Located in the eastern district of Jinan City, Minghu Binshe is composed of eight cleverly arranged independent courtyards, which are cleverly connected by cobblestone paths, dotted with green bamboo, green pine, rockeries and fish ponds, and each road is lined with vibrant holly, plus bonsai and flowerbeds of different shapes, different styles but can complement each other, making each building look so simple and elegant.

Covering a wide area, elegant and quiet, the Minghu Guest House belongs to the Qingzhou Mansion and is specially used to receive angels, envoys of various state capitals and relatives of the imperial court.

At this moment, Xun Yu, who was sitting in the middle of the main hall of one of the courtyards, had a gloomy face and was in an upset mood...... He had been ordered to come to Jinan for six days, but he was not received by Liu Cun, the general of the chariot and cavalry, nor did he get any promises from his brother-like Gongsun Pei and his friend Guan Ning.

As of this morning, Xun Yu, who is shouldering heavy responsibilities, has asked for Liu Cun's reception three times, but who knows that Liu Cun has already rushed to Linzi in the west of Jinan in the early morning, and he has no intention of receiving him, the special envoy of Yanzhou.

What made Xun Yu feel even more heavy was that the news came from the detailed work hidden in Jinan City, Liu Cun personally sent the envoy sent by Gongsun Zan to the north dock of the city yesterday afternoon, and among the many important people who accompanied Liu Cun to Linzi this morning, he actually met Mi Zhu, the special envoy of Xuzhou.

Before that, the envoy sent by Youzhou, Gongsun Fan, and dozens of his attachés lived in the plum garden next door to Xunyu.

Although Xun Yu received a good reception and respect as soon as he entered Qingzhou, in the past few days, Liu Ye, the pastor of Qingzhou, Shi Gongsun Pei, the governor of the general, and Liu Cun's henchmen Guan Ning, Guoyuan and others have been constantly feasting. But the general of the cavalry, Liu Cun, avoided the attitude. But Xun Yu was keenly aware that something was wrong. It seems that the worst has been seen:

This time, not only will it be difficult to get any assistance from Qingzhou again, but I am afraid that even the purchase of weapons, equipment and food will not be able to achieve the wish!

"My lord, Mr. Gongsun is here!"

The report of the entourage woke up Xun Yu, who was in deep thought, Xun Yu quickly stood up, sorted out his clothes and strode out of the door, and saluted Gongsun Pei, who came alone: "I don't know if my brother is coming, I miss the welcome." ”

Gongsun Pei returned the salute with a smile, picked up Xun Yu and entered the hall with him. After each other humbly sat down, Gongsun Pei reported to Xun Yu straight to the point:

"My lord is too busy, before leaving, I asked Brother Yu to convey to Wen Ruo (Xun Yuzi) please forgive, and asked Brother Yu to tell Wen Ruo a few news: the first is that after Yuan Benchu's 30,000 troops occupied Hedong, they immediately posted notices and recruited troops; The second piece of news is that the envoy sent by Gongsun Bogui had rushed to Youbeiping by sea yesterday with a large amount of ordnance, supplies, and grain purchased...... It is expected that within five days, Gongsun Bogui will launch a full-scale counterattack against Liu Yu's 100,000 coalition forces. ”

"What? How can this be......"

Xun Yu was taken aback when he heard this, although he had already guessed that the situation in Hedong would change and Youzhou would sooner or later break out again, although he had never expected it to come so quickly.

In the previous two years. It is precisely because of the mediation and balance of Liu Cun and the powerful Qingzhou that Liu Yu, who has been on the verge of crisis several times, can maintain today's situation. The situation in Youzhou, which is on the same page, has not deteriorated further, even if Yuan Shao continues to provoke the civil war in Youzhou and constantly use various conspiracies and tricks, it has not been able to change the situation of the two warring sides in Youzhou.

But Xun Yu never expected that now Liu Cun not only gave up supporting Liu Yu, who is also the imperial prince, but also vigorously supported Gongsun Zhan, who was regarded as "no way" by the world's corpus, so it can be predicted that Liu Cun and Gongsun Chan have secretly reached an alliance, and Liu Yu's defeat is just around the corner.

Once Youzhou has a winner and loser, Liu Cun, the general of the chariot and cavalry of Bohai County, who has only one in his hand with the title of Jizhou Mu, will unite with Gongsun Zhan's army and launch a full-scale attack on Yuan Shao, who stole Jizhou.

Gongsun Pei saw Xun Yu's face change, smiled faintly, shook his head, took a sip of the teacup, and then asked, "I guess Wen Ruo has already thought of a lot, right?" ”

Xun Yu sighed softly, completely abandoned the hypocritical mask that he had been helpless but had to wear for days, and told Gongsun Pei, who was like a brother, his true thoughts:

"It's futile to think too much! As long as Qingzhou stands firmly behind Xuzhou, my lord will not be able to get his wish even if he tries his best to do it, and he will probably lose all of Yanzhou in the end, and even lose the entire Yanzhou. ”

"If Cao Mengde doesn't take this opportunity to fight hard and strive to develop and grow in the war against Xuzhou, I'm afraid there will be no chance to dominate the world in the future, right?" Gongsun Pei asked with a smile, his bright eyes were full of wisdom, and it seemed that nothing could escape his keen observation.

Xun Yu was slightly stunned, and met Gongsun Pei's gaze that saw through everything, and had to nod painfully:

"This kind of behavior can be hidden from the people of the world, how can it be hidden from the eyes of the elder brother, it is true! This is the root cause of the little brother coming to Jinan in a hurry, but now it seems that ...... Alas! Don't say it, by the way, I don't know what the third news that General Zijian told his brother is? ”

Gongsun Pei sighed quite unbearably: "In the early hours of this morning, my lord received an urgent report from Luoyang, six days ago Chen Yuanlong (Chen Deng) personally went to Luoyang, on behalf of Wenhou Lu Fengxian to buy 100,000 stone grain and a batch of ordnance, for my lord to stay in Luoyang, the head of the general's mansion Master Fu Zhi, the military advisor Cui Yan and Luoyang Linggongsun Fang, after discussion, and the next afternoon agreed to Chen Yuanlong's request, because my Qingzhou army did capture a lot of Chen grain and ordnance in several operations to exterminate the Baibo army. ”

Xun Yu Huoran stood up and looked at Gongsun Pei in shock: "Brother really just got this news today?" ”

"That's true, Luoyang to Jinan is thousands of miles away, and it will take at least two days and two nights to pass it quickly, not to mention that now the north and south of the river have been blocked by your lord and Yuan Benchu, and it is already fast to be able to spread the news of Luoyang to Jinan within five days." Gongsun Pei explained calmly.

Xun Yu sat down dejectedly: "Please forgive me, brother, the younger brother will rush back to Yanzhou in a while, and strive to arrive in Dingtao as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late...... Lu Bu is a capricious and shameless villain, this time he will definitely take advantage of the emptiness of my Yanzhou rear troops to attack in a big way, and Zhang Miao, who has an army of 50,000 in the south, as long as Lu Bu's side moves, he will definitely not miss the opportunity to annex the rapid expansion of the territory. ”

Gongsun Pei nodded: "Cao Mengde's 100,000 troops and 50,000 people have occupied the three counties of Peiguo yesterday, and they are besieging Pengcheng at the moment, attacking day and night. Unexpectedly, Cao Mengde actually shouted the oath of slaughtering the city before, which was too misstepping! In this way, those who still had some sympathy for Cao Mengde may change their views, and those famous Confucians and thousands of scholars in Langya Academy may be criticized again. ”

Xun Yu's heart twitched suddenly: "I still hope that my brother will calmly inform me that General Zijian will send troops to aid Xuzhou?" ”

Gongsun Pei replied truthfully: "Wen Ruo also knows that Donghai County is not only the maiden home of my housemother, but also the important land for the supply of coal, iron, grain and grass in my Qingzhou......

"In order to ensure the stability of Donghai County and prevent the rebellious army and all kinds of heroes from taking advantage of the fire to rob, my lord will definitely send an army into Donghai County, but he will never assist Xuzhou in the battle, let alone clash with Cao Mengde's army, don't forget that my lord also has the title of Jizhou pastor."

Xun Yu immediately put his mind at ease, and he also believed in Gongsun Pei very much, Xun Yu had clearly seen Liu Cun's series of actions to support Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, and saw Liu Cun's ambition to unite with Gongsun Zan to attack Yuan Shao and occupy the entire Jizhou.

Sending away Xun Yu, who returned in a hurry, Gongsun Pei immediately wrote his analysis and judgment into a secret report, sent someone to Linzi urgently, and then personally went to the reserve warehouse on the south bank of Jishui in the northern suburbs, and discussed secretly with Zhao Rong, the military advisor who supervised the delivery of grain and grass.

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