Yuan Shao's idea was very simple, cut off the supply channel of the state army to Cao Cao's army, and at the same time strengthen the flank attack, even if the frontal battlefield still could not open the situation, a beautiful left hook would also make Cao Cao's army greatly shaken.

It would even make Sun Quan, the new master of Jiangdong, change his original mind - in Yuan Shao's opinion, the reason why the young man made peace with Cao Cao was that he hoped to use the residual power of the Han court to consolidate his position.

Although under the joint promotion of Cao Cao and Liu Xie, no, maybe Chen Gong, the two black-bellied guys, Sun Quan only obtained the position of Huiji Taishou, not to mention the Yangzhou Assassin History, even the Wu County Taishou of the Sun family's own foundation fell to others, and it was Sun Ben who inherited Sun Jian-Sun Ce, Wu Chenghou and Sun Ce's rebellious general, but Sun Ben, the eldest son of the Sun family, and Sun Ben - this method like Yuan Shu back then, naturally suffered a shameful failure as before.

In fact, in addition to the title of Marquis of Wucheng, Sun Ceyi's position is just something with symbolic meaning for Sun Quan, and the most important thing for him is actually the talisman left by his brother to command the army, and that thing has long been handed over to Sun Quan, the successor, under the escort of Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu and other core generals of the Sun family, so it doesn't matter if there are no other false names.

It was this pragmatic attitude that led Yuan Shao to believe that as long as Cao Cao's army showed fatigue and proved to be unable to continue to defend the emperor of the Han Dynasty, who had no role other than his position, then Sun Quan would definitely abandon his deferential attitude towards the imperial court, and it was even possible to follow his brother's example to go north and acquire land, population, and wealth to transfer the internal unrest caused by Sun Ce's death in Jiangdong and the increasingly restless ** of his subordinate Haoqiang.

Therefore, it is not nonsense for Guo Tu and others to think that Yuan Shao may be disappointed with the appearance of the eldest prince Yuan Tan during this period of time, and the worries that Yuan Fang will be sent to the past are not nonsense, in fact, Yuan Tan's results on the Eastern Front are indeed difficult to satisfy Yuan Shao, who is full of anxiety in his heart, and those originally suppressed voices have gradually affected Yuan Shao's judgment.

In fact, it is impossible for Yuan Shao not to be unaware of what Yuan Tan did in Qingzhou, although Yuan Shao feels that his appearance is not mature enough. However, considering that Yuan Tan at least knew to respect those famous scholars in the local area, only those who were not willing to cooperate with the Yuan family would take a more radical attitude, and even if he took action, he would avoid harming those who were very famous, such a rather restrained and polite expression Yuan Shao thought that it was enough.

Yuan Tan certainly failed to show a series of demeanors as an heir, such as having a vision of the overall situation. Or the wisdom of being good at perceiving people's hearts, the mind of those who accept different opinions, and even the ruthlessness that is expressed is not the ruthlessness of the hero, but more like the indiscriminate killing of ordinary people after they suddenly gain power but are lost, but they cannot really kill those dangers that will pose a threat to them.

If Yuan Shao released Yuan Tan out at the beginning and let him independently lead the troops to train in various places, and he still wanted to train him in his heart and let him gradually grow up in the handling of various things, then Yuan Tan's expression over the years. Coupled with the fact that Yuan Shao's third son, Yuan Shang, has become more and more superior to his brother, similar to his own temperament and skill, Yuan Shao has actually extinguished the idea of Yuan Tan becoming the heir, just for the sake of internal stability, and has not declared this idea in his mouth.

After all, if the Yuan family can sweep the world and retreat to protect the foundation of these three states, then even if the prequel is located in Yuan Shang, it will be too late to settle down, anyway, even if Yuan Tan is really dissatisfied, with that huge family foundation, it is enough for Yuan Shang to suppress Yuan Tan.

It can be said that if it weren't for Yuan Shao's new strategic concept, he had a new strategic idea in his heart. Yuan Shao could naturally let Yuan Tan continue to act mischiefly in Qingzhou.

On the contrary, it was Yuan Shao's attitude towards Yuan Fang.

In fact, for this concubine. And he is also his eldest son, Yuan Shao's inner feelings are extremely complicated.

He was amazed by Yuan Fang's talent, whether it was the fledgling Yuan Fang displayed during the battle against Dong a few years ago, or the dormant position that Yuan Shao could suppress over the years, it can be said that if his identity was not too embarrassing, Yuan Shao would definitely regard him as a confidant. Moreover, he will let his favorite successor, Yuan Shangtong, strengthen the relationship and bond between the two parties by various means, because as long as he can catch this talented young man, even if Yuan Shaobing is defeated and dies, he does not need to worry about the future of the Yuan family.

But God just made such a big joke with him and sent Yuan Fang to him. But he gave him such an identity, so that Yuan Shao didn't use it, didn't use it, and didn't use it, it was really a piece of chicken ribs.

Just as Yuan Shao knew a lot about Yuan Tan's behavior in Qingzhou but didn't pay attention to it, Yuan Shao's attention to his eldest son has never been less, or in fact, among all of them, he is the one who knows his son's abilities best. The previous battle in Wei County was a beautiful counterattack under the command of the third and second sons of the Yuan family, but Yuan Shao was very aware of Yuan Fang's series of arrangements, and because of the difference in angle and height, he saw a little more than the others.

So he can actually be sure that once Yuan Fang is sent to Qingzhou and given him a certain amount of power, then Yuan Tan's being set aside can be said to be an inevitable result, and it is impossible for Yuan Fang to let that younger brother who is ambitious and talented interfere with his rare opportunity to perform.

And what kind of bloody storm Yuan Fang, who has power in hand, will set off, even Yuan Shao dare not predict.

This is a risky move, but now that Yuan Shao feels more and more bad, he is the only winner that Yuan Shao can release.

Yuan Shao is gambling, betting on the time of Yuan Fang's counterattack, whether he can't wait, or whether he will continue to lie dormant until the situation is clearer.

It's just that although Yuan Shao did make a choice on the roulette, he still chose enough retreats for himself when he made the choice, as an elite among the children of the family, he is still very clear about "not thinking about winning, thinking about defeat first", but usually the resources and advantages in his hands make him really not need to think about failure.

But it is precisely because there are too many choices, so for those radical choices, Yuan Shao will still instinctively avoid such choices, although this approach will make him lose some opportunities that can allow him to make high returns, but it is also true to avoid high risks.

"Ziyuan was willing to give me advice after such a big blow, although his family did go too far in that matter. But it is not enough to sin the whole clan, Meng Dai's move is still very inappropriate after all. ”

After that, he pushed the scribbled handwriting and even some altered pieces of paper into the pile of books on the side, thinking that this piece of paper, which must have been very anxious when writing, would be buried in the pile of old papers. You'll never see the light of day, after all, if you can notice Yuan Shao's expression, you will know that he is not really interested in the content of the paper.

Naturally, Xu You, who proposed the plans written on the pieces of paper, was still exiled from the inner power group of Yuan Shaojun's army, except that his freedom was not as controlled as Tian Feng's, but even if he suffered such a huge blow, he still did not forget to help Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao was still satisfied, and Xu You was still able to move freely between the camps as he had done when he had not yet lost power, and inquire about all kinds of military affairs—as long as the generals were willing to sue him for the deposed man.

Tian Feng was deposed though. But in the eyes of ordinary grassroots generals, he is still the stern but fair Jizhou Beijia, a trustworthy and respected good person, with strong influence and popular prestige. On the other hand, Xu You, ordinary people will not like a person like him, let alone have any respect for the kind of person whose family members blatantly ask for bribes. Before, because Xu You was in a high position, these people would naturally greet each other with a smile in order not to cause trouble, but now that Xu You has fallen into such a field, they don't speak ill of each other. It's hard to really give him any too good looks. It would be nice if Xu You was more interesting, but if Xu You still thought that he had the same power as before. Then he will be greeted by the result of being slapped in the face.

Therefore, Yuan Shao seems to be very generous, but in fact, he is really not worried at all.

Of course, Xu Yu is naturally well aware of this.

After waiting for another three days, seeing that Yuan Shao still didn't mean to reactivate himself, he looked at the stars in the sky, and looked at the few relatives around him except for the few people left. Thinking of those subordinates who had already found other jobs, or who were forcibly asked to leave by others, I couldn't help but burst into tears.

"My family's sons and nephews have died at the hands of Meng Dai's puppeteers, and instead of using my anti-ear advice, he also indulges the younger generations to harm me. It's really a lack of strategy. If I can't avenge this deep hatred, what face do I have to face the tragic death in Jizhou! ”

Looking at the dim moon in the sky, Xu You made a bitter oath, even if the few remaining relatives wanted to remind him of the environment he was in and the predicament he was facing, it could no longer stop Xu You's already burning heart of revenge.

It can only be said that the grass is really cut to the roots, Meng Dai killed the family but did not take advantage of the situation to dispose of Xu You, even though Xu You is not a benevolent gentleman, but a treacherous villain, but it is precisely this kind of person who is the most difficult, if you have made a bad deal with it but have not been able to put it in a position that makes you safe in time, then you will face endless revenge from the villain.

Because the villain doesn't care about loyalty, righteousness and filial piety, the rise and fall of the family and the country, if you make him unhappy, he will naturally not make you happy.

Meng Dai didn't expect this, because he was probably proud of his righteous words at this time, after all, his actions were supported and praised by many people.

Feng Ji, who had a close relationship with Meng Dai, could think of this, but he had already cleared up Yiqiē, as Feng Ji, who had befriended and followed Yuan Shao when Yuan Shao was clothed like Xu You, he had enough time to understand Xu You's personality, so he didn't plan to let himself get involved too much in this matter, and even destroyed a lot of letters and other things that had been in contact with Meng Dai in the past. He didn't know what kind of means Xu You would use to retaliate, but he believed that before Yuan Shao completely gave up on Xu You, the man with a smart mind but a small heart would definitely wait and prepare for that vicious blow like a dormant poisonous snake.

As for Yuan Shao, his subordinates are just a group of chess pieces for him, even if there is one less that is quite easy to use, there will naturally be more that are equally easy to use, or even more useful, because there are too many choices, so that even if he ignores the feeling of a few chess pieces, he will not feel that there is any big problem. Perhaps, in his opinion, it is extremely benevolent to let some people fend for themselves, and it is a decision that will only be made for the sake of the other party following him for many years without merit and hard work.

Feng Ji understands Xu You, so he chooses to hide; Xu Yu knew Yuan Shao, so when Yuan Shao no longer accepted it, it could even be said that he ignored his advice. He also made his own choice.

"Ziyuan, it's already deep, where are you going?"

Wiping all kinds of liquids on his face, Xu You took the few remaining relatives around him to the gate, but before he could go far, he met Guo Tu, who was patrolling the camp, although he was also a civil official. But unlike Xu You, who only wanted to stay in Yuan Shao's shogunate, Guo Tu was also quite interested in leading troops, and always liked to patrol around with soldiers when he had nothing to do.

In Xu You's opinion, it was purely Guo Tu's flaunting of his might.

"I can't sleep, I want to walk around."

Regarding Xu You's answer, Guo Tu just smiled and left. Although it is obviously not in line with military law for Xu You to wander around at will so late, but what the other party has encountered these days Guo Tu can see in his eyes, although it cannot be said that the rabbit died and the fox was sad or something, but because the relationship between Meng Dai and Feng Ji, who was bad with Xu You, was close, Guo Tu, who was in Yuan Tan, was naturally a little more kind to Xu You.

Of course. Because of the competition between the two people before, the relationship between the two people is at most just a nodding acquaintance, just like now, Guo Tu will not say much about Xu You's violation of discipline, but he can turn a blind eye.

"Okay, you Guo Gongze, it's cool to see that I'm down now, aren't you, you wait. I'm going to make you regret it! ”

It seems that Xu You has no appreciation for Guo Tu's behavior at all.

Unfortunately, before Xu You was glad that he had escaped, he was about to leave through the gate. was stopped by the soldiers on duty and reported to Jiang Qi, who was on duty tonight.

Jiang Qi, as a military general who defected from the local faction to the foreign faction, is naturally quite familiar with Xu You, but the relationship is not close, the reason is naturally that the arrogant Xu You looks down on this reckless martial artist who has turned his back on his camp. The previous Xu You was Yuan Shao's confidant, but Jiang Qi encountered collective resistance from the localists because of his actions. In order to gain a firm foothold in the new camp, Jiang Qi was naturally polite to Xu You, and it could even be said that he lowered his eyebrows a little to please the "celebrity" around Yuan Shao.

But now, it seems that none of them are the same anymore. Although Xu You was not swept to the end like Tian Feng. even suffered from house arrest, but he lost his power and Yuan Shao's favor, and Jiang Qi, who was one of the "Four Pillars of Hebei", even the last, can be said to be completely reversed.

With a haughty and disdainful smile, Jiang Qi showed his nobility in front of Xu You, although his thinking circuit is indeed not as complicated as Guo Tu, and it is not like Guo Tu gave Xu You basic respect in line with the idea of "leaving a line", he is a military general, he likes to go straight to the general, and he is not his former subordinate Xu You, and he has no grace to carry him, why should he let Jiang Qi not take this good opportunity to step on the bastard who once couldn't afford him at all and sneered at him.

Sure enough, sooner or later, those who come out and mix will have to pay it back.

So in the face of the arrogant Jiang Qi, in the face of his condescending interrogation, Xu Yu held back the anger in his heart, and finally replied, "I have a heavy responsibility, if you delay, be careful of the lord, only you ask".

Jiang Qi naturally wouldn't believe Xu You's flawed answer, but he still smiled and let Xu You go, so that he could leave Yuanmen and stay away from the Chinese army tent of Yuan Shao, who had won him countless glory.

"General, why do you want to let that guy go, that kind of rhetoric, do you think we are stupid! What else is 'burdened with heavy responsibilities', what is 'the lord is the only one who asks', it is already a great grace for the general to leave him with a small life, and he dares to continue to deceive in the name of the general, the general, you should really tie him up in front of the general, and let the general deal with him by military law. ”

"Hehe, I don't want that. It's just that now that guy is just a leper dog, and if I really send that leper dog to the general when the general is already asleep, not only will it not make the general happy, but it may make the general think that I am a person who makes a fuss because I disturbed the general's rest, which is not good. ”

"The subordinates understand, sure enough, it's still the general, you think it through."

"Okay, you did a good job tonight, come to me tomorrow, from the captain down, and reward a hundred dollars for each person. In addition, don't spread the news about tonight, so that people don't say that I have a small belly and chicken intestines, and I can't get along with a leprosy dog. ”

"Thank you, General~!"

"Whew...... Call...... Call...... Jiang Yiqu, today's humiliation, I will repay it tenfold in the future! ”

However, just like every laugh of a certain black-skinned dwarf after the Battle of Chibi, Xu Yu's every resentment will bring him new trouble, and this time the trouble is Gao Ran, Gao Jingdi, one of the other "Hebei Four Court Pillars" who led the cavalry troops to patrol the periphery.

"I, I'm going to the toilet! You, can you handle it? ”

In the face of the other party's inquiry, Xu You didn't know what kind of excuse he should make for himself, and finally simply put on a sloppy appearance, anyway, his relationship with Gao Ran was quite bad, probably any fabricated excuse would be recognized by the other party at the first time and ridiculed.

Only with such an attitude can it be possible to reduce Gao Ran's suspicions and hide his true goals of action.

Even, Xu You lifted his robe regardless of his image, looking as if he was going to stage a "water cannon attack" in front of Gao Ran, which made Gao Ran and the guards around him show a look of disgust.

"Be careful, old fellow, don't pee on your own instep."

With such a vicious curse, Gao Ran raised his horsewhip and left here with his guards, and he also didn't want to entangle with Xu You, who seemed to be really incarnated as a "leper dog".

Of course, Gao Lan, who was very disgusted by Xu You, in addition to verbal attacks, did not forget to use his skilled equestrian skills to kick up a large piece of dirt in the direction of Xu You when the horse left, making Xu You and several of his relatives look like wolves.

However, it seems that Xu Yu has passed another hurdle. (To be continued......)