Xun Yan and Xun Yan seemed a little reserved when they first met. They were almost the same as when Li Xiang first met Xun Yu. They both had long, calm faces, long beards, and sat upright without squinting.
The Xun family in Yingchuan was a well-known family, and the children of the family had a lot of rules. Xun Yu was already very dignified and restrained at that time, and when these two met for the first time, they were even more restrained to the point of being old-fashioned.
"I am so happy to have Bo You now, and I am so happy to have three great talents from the Xun family come to my house. Why worry about not succeeding in our great cause?" Although Li Xiang can now be said to have generals under his command like clouds and advisers like rain. But there are talents.
Li Xiang was very happy to come to invest.
Now that you have decided to fight for the world, you must fight for everything. If you fight more, the other princes will get less. If you get one more talent, the other princes will get one less talent.
Xun Yan bowed his hands in shame: "My lord, please don't praise me. If my fourth brother is still in Hebei and refuses to come to assist you, I'm really ashamed."
Among the Xun brothers, Xun Yan had the courtesy name Xiuruo, Xun Chen had the courtesy name Youruo, and Xun Yu had the courtesy name Wenruo. The three of them were collectively called the Three Ruos. Among them, Xun Chen played a major role in planning Han Fu's transfer of Jizhou, and was highly valued by Yuan Shao.
, together with Cui Hao, Ju Shue, Feng Ji and others, he was in charge of the Jizhou military aircraft, and was highly valued by Yuan Shao. Now Xun Yu and Xun Yan have all been assigned to Li Xiang, but Xun Chen refused to come, and he still served Yuan Shao wholeheartedly.
As for Xun You who was on Cao Cao's side, Xun Yan did not mention it. After all, there was still a gap in seniority between the two parties! Xun Yan was not very talkative about his junior's decision.
"Everyone has his own ambitions and cannot be forced to do so." Li Xiang behaved quite generously, "If a friend is treated favorably by Yuan Benchu, he will try his best to repay the favor. This is human nature. In the past, Weizi went to Yin and returned to Zhou Dynasty, and Jizi was imprisoned.
Rather than change his ambition, both of them are great sages and virtues, but they are different."
Comparing the Xun brothers to Wei Zi and Ji Zi was too high a compliment. Although Xun Yu and Xun Yan felt comforted, they quickly spread their hands and showed humility.
"Weizi went to the Yin and Shang Dynasties to assist King Wu and open up a country's territory. If Jizi tried hard to admonish Shang Zhou, he would suffer the most. It's obvious who is faint and who is clear!" Zhang Liang, who had just come in, cupped his hands and said with a smile, and said with a smile.
Zhang Liang was accompanied by Guan Zhong, Wang Meng and others.
Naturally, Li Xiang would not ignore the summoning of such a god-level counselor as Zhang Liang. After returning to Luoyang, he immediately met with Zhang Liang and kept him by his side to provide him with advice.
Although he did not give his high-ranking official a generous salary, he kept him by his side. Zhang Liang naturally understood the meaning of this.
After listening to what Zhang Liang said, Li Xiang secretly laughed. He just made a casual comparison without thinking about it. It was just a diplomatic rhetoric, but he didn't expect that Zhang Liang would use this to accuse Yuan Shao of being fatuous.
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To be honest, although there are some gaps between Yuan Shao in this life and other outstanding figures in the world, he will not be labeled as mediocre.
However, Yuan Shao's reputation has nothing to do with him, Li Xiang. What's more, if he uses public opinion well and can make everyone in the world think that Yuan Shao is mediocre, then he will be a mediocre leader.
"Hey, let's leave aside Yuan Benchu for the moment. Although I have the land of the five prefectures of Yongliang and Hesi, Sizhou suffered the most due to Dong Zhuo's incident. When Yongliang first came down, it urgently needed to restore its vitality. Although Bingzhou has a favorable geographical location, its foundation is ultimately lacking.
, although Hezhou is rich, it is close to the grassland. How can these five states compete with the princes of the world for supremacy?"
Not wanting to talk about Yuan Benchu's problem any more, Li Xiang sighed and brought the topic back to the right path. This is the reason why Li Xiang summoned these counselors today. Although he said that he would not fight again for a few years, but one step forward
, look at a hundred steps, only by determining the next goal can we better carry out the next step of work.
Of course, Li Xiang's words are exaggerated, at least not as serious as what Li Xiang said.
Bingzhou was Li Xiang's earliest territory, and it was also Li Xiang's earliest and most diligent development. It was not until Sizhou was captured by Li Xiang that Li Xiang shifted the focus of his power from Bingzhou to Sizhou. As for Hezhou, although it faced the threat of grassland,
But Li Jing was personally stationed there just to protect this important land of food and grass.
"Don't worry, my lord, you will get twice the result with half the effort if you become the emperor today!" Knowing that it was time for them to perform, Zhang Liang, as a newcomer, was one step ahead of others and took the initiative to seize this opportunity.
"Although Gongsun Zan is dead, Yuan Shao will soon be able to occupy Jizhou, but he will definitely look to Shu after winning Longji. Once Jizhou is conquered, Yuan Benchu will peek into the green and quiet land, and a fight between dragons and tigers is inevitable. Zhu Yuanzhang of Yangzhou is ambitious and has a rich heritage.
, and Zhu Yuanzhang gained a lot from this battle, and his desire for expansion is unavoidable. No matter whether he goes west or north, he will definitely have wars one after another!"
"The pseudo-emperor Yuan Jiujiu seems to have good luck, but it is difficult to continue. The lord can use the name of the emperor to order Cao Sun Liu to attack Yuan Shu. Now he is a pack of wolves fighting! The lord takes the opportunity to recharge his batteries and wait until he is ready.
When the time comes, you can go south to Nanyang and conquer the land of Jingchu!" Zhang Liang pointed to the map on the side of the room and talked eloquently.
Zhang Liang's words included most of the princes in Hebei, the Central Plains, and the south, and their central meaning was also very simple, that is, while the princes were consuming each other, they should digest the fruits of this victory as quickly as possible and recharge their batteries.
, wait for the princes to be exhausted, and attack decisively.
And using the name of the emperor to issue decrees to the three princes, Cao, Sun, and Liu, was an even better move. Cao Cao suffered a lot of damage in the previous battles, especially the generals, who suffered a series of losses. And Sun Ce has not yet completely solved Huang Chao's plot.
The question is, when the emperor issued an edict, should they obey it or not?
If they obey, what will happen to their own interests? If they don't obey, it will leave enough excuses for other princes to attack them. By then, as long as the surrounding princes have any thoughts towards them, there will be a ready reason to send troops.
There.
Of course, when faced with such a dilemma, most people's idea is to send two people at random, or to station troops at the border and then wait. But Yuan Shu is a cautious monarch, as long as you have the idea of attacking him
, he will write something down for you in his notebook.
Speaking of Sun Ce and Huang Chao, due to Huang Gai's cruel trick, Huang Chao lost most of his wealth.
Although Huang Chao was dumbfounded by Huang Gai's skill effects, there was no way he could trust Huang Gai unconditionally, even if they were from the same clan.
However, under the joint calculation of Zhou Yu and Sun Wu, Sun Ce spent a lot of money this time. On the surface, Huang Gai was messing with the enemy's morale on the battlefield, but in fact, Sun Ce was directing and acting on his own, and suffered several defeats in succession.
In addition, half of the county's territory was lost.
Even, in order to make the effect more realistic, even Sun Ce himself became a part of this cruel trick. Huang Gai personally led the army to surround Sun Ce and seriously injured him with an arrow. It was not until this time that Huang Gai truly gained Huang Chao's trust.
