Listening to the words brought back by the messenger, Yuan Shao, who was now going through the wind and frost, couldn't help but have a gloomy face.

The rejection in this discourse is already very obvious.

And at this time, after he Yuan Benchu had just risen, and as a result, he experienced two failures in a row....

At this time, Yuan Shao was the weakest and most in need of help.

However, Yuan Shao's luck was really good, and his efforts in the first half of his life finally paid off at this moment.

A large number of capable people with lofty ideals began to take the initiative to serve him.

Xun Chen of the Xun family took the lead in appearing, making a new plan for Yuan Shao, stating the interests and disadvantages, and letting him put his eyes down from the throne.

At this time, the general Lu Yi under the command of Han Fu, the assassin of Jizhou, rebelled, which made Han Fu anxious for a while, and at this time, Xun Chen offered Yuan Shao a reverse plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf.

Connected Han Fu's rebel general Lu Yi as the internal response, persuaded Gongsun Zhan to attack Jizhou, and then Gao Gan Xun Chen asked him to ask Yuan Shao to come forward to stabilize the situation when Han Fu was most dangerous.

Among them, Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, and other comrades also came forward one after another to cheer for Yuan Shao, and the three forces used Jizhou as a battlefield and constantly began to compete with each other.

It's just that Han Fu, who is the most powerful in this, doesn't seem to have any effect.

Compared with Yuan Shao, Wang Kuang was more unlucky, as the only two guys in the coalition who were beaten and doubted about life, not only did he lose his own troops, but in order to curry favor with Yuan Shao, he killed the messenger sent by Dong Zhuo.

Among them, the ruling Jinwu Hu Mu Ban was a friend of Wang Kuang, but he died in the hands of Wang Kuang, and this matter was known by the relatives and heirs of Hu Mu Ban and immediately wrote down this feud, and even kept looking for trouble for Wang Kuang, making him anxious.

And Cao Mengde, who was beaten to the point of being defeated and doubting his life, did not participate in these things.

He finally escaped from Xu Rong's hands, and his soldiers and horses lost countless times, one by one embarrassed, and finally was ridiculed by many generals and colonels of the coalition army.

Cao Mengde was hit like this, and then saw that the alliance he had finally formed was not only occupied by Yuan Benchu, but also quickly fell apart under his command.

Cao Mengde, who returned to his hometown, looked at the years of hard work and recalled, and the helplessness in his heart can be imagined.

And at this time, it was Cao Hong who stood up.

This brother in the clan who saved Cao Mengde's life once again dragged Cao Mengde out of this decadent quagmire.

With more than 1,000 private soldiers, he went straight to Yangzhou at this time, and found his best friend, Yangzhou Assassin Shi Chen Wen, and asked him to come forward to provide food to help him recruit soldiers.

Even in order to be able to recruit high-class soldiers, by the way, with the idea that good brothers don't need to be used in vain, Cao Hong pulled this Yangzhou assassin to squat in Lujiang for more than a month.

In the end, he recruited 2,000 high-ranking soldiers from Lujiang, and then he went east to Danyang and then recruited thousands of soldiers again.

After that, Cao Hong came to Longkang, found Cao Mengde, who had plucked up his courage again, and handed over the thousands of soldiers and horses one by one.

At this time, Cao Chun, the brother of the clan who followed Cao Mengde early, also wrote to his eldest brother Cao Ren, asking him to bring back more than a thousand heroes under him no matter what, and work with him.

In addition to the many coalition forces that fought against Dong, Youzhou Mu Liu Yu finally opened up the Wuhuan alien race, allowing him to serve his life.

Yizhou Mu Liu Yan completely quelled the rebellion of Ma Xiang and others, killed this thief who claimed the title of emperor, and conquered Hanzhong at the same time, but the generals he sent to conquer Hanzhong had civil strife.

Zhang Lu killed Zhang Xiu, the Sima of the other department (not Zhang Lu's father), and then seized a place in Hanzhong.

Qianwei County Taishou Ren Qi and Jia Long, who had previously contributed to quelling the rebellion, rebelled again, but they were quickly exterminated by Liu Yan, and at the same time, Liu Yan also received a large number of displaced people from Nanyang Sanfu and other places, and formed the Dongzhou soldiers, which became famous in the future, to stabilize their position in Yizhou.

Xuzhou Thorn Shi Tao Qian did not participate in the sour jujube to fight against Dong, but under the call of Zhu Jun, he sent 3,000 elite soldiers to cheer to defeat Dong Zhuo, and at the same time played Zhu Jun as the acting general of the chariot cavalry.

Zhu Jun and Tao Qian were in full swing in Zhongmu, looking like they were going to fight against Dong three times.

It's just that the two of them are the same as Yuan Shao at the beginning, the gongs and drums are noisy every day, that is, the buttocks do not move, and they have been constantly making noise in Zhongmu.

Many things have erupted in just over a year, and the world has once again become turbulent, and people everywhere are also panicking because of this turbulent situation.

Even many yellow scarves that have been hidden in the mountains and forests have begun to come out of the mountains again, causing trouble.

At this time, Guo Tu finally came to Liu Biao.

Liu Biao, as the current lord of Jingzhou, although he is not a state pastor, is not something that ordinary people can see, and it is indeed not easy for Guo Tu to see this.

However, Guo Tu is Guo Tu after all, and after entering Xiangyang, he did not directly go to the front of the Assassin's Mansion to call the door, but directly made full use of his relationship.

Yuzhou and Jingzhou are connected, although Yingchuan is a lot of distance from Xiangyang, but it does not mean that the two sides do not intersect, not to mention that the relationship between Pang Tong and Sima Hui and others in Yuzhou is excellent.

Let's just say that several other families are not unrelated to those families in Yingchuan.

Guo Tu revealed his identity, looked for a relationship, and wanted to enter the Thorn History Mansion, although it was not impossible to work hard.

Now Guo Tu saw Liu Biao, but he didn't immediately say that he was powerful, but on behalf of Gongsun Zhu, the Taishou of Jincheng County.

Of course... It is also to Liu Biao to get the history of Jingzhou thorn... No, the real owner of Jingzhou expressed congratulations on this position.

And Liu Biao really didn't seem to know why he was here, and he was very happy with Guo Tu, a junior who had a little reputation in Yingchuan, and even gave him more favor and held a banquet to entertain him.

It had taken a full day to come to Xiangyang from the border of Yuzhou, and it would also take more than a day to return.

Now that he finally saw Liu Biao, he actually went to the banquet safely and looked like he was traveling, Ma Chao suddenly became a little anxious.

It's just that he just wanted to speak, when he saw Guo Tu glaring at him.

Ping Suli, the guy with a sinister face, this time his smile became very bright, but it made Ma Chao shiver.

"If you don't want your second brother to die outside, just stay and don't move." Seeing that Ma Chao was not immediately impulsive, Guo Tu also leaned to his side and whispered.

"Remember what a certain family said to you before!"

Guo Tu's words made Ma Chao frown, but he could only look at Guo Tu coldly, and sat back with a smile.

He's just reckless, he's not stupid, and now that they have a request for others, naturally they can't make everyone too ugly.

Guo Tu's nephew kept drinking with Liu Biao, and Liu Biao seemed to be in high spirits, constantly beckoning his subordinates to send more wine, as if he wanted to get drunk with this nephew.

In the end, the two guys who couldn't walk steadily supported each other and couldn't give up.

"Today, nephew, I am willing to sleep with my uncle, and you and I will talk about the world again!"

Liu Biao's drunken and hazy appearance really looked like a madman, and at this time, he pulled Guo Tu's arm and didn't let go, so he wanted Guo Tu to go back to the room with him for another drink.

After Guo Tu repeatedly refused, he seemed to be moved by Liu Biao.

"Since my uncle is so interested, the little nephew naturally can't sweep my uncle's mind."

The bold Guo Tu was pulled into the room by Liu Biao, but the subordinates who followed in and wanted to serve were stopped by Liu Biao.

"The old man and his nephew drink together, why should you disturb the old man Yaxing, go quickly."

At the same time, Guo Tu also dragged Ma Chao to his side with an impatient face, "You guy is guarding the door, if anyone dares to disturb me and my uncle's Yaxing, you will beat him out, do you hear!" ”

Ma Chao, who was pulled by Guo Tula, couldn't hold back his thoughts of beating this fight out first, and finally could only grin.

Before entering Xiangyang, Guo Tu had already told Ma Chao that from the moment he entered Xiangyang, Ma Chao was not allowed to speak, he only needed to smile honestly.

Looking at such a "honest" Ma Chao, Liu Biao also laughed.

"You're an entourage, it's funny."

"This is a stupid person, his mind is stunned and he doesn't know how to be flexible, if it weren't for his strength, the little nephew wouldn't have taken him."

"Hey, in this troubled world, there is such a guard, and my uncle can rest assured!"

The two of them greeted each other and walked into the room, which erupted into bursts of laughter from time to time, and the subordinates outside and Kuai Liang, who came to inquire about it, were at a loss when they saw the honest Ma Chao at the door.

Someone wanted to be aggressive to deliver some dishes before, but they were thrown to the ground mercilessly by Ma Chao, and they didn't slow down for a long time.

Looking at this guy again, he is smiling, but whoever comes forward is a hug and falls, and he can't understand what he says, so that no one can do anything.

And this is outside Liu Biao's room, they don't dare to be too presumptuous, if they really make some noise, Liu Biao blames him for being a fool, naturally he is not afraid of anything, they don't want to suffer from unwarranted disasters.

In the end, Kuai Liang looked at this scene and directly reprimanded him.

"Liu Jingzhou entertains his nephew, what are you waiting for, don't go back to your place quickly, a group of nosy people."

Everyone saw that Kuai Liang did not reprimand the fool, but reprimanded himself and others, and many subordinates could only look at each other and disperse.

Looking at their departing figures, Kuai Liang also snorted coldly.

"It's getting too much."

However, after Shen Sheng said this, Kuai Liang didn't do much else, but smiled at Ma Chao, and then left the Thorn History Mansion.

At this time, when they heard that Liu Biao and Guo Tu, who had completely silenced outside, their faces suddenly became solemn.

The laughter and laughter before seemed to be all illusions.

"The boy of the Guo family.... I'm afraid you're here more than just congratulations. Where does Liu Biao still have any elder demeanor at this time, Liu Biao's eyes at this moment even made Guo Tu feel a little stinging.

"Liu Jingzhou is fine here, but it seems that something is missing." Guo Tu looked at Liu Biao's eyes at this time, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, without the slightest intention of retreating.

"The old man is missing something?" Liu Biao suddenly sneered, "The old man rode into Yicheng alone, fought in Jingzhou alone, and now he is sitting in Xiangyang in a short time..."

"It can allow many families in Jingzhou to go one step further and completely control Jingzhou." Guo Tu chuckled and interrupted Liu Biao's words, "The kid has always had a question that I don't understand, and I hope that my uncle can solve the kid's doubts." ”

"What's the problem?"

"I have heard for a long time that there were many thieves in Jingzhou, and fifty-five heads were cut off in Yicheng alone, but I don't know what kind of thief this thief is, the mountain thief, the horse thief boy has heard of it, this thief is .....",

Liu Biao did not answer immediately at this time.

Clan thieves, large and small forces composed of clans and neighbors, are called thieves because they often raid the surrounding area.

This is called a thief.

But this thing is also very similar to another word.

Inherited from father to son, the relationship between uncles and uncles is distant and close to each other, and they live in the same area in a unified manner.

These two explanations are actually basically the same, except that one is openly plundering the surrounding area, and the other is secretly reining in the local people's fields and houses.

And the former is the clan thief, and the latter is the clan, or family.

The Kuai family, the Cai family, as well as the Pang family and the Huang family, they have a longer heritage, and their power is even greater.

But it is undeniable that in the early days of their rise, that is, a group of clans, but a few generations of diligence and diligence, let them become a family.

And Guo Tu, who was born in a family, understands very well that this is where he rode into Yicheng alone, this is purely because the Cai family and others of the Kuai family have found a suitable candidate, and let him give himself a suitable reason to clean up the power of Jingzhou.

After all, Jingzhou is so big, and they can't move their families, and the other families have grown and the number of people has increased, so the benefits they occupy will naturally be small.

It's just that they were all officials of one party before, and they couldn't look past it, so they raised the banner, I want to ask Dong, and you can do whatever you want for the rest, of course, Dong Zhuoxing retaliates afterwards, or when the holy decree comes out and lets others encircle and suppress you, you have to continue.

So when Wang Rui was there before, no one said a word, and no one did anything.

Now that the opportunity has come, Liu Biao wants to take history seriously, and they don't have the intention of separating one party, so it is better for the two sides to cooperate.

Although Guo Tu was not involved in this matter, he was not surprised at all, and he could even guess what the conditions of the two sides were.

The thieves of Jingzhou were booby-trapped, Liu Biao wanted the right to govern Jingzhou, and many families controlled various counties, after all, many places were given up as soon as they died.

Liu Biao will not suffer a loss, as long as the families around him can still be controlled in Jingbei, and when Jingnan is defeated, they will be seriously understaffed.

At that time, with Jingnan as the foundation and devouring Jingbei in reverse, Liu Biao would definitely be able to become the true lord of Jingzhou in less than ten years.

But all of this has a premise, and he can withstand the next thing.

Whether it's the Kuai family or the Cai family, they can trap and kill the thieves for the sake of the family and Liu Biao, but for Liu Biao and Yuan Shu, the sister-in-law of the Yuan family, isn't this nonsense.

Otherwise, Liu Ming Ming had the power of a big victory but stopped in Jingbei, if it weren't for the fact that the two families didn't do it, would it be difficult for Liu Biao to figure it out himself?

Peaceful coexistence with Changsha Zhang Xian?

is a stubborn donkey-like character, then Guo Tu has also heard of it, he doesn't look down on Liu Biao, and it is impossible for him to coexist peacefully with Liu Biao if you tell the king of heaven Laozi.

Guo Tu did not continue to probe again, and Liu Biao did not continue to pretend to be stupid.

"Liu Jingzhou needs someone to block the pressure of the Yuan family, maybe this Jingzhou family is unwilling to fight Yuan Shu to the death, but they have no intention of surrendering Yuan Shu, this is the best news.

My general is the king of the Han garrison in the northwest, and now he is crusading against the national thieves for the Han Dynasty... It is a matter of course to solve some refugees and share the worries of the Han people.

If Liu Jingzhou is willing, he will temporarily borrow Nanyang County to let my general recuperate, then we will naturally solve the matter of Yuan Shu for Liu Jingzhou.

At that time, Liu Jingzhou could put down the rebellion in Jingnan peacefully. ”

Liu Biao looked at Guo Tu in front of him, this guy only said his purpose at this time, and he had to say that he had a big appetite.

"You just want Nanyang County to live temporarily?"

"My general is just going out to travel, and eventually he has to go back to Jincheng County, and when he saw that these hundreds of people were in trouble, he came to help.

How can there be a reason that for the sake of these people, you can not have your own foundation, Liu Jingzhou can rest assured.

The land of Nanyang is just a temporary loan.

Of course, Nanyang County is now in chaos, and it is not conducive to the repair of my general, if it is possible, it is also excellent for me to rest in Fancheng first. ”

When Guo Tu walked out of Liu Biao's room on the second day, he looked refreshed, but Ma Chao, who had been smiling all night at every turn, had a stiff face at this time.

Fortunately, Guo Tu got what he wanted, but he didn't continue to stay here.

Liu Biao has already promised to give up Fancheng to Gongsun Zhu for temporary residence, and at the same time provide some grain and straw, and Liu Biao, who has just exterminated the Jingzhou sect thieves, is also very broad.

So many thieves' collections for so many years have been collected by him in one go, and it is the time when the wealth is rich.

With Liu Biao's funding, Gongsun Zhu at least now doesn't have to worry about running out of food all the time.

At the same time, Liu Biao will also come forward to persuade many families to turn a blind eye to the appearance of Gongsun Zhu.

After all, as Guo Tu said, none of these families in Jingzhou want to offend Yuan Shu today, and of course they can't afford to offend.

Now that there are people who are willing to stand in front of them, then they don't care about Fancheng or Nanyang, because this place itself is not theirs.

At this time, Yuan Shu plundered in Nanyang, and asked Liu Biao to provide them with grain and baggage from time to time, so he really didn't treat Liu Biao as an outsider.

It's just that this kind of thing is very dissatisfied in Liu Biao's opinion, but the strength is not comparable to others, and Liu Biao can only bow his head and admit his mistakes.

Guo Tu didn't say any nonsense when he saw Gongsun Zhu again, and directly threw the secret letter written by Liu Biao himself and the ribbon seal belonging to Fan Chengling to Gongsun Zhu, and then returned to his tent and fell asleep.

Looking at the secret letter in his hand, he told Gongsun Zhu in detail that he had picked up the seal of the Fancheng Order, and that the grain and straw piled up in Fancheng were found by chance, and had nothing to do with Jingzhou.

Of course, there is another thing that is said here, that is, in addition to letting Gongsun Zhu be stationed in Fancheng, Jiangxia Taishou Huangzu will also move to Deng County to assist in defense.

Huang Zu, who was born in the Huang clan in Jiangxia, was incompatible with the group of people in the Huang family, and Huang Zu, who was quite arrogant, was more like a gambler in Jingzhou.

He dared to be in front not because of his loyalty to Liu Biao, but because he wanted to be the true master of Jiangxia, he needed prestige.

Of course, until he gets enough prestige, he doesn't mind cooperating with Liu Biao and acting according to orders.

As for the matter of Nanyang, if Gongsun Zhu can drive away Yuan Shu, Liu Biao does not mind lending Nanyang to Gongsun Zhu to live temporarily, and it just so happens that this northern barrier of Jingzhou can also help Liu Biao block many problems.

Everything was more satisfying than the plan Guo Tu had told him, but Gongsun Zhu looked at the word "borrow", how did he feel awkward.

"What to borrow or not, to put it so rawly, isn't this all the land of the Han Dynasty!"

Gongsun Zhu muttered a word and waved his hand, and the soldiers finally didn't have to continue to insist, and continued to take those refugees towards Fancheng.

Gongsun Zhu, who was supposed to enter Fancheng quickly, was because the people dragged his pace, and he hurried all the way, and on the premise of not hurting their lives, he could only travel about thirty miles.

There were too many people, too many old and weak women and children, and they had already reached the limit of their speed.

In desperation, he could only let Guo Tu set off again and Ma Chao to take people to Fancheng, and allocate some grain and straw to come out to respond.

And Huang Zu, who was supposed to be stationed in Deng County, unceremoniously marched into Fancheng after knowing the speed of Gongsun Zhu and the others, and told Guo Tu to wait until they came before talking about it.

If it weren't for Guo Tu, I'm afraid Ma Chao would have rushed over to fight Huang Zu at that time.

However, although Huang Zu seized Fancheng, he did not do anything to the end, and gave a lot of grain and straw, but most of the grain and grass were still taken by him as his own.

And Liu Biao seemed to ignore this matter, as if he didn't know everything.

Guo Tu Ma Chao returned to Gongsun Zhu's army, and at the same time told Gongsun Zhu and Guan Yu about these things.

Compared to Guan Yu's anger that immediately erupted after hearing the news, in fact, Gongsun Zhu, the commander of this army, was very calm.

With that person's temperament, he can really do it, but it doesn't matter, Huang Zu can't occupy Fancheng, but it's a pity that Liu Biao is going to be a little frightened.

"Don't panic, from today onwards, the speed will be reduced by three points, don't tire the people."

At this time, Gongsun Zhu couldn't help but snort coldly when he looked at the current situation, and in the following time, he directly reduced the marching speed of the army by another three points.

I made it without the slightest nervousness.

His purpose is very simple, to stabilize the situation, to watch Jingzhou in chaos, and then to see what kind of attitude Jingzhou has towards him.

It's just that if he came like this, this day would really be more than twenty miles.

At the same time, Gongsun Zhu was not polite, and he began to make full use of all the power in his hands now.