Chapter 760: The Price of Failure

Yuzhou has the Xia Pi Kingdom and others fell into the hands of Lu Bu, precisely because of the previous defeat of Yuan Shu against Lu Bu.

In such a critical situation in the past, Lu Bu was able to lead the Xuzhou army to victory in the war, and now the strength of the Xuzhou army has been greatly improved.

Xu You was ordered to enter the Prefecture Governor's Mansion, and after calming down his thoughts, he began to think about how to make a deal with Lu Bu.

Judging from the previous situation, it is simply impossible to get Lu Bu to make concessions in the matter of the Hundred Refining Blades, Lu Bu has achieved absolute secrecy in the matter of the Hundred Refining Blades, as for going deep into the craftsman's workshop and exploring the secrets of the Xuzhou Craftsman's Workshop, it is too difficult.

The death of Qin Lin, the pavilion master of the Black Clothes Pavilion, is the best illustration.

The most correct way is to get the secret of the Hundred Refining Blades from Lu Bu's hands.

In Xu You's view, it is very difficult for Yuan Shu to break through Xuzhou, in the past, Yuan Shu had a great advantage in strength compared to Lu Bu and could not win, and now it will be even more difficult to break through Xuzhou.

It can be seen from the performance of many officials in Xuzhou that they have full confidence in Lu Bu in terms of fighting.

Also, Lu Bu himself is a fierce general on the battlefield, and has a great record on the battlefield, in the face of such a fierce general's army, any enemy army must be cautious after seeing it, especially the cavalry battalion under Lu Bu, which is an invincible existence on the battlefield.

An elite cavalry, in battle, is often able to play a role in turning the situation, why Yuan Shao can't occupy more advantages in the battle against Gongsun Zhan, is because in the hands of Gongsun Zhan, there are elite cavalry forces, these elite cavalry, in the war is completely rampant, want to form a good block for such an elite cavalry, how many infantry lives are needed?

When a monarch goes through war, he needs to be cautious.

I have to say that after experiencing the previous defeat, Yuan Shu has been more cautious in this confrontation, because Yuan Shu knows that once the war cannot be won or lost, what the consequences will be, and when the time comes, just the revenge from Lu Bu will make Yuan Shu anxious.

It was actually not easy for Lu Bu to make Yuan Shu, who was prominent among the princes, do this.

And what Yuan Shao wants to see most is not a unilateral victory for Yuan Shu or Lu Bu, it is best to let the two sides lose in this confrontation, so that it is in Yuan Shao's interests.

Whether it is the strength of Yuan Shu or Lu Bu, after the battle is won and improved, it will definitely have a certain impact on Yuan Shao, and then there will be a terrifying existence among the princes, and such an existence will even have a great impact on the current pattern of the princes.

War is not terrible for the princes, what is terrible is how to deal with it after defeat.

After Yuan Shu was defeated in the past, he compensated a lot of materials, and even the city had to be obediently given up, could it be said that Yuan Shu was balanced in his heart when facing such things.

The children of the Yuan family have always been arrogant, but they failed so miserably against a military general like Lu Bu, and when it spread, it had a great impact on Yuan Shu's reputation.

Whether it is Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu, they have a lot of importance for reputation, and after having a better reputation, it is much easier for them to achieve corresponding actions among the princes.

The rise of Lu Bu is enough to attract the attention of more princes, and the most gratifying is Yuan Shao, especially when Yuan Shu and Lu Bu tore their faces, it strengthened Yuan Shao's determination to help Lu Bu.

When Lu Bu was able to cause more obstacles to Yuan Shu, it was when Yuan Shao made rapid progress in Jizhou.

It's a pity that Yuan Shu couldn't win the war when he fought against Lu Bu, and even made Lu Bu get a lot of improvement in strength after the war ended.

Relatively speaking, Lu Bu's growth was much better than Yuan Shu's, but Yuan Shao didn't want such a thing to happen.

The union of Liu Biao and Yuan Shu is not due to Yuan Shao's contributions.

Yuan Shao was the former leader of the princes, and his relationship with Liu Biao was good, otherwise, Liu Biao would not have stopped Sun Jian after getting Yuan Shao's order.

Let Lu Bu pay a greater price in this confrontation, and it is best to get the secret in the Xuzhou craftsman's workshop, which is exactly the situation that Yuan Shao wants to see.

Contrary to expectations, even if the situation in Xuzhou and Yanzhou was so tense, Lu Bu still did not reveal the slightest thing about the secret affairs of the craftsman's workshop.

From Lu Bu's attitude, Xu You can feel that unless it is the time of life and death in Xuzhou, otherwise, these secrets will never be exchanged for benefits.

At present, the Xuzhou army is preparing for war that may come at any time, and the situation in various counties and counties is also unprecedentedly tense.

Xu You was very curious about how confident Lu Bu was to resist the alliance of Yuan Shu and Liu Biao.

If such a thing is put on Yuan Shao's body, I am afraid that Jizhou will already be panicked, even those families who have a lot of things for Yuan Shao will probably make a choice that is beneficial to their family at a critical moment.

Whether it is Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu, they are both children of the Yuan family, and they are all from famous families, in the eyes of some people, there is not much difference between taking refuge in Yuan Shao and refuting in Yuan Shu.

Fortunately, there is an obstacle like Lu Bu on the current development path of Yuan Shu, which can provide Yuan Shao with more precious time.

Defeating Gongsun Chan has become something that Yuan Shao urgently needs to do.

Even a military general like Lu Bu has a dazzling performance after entering Xuzhou, as the former lord of the princes, if Yuan Shao does not do better in this matter, how can he make the civil and military generals under his rule more convinced.

When Yuan Shao was governing the place, he had gentle means, which was completely different from Lu Bu.

"Ziyuan, sit down." Seeing that Xu Yu wanted to salute, Lu Bu waved his hand directly.

"Thank you, Wenhou." Xu Yu arched his hand.

It is good to represent Yuan Shao, but when Xu You faced Lu Bu, he didn't dare to be the slightest presumptuous, who knows what kind of reckless behavior Lu Bu would have, the best way is not to offend Lu Bu, and to get benefits from Lu Bu's hands through conversation as much as possible.