After reaching an intention, they also began to call each other their own people at least with a smile on their faces, and agreed to defend Hebei together with the Han Dynasty, so as not to let some traitors succeed.

The banquet to entertain Liu Bei was very low-key, mainly Tian Feng, only Yuan Shangtong Zhang Jaw participated, and the female members of the Liu family only showed up at the beginning, and then returned to the inner hall, plus the three people on Liu Bei's side, it was only ten people, compared to the banquet of hundreds of people in Yuan Shao in the past, it was undoubtedly much shabby. But after all, Liu Bei is still nominally a general under the command of Gongsun Zhan, and he was entrusted with the Yuan family, who guarded Nanpi to prevent the tiger from dying, and Lu Bu, who intended to point north, and this Gongsun Zhan had just returned to Youzhou to quell the rebellion, and Liu Bei turned against the Yuan family, which was equivalent to slapping Gongsun Zhan in the face. Liu Bei's reputation for benevolence and righteousness was completely ruined.

And Yuan's side. is also due to the fact that he is now at odds with Gongsun Zhan, and he did not disclose the alliance between the two parties prematurely. After all, not all the people in the army are as open as Zhang Jaw, many people have already begun to fight with Gongsun Zan when Yuan Shao was still alive before, how many old comrades died in the battle of Panhe in the past, it is very difficult to say that Liu Bei, who joined later and relied on this to obtain military merits, will have any good feelings. At present, it is an eventful autumn, Liu Biao was destroyed and fled, Jingzhou "fell", and was divided between Lu Bu and Cao Cao. The Yizhou Sichuan Road is difficult to travel, Yongliang is bitter cold and calamitous, and the eyes of the two forces are bound to turn back to the Hebei territory, which is rich in important strategic materials such as iron ore and horses. Originally, a chaotic but relatively balanced Hebei composed of the hostility of the five forces was the situation that the two families most wanted to see and maintain, but now. Gongsun Zhan's move of withdrawing troops and "out" has undoubtedly become a hammer to break this situation of mutual checks and balances. The two forces that have been eyeing the land of Hebei are indifferent. That's weird. In this case, it is undoubtedly a stroke of genius to form an alliance with Liu Bei's forces, which can be regarded as an "enemy", and if it is used well, it may be able to receive miraculous results at a critical moment.

Under Tian Feng's deliberate adjustment and the infiltration of Liu Bei's warm conversation, the slightly cold banquet can be regarded as a successful end. Guests and hosts have fun. Cao Cao, who set up a new monarch, and Lu Bu, who aided in the abuse, have reached a lot of consensus, but there is a lot of sincerity in this. Only God knows how strong the hastily formed alliance is.

Compared with Hebei, because Cao Cao controlled and annexed the state, Lu Bu was involved in the pressure of Jizhou, which made the two parties with their own intentions conspire. Qingzhou, which was regarded by Liu Bei and Yuan Shang's forces as the core of the flood beast. Today it is a different story.

In the city of Linzi. Because Lu Lingqi gave birth to a child a few days ago, Lu Bu announced that Qin Xu's eldest son Lu Chen was his grandson, and his second son Qin Wei was Qin Xu's son-in-law. The fatigue of the long battle was also swept away, which made Qin Xu a little unexpected. In fact, after thinking about it, it is also relieved. Before, because Lu Bu had no children, even if the army was strong and the soldiers' combat power was high, in the eyes of the people of this year, there was a lack of continuity, and it would not last, so although Lu Bu's strong force and the name of the world's first fierce general were pressed, and there was a steady stream of graduates from the Jixia School Palace to maintain the rule of state and county officials, but after all, the follow-up shortcomings of the army's forces could still be seen from all aspects. But now it's different, even if it's just a grandson, but after all, it's also an heir with a blood relationship, not to mention that he also changed his surname to Lu, so that a long thorn that was in the hearts of all people before disappeared, and when he opened up the territory, it is naturally worth celebrating. As soon as this news spread, not to mention that the civil and military generals of the army guarding the Quartet all prepared a heavy gift to Linzi, so that the treasury of the Qin Mansion, which has never been very conspicuous, became a topic of conversation in leisure time for a while, and other forces in the neighborhood, regardless of whether they put Lu Bu in their eyes before, but this time they also sent a lot of congratulations. Especially Cao Cao and Gongsun Zhan, one of these two families is an old enemy with Lu Bu, and an ally who is like a dangerous egg, and the other is that although there has been no large-scale war, whether it is from the attitude towards Jizhou or the grievances with Liu Bei, they are destined to be unable to pee on a stranger in a pot, but they all sent Qin Xu, who has a wealthy family like the Mi family as his brother-in-law, and he can't help but be moved.

Cao Cao came with a sword, plus a set of princes' festivals that were said to have been given by the new emperor. The Son of Heaven Festival is actually just that, although there is a move to bring Qin Xu's family to the lineage of the family, but in the current situation, the identity of this Son of Heaven is not recognized by most people, so this kindness Qin Xu can only laugh at it. But Cao Cao's sword is terrible, and the word ancient seal on the sword body has clarified the origin of this sword. Although it is not an ancient famous sword, Jia Xu even joked at Cao Cao's stinginess, but Qin Xu knew that Cao Cao's two favorite swords in history, one was Yitian, and the other was this Qingji. Being able to set up a sword-carrying officer specifically for a sword shows Cao Cao's love for this sword, but now he is giving it to Qin Xu as a gift for having a son, which makes Qin Xu a little confused about what Boss Cao thinks for a while.

Cao Cao is so generous, in fact, he can also use the fact that he is still an alliance, and he still needs Lu Bu, a less determined ally, as a shield, and has to reluctantly cut his love in order to consolidate the position of the new monarch. But Gongsun Zhan's congratulatory gift made Qin Xu a little unable to see through what this heroic figure meant. Qin Xu has already learned some unknown situations and movements in Hebei from Zhen Kun, the next head of the Zhen family who has eyeliner all over Hebei, combined with the information collected by the shadow in the north, no matter how you look at it, Gongsun Zan has a sign of wanting to stick to the three acres of land in Youzhou, concentrate on the outside world, and no longer fight with the Central Plains and Hebei. This is actually similar to the previous move of imprisoning himself in Yi Jing. There is still a place between Qingzhou and Youzhou where Jizhou and Liu Bei are entrenched, and for Gongsun Zhan's silent statement, Qin Xu and Lu Bu have already put Gongsun Zhan, who has made meritorious contributions to resisting foreign races, at the end. In addition, Qin Xu's first camp, which is now one of the main forces, before Gongsun Zhan, there were some contradictions that were not easy to reconcile. Even if there are only half of the veterans left in the camp first, if they deliberately intersect with Gongsun Zhan. It's still inevitable that one thinks about it. It's just that Gongsun Chan seems to ignore this embarrassment, and the "grand gift" of 3,000 purebred war horses on the gift list makes Lu Bu a little dumbfounded.

Qingzhou does not produce horses. The source of horses is nothing more than horse dealers from Hebei and Yongliang. Both in terms of quantity and quality, it will certainly not be too satisfactory, and the price is extremely high. As a result, Lü Bu's army even had to reduce the expansion of the cavalry structure, and use the focus of the reserve army more on the infantry. That is, after the Zhen family was launched, the situation was slightly alleviated, but I was also worried about the impact of the Zhen family's big business on the family under the chaotic situation in Hebei. The number of years that can be imported into Qingzhou is actually only three or five thousand horses. In other words, this time, Gongsun Chan sent a horse source that was almost equivalent to a year in Qingzhou. How not to surprise people, but also a little more confused about Gongsun Zhan's intentions.

Lu Bu was not very interested in this kind of work of guessing people's hearts, and Qin Xu didn't say anything about what was the key to getting lucky from the previous battles with Cao Cao. Qin Xu knew it. I haven't been stupid enough to really think that I can beat Cao Cao and other masters who manipulate people's hearts. And for Gongsun Zhan's intentions, not to mention, for this man who fought with Lu Bu in the past, whether he suddenly went from ally to immortality with Yuan Shao, or later imprisoned Yi Jing, and entrusted all military and political affairs to Liu Bei, but when Liu Bei showed his grandeur a little, he was able to remediate this big-eared brother who stared at the halo of pig's feet, which is enough to show that this Gongsun brother who was only a fierce general in history in his previous life. It's not a fuel-efficient lamp either. However, Qin Xu's understanding of it is only limited to "history". and the information of the Shadow and the Zhen family, it can be seen that it is strange that there is a reason.

Originally, Qin Xu wanted to ask Jia Xu, after all, although Jia Xu now has the name of the general of the right army of the Lu Bu Army, but the name of the Qin Mansion general who laughed before has never been lifted, and even relying on this title, receiving a "salary" in the Qin Mansion is actually an extra intimacy, so that when Qin Xu is undecided, he can have a top think tank to eliminate the impact of the unfavorable situation because the history at this time has been messed up by the small butterfly wings at the beginning, and keep it. At least on the surface, he can maintain the reputation of "invincible" that has now become a burden to him Qin. It's just that what Qin Xu didn't expect was that Qin Xu, who showed the sincerity of the inquiry and went to Jia Xu to ask in person, was blocked by Jia Xu's words as soon as they met, before he could speak: "Lord, Xu Zheng wants to look for you, you take a look at this first." ”

"What is this?" It will definitely not be a very simple thing for Jia Xu, who can definitely rank among the top three in the late Han Dynasty to show this embarrassed expression. Taking the letter from Jia Xu's hand, Qin Xu only glanced at it, subconsciously startled, frowned and asked, "Why are they, why did they find Shang and you again?" ”

"Xu let them know the news of the Xuzhou soldiers' attack on Jiangling! In addition, General Fan Chou was very proud of his might under Xiangyang City, so maybe let them know! Jia Xu rarely showed a wry smile and said: "How the lord treats General Fan Chou, in fact, it doesn't need to be said, just from the equipment, morale, horses, and even just from the food, it is enough for people to analyze enough information." Those people were originally defeated at the beginning, and they were confused by a certain language in the past, and they were lucky to get Chang'an with the momentum of mourning soldiers, and they were naturally carried away at that time. Later, the lord also participated in the Chang'an Change, and in just one year, they became defeated again, and now they are entrenched in Xinye, but they are just relying on the prestige of the past. That is, although Liu Biao and Cao Cao also belonged to the alliance at the beginning, they were also wary of each other after all, which can be seen from Liu Biao's wrong move, and Cao Cao's forces soon seized half of Jingzhou. The feud between Cao and Liu allowed them to survive from the cracks, but now, Jingzhou Fuding, Wancheng, where these people are located, has become the throat of the Central Plains connecting Yongliang and Sichuan Shu, compared to Cao Cao from Chang'an to Yongliang, can save at least half of the distance, fools know that Cao Cao occupies half of Jingzhou, the next step is likely to be to open up this line and connect the territory of the army, how can they not panic about it! By the way, I heard that Cao Cao sent a sword in order to congratulate the lord on having a son? ”

…… (To be continued......)