Jia Xu's mother died of illness five years ago. Due to the war, her family members also died. Chen Mang's identity is considered to be dead without evidence.

Jia Xu felt that Chen Mang should not dare to lie to him in such a thing, so he recognized Chen Mang as a relative.

However, he could not say anything if he called him Uncle Chen Mang, so he usually only used the name "天子".

Chen Mang felt that Jia Xu had missed 100 million yuan, and he couldn't help but feel sorry for him in his heart.

You should know that Chen is now without a son. If Jia Xu recognizes his uncle and becomes emperor in the future, he will be crowned the prince for Jia Xu no matter what!

Thinking of this, Chen Mang sighed regretfully and looked at a document in his hand.

The official document briefly describes the amazing record of Lu Bu leading three thousand soldiers to defeat Yuan Shu by a day ago. Just by the description between the lines, people can feel Lu Bu's invincible style.

Considering that Lu Bu likes to recognize his godfather, if he made Lu Bu the crown prince, he would agree happily, right?

Chen Mang was thinking randomly when suddenly Jia Xu walked out of the yard, and a soldier was following him.

Jia Xu passed by the door and saw Chen Mang who was handling official documents in the house, and said, "Fugui, follow me to General Zhang Xiu's tent to discuss matters."

Over the past month, Jia Xu has learned some of Chen Mang's abilities. Whether it is tax or criminal cases, as long as the official business is handed over to him, there will be no way to do it.

With this talent, you can get a patriarch from a state with a little training.

Therefore, Jia Xu admired Chen Mang very much and wanted to support this old uncle as much as possible.

Soon, Chen Mang followed Jia Xu to Zhang Xiu's tent, and Chen Mang also met Zhang Xiu, who was known as the King of Northern Guns for the first time.

Zhang Xiu is in his thirties, has a burly figure, three beards under his cheeks, and his eyes are wide open, so he is powerful without anger.

Chen Mang looked at him secretly and felt that he was indeed a powerful general.

This Zhang Xiu was the top general of the Three Kingdoms period, and he was in charge of the world with a hundred birds and phoenix gun.

During the War in Wancheng at the beginning of the year, he first surrendered to Cao Cao, and then because Cao Cao forced his aunt to be his concubine, he held a grudge and used a trick to steal Dian Wei's double halberds, picked Dian Wei's gun, killed Cao Ang, and beat Cao Cao to flee in a panic.

Even if the element of sneak attack is removed, he is still one of the top military generals in the world based on his own strength.

When Zhang Xiu saw Jia Xu coming, he showed joy on his face and greeted him, "Mr. Wenhe is here! Mr., now Yuan Shu is emperor in Shouchun, Cao Cao joins forces with Lu Bu, Sun Ce, Liu Bei and others to raise troops to fight south. Now that the troops are stationed, how should we protect ourselves?"

Jia Xu looked at Zhang Xiu, who had no ambitions in front of him, and a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes.

Yuan Shu became emperor in Shouchun and was arrogant and licentious, and imposed heavy taxes, which caused many people in the Jianghuai area to die of hunger and their soldiers gradually became disinterested.

Now Yuan Shu is attacked by Lu Bu, Cao Cao and others again, and his vitality is severely damaged. It is a good time to seize his territory and strengthen himself. But Zhang Xiu has no courage and just thinks about how to protect himself...

Although Jia Xu was a little angry at him, he still spoke: "General, Cao Cao is now in a great situation. If he launches troops to attack again, Liu Jingzhou may not have done his best to help us defend against the enemy. We are alone and we cannot resist at all."

Zhang Xiu frowned and said, "What should we do? Sir, can we wait here to die?"

Jia Xu said: "Now the way out is to surrender. The key is whether we will surrender to Liu Jingzhou or Cao Cao."

Zhang Xiu hesitated and said, "I killed Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang, how could he let me go? In my opinion, let's continue to rely on Liu Jingzhou."

"Liu Jingzhou has always been suspicious of the general. If the general surrenders to Liu and leads his troops to Jingzhou, there will probably be no more general's place to use it in the future."

Jia Xu shook the goose feather fan in his hand and continued: "Now Yuan Shao in the north occupies the four states and is very likely to swallow the Central Plains. Cao Cao's soldiers are in short supply. At the time of hiring people, he will never attack the surrendered general. If he surrenders to Cao, the general will be reused."

At this moment, a voice sounded in the corner: "Whereafter, even if Cao Cao is generous and can accept us, who can guarantee that the rest of the Cao family will not make things difficult for us in the future? Moreover, Cao thief's family loves his wife, and we are a great man. Do you want to sell his wife and seek honor?"

This sentence hit Zhang Xiu's heart, causing Zhang Xiu to completely stop the thought of surrendering to Cao, and suffocated his face and said to Jia Xu: "Mr. Wenhe, do you have other strategies besides surrendering to Cao?"

Jia Xu glanced at the people in the tent, but couldn't find out who the person was talking to for a long time, and said helplessly: "Then you can only fight to the death."

Chen Mang walked out and bowed and said, "Lord, I have a plan to protect Wancheng!"

Zhang Xiu glanced at Chen Mang's strange face and asked, "Who is this?"

Jia Xu said: "This son is a fellow villager in our hometown in Wuwei. His surname is Mang and his courtesy name is Fugui. He acts as the chief clerk under my command and has a talent for advancing the world."

When Zhang Xiu heard that it was his own person, he immediately said with joy: "Fugui, what are your plans? Tell me quickly!"

Chen Mang said: "The Cao thief likes his wife, and this is known to everyone in the world. We can release rumors that Cao Cao would take advantage of Lu Bu's attack on Yuan Shu and rob his concubine Diao Chan. According to Lu Bu's love for Diao Chan, he would inevitably withdraw his troops back to Xuzhou to prevent Cao Cao from attacking him. With Lu Bu restrained him in the rear, Cao Cao did not dare to invade Wancheng."

Zhang Xiu frowned and said, "For a mere concubine, Lu Bu is willing to tear his face with Cao Cao?"

"The general doesn't know that Diao Chan has a great origin. Lu Bu turned against Dong Zhuo back then because of this woman."

Chen Mang recalled Diao Chan whom he saw once in his childhood and said with a sigh: "Diao Chan looks as if she is ashamed of the moon and flowers. She looks like a city, two looks like a country, three looks like a minister in thatched cottage..."

"Well, in short, Diao Chan is a rare beauty. She has been loved by Lu Bu for many years. This plan is absolutely feasible!"

Jia Xu was witnessing the series of plans that year, clearly knowing the weight of Diao Chan in Lu Bu's heart, waved the goose feather fan, nodded and said, "This plan is feasible. Let's wait for the situation to change."

When Zhang Xiu saw Jia Xu’s decision, he immediately sent an order, and someone spread the rumors that Cao Cao wanted to steal Diao Chan.

When Lu Bu heard the rumors, he was furious and immediately returned to Xuzhou.

At this time, Liu Bei snatched Lu Bu's gold with great dying death, attracting all Lu Bu's anger, and leading his troops to attack Xiaopei where Liu Bei was.

Cao Cao wanted them to lose both sides and concentrate on attacking Yuan Shu until he defeated Yuan Shu back to Huainan, and then he returned to mediate the dispute between Lu Bu and Liu Bei.

After this battle, most of Yuan Shu's territory was lost, and his generals also rebelled and disrupted Huainan into a mess.

Chen Mang took the opportunity to send Zhuge Liang and Zilong into Huainan, gathered refugees and defeated troops and established a copycat stronghold, preparing for the attack on Huainan.

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