Xu Shu is probably the most unconfident member of the entire Qingzhou Group, of course he was not like this in the past, since he faced off with Xi Zhicai and Zang Ba's Taishan thief, his mood began to be low.

Xi Zhicai is already very famous in Yingchuan, far from being comparable to Xu Shu, a backward entrant. But he is not the main reason for Xu Shu's troubles, when he is strong, he is strong, although Xu Shu and Tai Shici do not deal with it very much, but when he encounters a strong enemy, he is still very strong, when he is in Xuzhou, he has already won this strong enemy.

Now the problem is that the other party is fully prepared when he comes to find a scene. The Taishan battlefield is nominally Xu Shu's home field, but since the start of the war, Xu Shu has not been able to get enough help from the local area, but it is Xi Zhicai who is more like fighting at home.

Zang Ba, who has never been inconspicuous, has an unexpectedly powerful latent force in Mount Tai, and with his witty strategy, for a while, this pair of opponents gave Xu Shu an illusion that he could not compete.

"Yuan Zhi, you don't need to be so bothered." Tian Feng was also as worried as Xu Shu, but Xu Shu was already very anxious, and as an elder, he was not good at adding fuel to the fire.

"Before I came, the lord had already explained very qīngchu, Zang Ba has been gathering momentum for a long time, and he has the help of drama talents, you don't have to fight with him, Taishan is originally a buffer area, as long as you can take advantage of this opportunity now, let the restless people jump out, it is enough."

"That being said," Xu Shu stared at the map for a moment, as long as there was a secret to defeating the enemy hidden on it, "the lord has the defense committee of the base camp in my hands, and all my colleagues are expanding the territory, but I am the only one who has lost his division here." When everyone triumphed, Shu'an had the face to see the lord? ”

"Yuan Zhi. You're thinking too much......" Tian Feng shook his head and smiled bitterly, he had found out. The reason why Xu Shu didn't get along well with Tai Shici from the beginning was that they were the same kind of people. The modesty on the surface can't hide the pride in his heart, and it is inevitable that he will lose a bit of tactfulness.

But thinking about himself in the other way, Tian Feng felt that he didn't seem to have any position to talk about Xu Shu, people always have to persevere, even if it was Guo Tu and Feng Ji, it seemed that they would only fight for power and profit, and intrigue. But isn't it loyal to Yuan Shao?

There had been a few similar conversations before, when Tian Feng also used words such as being outnumbered, but after seeing the stubbornness of his young colleagues a few times, Tian Feng gave up. It's not that he can't be eloquent, it's just that the generals in Qingzhou will never use the enemy to talk about things, who let everyone stand up to a lord who plays with less to win more every time he fights?

However, this time, he believed that Xu Shu would eventually give up. The situation is too unfavorable.

said that the enemy was outnumbered, but in fact, the two had no soldiers at all. In addition to Xu Shu's 300 special combat team, only some veterans and disabled wounded soldiers rushed to help in the battle. Together, there were seven or eight hundred.

On Zang Ba's side, there are enough 8,000 Taishan thieves in Zang Ba's headquarters alone. With the addition of the Sun Guan brothers, Wu Dun, Yin Li, Chang Feng and other giants, the strength of the thieves has exceeded 30,000!

Not trained though. The elite troops with strict orders are often able to fight battles. A murderous bandit. Not to mention that Xu Shu only has such a small number of troops on hand, even if the entire Qingzhou Army before the Hebei War is here, against such an enemy, it will also have to go through a hard battle to win.

Most of the local Haoqiang's attitudes are ambiguous on the surface, secretly supporting Zang Ba.

As soon as the news of Wang Yu's northward journey came, Zang Ba had already led his troops to leave Kaiyang and invaded the territory of Mount Tai.

Within three days, the main force of Qingzhou completed tactical actions such as going north, crossing the Yellow River at night, and attacking Yuan's camp; And Zang Ba also captured Fei and Hua Er Counties within three days, took Nanwuyang bloodlessly, crossed Mengshan, and forcibly captured Pingyang City, and the soldiers were extremely sharp.

The reason for this is, of course, that the Taishan thieves are accustomed to mountain roads, and the speed of the march is not affected by the terrain. But if no one provided supplies along the way and opened the city gates to meet the thieves, Zang Ba's march would not have been so fast.

In addition to the Wang family, and Hu's mother family and other relatives, Taishan's heroism, Tian Feng really can't find a few trustworthy families.

Xu Shu had tried, but the old technique was repeated and the decapitation tactic was implemented.

But Xi Zhi suffered a loss, this time he made targeted precautions early, and the Taishan thief was originally a bandit, and he was very good at ambushes and sneak attacks with the help of terrain, but the sneak attack failed, but he broke a lot of manpower.

Tian Feng believes that this is also one of the main reasons why Xu Shu is unrelenting.

In fact, even if Xu Shu does not have these obsessions, the current situation is not optimistic, and Zang Ba's advance speed is too fast.

Now Pingyang City, where the Taishan thieves are located, is only eighty miles away from Mu County in the north, and Mu County and Ying County are just on the main road connecting Laiwu and Fenggao.

Once Mu County is captured, with the strength advantage of Taishan thieves, you can divide your troops to fight, go northeast, pass through Laiwu, and take Linzi, the seat of Qingzhou!

The shogunate, the administrative organs of the Shogunate and the Assassin's Mansion, as well as the dependents of the generals, once they fail, the consequences are unimaginable. Even if it can't be attacked, this fright is enough to interfere with the emotions of the soldiers in front.

The intelligence of Tian Feng and the others was still after the night raid, and they only knew that the Huns were attacking in a big way, and the date of the decisive battle and even the news of the victory and defeat had not yet been transmitted. It's a very tough test for them.

Tian Feng's opinion was to seek stability, since he couldn't hold Mount Tai, he simply gave up, retreated to Qi in great strides, concentrated on defending Linzi, and waited for the main battlefield to come back to the rescue.

Although there are not many regular troops in Qingzhou, the retired county soldiers and people can be used to defend the city, with the special combat team as the backbone, it may not be easy to defeat the invaders, but it is still no problem to hold Linzi.

"Brother Yuan Hao, although your method is safe, it is not without loopholes......" Xu Shu expressed a different opinion on this.

"How so?" The opinion was rejected, but Tian Feng was not annoyed, his strength was originally in government affairs, not military strategy, Wang Yu asked him to help, but also from the coordination and organization aspects.

In Qingzhou's new policy, there was already a martial arts, and the time was not ripe before, and Tai Shici made a fuss in Qinghe. Instead, it was put on the agenda. According to Wang Yu's assumption, the military and political council in Qingzhou will unswervingly follow the line of elite soldiers. However, among the people, it is necessary to vigorously promote the style of martial arts. In the future, it is necessary to form a military composition in which the offensive depends on the regular army and the defense depends on the militia.

So. He specially sent Tian Feng back.

"If I were a drama talent, I would definitely not attack Linzi, I am not sure, and there is no need to ......"

Xu Shu pointed accurately to the wèizhì of Linzi, and then drew a circle on the map: "It is enough to spread out the troops, block the road, and expand the scope of panic." It is said that Cao Cao also attached great importance to building an intelligence network, and while the siege was completed here, he only needed to send some detailed work. Spreading rumors in the plains is enough to shake the hearts of our army. ”

"Hmm." Tian Feng responded in a low tone, his brows furrowed, this game is really difficult to break.

I have to say that Xi Zhicai's grasp of the fighter is really strong, I thought that he attacked Mount Tai just to retreat and seek the second, but I didn't expect it to be a two-pronged strategy of attacking and retreating. The enemy's boths are a dilemma for one's own side.

Tian Feng is at a loss. Xu Shu knew that it would be difficult to solve the problem in a relatively safe way. But Xu Shu didn't feel disappointed, but said with relief: "No way." I can only make a dangerous move. ”

"Where's the plan?" Tian Feng was taken aback, and even assassinated Xu Shu. said that the soldiers want to make dangerous moves, how dangerous is that?

Xu Shu raised his head with a smile. Reminded: "Mr. Yuan Hao, don't forget, the lord is in Mount Tai." There has been a soldier and horse for a long time, and the so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days is not the time to use soldiers? ”

"You mean ......"

"Just as Brother Yuan Hao thought." Xu Shu smiled and nodded, raised his wrist a little on the map, and a name came into Tian Feng's eyes, making him gasp.

Xu Shu actually hit the idea on Juping's soldiers and horses, this is not just a risk, it is not good that the front wolf has not retreated, and the back door has summoned the tiger!

……

Due to the existence of Mount Tai, the city of Juping is like the west gate of Taishan County, from here along the Wenshui eastward, it only takes one or two days to reach Fenggao City, which can be described as a strategic place.

After Wang Yuquan took Qingzhou, he appointed Xu He, the commander of the Yellow Turban Qu, to garrison Juping with his old troops, which not only kept the integrity of his troops, but also allocated a large piece of land to him as a military cantonment, but did not provide military salaries.

Of course, this arrangement has caused a lot of criticism, but Taishan County has not been included in the new policy, it is just a buffer zone, which is not very important, with Wang Yu's prestige in the army, since the decision has been made, no one will oppose him.

As a result, Xu He became the first general in the Qingzhou Group to have the reality of a warlord but not the name of a warlord. Of course, whether Xu He is a part of the Qingzhou Army or not, it is still impossible to make a conclusion, when the strength of the Qingzhou Army is complete, no one will notice him, but when the main force of Qingzhou leaves the country and enters the country in a big way, Xu He's army has become a force that cannot be ignored.

At this moment, in the Juping City Guard, a controversy is underway.

"If you want me to say, Zang Xuan's conditions are good, Xu Shuai, you can't miss this opportunity!" A strong man with a scar on his face said loudly with excitement.

"That's right! What Brother Lu said is to capture Fenggao and take Qingzhou back! His statement won the support of many people.

"Lu Shan, has your conscience been eaten by dogs? On that day, you ran to Jibei, fought a fight, lost a lot, and were desperate, and came to Qingzhou, who took you in and gave you food? Now Qingzhou is in trouble, but you are going to fall into the well, you are really embarrassed by the face of the great sage and good teacher! But there were more dissenting people, and one young man pointed to Scarface and shouted a rebuttal.

"Who took me in? Of course, Xu Shuai took it in! ”

Scarface rolled his eyes, and said with disdain: "Wang Yu'er drove us out of Qingzhou by deception, and then let Brother Xu guard in Juping, just to let us fight in the nest, but fortunately, Xu Shuai didn't believe in his evil and opened the door to take in the brothers." When he found out that something was wrong and wanted to find Xu Shuai's account, Hebei was fighting again, why, don't you hurry up and find a way out now, waiting for him to come back and settle the account? ”

"You talk nonsense!"

"Am I talking nonsense? Then Yi Hui, tell me, what did Wang Yu do when he threw Xu Shuai to a place like Juping where birds don't? ”

"I ......"

"Alright, shut up!" Xu He, who was sitting on the main seat, suddenly shouted, his voice was extremely loud, like a spring thunder exploding on the ground, which shook the roof beams and seemed to shake, and a lot of dust fell down, and the shining under the slanting sun was particularly eye-catching.

"Lu Shan, I know that you have a good relationship with Chang Xuan, and he may have learned a lot of things from you in private. But if you want to engage in qīngchu, it is me Xu He who is in charge of Juping, no matter how I decide, it is all for the good future of my brothers, not for your ambition! Do you understand? ”

"Ming...... Got it. "Lu Shan, who was still menacing a moment ago, is only submissive at this moment.

"Yi Hui, you too. Wang Junhou didn't break us up, but took us in Juping, what he thought in his heart, I don't know. But again, since he gave me the opportunity to choose, I have to follow my charter, and my charter is to find a way for my brothers to live! Xu He's attitude was impartial.

"Now the prince and the prince are fighting fiercely in Hebei, and the enemies are emerging one after another, and the battle situation is extremely unclear. If Zang Ba successfully captured Mount Tai, and even Linzi, then the eight achievements of the prince's foundation could not be kept, Zang Ba and Cao Cao were very close, we were in Juping, this place, is a situation of being attacked from both sides, although the prince and the prince are kind to us, but we can't let the brothers only take the way to death, right? ”

"That's what the marshal said." Yi Hui lowered his head and said yes, and after a moment, he raised his head again, and asked Chi Chi: "Then let's just do it and watch?" ”

Since ancient times, the two-sided flattering wallgrass is the most unpopular, and although it is safe, life and death are also in the hands of the victorious side.

"Of course not." Xu He gave an answer that surprised everyone: "I said that I want to find a way for my brothers to live." Zang Xuangao's envoy, I have already seen it, just now, Xu Yuanzhi from Qingzhou has entered the city, I will see him later. It depends on whether he can convince me to join which side to survive. ”

Everyone was stunned.

Xu Shu fought wits and courage with Xi Zhicai in Xuzhou, and created a good reputation, but he didn't expect to come to Juping lightly. It is not yet known what this person's skills are, but this courage is not ordinary.