Isn't Sun Jian attached to Yuan Shu because he was not famous enough and lacked food and grass? Could there be another reason?

Xu Chu closed his eyes and pondered, expanding his thoughts as much as he could.

He didn't answer Guo Jia's words first, but repeated the locations and jurisdictions of the princes from all walks of life in his mind.

In Jingzhou, Sun Jian is the Taishou of Changsha, Yuan Shu is the general, Zhang Shi of Nanyang, and Wang Rui, the assassin of Jingzhou, are all dead.

On the opposite side of Yuzhou, Kong Ling and Li Min are one of the assassins of Yuzhou, and the other is Yingchuan Taishou, these two people have nothing to worry about; Chen Guoxiang Luo Jun, Chen Wang Liu Pet garrisoned the country, and had no intention of developing outward, and there was no need to worry; As far as Ruorunan, Lu State, Liang State and other places, their soldiers followed Kong Ling to go on the expedition, and they did not have much ambition.

Thinking of this, Xu Chu suddenly found that Yuzhou, as a large state in the Central Plains, was actually in such a situation. Could it be that Yuan Shu and Sun Jian have already set their sights on Yuzhou? Xu Chu suddenly felt that it was very possible.

Thinking of the hostility Sun Jian showed when he first met him, as well as Sun Jian's series of actions to force Wang Rui to death and Zhang Zhi to defect to Yuan Shu, Xu Chu was even more sure of his guess.

Xu Chu smiled self-deprecatingly and sighed: "I thought that Sun Jian's 'Jiangdong Tiger' was an upright person, but it turned out that he had already started the idea of Yuzhou. ”

Xin Bi and Yao Sheng listened to Xu Chu's words that did not match the preface, and they were a little suspicious, Guo Jia and Xi Zhong were old gods.

Xin Bi couldn't help laughing and scolded: "Fengxiao, Zhicai, do you have something to hide from me?" ”

Guo Jia has always been a strategist with a bit of a 'conspiracy theory' tendency, and as early as when the news of Sun Jian's killing of Zhang Shi and Wang Rui arrived, he began to speculate about Sun Jian's intentions.

The genius of the ghost is clever in this place. Sun Jian is known for his bravery, and it is said that it is not surprising to kill Zhang Zhi and Wang Rui, who have never been very polite to Sun Jian, who was born as a martial artist, but Guo Jia felt strange, he thought that this alone was not enough to drive Sun Jian to openly kill celebrities, and there must be something wrong with it.

Of course, before there were enough arguments, Guo Jia only talked to Xi Zhong briefly, and was not in a hurry to tell Xu Chu. And after Sun Jian went to Luyang to join Yuan Shu, Guo Jia's chain of reasoning was strung together.

Guo Jia believes that Sun Jian had contact with Yuan Shu before killing Wang Rui and Zhang Zhi. After Sun Jian arrived in Luyang, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shu should have reached some kind of agreement or agreement, the biggest possibility is that Sun Jian helped Yuan Shu clear the way to Jingzhou, and Yuan Shu provided Sun Jian with grain and grass on the one hand, and helped Sun Jian to seek Yuzhou on the other hand.

Everyone present, except for Xi Zhong, sweated on their foreheads, and they were very shocked by Guo Jia's thoughts.

Shocked to shocked, Guo Jia's idea really makes sense. Zhang Shi and Wang Rui are both officials in Jingzhou, and the two are the strongest people in Jingzhou except for Sun Jian.

Although Yuan Shu is a little famous, after all, he is Yuan Feng's sister-in-law, and there are a number of scholars who are willing to contribute to Yuan Shu.

And Yuzhou said before that the state is full of people who are not in the climate, who can beat Sun Jian's edge? With the support of Yuan Shu, the above table is a cousin of Sun Jian for the history of Yuzhou's assassination, and under the joint efforts of the two, Jing and Henan are all owned by them.

In this way, Xu Chu and Cao Cao, who are based on Yingchuan, have become the biggest opponents in front of Sun Jian and Yuan Shu. It may not be for Sun Jian, who is aspiring to ask for Dong, but it must be for Yuan Shu.

Xu Chu said shamefully: "If Fengxiao's inference is correct, I'm afraid that Dong Yi will end up...... Or is it not over yet, and the latter general will do something to Yuzhou? ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "Secretly, General Hou is afraid that he has been contacting some famous people and heroes in Yuzhou for a long time, but on the surface, it is not easy to send troops to attack other princes. ”

"So what are we going to do?" Xu Chu asked, and then tried to say: "If the counties of Yuzhou are taken away by Yuan Shu, it will be difficult for us to return to Lujiang County at that time...... Another one, Yuzhou is located in the Central Plains, connected to all directions, in my opinion, not only Yuan Shu, I am afraid that other people have long been eyeing the treasure land of Yuzhou. ”

Xi Zhong said with a smile: "Yuzhou is indeed a treasure land, but don't forget, the lord doesn't forget, Yuzhou is also a place of four wars, and non-heroes can't live for a long time." ”

Xu Chu thought so, and sighed: "Zhicai is right, the princes are fighting for Dong, Yanzhou is the most powerful, such as Liu Dai, Qiao Mao, Yuan Yi and others, will not sit idly by and watch Sun Jian and Yuan Shu occupy Yuzhou." In this way, we may be able to profit from it. ”

"The lord thinks he can take advantage of the chaos? I don't think it's difficult, instead of competing with those heroes for Yuzhou, it is better to set your sights on Yangzhou and Xuzhou. ”

Xu Chu was stunned and said, "Zhicai, what about Yanling County and Yu County?" ”

"The lord cares about chaos, but he forgets General Cao."

Cao Cao?

Xi Zhong said: "Lord, if Yuan Shu can show Sun Jian as the assassin of Yuzhou, even if the lord's name is not as loud as Yuan Shu, and his strength is not as strong as Yuan Shu, it is more than enough for General Cao to be a Taishou." ”

With that, there was a brief silence in the tent.

After a long time, Xu Chu suddenly said: "Now on the table?" ”

Xi Zhong nodded and said, "It's now." ”

"Which county is the best?"

"It's Yingchuan."

Xu Chu looked at Xin Bi and Yao Sheng and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Xin Bi and Yao Sheng had digested Guo Jia and Xi Zhong's words at this time, both of them were wise and resourceful, and they quickly figured out why Xi Zhong said that Cao Cao was the Taishou of Yingchuan, rather than the county guards and ministers of other places.

From the analysis of the counties and states in Yuzhou, Yuan Zhong, the prime minister of Peiguo, is the Yuan family, and Cao Cao is unlikely to go to rob the country with the Yuan family; The Lu State and the Liang State are too far away to form an effective military cooperation with Xu Chu, and the country is small and has few people, so it is not a good place to go; Although Runan is the closest to Lujiang County, Runan is the hometown of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and there is no need to compete for this place at all, at present, it must be in Yuan Shu or Yuan Shao's bag; Chen Guo has Luo Jun and Liu Chong, thinking about it, only Yingchuan is the most suitable.

If Cao Cao really agreed to take the position of Yingchuan Taishou, Li Min would definitely have no power to fight back, if he knew each other, he would let him live, if he was obsessed, Cao Cao would take the life of Li Min and other corrupt Confucians.

Cao Cao, who 'has no place for heroes', is obviously unlikely to refuse such an offer.

Everyone agreed that this method was feasible, so Xu Chu wrote a letter and sent it to Chang'an. Regardless of whether the Son of Heaven in Chang'an saw this performance or not, and disagreed with Xu Chu's performance, as soon as the news came out, Xu Chu offended Yuan Shu ruthlessly.

As for Sun Jian, Xu Chu was not too worried.

Sun Jian's current focus should still be on courting Dong, if he can't make meritorious contributions when he is courting Dong, how can Yuan Shu show him as the assassin of Yuzhou, take a step back and say, even if Yuan Shu is on the table, Sun Jian can't stand up to himself. Sun Jian is not a stupid person, he knows that only by winning a few beautiful battles, and even attacking Luoyang, can he become a veritable Yuzhou assassin.

The plan has been decided, and Xu Chu asked everyone to rest.

Early the next morning, the three armies retreated south, and Xu Chu, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian led the cavalry at the selected ambush site and waited for the Dong army to pursue.