I thought the Bingzhou Governor, who was eager to seek talents, would be ecstatic when he saw him, but he had forgotten him without a trace, which made Sima Yi feel very disappointed. He could only take out a letter from his arms in disappointment, bowed and said, "The villain Sima Yi, pays homage to Yuan Bingzhou. This is because he was entrusted by Mr. Jushu to come to deliver the letter!"

After hearing what Sima Yi said, Yuan Mai was a little surprised. He didn't know why Ju Su became familiar with Sima Yi. He even appointed him as an envoy to deliver the letter. He could not guess the reason for the time being, so he had to stop thinking about it.

But it turned out that during the period when Ju Su was in charge of Hanoi, he had been searching for talents in the savages for Yuan Mai, hoping to find available talents and strengthen the strength of the Bingzhou Legion. I heard that Sima Yi from Wen County was a talented person, but because he was seriously ill, he was unable to get out of bed and had been recuperating in Huai County. Yuan Mai personally invited him.

In his spare time, Ju Su often came to chat with Sima Yi. Through many contacts, he saw that Sima Yi was good at speaking and had a strategy, and was a rare talent. Ju Su even tried his best to win over Sima Yi. Finally, a few days ago, he persuaded Sima Yi, who had just recovered from a "serious illness", to come out and serve Yuan Mai. So he took the opportunity of sending official documents to send Sima Yi to Yecheng to pay homage to Yuan Mai, and carried a letter of recommendation with him.

But Sima Yi was arrogant and thought that Lord Zhou Mu would be ecstatic about his arrival. He dismounted and did not intend to come up with Ju Zu's recommendation letter, but who knew that he was backfired and he actually forgot who he was!

Think about it, as a noble family and descendants of the four generations and three masters, he controls more than 100,000 powerful soldiers and gathers all his civil and military officials. He has a lot of trouble every day, so he has no time to think about himself as a little person. It is natural to throw it away.

Yuan Mai didn't get off the horse, so he immediately opened Ju Su's letter and read it, but the content was to ask Shen Pei to be buried with a grand ceremony and pardon his family for his crimes. After all, Shen Pei was an important official in Hebei and Yuan Shao's right-hand man. The humerus minister led all civil and military officials during the Yuan Shao's period and was very prestigious among the Hebei aristocratic families. He buried him with a grand ceremony, and he could follow Yuan Shao's heart as an old minister, and secondly, he could establish the style of a benevolent king among the aristocratic families.

"Well, Mr. and Mr. are polite!" Yuan Mai nodded after reading the letter, turned his head to ask Chen Lin beside him, and said, "Where is the body of Shen Pei at this moment?"

Chen Lin immediately bowed and said, "Return to the lord's question. Shen Zhengnan's body was parked in the corpse room. After choosing a burial site, he would be buried with other soldiers who died in Jizhou!"

Yuan Mai's eyes turned and said in a deep voice: "Shen Pei was the important official of the humeral lord when his father was alive. Although he lost his virginity and followed Yuan Shang, the fault was not his fault. Thinking that he had worked hard in the past, he should be buried with a grand and generous person. How can he be buried with an ordinary general? This matter is absolutely not feasible!"

"The lord is wise, and I will kneel down on behalf of Shen Zhengnan to thank the lord for his kindness and righteous behavior. Hebei is so lucky to have such a wise ruler!"

After hearing what Yuan Mai said, Chen Lin, Chen Zhen, Puyang Xing and other Yuan Shao's old aides were dismounted and knelt down and thanked each other, one to thank his colleagues for their past, and two to be grateful for his own gratitude. It is said that the emperor will be the minister of the emperor, but since Yuan Mai can buy a generous burial and competing, then he will not be very mean to them, the living old Yuan Shao, right?

Yuan Mai was very satisfied with the statements of the staff. He could feel that people's hearts were step by step. The day when everyone hoped that they would return is when he became the overlord of Hebei. He glanced at Chen Lin: "Chen Kongzhang, you are good at rituals and rituals, and you are good at etiquette. You will leave the matter of being a grand funeral and complimentary. You can go back to Yecheng immediately, and you don't have to follow the army!"

"Nuo, Lin accepts the order!"

Chen Lin bowed his order, turned the horse's head, took a few followers, and returned to Yecheng to take the horse.

Seeing Yuan Mai's calm arrangement but not favoring him, Sima Yi, who was standing in front of the horse, sweated again on his forehead. He really didn't expect that he was so insignificant in the eyes of this young prince, just like a feather, dispensable...

When Sima Yi thought of this, he felt a little regretful.

If I had known this, I would not have agreed to Ju Su's invitation easily. I should have pretended to be sick for three or five years at home and watch the changes in the current situation. If I have a destiny, I will accomplish great things sooner or later; if God does not care about me, I will be a polite person who is not in conflict with the world, farming and enjoying the joy of being together is better than being ignored. This feeling is really unpleasant.

"Envoy Yuan, you still have a letter in your hand!"

Sima Yi raised his arm, wiped the sweat beads on his forehead with his clothes, and softly reminded Yuan Mai immediately.

It was a recommendation book written by Ju Su to Yuan Mai. In the letter, he strongly recommended Sima Yi, saying that he had the talent of Wang Zuo, just like Guan Zhong reborn and Jiang Shang was reborn. Please ask Yuan Mai to use him more seriously. The recommendation book and the documents were handed over to Yuan Mai together by Sima Yi, but this guy was held in his hand, as if he had forgotten it.

Sima Yi stood in front of the "Black and Black Craft" in disappointment, as if he felt that this beautiful war horse was full of ridicule in his eyes. This made Sima Yi's shame in his heart indescribable.

If he had known that Yuan Mai could rise so strongly, he would have agreed to his recruitment and assisted him when he had just won Hanoi. At that time, he was just a miscellaneous general, with a lack of talents under his command, and his territory was only a small land in Hanoi. If he had not been above the top and had a wait-and-see attitude at that time, I think he was already a hero of the Bingzhou Legion at this moment, right?

"Oh... I'm a short-sighted move!" Sima Yi sighed in his heart.

While he was blaming himself, he felt a little more angry. It was not so much that Yuan Mai's performance was too incredible. From a county to a dominant state, it was originally a difficult and tortuous road. Even if he had a strategy and had a talent for the world, it would probably take three or five years. However, Yuan Mai had only taken less than two years to occupy the entire Bingzhou. In addition, the three counties of Henoi, Hedong and Pingyang in Sizhou have now won half of Jizhou. Such performance is no longer just a genius!

Although the reason why Yuan Mai easily obtained Bingzhou was because he was Yuan Shao's son, he was able to enjoy the fruits; but he took over the three counties of Sizhou and formed a Bingzhou army of more than 100,000 people, which was actually done. Now he has once again seized half of Jizhou's land, and relied on the reputation he accumulated in daily life and assisted by strategy, so that he achieved his achievements today. If it is called luck, it would be better to call it "destiny".

"Well, it seems that this guy has the help of destiny, but I underestimated him before!"

Relying on the slender neck, Sima Yi quietly glanced at Yuan Mai while lowering his head, and unconsciously felt a hint of admiration in his heart. He muttered to himself in his heart.

"I still have letters in my hand, so I know it!"

Yuan Maiyun agreed to Sima Yi calmly, and then slowly opened the letter and watched it slowly. As expected, this letter was really a letter of recommendation written by Ju Su, who strongly recommended Sima Yi to him. He couldn't help but smile in his heart. Sima Yi couldn't help but endure it. A person with great ambitions could endure it for a while, but when he saw the world's general trend was surging, he would inevitably be unable to resist his ambitions.

If you think that Sima Yi was persuaded by Ju Su, Yuan Mai thought this was not accurate. The more important factor was that he took over Yecheng and became the strongest warlord in Hebei. Sima Yi felt that he had hope of accomplishing great things, so he would come out to assist him. Otherwise, with this guy's cunning, it would be so easy to sell Ju Su's face, just to take advantage of the rampage.

"You really have what your husband and gentleman said so well?" Yuan Mai smiled and asked at Sima Yi.

If it were Sima Yi's original plan, after hearing Yuan Mai's question at this moment, he would have to boast about finding an important position for himself. However, after being troubled by Yuan Mai, he had no confidence in his heart. He thought for a little while and then bowed: "The villain is just a rough strategy, and he has never seen how Lord Ju Su wrote in the letter, so he dare not speak out."

Yuan Mai looked very interested and asked, "Since you are well versed in strategy, then please help Benmu analyze it. Based on the situation I am in now, how should I plan my next strategy?"

After hearing Yuan Mai’s question, Sima Yi breathed a sigh of relief. His opportunity finally came. He shrugged, frowned, and said in a solemn voice: “In the foolish opinion of the grass people, the most important thing for the envoy is to clear Hebei. Taking advantage of the damage of Cao Cao’s Guandu and his vitality has not yet recovered, and when the strong wind sweeps the fallen leaves, hold the land of Ji, Qing and You in his palms and accumulate strength to be invincible!”

Yuan Mai nodded, not satisfied with Sima Yi's answer. His words were far less likely to be broad-minded. As long as he was a little smarter, he could come to a conclusion like Sima Yi. Such a strategic plan was not enough to show Sima Yi's extraordinaryness.

"What then?" Yuan Mai touched his beard with his jaw getting thicker and continued to ask.

Sima Yi replied carefully: "In the opinion of the foolish people, Cao Cao in the Central Plains has sufficient food and food, and it is difficult to solve it for a while. After pacifying the four northern states, he should avoid his edge and adopt a roundabout way. First, he wiped out Yong and Liang, and then went south to Bashu. The sect leader of these two places was weak and it was much easier to capture the Central Plains. After taking over Yizhou and Yong and Liang, he would go south along the Yangtze River, pacify Jingzhou with the help of the geographical advantage, and then conquer the Eastern Wu, and finally wrapped the strongest Cao Cao in the middle. In this way, he might be able to win the world as soon as possible!"

"Okay, not bad!"
Chapter completed!