shao, for this father, it will only take two or three years." Xiang Ao slowly stood up and said lightly to Jia Xu: "I still have to work hard to make peace and give advice for me, and think more about Cao Cao and Liu Bei in the south in the future." ”

Xiang Ao's self-confidence is very infectious, after Jia Xu heard this, he got up solemnly and said to Xiang Ao: "Xu will definitely do his best to help the lord dominate the world and help the community!" ”

Hearing this, Xiang Ao smiled lightly and didn't say anything more. Dian Wei was recruited and arranged to be escorted to Taiyuan for affairs. Xiang Ao, who was in Zhuo County, wanted to escort the trial to Taiyuan, so he had to detour to Daijun, Yanmen Pass, and then take Yanmen Pass Road, and go to Taiyuan before. It took nearly two months to release the trial from Huguan Road to the bordering Zhao State, and let the trial return to Jizhou.

Although the trial has not yet figured out why Xiang Ao took such great pains to release himself from Taiyuan, the trial match's observation in Taiyuan for several days made the trial uneasy. On the way back to Jizhou, the judge kept replaying what he had seen and heard after following Hu Zhao for a few days. The people are not only rich, but they are even more grateful to Xiang Ao, and the strong people's hearts in Bingzhou make the trial seem to feel that there is a divine dragon of people's cohesion in the sky above Bingzhou, looking down on the entire Bingzhou and protecting the entire Bingzhou.

And the family issue that the trial is most concerned about, in the merger states governed by Xiang Ao, does not seem to be as irreconcilable as the Central Plains. Regarding Xiang Ao's decree to disperse the interests of the family, the judge had to admire, even shock. Especially in the territory of Bingzhou, after seeing many shops of the Zhen family, the richest merchant family in Jizhou, the trial even began to wonder if the Zhen family under Yuan Shao had already rebelled.

But merchants have transactions in various states, and it is inevitable to set up shops, and the trial will not chew on the root of the tongue without evidence. More than ten days passed, and the trial crossed Zhao Guo and Julu, and rushed back to the current Yuan Shaozhi's place, the capital of Anping Guoxin (now southwest of Hengshui City, Hebei).

"The criminal minister is judged, and I have seen the lord!"

In the lobby of the Xindu Mansion, Yuan Shao returned with his adviser Guo Tu and others who seemed to be grandly received and judged. Yuan Shao was full of smiles, the suspicion in his eyes flashed, and he laughed and stepped forward to help the trial match seem to be dissatisfied with the trial match's statement that he claimed to be a criminal minister, and said, "What is Zhengnan's crime?" Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers! Moreover, Xiang Ao is in the state, and the army led by Zhengnan was calculated by Xiang Ao, what is the crime? ”

"Thank you for your understanding!" When the judge heard this, he didn't know whether he was moved or scared, knelt down, prostrate in front of Yuan Shao, and bowed his head to thank him.

"Huh... It doesn't have to be that way in the south! Yuan Shao continued to politely pick up the trial match and said, "I don't know if Zhengnan has heard useful information about Xiang Ao's forces in Taiyuan?" ”

Hearing this, he put away the gratitude in his face, and said to Yuan Shao with a straight face: "My lord, the state is not as barren as we imagined. ”

Then, the judge carefully told Yuan Shao what he had seen and heard in Bingzhou. Yuan Shao only looked solemn at first, and became more and more afraid of Xiang Ao. But after talking about the people's hearts and the family, Yuan Shao's eyes gradually became gloomy.

"Lord, Xiang Ao is now powerful, and he can't face it head-on!" The judge's solemn face looked a little worried and continued: "After Xiang Ao regained Youzhou, his power was even better. I'm afraid that the lord needs to write to Lu Bu and Cao Cao to jointly crusade against Xiang Ao in order to win! ”

Yuan Shao's face changed slightly, but it was hidden very quickly, and everyone did not find Yuan Shao's abnormality. Yuan Shao chuckled and said to the judge: "Zhengnan has been held hostage by Xiang Ao for so long, and he must have suffered a lot. The situation in Jizhou is due south for the time being, and it is repaired and repaired in Xindu. ”

The judge was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't understand what Yuan Shao meant, so he hurriedly said that he planned to continue to advise: "Lord! Xiang Ao, this person..."

"Due South!" Yuan Shao continued with a deep voice: "It's better to rest and repair first, Zhongshan Kingdom and Bohai County are already safe, and Xiang Ao's army will not have any results in Yi County for the time being." Due south or repair first. ”

Cui Yan was beside him, frowning and looking at Yuan Shao and the two judges in front of him, his face uncertain. Yuan Shao arranged it like this, didn't he plan to put the trial on the shelf? Could it be that the lord is suspicious of due south? Thinking like this, Cui Yan's face became more and more ugly. The local families in Jizhou are at odds with the Yingchuan and Nanyang families who defected to Yuan Shao, especially Yingchuan Guo Tu and others, who are suppressing Cui Yan and Xian Pei all the time.

"My lord, Brother Zhengnan rushed back from Bingzhou, and he must know a lot more about Bingzhou than we do. Please think twice and let Zhengnan participate in the decision-making of the lord's crusade against Xiang Ao. Cui Yan's words made Yuan Shao's face even more ugly, compared with the Jizhou family, Yuan Shao still felt that Yingchuan Guo Tu, Nanyang Xu You and others who followed him were more reliable.

However, since Yuan Shao made his fortune from Jizhou, Yuan Shao did not want to offend the Jizhou family too much, so as not to cause chaos in the Jizhou family. However, Yuan Shao thought so, Guo Tu and others who tried to attack the local family in Jizhou would not let it go so easily.

"What does Brother Ji mean?" Guo Tu stepped forward, questioned Cui Yan softly, turned to Yuan Shao and continued: "The lord is sympathetic to his subordinates, and it is the benevolence of the lord to let Brother Zhengnan rest first. Brother Ji Qi said that the lord didn't care about Brother Zhengnan's opinion? ”

Guo Tu's questioning made Cui Yan's heart skip a beat, and his face looked a little flustered. Yuan Shao listened, his eyes narrowed, he stared at Cui Yan and continued: "This matter is decided for the time being, let Zhengnan rest and rest." There haven't been too many battles recently, Ji Jue will accompany Zhengnan for the time being, open the way to the south, let Zhengnan recover earlier, can he assist the king? ”

Cui Yan looked at the gloom in Yuan Shao's expression, a chill ran down his spine, and he hurriedly said to Yuan Shao: "Don't worry, the lord will let Zhengnan recover as soon as possible and share the worries for the lord!" ”

"The lord..." looked at Yuan Shao in amazement, and exclaimed softly, as if he was planning to fight. didn't wait for the trial to say more, Cui Yan hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the trial and scolded softly: "Zhengnan hasn't thanked the lord yet?!" ”

Hearing this, the judge looked at Yuan Shao in disbelief, then sighed secretly, calmed down, and said to Yuan Shao: "Thank you, lord!" ”