Liu Bei's unification of the four northern states is a foregone conclusion.

No one dared to touch Liu Bei at this time, because they didn't think they had more strength than Yuan Shao.

The performance of Yuan Shao's team during the period when the princes were fighting Dong is also obvious to all, and everyone has recognized Yuan Shao's military strength.

But this is how Yuan Benchu was, and he was completely folded into Liu Bei's hands.

What's more, Liu Bei's forces have basically not been damaged, and his condition is still very good, and it seems that fighting Yuan Shao is not a thing that is worth a lot of their efforts.

And Lu Bu took 20,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry to go straight to Bingzhou is not a small hidden action, when he set off, the forces near Chang'an knew Lu Bu's movements, then Lu Bu came back from Hanoi in despair, and Bingzhou still had the defensive forces in place as usual, and everyone knew that Lu Bu's expedition was a loss.

Even if Lu Bu's more than 20,000 Xiliang Iron Riders came back without a miss, but after trekking so far, he didn't even take down the opponent's head, not a loss.

People who know about this will only praise Guan Yu's defense for doing a good job, and no one will say that Lu Bu's offense is doing well and there is no loss.

For a while, all the forces in the entire Han range calmed down, and they didn't dare to move, and they each stayed well in their respective territories, each one was more well-behaved than the other, which was a rare peaceful world.

Especially those camps bordering Liu Bei's sphere of influence, they are even more uneasy now, they are afraid that they will become the next Yuan Shao, and they will be directly wiped out by Liu Bei, who is on the momentum, and the territory will become someone else's.

If Liu Bei has any momentum to raise troops and continue to fight south at this time, then there is no need to doubt that these forces that are like ants compared to Liu Bei will definitely abandon their previous suspicions and ask for Liu again, after all, no one will want to let such forces eliminate the small forces like themselves one by one in front of them, and the lesson of cold lips and teeth has not passed for hundreds of years.

But fortunately, after Liu Bei completely took Qingzhou, he did not cross the line more, but sent envoys to the surrounding camps, expressing his peace, explaining that he did not want to destroy the relationship between the big guys and Liu Bei, and hoped to be a good neighbor next.

Although the gap in strength is too big, so big that people don't dare to believe it easily even if they know Liu Bei's character, at least the friendly attitude shown by Liu Bei now has calmed their originally flustered mood a little.

This is still Chen Chen's suggestion.

After Yuan Shao's death, the army of Lu Yi, who was still urinating in the wind of the outer city in Nanpicheng, naturally surrendered willingly, and immediately dealt with the remnants of the bright face in Jizhou, and Xu Huang also took the Dingyuan army to garrison the south of Qingzhou, officially unified Qingzhou, and began to carry out corps construction and people's livelihood development in the local area.

This is also another item where Xu Shu can give full play to his strength, people's livelihood.

After losing Tai'an City last time, Xu Shu originally thought that he would not be blamed by Liu Bei? It is estimated that he will not be appointed to a key position for the time being, because he has just made a mistake.

But I didn't expect the lord to blame and snub himself.

At the celebration banquet after winning Yuan Shao, Liu Bei also personally toasted Xu Shu with a glass of wine? Thank you Xu Shu for your dedication? and blamed himself for the decision-making mistake of arranging a difficult object like Yuan Shao for him in Xu Shu's debut, and praised Xu Shu's performance in the face of Yuan Shao was good enough? I hope he will continue to work hard.

In this way, Xu Shu, who was so moved that he couldn't wait to be smeared? At Chen Chen's suggestion? was arranged by Liu Bei to continue to partner with Xu Huang? Become the military and political partner of the Dingyuan Army? Stationed in the south of Qingzhou in the form of a construction army and establishing a position of the Dingyuan Corps in the south of Qingzhou? As a pre-war base for future wars? Of course, this point will not be publicized now, but the power and responsibility of half of Qingzhou Mu will be handed over to Xu Shu, so that he can govern Qingzhou well, and do some military construction based on the army in private.

This form of construction corps is relatively more autonomous? The number of troops is not limited, and there is no need to pass the selection of the Taiyuan New Army to officially enter the numbered army, but to give Xu Huang the power to recruit and expand the army independently.

It may not be appropriate to say that, but it is the reality.

In times of war, there is naturally a survival rule of survival of the fittest, and in large states with large populations, there will be more young and strong people, because most of the women, children and old people are eliminated in the war for various reasons.

Xu Shu knew that his task of taking over Qingzhou was to restore the ruined people's livelihood, which was a difficult task.

Compared with Qingzhou in another time and space, this Qingzhou has experienced one more looting by Yuan Jun, although Yuan Shao wanted to run Qingzhou at the beginning, but with the decisive battle with Liu Bei started early, he had to draw his salary, and excessively consumed Qingzhou's development potential in exchange for materials, and now this mess has to be solved by Xu Shu.

Regarding the people's livelihood in Qingzhou, Chen Chen also specially talked to Xu Shu in detail.

Xu Shu, who was sitting at the table, put down the file in his hand, it had been more than half a decade since the end of the last banquet, but he still remembered.

It was after the banquet, Chen Chen let himself stay and took himself to the quiet courtyard.

This senior brother, who was younger than himself, was in front of him, looking up at the starry sky, with a kind of compassion and peace on his face that did not match his age.

The moonlight at that time was scattered on the side of his face in fragments, allowing himself to clearly see the pity in his eyes.

It seems that he has the whole world and the suffering of the whole Han in his eyes, and it seems that he is a compassionate god who has come to the world.

Before Xu Shu could take his attention off Chen Chen's face, Chen Chen had already opened his mouth to explain to him the point that Liu Bei's camp had always adhered to.

"In the eyes of many people, it seems that a strategist like us, who was born in a academy, is the sober person who should be in this world, providing sober advice to his lord, waiting for his lord's decision, and it seems that every strategist will observe the world from his own perspective. As those who read Confucianism say, people who read books have a mission, but many people don't know what this mission is, no matter how many books they read, they don't know. ”

Chen Chen turned his head, looked into Xu Shu's eyes, and spoke slowly.

"Yuan Zhi, what are you doing to embark on this road? And for what, to walk high in the aisle? For what, keep moving forward? ”

At that time, Xu Shu suddenly found that he didn't seem to have any real reason to drive his heart.

Want to be a genius who overtakes in corners?

Or is it to be able to make his old mother proud of herself?

Or, is it just that I once thought about becoming an existence admired by all people?

It doesn't seem to be.

Xu Shu felt that these were not enough to be the answer to Chen Chen by himself.

"Although it is not appropriate to say this, but Yuan Zhi, I found that you are moving forward now, just because fate is pushing you forward."

Chen Chen turned sideways and faced Xu Shu completely head-on, the moonlight behind him, he blocked a large piece of light, this darkness covered Xu Shu's body, as if it covered his own light.

"If Senior Brother Lai hadn't told me, I might not have known about your situation."

"Are you, like him, just chasing my light?"

In fact, Chen Chen didn't expect that the traces left by his time in Yingchuan Academy would become a route that would affect people in the future, so that Xu Shu followed Lai Xing to yearn for Taihang Academy, but even if the current Xu Shu is still the genius who is still a halfway monk, he can still overtake in corners, but it seems that he does not have a very clear direction and goal for his efforts.

In short, Xu Shu is very comprehensive now, but he doesn't have enough points to stand out.

This point was seen by Chen Chen in this match between Xu Shu and Yuan Shao.

Xu Shu's layout is more than stable and sharp, but it is not flexible enough, and it seems to be a little limited to what he has learned.

Even when Xu Shu was arranged to the Dingyuan Army, just to let Xu Huang and Xu Shu stay together, Xu Huang let Xu Shu give full play to his military talent, after all, the most impressive thing in another time and space is his military strength.

It may also be that Chen Chen is in a hurry, Xu Shu has only been in contact with the way of the planner for more than two years, but after learning about Xu Shu's performance in the academy with Lai Xing, who went to Yecheng on a business trip, he realized that it may be the light he left in the academy that made Xu Shu too intoxicated with learning, and did not detach himself from learning and exert his spirituality.

Whether it was resisting Yuan Shao's attack this time, or hoarding the layout of calculations, Chen Chen found that Xu Shu might be a little confused, perhaps because he had read too many books, or perhaps because he had walked too long under Chen Chen's traces.

When a person is doing something, it is not when he subjectively wants to do the best, even if he has a reason to do it, he will not do his best.

This is not good for Xu Shu.

Geniuses are not incapable of being confused, on the contrary, geniuses are more likely to be confused than ordinary people, especially when people appear who seem to them to be more talented than them.

"Yes."

Even if he was not very willing to admit it in front of Chen Chen, Xu Shu found that he had come to this point, in fact, he was just chasing Chen Chen's footsteps.

His drive is not firm, it is only occasional.

"Then what did Senior Brother move forward for?"

Xu Shu asked Chen Chen rhetorically, he hoped to get an answer that would make him see the way forward, an answer that would allow him to ignite his soul.

"Bonghyo, you know, right? He believed that he was the strangest person in the world, so his self-confidence made him dare to make any decisions and moves, and his intrigue shone brightly, because he was confident that no one could keep up with his own way of thinking in the enemy, so he dared to do it. ”

Chen Chen stretched out his finger and pointed at Xu Shu's left chest and tapped the location of his heart.

"Yuan Zhi, what you lack is a confident heart."

"I don't want you to see me and Xuande Gong in the army after the withdrawal of the army, and the first thing you say is to ask for guilt, which makes people see your self-doubt and denial."

Xu Shu was silent, when the senior brother said this, he was even more confused.

He understood that Chen Chen meant to make himself confident, follow his own path, and find his own direction, rather than developing with reference to the development of his predecessors, but he didn't know where his direction was at all now.

In any case, he is not born to know, he has only walked on the road of plotters for less than three years.

He still needs time to grow, but maybe because he is growing too fast, the growth of his ability and the growth of his mind do not match, so he will be at a loss.

Xu Shu in another time and space, when he met Liu Bei and them, he had already left the period of rapid growth of ability, but entered a period of self-thinking, and Xu Shu at that time was more mature and more aware of his goals, so he chose Liu Bei and invested in such a small force that others could not see the future.

Now Xu Shu seems to be in place with strength, but his thoughts are still in the ranger stage, and he is still thinking about the meaning of daily life, and he does not have the heart of a strategist.

"Actually, I sometimes think about what we so-called sober people should do?"

His silence made Chen Chen understand that maybe the current Xu Shu still needed time to grow into a real first-class strategist, and he shouldn't be in a hurry.

"Actually, Yuan Zhi, starting from the simplest angle, maybe this angle is a little too empty."

After a pause, Chen Chen felt that this angle was still suitable for guiding the current Xu Shu, who was young.

"When you were in Qingzhou, you saw the wolf smoke everywhere, you saw the suffering of the four fields, you saw the miserable state of the people in front of you, what did you feel in your heart?"

Xu Shu shook his head, he was in Qingzhou, in fact, he only saw the people's livelihood in Taishan County, but when he arrived, Xu Huang had been governing here for a while, although it may not have done a good job, but the people of Taishan County are under the governance of the Dingyuan Army, and their lives are actually good, at least there are many less threats from thieves, daily life is safe, and the governance of the Dingyuan Army is also relatively close to the people, and the relationship between the military and the people is very good.

Therefore, Xu Shu, as a superior person, did not see too much suffering in Qingzhou.

"I forgot that."

Chen Chen rubbed his temples.

"It's okay, I recommended you to Xuande Gong to be responsible for the restoration of people's livelihood in Qingzhou, and then you can be a superior person and go to see the suffering of the people under your rule."

"You will have a feeling that if you don't do anything to change the fate of these poor people, you will be ashamed of what you have learned, and you will be uneasy."

"In order to give yourself peace of mind, you will also choose to do something. But it may not be clear now, after you serve in Qingzhou for ten years, I will come to Qingzhou to have a look, and then you will tell me what you think in your heart. ”

patted Xu Shu on the shoulder, Chen Chen left the courtyard in the tone of a big brother, leaving Xu Shu alone to meditate.

Thoughts were pulled out of the memories, Xu Shu re-examined the file in his hand, he had a lot to do, and he had his own insights about the governance during this time, he was waiting for Chen Chen's arrival, he had a lot of feelings, and he wanted to tell his senior brother.

At least, now he is full of motivation at work and understands what he is working for.