In the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Xuan's subdued voice filled the entire big tent, telling the cause of Yuan Shao's tyranny in Jizhou.

However, many people in the big tent could hear the true intention of Li Xuan's words, but no one interjected to break it, which made everyone sincerely admire. Because Li Xuan let everyone know that comforting a sad person does not have to take a cloth towel to wipe away her tears, or accompany her to cry sadly, but can comfort her in another way.

At present, the person who is crying sadly in the big tent is that after listening to Li Xuan's words, he gradually stopped sobbing and became stronger.

This person is Li Li's pillow person tonight, the head of the Zhen family, Zhen, that is, Zhang Ai.

The person who accompanied Zhen's side to comfort her before was Ma Yunluo, but unfortunately this comfort had no effect, maybe only Li Li, who was sitting in the handsome position, got up and came to comfort her, it could work.

How could it be that on such an occasion of handsome tent deliberations, it was impossible for Li Li to leave everyone aside and comfort Zhen. If Li Li really did this, although everyone in the hall could understand and think that this matter was reasonable, they might not necessarily accept it. Because this is the account of the commander of the Chinese army, he is discussing military and political affairs at this time, and Li Li, as the commander of the army and the lord of Xiliang, is not such an act of not separating public and private, and ignoring the major matter of abandoning the military plane for a woman's tears, once this move is reported, it will definitely make the soldiers of the whole army feel cold.

Therefore, Li Li'an sat in the handsome seat and never moved, seeing the scene of Zhen's sad tears in his eyes, but his face was still calm and waveless, so that everyone in the hall could not see a trace of emotional fluctuations.

Fortunately, Li Xuan has followed Li Li for many years and knows a lot about the changes in his father-in-law's temperament and expression. He knew that the calmer the lord Li Li's expression was, the more unsettled the lord was in his heart, and he seemed to be indifferent to Zhen, but in fact he was very compassionate.

It was precisely because he saw what Li Li was thinking that Li Xuan would ruthlessly count Yuan Shao. In order to comfort the Zhen family, who was sad and weeping because of the tragic death of Zhen Jiahu.

When the Lord has something, his subordinates obey him, and this is where he shares his worries for the Lord.

In this regard, Li Xuan has always done a good job and is impeccable. Because of this, he has always been Li Li's most trusted and relied on capable officials, and has been repeatedly entrusted with important tasks, and now he is the first powerful minister under Li Li, as if one person is above ten thousand people.

And Li Xuan has never disappointed Li Li and abides by the way of being a minister. Resourceful, strategic, conscientious, extremely skilled in government affairs, and handled Xiliang's government affairs in an orderly manner. Ever since he was in charge of the Xiliang Treasury. The accounts of each county are clear at a glance, and the treasury is more than every year. Growing fuller; Ordnance and weapons are becoming more and more abundant. And organized craftsmen to improve bows and crossbows in large quantities, and stockpiled large siege ordnance.

It is no exaggeration to say that Li Xuan is already the first political minister under Li Li, and at the same time he is a mastermind and proficient in military affairs. In terms of government affairs ability alone, even Jia Xu is full of praise for Li Xuan. Consider oneself inferior to another. Therefore, all along, Li Li personally took charge of the army and was in charge of the conquest war. and handed over the government affairs and logistics under his rule to Li Xuan. In other words, Li Li was in charge of the army, and Li Xuan was in charge of the government, and Li Li was in charge of the ordnance, money and food for Li Li.

This time Li Li traveled to the Central Plains, and at first he did not arrange for Li Xuan to follow, because Li Xuan had heavy government affairs and had no time to withdraw. However, now that Li Ru is temporarily holding him up, he was able to get out and go to Jizhou with Li Li.

However, judging from the abnormal behavior of Yuan Shao in Jizhou, the situation in Xiliang will enter a state of pre-war preparation, ready to deal with sudden wars at any time. At this moment, Li Xuan naturally could not continue to follow Li Li's side, and must return to Chang'an to preside over the overall situation and actively prepare for the war. If he doesn't go back, then Li Li will immediately end his trip and return to Yongliang. Anyway, one of the two of them must return to Xiliang, otherwise in the event of a sudden war, people in Xiliang will inevitably be uneasy, and it is very easy to cause chaos, especially Chang'an City, where Li Xuan is seated.

Compared with Li Xuan, Li Ru's military and political ability is also very good, but his overall view is slightly poor, especially his ability to deal with sudden turmoil is repeatedly wrong. In Dong Zhuo's first few accidents, he handled them unsatisfactorily, lacking the courage to make decisions on the spot, as if he was accustomed to obeying orders, and he would be at a loss when he encountered emergencies. At this point, Li Xuan is far stronger than Li Ru, and the person who is best at dealing with this kind of thing is Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe. Therefore, as long as the three of them stay in Xiliang and work together, Li Li has no worries at all; Even in the event of a sudden war, they can handle it well.

"Ahem!" Seeing that Zhen stopped his tears and gradually calmed down, Li Li coughed lightly, and his eyes signaled that Li Xuan was ready to get to the point.

Sure enough, Li Xuan's eyes were bright, and after a pause in his voice, he said with a slightly solemn expression: "Looking at the states of the Central Plains, Yuan Shao of Jizhou is undoubtedly the strongest prince at the moment, with more than 200,000 troops, and the military generals of Wenchen are gathered, and their strength is getting stronger and stronger. It's really ambitious, swallowing mountains and rivers!

This time, the lord infiltrated Jizhou, not only traveled to Jiyou, but also fortunately received the help of the Zhen family consortium. Now that I'm waiting for my safe return, it's a great victory, and it's worth it.

Now that Yuan Shao has adopted such a murderous and fierce move, it is obvious that he is demonstrating to us and others, and it is also a provocation to the lord, but what he can do at this time is limited to this. Perhaps Yuan Shao was not worried that our Xiliang army would send troops to the Central Plains before, because he was sure that we were short of food and grass and could not go on an expedition, so there were hundreds of thousands of troops in the air, but they could only be trapped in a corner of Xiliang and could not set foot in the war in the Central Plains. But now he must not think so.

Because his Yuan family and the Zhen family are world friends, he knows the details of the Zhen family's consortium, and knows that the Zhen family is rich in the world, and the amount of money and food is enough to support our Xiliang army to fight a big battle. And if our Xiliang Army really has the full support of the Zhen family, it can gather no less than 200,000 main forces to send troops to the Central Plains within a month, and capture one or several prefectures and counties in the Central Plains within half a year.

If this is the case, at present, all the princes of the Central Plains may be broken by our army, including Yuan Shao of Jizhou. Don't look at his usual pretense not to take our Xiliang Army in his eyes, when he really fights our army head-on, the more than 200,000 troops under his command Yuan Shao can't withstand the impact of our army's 100,000 iron cavalry, so he doesn't dare to fight openly with the Lord now, he can only kill a few civilians to vent his anger, that's all.

However, Yuan Shao had already learned that the Zhen family consortium was attached to the lord, and asked the lord to leave calmly from Jizhou. Presumably, he will not give up and will definitely find a way to deal with us.

Therefore, from now on, the Anyi battalion must be ready for a big war at any time, and the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi will enter a state of alert, and always be on guard against Yuan Shao's sudden attack in Jizhou, and march into the counties under the division in a big way. In the meantime, I will return to Chang'an to allocate three months' worth of grain and grass to you in case of a great war. In addition, I will allocate a large number of arrows and siege and defense ordnance to the camp of Anyi and Hangu Pass. Respond to any unexpected battle at any time. What the subordinates say, I don't know what the Lord wills? ”

"Yuan Zhong is thoughtful, prepared, and reasonable." Li Li nodded happily.

Before Li Li's words fell, he saw Guo Jia get up suddenly. Then he said: "What Shang Shuling said is very true, but his subordinates think that it is not enough for the Anyi battalion to enter the state of readiness and alert!" ”

"Hmm. What is the best strategy for filial piety? But it doesn't hurt to talk about it. Li Li showed a smile on his face, and raised his hand to signal Guo Jia to say in detail.

This is the first time Guo Jia has participated in the deliberations of the Xiliang Army, and it is also the first time since he was loyal to Li Li to offer advice in front of the generals in the army. Therefore, this meeting is very important to him, and it directly determines whether he can sit firmly in the position of the right army division and whether he can be recognized by the generals in the army. In addition, Li Li treated him so politely. The first time they met, he was promised such a high position, and if he could not show convincing strategy and insight, not only would he be embarrassed, but even Li Li would be regarded as an unknown person. Prestige is impaired.

After getting Li Li's approval, Guo Jia sorted out his thoughts a little and said without hurry: "Yuan Shao is very worried that the Zhen family will fully support the lord, so that our army will have a supply of grain and grass for a big battle, and can send troops to the Central Plains in a big way. In fact, his worries are completely groundless, mediocre, and unrealistic.

It is true that the Zhen family consortium will naturally vigorously support the lord, just like the lady generously donated money to fund the Wuwei camp a few days ago. However, after all, the Zhen family is a big family with more than 2,000 people, and even if there are hundreds of millions of family fortunes, it is impossible to use all of them to support the lord in the war; Unless our Xiliang army reaches the end of the mountain, this matter is impossible. Even if the Zhen family is willing, the lord will not agree to do this, because this is not a long-term perfect strategy. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Jia turned around and bowed to Zhen: "Don't misunderstand, madam, my subordinates are just talking about things, and they don't have the slightest contempt." If the words are inappropriate, I hope that Mrs. will forgive me. ”

"Feng Xiaoyan is serious. The concubine is not an unreasonable person, and there is no need to worry about filial piety, and it doesn't hurt to speak out. Zhen said softly as usual.

"Madame Gao Yi, admired by her subordinates." Guo Jia bowed to the Zhen family, turned to face Li Li and many generals, and continued: "It's not that Yuan Shao doesn't know the truth, but he is too jealous of the lord, and subconsciously regards the lord as the number one enemy in his life. Therefore, he thought that after the lord received the support of the Zhen family consortium, he would greatly relieve the pressure on grain and grass, and he would have the ability to send troops to the Central Plains and compete with him Yuan Shao for the states of the Central Plains.

With his subordinates' understanding of Yuan Shao, he has never fought a battle that he is not sure of, nor a battle that he does not have an advantage, let alone a battle that he will fight head-on knowing that he is invincible. Throughout all of Yuan Shao's past wars, almost every time he used more to bully less, occupying an absolute advantage in troops; Even so, he was evenly matched.

Because of this, since he occupied Jizhou for more than three years, he has repeatedly fought with Gongsun Zhan, but he has never been able to win the battle; He fought fiercely with the Black Mountain thieves one after another, but he couldn't do it all in one battle. Therefore, in the past three years, he has hardly expanded much territory, and his strength is still limited to the territory of Jizhou, and he has made no achievements. However, in the past three years, he has been recruiting troops all the time, so the number of soldiers and horses under his command is increasing day by day, and there are more and more military generals under his command, and his strength is still growing.

In addition, there was actually a factional alliance among the princes of the towns in the Central Plains. Since the alliance of princes crusaded against Dong Zhuo, the princes of the Central Plains were divided into two factions, one was the alliance of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and the other was an alliance of Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zhan, Tao Qian and Sun Jian. For three years, the two alliances attacked each other, each with its own victories and defeats; Gongsun Chan attacked Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu and Tao Qian attacked Cao Cao in Yanzhou.

However, the most attacking prince in the alliance of Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zhan and Tao Qian was Changsha Sun Jian, but unfortunately Sun Jian was ambushed by Liu Biao's subordinates two years ago and died young. Last year, Yuan Shu, Tao Qian, and Gongsun Zhan's alliance joined forces to attack Yuan Cao's alliance again, and Yuan Shu even united with the Black Mountain thief Zhenggu and other thieves to try to capture Yanzhou, but they were defeated by Cao Cao one after another, and Gongsun Zhan attacked Yuan Shao and did not get any benefits. After this battle, the alliance of Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian completely fell behind, and the alliance had the tendency to collapse, while the Yuan Cao alliance faintly became the overlord of the Central Plains.

Now Yuan Shao is an enemy of the lord, judging from his previous habits of fighting, it is difficult to confront the lord with the strength of his Jizhou army alone, so he will definitely unite the princes of the Central Plains to march into the army together. Judging from the current Central Plains shape, Xuzhou Tao Qian is too busy to take care of himself, and he will definitely not send troops; Nanyang Yuan Shu's strength has decreased since the failure of the sneak attack on Yanzhou, and now he has retreated to Yangzhou and will not send troops; Gongsun Zhan and Yuan Shao are on the verge of fire and water, so naturally they will not send troops to help him.

Since then, Yuan Shao is very likely to unite forces such as Cao Cao of Yanzhou, Zhang Miao of Chen Liu, and Zhang Yan of Montenegro, and even invite Liu Biao of Jingzhou to send troops to help and jointly send troops to attack Si Li. ”

After thoroughly analyzing the situation in the Central Plains in one breath, Guo Jia breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "In the face of this kind of situation, the lord can secretly order Pingnan General Xu Rong to strictly guard the south bank of the Yellow River, and beware of Yanzhou Cao Cao, Chen Liu, and Zhang Miao from marching into Henan County; The attack on the Anyi battalion was the most violent, and it should shrink its forces in Hedong County, and strictly order Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang to guard against Yuan Shao's attack. In addition, Hangu Pass is the most important pass in our pass, no matter at any time, we must not relax, Tongguan camp must also strengthen vigilance, beware of the southern Xiongnu attack and disturbance. In this way, no matter when Yuan Shao's alliance army attacks or where to attack our city, our Xiliang army is not afraid and can deal with it easily. This is the foolish opinion of the subordinates, please make a decision! ”

After Guo Jia finished speaking, there was no sound in the handsome tent for a long time, and even Li Li, who was sitting in the handsome seat, was bowing his head and pondering, and did not immediately respond to Guo Jia's request.

In fact, Li Li knew that there were alliances of interests among the princes of the Central Plains, such as Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had always had close contacts and formed the Yuan Cao Alliance, and Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zhan secretly formed an alliance to deal with the Yuan Cao Alliance. What he didn't expect was that the good old man Tao Qian was actually a member of the Yuanshu Alliance, and had waited for an opportunity to sneak attack Cao Cao, no wonder Cao Cao was now attacking Xuzhou in the name of avenging his father, as if he was putting on a posture of not destroying Tao Qian's vow.

―――――――――――― (To be continued)

There is no need to ask for a monthly pass in a single chapter, and your family knows your own affairs, so it's useless to ask for it, save it.

April is over, and Zhonglang wants to have a heart-to-heart relationship with the gentlemen and say a few heartfelt words.

First of all, thank you to the FGDFGEWREWR book friends for their monthly ticket support! In recent months, all the monthly tickets of Brother Ren have voted for Xiaoqi, Zhonglang has always remembered, thank you very much!

Secondly, the progress of the plot has been a little slow recently, so that it is a little tiring to read, unhurried, salty and light. Zhonglang will tell you a few truths here, there are three reasons why this is the case. First, Zhonglang has been introspecting and self-examining his shortcomings, and feels that a lot of the content can actually be written better, but it always feels a little floating and ungrounded, so that it is not small when hanging in the air, and the emotional line is not delicate enough. Second, there are a few chapters blocked this month, which is unappetizing and inconvenient to you, and Zhonglang is deeply sorry. Third, to reproduce a familiar history, there are many beautiful jades in front, leaving little room for Xiaoqi to play, which requires Xiaoqi to dig deep into some hidden plots behind major events, and tell it eloquently, with a stronger sense of substitution.

In the end, more than 300,000 words per month is very difficult for Zhonglang, racking his brains and working hard, and his mind is full of horses every day, striving to complete the whole story in one go. I don't know how Brother Ren feels, if you can clearly recall the whole context of this story, it means that Zhonglang's efforts have not been in vain.

Finally, Xiaoqi thanks all of you for your attention and support, thank you! (To be continued......)