On the first day of the first lunar month of the Xingping year, the gate of Chang'an market collapsed, killing an innocent citizen.

For the ancients, any strange thing could become a sign of what happened before other things happened, so similar things have never been cut off in history books.

For example, solar eclipse, earthquake, storm, hail, thunder, rain, blizzard, plague, locusts, fog, fire clouds, Halley's comet... and it often makes the three Gong take the blame and resign.

When Situ Zhao Wen, Sikong Zhang Xi, and Taiwei Yang Biao were studying who would stand up and take the blame for this incident, the generals of Liangzhou solved the problem for them.

Just one day later, Li Jue and Fan Chou fought on a large scale again, and Guo Si chose to support Li Jue. Fan Chou, who was originally inferior to Li Jue, was completely defeated. Not only did his subordinates lose all their losses, but after he was killed, he was also implicated in the three tribes.

Originally, Chen Fei thought that Guanzhong was Li Jue, Guo Si and Fan Chou, and now the weakest side was the first to withdraw, and the situation would become simple.

But when Fan Chou died, he didn't know where a general in Zhennan, Yang Ding, was promoted to General Anxi, and opened his palace like the third duke, and replaced him.

What is strange is that... the new Right General has no friendship with Li Jue, but has a closer relationship with Guo Si.

So the question is, why should Li Jue, who is the most powerful person in the court, support his enemies?

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The situation in Guanzhong is much more complicated than imagined. Even Jia Xu, who is in it, may not be able to see the entire fog clearly, let alone Chen Fei, who is thousands of miles away.

Besides, he actually didn't care about the struggle in Guanzhong, because he had known the final outcome for a long time.

Compared to the emperor who was far away in the sky, he focused more on the radius of five hundred miles of Pei State.

On September 28, Chen Fei had just led a large army to cross the border between Liang and Pei, and the direction of Runan was quick to Malay newspaper:

"Li Ju, the general of Yuan Shu, set up an ambush in Chengfu. After our army discovered it, the generals took the plan and led it to Wo River in the southern suburbs of Qiao County. He also got the help of the township brave in Qiao County to defeat the enemy. Le Ju was killed by Li Tong, beheading more than 1,600 people and surrendered nearly 3,000. The counties south of Chengfu heard the news and accompanies it."

On the first day of October, Chen Fei arrived in Qiao County, located at the junction of Chen, Liang and Pei.

Just when I saw the city gate, Li Tong, Chu Tong, Liu Pi, Huang Shao and others were already lined up on both sides of the official road to welcome him, and even the respected Zhu Ye was no exception:

"Welcome Chen Yuzhou into the city!"

Chen Fei quickly supported Zhu Yan, and then walked into the city side by side with him:

"For a mere small town, I actually had to trouble the cavalry to command it myself. Fei was really sorry, so I hope Mr. Zhu would not mind."

Zhu Yan smiled with his beard:

"Mr. Jiang is over 70 years old and has just come out to assist civil and military officials to achieve great achievements. Now I am only sixty-two years old, so it is no problem to get on the horse and shoot the bow. What's more, I'm just sitting in the back and checking for the missing items for all the captains?"

Li Tong and others hurriedly said:

"Zhu Gong's military strategy is profound and his command is determined, which has indeed benefited us and other juniors a lot."

After everyone entered the prefecture, Chen Fei naturally sat in the main seat and then said:

"Thanks to the letter written by Meng Gaogong, Shu Shao, who was appointed by Yuan Shu, had sent a reply, claiming that Yuan Shu did not do benevolence and righteousness in Huainan and did rebelliously, causing the public to be resentful. Now I have come as the general of the East and the governor of Yuzhou, and Zhu Gongsu is the general. He is willing to give away all the twelve cities, population, and troops under his jurisdiction."

Zhang Chao has been left in Liang State by him and is temporarily responsible for rectifying government affairs, so he did not follow him.

Zhu Jun waved his hand with a smile:

"This is all Zhang Menggao's reputation, what does it have to do with me?"

Chen Fei also smiled and said:

"Where our army's troops arrived, not only did Shu Shao surrender, but Chen Gui had also abandoned the city and left. The entire Pei Kingdom, except for the three or four counties in the north, had all been pacified. I, the governor of Yuzhou, finally deserved it."

Guo Jia bowed:

"Then I would like to congratulate you, who is a mere 19-year-old, and I'm afraid there has never been any of you since ancient times!"

Chen Fei was very self-aware and said modestly:

"Where is it? Ganluo was sent to Zhao for Qin when he was twelve years old, and thus was appointed as a marquis and prime minister. I am still far from being a vassal!"

He moved out the ancient god, and even Guo Jia was silent and could not refute it.

I heard that Chen Fei finally put the point:

"Now, except for the Lu Kingdom that is far away from Mount Tai, the two counties and three kingdoms of Yuzhou have been owned by me. It is time to re-examine the situation around me."

Guo Shou and Liang Xia had already hung up the map.

"The northern Yanzhou, Cao Cao and Lu Bu are confronting each other. There should be no winner in a short period of time. Lu is under their attack, so I don't want to be distracted here for the time being.

Xuzhou in the east was slaughtered by Cao's army, and now it has been severely damaged. What Tao Qian can occupy is Pengcheng, Donghai and Xiapi counties in the middle. Cao Cao was trapped in the north, and Yuan Shu was occupied in the south, which is another place of struggle for the four battles.

The southwest is Jingzhou. Although Liu Biao had no ambitions, he was famous and had no bad records. The scholars of the Central Plains all depended on him. Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia, was even a general. Sun Jian, the tiger in Jiangdong, died at the hands of Huang Zu. He should not be underestimated or moved lightly."

Chen Fei's eyes finally turned to the southeast:

"This...is Lujiang, Jiujiang in Yangzhou, and a little further south, it is Yuzhang County."

He paused for a moment, glanced at Zhu Jun, but saw that the other party was unmoved, so he said again:

"These two counties are Yuan Shu's core territory. Although the population is not too large, they have sufficient soldiers and sufficient food, so they must be careful."

Wang Chong echoed:

"Our army killed Ji Ling, Lei Bo, and Le in succession, and drove all the remaining soldiers of Yuan Shu from Yuzhou. He would definitely be regarded as a mortal enemy, so he should indeed pay special attention."

Chen Fei waited for a while, but saw Yang Zhi, Yuan Zhong, Chen Dao, Dian Wei and others just nodded repeatedly, and no one offered valuable opinions.

He couldn't help but feel a little depressed:

The accompanying strategist, or the strategist he can bring now, is actually only Guo Jia, which means that once Guo Jia doesn't speak, he will never hear other voices...

So, he heard Guo Jia finally spoke:

"If the king wants to attack Yuan Shu, he must prepare the warship as soon as possible, and at the same time select suitable generals and train some naval forces to avoid the soldiers and horses not being able to fight in the water when crossing the river in the future."

Chen Fei slapped his thigh:

"The reminder of Fengxiao is very correct. Yangzhou is different from Yuzhou. I really need to prepare some naval troops."

He first looked at Li Tong:

"Wenda, you are from Jiangxia. You always have some experience in the war, right?"

Li Tong was a little stunned, then clasped his fists and said:

"It's a shame. Although the general was born between Jianghuai, he has been a landslide since childhood. If Junhou wants to send me to train the navy, he may be disappointed."

Chen Fei nodded in appreciation for his frankness, looked at his subordinates in the hall again, but finally turned his attention to Zhu Jun:

"Mr. Zhu, Chen has a heartless request, I hope you can fulfill it."

Zhu Jun looked at him calmly:

"Please speak in Chen Yuzhou."

Chen Fei sighed:

"Now Yuan Shu is in a cunning manner, entrenched in Huainan and coveted Huainan. Now he has sent Sun Ce to attack Jiangdong and expel the imperial governor and county magistrate. This person is a rebel in the Han Dynasty, and everyone can kill him.

Among my subordinates, there is no shortage of brave and fearless people, but there is no talent for generals. I dare to ask Mr. Zhu to be wronged and temporarily take up the position of governor of Runan County, and resist Yuan Shu for millions of people in Yuzhou!"

After saying that, Chen Fei bowed flat with his hands, lowered his head deeply, and did not dare to look directly at Zhu Jun.

Now he really needs Zhu Jun’s support.

Although he had already discussed the possibility with Guo Jia before entering the city, after he really spoke, he found that this matter was far more difficult than he thought.

Who is Zhu Jun?

One of the three leading generals who quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion ten years ago!

Ten years ago, he was already the most famous general in the world. Even twenty years ago, he was the governor of a state and the prefect of two thousand stones. Now he has become the third duke and the general of the cavalry. How could he bow his head to become a prefect?

What's more... it's your subordinate of a young boy who is less than 20 years old?!

Chen Fei held his breath and focused, waiting for the other party's answer.

For a moment, he even felt that the air was a bit stalemate, so that he was about to suffocate.

I don't know how long it took, but he suddenly heard a chuckle:

"Forget it, forgot, let me take a look at what Yuan Gaolu has to do!"

Chen Fei was overjoyed!

Guo Jia, behind him, also breathed quietly.

Chen Fei did not forget that when they were discussing, Guo Jia once pointed out that there is a factor that must be considered in this matter:

Zhu Jun's son, Zhu Hao, is now the prefect of Yuzhang, and is just across Lujiang and Jiujiang from Runan County!

Zhu Hao was also facing the attack of Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao and Yuan Shu, and his situation was not optimistic.
Chapter completed!