At this time, Runan, far south of Yuzhou, was holding a grand banquet.

The candles are lit up, and the waiters who come and go are like swimming fish, flowing endlessly. Yuan Shu stood on top of the lobby, raised the wine lord, and shouted to win the drink, and then Yuan Shu and his subordinate generals Wenchen responded one after another, raising their glasses and drinking.

At this time, Yuan Shu is in full swing!

Just when Yuan Shao was still contending with Gongsun Zhan, Cao Cao was still busy with the pacification of Dongjun, and Liu Bei was still trapped in the plains, Yuan Shu had completed the general strategic layout and became the biggest beneficiary at this stage.

At the beginning, the place controlled by Yuan Shu was only a small area south of Yuzhou and north of Jingzhou, when Yuan Shu had Shandong coalition troops in Chenliu in the northeast, Liu Biao and Huang Zu in the south, and Dong Zhuo's sphere of influence in the northwest, which was almost surrounded by regiments, plus Sun Jian died unexpectedly in battle during the crusade against Xiangyang, which was simply worse for Yuan Shu.

At that time, Yuan Shao wanted to elect Liu Yu as the Son of Heaven, and wrote a letter hoping to get Yuan Shu's support, but how could Yuan Shu agree? Therefore they rejected it in the name of righteousness. However, this practice led to the breaking of the only little warm bond between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

However, Yuan Shao relied on the name of the leader of the coalition to gain the support of the scholars, including Jizhou, and even Yuzhou, which made Yuan Shu very angry, and declared: "The group is not subordinate to me, but from my family!" ”

This sentence reached the ears of Yuan Shao in Jizhou in the north, and the most taboo in this life was that Yuan Shao, who was pulled out of the problem of being pulled out, was simply furious, and immediately got in touch with Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and sent Cao Cao south to fight for Yanzhou on the one hand, and on the other hand, it also had the meaning of attacking Yuan Shu with Liu Biao in the north and south.

Under this circumstance, only Yuan Shu, a narrow area in the north of Jingzhou and the south of Yuzhou, did not have the depth of strategy, and instead of fighting with the surrounding princes, he immediately carried out a series of ingenious moves.

first expressed a truce with Liu Biao, withdrew from the dispute in the north of Jingzhou, and then quickly made friends with Tao Qian and Gongsun Zhan, implemented the strategy of distant friendship and close attack, and even bought off the Yellow Turban Thieves in Qingzhou, the Black Mountain Army and the Wuhuan people in the north of Jizhou, and constantly added firewood to Yuan Shao's backyard, which also reduced the huge pressure from the north.

Such a strategy immediately relieved the pressure on Yuan Shu's original battlefield, which could free up Yuan Shu's hands to reserve grain and grass, recruit soldiers, and replenish the lost troops.

And the next move, naturally Yuan Shu is keeping an eye on Yanzhou, but in Yanzhou, there is also a eunuch junior, but this is not a big problem, this Cao Cao is also a figure like Zhao Kuo, even Xu Rong under Dong Zhuo can't fight, how can he resist Yuan's army?

Therefore, at today's banquet, Yuan Shu on the one hand celebrates the smooth development of spring ploughing, and on the other hand, he expresses his favor to the military generals of Wenchen, and at the same time gathers people's hearts and prepares for the next step of the expedition.

But in the banquet hall, not everyone was as elated as Yuan Shu......

Sun Ce sat in a corner of the lobby, seeing that everyone was celebrating, but he didn't have much thought, so he went out of the hall under the pretext of changing clothes and walked slowly along the path of the courtyard.

For Yuan Shu's recuperation this year, the most dissatisfied person is Sun Ce.

Quite simply, Sun Ce wants revenge.

Although in the general direction, Yuan Shu's current strategy is excellent and has achieved good results, but for Sun Ce personally, he doesn't care about anything else, he just wants to cut off the heads of Liu Biao and Huang Zu one day earlier.

Logically speaking, dying on the battlefield is actually the fate of every soldier, there is nothing to complain about, and there is nothing to hold grudges against. Sun Jian also killed a lot of people, did those who were killed have no parents, no wives and children, is it only allowed for Sun Jian to kill, and not for others to kill Sun Jian?

But Sun Ce didn't care about this, he only admitted death, he only thought about attacking Jingzhou.

Although there are rumors that Sun Jian did not die at the hands of Liu Biao, but that some time ago there was a "begging Yin Mountain Article" to protect the Hun Zhonglang General Fei Qian, but Sun Ce believes that this is actually the timid and incompetent Liu Biao is evading responsibility.

Fei Qian, the general of the Hun Zhonglang, is obviously in the north of Bingzhou, and the distance between Bingzhou is thousands of miles, and how did he run to Jingzhou to defeat and kill Sun Jian?

And about this matter, Sun Ce also asked in detail about several generals who had experienced this battle at that time, these generals who were like his father, although it was said that the Jingzhou soldiers were not Huang Zu at that time, but another unknown Huang general, but Sun Jian was indeed ambushed in order to chase Liu Biao's car cover......

So, do you need any other proof for this?

But Sun Ce was very helpless, after Sun Jian's death, the Sun family's status in Yuan Shu's army dropped sharply, and even the soldiers were taken back by Yuan Shu......

However, Sun Ce also has a good friend who has been accompanying him and encouraging him, of course, this person is Zhou Yu.

For example, at this moment, seeing Sun Ce leave the lobby, Zhou Yu also silently followed, "Bo Fu, why are you here?" ”

“…… I felt a little dull, so I came out to breathe......" Sun Ce saw that it was Zhou Yu, so he said without concealing it, "...... Gong Jin, when do you think we can take Jingzhou and cut off Liu Biao's dog's head? ”

Zhou Yu can also understand Sun Ce's disrespect for Liu Biao, but according to the current situation, there are still some difficulties. Zhou Yu looked left and right, and saw that no one noticed the two of them, so he approached Sun Ce a little closer, and at the same time motioned to go out a little more, before he whispered: "Yuan Gong is now bent on competing with Yuan Cheqi, how can he have time to care?" This matter must be considered in the long run......"

"Alas!" Sun Ce waved his fist into the air fiercely, but sighed helplessly.

Zhou Yu patted Sun Ce's shoulder, and then whispered, "...... But it doesn't take too long......"

Sun Ce's eyes lit up all of a sudden, he turned around, and then looked at Zhou Yu with wide eyes and said, "Why? Why? Gong Jin say it quickly! ”

Zhou Yu smiled, the corners of his mouth showed a hint of cunning, and he gestured slightly: "...... Look inside the lobby...... It's people from Yuzhou over there, right...... Bo Fu still remembers that there was such a feast some time ago, compared with the current Yuzhou scholars, are there more or less? ”

During this period of time, because he was dissatisfied with Yuan Shu and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, Black Mountain Thieves and others getting too close, some of the children of the scholar clan who maintained their traditional concepts left a lot.

"......" Sun Ce frowned, and then counted while wrenching his fingers.

"Okay, okay, don't count......" Zhou Yu interrupted Sun Ce's counting a little helplessly and said, "...... Compared to the previous number, it's a lot better now, Bo Fu, do you know what that means? ”

Sun Ce still maintained the posture of wrenching his fingers, and without thinking about it, he turned his head directly and asked Zhou Yu, "What does it mean?" ”

"Yuan Gong is chivalrous, but he doesn't know that now everyone knows the truth and the truth...... If one or two people from Yuzhou defect to Yuan Cheqi or Caodong County, it may be difficult for Yuan Gong to enter Yanzhou this time, I am afraid it will be difficult......" Zhou Yu shook his head slightly, Sun Ce's brain is actually good, but why is he always reluctant to move when he is with him, but he didn't hide anything, and continued to whisper, "...... However, now that Yuan Gong is in full spirit, he is eager to admonish for fear of causing trouble, so he ...... However, Yuan Gong's family has a big business, and a slight defeat should not hurt...... And if Yuan Gong loses his northward advance, he will turn south, and in this way, Bo Fu's opportunity will come to an end......"