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"I have gained a lot from this expedition. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info was fighting in the mountains, and sure enough, unlike the plains, when he saw the enemy, he couldn't catch him, and he got lost. To be honest, it's not a war, it's a fight with God. Cao Cāo put down the wine glass, cut off a piece of tender mutton and put it into his mouth, chewed it, and nodded again and again: "This is a real plateau sheep, right?" The taste is delicious, and there is no smell at all. ”

"Captured loot." Liu Xiu didn't say much, just asked about Cao Cāo's conquest. Cao Cāo went to Bashu last year to crusade against the rebellious Ban Yuman, this battle was fought for more than a year, and Cao Cāo, who had fought for a year, had obviously made great progress, and was no longer that kind of high-spirited and fearless frivolity.

"The battlefield is dangerous, as expected." Cao Cāo pointed to his waist ribs: "I was stabbed here." He pointed to his back: "I have been stabbed twice in the back and hit by an arrow, and as for those shè on the armor, or just flesh wounds, needless to say." ”

"You're in touch with the Plate Blade?"

"It's not okay if you don't fight each other in a short time, it's all mountain roads, and the war horses can't go at all, I'm about to turn the Changshui battalion into an infantry battalion." Cao Cāo smiled, took a drink from the wine glass, and said half-jokingly: "However, I am willing to say that the current Changshui Battalion is a few points stronger than you were back then, and getting on the horse is a horseman, and getting off the horse is a foot pawn." ”

"I've always said you're a genius." Liu Xiu smiled faintly, but his heart was really a little sour. He, a genius in the use of soldiers, has countless new ideas in later generations, and then tempered by the famous general Duan Chenghua with great efforts, there is both caution and some desperate madness in his bones, coupled with the prophetic "wisdom of knowing people", which has created today's record, Cao Cāo is the real original ecology, his talent for using soldiers comes more from talent and his own understanding, although now he has dug a lot of corners of Cao Cāo, but who can be sure that this guy will not become his strong opponent in the future?

Star? This is all excavated, as long as you are a Bole, are you afraid that there will be no talent?

"Meng De, this time he has made a meritorious return to the dynasty, and he should be added to the rank of knight again. The war in the Kanto region is stalemate, and after you go back, you may be able to break this stalemate. Liu Xiu diligently persuaded the wine, and cut another piece of fat mutton and handed it to the plate in front of Cao Cāo, "In your opinion, where is the key to Shandong's breakthrough?" ”

Cao Cāo pondered for a moment: "To be honest, I don't know. The situation in the Kwantung region is a bit strange, the hussar general is in charge of the armies, but I don't think he is coordinating the battle situation, but like a rein on the heads of the generals, so that they cannot exert their strength. ”

Liu Xiu's eyes flashed, and he didn't say much, and Cao Cāo also saw the strangeness in it, which was also expected. However, Cao Cāo is closer to the Song family, he is not a thorn in the heart of the Son of Heaven like the Yuan family, nor is he an outsider with no foundation like Huangfu Song, if the Son of Heaven intends to support the Song family to suppress the Yuan family and prepare for the succession of the emperor's concubine, Cao Cāo is actually a more suitable object than him. If the Son of Heaven threw him into the Shandong battlefield, the situation was likely to be reversed, and Cao Cāo might also use this opportunity to grow rapidly and become another important force, and this force was more inclined to the Son of Heaven.

"In my opinion, it should be Nanyang that is the easiest to break through." Cao Cāo chewed the mutton slowly, thoughtfully: "If the Son of Heaven orders Yingchuan, Jingzhou and Yuan Shu to join forces, and you send troops from Wuguan and go straight to Wancheng, you can form an absolute advantage over Wancheng in terms of troops, and Zhang Jiao's main force is in Jizhou, he can't rescue, once Nanyang is pacified, the two fists of the yellow turban will be discounted by one." ”

Liu Xiu nodded secretly, Cao Cāo's judgment was almost the same as his estimate, and he put Zhang Mancheng of Nanyang in the first place, but the difference between him and Cao Cāo was that he thought that the Son of Heaven would not let him out of the martial arts until the last moment, he was a fierce tiger in captivity by the Son of Heaven, and he would never be released from the cage easily. Similarly, he didn't want to participate in this war too early, exposing his strength too early, which was not a good thing when the Son of Heaven could still control the overall situation. That's why he turned his attention to the West. Liangzhou and the Western Regions are poor and remote in the eyes of the people of the Central Plains, and their strength is not as good as that of a large county in the Central Plains, and their development is limited, so they are not worthy of attention at all.

The grasp of the general trend of history is the greatest advantage of the traverser. Including Cao Cāo, how many people think that the world is no longer possible, and the arrival of troubled times is inevitable? They may think that as long as the Son of Heaven is close to the virtuous ministers, far from the villain, far from the eunuchs, and reuses those great Confucian celebrities, it is still possible for the Han Dynasty to prosper. As for Liangzhou, it's just an insignificant piece of carrion that can be cut off at any time.

"If that's the case, I'd like to warn you." Liu Xiu pretended to be helpless and said: "Guanzhong is now poor and white, you see that I can only entertain you with loot, it is impossible to have the strength to go out of the martial arts and attack Wancheng." The heavy responsibility of sweeping Zhang Mancheng will probably fall on the shoulders of you and Yuan Shu. You also know that Yuan Shu is not a person with real talent and hard work, but there are too many supporters behind him, far from being comparable to you and me. When the time comes...... You have to focus on the overall situation, and don't spoil the country's major affairs for the sake of personal morale. The most important thing is to level the yellow scarf as soon as possible, restore peace in the world, and let the people live and work in peace and contentment. ”

Cao Cāo glanced at him and nodded with a smile.

Liu Xiu saw his expression in his eyes, and didn't say anything, after the banquet, he led him to the study, and then called Liu Xie. As soon as he saw the emperor's concubine Liu Xie affectionately wrapped around Liu Xiu's back and called Liu Xiu Ah Weng, Cao Cāo was taken aback, and then understood, and arched his hand: "Deran, don't worry, I wrote it down." ”

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Jian Shuo escorted Song Jian and returned to Luoyang with a large number of loot and gifts from the Western Regions. He wanted to set up a position and let the people of Luoyang take a good look at his majesty, but remembering what Liu Xiu reminded him before leaving, he still gave up this idea, entered the city in a very low-key manner, did not return to his home, and went to the palace to report to the Son of Heaven first.

The Son of Heaven is overjoyed. The New Year is approaching, the war in Shandong has dragged on for a year and has not been resolved, and news came from Situ Mansion that because of the chaos in Shandong, the richest Yanyu, Qingxu, Jizhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou are all within the scope of the Yellow Turban, so this year's taxes are pitifully small, so that the money that the Son of Heaven rewarded the ministers in the New Year could not be taken out. The New Year's reward is an important symbol of the emperor's grace, just like the working class in later generations waiting for the year-end bonus to go home for the New Year, many lower-level officials are waiting for this red envelope, if the Son of Heaven can't even send this, then who still puts the Son of Heaven in his eyes?

The Son of Heaven is worried, his hair is almost white, at this time, Jian Shuo returned to Luoyang with dozens of cars of rare and foreign objects from the Western Regions, which is much more affordable than catching Song Jian's stupid pig.

"You're really the rain of time." The Son of Heaven smiled, patted Jian Shuo's arm and said.

"Your Majesty, General Wei is Your Majesty's timely rain." Jian Shuo said with a smile: "The minister is just His Majesty's loyal hound. ”

Jian Shuo introduced the war to the Son of Heaven in detail, which inevitably exaggerated how the Qiang people were outnumbered, how Liu Xiu's army was short of food, how the generals were worried and did not agree to send troops, and how Liu Xiu tried his best to override public opinion and serve His Majesty and sweep away Song Jian. Under the city of Caohan, the battle situation was tense, Liu Xiu insisted on going into battle in person in order to boost morale, it was he who cherished his talents for the country and persuaded Liu Xiu, and the two went to the front of the battle together to cheer up the soldiers, and then they went down in one go. Under Baishi City, he and Liu Xiu fought side by side, bravely killing the enemy, how to say it, it was thrilling, the Son of Heaven was moved to moist eyes, stroked his back and said, you are really my loyal minister.

Jian Shuo turned over and bowed down: "The minister is willing to break his body and bones for His Majesty, and he will never give up!" ”

"Good, good." The Son of Heaven was very satisfied, and was just about to go to help Jian Shuo, when he saw a scar on the back of Jian Shuo's neck, he couldn't help but be taken aback, and reached out and touched it: "Is it the injury suffered in this battle?" ”

Jian Shuo actually didn't know when he was injured, the arrows and arrows on the battlefield were crossed, and the swords and halberds were raised at the same time, and it was possible to be injured, but he said very shamefully: "Your Majesty, this injury is just a flesh injury, and it is not in the way." Among the soldiers who went into battle, which one was not injured? ”

Tianzi's nose was sore, and he hurriedly helped Jian Shuo up, and was so moved that he had a handful of snot and tears. "Does he still have a headache?"

Jian Shuo sighed: "Your Majesty, how can General Wei not have a headache?" This time it was a fortunate success, but in fact, Guanzhong was destitute, and those powerful people only cared about making themselves rich, and they had no intention of serving the country at all. General Wei took into account the fact that the financial resources were tight in this year's Shandong War, and almost all the warehouses were emptied, and almost all the goods transported from the Western Regions were handed over to the ministers. For this reason, he also clashed with many officials, but he was afraid that Dunhuang Taishou would impeach him on the way. ”

"Oh, why is that?"

"General Wei wants to open up the trade routes of the Western Regions, first of all, of course, to revive the majesty of my Han in the Western Regions, but now the long history of the Western Regions and the captain of Wuji are under the rule of Dunhuang Taishou, and Dunhuang Taishou Zhao said that General Wei is a reckless soldier and fighting for profits with the people, but he refuses to agree, and even the Liangzhou Assassin Shi Meng Tuo's writing has been rejected."

The Son of Heaven sank his face: "Is there such a thing? This Zhao Zhi is too bold, right, what is his origin? ”

"He's ...... Yang Ci's former official. Jian Shuo had already checked Zhao Shi's resume and was very clear about his origins. In fact, Zhao Shi was not Yang Ci's former official at the beginning, he joined the office because of the great Si Nong Chen Qi, and later resigned because of the incident of Chen Fan and Dou Wu. However, Chen Qi's weight was not enough, so Jian Shuo directly ignored Chen Qi and said that Zhao Zhi had become Yang Ci's former official. The Yang family is actually different from the Yuan family, they are real loyal ministers, Yang Ci himself is still the teacher of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven has always been good to the Yang family, but the Yang family and the Yuan family have a marriage, which is a thorn in the heart of the Son of Heaven. Otherwise, with Yang Ci's identity, how could he be idle for so long.

The Son of Heaven snorted and didn't say anything more. Jian Shuo didn't know what he meant, so he didn't dare to say any more.