Chapter 203 Xuzhou Changes Owner
After hearing Yuan Xi's words, Yuan Shao said: "Not to mention whether Zhao Zilong is qualified to be compared with those people, the current Yuan family will definitely not marry a lowly general."

"A military commander is not like a counselor who relies on a wealthy family. How much can he achieve by himself?"

After Yuan Xi heard this, he argued, "Given time, we will be famous all over the world if we don't see it."

Yuan Shao said decisively: "That has nothing to do with Yuan Xing. Now that she is older, I will marry her off in a year or so at most."

"If Zhao Yun can achieve something as you said, at least conquer the land of the next state."

Yuan Xi is silent, this is obviously impossible, any local forces in Youzhou can't solve it in three or two years.

But when it came to this point, he could only say: "I will try my best."

After Yuan Shao heard this, a trace of sarcasm appeared on his face, "I'd like to see what kind of disturbance the fierce tiger of the Yuan family can create in Youzhou."

Yuan Xi said in a deep voice: "Xi should do his best."

Yuan Shao didn't seem to want to talk about this topic any more, and said, "Not to mention Youzhou, what do you think of Liu Bei's abandonment of Xiapi?"

"What!" Yuan Xi was startled, "I haven't heard of it yet!"

Zhen Mi knelt down in front of Yuan Xing at this moment, and said respectfully, "I've seen my sister."

A smile appeared on Yuan Xing's originally melancholy face, "Is that the unconscionable person who made you say that?"

"It's still a kind name. I thought that after he adopted, he would forget about my sister."

Zhen Mi hurriedly said: "How come, my husband talks about my sister every day."

Yuan Xing was even more happy when she heard this. She held up Zhen Mi's face and looked at it carefully, and said, "I don't know what kind of blessings my second brother accumulated in his previous life to marry such a beautiful and sensible woman. I'm a little envious."

"I'm old now, and I still can't get married. It's become a joke in Yecheng."

Zhen Mi hurriedly said: "How come, my sister's appearance and identity are all the top choices. Could it be that Jun loves my sister so much that you are too picky?"

Yuan Xing shook her head and said: "Don't mention it, you may not know that I have a bad reputation in private among the nobles in Yecheng."

Zhen Mi became curious, but didn't dare to ask again.

It was Yuan Xing who answered her doubts, "There were two families who proposed marriage to Yuan before."

"As a result, when we were asking for their names, something happened to those two young scholars."

"One fell into the water from the bridge and got seriously ill, and the other fell down the mountain and broke his leg."

"Since then, it has been rumored by the century-old clan that I am an ominous person, and they have not come to propose marriage to the Yuan family."

Zhen Mi was dumbfounded, there is such a thing?
In Yuan Shao's study, Yuan Xi learned the news that Liu Bei had lost Xiapi, and understood the cause and effect of the incident.

The pace of Yuan Xixin Tao's history began to accelerate, just like the fall of Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei's loss of Xiapi also happened earlier.

He couldn't help lamenting the impermanence of the world. He had tried his best to keep Lu Bu far away, but he didn't expect this extremely important historical event to happen.

But it was not thrown into Lu Bu's hands, but Sun Ce did it!

He pondered for a while, then said: "Xuzhou is very important, do you want Mrs. Yuan to help Liu Yuzhou?"

Yuan Shao said, "Xuzhou is a quagmire."

"Not to mention that most of Xuzhou is a plain, the cavalry comes and goes quickly, the city is difficult to defend, and the local soldiers are more rebellious, far less easy to manage than Jizhou soldiers."

"Even if Xuzhou is captured, a large number of troops must be allocated to defend it. The best choice now is to rest and recuperate in Jizhou for a while, and hand it over to Cao Mengde in Yanzhou."

Yuan Xi was in a hurry, Xuzhou was gone, Yuan Shao might not care, but his sea route was cut off, which meant that more than half of his previous plan had failed.

He said: "Cao Cao is too big to lose. He is gradually becoming stronger through battles!"

"Now he has conquered Chen State, occupying almost half of Yuzhou, forcing Yuan Shu to settle in Yangzhou, and attack Liu Yao."

"If he is allowed to win Xuzhou again and connect with Lu Bu in Hanoi, he will become Yuan's biggest enemy."

"The Cao family led troops to smuggle across the Yellow River the day before yesterday, which is a clear proof that they are suspicious and covet Yecheng!"

Yuan Shao said: "You are all empty speculations. If you give Meng De a few more years, he will not be able to compete with my Yuan family. By then, the Yuan family will have opened up Bingzhou and occupied Sili."

"Then go south and connect with Liu Biao's territory in Jingzhou. Who else in the world is Yuan's opponent?"

Yuan Xi thought that this was Yuan Shao's original idea, so he said, "Liu Biao only knows how to succeed, and it is unreliable to conquer the world."

"And the Black Mountain Army and the Huns in Bingzhou are not weak."

"What Xi is most worried about is Cao Cao's army. They have had almost no defeats for more than a year. It shows that the combat power is strong, so we have to guard against it."

Yuan Shao didn't take it seriously, "Cao Cao is relying on family power, my Jizhou soldiers may not be weaker than them."

"And I mobilized soldiers in Jizhou, which is several times, ten times, how can he fight against me?"

Seeing that Yuan Shao was hard to talk to, Yuan Xi had no choice but to think of another way. After all, Cao Cao fought very badly in every battle now, and he really didn't see any domineering spirit to fight for the world.

But it may be in these brink of extinction battles that Cao Cao's generals grew up rapidly.

At this time in later generations, Cao Cao was already a first-class military strategist, and the general princes could not beat him at all. A fierce man like Liu Guanzhang was also beaten by Cao Cao in the early days.

But at this point in time, Liu Bei can't be destroyed. If Liu Bei collapses, Cao Cao's power will expand rapidly.

Yuan Xi said: "But Liu Bei and the Yuan family are allies, and they are in trouble now. If the Yuan family ignores it, will they be criticized by the world?"

After hearing this, Yuan Shao pondered for a while before saying, "I'll call the counselors first and ask them what they think."

In the next few days, as Yuan Xi had expected, Yuan Shao's counselors began to argue, arguing over whether to send troops to rescue Liu Bei.

Yuan Xi felt that the possibility of the Yuan family sending troops was very small.

Yuan Xi was the one who negotiated the Yuan-Liu alliance that day. At this time, he had already adopted, which meant that Yuan's guarantor was gone.

After Yuan Xi adopted, Yuan Tan had achieved his goal and would not do unnecessary things. As for Yuan Shang, he would not help him anymore, and was eager to demolish himself.

Moreover, there is no benefit in rescuing Xuzhou. Instead, a large number of troops will be trapped. Naturally, the counselors of the two factions will not be active.

This day Yuan Xi and Zhen Mi came back from visiting the gentry in Yecheng, and heard even worse news from Guo Jia.

After Liu Bei lost Xiapi, he joined forces with Zhang Fei and Guan Yu one after another to attack Guangling City, the seat of Guangling County, but the attack on the city was blocked and he could not attack for a long time. Sun Ce took the opportunity to return and defeated Liu Bei. He fled to Haixi .

Yuan Xi sighed, this time it was really hard to recover, Xuzhou lost more than half, and he didn't know how to break the situation.

If this is really the case, almost all of my previous layout in Xuzhou will come to nothing, including the Mijia trade route.

He suddenly remembered that once Xiapi City was lost, Liu Bei's family members were all lost in the city, right?

Could it be that the next step is for Mi Zhu to support Liu Bei with all his wealth and marry Mi Zhen to Liu Bei?
In Guangling City, in the city lord's mansion, Sun Ce was full of joy, laughed loudly and said to everyone in the hall: "Today's big victory depends on your help!"

All the people in the hall are the counselors and generals in this battle, and there are many famous people in Jiangdong. After hearing this, they all laughed and said: "All the generals are brave!"

There was a middle-aged man dressed as a general, with a look of admiration on his face, and said: "Bo Fu is a fierce general in the world, so you have a general to help you, so why worry about big things not being done!"

"If Bo Fu hadn't already been married, I'd like to marry my daughter to Bo Fu."

After hearing this, Sun Ce smiled and said, "Duke Qiao loves you so much, I also regret that I married a wife early."

When everyone heard this, they all laughed knowingly.

The middle-aged man's name is Qiao Rui, and he has two daughters. According to him, they are both beautiful and beautiful, but they are hidden in a deep boudoir, and no one has seen them. Everyone just thinks he is bragging and doesn't care.

Qiao Rui said again: "Bo Fu is certainly brave, but Gong Jin's talent is hard to beat in the world."

"If it wasn't for his clever tricks, but with Brother Zhang and I, it would be really difficult to stand up to Guan Yunchang."

Hearing this, another person said with lingering fear: "Then Guan Yu is indeed a mighty general in the world. I made a careless move and almost died by his sword."

His name was Zhang Xun, and he was the same General Yuan Shu as Qiao Rui, and was sent to assist Sun Ce in attacking Xuzhou.

Originally, Sun Ce went to attack Xiapi, leaving Qiao Rui and Zhang Xun to confront Guan Yu. The two lost and were at a disadvantage for a while, and then there was a wise counselor to help.

After hearing Zhang Xun's words, everyone looked at the handsome and personable white-clothed counselor sitting upright.

Zhou Yu, Zhou Gongjin!

He is just over [-] this year, the same age as Sun Ce, and he has known Sun Ce since childhood.

A few years ago, the two lived together in Shucheng, and thus became acquainted. Since then, they have shared the same interests and regarded each other as confidants.

Zhou Yu came from a wealthy family, while Sun Ce came from a humble family, but Zhou Yu didn't take it seriously. He not only vacated his house for Sun Ce to live in, but also helped him meet the nobles. It can be said that the relationship between the two is better than that of brothers.

This time Sun Ce attacked Guangling and asked Yuan Shu for help. After learning about it, Zhou Yu came to help with troops, horses, food and grass.

At that time, Zhang Xunqiaorui also came to help. Although he knew Zhou Yu's special status, he still looked down upon him at first.

What can a young man from an aristocratic family who has just been weakly crowned do? Don't just rely on his familiarity with Sun Ce and think that fighting is just playing tricks!

But the two suffered a lot under Guan Yu's command, and they were about to be unable to defend the city, so they had to follow Zhou Yu's strategy.

Unexpectedly, the two took turns to lead troops to contain them, and Guan Yu was unable to defeat each other. Even if Liu Bei and Zhang Fei led troops to join them, they would not be able to break through Guangling.

Only then did they realize that Zhou Yu was a genius at using soldiers!

The two persisted in this way until Sun Ce led his troops back to help, attacking from both sides, defeated the demoralized Liu Guanzhang, and fled north to Haixi.

Zhou Yu said modestly: "Gong Jin is not talented, and it is all thanks to the trust of Mrs. Tai that he can achieve what he is today."

When Zhang Xunqiaorui heard this, his face blushed. When they refused to accept Zhou Yu's order, it was Sun Ce's mother, Mrs. Wu, who persuaded them so that Zhou Yu's plan could be implemented.

It can be said that apart from Sun Ce, Mrs. Wu, Sun Jian's widow, is the backbone of the Sun family, with the ability to know people with insight and make the final decision.

(End of this chapter)

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