Liu Yu shook his head and sighed: "Why, why do we bring these things other than victory and defeat to the battlefield?" When you are not fighting, you don't think about how to defeat the enemy, but think about how to fight for merit, fame, and how to improve your status. Fatty, you don't understand the heart of a warrior, on the battlefield, if you think too much about these things, and have too many selfish distractions, you will be distracted, and even your life will be in danger. ”

Liu Muzhi smiled slightly: "Jinu, you said that most of the soldiers, even the soldiers of the Beifu army, they fought bloodily, what are they trying to do?" Is it true that everyone is like you, with the lofty ideals of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, the reconquest of lost territories, and the expulsion of Hulu? ”

Liu Yu sighed: "It's not that there are no such people, but after all, they are a minority, a very small minority, and most people come to join the army, just to eat and eat, and they can also be exempted from taxes and servitude in the family in recent years." As for the Beifu Army, it is because it has more than three times the salary of other troops, and it can obtain spoils of war at will after the war, and in addition, it has more advantages than other troops in terms of promotion and meritorious service. ”

Liu Muzhi nodded, and pointed to the soldiers in front of him, carrying heavy burdens one by one: "Look at it, send slaves, those spoils of war are the driving force for the soldiers of Beifu to sacrifice their lives and forget their deaths, with these benefits, after going back, you can buy land and land, have your own industry, and no longer have to be cattle and horses like before, and let others bully you." As for you, you are even more different from these soldiers who were born at the grassroots, you already have the identity of a lower-class scholar, and now you are in love with the Xie family, and even become half a son-in-law, even if you don't think about your future, you have to think about Miss Wang and the Xie family. ”

Liu Yu gritted his teeth, thinking of Wang Miaoyin's shadow, and thinking of what Liu Jingxuan said to him before the war, his heart tingled, and he sighed: "The distance between the high cold and the shishu is like a cloud, I am afraid that the marriage between me and Miaoyin may not be able to have a result." ”

Liu Muzhi's eyebrows raised: "Where did you know the news?" ”

Liu Yu shook his head: "The affairs of the upper echelons can't be hidden, because so many families are involved, I heard that Huan Xuan is desperately trying to get in touch with the Wang family, and wants Miaoyin to marry him." A while ago, someone hinted that I wanted to make contributions on the battlefield and couldn't let my fiancée rob others. However, I think that with the current situation, it is redundant to think that these are redundant, if the Huan family wants to rob it, then even if it is the Xie family, it will be difficult to keep it. After all, Miaoyin's surname is Wang, and it is not worth it to offend the powerful Jingzhou Huan clan for me alone, and to be the enemy of all the high gates. ”

Liu Muzhi sighed: "This time the Beifu Army was established, and my father-in-law also got the title of general, and he was a general under Xuan Shuai, and I am now under his subordinates, and this matter was only heard from him two days ago." He admires you very much, and he is very close to the Xie family, and he doesn't want people like Wang Guobao to come to power in the future, and he doesn't want the Huan family to take advantage of this marriage to collude with the upper families in the court and fully control the government. ”

Liu Yu remembered the conversation with Huan Xuan in the alley that day, and his heart moved, he had never communicated with Liu Muzhi about this matter, and the words that Huan Xuan said, although he knew that it was to sow discord, he always felt that there was a little bit of truth, and he couldn't even refute it directly, thinking of this, Liu Yu said in a low voice: "Actually, fat man, you said that this world is controlled by the Xie family, or by his Huan family, is there any difference?" ”

Liu Muzhi was slightly stunned, and then turned to a straight face: "Jinnu, how can you have such an idea?" ”

Liu Yu sighed: "Huan Xuan once seduced me and said a lot of reasoning, I am okay to fight, but in these major political affairs, my knowledge is not as good as yours, I always feel that although his words are very rebellious, there are some truths that cannot be refuted." It's rare to meet you today and have a good chat, so please let me know why. ”

Liu Muzhi nodded, slowed down his pace, and was a few steps away from the marching army in front of him, and said in a low voice: "Don't believe a word of what Huan Xuan said, but they, the children of the family, read a lot and have a lot of crooked reasoning, and sometimes they can confuse the truth with falsehood, but in my place, it shouldn't be able to pass the test, you say, what crooked reason does he have." ”

Liu Yu said with a smile: "He said that the Xie family, a family like the Wang family, has no ambition for the Northern Expedition at all, but just wants to assume the real power of the monarch and treat the emperor as a puppet, and he is manipulating behind the scenes." And their Huan family does have the intention of usurping the throne, but in order to usurp the throne, they have to make meritorious contributions to the Northern Expedition and recover the rivers and mountains, on the one hand, to strengthen their own power, and on the other hand, to establish great merits, just like what Huan Wen did. Therefore, in terms of the motives of the Northern Expedition, the Huan family is much stronger than the Xie family and the Wang family. ”

Liu Muzhi sighed: "Huan Xuan is really good at talking, or in other words, he can really find the person he likes to listen to." This set of statements is obviously aimed at you, Jinu, he knows that you are bent on the Northern Expedition, and you are a pure soldier, a Han Chinese, so he deliberately said this to you. Indeed, the Huan family, as a foreign vassal and a rising family, is not qualified to usurp and rebel. However, since ancient times, the strong soldiers and horses are the sons of heaven, if the Huan family can really succeed in the Northern Expedition and expel Hu Lu, it will overpower those family lords in the court, just as the Sima clan won the military power by defeating Wu Shu and quelling the three rebellions in Huainan, and finally completely controlled the government through the battle of Gao Pingling and usurped the Cao family of Wei. ”

Liu Yu nodded: "But even so, isn't it a good thing to be willing to go on the Northern Expedition?" Does the emperor of this world have to be surnamed Sima? When I talked to the bottles and rabbits about the hearts of the northerners, they all said that the northerners actually didn't like the Sima family, and they all said that in the Yongjia Rebellion, the people hoped for the court to save them, just like a long drought and looking forward to Ganlin, but the emperor and army of the Jin State fled all the way south and did not come to save them, they felt more that they were abandoned. No matter who it is, whether it is Zu Ti or Huan Wen, as long as he is willing to go on the Northern Expedition, it is a matter of winning the hearts of the people, if he really makes a contribution, then what does it matter if he replaces the Sima family? ”

Liu Muzhi smiled slightly: "Although it has always been said that the strong soldiers and strong horses are the Son of Heaven, but there is more than one strong soldier and strong horse. They have a large number of estates in the land of Sanwu, millions of tenants, and six counties in Jiangbei, and they can recruit a steady stream of northern refugees. Besides, Jiangzhou, Yuzhou, these places, each has a strong history of tens of thousands of soldiers, if someone is willing to lead the northern Hulu south, then the war will spread to the whole territory of the Great Jin, not to mention the Northern Expedition, I am afraid that even half of my Han family will be difficult to protect. ”