Cao Ren didn't expect Jia Kui to come up with such an idea, he felt that such an idea would fall into his mouth, "Mr. Jia, in this case, even if he can take Xu Shu for his own use, I'm afraid he may not be willing to do his best, right?" If you detain her mother and use her son, the people of the world will inevitably criticize her. ”

Things have come to such a point, Jia Kui didn't expect Cao Ren to have so many scruples, he sighed and said: "The general only needs to ask Xu Mu to summon Xu Shu to Xiangyang, don't snub the old lady, so that when Xu Shu comes, Xu Mu will inevitably praise the virtue of the general, Xu Shu may not be able to do his best, the general can try." Otherwise, how can the world's talents stay around? I hope the general will not hesitate, it will change later! ”

Although Xu Shu's matter has been decided, Cao Ren actually didn't put too much hope on Xu Shu, his most important task now is still defense, Zhang Liao's defeat, the loss of troops and generals, but also let the morale decrease, Cao Ren now ordered everyone must stick to it, and anyone who dares to ask for military justice for the war.

East County, Hakuba County.

After Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to capture Baima, he followed Yuan Shao's order to camp in Baima and wait and see the situation. Until one day Xu Shu appeared on the white horse and took the initiative to vote for Liu Bei. And after Liu Bei and Xu Shu talked for a while, they found that Xu Shu's intelligence was really above ordinary people, and he really liked it.

"The general is a relative of the Han family, and it is incumbent on him to support the Han family. Now that Cao Cao is in power, all the princes of the world can afford to fight against him, in order to save the Son of Heaven from fire and water. Now that the general has a large army in hand, why not take the opportunity to march, capture Xudu, personally supervise the country, spread the word to the world, who dares to disobey the princes, and then wave the army to fight for it with the order of the Son of Heaven, so that the Han family can prosper! ”

After Xu Shu finished speaking, he looked at Liu Bei thoughtfully, Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, first nodded, then shook his head, and said with a long sigh: "Yuan Zhi doesn't know, I have always taken the revival of the Han Dynasty as my own responsibility, I heard that Cao Cao bullied the Son of Heaven, and I was worried all the time, and often sighed, I was dignified in the Han family, and it was reduced to such a point, how can it not make people's hearts ache!" However, now Bei is also under the fence, and the soldiers and horses are also owned by Yuan Shao. Don't dare to do this great injustice! ”

Xu Shu stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "The general is majestic, he will be the overlord of one party one day, why do you want to send people under the fence?" The husband is a hero, when the wind and clouds meet, swallowing the world, it is the great husband's doing! Now although the general is a subordinate of Yuan Shao, as long as he can capture Xu Du and welcome back the Son of Heaven, the credit will definitely be greater than the sky! At that time, the Son of Heaven will inevitably reward meritorious deeds, and at that time, there was an order from the Son of Heaven, what could Yuan Shaoyan do to help the general? ”

Liu Bei nodded, Xu Shu's words were exactly what he thought, but at least for now, he still thought that he was fledgling and did not dare to act without permission.

"Or does the general have other higher ambitions?"

Xu Shu said and played, staring at Liu Bei meaningfully, which made Liu Bei's face change greatly, "How can Yuan Zhi say such a thing!" If the son is still alive today, I should be a pawn in front of the Han family! ”

"Hahaha, General, the Son of Heaven is still here, but the Han family has long existed in name only. Now that the princes are attacking, Xu Du is in danger, and maybe one day he will be poisoned by the rebellious ministers and thieves. At that time, the general will raise troops in the name of revenge of the Son of Heaven, and the general is a nobleman of the Han family. In this way, it is the beginning of hegemony! ”

Liu Bei laughed, bowed to Xu Shu and said: "I never thought that I Liu Bei had been wandering all my life, with brothers who intersected with life and death, and a wife who shared weal and benement, but only Yuan Zhi knew the best to prepare his mind, and it was Liu Bei's luck to meet Mr. today!" ”

Hearing Liu Bei's admission, Xu Shu was also a little surprised, and then bowed down and bowed back, "If this is the case, then Xu Shu is willing to serve the general's great cause!" Xu Shu meets the lord! ”

At this moment, a voice came from the inner room: "Congratulations to the lord for having another master to help!" ”

After hearing this, Xu Shu's face changed, and he hurriedly said: "The matter is leaked, the lord quickly kills this person to prevent future troubles!" ”

At this time, I saw a middle-aged man in a black cloth dress walking out of it, Liu Bei laughed, pointed at the man and said: "Yuan Zhi, don't be nervous, this person is also a henchman, and what he planned before is all his credit!" ”

The man smiled, walked up to Liu Bei, bowed to Xu Shu, and then said, "Yuan Zhi, is there anyone else in the family?" ”

"There is still an old mother in the house of Changshe."

Xu Shu was puzzled, but he still answered, the man frowned, suddenly turned around, and said to Liu Bei: "Lord, Changshe County is near Xuchang, since Yuanzhi's mother is still at home." If he wields a sword in the future, he will inevitably become the enemy's handle; Please send someone to take Xu's mother to Jizhou and settle down. ”

When Xu Shu heard this, his face changed, he had never considered this kind of thing before, and after this person said it, he realized that if this kind of thing really happened, he would not be able to deal with it at all.

Xu Shu immediately wrote a letter and handed it to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei sent someone to take Xu Shu's letter and immediately rushed to Changshe County. After these things were done, Xu Shu settled down, and then said to Liu Bei: "The lord is now fledgling, so he should secretly develop his strength; Now that Wu Ming and Cao Cao are in a stalemate, Yuan Shao doesn't plan to do it immediately, why not take advantage of Cao Cao's lack of time to take care of Dongjun, ask Yuan Shao to take Puyang first, and then take other cities in Dongjun as the foundation, and then order someone to secretly recruit generals in order to use him as an army? ”

Xu Shu's suggestion was adopted by Liu Bei again, and Liu Bei asked Guan Yu to take Xu Shu together, divide the army of 5,000, raid Puyang, rest for a few days, and then continue to attack other counties. Yuan Shao didn't care about Liu Bei, as long as he didn't destroy his general direction, it would be beneficial and harmless for Yuan Shao to take more territory now.

Liu Bei's actions, although Yuan Shao had no opinion, but the strategists around Yuan Shao, there were still people who vaguely felt that Liu Bei should be restricted, so Xin commented on Guo Tu and the two came to see Yuan Shao together.

"The lord ordered Liu Bei to lead the troops outside, and now let him capture Dongjun, plains and other places, Liu Bei is a hero, I want to have great ambitions, if this continues, there will be dissent for a long time, I am afraid that it will no longer be available to the lord at that time."

After Xin Ping finished speaking, he waited for Yuan Shao's answer with some anxiety, after all, the frustration and trial were all due to such a thing, whether they would be locked up or killed, and they didn't know if they would be punished by Yuan Shao again.

"Both gentlemen have such an opinion? Haha, I think you're looking away this time. Although Liu Bei is a hero, he is now accepting concubines, he just accepted Zhang Lihua before, and not long ago I heard that Zhou Zhen's daughter Zhou Xianjing was accepted, so a person who likes beauty, how can he have any ambitions? ”