Since you want to admit your mistakes, you have to show the attitude of admitting your mistakes.

As soon as the words fell, I saw Xun Yu's legs bent and knelt on the ground with a pop.

The reason why Huaxing asked about this matter was mainly to find out the truth of the incident, not to hold him accountable.

After seeing this scene, he came to Xun Yu for the first time and helped the other party up:

"Brother Wen Ruo doesn't need to be like this! If it were me, I might have hidden the truth in order to bring in the rescuers, so I don't blame you. As long as you promise, don't lie to me again in the future. ”

Seeing that the other party did not blame himself, Xun Yu, who was a messenger for help, breathed a sigh of relief:

"The general can be so magnanimous, Wen Ruo is happy and convinced! You can rest assured, from now on, if the text is in front of you, you will know everything! ”

"Well, that's very good!"

Nodding with satisfaction, Hua Xing brought the topic back to the enemy:

"By the way, you just said that Yuan Shu is here? His power is not big, so he shouldn't have many soldiers, right? ”

"Huh! The general's words were incorrect. Later general Yuan Shu, his territory is not wide, but the army is strong, and the grain and grass are sufficient. Looking at the world, I'm afraid no one can match it! Speaking of Yuan Shu, Xun Yu's eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of worry.

"Oh? Is he so powerful? ”

In Huaxing's impression, Yuan Shu doesn't seem to have any real skills except for holding the jade seal and sealing himself an emperor.

But after listening to Xun Yu's words, he realized that it didn't seem to be the case.

Seeing that Huaxing didn't know much about Yuan Shu's situation, Xun Yu explained on the spot......

Yuan Shu, the word highway, was born in Ruyang County, Runan County (now Shangshui County, Henan).

The son of Sikong Yuan Feng, Yuan Shao's half-brother.

The current officials worship the generals, and their forces are mainly concentrated in the three continents of Henan, Yang, and Jing.

Although in terms of geographical area, he is not as good as Yuan Shao in Jizhou and Liu Yan in Bashu, but there is one thing that no one can match, that is, the population in his jurisdiction is large!

In particular, the two counties of Nanyang and Runan are not only numerous in the city, but also very densely populated.

According to statistics, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the residents of these two counties were more than 2 million, which was not inferior to Luoyang and Xuchang.

In addition, Huainan is rich in grain and grass, and Yuan Shu is neither short of money, nor lack of food, let alone people!

After all these years of accumulation, Yuan Shujun has become a very formidable force, with as many as 17 or 80,000 troops under his command!

Compared with Yuan Shao in the same period, it is much higher!

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration for Xun Yu to say that he is "unmatched".

The current Yuan Shujun is definitely like a hegemon.

This is why he later dared to defy the world's condemnation and ascend the throne as emperor.

"Oh! It turns out that Yuan Shu's strength is so strong? I really underestimated him before. ”

After listening to Xun Yu's story, Hua Xing suddenly nodded in understanding:

"And how many troops did he send this time?"

"Alas!" After a sigh, Xun Yu said:

"Like his cousin, Yuan Shu also sent an army of 100,000!"

It was ten against five just now, and Huaxing felt that the gap was not too big, and there was a battle.

But now, adding Yuan Shu's strength, it instantly became twenty to five, that is, four to one.

Faced with such a gap, Huaxing, who was sitting opposite, couldn't help frowning.

And just as Huaxing was pondering, Dong Bai, who had been sitting on the side and listening for a long time, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and suddenly stood up from the chair and asked Xun Yu:

"Huh? That's not right! I heard Wen Yuan say, didn't the Yuan brothers turn against each other? How did they get together again? ”

Although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are half-brothers, their identities are very different.

Yuan Shu is the son of Yuan Fengzheng's wife, and he was born as a high-ranking son-in-law;

And Yuan Shao's mother is a maidservant, he belongs to the concubine, and he has not been treated well since he was a child.

So since he was a child, Yuan Shu has always looked down on his brother, and Yuan Shao doesn't like his cousin very much.

Although the two are related by blood, they have no brotherly affection, and the relationship is very ordinary.

Later, because Yuan Shu did not agree with Yuan Shao's proposal to support the new emperor, and in addition, there was a conflict between the two of them on the appointment of Yuzhou Assassin.

So not long ago, the two brothers finally fell out, forming a situation of confrontation between the north and the south.

But in this military operation, it is really incomprehensible that the Yuan brothers, who have already broken up, are willing to abandon their previous suspicions and send troops to attack Cao at the same time, so Dong Bai will have this question.

Regarding Dong Bai's doubts, Hua Xing had actually guessed the answer a long time ago, and he knew that this must have been facilitated by Lu Pu.

But in front of Xun Yu, he would not say it directly, just like Dong Bai, he also set his eyes on Xun Yu standing in the hall.

"Well, Mrs. Hui, Xun never knew the reason for it, I guess...... Maybe it's also driven by profits. ”

Hearing that Xun Yu didn't know, Dong Bai had to sigh lightly and sit back in place.

"That's right!" Within a few seconds, I heard Huaxing open his mouth and ask again:

"The two brothers, one in the south and the other in the north, could not have come together. Are they going to split up? Or are you going to converge first? ”

"Judging from the current information, the two of them have no intention of converging, they should have their own goals!"

As he spoke, he saw Xun Yu take out a hand-drawn map from his arms, put it on the table and pointed:

"Yuan Shao started from Yecheng, went all the way south, passed through Muye, Guandu, and Zhongmu, and is now stationed near Changshe, fifty miles northwest of Xuchang."

Looking at the route drawn by Xun Yu with his fingers, Huaxing nodded and said:

"Well, Yuan Shao is obviously coming for Xuchang. What about Yuan Shu? ”

"Yuan Shu, it's from Runan......"

As Xun Yu's voice turned, his fingers also moved to the vicinity of Runan, south of Xuchang:

"He went all the way north, passing through Dingcheng, Nanton, and Wuping, and has now stopped near the Yinghe River, fifty miles east of Chenliu."

"Oh? Stopped near Chenliu? ”

After seeing Yuan Shu's marching route, Hua Xing subconsciously frowned:

"So, Yuan Shu's target is not Xuchang, but Chen Liu? Are these two brothers planning to fight for each person and one city? ”

"Judging by the route of the enemy forces, it is true." Xun Yu nodded and replied:

"Our army only has 50,000 elite soldiers, and all of them are currently stationed in Xuchang City. Once the enemy forces attack separately, it will be extremely disadvantageous to our side. Therefore, the lord specially ordered me to ask the general for help, and I hope that the lord will send troops to help as soon as possible! ”

In the face of Xun Yu's "request for help", Huaxing did not rush to express his position, but bit his lip lightly, staring at the map with a focused face, with a slight suspicion in his eyes, as if he had found some clues.

After about seven or eight seconds, I heard him suddenly say:

"Wait a minute! I feel that Yuan Shu stopped here, in addition to attacking Chen Liu, there should be other purposes! ”

As soon as these words came out, Xun Yu's face immediately showed a puzzled look: "Other purposes? What is the general referring to? ”