After a little repair of Ao Cang, Ye Zhao went down the river and led a large army to cross the river from Puyang when Ji Ling captured Chenliu, and threatened Cao Cao's army stationed in Muye from the east. In this battle, what Ye Zhao had to do was not to conquer the city, but to defeat the vitality of Cao's army.

The war in the north will not be mentioned for the time being, Yangzhou and Jiujiang County.

It has been three years since he defeated Yuan Shu but retreated in the confrontation between Runan and Lu Bu. In the past three years, Sun Ce has not started the battle rashly. It is not that he doesn't want to, but that the aristocratic families in Jiangdong are making a big fuss.

Originally, according to Sun Ce's idea, it was to suppress and use his iron-blooded skills to fight out a stable rear. At the beginning, he did the same, but after Runan's defeat, it also gave Sun Ce a lot of inspiration.

In fact, Sun Ce and Lu Bu have similarities. They are both princes who started their own business with brave generals. The difference is that Lu Bu will usually fail to recover for a long time after failure, while Sun Ce has the resilience like a wolf. After failure, he will certainly be frustrated, but he will even summarize the experience and lessons of failure.

The last battle with Lu Bu shocked Sun Ce. Although Lu Bu was good at fighting, he was not as good as himself in administrative matters. However, in the battle of Runan, Lu Bu won the hearts of the people. Not only did he lose on the battlefield, but he also lost to Lu Bu in the hearts of the people.

This made Sun Ce feel upset and depressed, and he was also a little puzzled. He never thought that he was a person like Lu Bu who only knew how to fight and didn't know how to govern. In the next three years, Sun Ce was studying this issue, which made him gradually discover the crux of it.

Rather than saying that Lu Bu wins the hearts of the people, it is better to say that Lu Bu's policies are easy to win the hearts of the people. Lu Bu's political strategy is taken from Guanzhong, and it is also a product of Lu Bu's continuous opening of backdoors to the privileged class. Even so, it can help Lu Bu win the hearts of the people, which shows the influence of Guanzhong's new policy.

Therefore, during the past three years, Sun Ce has been sending people to inquire about the political strategy of Guanzhong. With the help of Zhou Yu and Lu Su, according to the political strategy of Guanzhong, he began to formulate a set of ways to strengthen the country that suits Sun Ce.

After all, oranges grow in Huainan and tangerines grow in Huainan, and tangerines grow in Huainan. The same policy, when it is carried out in different places, the results are also different and cannot be copied. After all, the success of Ye Zhao's new policy in Guanzhong and Shu is both accidental. Shu is blocked, Ye Zhao is strong and the main force is suppressed. Guanzhong has experienced the disasters and brilliance of Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Guo Si and warlords from all sides. In addition, Ye Zhao secretly attacks, the Guanzhong family has also withered and cannot resist Ye Zhao's high-pressure policy. Therefore, Ye Zhao's policy that is almost opposite to the aristocratic family can be successfully promoted.

But Jiangdong is different. Jiangdong has many families, and all industries of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are controlled by the aristocratic families. Even with Sun Ce's strength, he chose to suppress local families and win over foreign families to stabilize Jiangdong. Therefore, in Sun Ce's hands, almost all the civil and military officials and generals under his command came from outside Jiangdong. For example, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, and Lu Su were not from Jiangdong, but they were the core figures who supported Sun Ce's power framework.

If they really follow the Guanzhong policy, if they don’t talk about the Jiangdong family, they might be the first to turn against him.

During these three years, Sun Ce has been seeking a path that can be as fair as Guanzhong, and can prevent the talents of the aristocratic families around him from leaving him. In fact, it is not just him, but Cao Cao has also been seeking such a path over the years.

Unfortunately, Ye Zhao's rise was irreversible, because Ye Zhao's layout of the aristocratic family began after entering Luoyang. He promoted printing technology under the guise of Liu Hongzhi, which attracted the anger of the aristocratic family to Liu Hong. However, he gained great popularity with the image of a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. Later, during the Ten Everest Rebellion, Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, almost all the shadow of Ye Zhao was there. As the behind-the-scenes promoter, Ye Zhao quietly changed the environment of the world, and at the same time searched for talents that met his requirements.

For example, Xi Zhicai, Li Ru, and later Fa Zheng and Guo Jia, these people were almost all able to resonate with Ye Zhao in terms of concepts, or in other words, those who did not have as many interests in the aristocratic families and could work with Lu Bu wholeheartedly, as for the generals under them, at least in the early stages, most of them were trained by Ye Zhao, and the recruits were all those with no wealth background.

As for now, Ye Zhao's situation has been achieved. Even if talents from aristocratic families join, they can only follow Ye Zhao's arrangement. If they are willing to join, Ye Zhao will not ask you if they are unwilling. Anyway, as there are really no shortage of scholars today, and top talents cannot be cultivated, but there are many talents who can do things.

But Sun Ce is different. He has a high perspective. The top-rise building determines the will of the lower level. In fact, this is also the reason why Cao Cao and Sun Ce have difficulty in transformation. Cao Cao and Sun Ce almost all started their own family by relying on aristocratic families. Now that their career is successful, it is unrealistic to kick the aristocratic family away. If you want to imitate Guanzhong, you can only be cruel and brave. However, as in the situation today, if a hero is really cut off, you may not even have time to get back your breath, and you will be swallowed up by Ye Zhao who is becoming more and more powerful.

Just like drinking poison to quench thirst, they knew that they would have to end up killing themselves, but in order to survive, they had to do so. Even though Ye Zhao had already opened a new era, they still had to rely on aristocratic families to obtain temporary survival.

If the aristocratic family was a supporter at the beginning, then now, as Ye Zhao changed the ideology of the world little by little, the aristocratic family became a cancer, and it was a symbiotic type. From this point of view, Lu Bu lost so much burden, so he was able to imitate the Guanzhong political system without any burden. Unfortunately, Lu Bu did not have Ye Zhao's courage to stick to principles, so he gradually deformed the originally good political system. But even so, Lu Bu's political form was stronger than Sun Ce for the stability of the people's hearts.

In the past three years, although Sun Ce has made several improvements, it has only been light taxes and levies to restrict land transactions, but has not taken the initiative to own private land by aristocratic families. In this regard, with the decisiveness of the little overlord, he cannot do as straightforward as Ye Zhao in this matter. Not to mention Zhang Hong, Zhang Zhao, Lu Su, who were recruited later, Zhou Yu, and Sun Ce's brother, also came from aristocratic families. How could he move the entire class if such a situation?

"Bo Fu! There is news!" Zhou Yu brought Lu Su to lift the curtain and said solemnly to Sun Ce.

"Oh?" Sun Ce withdrew his mind, looked at Zhou Yu and smiled, "Good thing?"

"I don't know if it counts, but it's good news for our army at the moment." Zhou Yu sighed.

"What's the matter?" Sun Ce said inexplicably.

"Cao Cao was defeated by Ye Zhao in Ao Cang by water attack. All 100,000 elite troops were gone. Cao Cao also fled to Jizhou. Ye Zhao was taking advantage of the victory to pursue him. At this moment, he might have crossed the big river. If nothing unexpected happens, it is only a matter of time for Cao Cao to lose this time." Zhou Yu took a deep breath and said.

The loss of 100,000 elite troops, even if Cao Cao had an army, it was not as good as the war, but it was not as good as the army, and it was difficult to assemble as soon as possible. Ye Zhao obviously did not mean to give Cao Cao a chance to be happy.

"So fast?" Sun Ce raised his sword eyebrows and his face became a little ugly.

Although the two sides are hostile and Cao Cao is also a huge stumbling block for Sun Ce to capture the Central Plains, Sun Ce still admires Cao Cao's ability very much. When Sun Ce heard the news that Cao Cao might even be defeated, he felt a little uncomfortable.

"It's a bit fast, but now it's not the time to say this!" Zhou Yu walked straight to Sun Ce, spread out the map and pointed to the map, "Look at Bo Fu, Cao Cao is about to be defeated, but Ye Zhao's main energy is to occupy the He/Bei land, which means that Ye Zhao's purpose this time is very clear. What he wants is He/Bei. As for the Central Plains, Ye Zhao didn't want to take care of it. At least before occupying the He/Bei land, he didn't want to take care of it. This was the opportunity of our army."

"Cao Cao cannot be destroyed!" Sun Ce took a deep breath and said.

Even if he has the ability to conquer the Central Plains, he may not have the extra energy to face Ye Zhao by then. And whether he wants or not, Cao Cao is actually the strongest one except a few princes. If Cao Cao is defeated, Sun Ce will have to retreat to Jiangdong.

"It's true that it can't be destroyed!" Zhou Yu nodded in agreement and said, "So, we must have the land of Qingxu two prefectures. If Ye Zhao captures He/Bei, our army can border Ye Zhao. It seems that the front line is extended, but these two prefectures are close to the sea. At least there is no need to worry about supply. You can transport it to all parts of the coast by water. As long as you can seize the land of these two prefectures, we can quit with Cao Cao, and the two families will work together to deal with Ye Zhao. At the same time, they form an alliance with Liu Biao and ask Liu Biao to send troops to Sichuan and Sichuan!"

"Will Cao Cao agree?" Sun Ce frowned. If the river/bei is lost, Cao Cao will only have a broken Yanzhou and Yuzhou. Will Cao Cao be willing to give up Qingxu and two prefectures?

"Because he is Cao Cao, he will understand that for him, this is the best way, and we can jointly resist Ye Zhao. Otherwise, if our army does not border Ye Zhao, he will only be in a dilemma of being attacked from both sides!" Zhou Yu looked up at Sun Ce, with a flash of light in his eyes and said, "This is the opportunity for our army to rise, and it is the only opportunity for the princes to join forces to deal with Ye Zhao. Bo Fu must not hesitate!"
Chapter completed!