Xun You followed He Yong's instructions and asked Shi Sun Rui to tell him the two strategies of his superiors and middles. Shi Sun Rui stroked his beard and thought for a long time, and asked Xun You that for a person, there are usually three strategies for the upper, middles and lowers. Why do you only have two strategies?

Xun You said that since it is a bad strategy, it is naturally undesirable, so there is no need to say it.

Shi Sun Rui was even more curious and asked Xun You to tell me what the worst was.

Xun You had no choice but to say that the biggest crisis in Chang'an at the moment was actually not the people of Xiliang. Although the soldiers of Xiliang were numerous, they were stationed in three places. Without Dong Zhuo, the backbone, they were not convinced. They were forced to unite because of the pressure of survival. As long as the court did not force them to show their favor, they would not take long to be disloyal and fight against each other.

The most urgent task is to defend Chang'an. To defend Chang'an, we must rely on military men such as Lu Bu and Cao Cao. Wang Yun and Lu Bu worked together to kill Dong Zhuo, and ignored Lu Bu as soon as major events were accomplished. This is not a good sign. In fact, Lu Bu and others really want to make friends with scholars. As long as you are a little polite to them, they will be grateful and dare not die if they do anything?

Shi Sun Rui understood what Xun You meant and promised to find a way to break the gap between Wang Yun and Lu Bu, win over the warriors, and work together for the emperor.

Xun You bid farewell to Shi Sun Rui and came to the military camp again to see Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was training his troops. When he heard that Xun You was visiting, he was very surprised and greeted Xun You in person. Xun You looked around while walking, and praised Cao Cao's ability to camp and train troops. Cao Cao was praised by him and was embarrassed, and smiled. The two of them took their seats in the tent. Xun You told him about his meeting with Jia Xu. Cao Cao nodded, but he nodded, but he could not see any loss in his eyes.

Xun You asked: "General Cao, can I ask something? How did you know Jia Xu?"

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Jia Xu was once hailed as a filial and honest man. He worked as a doctor in the palace for several years and met me."

Xun You said oh, and did not ask again. Seeing Xun You's expression, Cao Cao said again: "Does Gongda believe me?"

"Don't dare."

"Haha, okay, if I were me, I wouldn't believe it." Cao Cao waved his hand. "Gongda, have you heard of Yan Zhong, a famous scholar in Liangzhou?"

Xun You thought about it carefully, but still had no impression. He could only shake his head and said, "I don't know you."

"Yan Zhong is a famous scholar in Liangzhou, so he naturally cannot compete with Ruying's famous scholars, but he has a great influence in Liangzhou. In the sixth year of Zhongping, Han Sui and Ma Teng launched an army to rebel and once held Yan Zhong hostage as the leader. Yan Zhong died of worries and anger."

"So it was a righteous man. Does he have anything to do with Jia Xu?"

"Yes, it's him. It's said that Jia Xu has a good plan."

"Does the general want to ask Jia Xu as the leader?"

Cao Cao touched his nose, looked at Xun You for a while, and tentatively said, "Gongda and Mr. Boqiu are close friends, so I won't be polite to you. You have also seen the situation in Chang'an. There are many famous scholars and many warriors, but the civil and military are different. Celebrities look down on military men. Even the Marquis of Wen, who made great contributions, have been repeatedly discredited, let alone me. I know that Gongda is a hundred times better than Jia Xu. If Gongda helps him, Chang'an can be defended. However, Gongda came from a famous family in Yingchuan, and interacted with me. He was probably going to defile Gongda's family and was ridiculed by Chen Yuanfang, so he had to settle for the second best. He wanted to win Jia Xu, increase his planners internally, and weak Western Liang outside."

Xun You smiled. "Thank you for your kindness. But Mr. Bo Qiu is weak and homesick. I want to send him back to Nanyang and see what kind of person Sun Ce is. The journey is difficult and life is unpredictable, so I dare not promise the general. If you still have the opportunity to return to Chang'an, it will not be too late to plan for the general. As for Jia Xu, he is indeed a talent. If the general has the opportunity to recruit him, don't give up."

Cao Cao nodded repeatedly. Although Xun You did not agree to him now, he finally did not say a word to die, which made him very satisfied.

Xun You stood up and said, "There is another thing I want to remind the general, please consider it."

"Please give me advice."

"Zhang Wenyuan is a rare talent, and generals cannot be regarded by him."

Cao Cao was overjoyed. "I had this intention, but because of the fact that Mr. Wen did not dare to contact him more. Thank you Gongda for your reminder, I will pay attention."

He sent Xun You out of the camp and bid farewell to Yiyi.

Xun You rushed back to He Yong's house, packed his luggage, left Chang'an, and rushed to Nanyang.

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Langling, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu met again.

After not seeing each other for two months, Zhou Yu was radiant and energetic, and even his eyes were a little brighter than before, and he was very heroic. Cai Yong, who came with Sun Ce, was extremely happy at first sight, and he did not let go when he held Zhou Yu, which made Sun Ce very embarrassed.

"I said to Mr. Cai, if you do this again, I won't give you any sponsorship."

"If you don't want me to sponsor, I will starve to death?" Cai Yong was very proud, stroked his beard and shook his head. "Although I don't have any old officials, I have countless disciples. I set up a lecture hall in Xiangyang and my daughter teaches in Nanyang. In a few years, half of your civil officials will be students of our father and daughter. If I want to write history, can they still not support some money?"

"Okay, no wonder you promised so readily. So you had a plan long ago." Sun Ce pointed at Cai Yong and smiled: "Mr. Cai, a gentleman can deceive him, you are no longer a gentleman."

Cai Yong laughed loudly with his beard. "Those who are close to the red are red, and those who are close to the ink are black. This is also a blessing for the general."

Everyone laughed in a crowd, the atmosphere was warm and relaxed and pleasant.

After laughing for a while, Sun Ce waved his hand. "Mr. Cai, in order to allow you to live in Xiangyang as soon as possible, I want to discuss the war with Gongjin. You should rest first, and we will return your son-in-law to you after we finish talking."

Cai Yong knew that he was not good at military affairs, and he might not understand it here, so he might as well find a place to go freely. Sun Ce pulled Zhou Yu into the tent, and saw that Pang Tong was not there, but there was another young man, so he glanced at Sun Ce. Without waiting for Sun Ce to speak, Guo Jia stood up and rushed to Zhou Yu, smiling before he could speak.

"It goes without saying that this is definitely Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin that General Sun often mentions. In the lower Yingchuan Guo Jia, General Meng loves wrongly, and Ren Jun sacrifices wine."

Zhou Yu was very surprised. Sacrifice is not something that ordinary people can do, and this is even more so by military sacrificial wine. This is definitely an important task that only confidants can take on. Sun Ce and Guo Jia have known each other for a long time before they actually served as a military sacrificial wine? Is it because he is from Yingchuan? He looked at Sun Ce and wanted to see some clues from Sun Ce's eyes. Before Sun Ce could speak, Guo Jia saw Zhou Yu's doubts at first sight, but did not speak, but just politely invited Zhou Yu to take his seat.

Sun Ce saw it and knew it. He held Zhou Yu's shoulders, pressed him on his seat, and rubbed his hands. "Fengxiao, Gongjin is my good brother. If you say you are my confidant, he is my back. You are welcome. Let's talk about your light and heavy Jing Fanglai with Gongjin, so that you can make a big plan."

Although Guo Jia felt that Sun Ce’s trust in Zhou Yu was beyond common sense, he had a good impression of Zhou Yu. He believed that Sun Ce’s vision of looking at people and immediately explained the strategy of fighting for the hegemony he planned for Sun Ce. Before he could finish his words, Zhou Yu’s eyes changed and he bowed to Sun Ce to congratulate him.
Chapter completed!