returned to his hometown after a long absence, and learned that Liu Xin had actually placed such a large amount of property for the Xun family, and the two brothers with their own thoughts naturally drank happily, and they were drunk unconsciously.

This night, Xun had many dreams. First, he dreamed that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were at war, and it was difficult to solve the killing. Then, Liu Xin, who had promised to remain neutral, suddenly captured Puyang, and the teenage little emperor Liu Xie was hanged alive on the city tower. At that time, Xun was responsible for staying behind, and as a result, the whole family became prisoners. Later, in front of him, Liu Xin rewarded his wife Tang Ying to an ugly, obese half-hundred-year-old man, who was said to be responsible for watering the vegetable garden.

Xun woke up from his dream all of a sudden, only to find that he was already covered in sweat. This woke up, Xun couldn't sleep anymore. He simply sat up and thought silently. Xun felt that this dream was a warning, and it was time to find a chance to talk to his brother.

Because he was happy, Han Opera also drank a lot of wine yesterday, and by the time he got up, he was already on the clock. Stepping out of the front hall, Xun and Xun Chen were already waiting there, but both of them had haggard faces, their eyes were red, and Han Xi was surprised: "Could it be that the two adults didn't sleep well?" ”

Xun hurriedly said: "That's not it, it's just that I drank last night, and my head still hurts, so I don't dare to drink it again today." ”

Xun Chen also echoed: "Yes, Lord Han, Xun also wants to hurry back to Yecheng, otherwise it will be difficult for the lord to explain." ”

Han Xi said with a smile: "Originally, I wanted to keep the two of you here for a few more days, but since I was in a hurry to leave, then Han would not stay." Well, seeing that you have not woken up from your hangover, I will arrange two carriages to give you a ride. ”

The Xun brothers and their entourage all rode over on their own, and when they heard that Han Opera was going to arrange a carriage for them, they hurriedly said: "Zhicai, our brothers can just share a car, and by the way, we will reminisce about the old days." ”

For such a request, how could Han Opera not agree, and soon, a wide and gorgeous carriage came to the gate of the academy, but Xun, who had always been cautious, still replaced the driver with his cronies.

Out of Yingchuan Academy all the way to the north, it didn't take long to be Yingchuan City, after Yingchuan, the two brothers were going to part ways and go their separate ways.

Yingchuan City is close to Jingshi, and it was also a very prosperous place in the past, but it was almost razed to the ground in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and later it was often harassed by Dong Zhuoxi's Liang army, and when Xun and Xun Chen left their hometown, it was already dilapidated. Today's Yingchuan City is under Liu Xin's governance, and it has gradually regained its vitality. However, before Liu Xin captured Luoyang, Yingchuan could be regarded as the front line, and the lives of the people were still not as peaceful as Jingzhou after all.

Xun didn't care to appreciate the changes in his hometown, and said worriedly: "Fourth brother, how do you feel after watching it in the past few days?" ”

Xun Chen exclaimed: "I can't imagine that Jingzhou is so rich, you look at the Xiangyang City that was repaired, tsk, and those warships, even our academy was built, tsk, I don't know where Liu Xin got so much money." ”

Xun sighed and said: "Fourth brother, haven't you ever thought that if one day Cao Gong defeats Yuan Gong, or Yuan Gong defeats Cao Gong, will it be inevitable to fight Liu Xin in the end?" ”

Xun Chen said without thinking: "Wen Ruo, I know that you have always thought that Cao Cao's chances of victory will be greater, but I am more optimistic about my lord. If you want to talk about Liu Xin, it's not that there is no opportunity, but his reputation in Shilin is far worse than that of my lord. ”

Xun shook his head and said with a wry smile: "In my opinion, I am afraid that the final winner is probably this Liu Xin." ”

Xun Chen sneered: "Wen Ruo, I only learned when I arrived in Xiangyang this time, it turns out that you have known Liu Xin for a long time. Since you think it was Liu Xin who won, why did you choose Cao Cao instead of Liu Xin? ”

When Liu Xin was in Luoyang, Xun did have a good impression of him, but later, Liu Xin publicly refused to recognize Liu Xie's identity as emperor. Xun is such a smart person, how can he not see that Liu Xin has already developed ambitions, and is naturally unwilling to serve him, who knows that after a few years of hard work, Liu Xin has developed such strength, but Xun was unexpected.

Looking at the helplessness on Xun's face, Xun Chen continued: "Wen Ruo, in fact, I also know that you are bent on supporting the orthodoxy of the Han family, and you look down on Liu Xin in your heart. Although Liu Xin is also a relative of the Han family, he is just a descendant of the Marquis of Juchao, and in terms of fame and status, he is far inferior to Liu Jingsheng, who is supported by the head of my family. ”

Xun sighed and said, "Youruo, let's not talk about who is the orthodox royal family. Only with today's situation, if the Cao Yuan family can't join forces, I'm afraid they will be defeated by Liu Xin sooner or later. ”

Xun Chen shook his head and said: "Wen Ruo, I also know that Liu Xin is getting stronger and stronger, but there are no two heavens and no two monarchs in the country, if you and I want to join forces, unless you abolish an emperor, it will be difficult!" ”

Turning around, it returned to the question of who is the orthodoxy of the royal family, Xun said stupidly: "It is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen." In this way, after you and I go back, we will try our best to persuade our respective lords. Whether it succeeds or not, leave it to fate. ”

Xun Chen agreed, but he didn't think so.

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun suffered too many losses in the battle to repel the pursuers in Xuzhou, and the most serious was the loss of four military horses, which most likely led to the leakage of the secret of the stirrup and the horse's shoe. Therefore, before the team arrived in Xiangyang City, the two tied their hands behind their backs and prepared to ask Liu Xin for their guilt.

Mi Zhu was anxious and went to Zhao Yun several times to intercede. Zhao Yun just shook his head, because he knew very well how important the stirrups and horseshoes were to the improvement of the cavalry's combat power, and if he lost these two things, Liu Xin would definitely be furious, and I am afraid that no one would be able to ask for this love.

Everyone returned to Xiangyang City in this anxiety.

Since there were flying pigeons along the way, Liu Xin could accurately grasp their itinerary, but he still waited on the other side of the moat early, which shows how much he attached importance to the relocation of the Mi family in Xuzhou this time.

For a long time, because the Hedong Wei family, who is quite famous in Shilin, has always carried out negative publicity for Liu Xin, resulting in him not being treated by the scholar family. Now there are many people in his staff who are from various scholar families, but most of them have to stoop to work because those places have been occupied by Liu Xin. Like Mi Zhu, who led the entire family to move from Xuzhou to Liu Xin, it can be said that he is unique.

Liu Xin has his own attitude towards the scholar family, he is neither willing to resolutely suppress these big families like Cao Cao in history, nor is he willing to rely on these scholar families to seize power like the later Sima father and son. He must keep power firmly in his own hands, but he must not undermine the economic development of the whole society too much. Therefore, for these scholar families, as long as they are willing to stand on their side, Liu Xin welcomes them with both hands. If these scholar clans clearly supported his hostile forces, Liu Xin would not mind completely eliminating them.

And the Xuzhou Mi family is the first family of scholars to take the initiative to defect to him, and the Mi family is the head of the Xuzhou family of scholars, Liu Xin naturally wants to look at them differently. This also released a signal that he Liu Xin has gradually been accepted by Shilin, and at the same time, he Liu Xin is also willing to live in peace and friendship with Shilin. Regardless of the impact that the arrival of the Mi family will have among the Xuzhou scholars, just to show his posture, Liu Xin must also put down his body and behave more humblely.

Seeing Liu Xin welcome so far, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were all ashamed, hurriedly jumped off the horse, and walked forward on their knees, which frightened Liu Xin.

Liu Xin stepped forward quickly, pulled the two up from the ground, dusted off their bodies for them, and personally untied the ropes that bound their hands, and said with a smile: "General Zhang, General Gao, I know the battle situation in Xuzhou. Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and you are not defeated. In the future, we will learn a lesson and fight the next battle well. ”

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were quite surprised to see that Liu Xin didn't mean to punish them at all, even Zhao Yun was a little confused, Liu Xin has always been very strict in governing the army, how could he not be held accountable for this incident?

Mi Zhu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and stepped forward to salute: "Xuzhou Mi Zhu to meet Lord Liu." The losses of the Jingzhou army this time were all caused by Mi, and Mi was willing to compensate with half of the family property. ”

Liu Xin laughed and said: "Mr. Mi, your money should be kept for your sister as a dowry, Liu can still afford this small loss." ”

Zhang Liao knew that this time the incident was all due to his marriage, so he couldn't help but feel even more ashamed, and bowed again: "Lord, the last general lost four military horses this time, and the crime is unforgivable, please punish the lord!" ”

Liu Xin waved his hand and said: "Don't mention this matter again, no matter how good the equipment is, it depends on people to use it, and the most important thing is people rather than equipment." Even if they have mastered these equipment, it is nothing, we can develop better equipment, and our research institute is completely worthy of everyone's trust! ”

On the day of the loss of the military horse, Zhao Yun reported all the situation to Liu Xin through the flying pigeon. Liu Xin was indeed annoyed for a while, but he quickly figured it out. Stirrups, horseshoe these things to put it bluntly do not have much technical content, since once or twice others have not noticed, after a long time, how can they hide it, maybe someone has started to imitate it now, but he doesn't know it yet. In the past, he has always fallen into a misunderstanding, always thinking that with more advanced equipment than others, he can catch others off guard and gain absolute superiority on the battlefield.

Just like this time, in terms of strength, the Fourth Legion is not much inferior, and there are 5,000 fully equipped cavalry, but once they meet a super general like Guan Yu, they are still defeated.

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun glanced at each other, they were secretly moved, and they were about to turn over and bow down, but they heard Liu Xin's words turn around and said in a deep voice: "However, this time you are not all faultless!" ”