"Strike?" Liu Xiu was surprised, and even suspected that Jia Xu's real intention was that he had a deep understanding of this fellow Taoist character. He had to seriously consider every move of Jia Xu and would never be unreserved. The reason why he dared to hand over the matter of Bingzhou to Jia Xu was because he knew that Jia Xu and the Yuan family could not reconcile, and Jia Xu helped him was to help him.

But asking him to take the initiative to attack Xianbei was exactly contrary to his established plan. What he originally wanted was to prepare for war passively and ensure that the Xianbei people did not come in. He promised the emperor that he would also defend the border. Even if Yuan Shao was defeated, he would not be able to take advantage of the situation by the Xianbei people, and it would not be a matter of making achievements.

"Sir, you were able to return to Bingzhou this time because you gained the trust of the emperor. But why did you almost lose Bingzhou? It was because your goal was deviated from the emperor's goals." Facing Liu Xiu's suspicious gaze, Jia Xu explained calmly: "You are right to do this, because the full attack is too risky to fight the Xianbei people, and the emperor does not have the appeal of the Yuan family, so he does not have so much money and food to support you. You can't use Yuan Shao's method. But if you sit down and watch the Yuan family make profits with power, wouldn't it be too negative?"

Liu Xiu quickly weighed Jia Xu's words. If he didn't consider the outcome, Jia Xu's words really made sense. If he just waited like this, his development pace would not keep up with Yuan Shao's expansion of strength. What he was most worried about now was whether there was enough time to develop, and whether Yuan Shao would sweep the world before he could accumulate enough strength.

He has a strong foundation. If he wants to go along with others, he must develop at a faster speed. Liu Xiu understood this truth. Jia Xu didn't know the strength he was secretly hiding, so it was normal to have this idea. However, my father actually said that although the strength he accumulated was strong, it could not be said to be stronger than the Yuan family. It can only be said that each has its own advantages. Even if he gave it to him now, he still would not have the upper hand. From this perspective, Jia Xu's worries are not groundless.

The question is, can we win?

"Yes." Jia Xu raised his fingers and analyzed Liu Xiu's advantages one by one. First, after two previous battles, especially the sweep last year, the strength of the Xianbei in the West was severely hit. Compared with the Xianbei in the Central and Xianbei in the East, their strength was the worst. Secondly, although Liu Xiu only had 10,000 cavalry, the ten thousand cavalry were well equipped and had been fighting in the past two years. He had won consecutive battles, with high morale and strong combat power. Compared with Yuan Shao's men, although the number was smaller, his strength was not much worse. In addition, there was another point that the Niutou tribe north of the Xianbei in the West. They could not retreat north like the Xianbei in the Central and Xianbei in the East. Their range of activities was two or three thousand miles.

"Sir, if Yuan Shao had heavy troops but refused to move forward, the hard work was ineffective, while the adults were traversing the west, forcing the Wild Wolf Tribe and the Kuangsha Tribe to follow the footsteps of the Red Ridge, bow to the Han Dynasty, and even join forces with the Niu Head Tribe, what would Your Majesty think, what would Yuan Shao think?"

Liu Xiu was moved and then fell into deep contradictions. If Jia Xu thought, he forced the Xianbei in the West to surrender, then Yuan Shao could not make a fool of himself. He had to achieve decent results. But from a certain perspective, Liu Xiu would rather he make a fool of himself, because this would be a waste of money and food, and it was raised by the Yuan family itself, and the soldiers' unnecessary sacrifices would be very small. If Yuan Shao was forced to fight with all his might and pursue the grasslands, it would probably be the worst result Jia Xu said: the entire army was wiped out.

This is definitely not what Liu Xiu hopes to see. Doing so will gain the upper hand in the fight with Yuan Shao, but it is a bit cruel at the cost of tens of thousands of soldiers.

"I'll think about it again." Liu Xiu's voice was a little dry. This decision was too difficult to make.

"Here." Jia Xu didn't urge him, "Sir, I'd better take a break earlier. I've arranged all the relevant supplies. I guess by the end of the month, enough for the army to prepare for three months of dry food."

Liu Xiu's eyes flashed: "April and May are the thinnest time for war horses. Is it appropriate to attack at this time?"

Jia Xu shook his head and smiled strangely: "Sir, it's just that the Xianbei people's war horses are gone, so our war horses are fine."

Liu Xiu looked at him in confusion, and Jia Xu said, "In addition to the money I received from the Bingzhou Governor's Mansion last year, I used part of the money I received from the Bingzhou Governor's Mansion, except for the one handed over to Jinyang School, I used part of the cattle and sheep in the hands of herders, all of them were made into dry marching food, and part of them purchased horse grass and beans to ensure that the war horses did not lose their horses during the winter, and to maintain their combat effectiveness as much as possible." He looked at Liu Xiu and added: "The situation was urgent at that time, so I didn't have time to ask the adults for advice, so I had to make a decision. If there was any inappropriateness, please forgive me."

Liu Xiu blinked his eyes and thought to himself that this guy is so cruel. No wonder he lost his 300 million yuan after he got it and then he turned out to be used in this place. There are nearly 30,000 war horses in each camp in Bingzhou now. If you want to ensure that you don’t lose Pi or lose Pi, you don’t know how many beans you have to eat in this winter. More than one billion yuan may not be enough. Maybe you still owe a lot of debts. Even if Zhang Yi is not cut to death, this debt can drag him to death.

He considered everything and forced me to fight. Although Liu Xiu admitted that the choice Jia Xu made was the most beneficial to him, he still felt a little uncomfortable. Has Jia Xu done this a bit?

Jia Xu looked at him quietly. Liu Xiu didn't want him to see his thoughts, so he signaled that he could go out first. Jia Xu bowed and walked out of the big tent with ease. He stood outside the tent for a moment, and walked towards his tent. He lifted the door of the tent, and a warm smell of wine floated out from it. A man about fifty years old and like a scholar sat in front of the desk, fiddling with the wine pot. When he saw him, he immediately waved and shouted: "Wenhe, come, have a drink first."

Jia Xu smiled on his face, walked over and sat opposite the man. The wine was just warm, the meat on the table was cut thinly, a few dishes of sauce were placed aside, and the cups and chopsticks were placed meticulously, just like the man opposite was dressed.

The man picked up the wine glass and squeaked, took a sip, and praised repeatedly: "Good wine, good wine, I have also drunk Bingzhou wine before, but I didn't expect it to become so strong. It was not in vain this time."

Jia Xu smiled faintly, took a sip of wine, and slowly placed the wine glass on the table: "What do you think Mr. Liu?"

"It's okay, a young hero can win the hearts of soldiers like this, which is rare."

"But why do I think he is a bit kind of a woman?" Jia Xu said something briefly. The man listened while drinking, and finally blinked his eyes and wiped his beard. "You are right, it is indeed a bit kind of a woman. However, the young man is ruthless, but he has a mature aura. This is rare. After listening to your plan, he is inexplicably excited. I wish I could start a war now, and it may not be your intention."

Jia Xu was stunned for a moment, Zhan Yan smiled: "Sir, right."

"Young people, you have to take your guidance slowly." The man waved his hand disapprovingly and signaled Jia Xu to continue drinking: "It is right to think twice before you act. Anyway, we have time now. Let's look at his final decision. Let him consider it. It is also a kind of tempering his mind and nature. In my opinion, since this process is inevitable, it is better to hurry up early than to hurry up."

"What sir said is very good." Jia Xu bowed and received the teachings.

"Wenhe..." The man put down his wine glass and thought for a moment: "Your strength is to understand people's thoughts, and Liu Xiu's strength is also this. You can see his grasp of the emperor's psychology. If you don't fight, don't fight with him. This sentence of my son is fully demonstrated by him this time. The two of you have the same thing, which is a good thing and a bad thing, so you can't treat him as a fool, otherwise you will backfire and no one wants to be played with by others."

Jia Xu's eyes tightened and he nodded.

...

Feng Xue pulled Zhang Lu with her left hand and Zhang Wei with her right hand. She jumped in and didn't notice the expression on Liu Xiu's face. She smiled excitedly: "Husband, these two children from Master Lu are really interesting. They ride really well."

"I'm not a child, I'm a department teacher." Zhang Lu suddenly broke free from Feng Xue's hand and shouted with his neck in his arms. Feng Xue was stunned, then covered her mouth and smiled, touching the bun on Zhang Lu's head. "Okay, okay, you are a department teacher. How dare you ask the department teacher, what kind of Taoism do you know now?"

Zhang Lu bit his fingers, rolled his eyes and thought for a while, and said with some confidence: "My mother said that I will not be able to learn Taoism until I was fifteen years old."

Fengxue was about to tease him a few more words, but Liu Xiu stopped her. Fengxue held the corner of her skirt and jumped lightly to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu patted her hand and bent down to look at Zhang Lu's brothers: "How have you practiced martial arts these two days?"

"It's okay." Zhang Lu said respectfully.

"I practice better than my elder brother." Zhang Wei raised his hand and said impatiently.

Zhang Lu reached out and twisted his ears and said with a smile: "Awei, don't you brag in front of the teacher, or you will be exposed as soon as the teacher tests you."

Zhang Wei broke free from his hand and said loudly, "I didn't brag. If you don't believe me, I will practice it for you." As he said that, he tied his belt and began to practice the routines in Mozi's Five Elements Art taught by Liu Xiu. As soon as he practiced twice, Zhang Lu reminded him, "Awei, you have tried too hard and forgot to use your mind to lead the energy, and value softness rather than hardness."

Liu Xiu was very curious and thought to himself whether this kid was born to be a charlatan. He was only in his early 10 years old and knew such profound truths. He could not say it. He waved to Zhang Lu, "You demonstrate to Awei that you should lead your spirit, and that softness is not hardness."

"Here." Zhang Lu looked like an old man and gave Liu Xiu a gift, and then started practicing with a stern look. With his little face tense, he looked a little charlatan, and was very immersed in the play. After the drill, he also told Zhang Wei why he should take the lead with his intention. Finally, he raised his face and asked Liu Xiu: "Sir, am I right?"

"Yes, yes." Liu Xiu couldn't help laughing and nodded repeatedly. Zhang Lu became even more proud, pointed at A Wei's nose and taught him a few more words. Zhang Wei felt very embarrassed and his face darkened: "I'll go and play with Sister Lu, and ignore you."

Zhang Lu stuck out his tongue and ran out.

Liu Xiu was confused. Tang Yingzi didn't come. The two boys complained all the way. Why did he have a sister Lu as soon as he arrived at Yangshu Lake: "Sister Lu, who is it?"

"Lu Bu's eldest girl is only five years old this year, even wilder than Yingzi, but she rides a horse so well."

Liu Xiu suddenly realized. He held Fengxue's shoulder, thought of Jia Xu's suggestion just now, and suddenly said: "Fengxue, do you think if I join forces with your father to attack the Wild Wolf Tribe or the Kuangsha Tribe, will he agree?"

Fengxue curled up in his arms, pulled his hand and pillowed under his face, with a little sad look on his face. After a while, she said quietly: "The bitter and cold land of the North Sea cannot be used to farm, why do you want to take it?"

Liu Xiu was very surprised. He suddenly felt his palms wet. He bent down and saw Feng Xue crying. He couldn't help but feel a little panicked and quickly comforted: "Feng Xue, you are wrong. I didn't want to seize the land of the North Sea."

"You will not think so when you defeat Luo Zhiluo and the others and defeat the king." Fengxue sobbed: "You Han people are always like this. They have occupied countless fertile lands, but they are still greedy. They will always kill all the people on the horse's back."

"Fengxue, you are not kind." Liu Xiu said half-jokingly: "For hundreds of years, you guys riding on horseback have been robbing us. When will we take the initiative to trouble you?"

"We rob you because we really can't survive anymore. But you rob you because we are driven by greed. If you hadn't had the strength in the past few years, would you be so stable? Didn't you go out to the frontier and rob last year?"

"Hey, what are you talking about? Last year, was I helping your dad?"

"What if my dad is the one who occupies this land?" Feng Xue sat up and twisted her body and asked back.

Liu Xiu thought for a moment: "You should know that I don't like fighting, but sometimes if I don't fight, others will treat you as a weak and bullied sheep. Just like that Tan Shihuai, we big men want to be kind to him, and even want to marry the princess to him, but how about he? Relying on his own many people and powerful horses and quick swords, he insists on invading every year. When we encounter such a militant, it's useless to say anything. Only by being afraid of him can there be peace." He lowered his head and looked at Fengxue with his eyes fixed on it: "Is your father also such a person?"

Fengxue didn't say anything, frowned, as if evaluating how true Liu Xiu's words were. After a while, she shook her head: "I think my dad shouldn't join forces with you. There is no way for him to accept your help."

"So, if you want to kill Tan Shihuai, I will only find a way." Liu Xiu hugged Feng Xue's soft body, slowly shook it, taking stock of the power in his hands, thinking about how to integrate these people. There are formations in military tactics, although not as mysterious as later generations said, the general purpose is still conducive to the cooperation between the various departments in the field and fighting as much as possible. The formation is relatively simple, and it cannot be a square formation, a circular formation, a geese formation, etc., and there are not so many changes. After all, thousands of people cannot change the formation quickly.

But private fights are different. The number of people is small, and the changes are flexible. Especially during siege, if you can cooperate with tacit understanding, the effect will be much better than rushing up.

"Fengxue, I remember the first time I was fighting against you, you said that your sword technique was called Xuanshui Sword Technique?"

Feng Xue was angry when she thought of this. That time, Liu Xiu made a fool of himself by making a real man's swordsmanship. As a result, he was even more villain than a villain when he tried, which made her embarrassed in front of everyone.

"You have the nerve to say, what kind of swordsmanship is a real man?" Feng Xue was both angry and funny.

"Hehe, that's a joke. Let me tell you a serious matter. Have you ever seen anything in the sword formation?"

"Sword Formation?" Feng Xue blinked her blue eyes and looked at Liu Xiu in confusion.

Liu Xiu explained, Feng Xue curled her lips as soon as she heard this, shook her head repeatedly: "We never bully the few with the more. The competition is one-on-one, and there is no sword formation."

Liu Xiu's face turned dark and thought to himself that you just don't know the power of unity, so they are always defeated. It seems that there is no hope to find Fengxue, and you have to find Wang Zhi or Mrs. Lu. Don't Taoist priests often have the Big Dipper Seven Star Formation and the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams Formation?

Liu Xiu found Mrs. Lu, but Mrs. Lu also didn't understand. She told Liu Xiu that, firstly, people who practice Taoism rarely compete with others, but secondly, even if they want to compete, most of them will fight one by one, and there are few people who fight one by one, and group fights are even rarer. I haven't heard of any formation.

Liu Xiu was stunned. There was no ready-made formation available. Do you want to create your own? Everyone was getting high firewood, so let's call everyone who could use it to discuss it.

Lu Bu is here, Zhang Fei is here, Guan Yu is here, and after hearing what Liu Xiu means, they look at each other, laughing and crying. Lu Bu stood up first, "Who can be an adult's opponent? He even has to worry about what formation?"

"There are mountains outside the mountain, and there are people outside the people. There will inevitably be masters who are more skilled than me." Liu Xiu did not tell them that the goal was Tan Shihuai. Lu Bu was a little aggressive. If he was not convinced, he would go to Tan Shihuai to fight alone, which would be troublesome. "We are fighting, not competing for strength. Everything is aimed at victory, don't talk about face or other things. For example, now that we meet a master, none of us is his opponent, so how can we gather the strength of everyone to defeat him?"

Under Liu Xiu's persuasion, they finally accepted this ridiculous idea and began to discuss how to defeat a master. However, the good times did not last long. As soon as they started the discussion, their opinions were analyzed. Lu Bu's suggestion was very simple. Use cavalry to continuously impact. No matter how powerful it is, can you still resist the collision of hundreds of cavalry?

Guan Yu had another set of ideas, of course the meaning was similar, and he used hundreds of heavy armored soldiers to siege them and killed them. He slapped his chest, narrowed his eyes, and made a crazy talk. There were no people in the world who could block the siege of one hundred heavy armored soldiers, and probably no one in the gods...

Lu Bu was angry by his arrogance and slapped the table. Don’t be crazy, I have a way to break your heavy armored soldiers.

Guan Yu's eyes slanted and looked at him disdainfully.

Lu Bu became popular, go out and fight alone.

Guan Yu followed without saying a word.

The rest of the people looked at each other and thought that these two were the best guys in the world. They hadn't met for a day, so why did they start fighting? Liu Xiu could only smile bitterly, thinking that these two people were destined to have a fight sooner or later. But it would be better to fight, so as to avoid being in the heart. Moreover, Guan Yu has been a little crazy recently. If Lu Bu could teach him a lesson, it might be a good thing.

Lu Bu was wearing a halberd and stood proudly. The war horse under his foot felt the excitement of his master. The horse's hooves, which were as big as a bowl, digging uneasily to the ground. Guan Yu also put on iron armor, holding a sword that was not opened in one hand and stroking the beard under his jaw with the other. Although he was in his twenties, his beard was indeed beautiful, smooth and smooth, straight, neither dry nor forked.

The war drums started to beat, and there were quite a few people watching the fun. Ordinary soldiers did not dare to leave their camp, but a few Sima and the army waited, all of them ran over to watch the show. What was even more outrageous was that Wei Yue actually opened the market. He was Lu Bu's confidant, so of course he refused to lose face. Lu Bu's winning rate was much higher than Guan Yu.

Lu Bu raised the long halberd in his hand, and the drum stopped, and everyone held their breath to watch. When Lu Bu lifted the reins of the horse, the war horse neighed, and the man stood up. Two strong front hooves kicked in the air. Lu Bu shouted: "Guan Yu, I'm here."

Guan Yu sneered, "Let's die."

Lu Bu also sneered, let go of the reins of the horse, held a halberd in both hands, kicked the horse's belly with a whip, spread out its four hooves, and started running. This was a tall and strong stallion. It was originally a stallion used for breeding, and it was usually not used as a war horse. I don't know how much money Lu Bu spent to get it. In order to maintain its wildness, Lu Bu didn't even scold it.

As soon as the horse ran, it was as fast as the wind and as fast as lightning. Although it was less than two hundred steps away, its speed was already amazing. The horse's four hooves were flying in the air, raising its head and raising its hooves, its horse's mane and tail were flying in the wind, and its muscles rolled under the shiny fur, just like Lu Bu on the horse's back, bursting out with an unparalleled masculinity.

As soon as he arrived, Lu Bu shouted loudly, stepped on the stirrups with his feet steadily, sat on the saddle with his body, leaned forward, held the halberd in his hands, and stabbed it out with all his might.

Guan Yu did not dare to neglect his phoenix eyes narrowed, staring at Lu Bu who was running towards him, and stopped posing. He held the sword in both hands, pointed the tip of the sword, took a breath, and suddenly shouted, the sword came from bottom to top, and fought back with all his strength.

Liu Xiu also narrowed his eyes and did not miss the slightest details. He had guessed from the direction of Lu Bu's halberd tip that Lu Bu had no idea of ​​taking Guan Yu's life, but he must teach him a lesson. Of course, Guan Yu would not have the idea of ​​intentionally hurting people. He chose Wufeng's sword, but if this sword was cut firmly, it would be expected to break a few bones, and it was not impossible to kill someone by mistake.

These two are rare generals, but they both have a fatal weakness: arrogant and arrogant. Lu Bu was defeated once by him, but Lu Bu was always unwilling to accept it. Although he didn't say it, he still thought that his martial arts had no rivals. Guan Yu had never fought with him, and he was skeptical about what he said to Xu Qian. Now, as a centurion with a heavy armored soldier, he controlled the most powerful infantry power in the camp, and he also had the intention of laughing at the world.

One is the strongest knight and the other is the strongest infantry. This battle is indeed exciting. In the Romance of the Three Heroes fought against Lu Bu, and Liu, Guan and Zhang and He defeated Lu Bu. Now Guan Yu is alone, I don’t know if he can defeat Lu Bu...!!!
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