And the state, the governance of Jinyang.

Now the new governor of the state, Lu Bu, is majestic.

When there was nothing to do on weekdays, he galloped and hunted, and handed over the matter of the state Chinese resignation lawsuit to Zhao Zhen for disposal.

He will only make a move when it comes to the gentry in those states.

Shot, naturally, is a real shot.

Bingzhou is a border place, the people are fierce, there are few families and many gentry and strong people.

The gentry who can start in the state are naturally not knowledgeable.

Everyone has a lot of blood on their hands, so they also sincerely recognize in their hearts that a big fist is a reason.

Before, they had hard fists, so they could oppress the good and amass wealth.

Now Lu Bu's fists are harder than them, so they also recognize what Lu Bu said.

Naturally, if you don't admit it, with Lu Bu's temperament, it is nothing more than a silent lack of people in Bingzhou.

In a state where thieves are rampant, fewer people are naturally a big deal.

Now that the strong are respected, the three mutual laws have long been useless, and Lu Bu is a native of Bingzhou, and the people of Bingzhou are naturally closer, so now Lu Bu's reputation in Bingzhou is actually very good.

At least the previous Liangzhou assassins did not have the prestige he has now.

Today, Lu Bu ran back, and Zhao Yu hurriedly came to the door.

"Something must have happened to make you lose your temper like this."

Lu Bu sat on top and played with a guqin in his hand.

Now when he has nothing to do, he plays tunes, and Diao Chan dances for him, which is really a fairy life.

It's just a pity that although the piano in his hand is not bad, it can't compare to those good pianos after all.

I heard that Cai Yong has a famous piano Jiaowei in his hand, but he is regarded as a treasure by Cai Yong, even if he is willing to spend a lot of money, he is afraid that Cai Yong will not part with his love.

Lu Bu thought that if he had the opportunity in the future, he must discuss with Liu Bei, after all, he was Cai Yong's son-in-law, and he was a quick to see the opportunity, so he might be able to come out.

Zhao Yu saw that he was suddenly distracted, and he didn't bother, just silently thinking about things in his heart.

This time the matter is actually not urgent, after all, it is someone else who asks for them.

Now Lu Bu's situation in Bingzhou is the same as when Han Xin was in Qi, helping Liu Zehan to win, and helping Xiang to win Chu.

There was a crunch of strings in the hall.

Lu Bu put the guqin on his lap on the table and said with a smile, "I just remembered something, and I was a little distracted."

Only then did the military advisor inform Lu Bu of the matter.

It turned out that Yuan Shao sent an envoy to form an alliance with Lu Bu.

Lu Bu groaned for a moment, and then smiled, "It seems that Yuan Benchu really can't wait."

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "Jizhou is indeed a big state in the world, if there is no Liu Bei of Qingzhou, he will slowly and quietly merge, integrate the trend of the north, and then go south, and no one in the world will be able to compete with it. With such a momentum, coupled with the name of the fourth generation and the third prince of the Yuan family, most of the people in this world will have the surname Yuan in the future."

Lu Bu also smiled and nodded when he heard this, "It's a pity that there is still a Liu Bei in Qingzhou who is not below him in terms of prestige."

Zhao Yu smiled, "What Feng Xian said is just one of them, Liu Bei's reputation certainly makes Yuan Shao a little jealous, but what really makes him jealous is that he never makes mistakes. Especially when it comes to life and death."

Lu Bu hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "That's true."

He asked again, "Now that the two heroes are in a decisive battle, what do the military advisors think we should do?"

Zhao Yu didn't answer, but asked rhetorically, "How does the lord think he compares to the two?"

Lu Bu smiled and shook his head, he had already figured out these days, and Hezhou was on the border, and there was a perennial war, and the people's livelihood withered, when he decided to return to Bingzhou, he was destined to no longer be able to compete for the world.

Unless, the world changes.

So he laughed and said, "Naturally, it's not as good."

Zhao Yu also smiled and said, "Since this is the case, it is better not to help each other. They are determined to compete in the Central Plains, so if we stay out of the matter, they must have nothing to say."

Lu Bu

Laughed, "To my liking." In fact, among the two, I am more optimistic about Liu Xuande, if it weren't for the two states being separated by Jizhou, I really want to wish him a hand."

"After all, what I don't like the most is Yuan Benchu's family."

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Youzhou, Jixian County.

Now that Liu Yu has been recalled to the auxiliary government of Luoyang, the authority of Youzhou has fallen into the hands of Gongsun Zhan alone.

Fortunately, Xun You still stayed here to help Gongsun Zan deal with political affairs.

In addition to inspecting the military camp outside the city every day, Gongsun Zhan took the recruited white horse Yi to hunt foreign races everywhere.

But now he has reined in a little, at most it is only a small cavalry battle, and most of them are dealing with the scattered alien races that attack the border.

When he heard the war, he was happy, and Gongsun Bosi's temperament has never changed.

Today, Gongsun Zhan returned from hunting, carrying a wild goose in his hand, and walked into the main hall.

Xun You, who was reviewing political affairs, glanced up and said with a smile, "It seems that today's harvest is not bad."

Gongsun Zhan put aside the wild goose in his hand, "It's really not bad, now those sons and daughters of the white horse are becoming more and more skilled, and if they really go to the battlefield in the future, they will definitely be good men who can defeat a hundred people."

Xun You smiled, "I'm afraid that Bo Si's wish will soon come true."

He handed a document in his hand to Gongsun Zhan, which turned out to be a secret report from the defenders in the west of Youzhou.

The secret report said that Yuan Shaojun in Jizhou had made an abnormality, and now he was secretly transferring troops to the west.

Gongsun Chan frowned, he was a little strange, "Even if Yuan Benchu really wanted to do it, he should do it to Xuande, why do you want to add people and horses to the border of Youzhou?"

Xun You smiled and said, "It's not difficult to guess this matter, if Yuan Shao really does something to Qingzhou Mu, will Jun Ke ignore it?"

Gongsun Chan didn't hesitate, "Naturally not."

"Therefore, Yuan Benchu increased his troops on the border, mostly because he wanted to use these soldiers and horses to prevent the envoy from going to Qingzhou to help Qingzhou."

Gongsun Zhan was furious when he heard this, and shouted, "It seems that Yuan Benchu really didn't put me in his eyes, so I let him see the majesty of the White Horse!"

Xun You smiled, "Don't despise Yuan Shao, now that Bai Ma Yi is famous, since he dares to send troops here, he must be prepared, and he needs to be cautious."

Gongsun Chan smiled and said, "What if he is prepared? In this world, who can stop the white horse from obeying?"

Xun You shook his head and smiled, sure enough, as Liu Bei said in his letter, Gongsun Zhan was too arrogant to rely on the white horse and obey him.

"Although Bai Ma Yicong is the elite of the world, he may not have a way to crack it."

Someone transferred out of the back hall, and the person who came, Gongsun Zhan, was also familiar with it, and it was the leader of the trapped camp, Gao Shun.

Gongsun Chan smiled and said, "I naturally don't believe what others say, but how can I not believe what you Yanzhi said."

Xun You opened his mouth to interrupt the two, "You can talk about the old words on the road, and now Yuan Benchu has already chosen the battlefield."

"It's at the Boundary Bridge."

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Jizhou, Yecheng.

Everyone had just dispersed from the council hall, and only Xu Yu sat still.

Yuan Shao, who was sitting at the top, spoke: "Now that Lu Bu and Zhou don't help each other, I also ordered *** to guard the kettle pass. Youzhou Gongsun Zan also sent Chun Yuqiong and Ju Yi. Even if you can't defeat Gongsun Zhan, it shouldn't be difficult to delay one or two. As for the south, Cao Mengde and Sun Wentai should not be able to tell the winner for a while."

He looked at the Sizhao Sword lying across his lap, "So now is a great time to send troops to Qingzhou, once you miss it, I'm afraid that the opportunity will not come again."

Xu You nodded, speechless.

A battle between Yuan Shao and Liu Bei was inevitable, although Jizhou occupied by Yuan Shao was one of the richest states in the world, but Qingzhou has always had the advantage of fishing and salt, and Jizhou has no advantage in comparison.

What's more critical is that Liu Bei has an excellent relationship with several states around Jizhou, and if it is delayed, Liu Bei will swallow it one day, and there will be a prince to attack Yuan.

So this time, he and those Jizhou strategists had the same thoughts, and it was better to fight Liu Bei sooner than later.

Compared with those strategists who surrendered to Cheng after he entered Jizhou, Yuan Shao still trusted Xu Yu more.

First, he and Xu You know each other well, and secondly, Xu You is greedy for money and is very easy to control.

"Ziyuan, what do you think I sent Yan Liang and Zhang He as pioneers?"

Xu You hesitated for a moment, took a sip of wine, and still spoke, "Although Zhang He has a military strategy, once he encounters a battle to the death, I am afraid that this person may not be able to exert all his strength. In other words, this person may not be willing to fight to the death. And whether a manager has the determination to fight to the death or not can sometimes decide the outcome of a war."

"As for Yan Liang, he is indeed a brave general on the battlefield, but he is brave and brave, but he has less military strategy."

Yuan Shao nodded, "I naturally know the temperament of the two of them, but it is more than enough to be a pioneer. Then what powerful people can Liu Xuande's subordinates have?"

Xu Yu wanted to speak and stopped, but in the end he didn't speak.

He is too familiar with Yuan Shao's temperament, suspicious and undecisive, so once he decides something, it is extremely difficult to change.

Yuan Shao pressed his sword and said with a smile, "Let me personally go and meet him Liu Xuande for a while." As long as I can win Qingzhou, the land of the north, who else can fight against me!"

When Yuan Shao took Zhang He and Yan Liang as the vanguard, he led an army of more than 10,000 people to attack Qingzhou, and he commanded the army in the rear and set out in person.

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Qingzhou, Liu Bei and others naturally had already received the news that Yuan Shao had exhausted the troops of Jizhou and came south.

Or they had been waiting for Yuan Shao to come for a long time.

Now that Yuan Shao's vanguard has crossed the Yellow River, Liu Bei did not discuss matters in the army, but took Jia Xu to an extremely hidden weapons workshop.

For this workshop, even Jia Xu, who has the Qingzhou spy network, doesn't know much about this place.

I only know that this place was built by Liu Bei personally after coming to Qingzhou, and he often came and went here when he had nothing to do on weekdays.

The only one who knows is the person in charge of this place, named Ma Jun.

Liu Bei took him into the armory, and a man with a dignified face greeted him, opened his mouth and said a few words to Liu Bei and then hurried away, as if he didn't pay much attention to the Qingzhou Mu in front of him.

Jia Xu found that this person was actually a stutterer.

Liu Bei didn't seem to care, just turned his head to look at Jia Xu, and said with a smile: "Wenhe, Deheng is a rare talent. In this world, there is no shortage of people like me, there is no shortage of wise and resourceful people like you, and there is no shortage of thousands of enemies on the battlefield such as Yunchang. But a talent like Ma Jun is rare to find a second person in the world."

Jia Xu nodded when he heard this.

With his cleverness, he naturally guessed that Ma Jun was probably a talent who invented a way.

The invention of the mechanism has always been regarded as a miracle skill, and the requirements are extremely high, which has led to very few people walking on this road.

Jia Xu suddenly thought of something and asked, "Now that Yuan Shao's army is coming, the lord is here, but Ma Deheng has something to destroy the enemy?"

Liu Bei smiled and nodded, "Actually, it's just a few simple objects, but it's too simple, so I haven't used it. Otherwise, I'm afraid that after using it a few times, someone will copy it."

Jia Xu was also a little interested at this time, and said with a smile: "I wonder if the lord can let me have a look first?"

Liu Bei smiled, "Naturally, Wen He will come in with me if he wants to see it."

The two of them walked into the backyard with a heavily locked door.

With a cup of tea, Liu Bei walked out of the backyard with Jia Xu.

Jia Xu still had a look of amazement on his face.

As Liu Bei said, those are indeed not ingenious things, just simple gadgets.

It's just that the people who can come up with these things are really amazing.

It's always easier to stick to the old ways than to be aggressive.

Jia Xu smiled: "Yuan Benchu was menacing, and I was a little worried. It's just that now it seems that the lord has already had a way to deal with it, and he must break Yuan Shao."

Liu Bei smiled, "It's not necessarily that easy."

If you go against it, you will be a model in the world, and if you go well, everything will stop.

Today's Yuan Benchu is not the Yuan Benchu who went south to Guandu with the momentum of the three states.

Jia Xu remembered something, "Now that Yuan Shao has Zhang He and Yan Liang as the vanguard, it is appropriate for the Lord to send Guan and Zhang Er to deal with it. It's just that these two people are well-known in Hebei, and the lord should still tell Yun Chang and Yide to be careful."

Guan Zhang Erjiang and Liu Bei have an extraordinary relationship, and both of them are rebellious people, even he is not good at talking too much.

Besides, even if he said it, Guan and Zhang might not take it to heart.

Liu Bei glanced at him with a strange expression, and said with a smile: "There is no need to advise, dealing with them will get twice the result with half the effort."

He also remembered something and asked, "Send someone to contact Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai in Jiangdong, bring them more money, and ask them to go south."

"The lord thinks that Sun Jian is no match for Cao Cao?"

Liu Bei smiled bitterly, "I naturally hope that Sun Jian can win, so that we will have one less big enemy in the north. It's just that Sun Wentai is Jiangdong Menghu, and Cao Mengde is a land hero, and the two are competing, and Sun Jian should not be his opponent."

Jia Xu nodded, "Cao Mengde is indeed a hero, and that Guo Jia is not simple. But from my point of view, this person is indulgent and must not have a long life."

He immediately thought of the Ge family he met in Langya when he was helping Liu Bei in Xuzhou before, and said with a smile: "Although the Ge family in that county is young now, he has the aura of eating tigers in a faint way. The lord left Zhuge Xuan and did not let him go south. It's a good move."

Liu Bei smiled, "Some people are born to do great things."

When Ge Gong was there, he didn't feel any difference, and since the death of Gong Gong, he didn't see any comparison.

Many years later, there is still Zhuge Lu in Nanyang.