After entering Huaiyin City, Zhao Chen sent the foot trainer home to settle down, and hurriedly walked to the county office.

Chen is back, presumably Guan Yu should also arrive, it's time to start the next step.

The step trainer sat beside Wan Shi, leaning lightly, telling every detail of what happened today.

Wan listened sometimes delighted, sometimes surprised, sometimes panicked.

The trainer touched his injured arm and asked his mother, "Does Houde like me?" ”

Seeing that Wan Shi did not react, the step trainer called out again.

"Mother?"

Wan came back to his senses, gently concealed his sense of loss, and replied with a smile: "Our little teacher is excellent and virtuous, smart and clever, born beautiful, and Houde naturally likes it." ”

After all, the foot trainer is also in his prime, and he is ignorant and sensitive to emotional matters, how can she not be aware of her mother's thoughts.

Whenever she talks about her interaction with Houde, her mother is happy with a little loss.

For so many years, her mother has been alone with her, from the age of twenty to the age of thirty and two, a full twelve years, and it is inevitable to be lonely when she is widowed. In the past few years, I missed my father, but now it is slowly fading.

Until he met Zhao Chen, there was light in his mother's eyes again.

The foot trainer boldly asked, "Does my mother also like Houde?" ”

Wan Shi was slightly startled, turned his head and said, "Little Master Hugh wants to talk nonsense!" It's against women's morals! ”

The trainer smiled and quipped.

It is said that Zhao Chen walked quickly all the way to the county office.

As he expected, Guan Yu had also returned, and was reporting to Liu Bei the results of the past few days with Chen Zhi.

Liu Bei, who was sitting on the main seat, received the fruits of victory with a smile.

After the guards reported, Zhao Chen walked into the lobby.

Liu Bei immediately got up, walked quickly to Zhao Chen, took Zhao Chen's hand and walked into the house.

"Houde, you came just in time! I was thinking I'd visit you later. The assassin's affairs were prepared, and the military adviser was frightened. ”

"It's okay, it's Houde who is a little relaxed."

"If there is chaos today, and the military division shines again, I am afraid that some princes will not be able to sit still. I have arranged for heavy troops to protect the safety of the military division. ”

It is also reasonable, Zhao Chen is a great person now, Liu Bei's army is a once-in-a-lifetime talent, with excellent resourcefulness, and the victory in front depends on Zhao Chen, if anyone is looking for trouble with Zhao Chen at this time, Liu Bei will definitely not let him go.

So Zhao Chen agreed: "Thank you, lord." ”

"As for the matter of sweeping away the surrounding small counties such as Sheyang, everything is as you expected, as soon as Yun Chang and Shu Zhi led the army, the counties fell to the wind, and the large army took most of Guangling County without blood, and the troops and food could not be increased, so we can breathe a sigh of relief."

As soon as Liu Bei's voice fell, Guan Yu had always been an arrogant person, and now he was introducing Zhao Chen to the battle situation along the way.

Zhao Chen smiled and saluted Guan Yu and Chen Zhi: "The two generals have worked hard, after this trip, only Guangling County has not been in the hands of our army. ”

The two returned the salute: "Rely more on the strategy of the military advisor." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a thunderclap outside the door, and Zhang Fei's huge body, wearing full body armor, staggered in, and the ground on the wooden board creaked.

"Big brother, big brother, you see that the military advisor has made a good thing!"

"Hey, second brother, you're back, just to show you something good."

"Strategist, Uncle Zhi, you are also here."

Zhang Fei was reckless, and greeted everyone three times in a row.

"Yide, what makes you so happy?"

Stirrup? Zhao Chen thought that the only thing that could make Zhang Fei so happy at this time was the stirrups.

Zhao Chen looked at it, and sure enough, Zhang Fei was carrying two black things in his hands.

"Third brother, what is this? What is it for? ”

"Second brother, this thing is called a stirrup, it was invented just a few days ago by the military division, and it will be tied under the saddle, one on each side. By putting your foot through the stirrups while riding, you can stand on the horse without clamping it! ”

Zhang Fei introduced the use of stirrups in detail, and demonstrated the effect in a dance, but omitted Zhao Chen's episode just now.

Yide still understands the sophistication of human feelings, and Zhao Chen praised him in his heart.

Everyone was amazed.

Liu Bei said: "The meaning of this stirrup can be worth tens of thousands of cavalry, if our army is equipped with this thing, there is no need to be afraid of the Central Plains and Xiliang cavalry!" ”

"What the eldest brother said is that I have already made people whip up the horses, and in the future, all the 3,000 cavalry of our army will be equipped with stirrups."

Liu Bei immediately clapped his hands and applauded!

"The military advisor is really a god and a man, not only has a clever plan to calm the world, but also can make such a magical thing, thank you!"

Zhao Chen returned the salute: "The lord has won the award." ”

"In this case, I don't know if our army can set off to recover Guangling County next, there are eight days left before we agreed with the Mi family that it is August 15."

"The lord is wise, and the dust is here for this."

"Okay, military advisor, please speak."

Everyone returned to their seats, and Zhao Chen said slowly: "Lord, generals, judging from the current military strength and materials of our army, we already have the ability to go south to recover Guangling County, but there is still one thing that needs to be confirmed, and I expect that there will be news before noon tomorrow." ”

Everyone wondered why, since the army had already met the conditions for marching, what else could stop the army from moving south?

Before Zhao Chen's words fell, Jian Yong and Sun Qian hurried from outside the door.

The two of them were a little surprised to see that important people in the army were there.

Zhao Chen smiled: "Lord, something that needs to be confirmed is here." ”

"Oh?" Liu Bei asked Jian Yong with doubts, "What is it about Xianhe that makes you and the others so in such a hurry?" ”

Jian Yong clasped his fists and bowed, then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "My lord, there is news from the north." Yuan Shao and Lu Bu received the letter from the lord and responded accordingly. Originally, Yuan Shao's advisor Tian Feng (thanks to the guidance of the god of war and Tianqi, who likes birch trees) suggested that Yuan Shao take advantage of Cao Cao's army to attack Yanzhou, but Yuan Shao did not accept it, thinking that Cao Cao would definitely stay behind to defend, and when he saw that the lord believed that Cao Cao was going all out, he believed three points. Lu Bu took the opportunity to spread false news and pushed Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao raised 100,000 troops and marched to Yanzhou. Cao Cao, who got the news, quickly withdrew his troops from Xiaopeiwai and returned to Xudu, wasting half a month's food in vain. ”

After listening to this, Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction, and then turned his head to praise Zhao Chen: "Houde is in Jiangnan, but he can plan the affairs of the Central Plains, which Zhang Liang can't reach." I have to be virtuous, like a fish in water! ”

In one's element?

Why does this sound so familiar? It was obviously Liu Bei's praise for Zhuge Liang, but today it was used on Zhao Chen.

However, it can also be understood, before Zhao Chen, Liu Bei wandered around, there were few victors, after Zhao Chen, all battles must be won, everything must be successful, everything must be successful, because of the immortals, how can Liu Bei not sigh like this?

Zhao Chen responded with a natural smile, as if all this was taken for granted in his eyes.

The key was that all those present did not have any doubts.

Liu Bei asked again: "Is this what Houde refers to?" ”

Zhao Chen replied: "Yes." When our army went south, it faced a strong enemy, Yuan Shu, and the east was the Chen clan, which would not be an enemy of our army, except for Lu Bu in the north. This person is a villain, if he sees our whole army going south, he will inevitably have other thoughts about Huaiyin, Huaipu, Haixi, etc., if Lu Bu sends troops to the rear of our army, our army will be in a dilemma. After this incident, our army can rest assured that it will move south. ”

Zhao Chen's analysis of the situation is always to the point, and he sees through it at a glance, and Sun Qian and Jian Yong are ashamed of themselves for this ability.

Guan Yu was still puzzled and asked: "I see, what is the difference between this time and that time?" ”

"If Cao Cao didn't attack, I originally planned to need Gongyou to make a trip, take advantage of the relationship in Xiapi City, and make peace with Lu Bu on behalf of the lord, first, to stabilize Lu Bu, so as not to send troops to sneak attack, and secondly, to inform the forces of all ethnic groups in Xiapi City that the lord's army is strong enough to resist Yuan Shu and recover Guangling."

"Now Cao Cao has come to a thousand-mile sneak attack to wait for the rabbit, and the soldiers are coming to Xiaopei. This made Lu Bu completely understand that Xuzhou City could not be defended by him alone, and only by joining forces with the lord could he gain a foothold. ”

"Oh! Strategist, I see! Zhang Fei had a rare sudden realization.

"Third brother, what do you understand?"

Zhang Feihan said with a smile: "Big brother, what the military advisor means is that Cao Cao scared Lu Bu out of his mind and didn't dare to come out." ”

Zhao Chen applauded and praised: "Lord, Yide already has the appearance of a coach and can judge the situation, congratulations!" ”

Zhang Fei shook his body proudly and returned to Guan Yu's side.

Guan Yu squinted his eyes and remained silent.

"Yide's words are not rough, since Lu Bu understands the truth of cold lips and teeth, he will naturally not send troops to attack when our army is moving south, but will always pay attention to Cao Cao's movements in the north for our army. In this way, our army can go south with peace of mind. ”

Zhao Chen's several analyses have cleared the clouds and analyzed the current situation of Liu Beijun clearly. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were already ready to move south, but Chen Zhi seemed a little absent-minded.