Liu Bei shouted angrily: "Shut up! How can you say such a kingless and fatherless statement? ”

Xu Shu had nothing to say, smiled bitterly, and sighed.

Liu Bei was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed deeply, blaming himself: "Yuan Zhi, don't blame!" I'm not blaming Yuan Zhi, I just think that my courtiers should be loyal to the country! I hope Yuan Zhi can understand! Xu Shu smiled bitterly, "Uncle Huang is serious!" Uncle Huang doesn't have to apologize to Zaixia, how can he afford the next cloth clothes! ”

Liu Bei heard that Xu Shu's words were wrong, and quickly knelt down. Xu Shu was taken aback when he saw this. Liu Bei kowtowed and apologized: "If Mr. thinks that Bei has offended Mr., Bei is here to apologize to Mr." ”

Xu Shu hurriedly knelt down and bowed: "Lord, please get up quickly, my subordinates are terrified!" ”

Liu Bei kowtowed and said, "If Mr. is still blaming in his heart, he won't dare to get up." ”

Xu Shu bowed in fear and didn't know what to do: "How dare your subordinates blame the lord?" Lord, please get up! Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said with palpitations: "I still think that Mr. is going to leave me!" Xu Shu shook his head, "The subordinates will not leave the lord!" Liu Bei smiled and hurriedly stepped forward to help Xu Shu up.

Liu Bei pleaded with sincerity on his face: "Yuanzhi, now that the big thing is difficult, don't be suspicious when you go to Yuanzhi, work with me!" Xu Shu clenched his fists and bowed: "The subordinates will definitely do the work of dogs and horses!" ”

Liu Bei smiled: "Okay, good! ”

Xu Shu hesitated, hugged his fists and said: "As the subordinate of the lord, if some words are good, they are disloyal!" Lord, no matter what, you can't do anything to collude with other races! I understand the hard work of the lord, the lord just wants to use the Xianbei people to revive the prestige of the Han! But has the lord thought about it? Today's Xianbei people are already very powerful, if they eliminate Lu Bu and Cao Cao, will they become big men in this world? This world will only become Xianbei people! At that time, the lord will be ashamed of the ancestors of the Liu family, and also ashamed of the dawn of China, under the nine springs, what face will the lord face the ancestors of the Liu family, and what face will he face thousands of Chinese ancestors? ”

Liu Bei said: "What Yuan Zhi said is reasonable. However, Yuan Zhi does not seem to have thought it through. I have thought about it carefully, the big battle between the Xianbei people and Lu Bu Cao Cao will never be easy! It's not a quick time to decide the winner! In this big battle, no matter who wins or loses, both sides will inevitably lose their vitality. In the process, we have expanded our territory and built up our strength. When the war was over, we swept through the Central Plains, took Cao Cao's place, and then drove the Xianbei people out, and then set up an army to the west to eliminate Lü Bu. As long as you come to this point, the general trend of the world will be under control! ”

Xu Shu smiled bitterly, he was very surprised that Liu Bei could come up with such a plan, and he also thought that the possibility of realizing this plan was relatively high. However, he disagrees, he believes that life in the world cannot be unscrupulous to achieve the end, there should always be something that must be adhered to! Collusion with foreign races, even if you finally gain the country, will inevitably cause immeasurable trauma to Huaxia, not to mention that this kind of behavior is really despicable! However, although Xu Shu thought so, he did not object, he felt that since the lord had made up his mind, he had no choice. If Liu Bei is destined to be infamous through the ages, then let him and Liu Bei bear it together!

……

Zhang Lang and Cao Cao returned to Luoyang after meeting with him. As soon as he returned to Luoyang, Zhang Lang issued an order to reorganize the army. The specific plan for the reorganization of the army is: the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Long Tao Army are reorganized into 50,000 infantry and 50,000 cavalry, including 20,000 hoplites and 20,000 heavy armored cavalry; The pure cavalry of the blue wolf army and the hussar army is inconvenient, and the number of horses must be replenished to 100,000 horses; The rest of the legions were 100,000 men, each of which was organized into 80,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry, and 10,000 hoplites in the infantry.

The most important change is that the original pure infantry corps was reorganized into a mixed infantry corps, and the scale of the hoplites was increased, which greatly improved the combat effectiveness of each legion. Although the change is not very big, the cost is not small at all.

In the following months, Zhang Lang devoted all his energy to the preparation of the army, and during this period, Zhang Lang sent many small works into the grassland to explore the situation. And Cao Cao in the east is also doing the same thing as Zhang Lang, and almost all of the military generals under Cao Cao have shifted almost all their energy to preparing for war against Xianbei.

It's the Spring Festival of another year, and on this day there is heavy snowfall, and the entire north of the Yangtze River seems to be wearing a thick white cotton coat. People have changed into new clothes, there is a festive scene in the big and small cities, children are happy, adults are busy pasting Spring Festival couplets, and the procession of the social fire parade is one after another; Smoke curls from every house, and the cold air reverberates with the unique fragrance of glutinous rice cakes.

At this time, in Luoyang and Xuchang, Zhang Lang and Cao Cao, and the military generals under his command did not have the slightest appearance of a festival, and they were nervously planning the signal to go on the expedition.

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In the middle of the night, the meeting went up. Zhang Lang, accompanied by Dong Ying and Huang Yueying, went to the pond in the backyard. At this time, the snowflakes were thick, and the person stood in the snow, and after only a moment, the head and body were covered with crystal snowflakes, and the snowflakes fell with a slight shake. Zhang Lang looked at the sky and said with emotion: "Being in the heavy snow, I feel like I'm dreaming!" ”

Turning his head to look at the two women, he saw that the two women were covered with thick white velvet on their hair and clothes, just like elves in the snow.

Zhang Lang hurriedly took the hands of the two women and ran into the nearby water pavilion. The three of them dusted off the snowflakes on their bodies, and Huang Yueying took a little snowflake with her slender hand and looked at it curiously, "This little thing, crystal clear, nothing is more beautiful than it!" ”

As soon as she finished speaking, a little snowflake on her finger melted away from her body temperature, turning into a drop of water that slid down her finger.

Dong Ying couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The more beautiful something is, the shorter its life will be!" Huang Yueying nodded sympathetically.

Zhang Lang smiled: "I said you two, why do you feel so much today?" ”

Huang Yueying smiled. Thinking of the Northern Expedition, he frowned and said, "I don't think the eldest brother can personally handsome the elite and take risks!" The identity of the eldest brother is extraordinary, and if there is an accident, the consequences will be incalculable! Glancing at Dong Ying next to him, "In addition, there are also ladies, if the eldest brother has three longs and two shorts, how should the ladies be good?" ”

Dong Ying looked at Zhang Lang faintly.

Zhang Lang smiled: "Don't worry! I know it's okay! ”

Huang Yueying sighed and said with some annoyance: "I knew I couldn't convince you!" ”

Dong Ying snorted: "Since you are going, I am going too!" ”