Chapter Seventy-One: The Emperor's Mind

Glancing at Pan Feng, who was still eating with relish, Liu Yu suppressed the doubts in his heart, and in Pan Feng's somewhat piercing sound of eating, he asked Xi Zhicai on the left: "Zhicai, what do you think of the battle of Nanpi?" ”

This journey to the three continents for nearly three months, Liu Yu and Xi Zhicai are tacit, under the tacit understanding, Liu Yu basically did not ask Xi Zhicai, and Xi Zhicai did not help Liu Yu to give advice, all this is to train Liu Yu, but now at this time, he has no way not to ask, and he can no longer let Xi Zhicai stay out of the matter, he can't lose the battle of Jizhou.

Looking at Liu Yu, who had a solemn face, Xi Zhicai's eyes flickered, and he said secretly: "The lord's mentality has almost been exercised, and there is no point in continuing it, and besides, the battle in Jizhou is indeed a little too reluctant for the lord, and besides, it should be time for the Yellow Turban Rebellion to end." ”

Thinking of this, Xi Zhicai immediately stood up, hugged his fists and said: "Nine-tenths of the entire Jizhou is in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army, but the Yellow Turbans are mainly distributed in the three counties of Bohai, Wei and Julu, among which the Wei Army Yecheng, where the great virtuous teacher Zhang Jiao is located, is the most important, which can be described as the brain of the Yellow Turban Army. ”

Speaking of this, Xi Zhicai glanced at the few people who were listening carefully, but as for Pan Feng, who was still eating happily, he completely ignored it, and continued: "If you want to take down Zhang Jiao's head, you must first cut off the two arms of Julu and Bohai County, which is also a way out, and then join Lu Zhi to break through Yecheng, which is guarded by 300,000 Yellow Turban troops." ”

In fact, there are some things that Xi Zhicai did not say, in addition to his strategic layout, he has not been consuming the strength of the imperial court, of course, although he is sure of the loyalty of Zhang Fei and others, but these things are not suitable to say to anyone, including Liu Yu, after all, some purposes, some layouts, when the time is not right, only he knows the best.

This is the surname and means of a strategist, as long as the goal can be achieved, whether it is others or himself, even if it is his loyal lord, he cannot become a pawn, and this is not a necessary realm for a top strategist.

Listening to Xi Zhicai's somewhat summarizing words, Liu Yu was amazed in his heart, when he came to Bohai before, all he thought of was to cut off Zhang Jiao's arm first, and he didn't want to let others take Zhang Liang's head, but he didn't think as much as Xi Zhicai, which also made him know that he still had a long way to go from a top strategist like Xi Zhicai.

"It's not difficult to break through Nanpi." Xi Zhicai's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "Make a decision, apply skills externally, apply skills internally, and apply vertically and horizontally, Nanpi will be broken, but this plan takes a long time, and there is no half a month to think about success." ”

"The middle strategy, forcibly attack the city, make up for 3,000 elites with 20,000 soldiers, continue to attack, and Nanpi will go down within three days, but the casualties may be a little large." Xi Zhicai said calmly.

"The best strategy, lure the enemy out of the city, defeat 80,000 people head-on with 23,000 men, and then Nanpi will go down in a moment." Speaking of this, Xi Zhicai couldn't help but exude a huge breathtaking spirit, giving people a feeling of swaying the sky.

"Choose the best policy." As soon as Xi Zhi finished speaking, Liu Yu immediately said.

In this section of Xi Zhicai's explanation, Liu Yu's thoughts also kept turning, it is not advisable to make a decision for too long, and too many casualties in the middle strategy will be unfavorable to the future battle situation, and only the best strategy is not only time-saving, and the casualties are within his tolerance.

Of course, although a strategy seems simple, it is extremely difficult to implement it alone, and without a huge amount of push power, don't want to implement a plan to perfection.

"According to the information collected by these people, Zhang Liang's strategy and martial arts are extraordinary, which can be described as both civil and military, but unfortunately his qualifications are not good, so he knows everything but he can't reach the top, and this person is strategic, but his surname is a little bold, and it can also be said to be aggressive."

Looking at the people who flashed with a look of color in their eyes, Xi Zhicai continued: "The other party has 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and there are only 23,000 people in our hands, even if the other party leaves 10,000 to defend the city, but the rest is also three to one. ”

Hearing this, while everyone sighed at the boldness of Xi Zhicai's strategy, they also didn't want to praise Xi Zhicai's move as the best strategy at present, and whether it was Liu Yu or Zhang Fei and others, they did have enough information about the combat power of their subordinates, even if it was one against three.

Liu Yu, who was sitting at the top, pondered for a moment, looked at the people below who were waiting for him to make an idea, his eyes flashed, and he immediately opened his mouth and ordered: "The battle of Bohai will act according to what Zhicai said. Speaking of bringing this, he turned his head to look at Xu Rong, who was sitting at the back of his left hand and had been silent, and said in a deep voice: "Qingyun, the command of the battle this time will be handed over to you." ”

"No." Xu Rong was shocked when he heard this, his face was irrepressibly excited, and he hurriedly got up and hugged his fists and answered loudly.

It's no wonder that Xu Rong is excited, although he is still important under Liu Yu's command, but he is not as good as Zhang Fei and Dian Wei in terms of force, and he is not as good as Xi Zhicai in terms of strategy, and in terms of arranging troops, he has studied with Xi Zhicai a few times, but he has lost more and won less.

That's right, it's merit, for Xu Rong and others, the purpose of this campaign is to fight for enough credit, whether it is Liu Yu or Zhang Fei and others, they are the same goal, the difference is that Liu Yu wants credit to invite credit to the imperial court, while Xu Rong and others admit credit for their future status under Liu Yu, as for the Yellow Turban Army, everyone did not put it in their eyes, of course, everyone never despised the Yellow Turban, but they had full confidence in themselves and their subordinates.

Waving his hand to signal Xu Rong to sit down, Liu Yu glanced at Xi Zhicai, who had a calm face, and immediately continued to discuss the details of tomorrow's battle with everyone.

The reason why he chose Xu Rong instead of choosing Xi Zhicai is that the division of labor should be clear, and the ugly point is that he doesn't want the rights and prestige of Xi Zhicai to be too big, but in fact, it can be summed up in four words, "imperial mind".

Liu Yu in the discussion was a little heavy in his heart, he didn't know when he had changed so much, he used to trust Zhang Fei and others wholeheartedly, but now he was wary of everyone, which couldn't help but make him a little confused, whether he was lost in power

"Have I changed?" Leaning on the pillar behind him, Liu Yu looked at the stars in the sky a little confused, and whispered to himself: "Since when have I stopped believing in everyone with all my might, is this what it is necessary to become a prince?" And will I finally go to the point where Liu Bang's birds are all over and the good bow is hidden? ”

Asking himself, Liu Yu knew that he didn't disbelieve Zhang Fei and others, but he began to subconsciously fear that everyone would support too many troops or have too much prestige.

"What the hell am I worried about?" Liu Yu roared a little tangled: "Liu Yu, are you worried that Zhang Fei and the others will betray you or take away your authority, what are you worried about?" ”

Questions and doubts filled Liu Yu's heart, he didn't know when he became like this, he didn't know why he became like this, he didn't know if he was right to become like this, at this moment, he couldn't help but think of a person who only existed in legends Liu Bang!

At this moment, Liu Yu couldn't help but flash in his heart that three years ago, he was ambitious and heroic, but now it seems to himself that it is a somewhat childish move, not only a trace of bitterness flashed in his eyes, but he realized that unconsciously, he has grown up, and he is no longer the somewhat naïve self.

After a long silence.

"Whew" Liu Yu exhaled a heavy breath of turbidity, his face regained calm, and there was no longer the previous bitterness, as if the entanglement in his heart was driven out of his heart with the breath just now.

"On this road where there are thousands of cliffs on both sides, I have grown up, I have changed, and I am no longer the self I once was, I will mention the loyal Yide and others, but in the future, I will still trust these people who call their lives into my hands with all my heart, even if I will fall into the abyss in the end, I will admit it." Liu Yu said in a deep voice.

While speaking, Liu Yu couldn't help but exude a much stronger royal royal aura, and when the words fell, the strong royal royal aura vaguely formed a dragon head, roaring in the sky, as if announcing his birth.

In a shadow not far from Liu Yu, Xi Zhicai calmly watched Liu Yu's question, listening to the words coming from the wind, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl slightly, revealing a smile, turning around and slowly retreating along the shadows.

"Lord, I hope you don't blame me, since you have embarked on the road of dominating the world, then you must make changes, compared to you being on guard at the end, I still hope that you will be on guard against everyone from the beginning, this is an emperor's mind that must be possessed, and it is also an emperor's mind that must be mastered." Walking in the shadows, Xi Zhicai said in a deep voice.

From the moment Xi Zhicai joined Liu Yu and became Liu Yu's chief strategist, he began to lay out, but the bureau he laid out was not the overall situation of the world, but the bureau against Liu Yu, through his own actions, words, and thoughts. To slowly change Liu Yu's thinking, so that he can slowly become a qualified emperor, this is the game that Xi Zhicai has to spend his whole life laying out.

"My lord, the struggle for domination of the world is not something that you can earn if you want to, nor can you get the world if you are a genius, if you want to get the world, you must understand that people's hearts are fickle." Turning his head and glancing at Liu Yu, who was still looking up at the starry sky, Xi Zhicai whispered a word, and then completely disappeared into this courtyard.