"Sortie?" Liu Xiu was very surprised, and even a little suspicious of Jia Xu's true intentions, between the deep understanding of this dying Taoist friend immortal poor Daoist surname, he must seriously consider Jia Xu's every move, and will never have no reservations. The reason why he dared to hand over the matter of merging the state to Jia Xu was because he knew that Jia Xu and the Yuan family could not reconcile, and Jia Xu was helping him to help himself.

But if he wants to take the initiative to attack Xianbei, this is exactly the opposite of his established plan, what he originally wanted was to prepare for the war passively, to ensure that the Xianbei people did not come in, he promised the Son of Heaven to guard the border pass, even if Yuan Shao was defeated, he would not be taken advantage of by the Xianbei people, and it was by no means a meritorious achievement.

"My lord, you were able to return to Bingzhou this time because you gained the trust of the Son of Heaven. But why did you almost lose the annexed state? It's because your goal has deviated from the goal of the Son of Heaven. Facing Liu Xiuhu's suspicious gaze, Jia Xu explained unhurriedly: "You are right to do this, because it is too risky to fight the Xianbei people in an all-out attack, and the Son of Heaven does not have the appeal of the Yuan family, so he does not have so much money and food to support you." Yuan Shao's method, he can use it, but you can't use it. However, if you sit back and watch the Yuan family take advantage of the situation, wouldn't it be too negative? ”

Liu Xiu quickly weighed Jia Xu's words, if he didn't consider the outcome of the victory or defeat, Jia Xu's words did make sense, if he waited like this, the pace of his development would indeed not be able to keep up with the speed of Yuan Shao's strength expansion, what he was most worried about now was whether there was enough time to develop, whether Yuan Shao would sweep the world before he could save enough strength.

The foundation is not as thick as others, if you want to keep up with others, you must develop at a faster speed, this truth Liu Xiu understands. Jia Xu didn't know the strength he was secretly hiding, and it was normal to have this idea. However, Dad actually said that although the strength he has accumulated is strong, it cannot be said that it is stronger than the Yuan family, it can only be said that each has its own merits, even if it is all given to him now, he still can't have the upper hand. From this point of view, Jia Xu's worries are not groundless.

The question is can we win?

"Yes." Jia Xu raised his fingers and analyzed Liu Xiu's advantages one by one. First of all, after the previous two battles, especially the sweep last year, the strength of the western Xianbei has been severely hit, and compared with the central Xianbei and the eastern Xianbei, their strength is the worst; Secondly, although Liu Xiu only has 10,000 cavalry, these 10,000 cavalry are well equipped, and they have been fighting for the past two years, and they have won consecutive battles, with high morale and strong combat effectiveness. In addition, the north of the western Xianbei is the station of the Niutou tribe, and it is impossible for them to retreat all the way north like the central Xianbei and the eastern Xianbei, and their range of activity is two or three thousand miles.

"My lord, if Yuan Shao has a heavy army and does not move forward, and his work is in vain, but the adult crisscrosses the west, forcing the Wild Wolf Tribe and the Wild Sand Tribe to follow in the footsteps of the Hongyue tribe, bow down to the Han Dynasty, and even join forces with the Niutou Tribe, then what will Your Majesty think, what will Yuan Shao think?"

Liu Xiu's heart was pounding, and then he fell into a deep contradiction. If it is as Jia Xu thought, he forced the western Xianbei to surrender, then Yuan Shao could no longer make a false shot, and he had to achieve decent results. But from a certain point of view, Liu Xiu would rather him make a false shot, because this is just a waste of some money and food, and it was raised by the Yuan family themselves, and the senseless sacrifices of the soldiers will be very small, if Yuan Shao is forced by him to fight with all his strength and pursue deep into the grassland, it is likely to be the worst result Jia Xu said: the entire army is annihilated.

This is definitely not what Liu Xiu wants to see, this is to gain the upper hand in the battle with Yuan Shao, but at the cost of tens of thousands of soldiers' surnames, it is too cruel.

"I'll think again." Liu Xiu's voice was a little dry, this decision was too difficult to make.

"Whoa." Jia Xu didn't urge him, "My lord saddle horse is tired, let's rest early." I have already arranged the relevant supplies, and it is estimated that by the end of the month, enough dry food for the army for three months will be ready. ”

Liu Xiu's eyes flashed: "April and May is the time when the war horse is the thinnest, is it appropriate to attack at this time?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head and smiled weirdly: "My lord, it's just that the Xianbei people's war horse has fallen off, and our war horse is fine." ”

Liu Xiu looked at him suspiciously, and Jia Xu said again, "The money I got from the Bingzhou Thorn Mansion last year, in addition to the money handed over to the Jinyang Academy, I used part of it to buy cattle and sheep in the hands of the herdsmen, all of which were made into dry food for the march, and part of it was used to buy horse grass and beans to ensure that the war horses would not fall off during the winter and maintain combat effectiveness as much as possible." He looked at Liu Xiu and added: "At that time, the situation was urgent, and I didn't have time to ask the adults for instructions, so I had to make my own opinions. ”

Liu Xiu blinked, and said in his heart, this guy is really ruthless, no wonder the three hundred million came to his hand and disappeared, it turned out to be used in this place. There are now nearly 30,000 war horses in the battalions of Bingzhou, and if you want to ensure that you don't lose your beans or lose less horses, you don't know how many beans you have to eat this winter, and more than 100 million may not be enough, and you may still owe a lot of debts. Even if Zhang Yi is not hacked to death, this debt can drag him to death.

He thought about everything and forced me to fight. Although Liu Xiu admitted that Jia Xu's choice was the most beneficial to him, he still felt a little uncomfortable, was Jia Xu doing this a little too much?

Jia Xu looked at him quietly, Liu Xiu didn't want him to see his thoughts, and motioned for him to go out first. Jia Xu bowed and walked out of the big tent with easy steps. He stood outside the tent for a moment, and then strode towards his tent. Opened the door of the tent, a hot smell of wine wafted out from inside, a man about fifty years old, who looked like a scholar, sat in front of the desk, was fiddling with the wine jug, as soon as he saw him, he immediately beckoned and shouted: "Wenhe, come, have a drink first." ”

With a smile on his face, Jia Xu walked over and sat across from the man. The wine was just warm, the meat on the table was finely sliced, a few sauces were set aside, and the cups and chopsticks were carefully arranged, just like the clothes of the man opposite.

The man picked up the wine glass, squeaked, took a sip, and praised again and again: "Good wine, good wine, I have drunk the wine of Bingzhou before, I didn't expect it to become so strong, this time it didn't come in vain." ”

Jia Xu smiled faintly, took a sip of wine, and slowly put the wine glass on the table: "What does Mr. Liu think?" ”

"It's okay, young hero, it's rare to be able to win the hearts of soldiers like this."

"But I don't think he's a woman." Jia Xu briefly said what had just happened, and the man listened while drinking, and finally blinked his eyes and wiped his beard, "You are right, it is indeed the kindness of some women, but the young man is impulsive, but he has the spirit of an old man, which is also rare." I was inexplicably excited when I heard your plan, and I can't wait to start a war now, maybe I won't be able to win your mind. ”

Jia Xu was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Mr. is right. ”

"Young people, you have to take your time to guide." The man waved his hand disapprovingly, signaling Jia Xu to continue drinking: "It's right to think twice, anyway, now we have time, let's see his final decision, let him think about it, it is also a tempering of his heart." In my opinion, since this process is inevitable, it is better to hurry sooner rather than later. ”

"What the gentleman said is very true." Jia Xu bowed down and was taught.

"Wenhe ......" The man put down his wine glass and pondered for a moment: "Your strength lies in figuring out people's minds, and Liu Xiu's strength is also in this, as you can see from his grasp of the psychology of the Son of Heaven." Don't fight with the world, Lao Tzu's words were vividly played by him this time. The two of you have something in common, both good and bad, so you can't take him for a fool, or it will be self-defeating, and neither of you wants to be toyed with and applauded. ”

Jia Xu's eyes tightened, and he nodded yes.

…… Feng Xue pulled Zhang Lu with his left hand and Zhang Wei with his right hand, and walked in jumping, not noticing the look on Liu Xiu's face, and smiled excitedly: "Husband, these two children of Master Lu are really interesting, they ride horses really well." ”

"I'm not a child, I'm a teacher." Zhang Lu suddenly broke free of Fengxue's hand and shouted with his neck stalked. Feng Xue was stunned for a moment, then covered his mouth and laughed, touching the bun on Zhang Lu's head, "Okay, good, you are the department master, then dare to ask the department master, what kind of Taoism do you know now?" ”

Zhang Lu bit his fingers, rolled his eyes and thought about it, and said with some lack of confidence: "Mother said that I can't learn Taoism until I am fifteen years old." ”

Feng Xue was about to tease him a few more words, Liu Xiu stopped her, Feng Xue lifted the corner of her skirt and jumped to Liu Xiu's side lightly. Liu Xiu patted her hand and bent down to look at Brother Zhang Lu: "How have you practiced martial arts in the past two days?" ”

"It's fine." Zhang Lu said respectfully.

"I'm better than my big brother." Zhang Wei raised his hand and said impatiently.

Zhang Lu stretched out his hand and twisted his ears, and said with a smile: "Ah Wei, if you don't brag in front of Mr., or as soon as Mr. tests you, you will be exposed." ”

Zhang Wei broke free of his hand and said loudly: "I didn't brag, if Mr. doesn't believe it, I'll show Mr. practice." As he spoke, he tied his belt and began to practice the routines in the Mozi Five Elements Technique taught by Liu Xiu in a serious manner. As soon as he practiced twice, Zhang Lu reminded: "Ah Wei, you are trying too hard, you have forgotten the truth that you are gentle and not expensive." ”

Liu Xiu was very curious, and said in his heart that this kid was born to be a god stick, he was only in his early tens, and he knew such a profound truth, so he wouldn't be talking about it. He beckoned to Zhang Lu, "You show Ah Wei to lead the qi with intentions, you are gentle and not expensive." ”

"Whoa." Zhang Lu looked like a little old man, gave Liu a salute, and then practiced with a clear eye. With a small face, it does look like a little magic stick, very into the play, after the drill, he also specially told Zhang Wei why he should lead the qi with his intentions, and finally asked Liu Xiu with a raised face: "Sir, am I right?" ”

"Yes, yes." Liu Xiu couldn't help but smile and nodded again and again. Zhang Lu became even more proud, pointed to Ah Wei's nose and taught him a few more words. Zhang Wei felt very embarrassed, and his face sank: "I'll go to play with Sister Lu and ignore you." ”

Zhang Lu stuck out his tongue and ran out as well.

Liu Xiu was confused, this Tang Yingzi didn't come, the two boys complained all the way, why did they have a sister Lu just after they arrived at Yangshu Lake: "Sister Lu, who is it?" ”

"Lu Bu's eldest girl, she is only five years old this year, and she is wilder than Yingzi, but she rides the horse really well."

Liu Xiu suddenly realized. He hugged Fengxue's shoulders, thinking about Jia Xu's suggestion just now, and suddenly said: "Fengxue, you said that if I join forces with your Abba to attack the Wild Wolf Tribe or the Wild Sand Tribe, will he agree?" ”

Fengxue curled up in his arms, pulled his hand and pillowed it under his face, her eyes were a little sad, and after a while, she said faintly: "The bitter cold land of the North Sea cannot be used for farming, why do you want to take it." ”

Liu Xiu was very surprised, he suddenly felt that his palms were a little wet, and when he leaned down, he saw that the wind and snow were rippling. He couldn't help but be a little flustered, and hurriedly comforted: "Fengxue, you're wrong, I didn't want to take the land of Beihai." ”

"When you defeat the Gandhara and the king, you won't think so." Feng Xue sobbed: "You Han people are always like this, you have occupied countless fertile land, but you are still not greedy enough, and you always want to kill us on horseback." ”

"Fengxue, you're not kind." Liu Xiu said half-jokingly: "For hundreds of years, you people on horseback have come to rob us, when did we take the initiative to trouble you?" ”

"We robbed you because we couldn't survive. But you robbed us but you were driven by greed, if it weren't for your lack of strength all these years, would you be so peaceful? Didn't you go out of the jam and rob last year? ”

"Hey, what are you talking about, I was the one who broke the siege for your Abba last year, okay?"

"And what if it's my Abba who owns the land?" Fengxue sat up and twisted her body and asked.

Liu Xiu thought for a moment: "You should know, I don't like to fight, but sometimes if you don't fight, others will treat you as a weak and bullying sheep." Just like that sandalwood acacia, why don't we want to be friendly with him, and even willing to marry the princess to him, but how about him, relying on his many people and fast horses, he has to invade every year. When we encounter such warmongers, it is useless for us to say anything, and only when we are afraid of him can there be peace. He lowered his head and looked at Fengxue intently: "Is your Abba also such a person?" ”

Feng Xue didn't speak, wrinkling her brows, as if she was evaluating how true or false Liu Xiu's words were. After a while, she shook her head: "I don't think Abba should join forces with you, there is no way for him to accept your help." ”

"In this way, if you want to kill the sandalwood locust, only I have to figure it out." Liu Xiu hugged Fengxue's soft body, swaying slowly, taking stock of the power in his hands, thinking about how to integrate these people. There is a formation in the art of war, although it is not as mysterious as later generations said, but the general purpose is still conducive to the cooperation of all departments of the party, as much as possible to cooperate with each other, the formation is also relatively simple, it cannot be a phalanx, a circle formation, a goose-shaped formation and the like, and there are not so many changes, after all, thousands of people want to quickly change the formation can not do it.

But private fighting is different, the number of people is small, the change is flexible, especially when besieging, if you can cooperate with tacit understanding, the effect can be far better than rushing up.

"Fengxue, I remember the first time I fought against you, you said that your swordsmanship is called Xuanshui Swordsmanship?"

Feng Xue got angry when she thought of this, that time Liu Xiu recited a big man's knife technique, but as a result, he was more villain than a villain, causing her to lose face in front of everyone.

"You're embarrassed to say, what kind of big man's knife technique." Fengxue is angry and funny.

"Hey, that's a joke. I'll tell you a serious matter, have you ever seen anything in the sword array? ”

"Sword formation?" Feng Xue blinked and looked at Liu Xiu with blue eyes.

Liu Xiu explained, Feng Xue pursed his lips when he heard it, and shook his head again and again: "We never bully more than less, the competition is one-on-one, and we don't need any sword formation." ”

Liu Xiu's face darkened, and he said in his heart, you just don't know the power of unity, so you are always defeated. It seems that there is no hope of looking for Fengxue, and you have to find Wang Zhi or Mrs. Lu. Doesn't the Taoist priest often have the Big Dipper Seven Star Array and the Nine Palace Bagua Array?

Liu Xiu found Mrs. Lu, but Mrs. Lu didn't understand either. She said to Liu Xiu, firstly, cultivators rarely compete with others, and secondly, even if they want to compete, most of them are heads-up, there are not a few against one, and group fights are rare, and I haven't heard of any formations.

Liu Xiu was dumbfounded, there was no ready-made formation available, did he want to create his own? Everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, so call everyone who can use it to discuss.

Lu Bu came, Zhang Fei came, Guan Yu also came, and after listening to Liu Xiu's meaning, they looked at each other and laughed. Lu Bu stood up first, "Who can be an adult's opponent, and what kind of formation do adults have to bother with?" ”

"There are mountains outside the mountains, there are people outside the people, and it is inevitable that there will be more clever masters than me." Liu Xiu didn't tell them that the target was Tanshihuai, Lu Bu was a little aggressive, in case he was not convinced, when the time came to go to Tanshihuai alone, it would be troublesome. "We are fighting, not competitive, everything is aimed at victory, don't talk about face or anything like that. For example, now that we meet a master, none of us are his opponents, so how can we gather the strength of everyone to defeat him? ”

Under Liu Xiu's persuasion, they finally reluctantly accepted this absurd idea and began to discuss how to defeat a master. However, the good times did not last long, and as soon as the discussion began, the opinions were analyzed. Lu Bu's suggestion is very simple, use the continuous impact of cavalry, no matter how powerful it is, can you still block the collision of hundreds or thousands of cavalry?

Guan Yu has another set of ideas, of course, the meaning is similar, besiege with hundreds of heavy armor soldiers, and hack to death with random knives. He slapped his chest, narrowed his eyes, and let out wild words, is there anyone in the world who can withstand the siege of a hundred heavy armor soldiers, God...... Probably not.

Lu Bu was angered by his arrogance, and took the case, don't be crazy, Lao Tzu has a way to break your heavy armor.

Guan Yu's eyes squinted, disdainful.

Lu Bu is on fire, go, go out and fight alone.

Guan Yu didn't say a word, and pulled his legs to keep up.

The rest of the people looked at each other, and the heart said that these two are the first guys in the world, and it hasn't been a day since they met, so why did they start fighting. Liu Xiu could only smile bitterly, and said in his heart that these two people were destined to have a battle sooner or later. But it's good to fight a dozen, so you don't feel uncomfortable in your heart. And Guan Yu has been a little crazy lately, if Lu Bu can teach him a lesson, it will not be a good thing.

Lu Bu went into battle, reined in the horse, stood proudly, and the war horse that stepped down felt the excitement of the master, and the hooves of the big bowl were uneasy to plane the ground. Guan Yu also put on the iron armor, holding the unopened sword in one hand and stroking the beard under his chin with the other. Although he is only in his twenties, he has a beautiful beard, oily and smooth, straight with water, no drying, no forks.

The war drums were beaten, and there were really a lot of people watching the excitement, and ordinary soldiers didn't dare to leave their camps, but a few Sima and military candidates didn't fall behind, and they all ran over to watch the play, and what was even more outrageous was that Wei Yue actually opened a handicap. He is Lu Bu's cronies, of course he refuses to lose face, and Lu Bu's winning rate is much higher than Guan Yu.

Lu Bu raised the halberd in his hand, and as soon as the drum stopped, everyone watched with bated breath. As soon as Lu Bu lifted the reins of the horse, the war horse neighed, the person stood up, and the two strong front hooves kicked in the air, and Lu Bu raised his voice and shouted: "Guan Yu, so-and-so is here." ”

Guan Yu sneered, "Let's send him to death." ”

Lu Bu also sneered, let go of the horse's reins, held the halberd in both hands, kicked the horse's belly with a war whip, and the war horse spread its hooves and began to run. This is a tall and strong stallion, originally a stallion used for breeding, usually not used for war horses, I don't know how much Lu Bu spent to get it, in order to keep its wild surname, Lu Bu didn't even gelding it.

As soon as the horse started, it was as fast as the wind and as fast as lightning, and although it was only less than two hundred paces, it was already very fast. I saw that the horse's four hooves were in the air, raising its hooves, the horse's mane and tail were flying in the wind, and the muscles were rolling under the oily fur, just like Lu Bu on the horse's back, bursting out with incomparable masculinity.

In an instant, Lu Bu shouted, stepped on the stirrup with both feet, sat on the saddle, leaned forward, held the halberd in both hands, and stabbed it out.

Guan Yu didn't dare to slack off, a pair of phoenix eyes narrowed even more thinly, staring at Lu Bu who was rushing wildly, and stopped posing, holding the sword with both hands, the tip of the sword pointed to the ground, took a full breath, and suddenly burst into a shout, and the big sword was from the bottom up, and he fought back with all his might.

Liu Xiu also narrowed his eyes, not letting go of the slightest detail, he had already guessed from the direction of Lu Bu's halberd tip that Lu Bu had no idea of taking Guan Yu's surname, but he would definitely teach him a lesson. Of course, Guan Yu would not have the idea of deliberately hurting people, he chose the bladeless sword, but if this sword is chopped, it is expected to break a few bones, and even it is not impossible to kill someone by mistake.

Both of them are rare fierce generals, but both of them have a fatal weakness: arrogance, arrogance to the point of no return. Lu Bu was defeated by him once, but Lu Bu was always unconvinced, although he didn't say it, he still thought that his martial arts had no opponent. Guan Yu has never fought with him, and he is also suspicious of what Xu Yu said, and now as a centurion of heavy armor, he has the most powerful infantry force in the camp, and he also has some meaning of laughing at the world.

One is the strongest knight, the other is the strongest foot soldier, this battle is indeed exciting. In the romance, the three heroes fought against Lu Bu, and Liu Guan and Zhang combined the strength of the three to defeat Lu Bu, and now Guan Yu is alone, I don't know if he can defeat Lu Bu.

(To be continued)