As one of the four major governors of Eastern Wu, Lü Meng is much inferior to Zhou Yu and Lu Xun, but he is also a top commander, enough to be in charge. And one thing to note is that he is different from Zhou Yu and Lu Xun, but he is a complete grassroots, a real grassroots with nothing! Not a poor family or a person with a family education.

When he was young, he was poor and had no education, and then defected to his brother-in-law Deng Dang, so that he had the opportunity to lead the army. Later, the young general made many meritorious achievements all the way, and he was also tireless in learning, and finally became a general with strategic vision and wisdom and bravery.

Compared with Zhou Yu and Lu Xun, who were born noble and received a good education since childhood, Lu Meng's starting point is too low, and he missed the most malleable teenage period, and the gap between the two sides is almost a world apart, and it is normal for his achievements to be inferior to the first two. I can't read many words in a year, I can't write proclamations and books, and I can only dictate in front of Sun Quan when I am forced to become the governor of Eastern Wu and become a general with both wisdom and bravery. In terms of now, it is no less difficult than that of an adult, and a guy who can't read and write, turned out to study by himself and was admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University.

The reason why Yuan Shu is so confident in Lu Meng is because his arrival changed the trajectory of Lu Meng's life. Although he still did not receive a good education when he was young, he did not fall behind in the golden period of learning from the age of fourteen to eighteen, and was recruited by Yuan Shu into Jinling Academy to make up for his previous backwardness. Although the current Lu Meng can only be said to be excellent, he is not outstanding enough, but Yuan Shu believes that he can catch up. The ability of the vast majority of people is basically fixed in their twenties, but Lu Meng's plasticity far exceeds that of the vast majority of people, and he can learn and grow from scratch after the age of thirty.

Yuan Shu didn't believe that Lu Meng, who he tried his best to cultivate, could not compare to the one in history who had a bumpy road and learned Lu Meng at thirty. Not to mention catching up with Zhou Yu and Lu Xun, at least not much will be left behind! A talented and intelligent person like Zhou Yu is now close to perfection and has reached the peak of his ability. And although Lu Meng is now a little slower to start and a little less talented, he is talented and hard enough, and he can't catch up.

"My lord, do you plan to let Lu Meng join the army?" Guo Jia knew Yuan Shu very well, and he could see through Yuan Shu's thoughts from Yuan Shu's words and tone.

"Not bad!" Yuan Shu nodded: "I am not very sure of Ziming's talent in economics and political strategy, and I don't need him to make achievements in these two aspects. But his qualifications in military strategy, strategy, and strategy are indeed top-notch, and he should focus on cultivating them in these areas. After all, he came from a humble background, and he was not educated since childhood like Gongjin and Boyan, and he still put it aside for the time being in terms of economic righteousness and political strategy, and he will have time to learn when he becomes the coach of the garrison in the future. Let's send it to the army for training first! ”

Although he has a lot of trust in Lu Meng's heart and talent Yuan Shu, it must be gold that can shine in history. But although Lu Meng in history has learned about Jingyi and political strategy, what can be shown is still leading the army to fight and leading one side, Yuan Shu has no time to wait for Lu Meng's real all-round development, and wait until Lu Meng is thirty or forty years old, and then evolve into the ultimate body, it is too long, it is better to let him join the army first and develop towards the commander.

"Well, the lord has a point. Where is the lord going to send him? Guo Jia asked.

"What do you think?"

"I'm afraid it's Liaodong again!" Guo Jia smiled bitterly: "If Yuan Benchu knew that he was treated as a whetstone by you, I'm afraid he would have to fight with you!" ”

"Haha!" Yuan Shu laughed loudly when he heard this: "That's right, I just regarded him Yuan Benchu as a whetstone, what can he do with me if he knows?" The battlefield in northern Xinjiang is extremely wide, and our army is at a disadvantage in numbers, but because of the cavalry, Yuan Shao can't help our army, so it is very suitable to train these boys. Shi Yuan's kid had already shouted that he was going to go, plus Ziming, let them go together. By the way, transfer Wenyuan back, after all, in the future, our main battlefield will still be concentrated in the Central Plains! ”

Opening up the side battlefield of Liaodong is really a few in one fell swoop for Yuan Shu, although Yuan Shu has dispersed a lot of troops, but Yuan Shu, who has a huge force and a large number of generals, is inferior to these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses? It's like Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu, is there a difference between bringing an army of 700,000 and bringing an army of 600,000? Compared with Cao Cao's only more than 100,000 troops, it doesn't make sense to have more than 100,000 troops. It is better to leave an army of 100,000 to prevent accidents, and it can also have the strength to fight. (The military strength here is mainly based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, after all, it can't be written according to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.) ）

Moreover, with the cost of tens of thousands of troops, the soldiers and horses that can contain Yuan Shao are definitely no less than this. The long border line of Youzhou is the direction that Yuan Shu's army can attack, and Yuan Shu will not refuse to come, in terms of population, cities, and materials. If Yuan Shao does not arrange an army of 100,000, it is impossible to resist Yuan Shu's cavalry and keep Youzhou.

"The lord is not afraid that these young generals will have an accident in Youzhou? Yuan Benchu is not so easy to deal with, I'm afraid if I'm not careful..."

Yuan Shu shook his head lightly when he heard this: "Fighting is not a family, anything can happen on the battlefield, I can only try to reduce its risk, if it really dies halfway, then I can only blame them for their own inability and bad luck." With Gongjin and Zilong here, they should be fine. ”

"Don't forget, my lord, Shi Yuan is not an obedient lord either? Will he be able to follow Gong Jin's arrangement? Guo Jiahu said.

"Eh" Thinking of Pang Tong's arrogant and ugly face, Yuan Shu also felt that he seemed to be a little hasty for a while. At first glance, this thing is the arrogant lord, and there is also a reason for his pride to die at the foot of Luofeng Slope, and Zhou Yu is really not sure whether he can lower his Yuan Shu. The general will not be subject to the order of the foreign monarch, if this thing is separated from Zhou Yu as a leading strategist alone, it is estimated that he can really do this kind of thing.

Yuan Shu hesitated for a moment, but still said, "It's okay, if you don't push the young eagle off the cliff, how can it fly high?" If he takes a risk, he should be mentally prepared to suffer the consequences of failure, and I will send someone to explain it to him. In addition, for the sake of insurance, you should send someone to inform Gongjin of this matter, so that he can be mentally prepared. If it is necessary to divide the troops, let Zilong and Shiyuan have a team, and he himself and Sun Ce will be a team, which just complements each other. Even if it is really dangerous, Zilong can also save his life without worry. ”

"What about Lu Ziming? How will his position be determined? ”

"Let him follow Gong Jin, temporarily serve as Gong Jin's personal guard, and then study for a while. You explain to Gong Jin, let him take care of it more, some special treatment that can be given within the rules still has to be given, I didn't really let Lu Ziming be a pawn. Yuan Shu said unceremoniously.

The special treatment mentioned by Yuan Shu here is not a promotion, a knighthood, a commander of the army, etc., but a privilege to observe Zhou Yu's strategic discussions and command and make speeches as a personal soldier. The state has national laws, the army has military discipline, Yuan Shu has always disliked privileges, but for a talent like Lu Meng, it is still okay to give a little power not to violate military rules and discipline. In fact, this is one of the powers that Lu Meng can have as a personal guard, and most of the personal guards are the main general's cronies. However, under normal circumstances, it would be good to be able to understand the strategic command of the commander-in-chief, so how can he be qualified to be involved in it? Those who can participate in it are going to be lieutenants.

But the current Lu Meng does not have enough outstanding ability to serve the public and serve as a deputy general, and following Zhou Yu as a personal guard is the best choice.