The banquet lasted until the evening, except for some generals who wanted to garrison the border and said goodbye early, those who were closer to Longxian were called to the hall by Lu Bu to discuss matters, Jiang Xu arranged for his entourage to send Jiang Wei home, and he came to the hall of Lu Mansion with Yang Hu.

When night falls, the lights come on, and the lights in the Lu Mansion are colorful, as bright as day.

Jiang Xu and Yang Hu cautiously walked into the hall and bowed to Lu Bu, who was sitting behind the handsome case: "Meet the lord!" ”

The candles in the hall were brilliant, reflecting on Lu Bu's resolute face, it was so beautiful, looking Jiang Xu and Yang Hu in front of the hall up and down, Lu Bu took away his arrogant gaze, changed it to a pleasant smile, and suddenly became very friendly and powerful: "Yishan, Boyi, please take a seat!" ”

"Thank you"

Yang Fu and Jiang Xu thanked each other, carefully found a place to sit down, and after greeting each other with their colleagues, they sat down uprightly behind the desk, except for Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Chen Gong, and Zheng Hun are scholars, the rest are all born as martial artists, even so, the etiquette that should be there can not be wasted, and after the two sat down, they hugged their fists and said hello.

Lu Bu pursed his lips and said, "Everyone, now that we have occupied the two counties of Longxi and Hanyang, what should we do next, what do you think?" ”

Zhou Tai looked around, and when he saw that no one spoke, he immediately got up and said, "Lord, why don't we seize Wudu in one go, and use Wudu as a springboard to attack Xichuan!" ”

Gao Shun shook his head and immediately put forward a different opinion: "Our army has been fighting continuously for more than two months, the wounded soldiers need to be healed, the soldiers need to be cultivated, and the equipment needs to be repaired. ”

Lu Bu stroked the stubble under his chin and looked at Yang Fu: "Yishan, what do you think?" ”

Yang Fu originally didn't want to speak, because as a newcomer, they should try to avoid raising opposing opinions about the opinions of some old people, so as not to cause unnecessary conflicts, but since Lu Bu asked, Yang Fu did not prevaricate, and immediately said the thoughts in his heart: "The land of Wudu, the terrain is flat, suitable for cavalry combat, the main male wolf rides, bravely crowns the world, and it does not take a month to pacify Wudu, and the mountains of Xichuan are undulating, and the mountains are stacked on top of each other, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack." The Shu army is choked and controlled, taking advantage of the high and dangerous, if the lord sends cavalry to attack Xichuan, there will be no return"

As soon as Yang Fu's words fell, the generals didn't feel anything, but the strategists were different, only to see Jia Xu open and close his eyes, looking at the more formal Yang Fu intently, with a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth.

And Chen Gong and Cheng Yu also nodded appreciatively, for what Yang Fu said, they raised their hands in agreement, Zheng Hun is a handle on civil matters, but he doesn't know anything about military matters, seeing that Cheng Yu and Chen Gong both nodded, he also nodded with the flow.

Lu Bu saw that his three chief strategists seemed to agree with Yang Fu's words, and he was secretly happy in his heart at the moment, he couldn't imagine that there was such a person of insight hidden in this land of Hanyang, but if he wanted to be affirmed by the soldiers, he must be given more opportunities to show himself, thinking of this, Lu Bu immediately smiled: "Yishan, is there any way to solve this problem?" ”

Yang Fu immediately replied: "Qi Yu Lord, the population of Longxi and Hanyang counties adds up to three or four hundred thousand, excluding the old and young women and children, there are still more than 200,000 strong men, as long as the lord raises 30,000 soldiers and horses from various counties and counties, and exercises diligently, it will not take two years for the lord to obtain a tiger and wolf army to attack Shu, in addition, if the lord wants to capture Xichuan, a fine topographic map is indispensable!" ”

Lu Bu stroked his palms and laughed: "Xiliang really hides the dragon and crouching tiger, first there is Jia Junshi, and then there is Yang Yishan, God treats a certain person well."

Yang Fu immediately said modestly: "The lord praised it falsely, Fu is extremely embarrassed, in the battle of Tiger Valley, Bo Yi and I were captured by General Gao Shun, and General Gao Shun is a rare general."

Although Yang Fu is not good at slapping horses, it is still necessary to say some sycophants.

Lu Bu laughed and asked Jia Xu with a smile, "Sir, what do you think?" ”

Jia Xu had already planned, and said with a smile: "Yishan is reasonable, if you want to seize Xichuan, this infantry soldier who enters Shu is indispensable, most of the cavalry under the main prince's account are cavalry, although there are many foot soldiers, but they are dwarfed, so the matter of recruiting troops is imperative, but this powerful soldier and horse recruit a new army needs countless money and food, Duke Wen, how much food does our army have now?" ”

Zheng Hun immediately took out a pair of bamboo slips from his arms, and after looking at it for a while, he said: "The money is still relatively abundant, but this grain and grass is not enough, and the grain and grass brought from Luoyang have been almost consumed." However, the grain and grass obtained in the last battle of Didao can feed the army for a year and a half, and if the lord wants to recruit new troops, the grain and grass are not enough."

"Now that the autumn wheat has been harvested and the winter wheat is green, even the grain and grass from the tax are not enough to consume", Lu Bu looked at the case in front of him coldly, and his fingers kept tapping on the case.

After knocking for a while, he looked up and asked word by word: "Since you have extra money, can you buy it in the market?" ”

Zheng Hun was very helpless: "Lord, after several months of investigation, I learned that most of the fields in Longxi are in the hands of the landlord Haoqiang, and the common people can't even drink porridge, and the overseas Qiang Di will come out of the Qiang and Di two roads to loot every autumn harvest, and the common people are miserable, and the wealthy family controls the grain road, and half a catty of rice is actually a hundred yuan, and one gold can only buy one stone." ”

Lu Bu closed his eyes and muttered to himself: "Haoqiang and Yi are a big disaster after all."

Yang Fu and Jiang Xu glanced at each other, and both bowed their hands: "Lord, the Wei River crosses the counties of Hanyang, the people are rich and the country is rich, and the grain and grass are abundant, and the big families are mostly looking forward to the Yang family, the Jiang family, and the Wei family, as long as these three families open their mouths, they can collect at least 100,000 stone of grain and grass in Hanyang County, and Wei Lie, the head of the Wei family, is now guarding the county under the main public account, as long as the lord makes his mouth public, Wei Lie will definitely agree." ”

Lu Bu stroked his sideburns and raised his eyebrows: "What about the Yang family and the Wei family?" ”

Yang Fu and Jiang Xu looked at each other and smiled: "Don't worry, my lord will definitely say that my brother will donate grain and grass, and the current head of the Jiang family is Boyi's father, so don't worry about it."

"Good!" Lu Bu slapped the table suddenly, got up and came to the two of them and said loudly: "Thank you Yishan and Bo Yi here."

The two hurriedly got up and returned the salute: "Since we have already invested in the main account, we will do our best to assist, just the grain and grass, why worry about it!" ”

The words of the two immediately attracted a burst of applause from the ministers and generals in the hall, and Zhou Tai's dissatisfaction with Yang Fu also disappeared, and they praised the righteousness of the two. ”

"Borrow from the wealthy clan in Longxi!" , Lu Bu immediately said categorically.

"What if they don't borrow?"

Lu Bu smiled, and swept the generals in the hall with tiger eyes: "If you don't borrow it, then I will kill the chickens and monkeys, and take the lead first!" ”