Compared with Puyang two months ago, it has a new feeling now, as if it has been washed by the rain.

Chen Gong nodded and said: "Under the governance of the lord, Puyang has the meaning of prosperity, but," Chen Gong's tone changed, and said: "The lord has been acting recently, and it seems to be suppressing the Puyang landlord family!" ”

Chen Gongxin invested in Cao Ying, and he did not know the specific plan of Cao Ying's governance of Puyang, but after two days, he still saw some clues.

When Cao Ying heard this, he paused, looked back at Chen Gong, and did not speak.

Cao Ying is indeed suppressing the Puyang family, otherwise how could Puyang be restored so quickly? It's not the oil and water that was scavenged from the landlords of the family. But Cao Ying used the method of boiling frogs in warm water, greeting each other with a smile, and secretly coercing.

It's not that he doesn't want to uproot the disobedient wealthy clan in one fell swoop, but he can't.

The power of the family in the Central Plains is too strong, unlike Liu Yuan's Youzhou, who kills when he says he will kill. Cao Ying now has more than 10,000 troops in his hands, and everything else is controlled by the family. If the means are too drastic, it is difficult to guarantee that these wealthy families will not unite to fight back.

So Cao Ying could only take his time, take back his rights step by step, and then turn around to clean up the disobedient wealthy family.

Chen Gong was very wise and sensitive, and he easily sensed Cao Ying's intentions. But he is also from a family in the East County. In this era, the concept of family is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, as a child of the family, Chen Gong first considers the survival of the family, as for the rest, it must be put behind.

In addition, there is another reason that makes Chen Gong feel opposed.

A few days ago, he took refuge in Cao Ying, thinking that he could be reused, but who knew that he had been here for several days, and Cao Ying had not shown any trace of his heart to him. If there is something, I will discuss it with Xun You, as if I didn't take him to heart at all.

Chen Gong thinks he is talented and ambitious, but Cao Ying doesn't give him a stage to play freely, and only leaves him aside, how can this make him feel refreshed?

However, how did he know about it, it was because he was from a local family, but Cao Ying had to deal with a local family, so he avoided it.

Are Cao Ying and Xun You ordinary people? As soon as his mind turned, he roughly guessed his thoughts from Chen Gong's expression and tone.

So Xun You said with a smile: "In the past ten years, the Central Plains has had a series of natural disasters [***], especially this East County, which can be described as tattered. For the sake of the people of Dongjun, the lord has to borrow some gold, silver, grain and grass from the wealthy families of various families, otherwise what year and month will he be able to restore the former prosperity? Moreover, the lord is just 'borrowing', and when the conditions are sufficient, he will have to pay it back! ”

Cao Ying nodded slightly.

"Yes," Xu Chu said in a rough voice: "It's also my hometown, it's too barren and faceless." ”

When Chen Gong heard this, his face stiffened and he stopped talking.

Cao Ying walked around Puyang City a few times, inspected several city reconstruction projects, and then took everyone back to the Taishou Mansion.

"Master, there is a Luoyang messenger visiting."

As soon as Cao Ying entered the door, a housekeeper came over and bowed down.

"Luoyang messenger?" Cao Ying's eyes flashed, he pondered for a moment, and said, "Take him to the living room to wait for a while." ”

"Gongda, Yuan Benchu sent a messenger, what do you think he has a bad idea?"

Cao Ying asked as he walked.

"Hehe," Xun You smiled slightly, and said, "Just ask." ”

Cao Ying was stunned and laughed.

The group followed Cao Ying's footsteps, and soon arrived outside the living room door, pushed the door open, and Cao Ying looked up and saw that it was a little familiar.

"You are?" Cao Ying frowned, and then suddenly said: "Mr. Jian Jian! Cao Ying didn't remember this person's full name, but he knew that he used to be the military advisor of Liu Bei who had particularly big ears, so he was called Mr.

"Jian Yong, meet Cao Taishou!"

Jian Yong got up and bowed.

"Sit." Cao Ying waved his hand, walked up to the main seat, sat down, and then said with a smile: "I don't know what is important in the beginning, but let Mr. Jian come in person?" ”

When Jian Yong heard this, a smile appeared on his face. Cao Ying's words, he gave face.

"Jian Yong came here for the alliance." Jian Yong didn't beat around the bush, so he said bluntly.

"Alliance?" Cao Yingle was happy. He remembered the anticlimactic ending of the alliance with Dong before.

"Not bad."

"Why the alliance?" Cao Ying asked again.

"Forge an alliance for your life!"

Cao Ying's smile sank when he heard this, and he drank: "So, if you don't form an alliance, a certain Cao Ying will die?" ”

"Not bad!" Jian Yong said categorically: "Now that Cao Taishou is in trouble, if he doesn't make allies, he will die once, his foundation will be lost, and it will be too late to regret it!" ”

"Alarmist, villain!" Xiahou Yuan stood up violently, and the fierce momentum rolled over, almost making Jian Yong mistakenly think that he was in the storm.

"Come on, pull him down and behead him!"

Jian Yong was unmoved, and his face didn't change for a moment.

Cao Ying had been observing carefully, and only felt that this person was a talent, so he stepped out to stop the two guards who rushed into the door, and said, "Stand down." ”

Seeing this, Jian Yong breathed a sigh of relief.

"Tell me how a certain Cao Ying came to a catastrophe and died!"

Cao Ying squinted slightly, propped up the desk with both hands, and looked at Jian Yong condescendingly.

"I don't know, what does Cao Gong think about the general trend today?" Jian Yong didn't answer, but turned to ask.

"The general trend of the world?" Cao Ying was slightly stunned, but still replied: "The north is dominant, and the south is divided. ”

"Exactly." Jian Yong's spirit perked up, and he said agitatedly: "Liu Yuan in the north is almost based on the land of three states, covering thousands of miles of grassland Liaodong, which can be described as a dominant family. And the princes of the south rose together, and the heroes were divided, compared with the north, the difference was more than 108,000 miles! If Liu Yuan went south at this time, how should Cao Gong deal with it? ”

When Cao Ying heard this, his heart was very heavy. How does he not know about the general trend of the world, how can he not know? For the huge threat that exists in the north, he has always suppressed it in his heart and dare not turn it out.

Liu Yuan was too strong, so strong that he almost lost his faith.

Seeing that Cao Ying was silent, Jian Yong's heart was even calmer, and said: "Duke Cao is under the jurisdiction of Dongjun, which is just across the river from Wei County. If Liu Yuan goes south, Cao Gong will bear the brunt! Let's ask how to resist in the face of Youzhou Iron Cavalry? ”

"Only union is the only way to survive!"

Jian Yong cut the railway.

Cao Ying was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke: "You say, what other princes are in this alliance?" ”

Jian Yong's face was flushed with joy, and he hurriedly said: "In addition to Cao Gong, there are also Yanzhou Mu Kong Ling, Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang, Hedong Gong Taishou Sun Zhan, Xiliang Overlord Ma Teng and my general Yuan Benchu. ”

Hearing this, Cao Ying glanced at Xun Yu and said, "The matter of forming an alliance is very important, and this Taishou must think about it. Mr. Jian will go to rest first, and he will give you an answer. ”

When Jian Yong heard this, he knew that there was nothing to do here, so he arched his hand and withdrew from the living room.

"Gongda, why did you say that Yuan Benchu was in a hurry to form an alliance with a certain one?"

A month ago, Yuan Shao's beheading plan also invited Cao Ying to participate. However, Cao Yingtui said that he had a close friendship with Liu Yuan and did not participate. Thinking about it now, it must have failed, Yuan Shao was afraid! But even then, don't be so anxious, right? After all, you haven't even put a fart in Youzhou. People say that they move when they smell the wind, but before they smell the wind, they are so anxious, and there must be a reason for it.

Xun You had been thinking about it, and suddenly raised his eyebrows, and said, "Have you ever remembered what Xu You said a month ago?" ”

"A word?" Cao Ying frowned, looked back for a moment, and suddenly said, "You mean that this matter is related to the northwest?" ”

"It must be!" Xu Yu said: "According to Yuan Shao's actions today, presumably the assassination a month ago must have failed. But I once heard the lord say that Liu Yuan is a person who takes revenge when he has revenge, never procrastinates, and has clear grievances, so why hasn't Youzhou taken any measures for nearly a month? ”

"Xu Zi Yuanyue came to contact the lord, and said that the Northern Xiongnu and Xianbei were also involved in this matter, so it seems that Liu Yuan must now be dealing with the Xiongnu and Xianbei, but after the hidden danger in the rear, that is when he goes south to the Central Plains!"

"Well, in reason, in reason!" Cao Ying pondered for a long time and agreed: "Gongda has Zhang Liang's plan, Cao's luck, Cao's luck, hahaha"

"The lord praises it." Xun You smiled lightly, not caring.

"Yuan Benchu came to form an alliance at this moment, presumably because he got the news that Youzhou was going to attack the Xiongnu. And if the Xiongnu are not destroyed, Youzhou will not be able to free up the hand of the south, so for Yuan Benchu, the Xiongnu is the biggest bargaining chip to contain Youzhou. Cao Ying seemed to be talking to himself.

"So." Xun You continued: "The Huns can't be destroyed!" Yuan Benchu united the princes on the front line of the Yellow River to put pressure on Youzhou, forcing it not to look at both the beginning and the end, not to attack the Xiongnu with all his strength, and to maintain a dynamic balance! ”

"Exactly!"

Cao Yingxun and the ministers looked at each other and smiled.

Chen Gong listened for a long time, and finally understood what was going on. So he also spoke: "In this case, the lord should follow the general trend and form an alliance with him!" ”

Cao Ying smiled inexplicably and said, "Naturally, we want to form an alliance." But," he said, with a sneering look on his face: "What if we wait for an alliance?" I'm afraid that I won't succeed in coercing Liu Zihong, but I will suffer from it! ”

"How so?" Chen Gong said puzzledly: "On the first line of Jizhou, there are the lord, Kong Ling, and Yuan Benchu's Bohai nest, three people, a total of more than 100,000; On the front line of Bingzhou, there are Hedong Gongsun Zhan, Hanoi Wang Kuang and Luoyang Army, totaling no less than 200,000 people; On the front line of Hexi, there is Ma Teng, the overlord of Xiliang, and the Qiang people who are close to him, and they can also make up more than 100,000 horses. And the total number of Youzhou troops in Jizhou and Prefecture is only 200,000. And Liu Yuan wants to take down the Xiongnu, and the state army must move, so it can be counted that on the front line of the Yellow River, the defenders of Youzhou are only more than 100,000 people. 500,000 vs. 100,000, the big gap, Liu Yuan will not fail to see it, so he naturally has to compromise. ”

"Neither nor not!" Xun You shook his head and said: "Let's put aside the natural danger of the Yellow River first, let's divide the battle line into three sections." On the first line of Jizhou, our total is only more than 100,000, and Jizhou Tianfeng also has 100,000 horses, and the number of people is not stable; On the front line of Bingzhou, although there are the most people and horses, it is absolutely impossible for Yuan Benchu to send all the soldiers and horses in Luoyang, you must know that there are more than 100,000 remnants of the Xiliang army led by Li Dao and Guo Yan in Yongzhou who need him to guard against! Besides, Shangdang County has a dangerous Huguan, as long as there is enough grain and grass, and there are 50,000 people to defend it, it will be difficult for 500,000 people to take half a year; Look at Hexi again. Although Ma Teng is a dominant family in Xiliang, don't forget that Xiliang has many nationalities, and the situation is even more complicated, besides, Ma Teng and Liu Yuan have no grievances and no hatred, and they have to guard against Li Dao and Guo Yan, who don't want to recapture Xiliang all the time, so whether Ma Teng will agree to the alliance is still between the two! ”

"Ugh"

Chen Gong was dumbfounded.

"One more important factor!" Xun You continued: "After all, we are just an alliance, the so-called ghosts, we can't be single-minded, the flaws are too big, how can we be put in Liu Yuan's eyes?" ”

Cao Ying stroked the three-inch short beard under his chin, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and after a long time, he sighed and said, "Gongda has missed one of the most important conditions!" Cao Ying's eyes opened, and two terrifying lights appeared: "The Youzhou army has always won more with less, and its combat power is so strong that it is the best in the world!" ”

At this moment, there was silence in the living room.

Even the Xiahou brothers, the Cao brothers, Li Dian Yuban and others were speechless to refute.

They have seen the Youzhou army, which is highly disciplined and murderous. Although I hadn't seen the Youzhou Army make a move, thinking of Liu Yuan's might and thinking that Lu Bu had also become Liu Yuan's subordinate, these generals couldn't help but feel numb in their hearts. Lu Bu said that he was still a human after all, but Liu Yuan was going to meet him on the battlefield, don't say anything, turn around and run!

Only Xu Chu looked inexplicable. Aren't they all self-proclaimed characters who are enemies of 10,000 people and use soldiers like gods, how can they be dumb when they hear about the Youzhou Army?

(To be continued)