In the early morning of the next day, Liu Bei led an army of 50,000 to Luoyang Yibei, set up camp at the foot of Beibi Mountain, and confronted the Xiliang army that arrived later.

The two sides tacitly entered the stage of recuperation, and no one was in a hurry to provoke, let alone enter Luoyang City.

"I've worked hard and been filial piety for a long time, if I didn't have you in Beijing, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to come justifiably."

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Bei held Guo Jia's hand with a friendly face, and his eyes were full of gratitude.

Guo Jia Zhengse said: "This is within the division, and in the next self-determination killed Jian Shuo, I am afraid it will be difficult to use the power of the Yulin Army to help." ”

"It doesn't matter."

Liu Bei understood Guo Jia's thoughts, and killing Jian Shuo On the surface, it seemed that they would lose the assistance of the Yulin Army.

But in the long run, they only need to defeat Dong Zhuo next, and they can enter Luoyang without obstacles, which is a long-term plan.

And if Jian Shuo is kept, even if Dong Zhuo is defeated with the cooperation of the other party, he will inevitably face this enemy in the future, after all, there is only one position under one person.

And this result is not bad, what I am most afraid of is that Jian Shuo chooses to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, so that they will have to guard against Jian Shuo's surprise attack behind while facing Dong Zhuo.

Or when they were struggling to defeat Dong Zhuo and were already exhausted, they suddenly came and defined them as "thieves".

Therefore, Jian Shuo's death is the best result, let Yulin Jun become the audience.

Liu Bei withdrew his hands, turned around and sat down back on the handsome case.

"Yun Chang and Zilong will capture the flag, I have recorded this merit, and I will reward it after this battle."

When the two of them heard this, they all bowed their hands.

After finishing the trivia, Liu Bei returned to the topic.

"Now Dong Zhuo has an army of 100,000, and our army is only 60,000, the difference between the enemy and us is multiple, how do you think you should deal with this battle?"

Zhang Fei was the first to speak, as always.

"I'm afraid that he will do something, and one person will kill two."

Liu Bei didn't glare at him this time, his black face was full of smiles, and he knew at a glance that it was a joke.

Liu Ye saw that Guo Jia was silent for a long time, so he stepped out and said: "I thought that although Dong Zhuojun had 100,000, he was actually just bluffing, and his strength was comparable to ours. ”

All the generals looked at him in surprise, the combat power of the Xiliang Army had already been confirmed through last night's battle, and it was definitely not worse than them, how could the other party's 100,000 be comparable to their 60,000?

I only heard Liu Ye continue: "As we all know, among the border army, cavalry accounts for nearly half of the total strength, if Dong Zhuo really has an army of 100,000, how can he get so much food to feed?" ”

After hearing this, everyone nodded as if they didn't understand, their own lord has the entire territory of the state, and the Mi clan and the Zhen clan are two huge riches to help, and they can only recruit 80,000 soldiers and horses at most, and 20,000 of them are standing armies in various states and counties.

Dong Zhuo occupies only half of Liangzhou, what can he do to feed 100,000 people?

Even if he was born in Liangzhou, he didn't have such a lot of financial resources.

However, everyone only guessed the beginning, not the end.

"The Xiliang army is only 50,000 or 60,000 at most, and the rest are all Qiang people."

Liu Ye gave the final answer.

In fact, the dispatch of Hu people to cooperate in combat is not exclusive to Liangzhou, there are Wuhuan in Youzhou, and there are Xiongnu in Bingzhou, and they will be called when necessary.

The reason why the generals couldn't guess the result was because they had already defeated the Southern Xiongnu that they could use in advance, and naturally there were no soldiers to recruit.

It turned out that it was not Dong Zhuo who reported the imaginary number, but he called Hu Qi.

Guan Yu stroked his beard and said: "Although the Hu people's combat strength is mediocre, after all, there are thirty or forty thousand people, which cannot be ignored. ”

"Yes, but everything has mixed pros and cons, Dong Zhuo has strengthened his strength with Hu Qi, but he has also buried trouble. These Hu people and our Han army have never been of the same mind, if the war goes well, it will be fine, if they encounter setbacks, they will definitely not fight hard. ”

Liu Ye's meaning is already obvious, when fighting with Dong Zhuo, he can use Hu Qi to see the wind and make a big fuss about the rudder. If used well, it can even affect the outcome of the game.

After a thorough analysis, the situation between the enemy and us became clear in an instant, which may be what Sun Tzu said, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and not being defeated in a hundred battles.

Liu Bei said with a smile: "Zi Yang's words hit the nail on the head, listening to your words, Dong Zhuo's 100,000 people are not worried, but they are like a terminally ill beast." ”

The generals laughed when they heard this, and gradually recognized Liu Ye's ability as a strategist.

Just then, a soldier walked into the tent.

"My lord, there is a person outside the camp who calls himself Guo Tu and asks to see him."

Liu Bei subconsciously looked at Guo Jia and found that the latter also smiled.

Yuan Shao was restless in Luoyang City, and they were not looking forward to each other's departure as soon as possible.

Liu Bei knew that Yuan Shao would be Cao Cao's fierce rival in the future, and their follow-up strategy was in Guanzhong and Bashu, strictly speaking, there would be no conflict of interest between the two sides in the short term.

Of course, the premise of this statement is that Yuan Shao will go to Jizhou.

Speaking of Cao Cao, Liu Bei couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart.

At this point in time in his previous life, the other party should have served as a military captain in Luoyang City, why did he become Chen Liutaishou?

There are two explanations.

First, the other party is influenced by him, so he has the mind to let go.

Second, he went through the same thing as himself.

However, this has yet to be confirmed, and Liu Bei prefers the former.

After Guo Jia learned that Cao Cao had become Chen Liutaishou, he also felt strange in his heart, and his thoughts were roughly the same as Liu Bei's.

Either it's the butterfly effect, or the other party is also reborn, or the simulator is turned on, and the golden finger of listening to the voice of the heart is on.

Liu Bei put away his thoughts: "Let him in." ”

A moment later, Guo Tu stepped into the tent.

He first glanced at Guo Jia meaningfully, then faced Liu Bei and arched his hand: "Caomin Guo Tu, I have seen the Marquis of Jinyang." ”

"No need to be polite, don't be a few years, is it okay?"

"Xie Jinyanghou cares, everything is fine below."

After a pause, Guo Tu continued: "It's not a secret, this trip is for Yuan Gong. ”

"Oh?"

Liu Bei had a smile on his face, and as expected, Yuan Shao was leaving.

Yuan Gong felt that he had failed to persuade the general in time, so that he was killed by the Ten Standing Attendants, and was unwilling to continue to stay in Jingshi. Therefore, he came down to ask for a visit to His Majesty, and wanted to take the post of Bohai Taishou. ”

This is not so much to see the Son of Heaven, but to inform Liu Bei. Today is different from the past, the general trend of the world has long been reversed, and everyone knows who is speaking in place of the Son of Heaven.

Liu Bei groaned: "I can recommend Your Majesty on your behalf, as for whether Your Majesty agrees, I can only do my best and obey the destiny of heaven." ”

Guo Tu smiled: "It's okay, the Marquis of Jinyang is willing to introduce it on his behalf." ”

Everyone has seen through everything, but the tacit understanding has not been broken, after all, there is still a big difference between "worshipping the Son of Heaven to please the princes" and "coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes", at least the former looks more comfortable.

(End of chapter)