Concubine Tang's affairs should be left to others to worry about. Anyway, Chen Xi felt that he should not get involved. I heard that Cheng Yu had been transferred to Wancheng recently, and Cao Cao was mobilizing troops back and forth. It looked like there was going to be a big fight.
idea.
Of course, the most important thing is that Cao Cao did not hide his motives, which is why Chen Xi did not see Xun Yan after arriving in Yingchuan.
To be honest, Xun Yan was in quite a bad situation. Last time, he knew clearly that Yuan Shao's plan was involved, so he stretched out his hand to test, and then asked Chen Xi to remove him from his official position, but he quickly re-enabled it.
According to the situation at that time, he was naturally transferred to Yuzhou to take charge. Although he committed a crime, he was indeed promoted in essence. After all, he was promoted from the governor of Donglai County to the governor of Yuzhou. He passed a full two steps in the middle, and no one was gossiping.
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On the one hand, Xun Yan is indeed very capable, and on the other hand, it is to appease Yuzhou, which was just captured at that time. The Xun family and the Chen family are both powerful in Yuzhou, and it is impossible for Chen Xi to go to Yuzhou to be the governor.
I feel relieved.
Although the Xun family are all students of Legalism wearing Confucian coats, after running Yuzhou for many years, the Yuzhou family almost understands what the Xun family is like, and the appointment of Xun Yan to take charge also sends a signal to Yuzhou as a whole.
This is why there has been no turmoil since Yuzhou was taken over. Liu Bei has shown goodwill. If the Yuzhou family still has the idea of seeking death, then there is really something wrong with their brains. Legalism is about governing the country according to the law. If you really take action
Come is definitely the most ruthless.
Similarly, the Legalists are also the most rule-based. Just like Man Chong, who is a crazy and cruel official, they have not taken advantage of families like the Deng family, Shen family, and Song family. Although even Man Chong himself told Li You, there are
Opportunity must deal with these bastards, but when the other party only takes advantage of loopholes and does not break the law, Man Chong would rather amend his own laws than take action.
This belongs to the ethics of the Legalists. If you want to discipline others, you must first discipline yourself. People like Man Chong, Xun Yan, and Xun Yue are destined not to be punished without teaching, so with Xun Yan on their heads, the Yuzhou family feels relieved.
A lot.
However, there was some movement on Cao Cao's side some time ago, so Xun Yan took his people there and stationed them at the border of Yuzhou to prevent Cao Cao from taking advantage of it.
The Xun family's generation is actually very good at government affairs and military affairs. Otherwise, Xun Yu wouldn't have to go to so much trouble to suppress this group of people. Naturally, Xun Yan is actually quite confident in his own abilities. He heard that Cao Cao had made any changes.
Went there in person.
Originally, if there was a situation only on Cao Cao's side, it would be no problem for Xun Yan to borrow some troops from Guan Yu's side to resist it. However, this time it seems that there is a linkage between Cao Cao and Sun Ce, and Guo Jia and Guan Yu have no problem with the combination of Zhou Yu and Sun Ce.
It’s true that he didn’t get any advantage, so naturally he wouldn’t give Xun Yan much support.
Fortunately, Jia Xu had the foresight to send a troop of troops to stir up trouble on Cao Cao's side, and then they arrived at the junction of Yuzhou and Jingzhou.
Xun Yan received the assistance of this army and quickly stabilized the situation, but out of caution, he did not make any unnecessary moves. Xun Yan was a little wary of both the military advisor and the generals on the opposite side.
Although Cheng Yu did not show much in this life, Xun Yan, who was born in Yingchuan, knew very well how many people in Yuzhou were worthy of his fear, and unfortunately, Cheng Yu was one of them, and compared to him who was good at political strategy
, Cheng Yu is better at military strategy.
At the Wancheng military camp, Xia Houyuan was toasting Zhang Xiu. Maybe Xia Houyuan and others had looked down on these generals with foreign surnames before, but since Lu Bu's promotion to the throne at the end of last year, the Cao brothers and Xiahou brothers have become convinced of these people.
Whether it's Zhang Xiu's super strength against Lu Bu or Xu Huang's legion talent, they are all very terrifying abilities, and as a general, he recognizes these abilities.
"Come on, come on, after drinking, we will lead our troops to sneak around the border of Yingchuan." Xia Houyuan said with a smile, which made Zhang Xiu roll his eyes. Wancheng is not far away from Yingchuan, but Xia Houyuan is
Just slip away if you can.
"Master Cheng, why haven't you taken action until now?" Zhang Xiu asked after drinking a glass of wine and putting down the bottle.
"Zhongde said that Xun Yan on the other side is not a simple character, and as soon as we arrived in Wancheng, the other side had a large army coming, which means that we have actually been exposed." Xia Houyuan explained.
"With so many troops and horses, they are all exposed. Let's rush forward and fight them directly while there is no general in charge of the troops on the opposite side." Zhang Xiu said speechlessly. To be honest, except for the large-scale deployment of troops and horses such as Xun You as military advisor,
Like others, Zhang Xiu had no hope of being able to hide it.
"It's not that simple. The opponent is just consolidating the defense line to defend against our attack. It's not easy to make a sneak attack. The opponent is strictly guarding and defending. Now we only need to put pressure on the opponent." Xia Houyuan shook his head, although he didn't know.
Why does Cheng Yu have to wait? But he is still willing to believe in Cheng Yu.
"I heard that Sun Ce sent someone to discuss it with us, right?" Although Zhang Xiu didn't understand, the general Xia Houyuan didn't say anything. He didn't have anything to say, so he could just follow the fight when the time comes.
"There is such a thing." Xia Houyuan did not hide it, "I heard that it was a famous person from Jiangdong named Gu Yong. As for what he said, I don't know."
"I heard that Sun Ce recently suppressed Guan Yu and Guo Jia at Huai River?" Zhang Xiu asked with curiosity.
"That's true. After all, the Northerners are not good at water warfare, and Gan Ning, who is the best at water warfare under Liu Bei, is missing. Speaking of which, not being able to find the enemy on the battlefield is a bigger problem than anything else. It's really unclear what the situation is now.
." Xia Houyuan shook his head and said.
"That's right." Zhang Xiu nodded, saying that what Xia Houyuan said made sense. The inexplicable disappearance of Gan Ning was not only a headache for Guo Jia, but also a headache for Cao Cao and Sun Ce.
"Do they have any idea of asking us for help?" Zhang Xiu continued to ask. To be honest, Zhang Xiu is very interested in meeting powerful generals, such as Guan Yu. He really wants to try it. Of course, the one Zhang Xiu wants to try the most is Zhao Yun.
, but Zhao Yun rarely plays in battles.
While Xia Houyuan and Zhang Xiu were chatting about the war between Guan Yu and Sun Ce, Guo Jia, who was in Guan Yu's camp north of the Huai River, finally made preparations to deal with Zhou Yu after receiving Chen Xi's secret letter. Recently, Zhou Yu was dancing with excitement.
Guo Jia almost exploded.
However, Guo Jia is a resourceful person after all. Although he suffered from Zhou Yu's mental talent, his own rigorous thinking was not greatly damaged because of this. On the contrary, because he knew his weaknesses, he was much more careful in dealing with them.
Therefore, until now, Guo Jia, who has the advantage of the terrain, has not suffered much losses. However, after discovering the movements on Cao Cao's side, Guo Jia's original plan was forced to stop to avoid being taken advantage of by Cao Cao.
However, after Chen Xi's reinforcements arrived, Guo Jia was finally able to let go.
