Yuan Shuji sat on Hu's bed, holding his knees with his hands, and his big eyes swept around Yan Xiang and others' faces, with an indescribable sense of stinginess all over his body. Yan Xiang lowered his head, Qiao Rui, Feng Fang, Zhang Xun, Liu Xun and others looked up to study the patterns on the top of the tent. Some thought about the philosophy of life, while others simply closed their eyes and took a nap, but they could not hide the anxiety in their hearts.

Everyone knows that if something happens in Wancheng, it will be a big deal. Their family is in Wancheng. Once they fall into the opponent, it will be light to suffer a little, and it is normal to cut a few heads. Yuan Shu was not the best candidate, and he just followed him because his surname was Yuan. Now he and Yuan Shao have turned their faces. Sooner or later, the two brothers will have to distinguish between the two. Now that they are in this situation, should they take this opportunity to switch to Yuan Shao and have already placed them in front of everyone and force them to make a choice.

But in front of Yuan Shu, no one dared to express this meaning. Yuan Shu could do anything in anger, and it was not impossible to take their lives immediately. With Sun Jian as his backing, Yuan Shu was fearless.

When they thought of Zhou Yu's successful appearance, they felt uncomfortable. It would be fine if Sun Jian could fight, but after all, he was a long-time general who had been struggling for twenty years before he could make a comeback. His son Sun Ce was only seventeen years old. He wiped out 3,000 people from the other side in one battle and killed the generals in the face of battle. Both father and son are famous generals, and now they have received the support of the Zhou family in Lujiang. Who can balance them in the future?

The Zhou family became prosperous almost the same as the Yuan family. Zhou Yu's great-grandfather Zhou Rong was the old official of Yuan Shu's great-grandfather Yuan An. The Yuan and Zhou families have always had close relationships. Although there is no such thing as the three ministers of the four generations, the influence of the Zhou family's support for Sun Jian and his son cannot be underestimated. Even Yuan Shu must pay attention to this and cannot be treated as an ordinary general like before.

Of course, Sun Jian has never been an ordinary general, and his family has not come to Wancheng yet. Yuan Shu summoned them to discuss the matter, and seemed to discuss how to reward Sun Jian and his son, but in fact there was another meaning in the words: whether Sun Jian should send his family to Wancheng and strengthen his control over Sun Jian and his son.

According to common sense, the family members of an important general like Sun Jian are hostages and must be controlled in the hands of the monarch, otherwise there is no way to trust. But no one dares to mention this. Sun Jian is unreasonable, and his son is unreasonable, and he will destroy the whole family. If they know who reminded Yuan Shu, they may not dare to do anything to Yuan Shu, but it is entirely possible to find trouble for reminding people.

Yuan Shu was in a bad mood at first, and when he saw these people pretending to be deaf and dumb, he became even more angry. "Why are they all dumb? They usually talk big, as if they can do anything, why don't they talk about today? Did you feel guilty when you see Zhou Yu? Hehe, the younger generation is terrifying, today I have witnessed it. You scholars, don't just talk about saints and saints, you must practice the teachings of saints and examine yourself three times."

Seeing that Yuan Shu became more and more explicit, Yan Xiang would probably curse people if he continued, so he could not avoid it. He had to cough: "General, you should be both kind and powerful, and be strong and soft, and distinguish between priorities. The most important thing at the moment is to control Xiangyang and then control Jingzhou, so that you can have enough money and grain supply to fight. The battle between Qingxu is imminent, and we are controlled by money and grain. Not only can we not send troops, but we are attacked by Cao Cao in Nanyang. Our morale has been affected and we cannot create any more details."

Yuan Shu snorted: "What do you mean is that Sun Jian will do his own thing?"

"General, that's not what I mean." Yan Xiang smiled bitterly: "The general wants Sun Jian to send his family to Wancheng, just to see Sun Jian's loyalty and obedience. But Sun Jian's family is far away in Lujiang, and even if he is willing, it will not be possible to arrive in a day or two. If he intends to delay, it may not take several months. Instead of doing so, it's better to be more straightforward and see if he is willing to give up Xiangyang."

"Xiangyang is mine." Yuan Shu sneered: "He attacked Xiangyang and accepted my order. If he conquered Xiangyang, of course he would give it to me."

"What if he doesn't give it to me? Although Sun Jian came, his son Sun Ce did not come. How could he know that he wanted to take Jingzhou by himself?"

"If he..." Yuan Shu opened his mouth and looked a little embarrassed. If it was as Yan Xiang said, he really couldn't do anything about it. His troops and Sun Jian were originally similar, but just now, Xinye was defeated and he had lost 10,000 troops. Although the defeated soldiers came back one after another these days, there were only three or four thousand people. If something happened in Wancheng, these three or four thousand people might be his last capital and were not Sun Jian's opponent at all. He could not even conquer Liu Biao in Xiangyang, and Sun Jian in Xiangyang, so he would not dare to count on him.

At this time, it is definitely not a good choice to turn against Sun Jian.

"Then...what should I do?" Yuan Shu's tone obviously softened, but he was still a little unwilling.

"It is urgent to follow the power." Yan Xiang also breathed a sigh of relief. "The general once wrote that Sun Jian was the governor of Yuzhou, but he asked him to attack Xiangyang because Liu Biao refused to send food. If Xiangyang succeeded, the problem of money and food was solved, and Shandong was about to fight again. He, the governor of Yuzhou, should naturally take office. Sun Ce is his son, so he should naturally follow him. If he refuses, he has a different ambition and the general will definitely refuse to let him move his family. When it comes to that point, the general will have to prepare early."

Yuan Shu nodded repeatedly. "That's true. As the governor of Yuzhou, he should naturally go to Yuzhou. Besides, Yuzhou is my own state. He should respect him as the governor of Yuzhou, and he should be grateful. If he is the governor of Yuzhou and dominates Jingzhou, then he should really die. Even if I kill him, no one can say anything."

"What the general said is very much."

"Then that's it, wait and say." Yuan Shu thought about it, but still felt unsure, and said again: "Sun Jian Zhongzhi, you probably won't let me down, right? Feng Zizheng, have you ever met Sun Ce, what kind of person is he?"

Feng Fang was shocked and hurriedly said, "General, the son is better than the father. Seeing that Sun Jian is so satisfied with Sun Ce, he also knows that Sun Ce must be good." He was sloppy and did not express his opinion, but deduced from Sun Jian. If Sun Ce betrays Yuan Shu in the future, he would be able to refuse. In fact, according to his own meaning, Sun Ce and Sun Jian are two kinds of people. Although Sun Jian is rough and fierce and easy to kill, his respect for Yuan Shu comes from the heart. Sun Ce was a little unruly and called Yuan Shu's name behind his back. I think there was not much respect in his heart.

Yuan Shu was confused and didn't hear Feng Fang's implicit meaning. Qiao Rui and others had their own thoughts, but they didn't expect so much. Only Yan Xiang was meticulous and couldn't help but look at Feng Fang. Feng Fang was shocked and quickly avoided Yan Xiang's gaze, complained in his heart, and said quickly: "General, even if Xiangyang succeeds, the other cities of Nanjun may not be convinced. Sun Jian and his son are going to Yuzhou, so who will pacify the other counties of Jingzhou?"

When the generals heard this, they immediately became energetic. Jingzhou was rich, even a prefect was still a fat man and could not fall into the hands of others.

Liu Xun stood up. "General, I am willing to pacify Nanjun for the general, Jiangxia."

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