At the end of the banquet, everyone dispersed, but Liu Ye was still sitting still like an old monk, motionless.

Wang Chong knew that Liu Ye was obviously leaving at this time to discuss something with him alone, so he beckoned and invited Liu Ye into the study.

personally poured a cup of tea for Liu Ye, Wang Chong said: "Ziyang, do you still have a lot of doubts about my Jinfan?" ”

Liu Ye nodded: "It is rumored that Jinfan had a conflict with the Jingzhou Navy on the way from Dongting Lake to Poyang Lake, and when he broke through from Poyang Lake a few days ago, he had a big battle with the Jiangdong Army, and it is said that both sides had sent envoys to recruit Jinfan, so Ye wanted to know, why did the leader refuse their solicitation?" ”

Wang Chong smiled: "In Ziyang's opinion, can these two things be successful?" ”

Liu Ye was stunned for a moment: "The leader thinks that neither of them can succeed, so he didn't let Jinfan attach himself to either party?" ”

Wang Chong smiled faintly and explained: "Liu Biao, the slave of Shoucheng, has controlled Jingxiang for many years, and his soldiers are strong and strong, if he is really ambitious, he is afraid that he has already owned half of the country now; As for Sun Ce, although he has the courage of an overlord, he is light and unprepared, even if there are millions of people, it is tantamount to walking alone in the Central Plains, in my opinion, he will die sooner or later at the hands of the horseman! ”

Liu Ye frowned slightly, noncommittal: "In the eyes of the leader, who can be called the master of the Han world now?" ”

"The general trend of the world, it will be together for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time, the current Han is already terminally ill, and there is no medicine stone to save, sooner or later it will be replaced by one of the princes." When Wang Chong said this, he secretly glanced at Liu Ye, and when he saw his gloomy expression, he nodded, and then continued, "And in my opinion, among the princes today, only two people can succeed. ”

Although Liu Ye is a relative of the Han family, he is not as blindly loyal to the Han Dynasty as Xun Yu, he is far-sighted, has his own independent thoughts, and can make accurate judgments on the situation in the world, which is undoubtedly very rare in the ancient feudal times.

At this time, seeing Wang Chong talking about the general trend of the world, Liu Ye was also suddenly interested: "Oh? Which two? ”

"The first one is naturally Cao Cao, who coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes. Cao Cao knows how to make good use of people, has a broad mind, and has countless good ministers under his command, Xu Zijiang once said that he is a capable minister who governs the world, and a traitor in troubled times, which shows his majestic strategy. Now although Yuan Benchu unified Hebei and the army was strong, I am still more optimistic about Cao Cao, the two sides will fight, if Cao Cao can win, the unification of the north is just around the corner! ”

"......" Liu Ye was shocked, he thought that Wang Chong would be more optimistic about Yuan Shao like most people in the world, but he never thought that the other party's analysis at the moment was exactly the same as his inner thoughts.

Historically, after the fall of Anhui City by Sun Ce, Liu Ye followed Liu Xun to the north to defect to Cao Cao, at that time the battle of Guandu was about to break out, Cao Cao was not only far inferior to Yuan Shao in terms of troops, but also seriously insufficient in grain and grass, no matter how you look at it, it is not Yuan Shao's opponent, but Liu Ye still chose Cao Cao without hesitation, which shows his respect for Cao Cao.

"And what about this second person? The leader probably wants to talk about Yuan Shao, right? Liu Ye came to his senses and asked curiously.

"Of course not, the second person I said ......" Wang Chong said and took a sip of tea lightly, and said with a smile, "Isn't this far away in the sky, close in front of you?" ”

"What!? Is the leader talking about yourself!? Liu Ye's eyes widened, his face was incredulous, as if Wang Chong was playing a big joke with him.

Wang Chong's expression was indifferent when he saw this, because Liu Ye's reaction had already been expected by him: "Does Ziyang think that I am not self-sufficient?" ”

"Forehead......" realized his gaffe, Liu Ye took a deep breath, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "That's not it, it's just the leader's answer, it's really too unexpected for Ye." ”

At this time, Liu Ye finally understood, it turned out that Wang Chong had such great ambitions, and it was no wonder that he had been reluctant to rely on Liu Biao and Sun Ce.

"Does Ziyang think I have the qualifications to compete for the world?"

Liu Ye was silent, and thought seriously for a while before slowly speaking: "In fact, the timing is right now, Cao Cao was stumped by Yuan Shao, and he was unable to go south in a short period of time, if the leader can take this opportunity to occupy Huainan, he can also become a prince of one side, but if you want to develop further, I am afraid that it will be difficult, after all, whether it is Cao Cao, Sun Ce or Liu Biao, which one is good at it?" ”

Although Liu Ye's analysis is very pertinent, it is not difficult to hear from his euphemistic tone that he is actually not optimistic that Wang Chong can succeed.

Liu Ye did not deny that Wang Chong was very capable, and from the fact that he was able to lead Jinfan to break through the encirclement of the Jingzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army, it shows that he was very good at leading his troops to fight; And the fact that he directly occupied the mouth of the water after escaping from Poyang Lake shows that he has already set the next target in Huainan, and every step he has taken so far has been carefully planned.

To be honest, Liu Ye admires Wang Chong very much, because both his scheming and overall view are really breathtaking.

It's a pity that he was born at the wrong time, if Wang Chong was born ten years early, maybe he could really achieve a great cause, but now that the pattern of the world has been decided, how can Wang Chong easily break it?

In the final analysis, the pattern of Huainan is still too small, Cao Cao to the north, Sun Ce to the south, and Liu Biao to the west, Liu Ye does not believe that Wang Chong can defeat any of these three forces with a place in Huainan that has long been ruined by Yuan Shu.

Wang Chong still has a faint smile on his face, it is normal for Liu Ye to have little confidence in himself, but as a traverser, Wang Chong has his own advantages.

First, Wang Chong is familiar with the trend of history; Second, he also has a powerful auxiliary system such as Thirty-Six Strategies.

Wang Chong believes that with these two points, he is fully capable of breaking the inherent pattern of today.

"Ziyang rest assured, for the future of my Jinfan, I have my own plan in my heart, Ziyang only needs to rest assured to give advice to my Jinfan, if my Jinfan is really on the verge of destruction in the future, Ziyang can leave on his own, and my Wang Shaolin will never obstruct it."

At this moment, Liu Ye was deeply moved by Wang Chong's calmness, looking at the consistent confident smile on Wang Chong's face, he seemed to really see the possibility of Wang Chong dominating the world, this ridiculous premonition, even he felt incredible.

Liu Ye got up, saluted Wang Chong with a solemn expression, and said loudly: "The Lu of the food king, the matter of loyalty to the king, but Fan Ye is in Jinfan for a day, and he should try his best to make profits for Jinfan!" ”

The phrase 'the Lu of the Eater, the Matter of Loyalty to the Monarch' originally came from the mouth of Xu Sheng, the general of the Eastern Wu Dynasty more than ten years later, but now it was said by Liu Ye in advance.

The meaning of Liu Ye's words is obvious, he does not guarantee that he will stay in Jinfan forever, but as long as he is still there, he will do his best to do things for Jinfan.

Wang Chong nodded and said nothing, in fact, being able to get such an answer from Liu Ye's mouth was enough to satisfy him.