That night, Xi Yu directly opened a banquet at his residence, and the people invited were also his trusted and capable subordinates, mainly to celebrate the successful completion of the agricultural business plan.

Even because of the rapid growth of people's income, the corresponding tax revenue has also risen a little.

But despite the increase in taxes, the people have no complaints about it, after all, they have been worried for a long time, and if they continue to collect taxes as they did in the past, I am afraid that they will worry about whether they will have other "uses" in the future.

Now that they have increased their taxes, they feel a little more secure.

During the banquet, everyone was also happy, and seven people, including Kong Rong, Xu Gan, Liu Zhen, Wang Cang, Ruan Yu, and Chen Lin, also came to Xuzhou.

Kong Rong actually lived in Qingzhou, and after Lu Bu died, he also followed the army here, and also made friends with many scribes from various regions.

Although these people have different backgrounds, they have also experienced the so-called pain of displacement, and after coming to Xiyu and becoming teachers in the school, their status has changed, and they have also lived a stable life.

Even they are respected by the locals.

They also really gave birth to a heart of belonging.

There are also many scribes who drink and have fun here, but many people have left, only Zhuge Liang, Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others are still here.

"My lord! Spring is about to begin, and the north of Jizhou may fall into a war and chaos again, and we will definitely attract a group of displaced people here, and we must plan in advance to be able to accept this group of displaced people. ”

"Moreover, there are a lot of spare Confucian students, and if there is no way to get them jobs, it may form redundancy!"

Zhuge Liang and the others also began to report.

Speaking of which, Xi Yu could actually feel that Zhuge Liang and the others were a little unhappy in their hearts.

There are rewards, and even a lot, and even give them status.

But I always felt a little uncomfortable in my heart.

"You don't have to worry about it first, during this time, let them settle down first, as for the right position! You don't have to worry about anything! Of course, I have a way, and don't forget, I still have two places in my hands! ”

Xi Yu smiled slightly, and then explained two sentences.

Since he had already decided, he naturally would not stop him.

"Just wait for the right opportunity."

In the spring of 201, war broke out in the north of Jizhou, Cao Ren and Xiahoudun set off with troops from two roads, leading a total of more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, invincible on the battlefield, and invincible wherever they passed.

And some of the local scholars either took refuge in Xiyu, or left there and followed Yuan Shao to Youzhou, so the war situation was still a little casual.

Without the stubborn resistance of the local scholars, the ease of the battle was simply incomparable, and even Wen Chou was deceived out of Zhongshan County because of Cao Cao's design, and was ambushed and killed by Cao Ren.

Even before the autumn harvest, Jizhou had all fallen, and Youzhou and Bingzhou couldn't even rush to help.

And this year, Yuan Shao and Zhuo Jun died of illness.

Before he died, he passed his position to his eldest son Yuan Tan, and asked the other two sons to assist him in fighting against Cao Cao together, and let them carry out a plan of steady development, and never start a war with Cao Cao casually.

even let Xin Ping and Guo Tu and others beside him stick to Youzhou, and even told them that if they couldn't hold on, they would leave directly, or switch to Cao Cao to find a way out.

And today's Jingzhou, Xinye.

Liu Bei captured Wancheng at this time and became the Taishou of Nanyang, which is also a miracle for many years, so Liu Bei's reputation has gradually spread.

Of course, he also heard about Yuan Shao's death, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad, so he didn't say much, and directly summoned the military advisor and the two sworn brothers to discuss the matter.

Liu Bei spent a lot of effort in order to find a capable general, and whenever he had spare time, he would look for people who were well-educated.

In the long run, he really found someone.

This person's name is Xu Shu, hidden among the farmers, born in Yingchuan, but this is not his real name, he actually committed a crime in Xiangzhong, so he escaped from Yingchuan, and Guan Yu is somewhat similar in life experience.

To tell the truth, the scholars and literati of this era are not pure weak scholars, so Xu Shu can be regarded as a talented person.

But he is also a well-educated man, knows the method of battle formation, knows how to train soldiers, and knows some Xuanmen techniques, in fact, he doesn't want to go to Xuzhou, but because he is afraid that the murder on his body will be discovered, which will affect his family.

But now that he has become Liu Bei's military advisor, he can be regarded as a fish leaping into the dragon gate.

Liu Bei is also very good to him, and he doesn't forget to ask about the situation every day.

Liu Bei was very kind to him, so Xu Shu simply stayed by his side and gave him advice.

As for Jingzhou, in fact, Liu Bei's mentality has also changed to a certain extent.

Mainly because of the drama.

He feels that there is a big gap between himself and Xi Yu.

Therefore, he must take Jingzhou.

So now it can only be seen what Liu Jingsheng, who has become a member of the clan with him, can do.

If he can take this position, it will be the best.

But now there is only one feeling in the hearts of these two people.

There was a shock.

Shocked by the war reports from the north.

Cao Cao only sent out 10,000 horses, and then beheaded Wen Chou.

It's incredible.

However, this is also because Yuan Shao is anxious and greedy for merit.

He thought he could have a chance to turn the wind around, but unfortunately it was a ploy.

"Actually, this strategy is not particularly complicated!"

Zhang Fei spoke with a hint of sarcasm in his tone: "But even this plan can still succeed, which makes people feel incredible." ”

If Wen Chou was still alive and knew that Zhang Fei commented like this, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood.

"To tell the truth, with 10,000 horses as a basis, it exchanged nearly six times the lives of the enemy, and even cut the general Wen Chou down seven times! It's worth it! ”

Xu Shu is a thin man, he speaks and acts quite uprightly, and also has an elegant meaning: "Now Cao Cao, with 300,000 male soldiers in hand, is already a force to be reckoned with!" ”

Liu Bei sighed and said, "How terrible Cao Mengde is, we all know that I have worked with him, and I am also walking on thin ice!" also witnessed the close ministers of the Son of Heaven being eradicated by him one by one, on his will, on his means, even Xi Yu had no way to beat his edge! ”

"Xi Yu is relatively young after all!"

"But this young man is indeed a little scary, as if he can predict the prophet, but in the turmoil in Jizhou, he didn't intervene, and I don't know what kind of heart he has."

Director Xu sighed and said, "I'm afraid he is a wise man!" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Liu Bei frowned slightly, and asked, "Please also ask Mr. to speak clearly!" ”

Xu Shu sighed, and then said: "Xi Yu is not a person surnamed Cao, although he is very important and has a reputation in the world, but in fact, things must be reversed, if it is really expected, Cao Cao will not be able to protect him, if Cao Mengde dies, he will definitely be feared by the people of the Cao family, and he will definitely be weakened!" ”

"But Xi Yu is not a simple person, if Cao Mengde dies, no one will be able to suppress him, and the Cao family estimates that there will be terrifying turmoil!"

"I can understand this......

Liu Bei's eyes flashed with blazing meaning: "Maybe we also have a chance!" ”

"There will definitely be a vicious battle with Xi Yu within the Cao family."

Xu Shu nodded and said: "But whether we can seize the opportunity depends on when we go south, so my lord, please be fully prepared!" ”

However, Xu Shu actually had a trace of sadness in his eyes: "But if Cao Cao really makes a decision to go south, then we will definitely become the first checkpoint to stop him, whether we can stop it is a very serious question, Liu Jingsheng's side, what is the plan, we can also understand!" ”

"If Liu Jingsheng dies normally, Cao Cao will definitely send people south to loot, and at that time, no one in the Shi clan will be so stupid not to throw themselves at him. For example, the Cai family, they will definitely look at the wind! As for the reason, the lord should be able to understand. ”

Liu Bei's expressions were more serious, even Zhang Fei, who had always been reckless, had a solemn look in his eyes, clenching his fists, he also knew that this matter was very critical, if they could capture Jingzhou, they would definitely be able to last longer.

"Sir, do you have any other plans on your side?"

Xu Shu pondered one or two times, and said with a smile: "There are indeed two choices!" First, go to Xichuan and attach to Yizhou, so that you can get peace for decades to come, but it is difficult! ”

"The second is to seize Jingzhou, and the Sun family to help each other, Jiangdong was defeated not long ago, and even Sun Ce was abolished, Sun Quan is already silent about Hefei, he must not dare to watch, and he will definitely be able to unite with us! In that case, we will be able to stabilize the situation, but we will also have to see how we resist Cao Cao in the future. ”

"Koto's words ......"

Liu Bei nodded again and again, and there were some more thoughts in his heart, they could only take advantage of Cao Cao's lack of time to take care of this place now, and quickly deploy, even if they didn't take Jinzhou, the others would unite with Sun Quan, if possible, they could even take advantage of this to win the grand plan!

And this opportunity is also unique!

"Second brother, third brother, please invite Sun Qian first, let him go to Xiangyang once instead of me, I have to discuss this matter with Brother Jingsheng first!"

Liu Bei's eyes were cautious and said.

"Alright!"

Zhang Fei quickly ran out.

It didn't take long for Sun Gan to come over, Mi Zhu was also waiting in the courtyard, Sun Gan came, Liu Bei had already written the letter and handed it to him: "Sun Gan, you must be careful when you arrive, make it clear that I just miss it, and I don't have any other meaning, and this letter can only be seen by him, and it must not be seen by Cai Mao." ”

"Yes."

Sun Qian was not a greedy person, and this person had firm beliefs, so he quickly left after taking the letter.

And Guan Yu also set his eyes on Liu Bei: "Then I'll go recruit now!" ”

"Then do you remember the previous step formation "Fu Shield"? ”

Liu Bei's eyes flashed with brilliance, and his tone was dull.

"Of course you know!"

Guan Yudao also knew that this was a formation to restrain the cavalry, and he had heard some heroes from Zhuojun mention this formation before.

A trace of doubt flashed in Zhang Fei's eyes: "What is this?" ”

Xu Shu was also puzzled in his heart, and asked with a smile, "What is this step formation?" ”

"It's relatively simple, you all know that cavalry is a powerful type of troops, if it is correct, it can be said to be invincible and invincible, and Miyazaki soldiers are also the most powerful existence."

"Cao's light cavalry is a "leopard horse", I can also explain this, three hundred leopard cavalry can kill ordinary cavalry with a number of up to 1,000 people like a safari! ”

"The so-called tiger horse, the weapon is a spear, mainly to meet the enemy in close combat, and even their war horses have something extraordinary, replaced by iron stirrups, when they charge with a spear, the power is extremely great, it can be called invincible!"

Liu Bei's expression also became extremely serious: "If you want to deal with them, you can only use a bow and crossbow, and the rain of arrows in the sky can you shoot them, and then the war horses will fall into chaos, and the front army and the rear army will pull each other, which will also make them unsustainable!" ”

"But archers and crossbowmen need so-called shield soldiers as a defensive force, and the big shield is not suitable here, so the so-called ambush shield is needed!"

"So what is a shield?"

The eyes of everyone present flashed with surprise, and they had never heard Liu Bei mention this tactic, and they hadn't even heard of it much.

In fact, they didn't know that the rumors that Liu Bei heard came from Gongsun Zhan's favorite general, that is, Yan Gang's mouth.

But what is most needed for this method of warfare is the so-called courage.

In fact, everyone in the world says that Liu Bei is not good at raising troops and training formations, but in fact, everyone also sees it.

It's not that he's not bad at this, it's just that Taoguang is obscure, and he has no experience in large-scale wars, so what he's good at is actually "winning more with less".

When there are more soldiers and horses, Liu Bei will be a little caught off guard, but if it is a small war with less than 10,000 participants, Liu Bei is not only very capable of fighting, but even very capable of "running", and can always escape with his subordinates, which is also good luck.

Liu Bei then explained: "Fu Dun, first of all, you have to choose a suitable location, the land has to be on the slope, and you also need long-haired hands to lurk with the big opponent, after the hillside is suitable for hiding soldiers, and after the cavalry rushes here, use spears against shields, you can almost understand the meaning of my words!" ”

"The horses will walk a path made of shields, and after they have passed for a while, they will set up their shields, and then they will use spearmen and spearmen to surround and kill."

"And at this stage, the cavalry is not capable of climbing, and will be hit by the big shield, so it will be in crisis!"

"But the most important thing to use this formation is actually courage."

Xu Chu also understood, his eyes lit up: "In fact, the most important thing should be trust, if it is the soldiers you lead, it must be possible!" We can definitely use this to stop the iron horsemen from the north! ”

"I get it too!!"

Guan Yu's tone was filled with joy, and he hurriedly clenched his fists: "I'll follow what you said to train the Fu Shield Array, if Cao Cao dares to come, I'll let him know our strength!" ”

"I'm going too!"

"You guys go first," Liu Bei waved his hand, and then took Xu Shu to the inner hall to discuss carefully.

It's not just about discussing the military formation, it's also about how to better cooperate with the Sun family.

For example, who to send to contact the Sun family, such as how to contact and when to contact.

In this way, when they face Cao Cao again, they will be more calm.

Liu Bei is now expanding his strength with Nanyang, and even made a lot of ordnance and reclaimed ditches, all of which he did to guard against Cao Cao's cavalry team, which can be regarded as well-intentioned.

……

Autumn in Xuzhou.

This year, however, there was no bumper harvest as usual, and there was a vague lack of harvest, mainly due to the locust plague in the summer, but due to the right decision-making, the locusts were dispersed and the crops were saved.

But even if there is a lack of harvest, it can still keep the people under his rule hungry, and there will be no famine.

And in the inner hall of the school, Cao Ang and Xi Yu are sitting there, which is also a rare scene, and Cao Ang will also take this opportunity to ask some questions.

"Uncle! Now that the north has been pacified, there will be a new reward soon, and Jizhou's policy can be regarded as being recognized! In the fall, the state has an idea to borrow our talent, is it a bit inappropriate for us to do so? ”

"What?"

Xi Yu actually doesn't know much about it.

"My father wrote to me before, and asked me, saying that there are about how many scholars have the talent of onlookers, but in fact, there are hundreds of counties in the two regions of Jizhou and Bingzhou, and if all of them use the scholars as bureaucrats, I am afraid there will be a crisis!"

"And over the years, there haven't been too many poor scholars, so they plan to borrow people from us."

Cao Ang is also relatively honest, Cao Cao told him that in fact, he wanted Xi Yu to know that Cao Cao had encountered a new problem.

There is no one on hand.

Cao Cao can be regarded as the first person who values practical learning, and he has been fighting with those scholars all his life, he definitely doesn't want this to happen now.

Xi Yu smiled and said, "I don't agree with this." ”

"What is this?"

A bitter smile hung on the corner of Xi Yu's mouth: "You make it clear to him that the people I sent a year ago didn't have any problems, but they were all beaten back, but now I already have a way to settle them!" ”

"It is the money bank I set up, if the money bank does not have enough manpower to manage it, the business and people's livelihood of Qingzhou and Xuzhou will collapse across the board."

"Money, Zhuang?"

Cao Ang didn't know what it was yet.

Why do you seem to have never heard of it?

"What is this?"

A look of curiosity flashed in Cao Ang's eyes, and he hurriedly asked, "Can you explain one or two?" Can I learn this? ”

In fact, Cao Ang can always hear some new ideas and words from Xi Yu, and every time, these new words and ideas can create extraordinary value.

So Cao Ang also wants to know something about this.

"What's important in troubled times? What matters is law and force! ”

Xi Yu didn't mind introducing: "And what is the most important thing in the prosperous world?" What matters is agriculture, commerce, and the art of indoctrination! ”

(End of chapter)