Yuan Shu stood at the door of the big tent, raised his head and looked at the bright stars in the night sky. He was behind his back and rubbed Qi Yao's scabbard, but his mind was on the Six Dragon Sword.

The torches in front of the tent were whistling, and Yan Xiang's three strategies circled in his mind.

Compared to the last simple cut off Sun Jian's military ration, Yan Xiang gave him more choices this time, but after careful consideration, he felt that these three strategies were all pitfalls. To put it bluntly, these people were jealous of Sun Ce and wanted to get a share of the pie, but refused to say it explicitly, but they had to act like thinking about him.

Are you really thinking about me? Yuan Shu sneered in his heart. The world is bustling, all for profit. The world is bustling, all for profit. As the legitimate son of the Yuan family, he knows more than anyone else what these people think. On the surface, morality and righteousness are more greedy than anyone else behind their backs, and even those street gossipers are not as good as those street gossipers.

The best strategy? To make peace with Yuan Shao is the best strategy for you, but for me it is the worst strategy that cannot be done any more. Cao Cao is already in the jar, why should I let him go? Even if he is useless, he is still a dog of the concubine's son. If he beat him to death, there will be only benefits but no harm.

The only trouble is the family members in the city. These people are in danger of their lives at any time when they are held by Cao Cao. Once Cao Cao uses them as bait, anyone around him may become an enemy.

The hateful Xu You, the hateful He Xian, the hateful Nanyang family.

The best strategy is not feasible, and the same is true for the middle strategy. There is no essential difference between negotiations with Cao Cao and negotiations with Yuan Shao. The only way at the moment is to agree to Yan Xiang’s worst strategy, let the generals attack the manor like Sun Ce, capture the families of each family to counterattack, and satisfy their greed. This is not impossible, but the conditions they proposed are too disgusting: they want the stone throwing machine that Sun Ce has transformed.

Although they obviously don’t have the ability of Sun Ce, they want to steal Sun Ce’s interests. These people are not even as good as robbers, and they all deserve to die.

Yuan Shu tightly held the scabbard and wanted to pull out the Qiyao, like a robbery pedestrian on the streets of Chang'an, rushed to various camps and killed those people one by one. They spared no effort for their own interests, but who really thought about it for me?

Damn it, all deserve to die.

Cai Mao walked quickly from a distance, followed by twenty knights. Yuan Shu's eyebrows jumped, his eyes became warm, and the murderous intent in his eyes disappeared. He went forward. Cai Mao approached and bowed to him to salute. Yuan Shu stretched out his long knife and held Cai Mao's arm with a scabbard, preventing him from saluting, and then reached over his shoulder to bring him into the tent. Cai Mao was very embarrassed. He was not used to Yuan Shu's way of expressing family affection, but he did not dare to disobey Yuan Shu, for fear that Yuan Shu would suddenly turn against him and turn against him.

When Yuan Shu brought Cai Mao into the big tent, he gave a wink to the Nu. Qian understood and took a step forward to guard the tent.

Cai Mao became even more uneasy and looked frightened. He regretted that he shouldn't have brought twenty attendants and knights to Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu had just suffered the losses of Cao Cao's cavalry and was determined to build his own cavalry, but he had no shortage of war horses. It was like showing off these knights in front of robbers and seeking death.

Yuan Shu glanced at Cai Mao sideways and became happy inexplicably, so happy that he couldn't stop talking. Cai Mao was worried and did not dare to ask Yuan Shu what he was laughing, so he had to laugh with embarrassment. The two looked at each other and laughed for a long time. Cai Mao's legs were weak and he might kneel down at any time. Yuan Shu then said, "Degui, do you know why I invited you?"

Cai Maoqiang smiled and shook his head, a trace of ominousness arose in his heart. Yuan Shu smiled so fakely, there must be nothing good about it.

Yuan Shu leaned forward and leaned on the desk. "I want to ask you for a favor."

"General Ming... Please say, no matter where it can be effective, no matter how hard it is... I will die."

"No need to die." Yuan Shu shook his hand and touched his nose again. "However, it is indeed a bit dangerous. I don't know if Sun Ce will kill you with one knife after hearing this news."

"Sun Ce?" Cai Mao let out a long sigh. What he was afraid of was Yuan Shu, not Sun Ce. Yes, Sun Ce once wanted to uproot the Cai family, but that was the past. Now Sun Ce has a close relationship with the Cai family. Sun Ce's cousin Sun Fu is the son-in-law of the Cai family, and another son-in-law of the Cai family Huang Chengyan is the most valued adviser around Sun Ce.

Yuan Shu nodded and said Yan Xiang's three essays. He did not mention Yan Xiang's name, but with Cai Mao's intelligence, he could definitely guess who it was. He also talked about his own difficulties. So many hostages were controlled by Cao Cao, and he might change at any time. There were so many dreams around him. He needed to solve Cao Cao as soon as possible and regain Wancheng. He had to temporarily feel wronged Sun Ce.

Yuan Shu patted his chest and assured Cai Mao. "Cai Degui, I, Yuan Gonglu, are not an unrighteous person. There is really nothing I can do about this time. I hope he can understand my difficulties. Your Cai family and the Sun family have a marriage relationship, and you are the one he can trust. You must help me. If you help me this time, you will give the arms business to you. How about it?

Cai Mao was right in his mind and agreed immediately.

"Don't worry, General Ming, I'll set out now."

Yuan Shu was overjoyed and personally sent Cai Mao out of the tent.

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Cai Mao walked into the He family and as soon as he walked into the vestibule, he heard an old voice.

"The Qiang people were in chaos, because the land was poor, and the officials were greedy and exploited, and it was difficult to make a living, so they had to fight to the death. Second, the generals sent by the government were incompetent, only talked about morality, but did not understand military affairs, and had no intention of fighting to the death. Therefore, they were defeated repeatedly. After tens of millions of dollars in the court, most of the half was entered into the general's pocket, and a small half was given to the Qiang people. The reason why Sanming in Liangzhou was successful was that they were familiar with military affairs, but more importantly, they were determined to keep the country and not to be able to do official duties. Therefore, to be a famous general, one must first make ambition..."

Cai Mao was surprised, slowed down and said to Pang Tong who came to greet him: "Who is this?"

"Young Master Yin."

Cai Mao thought for a while before he remembered who Pang Tong was talking about, and couldn't help but laugh. "How did General Sun invite him out? He is old and cannot pull a bow or ride a horse. What else can he do? Can he serve as a spiritual position?"

"Teacher." Pang Tong led Cai Mao into the door. The lights in the hall were bright. Cai Mao raised his hand to block his eyes. When he looked closely, he couldn't help but be surprised.

In the hall, there were at least fifty or sixty people, not only tables, but also tables. There were pens and inks and bamboo slips on the tables, and lights were illuminated to make the whole yard clear. A large and thick man was either sitting upright on the table, like a little boy, or lying on the table, holding a pen recording. Cai Mao glanced at him and saw a man sitting by the door holding a pen. Not only was his posture awkward, but his face was red, which was more difficult than trying to fight with a knife. There were a few ink marks on the wooden tablet in his hand, and Cai Mao's eyes were almost glaring, and he didn't recognize what he was writing.

"Jun Cai, come here."

Pang Tong led Cai Mao and walked down the corridor on one side to the hall. Sun Ce, who was sitting in the hall listening, quietly moved and signaled him to wait for a while. Cai Mao nodded, stood quietly in the corridor, and looked at the people listening. Sun Ce now has more than 5,000 people, Huang Zhong and Dong Yu led troops outside to attack and fight. There should be only more than 1,000 people around Sun Ce. According to the current number of people, it should be the captain of fifty people, and the garrison leader who led a hundred people were present.

Cai Mao shook his head secretly. It seemed that Sun Ce also knew that he had offended the aristocratic family and could not count on it, so he could only train himself. But it was not so easy to cultivate a talent. Most of these people came from the ranks and even had difficulty writing their own names, let alone studying military books.

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