It was snowing outside the house, but it was as warm as spring in the room.

On a warm-burning kang, Mi Feng was holding Liu Sheng, smiling at Zhuge Ling and Mrs. Gan.

Zhuge Ling and Mrs. Gan also each held a baby, Liu Chuang's two daughters, one was Liu Wan and the other was Liu Yu.

After the beginning of winter, Zhuge Ling and Ganyu each gave birth to a daughter and became mothers one after another.

The arrival of two daughters made Liu Chuang extremely happy.

Not only that, after the beginning of winter, Huang Yueying also gave birth to a daughter, which made Zhuge Liang really happy.

After becoming his father, Zhuge Liang seemed to become more stable.

But Liu Chuang is the same as before, and there seems to be no change...

Mi Feng and the other two were whispering, and they would laugh happily from time to time; and in the room, around a square card table, Xun Dan, Lu Lan, Zhao Yan and Cao Xian were gathered together to play cards. This card was naturally a mahjong card made by Liu Chuang. After the winter began, the weather became colder and colder. Outdoor activities also decreased. A group of little girls had nothing to do, so Liu Chuang came up with this game.

Obviously, after figuring out the rules of mahjong, the game immediately became the most popular activity for women.

Not only were the women who gathered together for a few laps, but even Liu Chuang and his subordinates were affected and they all participated in this activity.

Liu Chuang was talking to Xun Chen in the main hall, but suddenly saw Wu Anguo walking in with a dark face.

Judging from his appearance, Liu Chuang knew what was going on.

"Yuan Ji, have you lost all again?"

"I will never play with Kong Mingyuanzhi and the others in the future, and it will be more difficult to play mahjong again than to fight with others."

After hearing this, Liu Chuang and Xun Chen couldn't help laughing.

Yes. Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu are definitely the kind of genius. They make various calculations when playing cards. Where can Wu'anguo be hostile?

Not to mention Wu'anguo, even after Liu Chuang played mahjong several times with Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu, he never played with them again.

Just as Wu Anguo said, playing cards with them is really tiring!

You can't show any emotion, otherwise Zhuge Liang and the others will guess clearly what cards you have in your hand. Once, Zhuge Liang could even guess all the cards in Liu Chuang's hand, which made Liu Chuang fail to win for a whole night and almost lost all his pockets.

Those who can play with Zhuge Liang and other guys must also be the kind of scheming person.

Xun Chen would occasionally play with them, but this thing was too tiring and easy to get addicted, so Xun Chen did not participate frequently. Instead, Sima Yi would often come to join the card game, and he would be hard to distinguish with Zhuge Liang and others. In the end, no one lost or won.

The straight-minded person like Wu Anguo. No matter what the situation is, he can see from his face, is really not suitable to play cards with Zhuge Liang and those who are.

"Kong Ming is cruel and ruthless. It seems that Yuan Ji lost all of them again today."

Wu Anguo said with a sad face: "The salary this month is gone, so when Kong Ming started, it was so vicious..."

That aggrieved look made Liu Chuang laugh happily.

He waved his hand, "You always eat with me on weekdays, and you don't even want to support your family."

Go and get Kong Ming and the others, and I have something to discuss with them."

"Here!"

Wu Anguo turned around and left, and the smile on Liu Chuang's face faded.

In August of the sixth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao died of illness.

In history, Yuan Shao died in the seventh year of Jian'an, but now he passed away a year earlier, which really surprised Liu Chuang... It is said that Yuan Shao was angry to death by the brothers of Yuan, Tan, Yuan Shang. But in fact, Liu Chuang knew very well that it was Sima Yi secretly ordered Yuan Chaonian to tell Yuan Shao the reason for Xin Ping's rebellion. After learning the truth, Yuan Shao was indeed furious. He never expected that he was fighting with Cao Cao in the front, but his two sons were intrigue. A group of advisers seemed to ignore the overall situation. How could this achieve great things?

Yuan Shao became ill because of this, and his condition became more and more serious.

After the autumn, Yuan Shao's condition was already terminal... He sent someone to Nanyang to find Zhang Zhongjing to treat his illness, but learned that Zhang Zhongjing had already moved his family to western Liaoning.

Yuan Shao began to feel fear!

He found that every step Liu Chuang took was so perfectly on his weakness.

It can be said that Liu Chuang’s achievements now were completely built by stepping on Yuan Shao... This also made Yuan Shao feel panicked and had nightmares all day long.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yuan Shao died of illness in Yecheng!

Yuan Shao's early death caught Liu Chuang off guard.

In fact, if Yuan Shao was still alive, it would be not easy for Cao Cao to enter Hebei.

But now that Yuan Shao is dead, Cao Cao has no scruples anymore. Although Yuan, Tan and Yuan Shang are there, how could they be the opponent of Cao Cao's cunning man?

Moreover, it is just as different as historical developments.

After Yuan Shao's death, the Yuan brothers turned against each other... Yuan Shang was Yuan Shao's beloved son, and with the help of his mother Liu, Fengji also gave advice and made a forgery to make Yuan Shang the heir. Yuan Tan was originally determined to replace Yuan Shao, but his dreams became empty. Under Guo Tu's suggestion, Yuan Tan was angry and led his troops to leave Ping'en, led his own general of chariots and cavalry, and stationed troops in Liyang.

Yuan Tan’s purpose is very simple. He wants to defeat Cao Cao to prove that he is the real heir.

However, his departure disrupted all Yuan Shao's deployment during his lifetime... Yuan Shang responded in a hurry and asked General Feng Li to station Ping'en, and finally stabilized the Qinghe defense line. However, the influence of Yuan Tan's private departure could no longer be dissipated, and the whole Jizhou became even more chaotic.

"As soon as Yuan Shao dies, the third son of Yuan is probably not Cao Cao's opponent."

Liu Chuang sat behind the earthen house and personally drank wine, filling everyone with wine.

Xun Chen, Xin Ping, Tian Shi and Ju Hu sat on his left hand, while Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, and Lu Yu sat on his right hand.

"I was going to take a break for a while, but now it seems that I'm afraid I won't wait for me."

Liu Chuang understands what he means very well.

Everyone here also knew it clearly.

If Yuan Shao is alive, he cannot say that he can resist Cao Cao's military attack for Liu Chuang. Liu Chuang can also take this opportunity to try to repair his relationship with Yuan Shao and then plan to rest. Youzhou has achieved good results this year. Although Liu Chuang frequently fought, most of them fought outside the territory. Although it brought huge pressure to Youzhou, the war did not burn Youzhou after all, so the impact was not bad.

Like the Battle of Guandu, Heluo was almost empty.

During the Battle of Cangting, even Qingzhou was affected...

Compared with the losses suffered by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in the war, Youzhou's losses were not very large.

Especially during the autumn harvest season, Chameng rice harvest on the Korean Peninsula has achieved a bumper harvest, which has greatly alleviated the pressure on Youzhou. Similarly, since various farming policies were implemented at the beginning of the year, Youzhou has been doing well this year, so the harvest is not bad, which is enough to maintain Youzhou's plan for the next year. You should know that Liu Chuang plans to increase the population of 500,000 to 800,000 to Youzhou in the coming year, which is a very huge project. The entire Youzhou is busy with this, and the necessity of strategically reserved grain has also increased.

In other words, Youzhou needs to rest and rest and can no longer bear too much war.

From the fifth year of Jian'an to the sixth year of Jian'an, the war ended. Liu Chuang's soldiers were also tired...

According to Liu Chuang's plan, he hopes to use troops to Jizhou after the autumn harvest next year. But now it seems that time is probably not enough!

Xun Chen took a sip of warm wine, suddenly looked at Zhuge Liang and asked, "Kong Ming, what do you think?"

For some reason, when Liu Chuang heard Xun Chen say this, he always felt an inexplicable sense of incongruity.

Isn’t this sentence the most he liked to ask Zhuge Liang before?

Zhuge Liang didn't feel anything, and smiled slightly and said, "The old man already has a solution, so why bother Kong Ming?"

"Haha, I just want to hear what you think."

All the eyes were stopped on Zhuge Liang.

In this room, except for Xun Chen and Xin Ping, everyone else was young and handsome. The oldest Ju Hu was only thirty, and the youngest Lu Yu was less than twenty. Sima Yi also looked at Zhuge Liang with interest, wanting to hear his opinions.

Now, Sima Yi has taken charge of Huang Pavilion and has achieved some results.

His thoughts gradually shifted from competing with Zhuge Liang and made every effort to build the Huang Pavilion. Sima Yi knew and knew very well that Zhuge Liang was in Liu Chuang's mind. If Zhuge Liang was Liu Chuang's brain, then he would be Liu Chuang's eyes, ears, and minions.

In contrast, Sima Yi's weight in Liu Chuang's heart may not be inferior to Zhuge Liang.

Under the gaze of many eyes, Zhuge Liang seemed calm and moderate.

He thought for a while and said, "As soon as Yuan Shao dies, the situation in the world will inevitably change accordingly.

The two Yuans are definitely not Cao Cao's opponents, and Cao Cao thought he had already set his sight on his lord... Liang thought that Cao thieves would inevitably accelerate the conquest of Hebei in the future to avoid the lord taking the opportunity to grow and grow. Previously, the lord had always been in conjunction with Cao Yuan, but next, I'm afraid we would have to change the strategy and join Yuan to fight Cao Cao, so as to gain more breathing opportunities and restore energy to fight Cao thieves."

In the fourth year of Jian'an, Liu Chuang established himself in western Liaoning, but his foundation was unstable.

At that time, Yuan Shao was arrogant and might threaten Liu Chuang at any time, so Liu Chuang formulated a countermeasure to join forces with Cao to resist Yuan.

Now, the situation has changed.

Yuan Shao, the most powerful in the past, is no longer there. Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan are not Cao Cao's opponents, let alone brothers are intrigue and intrigue... In Liu Chuang's memory, when Yuan Tan encountered Cao Cao in Liyang, Yuan Shangnian sent troops to rescue him due to his brotherly love. But later, because of the matter of establishing an heir, he took the initiative to attack Yuan Shang, causing the brotherly relationship to completely break down. Then he became a relative of Cao Cao and led the wolf into the house. Although Yuan Tan rebelled again when Cao Cao besieged Yecheng, he was eventually killed by Cao Cao and the whole family was exterminated.

Yuan Tan is not enough to plot against him.

To put it nicely, this person is short-sighted and narrow-minded. To be a little ugly, Yuan Tan is capricious and is actually a villain.

Liu Chuang and Yuan Tan worked together and knew Yuan Tan quite well.

Thinking back to the beginning, Yuan Shang was besieged by the bandits of Mount Tai. Yuan Tan sent Liu Chuang to rescue Yuan Shang, but did not have the troops with Liu Chuang.

In the end, Liu Chuang attacked Banyang and defeated the Taishan bandits. Yuan Tan became hostile to Liu Chuang because of this incident, and later made things difficult for him.

With such a mind, even if Yuan Shao handed over Hebei to him, he would not be able to save it.

In comparison, Liu Chuang seemed to have better senses towards Yuan Shang...

"Will you join forces with Yuan to fight against Cao?"

Liu Chuang looked at the others and nodded when he saw everyone.

There is no doubt that cooperating with Yuan’s family to fight Cao Cao together is Liu Chuang’s best choice at present.

If the Yuan brothers could withstand Cao Cao's attack, even in half a year, Liu Chuang would be able to take this opportunity to recover his vitality. But the question is, he and Yuan have long turned against each other. Will Yuan be willing to cooperate with Liu Chuang? This question is the key to Liu Chuang.

Sima Yi suddenly said: "Lord, don't worry about Yuan's refusal.
To be continued...