In the afternoon of the next day, Xu Han led him to ride 4,000 steps and returned with a full load.

At the same time as returning to Qianyang, the Si Wen who was scattered in Kaifeng also sent the latest information.

As Xu Han expected, Li Zhenwei, who seized Kaifeng, reached the peak of his self-confidence, thinking that there was no rival in the world, and he did not take the Xuan Kingdom that had withdrawn to Guanzhong in his eyes.

Therefore, Li Zhenwei did not lead the army to continue to pursue Deng Yinshuo in the west, but sat in Kaifeng by himself, dispatched the generals to capture the states of Xuan, and accepted the territory left by Deng Yinshuo.

Li Zhenwei's arrogance fell into Xu Han's arms.

On the day he returned to Qianyang, Xu Han asked all the troops to seize the time to rest and recuperate, and three days later, they sent troops to Shencheng.

As for Luoyang, the news of Deng Yinshuo's defeat and the fall of Kaifeng naturally frightened Han Zhaofu.

This vassal king was afraid that Li Zhenwei would move south next step and take the city of Luoyang Prefecture, so he was busy sending people to Qianyang, sending grain, and forming a good knot, trying his best to make up for the previous relationship with Xu Han, and declaring that he would unswervingly adhere to the relationship between the two allies.

Of course, Xu Han knew that Han Zhaofu was so attentive and enthusiastic, just wanting Xu Han to act as his shield and defend him against Li Zhenwei's southward movement.

However, Han Zhaofu's attitude at least shows that he has regarded Li Zhenwei as the biggest threat at the moment, and he will never dare to stab Xu Han in the back like before, so that Xu Han can rest assured and boldly send troops north.

Before sending troops, Xu Han went to visit Liu Xu.

In order to show his attention, Xu Han specially chose a house for Liu Xu in Qianyang City.

After entering, Xu Han inquired about the sergeant on guard, and learned that Liu Xu had been drinking tea and reading every day since he was under house arrest, and he also danced a few times with a sword in his spare time.

When Xu Han turned into the backyard, he happened to see Liu Xu dancing with a sword.

Although Liu Xu's hair is gray, he is still strong and powerful in those sword dances, and he has some attainments.

Watching him dance a brave sword, Xu Han clapped his hands and said, "Mr. Liu is good at swordsmanship!" ”

Liu Xu turned around and saw that it was Xu Han, but he was not surprised, and put the sword back in its place.

"When you get old, you can only dance a few times, and this old bone is about to fall apart, which makes the general laugh." Wiping a handful of sweat from his forehead, Liu Xu laughed and laughed at himself.

"Sir is really humble, I think Sir is old and strong." Xu Han stepped forward with a smile.

Liu Xu shook his head and smiled bitterly, poured a full cup of tea for Xu Han, raised his glass and said: "The general is here, presumably to say goodbye to the old man, and the old man will replace the wine with tea, and wish the general a triumphant return." ”

Hearing what he said, Xu Han's face suddenly showed a hint of strangeness.

Liu Xu's sentence "I wish the general a triumphant return" obviously guessed that Xu Han had plans to go on the expedition.

"This Liu Xu is really scheming."

Xu Han secretly praised in his heart, but he pretended to be puzzled on his face, and said strangely: "What triumphantly returned, I don't understand what Mr. is talking about." ”

Liu Xu smiled and drank the tea himself.

"The seven counties of Qianyang are not enough to support the general to achieve hegemony, at present, Deng Dixi is in the middle of the pass, and the people in the Kanto states are panicking, and they are fighting for themselves, the general does not take this opportunity to take Shencheng, all according to Huaishang, do you still plan to leave it to Li Zhenwei?"

Liu Xu said lightly, and exhausted Xu Han's thoughts.

Xu Han was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing.

"This little bit of caution of this general, let you see through it, sir."

"Is the general praising Liu, or praising Liu."

Liu Xu showed a bitter face, looking very helpless.

Xu Han drank the tea and said happily: "Of course I am praising Mr. for his clever calculations, Xu can be assisted by Mr., so why worry about the great cause." ”

Xu Han was also not polite, as if Liu Xu had promised to submit to him.

Liu Xu was stunned, his expression became a little embarrassed for a while, and he didn't seem to know whether to refuse or agree.

"When Mr. went south, he lost confidence in Xuanguo, as for Li Zhenwei, the most hated thing in his life is the betrayer, I don't think Mr. will ever vote for Li Zhenwei."

Xu Han swallowed.

"That Nangong Wang, the generals under his command are like clouds, and Mr. going to defect is just the icing on the cake, with Mr.'s talent, it is really a bit of a loss to go to Jinzhou for cold rice. As for the rest of the Han kings and other vassal kings, I don't think I can look down on them from the perspective of Mr. In this case, after all calculations, it is the most suitable choice for Mr. to defect to Xu. ”

Liu Xu is a smart person, Xu Han made his situation clear, and he didn't beat around the bush, and immediately said what he wanted.

If other families persuade them to surrender, they will first send someone who can speak well and persuade them tentatively, but Xu Han is straight to the point, this straightforwardness can't help but make Liu Xu feel a little surprised.

"If Mr. can help Xu achieve great things, Xu can guarantee that he will be prosperous and rich in the future, not to mention, but also make Mr. famous through the ages, this deal, I think Mr. You are absolutely worthwhile, I don't know what Mr. thinks."

Xu Han knew that Liu Xu was the most pragmatic person, and he didn't play those righteous and other false things in front of him, and directly opened the bid code like talking about selling and buying.

Liu Xu was slightly shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help but be shocked by Xu Han's straightforwardness and confidence.

When he was in Xuan Kingdom, Liu Xu became interested in Xu Han after hearing about Xu Han's deeds, and now that he met face-to-face, he really felt that this general with troops had extraordinary courage.

"The general is really confident." In amazement, Liu Xu couldn't help but say.

"If Ben Jiang doesn't have confidence in himself, how can he let my husband have confidence in me." Xu Han was not humble either, and smiled proudly.

Liu Xu was stunned, stroked his white beard and said, "That's right, that's right." ”

Xu Han poured Liu Xu a cup of tea, "Since this is the case, then I will agree as a gentleman, come, drink this cup of tea, you and I will be people on the same boat from now on, and we will live together in honor and disgrace." ”

"General, that ......"

Xu Han was aggressive, didn't give Liu Xu a chance to speak at all, and drank the tea first.

Liu Xu was forced to do this, and it seemed that he had no choice but to refuse, so he had to sigh helplessly and drink the cup of "bitter tea".

"As Mr. expected, Ben General is planning to send troops to attack Shencheng, all according to Huaishang, I don't know what Mr. thinks about this?"

After Xu Han forcibly pulled Liu Xu onto his "thief ship", he immediately used Liu Xu's wise head.

Liu Xuxin said that you are really welcome, and after thinking for a moment, a mystery gradually became in his eyes.

He stroked his white beard and said: "If the general didn't fight Li Li in Kaifeng this time, this time he would naturally win the battle and conquer the attack, but now the general has defeated Li Li, and I am afraid that the situation will change slightly." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Xu Hanxin said that Liu Xu really had a material, and he immediately became interested.

"At present, Li Zhenwei's most important thing is to collect the prefectures, and before the Central Plains is pacified, he will not be in a hurry to send troops south to take Luoyang City. And Shencheng is the barrier of Luoyang City, and Li Zhenwei would not be in a hurry to divide his troops to capture it in order not to irritate Han Zhaofu. But at present, the general's defeat of Li Li in Kaifeng will make Li Zhenwei deeply hate, and in his opinion, this will prompt him to change his strategy and send troops to capture Shencheng in advance to deal with the general. ”

Liu Xu's words clearly analyzed the stakes.

couldn't help but make Xu Han realize that his surprise attack on Kaifeng seemed to have made a lot of money, but he didn't want to plant a bane.

However, Xu Han had no remorse, "No matter if I didn't go to Kaifeng this time, Li Zhenwei would deal with me sooner or later, so what's the harm in letting him know how powerful I am in advance." ”

Liu Xu smiled and did not comment on Xu Han's arrogance.

"So the current situation is that both the general and Li Zhenwei have to capture Shencheng, which means that the general must rush to take Shencheng before Li Zhenwei and take Shencheng first, so that he can have the capital to divide the land and defend himself."

In Liu Xu's tone, there seemed to be another purpose.

Xu Han's brows were dark, his thoughts rolling, and he pondered Liu Xu's dialect.

The former said unhurriedly: "Although Emperor Deng led the remnants to retreat to Guanzhong, there are still thousands of defenders in Shencheng, and these people have no time to withdraw into Guanzhong, so there is only one way to surrender, so in the general's opinion, will these defenders of Shencheng choose to surrender to the general, or to surrender to Li Zhenwei?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Han suddenly realized.

Liu Xu reminded him right, what kind of foresight can those defenders of Shencheng have, for them, Li Zhenwei, who will win the world by surrendering, is of course a hundred times more cost-effective than surrendering himself, a small vassal king who is "poor and white".

And if he can't quickly get down to Shencheng and make it fall into the hands of the Yi army, it will be extremely difficult for him to break through the fortified city with his existing strength.

At this time, Xu Han realized that the problem was serious.

However, he was only nervous for a moment, but he regained his composure, and he knew that since Liu Xu could remind him here, he must have a clever plan to deal with it.

Xu Han was not in a hurry, he just lowered his head and drank tea.

Seeing that Xu Han was silent, Liu Xu was a little curious, and couldn't help but say: "Isn't the general not worried at all, so Shencheng fell into the hands of Li Zhenwei first?" ”

Xu Han smiled faintly and said, "Mr. has a clever plan, what else do you have to worry about." ”

Liu Xu was stunned again, and could only shake his head with a wry smile.

"In fact, what the general has to do is to go down to Shencheng quickly, and if you want to go down Shencheng quickly, you must make a surprise move."

"Tricks?" Xu Han's spirits gradually perked up, and he said curiously: "I don't know what Mr. can do?" ”

Liu Xu stroked his beard and smiled: "The general has forgotten, do you still have a special prisoner in your hand, it's time to use him." ”

Special captive?

Xu Han frowned for a moment, and the corners of his mouth suddenly swept into a sly smile.