In the chamber of the Xuzhou General's Mansion where Liu Lan lives, there are two objects at all times, the first is a huge Xuzhou sand table, and the second is a map of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, the sand table of Xuzhou is for Liu Lan to pay more attention to the battle of Xuzhou, and the map of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty is some of his plans for the future, in fact, the original plan, Liu Lan has already realized, from Liaodong to Qingxu and then moved to the southeast, migrating to Moling, in order to establish his own power.

Liu Lan didn't think about learning from Wei Shu and Wu in another time and space to do anything about the Three Kingdoms, but after establishing a stable rear, he chose a breakthrough based on the situation in the world, and now, Liu Lan's primary goal is actually to rule Yangzhou, not only Wu County Huiji Yuzhang Jiujiang, but also Shouchun and Lujiang, and this is the shortest and latest goal.

As for the Battle of Xuzhou, although it was very passive, it was difficult for him to free up his hands to take the initiative to attack, but it was precisely because of the two battles of Xuzhou that he not only weakened Yuan Shu but also strengthened himself.

And if the third battle of Xuzhou can progress according to the original plan, then after the third battle of Xuzhou, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao will have a decisive battle, and this is completely deliberate by him Liu Lan, otherwise, because his existence will never happen like the battle of Guandu in history, but now he is trying to turn it into reality.

And this is the situation he hopes for the most now, as long as Cao Yuan can fight, no matter who wins or loses, Liu Lan will have a chance, of course, the best situation is actually a confrontation or a lose-lose, so that they can take advantage of the time when they have no time to take care of Yangzhou.

In this way, the small three-legged stand in Kanto is formed, and Liu Lan has one of the biggest advantages over them is that he successfully avoided the two of them, and was able to find another way, I don't want Yuan Shao, the direction he can choose to open up is very limited, except for Cao Cao is him, and he is still a little whipped, and Cao Cao, in fact, is the most helpless in the middle, the best way is to unite one side to attack the other, but to slow down, he is the weakest, and it is also the force that the north and the south can eliminate independently, Therefore, the willingness to ally with him is not so urgent, not to mention that Cao Cao still has the thunder of offering the emperor, which has brought real benefits, and has also become a thorn in the side of some people.

On the other hand, Liu Lan, now he has a lot of choices, if he wants to get involved in the Central Plains War, there are not too many problems, if you want to watch the fire from the other side, you can also calmly avoid these two people and move to the south, you must know that in addition to Yangzhou, there is also Jiaozhou, of course, Jingzhou is also a choice, but Liu Lan has to give up now, of course, this is for the sake of the overall situation, although there will be some regrets, but there will be no big regrets.

Liu Lan didn't care much about diplomacy from the beginning, from the beginning of the Liaodong period, he didn't deliberately make friends with anyone or reach an alliance, even if it was the so-called Southern Alliance, it was entirely because of the existence of Gongsun Zhan, many people habitually divided Liu Lan into the Southern Alliance, but Liu Lan never recognized it, if Liu Lan was once Gongsun Zhan's general and was assigned to the Southern League, then during the Dong period, Liu Lan was also under Cao Cao's account, then he can also be counted in the Northern League?

Therefore, Liu Lan does not agree with the accusation of villain's behavior against Liu Lan and Liu Xuan's alliance against Yuan Shu, after all, they have never formed an alliance with anyone, but when various alliances came to the door, he realized how important the alliance was, which was a bit like playing games in later generations, which was originally developed steadily, but because the AI alliance in the game came to attack him together, he was completely wiped out.

At that time, I was aggrieved, and even a little angry, but after all, this is just a game, in reality, such a situation is unlikely to happen after all, whether it is a combination of vertical or horizontal, no one will be stupid enough to join forces, and the more appropriate choice must be to make friends from afar and close to attack, and like Yuan Shao, now he has no need to attack himself from afar, after all, this kind of thing will only happen in the game, and in reality, everyone will start from reality and their own interests.

But he really didn't expect that a similar situation would happen in reality, and the root cause of all this, to put it bluntly, was caused by the alliance, of course, Yuan Shaojun would fight with him, but the root cause was because of Qingzhou.

So Qingzhou gave up, so Yuan Shao and their alliance don't have to worry, but after all, they have been friends for many years, and it is actually a little difficult to use such means to achieve their own goals, and the results can be derived from Yuan Shaojun's reaction now, after all, if you really want to say it, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are allies who have been working together for many years, and they are the real feud, let them fight Cao Cao is not themselves, even if Yuan Shao orders, in the army, there will definitely be great resistance, At least a large number of people will resist.

In fact, this kind of thing is the same for Liu Lan, as if there was a voice of fighting for Youzhou with Gongsun Chan or even directly fighting for Jizhou, but in the end Liu Lan still made the decision to go south to Qingxu, the reason is this reason, there is no problem for you to let the soldiers fight Yuan Shao, but if you beat Gongsun Zhan, you can't get over it in your heart, unless Gongsun Chan takes the initiative to attack, otherwise Liu Lan can't convince his subordinates.

And now Yuan Shaoqi is in such a dilemma, he wants to fight Cao Cao in his heart, including several of the most trusted strategists under his account, such as Fu Zhu and others, also suggested, slowly Tuzhi, but many things, not so easy, Yuan Shao feels that he seems to be in a dead end now, and if he wants to break the situation, he doesn't know how at all, but after Liu Lan took the initiative to give up Qingzhou, he found that the opportunity came, because it was really difficult to choose between attacking Yanzhou or Qingzhou at that time, and now it's okay, there is nothing to hesitate, There is only one choice in front of him, and he has nothing to agree to.

But he knew that it was not so easy, and at this moment, the guard reported at the door and said, "General Qiyu, Xiao Ji and Xu Yu have urgent matters to see." ”

Yuan Shao frowned slightly, of course he knew the purpose of the two of them coming at this time, in fact, he had already completely grasped their dynamics as early as when Xuzhou sent envoys to secretly contact the Nanyang faction, and all this was completely because of the unexpected Liu Lan's surrender of Qingzhou last time.

However, there has been no clue about this matter so far, so when Liu Lan sent someone to find them again this time, Yuan Shao had no choice, after all, the matter of ceding Qingzhou had some friendship, and people came to talk about the destruction of the alliance in Jizhou.

But what really disappointed him was that they really dared to come to him and work for Liu Lan, but Yuan Shao still pretended not to know anything and met them.

If the two really want to speak to Liu Lan, then Yuan Shao must be perfunctory, if the two can distinguish the form, then Yuan Shao is happy to listen to what the two have to say.

After a while, Xiao Ji and Xu You walked into Yuan Shao's study, and after entering the door, they bowed their hands and saluted, saying, "See the general." ”

"Sit down." Yuan Shao didn't have any expression on his face, just waiting for the two to behave.

And the two of them didn't realize that Yuan Shao was unusual, and after sitting down, Yuan Shaoyi took the lead in asking: "I thought that the two of you would come to see me early, but I didn't expect that after so many days, is it that the envoy of Xuzhou can't wait, you two can't drag it on, come over." ”

"That's true." The two didn't seem to avoid such a question at all, in fact, from the moment Yuan Shao pointed it out directly, the two of them were still a little surprised in their hearts, but soon the smart Xu You reacted, after all, he was small with Yuan Shao, and he still knew a lot about some of his temperament, at this time Yuan Shao said this, either to prevaricate them with words, so that the two of them could not continue to talk about this topic, and the other possibility was that Yuan Shao pointed it out directly, that is, to give the two of them a step down, so that the two of them could understand the current situation, This matter continues to pretend to be stupid to the people from Xuzhou, and just prevaricate in the past.

And Xu You naturally understands the key to this, no matter which possibility it is, this matter cannot be denied, otherwise it will inevitably be suspected by Yuan Shao, and the trouble will only be greater at that time, but saying other things, how can it be a sign of weakness, then it will also make Yuan Shao no longer trust them, so at this time, he can only admit it truthfully.

"I can't drag on my humble position, I have no choice but to come to see this and make a show, and ask the lord to forgive me."

"I'm sorry for you."

The answer of the two was very satisfying to Yuan Shao, and he clapped his palms, and immediately a servant brought wine and food: "Then stay with me for more time today." ”

"Thank you, General."

In the process of drinking and chatting, unexpectedly, the two did not talk about anything about the people from Xuzhou at all, and this situation made Yuan Shao gradually turn the topic to Xuzhou, it is no wonder that it is one thing to attack Xuzhou or not, but it is another thing to understand the situation in Xuzhou, it can be said that Yuan Shao is now more eager to understand the situation in Xuzhou than anyone else.

Xuzhou's reaction to our attack on Donglai is strong, but the most important thing is to be afraid of our main force Chen Bing border, now Xuzhou, the army has been properly arranged, defending the Cao Yuan coalition army, it seems to be swearing, but for the existence of our army, it is a little jealous, after all, if our army once it joins the battle, it will completely affect the battle of Xuzhou, so they hope that our side can abide by the agreement, do not attack and do not send troops to help. ”

But he knew that it was not so easy, and at this moment, the guard reported at the door and said, "General Qiyu, Xiao Ji and Xu Yu have urgent matters to see." ”

Yuan Shao frowned slightly, of course he knew the purpose of the two of them coming at this time, in fact, he had already completely grasped their dynamics as early as when Xuzhou sent envoys to secretly contact the Nanyang faction, and all this was completely because of the unexpected Liu Lan's surrender of Qingzhou last time.

However, there has been no clue about this matter so far, so when Liu Lan sent someone to find them again this time, Yuan Shao had no choice, after all, the matter of ceding Qingzhou had some friendship, and people came to talk about the destruction of the alliance in Jizhou.

But what really disappointed him was that they really dared to come to him and work for Liu Lan, but Yuan Shao still pretended not to know anything and met them.

If the two really want to speak to Liu Lan, then Yuan Shao must be perfunctory, if the two can distinguish the form, then Yuan Shao is happy to listen to what the two have to say.

After a while, Xiao Ji and Xu You walked into Yuan Shao's study, and after entering the door, they bowed their hands and saluted, saying, "See the general." ”

"Sit down." Yuan Shao didn't have any expression on his face, just waiting for the two to behave.

And the two of them didn't realize that Yuan Shao was unusual, and after sitting down, Yuan Shaoyi took the lead in asking: "I thought that the two of you would come to see me early, but I didn't expect that after so many days, is it that the envoy of Xuzhou can't wait, you two can't drag it on, come over." ”

"That's true." The two didn't seem to avoid such a question at all, in fact, from the moment Yuan Shao pointed it out directly, the two of them were still a little surprised in their hearts, but soon the smart Xu You reacted, after all, he was small with Yuan Shao, and he still knew a lot about some of his temperament, at this time Yuan Shao said this, either to prevaricate them with words, so that the two of them could not continue to talk about this topic, and the other possibility was that Yuan Shao pointed it out directly, that is, to give the two of them a step down, so that the two of them could understand the current situation, This matter continues to pretend to be stupid to the people from Xuzhou, and just prevaricate in the past.

And Xu You naturally understands the key to this, no matter which possibility it is, this matter cannot be denied, otherwise it will inevitably be suspected by Yuan Shao, and the trouble will only be greater at that time, but saying other things, how can it be a sign of weakness, then it will also make Yuan Shao no longer trust them, so at this time, he can only admit it truthfully.

"I can't drag on my humble position, I have no choice but to come to see this and make a show, and ask the lord to forgive me."

"I'm sorry for you."

The answer of the two was very satisfying to Yuan Shao, and he clapped his palms, and immediately a servant brought wine and food: "Then stay with me for more time today." ”

"Thank you, General."

In the process of drinking and chatting, unexpectedly, the two did not talk about anything about the people from Xuzhou at all, and this situation made Yuan Shao gradually turn the topic to Xuzhou, it is no wonder that it is one thing to attack Xuzhou or not, but it is another thing to understand the situation in Xuzhou, it can be said that Yuan Shao is now more eager to understand the situation in Xuzhou than anyone else.

Xuzhou's reaction to our attack on Donglai is strong, but the most important thing is to be afraid of our main force Chen Bing border, now Xuzhou, the army has been properly arranged, defending the Cao Yuan coalition army, it seems to be swearing, but for the existence of our army, it is a little jealous, after all, if our army once it joins the battle, it will completely affect the battle of Xuzhou, so they hope that our side can abide by the agreement, do not attack and do not send troops to help. ”