Lu Ren's mansion.

"What!? Sir, you were transferred to Xuzhou Town to appease the people in this era!? ”

After Lu Ren came back, as soon as he said it, the people around Lu Ren were like a frying pot. In desperation, Lu Ren drove everyone else out of the study, leaving only Mi Zhen to discuss:

"Girl, I was always unhappy at first, but when I think about it carefully, I don't feel bad. There are pros and cons to everything, don't they? Just like now that I go to Xuzhou, I can take advantage of this to get the shipping back up. As for you, just stay in Xudu for the time being, and I give you those things, you remember to sell everything you can sell in secret, but don't move if it's land or something, it's too easy to attract the attention of others.

"Then you began to secretly send the clan children of our two families here in Xudu to Xuzhou in the name of selling goods, fortunately, there are not many clan children in Xudu, and the two clans together are only six or seven hundred people, if you only take away those direct descendants who think of the clan, the number will be less. But just in case, you'll still have to play stealing and changing pillars. As for how to play, I don't need to tell you anymore, right? ”

Mi Zhen nodded. The so-called stealing beams and changing pillars means that as soon as the people here move away, Mi Zhen will immediately recruit another one from the homeless people. Anyway, there are a lot of homeless people these years, as long as they are willing to pay money and food to recruit people, it is a big move. And even if Cao Cao's people keep an eye on Lu Ren, it is impossible to keep an eye on all the clan children of the Lu and Mi clans, right?

However, Lu Ren was still a little uneasy, so he reminded again: "In addition, you have to remember that before the Cao Yuan war started, don't be in a hurry to move the children of the clan in advance, and you must move after the war starts, because the war is together, Cao Cao will inevitably go to the front line, and he can't take care of these little things in the rear at all." Then our affairs will be much safer. ”

"Well, I see." Mi Zhen then nodded.

Lu Ren continued: "Also, from now on, I will not take care of these clan affairs on the surface, but will only care about officialdom and political affairs, so that Cao Cao will think that I am now single-mindedly trying to take revenge." And during this time, I hope that you will be willing to donate a part of the profits we have from selling goods to the warehouse......"

Mi Zhen directly interrupted Lu Ren's words and said, "I understand your intentions, mainly to hide people's eyes. When Cao Cao saw that you invested all your money and food in the war without caring about your private property, he would think that you only had a heart of revenge and were bent on helping him break Yuan. Then we will be more and more negligent in the affairs of our clan.

"And the more we invest, the greater the profit he will be, and the more he will hope that we can send more caravans to make profits, so that it will be much easier for us to secretly move the clansmen. When the war is over, the people who have planned to beg us have almost moved, and then you will not be able to restrain you if you hide in secret. ”

Lu Ren nodded again and again: "Mmmmmmmmmm It seems that you remember it very well, and I am relieved. Anyway, this time, Lao Cao, he really made me both a little chilled and a little worried, didn't he even say what he wanted to say about Wen Ji as a hostage? Originally, I wanted to take you to Xuzhou this time. But when I thought of this section, I didn't dare to bring it. Besides, if I take you back to Xuzhou......"

Mi Zhen said: "I'm not that stupid. Now that the whereabouts of my two brothers are unknown, those wolves in Xuzhou are taking this opportunity to swallow up the old property of our Mi clan, if I follow you back to Xuzhou at this time. Wouldn't it alarm the jackals? When the time comes, not only will we not be able to do anything, but I am afraid that it will cause you a lot of trouble. ”

Lu Ren nodded appreciatively. This may be one of Mi Zhen's best points, that is, she is unambiguous in the face of pros and cons, which can save Lu Ren a lot of heart.

At this time, Cai Yan walked into the room. Just now, Lu Ren made everyone blow up. Cai Yan had to help Lu Ren quiet those people, so he didn't come back until now. After listening to Lu Ren and Mi Zhen discuss a few words, Cai Yan couldn't help but ask, "Yihao." Xiaozhen and I can't follow you, this is no way, but you always have to leave a few close people by your side. ”

Lu Ren said: "I've thought about it, I'll bring Cheng, Xin, and Lan with me this time." Originally, I wanted to bring it with me, but you have to keep someone reliable here. ”

Cai Yan didn't speak again. He glanced at Lu Ren with a few thoughts, and wanted to say a few words, so that Lu Ren would not be so serious. But in the end, Cai Yan still swallowed back the words he wanted to say many times.

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Cao Cao gave Lu Ren three days to prepare, and these three days were fleeting. Today, when it is dawn, it is the time for Lu Ren to set off.

After sending them off, Lu Ren asked Cai Yan and them to go back, and he took the people around him to Xuzhou. But after walking a little way, he heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from behind. Surprised, he looked out, and before he could look, he heard someone shouting: "Lu Servant, please wait!" ”

Lu Ren was stunned when he heard this voice: "Zhang Xiu? He also rushed to see me off? But what did he do with so many cavalry? ”

Lu Ren went to Wancheng to persuade Zhang Xiu to surrender in the autumn of a few months ago, and after Zhang Xiu surrendered to Cao Cao, the official position and treatment he received were really beyond Zhang Xiu's expectations. Not to mention anything else, Zhang Xiu's food town alone made Zhang Xiu feel very happy, and Zhang Xiu was very close to Lu Ren.

To be honest, Lu Ren just picked up a good deal in this matter, but who knows? At least for Zhang Xiu, Lu Ren was kind to him Zhang Xiu. In addition to repaying his gratitude, Zhang Xiu is also a little selfish, so he is very close to Lu Ren. For example, in the past few months, as soon as Zhang Xiu heard that Lu Ren was free, he would invite Lu Ren to Zhang Xiu's banquet, and gave Lu Ren a lot of gifts, anyway, it showed that he wanted to have a deep friendship with Lu Ren.

In this way, three days ago, when Lu Ren took over the task of being transferred to Xuzhou, Zhang Xiu was not in Xuchang City because he happened to have a mission, so he didn't know about it for the time being, and he didn't hear about it until he came back last night. It didn't matter what I heard about it, Zhang Xiu was anxious enough, so he didn't even sleep at night and got busy. When he was done and woke up after taking a nap, Lu Rendu had already set off, and Zhang Xiu of course didn't say a word, and chased after him with his people.

After the two met, they exchanged a few polite words, Zhang Xiu gave some gifts, and Lu Ren accepted it. thought that there was nothing else to do here, but Zhang Xiu grabbed Lu Ren's hand, and then pointed behind him and said, "Lu Servant, these three hundred cavalry, you can take them with you and listen to them." I heard that the people of Xuzhou are unstable, and there are embroidered cavalry, which may be in case of emergency. ”

"What!?"

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Not to mention Lu Ren's side, let's take a look at Yuan Shao's situation first. According to the current situation, Fu Zhi and Tian Feng put forward two more sincere suggestions to Yuan Shao.

First, for the remnants of Gongsun Zan in the north of Yuan Shao, who were still struggling to survive, Fu Zhi and Tian Feng suggested that Yuan Shao let Zhang He and Gao Ran lead 30,000 troops to clean up. Because the current remnants of Gongsun Chan no longer have any strength at all, with the ability of Zhang and the second general Gao, it is more than enough to take 30,000 steps to ride over to clean up the remnants of Gongsun Chan. For an opponent who is already powerless, it is really not worth using too many troops and wasting unnecessary money and food.

Second, Yuan Shao's real opponent is Cao Cao, and Cao Cao's overall comprehensive strength is not much worse than Yuan Shao. In addition, Yuan Shao had no worries and was much better than Cao Cao in terms of diplomatic relations...... To tell the truth, Cao Cao has always basically bitten meat when he sees it and fights people whenever he sees it, so it can be said that he has made enemies everywhere. However, there was nothing to do for Cao Cao in the early days, because if Cao Cao at that time did not expand his strength as much as possible and then use war to support the war, Cao Cao would not have the strength to fight with Yuan Shao now.

It is only said that after weighing it again and again, Yuan Shao suggested that Yuan Shao should make full use of his own advantages to compete with Cao Cao. First of all, taking advantage of Yuan Shao's abundant troops, he first mobilized about 50,000 troops and stationed them at various military points along the Yellow River, but in the main body, he was not in a hurry to attack, but forced Cao Cao to disperse the already small forces in his hands to defend various places.

If Cao Cao divides his troops and defends them, it will inevitably be too long and the garrisons everywhere are weak, and Yuan Shao can break through with one blow as long as he concentrates his superior forces. It would have been easier if Cao Cao had not divided his troops, and Yuan Shao could gradually encroach on Cao Cao's existing territory. Then, in terms of diplomacy, Fu Zhi and Tian Feng suggested that Yuan Shao should form a good alliance with Liu Biao and Sun Ce, and form a three-way encirclement posture against Cao Cao, further disperse Cao Cao's limited forces, and isolate Cao Cao at the same time, leaving Cao Cao with no help.

In terms of internal affairs, Fu Zhi and Tian Feng suggested that Yuan Shao should not only sweep away the 30,000 foot cavalry of Gongsun's remnants, but also replace the rest of the troops in batches to restore their strength. That is, the first batch of 50,000 will be stationed for a period of time, and the rest will go home first to rest for business, and then the first batch of 50,000 will be replaced and go back to rest...... If you use modern terms, it's a shift system. In this way, it can ensure that the troops are not tired, and the agricultural economy in Yuan Shao can also be well restored.

Speaking from the heart, although the strategic concept of Fu Zhu and Tian Feng is not too different from the original historical strategic concept, it has increased the proportion of joint foreign aid and the restoration of domestic production. If Yuan Shao can adopt it, Cao Cao's next move will be quite difficult. It's a pity that Yuan Shao didn't adopt it.

As Cao Cao described, Yuan Shao "did great things and spared his life, and forgot his life when he saw small profits", to put it simply, he was very happy, and this was one of the fundamental reasons why Yuan Shao failed to adopt the advice of Frustrated and Tian Feng.

Gongsun Chan can also be regarded as Yuan Shao's old enemy, Yuan Shao could have destroyed Gongsun Chan in one breath before, who knew that Gongsun Chan and Zhang Yan were originally a failed union in history but now succeeded, and once Yuan Shao was barely repulsed, followed by the bad snow weather in the north, and the war between the two families was temporarily stopped because of this heavy snow, so Yuan Shao's heart was sulking...... (To be continued......)