For Lu Bu's rude and shameless thoughts, both the Cao family and the Mi family were furious at first, wanting to withdraw the marriage letter and turn their faces with Lu Bu. But at this time, thanks to one of Lu Bu's cronies engaged in Xu Bi, he calmly mediated between the two powerful people, and in the end, this Xu Bi actually succeeded in making Cao and Mi both acquiesce in Lu Bu's idea.

Xu Yan was originally a famous man in Xiangyang, and he was born in Yanzhou in his early years, and was a close confidant of Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou. However, later Liu Dai died in battle, and Cao Cao succeeded him as the assassin of Yanzhou, and naturally promoted a group of his own cronies, and Xu Yan was excluded and marginalized. Because of this, as soon as the murder of Bian Rang by Cao Cao broke out, Xu Yan actively participated in the anti-Cao tide, wanting to support Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao to become the assassin of Yanzhou, so as to squeeze into the decision-making circle of the state again.

Later, the anti-Cao coalition failed, and Xu Yan did not follow Zhang Miao to Liu Biao, but ran to Xuzhou and joined Lu Bu's command. This can be regarded as the lesson that the celebrity Xu Yan learned from the failure of the anti-Cao incident -- in troubled times, the most important thing is force.

As a vulgar martial artist, there are really no celebrities under Lu Bu to support the scene. Therefore, the coming of Xiangyang celebrity Xu Yan made Lu Bu extremely happy. And Xu Yan's attitude towards Lu Bu is mainly to do what he likes, which makes Lu Bu feel that this person is really good. As a result, Xu Yan gradually became one of Lu Bu's most valued advisers, which was not the same as when he was under Cao Cao in Yanzhou.

After getting enough trust from Lu Bu, Xu Yan began to plan and do things for Lu Bu wholeheartedly. Persuading the Cao family and the Mi family to marry Lu Bu at the same time was the first important achievement he presented to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu's violation of etiquette aroused the unanimous ridicule of the Xuzhou scholars, and they privately commented that Lu Bu was indeed a monkey and a crown, and Hu was full of human nature.

However, Lü Bu's force is a necessary element to ensure the stability of Xuzhou. Although Cao Bao was born into a scholar family. I can't read the scriptures, but I was born with the habit of a ranger warrior. Mi Zhu looks elegant, but in his heart, he is still more concerned about businessmen. Since the three parties did not oppose this matter, the Xuzhou scholars only regarded it as a secret joke material, and did not criticize it with great fanfare, and this matter was finally said and completed by Xu Yan in such a ridiculous way.

The reason Xu Yan used to persuade the Cao family and the Mi family. It corresponds to the current weaknesses of the two companies.

Cao Bao is a martial artist, he only likes to lead troops to fight, but he does not have many means to govern the place and family. Therefore, after Cao Hong's death, Cao's economic situation gradually deteriorated. Especially in recent years, due to the high cost of raising soldiers for Cao Bao, there is often a feeling that the family cannot make ends meet.

Mi Zhu, on the other hand, was good at literary affairs, especially in commerce and smuggling. Under his painstaking management, Mi's family property not only did not shrink due to years of war. On the contrary, it has quietly increased its value a lot. But there is one point, Mi Zhu is not good at leading troops, and his younger brother Mi Fang's military ability is also limited. The characteristics of the gun barrel are not hard, so that the Mi family always has some lack of confidence when facing other clans such as the Cao family and the Chen family.

Compared with Chen Deng, the head of the Chen family in the East China Sea, who can be literate and martial, the Cao family and the Mi family have their own shortcomings. On the other hand, Chen Deng. After he was conquered by the late Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, he relied on his outstanding talents. He decisively led the family to avoid unnecessary competition with the Mi clan, who was also in the East China Sea, and focused on other regions, vigorously building a new foundation for the family in the vast area of Guangling. In the following years, although the Chen clan's power in the East China Sea was suppressed by the Mi clan, Chen Deng's expansion in the Guangling area alone could be relied on. surpassed the heyday of Mi's family.

In addition, Chen Deng not only has good governance, but also leads troops to fight quite well. Guangling was originally a place full of thieves and bandits. In order for Guangling to be effectively managed, it is first necessary to cut off the tumors in these places. Chen's family soldiers were expanding the foundation of Guangling. However, those who showed strong combat effectiveness wiped out the bandits and water bandits in Guangling. Even the rampant thieves in the Jiangdong area were cautious one by one in front of the Guangling soldiers under Chen Deng's command, and they did not dare to offend them.

The so-called Yunwen Yunwu, Welling Yilong. With these deeds and exploits, Chen Deng directly became the most weighty one among the heroes in Xuzhou.

The rise of the Chen family inevitably took away the Cao family's position as the first powerful in Xuzhou, and also overshadowed the old enemy Mi family. Therefore, in the face of the growing power of the Chen family, the Cao family and the Mi family, who felt a considerable threat, would invariably want to marry the new Xuzhou Mu Lu Bu, so as to use the status and strength of the Xinzhou Mu to strengthen themselves.

At this time, the two powerful suddenly discovered that the Cao clan had soldiers and the Mi clan had money, and the combination of the two could achieve a win-win situation under the coordination of Lu Bu, who was brave and famous in the world.

Such an effect finally contributed to the simultaneous marriage of Cao Bao and Mi Zhu's marriage. And Lu Bu also assured in front of Cao Bao and Mi Zhu that Cao and Mi would be treated fairly and never be biased. In this way, with a seemingly ridiculous marriage, the power of Xuzhou fell to the Cao family and the Mi family, but the Chen family, the strongest in Xuzhou, was squeezed out.

Of course, in this process, Lu Bu also gained a lot. In particular, after Xu Bi strongly recommended and persuaded Lu Bu to accommodate Bao Xin's subordinates who defected from Yanzhou, Lu Bu's military strength was greatly expanded, and his right to speak in Xuzhou was confirmed to a certain extent.

Lü Bu had nominal authority, and the actual state power was secretly divided between the Cao and Mi clans, but in many matters, the Chen family's opinion had to be taken into account. This is the distribution of power in Xuzhou today.

It is precisely because of the dispersion of authority within Xuzhou that if Lu Bu makes a decision that is not in the interests of the major powers, it is usually difficult to implement this decision.

As the most valued power in today's troubled times, the powerful must of course firmly control it. Therefore, even if the rest of the heroes said that they were subordinate to Lu Bu, Lu Bu could only mobilize the county soldiers to a certain extent. Some tasks that are too dangerous, Lu Bu can't expect to be able to let those powerful private soldiers carry them out.

Under the current situation of the great enemy, Bao Xin's suggestion of retreating was originally a normal strategy for using troops. There's a big problem, though. That is:

- Who will break the queen?

As we all know, there are risks after breaking. If the strength and luck are poor, the person who is cut off is likely to be swallowed by the pursuers.

Such a dangerous thing, whether it is Cao Bao or Mi Fang, will not be willing to accept it. As for Chen Deng, that's even less to say. Therefore, if you want to withdraw the army, most of the people who are responsible for the final break are Lu Bu's directly governed troops.

Of course, if Lu Bu is willing to lead the troops to cut off the queen in person, it is estimated that no one will be able to curry favor with him. But this kind of approach inevitably makes him, the state pastor, seem too worthless, right?

Due to the above entanglements, Lü Bu did not immediately accept Bao Xin's suggestion, but decided to fight a battle with the forbidden army first, and after frustrating the enemy's spirit, it was not too late to retreat slowly. At that time, Yu Ban, who had lost a game, might not dare to pursue the Xuzhou army with great fanfare.

It's a pity that when Lu Bu didn't want to fight, Yu Ban repeatedly sent people to challenge in front of the camp. When Lu Bu wanted to fight, Yu Ban was guarding the camp and had no intention of challenging. Depressed, Lu Bu sent his subordinate Zhang Liao to fight to provoke the northern army, but except for a few sharp arrows shot by strong crossbows, he gained nothing.

"Obviously, the Northern Thieves have tricks in their hearts, knowing that our army is short of food, and they want to delay time and let our army collapse without a fight!"

Zhang Liao, who failed to challenge and returned to the camp, complained in front of Lu Bu. The relationship between him and Lu Bu belongs to the kind of half-teacher and half-friend, half-colleague and half-subordinate, with a certain degree of independence, and he is not too afraid of Lu Bu's punishment.

In fact, the relationship between Cheng Lian and Bao Xin and Lu Bu is also this kind of half-ally and half-subordinate relationship. That is, Gao Shun's dead face will be carried out in strict accordance with Lu Bu's military orders. And that doesn't mean that Gao Shun is wholeheartedly loyal to Lu Bu. If it were a different boss, Gao Shun would still do this, which is Gao Shun's temperament.

Because of this, the atmosphere in Lu Bu's big tent has always been lively. Generals and schools at all levels talk to themselves, openly complain to Lu Bu, and top up to the cow, which is commonplace. That is, Lu Bu's martial arts are high enough, and the rest of the generals are afraid of him. Otherwise, Lu Bu, the main general, is really not an easy errand to do.

"Since the challenge is unfavorable, our army should retreat as soon as possible. If we wait until we run out of food, then there will be a great disaster! ”

Bao Xin threw out his point again. In Bao Xin's mind, this rush to Juxian County this time was a mistake in itself. The enemy is strong and we are weak, so of course we must first hold on and try to counterattack after dampening the enemy's spirit. Rushing forward when the enemy's morale is high is not the work of a wise general. The key lies in the fact that the Xuzhou Army's speed of action was too slow, and it failed to effectively strike at the enemy when the enemy's foothold was not stable, so it would fall into the current passive situation.

In the final analysis, Bao Xin still believes that this is caused by the fact that Xuzhou's soldiers are inferior to others and will be inferior to others. However, he was naturally not stupid enough to say such a point of view in front of General Lu Bu. That's a very unpleasant act.

"Junhou, why don't you let me lead the troops back to Kaiyang first, drive away the thief army, and restore the grain route?"

The person who spoke was one of Cao Bao's lieutenants. This time, Lu Bu sent troops, and the time was extremely rushed, Cao Bao just asked a deputy general to lead 3,000 soldiers to follow Lu Bu north, and he also mobilized troops in Pengcheng, thinking that Lu Bu was a backup. The same is true for Chen Deng's side. However, Mi Zhu sent his younger brother Mi Fang to go out in person, which can be regarded as the most active.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Donghai is about to face the arrogant soldiers directly.

Therefore, as soon as she heard the words of Deputy General Cao Bao, Mi Fang also quickly stood up and made a positive statement:

"This proposal is very good, Mi Fang is also willing to take a trip to remove the trouble for the eldest brother!" (To be continued......)