After learning about Yuan Shu's situation, Ao Lie pondered for a moment, and then said to Cao Cao and Sun Ce: "Two, although Yuan Shu is a great rebellious person, he was once an important official of the Han Dynasty. In the battle against Dong, he also contributed to the Han Dynasty. How about we give him a decent way to die?"

Cao Cao and Sun Ce had no objection to Ao Lie's proposal. Ao Lie reached out and called Zhao Yun, then removed the Chixiao Divine Sword at his waist and handed it to Zhao Yun, and pointed at Yuan Shu's tent. Zhao Yun and Ao Lie have been together for a long time, and immediately understood Ao Lie's meaning, nodded slightly to show their understanding, and then held the Chixiao Divine Sword in both hands and walked into Yuan Shu's tent.

As soon as Zhao Yun entered the tent, Yuan Shu woke up slowly. Seeing Zhao Yun standing in front of him with scabbards in his hands, Yuan Shu was shocked and asked quickly: "Who are you?"

Zhao Yun replied in a humble and arrogant manner: "General Yuan is really a noble man who forgets things. At the time in Hulao Pass, he had met the general several times. Doesn't the general remember?"

After hearing Zhao Yun's words, Yuan Shu looked at Zhao Yun carefully for a few glances, then suddenly laughed, his tone filled with sadness: "You, but the white-robed young general under Ao Lie's command who fought with Lu Bu for 100 rounds?"

Seeing that Yuan Shu recognized him, Zhao Yun nodded and replied: "It was Zhao Yun. Today, Zhao Yun came to see the general for the last journey under the order of my lord. My lord said that the general had made contributions to the Han Dynasty and deserved a decent way of death. This is my lord's sword, please accept the sword."

Yuan Shu silently took the scabbard handed over by Zhao Yun and reached out to pull out the Chixiao Divine Sword. When he saw the sword body as red as blood, he couldn't help but look up and said, "This is the Chixiao Divine Sword, right? Unexpectedly, in the end, the person who is the most righteous to me, Yuan, is Ao Lie!" With Yuan Shu's identity as a traitor, he could die under the Chixiao Divine Sword, and even commit suicide, so that he could keep the whole body. It was already the most decent way to die. In the moment before his death, Yuan Shu's hatred for Ao Lie suddenly disappeared, but instead turned into sincere gratitude, but this gratitude came too late.

Zhao Yun slowly turned his body and turned his back to Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu glanced at Zhao Yun's back, then raised the Chixiao Divine Sword and slashed heavily between his neck...

Ao Lie's mind and courage are really admirable when he can make his mortal enemy feel grateful. Needless to say, Sun Ce, even Cao Cao, who has always been enemies and friends with Ao Lie, was impressed by Ao Lie, and silently stretched out a thumb and compared it to Ao Lie.

Ao Lie smiled, and then said to Cao Cao seriously: "This matter is over. It's time for someone to return to Youzhou. I don't know when Sikong plans to set off to return to Yanzhou?" Cao Cao immediately understood that Ao Lie was afraid that he would take the opportunity to occupy Shouchun and then occupy Yangzhou, and then sounded the alarm for himself.

To be honest, although Yangzhou is good, it is a bit useless for Cao Cao. Yangzhou and Cao Cao's territory are only separated by a river, but it is divided into two parts of the north and south by this river. Most of the soldiers under Cao Cao's men are used to land wars but not water wars. During this expedition to Yuan Shu, most of the soldiers under Cao Cao's men vomited because they were not adapted to the local conditions. It is indeed not a wise move to take over Yangzhou rashly before making comprehensive preparations.

Besides, Yangzhou is a famous place with outstanding people and beautiful women. The women here are beautiful, and the literati and famous scholars are all romantic. Therefore, the phenomenon of aristocratic clan in Yangzhou is particularly serious. People have an almost paranoid emphasis on the inheritance of family background. With Cao Cao's team, more than half of the military generals and counselors under their command are not from famous families. If they are asked to manage Yangzhou, they will inevitably have conflicts with the geniuses in Yangzhou. If they can govern Yangzhou, they can only rely on the local geniuses in Yangzhou. However, in this case, it is inconsistent with Cao Cao's policies. Cao Cao's view of the geniuses.

Like Ao Lie, they suppress the gentry, and only meritorious people are the ones. Therefore, before they do not have enough ability to manage Yangzhou, Cao Cao did not intend to occupy Yangzhou, so as not to end up being restricted, and he had to spend a considerable amount of energy to balance the relationship between the original team and the geniuses of Yangzhou. Compared with Yangzhou, Cao Cao thought Xuzhou was better. After returning to Yanzhou, Cao Cao planned to send troops to conquer Xuzhou in the short term using the excuse of his father's death and holding Xuzhou in his own hands, which was much better than occupying Yangzhou.

Haha, Cao Cao said to Ao Lie: "At most, within three days, I will return to Yanzhou. Before leaving, I want to invite the Lord to meet in a camp and talk about the major affairs of the world." Ao Lie replied happily: "Okay! It is a honor for me to be able to talk about the major affairs of the world with Brother Meng De."

On that day, Ao Lie and his three men led their troops back to Shouchun and later issued a joint statement saying that Yuan Shu had been killed by Ao Lie. The matter came to an end. All princes should return to their garrison as soon as possible and not stay in Shouchun City. As for the position of Yangzhou governor, there was a emperor who planned a candidate to announce the world to a date.

Frightened by the powerful strength of the three people, the others did not dare to express any objections. Huang Zu was the first to leave Shouchun and returned to Jiangxia. After a night of ideological struggle, Liu Bei had to lead the troops to leave sadly. Originally, this expedition to Yuan Shu was a very important part of Liu Bei's plan. He wanted to take the opportunity to seize a piece of territory for his own development. Unexpectedly, Ao Lie's sudden outbreak and Yuan Shu's rapid defeat completely destroyed Liu Bei's dream. However, Liu Bei was a hero after all. In Huang Zu's attitude of leading troops, he keenly realized the relationship between Huang Zu and Liu Biao, which was not as harmonious as it seemed. So Liu Bei decided to surrender to Liu Biao to see if he could take advantage of the conflict between Liu Biao and Huang Zu and gain any substantial benefits from it.

As for Tao Qian's side, Liu Bei wrote a letter in a hurry and sent someone to Tao Qian. The meaning of the letter was that he found that some powerful ministers under Liu Biao's subordinates had a disobedient heart. Out of the friendship of being relatives of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei could not bear to see any accidents in Liu Biao, otherwise the Han Dynasty would lose another pillar of talent. Therefore, based on the country and the clan's affection, Liu Bei decided to go to Jingzhou to help Liu Biao, and after stabilizing the situation in Jingzhou and clearing the undercurrents in Jingzhou, he would return to Xuzhou. Liu Bei said very politely in the letter, but he embezzled Tao Qian's five thousand elite soldiers without saying a word. As for the specific date of returning to Xuzhou, Liu Bei did not mention it in the letter!

After Liu Bei left, Shen Pei thought that it would not be of any effect to stay. It would be better to return to Jizhou earlier. So Shen Pei also called Yan Liang and Wen Chou to rectify their troops and embarked on the road to return home. What Shen Pei didn't know was that Cao Cao had already secretly sent Cao Ren and Zang Ba to block all the retreat routes of Shen Pei. Before sending troops, Cao Cao had already made complete preparations. Once there was any turmoil in Xuzhou, Cao Ren and Zang Ba would attack Xuzhou immediately; if there was nothing unusual in Xuzhou, their mission was to automatically intercept Shen Pei and try to kill the troops sent by Yuan Shao without knowing it.

The reason why Cao Cao dared to compete with Yuan Shao is because of the arrival of Ao Lie. He no longer has the strong strength in history. Yuan Shao, who only occupies Jizhou and half of Qingzhou, is almost the same as Cao Cao who occupies Yan, Yu and the other half of Qingzhou. Even if he is a little stronger, he is very limited.

It is difficult to defeat Yuan Shao with Cao Cao's own strength alone, but Yuan Shao is also unsure of defeating Cao Cao. This is a even-match battle. Both sides have half of the chance of winning, and neither has an absolute advantage, and no one can do anything to anyone.

After several other groups left Shouchun one after another, Ao Lie wrote a memorial, proposing Sun Ce to Liu Xie as the governor of Yangzhou. Later, the elite blood-killing army sent the memorial to Luoyang day and night to present it to Liu Xie. Ao Lie gave Yangzhou to Sun Ce, and the general reason was the same as Cao Cao, and he did not want to fall into the dilemma of both the first rats, and searched for a balance between the original team and the Yangzhou gentry.

In addition, Ao Lie has his own considerations. His political, economic and military centers are all in Yanjing, with territory and Yangzhou from south and north, and thousands of miles apart from him. This will inevitably lead to deviations or phenomena that cannot be conveyed at all in the process of material transfer and the issuance of government orders. If it is normal, this is not a big deal, but if a war occurs, it is a fatal flaw. Ao Lie does not want to shake himself because of Yangzhou.

The fundamental reason for You and Bing. Furthermore, it is absolutely a matter of recommendation for Ao Lie to be the governor of Yangzhou. Sun Ce is Ao Lie's disciple and Ao Lie's eldest brother-in-law. The two have deep feelings. This kind of feelings will be difficult to deteriorate in ten years, decades or even a lifetime. Giving Yangzhou to Sun Ce is equivalent to establishing a solid ally for himself in Jiangdong, which is much better than allowing others to get Yangzhou.

Sun Ce was overjoyed about Ao Lie's recommendation. If Ao Lie insisted on holding Yangzhou in his hands, Sun Ce could not say anything, but Ao Lie generously gave Yangzhou to himself, which made all the soldiers from Jiangdong from Sun Ce happy. As we all know, when today's son Liu Xie regards Ao Lie as his brother and obeys him, the candidate for Ao Lie's recommendation can basically be determined. It can be said that Ao Lie has the right to veto and support, and his opinions have an extremely important impact on Liu Xie.

When the soldiers of Jiangdong came to Ao Lie's camp with wine and meat and expressed their gratitude to Ao Lie, Ao Lie also seemed extremely happy. While happy, Ao Lie also put forward three requirements for Sun Ce in front of the generals of Jiangdong. First, he asked Sun Ce to govern the army and politics to take the people in the territory as the starting point and not to harm the interests of the people; second, he asked Sun Ce to be strict with himself and be lenient with others, and gradually correct his bloodthirsty and irritable personality; third, he asked Sun Ce to handle the relationship between foreign races and Han people in Jiangdong, and treat foreign races such as Shanyue, the main focus should be on the education and integration of the people, and not to kill all foreign races in the territory.

All the three requirements put forward by Ao Lie are favorable for Sun Ce's rule over Jiangdong, without any self-interest. The generals in Jiangdong felt sincerely admired Ao Lie. Sun Ce himself immediately agreed to Ao Lie's three requirements and patted his chest to ensure that he would do it. In fact, these three points are also the core policies that Ao Lie has always pursued. Ao Lie knew that sooner or later there would be mutual integration between him and Sun Ce, and it would be impossible for the Han Dynasty to maintain a split situation and will never be unified. The three requirements put forward for Sun Ce will play a certain foundation for the future integration of North and South.

At this banquet, Ao Lie also met Sun Quan at the age of fifteen for the first time. Sun Quan was basically the same as the recorded image in history: purple hair and blue eyes, and natural agility and grace. Although Sun Quan was young, Sun Ce had made him a county magistrate for more than a year. During his term, he managed all the affairs of all and large in the county in an orderly manner, and it was impossible to tell the work of a fifteen-year-old boy. Therefore, Sun Ce promoted Sun Quan over the level and specifically asked Sun Quan to handle the relationship with the Jiangdong gentry. Now Sun Quan is the fourth most important official under Sun Ce's command, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong brothers and Zhuge Jin. It is indeed worthy of Cao Cao's famous saying that passed down from later generations: "Give birth should be like Sun Zhongmou!"

When Ao Lie expressed his three requirements for Sun Ce, Sun Quan deeply agreed and secretly remembered them in his heart. For a long time after that, Sun Ce and Sun Quan brothers all regarded Ao Lie's three requirements as the fundamental purpose of governing prefectures and counties, and unswervingly implemented them.
Chapter completed!