Yecheng, the city lord's mansion.

Although it is called the City Lord's Mansion, but Yuan Shao's ambition is not only that, otherwise even if it is the capital of a state, according to the rules, it should not be built so brilliantly, regardless of the scale, whether it is exquisite layout or magnificent architecture, compared with the former Luoyang Palace, it is more than that.

"This Yuan Benchu didn't have any other skills, but this ability to enjoy was made by him with great pressure, I'm afraid that the emperors of the Han Dynasty may not be able to match him!" Liu Ji and Jia Xu walked side by side to Li Xuan's manor, as Li Xuan's two major masterminds, Liu Ji and Jia Xu can be regarded as sympathetic to each other, in a sense, the personalities of the two can be said to be very different, Liu Ji has a huge pattern, few things can become his bonds, including his family, but Jia Xu is the opposite, with wisdom that is not inferior or even surpasses Liu Ji, but more often, he habitually hides himself in the shadows, rarely conspires, but every time he says, he must be to the point and point to the crux of the problem.

It is said that literati are light on each other, these two people with very different personalities, at least on the surface, although the two have no friendship, they at least maintain a harmonious atmosphere.

Jia Xu shook his head and sighed when he heard this: "The fourth generation and third duke of the Yuan family, the old officials are all over the world, in terms of prestige, but they have the qualifications to compete with the royal family, not to mention that now the royal family of the Han Dynasty is declining, and with the reputation of the fourth and third dukes, it is common sense to want to replace it." ”

"Ding Ding Dong Dong~" The two turned a corridor, and the sound of the piano suddenly sounded in their ears, the design of the city lord's mansion is also chic, and it is not far from each other, but the sound has been weakened by the building, and the weak does not go to a specific node, and the internal sound cannot be heard at all, but this ingenuity is admirable.

"I don't know which lady is playing the piano." Liu Ji couldn't help but smile when he heard this. He is a woman who knows Li Xuan, none of them are vase characters, not to mention that Zhou Zhiruo and Zhao Min, who came from the same face as him at the beginning, are all smart minds and have outstanding martial arts, even if it is Wu Qingying who is now by Li Xuan's side as a maid. If a knife is placed in the army, in addition to the main generals of the army, I am afraid it will be difficult to find the opponent, in terms of piano skills, it seems that there are several ladies who are very good, and can be called the master of the piano.

"This ......" Jia Xu listened to the sound of the piano, his chest suddenly tightened, and he looked at Liu Ji and said: "The person who caress the piano, what a heavy killing aura!" ”

The sound of the piano is rapid. It makes people feel as if thousands of troops are pressing the realm, although they have not yet come closer, but it has already made Jia Xu and Liu Ji feel out of breath, the two looked at each other, no wonder they have never seen the maid.

Even with the strength of the minds of the two of them, they have a feeling of being out of breath in the face of this ten-sided ambush with a strong killing atmosphere, if they are ordinary maids. I'm afraid that at this moment, it has collapsed in the sound of the piano. It's just that who is this person who caresses the qin?

With such doubts, the two followed the sound of the piano and walked to the front of the main hall, looking at the figure sitting at the door of the main hall with a solemn face. The person who stroked the qin was none other than Li Xuan.

"Ding~"

At the same time as the two appeared, the piano sounded and the song ended. But both of them invariably gave birth to a sense of seeing the sun.

"How are things?" In the indifferent voice, Jia Xu and Liu Ji felt a majesty contained in this plain voice.

"Except for Bohai and some cities in the north of Wei County that are still resisting stubbornly, including Yecheng, the nine counties of Jizhou, and the other seven counties have been taken by our army without blood." Jia Xu said respectfully.

"After all, Yuan Benchu has been in charge of Jizhou for a short time, and coupled with the previous mistakes, the monarch and the ministers were separated, and the seven counties surrendered, which also represents a new choice for the Jizhou family." Li Xuan nodded, his fingers gently talked about the strings, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "What do the two gentlemen think of the music of the piano?" ”

"Jin Ge Iron Horse, full of grandeur, but the minister is stupid, I don't know who made this song, why the minister has a sense of déjà vu, but it is very unfamiliar?" Liu Ji smiled, he knew that Li Xuan had the ability to travel through time and space, and his experience was far beyond what people could imagine, so it was not strange that he suddenly understood some piano rhythms, but when he thought of his feelings just now, he couldn't help but ask.

"The song is called Ambush on All Sides." Li Xuan said with a smile, his piano skills are learned from Cai Yan, not very good, but the so-called one through ten thousand ways, the piano art is practiced to the extreme, can be used as martial arts, and his martial arts have reached the ultimate beyond the high martial arts plane, learning other skills, naturally like a high house, quickly grasp the essence of it, and integrate his own Tao into the qin rhythm, it is no exaggeration to say that even if you don't use the netherworld, if Li Xuan really cultivates the music rhythm to an extreme, it can also form a range of attack means, if you have leisure, Instead, he wanted to enter a martial arts or immortal plane, and consider integrating his sword path into the rhythm.

Ambush on all sides?

Jia Xu was a little dazed, but Liu Ji raised his eyebrows, he was no stranger to this melody, it originated from a pipa song in the Tang Dynasty, but now he has changed his instrument and played it on the piano, and the killing atmosphere seems to be stronger, but this song is also suitable for the occasion, thinking of Yuan Shao's situation now, Liu Ji couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Are we all in place?" Li Xuan raised his head and looked at the two of them.

"According to His Majesty's orders, the elites drawn from all walks of life have all been put in place, and they can completely take over all the military and political affairs of the three counties of Hebei." Liu Ji bowed and said.

"There's no rush for this!" Li Xuan shook his head: "As soon as Yuan Shao is destroyed, the people of Jizhou are determined, especially those wealthy families, I don't have time to continue to spend with them, most of the Taishou, county magistrates, and county lieutenants in various places are from the family, and these positions are not suitable for transfer for the time being!" ”

Liu Ji nodded knowingly, it is not suitable for transfer for the time being, it does not mean that it cannot be transferred in the future, otherwise there is no need to transfer such a huge amount of talents from all walks of life.

"Although the important position is inconvenient to move, it is like the county Cheng, the county Cheng and a cadre of clerks and young generals, but they must be replaced by our people!" Li Xuan thought for a moment and said.

"It's just that these positions can't bring any substantial benefits to our army at all?" Liu Ji and Jia Xu couldn't help frowning.

"Benefits?" Li Xuan said with a smile: "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, after these people take office, other things can be put aside first, but we must gather the hearts of the people as soon as possible, although these positions are not worth mentioning in our opinion." But it is the position closest to the people, and if they can do it well, it is enough to beat 100,000 heroes! ”

Liu Ji and Jia Xu are both top sages, but after a little thought, they understood Li Xuan's plan, such a approach. It is not at all compressing the living space of the family, but to directly eradicate the wealthy family from this land!

Winning the hearts of the people first seems to be a bit redundant, but it is to completely eradicate the retreat of the wealthy families in this way, and when the time is ripe, Li Xuan's people who are now placed in various places will quickly take away the high positions in the counties and counties, although it will cause a certain amount of chaos, but with the people's heart, it can be supported by the people. This chaos can also be effectively controlled within a certain range, without worrying about internal chaos or even backyard fires due to this move.

Of course, this is also because Li Xuan has enough governance experts in his hands to dare to use this method to eradicate the troubles of the family so boldly, otherwise, if any prince along the way really imitates Li Xuan, he will definitely die faster. Because in this world, except for Li Xuan, an outlier can continuously send talents from all walks of life from other planes in batches. Regardless of the Two Song Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, Li Xuan's foundation has stabilized, and he has begun to produce a large number of surplus talents, these talents, staying in the original plane, can be a famous and talented person at most. The better ones may still be able to leave a good story, but for the community, there is no benefit in the slightest, but if it is sent here, although most of them are some people who talk on paper. But it is undeniable that these people have a rich knowledge reserve, and they are not in a high position at the beginning, but start from the bottom, and have a lot of practical opportunities to confirm what they have learned.

"Your Majesty (the lord) is wise!" The two looked at each other and bowed.

"There is no need to say these polite words again." Li Xuan waved his hand and said: "Now that the seven counties of Jizhou have been decided, Yuan Shao's grain route can be cut off, and within three days, I want Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops to be in my hands!" ”

"Yes!"

……

At the same time, outside Yecheng, smoke and dust filled the air, and a cavalry rushed towards Yecheng like a torrent.

"It's General Yan Liang!" Above the head of Yecheng City, a sharp-eyed soldier looked at the eye-catching banner, his face couldn't help but be sideways, Yan Liang is the head of the four court pillars in Hebei, this is not just a name, Yan Liangwen Chou followed Yuan Shaonan to fight in the north, and it can be said that he is famous in Jizhou, and now seeing Yan Liang return, these Jizhou soldiers can't help but be a little stunned.

"What to do? Do you want to notify the above? The soldier looked at the people around him in a panic.

"Since Yan Liang has returned to the division, he wants to come to Yuan Gong's army not far away, why don't you open the city and surrender?" Another Wu Commander looked at the others with some hesitation, Yecheng was Yuan Shao's political center after all, although these soldiers voted for Li Xuan under the leadership of Zhang He and a few people, there were still many people in the army who were inclined to Yuan Shao, and at this time there was a sudden disagreement.

"If an enemy army is coming, fire arrows!" At the head of the city, the dark hall warrior in charge of the guard saw the mighty army behind Yan Liang, his face changed, and someone immediately sent out an arrow, and at the same time, Zhang Nan, who was in charge of the city defense, also quickly calmed down the restlessness in the city, he was not an ordinary soldier, he knew very well that Yuan Shao might let go of these rebels, but he would never let go of himself, and he was extremely hardworking.

In the city lord's mansion, Liu Ji and Jia Xu, who were about to retire, saw the sound of arrows in the sky at the same time, and their faces couldn't help but change, this is a signal that there is a big enemy attacking, at this time, the army that will appear here is only Yuan Shao.

Could it be that Yuan Shao's envoy deceived Zhao Yun, and the class master counterattacked Yecheng?

Thinking of this possibility, the two of them couldn't help frowning in unison, this situation is not impossible, at least if the two of them face the same situation, there are many ways to get out of the shell of the golden cicada without hiding the eyes and ears of the enemy.

His eyes couldn't help but fall on Li Xuan.

"Let's go, go to the city and take a look, Yuan Shaodang doesn't have such courage, the one who comes should be a partial division, but I don't know who is leading the army." Li Xuan raised his eyebrows, at this time, there is an enemy to attack, it is not a good thing, although Yecheng with the help of Zhang He and others, has collected and surrendered a lot of troops, but it is only 30,000 people, more importantly, Li Xuan knows very well that in such a short period of time, it is impossible to let these soldiers completely return to their hearts, especially at this time, the news of their bloodless annexation of the seven counties has not yet spread, in the hearts of these people, Yuan Shao is still the lord of Jizhou, if the other party will be able to understand this, a little use, can make the city chaos.

Seeing that he was about to evaluate Jizhou in one fell swoop, Li Xuan didn't want to lose Yecheng at this time, this is not only the loss of a city, but more importantly, a symbol, the Jizhou scholars who originally fell to their side are also very likely to regain their position because of the loss of Yecheng, after all, the news of the defection of the seven counties has not yet spread, and they still have a way to retreat and room for maneuver.

Li Xuan's arrival calmed down the originally chaotic city, ignoring the soldiers who looked at him with complicated eyes, Li Xuan walked to the city wall, and looked at it, even if it was far away, it could be clearly seen.

"It's Yan Liang as the main general?" Li Xuan looked at the army below with some surprise.

"Don't underestimate this person, Yan Liang and Wen Chou are the top generals under Yuan Shao, I don't know how many will become the souls of his sword, when the Tiger Prison was closed, Yuan Shao did not take this person forward, otherwise, Yan Liang Wen Chou but there is one person with him, I am afraid that the Tiger Prison will not be Lu Bu's turn." Zhang Nanmayan came behind Li Xuan, looked at Yan Liang's army, and said with an ugly face.

It seems that Yuan Shao also said this.

Li Xuan rolled his eyes a little speechlessly, with the level of the two second-rate generals, and they have been staying in Jizhou, it is estimated that the vision has reached the level of Yan Liangwen Chou, of course, if Yan Liangwen Chou talks about bravery, he can indeed be regarded as the top, but to say that these two people can beat Lu Bu, it is a bit of a fantasy.

"Hawkeye?" Li Xuan tilted his head sideways and looked at Hawkeye, who had come with Dian Wei as his bodyguard. Mihawk, I promised him that he would be a hero in the world, Yan Liang is a good whetstone.

"Yes." Hawkeye stepped forward and said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Don't you want to be a hero in the world? This person, let's be the first to try the knife. Li Xuan pointed to Yan Liang, who was riding his horse towards the city, and said with a smile.

At this moment, Yan Liang had already walked to the city and had already entered the range of the archers, but he was not afraid, looked up at the city, and said loudly: "I am Admiral Yan Liang, a despicable rat, but anyone dares to come down and fight with a certain one?" (To be continued......)