Funding grain and grass is a strange thing in any period, whether ancient or modern, but it seems to be nothing special if it is replaced by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, the two of them are small, and they are still dealing with common enemies, in this context, grain and grass is indeed not a problem, not to mention that similar things have already been listed, and there is nothing strange about it, but with the passage of war, in such a special period now, Yuan Shao has not arrived with the second wave of grain, which can make many people start to worry, Once the available food is exhausted, what happens next?

Raising war with war must become the first choice, otherwise it must be forced to withdraw the troops, so that the county seat of Xuzhou that he occupies now will have to be surrendered to Yuan Shao in vain, Cao Cao's narrowed eyes have already explained everything, as if he had already thought that such a thing might happen.

After all, it is an old friend, an old acquaintance, it is not strange that Yuan Shao can do any disgusting things, but it is strange that he does not stumble, Cao Cao has his own plans for this matter, and there is no need to worry, he will let Yuan Shao obediently send the food, the moment he said this, Cao Cao's eyes flashed with a sly smile, and he was confident, looking at Yu Ban so that he could rest assured, wait patiently, and not worry about the food.

Yu Ban nodded silently, there was nothing else he could do, otherwise he could only set up troops to grab food, and this was the purpose of his trip, but since Cao Gong said so, then he could only remain patient.

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In Lu County, Liu Lan and Zhao Yun were discussing the deployment of operations, and a messenger was brought into the house by Xu Chu, Liu Lan glanced at the two of them, and asked, "What happened?" ”

"Lord Qiqi is a messenger sent by Moling, and the news about Jingzhou is urgently submitted to the lord."

"Jingzhou? Could it be Zhang Xiu's business? This news made Liu Lan slightly stunned, the time is too short, it is estimated that it will not be what he thinks about so soon, but since it is not Zhang Xiu, what will it be, he felt a little bad in his heart, and said after a deep sigh: "Present the letter!" ”

Xu Chu took the letter from the messenger's hand, walked to Liu Lan, handed it to him, opened the letter, the content was very familiar to him, and the handwriting was clearer, from Chen Guo, now he is following Chen to Changsha far away, but he didn't expect that news would come at this time, could it be that Sun Ce is going to do something again?

Liu Lan has ten lines in one scene, and after quickly browsing the content of the letter, as expected, Sun Ce will make big moves in the near future, but he can't figure out how he will act and where the purpose is, but the recent abnormality of the troops and some of Sun Ce's temptations during the deliberations still made the two brothers see some clues, so mysterious, plus Sun Ce hates the lord to the bone, so the two have always suspected that Sun Ce's target may be Moling, so the two of them have just spread the news, so Liu Lan is careful to be on guard, and Sun Ce's sneak attack was successful.

Liu Lan asked the messenger quietly: "Who handed this letter to you, Chen Zhi or Chen Guo?" ”

"The lord of Qiqi, the humble position is sent to the four counties of Jingnan internal guard commander, one day suddenly a stranger appeared, and directly showed the internal guard identity card, the humble post did not dare to slack off, hurriedly went out to greet, but did not want to be the leader of Chen Guo, although the humble post heard that the leader arrived in Changsha early in the morning, but because of the special identity, the last general has not taken the initiative to contact, until a few months ago, he handed over the letter to the humble post, because the stakes are important, so the letter is not in the hands of a third person, directly escorted by the humble post personally."

"That means that no third person will know about the contents of this letter?"

"Yes, no third person knows, and the last general can guarantee that along the way, this letter has never left the sight of the lowly position, and there will never be any mistakes."

"Very good, this journey must have been hard, let's go down and rest first."

Liu Lan asked Xu Chu to take the messenger away, the room fell silent instantly, Liu Lan did not speak, and Zhao Yun did not dare to ask, he sat in a precarious position, and he didn't even dare to breathe, for fear of affecting Liu Lan's thinking, after all, for Zhao Yun, although he didn't know the content of the letter, but looking at Liu Lan's expression, it must be extraordinary, it seems that there may be trouble in Changsha again.

After a while, Liu Lan said lightly: "The Han family is still the people's back, this Zhang Xian can't wait to surrender to Cao Cao." ”

“……”

Zhao Yun didn't know how to answer, it stands to reason that Zhang Xian's approach is completely correct, is he wrong, no, let alone him Zhang Xian, even under the rule of the lord, how many people still think of the Han family in their hearts? Otherwise, Chen Qun and Kong Rong would not have said that they would leave if they left, isn't it because the Son of Heaven recruited each other, and this is only the tip of the iceberg, if the imperial court recruits, maybe more than half of the people under the rule of the lord will choose to leave.

Of course he won't, for Zhao Yun, the desire to be loyal to the Han family is not strong, he can have today completely because of Liu Lan, but for those descendants of the family, the only one who has been loyal to the Han family for hundreds of years is the Han family, they have been educated from their birth to the present, from a few generations ago to this generation, so when Cao Cao gives orders in the name of the Son of Heaven, he can try all kinds of things, and this is completely because of the Han family, not Cao Cao.

It's like Zhang Xian is willing to take refuge in Cao Cao, not so much because of Cao Cao, but because of the Han family, plus Liu Biao's relationship, all this is completely normal, there is nothing to say, if anyone else, in the environment in which Zhang Xian is located, he will only take refuge in Cao Cao, this Zhao Yun can figure out, Liu Lan is naturally very clear.

"What about Sun Ce?"

"Chen Guo suspects that he is going to send troops to Moling." Liu Lan didn't take this news seriously at all, because the current Sun Ce didn't have that strength, nor did he have that guts, and besides, he had already arranged it properly, with Zhang Jaw and Tai Shi Ci here, even if Sun Ce really dared to risk the world's disapproval, then he would also kill himself if he came to commit it, so he wouldn't worry too much about Sun Ce, but not worrying about Sun Ce, it didn't mean that he would ignore the threat like this, in his eyes, the threat in this world was Cao Cao and the Sun family, as for the rest, it should be a little behind.

If Sun Ce was just in Changsha, then everything would be simple, Liu Lan wouldn't even look at him, but if he had to toss again, Liu Lan would still wish he would come to Moling, so that he could directly solve the trouble, what he was most afraid of when he got up was that Sun Ce had thoughts about Jiujiang again, once he got Jiujiang, the consequences would be terrible.

He is now contained in Xuzhou, Sun Ce has the possibility of recuperating in Jiujiang, with Sun Ce's ambition, he is very likely to go south to seize Yuzhang, in order to achieve his ultimate development goal, and after the gradual encroachment, completely stabilized Jiujiang Yuzhang, his next step is very likely to be Moling, really at that time, it means that Sun Ce has been sitting big, and he has been annotating that the powerful enemy is constantly sitting big but powerless, what is the difference between this and raising a tiger?

But now he also knows why Liu Lan is so difficult, the so-called self-protection is difficult, but he still wants to stretch his hand, isn't this just beyond his strength, of course, he can't say these words now, after all, the lord Liu Lan did not strongly show his desire to deal with Sun Ce, but he was worried that once he developed, he might become a future trouble.

But now even if Sun Ce tells you clearly, he wants to fight Jiujiang, not to mention that Liu Lan can't do anything, even Yuan Shu can only open his eyes and close his eyes, if possible, Yuan Shu will even take the initiative to show Sun Ce as the Taishou of Jiujiang, Liu Lan sighed: "We have more than enough heart but not enough strength, and now we can't manage so much." ”

For Sun Ce in history, in fact, it is now completely beyond what Liu Lan knows, after all, history has completely changed the moment he defeated Sun Ce in Jiangdong, what will happen to Sun Ce next, Liu Lan doesn't know, if he can guess correctly, he hopes that he will be in Changsha and will be harmless to anyone, but how is this possible.

For an ambitious young man like Xiaobawang, he will definitely not be resigned to being left behind, he wants to achieve a career in his bones, so he must not be given any chance, otherwise, with the support of Zhou Yu and these people, he will only become strong again, for such a person, he can't get rid of it now, and he must solve it as long as he has the opportunity in the future, and he must not leave too much time.

If it were someone else, Liu Lan might still leave a glimmer of life for him, but like Cao Cao and Sun Ce, there is absolutely no such possibility, don't give him a chance, otherwise it will be fatal with one blow, and he will not be merciful.

Thinking about it, Liu Lan has no better way to restrict Sun Ce, so he can only continue to let the Chen family brothers stay by Sun Ce's side in Changsha, of course, it is Chen Guo who is a little embarrassed now, Liu Lan is not suitable to recruit him back, and he has some thoughts about keeping him, after all, he is familiar with the internal guard, without him, he really feels a little less right-handed, although Xu Shu is not bad, but he is leaving after all now, and Chen Guo's words, Liu Lan will never let him evacuate first, but will keep him by his side.

After all, it is the difference between a scribe and a general.

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The messenger and Xu Chu both said goodbye and left, and Liu Lan and Zhao Yun were left in the room, and now there are actually many generals in Lu County, but they can discuss the military situation with Liu Lan here, and Zhao Yun is the only one, not that Zhang Liao and they are not qualified After all, both of them belong to the type of generals who have a calm personality and plan to move later, so instead of asking him to come over together, it is better to directly recruit Zhao Yun who has been stationed in the city, so as to save Zhang Liao from running back and forth in the city.

Of course, the most important point is that Zhao Yun is the governor of Xuzhou, the first military general in Xuzhou, and it is impossible for Liu Lan to skip him to find others, and he has overstepped the command of Liu Lan, so it seems that Guan Yu is in Kaecheng like Zhou Cang now, as long as the main general is there, it is impossible to ignore their existence and cause some unnecessary trouble.

Zhao Yun did not make any comments on Sun Ce's matter from beginning to end, and remained silent, even if the messenger left, but Liu Lan actually wanted to hear his opinion, especially under the premise that Liu Lan attached great importance to Sun Ce, and even told him very bluntly that the only person who can pose a threat to Moling today is Sun Ce.

Whether it is Shouchun's Yuan Shu or Wu County's Xu Gong or even Huiji Taishou Wang Lang, although these people have some strength, but after all, they can't pose any threat to Liu Lan, although it seems to be jubilant now, but if Liu Lan's main force moves, they will all be wiped out, which Liu Lan is full of confidence, as for Yuan Shu, his goal from beginning to end has always been the Central Plains and Xuzhou, and he has not much interest in Jiangdong, and even in his eyes, Jiangdong is no different from the wilderness, and now Liu Lan is in charge, He won't even fight Jiangdong's idea, unless someone sends troops, maybe he will join in the fun, as for him to dominate, there is no such possibility.

"These generals said by the lord know that if the lord really plans to use his brains in Jiujiang, in fact, the lord can use his brains on Zhuge Xuan and Zhu Hao, first of all, both of them are loyal to the lord, if possible, they can send troops to Jiujiang."

"It's hard to say about this matter Zhuge Xuan, but Zhu Hao is still possible, but the only thing I'm worried about now is that this is not what it used to be, with our current situation, will the two of them obey the order to send troops?"

Liu Lan smiled bitterly, Yuzhang's matter was not handled well, which was his biggest mistake, but under the circumstances at that time, he was anxious about the battle in Xuzhou, so he didn't care too much, thinking that the battle of Xuzhou was over, and everything would go naturally, but now it seems that it is not so simple.

What's more, although Liu Lan has solved the trouble of the two, and now he can't hear the two of them fighting because Yuzhang is too guarded, but the two of them are fine, it doesn't mean that they will obey him, after all, the two have not really surrendered to themselves.

"Zhu Jun, I have a way, it's just Zhuge Xuan, he was appointed by Yuan Shu, but he is Liu's cousin." Liu Lan paused, there was something hard to say, that is, Uncle Zhuge Liang, it was impossible for Liu Lan to have thunderous means for these two people, so he almost didn't report any hope for this matter.

Liu Lan took out a map of Jiujiang and asked Zhao Yun to sit over, the two stared in front of the map, Liu Lan sighed lightly and said: "If Sun Ce sends troops to Jiujiang, even if the two of them are ordered to send troops, there is no chance of winning, unless ......" His palm pressed heavily in the direction of Jingzhou, but no one in the world knew that Liu Biao Shoucheng was more than enterprising enough, not to mention letting him go to Jiujiang County in Yangzhou, wouldn't that be equivalent to tearing the skin with Yuan Shu head-on, this kind of thing, Liu Biao would never do it, and there was almost no possibility for him to send troops.

But Liu Biao didn't send troops, and Yuzhang didn't send troops, and the result was the same, thinking of this, Liu Lan was already desperate, and he could only watch Sun Ce fight Jiujiang.

"Since we can't stop it, the lord had better not care too much, since we can launch a battle of Jiujiang to repel Sun Ce, we can also launch a second and third battle of Jiujiang. But at that time, we were the real occupation, and we no longer gave Sun Ce, a henchman, any chance. ”

"Sun Ce must be completely solved, and he must not be given a chance to make a comeback."