In Shouchun City, Yuan Yao spent a few days and took Xu Chu and his guards to explore the city.

Due to the small influence of the Yellow Turban, there were tens of thousands of people in the city, although it was not much, but it was also a big city during this period.

There were not many defenders in the city, and the total number of men was less than a thousand.

It is estimated that Zhou Ang did not expect to be attacked by a sneak attack, plus he went to fight for Yangcheng and took away most of Jiujiang's troops, which made Yuan Yao easily take advantage of it.

"Virtuous nephew, you are really at ease!" As soon as Yuan Yao returned to the city, he heard Yuan Yin's joking exclamation.

"Uncle, isn't this a capable person who works hard!" Yuan Yao grinned and sat down beside Yuan Yin.

"You kid is really, Liu Ji's talent is far better than mine, but you asked him to make a long history, but let me be the Jiujiang Taishou, it's really worry-free!" Yuan Yin complained while sorting out the official documents on the bookcase.

The careful Yuan Yao found that although Yuan Yin seemed to be unforgiving, he had an extremely happy smile on his face, and was obviously very satisfied with Yuan Yao's arrangement.

While the two were talking, Liu Ji hurried over from outside with a smile on his face.

"Looking at the gentleman's face, I think there must be some good news." Seeing Liu Ji, Yuan Yin still looked very polite.

"Haha, it turns out that the lord is also here!" Liu Ji, who was calm, smiled, and when he saw that Yuan Yao was also here, he arched his hand at Yuan Yao first.

"Berwyn, isn't it Huang Zhong who took Hefei?" Waving his hand casually, Yuan Yao asked curiously.

"Exactly! Huang Zhong not only took Hefei bloodlessly, but also captured Zhou Ang's family. ”

"After we pacify the entire Jiujiang County, we can also take this opportunity to go south and take advantage of the situation to capture Danyang County!"

Liu Ji first nodded affirmatively to Yuan Yao, then narrowed his eyes and said the next plan.

"Using his family as a hostage, will it be criticized by the world if it spreads out like this?" Hearing Liu Ji's strategy, Yuan Yin, who was kneeling at the head, couldn't help but remind.

"Criticism? In fact... That's exactly what I was planning. Liu Ji glanced at Yuan Yao, with an inexplicable meaning in his eyes.

Liu Ji's meaning is so obvious, Yuan Yao naturally understands his intentions, this is obviously killing two birds with one stone, not only can he grab the territory, but also improve the faint monarch point.

"Huh?" Yuan Yin looked at Liu Ji and Yuan Yao with a puzzled expression, not quite understanding what they meant.

Hey, now even Liu Ji is trying his best to push me into hell, and this road seems to be doomed.

Actually, I want to be a good person, it's hard to disobey my destiny!

"Berwyn, you just do it." Yuan Yao thought about it, but still handed everything over to Liu Ji.

A few days later, Yuan Yin sat in Shouchun, Chang Nu led a thousand soldiers to garrison the city, and the rest of the soldiers and horses poured out, and under the leadership of Yuan Yao, they began to attack the whole county of Jiujiang.

Yuan Yao's soldiers and horses were divided into 1,500 people led by Chang Nu and Huang Zhong, and there were still more than 3,000 soldiers and horses left, plus the troops in Shouchun City and the temporarily recruited soldiers, Yuan Yao's army had more than 4,000 people.

At Liu Ji's suggestion, Yuan Yao choked Shouchun in the north and Hefei in the south, and the rest of the city was no longer in danger to defend.

Within ten days, Yuan Yao's army was rampant all the way, Lianke Yinling, Xiquyang, and the land of Xu, Xia Cai, Ping'a, Yicheng, and Zhongli seven counties, and the whole county of Jiujiang shook for a time.

Seeing that the matter was a foregone conclusion, the Chengde County Commander took the initiative to hand over the surrender letter before Yuan Yao's army arrived.

At this point, the land north of Jiujiang County and the north of Hefei were all included in Yuan Yao's territory.

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Jiujiang County Liyang City.

"I thought that Zhou Ang's departure would make me breathe a sigh of relief, but who knew that it attracted the soldiers and horses of the Yuan family."

"The Yuan family is the third prince of the fourth world, it is really not simple, and it is so powerful to divide a team of people at will."

"Although I am the assassin of Yangzhou, but at the moment, there are few soldiers and few food in Liyang City, and I am not the opponent of the Yuan army at all, what should I do?"

Yangzhou Assassin Chen Wen was pacing back and forth anxiously at the moment, especially when he received the news of Yuan Yao's army's successive victories, his heart was even more uneasy.

"Thorn Shi doesn't need to panic, after all, we are different from Jiujiang Taishou Zhou Ang, and our subordinates think that Yuan Yao will not dare to openly attack the city." Seeing this, Yangzhou Don't Drive Chen Yu suddenly walked out with a confident face, and said it with great certainty.

"How so?" As if grabbing a glimmer of light in the dark night, Chen Wen hurriedly asked.

"Zhou Ang's Jiujiang Taishou was not appointed and dismissed by you as the assassin of Yangzhou, but appointed by Yuan Shao, and the so-called name is not right."

"Take the battle of Yangcheng as an example, now Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers are fighting, this is a well-known thing in the world."

"Therefore, according to what his subordinates have seen, Yuan Shu's army is not coming for you this time, but to deal with Zhou Ang, taking Jiujiang County is equivalent to copying Zhou Ang's back road, I have to say that this hand is quite clever to encircle Wei to save Zhao."

"Besides, the assassination history is a imperial edict, if Yuan Shu's army dares to attack, it will definitely cause public outrage in the world, so his subordinates conclude that Li Yang is safe."

Chen Yu, as a member of the Xiapi Chen family and a child of the family, not only has a very accurate vision, but also has a good grasp of the situation and analyzes it well.

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After Yuan Yao took the land north of Jiujiang County, he decisively stopped his expansion.

On the one hand, because the majesty of the Han Court was still there, Liu Ji did not want to directly abolish the history of Yangzhou and plunge the entire Yangzhou into chaos.

On the other hand, Yuan Yao had just occupied the ten counties north of Jiujiang County, and they had not yet been completely stabilized, and if he continued to expand, Yuan Yao's troops were not enough.

Not only that, Liu Ji also asked people to go to see Chen Wen with heavy gifts, and at the same time sent Yuan Yao's letter.

The content of the letter is very simple, showing that Yuan Yin is the Taishou of Jiujiang County.

Chen Wen, who was already old, trembled and watched Yuan Yao's letter, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, not only appointing Yuan Yin as the Taishou of Jiujiang, but also recommending Yuan Yao, who had just been crowned, as Maocai.

"This Chen Wen is really interesting!" Liu Ji looked at the appointment brought by Chen Wen and suddenly smiled.

Liu Ji knew in his heart that in this era, officials must be recommended, officials who are too conservative can only recommend "filial piety", and only those at the level of state assassination can recommend "Maocai", this Chen Wen gave Yuan Yao a great favor.

Doing so can not only befriend the Yuan family, but also use this to maintain Chen Wen's current status, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

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Wancheng, Nanyang County.

"Bastard! The concubine born to a concubine actually has the face to compete with me for Yuzhou? Yuan Shu sat on the throne of the Taishou Mansion and scolded angrily.

"The lord is angry, although Zhou Xin was defeated by us, but we must not take it lightly, Yuan Shao will definitely not give up Yuzhou so easily, we still need to be careful." Yang Hong stood up and bowed to Yuan Shu and said.

"Yang Gong's words are reasonable, and his subordinates also feel that the battle for Yuzhou will not end here, and according to the opinions of his subordinates, we can't sit still." Yan Xiang first arched his hand in agreement with Yang Hong before speaking.

"You don't have to worry, I have already sent Sun Jian to lead a large army to be stationed in Yangcheng." For Yuan Shao, although Yuan Shu was disdainful in his heart, he was always on guard in secret.

"Newspaper—"

"Jiujiang Taishou Zhou Ang led the army to capture Yangcheng, Sun Jian failed to attack the city several times, please send troops to support!"