Beast King Three Kingdoms

() Time flies, and the first year of Xingping has passed in a blink of an eye. <In the city, the festive atmosphere has not completely dissipated, and the front of each house is still ablaze.

In a secluded courtyard in the city, there are bursts of beautiful piano sounds, like fairy sounds.

After a long time, the sound of the piano dissipated, and everything returned to calm.

In the courtyard, a handsome young man looked at a tall young man beside him, and asked, "Zijing! Why did you shrink back when the situation came to an end? It doesn't fit your character. What is the reason?"

"Gongjin!" The tall young man hesitated for a moment, and said, "We'll wait and see!" Afterwards, Lu Su suddenly hesitated for some reason, and has not yet made up his mind.

"Zijing! You don't have to worry about my safety." Zhou Yu sighed. He knew that Lu Su was afraid of his life, so he became hesitant.

"Yuan Shu will not abandon the world's talents for me." Zhou Yu said confidently.

Lu Su shook his head, and said: "The emperor's heart is the most unpredictable. How can we know what Yuan Shu is thinking? This matter is related to Gongjin's life, so we have to treat it with caution."

"You!" Zhou Yu felt helpless, Lu Su was very intelligent and unparalleled, but his character was cautious, which was both an advantage and a disadvantage.

Lu Su comforted: "Don't worry, Gongjin! My talents and learning will definitely stand out and be reused by General Yuan. Even if it is delayed for a while, it will not hurt."

Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "What Fan Guangyuan said before is very reasonable. It is always better to give charcoal in the snow than icing on the cake. One step late is one step behind. If you want to catch up, you need to work twice as hard."

"But!" Lu Su didn't know this truth, but he was really worried about Zhou Yu's safety.

"The entire Sun family was wiped out, and Cheng, Huang, Han and other old Sun Wentai generals were not spared. It can be seen that General Yuan is extremely determined to kill Sun Bofu. If you know the relationship between Gong Jin and Sun Bofu, I'm afraid..." Lu Su His face was full of worry. Judging from Yuan Shu's attitude of killing the entire Sun family, if he knew the relationship between Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, it would definitely be a disaster.

"Zijing! The reason why General Yuan killed the Sun family was because Bo Fu violated his taboo. It is difficult for the overlord to tolerate other ambitious people. General Yuan saw Bo Fu's ambition. It was only then that he made up his mind to uproot all his subordinates without leaving any future troubles." Zhou Yu explained.

"Gongjin's meaning..." Lu Su asked curiously.

"If Bofu had no ambitions, General Yuan would not kill him, but would use him again," Zhou Yu said lightly.

"This..." Lu Su began to understand Zhou Yu's meaning. Sun Ce had ambitions, and Yuan Shu couldn't tolerate it. Zhou Yu was the opposite.

Having said that, Lu Su still hesitated in his heart, after all, this is a major matter related to his wealth and life.

Zhou Yu shook his head, and said decisively, "I've made up my mind, Zijing doesn't need to say any more."

After a pause, he continued: "I predict that Yuan Shu will send troops to attack Jingzhou within this year, and the time will be around February or March. So you and I will go to the recruiting hall together at the end of the month. Whether it succeeds or fails depends on God's will."

Zhou Yu guessed right, but Yuan Shu planned to send troops in March, but the first target was Yuzhang, followed by Jingzhou.

Lu Su's face was uncertain, and he sighed for a long time: "That's all! Just follow Gongjin's words."

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Just after the new year, a major event happened in Xuzhou. Tao Qian, the state shepherd, died of illness. Before he died, he entrusted Xuzhou to Liu Bei.

After several months, the major families have digested all the properties of the Chen family, so they no longer resist Liu Bei's taking over as before.

And Liu Bei didn't sit back and wait for a rabbit, he actively traveled around, visited various aristocratic families, and promised many benefits.

After several times, the attitudes of the major families gradually changed, and even began to support Liu Bei.

In this way, Liu Bei swept away the last obstacle and sat on the throne of Xuzhou Mu smoothly.

It is worth mentioning that the Chen family did not take any action during this "disturbance of change of owner", and it is not known what Chen Deng and his son were thinking.

When the news reached Yanzhou, Cao Cao was furious. He had a hard time, spent countless money, food, soldiers and horses, and finally let Liu Bei, a kid weaving mats, take advantage of it.

Immediately, Cao Cao wanted to raise troops again to attack Xuzhou.

Xun Yu remonstrated: "In the past, the great ancestors captured Guanzhong, and Guangwu ruled Hanoi. There was no worry in the rear. If you advance, you can defeat the enemy, and if you retreat, you can protect yourself. Only then can you dominate the world. Yanzhou is the lord's Guanzhong and Hanoi. Now Yanzhou is unstable. Lv Bu If the army is outside and Lu Bu takes the opportunity to attack, so what?"

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu also opposed this.

"Wen Ruo's words are justified! If Lu Bu doesn't get rid of him for a day, I'll be waiting like a light on my back, so I won't be able to sleep comfortably." Guo Jia said seriously.

Cheng Yu also echoed.

In fact, Cao Cao didn't understand these truths. It was just jealousy. He worked so hard, but not only gained nothing, but suffered heavy losses, even his old nest in Yanzhou was almost lost.

And Liu Bei won Xuzhou's rich land easily without a single soldier.

Cao Cao naturally couldn't accept such a huge contrast, and it was reasonable to have such an attitude.

"Last year, the locust plague was severe, and the harvests in Yanzhou were few and far between. It's not a good idea for me to sit here and wait!" Cao Cao said with some distress, his face full of worry.

Xun Yu pondered for a while, and offered a plan: "The yellow scarves in Yingchuan are raging, and my lord will not guard against them. These bandits have a lot of food, grass, gold and silk, and they can raise their own army with their money and food. Moreover, Yanzhou is narrow and the people are small, so it is not a place to start a business." Land, but if Yingchuan County is brought under our control, we will have a deep land, which is several times better than today." <The light flashed, as if thinking of something.

At this moment, a person ran in in a panic.

"Mr. Cao! My master is already dead." The visitor entered the hall and fell to the ground crying.

Cao Cao looked around, his complexion suddenly changed, the person below was the servant of his confidant, Xi Zhong and Xi Zhicai.

Swish! ...Cao Cao got up suddenly and ran out in big strides.

Xun Yu, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu also hurried to follow.

The crowd rushed to Xizhong's residence quickly, Cao Cao took the lead and broke into the room directly.

"Zhicai!" Looking at Xizhong who was described as skinny on the couch, Cao Cao felt sad. This was his first counselor, who came to him when he was down and down, and accompanied him through the most difficult period.

Cao Cao has a special affection for Xizhong, even surpassing his "confidant" Guo Jia.

Now that Xi Zhong's life is dying, how can Cao Cao not be sad?

Guo Jia and Xun Yu, the two old acquaintances of opera loyalists, were also full of sadness, especially Guo Jia, his eyes were red and he almost shed tears.

Hearing Cao Cao's voice, Xi Zhong Youyou opened his eyes, the original bright eyes were a little cloudy now.

"My lord!" Xi Zhong called out.

Cao Cao hurried forward, held Xi Zhong's hands, and said, "Zhicai! You should rest well, don't open your mouth."

Xi Zhong smiled miserably, and said: "If you don't talk about it, you won't have a chance! While there is still... cough cough!"

Before he finished speaking, Xi Zhong coughed violently.

Seeing this, Cao Cao quickly lifted Xi Zhong up and stroked his back.

After a while, Xi Zhong recovered slightly, and said with difficulty: "My lord! The talent of filial piety is ten times that of Zhong, the lord can reuse it to replace Zhong."

"Don't worry about Zhicai! In the future, I will treat you with filial piety, just like I treat you." Cao Cao promised solemnly.

Guo Jia also said: "Don't worry about Zhicai! I will definitely assist the lord to achieve great things."

Xi Zhong squeezed out a smile on his pale face, and said: "If you are so loyal, you can rest assured!"

After a pause, Xi Zhong continued: "A man who is about to die speaks well! I am about to die, and I still have one thing to say, please listen to it, my lord."

"You can tell me what you want to say." Cao Cao said hastily.

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