Yuan Shao is a little busy now, in the war of Si Li, the main army led by him will be the main force led by Zhao Yun At the beginning of the battle, his army still has the advantage.

Because of the army led by Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Fu Zhu and others, although there were elite generals and northern cavalry who could stop Yuan Shao's pace, their overall strength was much smaller than Yuan Shao's army.

In fact, this is also normal, Liu Jian now opened up a number of battlefields at the same time in the entire Han Dynasty, and at the same time, the state and Youzhou should be arranged to defend and expand, and the main force of its southward troops and horses also opened up many battlefields in Yanzhou, Sili, Guanzhong, Liangzhou, and Xuzhou borders, so they are placed locally, and the overall strength is not advantageous.

And Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Yi and others, as well as Ma Teng and Han Sui, all gathered their superior forces, and Liu Jian was mainly a passive defensive side, and the main purpose of his army was not only to win the other party, but also to protect his own Tuntian, which had just emerged in the Central Plains and Guanzhong.

The passive defensive side is more tired than the side that comes over to deliberately sabotage, so although Zhao Yun and the others were able to stop Yuan Shao's pace and formulate a plan to disrupt Yuan Shao's military action against them, but overall, their military action has always been passive defense.

Although the defensive form of military operations was relatively successful, it was not able to inflict a devastating blow on the opposing side.

However, the death of Liu Wei, the king of Hongnong, made things take a turn for the worse.

The death of King Hongnong caused problems in the overall morale of Yuan Shao's army and his rear, causing his army to be unstable, and even the generals who came with the expedition were also worried, which made Yuan Shao very distressed.

was supposed to be a good battle that could be won, but there was such a chain reaction because of the matter of King Hongnong, which made Yuan Shao feel very guilty in his heart.

He couldn't figure out this game of smearing others, they have been doing it for more than a hundred years, and they have succeeded every time, why is it not good for Liu Jian?

So what kind of magical power does Liu Jian have to do such a thing?

In particular, this "On Yuan" can be described as seven points true and three points false, which has lifted the old bottom of his Yuan family in front of the world's corporaries.

This can be described as a blow to Yuan Shao's neck!

And looking at the content in "On Yuan", Liu Jian has already done an in-depth investigation into his Yuan family, but he has been holding back, he has been targeting the Yuan family since ten years ago.

When Yuan Shao thought of this, he couldn't help but itch his teeth!

"It's all my stupid brother Yuan Shiji, if he hadn't deliberately promoted Liu Jian back then, how could the Yuan family have such a decline today?"

"This Liu Jian is just a disciple of a border county, relying on the support of Yuan Shiji, he once stepped into the top of the world! Now it has become a big trouble in my Yuan family's heart, and Yuan Shiji must bear this responsibility! ”

Yuan Shao said this purely to complain, Yuan Ji is now dead, how can he take this responsibility?

Now Yuan Shao was sitting below Yuan Shu, and he looked at Yuan Shao's annoyed and angry look, and for some reason, he was quite happy in his heart.

Although it is said that the war between the Yuan family and Liu Jian, if the Yuan family falls, he Yuan Shu will not have any good fruit to eat in the end, but now Yuan Shu's heart is full of hatred for Yuan Shao.

After all, Yuan Shao calculated him in the battle of Xuzhou, which always made him angry.

In Yuan Shu's view, the death of his son Yuan Yao is inseparable from Yuan Shao!

At that moment, I heard Yuan Shu say to Yuan Shao: "Originally, it is useless to talk about it now, Shi Ji has been dead for many years, you just want to blame him, and there is nothing you can do, it will only increase your anger." ”

"The top priority is to find a way to open up the situation here, now because of a book "On Yuan", and Liu Jian in the states and counties of the world using his means to smear our Yuan family everywhere, so that our Yuan family's reputation has plummeted, even in the southern states and counties, there are also many families who are now skeptical of us."

"This thing! You can't leave it untreated, otherwise it will cause serious trouble. ”

When Yuan Shao heard this, he nodded helplessly.

He added, "O highway, in your opinion, who should be entrusted with this matter?" ”

Yuan Shu said: "We have to let our own people of the Yuan family return to the southern border, spread Ende in the southern counties, and find a way to maintain the situation!" In this way, there will be no chaos in the rear. ”

Hearing Yuan Shu's answer, Yuan Shao felt very satisfied!

He nodded and said, "Highway!" I'll leave this matter to you, you are also a member of our Yuan family, and when it comes to reputation, it is also very high among our Yuan family, how about you go back to the south to appease the local family on my behalf? ”

If it is replaced by the original Yuan Shu, for this kind of good thing with a long reputation, it is natural to be eager to follow it immediately!

But now after a big change in Xuzhou, Yuan Shu has lost everything, and he has long lost the sharpness of the year, he only has hatred in his heart now, and he doesn't want any reputation at all.

If it weren't for the support of hatred, Yuan Shu might not have survived now.

And he didn't want Yuan Shao to feel that he had any ambitions because of this kind of thing.

So I heard Yuan Shu say: "Brother, I'm afraid my brother can't do anything about this matter, although I am a member of the Yuan family, but the person who leads Jingzhou is your brother, over the years, my brother has been widely distributed in Jingzhou, and I am just a down-and-out person from outside, and my reputation among the Jingzhou scholars is far less than that of my brother." ”

"So don't leave this kind of thing to me, brother."

"In my opinion, one of my brother's sons may choose one of my brother's sons to go to the south to deal with these matters on my brother's behalf."

"A brother's heir represents the brother himself."

"Let them come forward to appease the emotions of the major families, which will make him more acceptable, and he feels that his brother's handling of it is also quite face-saving for the families."

Yuan Shu's words were reasonable, which made Yuan Shao feel very satisfied.

It seems that this younger brother of his own family has finally accepted his fate, and he has seen it!

Not bad.

Yuan Shao touched his beard, thought seriously for a while, and then said: "I intend to let the third son Yuan Shang deal with this matter, what do you think of the highway?" ”

Yuan Shuqi said: "Shang'er has not yet been crowned, and now let him deal with this matter, is he a little anxious?" ”

Yuan Shao laughed and said: "This is a mistake, although Shang'er is crowned, but it is quite similar to a father, he has been both civil and military since he was a child, and he is the most popular!" ”

"Although he is crowned now, he is already sixteen years old, and it is also the time to provoke the Yuan family to take the lead, it is also a good thing to take advantage of his youth and experience more."

Hearing this, Yuan Shu nodded and said, "What my brother said is that it seems that my brother intends to let Shang'er inherit my Yuan family's great cause in the future?" ”

Yuan Shao said: "That's right! ”

"I have four sons, although I like the youngest son the most, but after all, Mai'er is young and can't see anything, only Shang'er is similar to me in terms of appearance and demeanor, I am very comforted, so I should use it here."

Yuan Shu suddenly spoke: "Brother's mind, my brother knows, but brother, although Shang'er is up to the task, he is not the eldest son after all, and the elder brother still needs to take into account the mood of Xiansi." ”

Yuan Shao couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

"He's my son, can he still question his father's opinion?"

Yuan Shao's words were a little unpleasant, but Yuan Shu continued to speak.

"As the father-in-law of the Yuan family, the elder brother puts everything in the family first, we all know this, but Xiansi is young after all, and he doesn't think long enough about some things after all, maybe he will misinterpret the meaning of the elder brother at that time, I'm afraid it will affect the relationship between your father and son."

Yuan Shao thought about it carefully, and it seemed that this was indeed the case.

After he turned back and forth for a while, he slowly spoke: "Then according to the opinion of the road, how should this matter be handled?" ”

Yuan Shu said: "Before assigning Shang'er to go south to pacify the clans, send Xiansi to lead troops to Yuzhou to help Sun Bofu, so that Xiansi will feel that his brother reuses him, and even if he lets Shang'er go south, it is just because Xiansi has a big responsibility, and he won't think much about it!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Shao immediately nodded.

"Highway you think well this time, this can be regarded as giving Xiansi face, if you want to turn back, he won't have any prejudices against me."

Yuan Shu said: "What the elder brother said is that the younger brother is for the sake of the elder brother and the nephew. ”

Yuan Shao said with satisfaction: "Since this is the case, the highway, then do as you say." ”

After the meeting with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu immediately went to see Yuan Tan and told Yuan Tan about Yuan Shao's decision.

As soon as Yuan Tan heard Yuan Shu say this, the expression on his face suddenly became unsightly.

It stands to reason that Yuan Shao sent Yuan Tan to Yuzhou to jointly carry out the task of confronting the Hebei Army with Sun Ce, which was a reuse of Yuan Tan, and Yuan Tan should be happy.

But he handed over the task of buying people's hearts and determining his status in Jingzhou to Yuan Shang, doesn't this make it clear that he is taking Yuan Tan as a general and using Yuan Shang as a master?

Let's ask, with such an arrangement, how could Yuan Tan feel comfortable in his heart?

It's just that Yuan Shao originally planned to let Yuan Tan go to Yuzhou first, and then let Yuan Shang go south to Jingzhou to appease the major families.

In this way, it is equivalent to a time difference, even if Yuan Tan was unhappy afterwards, he couldn't find any reason for Yuan Shao.

But now Yuan Shu secretly told Yuan Tan about this matter in advance, so that this matter has changed its taste.

As soon as this matter changed, Yuan Tan must be a hundred dissatisfied with Yuan Shao in his heart, and there are a thousand jealousies in his heart for Yuan Shang, the third brother.

Then, I saw Yuan Tan stomp his feet heavily, and said angrily: "I was born and died on the front line for the great cause of the Yuan family and for my father." The third brother is only a teenager, and he is his rich son in Wancheng every day, and he has no merit, just because he looks like his father, coupled with the instigation of his stepmother, his father is so partial to him. ”

"As the eldest son, I am really unwilling to be treated like this now."

Yuan Shu sighed beside him: "Xiansi, to be honest, this is your family matter, my uncle shouldn't have intervened, but I really can't look past it,"

"And since ancient times, abolishing the elder and establishing the young is the way to take chaos, although I have said a lot of good things for you in front of my brother, but my brother just doesn't listen, I can only retreat and let my brother make you go to Yuzhou."

"Didn't Sun Bofu have a good relationship with you? You go to Yuzhou to fight side by side with him this time, no matter what the final victory is, the Sun family army will become your descendant in the future, in this way, your power will grow, and Yuan Shang will want to compete with you for the position of the lord of Jingzhou in the future, and he can't fight. ”

When Yuan Tan heard this, his face suddenly showed a look of sudden realization.

Then I saw him arch his hand at Yuan Shu and said: "Uncle is really high, if it weren't for his uncle's guidance and help, Yuan Tan's fate would have been miserable." ”

"After I went to Yuzhou this time, I must take the opportunity of this war to make friends with Sun Ce, and pull Sun Ce and Sun Jiajun down to my side, as long as I have the support of Sun Ce in Yuzhou, then in the future, I will have enough momentum in Jingzhou's military, even if Yuan Shang has his father's promise, what can he do? After all, he didn't have enough merit to compare with me, the eldest son. ”

Yuan Shu nodded with satisfaction and said: "A good man must be ambitious, not easily degenerate, you can rest assured, when you have to do so, there is still an uncle to support you, but your uncle is now inconvenient to stand up and say clearly about your family affairs, and he has not completely fallen to Yuan Shang now, so you still have the opportunity to do a good job in Yuzhou, and the Yuan family will be yours in the future." ”

Listening to Yuan Shu's words, Yuan Tan felt a lot of gratitude in his heart, and he arched his hand at Yuan Shu and said: "Uncle, don't worry, if Yuan Tan inherits Jingzhou in the future, he will definitely respect his uncle, and then his uncle will be Yuan Tan's right-hand man, and I will never treat my uncle badly." ”

Yuan Shu said: "I don't need you to be grateful to me, you just remember that you are a descendant of the Yuan family, and you just have to carry forward the Yuan family." ”

Yuan Shu's righteous speech made Yuan Tan moved.

"Uncle is really a righteous man, and my nephew admires him."

……

At the same time, Zhuge Liang, the negotiator from Xuzhou, finally had a formal meeting with Gu Yong, the emissary from Jiangdong.

During Gu Yong's stay in Xuzhou, although he knew that Liu Bei had selected an envoy to negotiate with him, he never expected that he would be such a young person.

And this person is not only young, but also delayed himself for so long, Gu Yong stayed in Xuzhou City for nearly fifty days before Zhuge Liang met with him.

In this regard, Gu Yong was really angry in his heart.

When he met Zhuge Liang, the anger in his heart really reached the extreme!

This Liu Bei is really too underestimated. actually sent such a young boy to negotiate with him, isn't this a little too much to take him, a Jiangdong hero, in his eyes?

Liu Deran and Liu Xuande, these two people really regard Jiangdong heroes as rats, and they can't bear it!

"Zhuge Xiaoyou, what are you trying to do as a negotiation envoy in Xuzhou, but you postponed the negotiation date so much? Is it the people who want to humiliate me in Koto? ”

As soon as they met, Gu Yong was not polite when he spoke, and directly questioned Zhuge Liang.

(End of chapter)