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"The Son of Heaven... is Dayong?"

Xun You glanced back at Xun Chen, showing a slight smile. "Uncle should go see the Son of Heaven. Hearing is believing, but seeing is believing. When you see him, you will know that he is the real hero, not just a celebrity."

Xun Chen let out a breath. "Maybe, but not yet." He shook his head and changed the subject. "I've said everything I need to say. You may as well state your attitude so that I can hurry back and reply to Guo Gongze."

Xun You's eyes flickered, and he said lightly: "The Son of Heaven entrusted me with this important task, and I can't live up to his trust. The civil strife in Jizhou is limited in scale, and there shouldn't be any need for Youyan Dufu to intervene. I suggest you don't go looking for it either. Zhong Yuanchang, it is enough for the scholar Sun Junrong to send troops."

"Did you let go of such a good opportunity?"

"Knowledge is never humiliating." Xun You said flatly, "Scholar-bureaucrats are like this, people from Ruying are like this, and I, the Xun family, are even more like this."

Xun You looked at Xun Chen solemnly. "Uncle, I still hope that you can go to Chang'an and meet the emperor. Once you meet him, you will know how vain the idea of ​​relying on military exploits to compete with the emperor is."

Xun Chen smiled slightly, noncommittal, and bid farewell to Xun You.

Seeing Xun Chen get on the horse and leave surrounded by several personal guards, Xun You frowned slightly.He looked at it for a while, then pursed his lips and howled.

The horse came galloping, Xun Youfei got on the horse, turned the horse's head, and galloped away.

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Xun Chen returned to Yi County and told Guo Tu about Xun You's suggestion.

Guo Tu was a little surprised and a little disappointed.

The person he most hopes to make contributions to this is Zhong Yao.

Guo Zhong is an in-law.Since he had old grievances with the emperor and was unable to become an official, he certainly hoped that Zhong Yao would be promoted due to his merits, so that he could help him in the future.

Is Xun You's attitude out of reason, or out of selfishness to safeguard Xun's interests?

Fortunately, Yuan Shao had already let go, Guo Tu didn't think too much, and told Yuan Tan that Xun You had already agreed to their request.Once Yuan Shao repented, or sent troops to attack, Xun You would send troops to help.

With Xun You's promise, Yuan Tan felt relieved.

After several consultations, Yuan Shao finally accepted Feng Ji's suggestion.

On the grounds that he was ill, he made Yuan Tan his heir, and handed over Hejian and Zhongshan counties to Yuan Tan for management.

Finally, Yuan Shao made a request.

He has proclaimed himself a minister to the imperial court. In theory, Jizhou is also Jizhou of the imperial court.He did not need the approval of the imperial court to make Yuan Tan his heir, but he had to obtain the official approval of the imperial court to hand over the two counties to Yuan Tan's management.

Otherwise, the imperial court is likely to veto this appointment, and it may use this as an excuse to use troops against Jizhou.

He cannot formally issue such an order until he has received the imperial edict.

Although Guo Tu and others were a little surprised, they still agreed.

They knew what Yuan Shao wanted to do, and it was nothing more than to use the hands of veteran officials in the court to veto this proposal in the name of the emperor.But Zhang Xi is dead, who would rush out to defend Yuan Shao?

If there is a chance to split Jizhou, why doesn't the emperor agree?

Yuan Shao went to the imperial court, and Guo Tu also discussed with Xu You and Xun Chen to send people to Chang'an, at least to Hedong, to meet Xun Yu, so that Yuan Shao would not have a chance to come back.

Xun Chen took the initiative to invite Ying.

Guo Tu also felt that Xun Chen was the most suitable, so he asked Yuan Shao to take Xun Chen as his envoy to Chang'an with Yuan Shao's letter.

Yuan Shao strongly opposed it. He believed that Xun Chen had betrayed him, and he would not only tell the truth when he arrived at the court, who would be counted as the crime of deceiving the emperor?

After repeated bargaining, Guo Tu and others made concessions, and Cui Yan, the captain of the cavalry, went to the DPRK with the above table.Cui Yan is from Qinghe, a disciple of Zheng Xuan, he is upright, and has nothing to do with Guo Tu and others, nor does he have much to do with Shenpei and others.

It is acceptable to both sides that he represents Yuan Shao to the DPRK.

Of course, this does not affect Xun Chen's rush to Hedong in his private capacity.

Chapter 726 Tian Feng Comes Out of the Mountain

Tian Feng sat on the porch, drowsy, and the tail of dust in his hand loosened and slowly slipped down.

The judge came quickly, stretched out his hand to catch it, and said with a soft smile: "Brother Yuan Hao, you are free, you can have a little rest in the afternoon."

Hearing this familiar voice, Tian Feng suddenly gave a shock, and slowly opened his eyes. His eyes were concentrated, and he looked at the judge's face for a long time.

"Judging Zhengnan?"

"It's me, it seems that you are not dazzled yet." Shenpei sat down beside Tian Feng, fiddled with the dust tail, and drove away flies and insects, as if driving away some annoying people or things. "Have you almost rested? Can you go out of the mountain?"

Tian Feng's brows became tighter and tighter. "Yuan Shao is dead?"

"Not dead yet, but it's almost dead." The judge took out a letter from his sleeve. "Will you read it for yourself, or will I read it to you?"

"Just tell me briefly, I'm too lazy to read." Tian Feng moved a bit to make himself lie down more comfortably.

The audit was helpless, so I had to explain the general situation.

After receiving the news that Yuan Shao wanted to appoint Yuan Tan as his heir and hand over Zhongshan and Hejian to Yuan Tan's management, he realized that the opportunity had come and rushed to Julu immediately to meet Tian Feng.

He has strength, but his strategy is far inferior to Tian Feng and Ju Shou.When Jushou didn't know his whereabouts, the only person he could think of was Tian Feng.

After Tian Feng listened, he didn't say a word.

The judge couldn't hold back. "Brother Yuan Hao, if you had listened to you back then, why did you come to this? Now that the lord has been betrayed by the Ruying people, and the father and son have turned against each other, this is a good opportunity for you to come out of the mountain again. As long as you can help the lord to settle the civil strife, how can he refuse to serve you?" For the mastermind?"

Tian Feng sighed. "Zhengnan, you are really blind. You don't see the best. Now that things are going on, do you think Yuan Shao still has a chance to win? Your Shen family has hundreds of people, so there is no need to push yourself to a dead end. Just accept it when you see it. "

The judge chuckled lightly. "I would like to accept it as soon as it is good, but the imperial court may not be willing to let us go. If we really live in Jizhou, do you think my Shen family will have a way to survive? What's the difference between going to farm and weaving yourself and dying?"

"There is still a difference, at least you can live."

"It's hard to calm down in the chest, just trying to survive."

Tian Feng sighed, opened his eyes again, and looked at the judge. "Zhengnan, are you grievances for yourself, or for Jizhou?"

"What's the difference?"

"If you are injustice for yourself, I advise you to go back to seclusion like me, and then send your children to study in the martial arts hall, or to participate in the lectures of Taixue. Yuan Shao is not the master of the Ming Dynasty, so it is not worthy of you. If you are injustice for Jizhou, don't you Forget, the son of heaven's biological mother is from Jizhou, so you don't have to complain in this way."

The judge laughed. "I thought you were really recluse, but it turns out that you are hiding your body and not your heart, and you still know what the Taixue Lun is talking about. Who did you listen to, the news is very well-informed."

Tian Feng looked into the distance, his eyes narrowed. "Because I also want to go to Chang'an to see what kind of hero this young emperor is, and how he plans to solve the problem of saving land."

The smile on the judge's face suddenly froze.

He paused for a moment, then said in a hoarse voice, "Did Ju Gongyou go to Chang'an?"

Tian Feng turned his head slowly and looked at the judge. "Where does he go, what does it matter to you? You just go your own way."

The judge stared at Tian Feng for a while, then stood up.

"It seems that I paid for nothing. Enjoy your secluded life and don't forget to exercise your body. When Jizhou starts to farm, you will have to farm. I don't know how many days you can last with this old bone. "

Tian Feng's eyelids trembled, he hesitated to speak.

The judge walked to the door, turned around and looked around. "How about I set a fire for you and burn this house down, anyway, you won't be able to live for a few days. Instead of giving it to others, it's better to burn it down, and adapt to the life of common people in advance."

As he spoke, he drank. "Come on, set fire."

Tian Feng sat up and cursed: "Jian Zhengnan, you are looking for death by yourself, that's all you need to do. Why do you have to drag me to be buried? Be a human being."

The examiner ignored him, and repeatedly called the guards to raise fire.When Tian Feng's family heard the news, they rushed out to stop him, and were also arrested by the judge.

"Anyway, they don't know how to farm, and they will starve to death sooner or later. Why don't I help you kill them and bury them properly, so as not to throw their corpses into the wilderness."

"Fart!" Tian Feng trembled with anger. "Let them go, I'll just go with you. Shen Zhengnan, in the future you will die without a place to die, so don't blame me."

"I don't blame you." The judge smiled. "I, Yanzhao Martyr, would rather die fighting than kneel down. Even if I suffer from the silkworm room, I will destroy my enemy."

"You're crazy." Tian Feng moaned weakly, patting his forehead.

The judge laughed.

Tian Feng had no choice but to tidy up briefly, followed the judge and went out, got into the car, his anger was still there, his face was still stiff, and he refused to talk to the judge.

The judge was not in a hurry, picked up a walnut, crushed the shell, took out the walnut kernel, and sent it to Tian Feng.

"Yuan Hao, you have good eyes and ears, you must know that the Central Plains is not going well, and there are rebellions in every state and county."

Tian Feng let out a sigh of relief. "Scaries is just a minor disease, and it doesn't affect the overall situation. The scholar-bureaucrats in the Central Plains are good at sitting and talking about Taoism, and they are not good at using soldiers. The land is flat and open, so what big things can they accomplish? The imperial court issued an edict to prepare a lecture at the Taixue at the end of the year. Many people will inevitably rush to Chang'an. I hope to persuade the imperial court to give up Dutian through debate."

The judge laughed. "A group of scholars. Even if they talk about it, it is useless except for another "Salt and Iron Theory". So I said, if you want the court to make concessions, you can only use strong bows and crossbows. Back then, Guangwudu Tian, ​​don’t you let it go in the end?”

"Your words are correct, but when Guangwu Dutian, the people of Jizhou had not yet turned against the emperor, and their kindness was especially strong. Now that Jizhou regards Yuan Shao as the master, he is already a rebellious minister. If he opposes the imperial court, how can the imperial court let it go easily? Nan, what you do is not to complain about Jizhou, but to ruin Jizhou."

"One day, I will be guilty of the crime by myself, and I will not implicate you." The judge put the walnut kernels in his hand on the case and clapped his hands. "Now tell me first, what should I do to kill Yuan Tan and those Ruying people and save the lord."

Tian Feng shook his head helplessly, picked up a walnut kernel, put it in his mouth, and chewed it slowly.

The judge did not speak, and waited quietly.

Tian Feng ate all the walnuts, took another sip of water, and rinsed his mouth.

"Withdraw Yuan Xi. There is civil strife in Jizhou, and it is meaningless to attack Xuzhou again."

The judge nodded. "I have already sent someone to inform him that we should be on the way to withdraw our troops at this moment. What I am most worried about now is that the Ruying people will collude with each other to lure Zhong Yao and Xun You to invade our Jizhou. With our current strength, I am afraid that we will not be able to handle it." , In the end, we can only defend the isolated city.”

"No." Tian Feng was confident. "The imperial court has an edict in advance, so it will not easily send troops to conquer. The Xun family is beautiful in the forest, and will not take the initiative to ask to participate in the war. The civil strife in Jizhou, the imperial court will be on the sidelines."

Chapter 727

Liu Bei lay on the hillside, looking at Yuan Jun's camp in the distance through the dense grass.

"It's not right." He sighed again.

"What's wrong?" Fazheng, who was lying beside him, said.

Liu Bei smacked his lips, but said nothing.He came together with Fazheng to check the enemy's situation, but he couldn't see why.Yuan Xi's camp is well organized and everything is normal.He tentatively said a few words, trying to cite Fazheng to express his opinion, but Fazheng ignored his topic and asked him what was wrong.

This is a bit embarrassing.

He was more than ten years older than Fazheng, almost a generation older.When Fazheng was this age, he had already begged for the yellow scarf, and he had fought dozens of times.Now he is being tested by Fazheng on how to use soldiers, but he still can't answer it.

If it wasn't for Fazheng's arrival, several suggestions were just right, helping him block Yuan Xi's attack and stabilize the front line, he would almost turn his back on him and chase Fazheng out.

Do you think you are a military strategist sent by the imperial court, so you can ignore Lao Tzu?

Fazheng was lying on his back on the grass, with a grass stalk in his mouth, looking at the blue sky through the leaves above his head.

"My lord, if you were Yuan Xi, what would you plan to do?"

Liu Bei groaned, not speaking.

"What is Yuan Xi's advantage?"

Liu Bei blurted out without thinking. "cavalry."

He fought Yuan Xi many times, and there was not much difference in pawns between the two sides.But Yuan Xi has nearly [-] cavalry, most of whom are from Wuhuan and Xianbei, who can shoot suddenly and have strong attack power.

He didn't have enough cavalry to meet him, and he suffered every time.

Fortunately, Chen Daoyong, who killed the generals several times before the formation, contained the momentum of Yuan Jun's cavalry and bought time for the infantry to regroup, so there was no collapse.

"Is the cavalry's advantage offensive or defensive?"

"Of course it's an attack."

"If that's the case, then why didn't Yuan Xi attack, instead he defended according to danger." Fazheng turned his head and looked at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly realized.

He knew something was wrong.

One of the important reasons why Yuan Xi took advantage of the trend in attacking Langya was that the local literati supported him, not only providing him with money and food, but also sending troops to help and guide him.

But doing so is a gamble, betting that Yuan Shao can control Langya, and then control Xuzhou, and confront the court.

Therefore, Yuan Xi must continue to show his great strength so that more people have confidence in him.If his attack is unfavorable and people cannot believe that he has the strength to occupy the entire Langya, those people will hesitate and their support will drop sharply.

After a few minor setbacks, Yuan Xi still had sufficient strength in his troops. He should have regained his strength and continued to attack, instead of defending against danger and maintaining a state of confrontation.

For Yuan Xi, confrontation means losing.

He mobilized the crowd, not for half of Langya, but for the whole of Xuzhou.

"He can't move anymore?"

"Maybe." Fazheng retracted his gaze and narrowed his eyes. "If you don't fight, you can't. If you don't leave, you don't want to give up. Your Majesty, we might as well give him a try."

"How to try?"

"Feint attack, then retreat, and lure them to pursue."

Liu Bei thought about it, felt reasonable, and agreed.