"There are two strategies." Yan Xiang spoke.

"The best policy is to quickly send relatives to Hebei and ask the general for rescue!"

Yuan Shu's face changed when he heard Yan Xiang say this, and he brushed his sleeves and said, "Isn't this a show of weakness to the original?" Absolutely not! ”

Yan Xiang looked bitter and hurriedly said, "My Majesty, now is the time to burn your eyebrows." Why do you care about these battles? Spit Xingzi sprayed Yuan Shu in the face, and he knew that Yuan Shu still looked stubborn, "Xiangguo thinks I'm a battle of will?" Although Yan Xiang thought so, how could he admit it when he saw Yuan Shu in such a state, he just hurriedly said that he had lost his words.

"If not, who else can save me in this huge world?" Yan Xiang directly threw the cane in his hand to the ground and asked.

"What? There are only Mengde and Benchu in these Kyushu? Yuan Shu asked with a sneer.

Yan Xiang listened to Yuan Shu's choking, suppressed the anger in his heart, and patiently persuaded him: "There are many princes, but who do we turn to except the general?" ”

"Jiangdong Sun Bofu has long been against me, and Liu Jingsheng in Jingzhou is a feud with us. Even if Liu Jiyu of Yizhou promised to help, he couldn't save the fire from afar, as for Zhang Youwei and Lu Fengxian, they were afraid of Cao Cao like a tiger, and they had already clamped their tails. Can the old minister still harm you? Yan Xiang said earnestly and persuasively, but Yuan Shu was silent.

After a long time, perhaps after figuring it out, Yuan Shuurn said: "How can you guarantee that you can block the Cao army's offensive once and for all?" Yan Xiang saw Yuan Shu loosen his mouth, and said with joy on his face: "If Your Majesty can trust the old minister, the old minister will go to Hebei in person, presumably my old face general should sell a few thin noodles with me." ”

How do you know that after Yan Xiang finished speaking complacently, Yuan Shu did not nod in agreement, but looked at him with burning eyes, and slowly said: "Xiangguo wants to stay away from Runan and go to Hebei?"

Yan Xiang "old and faint" hadn't come back to his senses for a while, nodded and said: "Yes, the old minister just wanted to invite himself to Hebei to move in to rescue the troops to relieve my siege of Runan, what's wrong?" ”

Yuan Shu smiled, but his smile was a little cold, and he said: "There is nothing wrong, it's just that Xiangguo is my humerus, and this errand should be replaced by another person, it's the best." Yan Xiang was stunned for a moment, and then came to his senses, his words were clearly misunderstood by Yuan Shu as he wanted to escape, he was in a cold sweat, and said in a trembling voice: "Old minister...... The old minister is just worried about this dynasty, Your Majesty must not misunderstand that I am a brave and loyal. ”

Yuan Shu sneered, supported Yan Xiang, who was bowing, and said with a strange face: "Xiangguo is too worried, you have a sincere heart, how can I not know?" It's just that I'm worried about your old bones, if you bump into it."

But the loss of this dynasty. With that, he grabbed the back of his hand and slapped it three times.

It was these three clapping strokes that made Yan Xiang feel that Yuan Shu was holding a hammer and knocking it his heart three times, making him tremble uncontrollably. I can't stop feeling remorseful in my heart, why did I say that? Yuan Shu is like a drowning person at the moment, and he is the lifesaver in his eyes, it is true that he really wants to help Yuan Shu solve the crisis, but in Yuan Shu's eyes, Yan Xiang really feels hopeless, and wants to abandon himself, and now no matter how he explains, I am afraid that Yuan Shu will never believe it, and he will be even more disgusted with himself in his heart.

In desperation, I had to change the topic. Said: "So I had to order General Qiao Rui to lead the troops to resist the Cao thief army, and His Majesty appointed his henchmen to Hebei, the old minister believed that at most one month, the general would definitely wave his army to the south to attack Yanyu Erzhou, Cao thief could not take care of the head and tail, so he could only retreat, and the danger of Runan would naturally dissipate." ”

This argument made Yuan Shu feel feasible, nodded and said: "In this case, I will appoint Xiangguo as the supervisor of the army to assist your son-in-law in guarding Runan, speaking of which, I have not seen my grandson for a long time, and I am very worried, so I ask Xiangguo to bring my grandson here, so that I can enjoy the joy of family, Xiangguo will not be stingy, right?" ”

Yan Xiang's face turned pale, and he forced a smile: "What did Your Majesty say about this?" You are his maternal grandfather, why be stingy to say that this is a matter of course, how can the old minister disagree? Knowing that Yuan Highway was going to be coerced by him, but he had to be coerced, "With such a lord, how should I, Yan Xiang, deal with myself in the future?" Yan Xiang couldn't help but feel sad.

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Huainan County, a quiet, if not the city wall and unclean dry blood stains on it, I'm afraid no one will think that there was a big war here not long ago, the city head changes the king's flag, Cao Ziqi in the city head of the wind, the Cao soldiers in the city are helping the people to repair the damaged houses, as well as for the people to distribute food, Huainan people consciously lined up, a young boy with hanging sideburns dragged the corner of the old man, asked: "Weng Weng, at this time in previous years" Chen Dashan "will come to our family to collect rent, why didn't you come this time?" ”

The old man caressed the child's head lovingly, cracked his mouth with few teeth, and said with a smile: "Chen Papi will never come to collect rent." ”

"Why is that?" The childish boy asked with a puzzled face, Chen Dashan rented his land to the people, in the past at this time, Chen Dashan people would lead a group of slaves to collect high rents from house to house, how could the people have so many rents to pay for cultivation all year round, which made Chen Dashan unhappy, so he had to sell his sons and daughters, the people were miserable, and reported to the official office, the official master would say that Chen Dashan was a relative of a certain adult in this county, and he didn't care about it. The child naturally felt strange, so he asked.

The old man said to the childish boy Nunu, "Oh, don't you see the dog head of Chen Papi's family hanging on the head of the city?" "The people will smile, not only Chen Papi, Huainan County's powerful families have been occupied by the Cao army in Huainan to plow over and over, the reason is to fund Yuan Shu anti-thief, one is counted as one, are all the head of the public show, as for the people's rent, the kind Cao Gongzi not only waved his hand to exempt, but also distributed the land to the people, as long as it can guarantee twenty taxes and one, then it can always be cultivated, which greatly reduces the burden of survival of the people, therefore, the image of Cao Ang in the hearts of the people of Huainan is a high existence.

Not only that, Cao Ang also led the soldiers to reclaim wasteland and tuntian fields in Huainan and distribute them to the people for farming. Calling on the people to repair the city and river embankment, not only to have rich food and pay wages, this is something that a group of people dare not think of in ordinary times, at this time, a tall man in cloth next to the old man bowed to the old man and asked: "Old man, so do you think this Cao army is stronger than Dazhong?" ”

When the old man heard this, he said disdainfully: "What kind of bullshit is Da Zhong?" That bastard Yuan Highway sent his extravagant and lustful miscellaneous son to whet our Huainan, if Lao Tzu was ten years younger, I would have to cut Yuan Yao's miscellaneous pieces. ”

Everyone was indignant when they heard it, obviously the old man's words reached their hearts, and they scolded Yuan Shu father and son, the man in cloth was flushed when he heard it, he never thought that the people of Huainan had such great malice towards His Majesty and the prince who were loyal to him, and they couldn't wait to frustrate the bones and scatter ashes, he was Ji Ling, Cao Ang sent someone to release him, let him hide his identity and go around Huainan City, whether to go or stay is all up to him.

At first, Ji Ling still had illusions, thinking that Da Zhong was still more popular with the people, but he didn't hear a good word from Yuan Shu's father and son, and he didn't hear a bad word from Cao Jun who occupied Huainan, especially Cao Ang, who captured himself, and his actions in Huainan were directly praised by the people, "This uncle, what are you thinking about so distracted?" While he was thinking, the young boy interrupted Ji Ling and asked.

Ji Ling smiled and said, "I'm thinking about Your Majesty...... Why did this Dazhong lose Huainan, and why did he suffer so disgust. I saw a scholar covered in patched clothes and said, "If you don't treat the people as human beings, why should the people defend him?" Cao Jun treats us as human beings and treats us well, why don't we defend what is good to us? The scholar's speech caused the people around him to nod their heads again and again. Speaking to their hearts.

Ji Ling was speechless, and nodded a little blankly, "I've been taught." Then he left the team in despair, and the old man looked at Ji Ling, who was gradually moving away, and muttered, "Strange guy." ”

He walked aimlessly like this, until he heard someone calling him, Ji Ling looked around blankly, and saw Cao Ang wearing a white robe with wide sleeves, looking at him with a smile on his face, and asked, "How do you feel about turning around?" Ji Ling opened his mouth to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, he turned into a wry smile, shook his head and said, "Ji Ling doesn't know where to start." Cao Ang shook his head and said, "Talk while walking." ”

The two walked slowly, Ji Ling exhaled a breath of turbidity, and said with emotion: "This journey has touched me a lot. ”

"Tell me about it." Cao Ang intervened and asked.

"The hatred of the people of Huainan for "Zhong" has been around for a long time, presumably Runan is still too much compared to Huainan, I have been in a high position for a long time, and I have forgotten the people at the bottom. Ji Ling said with emotion.

"This is called the danger of detachment from the masses." Cao Ang said abruptly.

Ji Ling was stunned for a moment and asked, "What is the danger of breaking away from the masses?" And what is the masses? "How could Ji Ling understand this word. I don't even understand what the term means.

"The people of Huainan are the masses, and the collective is the masses." Cao Ang spoke eloquently to Ji Ling, "You yourself admit that in Yuan Shu's so-called dynasty, you are in a high position, but you have forgotten that the establishment of any kingdom cannot be separated from the people at the bottom, they are the foundation, and without them to pay taxes, this country cannot operate normally." ”

"What they want is actually very simple, they have their own land to cultivate, and on the premise of not hurting themselves, they are willing to pay a little profit in exchange for stability." Ji Ling listened carefully to Cao Ang's explanation, and nodded from time to time, Cao Ang's explanation was a bit novel, but it was more understandable than the supremacy of imperial power.

Cao Ang said amazingly: "In fact, no matter who the people are in power, all they care about is whether the emperor's farming tools are gold or silver. Cao Ang's statement made Ji Ling laugh a little, and after thinking about it, it was indeed true. The people don't care who the emperor Lao Tzu is, who can give them a stable living environment, and they will support whoever they don't have to pay taxes and miscellaneous taxes. ”

"Good birds choose trees to perch, and famous ministers choose the lord to serve?" Ji Ling muttered.

"In detail, that's pretty much what it means." Cao Ang nodded and said. "The people have food to eat, and then they go back to think and study, this is the saint's self-cultivation and Qi family ruling the country and leveling the world!"

Ji Ling's eyes widened, and he said in a trembling voice, "Are you trying to ......?"

Cao Ang raised his hand to stop Ji Ling from talking, and said: "I have chosen a more difficult path, doing such things is not something that can be done overnight, I need loyal followers, General Ji Ling, do you want your children to no longer have to be subordinate to the clan in the future, and pay the price for seeking an official position?" Ji Ling swallowed his saliva with difficulty, if others bewitched him like this, Ji Ling would not believe it, but it was Cao Ang who bewitched him, everything Cao Ang did seemed simple, but his courage, means, and affinity could be seen from the belief of the people of Huainan in him.

Cao Ang looked at him with burning eyes, waiting for his reply, for a long time, Ji Ling took a deep breath, half-knelt on the ground and clenched his fists and said, "Ji Ling will be sent by his son in the future." Cao Ang smiled: "Great goodness, the general of the great Han has been strengthened like a tiger." Then he stepped forward to help Ji Ling up, only to see Ji Ling shake his head and said: "Childe's words are wrong, it is not the last general of Hand, but the last childe, your Top Gun will hope to follow the completion." ”

Cao Ang's eyes were like torches, he held Ji Ling's hands tightly, and said heavily: "A word is a certainty!! ”