Ailang sat in the government hall lobby in Lujiang. After listening to Jia Xu's report, he couldn't help but say with gratitude: "Fortunately, our Xuzhou has abundant reserves, and it finally comes in handy!" Then he said with a look of pain: "Damn it! So much food and grass are used for disaster relief!"

Jia Xu said: "From the current situation, coping with this year's famine is not a problem. However, if droughts still occur next year, the situation will be bad. I suggest implementing the land distribution policy as soon as possible and promoting water conservancy construction. Especially various water trucks, even if there are those things, even if droughts like this year occur, they should be able to survive safely."

Ailang nodded, "You are responsible." Then he murmured in a low voice: "I don't know how much I will spend?" Jia Xu couldn't help but feel funny, but after getting along with Ailang for a long time, he already understood Ailang's character very well. Although he often complained, the money and food that should be spent is not vague at all! Jia Xu clasped his fists and agreed.

Dian Wei brought a dusty officer from outside, clasped his fists and said, "General, Chen Gong has sent someone." After that, he gave up. The officer immediately stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "The villain greets the general, Chen Gong ordered the villain to bring a letter!" Then he untied the bag on his back, quickly untied it, took out the cloth bag containing the bamboo slips, held it with both hands and walked to Ailang's table, bowed and presented it.

Ailang leaned out and took the bamboo slips, and the officer immediately took two steps back and stood up respectfully.

Ailang shook the bamboo slips and looked from right to left. He couldn't help but sigh, "My father-in-law is really awesome! How dare he do this!" Then he looked at Jia Xu with a smile and asked, "Wenhe, guess what good things did Cao Cao do?"

Jia Xu smiled and said, "Lord, you asked this question so blindly, where can I guess!" After a pause, he said, "Cao Cao's intention to marry his beloved daughter to the lord is to stabilize the lord and deal with Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao had just ended the battle against Gongsun Zan, and he was unable to transfer the army to the south for a while. This is an opportunity for Cao Cao to not miss. If I were Cao Cao, I would definitely take this opportunity to raid Luoyang. Maybe I could occupy this fast and rich place before Yuan Shao's army headed south. If this could be done, it would increase the chance of winning by two points."

Ailang was amazed and gave a thumbs up and praised: "Wenhe is simply a god! It's not bad at all!"

Jia Xu was stunned and asked, "Did Cao Cao have occupied Luoyang?"

Ailang nodded and said, "Ten days ago, Cao Cao used elite soldiers to pretend to be a merchant and tricked him into Sishui Pass, and then he personally led a large army to enter. The useless Yuan Tan led his army out of the city to fight, but was defeated by Cao Cao and then captured Luoyang. Yuan Tan took his relatives to escape from the north and crossed the Yellow River to flee to Hanoi. Haha, Yuan Shao must jump up now!"

Jia Xu couldn't help but sigh: "Cao Cao is really an amazing person! Under such circumstances, no one would have thought that he would dare to take the initiative! This courage is very good for everyone!" After a pause, he thought: "Since you have captured the Luoyang area, what will you do next? Yes, cross the Yellow River to capture Jiguan and Hedong, so that you can put yourself in a more favorable situation."

After Yuan Shao had just returned to Jizhou after resolving Gongsun Zan's remnant forces, he was still immersed in the joy of victory. However, bad news suddenly came from the south, and the Luoyang area was lost! Yuan Shao suddenly felt as if he had heard a bolt from the blue, and was shocked. Then he was furious and roared: "What's wrong with Xiansi? I gave him nearly 200,000 troops, and he actually threw Luoyang to me! Waste! Waste!"

Xu You couldn't help but gloating, "I wonder who recommended the eldest son to stay in Luoyang at the beginning? Lord, I strongly opposed it at that time. If the lord heard my honest advice, how could such a change happen now?"

When Yuan Shao heard Xu You's words, he couldn't help but first responded to Xu You. He immediately regretted it and said in annoyance: "I really regret it! Alas!"

Xin Ping hurriedly said: "Lord, Xu You is clearly a clever word! The culprit of Luoyang's mistake is actually Xu You. He even deducted the crime to the eldest son. It's really despicable and his heart can be punished!!"

Xu You laughed and said sarcastically: "This is despicable and shameless! He actually fell into Xu who was following his lord! He was really like a mad dog, biting people randomly!"

Xin Ping sneered: "If Lu Bu hadn't fought Yuan Shu, how could Cao Cao dare to attack Luoyang? You made a plan to support Lu Bu as a surprise soldier against Cao Cao. Where is this cavalry now?"

Yuan Shao only felt that Xin Ping’s statement was very reasonable, and he couldn’t help but become dissatisfied with Xu You.

Xu You was very angry and said angrily: "Who said this surprise soldier has no effect? ​​If we had not supported Lu Bu, this surprise soldier, has been holding Cao Cao, Cao Cao would have been north to Luoyang when we fought with Gongsun Zan! What would the situation be if Cao Cao took action at that time? We will face Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao's attack from north to south, and the consequences are unpredictable! It is thanks to Lu Bu's surprise soldier that finally dragged Cao Cao and made him free now! Although Luoyang lost, the lord has completely solved Gongsun Zan. How strong the soldiers are now cannot be compared with Cao Cao! Although Cao Cao has taken a little advantage now, the day when the lord's army goes south is the time when Cao Cao is awarded the head! All the situation can be achieved because Lu Bu restrained Cao Cao before!"

Yuan Shao was very grateful that what Xu You said was reasonable, and he nodded frequently and praised: "It's not bad! What Xu You said is very good!"

Xin Ping and Guo Tu were lucky enough to refute it, but what Xu You said made a lot of sense, but he could not refute it for a while.

Shen Pei said: "What Lord Xu said is very reasonable. It was definitely a wonderful move to support Lu Bu at the beginning. Without the method we had done, we would have been unable to have the current situation. You can imagine that if we were still fighting with Gongsun Zan, Cao Cao would have included Xuzhou and Huainan and other places, and what kind of threats would be to us." According to Shen Pei's words, everyone could not help but change their faces slightly, and they felt a little scared.

Shen Pei clasped his fists at Yuan Shao and said, "Although Lu Bu did not act completely according to our intentions, he was still a chess piece that could be used. It would be better to send an envoy to lobby Lu Bu and ask him to work with us to deal with Cao Cao. I think Lu Bu will definitely accept it happily!"
Chapter completed!