Ancestor Bless: I built a thousand-year-old family

Chapter 704 The Wind Rises (7000 words)
Thistle City.

This was originally the seat of Youzhou, but after Gongsun Zan was defeated by Yuan Shao twice, he felt fear.

Although Jicheng is a large city built since the Huangdi period, it is located on the same plain as Jizhou. In other words, if the army from the south attacks Jicheng, Jicheng, like Yecheng, will have no danger to defend. .

Gongsun Zan wanted to move the government and use the Yanshan Mountains to block the possible appearance of the Hebei army.

But Liu Yu is the authentic Youzhou Mu!
Liu Yu was unwilling to move his government, probably because Youzhou was not a major grain-producing state in the Central Plains like Jizhou and Qingzhou, and its output was difficult to support the county, so it could only be said to be struggling to maintain it.

If the political center is moved, a huge amount of manpower and material resources will be consumed. After the move, in order to maintain the political center, a large amount of material resources will continue to be consumed.

In Liu Yu's view, that would only bring about the collapse of the entire Youzhou. It was impossible for Liu Yu to agree to the whole Youzhou being involved for Gongsun Zan's selfish desires.

Naturally, the nobles in Youzhou are on Liu Yu's side. They are humble when they leave their hometown. If they have a choice, basically no nobles are willing to go to other places to develop.

Under this situation, the conflict between Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu became more and more profound. Neither of them was willing to bow to the other, so they became increasingly tense.

This contradiction reached its climax when Liu Yu returned from Zhaocheng.

Going to Zhaocheng to make an alliance with the princes won Liu Yu a very high political reputation. He was originally a minister at the level of the Three Lords, and he had already reached the highest level of human ministers and had high prestige in the world.

Now with some help, Gongsun Zan is becoming more and more marginalized in Youzhou, but how could Gongsun Zan sit still and wait for death? It happened that an envoy from the Yan Kingdom came to Youzhou quietly and sent a letter of alliance.

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Yecheng.

It's spring and autumn again.

In the girl's boudoir, warm light shone in. Zhen Mi was sitting in front of the glazed dressing table, carefully tracing the ends of her eyebrows. Luo Yan stood behind her and slowly inserted a hairpin into it.

In the days when Zhen Mi and Ji reached the Luo family's minimum age for marriage.

Zhen Mi asked softly: "My dear, you are getting busier and busier these days, but is there anything big going to happen?"

After Luo Yan entered Hebei, the interests of the original Hebei faction and Yingchuan faction naturally could not be touched at will.

However, his identity is Yuan Shao's son-in-law. In this era of family rule, it is naturally politically correct to use relatives.

Yuan Shao quickly promoted him to Counselor of Machinery Affairs and appointed him as the governor of Qingzhou, in charge of Qingzhou's military affairs.

In today's Qingzhou, Yuan Shao occupies the northern part and the vassal Zhang Yan, while Liu Bei occupies the two counties of Taishan County and Yinghou State.

Qingzhou is a three-legged state.

The reason why Luo Yan was not appointed as the governor of Youzhou was because Luo Yan himself refused, and he also persuaded Yuan Shao to give up appointing Yuan Xi as the governor of Youzhou.

As for the reason, it is quite simple, "Since the meeting in Zhaocheng, now in Youzhou, Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu are like fire and water. As long as they wait, they can reap the benefits.

The Youzhou gentry have not reached the point of exhaustion yet.

If you were to confer the title of governor of Youzhou now, it would make both the nobles and powerful people of Youzhou feel the same hatred towards the enemy. It would be unwise. "

Luo Yan made Yuan Shao take back his original idea. Seeing this, Hebei civil and military officials all looked at Luo Yan with admiration and deeply felt that Yuan Shao valued Luo Yan.

While Luo Yan was arranging Zhen Mi's slightly messy hair, she replied: "The chaos in Youzhou has emerged. All the scholars in Hebei are using tricks to raise food and grass to capture Youzhou."

There's going to be a war!

Zhen Mi understands business struggles and palace struggles, but does not understand these military and national affairs. She held Luo Yan's hand with a little worry and said worriedly: "My dear, are you going to the battlefield?"

Luo Yan did not answer directly, but said tactfully: "Now Hebei will not be stable for a long time, and there are strong enemies in the Central Plains, so we can't sit still in Yecheng."

When the foundation was established, whenever there was a war, the leader of one party would need to personally lead the army to fight. So far, there has never been a precedent for a monarch to sit back and conquer the world.

Especially a war that determines the life and death of a force requires a series of decisions that ordinary people would not dare to make.

The monarch sits at the back and watches the battle. Unless there is a commander with complete trust and full authority to fight, he will almost certainly lose!

But let’s not talk about whether there is such a commander-in-chief. Even if there is a commander-in-chief with full power, it is not as good as the monarch himself who has no scruples.

A minister is a minister, and there are certain decisions that a minister cannot make. For example, a decision that involves risking everything is something that a minister cannot make.

As for Yuan Shao's current power, he had to decisively put all his wealth up again and again, so that he could defeat Gongsun Zan, who was stronger than him, twice, and win a high reputation in front of Dong Zhuo.

If he had not been present in the first two wars, the outcome would have changed dramatically.

When the six major princes were fighting, all the princes would sit in the central camp and make their own decisions, no matter how big or small.

Time passes.

All the civil and military officials from Hebei left Yecheng, leading tens of thousands of Hebei's most elite soldiers to Youzhou in secret. Luo Yan accompanied Yuan Shao, looking at the civil and military officials from Hebei, thinking constantly in her mind.

Yuan Shao said enthusiastically: "Gongsun Zan is brave but has no plans. He lost all his troops and lost all his white horses in the previous campaign. He also lost hope in Youzhou. All the officials in the prefecture and county disliked Gongsun Zan from Liu Youzhou, and even the Gongsun family was divided.

He is just a withered bone in the grave. This time he marches into Youzhou, and we, the men of Hebei, can easily defeat him! "

After defeating Gongsun Zan twice in a row with the weak defeating the strong, Yuan Shao did not take him into his heart at all. Luo Yan secretly thought something was wrong. Before leaving, Luo Shu had told Luo Yan some information about people.

Especially when Luo Yan raised her eyes, she saw that all the civil and military officials in the tent had this expression, even Tian Feng, who had always been upright and dared to remonstrate, was the same. Gongsun Zan did not need to take it to heart, but it was not enough to let Yuan Shao be so arrogant.

Luo Yan rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "What the lord said is absolutely true. We in Hebei Province have strong soldiers and horses. We have thousands of generals, and our troops are like rain. They are countless.

And with your in-law Lu Fengxian as a foreign aid, who else in the world would be better than me?

Not to mention the dead bones in Gongsun Zan's tomb, even if Gongsun Zan knew he was defeated and defected to the Yan Kingdom in Liaodong, we in Hebei could still win.

Waiting for the great victory over Youzhou, he will use the momentum of victory to sweep across Qingxu Liu Bei and Yanyu Cao Cao, achieving great success. "

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Apart from the two fools like Yan Liang and Wen Chou in the camp, not to mention the group of sophisticated counselors, even generals like Zhang He and Gao Lan, who is not a human spirit?
They can still understand Luo Yan's sarcastic remarks, especially since Luo Yan's words are too real and are very likely to become reality.

Yuan Shao's face was slightly solemn. The Liaodong Yan Kingdom, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei were all opponents that should not be underestimated, especially now that there are rumors that Cao and Liu have formed an alliance. If they free up their hands to attack Hebei together, it will It is an extremely difficult war.

Yuan Shao put away the indifferent expression on his face and said solemnly: "Everyone, Ziyan is right, Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu are not my opponents in Hebei, but the Yan Kingdom in Liaodong cannot be underestimated.

If Yan State is allowed to occupy Youzhou, then Hebei will be in danger! "

Although the Yan State has a sparse population, it is extremely powerful in combat. It only conquered half of Youzhou and developed to its current situation. If it gets the other half of Youzhou, its strength will expand to such an extent that it is simply unimaginable.

The most terrifying thing is that facing Youzhou, Jizhou has no danger to defend!

The so-called Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun in later generations is within Youzhou, and Jizhou is a large plain with no natural mountains and rivers. If Yuan Shao had not brought troops to confront Gongsun Zan at the boundary bridge, Gongsun Zan would have led the Youzhou cavalry. It is no exaggeration to step directly into Yecheng.

Xun Chen muttered: "My lord, it seems that our army needs to fight quickly.

Defeat Gongsun Zan's army quickly and accurately, eliminate the troubles in Youzhou, and after breaking Jicheng, just guard Yanshan in Youzhou.

We need some cooperation from Liu Youzhou, otherwise it will be easy for Gongsun Zan to escape. "

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Yuan Shao mobilized all his elites, so naturally it was impossible to hide this from Gongsun Zan who had been keeping an eye on Yuan Shao. He knew that another war was coming.

As long as there is a war, he has the right to speak, so he excitedly went to the Prefecture Mufu. The suppression he had suffered in the past was too serious. Now he turned around and said proudly to Liu Yu: "Liu Youzhou, you have always wanted to settle the matter. , but I’m afraid it’s not what you want now.

Then Yuan Shao mobilized all the Hebei army to attack Youzhou!

If you want to protect Youzhou, you still have to rely on the soldiers and horses in my hands. "

When the scholars around Liu Yu saw Gongsun Zan's rampage, they immediately shouted angrily: "How dare you speak to the envoy like this? It is extremely rude to disrespect the governor of a state!"

Liu Yu stopped the angry crowd, and then said coldly to Gongsun Zan: "General Yuan sent his troops to You, not to attack Youzhou, but to help Youzhou defeat the enemy.

It is said that Yan State wants to attack Western Liaoning again and capture Youzhou, and the countless Hu tribes on the grasslands also want to go south to plunder.

As a general of Zhenbei and a county prince appointed by the imperial court, you hold great power in the state. You don't think about defending Youzhou, but you always think about your own selfish interests, and then fight with General Yuan.
Nowadays, the world is torn apart, and the emperors are in the hands of traitors one after another. You and I have been greatly favored by the country, but you cannot avenge the country. You should work together to serve the royal family, but instead you start this internal fight.

I despise you as a Han official. "

Hearing this, Gongsun Zan suddenly changed his color and said angrily: "Liu Bo'an!

I, Gongsun Zan, have killed enough barbarians in my life to build a Jingguan outside Jicheng. If there are barbarians who invade Youzhou, I will attack you with my sword. If you were not weak and incompetent, I would have killed the barbarians in Youzhou long ago. Absolutely, how could it leave so many hidden dangers?

You dare to criticize me harshly today. Are you trying to bully me? "

Liu Yuben could still suppress the anger in his heart, and when he mentioned the Hu people, he said angrily: "If you hadn't killed too many people, how could the situation in Youzhou be so difficult.

If you can really kill all the barbarians, will it stop you if you eliminate the root cause?
For thousands of years, even King Su had no other choice when facing the barbarians who were hiding, let alone you Gongsun Zan!

If you hadn't caused the killings in vain to cause the Hu people in the border counties to defect to the Han Dynasty, how could the Han Dynasty retreat steadily in the face of the Yan State, and how could the Han Dynasty's border be in peace day by day?
This is a good thing you did!
I'm still talking nonsense here today, I really don't know what to say. "

There was real anger between the two of them. This was entirely due to their different ideas. Gongsun Zan left angrily. After walking out of the governor's mansion, the anger in his eyes almost burned through the entire mansion.

In the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion, Liu Yu suddenly lost his angry look, and suddenly he had a sad look on his face.

Liu Yu's son Liu Shen also asked with a sad face: "Father, if you dismiss Gongsun Zan, will he directly raise an army on his own?

The previous attack on Jizhou was also launched without your consent. "

Liu Yu was pacing in the hall and thinking, "Yuan Shao came to Youzhou with big plans!"

"what?"

Liu Shen was surprised when he heard his father say such a sentence after hesitating, "Father, didn't you just tell Gongsun Zan..."

Liu Yu glared at Liu Shen and said, "Of course he was deceiving Gongsun Zan.

We must find a way to get rid of Gongsun Zan. If the Youzhou army continues to be in Gongsun Zan's hands, Youzhou will really be in danger.

When he had the advantage, he couldn't defeat Yuan Shao. How could Gongsun Zan be Yuan Shao's opponent now?

Yuan Shao wanted to be the lord of Youzhou.

Although the current emperor was supported by Dong Zhuo, and although the current emperor has various problems, he is still the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Yuan Shao's disdain for the current emperor shows that his disobedience to the Han Dynasty is almost obvious.He must not be allowed to get to Youzhou. As a member of the Han clan, this is the last thing I can do. "

Liu Shen opened his mouth to say something, when Liu Yu saw this and said sharply: "Shen'er!
Do you remember those books your father made you read when you were a child?

Do you still remember "Bang Zhou's Death in the Country"? "

Liu Yu's voice was filled with murderous intent. Liu Shen's whole body trembled and he said in fear: "Remember me, father!"

"Recite the articles about clan relatives and relatives!"

Liu Shen knelt on the ground with a bang and began to carry those relatives and relatives who had died in the history of Bangzhou.

I don't know how long it took before Liu Yu calmly said: "Remember, these people are your role models. As members of the Han clan, if you don't have the courage to die for the country, you are not qualified to wear the status of the royal family.

I can't wait to kill Liu Biao and Liu Yan, the scum of the Han clan!
If the Han Dynasty is destroyed one day, you will inherit the legacy, just like Liu Bei, and take it as your own responsibility to revive the Han Dynasty. "

Liu Shen asked in a deep voice: "Father, since Yuan Shao wants to overthrow the Han Dynasty, why did you not agree to Gongsun Zan's attack on Yuan Shao just now, but instead caused civil strife on your own?"

Liu Yu walked to the Kanyu map and said slowly: "As a father, I will teach you one more thing.

If you want to achieve great things, you must not only be able to do it yourself, but those who are allied with you must also be able to do it, otherwise you will only be dragged down in vain.

Gongsun Zan is a useless person who can't achieve anything. Only by forming an alliance with him can everything stop.

If you want to get rid of Yuan Shao, you must first secure Gongsun Zan. Only by getting rid of Gongsun Zan and completely uniting Youzhou can you have any hope of resisting Yuan Shao.

If it fails, it is destiny, and you cannot blame others. "

Liu Shen seemed to be meeting his father, who was always known for his kindness, for the first time. His eyes were filled with surprise. Liu Yu had never taught Liu Shen these things. Since I have said it today, I will simply say more.

"Shen'er, why do I always advocate generosity?

It's not that I like to be lenient, but that I have to be lenient.

Before you do something, you have to know what your goal is. Why do I look down on Gongsun Zan? Because he only knows how to kill and kill. After killing for so many years, Youzhou is still like this, and the situation on the border has even worsened.

He didn't know what he wanted. He just simply killed the barbarians. Those barbarians were like grass on the prairie, clumps after clumps, and it would never be possible to kill them all.

Back then, King Su set out from Hao Jing to march eastward, killing people along the way. He was truly invincible, but even King Su finally returned to Hao Jing and stopped launching large-scale wars.

Because Bangzhou could not benefit from those wars, but instead consumed a lot of resources.

Who is Gongsun Zan? Can he do what King Su cannot do?
My father came to Youzhou with only one goal, which was to ensure peace in Youzhou, establish an order in which the Hu people could survive without plundering, and then slowly use the population advantage of the Han people to gradually drive the Hu people north or Living together.

The exchange of resources from the Hu people allowed Youzhou to operate on its own, and it was able to maintain the rule of the Han Dynasty without the support of Jizhou and Qingzhou.

Those Hu people could even serve as a barrier for the Han Dynasty to resist the attacks of the Hu people further north and the Yan State.

Unfortunately, they were all destroyed by Gongsun Zan. The Hu people in Youzhou and Liaodong all gathered under the command of the Yan State. The Yi Cong army that had surrendered to the Han in the past became the dogs of the Yan State.

hateful! "

Liu Yu was criticizing Gongsun Zan here, but little did he know that when Gongsun Zan returned to his mansion, he saw a very kind-looking man, chubby and dressed like a rich man.

But his identity is not simple. He is a great nobleman of the Yan Kingdom, but he came to Gongsun Zan alone. He has to praise him. He is really brave.

The moment Gongsun Zan saw Murong Sheng, his hair stood on end. He looked around, quickly closed the courtyard door, and whispered, "Why are you here?"

Murong Sheng smiled easily and said, "Mr. Bo Gui, why are you so careful? Is it taboo for me to come to see you?"

After Murong Sheng said this, Gongsun Zan realized that it was indeed unnecessary. The Central Plains and the Yan State were not completely disconnected. There were still goods transactions with the Hu tribes. A Yan State businessman appeared at Gongsun's house and said Nothing.

Seeing Gongsun Zan's reaction, Murong Sheng smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Bo Gui, what do you think of what my king said in your letter a few days ago?"

The reason why he came to Gongsun Zan was very simple. The Gongsun family was a prominent family in western Liaoning, and it happened to be blocked by the Yan State entering Youzhou. If the Gongsun family was willing to surrender to the Yan State, the Yan State would enter Youzhou effortlessly, and even Occupying the entire Youzhou.

Gongsun Zan is now the most prominent figure in the Gongsun family. More than half of the Gongsun family members are dominated by Gongsun Zan. The other heirs are relatively less powerful than Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan sarcastically said: "I really don't know why you, the leader of the Yan Kingdom, dare to come and surrender to me, Gongsun Zan. Have you forgotten that you have been defeated by me several times?
I am now a great prince in the Han Dynasty, and the population and military strength under my rule are not inferior to yours in the Yan Kingdom. You actually try to recruit me, which is a shame in the world. "

Faced with Gongsun Zan's sarcastic words, Murong Sheng was not angry, and still smiled and said: "My lord is so beautiful that he admires Duke Bogui's heroic appearance on the battlefield, so he asked me to come to recruit him.

Youzhou is indeed a prosperous land, but it is a pity that this land does not belong to Bo Guigong!
Its state pastor seems to be surnamed Liu and is a member of the Han clan.

There is another man named Yuan Shao in Jizhou in the south.

He is eyeing Youzhou with covetous eyes and wants to chop off your head all the time to show it to the world.

There are enemies both inside and outside. I am worried about Duke Bo Gui. If one day, Duke Bo Gui feels that he has no way out, please run away to Liaoxi, and there will be a son of Yan State to meet you.

correct.

As the sincerity of Yan State, I can tell you that Liu Yu has been preparing to attack you recently, and your life will be threatened at any time. "

After saying that, he turned around and left without any hesitation. As for whether Liu Yu really wanted to kill Gongsun Zan, he didn't know. Liu Yu was still more cautious in this regard, and Yan State did not have the ability to arrange people around Liu Yu.

But it is not important.

Liu Yu had a reason to kill Gongsun Zan, so whether he killed him or not, whether he was willing to admit it or not, as long as Murong Sheng said so, it would not be the same.

This is a blatant conspiracy!
Gongsun Zan was a little offended by this attack, because there was a hint of contempt in his words. Murong Sheng was saying that he was neither inferior to Liu Yu nor Yuan Shao.

Murong Sheng's last words made Gongsun Zan's hair stand on end again.

"Liu Yu wants to kill me?"

He only doubted it for a moment before he recognized the authenticity of this sentence, because he himself always thought about killing Liu Yu and saving others by himself. Liu Yu was not a truly honest person, and it was understandable that he wanted to do this. .

"Liu Yu, an old man, actually wants to kill me!"

Gongsun Zan gritted his teeth, anger arose in his heart, and hatred grew in his guts. His eyes turned red almost instantly, "Liu Yu!"

Dark clouds drifted by with the wind, blocking the sun in the sky, and shadows instantly enveloped the entire Ji City.

Human hair murder.

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There are spies everywhere in Youzhou, and it’s impossible to tell who sent them. All the Hebei army was stationed in Youzhou. As early as the last time Gongsun Zan was defeated and fled, some cities in Youzhou were captured. As a result, The forward sentry post for the follow-up army.

Now tens of thousands of soldiers are spread out on the battlefield, stretching far away, and food and grass are constantly coming from Jizhou behind them.

Once here, Yuan Shao held the first Hebei general civil and military meeting to discuss a specific attack plan.

In this attack on Youzhou, in addition to defending Cao Cao and Liu Bei's men, almost the entire Hebei army came out, and they were bound to attack in one go.

Yuan Shao looked around at the crowd and said loudly: "In this attack on Youzhou, we in Jizhou have many soldiers and generals and sufficient food and grass, so we will definitely win a great victory, but how to win is a very critical matter.

You are all heroes from Hebei Province. If you have any opinions, please share them here. Once an agreement is reached, it cannot be changed and must be strictly implemented. "

Qu Yi was the first to walk out. He first clasped his fists and bowed to salute Yuan Shao. After standing up, he looked around at the people around him and then raised his head and said: "My lord, no matter how we arrange the battle plan in the future, Yi please be the vanguard to attack the city and build a stronghold in the field." If you attack, the one who gets to the death first will be unbeatable."

There is a saying in Hebei today that "Hebei has four pillars, and Qu Yi is in the center." Qu Yi is now the well-deserved number one general in Hebei!

Looking at his beloved general's confident performance, Yuan Shao laughed loudly and said: "Okay, you will be the vanguard of our army, Zhengze. Gongsun Zan has no white horse to follow, but he should let other soldiers under his command experience the death first." With the strength of the Euphorbia, this is called fairness!"

He laughed straight away as he spoke, and everyone in the camp laughed loudly in agreement. The Death Soldiers and Euphorbia Soldiers are the most elite regiments in Hebei today, with the cooperation of heavy crossbowmen and heavy armored soldiers.

Hebei as a whole has only trained thousands of them.

In recent years, for any camp that is difficult to conquer, as long as the dead soldiers and euphorbia soldiers attack first, there will be no disadvantage.

Luo Yan sat first on the right hand side, silently observing everyone in Hebei.

These counselors and generals in Hebei are all very capable people, but it is precisely because of this that the fight becomes more intense.

Especially in a smooth battle like Youzhou, what these people consider is not just victory, but to secure enough benefits for their faction in the event of victory.

Each of them hopes that Yuan Shao will listen to his own opinions and win, so that he can be among the best when it comes to rewards for merit.

And what about Yuan Shao?

It is also necessary to consider the distribution of interests of each faction. When adopting opinions, you should not only consider the rationality of the opinions themselves, but also consider the method of victory.

This approach is destined to have a lot of flaws and will definitely give opportunities to the opponent.

When the flying dragon actually rides on the face, it doesn't matter, but what I fear most is thinking that I am sure of victory, but the opponent will seize the loophole and beat him to death.

That is really a sacrifice for the world.

After Luo Yan came to Yuan Shao's command, she felt that she did not need to make suggestions because there were enough counselors in Hebei.

In particular, these four people, Jusue, Xunchen, Shenpei, and Tianfeng, are all talented people and are no weaker than any adviser.

What he needs to do most is to promote the relationship between these people, prevent factional struggle from becoming the mainstream in Hebei, and prevent Hebei from falling into crazy internal strife.

As long as Hebei's strength is used in one place, there will be no fear in the world.

Yuan Shao agreed to Qu Yi's request so easily, firstly because he trusted Qu Yi and at the same time Qu Yi was the most elite general under his command, and secondly because Qu Yi did not belong to the Hebei faction.

In the battle to attack Youzhou, Yuan Shao hoped that isolated ministers like Yingchuan faction and Qu Yi could make great contributions.

Because the land of Hebei is really full of outstanding people, there are too many talents, and because it develops locally, this has led to the Hebei faction becoming more and more powerful under Yuan Shao's command.

In particular, Yuan Shao let Jushu govern and manage the army, making the Hebei faction more powerful.

But there is no way that the Yingchuan faction does not have talents in this field. Yuan Shao must make the best use of them and let the Hebei faction take the lead.

The only thing that reassured Yuan Shao was that both Jushou and Shenpei were rare loyal ministers. Tian Feng was an upright person. Although the celebrities in Hebei had their own interests in mind, there were also many loyal people.

Following Qu Yi's statement, everyone in the tent was about to speak freely when suddenly a messenger shouted outside the camp. Yuan Shao quickly asked the guards to call him in. As soon as the messenger entered the camp, he immediately knelt down on one knee and said: "Lord, a letter from Jicheng!"

(End of this chapter)