Xu Shu's calculation was originally like what Lu Bu said.

He originally planned to get the scouts in his hands first, and then further strengthen them, and finally form a huge system, not only to probe the external enemy, but also to find out who is not of the same heart and mind as Lu Bu internally, or secretly colluded with external enemies, intending to plot against Lu Bu.

But before he could say his calculations, Lu Bu had already spoken it out for him, and made it clear that doing so was a double-edged sword, which could hurt the enemy as well as himself.

"As long as you are restrained, you won't hurt your own people." In response to Lu Bu's questioning, Xu Shu said: "Chu Hou should also know how important it is for us to be able to control all information in a timely manner. ”

"How are you going to do that?" Lu Bu asked, "Who will supervise it?" ”

"Chu Hou personally supervised, and then arranged some people to specialize in interrogating scouts." Xu Shu said: "In this way, the role that scouts can play is only to find out the information for Chu Hou and distinguish whether there is an eyeliner planted by the enemy around him." ”

"As I said, you don't just want to find out information." Lu Bu said: "You also hope that every scout under your command can fly off the wall, and if necessary, you can directly take people's lives without going through other official offices." ”

"Chu Hou is wise." Xu Shu replied: "If you can do this, Chu Hou has a strong army on the surface, and secretly has such a scout, dominating the world, where is there any opponent?" ”

Lu Bu pinched his chin and thought for a moment, and asked Xu Shu, "What name does Yuan Zhi plan to give this team?" ”

"If the Marquis of Chu is willing to be established, please also ask the Marquis of Chu to give him a name." Xu Shu stood up and bowed to Lu Bu.

"Such a group of men and horses can only act in secret." Lu Bu said: "It's better to say, they are good at hiding their whereabouts, and if they don't say it well, they just can't see the light." ”

Standing up and walking back and forth in the tent a few times, Lu Bu read: "The sky and autumn moon are full again, and the city is full of nights. It's better to call them a thousand heavy battalions. ”

"Thousand Heavy Battalions." Xu Shu listened to the number given by Lu Bu, and was immediately overjoyed: "The name of Chu Hou is really in the same sentence, and this name also has the meaning of being mysterious." ”

"Since Yuanzhi wants to set up such a team, let's start to do it." Lu Bu said: "It's just that when you crusade against Cao Cao, I'm afraid you don't have enough time and energy to do it." It is better to wait until the capital is broken and the army returns to Pengcheng, and then select the manpower well. ”

"That's what Chu Hou said." Xu Shu replied: "I'm just proposing at this time, and on the way to crusade against Cao Cao, of course, it is not suitable for preparation." Even if it is built, it will not be able to operate. ”

Lu Bu nodded, and then he asked Xu Shu, "In addition to these, what else have you discovered?" ”

"There are also some things that are not too detailed." Xu Shu replied: "I was about to investigate and understand, but Chu Hou ordered me to come back first, so I had to give up. ”

"Find out what's going on, Yuan Zhi might as well tell me directly." : Lu Bu motioned for him to continue.

Xu Shu replied: "From the news from the city of Xudu, Cao Cao plans to let people guard the palace. If our army fails to defeat Xu Du, it will be fine, if Xu Du is broken by our army, he will have people kill His Majesty. ”

Lu Bu really didn't expect that Xu Shu would even find out these things.

He was stunned and asked, "Where did Yuan Zhi get the news?" ”

"The news is all from Xu Du, because Cao Cao is tightly covered, I can't finally confirm it, so I didn't dare to report it to Chu Hou." Xu Shu first responded to Lu Bu, and then said: "If this matter is true, Chu Hou really has to be on guard." ”

"If it is true, it is indeed necessary to find ways to protect His Majesty." Lu Bu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked Xu Shu, "How much do you think this matter is true?" ”

"I think it's at least 90 percent." Xu Shu replied: "The Marquis of Chu should understand that Cao Cao has won His Majesty, and relying on His Majesty's name, he has gained much from it. If His Majesty falls into the hands of the Marquis of Chu, Cao Cao's advantage will be gone, and it will be the Marquis of Chu who will give orders to the world from now on. Judging from Cao Cao's temperament, he will definitely not allow such a thing to happen, once the city of Xu Du is broken, Cao Cao is very likely to kill His Majesty. ”

"Yuan Zhi sent someone to probe again." Lu Bu instructed: "We must find out the situation and find out whether Cao Cao has such a plan." ”

"I understand Chu Hou's intentions, but at the moment, there is no way to send people over to investigate." Xu Shu replied: "Cao Cao's precautions against Xu Du were not very strict earlier, and we can still find out some useful information from it. Now Cao Cao has made arrangements in Xudu, just waiting for a decisive battle with the Marquis of Chu. He will cover all the information tightly, even if it takes several times more thought than before, he may not be able to find out the information we need. ”

"Is it okay to just leave it alone?" Lu Bu asked Xu Shu.

"Of course not." Xu Shu replied: "Since we know that there is such a possibility, Chu Hou should arrange for people to prepare early. Once the city of Xu Capital is broken, it will immediately be protected by His Majesty. ”

"When the city of Xu Capital is broken, it will be too late." Lu Bu's face was very bad and said: "I also plan to order the paratroopers to parachute into the city, open the city gate and enlarge the army into the city." Now it seems that this plan is going to be pressed back. ”

"What does Chu Hou mean ......" Already understanding Lu Bu's plan, Xu Shu still wanted to confirm and asked.

"I mean wait until the time to attack Xudu, let the paratroopers enter the city to seize the palace to protect Your Majesty." Lu Bu said: "The paratroopers are led by Taishi Ziyi, I am not worried about their combat strength, the only thing I am worried about is that the army outside the city will not be able to break through the city for too long. If that is the case, not only will Your Majesty be in danger, but even the paratroopers we have put into the city will not be able to come back alive. ”

"I think it's going to have to be planned." Xu Shu said: "If Your Majesty is really killed by Cao Cao, Chu Hou's crusade against Cao Cao this time will lose most of its meaning." ”

Lu Bu nodded silently, and his face became a lot more solemn.

After a few moments, he shouted out of the tent: "Bo Fu! ”

Sun Ce walked in.

"Go and find Zhou Gongjin, Lu Zijing and others." Lu Bu said: "Tell them, just say that I have something important to discuss with them, and ask them to come over as soon as possible." ”

Sun Ce took the order to leave, and Xu Shu said to Lu Bu: "If the Marquis of Chu has no other instructions, I will retire first." ”

"Yuan Nao also stayed." Lu Bu said: "Discussing how to deal with Cao Cao's deployment, how can you be missing?" ”

Lu Bu asked him to stay, and Xu Shu answered, sitting in the tent and waiting.

It didn't take long for Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Zhang Zhao and others, but most of the scribes to come to Lu Bu's tent.

Due to the large number of people, there were not so many people sitting in the tent, so Lü Bu asked Sun Ce to arrange for people to guard nearby, while he discussed military affairs with everyone outside the tent.

Inviting everyone to sit down, Lu Bu said to them: "Yuan Zhi has brought back a lot of news, and I think a lot of it is very useful, so I will invite you all here and discuss what to do next." ”

Everyone's eyes stayed on Lu Bu's face, waiting for him to continue.

The first thing Lu Bu said was the news that Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang and Wen Chou to lead 100,000 troops to march to Xudu.

After announcing the news, he asked the crowd, "Do you think Yuan Benchu did this with the intention of rushing to help us, or did he have other purposes?" ”

"Yuan Benchu actually sent troops to Xudu." Zhou Yu shook his head with a smile: "I don't think he wants to break through Xu Du with Chu Hou, but wants to station troops around Xu Du, wait until Chu Hou and Cao Cao are defeated, and then march into the city to get the benefits he wants." ”

"In Xudu City, what is Yuan Benchu wanting?" It had been determined with Xu Shu that what Yuan Shao wanted was Liu Xie, and Lu Bu still asked everyone.

Zhang Zhao got up and said, "Chu Hou, I feel that what Yuan Benchu wants should be His Majesty today. ”

"Your Majesty today?" Lu Bu said: "Yuan Benchu, who I picked up, didn't have a good impression of His Majesty today, why did he spend his efforts to get someone he didn't like to go to Hebei?" ”

"Earlier, Yuan Benchu really didn't have a good impression of His Majesty today." Zhang Zhao replied: "He even wants to replace His Majesty with Liu Yu. Cao Cao welcomed His Majesty to Xudu, and how much benefit he has gained from it in the past few years, Yuan Benchu saw everything in his eyes. Cao Cao got so many benefits, how could he not feel hot in his eyes? Garrisoning troops near Xudu, under the pretext of rushing to help Chu Hou, but his real intentions are clear to a discerning person at a glance. ”

"Since Yuan Benchu has such thoughts, how do you think you should deal with it?" Lu Bu asked everyone again.

"Snatched people before him." Zhou Yu said: "When he asked for it, he only said that His Majesty had an accident in the palace, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and he couldn't find it later." ”

Before Zhou Yu's proposal came out, Lu Su said: "I feel that Gong Jin is so calculating, I'm afraid there will be something wrong." ”

"Son, please speak." Lu Bu motioned for Lu Su to continue.

"Our army entered Xudu and rescued His Majesty, there was no too fierce fighting in the palace, and the excuses that Gongjin found couldn't convince Yuan Shao." Lu Su said: "If you want to convince Gongjin's statement, the only way is to have a fight in the palace. ”

"In fact, Cao Cao has already thought of this for us." Lu Bu said: "Another piece of news brought back by Yuan Zhi, Cao Cao plans to arrange some soldiers and horses in the palace, once our army breaks through Xudu, the Cao army arranged in the palace will kill His Majesty." Cao Cao planned that she wouldn't take it away, and wouldn't let me get it. ”

This news is undoubtedly an extremely shocking message for everyone.

Everyone looked at each other with stunned faces, and no one, including Zhou Yu, believed that this would be true.

"If Cao Cao does this, won't he give the whole world a reason to crusade against him?" Zhou Yu said in disbelief: "Killing Your Majesty today is a great crime of rebellion. ”

"Your Majesty is just a puppet to Cao Cao today." Lu Bu said: "Cao Cao dared to do this, but he also believed that if we broke through Xu Du, the soldiers would rush to the palace to rescue His Majesty." At that time, he will be able to declare to the world that His Majesty was murdered by our soldiers when the two armies were fighting. ”

"Cao Cao's traitor, he actually dares to plot against His Majesty." Lu Su said: "Chu Hou can't give him a chance to succeed. ”

"I have a plan, I don't know what you think." Lu Bu said to everyone: "I plan to attack Xudu for a few days, and when the city is about to be breached, I will send paratroopers into the city, first destroy the Cao army in the palace, and then stick to the palace to protect Your Majesty." ”

Lu Bu proposed such a plan, but everyone did not express their position, but they were discussing something in a whisper.

Looking around at the crowd, Lu Bu did not urge them.

After a while, Zhou Yu said: "Although there is nothing wrong with Chu Hou's arrangement, there is still a lot of risk. ”

"Gong Jin, please continue." Lu Bu motioned for him to continue.

Zhou Yu continued: "Although we waited until the city was about to be breached before sending paratroopers into it, we were not sure how long it would take to break through the city. Once it was delayed for a long time, the Cao army in the city launched a fierce attack on the palace, and it was afraid that it would not last long with paratroopers alone. ”

"What Gong Jin said is exactly what I'm worried about." Lu Bu first responded to Zhou Yu, and then he asked the crowd: "Who has a way to send people into the city without letting them be annihilated by Cao's army before the city is broken?" ”

Lübuti's problem is obviously an unsolvable problem for everyone.

There was silence.

Smiling slightly, Lu Bu said, "It seems that there is only one way." ”

"Dare to ask Chu Hou, what is the way?" Zhou Yu asked.

"I personally went into the city with the paratroopers." Lu Bu said: "As long as I am here, those soldiers and horses under Cao Cao will not be able to do anything to us." ”

"Don't." Lu Bu proposed to enter the city in person, everyone was in an uproar, and Zhou Yu hurriedly said: "Earlier, Chu Hou killed the enemy army with the strength of one person, that is, the soldiers of our army are nearby, once there is a mistake, the soldiers can step forward to respond." If the Marquis of Chu entered Xudu, in case he was surrounded by Cao's army, even if the Marquis of Chu was as brave as a god, it would be impossible to resist so many enemy troops. ”

"For the sake of Your Majesty, I can only take a risk." Lu Bu said: "You don't need to say more, before I can't think of a better way, this is the only strategy I can think of." ”

"There is still a long way to go from Xudu at the moment, and it will take some days for the army to attack the city." Zhang Zhao persuaded: "Chu Hou still don't think about these things first, maybe when we get to the outside of Xudu City, we will think of a way." ”

"There are so many people, and none of them can think of a way to protect His Majesty." Lu Bu shook his head as if he was disappointed and said, "It seems that how to fight with Cao Jun outside the city of Xudu, I don't have to expect you to be able to make a plan." ”

Lu Bu's last sentence obviously stimulated everyone.

Zhou Yu said: "Chu Hou doesn't dare to say that, as long as I find out how the Cao army is deployed, and no one else is needed, I can come up with a way to break the enemy!" ”

(End of chapter)