Yecheng, Jizhou.

After more than a year of construction by 60,000 craftsmen, it has now begun to take shape.

The yamen of the state capital in the city, the three major military camps and the five major residential areas that occupy nearly half of the land in the city have been put into use, the perimeter of the city wall of 39 miles is nearly half completed, and the newly completed dysprosium tower above the six city gates is majestic and heavy, and the momentum is magnificent, showing the ambition and profound heritage of the Yuan group everywhere.

In the main hall of the state capital in the middle of the city, the two lieutenants who were rushing to report were still motionless and prostrate in the center, and after the uproar of the civil and military forces in the hall, the look on their faces was gradually replaced by anger, but the Baibo army, which was strong and strong with more than 100,000 soldiers, was wiped out in just two days, and the amazing news that the head of the commander Han Xian had been hung on the tower of Anyi City made everyone feel deeply shocked and frightened.

Yuan Shao, who was sitting on the main seat, stood up suddenly after a long period of sluggishness, and smashed his favorite Langya porcelain cup with a "snap", his red forehead and stiff neck were bruised by anger: "Liu Cunpifu...... I'm at odds with him! ”

Yuan Shao's angry roar was like a flood breaking through the embankment, and the hall suddenly set off a wave of angry denunciation of the cavalry general Liu Cun, what "I don't know whether to live or die", what "cruel and rebellious", and what "self-isolation from the world" are endless, and the incomparable indignation instantly overwhelmed the horror and fear in everyone's hearts.

Xu You, who was in the third place in the ranks of strategists, was very different from the reaction of everyone in the hall.

After hearing the urgent report from Anyi, he was also deeply shocked, like all the civil and military forces of the Yuan group, Xu You never expected that the Baibo army, which had more than 80,000 fierce soldiers and auxiliary soldiers and more than 100,000 people on both sides of the river for several years, would be defeated so quickly and so miserably!

I didn't expect it. Liu Cun, the commander of the Qingzhou Army, who has always been known all over the world in the name of benevolence. Suddenly changed his face. After quickly annihilating the powerful Baibo Army with incredible combat power, he immediately launched a ruthless killing and plundering of all the powerful and wealthy Hedong gate lords.

How can such a bold killing, such cruelty and ruthlessness, and such unscrupulousness not make people feel deeply shocked and terrified?

But for some reason, after the shock, Xu You suddenly found that a complex emotion mixed with admiration, envy, happiness, yearning, and loss that he had never had before quickly surfaced in his heart, and this kind of inexplicable thought that was out of place but kept surging. Xu You trembled slightly.

After calming down a little, Xu Youyou looked around, and suddenly found that all the anger and curses of everyone in the hall, including his lord Yuan Shao, could not hide the great horror of Liu Cun in his heart, especially Liu Cun's bloody plundering of more than ten places that gathered centuries of wealth such as Anyi and Siyancheng, which made everyone's hearts full of jealousy and resentment.

After a long time, Yuan Shao, who was greatly out of shape, sat down weakly, he raised his right hand, rubbed his swollen and painful temples, and barely bothered to knock on the table in front of him:

"Ladies and gentlemen. At this point, it's useless to scold. I believe that in less than half a month, the news of the destruction of the Bai Bo Army and Liu Zijian's perverse actions will spread all over the world, and the situation in the entire Sili area is likely to change dramatically......"

"Without the flank containment of the White Bo Army, Hanoi County, our most important rear, is completely under the nose of the Qingzhou Army without any scruples, so please discuss it, how should we deal with it next?"

The civil and military officers who have not yet calmed down look at me, I look at you, and for a while they couldn't judge Liu Cun and Qingzhou Jun, who suddenly became strangers.

Facing the civil and military forces who were either dazed or hesitant, Yuan Shao shook his head in disappointment, and finally had to look at Tian Feng, who was kneeling at the chief of the advisors and was bowing his head in contemplation: "What does Yuan Hao think?" ”

Tian Feng hurriedly raised his hand to salute, weighed it for a moment, and replied loudly:

"Judging from the current situation, the Qingzhou Army, which has plundered huge amounts of wealth and grain and grass materials, has all withdrawn from Hedong and is returning to Luoyang across the south bank of the river, and has no intention of taking the opportunity to occupy Hedong......

"Combined with the intelligence of the secret alliance between Yang Fengbu and the Qingzhou Army, as well as the news that the two respected court angels have been staying in Luoyang to mediate, the subordinates have preliminarily judged that Liu Zijian and his Qingzhou Army have no plans to take the opportunity to expand!"

"The reconstruction of Luoyang and the tranquility of the surrounding hundreds of miles is still the top priority of Liu Zijian and his Qingzhou army, although the Qingzhou army has carried out unscrupulous killing and looting in Hedong County, and has committed all kinds of heinous crimes, which will inevitably lead to the confrontation between the world's wealthy families and even the world's scholars, but what army in this world does not plunder after victory?"

"Therefore, the subordinates preliminarily determined that what Liu Zijian and his Qingzhou Army did was largely out of a kind of revenge and a kind of deterrence."

As soon as Tian Feng's words fell, the second-placed strategist immediately retorted loudly: "Mr. Yuan Hao's opinion is biased, and his subordinates think that the reason why Liu Zijian is unusual, willing to kill and plunder the Hedong family's gate lords in the face of the world's disapproval, is obviously that he no longer hides his ambition and hostility to the lord. ”

"The reason why we didn't take advantage of the situation to occupy Hedong, the rich and rich land of the world, is just that we can't catch it, and we are worried that it will be attacked by the joint attack of all the princes, once it is allowed to develop and grow, it will definitely be the biggest threat to the lord's hegemony......"

"Therefore, the subordinates thought that the lord should postpone the plan to march north, concentrate manpower and material resources, suppress Qingzhou and Luoyang, and quickly send no less than 30,000 troops to occupy Hedong!"

Not only was this statement immediately supported by the strategist Gao Gan, who had a good personal relationship, but many civil and military officers in the hall quickly saw this fleeting opportunity.

Judging from the current situation, it is unlikely that the Chang'an Imperial Court will react quickly, and the Yang Fengjun in the south of Hedong County and the Yufu Luo Xianbei army in the north do not have the courage and strength to occupy Hedong County, but Yuan Shao, the lord of the Fourth and Third Princes, has the best reasons and qualifications.

Once Yuan Shao is determined to occupy Hedong, he will surely win the general support of all the family lords in Hedong and even the Han dynasty and the opposition, and only one or two years of hard work, Hedong County, which has been plundered by the Qingzhou army, will surely regain its vitality and become another big granary and base for Yuan Shao to dominate the world.

Yuan Shao, who was on the main seat, was greatly moved, and unconsciously straightened his waist.

Only Tian Feng disagreed, he knew that the trial and Gao Gan and others had always been dissatisfied with him, and even hostile, and he also knew that the proposal of the trial was not only full of temptation, but also practical, but although Tian Feng, who had a straightforward temperament and a lofty vision, could not see Liu Cun's purpose of resolutely giving up Hedong County, he was keenly aware of the huge crisis contained in it.

Therefore, Tian Feng did not refute the opinion of the trial, but asked Yuan Shao a sentence that everyone had to think about: "The lord thinks that compared with Hedong or Jizhou, which one is more important?" ”

At this time, Yuan Shao hesitated, Tang Chinese Wu hesitated, and the hall was silent for a while.

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