"Go back and tell your father, it's not that the big man has no one to fight except him. I handed it over to him, so don't give me half-heartedness at this time. Liu Xie was furious, roaring at Zhang Hu and Xu Gai, who were kneeling in front of him and didn't dare to raise their heads.

Yuan Xi sent troops to attack Yan, Bing, and Qing Prefectures in the name of the Qing Jun's side, and as soon as the news reached the grassland, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and others, who were confronting the Han Mountain, immediately had differences of opinion. Lu Bu, Gao Shun, Zhang Xiu, Cao Xing and others advocated a quick victory, and did not wait for Ma Chao and Pang De to lead the army to converge and directly start a decisive battle with the Qianren, even if the losses were heavy, they should end this grassland battle as soon as possible.

But as the commanders of the first army, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang disagreed, as the commanders of the first army, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang had a more long-term vision than Lu Bu, Gao Shun and others. And with their understanding of today's son, changing the original plan in order to return to the army at this time may not necessarily be rewarded by the Son of Heaven afterwards. Since the Son of Heaven did not send someone to recall the army, it means that the imperial court still has the strength to deal with Yuan Xi's attack at this time.

However, in order to persuade Lu Bu and others, Zhang Liao sent his son Zhang Hu back to the Central Plains and presented the intention to return to the army to the son of heaven Liu Xie. In the face of the angry Liu Xie, Zhang Hu did not dare to have the slightest excuse, bowed his head and was trained, and when Liu Xie's anger was almost over, Jia Xu, who was traveling with the army, opened his mouth to persuade: "Shengshang, I am afraid that the idea of returning to the army is not what Zhang Liao and Xu Huang wanted, and it may also be done to appease the hearts of the generals in the army." ”

"Huh? …… Is that so? Liu Xie was stunned when he heard this, then reacted and asked Zhang Hudao.

Zhang Hu didn't dare to hide it, and hurriedly said: "Back to the Shengshang, since I learned that Hebei sent troops, there are indeed people in the army who propose to end the battle with the Qianren as soon as possible and return to the court." My father and Uncle Xu thought that the imperial court would not send people to recall them, and that it must be because the imperial court still had the strength to spare, and it would not affect the army's plans against the Qianren, so they rejected the opinions of the generals. But in order to avoid any dissatisfaction, I ordered the two of us to come. ”

“…… Then didn't you say it earlier, how worthwhile it was to be scolded like this? Get up and speak. ”

"The last will obey." Zhang Hu got up when he heard this.

Liu Xie looked at the young man in front of him, thought for a while, and asked, "Who are the people who propose to end the battle with the Qianren as soon as possible?" ”

"Uh...... There are General Lu, General Gao, General Zhang, and General Cao...... "Zhang Hu didn't dare to hide it, so he told Liu Xie all the people he knew. Liu Xie's brows furrowed slightly after hearing this, no wonder Zhang Liao would send his son to find him, except for the two of them, almost everyone thought that they should fight a decisive battle in advance and then return to their division.

"Zhang Hu, come forward." Liu Xie pondered for a moment and said to Zhang Hu.

When Zhang Hu heard this, he stepped forward and saw Liu Xie take off the sword, handed it to Zhang Hu and said, "Give this sword to your father, and I will write a letter to you and bring it back later." Tell your father that he will control the generals in a battle with the Karma, and by this sword he will be able to cut down first and then play, and then he will be able to decide everything that is related to the war of the Karma, and he will not have to worry about it. ”

"The last general will thank the saint for his trust on behalf of my father, and my father and son are willing to smear the liver and brain of the saint." Zhang Hu took the sword of the Son of Heaven with some excitement and said loudly.

"Okay, I believe that your father and son are both loyal and courageous, tell your father, Hebei Yuan Xi is just a clown who jumps off the beam, but he can't help the court, even if he adds Liu Bei and Sun Quan, he is also not the opponent of the court, let him fight a good battle with the Qianren, and he doesn't need to worry about other things."

"Yes, the last general will definitely bring the word of the Holy One. If there is no other order from the Holy Lord, the last general will set off for Danhan Mountain. Zhang Hu replied loudly.

"Well, the military situation is urgent, you should work hard, and you will leave after I finish writing the letter."

"Yes, the last general will retire."

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A successful leader does not need to be perfect, as long as he knows how to use people well, then he is a qualified leader. Liu Xie can trust Zhang Liao's character, and now that the imperial court is getting stronger and stronger, Zhang Liao can't be half-hearted, no matter what aspect he considers.

Liu Xie gave Zhang Liao the greatest support, and the four-way army invaded the grassland, not under each other, but only cooperated, but Liu Xie gave Zhang Liao the power to control the armies at this time, which means that the commander of the imperial court to conquer the people was decided, and with Liu Xie's backing support, Zhang Liao could be more upright when giving orders.

The Han army built by Liu Xie has always required strict discipline and prohibitions, and you can oppose the orders of the Shangguan, but you must be meticulous in their execution. As long as Zhang Liao did not agree to return to the army, Lu Bu, Gao Shun and others could only stay in Danhan Mountain honestly and wait for the best time to appear, and not a single soldier could easily move. Otherwise, he was beheaded by Zhang Liao, and he would die in vain.

Zhang Hu hurried back to Danghan Mountain with the sword of the Son of Heaven and the letter written by himself, while Liu Xie and Jia Xu continued to discuss the strategy of breaking Yuan.

At present, Liu Xie's troops are still a little tight, and 400,000 people are invested in the grassland, almost emptying the available soldiers of the imperial court, and the soldiers and horses of Liu Bei and Sun Quan can not be moved lightly, Liu Xie's soldiers and horses at hand are in addition to tens of thousands of Tianzi's own army, and the rest are mostly county soldiers temporarily recruited from various counties, although these people usually participate in military training, but after all, they are not as good as the regular army of the imperial court, so in the face of the 300,000 Hebei army under Yuan Xi, Liu Xie still adopted a defense-based response strategy.

In terms of strategizing ministers and generals, in addition to Jia Xu, an old minister, Liu Xie's side is mostly young, and first-class masterminds like Xu Shu, Pang Tong, Fa Zheng, and Guo Jia were all assigned by Liu Xie to the four generals who entered the grassland, and Liu Xie was only left with Guan Ping, Cao Zhang, Cao Chong, Deng Ai and others.

Fortunately, Yuan Xi, who confronted Liu Xi, is now also short of talents, Wen has Tian Feng and Chen Gong, Wu has Gao Lan and Zhu Ling, and the rest are not to worry. The two sides fought several times, and each other won and lost, but compared with Yuan Xi, Liu Xie was more calm. It's not that he has no soldiers available, it's just that he has a "bad turnover" for a while, as long as the battle of the grassland is over, it will be the end of Yuan Xi. The 400,000 Han troops would enter Hebei from the grassland and directly copy Yuan Xi's lair.

And Yuan Xi is not good, he is now riding a tiger is difficult, there is no way to retreat, only to advance, only to defeat Liu Xie before the grassland Han army returns, there is a possibility of fighting for a glimmer of life for Hebei. But the problem is that it is not easy to defeat Liu Xie, don't look at the fact that there are no famous generals under Liu Xie's command now, but one Cao Zhang is enough to withstand Gao Lan, one of the three major generals under his command, and Guan Ping, Zhang Yan, Li Tong and others under Liu Xie's command are also fierce generals on the battlefield, relying on these people is enough to offset the numerical advantage of Yuan Jun.

To coincide, to win. Yuan Xi wanted to defeat the court led by Liu Xie in the shortest possible time, but he had to make a trick, but where was the trick so easy to implement. Jia Xu beside Liu Xie is resourceful, and Liu Xie himself is not a reckless person, in the face of Yuan Xi's deliberately exposed flaws, Liu Xie turned a blind eye, but the longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it is for Hebei.

Unable to break the current deadlock on his own, Yuan Xi hit the idea on the "allies" Sun Quan and Liu Bei. It's easy to fish in muddy water, but the water is a little too clear at the moment, and it's not easy to fish, so Yuan Xi hopes that he can move Sun Quan and Liu Bei to muddy the water in this pool, so that he can make profits from the chaos.

Because of the natural enemy of the imperial court, Hebei, Jiangdong, and Jingnan have become natural allies, but the three are not of the same mind, and they all have their own plans. Whether it is Sun Quan or Liu Bei, they will not be the unjust ones who make wedding dresses for others.

They are all unprofitable lords who can't afford to be early!

Long before Hebei sent troops to confront the imperial court, Sun Quan and Liu Bei tacitly stopped the competition for Nanhai County, saying that it was to prevent the imperial court from taking advantage of the fishermen, but in fact, both families were waiting for Yuan Xi to send someone to give them the price of sending troops. It's just that Yuan Xi is a little ignorant, and he doesn't know how to contact them until he sends troops. Now Yuan Xi has sent someone to contact and discuss the matter of sending troops, but he finally waited for the opportunity to slaughter Hebei, how could Sun Quan and Liu Bei let it go easily.

Sun Quan, who seized Jiangdong, and Liu Bei, who seized Jingnan, both knew where their shortcomings were, and Yuan Xi occupied Hebei, and he had the war horse resources that could make Jiangdong and Jingnan strong. Before Cao Cao returned to the imperial court, Jiangdong or Jingnan still had some ways to get war horses, but as the imperial court cut off the connection between the north and the south, especially after Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were ordered to establish the first navy of the imperial court, Jiangdong and Jingnan had no other way but to obtain some war horses through smuggling. The imperial court sells horses, but most of the horses sold are horses, and it is still good to pull goods and people, but it is not qualified to use them as war horses.

Sun Quan and Liu Bei really wanted to form a cavalry to fight against the southward movement of the imperial court in the future, but the knights were easy to find, and the war horses were difficult to find, so with thousands of cavalry, how to confront the tens of thousands of cavalry in the imperial court, what is the difference between giving people heads? So when Yuan Xi's envoy Xin Ping came to Jiangdong to ask Sun Quan to fulfill the "covenant", Sun Quan had only one request, a war horse.

Xin Ping knew very well that the combat power of a cavalry was far higher than that of an infantryman, and Sun Quan was really a lion with his mouth wide open, and his opening was 20,000, although it was given after the war, but this was too much. Although there is no shortage of horses in Hebei at present, it is true that 20,000 horses can be taken out in one go after the war, but this war horse is not blown by the wind, how can it be defeated like that.

Bargaining became the main thing Xin Ping was doing for the next period of time, 20,000 is impossible, at most 5,000, and one more horse is not possible. Sun Quan saw that Xin Ping's mouth was bitten to death, but he didn't want to compromise, now Yuan Xi was asking him, how could he let go of this opportunity to slaughter, and Jiangdong and Hebei only came together because they had a common enemy, once the imperial court did not pose a threat to Jiangdong one day in the future, then Jiangdong and Hebei would turn from allies to enemies, and at that time, let alone get a large number of war horses from Hebei.

Things were at a stalemate, Xin Ping refused to let go, and bit the price to death, and Sun Quan had no fear, so he fought patience with Xin Ping, and the two sides spent it like this, to see who could consume whom.

And Xin Bi, who also served as an envoy to Jingnan to meet Liu Bei, was in a much better situation at this time than Xin Ping. Liu Bei is better at talking than Sun Quan, and he is not so greedy, probably under the guidance of Zhuge Liang, he agreed to Xin Bi's request to fulfill the covenant, and on the issue of asking for war horses as a condition for sending troops, Liu Bei told Xin Bi that Hebei should give himself as much as he gave to Jiangdong. In this way, the negotiation between Xin Ping and Sun Quan became the key to when Jiangdong and Jingnan would send troops.

After receiving the letter sent by Xin Bi, Xin Ping couldn't help but scold Liu Da'er for his treachery in his heart, but now he has a request for help, and it is not the time to settle accounts with Liu Bei, so he has to be patient and continue to deal with Sun Quan. In the end, it was finally negotiated, and Hebei paid 14,000 war horses as the remuneration for Sun Quan and Liu Bei's troops, of course, this will be paid after opening up the passage between Hebei and the south, otherwise even if Yuan Xi is willing to give, Sun Quan and Liu Bei will not find a way to collect.

The three families once again vowed to fight the imperial court to the end, and after Yuan Xi sent troops, Sun Quan and Liu Bei also sent troops one after another, threatening the defense line of Jing and Henan in the imperial court. However, Liu Xie had the foresight to greet Lu Xun, Zhang Ren, Gan Ning, Tai Shici, Sima Yi, Zhao Yun and other major generals of the southern front in advance before sending troops to deal with Yuan Xi, asking them to be more vigilant, but Sun Quan and Liu Bei's troops did not achieve the expected effect. The imperial court has long been prepared, whether it is the Jiangdong Army or the Jingnan Army, when facing the second army of the imperial court, not only did not take the slightest advantage, but suffered a loss.

However, Sun Quan and Liu Bei, who did not suffer much losses, made a big announcement to the outside world, saying that they had suffered heavy losses, and at the same time promised that they would never give up and would reorganize the army to fight again. Thanks to this time, Xin Ping and Xin Bi had already returned to the north one after another, otherwise they would be so angry that they rushed to Sun Quan and Liu Bei, two shameless people, and spat on their faces.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see it! Sun Quan and Liu Bei were both pretending to preserve their strength and sit back and watch Hebei be weakened by the imperial court, and declared that they had suffered heavy losses, so naturally they were unable to launch an offensive against the imperial court, and they could not share the pressure of Yuan Xi, and Yuan Xi could not find anything to blame them.

"I've never seen anyone so shameless!" Yuan Xi scolded in his tent. None of them are stupid, what ideas are Sun Quan and Liu Bei fighting, even if he doesn't think of it, Tian Feng and Chen Gong around him can think of it. It's nothing more than looking forward to the court fighting to the death with him, losing both, and having no energy to trouble them again. The difference is only that Yuan Xi is looking forward to the court fighting with the Qianren, while Sun Quan and Liu Bei are looking forward to the court fighting with Yuan Xi.

With these two teammates in the stall, Yuan Xi is also not lucky, but no matter how much he scolds the street, he is only angry with himself, and the only thing he is glad about is that the promised war horse has not been given yet. As for whether the promise will be fulfilled after the war, grandma! Only fools give!

Knowing that Yuan Xi, who couldn't count on Sun Quan and Liu Bei, he simply no longer had illusions, since his teammates were unreliable, he had to rely on himself. Yuan Xi, who let go of his illusions, personally led the army to battle, and Liu Xie, who learned the news, was not to be outdone, and also went into battle in person, and had a "king against king" with Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi's qualifications are average. Because he is a concubine, his father Yuan Shao did not hire any famous teachers for him to teach and train, so his ability is average, and the only thing that is commendable is that he has a good temper. He can become the lord of Hebei, which boils down to two words: good fate. Because he knew his identity in the Yuan family, Yuan Xi never thought of fighting with his two brothers, even when arguing with others, he gave in everywhere, and this made people feel Yuan Xi's "generosity", and it was precisely because of this tolerance that Tian Feng was willing to assist him.

Compared with Yuan Xi, although Liu Xie is also generous, he is more principled at the same time. It's okay to let things go harmless, but if it's a big deal, then Liu Xie won't give an inch.

Yuan Xi's martial arts can only be regarded as second-rate, and although Liu Xie has been taught by Tong Yuan, Wang Yue and other high-level masters, he has missed the best age to practice martial arts when he is practicing martial arts, and he is busy with "official business", so his martial arts naturally cannot be compared with Zhao Yun and Shi A, who are super first-class masters. Zhao Yun's tall watch is now on the battlefield, while Shi A's master is outside the battlefield. Zhao Yun is a military general, while Shi A is an assassin, and the two cannot be compared.

Liu Xie's martial arts can hang and beat Guo Jia and kick the law, but if it is against Cao Zhang or Guan Ping, who is by Liu Xie's side at this time, then it will be Liu Xie who will be hanged and beaten.

In a word, Liu Xie and Yuan Xi's kung fu level belongs to half a catty, and it is possible for anyone to win or lose, depending on whose luck is better on the day of the test. Therefore, the self-aware Liu Xie did not plan to go into battle to "embarrass people" with Yuan Xi, his purpose of going into battle in person was more to undermine the morale of Yuan Jun.

But obviously, Yuan Xi also knew that he couldn't talk about Liu Xie, so after he saw Liu Xie appear in person, he didn't plan to have any pre-battle dialogue with Liu Xie, and started fighting directly. How else to say something? Let's not mention what to say, just not saluting after meeting is a problem.

Bow down, and commit the following offenses, and the capital offense also. No salutes. If there is no king, it is still a capital crime. Yuan Xi's excuse for sending troops was on the side of the Qing monarch, which means that there are bad people around the Son of Heaven, and we must protect the Son of Heaven and eliminate the bad guys. But this also means that the Son of Heaven is not a faint king, and Yuan Xi, as a courtier, cannot be rude.

Since Dong Zhongshu proposed the Three Principles and Five Constants to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the people of the Han Dynasty regarded this monarch as a "heavenly rule" and did not dare to offend it easily. And Liu Xie appeared in front of the two armies at this time, Yuan Xi said that it was wrong, and it was wrong not to say it, but the consequences of saying it and not saying it were big and small.

The lesser of two evils, Yuan Xi even regretted that he shouldn't have listened to Tian Feng's excuse for sending troops on the side of the Qing monarch, it was better to say that the emperor had no way and wanted to set up a new monarch, which would save a lot of things. As for who to find to be the new monarch, this question is not difficult, Zhang Wang Li Zhao is all over Liu, the old Liu family has been the emperor for more than 400 years, and the relatives can be said to be all over the world, anyway, they are just looking for a puppet, and they don't really plan to set up a new monarch, what is the difficulty of finding someone surnamed Liu. As for whether the people of the world recognize it or not, Lao Tzu has soldiers in his hands, I just admit it.

The battle started without suspense, the Han army and the Yuan army fought together, but today's battle was different from the previous times, Cao Zhang entered and exited a few times in the formation, and did not meet his opponent Gao Lan, the general of the Yuan army a few days ago.