"Brother Xuande, Cao is one step ahead, and there will be a period later!" Sweeping away the previous fatigue, Cao Cao got up and got on his horse, and said loudly in the direction of Liu Bei. After speaking, he didn't wait for Liu Bei to reply, and directly led the army to ride his horse away.

Looking at Cao Cao's departing figure, Zhang Fei, who had a leopard's head and eyes, said with murderous aura: "Big brother, do you really not do it?" ”

Liu Bei's eyes were cold, without the slightest bit of decadence after the defeat, and he said in a low voice: "Third brother, don't worry, this is not the time to eliminate Cao Mengde, not to mention that with Xiahou Yuan here, we can't take him." ”

Liu Ye smiled bitterly: "In this defeat, Cao Mengde finally gained Tongguan and the Son of Heaven, but we gained nothing, it was really a big loss!" ”

Liu Bei's eyes flashed with a sharp light: "This time Cao Mengde is really proud!" Hehe, play me Liu Bei like a fool, and one day I will make him pay! ”

Hearing this, Guan Yu behind Liu Bei looked at Cao Cao in the distance, and a terrifying killing intent was brewing in the tiger's eyes.

Cao Cao, who was riding away on his horse, suddenly felt a chill behind him, and a breath of death enveloped his body, and when he turned his head, he was facing Guan Yu's terrifying gaze.

Cao Cao smiled indifferently: "Hehe, what a tiger general!" ”

Hearing this, Xiahou Yuan looked back at Guan Zhang and the others, and said in a low voice: "Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are both fierce generals in the world, but it's a pity that Mingzhu secretly invested and did not serve the lord. ”

Cao Cao smiled freely when he heard this: "There are you and Yuan Rang, it's not bad compared to Guan Zhang!" What's more, in this troubled world, only the strong deserve to have such a fierce general, Liu Bei is a mediocre talent, when I destroy him, Guan Zhang will still be mine! ”

.......

"Yuan Zhi, what do you think of Ma Teng's request?" After Yuan Shu swept the letter in his hand, he handed it to Jia Xu casually, and asked Xu Shu in the tent with interest.

As soon as he got Ma Teng's reply, Xu Shu returned to Yuanshu camp non-stop, and running all the way did not make Xu Shu, who was born as a ranger, feel any tiredness, but became more and more excited. Seeing Yuan Shu asking his opinion, Xu Shu held back the excitement in his heart and said calmly: "Lord, Shu thinks you can agree." ”

"Oh?" Yuan Shu smiled slightly: "Tell me what you think." ”

"Then he will be bold and outspoken, and if there is anything wrong, I hope that the lord will forgive the sin." Xu Shu first said modestly, and then said very confidently: "The land of Xiliang still needs to be governed by Xiliang people, and this saying has been circulating in Xiliang." Due to the tragic situation of the Liang people in the past hundred years, they do not believe in outsiders at all, and the situation in Liangzhou is complicated, the Han and Qiang people live together, and the wild and untamable Qiang people are very difficult, so Ma Teng is the best choice for the lord. ”

"Ma Teng is a mixed Qiang and Han race, and he is very recognized by the Qiang people, and his person is not as scheming as Han Sui, and the lord can easily control it. Presumably, the lord also saw this clearly, so he persuaded Ma Teng to surrender and ignored Han Sui. ”

"Good! Good! Yuan Shu applauded lightly and said with a smile: "Yuan Zhi really deserves to be a talent from Lumen Academy, it is not in vain that I snatched you from the brainless hands of the old man Sima Hui and your uncle, but it is a pity that your two junior brothers are still young, otherwise let you work together, I would like to see which of you three is stronger and weaker." ”

At the mention of this, Xu Shu instantly felt a little empty. Although he thinks that he is resourceful and unparalleled, he is really inferior to those two perverts. If you really put them together, I'm afraid he will be the one who will be in trouble.

Seeing Xu Shu's slightly embarrassed appearance, the corners of Yuan Shu's mouth raised slightly. Small! Let you die, I won't cure you!

At this time, Xu Shu had just come out of the mountain, and his ranger temperament coupled with his youthful arrogance made him feel a little like Yang Xiu. Yuan Shu saw this kind of child who was more arrogant than himself, and he couldn't help but want to tease and suppress it.

"You did a good job on this trip, since this is the case, I will order you to sacrifice wine for the military advisor and fight with the army." Yuan Shu said with a smile.

"Thank you, lord!" Xu Shu was overjoyed and bowed.

"Well, let's get in the ranks!"

Xu Shu consciously stood at the end of the right side and kept silent.

"Ma Teng invited, a certain promise!" Looking at the civil and military forces on both sides of the tent, Yuan Shu said loudly.

"This time, I personally led 150,000 troops to Liangzhou, but I didn't come to travel, the people of Liangzhou are fierce, and the Qiang people are even more wild and untamable, if you don't deter it by force, I'm afraid it will be difficult to manage. This time, we will make an example and destroy Han Sui with the power of thunder, so as to deter Xiliang! I don't know what you think of this war, but I don't know what you think about it. ”

As soon as the words fell, the generals began to discuss. Yuan Shu looked at Guo Jia and carried the Liangzhou sand table that had been prepared to the big tent.

"Lord, Liangzhou horses, Qiang people are very good at riding and archery, and come and go like the wind, the power of the Xiliang cavalry, the world is famous. However, our army was extremely short of cavalry, and although Ma Tengming had the intention of surrendering our army, he still had to guard against it. In this battle, our army attacked Han Sui with a battle formation of reinforcements and archers, and when it was broken with a general momentum, it directly rushed to Han Sui's base camp Jincheng County, captured the thief and captured the king first, and took Han Sui. The rest of the Qiang people are just a rabble, and the lord can order Ma Teng to accept them as a vote, and then he can adopt the same policy as the Nanban, and completely control Xiliang. Guo Jia, who already knew everything about Xiliang's situation, said in a deep voice.

The Qiang people in Xiliang are still different from Shanyue and Nanban, and their number is large, nearly half of the population of Xiliang is Qiang, and many others have Qiang blood. The reason why the trouble of the Qiang people took hundreds of years in the Eastern Han Dynasty and was difficult to solve was because there were too many Qiang people in Xiliang, even more than the Han people, which was also the reason why some rotten Confucians clamored to give up Xiliang. Like Ma Teng, who claims to be the descendant of Fubo General Ma Yuan, his wife is a Qiang woman, which shows the Qiang people's control and influence on Xiliang.

The plan of the people has been decided, and it was finally decided that Wei Yan and Tai Shici would be the vanguard, each leading an army of 30,000 troops, and marching straight to Jincheng in two ways. Huang Zhong led an army of 50,000 in the center, while Pan Feng led an army of 30,000 in the rear of the palace, responsible for escorting grain and grass in case Han Sui attacked the rear. Yuan Shu himself walked with Huang Zhong under the protection of the Tiger Guard and the Trap Camp.

After assigning the task, the generals left one after another to reorganize their troops and horses to prepare for the march, while Yuan Shu left many of the strategists behind.

"Wenhe, tell me about the information you just learned!" Yuan said that the qi was complicated.

"No!" Jia Xu took out a letter from his sleeve: "Ladies and gentlemen, Cao Liu attacked Chang'an yesterday afternoon and injured most of them, and now that the army has been withdrawn, I don't have to worry about Cao Liu's problem anymore." ”

In other words, Yuan Shu's current message delivery is so convenient, thanks to Zhou Yu and Sun Ce.

At the beginning, Zhou Yu led the army to sweep the grassland, but because the Wuhuan falcon had been watching and scouting, there was not much gain. But Zhou Yu also realized the importance of falconry, not only for reconnaissance, but also for messaging. So Zhou Yu spent a lot of effort and kept sweeping on the grassland, and got three falconers and seven or eight mature falcons.

Of the three falconers, except for Zhou Yu, one was kept by himself, and the other was "bribed" by Sun Ce to Gan Ning and "borrowed" some prisoners from him. This is also the reason why Gan Ning was moved by Sun Ce, for the incomparably rich navy, ordinary money can't get into Gan Ning's eyes at all, but this falcon is different, the importance of falconry at sea has increased unabated. Not only can it be used to detect enemies and deliver messages, but it can also detect natural disasters and discover surrounding islands in advance, which is simply a supreme weapon. This is an ancient reconnaissance plane!

The last falconer was sent to Jiangdong by Zhou Yu and handed over to Yuan Shu, who was carried by Yuan Shu. Jia Xu was able to learn the news of Chang'an so quickly, and he also borrowed this thing.

Jia Xu quickly told what happened in Tongguan and Chang'an straightforwardly, without any exaggeration, and there was no smug or guilt in his words. It was as if the fire that burned more than 60,000 soldiers was not arranged by him.

After listening to the information Jia Xu said, everyone present looked at Jia Xu with a little amazement and fear.

This is a real ruthless man! This is not Li Ru's disguise back then!

Guo Jia couldn't help but whisper: "Wenhe, shouldn't you be my senior brother!" How did you learn this disguise? ”