May 192 AD.

Yuan Tan, the eldest son of the Yuan family, and Zhen Mi, the chief lord of the Zhen family in Jizhou, officially reached a marriage contract with the rigor of telling the world.

When the news came, the gentry in Jizhou was in full swing.

The Yuan family and the Jizhou gentry were closer.

Yuan Shao is currently only one-third of Jizhou and Youzhou. (Half of Youzhou is in the hands of Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, and the other third is the distant Liaodong region, which is beyond reach.)

And almost half of the fertile land in Jizhou is the private property of the aristocratic people.

Therefore, although it is the harvest season, the food provided to the troops is still insufficient.

But with the strong support of the Zhen family, fortunately, a huge change occurred.

Yuan Shao thus raised enough food and grass.

So the Yuan family's Qingzhou strategy kicked off.

However, a problem also surfaced.

This day.

At the Yuan family's large-scale meeting, Yuan Shao expressed his concern in public that he was very worried about Lu Bu.

The civil and military officials under his command thought after hearing this.

Speaking of which, Lu Bu has three thousand Bingzhou wolf cavalry, and his strength cannot be underestimated.

At this moment, I am stationed in the west of Yecheng.

There is no doubt about the powerful force of such an armed force.

Lu Bu was the savior of the Yuan family, so it was difficult to drive him away on his own initiative.

But after the Yuan family's army set out, Lu Bu was a huge hidden danger.

If this person has any ideas, Yecheng will immediately change his ownership.

Yuan Shao said: "I originally planned to invite Lu Bu to attack Qingzhou together, but I sent someone to inquire about it in the previous episode. Lu Bu said that he was unwilling to participate too much in the disputes between the princes and politely refused."

Lu Bu intends to preserve his strength and does not want to work hard for others, and everyone can see this.

Yuan Shao said again: "Yesterday, the Xuzhou spies sent back the news, Cao Cao made a major breakthrough in Xuzhou. He took down Xiaopei and now he has surrounded Xiapi City, the Xuzhou capital."

In Yuan Tan's view, Xia Pi City was the provincial capital. In ancient times, such a city concentrated most of the money, grain and population in a state.

In other words, if Tao Qian loses Xia Pi, he can be declared defeat.

This news also revealed another information. If the Yuan family did not send troops to Qingzhou, how could it be possible for Cao Cao from Xuzhou to let Yuan Shao take Qingzhou?

Cao Cao will definitely come to rob Qingzhou.

If Cao Cao robs Qingzhou again, he will be the overlord of the world who owns the three continents. How can the Yuan family in the one state resist?

But all this is just a strategic expectation.

But it is likely to happen.

Yuan Shao should have considered these things, so he said next: "I intend to take advantage of Cao Cao's army to attack Yanzhou. What do you think?"

When Yuan Tan heard this, he suddenly felt that this was simply a fantasy.

The most powerful prince in the Central Plains today is Cao Cao.

Don't catch weak annexation development first.

Instead, the hard steel is the strongest.

Is this a bit too slutty?

What's wrong with the old man? His courage has changed much more than in history. Who gives me the confidence?

He had not had time to stand up and object.

Ju Su, a military advisor of the Yuan family, stood up and hurriedly said, "No!"

"…..." Yuan Shao was interested in his sudden whim, "Why did Gong Yu say so?"

Ju Su immediately said: "Lord, things are not that simple."

Liandao, "First of all, Cao Cao made a major breakthrough in the war in Xuzhou, but did not lose much military force. Instead, he seized a lot of money and grain. It can be said that his troops are good and sufficient."

"Secondly, Cao Cao was very popular with the people in Yanzhou, and the local gentry also supported him very much, so it was difficult to take over Yanzhou in one go."

"Just a large army crosses the river, it will take a long time. Cao Cao learned that our army gathered in the Yellow River and would definitely return to the foundation to help."

"The two tigers will suffer one injury when they fight. If Cao Cao is injured, Cao Cao will likely join forces with Yuan Shu. The world's major events will be extremely unfavorable to the lord."

"This..." Yuan Shao's heart skipped a beat, and he forgot to think about Yuan Shu for a moment.

Although Yuan Shu is brothers with him, he is not close to him. Instead, both sides are lifelong enemies.

We will definitely do everything possible to stop Yuan Shao, and Huainan and Yanzhou are neighbors.

Ju Su said again: "It's different to attack Qingzhou. Due to the rebellion of the Yellow Turban thieves, half of the land of Qingzhou is no longer under the control of Kong Rong. The counties and counties in the western region are also fighting on their own, and no one disturbs our army's crossing the river."

"And Cao Cao was determined to attack Xuzhou and learned that our army crossed the river, he could do nothing."

When everyone present heard this, they couldn't help but nodded, and Yuan Tan was also among them.

Yuan Tan knew that Cao Cao could not be moved now, but wanted to strive for development.

Whoever develops better will have a greater grasp of the decisive battle in the future.

I think Cao Cao's desperate attack on Xuzhou was to avenge his father on the one hand, and to develop on the other hand.

Yuan Shao felt that he had been thinking too much before, "But what should Lu Bu do?"

He had to raise this question again and had no idea about Lu Bu. After all, he was his great benefactor and he could not be shameless.

The identity of Lu Bu, the great benefactor, stumped everyone, including Ju Shu and Tian Feng.

At this moment, Yuan Shang thought to himself that what he was worried about was that the army would go to fight against Lu Bu.

Moreover, in Yuan Shang's opinion, there is a high possibility that Lu Bu will rebel, after all, this person often rebels.

Arrangements must be made.

At this time, he had a sudden inspiration and immediately stood up, "My father, why not leave my elder brother here? I have my elder brother's seven thousand Shence troops, and Lu Bu is not afraid of it at all."

Divine Army!

Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry!

Everyone looked at each other and nodded.

It seems that only the eldest son who commanded the Shen Ce Army can shock Lu Bu and his Bingzhou wolf cavalry now.

Yuan Shao pondered, actually he really wanted to take Yuan Tan to attack Qingzhou, after all, he also relied heavily on the power of his eldest son.

But only his eldest son can truly shock Lu Bu.

Now Lu Bu has become Yuan Shao's heart disease.

Lu Bu was a life-saving grace, and he ate and drank him reasonably.

Even Tian Feng and Ju Shu and other strategists could not send this person away.

If this person could leave, it would be a burning incense.

Now we can only take one step at a time.

"Tan'er, then, you can stay and guard the foundation. This is very important." Yuan Shao did not hide his expression and wanted Yuan Tan to go south, but the conditions did not allow it.

"..." Yuan Tan.

If you don’t fight, how can you gain reputation and how to expand your team?

Indeed, it is more important to maintain the foundation.

But it also restricted his development.

Yuan Tan had to agree.

Although judging from his friendship with Lu Bu during this period, Lu Bu will not rebel.

But if you are not afraid of ten thousand, just fear that if you really turn against the water, it will be a disaster for the Yuan family.

Yuan Tan stood up and said, "Don't worry, my father, let me protect the foundation of the Yuan family."

Yuan Shao nodded affirmatively.

Yuan Shang breathed a sigh of relief.

You should know that he now has the eldest brother’s meritorious syndrome.

It's strange that wherever there is his elder brother, his elder brother must have the great achievements.

Why can't God open his eyes when he keeps his eyes closed?

But this time, his elder brother couldn't go, and finally no one took the credit.

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To be continued...