Summer to autumn, 800 miles of fertile land Qinchuan, ushered in the harvest season after the Son of Heaven drove in, all over Guanzhong, the wind and rain are smooth, fruitful, farmers in the golden sea, hard harvesting, although very hard, the face is filled with a smile from the heart.

The general of the chariot cavalry, Lu Bu, sat in Chang'an, the governor of everything, and the good news from Xiliang continued, which convinced him that the head of Han Sui, the fox of Jincheng, might be presented to his desk one morning.

He had already made up his mind that as soon as Han Sui's head arrived, he must hang high at the Bacheng Gate in the east of Chang'an City, and his face was east, so that Han Sui could use his own head to tell the Kwantung heroes that if he wanted to assassinate the messenger of the chariot cavalry general Lu Bu, he must be prepared to bear the wrath of Rusi.

On an autumn afternoon, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the cool breeze is particularly pleasant.

Lu Bu is in his own mansion, enjoying the joy of family.

The eldest daughter, Qi Ling, is now fourteen years old, and in a few years, she should be married and a wife, but Lu Bu doesn't want her to be like a girl in this world, often over fifteen years old, so she is forced by the pressure of her parents' matchmaker to marry early, and she will bear the burden of life too early.

The wife of the Yan family gave birth to a fat boy, Lu Bu named him Lu Chong, and now he is almost a year old, it is in the early days of toddlerhood, cute and cute.

The concubine Minchan gave birth to a daughter, three or four months younger than Lu Zheng, and she could still only be in swaddling clothes, staring at a pair of big eyes, and looking around.

Now, the concubine Xiao Tao and his wife Cai Yan are also pregnant, and Lu Bu has not moved in the heirs in the past few years, but now they are coming one after another.

In the backyard, full of laughter and laughter, Cai Yan and Xiao Tao had big bellies, and under the instructions of Lu Bu and the divine doctor Hua Tuo, they were supported by two maidservants. Walking slowly, Yan was like an old hen, opening his hands and protecting the eldest son Lu Zhong inch by inch, for fear that he would fall and fall.

Minchan was on the side, looking at the toddler Lu Chong for a while, and at the beloved daughter Lu Xiao held by the nurse for a while, smiling.

Lu Bu really couldn't see Yan's caution, and smiled at her: "Children learn to walk." It's not good for you to be so careful, boy, don't you fall and beat, won't you become a pusy when you grow up?! ”

Yan straightened up and replied with a smile at Lu Bu. There was no excuse, but the next moment. When Aiko babbles forward again. She hurriedly bent down again, opened her hands, and was eager to protect her son.

Lu Buzhi shook his head there, and sighed helplessly: "Okay, okay, before the age of three." You are spoiled, alas, a loving mother has many defeated children, after the age of three. I have to hand it over to me to temper and temper him, otherwise, as soon as he goes out in the future, he will let the people of the world point at me Lu Bu and laugh badly. ”

Cai Qian, the personal maid next to Cai Yan, now has a mother-in-law, has always been sharp-toothed, and she has never been frightened in front of Lu Bu, she glanced at Mrs. Yan and Cai Yan, and saw that they didn't mean to speak, and replied: "The general said so, but it is a little uncomfortable, Mrs. teaches the little young master, that is a lot of dedication, and will definitely teach the little young master to make everyone in the world envious." ”

Lu Bu hahadaxiao, slowly put down the cup in his hand, pointed to the warbler Yanyan who was all over the yard, and replied with a smile: "This is all a woman's opinion, as the old saying goes, poor children, rich daughters, with so many of you surrounding his son, can he become a talent?" That's weird! In a few years, he will definitely become a scared son of people in Chang'an City, at that time, people in the world laughed at, but I Lu Bu was. ”

With this parenting concept, Lu Bu was about to teach them a good lesson, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Song Xian hurriedly coming in, and at this time he was quietly standing not far away, obviously not coming forward to disturb.

Lu Bu knew that Song Xian must have something important to report, so he immediately looked around, although he was smiling, his words were unquestionable, and said: "In the future, it will be like this, boys, as soon as they are three years old, they have to be handed over to me to teach strictly, girls, with so many of your mothers to teach, you can't think of being a good girl." Okay, you go ahead, I've got something to do. ”

With that, he got up and left, leaving a group of women there to tease his son and daughter.

As soon as he walked out, Song Xian trotted and greeted him, and Lu Bu asked in a low voice, "What, there is an urgent report?" ”

Song Xian nodded, seeing that Lu Bu was frowning slightly, he hurriedly added: "Hanoi Xue Taishou and General Hua are in a hurry. ”

"Hanoi?!"

Lu Bu was stunned for a moment, and his feet involuntarily stopped, Song Xian couldn't stop, and suddenly rushed to Lu Bu, when he realized that something was wrong and hurriedly stopped, Lu Bu had already started again.

Song Xian hurriedly started to keep up, and continued to whisper: "Mr. is already waiting in the study. ”

Lu Bu nodded, mumbled, and didn't say anything more, now on the road, although it was in the mansion, but seeing Song Xian and Xu Shu so solemn, he knew that this urgent report had some weight, so it was not suitable to negotiate on the road to prevent the news from leaking.

After a short time, the two came to the inner study one after the other, Lu Bu entered, and Xu Shu, who was waiting, got up to greet him, while Song Xian consciously stopped outside the door and stood guard at the door in person.

"Lord, Hanoi reported urgently, Yuan Shao's army was prominent, and he tricked General Hua to lead the army to leave Chaoge, taking the opportunity to raid, the two armies were fighting, General Hua judged the situation, led the army to retreat westward, and held on to the four cities of Ji County."

While Lu Bu was looking at the urgent report in his hand, Xu Shu reported there concisely, the main meaning was that Lu Bu understood it as soon as he heard it, and the general Hua Xiong actually lost the Yin and Chaoge in one breath, and retired the four cities of Ji County.

After reading the letters from Xue Hong and Hua Xiong in Hanoi respectively, Lu Bu smiled and said to Xu Shu: "Under Yuan Shao's account, there are really a lot of capable people, and this kind of strategy to divert the tiger from the mountain is used so skillfully. ”

Xu Shu replied with a smile: "Lord, in fact, it's not all, according to General Hua, he has seen through Yuan Shao's plan, so he is determined to plan the plan, lead the army out of the city, lurk in the valley twenty miles outside the city, and prepare to ambush Yuan Shao's army......"

"Oh?" Lu Bu was a little surprised, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "In this way, is it still a plan?" Yuan Shao expected that Huaxiong would see through it, and he also expected that he would make a plan, so Yuan Shao would make another plan and successfully attack Chaoge? ”

Xu Shu nodded yes, and then asked, "General Hua's loss, how does the lord plan to deal with it?" ”

Lu Bu muttered: "This is not Huaxiong's ineffectiveness in the battle, nor is it disobeying military orders, but the time for war is coming, and he wants to make a difference, and he is calculated by the enemy. ”

"My lord!" Xu Shu praised, "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, the art of war is cloudy, the general is outside, the king's order is not affected, General Hua's move is in line with the essence of this language, and it is indeed not appropriate to punish." However, the lord, Yuan Shao's move is tantamount to forcing the lord to use troops in Kanto in advance. ”

Lu Bu got up and paced, mumbled, paced a few steps, turned around suddenly, and said to Xu Shu with emotion: "Yuan Shao is doing it to me at this time, he is not afraid that I will cut off the heads of his two precious sons?" ”

Xu Shu replied with a smile: "Yuan Shao is only afraid that it is expected that the lord will not kill people so blatantly, so he abandoned the Kanto counties and took Hanoi, but he thought that Yuan Shao's move was of course an ugly opportunity, and it was expected that the lord would not be able to withdraw from Xiliang for a while, and he also had the intention of testing the lord." ”

"Hmm!" Lu Bu replied, "Although Hanoi is approaching Yuan Shao's base camp Yecheng, but Yecheng is located in Wei County, which is also approaching and threatening Hanoi, he did this to test my reaction." However, now that Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi can't be killed, what does Mr. think should be done? ”

"Let go!"

"Release?"

Lu Bu didn't hear it for a while, and asked rhetorically.

Xu Shu nodded and replied: "Exactly, the lord broke through Yecheng, took Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi to Taiyuan, and then brought them to Chang'an, and if they continue, there is no benefit, so why not take this opportunity and let them go back." ”

"However, if you let them go back at this time, in the eyes of the world, isn't it showing weakness to Yuan Shao?"

Lu Bu pondered for a moment and asked.

Xu Shu replied to this question with some indifference: "It's showing weakness, not really being weak, what do people in the world think, and what does it matter?" ”

Lu Bu was stunned, he had known Xu Shu for so long, and it was the first time he had heard Xu Shu say such things in such a tone, which was very similar to those mavericks in later generations.

Xu Shu smiled confidently at Lu Bu's surprised eyes, and continued: "The focus of the Lord Fangjin's use of troops is in Xiliang, and when Xiliang is calmed, it will be Hetao. Whether it is the erosion of the Kanto region or the unification of Yuan Shao, in fact, it does not hinder the general strategy of the main prince to consolidate the Guanzhong. Guanzhong is stable, and the army will go east out of Heluo, and the troops will come to Kanto, which is a natural trend, and whether it is a group of heroes in Guandong, or a hero, it will be difficult to resist. Therefore, what does it have to do with temporary weakness? ”

Lu Bu smiled, gave Xu Shu a thumbs up, shook it a few times, and praised: "Okay, Mr. is really far-sighted and strategic." However, it's no problem to let Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi go back, no matter what, you have to give them some eye medicine; In addition, since you want to show weakness to Yuan Shao, why not pull Cao Cao and Liu Bei and others in Kanto, as well as Yuan Shu, Sun Ce and others, into the water? ”

Xu Shu's eyes lit up, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he asked, "What does the lord mean?" ”

Lu Bu replied confidently: "Yuan Shao loves his youngest son Yuan Shang, the world knows it, we want Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi to have a grudge against Yuan Shang after they go back, and when they deal with Yuan Shang together, they can fight each other." As for pulling others into the water, why don't we be generous, worship Yuan Shao as a general, invite him to come to Chang'an to take office, and then do the same, and worship others......"

"Good!"

Xu Shu shouted, stood up, his eyes lit up, his face showed excitement, he bowed to Lu Bu, and praised sincerely: "The lord's foresight, worship, Kanto heroes, disputes, the lord sits firmly in the pass, throws a meat and bone, can make them suspicious of each other, fight, well, this plan is wonderful!" (To be continued......)