Chapter 456

"Let him be!"

Su Xuan saw some of Guo Jia's thoughts but shook his head indifferently: "I've given the advice that needed to be given! He is greedy himself, who can he blame?"

"This person's ability is indeed not small, but his ambition is even greater;"

"When your ability cannot match your ambition, that is when you will suffer!"

"So! It is precious for a person to have self-knowledge, to know where their own limits are, and then, to match their ambition according to their limits, which is the smartest way to act."

Anything that exceeds the scope of control will become a disaster.

"Indeed!"

Guo Jia nodded in agreement: "But people are often conceited, and it is rare to see someone who can truly examine themselves and restrain their desires and ambitions like this."

Such people often have high achievements in the end, and their endings are generally quite good.

For example, Wang Jian of the Great Qin, Zhang Liang of the Great Han... and so on.

Su Xuan spent several hours before arriving at Yique Pass and catching up with Huang Zhong and the others.

Afterward, he and Huang Zhong escorted a large number of commoners toward Nanyang.

In Luoyang,

Seeing that his lord had been motionless for a long time, Yang Hong became anxious and hurriedly found Yuan Shu to persuade him: "Lord! We cannot continue to delay here!"

"We must return to Nanyang as soon as possible to preside over the overall situation and guard against Su Xuan!"

"You must know that the crusade against Dong has ended. Next, Su Xuan will likely have no more scruples and will definitely go to war with us to seize Nanyang."

"If we return late, Nanyang will likely have already changed hands!"

Had his lord completely failed to consider this?

"What?"

Yuan Shu's expression changed drastically, he slapped his thigh and said in a panic: "Bad! I forgot about this! Quick! Immediately pass my military order, command the army to prepare to break camp, we will set off today;"

"I heard that Su Xuan took the small path of Yique Pass, while we take the Hulao Pass route, passing through Yingchuan to return to Nanyang;"

"Although the distance is longer, they are all main roads, and the speed will definitely be faster than Su Xuan's. We should be able to return to Nanyang before him."

Nanyang absolutely cannot be lost just like that.

Although he knew that Nanyang would be lost sooner or later.

But how it is lost must be according to his own rhythm.

He was still preparing to move the population of Nanyang, then negotiate with Su Xuan and sell the territory of Nanyang to Su Xuan in a package!

If it were directly conquered by Su Xuan, he would suffer a huge loss.

No matter what, he had to at least earn back the costs he had invested in Nanyang over the years several times over, right?

Nanyang can be lost, but he can only leave a blank Nanyang for Su Xuan.

Only in this way can he weaken Su Xuan, otherwise his strength will continue to expand rapidly in a short period of time.

Otherwise, how can he close the gap with him and surpass him in a short time?

"Yes!"

Yang Hong saw that his lord had finally reacted, was overjoyed, hurriedly agreed, and after receiving the seal from Yuan Shu, left in a hurry.

Yuan Shu then found Yuan Shao and explained his intention.

"I must return to Nanyang as soon as possible to preside over the overall situation, and I will leave the rest to you! Especially the matter of dealing with Sun Jian!"

"Done!"

Yuan Shao nodded without thinking: "Then go quickly! Don't let Su Xuan get ahead of you."

He was very happy to use Yuan Shu to check and weaken Su Xuan.

Only in this way would Su Xuan's strength not increase too much before he had grown his own strength to a sufficient level.

Otherwise, it would be a headache to deal with Su Xuan later.

Uniting and connecting, it is nothing more than this.

"Hmm! I'm leaving!"

Yuan Shu didn't say anything more and left directly.

If it weren't for the need to use Yuan Shao to deal with Sun Jian, he wouldn't have bothered to come and say goodbye to Yuan Shao!

Disgusting!

And the conversation between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu was received by the secret guards hidden near Luoyang city at the first opportunity.