Mid-August.

After nearly a month of treatment, Jia Xu's old mother passed away.

According to the etiquette and law, of course, after death, a person must be transported back to his ancestral home for burial, and then mourning for three years (actually 27 months). However, today, there are chaos, bandits and bandits are in power, and Liangzhou is even more rampant. In addition, Li Jue and Guo Si are unwilling to let him go, so Jia Xu can only choose to choose a place to bury his mother outside Chang'an City.

Chen Fei suddenly fell into a big and small embarrassment.

Jia Xu had already agreed to his suggestion to defect to Cao Cao, but now that he is filial, it is obvious that he cannot travel thousands of miles across the capital to find a new boss, otherwise his already poor reputation would only be further corrupted.

In this environment, Chen Fei could not find a way to persuade Jia Xu to give up the filial piety, and he did not have the ability to travel thousands of miles alone and traveled through Guandong, and could only continue to stay in the Jia Mansion.

The ancients always attached great importance to filial piety, and of course Jia Xu was no exception. He strictly followed the etiquette and built a simple thatched hut on his mother's grave, and lived alone in it. He also resigned to the court early, but neither Emperor Han Liu Xie nor the actual power Li Jue and Guo Si made him leave the court completely. After repeated communication, although he agreed to resign from the position of Shangshu, he added the title of Guanglu Dafu, and his official rank was increased from 600 stones to 2,000 stones.

During the mourning period, you must not only wear mourning clothes all the time, but also abide by a large number of taboos and rules. You cannot eat fish, meat, silk, silk, satin, or sing, dance, travel, and enjoy the mountains and rivers. You cannot hold weddings for your children. Of course, you cannot play the great harmony of life during this period, or even have children. Otherwise, once you discover it, you will only be despised by the whole world.

Since there was no other choice, Chen Fei simply calmed down. He took the initiative to accompany Jia Xu to guard the tomb, but his main intention was to absorb nutrients from this wise man.

Jia Xu did not hide his own private matters. Every day, he reads the official documents sent by his subordinates, and teaches classes to Jia Mu and Chen Fei. It not only includes traditional classics, history, laws and military theories of the Han Dynasty, but also analyzes the current situation. It can be called "full of useful information". Chen Fei has indeed benefited a lot.

"Sure enough, Cao Mengde finally defeated the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans and surrendered nearly one million households. From then on, he officially settled in the position of the governor of Yanzhou!"

After the winter began, Jia Xu and the court in Chang'an received the war reports from Cao Cao, and he couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, after the death of former Yanzhou Governor Liu Dai, the court had sent Jin Shang as his successor, but was easily defeated by Cao Cao. Now he has achieved such a great victory and has delivered the news to Chang'an in a noble manner. Li Jue and Guo Si can only grit their teeth and admit his actual rule over Yanzhou.

However, Chen Fei knows better than everyone:

"Yanzhou is the place where four battles are fought. Yuan Shao, Zhang Yang, Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, and Tao Qian are all eyeing him. The situation in Yanzhou will inevitably be unstable in the short term."

Jia Xu agreed:

"Li Jue has already appointed Yuan Shu as the left general. He is the Marquis of Yangdi, just to let Yuan Shu restrain Cao Cao. With Yuan Shu's nature, he will definitely not tolerate Cao Cao occupying the key areas of the Central Plains. Moreover, Cao Cao relies on Yuan Shao, so Yuan Shu must get rid of it quickly!"

Chen Fei shrugged:

"The question is... can Yuan Shu beat Cao Cao?"

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Of course, Yuan Shu couldn't beat Cao Cao, but Yanzhou was not his first target at the moment.

In December, Yangzhou Governor Chen Wen passed away, and the Wu Yue land located in the southeast immediately became a fat meat in everyone's eyes.

Although Yuan Shao was far away in Hebei, he was the one who responded the fastest. He immediately appointed his cousin Yuan Yi to succeed Yangzhou Governor. Yuan Shu, who was in Yuzhou, did not agree. He immediately rushed his army eastward to defeat his common cousin and appointed his subordinate Chen Yu as Yangzhou Governor.

Yuan Shu, who has most of Yuzhou, northern Yangzhou and northern Jingzhou, has suddenly become the strongest warlord in this time!

After all, his brother Yuan Shao was still fighting with Gongsun Zan for the ownership of Hebei at this time. If you really want to compare territory and population, no one is Yuan Gonglu’s opponent!

Yuan Shu, who thought he was the best in the world, expanded to his limit. He couldn't wait to rectify his troops and march towards Cao Cao's Yanzhou without even letting his army celebrate the first lunar New Year.

After all, the three Dukes of the Four Generations were famous. Yuan Shu not only led the army northward, but also contacted Zhang Yan, the leader of the Heishan Army, Yu Fuluo, the leader of the Southern Xiongnu Shan, Guo Da, the leader of the Baibo Army in Xihe, and Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, to form a force of encirclement and suppression of Yanzhou. Yuan's army even came directly to Chenliu County. Cao Cao, who had just gained his foothold and had not had time to take a breath, was immediately in trouble!

Cao Cao's first reaction was to ask for help from his elder brother Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao, who was also in a difficult situation, was powerless about his predicament and only sent two or three thousand people as reinforcements. This little bit of troops was obviously like a drop in the bucket.

But the end of this battle was beyond everyone's expectations: there were many soldiers and a wide range of generals, and Yuan Shu, who was supported by all sides, was defeated by Cao Cao in Kuangting!

Before the battle, Yuan Highway was chased by Cao's army for more than 600 miles, and fled directly from the city of Chenliu, Yanzhou to the junction of southern Xuzhou and northern Yangzhou!

Jingzhou Governor Liu Biao took the opportunity to activate the backstab skill from the rear, cut off Yuan Shu's food route, and took the opportunity to recover Nanyang County, which originally belonged to Jingzhou. Yuan Shu could only lose this super county with a population of more than 2 million and extremely rich!

After defeating Yuan Shu's main force, Cao Cao divided his troops into multiple groups, defeating Tao Qian, Yu Fuluo, Zhang Yan and Guo Da. In less than two months, he won a complete victory in the Battle of Kuangting.

If we only calculate the time, it is difficult for Cao Cao to defeat Yuan Shu... it is even worse than the previous Qingzhou Yellow Turban Thief!

"Cao Mengde is indeed a master of today!"

Looking at the battle report found by the court, Jia Xu once again expressed his appreciation:

"When the strength of the enemy and us is very different, he is not afraid of danger and is calm in command. He defeats a powerful enemy like Yuan Shu in one battle. Even if Sun Zi, Sun Wu, and Sima Rangju are resurrected, it is not the case!"

Chen Fei laughed and tried hard to hide the disdainful look at the corner of his mouth.

Of course, he did not disdain Jia Xu, but subconsciously expressed disdain for Yuan Shu. Although he had already deeply understood the current situation under Jia Xu's influence these days, his long-term impression of Yuan Shu cannot be changed in a short time.

Yuan Shu was indeed the number one force in the late Han Dynasty, but almost after the war, Yuan Shu completely lost his ambition to dominate the world and could only draw land in Huainan area.

But Yuan Shu's influence did not disappear. The "anti-Cao Cao Alliance" he advocated still played a role: Gongsun Zan fought with Yuan Shao in Qingzhou for many fierce battles, and both sides suffered heavy losses; the black bandits called by Yuan Shu were even more fierce. Although they were defeated by Cao Cao, they turned around to break through the Yecheng, the base of Yuan Shao, forcing Yuan Shao to temporarily cease the battle with Gongsun Zan and turn to deal with the problems in the rear; and Xuzhou Governor Tao Qian also carefully seized several cities from Cao Cao's territory, wanting to observe Cao Cao's reaction and then take the next move...

Jia Xu glanced at him:

"This battle has indeed strengthened my husband's desire to support Cao Mengde. I have a letter, can my nephew dare to travel lightly and send it to Yanzhou for me?"

Chen Fei stood up solemnly, closed his hands, and bent down and scooped:

"Dare not obeying!"

A green light flashed across Jia Xu's head:
Chapter completed!