But it was said that Lu Ren was wandering around the world thinking about something that was both marginal and very H, and Shirley said something at the right time to pull Lu Ren's mind back: "Master, the current Wajima is in the era of a clan and tribal alliance, although there is a queen like Himihu as the leader of the alliance, but there are fights between more than 30 tribes from time to time, and Himiko himself is obviously a little uncontrollable.

In addition, based on the historical records, I have analyzed that Himiko sent an envoy to Cao Wei in 239 AD, and then sent an envoy to Cao Wei again four years later. Judging from the traffic conditions at that time, I think that Himiko's envoys were sent a little urgently and frequently, so can we think that Himiko actually wanted to use external forces to suppress the situation on Wajima? ”

Lu Ren also found the relevant historical materials and checked them, nodded and said, "It's completely possible." Judging from the historical records, before his death, Cao Wei actually sent troops to Wajima. That was decades later, but freezing three feet is not a day's cold......"

Speaking of this, Lu Ren remembered something, and then asked Shirley: "You said at the beginning that you asked Chen Gong about the strategy, and then said that Gan Ning inadvertently fulfilled a condition, and now you are talking so much about humility and inferiority...... Chen Gong shouldn't have suggested that you cultivate and nurture this inferior humility in our hands, right? ”

Shirley nodded, "That's it." Master, we are now in the year 206 A.D., thirty-three years before the year 239 A.D., and judging from the situation mentioned by the second grade, although there is still some chaos on the Wajima side, it has not yet reached the point of being out of control, and Himiko, who is less than fifty years old, is still somewhat able to control the situation, but it is certain that he has begun to become a little overwhelmed. So let's assume that if the current Himiko dies in his fifties, the **** period of twenty or thirty years is enough for the successor Himiko to be uncontrollable. Then he had to ask Cao Wei for help.

To put it simply, the current situation in Wajima is about to be chaotic but not completely chaotic, and the current Himiko still has some control, but she has also reached the last few years of her life. And if we cultivate and support the successor Himiko at this time, it can be said that we are just stuck at a joint point that connects the previous and the next, especially since Himiko still has a certain degree of control in Wajima. As long as we grasp it properly, we do not need to invest any military power, we only need to control the economy and materials accordingly. ”

Saying that, Shirley suddenly smiled: "Master, you are a traverser, you should be more affectionate than the people of this era, and in many cases, controlling the economic lifeline of a country is actually more useful than directly controlling a country." ”

Lu Ren nodded repeatedly. How terrifying it is to control the economic lifeline of a country, Lu Ren is still relatively clear. In fact, Lu Ren's current situation has something similar to learn from history, that is, in Europe's invasion of the Americas, especially in the strategy of the Indians, it was to first import a large number of muskets and other things that the Indians could not produce on their own. After the Indians became too dependent on imports...... I won't talk about that later.

At present, all the ministries of Wajima are still in a state of near-primitive society, and it is not too simple for Lu Ren to pass the advanced things and accept them by the dwarves of Wajima. If it is deliberately supported, this reminds Lu Ren of the so-called military assistance provided by some countries to other countries in later generations. It is only with this assistance that the aided country often becomes a ...... Still, there is no need to say more.

At this point, Lu Ren had completely figured it out, and then nodded to Shirley: "Very good, let's do this strategy next." By the way, where is that cibei now? ”

Shirley said: "Because I have to report these things to you, the master, they are temporarily separated by me in another place. No corresponding arrangements have been made. Master, what are you going to do next? ”

Lu Ren pondered for a while. He responded: "Arrange ships to send these Japanese people back to Himiko, but Cibei and those nobles of Yamatai will stay in Yizhou." Since we are ready to cultivate and support, we must let her see our advanced index here, so that she can admire it. Well...... By the way, throw them to Old Man Zheng. When it comes to teaching and educating people. Who else in Yizhou can compare with Old Man Zheng at the moment? For the time being, this is the case for the time being, and the rest of the things will be arranged when I come back from Jingzhou to see the specific situation. ”

Shirley said, "Master, I suggest that it is best to send a force that is not too large in number to Yamadai, so that it can have the due impact on modern Himiko." ”

Lu Ren nodded: "Yes, and I have to tell her about the successor learning from me." It's just that I have the right people to send over? ”

After another thought, Lu Ren suddenly smiled: "Send Ling Yuan over!" Isn't this kid? Tell him that when he gets there, he just has to do it when he meets the widow he likes. If he really has the ability, I don't mind if he messes up the current Himiko! ”

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Winter goes to spring, and time has come to the first month of the twelfth year of Jian'an in a blink of an eye.

I don't know if God made a joke with Lu Ren. After the winter snow melted, Lu Ren was preparing to return to Yizhou here in Xiangyang, but suddenly received the news that Cao Cao had sent troops from Xuchang to attack Jingzhou. And as soon as this news came, the entire Jingzhou was shaken, and Lu Ren almost jumped on the boat and ran away in shock.

Fortunately, the news soon came that Cao Cao's troops were repelled by Liu Bei in the Xinye area, and Lu Ren breathed a sigh of relief. At the beginning, Lu Ren was still wondering if he was misled by the historical materials again, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that Cao Cao should be playing with the east and attacking the west, and suddenly made Jingzhou dare not act rashly when Jingzhou came, and then he officially sent troops to conquer Karasuma. To put it more simply, Cao Cao was preparing for the upcoming northern expedition to Karasuma.

But despite this, the result was to give Xu Shu a stage to show his excellent tactical strategy. Several small battles were fought beautifully. It's just that next, Lu Ren suddenly appeared in Xinye and asked Liu Bei to see him.

In general, since Liu Bei fled to Jingzhou, Lu Ren has secretly helped Liu Bei a lot, at least providing money, food, and military help, so Liu Bei still has a good impression of Lu Ren here. On the other hand, Liu Bei also knew that Lu Ren had never been able to appear too obviously here, so as not to cause an adverse reaction on Cai Mao's side, and now that Lu Ren suddenly showed up in Xinye, Liu Bei knew that something big would happen no matter how stupid he was.

Respectfully invited Lu Ren into the palace, and after greeting everyone and drinking for three rounds, Lu Ren slowly opened his mouth: "Uncle Liuhuang, there is not much time, I'll get straight to the point." I believe that Jingxiang is about to be killed, so I am leaving Jingxiang. ”

Liu Bei was not carried away by the victory in front of him, and when Lu Ren said this, his brows immediately furrowed: "According to Lu Ren's intention, is Cao Thief going south in a few days?" ”

Lu Ren said: "It won't be a day away." I thought that Lao Cao had fought a series of wars in recent years, and the loss of his money, food, and soldiers was very large, so he would not immediately wave his army south before making due preparations. However, Uncle Huang, Lao Cao's current strength is not what it used to be, and it shouldn't take too long to recover his strength, so you don't have much time left, so it's better to prepare early. ”

Liu Bei hesitated and asked again: "Bei Yi knows everything, but I don't know what Lu Servant's opinion is?" ”

Lu Ren shook his head: "What other ideas can I have besides being able to run?" And I am here today, one is to say goodbye to Uncle Huang, the second is to remind Uncle Huang to prepare early, and the third is to ......"

At this point, Lu Ren's eyes fell on Xu Shu.

For a long time, the people in Liu Bei's camp didn't know the real relationship between Lu Ren and Xu Shu, only that the two of them had a good personal relationship. But now seeing Lu Ren set his eyes on Xu Shu, Liu Bei's heart immediately tightened, and he asked in surprise: "Lu Servant, ...... you and Yuan Zhi?" ”

Xu Shu lowered his head and didn't speak, while Lu Ren shook his head again, and saluted Liu Bei respectfully: "It's not a secret, Yuan Zhi was secretly sent by me to help Uncle Huang, only because I was afraid of being suspicious of others, so I kept it a secret with Yuan Zhi all along." Right now, I'm going to return Yizhou, and I don't know if I'll come to Jingzhou again in the future, so I'm going to take Yuanzhi with me. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the banquet, and Liu Bei exclaimed: "This, how can this be made?" Our military won a great victory, thanks to the wisdom of Yuan Zhi. In a few days, Cao Bao will go south, and he can't do without Yuan Zhi's help. ”

Lu Ren didn't say anything, but set his eyes on Xu Shu again. Looking at Xu Shu again, he let out a long sigh, got up and left the table to bow to Liu Bei and said, "Uncle Huang's great kindness to Shu will never be forgotten." It's just that Shu has decided to help his brother in the early years......"

Liu Bei jumped out of the seat directly, took two steps forward and grabbed Xu Shu's hand and said hurriedly: "Yuan Zhi, you must not be reluctant to go!" If Yuan Zhi goes, the reserve army has no mastermind, how can he resist the enemy Cao thief? Although it is not enough to be prepared for death, but the ambition of reviving the Han dynasty has not been achieved, and it is impossible to turn a blind eye to death! ”

It is difficult to explain the relationship and emotions between people, maybe this is the so-called "phase nature"? In short, at this time, Xu Shu looked at Lu Ren with a very embarrassed sideways look, but Lu Ren lowered his head to avoid Xu Shu's gaze, but he made a gesture to Xu Shu with a very clear meaning, that is, Xu Shu made his own choice.

In fact, Lu Ren thought very early on that Xu Shu might choose to follow Liu Bei in the end because of his "physiognomy", after all, Liu Bei's ability to win people's hearts was absolutely first-class at that time. In this regard, Lu Ren had already told Xu Shuming as early as the beginning that if Xu Shu really wanted to follow Liu Bei, Lu Ren would never stop him.

As for Xu Shu's wife, Lu Ren will take good care of Xu Shu on behalf of him. And once Xu Shu really followed Liu Bei, the affection between Lu Ren and Xu Shu was still there, and there was always a time when it could be used, and it would not be impossible for Lu Ren to get anything back...... (To be continued.) )