After retiring from the dynasty, the civil and military forces dispersed, and Wang Xu stopped Guo Jia, Tian Feng and Fu Zhu.

"What do you think of what Zhou Zhi said today? Is it possible? ”

"Yes!" The three of them spoke in unison.

"Then why didn't you speak?" Wang Xu asked.

The three of them looked at each other, and there was some tacit understanding between their expressions, and after a while, Guo Jia spoke: "My lord, General Zhou's mention is indeed feasible, but you have to wait for some things to come before you dare to decide whether to do it or not, so you don't dare to make a statement without permission?" ”

"Oh?" Wang Xu raised his eyebrows, and instantly understood what he meant: "You mean the battle report over there in Youzhou?" ”

"Exactly!" Tian Feng stroked his beard and smiled: "Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang and Wujun Karasuma united to resist Cao Cao, what kind of battle the two sides have become, there has been no news for nearly two months, only by knowing the battle report over there, can we determine whether we can do what General Zhou said." ”

"Yes!" Wang Xu smiled, but didn't mention it again, and instead asked, "How is the recent battle between Xiliang and Bingzhou?" ”

"Alas! Xiliang is tough! It's tough! Guo Jia sighed.

He is a free and uninhibited person, and he is also a calm and unhurried person, and he has never had anything good to say about the incompetent, and it is not easy to make him spit out the word difficult.

Wang Xu paused, his brows furrowed deeply.

Guo Jia continued: "The younger generation of the Ma family can fight well, and there are many brave generals, and there are many Xiliang warriors vying to follow, and it is really not easy to fight against them. What's more, Liangzhou is a border place, and the composition of the people is complicated, and the two generals Huang Zhong and Wei Yan only led a few soldiers and horses to help Han Sui there. It's not easy. ”

A gentle breeze blows through the ends of your hair. Repeated strands of hair that lift the forehead. Wang Xu was stunned.

Xiliang has really become a heart disease now, not to mention the troops consumed on it, just the various assistance to Han Sui is a heavy burden.

When Han Sui helped Cao Cao, when he set up a situation to cause him to suffer a heavy blow, he never thought that a slight imbalance would allow Ma Teng to quickly have an overwhelming advantage, if it were not for Wei Yan and Huang Zhong to lead the troops to help. Han Sui had already been leveled by Ma Teng.

But even if you think about it, there is no way, in that situation at that time, forcing Han Sui to retreat is the best choice.

After a long time, Wang Xu spoke leisurely: "Fengxiao, if I wave a large army to sweep Xiliang in recent years, what are the chances of winning?" ”

"Eight floors!"

"How long does it take!"

"En......" Guo Jia hesitated, and said affirmatively: "If the main force duels smoothly, it will be at least one to two years or more!" ”

"Do you think it's a good deal?"

Guo Jia shook his head: "It's not cost-effective!" After pacifying, it is necessary to completely control Xiliang in his hands. To say the least, it will take four or five years of governance and reform, and the people there are very strong. Especially in the past 20 years of war, so that there is even more rebellion, although the lord is benevolent and righteous all over the world, loved by the people, but it is useless in Liangzhou, without a long period of running-in and education, it is difficult to control! ”

"Yes, my lord!" Frustration took over. "After all, Ma Teng and Han Sui have risen in Liangzhou for more than 20 years, and they are different in the hearts of Liangzhou people, we fought in the past, and they are different in the hearts of Liangzhou people, no matter how Ma Teng and Han Sui fight, in the eyes of Liangzhou people, it is an internal fight, who annexes who is only bigger than a fist, and the lord goes, but it becomes a foreign invasion."

"Not bad!" Tian Feng stroked his three-inch short beard: "If you want to pacify Liangzhou, you must quickly destroy its main force with force, and then send several generals to take advantage of the situation to sweep away, and be sure to wipe out the miserable people led by it, and then rule the government with strict rule of law and benevolence, so that for three or five years, the people's hearts will be stable, and the people will be respected, so that it can be truly pacified." ”

Wang Xu was quite helpless, he didn't have the ability to fight in the past, and when he had the ability to fight in the past, he didn't have the opportunity, how could he still be entangled in the war in Xiliang now, and the next few years would be a critical period that would determine the direction of the entire country, and the time was not ripe.

Later, he didn't dwell on this matter, and asked Gao Shun, Jia Kui, Deng Zhi and others about the situation in the state.

The battle over there was relatively easy, since the repulsion of Cao's army, Cao Cao was busy completely pacifying Youzhou, temporarily holding on to various dangers, and did not overwhelm the territory with large troops. It's just that Gao Gan always has some small moves after repelling Cao Bing, but those are not in Wang Xu's consideration at all, and I believe that with the abilities of Gao Shun, Jia Kui, Deng Zhi and others, it is enough to deal with it.

In the next half a month, Zhong Wenwu found that he couldn't figure out what Wang Xu was thinking, but he saw that he had to run to various military camps every day.

In the past, when this situation occurred, it was tantamount to a prelude to a large-scale expedition, but now it is said to be an expedition, and there is no life at all, and even the military meeting has not been held, even Zhou Zhi and Zhang Jing went to ask, but they couldn't hear anything, and they didn't leak any words.

Surprisingly, not long after the order to borrow grain, the Xuanwu Army of Gaoshun in Bingzhou sent a reply, saying that it had seized a large amount of Cao Jun's grain and grass before, and now it was barely enough for its own supply and demand, so Jia Kui transported 200,000 stone of grain to support Jiaozhou.

Earlier, Wang Xu had said that all the captures of the Xuanwu Legion in the state were all attributed to Gao Shun as a reward for the meritorious deeds of the soldiers, of course, it was not good to break his promise, but now that it was the time to use food, he adopted a compromise method, converted into gold and silver money at the market price, and compensated the Xuanwu Legion.

Even if Gao Shun and the others refused in every possible way, Wang Xu still implemented the matter with a military order on the grounds that he would do what he said, and he didn't want to ruin his reputation for many years because of this mere 200,000 stone of grain. After all, although Gao Shun and the others felt that it was the intention of the soldiers of the Xuanwu Legion, others often didn't see it that way.

It's just that sending a large amount of grain over from the state is not a matter of a short time, it will take at least more than a month to go back and forth, and 200,000 stone of grain will not solve the fundamental problems of the people in several counties of Jiaozhou, and it can only be said that something is better than nothing.

On this day, the generals in the army suddenly got a strange order, and the army had a big competition!

Not only the Guards Corps and the Suzaku Corps must participate, but even the Xiangyang City Defense Army, the Praetorian Guard, and even the female guards of Xu Shu, Sun Shangxiang and others must also participate. Every twenty people in a group, each unit selects the elite soldiers below the commander, each unit out of four groups, and then against each other, a knockout system, win a game, the group is rewarded with ten catties of gold, the officer is promoted to one level, and all members of the regiment will increase the quota of three days of vacation.

At the same time, there is no restriction on the use of formations, no restrictions on the use of weapons, and no restrictions on the way to defeat the enemy, that is to say, as long as the victory is counted, each legion cannot use the recommended method, and must start a big competition from the inside, select the strongest soldiers, and also allow the people to watch.

This is really weird, Wang Xu has never acted like this!

Just when the order was given, everyone had to carry it out, and even most of the sergeants were quite excited, because it always brought some fun.

Zhou Zhi and Zhang Jing were puzzled, and ran to ask Wang Xu about the intention of this move, but they didn't expect to get only two short sentences: "Idle is also idle, you can't let the soldiers lose their martial arts, and be worn out by a comfortable and stable life. ”

The two who originally advocated attacking Cao Cao completely dispelled the idea, looking at Wang Xu's attitude, it was obvious that they had no plans to go on an expedition in a year or two.

This matter spread quickly, not only did the civil and military understand his attitude, but even the people knew that it would be peaceful for a long time in the future.

At the same time, the venue of this competition is set up in the south camp outside the city, and the people are allowed to watch, and after the end, the legion where the champion group is located, thousands of people will be dispatched to perform combat skills on the spot.

This is tantamount to a rare celebration, and the ministries have spared no effort in order to earn face.

Every day, a large number of soldiers in each regiment are frequently transferred, and a big competition is held internally, and the best soldiers are selected, and hundreds of people rush to watch.

Such a large scale, of course, alarmed the scout teams of all parties early, and the news quickly spread back to all parties.

However, when the Cao family and the Sun family saw this, they all smiled freely, and felt that Wang Xu was really idle and had nowhere to go, so he tossed around!

It's just that Cao Cao is still very concerned, worried that Wang Xu will play that trick of "Ming Xiu Plank Road, Secret Chen Cang", which is a fake competition, but in fact, he secretly has bad intentions, taking advantage of this frequent transfer of troops, he quietly transferred a group of soldiers and horses, and I don't know where the surprise attack went.

Because it is conceivable that no one wants to lag behind in the army's big competition, and all departments must compete for the lead, and because there is no restriction on the way, and the people are allowed to watch, the internal competition when selecting soldiers is naturally extremely lively and chaotic, so it will be difficult for the scouts to detect the secret movements of the army.

But everything cannot be perfect, and there are naturally loopholes in doing so, that is, generals in the army must appear frequently, especially high-level generals.

Therefore, the scouts are very clever and keep their eyes on the generals, as long as they all show up, it is not a big problem.

The whole Xiangyang is because of this big competition, unprecedented lively, as the day is getting closer, even the nearby areas have idlers to hear the news, to watch this grand occasion.

In the blink of an eye, the ten days passed in a flash, and the competition was only two days away from the official start.

Unlike the unusually hot and lively Xiangyang military camp, the officers and men of the Eastern Army who were far away in Nanyang were still as usual without any changes.

The commander of the Eastern Army, General Yingyang Zhang He inspected the barracks as usual, and then returned to his general's mansion, just took off his armor, and before he could take a breath, a soldier was in a hurry, and shouted: "General Zhang, Xiangyang secret report!" ”

"Oh?"

Hearing that it was from Xiangyang, Zhang He didn't dare to slack off, and immediately took over the superstition with a solemn expression. "Who's sending the tip?"

"It's the Spy Crew!" The soldier replied.

Zhang He's brows furrowed even tighter, if it was sent by the spy shadow, it meant that this secret report was even more important.

But no matter how prepared he was, when he quickly took it apart and looked at it with a single look, he was stunned.

After a while, a trace of an inexplicable smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he shouted in the incomprehensible gaze of the soldier: "Quickly notify the two generals Chen Zhi and Wang Ling to come!" ”

"No!"

The soldier did not dare to slack off, and walked away quickly.

"It's going to be a big battle!" Zhang He chattered to himself, and looked at the secret letter again, only to see that it was Wang Xu's handwritten handwriting, only a few words:

"Dispatch troops within two days and go all out to defeat Yingchuan!" (To be continued......)