From Luoyang to the southeast march, through the Yanshi, the Wushi, not far away is the Yuyuan Pass, over the Yuyuan Pass, to the territory of Yingchuan.

This distance is only one hundred and sixty or seventy miles, even if Xu Chu and Cao Cao led an army of 50,000 and did not go fast, it only took two or three days to reach the Yuyuan Pass.

passed on the matter of the jade seal of the country, and on the way, Guo Jia found an opportunity to tell Xi Zhong.

Xu Chu didn't know anything about this, let alone how these two henchmen would plan carefully.

"Fengxiao, do you say that those families in Yingchuan will treat Cao Mengde more considerate than me? Zhicai, if Cao Mengde's soldiers and horses alone, can he gain a firm foothold in Yingchuan? ”

In the car, Xu Chu was comfortably crooked, chatting nonsense with Guo Jia and them without saying a word.

The scholars of Yingchuan are naturally much better to Cao Cao than to Xu Chu to him, and with Cao Cao's ability, it is naturally more than enough to gain a firm foothold in Yingchuan.

"It's good to be born in a noble place, if I am a descendant of the old Yuan family, today, with the great merit of recovering Luoyang......" kept saying, Xu Chu's mood was obviously very good, so he came to Yuyuan Pass, the sky was approaching dusk, so he ordered the three armies to stop, and re-enter Yingchuan early tomorrow morning.

Late that night, an urgent letter was sent from Yangzhai, and Dian Wei, who was in charge of inspecting the Chinese army, carried a torch and came to Xu Chu's tent with a messenger.

Xu Chu got up, but saw that the person who came was none other than Li Ping, who was in Dongxiangli, where he bought horse bones in Yanling County.

I took the letter to browse, and it was Xu Shu who signed the money. The letter was about the assassin of Yuzhou Kong Ling, and after Xu Chu saw it, he couldn't care about the late night, and immediately sent someone to invite Guo Jia, Xi Zhong, and Xin Bi to the tent.

After the people arrived, Xu Chu didn't talk nonsense, and directly handed the letter to the three of them, saying: "Kong Yuzhou and Runan Taishou have fought. ”

Guo Jia and others showed their views on the letter, and saw that the letter said that there was a war that took place in a county called Shansang in the east of Runan County five days ago. The two warring sides were Kong Ling and Xu Miao, who was the Taishou of Runan at the time. The cause of the fighting is unknown, but the result is known - a draw.

Guo Jia thought to himself: "Isn't Kong Yuzhou sick? How can you still have the heart to start a war. ”

Xu Chu said: "Probably because I saw me and General Cao recovering Luoyang, which made Kong Yuzhou sleepless." ”

Guo Jia was noncommittal and said, "But this matter is very strange. ”

"What's weird?"

"Runan is too guarded by Xu Miao, and he has sent troops to help Kong Yuzhou to fight Dong before, it stands to reason that the relationship between the two should be good, how can there be a war? I expected that when a third party intervened, the two sides would go to war. ”

The history of a state assassin like Kong Ling and Liu Dai originally had no jurisdiction, and the source of their troops, one was the state soldiers owned by the state capital, but if they only relied on the state soldiers, the momentum would inevitably be insufficient, so they had to rely on the support of the state and the county. Kong Ling was supported by Xu Miao, the Taishou of Runan, and sent a total of 6,000 soldiers and horses, led by Liu Chong and Zhai Rong, to follow Kong Ling.

It's just that these two people are no longer in Kong Ling's army, but follow Xu Chu and Cao Cao to discuss Dong, and now they are talking about the director, but the two have not had time to return to Runan.

Guo Jia continued: "I look at Kong Yuzhou, this person is not a person who likes to use swords, if there is no mistake, if someone lures him, it may be Yuan Benchu, or it may be Yuan Highway, Yuan Highway is more likely. ”

Everyone nodded, Yuan Shu has not officially started a war with Liu Biao now, but this person is very ambitious, and he thinks very highly of himself, just Jingzhou, may not be able to satisfy his appetite, it is very likely that Yuan Shu wants to make a plan for Yuzhou in advance while fighting with Liu Biao.

"Lord, in my opinion, these are not the focus of our current situation, now after the director is over, he should return to the county as soon as possible, raise troops to govern agriculture, and educate the people."

Xu Chu looked at it, and it was Xi Zhong who spoke. Xi Zhong's words spoke to his heart, after a long time on the expedition, the sergeants were tired, and they were a little sluggish, and at this time, it was very unwise to intervene in Zhang San to fight Li Si, and Wang Wu to fight Zhang Sanlitou. And returning to the county with the prestige of Dong Desheng, rectifying the county, and raising troops to govern agriculture is a good way to proceed in an orderly manner.

In addition, in the land of the four wars in Yuzhou, there are Zhang Miao, Liu Dai and others in the north, Tao Qian in the east, Yuan Shu and Liu Biao in the south, even if Xu Chu wins Runan and other counties, what is the use of not being able to hold it? It's just a waste of troops.

So he asked people to invite Liu Chong and Zhai Rong over, and said to the two: "Have you learned about the war between Xu Runan and Kong Yuzhou?" ”

Both said, "Just got the news." ”

Xu Chu stood up from the seat, walked in front of the two, and said: "The two of you have made great contributions to the attack on Dong this time, and I should help the two of you...... But a few days ago, Yuan Benchu and Yuan Highway each expressed one person as the Taishou of Lujiang, and the two of them must have known about it, so I had to rush back to Lujiang first, but I had no time to take care of him. ”

Xu Chu said politely, Liu Chong and Zhai Rongfei are people who don't know what to do, the so-called 'merit is indispensable', the two of them do not have many troops, their combat power is not strong, and their achievements cannot be compared with Xu Chu and Cao Cao, and even without the two of them, Xu and Cao may not be able to recover Luoyang. To put it bluntly, although they help Xu and Cao, Xu and Cao are also kind to them, at most they do not owe each other.

Liu Chong bowed and said: "We have thanked the prince for his kindness, Xu Taishou is our benefactor, he is in trouble today, we can't sit idly by, so we say goodbye." ”

The two said goodbye and left the tent, woke up the soldiers, and after making some preparations, they left with the stars and the moon and rushed to Runan.

After Liu Chong and Zhai Rong left, Xu Chu's heart moved slightly, he could stand by and watch what happened in Runan, what about Cao Cao? Since he is too guarded by Yingchuan and his name is under the rule of Kong Ling, I am afraid it is not good to stay out of the matter. Yuan Shu, Kong Ling, Xu Miao, Liu Biao, Sun Jian, Liu Dai...... Thinking of the person Cao Cao was going to deal with next, Xu Chu couldn't help but feel a headache for him.

But after thinking about it, the next person he has to deal with, such as Chen Wen, Zhou Xin, Lu Kang and others, which one is easy, before starting the army, he had a meeting with Chen Wen and Zhou Xin, and he went out of the county to ask for Dong with confidence and boldness, and today, will the mentality of the two of them change? Will they secretly plot something against themselves? Thinking of this, Xu Chu was completely sleepy, and when it was dawn, the three armies crossed the Yuyuan Pass and entered the Yingchuan territory.

At the county boundary, there were countless people who came to greet him, and Du You, Guo Jun and other county officials walked towards Cao Cao one after another to congratulate him.

Xu Chu roughly swept the crowd and saw Chen Qun, Xun Yu, Xun Yan and others. So he dismounted and met them.

Xun Yu smiled, looked at Xu Chu, nodded lightly and said, "Zhongkang, congratulations." ”

Xun Yan also nodded at Xu Chu.

The so-called dragon gives birth to nine sons, each of which is different. Among Xun Qi's several outstanding heirs, Xun Chen's personality is slightly gloomy, and when he answers people, he always has a smile on his face that makes people feel uneasy; Xun Yan is the most introverted, looking a little dull; Although Xun Yu is also introverted, his words and demeanor make people feel like a spring breeze, such a person is most suitable for reconciling yin and yang and dominating the overall situation.

Xu Chu had to admire He Haolai, when He Hao visited Xun's family, he called Xun Yu 'Wang Zuozhicai', which is really too knowledgeable.