Yang Xiu twisted his neck and went out of the door, and at the same time did not forget to open his arms, stretch his five fingers, and move his fingers that were a little stiff due to holding the pen for too long. The squire knight was just outside the door, Yang Xiu took the reins of the horse, jumped over, and got on the horse as lightly as a swallow, but saw a car parked on the opposite side of the road, Zhao Wen bent over, standing at the door of the car, with his mouth open, staring, stunned.

Yang Xiu frowned, raised his leg and slid off the horse, came to Zhao Wen, and arched his hand. "Zhao Gong, why are you here?"

Zhao Wen supported his chin with his hand, came back to his senses, and tilted his head to look at Yang Xiu while pulling Yang Xiu into the car. "Dezu, when did you become so good at riding?"

Only then did Yang Xiu understand what Zhao Wen was surprised about. It's no wonder that before following Sun Ce, he was in a car. The aristocratic son of the fourth and third dukes, the heir born with a golden key, and a famous man who was famous in Beijing at a young age, how could he ride a horse like a martial artist. However, after following Sun Ce for a long time, his work burden is getting heavier and heavier, and riding a car is far less convenient than riding a horse, and he can only drive ducks to the shelves and practice horseback riding.

"Horseback riding is not difficult to learn." Yang Xiu said lightly. Usually he didn't think there was anything wrong, but in front of Zhao Wen, he felt a little embarrassed, and unconsciously pulled the hem of his clothes, regretting that he didn't bring a Confucian shirt out. "Zhao Gong, have you seen General Sun?"

"I've seen it, I've said a few words, I've been around Gepi in the afternoon, it's just ......" Zhao Wen let out a long sigh, he didn't know how to say it, so he had to pull his beard, sighed for a long time, and shook his head again and again. Accidentally, he pulled off two gray whiskers, and the pain made him grin.

Yang Xiu saw it, and after a little thought, he understood what Zhao Wen was sighing. There are military camps and workshops on the edge of Gepi, the soldiers in the barracks are training, and the craftsmen in the workshops are busy building ordnance, tense and orderly. Although Sun Ce was not on the front line, he always paid attention to every move in several war zones, and news came from Liaodong and Guanzhong from time to time, and at least a dozen scouts entered the camp every day. Zhao Wen stood on the official road, and almost every hour he would see several groups of people, and he could feel the tense atmosphere before the war.

"Don't you feel too busy to fit in?"

Zhao Wen squinted his eyes and glanced at Yang Xiu. He did feel that way. Speaking of which, he has also been an official all his life, a casual official servant, and a county official and a taishou who are busy with official duties, but he has never been as busy as Sun Ce's subordinates. He came to wait for Yang Xiu after dinner, and waited until late at night, in other words, he slept and woke up again.

"Busy, indeed very busy, but what surprised me the most was not that you were busy, but that you were rude."

Yang Xiu was stunned for a moment, then smiled. "Yu Lin Wei?" Zhao Wen walked around Gepi in the afternoon, and he must have seen Yu Linwei swimming in Gepi. Even if the Shu people are mixed with Yifeng, Zhao Wen may not be able to accept this kind of deviant thing. "Yu Linwei is training."

"Even if it's military training, it can't be like this, what's the difference between this and barbarians?" Zhao Wen sighed with emotion. "This father and son of the Sun family came from a humble background, and it is a place where Wu Yue is mixed, I don't know etiquette, you are of noble birth, why don't you remind you? What kind of body does this man have become when he bathes together? Also, the word Yulin can also be used casually? ”

Yang Xiu was silent. He was also dissatisfied with these, but he couldn't help it, Sun Ce didn't pay attention to him at all. He even told Yuan Quan about it, but there was no response. Faced with Zhao Wen's questioning, he didn't know how to explain. The responsibility of Confucianism is to teach the monarch to observe etiquette, but he is only a master bookkeeper, not a king. Sun Ce's Wang Zuo is Guo Jia, Pang Tong, and his contempt for etiquette and debauchery are the common diseases of these scholars of ordinary origin. With such a person by Sun Ce's side, how much better can Sun Ce be.

"Zhao Gong, you are waiting for me here in the middle of the night, it won't be for this matter, right?"

Zhao Wen was stunned for a moment, then remembered his intention, and quickly cleared his throat. "Dezu, I didn't understand what you said, can you explain it in detail?"

Yang Xiu couldn't laugh or cry. That's it? Zhao Wen is also a pragmatic person, why is his vision so narrow. How did he go all the way from Guanzhong to Nanyang, the situation is so obvious, he still can't understand it? He thought for a moment and explained: "Duke Zhao, Mencius said that when two armies fight, the time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people. You should have seen a lot of people since you entered the customs, what do you think is the difference between these people and those under Yuan Benchu's command? ”

Zhao Wen was thoughtful. Along the way, the first thing he saw was Xu Shu, and the Yang Xiu he saw recently, these are all young people in their twenties and thirties, and the oldest Zhang Hong and Zhang Zhao are only in their early forties, full of energy, decisive, and even a little reckless and unscrupulous. What kind of person is Yuan Shao? He is nearly half a hundred years old, and I am afraid that he does not have the energy to train like Sun Ce, nor can he handle affairs day and night like Sun Ce. Most of the people around him are pampered, and few of them can endure such hardship.

Of course, the more important point is that there are different families standing behind those people around Yuan Shao, all of whom have their own interests to consider, and they have to be weighed in many ways, unlike most of these people under Sun Ce's command, who come from humble backgrounds and have nothing to scruple about, and they are dedicated to following Sun Ce to attack and make contributions.

Zhao Wen sighed softly. "Yuan Benchu was calm for half his life, fighting bravely and ruthlessly, and he was indeed inferior to Sun's father and son."

Yang Xiu secretly laughed. Zhao Wen is really hard-mouthed, and he still refuses to face the reality, how can this be so simple as fighting bravely? However, he didn't break Zhao Wen's cover-up, after all, he wanted to save some face for the seniors and elders.

"It's not a bad thing, though." Yang Xiu said slowly: "Yuan's original intention of not being subordinate has been clear, if it weren't for Gongsun Zan to occupy the north, General Sun to seize the southeast, and Xun Wenruo to build a strategy of moving the capital to avoid its sharpness, the imperial court would have been overthrown. Yuan Shao was defeated, and it could be regarded as a big trouble for the imperial court. In the short term, the state and county are divided, and even if some people want to change the dynasty, they do not have enough strength to dominate the world. For the imperial court, there are many more opportunities for mediation. ”

Zhao Wen bowed slightly, agreed with Yang Xiu's opinion, and then sighed again: "But the drought in Guanzhong, the loss of population, and the empty foundation of the imperial court, how can it be revived, and even food must be controlled by others?" ”

"Of course, the situation is very grim, but compared to Xin Mangju, the current situation is much better, at least there are such backbone ministers as Zhao Gong and Ling Jun, although Your Majesty is young, he is very smart, and he has the appearance of a bright lord, and he is ten million times stronger than his son. As long as the monarchs and ministers work together and work hard, there is still hope for ZTE. Guanzhong is short of food, why not Yuzhou? Even if this battle can be won, Yuzhou will also be greatly injured, and it will not be able to advance again, so it can only suspend its troops and colonize the valley. If he could not win, General Sun might even abandon Yuzhou and retreat to Jingyang. ”

Zhao Wen breathed a sigh of relief and nodded again. "Yes, Yuzhou has no danger to defend, and it is a place of a hundred battles, which is not as good as Guanzhong." He thought about it and laughed again. "Dezu, I understand what you mean, but there is one sentence that you haven't said yet. Whoever wins or loses is an opportunity for His Majesty. ”

Yang Xiu looked at Zhao Wen and smiled. "Yes, I hope Your Majesty can seize such an opportunity."

"One thing, maybe it's an opportunity." Zhao Wen moved, moved closer to Yang Xiu, told Sun Ce about Sun Ce's desire to exchange food for the Dongguan book collection, and finally asked, "Dezu, do you think it's feasible?" ”

Yang Xiu crossed his hands and put them in front of his abdomen, thinking about it carefully. "I'll do it in a hurry, as long as I ......," he smiled. Zhao Gong is willing to bear this infamy. ”

Zhao Wen had been thinking about it for an afternoon, and seeing Yang Xiu's approval at this moment, he stroked his beard and chuckled: "If you can contribute to the rise of the Great Han, what's so terrible about a little infamy?" I'm just worried about my lack of fame, so I want to go to school with Ling Zun. ”

Yang Xiu was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Zhao Gong, you are losing the demeanor of an elder." ”

Zhao Wen laughed. He reached out and pressed it on Yang Xiu's hand and patted it gently. "Dezu, for the sake of the Great Han, I have wronged you."