Chapter 505

When Jia Shisan returned, he immediately handed this intelligence to Jia Shisan: "Commander! This is the conversation between Chen Gui and Chen Deng of the Chen clan of Xuzhou today;"

"They seem to have the idea of showing goodwill to us and defecting to the Lord, please take a look!"

"Oh?"

Jia Shisan raised his eyebrows slightly upon hearing this and took the intelligence with some surprise: "This is interesting! Chen Gui and Chen Deng, especially that Chen Deng, weren't they very hostile to the Lord before?"

"How did their attitude suddenly change?"

This is really a strange thing.

"Commander, you will understand after reading this intelligence!"

"I can only say that the old guy Chen Gui is very smart and very good at judging the situation!"

The Secret Guard replied with a smile.

This made Jia Shisan even more curious, and he immediately opened the intelligence to check it quickly.

"Ho?"

After reading it, Jia Shisan exclaimed with admiration: "This Chen Gui is worthy of being a thousand-year-old fox! He sees things very thoroughly!"

"This ability to judge the situation is not much worse than that of the military advisors, right?"

"Indeed!"

The Secret Guard on the side nodded repeatedly and then asked: "Commander, should we accept their goodwill and then send someone to contact them?"

"Naturally, we should!"

Jia Shisan nodded affirmatively: "It's not easy to encounter such sensible scholar-official clans; we should win them over no matter what!"

"However, this matter must be asked to the Lord first, and let the Lord decide!"

"After all, we don't know enough about Chen Gui and the others, so it's better to be steady to avoid being deceived."

Saying this, he immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Su Xuan along with this intelligence using a golden eagle as an emergency.

Su Xuan received the news that very day.

After reading it, Su Xuan smiled slightly and handed the intelligence in his hand to Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai on the side: "Guo Fengxiao, Zhicai, take a look! And then tell me your thoughts."

"Oh?"

Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai took the intelligence curiously and read it quickly.

"Tsk tsk!"

Then, Guo Jia exclaimed: "I have long heard that Chen Gui and Chen Deng of Xuzhou are talented and very powerful; now it seems that is indeed the case!"

"Especially this Chen Gui, who sees things very thoroughly, a fox; I think we can let the Secret Guards and the Chamber of Commerce contact them first, and it would be best if we could win them over in advance!"

"The Chen clan of Xuzhou has intricate influence and networks in Xuzhou; if we can gain their loyalty;"

"Then Xuzhou will be stable in the future!"

"Whenever the Lord wants to gain this Xuzhou, it will become incomparably simple."

With the influence and status of the Chen clan in Xuzhou, before Su Xuan takes Xuzhou in the future, no matter which warlord wants to gain a foothold in Xuzhou, they must win over this Chen clan.

Otherwise, they can forget about gaining a foothold in Xuzhou.

Su Xuan and the others don't need to worry about the Chen clan being conquered by him in advance and then losing power due to the change of warlords.

They are stable!

"Indeed!"

Xi Zhicai on the side also nodded and looked at Su Xuan: "I also agree with Guo Fengxiao's point of view! We can send the Secret Guards to contact them in the name of the Sihaishang Society first and find a way to win them over completely;"

"Of course, by then, it is best to sign a relatively strict spiritual contract to avoid them rebelling;"

"Although, the possibility of this is not high."

Smart people know that jumping back and forth is the way to death.

Chen Gui and Chen Deng are so smart, so they must understand this point.

"Good!"

Su Xuan nodded with satisfaction: "Then let's do as you say!"

"I will write a letter now and send it to Jia Shisan, letting him send someone to contact the Chen clan!"

"By the way! Remember to arrange the wedding matters for me as soon as possible!"

"It doesn't need to be too grand, but the necessary ceremonies must be there;"

"It can also be considered as showing my attitude and importance to the Mi clan and Mr. Cai."

Especially Cai Yong.

Su Xuan spent a lot of effort to get this old man to agree before.

At first, this old man was actually not very willing.

But he knew that Cai Yan's heart had long been with Su Xuan, and he couldn't bear to let Cai Yan be sad; plus, Su Xuan was indeed very capable and treated his women very well.

Cai Yong reluctantly agreed.

It's not that he was putting on airs or being unsensible.

It was simply the reluctance and worry of an old father for his daughter.

Hmm! Cai Yong's personality is actually quite stubborn.

In short, the matter was successfully resolved, and Su Xuan also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes!"

Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai bowed and agreed: "We will prepare well!"

This matter is indeed quite important.

Not only the Mi clan and Cai Yan, but Zhang Ning is also quite important in their view.

Marrying her properly can well appease the generals in the army who came from the Yellow Turban rebels.

At the same time, it can also well appease Zhang Yan, who is far away in the Yanshan Mountains of Youzhou.

Let them identify more with Su Xuan.

Let them be at ease.

The Jiangxia navy's movements are so large, almost the entire army is dispatched.

The largest warships, those over fifty meters in length, number in the hundreds, not to mention other warships and transport ships.

Such a large scale and movement naturally could not be hidden from Yuan Shu, Sun Jian, Liu Biao, and others along the way.

Runan, in Yuan Shu's mansion,

"What does this Su Xuan want to do? Sending out such a powerful navy, is he trying to show off? Or is he preparing to attack somewhere along the coast?"

Yuan Shu was startled after receiving the news and couldn't help but ask with worry.

If he were targeting other places, it would be fine, but if he were targeting Yuzhou, that would be bad.

"Lord, rest assured!"

Yan Xiang on the side said: "The Jiangxia navy's dispatch this time should not be for our Yuzhou; if it really were, he wouldn't have let the Lord and those hundred thousand troops return back then;"

"No matter how you look at it, doing so is not cost-effective!"

"Therefore, there must be another purpose!"

Yuan Shu nodded knowingly upon hearing this; he believed it.

His heart also relaxed: "That's good! As long as he isn't coming to attack me, then it's fine."

"That's not necessarily the case!"

Yan Xiang shook his head: "The old minister is worried that Su Xuan's goal is Lujiang and Jiujiang Commandery;"

"Those are the places we want to take next,"

"If they are really taken by Su Xuan in advance, it will be greatly unfavorable to our future expansion;"

"By then, we will not only be unable to expand southward, but will also border Su Xuan's territory on a large scale;"

"If that really happens, he can attack our territory from Lujiang or Jiujiang at any time; we lack depth and I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for long;"

"Therefore, it is best for us to take Lujiang and Jiujiang commanderies before Su Xuan."

Because Yuan Shu was captured by Su Xuan before, their development has lagged far behind.

Moreover, Yuan Shu's momentum has also been significantly affected.

In addition, paying such a large sum of money and grain at once also made Yuan Shu, who was originally wealthy, much poorer.

Although he is still very wealthy, it is still heartbreaking!

"Hmm! These words make sense!"

Yuan Shu nodded: "Then let's do as you say, Yan Xiang! Ji Ling! You command the troops, formulate a plan for me, and take Lujiang and Jiujiang as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"