After killing Xu You, when he returned to Fuyang, the sky had darkened, and the streets were becoming fewer and fewer pedestrians, Gongsun Zhi sent five hundred guards to escort Ren Hongchang back to deal with his wounds, and he took Dian Wei and Li Ke to the direction of the government to deal with some official business before preparing to return to the house.

On the way, Dian Wei asked in the back: "Since the lord killed Xu You, it is better to kill Wang Lang together, which will save more trouble." They can't go far now, or the old man will bring some brothers over and kill them. ”

"What's the use of killing?" Gongsun Zhi glanced back at him slightly, and then looked at the yamen that appeared in front of him, "...... Xu You, it has changed too much from the past, it can be seen that after he made a contribution in Guandu, he was very self-conscious as soon as he came to Shanggu County, so when he was in Xudu, he was probably like this, why did Cao Cao let him come?" He just wanted to provoke me and kill him. ”

Dian Wei frowned, rubbed his beard, and learned to think: "Since the lord knows...... So why do you want to help Cao Cao? ”

The horse's hooves walked slowly, Gongsun Zhi stroked the mane of the Absolute Shadow, stared at the front and laughed: "I have already given that Xu Yu a few chances, but unfortunately this person does not leave a way back when he speaks, and in that case let me explain, if I really give him an explanation, won't I fall into the prestige of the party that has been established for a long time?" ”

"Alas....I just want to kill people......

More than ten horsemen stopped at the entrance of the palace, dismounted and walked in, the guards left behind quickly drove away the yamen messengers, took over the defense of the gate, only the three highest martial arts followed Dian Wei and Li Ke to enter the mansion with the wolf king, at this time Wang Lie and Li Ru were still working in it and did not leave, received the report of the people below, and hurriedly greeted them, and a few people chatted a few words while walking, entered the main hall, and reported the recent war report after sitting down.

"In April, Zou Dan's Youyan army as the main force has taken Yuyang County, after the city was broken, some people wanted to flee to Jizhou, but they were captured by General Zhao and General Zhao's cavalry in the Guangyang area, and now it is another month, and now these two cavalry have swept away the Guangyang Field, and the two Gongsun generals will probably also go south to attack the city."

Li Ru is the governor of the Zhennan General's Mansion, and almost all the news of the battle situation has to pass through his hands, and in his words, he looked at the map of the north hanging on the side of the first place, "..... there should be a big resistance in the next battle, and Yuan Shang of Jizhou will not sit idly by and watch Youzhou lose it so easily, but in the battle of Guandu last year, Yuan Jun was beaten in fear, and if he really wants to fight back, the strength may not be strong." ”

On the tiger skin chair, Gongsun Zhi lightly tapped the armrest with his fingers and looked at the scribe: "What about Gongsun Kang of Liaodong?" After taking the right Beiping, is there any other news? It is the place where my father was born, and it is also the hometown of the generals and soldiers of the Youzhou family, which is of extraordinary significance, and it will also be an important town to control Liaodong and even Goguryeo in the future. ”

It was dark outside, and an errand came in to hold the lamp, and in the dim light, Li Ru responded: "It's too far away, and the news is not so timely, but the latest intelligence doesn't have much information about the army in Liaodong, and the side also shows that Gongsun Kang can still control his own hands." ”

"Well, what about Wen Hou?" Gongsun Zhi took the wine handed by others.

"The troops over there are relatively late, Wen Hou led the troops to Yanmen County in the middle of the gap is still some distance, and then the troops are relatively late than the battle situation in Youzhou, the recent news that the Xiliang army has broken through Guangwu and is marching towards Yuanping, if Wen Hou is there, it can be inferred according to time....." He paused, and looked at the name of a certain city on the map of Bingzhou, "...... should have passed through Meng County, it should be close to Jinyang, and Bingzhou is long and narrow, plus the prestige of the Xiliang Army and the popularity of Wenhou for many years, it should be a triumphant advance all the way." ”

In the voice of Xu Xu, between the seats on the other side, there were also words inserted at this time.

"The lord is not considering the battle situation of the various armies at the moment, but after this expedition, how to effectively control the two states, the north is barren, even if it has improved in recent years, although the lord's method of recruiting the children of the poor is good, but these are only the talents of a county after all, and more are to fill the middle and lower level officials. Moreover, after all, the two states are also considered big states, and there are many more wealthy families than the five counties in the border areas, and if you want long-term peace and stability, this aspect is also a big problem. ”

The most serious problem, in addition to the lack of middle and lower-level officials who are friendly to the north, Gongsun Zhi's reputation is also a very important part, he did not say this problem directly, but reminded him a little tactfully from those wealthy families.

"Yan Fang's reminder is timely." When Gongsun Zhi put down his lord and wiped the wine stains from the corners of his mouth, he sank his voice: "The officials of the two states can not be in a hurry, after the city is captured, it will be left as it is for the time being, and the hearts of those people will be reassured first, and then they will be replaced one by one after our people are competent. As for those gentry and big clans..... if someone shows goodwill, they will take it, and if no one shows goodwill, they will hang them, and when the two states have almost taken over, they will intersect with them, and if someone makes trouble and destroys stability, they will wipe out their relatives, retinues, helpers, and so on......"

The tall figure leaned back and closed his eyes for a moment: "By the way, use this excuse to check the population of the gentry clan....." After all, the two huge states ..... urgently need the population to fill in, and the land needs people to plant, Wang Junshou, this matter must be done well, if it can't be done, I will send another person to do it, that is the situation of leaving no one alive." ”

In recent years, Gongsun Zhi has been learning to make himself more suitable for the position of princes, to define himself, most things have been suppressing the temper of the past, and after killing Xu You today, the whole person is restless, and the words he says are still cold and murderous.

"Yes."

Wang Lie stood up and answered, the words of deliberation continued, the eaves outside were lit with lanterns, and the farther streets, looking down from the sky, were dotted with lights that embellished the city's alternative vitality in this era.

Cai Yan took Zheng'er to the side courtyard to visit the injured Ren Hongchang, probably knowing the whole story, while walking around in the courtyard, he said to the injured woman next to him: "Sister ...... knows some martial arts, but it is not so indiscriminate, if it is not for the husband to arrive in time, I am afraid that Xiangxiaoyu will die." ”

Ren Hongchang glanced at her, the corners of his mouth always maintained a charming smile, and looked at the series of lanterns that stretched under the eaves: "Whoever insults my man, the concubine will kill him (her)" Then, his gaze stopped on Cai Yan's side face slightly, and his tone was soft: "...... he is mine." ”

"I'm only worried that my sister will mess around one day and be captured, which will insult her husband's prestige....."

The fluttering words sounded from Cai Yan's mouth, and-for-tat words appeared in the courtyard from time to time, this was just an inconspicuous scene located in the increasingly large Fuyang City, and the entire Shanggu County was just a corner of the world.

From the beginning of spring to the beginning of summer, the entire Central Plains to the northern border was in a state of war and imminent war.

Since the beginning of spring in February, Gongsun Zhi sent troops to attack Youhe and the two states as a start, the Central Plains, in March when the weather warmed up for Jizhou, Runan implemented a drama of attacking the east and the west, from the initial formulation of the two armies directly to take the two states of Hebei and Qingdao, but in mid-April, Xiahou Yuan, who attacked Qingzhou, turned around on the way to Wuping, Yuzhou, passed through Qiaoxian all the way to the south, and went west along Yingshui, making a roundabout lightning attack on Runan County, Gongsun Zhi's roundabout tactics were skillfully used by him, and Liu Bei was caught off guard. The army outside the city could hardly be the opponent of the opposing cavalry, so it had to retreat to defend it.

During the war in Runan, Jizhou on the other side was forced to Yecheng because of Cao Cao's crossing of the Yellow River into Dongjun, Yuan Shang could not take care of the army of Zhao Yun, Zou Dan and others who were ravaging Youzhou, and sent people to Qingzhou to join Yuan Tan to help, while organizing the army to fight with Cao Cao outside the city several times, about the end of April, the second day of the first month of May, Yuan Tan of Qingzhou understood the truth of the cold lips and teeth under the persuasion of the strategists Guo Tu and Xin Ping, and sent troops to rescue Jizhou, but Cao Cao's entire army changed abruptly and retreated to Dongjun, just when the situation seemed weirdYuan Tan, who had already led his troops to the battle, received news from Zang Ba of Taishan County to attack Qingzhou soon after, and had to lead his troops back.

Halfway was defeated by ambush soldiers, defeat was already a matter of time, on May 12, Cao's army besieged Yecheng.