Wangfu Houyuan Lakeside.

Liu Wei and Xu Shu sat on a leisurely chair.

"Yuan Shu crusaded against Liu Bei, and Lu Bu mediated between them, I am afraid that he also saw that Yuan Shu had the heart to covet Xuzhou." Half-lying on the leisurely chair, looking at the lake in front of him, Liu Wei said to Xu Shu: "Although there is Lu Bu to mediate, how can Yuan Shu sit back and watch Liu Bei become stronger in the Xuzhou area, and lose the best opportunity to seize Xuzhou?" ”

"Your Highness is right." Liu Wei leaned back on the free chair, but Xu Shu didn't dare to sit like him, and when Liu Wei's voice fell, Xu Shu hugged his fists and said to Liu Wei: "Yuan Shu and Lu Bu have in-laws, so they won't do anything to Lu Bu before breaking Liu Bei, Lu Bu knows very well that keeping Liu Bei is protecting his own family." ”

"Hmm!" Half-lying on the easy chair, Liu Wei nodded, and was silent for a long time before saying to Xu Shu: "War elephants do not have ten or eight years, and it is difficult to use them on the battlefield, and you don't have to care about elephant soldiers. The blades of the royal guards and the three guards have not yet been built, and even if they are completed, it will take at least three months to practice. In this way, our army will not be able to participate in the conquest of the world for at least half a year. ”

"What does Your Highness mean ......?" After listening to Liu Wei's words, Xu Shu asked him in a low voice: "Your Highness wants to mediate between several parties and delay the start of the war as much as possible?" ”

"Exactly!" Liu Wei nodded and said to Xu Shu: "Especially Huainan Yuan Shu. Since he won the jade seal of the country, Yuan Shu's heart of being the emperor is clearly revealed, and what he is afraid of now is that once he is called the emperor, the heroes of the world will discuss it. ”

"If Yuan Shu is more jealous and does not dare to rashly claim the emperor, the Luoyang army only needs to increase troops to the Huainan border!" Before Liu Wei's words fell, Xu Shu took over and said to him: "The main force of our army does not need to be transferred in any way, only the partial battalion needs to be transferred to two battalions, and Huainan is strictly monitored. ”

"In the world, the only person who can deter Yuan Shu is probably the Luoyang Army!" His eyes narrowed slightly, and Liu Wei said to Xu Shu: "The military division can transfer some soldiers from the border to the periphery of Huainan to strictly monitor Huainan, and in addition, create an illusion that as long as his army goes out, our army will attack from behind." Once Yuan Shu threw himself into the trap, the entire situation in Xuzhou was under control. ”

"It's not difficult to make Yuan Shu a rat trap!" After listening to Liu Bian's analysis, Xu Shu said to Liu Bian: "It's just that Cao Cao, although he is leading the army to return to Xuchang at the moment, in a few days, once Liu Bei and Lu Bu attack each other, they will definitely send troops to Xuzhou." Although Lu Bu was seeking peace for Yuan Shu and Liu Bei, he secretly intended to break Liu Bei and occupy Xuzhou alone. ”

"In Yuan Zhi's opinion, what kind of excuse will Lu Bu find to start a war with Liu Bei?" Knowing that once a war broke out between Lu Bu and Liu Bei, Yuan Shu and Cao Cao would send troops to Xuzhou, and the battle in Xuzhou might not last long, so Liu Wei hurriedly asked Xu Shu.

"War Horse!" Xu Shu said the word war horse in one mouthful, which made Liu Wei stunned for a moment.

"Yuan Zhi is ......" frowned slightly, looking at Xu Shu, Liu Wei asked him: "The war horse that this king sent to Lu Bu will become the key to the war in Xuzhou?" ”

"Exactly!" Sitting on the leisurely chair, Xu Shu turned his head to look at Liu Wei and said to him: "Transporting the war horse to Xuzhou, Lu Bu will definitely ask the soldiers who transported the war horse to pass by from the line of Xiaopei." Liu Bei didn't dare to do anything to Lu Bu, but Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in front of his account were dissatisfied with Lu Bu. Especially that Zhang Fei, although he said that he had a unique calligraphy and painting, his temperament was extremely irritable, and when he learned that the war horse given to Lu Bu passed by Xiaopei, he must go to plunder it......"

"Then don't go Xiaopei!" After pondering for a moment, Liu Wei said to Xu Shu: "The military advisor will go and arrange, five thousand war horses, divided into five shipments, inform Lu Bu, one thousand horses per month, and ask him to be checked." ”

"No!" Listening to Liu Wei's words, Xu Shu hurriedly responded.

At present, if you want to delay the intensification of the conflict between Lu Bu and Liu Bei, the only way is to send the war horses to Xuzhou in batches.

Although Lu Bu is brave, he likes to take advantage of small advantages. The war horses were sent in batches, which was also a hint to Lu Bu, asking him not to move Liu Bei for the time being.

The rebellion in Luoyang was almost killed, and Lu Bu was somewhat jealous of Luoyang, and Liu Wei's hint was probably the only way to make Lu Bu stop for the time being.

Three days later, in the city of Xuzhou.

Lu Bu, who had just received the letter from Luoyang, knelt in the front hall and threw the letter in his hand in front of Chen Gong with a look of indignation.

Chen Gong, who was sitting under Lu Bu's side head, bowed down and picked up the letter thrown in front of him, unfolded it and skimmed it briefly, before frowning and saying to Lu Bu: "Wen Hou, the king of Luoyang delivered the war horses in batches to inform Wen Hou, and Liu Bei should not be moved for the time being. ”

"I know!" Frowning tightly, Lu Bu's eyes narrowed, gritted his teeth and said, "It's really impossible to write two Liu characters with one stroke!" The king of Luoyang and that Liu Bei, after all, were still relatives, and they saw that they wanted to borrow the war horse as an excuse to make a move on Liu Bei, so they used this hand! ”

"Not necessarily!" Before Lu Bu's words fell, Chen Gong shook his head, smiled slightly and said to Lu Bu: "I'm afraid the King of Luoyang wants to inform Wen Hou that now is not the best time to conquer Liu Bei. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Frowning, Lu Bu turned his gaze to Chen Gong, and asked Chen Gong with some doubts in his heart: "Could it be that the king of Luoyang agrees to defeat Liu Bei and take this Xuzhou into his pocket?" ”

"Wen Hou, think about it, why did the king of Luoyang expel Wen Hou to Xuzhou that day?" Looking at Lu Bu, Chen Gong had an indifferent smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to him: "And since Wen Hou came to Xuzhou, the King of Luoyang has repeatedly allocated weapons, money and food to help Wen Hou expand his military strength, if he pays attention to the relationship with that Liu Bei, why not help him stand in Xuzhou?" ”

"What does Gongtai mean ......?" Awakened by Chen Gong's words, Lu Bu blinked his eyes twice, and said a little dazedly: "Listening to what the public platform said, I seem to understand something, but I still wonder in my heart, what is the intention of the King of Luoyang?" ”

"Wen Houfang relieved Liu Bei's difficulties, and Ji Ling's army has just withdrawn from Xuzhou." Seeing that Lu Bu was still a little confused, Chen Gong then said to him: "If Wen Hou attacks Liu Bei at this time, how does Yuan Shu feel?" ”

"I must have thought that a certain pair of Liu Bei had already had a plan!" His eyes suddenly opened, and Lu Bu glared at Chen Gong in astonishment and said, "In this way, I'm afraid that a certain person is fighting against Liu Bei, and Yuan Shu has already led the army to Xuzhou!" ”

"Exactly!" Nodding, Chen Gong held the letter in his hand, and then said to Lu Bu: "And that Cao Cao, although he has won Tao Qian's family and has killed Tao Qian's corpse, but he really doesn't have the slightest covetousness for Xuzhou?" ”

Listening to Chen Gong's words, Lu Bu only felt a cold sweat break out on his back spine.

Although he is brave, the camp under his command has also been replenished, with the help of Liu Wei, the soldiers are not short of military salaries, although the food is not as exquisite as the food of the Luoyang army, at least the army will not be hungry.

In Xuzhou, which has endured continuous wars, many people are already in hardship, and many Ding Zhuang joined the military camp in order to fill their stomachs and joined the army of Lu Bu, who could eat war meals.

Today's Lu Bujun has far surpassed when he came to Xuzhou in terms of numbers.

Although the number of people has increased, such a purely newly built army can be used to confront the elite Cao army and Huainan army, no matter which side, Lu Bu has no absolute chance of winning.

"Then we can only follow the calculation of the king of Luoyang, and don't use troops against Xiaopei for the time being!" Tightly frowning, Lu Bu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he was silent for a long time before he said to Chen Gong: "Gongtai thinks that a certain person is going to send someone to ask the king of Luoyang for instructions on what to do next?" ”

"Wen Hou laughed!" Smiled and waved his hand at Lu Bu, Chen Gong said to Lu Bu: "The king of Luoyang is thousands of miles away, how can he show up to guide the war in Xuzhou?" At present, the war horses will be delivered in batches, but it is just to speed up the training of the troops, break Liu Bei in one fell swoop in the coming day, and then occupy Xuzhou, and form a flanking attack with Luoyang against Xuchang, so as to control Cao Cao! ”

"Gongtai said earlier that with the help of the war horse, he turned against that Liu Bei!" After listening to Chen Gong's analysis, Lu Bu felt a little more at ease, and said to Chen Gong: "King Luoyang's intervention, wouldn't it be ...... for me to wait?" "I'm too worried!" Before Lu Bu's words were finished, Chen Gong said to him: "The king of Luoyang divided the war horses into five batches, each batch of a thousand horses. Four batches of war horses were sent to Xuzhou in a row, so Liu Bei was poor and destitute, how could he not be red-eyed? The last batch of war horses passed near Xiaopei, Liu Bei may be able to bear it, that Zhang Fei has always been dissatisfied with Wen Hou, and he must have robbed Wen Hou's war horses. At that time, the soldiers in Xuzhou City will be strong, and Wen Hou will start a war with Liu Bei, wouldn't it be like destroying the withering and decaying? ”

Pinching his chin with one hand, Lu Bu nodded and muttered for a moment before he said to Chen Gong: "When Gongtai said this, a certain heart is very peaceful. ”

In Xuzhou City, Lu Bu and Chen Gong speculated about Liu Wei's meaning, and in Xuchang City at this time, Cao Cao and Guo Jia were also discussing what to find the next step to move troops against Xuzhou.

"It's been more than two months since the army returned to Xuchang!" Walking side by side with Guo Jia in the back garden of Cao's Mansion, looking at the green trees in front of the path, Cao Cao said to Guo Jia: "Seeing that autumn is coming, our army is already resting, Feng Xiao thinks, what should be done to use troops in Xuzhou again?" ”

"I'm afraid there's no reason for it right now." Walking side by side with Cao Cao, Guo Jia smiled slightly and said to Cao Cao: "If you use troops against Xuzhou, Ming Gong will personally wave troops to go, I'm afraid it will be quite uncomfortable!" ”

"Could it be that Xuzhou was taken away by Yuan Shu?" Stopping, Cao Cao faced Guo Jia and said to him: "Yanzhou and Xuzhou intersect, Xuzhou is turbulent, and Yanzhou can be stable." If Xuzhou falls into the hands of Yuan Shu, it won't take too long, and Yuan Shu will definitely use troops against us. ”

"Jumping beam clown, what a big deal!" As soon as Cao Cao's words fell, Guo Jia shook his head and said to Cao Cao: "Duke Ming can't personally lead the army to Xuzhou, but the Qingzhou soldiers recruited by Duke Ming ......."