Yuan Tan died, and Yuan Shang held it in his hands, which was of course the best result that Lin Mo had finally obtained after preparing for more than half a year.

However, there is still a long way to go if you want to truly control the northern kingdom.

It could even be said that this is just the first step.

Not to mention far away, it is not easy to gather these hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in front of you, after all, most of them are Yuan Tan's people, and it is difficult to completely unite the military spirit by relying on a Yuan Shang.

Fortunately, there are three major strategists, they work together, and with Yuan Shang, even if there will be a small-scale mutiny, it will not be too outrageous.

Therefore, the first thing is to appease Yuan Shang and make him understand that being a puppet can actually be very comfortable.

Lin Mo held it in front of General Lin Mo and behind the general, giving what he wanted, saying what he wanted, giving Yuan Shang enough face.

Of course, you also have to put forward your own requirements, such as when we have rested, we will go to the Chinese army village, and say in front of everyone, Uncle Lu, you can't go, the north needs you, I Yuan Shang needs you, just stay and help me stabilize the overall situation.

That's what is in line with the law.

As for Zhao Rui's soldiers and horses, they always have to face, and sometimes some people die in order to keep more people alive.

Yuan Shangma, just timid, but people are not stupid, of course he understands what situation he is in now, and he can only reluctantly accept the mercy of fate.

At the end of the day, it's the most important thing to live.

"Childe, we need to be so subservient to him, but it's just a lost dog." Xu Sheng couldn't stand it anymore, and felt that Lin Mo's posture was too low.

"You don't understand this, without him, we really can't sit in this northern country." Lin Mo smiled helplessly.

Lu Bu gained a firm foothold in Xuzhou, and the Chen family and the Lu family made great contributions; Accepting the three counties of Huainan without chaos, Liu Ye is the first credit.

But once they leave their own territory, nothing is different from the Yuan family, it can be said that in the entire thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, as long as you are the Yuan family, you have the ability to stabilize the situation.

This is not just because the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family are so simple, if you change someone, it is not Yuan Shang who is standing here today, but Yang Xiu, or it is not the Yuan family but the Yang family, who also has the background of the fifth and third princes, and it will not be able to do such a thing at all.

Because in addition to the fourth and third dukes, the Yuan family also has another identity, the head of the corporal clan in the world, this identity is not given by the imperial court, but by the Yuan family itself.

There are two typical cases, first, the disaster of the party, the world's scholars are disgraced, and there are countless victims, and the matter of lifting the party cannot be said to be a feat of the Yuan family, but it is undeniable that they have made great contributions and made great efforts in this matter, and naturally they have earned the hearts of the world's scholars.

The second is to support the young emperor to ascend the throne, Yuan Kui was promoted as the head of the ministers in the world, and in terms of fame, the people of the world have reached a consensus, and the Yuan family is the representative of etiquette and justice.

It is precisely because of this background that Yuan Shao can call for wind and rain in the northern country, and let the following families have conflicts because of interests, but they can play a good role in buffering and defusing them.

Cao Cao in history, if it weren't for Yuan Shao's support, he wouldn't even be able to gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains.

In fact, after the advent of the hegemony of the heroes, except for the princes in a corner of peace, the Central Plains were all within the sphere of influence of the Yuan family, and many wars were also set off because of the Yuan family.

For example, the North-South Alliance formed when Yuan fought for the world was Cao Cao and Liu Biao groups headed by Yuan Shao, as well as Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian groups headed by Yuan Shu.

Even the once most courageous Jiangdong Tigers could only obey Yuan Shu's orders.

This is the real strength of the Yuan family.

Now, compared with the time when the Yuan family is in full swing, it naturally seems to be a little declining, but just like Liu Xie, with the name of the Son of Heaven on his head, he can still call on the world.

This is also the reason why Lin Mo tried his best to hold one of the Yuan family brothers hostage, it can be said that without the Yuan family brothers, even if he won the northern country, he would not be able to sit on this country at all.

The current Yuan Shang is no less significant to Lin Mo than Liu Xie and Cao Cao.

Xu Sheng was confused when he heard this, and he smirked, "Childe is wise, Childe is wise." ”

Lin Mo didn't plan to let him understand this level of politics as a martial artist, he just hoped that he could also understand the importance of Yuan Shang from his heart.

Now, it's time to prepare to go to Dazhai to pacify Yuan Tan's subordinates, if Yuan Shang suddenly appears, it is estimated that the two sides are likely to act directly, so a weighty person is needed as the first.

This person is, of course, Guo Tu.

He still has a certain say in Yuan Tan's army, let him convey the news of Yuan Tan's death first, so that Zhao Rui and them can be psychologically prepared.

Lin Mo discussed the details and precautions with Guo Tu in the military tent, including how many people were Yuan Tan's diehards, how to let the Xin family brothers also contribute, and so on.

Guo Tu enjoyed this process very much, because he could clearly feel his importance, and he was willing to promote this for Lu Bu and Lin Mo.

Now, the three of them have no place to bet except for Lu Bu, and Lin Mo believes that they will wholeheartedly assist.

But there is one person who is not happy, Xu You, Xu Ziyuan.

He didn't understand why Lin Mo turned a blind eye to him because he was the number one hero in this matter, but entrusted him with a heavy responsibility to a flattering person, and immediately said in a muffled voice in displeasure: "If it weren't for me Xu Ziyuan, would you be able to break the situation of Xia Jin?" ”

Lin Mo looked at Xu Yu in astonishment, do you know that in history, you lost your head because of this sentence?

In fact, even Xu Sheng next to him was already glaring at each other angrily and wanted to have a seizure.

However, at present, the overall situation is undecided, and it is the time to employ people, of course Lin Mo is unwilling to meet with him in general, and he wanted to appease him, but one person quit, he stood up and looked at Xu You with disdain, and said coldly:

"You Xu Yu is just a puppet, Xia Jin's success depends on Hou Ye's Qilin's wrist and amazing plan, what are you doing?

You are so capable, how can Yuan Shao have a big defeat in Guandu, Lord Hou doesn't care about you in general, it is a large number of adults, but with me, don't think about being presumptuous! ”

It's Guo Tu, he is commanding and domineering.

If it was Xu Shu, Jia Xu, Chen Gong, or even Chen Deng Lusu standing here today, he would weigh how to speak.

But it's you Xu You, dealing with this group of people, Guo Tu is familiar with the road, okay.

"You" Xu Yu was a little dumbfounded.

In the face of the trial, Tian Feng, and even frustration, Xu You can deal with it eloquently, but in the face of Guo Tu, he can't resist it.

Because the other party is not standing on the logic of one thing to spray you with each other, he is standing on the basis of his own established point of view to point at you, which is simply unreasonable.

"I will remember the great achievements of the sir, but the current situation is unstable, so let's get down to business first." Lin Mo waved his hand, his face was unhappy, and his heart was beautiful, Guo Tu was very useful.

Xu You seemed to have some natural fear of Guo Tu, and did not continue to entangle, watching him and Lin Mo walk out of the Chinese army's tent.

"Hou Ye, Xu Yu is this person, his eyes are empty, and he is proud of his achievements, so Yuan Shao abandoned him like a shoehorn before his death, Hou Ye still needs to relax and not care about him in general."

Guo Tu is very smart, he is testing Lin Mo's attitude towards Xu You, and he can also decide the extent of his attack in the future.

After all, they had entanglements in the past, and it was impossible for them to be as united as the Xin family brothers.

Lin Mo just nodded and didn't say anything.

Guo Tu continued: "There is another person, I feel that if he lives, I am afraid that it will affect Hou Ye's plan. ”

"Matching?" Lin Mo stopped.

"When I was in Dazhai just now, I saw him being held in the camp by the sergeant, if Wen Hou supported Yuan Shang, then he should be released, but this person is loyal to Yuan Shang, if he is alive, he will definitely try to rescue." Guo Tu has been out for so long, relying on three things, not being righteous, betraying his brother and having a three-inch tongue.

has just been put into Lu Bu's command, of course, he has to sell a few more former brothers.

"It's really thanks to your reminder, I almost forgot about him, but I'm afraid it's hard to do it now."

Lin Momo rubbed his chin and looked embarrassed, a person who can shout that my lord can't make me die facing south in the north, it is probably unrealistic to want him to submit to himself.

The problem is that if you want to hold Yuan Shang hostage, it is natural that you can't kill the judge, which is the same as Cao Cao holding Liu Xie hostage, knowing that Dong Cheng's gang had ill intentions but it was not easy to start.

"Oh, I almost forgot, this person is too backbone, he would rather die than be a prisoner, so he hanged himself in the camp, what does Master Hou think?" Guo Tu asked with a smile.

"Hanged yourself?"

Lin Mo looked regretful, "Alas, the trial is a handsome man in the northern country, but it ended miserably, it's a pity, it's a pity." ”

"Hou Ye doesn't have to be sad, the trial is in the sky, and he will also feel that he must remember to serve Hou Ye in the next life in order to die well." After Guo Tu comforted a few words, he mounted a fast horse and galloped away with a team of guards in the direction of Dazhai of the Chinese army.

After a night of fierce fighting, Lu Bu's casualties were not light, more than 3,300 people were killed, 1,008 were seriously wounded, and 2,060 were lightly wounded, and the casualties were almost half.

However, Lu Bu was not too surprised by this, after all, the other party was prepared to fight, and the group of sergeants he brought, except for the wolf riding in the state, the combat effectiveness was really collapsed.

After he had placed all the wounded and the sergeants had packed up, he was ready to set off towards the ferry, after all, Zhao Rui was already impatient to wait.

Then, Guo Tu arrived.

If it weren't for seeing him carry Yuan Tan's body back, how could Zhao Rui not believe in this, Yuan Shang had obviously been defeated, how could he kill Yuan Tan back?

Guo Tu analyzed, it turned out that Yuan Shang was too cunning, and deliberately attracted the son to Yunluo Valley, the purpose was to capture the thief and capture the king first, he succeeded, our son died, and tears and snot flowed out as he spoke.

"Childe treats me with deep kindness and righteousness, and today I will fight for this life to avenge Childe!" Zhao Rui's eyes were scarlet, and he raised his gun and shouted angrily.

"Revenge! Avenge! Avenge! With Zhao Rui's shouting, at first hundreds of people were shouting, but slowly it evolved into thousands, thousands, and finally everyone in the entire military village was shouting to avenge Yuan Tan.

Of course, Lu Bu understood that it was not that Yuan Tan's cohesion was strong enough for the whole army to work for him, but because after his death, Zhao Rui became the leader of this team.

Although, he is just a martial artist, although he will definitely not be able to lead this team in the future, but everyone has a herd mentality, and the people in front shout and the back don't shout, which seems to be out of place.

If you don't get it right, you will be called a traitor by someone who has his head removed.

However, Lu Bu also roughly judged that among the more than 20,000 people, at least more than 1,000 people were indeed loyal to Yuan Tan, which was already very good.

"Brothers, follow me to Yunluo Valley!"

"Kill!"

Just when he was about to act, Guo Tu hurriedly stopped in front of Zhao Rui, "The general doesn't have to work far, when I returned, I saw Yuan Shang leading the troops to come, I think it will be a short time to arrive, the general can wait for the enemy to be destroyed!" ”

When Zhao Rui heard this, he instinctively wanted to send someone back to the camp to move the troops, but then he thought about it, it might not be useful for others to go, and what if Yuan Shang arrived, he thought about it and gave up this idea.

There are more than 20,000 people on hand, and there are still more than 10,000 people brought by Han Ju, adding up to 35,000, even if you remove 5,000 people to take care of the captives, it is enough to eat Yuan Shang!

As for Lu Bu, Zhao Rui glanced at him and didn't say anything, of course he understood that it was impossible for Lu Bu to take his own people to fight for Yuan Tan's revenge, but he wouldn't help Yuan Shang, after all, the two sides were rivals in such a fuss last night.

Don't expect him to help, as long as you don't interfere in the end.

Zhao Rui quickly summoned the military marquis, Sima and Du Lieutenant in the camp and assigned combat tasks.

Yuan Shang came here, Bacheng wanted to take the opportunity to persuade him to surrender, Zhao Rui planned to wait for his people to do it as soon as they arrived, and he must not be given the opportunity to open his mouth to persuade him to surrender and shake the army's heart.

Therefore, he wanted to pull all 30,000 people out of the military fortress.

What made him a little dazed was that Lu Bu was also mobilizing more than 10,000 people at hand to prepare for the military village, and he stood on the flank, looking like he was preparing to be a melon-eating crowd.

"Wen Hou has to help Yuan Shang?" Zhao Ruice immediately stepped forward and asked.

"Don't worry, the general has a deep friendship with me, how can I bear to kill his people when his bones are still cold.

I stayed here just because I didn't want Yuan Shang to misunderstand and make my position of not helping each other. Lu Bu's explanation was reasonable, Zhao Rui didn't ask any more, he still believed Lu Bu.

As the procession flowed out, Guo Tu also walked towards the prisoner camp with his personal guards.

The so-called prisoner camp is actually nothing more than driving the captured sergeants to a corner, and then blocking them with a fence, and that's the end of it.

But even if they are captives, there is a strict hierarchy, and there are a bunch of ordinary sergeants, military marquis, Simas, captains and even generals have special places to be held.

The authority to raise the supervising army is equivalent to that of a general, and it is naturally imprisoned in an exclusive one-man tent.

Fortunately, the people who took care of it were Yuan Tanjun's own people, and no one stopped Guo Tu.

The moment he saw Guo Tu, the judge who was wearing a Confucian robe, his hair was unkempt, and his face was still stained with coagulated blood, he spat at the mouth, "Thief, it was only when I took care of the overall situation in Yecheng that I left you alive to cause today's tragedy, I can't wait to cut you with a thousand knives!" ”

If it weren't for this guy running to Yuan Tan's side and posting the news that he and Xiao Ji had tampered with Yuan Shao's last words, Yuan Tan would not have the strength to fight at all.

This matter has always been in the minds of the judges.

"It is said that people are dying and their words are good, you talk about you, why are you still full of nonsense."

Guo Tu faced the trial with a side face, sneered coldly, and issued a winner's declaration: "No matter what, if you are acquainted, let you say a few last words." ”

(End of chapter)