"You're not a good lobbyist." Tao Xian held the wine jar and drank alone, "If you tell me directly that we can join forces against the imperial court, I will definitely not hesitate." ”

Bao Xin's brows suddenly furrowed like earthworms, "That's what I seem to tell the general." ”

"Too much nonsense!" Tao first scolded, "Okay, I'll think about it, and I'll try to convince the leader." ”

"The imperial court sent troops this time, who led the troops? Is it Lu Zhi or Zhu Jun? ”

Tao Xian's consideration made Bao Xin's heart cool for most of the time, and this kid was playing sloppy with him again.

But he still answered Tao Xian's question first, and said: "It's not Lu Zhi, it's not Zhu Jun, it's the mediocre emperor who personally drove the expedition, and it is rumored that there are 100,000 troops, but there should only be about 30,000 or 40,000 troops. ”

"The emperor actually came out in person? It's a good time to kill the Emperor. Tao Xian suddenly came to his senses.

Bao Xin sneered, "The general should not be too optimistic, you might as well listen to the military exploits of the imperial court along the way, and then think about it." The emperor took the former Dong Zhuo's generals Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji as the vanguard, and the two of them attacked the city wherever they passed, and all of them were defeated. ”

"Zhang Ji, I know this guy, he is indeed a tiger general." Tao Xian said, "Who else?" ”

"The emperor took Cao Cao, the general of the right middle lang, as the rear army, and at this moment he is stationed in Shanyang Changyi." Bao Xin continued, "The emperor personally led Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Zhang Liao, Xiahou Yuan and other generals to the Chinese army, and stationed troops with a single father. ”

Tao Xian sneered, "A group of things that have never heard of before, can they win the battle?" ”

Bao Xin said coldly: "So I advise the general not to be too optimistic, Zhang Liao killed 5,000 troops in Yanzhou in the first battle, and his own side almost did not lose his troops." Cao Hong killed several times in a row outside Chen Liucheng, beheading more than 10,000 people. These generals, generals may not have heard of their names, but they can be taken by the emperor himself, do you think they will be incompetent? ”

"On the way here, I learned that Cao Hong has arrived at Taishan County with his elite troops!"

"Cao Hong is in Mount Tai, Duan Xuan is in Jibei, Cao Cao is in Changyi, and the emperor is in the town, this platoon of troops is arranged, can the general understand?"

Tao Xian hissed lightly, "If you want to say that, I really don't understand it." So what do you mean by saying that we can only resist the imperial court by forming an alliance? Isn't that what it means? ”

Bao Xin: ......

I've been talking about it for a long time, isn't that what it means?

"I understand, I will go back to the mountain to persuade Zhang Feiyan, if he agrees, our Montenegrin army will go out of the mountain to help. If he doesn't agree, I will promise myself, Yuan Shao does seem to be more promising than Zhang Feiyan. Tao Xian grinned.

Bao Xin finally put his mind at ease, "The general can rest assured, the Yuan family's protégés and former officials are all over the world, if you want to fight for the future, it should naturally be to help the Yuan family, not Zhang Feiyan, who was born as a robber." ”

Tao Xian coughed lightly, "It's a little better to speak, I'm still a general under Zhang Feiyan's tent now." ”

"Yes, yes, that's as it should be." Bao Xin's words turned very naturally, and he raised his glass and said, "Congratulations for our alliance!" ”

"Drink!" Tao first shouted.

……

Chen Liu, Fugou.

It is a small city standing on the plains, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and you can see the fertile fields from the top of the city.

Lu Bu looked at Cheng Yu, Liu Dai's envoy who came from afar, and said: "Actually, I think I followed Li Ru's advice, rebelling against the imperial court is a wrong thing, I heard that Mr. is a famous man in Yanzhou, why don't you tell me about it, is my move appropriate?" ”

Cheng Yu said reluctantly: "Actually, when the assassin sent someone to me and asked me to come to the general as a messenger, I didn't want to, but he used the young and old as a threat, so I had to leave." ”

"The general is a military general who can fight habitually, and it is not what a general is good at making plans and judging the situation, but I think you should not listen to the advice of a person who does not know how to judge the situation but likes to judge the situation and make suggestions."

"Li Ru doesn't seem to be very good at it." Lu Bu did not refute, "But the matter has come to this point, does Mr. have a good suggestion?" Listening to this tone, Mr. seems to think that my move is inappropriate. ”

Cheng Yu said: "Appropriate or inappropriate, it is now irrelevant, the general has already reached this point, and there is no need to talk about this." In the present chagrin of the past gains and losses, in the eyes of the lowly position, it is the self-consolation of cowards. My suggestion to the general is Liu Tingshi's suggestion, please ask the general to lead Yanzhou Mu by himself. ”

"Okay, I see. It is indeed a great temptation to lead the Yanzhou pastor, but the imperial court soldiers and horses are in Yanzhou, and I am afraid that I am not an opponent. Although the current emperor does not know people and is narrow-minded, he is a natural general with extremely strong means of commanding troops. Lu Bu said with a worried face.

A trace of disdain flashed in Cheng Yu's eyes, and he said: "Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin once sent someone to deliver the message, and he has personally gone to persuade the Black Mountain thief Zhang Yan. If the hundreds of thousands of troops under Zhang Yan's command were helped, the imperial court would only be stagnant in Yanzhou. ”

"A certain disdain for robbers and thieves!" Lu Bu said proudly, "If the husband dies, he will die, and the face should still be some." ”

What he said made Cheng Yu a little speechless.

It's really good-sounding.

"Then it's better for the general to make a decision after a fight with Cao Mengde?" Cheng Yu asked.

Lu Bu asked rhetorically: "I only have 3,000 soldiers and horses under my command, how can I fight him?" ”

"Then please ask the general to lead the Yanzhou herd, command the elite soldiers of Yanzhou, and make a detailed battle." Cheng Yu returned to his proposal.

Lu Bu didn't seem to realize that he had been surrounded by Cheng Yu.

Lu Bu said abruptly: "Let me think about it again." ”

"I didn't expect that this step would make it so difficult for me."

Recalling that he was surrounded and intercepted along the way, Lu Bu couldn't help but doubt his life.

In his eyes, the court was so weak that only Lu Zhi and others were left, and when he was arrogant and tried to provoke, he slapped him countless times fiercely and unexpectedly.

Beat him all around.

The large number of elite soldiers in the imperial court and the fierceness of the strong generals made him deeply worried about his future.

"Maybe the Yanzhou Pastoral Association is the starting point for the general to achieve something great." Cheng Yu said.

Lu Bu looked at Cheng Yu, "I understand what you want to say, but if you know more about the current imperial court, you won't think so." ”

Cheng Yu bowed his head very humbly and said, "I am willing to listen to the general's teachings." ”

Lu Bu shook his head and sneered.

I just don't know if he's laughing at the court or if he's laughing at himself.

After a moment, he asked, "What do you think of the situation where the imperial court is now at war on all sides?" ”

“好话是幡然醒悟后的厉兵秣马，脏话是困兽的最后挣扎。” Cheng Yu said.

His words were so sharp that Lu Bu couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and then he shook his head and said, "But in the eyes of this general, Mr. is wrong, very wrong." ”

With emotion, Lu Bu looked at the vast fields hidden between the straight poplar trees, and said: "The north of the imperial court is fighting with Xianbei. I heard that this was a whim of the emperor last winter, because the armor of the soldiers was not warm enough, he wanted more wool, and then he thought of Xianbei, who occupied the homeland of the Xiongnu. ”

"There were herds of cattle and sheep there, which would undoubtedly satisfy the emperor's desire for wool. So Cao Mengde took the cavalry, carried the boundary monument of our Han Dynasty, and traveled thousands of miles north to fight the grass valley. ”

"I didn't say this, but the current emperor said it, and he said to the outside world openly that he wanted to fight the grass valley. And it succeeded, I originally thought that this battle would definitely annoy Lord Xianbei West, but unexpectedly, it didn't. ”

"Later, Cao Cao went back, and Gai Xun led his army to stay in the north to receive the newly conquered land."

"This year, the imperial court sent troops twice to the north to fight the grass valley, at that time I also thought that the imperial court and the Xianbei western lord would have a battle, but until now there is still no."

Cheng Yu was dumbfounded when he heard this, "There is such a thing, if it weren't for the general mentioning it, I really haven't heard of it." It is unbelievable that the imperial court took the initiative to provoke Xianbei. ”

"A few years ago, when the first emperor was in power, he conquered the three-way army, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses returned in vain. How dare His Majesty take the initiative to provoke Xianbei today? Also hit the grass valley. The courage of His Majesty today is truly admirable. ”

"In particular, the act of carrying a boundary monument on his back is really ridiculous and incredible. It's just to be on guard, and those tribes in Xianbei will definitely not admit it, it's just a little behavior that is better than nothing. ”

Lu Bu shook his head, "Sir thinks so, but it's wrong again. ”

"The imperial court not only led the hundreds of miles away, but also received it very steadily."

"Now those Xianbei tribes living in the grasslands north of my Han Dynasty, I'm afraid that no one doesn't think that they are the people of the Han Dynasty, and no one doesn't think that they are shepherding sheep in my Han Dynasty."

Cheng Yu suddenly felt that this thing was like a dream, and couldn't help asking, "Why is this?" ”

Lu Bu said: "Jia Xu, a native of Wuwei, was originally a staff member under Niu Fu's account, and was obtained by the imperial court and recruited as the Sima of the Northern Army led by Gai Xun. After this man went north, he proposed several herdsmen's strategies, killing people and making those tribes available to the imperial court very smoothly. ”

"At this time, the northern land of the Gaixuntun army did not station a single soldier or horse on the northern grassland, but led the northern grassland. Those tribes formed a tribe to guard the newly captured northern grasslands of the imperial court. ”

Cheng Yu: ......

He silently wrote down the name Jia Xu in his heart, and sighed: "This person must be a capable person!" ”

Lu Bu nodded thoughtfully, "It's a pity that it can't be used by me." ”

Cheng Yu: ......

"Look at the current imperial court, the north and Xianbei have become such a situation, and there are Han Sui and Ma Teng in the west, although these two people have surrendered to the imperial court, it must only be temporary. Nan and Liu Yan are not on good terms, and you can clearly see the war in the east. Lu Bu returned to the previous topic, "As you just said, it seems that this is indeed the dying struggle of the imperial court. ”

"But is that really the case?"

"Xianbei has no movement, Liu Yan was killed by the emperor several sons, and he is also swallowing his anger, and the princes in the east are retreating."

"Maybe we all underestimate the current emperor."

Cheng Yu's heart also set off a storm at this time.

He didn't say it directly, but he also believed Lu Bu's words at this time.

Maybe everyone really underestimated the rumored cruel and unkind young emperor.

But as soon as his thoughts turned, he still said: "Perhaps, the situation that the general sees is only temporary. ”

"The reason why Lord Xianbei has always been silent in the face of such provocations from the imperial court may be because Xianbei is divided and in chaos."

"Yizhou Mu Liu Yan died several sons one after another, and he did not dare to raise troops to stand on his own, probably because he was not ready. Hearing that the Shu people in Yizhou and the people who went south from Guanzhong were full of contradictions, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong no longer obeyed Liu Yan's orders. ”

"And in the east, Yuan Shao, Han Fu, and Gongsun Zan are all fighting for themselves, although these princes are strong, they can fight for themselves, and I am afraid that no one is the opponent of the imperial court."

Lu Bu's thick eyebrows suddenly raised, and his eyes burst with a true look, "When you say this, I suddenly feel as if something big is possible." ”

Cheng Yu chuckled, "General, the world is like this, it's a big deal!" ”