Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 270 The Undecided, Hesitant Yuan Benchu

Zhuocheng.

Yuan Shao put down the message in his hand, and his tone became more joyful: "Jiang Qi from Yijing City sent information that Gongsun Zan led his army out of the city at night and beheaded Liu Zong, the one-eyed general of the northern battalion."

"This tortoise with a shrunken head finally no longer hides in the tortoise shell of Yi Jingcheng."

Although Jiang Qi of Chengbei Battalion suffered a loss of troops, Yuan Shao was delighted instead of angry.

Gongsun Zan was willing to leave the city to fight, which meant that he gave up Yi Jingcheng and wanted to fight Yuan Shao to the death.

Yuan Shao was not afraid that Gongsun Zan would go out of the city to kill the generals, but he was afraid that Gongsun Zan would not be able to defend.

For a general of the level of one-eyed general Liu Zong, Yuan Shao has eight hundred if not one thousand, and it doesn't hurt to die.

But Gongsun Zan started to go out of the city to fight, which meant that the battle in Youzhou was coming to an end.

Xun Chen, who was the counselor, was also excited at the moment.

When Gongsun Zan left the city, it meant that he was about to achieve the victory of defeating the capital of Yi and capturing and killing Gongsun Zan.

From now on, under Yuan Shao's command, if Xun Chen wants to call himself the mastermind, who would dare to snatch him?
"General, Gongsun Zan went out of the city to kill Liu Zong. This is a challenge to the general."

"In order to prevent Gongsun Zan from returning to Yijing City again, the general can use the strategy of luring the enemy to lure Gongsun Zan's army out of the city, and then send the general to cut off his way back."

Yuan Shao stroked his short beard, and the tone of the inquiry was also brisk: "How are you going to lure the enemy? You can tell me in detail!"

Xun Chen had been prepared for a long time, and offered a strategy: "Gongsun Zan is dying to fight back. Wherever the general is, Gongsun Zan will definitely fight there."

"As long as the general goes to Yijing City in person, Gongsun Zan will definitely fall into the trap!"

As soon as the words fell, Feng Ji couldn't hold back and stood up: "Xun Chen, you dare to let the general lure the enemy himself, what is your intention?"

"The general is worth a thousand gold, how can he stand under a dangerous wall?"

"If you want to destroy Gongsun Zan, you only need to send a general. Why do you need the general to go in person?"

"If the general makes a mistake, can you bear the responsibility?"

"Without a general, you can't use tricks to lure the enemy? If you don't have a good plan, replace me!"

Fengji has been very irritable recently.

Xun Chen offered advice frequently, and there was a faint tendency for Yuan Shao to conspire.

Even Xu You and Guo Tu were temporarily overshadowed by Xun Chen's sharpness.

Xu You didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

Ever since Gongsun Zan was besieged in Yijing City, Xu You hadn't done much planning. He directly asked Yuan Shao for the post of prefect of Zhuojun County, and he was rarely seen on weekdays.

Although Guo Tu was also dissatisfied with Xun Chen, Guo Tu didn't want to ruin Xun Chen's plan for the time being, but went directly to Nanpi.

That is to say, Feng Ji was still competing with Xun Chen in front of Yuan Shao.

No fight!
Feng Ji thinks highly of himself, and has always regarded himself as Yuan Shao's mastermind.

Therefore, when Fengji competes with Xu You, Guo Tu, and Xun Chen, whoever offers the most advice will compete with whomever is superior.

Seeing Xun Chen's frequent contribution to meritorious service now, Feng Ji was so jealous that he went crazy.

Feng Ji had followed Yuan Shao when he was in Luoyang, and he had made a lot of suggestions over the years, and he had a very clear understanding of Yuan Shao's personality.

This burst of scolding not only stunned Xun Chen, but Yuan Shao also looked at Xun Chen with suspicion.

"Yuan Tu is right. To kill Gongsun Zan, there is no need for him to go in person." Yuan Shao felt that Zhuocheng was quite comfortable after staying for a long time, and he didn't want to put on armor to go into battle.

After reacting, Xun Chen looked at Feng Ji with anger in his eyes.

It seems that Fengji is protecting Yuan Shao's safety, but in fact Fengji's core is the last sentence "If you don't have a good plan, replace me!"

Seeing that he is about to achieve great success, let Fengji go?
Isn't Xun Chen's busy work in vain?

It is impossible to give it to anyone!

Thinking of this, Xun Chen's tone became less polite: "Feng Yuantu, don't gossip here. Even if the general doesn't personally conscript, I still have a good plan to lure the enemy!"

"It's true that to capture Gongsun Zan alive, all you need is a general, but if the general doesn't go there in person, how can you see Gongsun Zan's distressed appearance? Except for the general, who else is qualified to capture Gongsun Zan alive?"

"Gongsun Zan is like a deer, and in this world, only a hero like a great general is qualified to compete!"

Xun Chen secretly sneered: Who wouldn't say flattery?
It was another race, another hero, Yuan Shao felt comfortable hearing it, and immediately hesitated: "If you are right, Gongsun Zan is also a great man, if I can't be captured alive by the general himself, wouldn't it be a pity?"

"But what Yuantu said makes sense. This general is already a great general. A gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall."

Seeing that Xun Chen and Feng Ji disagreed, Yuan Shao fell into difficulty in choosing again.

Seeing Yuan Shao hesitated, Feng Ji was happy.

This fighter plane was originally fleeting, and the longer the time dragged on, the less chance of grasping the fighter plane.

As long as Xun Chen's plan goes wrong, Feng Ji can take the opportunity to get into trouble and expel Xun Chen, and then turn the tide and become the greatest contributor to the destruction of Gongsun Zan.

In Xun Chen's heart, he wished to chop Fengji with a knife. It was a good plan, but it turned out to be a problem when Fengji got mixed up.

No matter how Xun Chen argues, Feng Ji always has a way to refute Xun Chen.

An hour has passed since this debate.

Yuan Shao was overwhelmed when he heard it, and hurriedly said that we will discuss it tomorrow, and left with an excuse.

"Feng Yuantu, what exactly do you want to do?" As soon as Yuan Shao left, Xun Chen couldn't hold back his anger anymore, staring at Feng Ji.

At this time, Feng Ji felt very comfortable: "Xun Youruo, don't be so excited. The most important thing for this person is to be happy. The better your mood, the longer you can live."

"Ah, I suddenly remembered that I still want to invite Zhengnan to drink tonight, so I won't accompany you."

Xun Chen clenched his fist tightly.

a long time.

Xun Chen let go of his fist and suppressed his anger: "Feng Yuantu, don't think I'm out of action. Guo Tu is not here, and there is still Xu You in Zhuocheng!"

Although Xu You was greedy, Xun Chen was going to sell some benefits and asked Xu You to persuade Yuan Shao.

And in the mansion of Xu You, the prefect of Zhuojun.

Xu Yi put the dragon saliva and thousand-year-old ginseng presented by Zheng Ping in front of Xu You.

Although Xu Yi lied that he would give this dragon saliva to Yuan Mai, but with Xu Yi's greed, how could he easily give away the treasure he got?
Even if the other party is Yuan Shao's favorite young son Yuan Mai!
"Uncle, that Qingzhou salt merchant Xu Ping is worth making friends with!" Xu Yi began to praise Zheng Ping in front of Xu You: "Not only gave my nephew a boatload of salt, but also gave my nephew a thousand-year-old ginseng. And this dragon Saliva, it's also top quality!"

Greed also flashed in Xu You's eyes.

Why did you follow Yuan Shao?

Isn't it because following Yuan Shao can enjoy the glory and wealth?
Why do you want to be the prefect of Zhuojun?

Isn't it because being the prefect of Zhuojun can be as greedy as he wants?

Anyway, with the relationship between Xu You and Yuan Shao, as long as he doesn't get too greedy, Yuan Shao will turn a blind eye.

"The salt merchant Xu Ping, what do you want?" Xu You looked away from the dragon saliva and the thousand-year-old ginseng, and asked quietly.

To be able to give such a valuable gift must be something to ask for.

And the other party was from Qingzhou, so Xu You subconsciously became more alert.

Xu Yi said: "Xu Ping wants an order to avoid death."

"Exemption order?" Xu You frowned, "How did you answer?"

Xu Yi was a little proud: "I told Xu Ping that it's not that I don't want to help but that I'm not qualified to see the emperor at all. The emperor is just a marionette. If you want to do this, it's better to please the general."

"Then let's talk about this dragon saliva, the general doesn't like it, but Mr. Yuan Mai likes it!"

"At that time, uncle only needs to tell the general, why would he need to give the dragon saliva to Mr. Yuan Mai."

Xu You's gaze changed instantly, like a sharp knife.

Xu You asked, "You told that salt merchant that the Son of Heaven is a marionette?"

Xu Yi hadn't realized it yet: "That's right, the Son of Heaven was originally a marionette?"

"Confused!" Xu You scolded: "A few treasures in the district, have your eyes been fascinated? Have you forgotten the rules of keeping things simple and not deep? If the salt merchant is Liu Bei's spy, you are leaking secrets." !"

"Being caught by the dog thief who was assigned, even ten of you are not enough to be chopped off!"

Xu Yi didn't take it seriously: "How can the trial match be compared with your uncle? He is just a powerful man in Yecheng, how can he be compared to my uncle who has known the general since childhood?"

Seeing Xu Yi's incomprehensible appearance, Xu You was even more angry: "I am Xu Ziyuan, a well-known official in Nanyang, who is the best in the world, how can I have such a stupid nephew like you."

"I'll give you five hundred county soldiers, go find Xu Ping immediately, and hack him to death regardless of the reason!"

Xu Yi looked at Xu You in astonishment: "Uncle, that's a Qingzhou salt merchant! If this is hacked randomly, which salt merchant would dare to come to Youzhou to sell salt?"

"If we can cooperate with the salt merchants, we don't need to hunt down those poor ghosts in Zhuo County."

"Uncle, that's a salt merchant! A salt merchant in Qingzhou!"

"Uncle, don't worry, my nephew will not be mistaken, that salt merchant is a fool."

"My nephew thought that the salt merchant would be the internal response, but guess what he said?"

"The salt merchant said that as long as he avoids the death edict, he will not be an internal response. If the general wins, he will lead the Qingzhou salt merchants to support the general. If the general loses, he will pretend that this has not been said."

"Uncle! If we can make friends with this Qingzhou salt merchant, in the future the general will break Qingzhou and lobby the Qingzhou salt merchants to support the general, it will be all thanks to you, uncle!"

Xu Yi didn't want to lose the benefits that were in his mouth.

In Xu Yi's view, Yuan Shao was destined to bring peace to the world.

The Qingzhou salt merchants headed by "Xu Ping" will definitely submit to Yuan Shao. If Xu You's lobbying is the credit for letting the salt merchants submit to Yuan Shao, then the Xu family will definitely be directly responsible for the connection with the entire salt merchants in the future.

Salt and iron profiteering, even if uncle and nephew Xu You were less greedy, it would be an incalculable wealth!

Isn't following Yuan Shao just to get promoted and make a fortune?
After a while of Xu Yi's analysis, Xu You's anger also dissipated a lot, and he began to weigh the pros and cons.

If the harm outweighs the benefit, Xu You will definitely send the county soldiers to kill Xu Ping, the salt merchant Xu Yi is talking about.

But if the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, it's worth Xu You's risk.

The ruthless person who dared to plan to dethrone Ling Emperor Liu Hong was not a timid person.

For Xu You, whether to take risks is just one word: profit!

"Ayi, go and send a greeting letter to that Xu Ping. I want to meet that Xu Ping in person." Xu You thought for a long time, and decided to meet the Qingzhou salt merchant "Xu Ping" that Xu Yi was talking about in person.

Benefits will be gained, and necessary measures must be taken.

Only after meeting the salt merchant Xu Ping in person, did Xu You dare to discuss cooperation with Xu Ping with confidence.

Xu Yi also knew that his uncle had always been cautious, so after talking with Xu You about the time, he sent someone to deliver the greeting card.

As soon as Xu Yi left, Xun Chen knocked on the door.

Hearing that it was Xun Chen, Xu You hurriedly hid the dragon saliva and the old ginseng, and then came out of the back room to see Xun Chen.

"Why is Xun Shizhong free to come and look for the mansion today?" Xu You seemed to be polite, but actually kept a subtle distance from Xun Chen.

Xun Chen glanced to the left and right, and said slowly: "Mr. Xu, please screen back to the left and right."

Xu You narrowed his eyes, waved his hand, and the surrounding maids and guards retreated one after another, and then asked, "Master Xun, why do you have to be so cautious?"

Xun Chen was not too polite, and said bluntly: "I hope the prefect Xu can help Chen with his plan. If he succeeds, Chen will be rewarded handsomely!"

After thinking about it for a while, Xu You guessed the reason: "That mad dog Fengji started biting people again?"

Xun Chen snorted angrily: "Prefect Xu guessed right, it was Feng Ji's mad dog, and Chen's proposal was shelved by the general again."

"There is no room for delay in this important military matter. Feng Ji wants to deliberately see Chen make a fool of himself, and then take the opportunity to replace Chen, so that he can calmly deploy to kill Gongsun Zan."

"In this way, all the credit will be due to the discipline, and Chen has been running around for several months, not only for nothing, but also for being questioned."

"If Prefect Xu can help Chen achieve success, Chen will definitely go all out if Prefect Xu asks for it in the future!"

Xu You smiled all over his face: "Servant Xun is being polite, my family has long thought that Feng Ji is not pleasing to the eye."

Now Xu You, who has been away from the General's Mansion for the time being, has no direct conflict of interest with Feng Ji, but Feng Ji's good friend Shi Pei always keeps an eye on Xu You, and often impeaches Xu You for being greedy for money.

This made Xu You very angry.

Now that Xun Chen wants to fight Feng Ji, Xu You is happy to support him.

Only when the snipe and the clam compete, can the fisherman benefit.

Seeing that Xu You agreed, Xun Chen was immediately overjoyed: "Prefect Xu Gaoyi! Chen has a comprehensive plan to kill Gongsun Zan. I also ask Prefect Xu to accompany Chen to meet the general tonight. It is best to make this arrangement tonight." come down."

"Don't let Fengji add more chaos!"

Xu You glanced at Xun Chen's plan and couldn't help but secretly marvel.

"As expected of a talented person from the Xun family, it's no wonder that mad dog Feng Ji tried his best to delay time."

"If we had followed the plan at the beginning, Gongsun Zan would definitely die!"

"Since it can make Fengji suffer, how can the government not help Xun Chen?"

Thinking of this, Xu You immediately agreed to see Yuan Shao's pleading: "It just so happens that my residence recently acquired a treasure, which I want to dedicate to Benchu."

Xu You went back to the house and took out the dragon saliva.

Originally, Xu You wanted to keep the dragon saliva for himself, but in order to help Xun Chen succeed, Xu You also had to take out the treasure of the dragon saliva.

At this time, Yuan Shao was practicing calligraphy with his youngest son Yuan Mai.

Yuan Shao's four sons.

The eldest son, Yuan Tan, seems to be honest and honest, the second son, Yuan Xi, has no ambitions, and the third son, Yuan Shang, is most like him, but his talent is too poor.

On the contrary, the youngest son, Yuan Mai, was able to master both literature and martial arts, which made Yuan Shao quite fond of it.

Seeing Xu You and Xun Chen coming at the same time, Yuan Shao couldn't help frowning: "Ziyuan, why are you here too?"

　Begging for a monthly ticket

　　
　
(End of this chapter)