Zhao Yun peeked at Tian Yu. Then he said: "Guorang, how is Peng Zu's kid lately?" ”

The "Peng Zu" in Zhao Yun's mouth is Tian Pengzu, Tian Yu's son.

Tian Yu shook his head a little helplessly, and said: "Since the death of Cao Zhang, the king of Rencheng, Peng Zu has also been implicated, and this kind of thing is always inevitable. ”

At that time, Tian Pengzu was Cao Zhang's person, so after Cao Pi ascended the throne, he suppressed Cao Zhang's old department, and the officials and generals who were raised by Cao Zhang's hands in the past were either transferred or demoted. Fortunately, Tian Pengzu has Tian Yu, the protection of his father, although he has not lost his official position, but if he wants to be promoted, there is not much hope.

In comparison, Zhao Yun's two sons, Zhao Tong and Zhao Guang, although their abilities are much worse than Zhao Yun's, they also relied on Zhao Yun's merits to seal the liehou, and now they are even appointed as the Taishou of a place, which can be regarded as a person with real power.

"Hey......" mentioned his son Tian Pengzu. Tian Yu couldn't help sighing, Tian Yu was not optimistic about Cao Zhang back then, but Cao Zhang was very charismatic, and it was normal to be able to gather Tian Pengzu to work for him.

"Guorang, I brought a gift." Zhao Yun said, stretched out his hand into his arms, took out a brocade box, and handed it to Tian Yu.

Tian Yu took the brocade box without hesitation, opened it and saw that there was an official seal inside.

Tian Yu frowned, and was about to say something, but Zhao Yun took the lead in speaking: "Guorang, this is not for you, it is for Peng Zu, you better take a look first!" ”

Tian Yu grabbed the official seal and opened it to see that there were a few big characters on it: Hanzhong Taishou Seal.

"Hanzhong Taishou!" Tian Yu snorted lightly.

At this time, Tian Yu had already understood what Zhao Yun meant. Zhao Yun was sent by Adou to recruit him, and the method used by Adou was not to give Tian Yu any big official position, but to give Tian Yu's son Tian Pengzu a good errand.

Hanzhong is fertile and rich. Back then, Zhang Lu could rank among the princes of the world with a Hanzhong, and even suppressed Liu Zhang in Xichuan for a time. It is precisely because of the wealth of Hanzhong that the position of the Taishou in Hanzhong is also one of the best, and it is much better than other Taishou positions.

Tian Yu has been an official for many years. Of course, I know how big a fat shortage Hanzhong Taishou is, if it is only with Tian Pengzu's ability, I am afraid that I will not be able to mix such a fat shortage as Hanzhong Taishou in my life, not to mention that Tian Pengzu stood on the wrong team before, and his career is hopeless.

At this time, Tian Yu's heart moved.

Tian Yu is not a die-hard person, counting the history of Tian Yu, he followed Gongsun Chan at the earliest, and later Yuan Shao destroyed Gongsun Zhan, Tian Yu surrendered to Yuan Shao, and then Cao Cao destroyed Yuan Shao, and Tian Yu surrendered to Cao Cao again. Therefore, Tian Yu naturally has no intention of martyrdom for Cao Ei.

Tian Yu is over sixty years old, an old man, and he has not pursued it in his life. But Tian Pengzu is Tian Yu's heart disease. Now that Zhao Yun threw out such a big temptation, Tian Yu was moved.

"Zilong, let me think about it, let me think about it again......"

Zhao Yun nodded, all this came too suddenly for Tian Yu, and he needed to be given time to think about it carefully.

……

Chen Liucheng.

Xu Shu stood at the gate of the city, looking at the official road in the distance with a calm face.

On both sides of the road, there were soldiers standing every few dozen feet away. Wearing armor and carrying a weapon, he looked around cautiously. Since Adou's assassination, the guards around Adou have increased several times.

In the distance, a platoon of cavalry appeared on the horizon, and immediately after, the emperor's guard of honor also appeared under the protection of this group of cavalry.

Looking at the emperor's guard of honor in the distance, Xu Shu suddenly felt nervous, and sweat broke out involuntarily in his palms.

The war horse suddenly let out a long roar, and then saw a horse break away from the group and rush over. Immediately it was a young man in golden armor, looking somewhat familiar.

"Childe...... Oh no, it's Your Majesty. Xu Shu said softly.

Adou was still dozens of feet away from Xu Shu, so he stopped, and then got off the horse. At this time, Xu Shu also knelt on the ground.

"Minister Xu Shu, knock to see Your Majesty."

Adou jumped up, flashed to Xu Shu's side in the blink of an eye, and supported Xu Shu with both hands.

"Teacher, you have worked hard for so many years!"

"I ......" At this moment, crystal tears suddenly appeared in Xu Shu's eyes, and the person was already speechless with excitement.

Think about Xu Shu back then, he was still a middle-aged handsome showman, and now Xu Shu is already gray with gray temples, the suave Xu Shu back then is no longer there, and Xu Shu looks like today. More like an old man.

"Teacher, let's go in first! Let's go inside. ”

……

In Chen Liucheng, Xu Shu's mood has stabilized.

"Your Majesty, I heard that a few days ago in Luoyang, a group of assassins came?" Xu Shu asked.

"Not bad."

"You came with Gongsun Yuan's envoys?"

"Yes. Teacher, what do you think about this? ”

"This matter must not have been done by Gongsun Yuan, if it was as I expected, Cao Rong would have done it." Xu Shu replied.

"How can the teacher see it?" Adou asked.

Xu Shu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has been by Cao Rong's side for some years. Although Cao Rong looks a little weak, he is a very decisive person. When Cao Pi just died, there were several ministers who did not take Cao Ei in their eyes and planned to give Cao Ei a dismissal, but they were killed by Cao Ei overnight. With the minister's understanding of Cao Ei, this assassination must have been done by Cao Ei. ”

Adou nodded: "Although we haven't forced to ask who is behind the scenes, but Pang Taifu also guessed that Cao Rong did it." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks this is a good opportunity!" Xu Shu said, with a strange smile on his face.

"Good chances? What a good opportunity? ”

"A good opportunity to take Youzhou! This group of assassins, although not sent by Gongsun Yuan, may not have anything to do with Gongsun Yuan at all. But there's a lot to be done here! ”

"Teacher. What do you mean......"

"Your Majesty can send someone back to rebuke Gongsun Yuan and ask him why he sent someone to assassinate him. Gongsun Yuan will definitely refuse to admit it, and His Majesty can send someone to tell Gongsun Yuan and ask him to supply 50,000 war horses to Liaodong, otherwise he will send troops to attack Youzhou. Xu Shu continued.

"And then?"

"Well, these 50,000 war horses are not too much, but it makes Gongsun Yuan feel that I am blackmailing him over the assassination."

"Yes, Gongsun Yuan must have thought that His Majesty was blackmailing him by means of the assassination, thinking that His Majesty's purpose was just to extort some horses, and he would not attack Liaodong for the time being, so he would definitely relax his vigilance in his heart. And His Majesty can send someone to feint Qingzhou again. With the heart of Gongsun Yuan, and then take advantage of Gongsun Yuan's unpreparedness to raid Liaodong! ”

Adou nodded, if it was just an ordinary plan to send troops to feint to attack Qingzhou, Gongsun Yuan would not be fooled, but if it was blackmailed on the surface, it could make Gongsun Yuan think in his heart that Adouzhi was extorting materials, not in Youzhou, so it would make Gongsun Yuan take it lightly.

It's just that before, whether it was Zhuge Liang or Pang Tong, the strategy set was to take Qingzhou first, completely cut off the road to the north of Eastern Wu, and then slowly solve Cao Rong and Gongsun Zhan. According to Xu Shu's plan, he first took Youzhou, and then attacked Jizhou from Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Yanzhou respectively. These two strategies are completely opposite, and at this time, Adou began to hesitate to listen to whom.

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong's plan, taking Qingzhou first, will completely cut off Sun Deng's road to the north, and there is no need to worry that Sun Deng will have ideas about Jizhou, and the vast land of Hebei will fall into the hands of Adou.

But this practice also has shortcomings, the so-called hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen, Wei has occupied the Central Plains for so many years, and the foundation is very strong, and Hebei has been recuperating for more than 20 years since the Battle of Guandu, and its vitality has recovered, at least much better than Hebei, which has just ended in the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Yuan Shao occupied Hebei that year and recruited nearly one million male soldiers, even if Yuan Shao's main force in the Battle of Guandu was lost, Cao Cao still spent five full years to pacify the remnants of Yuan Shao in Hebei, and among them, Guo Jiaxian's strategy provoked Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang brothers to turn against each other, making the two brothers fight each other and consume a lot of strength. If the Yuan brothers did not turn against each other, they were still united. Whether Cao Cao can take Hebei is still difficult to say.

Today's Adou is much stronger than Cao Cao back then, but there is only one Cao Ei in Hebei, this strategy to sow discord is useless, plus there is a Sun Deng in the south who is restrained, and he doesn't want Adou to take Jizhou happily, and it is normal to take down the entire Jizhou in five to eight years, which is already fast.

It may not be difficult to take Qingzhou, but it takes a lot of time to take Hebei, which is the disadvantage of attacking Qingzhou first.

In Xu Shu's plan, first take Youzhou, and then attack Jizhou on three sides, Hebei has a vast area, but east of Taihang, north of the Yellow River, south of the Great Wall, this piece of North China Plain, the terrain is still more suitable for cavalry combat, and in addition to a few big cities, there is almost no danger to defend, completely fighting forces, Hebei is attacked from three sides, it can be said that it is full of loopholes, difficult to defend, and the time to capture Jizhou is much less.

But the disadvantage of this is that it will give Soochow a chance to get involved in Jizhou. If Soochow obtains Qingzhou, and then goes north to fight with Adou to seize Jizhou, Adou does not want to see it. Moreover, once Donglai is controlled by Soochow, Soochow will control the entire Bohai Sea, and the navy will attack Liaodong and Sanhan at any time.

Xu Shu saw Adou's hesitation, Xu Shu thought about it for a while, and then thought that with the talents of Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, how could he not formulate a comprehensive strategic plan for Adou, and it can be seen from Adou's expression that the strategy he formulated is probably completely different from the plan specified by Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong.

If there is any other plan, it is probably to take Qingzhou first. Thinking of this, Xu Shu opened his mouth and asked, "Your Majesty, are Shi Yuan and Kong Ming planning to take Qingzhou first, and then go north and slowly encroach on Hebei?" ”