Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2496 Xu Xiao comes out of the mountains, Youzhou's movements

When Yuan Xi went to visit Xu Xiao, he brought Xu Longxiang with him.

As Xu Xiao's son, he did not inherit any of Xu Xiao's shrewdness.

He is even a person with a simple mind.

And such a person is the most friendly to a conspirator like Yuan Xi.

Because, for a conspirator like Yuan Xi, such a person is the best one for them to use. Such a simple person can become a knife in their hands that can be used to attack the enemy at any time.

On the contrary, people like Xu Xiao who are equally cunning and calculating often leave them with nothing to do. If you want to scheme against such a cunning person, you want to use him as a knife, but he may also be scheming against you at the same time, and also want to use you as a knife.

In fact, Yuan Xi made the right move.

If it weren't for Xu Longxiang's assist, Yuan Xi's trip would most likely have ended in failure.

Originally, Xu Xiao had no ill will towards Da Jin. In fact, he was very happy to see the world unified again.

However, the epidemic eight years ago affected Xu Xiao's perception of the Jin army.

Fortunately, in this incident, Emperor Jin Li Xiang simply dismissed Li Mi, the instigator of this incident. After the plague got out of control, he even issued an edict of remorse.

After three years of epidemic, the routes between Liangzhou and other states were reopened, and he was even more decisive in taking final action against Li Mi.

After all, for Li Xiang, this matter is easy to hide from those at the bottom, but it cannot be hidden from the ministers in the court!
Therefore, it is better to be open-minded.

It is impossible for Li Xiang to go against more than 60% of the ministers in the court for Li Mi. People like Guan Zhong, Zhuge Liang, Li Jing, and Yue Fei are fundamentally different from people like Jia Xu. They have their own bottom line.

That's why they reacted so intensely about Li Mi's matter.

People like Guan Zhong, Zhuge Liang, Li Jing, and Yue Fei, no matter how loyal they are, some of them are even blindly loyal, but it does not mean they will completely obey orders. They have their own thoughts and their own bottom line.

Loyalty means not betraying your monarch, but it does not mean you will obey your monarch without any bottom line.

And this matter is something that breaks their bottom line.

Therefore, these things need to be put to an end with Li Xiang's confession of guilt and Li Mi's death.

Just like Qin Zheng, he also wanted to push the person involved out and put an end to it.

Therefore, although that incident affected Jin Jun's perception of him, Xu Xiao never had any thoughts of going against Jin Jun over the years, but continued to be a wealthy man peacefully.

Xu Xiao is now almost seventy years old and no longer has the same ideas as he did when he was young.

As for his adopted sons, even his biological son Xu Longxiang was away from home as an official. After all, the children had grown up, and Xu Xiao might intervene, but he would not prevent them from choosing their own lives.

Therefore, it can be said that his several adopted sons have chosen different directions and may even fight on the battlefield in the future. However, Xu Xiao can only intervene to a limited extent.

However, as long as you are in the world, you will eventually have no choice.

Although Xu Xiao wanted to be a rich man and didn't want to get involved in those things anymore, he was still provoked by Yuan Xi. However, although Xu Xiao agreed to come out, he only agreed to be a military advisor and would not really lead everything. Although he had to participate in this matter, he still wanted to participate in it to a limited extent.

Of course, Yuan Xi positioned Xu Xiao as a military adviser from the very beginning, and it was impossible for him to be a commander-in-chief and dominate the military power.

Even Xu Xiao himself understood this, but he still had to make things clear.

Even if Xu Xiao agreed to come out of retirement, he had no qualifications after all, and the remaining generals would not agree to let him suppress them.

If he is forced to step up, and those below become dissatisfied, the overall situation will become even worse.

If it is someone like Yue Yi, who has already made a name for himself and is one of the representative figures of famous generals in the world, even if he were to be promoted by Qin Zheng, except for a few people, most people would not accept him but at least would not sing a different tune.

However, Xu Xiao obviously does not belong to this category.

Although he had won some victories against the Xianbei before, those events happened too long ago, decades ago, and few people had heard of them. Moreover, they were mostly small-scale battles.

To put it simply, his talent has only been recognized by a few people such as Yuan Xi, but has not yet been recognized by people all over the world.

Therefore, a military adviser, a position that sounds high-sounding but actually has no real power, is the best arrangement for him.

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In the Central Plains, the Jin army's forces in Yanzhou and Xuzhou had already pressed forward towards Qinghan, while the Jin army's troops in Yuzhou were also rapidly gathering in these two directions.

Once the troops from Yuzhou arrive, it will be the day when Dajin and Qinghan go into full-scale war.

In Hebei, Li Mu's vanguard troops have begun to enter Jizhou. Now that the vanguard troops have arrived, will the subsequent main force be far behind?

And for Youzhou, this battle is destined to be a battle that they pay great attention to.

After all, this war was a war in the north, not a war against Liu or Yuan, and Youzhou was also within their attack range.

If Jizhou was blocking the way, the Jin army would not be able to directly threaten Youzhou unless Jizhou was dealt with first.

After all, although Bingzhou and Youzhou are adjacent, they are separated by mountains, so there is no need to take such a road.

If we take the route through the grasslands in the north, the uncertainty and threats involved would be immeasurable.

The safest route is to go north from Jizhou after opening up Jizhou.

Knowing that it could not escape this battle, Youzhou was already in a state of active preparation.

In particular, Yuan Tan's big cut saved them from being attacked from multiple directions. However, it exposed Youzhou from the protection of Jizhou.

If Li Mu was willing, he could attack You at the same time as Ji.

Therefore, as the main forces of the Jin army continued to arrive or were about to arrive from all directions, the atmosphere in Youzhou became increasingly tense during this period.