"The Lord's wisdom is far-reaching, and naturally it is beyond our reach." Zhang Liao deserved. He watched Yuan Shu work hard little by little, and built Jiangdong from scratch little by little. However, within a few years, it will rebuild the world, and make Jiangdong, a remote and backward place, the most prosperous place in the world. This kind of ability is simply unprecedented, even if Jiang Shang is no longer alive.

"But won't this expose your Zhen family?" Zhang Liaohu said worriedly.

"As long as you take Xiangping, general, all this will naturally not be known." Zhen Ping said lightly: "What's more, the situation of the Zhen family in Hebei is already extremely bad now, after the battle of Hebei, Yuan Benchu estimated that he would have to deal with us, and it didn't matter if he evacuated in advance." ”

How can it be so simple to step on two boats and ride on the wall, except for the profound heritage of the Xun family, coupled with the family of the princes who are known for their talents and connections, it is basically impossible to step on two boats with power or financial resources. Especially the Zhen family, Yuan Shao was already salivating over its wealth, and with the fact that the Zhen family in Jiangdong was bent on destroying the Zhen family in Hebei.

If it weren't for the huge power of the Zhen family in Hebei, most of them would be controlled by them, from ordnance and materials to firewood, rice, oil and salt, and once there was a problem, the whole Hebei would be turbulent. Yuan Shao was reluctant to make trouble at a time when he confronted Gongsun Zan with a safe idea, so he didn't make a move, I am afraid that Yuan Shao would have been snatched by Yuan Shao and swallowed so much that there were no bones left.

"Your Zhen family has such a big family business, can you evacuate it easily?" Idle and bored, Zhang Liao asked casually.

"Wouldn't it be nice if you couldn't take it away and sell it to someone else or give it to someone else for safekeeping? My Zhen family can have today not only because of financial resources, but also because of their connections. Zhen Ping said.

"Someone else for safekeeping?" Zhang Liao frowned and said, "You're not afraid that others won't swallow it and not return it?" ”

Zhen Ping smiled confidently: "As long as Yuan Gong can dominate the world, these things that my Zhen family has lost will come back, and no one dares to swallow them privately." ”

"It seems that your Zhen family is not only good at business!" Zhang Liao shook his head and said. I just think that these businessmen are really resourceful, and in some ways they are not even inferior to some top strategists.

"Business has always been linked to politics, if you don't understand politics and don't have the escort of power, no matter how rich you are, you are just a fat sheep to be slaughtered, and it is difficult to even protect yourself." Zhen Ping said with a wry smile, and looked at Zhang Liao with a complicated expression: "If you are not afraid of violating Yuan Gong's taboo, you will hand over all the wealth of the Zhen family in Hebei to the general, and my Zhen family will be happy to do it, but it's a pity..."

Zhang Liao shook his head lightly when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Wen Yuan is just a martial artist, and the salary given by the lord is enough for Wen Yuan's family for several generations, why do you need to ask for so much money." ”

Those who know the times are Junjie, although Zhang Liao is not very sensitive to politics, he is not stupid, and he knows Yuan Shu's taboos. For example, the Cai family in Jingzhou is not only a local family, but also Cai Mao controls a large number of naval armies, and there are many caravans under his command. This is about to form an independent small force, which Yuan Shu can't tolerate. If it is allowed to develop, it will sooner or later get out of control.

So Yuan Shu unceremoniously secretly attacked Cai Mao, the brother-in-law. used Cai Yi as a hub to cut off most of the Cai family's business, and then weakened the influence of the Cai family in Jingzhou, moving all its talents to Yizhou, Zhu Yizhou and Yizhou border, and finally temporarily idling Cai Mao, a naval general. This is why Yuan Shu left Cai Mao in the Yangtze River while allowing Gan Ning and Jiang Qin to roam the sea.

Yuan Shu did not allow Jingzhou to have such a good family as the Cai family and the Kuai family, so he naturally had to split and suppress it from all aspects. However, Yuan Shu did not do anything wrong, lost the east corner of the Sangyu harvest, Yuan Shu suppressed it in his own territory, and naturally compensated for the territory outside his own power and rewarded more fiefs. With a carrot in one hand and a stick in the other, the families can only accompany it.

As the master of the people, Yuan Shu's desire to control is also very strong, and his subordinates Zhang Liao and others know this best. So they didn't have too much to do with the family and merchants, anyway, with their merits, Yuan Shu wouldn't treat them badly, so why bother themselves. If Zhang Liao is really tied to the Zhen family, maybe Zhang Liao will be transferred back to Jiaozhou for reflection in a few days. It doesn't matter how you engage in the east and the west abroad, even if you usurp the throne and claim the king, Yuan Shu doesn't care, but at home, Yuan Shu will never allow any uncontrolled forces or signs to appear.

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It was evening, in Cuiyun Building, the best restaurant in Xiangping, many generals who were invited by Zhen Ping to drink had already fallen asleep after drinking the wine. And Zhang Liao and the others also took off their "white clothes", put on the armor and weapons that Zhen Ping had already prepared, and took advantage of the dark night to go to the southern city wall, where most of the commanders were drunk and neglected to take precautions.

In the dark night, Zhang Liao, the only one who did not have a title, carefully observed the surrounding situation, and with the help of the information that Zhen Ping had probed in advance, he slowly walked towards the south gate quietly between the patrols of several teams of patrol soldiers.

All the way to the vicinity of the South City Gate, the 500 people led by Zhang Liao have not been discovered. Looking at the listless defenders near the city wall, a trace of excitement flashed in Zhang Liao's eyes, he pulled out the hook and sickle on his waist, and shouted in a low voice: "Kill!" ”

The entire army quickly dispersed and slaughtered the soldiers near the southern wall.

"Enemy attack!"

A terrible roar resounded through the quiet Xiangping City, waking countless people from their sleep.

"Kill! Kill all the enemies and open the gates! Zhang Liao took the lead, wielding the hook and sickle in his hand to continuously harvest the soldiers in the city gate cave, and at the same time said to the guards beside him.

A group of guards rushed directly to the city gate regardless of life and death, and worked together to slowly open the city gate. At the same time, Zhang Liao casually picked up the bow and arrow behind him, and a fire arrow shot into the sky.

"Rush! The city gate has been broken, take Xiangping City! Zhang Liao's deputy general Zhang Bao had already led the army to wait outside the city, and when he saw the flash of fire in the sky, his eyes were full of excitement, and he pulled out the long sword at his waist and pointed at the south gate of Xiangping City, and led the whole army to rush up.

The 500 soldiers led by Zhang Liao were all elite in a hundred battles and seized the opportunity, while the soldiers who defended the city were all scattered soldiers, which were not many in number, and they were caught off guard again, and were quickly swept away directly by Zhang Liao's army.

The Yuan army outside the city also poured in from the wide open city gate, and the two armies gathered together and killed the Yanwang Mansion in the center of Xiangping City under the leadership of Zhang Liao.

But from Zhang Liao leading his army to attack the city wall to the end of the battle and the influx of troops outside the city, a lot of time has passed. With such a big movement on the southern city wall, it is naturally impossible for Gongsun Du to turn a blind eye. Although it is not clear which side this group of enemies is and where they came from, Gongsun Du made the most correct decision at the first time, and directly led the army to withdraw to the north city gate to observe the situation, and at the same time recruited all the defenders of the other two city gates, preparing to meet or withdraw.