Yuan Shao didn't want to admit that Frustration's guess was possible, but he also let him admit that his guess was wrong, and he wouldn't, this was not just a matter of face, so suddenly the topic returned to the original point, but Yuan Shao also understood that if he didn't admit it in words, he would not admit it, but in action, he had to figure out the ins and outs.

First of all, find out whether Kaicheng Guan Yu is in command of the main force of the Setshan battalion, or find out how many people and horses there are in Xuzhou City, only in this way can he judge the current specific situation, so he passed the book to the two respectively, and told the two of them the situation they analyzed at the moment, and let the two make a judgment, he believes that the two of them can't figure out what Liu Lan's situation is now, but once his two letters arrive, it will inevitably make the two of them come back to their senses, and then it will be clear who is right and who is wrong.

Of course, if you go back to the future and return to the future, it is unlikely that the two of them Yuan Shao will let them lead the troops together, and then whoever judges correctly will lead the battle of Xuzhou, and the other person will be transferred back to Linzi by him, such a decision makes both of them very nervous, Yuan Shao is even frustrated, one is too confident in himself, and the other is a typical scribe, too upright.

A few days after this order was issued, the palindrome came, Wen Chou and Gao Ran both claimed to be the main force of the Setshan battalion in their place, Wen Chou claimed that he and Guan Yu were in a stalemate in Langya, because the enemy soldiers were strong and solid, they could only guard the hill, and now the situation was urgent, and I prayed to the general to quickly adjust Gao Ran to come to support, and join forces to annihilate Guan Yu.

And Gao Ran's reply is also quite direct, first of all, he made it clear that the Setshan camp has already been divided into three, all the way to the south of Liangcheng pursued by Xiahou, and one is led by Guan Yu to the north of Kaecheng and Huang Zhong, Xu Fang convergence, Kaecheng is by no means the main force of the Setshan battalion, it is the enemy's suspicious soldiers, and the real main force of the Setshan battalion is left in Xuzhou City, the last general and Xiahou's army have been engaged in a fierce battle with Liu Lan's main force after arriving in Xuzhou, as seen with his own eyes, now Liu Lan took the initiative to retreat to Pengcheng, and the last general has pursued Xiahou, and won the first battle, Annihilated more than 10,000 enemies, but the enemy was outnumbered, and he desperately hoped that the general Tiao Wenchou would lead his army south to annihilate the enemy of Pengcheng and Liu Lan in one fell swoop.

"Who the hell is lying to them!" These two reply letters made Yuan Shao completely furious, he didn't expect the two of them to dare to lie to him, judging from these two reply letters, the main force of the Setshan camp is on their side, but there is only one of the Setshan camps, and one of them must be lying.

But he was partial and couldn't judge, which made it difficult for him to choose for a while, letter Wen Chou, where did Gao Ran say the head is the Tao, believe Gao Ran, Wen Chou's side said miserable, it seems that he will be defeated overnight.

Yuan Shao would never have known that if it weren't for his order, there would still be room for maneuver in this matter, but as soon as his order came out, the two dared to admit that their guess was wrong, so they had to fight to death and not admit it, and as a result, there was a situation where the Setshan camp appeared at the same time.

Now don't say it's Yuan Shao, even if it's frustrated, I don't know what to do, it's impossible to let the two of them take the initiative to admit the truth first, so either Yuan Shao directly gives an order and orders one person to go to the other person to hand over the military power, otherwise don't think about the truth.

"Damn it!" Although Yuan Shao scolded the two of them, he was actually more inclined to Gao Ran in his heart, after all, what Gao Ran said was the Tao, not like a lie, but Wen Chou's stalemate with Guan Yu made him suspicious, plus if Guan Yu really led the main force of the Setshan Battalion, how could he not capture Kaesong for a long time, all of this made Yuan Shao believe that Guan Yu of Kaesong might not even have the strength to capture Kaesong.

"Does the general really think so?" It is also difficult to judge in his heart, as far as the two of them are concerned, it seems that no one is lying, but just like the general said, the Setshan camp is only 50,000 people, and it is impossible to appear in Xuzhou City at the same time as Kaecheng, unless, as Gao Ran said, the Setshan camp has already been divided into three.

And Wen Chou knew the truth while insisting that Guan Yu's main force was in Kaesong, to put it bluntly, as long as he admitted it at this time, then he would no longer have the possibility of leading the troops, at least after the end of the Battle of Xuzhou, in such a situation, he could only stiffen his brows and insist that the main force of the Setshan battalion was in Kaesong. He has no way to retreat, otherwise he may not even be qualified to lead troops in the future, let alone lead troops in the future.

"This is ugly!" Yuan Shao didn't bother to scold him anymore, he took so much effort to tell the two of him his guess, for what, he didn't hope that the two of them could take care of the overall situation, but the result was more selfish than the other, thinking only about himself, looking at the frustrated teacher and said: "Sir, what should I do in such a situation, please teach me sir." ”

Yuan Shao really has no choice, his calm and blue face, now he is extremely unhappy, the battle of Xuzhou was extremely beneficial to them, a good advantageous situation, but it turned out to be such a situation, if this is because the opponent is tenacious or strong, then there is nothing to say, now it is completely internal reasons, if this battle fails, he will not let go of any of these two, it is their selfishness that will make the situation become what it is now.

You must know that when Yuan Shao sent the two of them to Xuzhou, what he was most afraid of was the current situation, so he told him thousands of times, and the two of them also patted their chests one by one to assure, but as a result, they went to Xuzhou and took his advice as a deaf ear, isn't this self-destruction, why did this situation defeat Liu Lan?

After being silent for a moment, he smiled and said, "The general doesn't need to worry, there is a plan to solve the matter in Xuzhou." ”

"Come on."

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Liu Lan arrived in Pengcheng, which made Pengcheng Taishou Dai Qian call out surprise, he never thought that in such a situation, Liu Lan would choose to come to Pengcheng.

For Dai Qian, Liu Lan has already heard of him, this person is a person from Danyang, Yangzhou, recommended by Chen Qun to be a small official in Guoyuan, and then in Xuzhou City, the county magistrate of the county and was transferred to Pengcheng as the county guard, all this he took only three years, it can be said that he is moving forward steadily one step a year. Many people privately said that his quick promotion was entirely due to his personal relationship with Chen Qun.

There are not many such voices, after all, the rulers of Xuzhou first of all have a fairly complete review and promotion system, not that Chen Qun can really do whatever he wants, after all, Liu Lanke was still sitting in Xuzhou City at that time, and if there was such a thing, it would have already reached his ears.

On the contrary, this matter is really not deliberate by Chen Qun, but Liu Lan has long heard of him, and his political achievements in people's livelihood have made his name appear in front of Liu Lan's short table early, so that as soon as there is a vacancy, he will go to fill it, and he has not lived up to Liu Lan's high hopes.

It's just that what Dai Gan didn't expect was that Liu Lan, who only had a one-sided relationship when he was appointed to Pengcheng County, actually came to Pengcheng in person.

Under his leadership, the group came to the county guard's mansion, Liu Lan would rest in the wing room and borrow the council room, but unexpectedly this official residence was really shabby, which made him instantly think of the situation when he went to the Wenshu county guard's mansion.

He had heard of Dai Gan's incorruptibility, but he didn't expect him to be the same as Wen Shu, especially after seeing Kong Rong's county guard's mansion, a county guard like Dai Gan was really rare in this era.

Liu Lan specially asked Pengcheng internal guards to find a record of Guan Yu and Dai Gan, which recorded Dai Qian's daily behavior in great detail, and this is another task of the internal guards, it can be said that they have a copy of each official's information, and when Liu Lan wants to know their situation, he will have a general understanding of their situation.

Of course, the situation that the internal guards can detect, to put it bluntly, is a side that can be seen on weekdays, what is the situation in private, unless there is an order, otherwise they will never dare to cross the thunder pool by half a step.

Sure enough, the internal guard recorded Dai Gan's situation in more detail, especially one of the records about Dai Gan's family, Dai Gan did not take his family to Pengcheng, Peng Cheng's family has been in Danyang for two years, and one year his family has always come to visit him, but he also refused, Dai Gan is a little bit of money, it is easy to support himself, but if the family comes, then everyone has to go hungry together.

First of all, it must be said that although Liu Lan has carried out a lot of reforms, the salaries for the officials are still based on grain, although there are also five baht mixed in, but the bulk is still grain, plus these officials, especially the county guard, but also to raise some staff such as the main book, etc., like the county guard in January for one hundred and twenty hu, if one hu is converted into the jin of later generations, then there are also eighty catties of generals.

This number is really a lot of people, but the county guard also has a group of subordinate officials, such as the chief bookkeeper, don't drive, Shaofu, and the record, and these subordinate officials are different from the county officials, they are non-staff members, and they are completely the staff and think tanks of the county guard, and their ranks Liu Lan and Xuzhou will not be responsible, all of which are borne by the county guard.

If there are only a few people, the county guard will dig it out, but there are thirty or forty people up and down, and this is still a poor official like Dai Qian, like some local officials, raising some relatives and even family servants, this is all out of their own pockets, hundreds of people, those ranks, it is really not enough.

Just like Dai Qian, there is an old servant in the inner government, and even his family doesn't dare to take it over, and how did other officials, large and small, raise more than 100 people?

In fact, there are some things that Liu Lan is not more serious than this, just like when he wanted to build Mintun, Chen Qun was extremely opposed, in this troubled world, the military is also the first to develop, without a strong military, these tuntian will only become fat in the eyes of others, everyone wants to taste it.

In the same way, at this time, there is no need to care too much about these things for officials, and if they are to be solved, they will be solved later, and the priority matters are still military.

Although this is true, it also makes Liu Lan think deeply, and deepening the reform, of course, is just like Chen Qun's suggestion at the beginning, and now is indeed not the right time.

Through Dai Qian, Liu Lan has the motivation to reform, but at the same time he has a better impression of him, such a person naturally has to be reused, if Xuzhou is really forced to give up, then he is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate for Wu County in Liu Lan's mind.

To tell the truth, what Liu Lan is thinking about at this moment is not only the battle of Xuzhou, especially in such a critical situation, Liu Lan must prepare in advance, especially for some capable officials, just like an official like Dai Gan, if in terms of qualifications and prestige, it will be difficult for him to find a position after he arrives in Danyang, but Liu Lan knows very well in his heart that it is unstoppable to use such officials to eliminate those officials with qualifications and prestige but improper style.

If the battle of Xuzhou is won this time, this opportunity may still require a long period of morale, but if it is defeated, then Liu Lan will first reform from the rule of officials and completely eliminate those moths from before, no matter how famous they are.

"My lord." At this moment, Xu Chu's voice sounded outside the wing room where Liu Lan was, and then the voice of Dai Gan to meet him sounded.

"Let him in."

Dai Qian came in very quickly, Liu Lan looked at his performance and had some doubts in his heart, so he asked, "What happened?" ”

"The lord came to Pengcheng on this trip, did he decide to fight the enemy army in Pengcheng?" After Dai Qian greeted Liu Lan, he thought about it, how could he feel strange, and suddenly such an idea came to him, which made him tremble, Pengcheng experienced Cao Cao's destruction, and recuperated for many years, and now he has finally regained some vitality, if there is another large-scale war, Pengcheng may have to change back to the way it was five or six years ago, or even worse than this.

"No, don't worry, my current strength is not enough to justify fighting Gao Ran, if he arrives, you will have to leave with me."

Dai Qian frowned, he didn't expect Liu Lan to say this, compared to the news that Liu Lan would evacuate, at this moment he felt that it was better to fight for some reason, at least Pengcheng still had a glimmer of hope for preservation, but he also understood that the lord had even given up Xuzhou City, just Pengcheng, what else was there to be reluctant to?

"What? Do you have any other ideas? ”

"No, it's just a little reluctant."

"Pengcheng is lost, and sooner or later it will return to us." He didn't want to say anything more about this war, just reassuring him.

In fact, no matter what Liu Lan says now, it will make Dai Qian feel uneasy, in this case, it is better not to say anything, let him think for himself, maybe it will be better for him, in the future, Liu Lan can't reveal his plans to him, that is, drag Gao Ran, wait for Guan Yu to kill back to Xuzhou, this is a secret thing after all, the fewer people who know, the safer.

It's better that once this matter is leaked out and Gao Ran and Xiahou know their plans, then the two of them will definitely not keep an eye on themselves anymore, and once they turn around at that time, it will not be so easy for Guan Yu to turn around again, so ah, the military still has to keep it secret first.