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    Xu You panicked.

    By following Yuan Shao, he is a close minister after all, so he doesn¡¯t have to endure hardships or be burdened, he just has to talk.

    If we follow Yan Liang to Runan now, not to mention the risk of going deep behind enemy lines, we will have to travel bumpy and endure hardships.

    Today is no longer the case. Today, Xu You is used to living a luxurious and leisurely life, and is no longer used to the pain of running around.

    "My lord, actually" Xu You wanted to give up the job on the spot.

    Before the words were spoken, Yuan Shao waved his hand and said: "Zi Yi has thought carefully. Let Zi Yuan accompany you to Runan. That's it."

    Yuan Shao's favorite thing is to play with balance. The pair of Yan Liang and Xu You, one is a general from Hebei and the other is a scholar from Ruying. The checks and balances of each other make him feel at ease.

    Xu You¡¯s words reached his throat, but he had to swallow them back. Yuan Shao had already made his decision, what else could he say.

    Xu You's reluctance cannot escape Yan Liang's eyes. He knows that although Xu You has left with him, his heart is still with Yuan Shao. If he wants to conquer him, he will have to work hard.

    "Mr. Ziyuan, for this trip to Runan, I need Mr. Laofan to make more suggestions." Yan Liang held his hands in front of him and said with a smile.

    "It's easy to talk about. We are all working for the Lord, so why bother?" Xu You forced out a smile.

    After receiving Yuan Shao's general order, Yan Liang was afraid of causing trouble, so he selected a thousand Qingqi to go south that day, taking Xu You with him.

    Yan Liang originally asked Yuan Shao for three thousand light cavalry, but Yuan Shao later was reluctant to part with his precious cavalry and only agreed to allocate one thousand cavalry to Yan Liang.

    Yan Liang selected a thousand elite knights from them, and most of these thousand people had no family members in Hebei. In this case, when Yan Liang left Yuan Shao in the future, he would not be afraid that they would not follow because of concerns about their families.

    With these thousand light cavalry, Yan Liang left Yuan Jun's camp, marched at night under the stars, and soon got out of Yuan Jun's control.

    The horse galloped briskly across the vast wilderness of the Central Plains, and Yan Liang's mind suddenly became extremely broad.

    With a thousand elite men in hand, Yan Liang believed that as long as he could successfully reach Runan, he would be able to use them as the backbone to form a considerable number of troops.

    But Runan is just the beginning of Yan Liang¡¯s self-reliance, and Yan Liang¡¯s final destination is Jingzhou.

    If you want to occupy a place in troubled times, it is not enough to rely on soldiers and horses. The most important thing is talents.

    Liu Bei was defeated many times in the past, but he was still able to rise again because he had a group of loyal civil servants and generals. As long as these family members were there, he could raise a team again at any time.

    With the current general trend of the world, in the Central Plains of Henan, all the talented kings and assistants like Er Xun have returned to Cao Cao, and it is even less possible to dig up the civil servants and generals under Yuan Shao.

    As for the Jiangdong Sun family, it has lasted for three generations, and it is impossible to easily recruit the talents under the Sun family.

    Looking at the world, only in Jingzhou there are many people who are hiding in the wild and have not yet returned to the Ming Dynasty.

    There are countless peerless talents like Zhuge Kongming, Fengchu Pangtong, Ma Liang, Jiang Wan, Huang Zhong Liu Bei in history relied on these Jingzhou talents to achieve great success.

    At present, Liu Biao, the herdsman of Jingzhou, has no ambition and is good at raising scholars but not good at using them. Jingzhou scholars, including his close friends Kuai Yue and Cai Mao, only regard Liu Biao as a temporary ruler. As long as he encounters  With suitable strong men, these people can find new masters at any time.

    Yan Liang thought that since he had stolen Liu Bei's plan, he should simply steal it cleanly. Instead of leaving the fat meat of Jingzhou to them, why not take it for himself.

    The Qingqi rode quickly, crossing Yanzhou in a few days and entering the territory of Xuzhou.

    Although Cao Cao nominally occupied Xuzhou, it was located in the easternmost part of Cao Tong District, and most of its forces were flat, making it difficult to set up passes.  Then Xuzhou Xinding experienced several massacres. The local population was sparsely populated and the people were dissatisfied.  Therefore, during the Battle of Guandu, Xuzhou was the weakest place under Cao Cao's rule.

    At this time, Cao Cao's main forces were concentrated in the Central Plains to confront Yuan Shao. The local defense forces in Xuzhou were weak. Yan Liang relied on the speed of his cavalry to easily cross Xuzhou and enter Runan County, which belongs to Yuzhou.

    That morning, the team was about to enter a valley.

    "General Yan, there is an ambush ahead, and we have ordered our troops to stop advancing." Xu You, who had been silent all the way, suddenly spoke.

    Yan Liang looked far into the distance and saw a mountain lying beside the road ahead. There was no dust in the forest road passing through the mountain.Went there, except for the birds circling over the forest, there was not a single person or flag in sight.

    "Mr. Ziyuan, how do you judge that there is an ambush ahead?" Yan Liang asked suspiciously.

    Xu You stroked his sparse beard and said calmly: "Look at the birds hovering in the sky over the mountain forest, but they refused to drop down from the branches for a long time. Unless there was an ambush in the forest, how could they be so frightened that they dare not drop down?  ¡±

    The corners of Xu You¡¯s mouth rose, showing confidence.

    Yan Liang raised his head and observed carefully, the situation on the other side of the mountain forest was indeed as Xu You said.

    "What a sharp observation. This Xu You looks listless on the surface, but he is so alert in his heart. It seems that I did the right thing by abducting him"

    Yan Liangliang admired him, but he did not show it for the time being. He just ordered his troops to stay put and sent a team of scouts to investigate.

    Not long after, the scouts reported back that there were indeed a lot of people ambushed in the woods on both sides of the road. Moreover, many of the ambush soldiers were wrapped in yellow turbans, and they looked like remnants of the Yellow Turbans.

    Yan Liang also asked people to find local villagers and inquire about the origin of this Yellow Turban Army.

    The villagers called the mountain in front of it Woniu Mountain. It was occupied by two Yellow Turban thieves named Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao a few years ago. In a few years, thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers and horses gathered, and no one in the nearby government army could defeat it.

    Zhou Cang!

    When Yan Liang heard this name, his heart really moved.

    "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" said that this man was picked up by Guan Yu when he was riding a thousand miles alone. Guan Yu was going to Runan to look for Liu Bei, and now he is taking Liu Bei's route south, so it is not surprising to meet this man.

    Although this Zhou Cang is not very good at commanding troops, he is quite good at martial arts. In the novel, when Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, he was the one who captured Pang De alive.

    What's more valuable is that Zhou Cang was loyal and loyal. After Guan Yu was defeated and killed, he would rather die than fall in Jianmai City, and finally committed suicide.

    Yan Liang thought that he was short of talents at the moment. Although Zhou Cang was not that talented, he was loyal and highly skilled in martial arts. If he could recruit him as his personal bodyguard, it would be a gain.

    Thinking of this, Yan Liang rolled his eyes and had an idea.

    "After my general orders, the whole army will camp on the spot and spend the night at the foot of Woniu Mountain tonight."

    Xu You, who originally looked proud, was stroking his beard, waiting for Yan Liang to ask him for advice on how to defeat the enemy. Unexpectedly, Yan Liang ignored him and suddenly ordered to set up camp.

    Xu You was confused and couldn't help but said: "They are just a group of grass bandits. They can be dealt with with a little trick. Why did General Yan stop moving forward?"

    What he meant by this was probably a hint that Yan Liang asked him for advice, but he didn't know that Yan Liang had other ideas.

    ¡°I¡¯m here to recruit the Yellow Turban Army, not to annihilate them. Mr. Ziyuan must be tired after a long day¡¯s journey, so why not just sit down, have a glass of wine, and watch Yan use his tricks.¡±

    Yan Liang smiled slightly.

    He intends to conquer Xu You, but before that, he must show Xu You his extraordinary qualities and let Xu You realize that he is a wise master who can serve him.

    A trace of suspicion flashed in Xu You's eyebrows. From the Battle of White Horse to now, the original brave and foolhardy Yan Liang became more and more unpredictable to him.

    "This Yan Ziyi behaves calmly and calmly, not as impatient as before. What is he thinking in his heart" Xu You looked at Yan Liang's majestic back with curiosity on his face.
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