But the whole county of Jizhou, after all, is not the fourth county, and she soon found that the forces were too scattered.

"Yuan Xi, Yuan Xi," Zhang Ning panted and came to Yuan Xi's big tent, "I'm going to recruit some more soldiers, now the place is so big, it's not enough for me." ”

"No," Yuan Xi directly refused her request, "You now have more than 100,000 soldiers under your command, and all my other chassis combined, it is only close to 300,000, if you feel that there are not enough people, I will send someone." ”

Zhang Ning was angry and said loudly: "Yuan Xi, you have to know that I am helping you guard the border, and my place in Jizhou can be compared with other places?" You have merged the two states, now there is neither the invasion of the Huns, nor the threat of Xianbei, it is an absolutely safe zone, what do you want so many people to guard? ”

"You come over for me, sit down," Yuan Xi beckoned.

Zhang Ning's face is still not very good-looking, and after such a long time, he made such a request, but he didn't agree.

After she sat down, Yuan Xi said softly: "Zhang Ning, let me ask you, if you want to increase the number of soldiers and horses, then there will be more than half of my soldiers and horses, as the saying goes, the merit is high and the master is the master, don't you understand this?" ”

Zhang Ning raised his eyebrows, "I'm here to help you!" ”

Yuan Xi said angrily: "Why are you so elm-brained?" With what I know about you, do I need to doubt you? Critically, what will those of my men think? Now our territory is bigger than Cao Cao, although it is all barren land, but it is already a big force, who can underestimate it. ”

"What do you mean by saying so much?" Seeing that he was angry, Zhang Ning pursed his lips and retracted his angry posture just now.

"What I mean is that what you are doing is not only for me alone, but also for my subordinates, you are now the most powerful person under me, and you are still thinking about swelling, can they not say in front of me what if you have different intentions?"

Zhang Ning didn't take it for granted and said: "You are a general, the only master of Youzhou, who dares to say you?" I don't think I want to live anymore. ”

Yuan Xi: "......" He found out that Zhang Ning was really unchangeable, why didn't he find out before?

"You don't have to think about these for the time being, Pingyuan County, Guangping County, Wei County, Yangping County, these four counties, let's first think about how to take them all back without fighting, and when the time comes, put the soldiers and horses in these places, and put some soldiers and horses in other places, as long as we can block Cao Cao and guard against the Ma clan on the side of Bingzhou, there is no threat to our rear, you say, as long as Jizhou is all taken, what else is there to worry about?"

Zhang Ning frowned slightly, and said, "So when the time comes, you still have to send someone to take over my city defense?" ”

Yuan Xi said unhappily: "What's yours is mine, what do you do so clearly?" Jizhou is so big, give you all the places, are you sure you can manage it well? When the time comes, facing Cao Cao's place, I just send troops and horses over, you have less and I have more, or we have half of us, and the other counties and counties in Jizhou are still managed by you, isn't it good? ”

Although Zhang Ning was unwilling, she also knew that Yuan Xi was right, in this case, her pressure was indeed much less.

Otherwise, if these soldiers of his went to face Cao Cao's army in an all-round way, if there was really a mistake, the consequences would not be acceptable to her.

"We'll talk about it then." Zhang Ning lost face not far away, took the initiative to change the topic, and said: "It's been a few days, it's better to attack the four counties sooner rather than later, when are we going to start?" ”

Yuan Xi poured her a cup of tea and said with a smile: "This matter is not urgent, we have to go over and take a look, anyway, it is better not to fight, it is not in line with our strategy to start a war with Cao Cao now." The goal in the first half of this year is to win the entire Jizhou, which is really not good, and the goal of looking at the whole year is also okay, so we must not provoke them and fight with us again. ”

Zhang Ning snorted coldly and said, "After the last battle, I promise that Cao Cao will not fight with us." ”

"You're right," Yuan Xi nodded, "but this is also my mind, he thinks so, I think so, it's more than patience, we both have to be worried, he doesn't dare to take the initiative to fight, I don't dare." Look at Cao Cao's faction Cao Ren to lead 100,000 troops to take the four counties, in fact, it can be seen how much can be occupied. Cao Cao, an old and cunning person, can't be underestimated. ”

"I've never underestimated her." Zhang Ning's eyes were a little complicated, "When my father was still there, this Cao Cao once broke my Yellow Turban Army, and my Yellow Turban Army suffered a lot every time I fought with him. My father said that he was powerful, but I didn't care about it at the time, but now I didn't expect that a school captain would grow into a hegemon. ”

Glancing at Yuan Xi, "If it weren't for you, I think he might have been the emperor, right?" ”

"Hehe, you're wrong, Cao Cao is very smart, he won't be the emperor, and even if there is no me, he will unify the north, and he will not necessarily unify the whole country." Yuan Xi took a sip of tea and said quietly.

Zhang Ning was surprised: "Won't it?" Defeated you and unified the north, who can resist this kind of force? All the forces in the world seem to be able to resist him now. ”

"Let's see, there are a lot of people who can compete with him," Yuan Xi felt that the immortal Xiaoqiang Liu Bei would always appear in another way, and then continue to unite with Sun Quan and fight Cao Cao.

Such a goal does not conflict with him, Yuan Xi plans to take Jizhou, and then clean up the surrounding foreign forces one by one, and then develop into a hegemon in the north.

Cao Cao's goal is to think about it carefully, it is estimated that it is about the same, all the way to the south, to clean up everything that can be cleaned up, and as far as the eye can see, no one is enough to resist, so this is undoubtedly a good way. Then concentrate on fighting with Yuan Xi.

Although this will allow Yuan Xi to develop for a while, but at that time, Cao Cao's strength will not be what it is now.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Cao Cao, who occupies most of the world, will occupy the absolute initiative.

But in fact, no one knows.

The previous battle of Guandu was already a good argument. There are too many uncertainties, too many.

After discussing business and private matters, Yuan Xi hesitated and asked, "Ask you a question." ”

"What?" Zhang Ning was slowly analyzing Yuan Xi's words, and subconsciously replied.

"Did you do anything with the medicine you gave me?"

"What hands and feet?" Zhang Ning was stunned for a moment, reacted, and immediately said: "This is your own problem, it has nothing to do with my medicine at all, and besides, didn't you give birth to two sons?" Two are enough. ”

Enough fart! If I only have two sons, then it will be over.

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