The Cao family was copied by Sun Ce, although some of it was repaid later, but Cao Ang now supports so many people, the expenses are huge, and there is no income from the land industry. At this time, he can also come up with a large sum of money to bribe Guo Tu, indicating that he has other financial resources.

Considering the Chen Palace under his command, this source of income is likely to be the Dongjun family. In other words, the people of Dongjun supported Cao Ang.

After a while, Yuan Shao's eyes softened. "He wants to be a Yanzhou assassin?"

"Lord, Yanzhou is the land of four wars, since Liu Dai died in the war, there have been several Yanzhou assassin histories in recent years, but Xiansi has been doing it for three years. Cao Ang didn't have to think about it in case, but it was more than enough compared to Liu Bei and others. ”

Yuan Shao squinted at Guo Tu, his eyes rolling. "Justice, Xiansi was defeated and captured."

"Liu Bei was also defeated and captured, and not only once." Guo Tu said unhurriedly: "But he is thriving in Yuyang now. ”

Yuan Shao smacked his lips, his eyes complicated. Most of the Ruying people support Yuan Tan, and Guo Tu is no exception. Guo Tu knew that he liked his youngest son Yuan Shang, but this did not affect his choice. When Yuan Tan was arranged to go to Yanzhou, Guo Tu did not object, he should have hoped that Yuan Tan would make meritorious contributions and stabilize the foundation with his strength, but now that Yuan Tan is defeated, Guo Tu still does not change his original intention, intercedes for Yuan Tan, and does not hesitate to contradict him.

For Guo Tu, this is an extremely rare thing, and Yuan Shao is not very comfortable because of it. But at the same time, he was very relieved. After all, Yuan Tan is his son, if Yuan Tan is newly defeated, Guo Tu will abandon him like a shoe, and he will not feel good in his heart.

"Since Cao Ang is not as good as Xiansi, isn't he just as unable to stop Sun Ce?"

"Cao Ang is definitely not Sun Ce's opponent, but it's no problem to persist for a year and a half."

"You have so much faith in him?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Cao Ang Kuanren won the public, Wen has Chen Gong, Wu has Cao Ren, and Bao Xun and Yu Ban help each other, this is also one of them. Chen Gong is a native of Dongjun, Cao Ren was young and crisscrossed Huaisi, quite familiar with the geography of Yanzhou, Bao Xun and Yu Ban are both Taishan people, familiar with local customs, compared to Zhu Ling, Wen Chou is not much better. In terms of personal ability, Cao Ang is not as good as Xiansi. With the addition of staff, Cao Ang is the closest choice to Xiansi. ”

Yuan Shao bowed slightly, feeling that Guo Tu was reasonable. For the general who commanded the army, familiarity with geography was a very crucial factor, and there was an important reason why he did not accept Fu Zhu's suggestion, that is, Fu Zhu was not familiar with Yanyu geography and did not know how difficult it was for marching troops to fight in spring and summer. Cao Ang was a native of Qian Pei, Cao Cao abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown to study, and Cao Ang had the opportunity to live with him in Qian Pei and had first-hand experience of the local geography. Cao Ren was a famous ranger in the Huaisi area when he was young, with more than 1,000 people under his command, and he and Sun Ce have played against him several times, at least better than Wen Chou.

Wen Chou's defeat to Sun Ce was not because he was incompetent, but because he was not familiar with the local geography.

"What else?"

"Meng De is the minion of the lord, and he has a very close relationship with He Boqiu and Zhang Mengzhuo. Cao Ang is sitting in Yanzhou, He Boqiu and Zhang Mengzhuo can't stand by, and they will definitely do their best to help. This is also the second. ”

Yuan Shao chuckled, although he was a little disdainful, he had to admit that Guo Tu was reasonable. He Hao and Zhang Miao will abandon him, but they will help Cao Ang for Cao Cao's sake. This is indeed Cao Ang's irreplaceable innate advantage. "Your third point, let me tell you for you, if Cao Ang is the assassin of Yanzhou, he can let Meng De send troops from Yizhou to disperse Sun Ce's forces and let him take care of one and lose the other."

Guo Tu arched his hand. "The lord is wise, drawing inferences from one example, and the minister will never be able to reach it."

Yuan Shao chuckled twice, and then muttered: "In this way, Cao Ang has no problem supporting it for a year and a half. Justice, Cao Ang's gift is worth it. ”

Guo Tu's face was as usual, and he said lightly: "This little money, the minister really didn't pay attention to it." ”

"Really?" Yuan Shao teased: "You don't care about so much money, you ask for a lot." ”

"Yes, the one who the minister asks is the lord and the prince who comes to the world, the vassals of ten thousand households, and the descendants of the heirs, which will be passed on from generation to generation."

Yuan Shao was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. After a moment, he put away his smile and sighed softly. "It's a pity. Compared with Sun Jian and Meng De, my father is too incompetent. Gongzhi, you contact Fengxiao and find a way to redeem Xiansi. Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, Qin Mugong can use Meng Mingshi, don't I need to be able to my own son? ”

Guo Tu bowed and bowed. "Oh, I'll write a book and be filial."

Yuan Shao raised his hand and said, "And Xin George." Xiansi can fight with Sun Ce into such a situation, and Xin Gezhi has merit. I heard that he was injured and Xiansi was defeated again, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have a good place to go, so it is better to go back to Jizhou with Xiansi. His family is also here, and it is good for him to be reunited physically. ”

"Lord......" Guo Tu choked up and replied loudly.

——

Ming Yan Pavilion.

Zhang Miao bowed his hand to Xin Bi again. "George, it's my lack of etiquette, please forgive me."

Simbi sat in the car, and had no intention of getting out of the car. Zhang Miao came with people, changed his previous contempt, prepared courtesy, and begged him to go to Chen Liu, but he was unmoved. The Zhang Miao brothers are not suitable for survival in troubled times, they are neither Yuan Shao's opponents, nor Sun Ce's opponents, or even Zhu Jun's opponents, but they just occupy a critical place like Chen Liu, how can there be a good result, assisting them is tantamount to self-inflicted humiliation.

Isn't it enough to be defeated by Sun Ce once, but also to be defeated by him again?

A wild goose chirped in the sky. Xin Bi raised his head and looked at the flock of geese in the sky lined up in human shapes and slowly flying south, and chuckled. "Thank you for your mistaken love, but I've been away from home for too long, and I'm like a goose, I'm afraid I'm going to live up to my heart."

Zhang Miao begged bitterly. "George, even if you don't look at my face, you have to look at He Boqiu's face, right? He's still waiting for you. ”

Xin Bi's color loosened slightly, he got up and got out of the car, and walked in front of Zhang Miao. "Fujun, the general of the defeated army is not brave, after my new defeat, I am disheartened, even if I go back to Chen with you, I won't be able to help for a while. Chen Liu is well-connected in all directions, and it is a battleground for soldiers, and it is inevitable that you will be worried. However, Fu Jun is an elder, not a brave and ruthless person, so you don't have to worry too much. All along, didn't the people of Chen Liu's stay be at peace with Lai Fujun? ”

Zhang Miao smiled awkwardly. Chen stayed in the past and was peaceful, but now that Sun Ce has come to the door, where is there still peace at all. If it weren't for that, why would he be so respectful to the descendant of Simbi.

"That'...... What can I do so that the people of Chenliu can continue to live and work in peace and contentment? ”

"It's simple, don't do anything."

"Don't do anything?"

"Don't you know the truth of doing nothing and doing nothing?"

Zhang Miao was inexplicable. Seeing this, Simbi whispered a few words in his ear. Zhang Miao's eyes slowly lit up, and he nodded again and again, overjoyed. He gave him a thumbs up at Simbi. "You are a strange man, you are honest and do not deceive me."