Li Ru's words were very direct and frank. Of course, at this time, he had to be directly and frank. His life and death and future paths were all in Yuan Shang's words. Instead of spending his life in the bitter and cold place outside the border, Li Ru simply gave up his life and gambled. If he did not have to live in another place in this life, he would not have to live in another place. If not...

Yuan Shang looked at Li Ru deeply, his face seemed to be thinking. After thinking for a while, he finally saw a smile on his face.

"Okay, since that's the case, I'll let you give it a try."

Hearing this, Li Ru finally let out a long sigh, and a big stone in his heart immediately fell to the ground.

"but……"

Suddenly, Yuan Shang changed his mind and said quietly: "But if you dare to betray me, what will your ending become? I guess there is no need for me to say more, right?"

When Li Ru heard this, his face suddenly became tighter.

Yuan Shang continued to speak, saying word by word: "I will make you die even worse than Yan Xing and Song Jian!"

Li Ru swallowed gently and spitted.

Yuan Shang turned around, walked to the table, opened a scroll, and began to use his pen to fly.

"Take my order and go to Tian Yu in Liaodong, contact the emperor there, do what you should do, and then report to me regularly that all the people, things, and money you need will be provided to you by Tian Yu. Just open your mouth to him and ask for it."

Speaking of this, Yuan Shang stopped his pen and said, "I will go south to conquer the Central Plains next. Before I take down the Central Plains, you will be clear about the matter of the Emperor. This is the deadline I give you, do you understand?"

Li Ru hurriedly bowed and said, "General, don't worry, my subordinates will do this clearly and kill His Majesty the Emperor."

Yuan Shang raised his eyebrows and said, "I am different from Dong Zhuo. Don't kill this person in front of me in the future. Yuan is not a bloodthirsty person. The word "smoking" is very uncultured and has no level. I don't like it very much."

Li Ru hurriedly shut up when he heard this.

Yuan Shang blew the teacup and continued quietly: "Yuan Shang is used to using the word "kill to death."

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Wei County, in the mountains and fields outside the suburbs, in a quiet thatched cottage.

"Ah!" Tong Fei let out a shocking roar. The sound contained not only pain, but also anger and humiliation.

Below Tong Fei, a burly and strong man was applying herbs to the wounds under his crotch. Although the man's hands were so light that they could not be lighter, the pain of cutting the heart and digging the lungs still made Tong Fei tremble all over.

The big man stared at Tong Fei's lifeline in his crotch and looked carefully for a while, then suddenly sighed and spoke tentatively.

"General, cut it, it's all changed and turned into a crooked one."

"Get out!" Tong Fei kicked the man away with a kick and roared at him hoarsely. However, under the influence of the air, he still pulled the pain in his crotch, as if it was over electricity.

This time, Tong Fei came to assassinate him. He was ordered by the emperor and Xu Shu, not asking for any results, but only asking for angering Yuan Shang and provoking the relationship between several princes.

Originally, Tong Fei's nature was disdainful to do this, but how could he confiscate the 3,000 Emperor's Army that wanted to benefit from the fisherman. He also let Zhang Xiu shoot Tong Fei with an arrow, causing him to be defeated by Ma Chao. Tong Fei was proud, so how could he be willing to accept this insult without revenge? So he took the initiative to take on the mastermind of this assassination.

But I couldn't steal a chicken and lost a piece of rice. The last time I didn't get a revenge, and my own father killed my life. This matter...

How can I say this? How can I be embarrassed?

"Yuan Shang, Tong Yuan, you are waiting... I will never finish this matter with you!" Tong Fei gritted his teeth and sweared in his heart.

At this moment, there was a sound of horse hooves outside the thatched cottage, but a spy dressed up hurried back and entered the house to report to Tong Fei.

Tong Fei caused pain, pretended to be arrogant and arrogant on weekdays, and asked the spy with his crotch cracked, "What's going on in Yecheng?"

The spy hurriedly said, "Yecheng has been blocked, and all counties in Jizhou have been ordered to be banned. The Tingwei Mansion has taken people and investigated them everywhere. All counties and counties have put on a stance of strict investigation and search. It seems that Yuan Shang was really angry when his wife was assassinated this time!"

Tong Fei nodded and suddenly said, "Where are there any signs of sending troops to fight Cao and Liu in Yecheng?"

“Nothing has happened yet.”

"Oh?" Tong Fei grabbed his head when he heard this, frowned and thought for a while, saying, "Yuan Shang is so calm, okay, let's talk about the situation."

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Yecheng, Yuan Mansion.

After several days of investigation, the Yecheng Tingwei finally dared to come and report the assassination to Yuan Shang.

"Lord, according to the investigation and search of his subordinates for many days, although the culprit has not been captured yet, the case has already become apparent. The knives used by the assassins are all carved with the word Cao, but the strong clothes on their bodies belong to Xichuan and Shu silk. The poisons taken by the assassins before committing suicide are all produced in the south of the Han River. In this way, the subordinates can preliminarily determine that these people were instructed by Liu Bei, but they intend to blame Cao Zhi."

Yuan Shang gently tapped the table and squinted his eyes and said, "Liu Bei's assassin intends to blame Cao Zhi."

The Tingwei nodded and said, "Yes, the knife is engraved with the word Cao, which means that these people are obviously Cao Zhi's dead soldiers, but the items they put on and the medicines they take are all produced in Sichuan, Shu and Jingzhou. The southwest land is currently under the jurisdiction of Liu Bei, so his subordinates concluded that this should be what Liu Bei intended to instigate the lord and Cao Zhi to fight for the profits."

Yuan Shang nodded after hearing this, then waved his hand and said to the lieutenant: "Go down and continue to verify. The most important thing is to capture the real murderer who escaped that day!"

"promise."

After the Tingwei left, Yuan Shang immediately found Tian Feng and Ju Su and asked for their opinions.

After saying that, Yuan Shang immediately asked the two of them: "According to your opinion, was this matter really done by Cao Zhi, or was it Liu Bei's intention to blame him?"

Ju Su pondered and said without saying anything, Tian Feng said, "According to what I saw, this fact is hard to say. It is all speculation. According to the court, perhaps Liu Bei blames Cao Zhi, but who can't guarantee that this was not Cao Zhi's opposite to the rules and to blame Liu Bei... Of course, what's more, perhaps it was the act of others, and the intention of these two forces is unknown. Everything is guesswork and cannot be proved at all. There is only one thing that is certain, that is, someone wants to use this matter to see my Yuan family fighting with other princes behind the scenes and reap profits."

Yuan Shang nodded and said, "What should I do about this matter, what do you mean by two people?"

Tian Feng paused after hearing this, turned to look at Ju Su.

Ju Su took a deep breath, stepped out of the shift, and said, "No matter who did this or what he wanted to do, the lord just needs to act according to his own plan!"

Yuan Shang hurriedly said, "What do you mean?"

Ju Shu touched his beard and said, "Now that the Xianbei and the Xiongnu migration have been completed, the population of our northern region has increased greatly, which is far superior to the other princes. The next step is to take the initiative to attack and completely establish the lord's dominance in the world! If you want to unify the world and eliminate the lord's relationship, the most urgent task is to destroy Cao. At this time, our Hebei soldiers are ready to be fully prepared. It is a good opportunity to send troops. The lord takes the army south, destroy Cao Zhi, unify the north, and then look around and take it at will. No matter how the sluts plan, it is in vain. Don't control your general policy because of some deceitful plans!"

Tian Feng nodded when he heard this and said, "Your words are very good to him. Let those clowns jump around. The lord ignore them for the time being and take the reality of hegemony. Once the land of the three states of the Central Plains is taken down, the lord will be the absolute overlord north of the Yangtze River. People are far from being compared with Sun and Liu, let alone the emperor who is lying in Luoyang. The troubles in the world are greater than those in the Central Plains. If the Central Plains are certain, the hegemony will be accomplished!"

When Yuan Shang heard this, he was shocked and thought for a while, nodded and said, "Well, I also want to go south to destroy Cao for a long time. Now it is a good opportunity. According to your own eyes, how should we formulate strategies when we go south this time?"

Tian Feng laughed and said, "I thought about it day and night, and I have planned some things for this matter. When our army goes south, we might as well divide the troops into two groups and support them from both sides. One of them follows the route of the first lord's life, cross the Yellow River and attack the town of Yanzhou. The second route sends troops from Qingzhou and goes south to Xuzhou. It is easy to attack and difficult to defend. Its taxes also bear military resources above the Cao army. If Xuzhou is in seclusion, the Cao army will definitely be defeated in both strategy and resources!"

When Yuan Shang nodded when he heard this, he touched the beard on his chin and said, "The second master's words are deeply loved by me. Xuzhou is easy to attack and difficult to defend. I will send a group of partial troops to be led by a general. I believe it can be successfully obtained."

Ju Su looked at Yuan Shang with a strange look, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not that easy."

Yuan Shang looked up curiously.

"Just just received the military newspaper, Cao Zhi had sent additional troops from Zhongzhou to Xuzhou, and appointed Guo Jia as the governor of Xuzhou, taking charge of military and political power. I believe the lord knew how capable this person was. If this person was there, I am afraid that ordinary people would not be able to obtain Xuzhou."

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Upon hearing this, Yuan Shang's heart couldn't help but sink.

Guo Jia personally arrived in Xuzhou. It seemed that this genius prodigal son had already planned to prevent our army from sending troops to Xuzhou and opening the flanks of the Central Plains from the East Road.

After pondering for a while, Yuan Shang immediately said, "Guo Jia is a man with a clever idea of ​​his ability and a difficult ghost to predict. He was the most powerful planner under Cao Cao back then... Besides him, who else can help Xuzhou defend him?"

Ju Su heard this and said, "In addition to Guo Jia, Xuzhou also has many famous Cao generals such as Li Dian, Le Jin, Zang Ba, and Li Tong. In addition, the most worrying general Zhang Liao is among them."
Chapter completed!