The wine and food that entertained Zhang Song are all of the highest quality, even with Zhang Song's vision, seeing this kind of food, it is also a frequent example, in Yizhou, the wine drunk is not only expensive, but also does not have the taste of Jia Rong here, which makes people taste it after the mouth.

"King Liang, this wine is much better than Yizhou."

"Hehe, if Yongnian likes it, you can stay in Chang'an, the most important thing this king lacks is wine, and what he yearns for the most is talent."

Zhang Song's expression froze slightly, from Jia Rong's words, he felt something strange, could it be that Jia Rong wanted to leave him in Chang'an? There is no way, I don't have a big reputation in Yizhou" King Liang laughed, Song is just an unknown person. ”

"Why should Yongnian be vain, Liu Yan doesn't know how to reuse you, how can this king not know Yongnian's ability."

The reception of Zhang Song was so grand, so that Jia Xu realized the extraordinary nature of the matter, and hurriedly went to find Jia Rong afterwards, and after hearing Jia Rong's meaning, he immediately agreed, these years, the worst infiltration of the Xiliang Army Shili is Yizhou, mainly because Liu Yan is too conservative, Xianlian Pavilion is also quite suppressed in Yizhou, if it is not for the scarcity of things, I am afraid that Xianlian Pavilion is difficult to carry out in Yizhou, and the information obtained is also very limited.

The arrival of Zhang Song can just open this gap, and if it can take refuge, it will be of great significance for the Xiliang Army to pacify Yizhou in the future.

Jia Xu listened to Jia Rong's advice, and did not judge Zhang Song by his appearance, but with kind words, after chatting freely, when Zhang Song was shocked by Jia Xu's talent, Jia Xu also admired Zhang Song's knowledge, and the two could also be said to be a little sorry for each other.

Zuihou Jia Xu proposed to invite Zhang Song to join the Xiliang Army, but Zhang Song did not immediately refuse, which made Jia Xu see hope.

In fact, Zhang Song came out of Yizhou this time, also in order to be able to find a worthy refuge among the princes of the Central Plains, Yizhou Liu Yan, seems to be strong, but too conservative, not enterprising, has no opinion on anything, is easy to be swayed by his officials, and Zhang Song was suppressed in Yizhou, he has long been dissatisfied.

Chang'an is not Zhang Song's first stop, he also has to go to Yanzhou and Jizhou and Jingzhou, walk around, and finally determine which prince to take refuge into, the enthusiasm of King Liang, although he is very useful, has not yet reached the point where he immediately takes refuge in his head, in his heart, Cao Cao is the candidate for haode, holding a male army, and the rule is a fertile land in the Central Plains, and he is most likely to win the world.

Jia Xu and Jia Rong naturally didn't know that there was such a mystery in it.

The envoys from all sides lived in Chang'an for more than a month, and they left one after another, after all, the cost of food and accommodation in Chang'an was still very high, and the envoys from all parties were rich people, and they would definitely not be able to go to eat the meals provided by the Liangwang Mansion every day.

"Lord, Zhang Song is quite tempted by his proposal to humble office, and this matter can be done." Jia Xu made a summary.

Jia Rong nodded and said: "The matter of contacting Zhang Song will be entrusted to Wenhe, but you must be careful in everything, there are many talents in Yizhou, and you can't take it lightly." ”

Jia Xu gave up his promise, and he was a little moved in his heart, but the two monarchs and ministers have known each other for many years, and they have already formed a faint tacit understanding.

Originally, Jia Xu was the first division of the Xiliang Army, sitting firmly in the middle and high positions in the army, but with the increasing development of the Xiliang Army, the power in his hands was gradually divided, which is also the trend of the times.

However, in the Xiliang Army, there has always been a high position for those who have made meritorious contributions, and it is an indisputable fact that if Jia Xu can play an important role in the Xiliang Army's battle of Yizhou, his position will be more stable, even Guo Jia and others cannot shake it, unless their merits are more prominent than seizing a state.

"Wenhe, you have followed me for many years, and have been conscientious, although there are occasional omissions, it is also human nature, people are not saints and sages, give more opportunities to the younger generations in the future, so that young people can also have more experience, after all, the years are not forgiving, even if you and I are ambitious, we have to serve the old, and after a hundred years, you don't want to see that the Xiliang Army does not have a unique character." Jia Rong sighed.

Jia Xu arched his hand and said: "The lord is far-sighted, it is not as good as it, among the rising generations in the Xiliang army, there are extraordinary and outstanding people, there are countless fierce generals in the army, and there are more and more talents in governing the place, like the head of a county, it was difficult to pick out among the officials before, but in the process of continuously providing talents for the local area, a lot of talented people have emerged, these people may not be as knowledgeable as the scholars of the Central Plains, but the experience of governing the place is indeed very rich, and over time, they are all able to govern a state and become a talent who is in charge of his own affairs." ”

Jia Rong nodded and said, "Thanks to your help, the Xiliang Army can have such a situation." ”

Zhang Song left Chang'an with a hesitant mood, during the period when Jia Xu showed favor and Jia Rong received, he almost agreed, willing to serve the Xiliang army, but he still wanted to go to other princes to watch, the principle of the family is not to hang on a tree, Zhang Song is also a member of the family, some of Jia Rong's policies, there are too many disadvantages to him, and he has also made a test of Jia Xu, after finding that there is no room for turnover in this matter, Zhang Song was slightly disappointed at the same time, I also strengthened my mind to go to other princes to investigate, after all, it is very important to take refuge in a new lord, not to mention what is the reputation in front of the people of the world, and how much vital benefits can be brought to oneself, which is the most important thing.

Cao Cao of Yanzhou finally couldn't help it, and after gaining an alliance with the Xiliang army, he gathered 100,000 soldiers and horses to move closer to Qingzhou, 100,000 soldiers and horses, gathered together, and the consumption of grain and grass materials was an astronomical amount, and once it was ineffective, in the next year, Cao Jun would not think of using force.

In the face of the Xiliang army, Cao Cao had no chance of winning, and Yuan Shao was at war, but he was very sure, just like Liu Bei back then, he was not beaten by Cao Cao and ran around, and he had not yet ruled the land, so he could only succumb to Liu Biao's account and take care of Liu Biao's home.

The acquisition of Qingzhou is to further weaken Yuan Shao's strength, over the years, the war with the Cao army is nothing more than the Jizhou army, the Xiliang army is not moving, moving like thunder, and the Jizhou army is like a maggot on the tarsal bone, can not be shaken off, especially this time when the Xiliang army attacked Luoyang, Yuan Shao's actions strengthened Cao Cao's idea of occupying Qingzhou.

Wave an army of 100,000 and kill to Qingzhou, Yuan Shao has already gotten the news, at best, he occupies only three counties in Qingzhou, Cao Cao has great ambitions this time, and directly sent Cao Ren to attack Le'an Kingdom, and I am with 60,000 soldiers and horses to kill Pingyuan County, as long as the land of these two armies is captured, then Yuan Shao's shili in Qingzhou will also be cracked, and Yuan Shao's strength will also be reduced, within three years, Cao Cao will have the confidence to pacify it, provided that the Xiliang army does not interfere.

Yuan Shao heard the news that Cao Cao raised troops to attack Qingzhou, and suddenly couldn't sit still, the generals sitting in Qingzhou were Wen Chou and Gao Ran, Wen Chou led 20,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Le'an country, Gao Ran led 15,000 soldiers to garrison Pingyuan County, the Jizhou army went through too many battles, Yuan Shao did not have the spare strength to form more soldiers and horses, and even more than 20,000 people were thrifty to provide it, fortunately, the harvest of Qingzhou in the past two years was good, and the Jizhou army was able to barely survive.

But war is not a child's play, not only the consumption of materials, but also the loss of soldiers, and the command ability of generals is very important.

Cao Ren suffered a big loss in the hands of Jia Rong, lost such an important city as Luoyang, and thought about how to find a field in the body of the Jizhou army, Wen Chou is a general in the Jizhou army, and his own martial arts are strong, but Cao Ren does not have any fear, in his opinion, this five big and three rough men are much cuter than the Xiliang army, and the assassination that cannot be prevented, at least Wen Chou disdains to do it, and Cao Ren is not afraid of military generals. In order to be able to quickly occupy the country of Le'an.

There are too many borders between Qingzhou and Yanzhou, and the Cao army can lead the Jizhou army to attack from all angles.

Cao Cao's strategy is very simple, occupy the county seat around the county town, completely isolate the county town, once successful, even if Yuan Shao leads the army to kill, Cao Cao can calmly seize Qingzhou.

Yuan Shao didn't expect that just after the envoy to Chang'an, there was the news that the Cao army attacked Qingzhou, before supporting the Xiliang army and the Cao army to fight, the Jizhou army was already very little left with grain and grass materials, barely able to survive a year, but the war is not only a competition for grain and grass, but more materials, not as rich as the Xiliang army, Yuan Shao's hands are just soldiers, at the critical moment, can only let the soldiers come forward to resist.

As Jia Rong said, a war is actually a competition for who has more money, how much is a crossbow arrow, how much is a bed crossbow, and the princes who have no money still want to learn others to play offense and defense, just looking for death.

Yuan Shao's first reaction when he heard that the Cao army was attacking the city was to send an envoy to Chang'an for help, Yuan Shao knew that Jia Rong must have learned the news of the Cao army's attack on Qingzhou, but whether to support or not was two different things, and the Xiliang army didn't seem to need to befriend Jia Rong like Yuan Shao.

After some negotiations, Yuan Shao was willing to give up Zhuo County in Youzhou to the three county seats, and the Xiliang Army sent 5,000 troops to help.

Jia Rong gladly accepted such a condition, and asked Xu You to go back and tell Yuan Shao that if he could cede Zhuo County to the Xiliang Army, he would send 10,000 troops to help.

With the continuous escalation of the war, Yuan Shao finally agreed to this condition, which made Jia Rong extremely happy, helping Yuan Shao to hold Qingzhou, but it was just sending soldiers to go through the motions, the battle to defend the city, the infantry was the best at it, and the losses were very few, and it was unexpected to be able to get Zhuo County.