Liu Yu shook his head and said with a smile: "Lord Xianggong told me that the Northern Expedition was possible only if I got the jade seal back, but do you think I will really believe this?" The fat man didn't tell me that the Xie family's heart of the Northern Expedition may not be as strong as I originally thought, what the Xie family values more should be to master the military power of Beifu, and only in the name of the Northern Expedition can we master the Beifu army, and then control the counties of Jiangbei, not only grasp the economic lifeline of Wudi, but also have heavy troops in the north, so that even if you are not in the court, you can firmly control the central power of the Great Jin, and let the emperor have nothing to say, but the Xianggong has really conceded power. ”

A trace of doubt flashed in Murong Lan's eyes: "You mean to say that the Xie family doesn't really want the Northern Expedition?" Didn't you believe this before, I remember you were furious when I mentioned it to you. ”

Liu Yu sighed: "The world is impermanent, and people's thoughts will change accordingly. Back then, I thought that the Xie family was bent on the Northern Expedition, otherwise why would I fall in love with a Jingkou farmer with no background? But over the years, as I spent more and more time in the army, I felt that even the interior of the Xie family was not an iron plate, and the contradictions between Xuan Shuai and Yan Gongzi became public after this war. Huan Chong is seriously ill, and the sons and nephews of the Huan family in Jingzhou will also have a fierce competition, and they are unable to further attack the Central Plains or even Guanzhong, so now it seems that the Xie family's Northern Expedition is not so eager. ”

Murong Lan gritted her teeth: "These are just your conjectures, Liu Yu, if the Xie family doesn't want to go on the Northern Expedition, why do you want to come to get the jade seal?" Although I didn't think that the Xie family was so loyal at all, but now that the north is in turmoil, the Central Plains is at your fingertips, and Guanzhong and Hebei are also ripe fruits, which can fall on their heads at any time, what reason does the Xie family have to refuse this great opportunity? ”

Liu Yu's eyes flashed coldly: "It's the opposite." If the Xie family really wants to go on the Northern Expedition, how can they let me, the vanguard of the Beifu Army, come to Guanzhong at this time to do this thing of stealing seals? Morale can not be discouraged, Weishui has just won a big victory, and a large amount of grain and grass has been captured, there is no need to raise military rations from those large and small families in Jiankang City like before the last battle of Huashui, relying on the grain and grass sent by Fu Jian, it is not a problem to fight for a year or two, I am in the army, how can I not know about this? ”

Murong Lan opened his eyes: "So, before you set off, you knew that the Xie family didn't want to go on the Northern Expedition at all?" ”

Liu Yu nodded: "Yes, if the Xie family really wants to go on the Northern Expedition, there is no need to find the jade seal as an excuse to send troops, after rewarding the soldiers of the Beifu Army, continue to go on the expedition, if you are afraid that these people will not have the fighting spirit after taking the wealth, you can recruit a new group of soldiers and horses who are eager to make meritorious contributions, now the north is in chaos, there are many stragglers, as long as you are willing to pay a lot of money, you are not afraid that no one will apply, just we came here, how many bandits and robbers have we seen?" ”

Murong Lan gritted her teeth: "But they are a rabble, how can they be compared to your Beifu Army that has been training for several years?" ”

Liu Yu sneered: "Not everyone in the Beifu Army wants to go home to farm, at least I don't think so, Liu Yi and they won't think like this, many ordinary soldiers want to go home to buy land and marry wives when they get money, but most of the people above the team want to continue to climb up, after the war, the imperial court lured us grassroots officers as townsmen and lords to be the right people, Qiu Ba, isn't it just the hope for us people to continue to get rich?" Once the Northern Expedition is really going on, the elite of the army will definitely go out again to seize greater wealth. As long as you take these people as the core backbone and cooperate with people with combat experience, even the rabble you mentioned can make a lot of achievements! ”

Murong Lan said hatefully: "Since you know that the Xie family doesn't want to go on the Northern Expedition, why do you want to come here to grab the jade seal?" Liu Yu, when did you learn this kind of duplicity? ”

Liu Yu looked at Murong Lan motionlessly: "Murong, Xuan Shuai said a word to me back then, he said Xiao Yu, as one day, your status becomes higher and higher, your decisions will slowly affect the life and death of more and more people, and your gaze will become farther away." I started from a small soldier, to be the team leader, brigade commander, army master, although my position has always been in the front line, but my eyes have gradually turned to the distance, a long time ago, I no longer look at the war with the mentality of a small soldier, because I have to be responsible for my subordinates, for the lives of my brothers, I can't kill only one person, so now I want to use here. He said, gesturing to his head and smiling, "Not here." With that, he pointed to the bulging muscles in his arm.

Murong Lan sighed faintly: "Yes, Liu Yu, you can really deceive people like this, everyone only sees your rough appearance, but they never think of the meticulousness of your thoughts." After all, I am not as good as my eldest brother, although he has never met you, but only heard some things about you, and concluded that you are handsome, not a simple general. ”

Liu Yu smiled slightly: "There are many warriors in the Beifu army, but if you want to control these tiger-like warriors, you have to have the brains of foxes." The real purpose of the Xie family is not the Northern Expedition, but to continue to master the Beifu Army in the name of the Northern Expedition, but if you just talk about it and don't practice, then it is possible to weaken or even cancel the Beifu Army under the pretext of Wang Guobao and King Huiji, especially when Wang Chen and they began to reach out to Liu Yi and He Wuji, the new officers of the Beifu Army, and the Xie family itself began to have internal contradictions, even more so! ”

Murong Lan gritted her teeth: "In this way, taking the jade seal is just a name that the Xie family wants, in order to carry out the story of Xie Shangzhi back then and recapture the jade seal, so that it proves that the Xie family is dedicated to the Northern Expedition, and when the time comes, they can justifiably continue to master the Beifu Army?" ”

Liu Yu nodded seriously: "Yes, that's exactly the case." And in my opinion, the Xie family's internal contradictions are now emerging, and Yan Shuai is obviously jealous of Xuan Shuai, in this case, it is urgent to adjust the internal relationship, maybe only a big state like Jingzhou can make Yan Shuai endure this evil breath. ”

Murong Lan was so shocked that she almost stood up: "What, you mean, the Xie family wants to take the Huan family's Jingzhou?" How is this possible? ”

Liu Yu smiled slightly: "There are no absolutes in the world, didn't Huan Chong also serve as the assassin of Southern Xuzhou back then, and sat in Jingkou for a long time, the Huan family could once be in charge of the Northern Mansion, why couldn't the Xie family take over Jingzhou for a short time?" With Jade Seal, anything is possible! ”