After obtaining a good general, Cao Cao gradually had a scheme in his heart.
"Zhao Yang, now that we have a fierce general like Zilong, can we go out and kill the enemy and make contributions?”
Zhao Yang immediately shook his head." My lord, the vassals are not making a move now. If we act rashly, I'm afraid that someone will hinder us later. Let's wait and see."”
Although Cao Cao didn't know who would stop him or how, he still listened to his advice and temporarily stopped the idea of sending troops.
Yuan Shao was also not content with the current situation. He had great ambitions and was also actively forging ahead.
However, he was beginning to feel more and more exhausted.
In the tent
Yuan Shao's strategists were complaining.
"The lord is now the alliance leader in name, but he is actually a puppet. He can't get any benefits, but he has to take the blame when something happens!”
"In the end, it's because we're not strong enough to command the dukes!”
"Then, who has a good plan to help me increase my control over the dukes?" Yuan Shao asked.”
Everyone immediately fell silent.
After a long time, Xu You put forward his opinion." My lord, the Han Dynasty is on the decline now. It's difficult to command the vassals with the prestige of your family. In the end, the only thing that can control the vassals is money and grain. As long as you control the money and grain of the vassals, you can control them and make them listen to your will and be willing to be ordered around by you!”
Chen Lin immediately laughed. The lord's current grain was given by Han Fu. Controlling the grain of the vassals? The fact is that the dukes control our rations.”
Yuan Shao immediately revealed an angry expression and looked at Chen Lin unhappily, despising him for exposing his pain.
Xu Youze looked at Chen Lin contemptuously and ignored him."My lord, there's a saying that goes,'Brothers fight, father and son fight!' Among all the vassals, Yuan Shu has the most solid foundation. He occupies Nanyang County, which has the most wealthy people. Just a few donations will be enough for our army to eat for several months. If my lord is on good terms with him, what's there to worry about?”
Chen Lin could not help but laugh again. Yuan Gonglu looked down on his lord. Didn't he say that his lord was a concubine's son in front of everyone that day…His lord had been ridiculed by him, and now he still wanted to beg him? If I were the lord, I would rather die than make peace with him!”
Xu You immediately retorted," That's why you're not my lord. You'll never reach my lord's height in your life. You're destined to be mediocre!"”
Yuan Shao was originally very disgusted with Xu You's suggestion, but when he heard Xu You say that he was very high, he immediately felt that he should be more broad-minded and have a higher vision.
So he asked," Xu You, it's not difficult for me to lower my status and beg him. However, that Yuan Gonglu is narrow-minded and short-sighted. He has the habit of being a villain. Once I beg him, he will definitely knock his tail straight. Not only will he insult me, but he will also refuse to provide food. It's difficult to reconcile!"”
Xu You immediately smiled." My lord, you only take and don't give. Of course, Yuan Shu won't agree. Only by taking what we need can we repair each other!" Now that the lord was the leader of the alliance, Yuan Shu had the most food. If the lord was willing to appoint Yuan Shu as the grain transport officer, Yuan Shu would definitely be happy. At that time, would his food be at the lord's disposal? Moreover, in this way, the lord doesn't need to compromise. I dare to guarantee that as long as the lord gives the word, Yuan Shu will probably come personally!”
Yuan Shao immediately slapped his thigh in joy. Then this matter will be handed over to him first!”
"Here!"
Only then did Xu You look at Chen Lin proudly, making Chen Lin feel ashamed and angry.
Soon, Xu You sent someone to spread the news.
Almost all the dukes had heard of this matter.
Everyone knew the benefits of being a grain transport officer.
Even Cao Cao was eager to try.
However, Zhao Yang immediately stopped him.""My lord, wake up! We can only maintain our own expenses and can't act as grain transport officers to transport grain to the various dukes! Moreover, the hearts of the dukes were not united and they were scheming against each other. How could they save the emperor? It was simply wishful thinking to use this mere grain transport officer to earn credit!”
Thus, Cao Cao smiled awkwardly and stopped this thought.
After Yuan Shu heard this, he immediately couldn't sit still."Now that I don't have a title, even if I break Chang 'an and save the emperor, I won't get much reward! "If I can become a grain transport officer, then the imperial court will reward me. After rewarding Yuan Shao, it will be me, and finally those bitter dukes! No, I have to take over the identity of a grain transport officer!”
Very soon, after Yuan Shu had this realization, he went to Yuan Shao's place. Although he was embarrassed for a while, the two of them each took what they needed. The discussion went very smoothly and they quickly reached a consensus.
Not long after, the vassals learned that Yuan Shu had become the person who escorted the grain and was responsible for a portion of the grain of the various vassals. The grain and fodder of the vassals were not sufficient, and many people had a long journey, so it was difficult to transfer grain from their own territories. Therefore, they supported Yuan Shu very much, and Yuan Shu's prestige among the vassals increased greatly.
In this way, Yuan Shu felt like he was a big shot behind the scenes, manipulating the vassals. Seeing that the vassals had to bow down to him, Yuan Shu felt a little arrogant.
At this moment, Sun Jian, who had already fought Dong Zhuo's army several times, was in a lone city outside Tiger Cage Pass, facing off against Dong Zhuo's army.
Not long before this, he had won many victories and killed many Great Generals. Even Hu Zhen's 30,000-strong army had been defeated by Sun Jian!
Sun Jian's reputation rose rapidly. Whether it was Dong Zhuo or the Eastern dukes, they were all extremely wary of him.
Sun Jian was a person with a criminal record. Before he completely joined Yuan Shu, he had killed the governor of Jingzhou and the governor of Nanyang in order to obtain food supplies!
Extremely savage!
Yuan Shu's younger brother, Yuan Yin, was also a person with shallow knowledge. He had long wanted to follow Yuan Shu and become a king. At this time, in order to protect his own interests, he immediately secretly said,"Elder brother, this Sun Jian is extremely arrogant. If he doesn't give me what he wants, he will kill me. He is even more ruthless than a wolf. If he broke through Tiger Cage Pass this time, wouldn't that mean that he would march straight in and immediately resolve the siege of Luoyang? At that time, his power would increase exponentially, and he might become the second Dong Zhuo! At that time, not only will we lose his sharp sword, but we will also be criticized by the dukes, especially Yuan Shao!”
Hearing this, Yuan Shu felt that his words were reasonable. He immediately became nervous."If that's the case, then it's really a big tail that can't be dropped! In your opinion, what should we do?”
Yuan Yin immediately laughed sinisterly. It's a war. How can we fight for money and food soon? I reckon that Sun Jian's rations are almost used up. If we cut off his rations, his army will collapse without fighting! At that time, he would have no soldiers or food. Wouldn't he have to come to us and be ordered around by us?”
Yuan Shu immediately laughed sinisterly.
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