Reborn in the Three Kingdoms, I stole Liu Bei's uncle

Guo Jia has been a little excited recently. He has been killing Yuan Shao's generals one after another, which has made him inexplicably excited.

It was already late at night, and he was still in Liu Yu's tent, talking.

"My lord, although Yan Liang and Wen Chou have been killed, Yuan Shao has a strong foundation. Judging from the situation, he still holds the initiative. If we want to completely defeat him, we need to plan slowly.

I have been thinking about it for many days, and the only thing that can fundamentally change the situation of the war is food and fodder.

Yuan Shao has a large army, and his daily expenditure is incalculable. If we can find out where his food and grass are, and burn them all with one fire, Yuan's army will be in chaos.

When the time comes, my lord will seize the opportunity to mobilize the troops and will surely defeat the enemy in one battle."

Liu Yu smiled helplessly. He knew this very well. At the beginning of the war, he had been looking for a place where Yuan Shao was stationed to guard food and grass, hoping to launch a surprise attack like Cao Cao in history and win the battle in one battle.

Wuchao was the place where Yuan Shao stored grain in history. Liu Yu had sent out countless scouts but had not yet found out where the grain was.

This is not because the scouts were unwilling to fight, but because Wuchao was too big, with numerous rivers and streams. The scouts searched for a long time but could not find the location of the food and grass.

This made Liu Yu very distressed and helpless.

"Feng Xiao, Yuan Shao's food and fodder were hidden very carefully. From the beginning of the war till now, there is no trace of them. This is really puzzling."

"I am not surprised by this. My lord has always been known for his strategies. Yuan Shao will naturally be on high alert when confronting my lord. If my guess is correct, the location of Yuan Shao's grain and grass should be top secret. I'm afraid that the number of people who know the location of the grain and grass is no more than a handful.

These people should all be Yuan Shao's close ministers. It would be extremely difficult for us to get specific information."

Liu Yu pondered for a moment and asked, "Feng Xiao said that, and I thought of someone who might know the location of the grain and grass."

"Who is this person that the lord is talking about?"

"Xu You, Xu Ziyuan."

Guo Jia clapped his hands and laughed, saying: "How could I forget this person? Xu You was Yuan Shao's friend and was deeply trusted by Yuan Shao. He must know where the grain and grass are."

At this point, Guo Jia suddenly asked, "My lord, did you put the evidence of Xu You's corruption on Yuan Shao's desk in preparation for today?"

Liu Yu smiled faintly and said, "To be honest, I do have such an idea, but now it seems that this matter is still too far away from what I thought."

Liu Yu was helpless about this. As far as Liu Yu remembered, after Xu You's family was captured, he surrendered to Cao Cao as soon as possible. Cao Cao greeted him barefoot at that time, showing full courtesy and giving enough face to Xu You.

Of course, Cao Cao's humble attitude also brought him rewards from Xu You. He accurately revealed the location of Yuan Shao's food and grass, allowing Cao Cao to turn the tables in adversity.

But now his situation is exactly the opposite. From the very beginning, he designed to trap Xu You with the purpose of making him surrender. But now such a long time has passed, and he hasn't even seen his shadow.

Judging from the situation Liu Yu was facing at the time, as long as Xu You was willing to come, Liu Yu would be willing to come even without clothes, let alone shoes.

In order to win, Liu Yu was willing to be frank and greet Xu You naked.

Guo Jia pondered for a moment and said, "Xu You is a good candidate, but Xu You was deeply trusted by Yuan Shao before. Now that his family has been captured, it will take some effort to get him to surrender."

"Does Fengxiao have any plan?"

"I think we need to work on his family. Once he feels that his family is beyond help, the faith in his heart will surely collapse, and it will be natural for him to surrender to the lord at that time."

"Now Shen Pei is stationed in Yecheng and in charge of the rear. Although he has some prejudice against Xu You, if he is asked to kill Xu You's family, I am afraid he would not dare to do it without Yuan Shao's order."

Liu Yu knew very well that there was no possibility of getting Yuan Shao to order the execution of Xu You's family.

Corruption is a big deal for ordinary people, but for a person like Yuan Shao, it is insignificant.

For people in high positions, they don't care about such details. They don't care about murder and arson, disregarding human life, greed and lawlessness. The only thing they care about is loyalty.

For those in power, those details are just the leverage they have.

At that time, Emperor Gaozu thought that Xiao He's prestige was too high and was wary of him.

Xiao He was forced into a corner and had no choice but to resort to corruption and abuse of power to corrupt himself.

After hearing the news that Xiao He had broken the law, Emperor Gaozu was very happy.

This sounds funny and sad, but it is true. In the eyes of those in power, position is the first choice, and everything else should give way to position.

Xu You was under house arrest at this time, which made it even more difficult for Yuan Shao to rebalance power.

Tian Feng of the Jizhou faction was imprisoned by Yuan Shao for speaking out against him, and the power of the Jizhou faction in front of Yuan Shao shifted.

The incident of Xu You's corruption gave Yuan Shao an opportunity to balance the power. He detained Xu You and restored the balance of power.

"My lord, what you said is very true. Shen Pei is dedicated but has no strategy, but he is not a reckless person. If you want him to make further progress, you need to start with another person."

"Does Fengxiao have a candidate in mind?"

Guo Jia smiled and said, "I have heard that Shen Pei has a nephew named Shen Rong. He is now the lieutenant of the East Gate of Ye City. He is greedy for money, lustful, arrogant and domineering. If we can successfully arouse his anger, this plan will most likely succeed."

Liu Yu thought about it for a moment and felt that there was some potential in this matter.

He was about to call Sun Qian, but heard Guo Jia say with a smile: "My Lord, Shen Rong is lustful, which is very similar to my taste. This time I want to go to Yecheng to meet Shen Rong."

When Liu Yu heard this, he hurriedly stopped him and said, "Fengxiao, you absolutely cannot do this. Not to mention that you are ill now, even if you were healthy, you must not do this.

Yecheng is Yuan Shao's stronghold, so it must be heavily guarded. If you are not careful and your identity is discovered, your life will be in danger."

Guo Jia smiled calmly and said, "My lord, don't worry. Although Yecheng is heavily guarded, it is not a place where merchants and scholars are not welcome. I just need to disguise myself and sneak into the city. It must not be a difficult task. When the time comes, I will change my name and start my business. Who can know my identity?"

Liu Yu answered without thinking.

"Fengxiao, there is no need to talk about this anymore. Even if we are defeated at Guandu, I cannot let you go into danger alone."

"Lord..."

Liu Yu waved his hand and interrupted Guo Jia's speech.

"We are slowly planning Xu You's matter?"

"My Lord, the food and grass supply is less than three months. We don't have much time left."