From the world of martial arts

Chapter 261 Kill the chicken to warn the monkey

"My lord, General Xuan Gao, this battle has completely ruined the reputation of our Eastern Sea Territory."

"In the battle of Pengcheng, Xuan Gao used 20 against an army of [-]. In just one day, he was defeated. Now in Pengcheng County, those aristocratic families are terrified of the lord's army."

Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia are in control of An Xiao, and they are also the first to understand the news passed by An Xiao.

"Haha! It seems that Xuan Gao beat those people to the bone."

Hearing this, the corners of Su Fan's mouth curled up slightly. Of course, he was also happy. Not only those aristocratic families in Pengcheng County were afraid of Su Fan, but now the entire Xuzhou, those aristocratic families also knew Su Fan again.

On Xiapi's side, the voices against Su Fan's move in were also much quieter.

All of these are strengths, powerful strengths, so that these aristocratic families dare not provoke them easily.

"My lord, according to the news from Xiapi, Chen Gui went to the Governor's Mansion and resigned from the position of Governor of Xuzhou."

"Oh! It seems that the Chen family also understands that the general trend is irreversible, so they are very smart and take a step back first."

Su Fan naturally understood Chen Gui's plan. Chen Gui opposed Tao Qian to let Su Fan succeed him and become the master of Xiapi.

After Su Fan showed his strength, there was no one in Xuzhou to resist. Tao Qian, who was the strongest himself, had to entrust Xuzhou to Su Fan. If Su Fan was not strong in the past, these aristocratic families could unite and resist.

However, in the Battle of Pengcheng, Su Fan's strength showed Chen Shi to understand that even without Tao Qian's help, Su Fan was powerful enough to sweep the entire Xuzhou.

Several big aristocratic families in Pengcheng united and pulled up more than 40 soldiers and horses, but they failed to resist for two months before being defeated.

Although these big families were not exterminated in the end, some of the main characters were beheaded, and most of their interests were annexed. It can be said that the power of the families has plummeted.

To recover, I don't know how long it will take. Even if the master behind them is Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu defeated Su Fan in the end, so what, Yuan Shu will return all the rights and interests that originally belonged to several big families to them.

Of course not.

The competition among aristocratic families is also quite cruel. Since you have fallen, there is no way you can stand up again.

Even if Yuan Shu is willing, those aristocratic families under Yuan Shu are absolutely unwilling to see that one more aristocratic family means one more person to divide the flesh.

Chen Gui understood that there was no one in Xuzhou who could compete with Su Fan anymore, and they were desperately resisting, but it was of no avail.

Even if they come together with Yuan Shu, let alone whether Yuan Shu can defeat the army of the East China Sea after Yuan Shu arrives, aren't they afraid that Yuan Shu's arrival will lure wolves into the house?

The Chen family has retreated, and now the only one resisting on the surface is the Cao family.

But how long the Cao family can resist, many small families under him are no longer willing. After all, no matter who is the master of this Pi, it will not have a great impact on them.

When Su Fan came, it was impossible to take away their interests.

That being the case, why go against such a powerful prince.

The opposition from Xiapi weakened, and Tao Qian also sent someone again to invite Su Fan to Xiapi.

Su Fan naturally did not refuse.

For Xiapi, he is bound to win.

Tao Qian is very smart. When he was begging Dong, he felt Su Fan's strength.

If he was ten or twenty years younger, then he might still have the ambition to compete with Su Fan, but at his age, he no longer has much ambition.

The only thing he can't let go of is his family, especially his two sons.

The two sons are not very smart people, and they are not even regarded as masters of success, so he dare not push them forward.

In this chaotic world, if you have no ability and still want to occupy a high position and power, it is really no different from courting death.

Having been in the officialdom for so many years, Tao Qian knew this truth well, so he chose to entrust Xuzhou to Su Fan after communicating with Su Fan and thoroughly investigating Su Fan's personality.

He believed that the latter also understood what he meant.

"Zhicai, Fengxiao, the trip to Xiapi, the two of you will go with me, and visit the Chen family by the way. I heard that Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong of the Chen family are quite extraordinary, and they are the unicorns of the Chen family."

"It seems that the lord appreciates him a lot?"

Xi Zhicai laughed when he heard this.

Su Fan shook his head instead: "This son may have some intelligence, but as far as I know, he is too selfish, or he values ​​his family too much, so he can use it but not reuse it."

This world is also a world of family and country, with family in front and country in the back.

However, not everyone is like this. People like Xun Yu are also from first-class families. Although they value the family quite a lot, after joining Su Fan, they will take Su Fan's place as the overall situation.

Of course, taking care of the family is also a matter of convenience.

Selfishness will not be too serious, which is why Su Fan values ​​Xun Yu and the others the most. As for Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai, they have no family, and Xi Zhicai is completely a commoner. Although Guo Jia is from the Guo family in Yingchuan, he is a concubine.

So they were loyal to Su Fan and the East China Sea Territory, and regarded the East China Sea Territory as their own.

Not to mention military generals, most of the military generals are not too high-born.

What they thought was very simple, that is to lay down more territory for Su Fan, make him a marquis and general, and then revitalize the family.

Throughout history, Chen Deng definitely has some abilities. It can be said that he is not bad in internal affairs and military affairs.

However, he was still unable to walk into the core of Cao Cao because his selfishness was too heavy.

Cao Cao's ability to know people is not bad.

It's just a bit of a wave.

Su Fan's words made Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai understand immediately that they had a way to deal with Chen's from now on.

They also understood that the Chen family could no longer enter the core of the East China Sea Territory.

Xiapi Chen's house.

Chen Gui went to the governor's mansion, voluntarily resigned from the position of chief historian, and when he returned home, he recruited his sons.

Then he looked at the four sons expressionlessly and said: "Retire the position of Chang Shi for the father!"

"What? Father you."

The eldest son, Chen Hua, was taken aback when he heard the words. The governor of Xuzhou was the closest person to Tao Qian, and he was also in charge of Tao Qian's army, second only to Tao Qian in power.

This position is heavy.

"Yuanlong, what do you think?"

Chen Gui glanced at the eldest son, shook his head secretly in his heart, and then looked at the second son, Chen Deng, who was also his legitimate son.

He has great expectations for Chen Deng.

And Chen Deng did not disappoint him, and after a moment of silence, he said slowly: "Father resigned from Changshi, but in order to reassure Tao Shijun, he also reassures Suzhou Mu."

"That's right! We all underestimated this Suzhou Mu. We didn't expect him to be nesting in the East China Sea. We didn't think he had much ambition, but we didn't expect that he was indeed a Qianlong with hidden origins."

Chen Gui said with emotion, the battle of Pengcheng, the big families in Xuzhou naturally attracted a lot of attention.

(End of this chapter)