After resting for a few days, Li Feng's body was almost fully recovered, so he summoned the civil and military officials for a meeting.
Seeing that everyone was here, Li Feng asked Sun Qian,""Gongyou, what's the situation of the various dukes now?”
Sun Qian came out and said,"Yuan Shao of Hebei pretended to attack Wing Prefecture with Gongsun Zan, but he took Wing Prefecture for himself. Both sides fell out and fought with Pan He. With the help of Liu Xuande and his two brothers, Gongsun Zan was able to fight Yuan Shao to a draw. Now that the two families had ceased fire and were recuperating, they were ready to attack. Since Cao Cao left Luoyang, he had received the help of the Chen Liu and Wei family, one of the four tycoons, and had recovered his strength. There are Xun You and Xun You, uncles and nephews from Yingyin, Yingchuan, Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao, Cheng Yu from Dong 'e, Dongjun, Lu Qian from Wucheng, Mao from Pingqiu, Chenliu, Yu Jin from Juping, Taishan, and Xu Chu from Jiao County. It can be said that there are advisers in civil affairs and fierce generals in military affairs, which cannot be underestimated. Yuan Shu had recently been expanding all over Huainan and had already occupied Shouchun, Hefei, Song County, and other places. His power could not be underestimated, and his soldiers had already reached 100,000. Since the death of Sun Jian in Jiangnan, no powerful vassals appeared. Sun Ce, Sun Jian's son, helped his father's body back to Lujiang to rely on his uncle. Recently, he heard that he went out and did not know where he went.”At this point, he looked at Li Feng and stopped talking.
Li Feng was listening and thinking when Sun Qian suddenly stopped talking. He couldn't help but be stunned and said,""Continue. What about Chang 'an?"
Sun Qian then carefully explained," After Dong Zhuo died in Chang 'an, Wang Yun did not agree to appease his subordinates. As a result, Dong Zhuo's subordinates, Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou, attacked Chang' an from Xiliang. Lu Bu was defeated and Wang Yun died. I heard that Lu Bu's family is missing. Ma Teng, the prefect of Xiliang, and Han Sui, the governor of Bingzhou, attacked the rebels and fled to Chang 'an. As a result, Li Wei and Guo Si adopted Jia Xu's plan and held fast. Ma Teng and Han Sui were defeated and returned. The situation in Chang 'an was now under Li Jue and Guo Si's control. The other dukes didn't make any big movements and were all guarding their own territories.”
After Li Feng heard this, he looked around and said,"What do you think about this?”
Liu Ye said,"I think Cao Cao's power has already developed, so we have to be on guard." I know my subordinates, Guo Jia and Xun Yu. These two can be said to be wise men.”
Man Chong immediately agreed,"Liu Ziyang is right." Especially that Guo Jia, he was far-sighted and unpredictable. I think he's comparable to Zhang Zifang of the Han Dynasty. Cao Cao will definitely become our most difficult opponent in the future.”
When Guan Chun heard this, he felt that the two of them were exaggerating. He could not help but say,"The two of you are too proud of others and are destroying your own prestige. How could Guo Jia be compared to Zhang Zifang?”
Li Feng shook his head." I don't know about Guardian Guan, but I also know about this person's abilities." Liu Ziyang, Man Bonin's words are not false. I also sent people to Yuan Shao to look for him, but he has already left and is now in Cao Cao's hands. We have to be careful of this person in the future.”
When Tian Feng and the others saw that Li Feng valued Guo Jia so much, they could not help but secretly remember this person.
"Everyone, look at the current situation. How should we develop?" Li Feng asked.”
Tian Feng said," The current situation in the world is on the verge of exploding. On our left is Yuan Shu. He has great power and we can't compete with him now." On the upper left is Xuzhou. Tao Qian is a kind man in the world. If we seize his land, we will lose the hearts of the people in the world. At this moment, we can only wait and see and continue to accumulate strength.”
At this moment, a guard came in and reported,""Reporting to the prefect, there are two generals outside the door requesting an audience. They claim to be from the North Sea asking for help.”
When Li Feng heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned. He remembered that Taishi Ci was the only one who had come out of the North Sea to ask for help. Why did two of them run over and ask them to come in?
Hence, Li Feng ordered the two of them to enter. The two of them were both well-built and of similar age. The person on the left was full of heroic spirit, and the person on the right was domineering. The more Li Feng looked at them, the more he liked them.
"How should I address you two, young generals?"”
The man on the left cupped his fists and said,"I am Taishi Ci of Donglai. I have just returned from a study tour. I heard that the Yellow Turban bandits were besieging the North Sea. I have come to rescue them on my mother's orders." Governor Kong said that the rebel army is powerful and specially sent me here to ask Governor Li to send troops to rescue them. Please send troops quickly.”
"Oh, you're Taishi Ci."”He then pointed at the young general on the right and asked in confusion,"Then how should I address you?"
The person on the right glanced at Li Feng and took out a jade pendant from his side. He bowed and said,"My nephew Sun Ce greets uncle."
Li Feng was overjoyed. He picked them up with each hand and took the jade pendants. They were the gifts that Luoyang had given to Big Brother Sun Jian a year ago. He looked at Sun Ce carefully and saw Sun Jian's shadow. He couldn't help but say emotionally,""Like father, like son. Big brother should be glad to have a son like you in the afterlife.”
When Sun Ce heard this, tears welled up in his eyes."My father was ambushed by Liu Biao and died. He passed this jade pendant to me on his deathbed and asked me to find my uncle to avenge my father. His father said that he regretted not listening to his uncle and leaving behind the jade seal, which brought disaster upon himself. The jade seal is here. Please accept it." After saying that, he took out the jade seal and handed it to Li Feng.
Li Feng did not take it. He held the jade pendant and sighed."Back then, your father and I were sworn brothers. I didn't expect that my trip to Luoyang would be a farewell. Before leaving, I left a message with this jade pendant. If big brother needs anything in the future, bring this jade pendant to see me. I will definitely help. Don't worry, Nephew. You can stay here for the time being. I'll definitely take revenge for Big Brother. The jade seal is something that big brother used his life to protect. I can't accept it. You should keep it. Now that Kong Beihai is in trouble, I have to save him. I have to delay my revenge.”
When Sun Ce heard that Li Feng had agreed to help, he put away the jade seal and stood to the side.
Li Feng turned to Taishi Ci and said apologetically,"I'm sorry to have made you wait so long. I'll immediately send troops to resolve the siege of the North Sea. Don't worry.”
"You're too polite, prefect." Taishi Ci bowed respectfully. I've long heard of the prefect's benevolence and righteousness. Today, I see that he lives up to his reputation.”
"Ziyi, you flatter me." Li Feng said modestly. The two of you got back together just like that?”
"I was being pursued by the rebel soldiers," Taishi Ci replied."This brother saw that I was alone, so he helped me. They saw that I was coming to Guangling, so they came together.”
Li Feng glanced at the two of them and said,""I see that the two of you are very compatible. Why don't you become brothers?”
Sun Ce and Taishi Ci were overjoyed. The two of them had already felt a little sympathetic to each other along the way. Li Feng immediately set up an altar for them and the two of them became sworn brothers. Sun Ce was one year older than Taishi Ci and was his elder brother.
After settling these matters, Li Feng sent troops to Beihai. Sun Ce and Taishi Ci requested to be the vanguard, and Li Feng agreed. Therefore, Li Feng took Sun Ce and Taishi Ci as the vanguard, Zhao Yun and Dian Wei as the generals, Tian Feng as the military counselor, and Liu Ye as the military officer. He personally led 20,000 troops to Beihai. Xu Huang, Zhang He, Man Chong, Jiang Qin, Chen Wu, Geng Wu and others were left to stay in Guangling.
Sun Ce and Taishi Ci had led the front troops here. They didn't wait for Li Feng's army to arrive and charged into the enemy's formation. The leader of the Yellow Turban thieves, Guan Hai, saw that there were few soldiers to rescue him and did not care.
Sun Ce galloped forward with his spear. Guan Hai took advantage of his youth and rushed out with his sword. Sun Ce didn't answer when he saw the leader of the bandits. He rode his horse and charged forward. The two horses clashed and fought for dozens of rounds. Sun Ce slowed down his horse and led Guan Hai to charge forward. He gave way to Guan Hai's knife, handed the spear to his left hand, and grabbed Guan Hai's chest with his right hand to capture him alive. When Taishi Ci saw that Sun Ce had won, he led his troops into the enemy's ranks. Sun Ce ordered Guan Hai to be tied up and killed again. Li Feng led his army to attack, while Zhao Yun and Dian Wei were like tigers in a flock of sheep. Kong Rong saw that Li Feng's reinforcements had arrived and immediately led an army to attack. With two attacks, the enemy was defeated. Countless surrendered and the remaining party scattered. The siege of Beihai was lifted.
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