The battlefield in Corpse Township has been turbulent again in the past few days.

In the past few days, Liu Qi's army has experienced the baptism of Yuan's army twice. However, although Yuan's army has many soldiers and generals, its offensive is getting weaker and weaker. Both Liu Qi and the Jingzhou generals under him can feel this.

Yuan Shaojun now looks tough on the outside, but in fact he is strong on the outside and weak on the inside.

Liu Qi knew in his heart that Yuan Shao was probably no longer able to attract sponsorship from the gentry in Hebei.

The scale of victory has gradually tilted towards one's side.

…

In Yuan Shao's camp, Yuan Shao was furious at his men at this moment.

"Why is there only such a small amount?" Yuan Shao looked at the slip in his hand with an angry look on his face.

Below Yuan Shao, Xun Chen sighed helplessly: "General, there are many powerful families in Hebei who are quite dissatisfied with the war launched by the general. Moreover, this war is very expensive. Not only is the treasury of all the counties in Hebei empty.

, many people from these noble families have also emptied their wealth, but now they have not seen any results, so naturally they are unwilling to continue to provide money and food..."

"Bang!" Yuan Shao threw the slip in his hand to the ground.

"When I promised them benefits, every one of them wished they could have their heads sharpened and come to offer me favors. Now that the situation has reached a stalemate, they have stopped moving forward... Haha, it's really deplorable!"

Xun Chen sighed: "General, in fact, this matter is not to blame Hebei Zhuwang. In fact, the longer this delay is, the momentum and momentum will become weaker the longer we delay, although the general is fighting in the name of Qing Junzi."

, but after all, we don’t have His Majesty’s edict... From the perspective of the world, we are really no different from rebels."

"Bastard!" Yuan Shao shouted and said angrily: "Yuan raised troops for the country and helped the country, how could he become a rebel?"

Xun Chen hurriedly bowed and said: "General, forgive me. I just said some ideas that the leaders of Hebei dare not accept at the moment. They are for the general's reference. I have no other intention."

"What are Zhuwang's thoughts?" Yuan Shao raised his eyebrows: "It's not just Hebei Zhuwang's thoughts, I'm afraid this is yours too."

"General, me!"

Yuan Shao said lightly: "You Ruo, don't think that I don't know what you think. In addition to the family, your Xun family has always attached more importance to the Han Dynasty orthodoxy, including your Xun Yu and your nephew.

My son, Xun You, although you are not serving the same master, the reason why you assist the pastors of all parties is that one is to revitalize the family, and the other is to maintain the unification of the Han Dynasty... In your eyes, Yuan's current behavior is not consistent with the rebels.

No two?"

Xun Chen was shocked when he heard this, and the sweat on his forehead fell in big drops down his cheeks.

Then, he knelt down in front of Yuan Shao with a 'pop' sound, and said tremblingly: "General, the lowly officials... you have absolutely no intention of doing this!"

"I'm just talking casually, why are you nervous?"

Xun Chen said hurriedly: "The general's casual words made the junior officials tremble with fear and fear. The junior officials are loyal to the general, and the sun and the moon can teach them."

"That's the best...that's all, you get up first." Yuan Shao waved his hand and asked Xun Chen to stand up.

Then, he pointed to a slip on the desk and said to Xun Chen: "Take this slip and go to Yecheng in person to see Shen Zhengnan and ask him to collect grain from various prominent families on my behalf."

, the quantity must be collected according to the full amount, if anyone doesn’t give it...just let Shen Zhengnan make the decision himself."

"promise."

Xun Chen took the slip, then turned around and left Yuan Shao's handsome tent.

After leaving the commander's tent, he happened to see Tian Feng striding over to the commander's tent and asked to see Yuan Shao.

But the guards outside Yuan Shaoshuai's tent stopped him and told him that Yuan Shao had issued military orders and Tian Feng was nowhere to be seen.

Tian Feng shouted desperately outside the commander's tent, begging Yuan Shao to see him, but Yuan Shao seemed deaf and couldn't hear.

In the end, Tian Feng returned in despair and walked helplessly toward the rear.

Xun Chen never left, but stood not far away looking at Tian Feng.

If I remember correctly, Yuan Shao never saw Tian Feng again since he was scolded by Yuan Shao last time.

How chilling.

In Xun Chen's view, although Tian Feng had a weird temper and offended others, there was no doubt that he was a loyal minister and could be said to be unswervingly loyal to Yuan Shao.

But Yuan Shao's behavior towards such a direct minister was really chilling.

Tian Feng walked back with a dejected look on his face. He happened to see Xun Chen waiting for him and smiled faintly: "Youruo."

"Brother Yuan Hao, you should pay more attention to rest and don't work too hard." Xun Chen bowed his hand to him.

Tian Feng's face looked very bad, looking pale and haggard. It was obvious that he had not had enough rest recently.

He nodded towards Xun Chen and said with a wry smile: "The enemy is in front of us and the rear is unstable, so how can we not work hard?"

Xun Chen said helplessly: "The general is unable to advance or retreat at the moment. He is very worried, so his temper is a bit more irritable than usual. Please don't be impatient, Yuan Hao. The general will see you sooner or later."

Tian Feng smiled faintly, did not answer, and asked: "Where are Youruo going?"

"On the order of the general, I returned to Hebei and worked with Shen Zhengnan to collect food."

"Oh~~" Tian Feng sighed longly, and then said to Xun Chen: "Youruo, can you lend me a moment to speak?"

Xun Chen looked around, and then he and Tian Feng came to a tent not far away.

"I wonder if Yuan Hao has any advice?"

Tian Feng waved his hand and said: "I don't dare to give you any advice, but when you return to Hebei this time, you must be careful and don't let the matter fall into Zhengnan's hands."

"Ah?" Xun Chen didn't expect Tian Feng to say such things to him: "Why did Yuan Hao say this?"

Tian Feng sighed: "Youruo, although you are from the Yingchuan lineage and have the same origin as Guo Gongze, your behavior is very different from his. Tian values ​​​​your character and ethics very much... It's just that

Your identity is rather scary. After all, your Yingchuan Xun family has been well-known in Yuzhou for three generations by adhering to the emperor's favor and strongly supporting the Han Dynasty. Including you, there are several members of the Xun family who have not served as officials and those who have become officials.

My peers are all great sages who strongly admire the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty... There are rumors in the camp that your Xun family is in Yingchuan. Someone is saying in the scholar-grove that the general is conquering Luoyang, and he is obviously to help the country.

In fact, he is just a rebellious thief. The general's hometown is in Runan, and he has interacted with your Xun family for several generations. I'm afraid he has known about this for a long time. He didn't say it openly, but in his heart he was just worried about you.

To be prepared, you need to be extremely careful... Especially this time, it is completely unnecessary for you to return to Hebei. Shen Zhengnan is enough for the affairs there, so why let you go back? I just want to see it.

Are you just having second thoughts?"

It is said that the authorities are confused and the onlookers are clear. Xun Chen was also a wise man, but he was in the middle of the situation and couldn't figure it out for a moment.

Now being awakened by Tian Feng, Xun Chen hurriedly bowed and said: "Thank you Yuan Hao for telling me. Xun Chen knows what he is doing."

Tian Feng sighed, nodded, turned and left.

Before he had taken a few steps, he suddenly heard Xun Chen asking him from behind: "Mr. Yuan Hao."

Tian Feng turned around: "What's the matter?"

"You and us Yingchuan scholars are incompatible with each other, so why do you want to bring something up to me this time?"

Tian Feng smiled: "Tian has never been incompatible with anyone. Everything Tian Feng did was for Hebei and the general. Guo Tu was my enemy. It was he who transferred himself to Ying.

As for the Sichuan clan, he sees me as a native Jizhou scholar... However, there has never been any distinction in Tian's mind, right is right and wrong is wrong."

After saying that, Tian Feng turned around and left.

Xun Chen let out a long sigh, and then bowed to Tian Feng's back.

After a while, after Xun Chen also left, he saw a soldier named Yuan emerge from the tent next to where the two of them were talking.
Chapter completed!