In the silent valley, the crowd gathered in several piles, and a few whispers were heard from time to time.

"What the hell is going on?" Everyone was puzzled, and there was uneasiness floating in the air.

Although the last thing Zhao Liu said was very serious, it was not as lethal as the previous ones. It's like a house whose roof has been torn open by the wind, are you afraid of a few more holes in the walls and ground?

But when the problems came one after another, Xu Shu kept calm and actively came up with a lot of targeted strategies. Why did you hear the last one and be embarrassed to become like this?

Everyone asked each other one after another, and looked at the place where the sound of water came from in the valley - General Yuan Zhi had been wandering there alone for several hours.

"Little Liu, what did you say? Is there anything else you haven't told? "Pan Zhang is lazy, and he is a self-acquaintance, and he has been very enthusiastic with everyone along the way, and he has done a very natural act of pretending to be fierce and scaring people.

"No, didn't you just say it in front of everyone?" Zhao Liu cried with a sad face, he had been questioned several times, he was both frightened and confused, and he couldn't figure out what he said wrong.

"That's just as well." Pan Zhang is not unreasonable, "But there is no problem with that?" Even if Xiliangjun and Mrs. Guo didn't hook up, isn't this a certain death? He turned his head to look at Pei Yuanshao: "What's the difference?" He turned to Guan Hai again, and said something in his mouth: "What's the difference?" ”

Seeing that the two generals both shook their heads, he spread his hands and said, "No, right?" Although the momentum of the Xiliang army is fierce, after all, it has not crossed Anyi, if we have something to cooperate with Bai Bo, we will capture Wenxi City. The dead end is solved, even if there is collusion between the two enemies, the claws of the Xiliang Army can't be extended, isn't it? Unless ......"

"Unless?" It didn't matter if he changed his words, everyone's attention was attracted by him. The question now is that I don't know why General Yuan Zhi is worried?

"Unless ......" disappointed everyone, Pan Zhang smacked his lips, and he had no words, he was unless. It's purely the influence of the chatter attribute, and he has no idea at all.

"Hey!" Everyone sighed in unison, disappointed and angry. Zhao Liu, who had been interrogated by Pan Zhang as a criminal for a long time, even showed his arms and sleeves, obviously planning to settle the score.

At this moment, a calm voice suddenly sounded: "Unless Mrs. Guo is not colluding with Dong Zhuo, but someone else." ”

"Who is it?" Pan Zhang was stunned for a moment and asked subconsciously.

"And how do I know?" Ma Zhong casually told the truth in the tone of discussing what to eat for dinner: "Anyway, it's other than Dong Zhuo." Someone who can have an impact on our mission. ”

"Besides Dong Zhuo, there are only ...... Will they affect our plans? Everyone didn't know why, so they could only continue to ask Ma Zhong.

But Ma Zhong only relied on the advantage of bystanders. It would be too difficult for him to figure out the origin of Xu Shu's hesitation and let him explain the mystery.

His embarrassment did not last long, and he did not say a word. And some of them quarreled with each other and left him aside.

"What else can it do? It's a dead end. Why take such a risk for the sake of someone else's business? Wouldn't it be ...... if Baibo was the same as Montenegro?"

"What do you say? Yang Shuai, are they those ungrateful villains in Montenegro who feel that their wings are stiff? ”

"I mean what if...... Knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing their hearts, not seeing each other for two years, how do you know what others are thinking? ”

"Yang Shuai, they are all bright and upright heroes!"

After a long trek on the mountain road, it was easy to reach the end, but there was bad news again and again, Rao is with many elites here, and the military spirit was inevitably shaken.

The quarrel did not last long, and the noise alarmed the contemplative Xu Shu, who was so surprised that he almost thought it was a surprise attack by the enemy, and after hurriing back, he found that it was a false alarm.

After asking what happened, Xu Shu first glanced at Ma Zhong deeply, and this person's performance surprised him a little. When Pan Zhang first recommended him, Xu Shu thought that Ma Zhong and Pan Zhang should be similar, and they were friends with the same smell of wine and meat, but when he actually came into contact, he found that Ma Zhong's personality was completely different from Pan Zhang.

The former is low-key, the latter is flamboyant; The former is taciturn, the latter is a complete talker; Ma Zhong's utilitarianism is also far worse than Pan Zhang's, according to Xu Shu's observation, although this person's martial arts are good, but he has a bit of a taste of being at ease with what he encounters, if he is really allowed to go back to the academy as a teacher, maybe he will be much happier than he is now.

Maybe it's because of this character that he was able to tell the truth of the matter in one bite without any accurate information, right?

The appearance of this person is indeed an unexpected joy, and if you want to fight your way out of this dead end, you may have to rely on this person's calm analysis and judgment.

"Shou En is right, what I will be worried about is that there are people other than Dong Zhuo colluding with Mrs. Guo in Chang'an, so our goal has to be changed, or it will be expanded to hit Mrs. Guo hard."

"Huh?" Pan Zhang's jaw almost fell to the ground, the target has indeed expanded, but the extent of expansion is inevitably too big, right?

"Yuan Zhi, you said that Mrs. Guo was hit hard? But Xiao Liu has also investigated just now, and Mrs. Guo also has more than 100,000 people, including many veterans and bandits who have been on the battlefield since the Zhongping years, by the way, he still has the support of the Huns behind him...... The lord is not here, and you have all stayed in the rear to answer the soldiers in Hanoi, just with our one hundred and ten people, plus Bai Bo, who was beaten by the Xiliang army and his face was covered with blood...... This, this business has lost money and made no money! ”

Xu Shu didn't explain, and asked directly: "Jue, are you afraid?" ”

"Afraid? Who would be afraid? Pan Zhang jumped high: "The eldest husband is drunk and lying on the battlefield, what is so terrible?" After shouting a few words through anger, he was a little weak-hearted, and muttered in a low voice: "It's just that this is a lifeless deal, it's not cost-effective." ”

Although no one in the audience agreed, the look of concern in their eyes undoubtedly showed their inner thoughts.

Xu Shu knows what everyone thinks, now that the situation in Qingzhou is very good, staying by the lord's side, even if he doesn't take a big risk, the tide will rise in the future. If there is an invasion of the land by a foreign enemy. Everyone naturally wants to fight to the death, even if they face a strong enemy, they will not retreat, but now it is the rescue of Bai Bo, and it is a great achievement if it succeeds, and it will not be much of a loss to Qingzhou if it fails.

In the worst-case scenario, you can also try to break through the encirclement and withdraw Yang Feng and other leaders, and you can't afford to stake all your lives for the sake of forces other than the Qingzhou forces.

Even Pei Yuanshao and Guan Hai, who are also generals of the same vein as the Yellow Turban. The eyes showed hesitation and confusion, and only the oldest veterans of the Destruction Battalion showed firmness. Although when Li Le chose them out, he deliberately chose bachelors who had no relatives, but the relationship between them and them did not mean that they could be given up.

The mirror in my heart is the same. Xu Shu no longer entangled with Pan Zhang, turned to everyone, and said loudly: "You have been appointed by the lord to come to Hedong with Xu Shu, presumably like Shu, you have already saved the heart of retribution with a hundred deaths. However, the situation is now sinister. Ten times more than expected, as Jue said, it can be regarded as a situation of death and no life. ”

He looked around and took in the crowd's expressions. Said word by word: "Since ancient times, it has been difficult to die alone, and now it is the time for the man to make contributions, and the lord is thousands of miles away and cannot know the situation here." If you feel that your decision is too impulsive. It is possible to return here, with or without a goodbye in the future. I won't hold you accountable for this. ”

There was a commotion in the crowd, and no one expected that Xu Shu would say such a thing.

Isn't this encouraging everyone to flee? In the countless battles that the Qingzhou forces have experienced from scratch, this has never happened!

Those who came with Xu Shu were either utilitarian like Pan Zhang, or they were fearless, no matter what they thought, it was an unbearable shame to be regarded as a coward.

His face turned red, his fists clenched, and many people looked at Xu Shu with a little unkindness in their eyes.

Xu Shu didn't doubt at all that if he stimulated people with a sharp tone, someone would stand up and reason with him, but he didn't mean to change his course at all.

"I know what you think, you are not greedy for life and afraid of death, it's not that you are not loyal enough to the lord, but you just feel that there is no need to give your life for a group of people who are not even allies and are in a desperate situation. Whether this idea is right or wrong, whether the lord agrees with it or not, I dare not say anything, but one thing is certain......"

Xu Shu accentuated his tone: "That is, since the lord raised his army, whether he went to danger alone or faced the enemy, there were sacrifices and retreats, but he never gave up any friendly troops or subordinates because of the dangerous situation!" I think that the reason why my Qingzhou has won all battles and is powerful in the world is because of the fearless spirit and the trust between each other! ”

The loud words echoed quietly in the valley, and looking at the young general's suddenly serious face, the disbelief and indignation in everyone's eyes slowly disappeared, and they were replaced by deep thought.

"Allowing people to go back is not an opportunity to retreat, but an opportunity to ask the lord for advice. What the lord thinks, Shu can't guess, and he won't guess, Shu only knows that the lord solemnly handed over the Hedong matter to me, and I will do my best to complete it. ”

Xu Shu said solemnly: "Now, if you are willing to stay and die with someone, please take a step forward, and the rest of the people, led by Jue, will return the same way." ”

"What?" Pan Zhang was shocked and angry, and jumped up, but before he could say anything, more than a dozen veterans of the Destroying Blade Battalion had already promised loudly and took a step forward in unison.

"I am willing to die with the general!"

Immediately afterwards, Guan Hai shrugged his shoulders and stood up with dozens of colleagues in the Wuyin Army, and said softly: "You are the one who caught me in the army, and you were the one who carried out the assassination in Xuzhou, and you were the one who fought fiercely in Mount Tai together, and you were the one who killed Zang Ba's dogs and thieves, and now you want to abandon me, hehe, don't even think about it." ”

Almost at the same time, Pei Yuanshao muttered quietly while standing up with several of the most powerful subordinates of the bandits: "The last time General Ziyi went to charge the battle, he disliked me and refused to take me, this time no one can find fault with my riding skills, so the fool left." ”

Ma Zhong didn't say anything, but he didn't lag behind at all, and took a step forward silently, leaving his old friend Pan Zhang in place.

Pan Zhanglai was about to reason with Xu Shu, but when he saw this posture, he couldn't care about the theory, so he hurriedly jumped forward and shouted, "Yuan Zhi, are you so simply?" How can I say I want to go? After walking such a long way, I came to hear the news and went back...... I'm not a spy! Shou En, you are not righteous, why don't you pull your brothers? How can you make a fortune by yourself in a sullen voice? ”

Ma Zhong fought back without looking back: "Didn't you say it yourself, this is a loss of business?" Who dares to pull you to pay together? ”

"That's an analogy, just an analogy!" Pan Zhang Zhenzhen said: "Doing business is the most reasonable thing to do, it is the most reasonable to make money and lose money, sometimes, people can't be too persistent, even if they know that they are losing money, they have to throw money into it, and then they can see it, right?" ”

"You've ever been in business? How did I not know? ”

"That's also an analogy, an analogy......

Pan Zhang's theory didn't explain it in the end, because Xu Shu spoke.

"Very good, since everyone is willing to live and die together, some confidential things may as well be talked about......

What Xu Shu wants to say is, of course, Wang Yu and Jia Xu's analysis of the situation in Chang'an. If Chang'an wants to launch, someone must contain the main force of Dong Zhuojun, and the ideal result is that there will be a few more obedient troops who are willing to echo outside, and even enter the troops of King Qinqin in Beijing at a critical moment.

Qingzhou is too far away for the whip to reach, and the ministers may not like Wang Yu, who is a holy favor. The most recent and most direct ones are Ma Teng and Han Sui in Xiliang, Baibo in Hedong, and Liu Yan in Yizhou; The closer ones are Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Cao Cao in Yanzhou, Lu Bu in Luoyang, and Zhang Yang in Hanoi.

It seems that there are many choices, but if you study it carefully, you will find that in fact, Chang'an has very little choice.

Liu Biao and Liu Yan have no interest in King Qin at all, and if Emperor Xian dies or is deposed by Dong Zhuo, both of them are qualified to inherit the throne in a proper manner.

Ma Teng and Han Sui are rebels themselves, and even if they accept Zhao'an, they won't change much. What's more, Dong Zhuo's foundation is in Xiliang, and Ma and Han Gen can't compete with Dong Zhuo.

Lu Bu and Zhang Yang had limited strength and could not break through the defense line of the Western Liang Army; Although Cao Cao has the heart and strength, on the one hand, he has to face the pressure of Qingzhou, and he can't draw enough strength. You must know that he wants to be the king of Qin, and he also has to break through the defense line of Zhang Ji in Wancheng, and then he has to face Niu Fu's second line of defense in Shangluo and Wuguan before he can reach Luoyang City.

The best choice is Baibo.

The only problem is that Bai Bo and Wang Yu were implicated too much, and when Wang Yu left Hedong and gave a face-to-face lecture, he solemnly told Yang Feng and Han Xian to let them only keep their points in peace and not risk getting involved in disputes between the princes.

Wang Yu had a very high status in the minds of Yang Feng and others at that time, and of course several people would take his advice to heart. If Wang Yu had disappeared since then, Yang Feng and others might have forgotten about this, but in the past two years, no one in the world knows Wang Peng's family, which major event in the Central Plains is inseparable from Wang Yu?

Yang Feng and his people have long regarded Wang Yu as a god, and his words will naturally be regarded as divine decrees, and there is no gap in Chang'an.

Of course, Bai Bo's presence restrained the strength of the Xiliang Army. But the problem is that Bai Bo has always been in a defensive position, and their containment is not firm at all, and Li Dao and the others can withdraw from the battlefield at any time. As for King Qin or something, there is no hope at all.

It was at this time that Mrs. Guo, who was hidden behind Bai Bo and could be replaced, officially entered the field of vision of the anti-Dong Shi Party in Chang'an.

"In other words, if we just try to help Bai Bo get out, even if we succeed in retreating, Mrs. Guo will replace Yang Shuai and the others. In terms of the current situation, if it is only a breakthrough, it is impossible for Gen to retreat in his entirety, and judging from the predetermined route, most of the losses of the intercepted and captured prisoners will fall into the hands of Guo Tai and become a supplement to his strength. ”

Xu Shu pondered for so long, and had analyzed the whole situation extremely thoroughly, and when he talked eloquently at this moment, everyone easily understood.

"The strength of the Xiliang Army is intact, which is beneficial to our army, even if there is a way to think about it, we should try to avoid attacking it. So, in the final analysis, the best way to complete the task is to try to hit Mrs. Guo hard and solve all the problems once and for all. ”