Forcibly suppressing the restlessness in his heart, Xu Chu invited Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to the center of the tent and said to them: "The second monarch is brave and good at fighting, raising the prestige of our army, and today I am awarding the second monarch the post of military marquis as a reward." ”

Zhang Fei did not hesitate and agreed. Guan Yu thought about it for a while, and also accepted Xu Chu's promotion.

Xu Chu nodded with satisfaction, he knew that Liu Bei and the other four people had always regarded themselves as 'guests' when they came to his army, and there was neither submission in the real sense nor symbolic allegiance. Therefore, for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei happily accepted their appointments, Xu Chu still talked about comfort. However, Xu Chu also knows that the position of Qu Junhou is also the limit that Guan and Zhang can accept at present, the military marquis above is Sima, and Liu Bei is just a individual Sima, how can the two of them be willing to let their military position be higher than that of their eldest brother Liu Bei?

After arranging Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Xu Chu called Li Cheng close to him and relayed what Guo Jia meant to him to Li Quan.

Li Cheng also agreed without thinking.

When he was near Liang County, Li Cheng was cut in the waist by the latter's spear when he fought against Li Meng, and the wound was not deep, and it did not hurt his muscles and bones, but it also made him hurt for several days. Even though Li Quan was an iron-clad man, after a few days of recovery, his injuries were better, but then he led the cavalry with Zhang Fei to fight against Hao Meng and Cao Xing, but the wounds that had been healed were cracked again. In addition to the injury did not allow Li Cheng to continue fighting, there was another reason: Li Cheng first followed Le Jin as the vanguard, and then followed Xu Chu as a favorite, he had already fought two big battles, and Le Jin, who was a friend before the military discussion, mentioned to him, among the generals, he didn't come too early, he should understand the truth of too much, and it was time to take the initiative to give the opportunity to others.

Seeing that Li Cheng knew how to advance and retreat so well, Xu Chu secretly appreciated it, and ordered Gan Ning and Wang Yan, two generals, the two of them were overjoyed, and after receiving the order, they went to the cavalry camp with Li Cheng to take over the cavalry.

After the generals retreated, only Guo Jia, Xi Zhong, Xin Bi, and Yao Sheng were left in the tent.

Xu Chu glanced at them, knowing that the four strategists had discussed it and had something to say to himself.

Xin Bi took two steps forward, bowed to Xu Chu, and said, "Prince, the discussion of Dong has been carried out so far, and some things should be planned as soon as possible. ”

Xu Chu asked, "What did George say?" ”

Xin Bi glanced at Xu Chu with a smile and said, "The prince is knowingly asking." So he told his thoughts.

Xin Bi said: The situation has become very clear that the coalition forces will certainly not be able to break through the passes around Luoyang due to various reasons on both sides of the enemy, and the same is true for Dong Zhuo.

Although Dong Zhuo has tens of thousands of soldiers, he has no way to send troops to all parts of the Central Plains and pocket the entire world.

Simbi thinks there are two reasons for this.

First of all, Dong Zhuo is a martial artist, even if there are some 'poor ethics' scholars attached to him, he is still in a state of isolation politically, and the reason why he can control the government is all due to those arrogant generals under his hands. Once his army entered the states of the Central Plains, it was tantamount to forcing all those who had a wait-and-see attitude to the side of the coalition forces, and Dong Zhuo, who had almost no foundation in the Central Plains, could not occupy the states of the Central Plains at present.

Secondly, Dong Zhuo's sphere of influence is actually not large, and the east can extend to Hanoi, Henan Yin and other places at most, and then it is the sphere of influence of Dong Zhuxiong, who is at war with him; And to the west, when he arrived at the border of Liangzhou, Dong Zhuo had no way to hold the entire Liangzhou in his hands, there were still rebels of Han Sui, Ma Teng and others, Dong Zhuo was actually suffering from the enemy on his back, and he was worried on both sides.

With these two reasons, even if Xin Bidang asserts that the matter of begging Dong is ultimately a winless and undefeated situation.

Xu Chu vaguely guessed what Xin Bi wanted to say, and suggested that Xu Chu start to analyze the world pattern after the end of the discussion, so as to customize a feasible plan.

Sure enough, after Xin Bi finished his analysis, he said: "Dong thief gave up Luoyang and moved the capital to Chang'an, lengthening the front of the coalition army and shrinking his own defensive line, making it even more difficult for us to attack it. Therefore, the chaos of the heroes has risen, and the prince has been famous all over the world at this time, and there is no need to continue to wave the army eastward. ”

Xin Bi said that 'the prince has become famous all over the world', Guo Jia, Xi Zhong, and Yao Sheng all agree very much.

To be precise, it should be Cao Cao, Xu Chu, and Sun Jian, who have now become the biggest beneficiaries of the princes' discussion of Dong. This is not surprising, most of the people in the Dong coalition army chose to wait and see, and chose to stand still, although this move preserves their strength and allows them to take advantage of some advantages in the follow-up 'mutual attack', but they can lose more hearts and reputations.

Xu Chu was particularly touched by this, how did Cao Cao rise in history? Part of the reason is that Cao Cao's own ability and vision are very outstanding, but more importantly, Cao Cao made himself stand out from the crowd by courting Dong, and clearly distinguished himself from those who were short-sighted. So later, Xun Yu came, Guo Jia came, and gradually, Cheng Yu, Xun You, Liu Ye, Zao Yi and other talents came, and Cao Cao had the capital to compete for the world.

Yao Sheng also said: "What Xin Jun said is very true, and the prince should make a plan as soon as possible. ”

Things have developed to this point, that is, Yao Sheng, or Zhou Yi and other scholars who are more loyal to the Han Dynasty in the Xu Chu camp in Lujiang, know that the decline of the Han family is irreversible. In today's world, from the state pastor, the assassin history, and the county guard, to the small heroes and giants in various places, all of them support the army and respect themselves, as for the will of the imperial court, who can take care of it?

The hearts of the people are moved, and the princes rise together. Regardless of the purpose, if you want to be with these people for a long time, you have to lay out your own plan early.

However, it is precisely because Xu Chu is a traverser and has a very deep understanding of this matter, so he is not willing to follow the advice of Xin Bi and Yao Sheng to return to the teacher immediately. Dong Zhuo's fire in Luoyang has not been put out yet, how can he watch Sun Jian and Cao Cao enjoy the immortal achievement of 'recovering Luoyang'.

That's Luoyang.

Xu Chu said: "What you said is very reasonable, but if Luoyang does not give up for a day, I will not return to the teacher for a day." ”

"Even so, the plan after the recovery of Luoyang, the prince should also think about it, right?" Simbi twisted his beard and said.

Xu Chu looked at Guo Jia and Xi Zhong, wanting to hear the opinions of these two henchmen.

Guo Jia and Xi Zhong had already prepared dry goods in their stomachs, and when they saw Xu Chu's eyes, Guo Jia said: "Dare to ask the lord if you know why Sun Jian is attached to Yuan Shu?" ”