Jingshi, Luoyang. In Jian Shuo's mansion, Jian Shuo invited Zhao Zhong, a regular attendant, to drink together, Jian Shuo expressed his intention to win over, how could Zhao Zhong not know.

"Your Majesty's Holy Communion is very bad, we should prepare as soon as possible." Jian Shuo said.

"This." Zhao Zhong felt that there seemed to be something wrong with such a conversation, but he also knew that such a thing was inevitable, and His Majesty only had two sons. The prince of Empress He, Liu Wei. This is the prince that His Majesty does not like, in addition to disliking Liu Bian, he feels that Liu Bian's behavior is too frivolous. There is no such thing as an emperor.

And the youngest son, Liu Xie. He is the son of Wang Meiren, with elegant manners and dignified manners. Deeply loved by His Majesty.

"Your Majesty has the grace of knowing us, and we should repay it with death." Jian Shuo said this, hearing such words, Zhao Zhong was a little embarrassed, repaying Your Majesty, naturally it is what people like them should do, but the problem is that they are very clear about their own situation, they are all surviving with the help of His Majesty's majesty, once His Majesty dies, their situation can be very unfavorable, that is to say, their current situation is very unfavorable, and His Majesty's physical condition is very bad. I'm afraid it will last for some time, but they have to think about their own future. Jian Shuo can support the young son Liu Xie to ascend the throne, which is the merit of the dragon. You can get Your Majesty's favor, but some old ministers like them must find new backers.

Behind Liu Xie is only a Wang Meiren, although Jian Shuo expressed his allegiance, he controlled the new army in Xiyuan, and even the general He Jin obeyed his dispatch. But there is a big contradiction between the two.

Jian Shuo is the rise of the new eunuch power, he relies on the support of the future emperor, such benefits are very considerable, but, judging from the current situation, the situation does not seem to be so easy.

Zhao Zhong is also in a dilemma. Because Jian Shuo ostensibly controls and has military power, but in fact, he does not control it very thoroughly, among the local generals, there are few people who support Jian Shuo, because the relationship between Jian Shuo is very tense, and even very stiff, for example, Dong Zhuo once gave gifts to take such a line, but as a result, Jian Shuo refused. I really don't know what the other party thinks, but I didn't get the support of the local generals.

In the Xiyuan New Army, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were respectively controlling each other's actual troops. Yuan Shao controlled more troops, more than 5,000 men, and Cao Cao had less than 1,000 men, but the battle was relatively strong. They are all the people of the great general He Jin, and they will not obey Jian Shuo's orders. And the two sides are people of different forces.

The general is a relative force. And in Jian Shuo's words, the general and the party have a mutual relationship, that is to say, the general has the support of the civilian clique, and there is also the support of the queen, can you fight against such a situation? Zhao Zhong was very hesitant in his heart. However, the superficial article still needs to be done.

"Naturally, we will be loyal to Your Majesty." Zhao Zhong said. It doesn't sound like there is any problem, but the problem is that this is the problem, Zhao Zhong is not optimistic about Liu Xie, the reason is that he has no military power. Liu Xie, who lacked military power to stop it, was simply unable to resist such a situation, and most importantly, they could not effectively guarantee the safety of the eunuchs. The hope now is that they hope to have He Jin's support and that the two sides can reach a compromise. Despite betraying Jian Shuo. But this is extremely important to their own interests, and in such a situation, it is their best choice, and they can only choose this way, which is the most advantageous choice. They are naturally willing to do something like this.

For such a reply, Jian Shuo was very happy, he was very satisfied, but he didn't know how to deal with the question of how to deal with the general He Jin. After all, only by weakening the military power of the great generals can their situation be satisfied, and military power is everything. But weakening the other party still needs some opportunities, and Jian Shuo doesn't have a good way to do it at the moment. Because relatives like He Jin are constantly expanding their control over local generals, for example, local generals like Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan have received his support, and they have expressed active allegiance, if they can't solve such problems well, their activities are still difficult to carry out, which is for Jian Shuo. It's not a very good thing, and it will be very difficult for them to change the situation. He himself is very aware of this.

Jian Shuo can be said to be a loner, because he is an outlier in the eunuch group. Because most of the eunuchs are the two ends of the first rat, they are treasured on both sides, and when the final strength is decided, they stand up and step on each other fiercely. That's what they've always done, and it seems like it's not authentic. But it's very effective. In this case, it can be regarded as very advantageous.

The situation in Luoyang, the capital division, is developing in this way, but to what extent it has developed, the forces of all parties are constantly beating. They don't know the exact situation.

However, Cao Cao did not pay much attention to these, he was waiting, waiting for the reaction of the republican army Li Jiazhuang, he had already used the fastest telegram to send out the message, he hoped to get some support. There are not many soldiers, but refinement. He still knows this, he only needs to have 50 percent of the fighting strength of the Republican Army.

Yuan Shao continued to expand his forces, his number has expanded to 5,000 men, and they are all extremely loyal, and he is actively expanding his weapons and equipment, and more people are gathered under his command, for example, Chun Yuqiong.

"Yuan Benchu expanded his troops very quickly, and it is estimated that it will not be long before there will be a division of men." Cao Cao watched as Yuan Shao's team continued to expand, and Cao Cao's thousand people did not break through. It seems that there is a big gap.

"The soldiers are fine, not the many, Yuan Shao is a lot of people, how about it?" Xi Zhicai said with a smile.

"It's just a chicken, a dog." Xi Zhicai said with a smile.

"Hehe, too." Thinking of this, Cao Cao was also relieved.

"At the beginning, the Republican Army used only a weak brigade to boldly outflank our army, but now it is like yesterday." Cao Cao said.

"If we also have half of the combat strength of the Republican Army, Yuan Benchu's 5,000 men, there is no need to worry." Cao Cao said ambitiously.

"The general should talk to the Republican army more, the general has great ambitions, and he still needs their support." Xi Zhicai said.

"Well, I've already sent a telegram to the IRA, and I'm sure they'll be positively agreeing. With the advisory group, the infantry is much more familiar with the drills. It's just that it takes some time. Cao Cao said worriedly, he didn't know if there was such a time, and if there was no such time, it might have a great impact on them.

But Xi Zhicai thinks a lot, and there are still differences between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, for example, there are big differences between the two on the issue of military strength. Cao Cao saw combat effectiveness, which is the most fundamental point, although combat effectiveness has a relationship with quantity, but it also has a great relationship with the soldiers' skilled weapons, combat experience, and will to fight, and at the same time, there is a great degree of cooperation between combat commanders, so in some cases. The elite line is correct, and Yuan Shao's way is too extensive.

First of all, there are certain restrictions on the demand for manpower, which can ensure that there are enough labor force for production to the greatest extent, and on the other hand. With the upgrading of weapons, the cost of many weapons has greatly increased, in the current individual armed equipment, in the past may be ten people to support a soldier, but with the upgrading of weapons, the cost of weapons has increased significantly, although the training of soldiers has been greatly reduced, but the upgrading of weapons, coupled with the need for logistical supplies, this from the past ten people to support a soldier, may increase to twenty people to support one, because the consumption of ammunition and firearms is too great.

If they were to follow Yuan Shao's way, they might need hundreds of thousands of troops to wipe out the Republican Army, and the logistical supply requirements generated by hundreds of thousands of troops were extremely large.

There is nothing wrong with Yuan Shao's development method, which is based on the traditional way of an agrarian society. But it doesn't fit in with the current situation.

Cao Cao's method is also correct, but the generation of combat effectiveness still needs to be completed by themselves, for example, they also need some special cooperation and training in order to achieve a balance between combat effectiveness and strength. This balance point is difficult to grasp because there are too many factors in between. For example, the command of generals, the improvement of the combat effectiveness of officers and soldiers, training, etc., require too much energy, and Yuan Shao cannot invest so much energy. It seems that only Cao Cao can do this.

But from the perspective of long-term development, it is inevitable that the elite line will go more long-term, because this is a demand, a trend, and Xi Zhi has seen such a trend.

The reason why the battle of Guandu can be won with less can be seen from the method of leading troops by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, Xi Zhi may not see the battle of Guandu, but he can see the difference between the two people, and it is precisely because of this that Xi Zhi can see Cao Cao go further.

Don't look at Yuan Shao's current situation is very good, but in the long run, there will inevitably be big problems in his development, how to say, a person is courageous, what Yuan Shao lacks is such a kind of courage. Xi Zhi saw such a point, so he was extremely disdainful of Yuan Shao. However, Cao Cao was still very worried about the current situation.