After Cao Cao broke through Pengcheng, he was attacked by Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Liu Bei and others, and finally it was difficult to defend his place. And Xuzhou Mu Taoqian saw Cao Jun slaughtering the city, bleeding and drifting, he felt deeply guilty, frightened, and worried all day, but he died of illness in two months.

Liu Bei succeeded as the pastor of Xuzhou because of his meritorious service in helping Tao Qian defend the city, and easily took the strategic fortress coveted by Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and others for a long time. Yuan Shu was furious, on the side of the couch, how could he allow Liu Bei to be proud of selling straw sandals! So Yuan Shu gathered an army of 30,000 and personally took command of the expedition, and Liu Bei also led the army to meet the enemy, and confronted Yuan Shu in Xuyi, a small county on the bank of the broken kettle.

Early in the morning, when the sky was bright, Yuan Shu sat in the tent in armor, checking the documents reported in various places, and seemed to be very diligent.

Yang Hong, Ji Ling and the others stood on the left and right waiting for orders, but they fell asleep due to the fatigue of the march. Suddenly, Yuan Shu laughed without warning, startling Ji Ling almost fell to his knees, he got up in a panic and said, "Lord forgive your sins!" ”

Yang Hongben was also dozing off, but at this time he didn't forget to hit a rake: "How did General Ji fall asleep, he really lost his honor in front of the lord!" ”

Ji Ling's heart tightened, and he secretly scolded Yang Hong for cheating, but he had to admit his guilt: "I am a little tired these days, please punish the lord!" ”

Yuan Shu didn't pay attention to this stubble, but spread out the newspaper in his hand, and greeted: "Come on, come on, show you a rare thing, Sun Bofu, a boy who doesn't know the height of the sky, actually reported to the orphan, saying that he would fight Jiangdong for the orphan......"

Seeing that Yuan Shu was not to blame, Ji Ling hurriedly stepped forward to take a closer look at the report, and immediately laughed: "Heh! The stinky boy who has not dried up, his hair has not yet grown, and he has won Lu Kang's old decay, so he feels that he is brave and invincible in the world? What else to say, going to Jiangdong to recruit 30,000 people, and then helping the lord fight the world, is simply a fool's dream! ”

As a strategist, Yang Hong's mind is more delicate than that of Ji Ling, a general, and he knows that Yuan Shu has been quite troubled by how to place Sun Ce these days. After all, it is a pity to abandon such a tiger general, but he is afraid that he will not be subordinate. Now that Sun Ce has invited himself to Jiangdong, he can be regarded as self-aware.

Yang Hong's eyes turned, and he bowed and said, "Congratulations to the lord!" Congratulations to my lord! Now that Liu Miao is making trouble in Jiangdong, if he sends that Sun Bofu to suppress it, maybe he can recover the lost territory, even if he can't, he can let that Sun Shao General sharpen his temperament, which is not a good thing! ”

Yuan Shu chuckled a few times and patted Yang Hong's shoulder vigorously: "Yang Qing and Gu are really related!" The land of Jiangdong has many lakes and waterways, dragons and tigers, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Wang Lang and Liu Xuan are divided into north and south, these two are not good masters, and they are old and ruthless. When Sun Bofu, this kid, went to Jiangdong, don't say that he summoned 30,000 people, but he was afraid that the 2,000 people under his command would be wiped out in less than half a year! ”

How could Ji Ling give this good opportunity to Yang Hong in vain, and he also smiled and said: "The lord is planning to settle the world!" It's just that the kid surnamed Sun seems to be a little crooked, and in order to prevent him from really gaining a foothold in Jiangdong, the lord still has to control it more. ”

Yuan Shu thought about it, and suddenly felt that Ji Ling's words were not unreasonable: "Do the two Qing families have a clever plan?" ”

Ji Ling had already thought of what to deal with, just waiting for Yuan Shu's question, who knew that before he could answer, Yang Hong took the lead in a loud voice: "Lord Qi, the more than 2,000 people under Sun Bofu are not to be afraid." But the lord went to the year to seal his uncle Wu Jing as the Taishou of Wu County, and his cousin Sun Ben as the captain of Danyang. Therefore, the minister thought that as long as the lord closely monitored Wu Jing and Sun Ben, he could prevent Sun Ce from rising in Jiangdong. ”

Yes, although the more than 2,000 people under Sun Ce are inconspicuous, his blood relationship with Wu Jing and Sun Ben should not be underestimated, Yuan Shu snorted coldly, gritted his teeth and said: "If the two of them eat inside and outside, there is no need to stay!" ”

Yang Hong observed the words and looked at the expression, and added oil and vinegar at the right time: "The people around the lord must do their best. The minister thought that the lord might as well send Wu Jing and Sun Ben to crusade against Liu Xuan, and Sun Bofu to help each other, line up across the river, and at the same time plant a large number of eyeliner in the army, once the three of them have the intention of not being subordinate, they will immediately order the general to kill Wu Jing and Sun Ben, and then cross the river to annihilate Sun Bofu, what does the lord think? ”

When Ji Ling heard Yang Hong's words, he shuddered, and secretly scolded him for being vicious in his heart. If this plan is really followed, once someone deliberately frames them, Wu Jing and Sun Ben will be wronged and do ghosts. But Ji Ling peeked at Yuan Shu's reaction, and he actually had a look of approval, and the panic in his heart was even worse.

Sure enough, Yuan Shu praised and said, "Yang Qing's plan is very good! Someone came, passed on the order of the orphan, and ordered Wu Jing and Sun Ben to immediately lead troops to Danyang to exterminate Liu Xuan, there must be no mistake! ”

In the military camp outside Shucheng, the sky was polished, and Zhou Yu went to the Zhongjun tent to look for Sun Ce, but he couldn't find anyone left and right, and he searched for a long circle, and finally found an extremely depressed figure behind the couch in the inner room.

Zhou Yu was amused and distressed: "Bo Fu, what's wrong with you?" Quarreled with Miss Big Joe? ”

Sun Ce couldn't get up, his face was pale, his eyes were blue, and he didn't sleep all night: "Gong Jin, I don't have the heart to joke with you today, if it's nothing, let me stay by myself for a while." ”

"How can it be okay? Although Yuan Shu hasn't replied yet, the army is imminent, and there are many things to plan, how can you, the commander of the army, hide here and worry? ”

Sun Ceqiang cheered up a little, took out the wooden barrel and long brush for washing horses from behind the screen, and said to Zhou Yu as he walked out: "I understand what you said, I have been looking at the map of Jiangdong in the past few days, and I am already familiar with the hydrology and land routes. Wait for the old man's order to come down, and then you can set off. It's just that I always feel that with Yuan Shu's mind, it won't be easy for us to get our wish. ”

While talking, the two came to the stable, and after Sun Ce fetched water by the well, he took out the Dawan horse and brushed its mane at once.

Zhou Yu leaned on the guardrail and replied, "Yes, those strategists beside Yuan Shu are not good masters. Over the years, Yuan Shu has been rampant, and he has been a disaster, and these people are all inseparable, but now is not the time to clean them up. But...... Bo Fu, can you not come to brush the horse as soon as you quarrel with Miss Da Qiao, even if you can stand the horse, you can't stand it. ”

Zhou Yu's words reminded Sun Ce of the scene when he met Da Qiao at the beginning of last year. The circumstances of life are really wonderful, and in just one year, he has fallen so fond of her. The soreness in his heart became clearer and clearer, Sun Ce leaned on the wooden sill tiredly, and stopped talking: "Gongjin, you...... Can you help me go see Ying'er......"

"You don't have to look at it, early in the morning, Miss Xiao Qiao went to me and said that Miss Big Qiao had not slept all night, and she sat on the couch and shed tears in a daze. Bo Fu, aren't you used to coaxing girls to be happy, why are you at a loss when you meet your sweetheart? ”

Thinking that Da Qiao was as sleepless as himself, Sun Ce didn't want to mention it in his heart: "If I can make her happy, my Sun Bofu is willing to pay any price." It's a pity that my feelings for her are a drag in themselves, and they will only make her more miserable......"

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce have known each other for ten years, and the two have been friendly and have nothing to talk about, and they have overcome many difficulties together, but Sun Ce, who is so at a loss today, is something that Zhou Yu has never seen.

The breeze blew, Zhou Yu straightened up, raised his wide sleeves that fluttered in the wind, and said with a straight face: "Bo Fu, I have never asked you about your future ambitions, that is because I believe that there are many things that you and I know." The reason why I help you and follow you is not entirely because I grew up together, but also because I think that you are the one who can shoulder our ideals and the one who can break out of the world in troubled times. ”

"I understand what you mean, Yuan Shu is capricious and not a good master, and sooner or later I will break with him. And the princes of all walks of life and the people of the world have long been resentful of him, even if it is not me, someone will come to clean him up. I'm afraid you want to say that I can get along with Ying'er as usual, and I can even accept her first, and on the day Yuan Shu collapses, I can be justified, right? ”

"Isn't it? General Qiao Rui is not disallowing your marriage, if you don't want her, leave her alone, their sisters can only go back to their hometown in Wancheng. Now the thieves are rampant in the mountains, and the bandits in Wancheng are serious, if the two of them are robbed, with the temperament of Miss Da Qiao, they will definitely prefer to die unyielding...... Bo Fu, if it really comes to that time, won't you regret it? ”

Sun Ce's eyes were red, and his lips trembled. What Zhou Yu said, he didn't even dare to think about it, if he really went to such a field, wouldn't he hurt Da Qiao's life? But Sun Ce also has his troubles: "You and my brother, I don't hide it from you, I really want her in my dreams...... But Gongjin, as a man, since I am pleased with her, I should marry Mingmei, Nacai asked the name, how can she be wronged and follow me in vain? Besides, I don't know when Yuan Shu will lose power, if I let him know that I accepted Ying'er privately, wouldn't General Qiao suffer with him? ”

"The lesser of two evils, not to mention that I asked Miss Xiao Qiao, they don't often go to the army to look for General Qiao, but they exchange letters more closely. In short, it depends on how you plan to do it. I know, you think that you have accepted Miss Da Qiao so privately, she is just a concubine in name, and you feel ashamed. But if you think she is your wife, who can wronged her in the slightest? Whether it is an aunt or Zhongmou Shangxiang, they are not petty and reasonable people, and they are expedient, where can they take care of hypocrisy? ”

Sun Ce smiled bitterly and said, "Gong Jin, you are a Confucian student, it is really rare to be able to say such things from you." ”

"I am not only for you, but also for the two girls, Miss Big Qiao is gentle and lovely, Miss Little Qiao is lively and lovely, I don't want any of them to be in danger, and I don't want you to hold a grudge for life! I've lost my beloved wife, and I know how painful that is, Bo Fu, and I don't want to see you repeat it. ”

Zhou Yu's words were heartfelt, but Sun Ce was never able to cross the hurdle in his heart, let alone open this mouth to Da Qiao.

Just as he hesitated, Xiao Qiao ran over quickly and shouted, "Zhou Gongjin! Zhou Gongjin! ”

Zhou Yu heard Xiao Qiao's call, and hurriedly turned around to catch up, only to see Xiao Qiao's face flushed, panting, avoiding Sun Ce, and whispering to Zhou Yu: "Don't...... Don't let Sun Bofu hear it, just now I went to the room to get food and went back to the camp, but my sister was gone......"

"Gone? Miss Big Joe went out of the camp? Have you ever asked the guards at the gates on all sides? ”

Xiao Qiao was so anxious that he stomped his feet: "I've asked everywhere, and the strangest thing is that they all said they didn't see my sister." I've searched everywhere I can, but I haven't found her, so nothing will happen to my sister......"

Xiao Qiao looked at Zhou Yu with blank eyes, as if he wanted to draw some strength from him to gain peace of mind. Zhou Yu understood her thoughts, but he didn't know why Da Qiao disappeared into the barracks for no reason: "Miss Xiao Qiao, don't panic, I'll accompany you to find it, and I will definitely be able to find Sister Ling." It's just that why did the talented girl hide it from Bo Fu? Is there anything unspeakable? ”

When a few people were hesitating, thousands of miles away in Luoyang City, the grass and trees were deep. The ruined city walls have been repaired completely, and everything has been restored to its original state, as if it had never suffered from war, and it is still in the middle of the prosperous world. The streets and alleys are full of people, but the tiredness and anxiety on the faces of the people show that everything is different from the original. If you are drunk today and drunk today, who knows if you will survive tomorrow?

The streets and alleys are crowded, but the houses on the east side of the city are surrounded by birds, and pedestrians are alienated. Needless to say, this is the mansion of Cao Cao, the prime minister who covers the sky with one hand in Luoyang City.

Although the outside of the door is calm and deserted, the division of labor inside is clear, and the operation is like flowing water. The lieutenant of the school office held a scroll of letters engraved with confidential documents and handed it into the lobby, and after several tosses, it was finally sent to Cao Cao's desk.

Shang Shuling, who was in charge of reviewing the confidential documents, made a stroke with a knife, cut open the bamboo tube and took out the letterhead, and said to Cao Cao, who closed his eyes and recuperated: "My lord, Shouchun is here." ”

Cao Cao was not confused at the time, his stature was not tall, and his long beard was full of face, he opened his eyes, his eyes flashed with a cunning light, he took the letterhead and looked at it carefully, and after a while, he opened the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "If it is said that Sun Jian was like a big monkey back then, this Sun Ce is a monkey, and the ambition of the monkey is not small, and it is not that the two small bones in the dry bones in Yuan Shu's mound can be satisfied." Yuan Shu teased Sun Ce like this, he really dug his own grave, and it is estimated that in a few years, he will be cleaned up by Sun Ce, a kid. ”

After that, Cao Cao threw the letterhead into a copper basin filled with clear water beside him, but when he saw that the paper met the water, the handwriting quickly faded, and the word "Qingqi" disappeared without a trace.

Xun You heard Cao Cao's voice, and said with a smile: "A boy who has never met can be evaluated by the lord like this, it is really rare, it seems that the lord wants to be the one who controls the rampant?" ”

Cao Cao's smile was cunning and a little unruly: "It's hard to control when it's far away, and it's inevitable to be bitten when it's close, if it weren't for her, Gu really didn't know how to use this chess piece." However, you remember to bring her a sentence, this son has just come out of the rivers and lakes, and he can do this, and his mind and strategy are only above his father Sun Jian. At that time, the princes of the Eighteenth Route gathered to crusade against Dong Zhuo, and Sun Jian, the Marquis of Wucheng, was the most courageous one among them. We must not underestimate the enemy, and if there is any change, we will report to Lone immediately. ”