Guo Tu twisted his fingers, gently put down the letter, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "I have good luck in filial piety, and the king and ministers are in harmony, and I have a good life."

"Sir, too." The sender flattered him at the right time, with a humble smile on his face.

Guo Tu raised his eyelids and glanced at the boy. Guo Jia sent him here, so it was not just a simple letter, but also a contact person between him and Guo Jia. Of course, it would be no harm if he was smart, but he was too young, which made him wonder if Guo Jia was too sarcastic and sent such a person to do such an important thing. If he missed his mouth and said something he shouldn't say, it would be troublesome.

"What's your name? Where are you from?"

"Boy Lu Meng, from Runan."

“How old is it?”

"If someone asks me, eighteen. The gentleman asks me, fourteen."

Guo Tu couldn't help laughing. "Why?"

Lu Meng smiled and said, "I am indeed fourteen, but I am too young and it always makes people feel uneasy, so I have to report how old I am. But Mr. Fengxiao said that he should not lie in front of his husband, one is one, two is two, so as not to be seen through by his husband and humiliated himself."

Guo Tu's lips are very picky, which is very helpful. "You look strong, not like you are fourteen years old. It's a bit stingy to say you are eighteen, but it's still okay if you are fifteen or sixteen. You're so young and come out to do fine work, aren't you afraid of danger?"

"If it were another place, Mr. Fengxiao would not send me there. If Mr. Yecheng takes care of him, there is no danger."

Guo Tu couldn't help laughing out loud, shook his head, and said nothing more. He didn't believe that Guo Jia was so obedient, but Guo Jia knew that flattering him was always a good thing. If he thought he was self-righteous and forgot the superiority and inferiority, it would sooner or later cause trouble for him. He waved his hand and signaled Lu Meng to retreat. Lu Meng bowed, took two steps back, then turned around and walked out quietly.

Guo Tu looked at his figure, his eyes flashed, and he turned around and said to a waiter beside him, "What do you think of this kid?"

The waiter stood beside Guo Tu and never spoke. If he was not careful, he would not even notice his existence. "It's okay." He said two words and closed his mouth again. Guo Tu nodded and said nothing more. The ok meaning is to be careless, better than ordinary people, but not as strong as a strong player. This is roughly equivalent to his judgment of Lu Meng.

A blue-clothed waiter walked in with brisk steps, stood in front of Guo Tu, and bowed. "General, Xun You are gone, alone."

Guo Tu's eyes shrank slightly. "He Yong didn't leave?"

"He didn't leave, he seemed not to give up."

Guo Tu sneered, thought for a moment, and asked again: "Did Xun You say where you are going?"

"I don't know, he didn't say it. But He Yong seemed to want him to go to Yanzhou, but he refused."

"Rejected?" Guo Tu was surprised and his eyes turned. "Does he want to go to Sun Ce? This is true. Xun Yu is in Chang'an and Xun Chen is in Yecheng. The leader does not have his place next to the leader. As for Yanzhou, with Xin Pi, he has no chance. It is understandable that he has to go to Sun Ce. Unfortunately, he is still one step late. Seeing the opportunity, it is difficult to achieve great things, otherwise he would not have been in the year and achieved nothing." As he said that, he couldn't help laughing, glanced at the waiter in front of him, and swallowed the words behind him. "Continue to monitor and see where Xun You went."

"Here." The waiter in green responded and turned around and went out.

Guo Tu thought for a while and ordered: "Call Lu Meng."

——

Yuan Tan was in a good mood.

Defeating Sun Ce and trapping Sun Ce in Xiao Huang not only saved the adverse effects of Jiang Qi's death, but also successfully accepted Jiang Qi's old subordinates. In a few days, the remnants defeated by Sun Ce came to surrender one after another, and he had another six or seven thousand, and they were all well-trained soldiers. They did not need special training at all and could fight immediately.

Despite this, he accepted Xinpi's suggestion and arranged his confidant to serve as a captain, and rectified it for several consecutive days to eliminate the adverse effects of Jiang Qi's defeat as much as possible. The facts proved that it was necessary to do so. Sun Ce's confidence in them was too severe. When they mentioned that night, they looked embarrassed and could not raise the courage to fight Sun Ce at all.

After several consecutive days of training, Yuan Tan was ready to fight Sun Ce again. At this time, he received a letter from Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao was very satisfied with his calm performance in the face of danger, and asked him to be cautious and continue to fight until he completely defeated Sun Ce and drove Sun Ce out of Yanzhou. He did not mention Jiang Qi, but mentioned Xin Pi. He expressed satisfaction with Xin Pi's choice and hoped that Yuan Tan would cooperate well with him and listen to his suggestions.

There is only the father’s earnest teachings to his beloved son between the lines, and there is no sign of resentment or suspicion.

Of course, Yuan Shao did not mention the situation in Jizhou, especially the fact that Cui Juye was defeated by Gongsun Zan and lost nearly 10,000 people. Yuan Tan knew that this was from another channel. Xin Pi's brother Xin Ping was in Yuan Shao's army. The situation in Jizhou continued to spread to Xin Pi and then to Yuan Tan.

As a result, Yuan Shao's care was given a few discounts, which was less convincing.

"The leader went to Hejian, Mrs. Liu accompanied her, and your two younger brothers also followed her." Xinpi said: "Depending on the leader's intention, after defeating Gongsun Zan, he intended to let Xianyi settle Youzhou."

Yuan Tan snorted softly: "I have come to Yanzhou, how can Xianyi stay in Jizhou? Jizhou is left for A Shang."

Xin Pi smiled and shook his head. "Encourt, this is God's will. Cui Juye was defeated. The leader of the alliance had no time to look south. The matter of Yanzhou could only be entrusted to the envoy. After a few days of rectification, the defeated soldiers were already useful. Now they could only wait for the food and grass from the surrounding counties to arrive, and they could attack Xiao Huang. Drive Sun Ce away, and with all their achievements, the general could rush his troops to advance eastward and recover Qingzhou. Qingyan and Yan were in hand, and even the leader of the alliance could not ignore the envoy."

Yuan Tan scratched his eyebrows, and his eyes were a little more excited. "Five attacks, ten attacks, I have only more than 16,000 people now, less than twice as many as Sun Ce, let alone the city, how to attack?"

Xin Bi raised his eyebrows slightly. "I want to recruit soldiers?"

"May I?"

"Of course. Let Bian Wenli do this. The Bian family is a Junyi clan, the Donghun Yu family is a relative of the Bian family. He himself became famous at a young age and has a lot of fame in the surrounding counties. As his envoy, he would come forward to invite each family to serve, and he will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort."

Yuan Tan smiled. "I didn't accept his advice and insisted on sending troops to intercept Sun Ce. Wasn't he angry?"

Xinpi also smiled. "Why are you angry? The envoy, the thing he is most worried about now is that Grand Marshal Zhu enters Junyi City. As long as the envoy can defeat Grand Marshal Zhu and Sun Ce and save the Bian family from danger, he is willing to do whatever he wants. Look, once the envoy's handwriting arrives, he will definitely come to serve as soon as possible."

Yuan Tan was very satisfied and nodded, and was about to speak, but someone came to report that Zhang Miao and his army arrived, and they were still twenty miles away from the camp. Yuan Tan was stunned for a moment, then slapped his thighs. "Junyi is over. Hurry up, go back to Junyi." He got up and asked someone to send an order.

Xinpi took the lead and stopped Yuan Tan. "Empress, Junyi's gains and losses are not important, but Sun Ce is important."
Chapter completed!