C27 Xuan De Gong Road Busy Calculating and Calculating

Longevity County, prefectural governor Manor, Guest Hall.

Pow! Yuan Shu slammed the letter in his hand onto the table, looked at Yuan Lu who was kneeling in front of him and shouted, "Uncle Gongsun has gone too far! "What is the use of you if you can't even do such a simple thing?"

Yuan Lu was scared out of his wits and quickly kowtowed to admit his mistake. He was just a bastard son. If it wasn't for the fact that the eldest son, Yuan Yao, was already engaged to be married to him, how could he have gotten married in the first place?

Yuan Shu had a moderate build and was very handsome. Even though he was angry, his bearing was still quite extraordinary.

The person sitting on the left of Yuan Shu cupped his hands and asked, "Did Gongsun Zan reject the marriage request?"

This person wore a long black robe, had a square face, and a moustache; he was Yuan Shu's number one general, Qiao Rui.

"Take a look for yourself." Yuan Shu coldly snorted and threw the letter to Qiao Rui.

Sitting next to Qiao Rui was a scholar with a long beard. He was dressed in an elegant gray robe, giving off a graceful bearing. This man was Yuan Shu's younger brother, Yuan Yin, and also Yuan Shu's advisor.

Sitting on the right side of Yuan Shu was a young military general wearing a helmet and armor. He was very handsome and was Yuan Shu's son-in-law, Huang Yi.

These three people were Yuan Shu's most trusted people.

Although Yuan Shu was Sikong Yuan Feng's eldest son, compared to his half-brother Yuan Shao, his popularity and ability were far worse. Right now, the soldiers under Yuan Shao were strong and sturdy, occupying more than half of the Jizhou and its surroundings. However, Yuan Shu had been defeated by Yuan Shao and Lv Bu. Although they had over a hundred thousand men under their command in the Huainan, but they were short of strategists and high-ranking officers, so they had shamelessly asked Gongsun Zan for war horses and cavalry.

After reading the letter, Qiao Rui's face also turned ugly and he advised, "Master, please don't be angry! Although Uncle Gongsun didn't agree to the marriage, he gave away a lot of men and horses. It seemed that the relationship between the two parties was still very strong. Please forgive this subordinate's bluntness, but our Huainan's situation isn't very good right now, and it won't be easy for us to fall out again! "

In his letter, Gongsun Zan politely rejected the marriage, and even hinted that Yuan Lu wanted to do something against Gongsun Rui in the Marquis of Ji's Mansion. He pushed the responsibility of refusing the marriage to Yuan. It was a pity that Yuan Lu had to be beaten up by Gongsun further before he managed to recover his dignity from Guan Jing's gift of a maidservant. Who would have thought that after returning, he would cause Yuan Shi to be so furious? In fact, the main fault lay with Yuan Shi. He wanted to get more help in marrying Gongsun Zan, but in his heart, he looked down on his son's inferior status, so he did not send his eldest son, Yuan Yao, but sent his son, Yuan Lu, to Ji County.

Yuan Yin cupped his hands in agreement, "General Qiao is right, please think twice."

Huang Yi continued, "Yuan Shao has ill intentions. Liu Bei is ambitious and Lv Bu is a disciple of the tiger and wolf. Our Huainan and the other three families have become enemies, so our only reliable ally is the Youzhou. Please enlighten me, father-in-law. "

Yuan Shu felt depressed. Looking at Yuan Lu who was kowtowing, he got angry. He picked up the inkstone and threw it at him: "Son, get out!"

Yuan Lu was hit on the forehead by the inkstone and was bleeding profusely but he did not dare to wipe it off. After saluting, he left in a hurry.

"Let go of the marriage with Uncle Gongsun!" Yuan Shu sighed, rubbed his forehead and asked: "Tell me, where should my Huainan go now?"

Qiao Rui took the lead and said: "My lord, now that Liu Bei has sent troops to the Xiao Pei, Xuzhou Tao already has the intention of giving up. If he can smoothly control the Xuzhou, our situation will become even more serious. From the looks of it, it would be better to take the initiative to attack Liu Bei! "

"What Zhong Qi said is reasonable." Yuan Shu nodded in agreement and sighed, "A boy selling shoes (Liu Bei used to sell sandals in his early years) is best at seducing people's hearts. Tao Zhengzu (Zhou Tie) is also a brainless person, he actually lured a wolf into his house! If I let that kid get the Xuzhou, he would be able to control the situation in a short time. Jingzhou Liu Biao and Liu Bei are very close, if we attack together, Huainan will be in danger! But what should we do if our army attacks Liu Bei and Liu Biao takes the opportunity to attack Jiujiang? "

Yuan Yin muttered to himself, "The number of troops under Liu Bei's command is less than twenty thousand. If the lord sends out fifty thousand troops, we should be able to achieve complete victory."

"That's not right!" Huang Yi shook his head, "If the Xuzhou troops come out of the city to help Liu Bei, what can we do?"

Yuan Shu shouted, "Liu Bei, I will definitely attack! But how should the Jingzhou handle this situation? "

Qiao Rui and the other two looked at each other. For a moment, they didn't have a good plan.

"Master, Sect Master Yan requests an audience." At this moment, a servant reported from outside the door.

Yuan Shu was overjoyed. "Quick, invite him in!"

Not long later, a dignified green-robed scholar walked in and greeted Yuan Shu with a bow.

His name was Yan Xiang, and he was called Jing Xing. He was the head of Nine River County and could be considered as the number one advisor under Yuan Shu's command.

Yuan Shu smiled and extended his hand, "Jing Xing, sit down first. I have something that I want to ask you about."

Yan Xiang sat down and saluted with his hands cupped in front of his chest, saying, "This subordinate has already heard what you guys said outside the door. My lord, if you want to guard against Liu Biao, you only need to send a letter to one person!"

"Who?" Yuan Shu hurriedly asked.

"Hehe" Yan Xiang smiled as he stroked his beard, and asked instead: "Master, have you forgotten about the little overlord of Jiangdong?"

"Sun Ce!" Yuan Shu was overjoyed, "Jing Xing's words have awoken the dreamer! That's right, only Sun Ce Fang can intimidate Liu Biao and make him not dare to take the opportunity to enter the north! "

Sun and Steel, the son of Bo Fu. He was known as the little tyrant of the Jiangdong.

Two years ago, Sun Jian led the army to attack Liu Biao, but was ambushed and killed by Huang Zu, one of Liu Biao's generals. The remaining parts were swallowed up by Yuan Shu.

At the beginning of this year, Sun Ce had come up to the Nine Rivers to ask for Sun Jian's old branch from the north. He also pledged the Imperial Jade Seal to Yuan Shu to borrow another ten thousand troops. Yuan Shu agreed without hesitation and gifted him four hundred fine horses as well, promising to appoint him as prefecture chief of the Nine Rivers as long as Sun Ce took over the Nine Rivers. He let his trusted aide Chen Ji become prefecture chief of Jiujiang, and also sent Sun Ce to attack Lujiang prefecture chief and Lu Kang. He also said that if he managed to take over Lujiang, he would definitely let Sun Ce be prefecture chief of Jiujiang. Unexpectedly, Sun Ce went down from Lujiang again after another battle, and Yuan Shu once again went back on his word, making his subordinate, Old General Liu Xun, the Lujiang's prefecture chief.

How could Wu Steel continue to work for a highway that went back on its word? In a fit of anger, he took his men to Liyang (Anhui and prefecture), no longer listening to Yuan Shu's orders. However, Sun Ce and Liu Biao had a grudge against each other for killing their father. As long as Yuan Shu was willing to give him enough money, he would certainly attack Liu Biao at the same time.

"Who is willing to go to Li Yang?" Yuan Shu restrained his joy and asked.

Yan Xiang stood up and said, "My lord, I am willing to go to Liyang to persuade Sun Ce to attack Liu Biao. However, our lord still needs to finance some food and money. "

"Yes!" Yuan Shu valiantly waved his hand and continued to calculate for a long time before saying in a pained tone, "I'll give Sun Ce 24 million, the grain is 2000 hm, the grain is 3500 Stones."

"Master is wise, this subordinate can go to Li Yang! Your subordinate will take his leave! "

After Yan Xiang left, Yuan Shu walked to the wall and looked at the location of the Xuzhou on the map. He muttered: "You little brat, when my army is suppressing the border, how will you respond?"

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When Yuan Shu was talking about Liu Bei, Liu Bei, who was in the study room of Xiao Pei's magistrate court, had a face full of shock. Looking at the grieving Mi Zhu in front of him, he exclaimed, "Zi Zhong (Liu Tie), what did you say just now? The son is dead? "How is this possible!?"

Mi Zhu cried out in grief, "Xuan De Gong, this is absolutely true! The ashes of our son have already been sent back by Zhao Yun. "

"Zhao Yun?" Liu Bei was stunned and asked anxiously, "Did the letter from Zi Long say how his son died?"

"Yes." Mi Zhu nodded weakly, "Zhao Yun said that Zi Fang was staying at Chang Shan Town during the night, and that Black Mountain Bandit went to burn and plunder, and the chaotic neutron was killed. Zhao Yun's elder brother, Zhao Feng, was also seriously injured and sent to Youzhou to look for a famous doctor for help."

"How could this be?" Liu Bei sat down in disappointment, wiping away his tears and muttered, "Zi Zhong, I let you down!"

"Sigh." Mi Zhu heaved a long sigh as he endured the pain and advised, "Mr Xuan De, please take it too seriously. My son's death is worth it."

It's fine if Mi Zhu doesn't try to persuade me, but instead, Liu Bei cried loudly and said, "Even so, my heart will never be able to forgive you!" "Zi Fang, ah Zi Fang, I was just thinking of sharing wealth with you, how did you end up like this?"

Mi Zhu was so angered by Liu Bei's crying that his nose turned sour and tears started falling unknowingly. The Mei family was rich and had thousands of servants, but there were very few people in the family. Other than Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, there was only one sister, Mei Lan. Now that Mi Fang had died, the brothers and sisters were left alone.

At this time, two people quickly walked in from outside the door. The one at the front asked loudly, "Big Brother, what happened?"

The man was over eight feet tall, with a huge head and ring-like eyes. A thick beard covered his entire face. He was none other than Liu Bei's sworn third brother, Zhang Yide.

The person behind was even taller than Zhang Fei. He had a long beard that reached to his chest, and his face was black and red. His eyebrows were raised high into the air. He was Liu Bei's sworn brother, Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang.

"Ai!" Liu Bei lowered his head and sighed, "Second brother, third brother, Mei Fang went!"

Zhang Fei's heart relaxed, thinking that if a mere merchant died, then so be it. If he hadn't seen Mi Zhu, he would have blurted out these words.

Guan Yu also felt that Liu Bei's attention to Mei's family was not worth it. However, he still tried to persuade Liu Bei a few words of advice, but only tried to comfort Mi Zhu with a few words of praise.

Zhang Fei sat down, picked up his teacup and drank a mouthful of tea. Then, he wiped his mouth and asked, "Big Brother, how did Mei Zifang die?"

"This is all my fault!" Liu Bei lightly tapped his forehead and said, "Zhao Zilong was not well off under Gongsun Gui's charge, so I asked Mi Zhu to go and help him. Unexpectedly, my son, Fang Fang, coincidentally died in the chaos while staying in Chang Shan Town."

Zhang Fei nodded. He regretted Zhao Yun's failure to come under Liu Bei's command. He had no interest in Mi Zhu's death.

Guan Yu asked, "Isn't Zhang Yan always showing righteousness and righteousness? Why would they rob the villagers? "

Liu Bei was also puzzled, "I don't know the inside story either. Zi Long's letter didn't mention it. Second brother, isn't third brother training soldiers? Why did you come together to meet your brother? "

"This …" Guan Yu looked at Mi Zhu and hesitated.

Mi Zhu's heart turned cold. He had sent over over a million yuan to Liu Bei to pay for his food. He had put in a lot of effort for the sake of Liu Bei's career, but never did he expect that he still had no status in Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's hearts!

"What is there to hide!" Liu Bei was slightly angry. He pointed at Mi Zhu and said, "Zi Zhong is the person I trust the most, and also the most important person to me. There is no need to hide anything from him!"

"Thank you, my lord!" Mi Zhu's heart warmed as he bowed in thanks.

Guan Yu said with a serious expression, "Big brother, the scouts have come to report that Lv Bu's grains are scarce. Nowadays, around the big field, there are even people feeding on them! Under Chen Gong's suggestion, Lv Bu is prepared to lead a fifty thousand strong army to attack Xuzhou personally! "

At the beginning of the year, Cao Cao wanted to avenge his father and attack the Xuzhou. Unexpectedly, under the persuasion of Chen Liu, prefecture chief, Zhang Mi and Chen Gong, Cao Cao had no choice but to return to the army to help. After that, the two sides faced off against each other in Yanzhou for more than a hundred days. Lv Bu was short of food and thus retreated into the wilderness to rest.

"Ah!" Lv Fengxian is coming? " Liu Bei turned pale with fright. Subconsciously, he wanted to get up and run away. He had personally experienced Lv Bu's ferocity and ferocity before the Tiger's Cage. In a word, he knew that Lv Bu was not a human!

Guan Yu cupped his hands and said, "Big Brother, the distance from the Big Wilderness to the Xiao Pei is only a hundred miles. It can be said that we arrived early, but we need to be on guard at all times!"

Liu Bei took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. He nodded and said, "Brother is right! Pass down the order, close the city gates, reinforce the city walls, and send people to ask for help from Master Tao! "

Liu Steel had wanted to tell Liu Bei something, but he couldn't care less now. He stood up and said, "Mister Wu Steel, I'm going to ask for help from Lord Prefecture Overseer."

The Mei family lived in Xuzhou City, and Mi Zhu was appointed by Tao Qian to work for them in a different job (his official position was the highest among all the officials, and he got his name by car when he travelled with the prefecture overseer), so it was most suitable for him to notify Tao Qian about this matter.

Liu Bei bowed and said, "That's great, I'll be troubling Zi Zhong."

"Elder Xuan De is too courteous, I will take my leave."

After Mi Zhu left, Liu Bei finally could not hold on any longer and forcefully wiped off his cold sweat. At this moment, he was already regretting his decision. If he had known that the Xuzhou would be spied on by a group of tigers and wolves, he wouldn't have left Gongsun Zan for South! Using Gongsun Zan's forces to accumulate money bit by bit, and when the time is ripe, that would be the best strategy!