Just when the world was settled, Yanzhou Cao Cao drove away Liu Bei, Jingzhou Sun Liu dismissed the army, and Jizhou Yuan Shao watched Yanxu, but Jinyang suddenly sent out an edict!

The content of the edict is generally that Yuan Shu disobeyed the king's orders, set up a puppet emperor without authorization, attacked the Han land, the Son of Heaven was furious, and sent 150,000 troops, led by the general Zhao Qian.

The princes of all walks of life, but there are those who help the original thief, and the world will discuss them.

After this edict was issued, it immediately caused an uproar in the world, and no one expected that Zhao Qian would attack Yuan Shu at this time.

Jizhou, Yecheng, in the meeting hall of Yuan Shao's mansion.

Fu Zhu hurriedly came and said, "Have you heard that Zhao Qian sent troops and went south to attack Yuan Shu?" ”

Yuan Shao nodded and said, "This edict issued by Zhao Qian in the name of the Son of Heaven has long been spread throughout all states and counties in the world, can I not know?" ”

"Although Zhao Qian is pretending to be in the name of the Son of Heaven, the seal on this edict is indeed the seal of the jade seal of the country, which is real!" He continued.

"Alas, this highway is really its own death, so it shouldn't accept that Liu Xie." Yuan Shao said with some displeasure.

Fu Zhu looked at Yuan Shao and said, "Isn't this almost the lord's?" ”

"Opportunity?" Yuan Shao looked at Fu Zhi with some incomprehension, "What chance?" ”

"Now that Zhao Qian is on the expedition, Jinyang is empty, why don't the lord take advantage of this and send troops to Jinyang to save the Son of Heaven to Jizhou?" Frustrated to say tactfully.

What he said was to "rescue" the Son of Heaven, in fact, it was to let Yuan Shao control the Son of Heaven by himself, and the Son of Heaven who had the jade seal of the country was still very appealing.

Yuan Shao pondered for a long time, but shook his head and said, "This matter needs to be considered in the long run, and it must not be done willfully. ”

Frustrated with a frown, he hurriedly said: "This matter is by no means willful, after receiving the edict, the old man sent someone to Jinyang to investigate, this time Jinyang only has 8,000 guards!" ”

At this time, Xu You, Guo Tu, Shen Pei and others also came to Yuan Shao's mansion, all for Zhao Qian's edict.

Yuan Shao was originally a little moved by what he said, and he was very happy to see that almost all of his advisers came.

"You are here just in time, let's discuss the issue of Zhao Qian's edict together." Yuan Shao hurriedly said.

Xu You bowed and said, "Lord, we are here for this matter. ”

"Oh? Gonghe just suggested that I take advantage of Zhao Qian's expedition to Huaiyang to send troops to Jinyang, I don't know what you think? Yuan Shao said.

Xu You looked at the other people and said, "Lord, I don't think that concurrently Jinyang is the best policy. ”

After hearing this, Yuan Shao looked at Fu Zhi and said, "Why does Ziyuan think so? But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

Xu Yu arched his hand and said: "I have heard that although Zhao Qian led the army south, but Shangdang Xu Huang, Su Huan, and Hanoi Zhang Xiu did not move, and the two forces combined, there are also twenty or thirty thousand. ”

Yuan Shao nodded when he heard this, and said: "Ziyuan is in charge of our army's intelligence, and since this is the case, he can't ignore it." ”

"My lord, if the Shangdang and Hanoi garrisons have no Zhao Qian, it will be like a group of dragons without a leader, the lord can send a team to contain one place, and send a large army to destroy it in another; Then another way will be destroyed. If these two places are destroyed, then the gate of Jinyang will be wide open, and our army will be able to drive straight in! ”

After Yuan Shao heard this, his eyes lit up, and he was a little moved, Guo Tu hurriedly said: "The lord can't, if you want to attack Jinyang, you must transfer the garrison of Qingzhou and Dongguan County back at this time, then it is contrary to the lord's plan." ”

Xu You also nodded and said: "Yes, and Jinyang has Zhao Qian's sworn brother, and the general Zhao Yun personally guards it, if he comes to the rescue, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist for a while." ”

"Exactly, if it drags on for a long time, it will be extremely unfavorable to the lord." Guo Tu then said.

Both of them are from Runan, and their friendship is usually okay, but when they saw that they had the same opinion, they sang and talked about it.

Yuan Shao was really a little moved by what he said, nodded, and said: "What Ziyuan and the public rule said, it is very much in line with my wishes, I also take Xuzhou, now there are 20,000 horses in Dongguan County, as long as Cao Cao and Tao Qian have another big war, I can profit from it!" As soon as Xuzhou is obtained, the soldiers, horses, money and grain will be greatly replenished, and how can Zhao Qian be my opponent at that time? ”

After hearing this, he hurriedly said: "What if Cao Cao doesn't fight Tao Qian?" ”

"Haha, the revenge of killing his father, not the same day, Cao Cao is now newly settled in Yanzhou, and Liu Bei has fled to Xuzhou, no matter what point, Cao Cao will attack Xuzhou!" Yuan Shao said firmly.

"But ......"

He was about to speak again, but Yuan Shao waved his hand and said, "Okay, Gonghe, I have decided on this matter, so don't discuss it anymore." ”

Guo Tu saw that Yuan Shao had made a decision, and breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't really want to stop Yuan Shao's troops from sending Jinyang, he just wanted to prevent Yuan Shao from transferring the soldiers and horses from Qingzhou and Dongguan County back.

Because Guo Tu is extremely friendly with Yuan Tan, the eldest son of Yuan Shao, the current teams in Qingzhou and Dongguan County are subject to Yuan Tan's control.

If he is transferred back to Jizhou, Yuan Tan's strength will inevitably be much less, this is not what Guo Tu wants to see, he has other plans.

When Xu You left Yuan Shao's mansion, he was very happy, because Yuan Shao dispelled the idea of sending troops to Jinyang, which allowed him to get a lot of money.

Although the person who came to bribe him did not reveal his identity, Xu You had already guessed that it must be someone from Jinyang.

However, Xu You did not report to Yuan Shao, nor did he blow people away, but accepted bribes from those who came, and dissuaded Yuan Shao from sending troops to Jinyang.

Because Xu You also believes that it doesn't matter whether Zhao Qian is beaten or not at this time, and being able to take Xuzhou or Yanzhou is the most important thing.

Xuzhou and Yanzhou are both large grain-producing states, and the benefits of these two states are much more than attacking Jinyang.

Therefore, Xu You thought that he had not harmed Yuan Shao's interests, and he could still get a batch of property, so why not do it?

Moreover, the man said that what he got before was only an advance payment, and if Yuan Shao really gave up the army to Jinyang, there would be more property to offer.

At this time, Xu You was already humming an unknown tune and walking towards his mansion, imagining the wealth that was about to be obtained.

Cao Cao of Yanzhou also received an edict from Jinyang, and his subordinates gathered to wait for Cao Cao's decision.

"Lord, when the previous crusade against Xuzhou, Yuan Shu sent Ji Ling to lead the troops to attack, it is better to take this opportunity to help Zhao Qian destroy Yuan Shu!" Dian Wei said.

Cao Cao shook his head after hearing this, and said: "No, this edict does not mention the need for the help of the princes, and it is not beautiful to send troops rashly. ”

Cheng Yu also nodded and said: "What the lord said is very true, especially now that Yuan Shaotun is in Dongguan County, under the pretext of exterminating the Taishan thieves, he is looking at Yanxu, and he must be guarded against. ”