Several soldiers in Liangzhou immediately drooped their faces. They were brave and fierce by nature and called them baby by Zhou Ming, which was so embarrassing. They winked each other and decided to wait for a good time to compete with Zhou Junhou and let him take back this sentence.

Yuan Shu quickly walked into Liu Xiu's tent, sat on the mat opposite Liu Xiu, threw the horse whip on the table, pulled his cloak away, and shouted loudly: "I said Deran, you are not kind, you are going to go to war with the Qiang people, why don't you notify me?"

Liu Xiu put down the pen in his hand and looked at Yuan Shu with a smile: "You have a very informative news?"

"Xun Wenruo told me." Yuan Shu leaned against the case, knocked on the case with his hand, and said deliberately with a stern face: "I came here without invitation, don't try to drive me away, otherwise I will impeach you and exclude your colleagues."

Liu Xiu couldn't help laughing out loud. He put away the map and greeted Pang De with tea, and said with a smile: "Young Master and I will do this, tell me, what kind of contribution did Yuan Benchu ​​make? You, Grand Master Yuan, can't sit still."

"No, you can't scream. My father hasn't become the third duke yet." Yuan Shu waved his hand quickly. Not everyone can call this young master. It is either the child of the prince or the child of the third duke. Other people cannot scream. Otherwise, it will be a minor one if you are laughed at and behave badly, and it will be a crime of injustice. If you think about what you shouldn't think about.

"Sooner or later." Liu Xiu smiled, raised his teacup and took a sip: "Tell me quickly, I'm busy and I don't have time to talk nonsense with you."

Yuan Shu did not take the tea cup, rubbed his hands, and said reluctantly: "He has hit Julu."

Liu Xiu was stunned: "So fast?"

"No, in a few days, the news that came might be to capture Zhang Jiao alive." Yuan Shu clapped his hands: "If I don't make any contribution, how can I fight with him?"

Liu Xiu made up his mind and was also very surprised. From Zhang Jiao’s uprising to the maximum of three months, Julu is Zhang Jiao’s base camp. He is so strong that he must be the best among the 36 Yellow Turban Divisions. How could he be beaten to his nest so quickly by Yuan Shao?

"You heard it right?"

"Absolutely not." Yuan Shu glanced around and leaned over to Liu Xiu, "There are five thousand iron armored guard camps around him, but most of them are troops."

Liu Xiuzhen was shocked. In the Han military system, the number of generals' personal guard battalions was one tenth of the number of troops they were led. There were five generals, with a total of no more than 10,000. The four generals in front, back, left and right often led no more than 1,000 troops, which means that the maximum number of personal guard battalions was only 1,000. As the general of the guard, he currently only had 3,000 people. The division originally referred to the personal guard battalions, but now the meaning has changed. Specifically, it refers to private soldiers, which is almost the same as Yichi, and usually only one or two thousand people. Yuan Shao's personal guards and troops had 5,000 troops, which far exceeded the conventional rules. The expenses of the five thousand iron armor battalions were by no means a small number. The strength of the Yuan family is indeed extraordinary.

No wonder Yuan Shu was so anxious. No matter how Yuan Shao fought in the war, the Yuan family could give Yuan Shao five thousand iron armored guard camp, which could already explain the problem. Of course, with these five thousand elite soldiers, it is possible that Yuan Shao could have any record. No matter how awesome Zhang Jiao was, he had no good idea when facing these five thousand iron armored guard camps. Not to mention him, even if Liu Xiu met these five thousand people, he would have to consider it.

"You old Yuan family is really willing to do anything." Liu Xiu chuckled, picked up the teacup, and guessed what the emperor would think when he heard the news.

"This has nothing to do with our Yuan family." Yuan Shu said with serious lack of confidence: "It was all done by He Yong and Zhang Miao."

"I don't care about anyone's trouble, it has nothing to do with me anyway." Liu Xiu waved his hand, "I'll tell you the truth. It's not that I don't want to invite you, but that's not that I can't. What I lack the most now is soldiers and grain. If you can come, I can't ask for anything. But I don't have food, so I can't afford you."

After hearing Liu Xiu's difficulties, Yuan Shu scratched his head and wondered. Liu Xiu had only more than 40,000 Qiang soldiers of more than 100,000, and his troops were only more than 50,000. This battle was not easy to fight, and with the problem of food and grass, it was indeed a troublesome to fight quickly. It was one thing to get military merit, but it was not worth it to take his life into it.

Liu Xiu looked at Yuan Shu and said nothing. When he finished calculating the plan, he was a little depressed. Then he said, "Since you are here, I can't let you go back. This way, you can transport food and grass for me first. Before the troops move, food and grass should go first. This task is the heaviest task, and it is impossible for you, Yuan Highway. If I resist the attack of the Qiang people at that time, you rush up to help. If I can't stand it, I guess those thousands of you will not be able to help you. So I might just return to Guanzhong and guard for a while."

Yuan Shu's eyes turned around. Liu Xiu gave him the conditions so good that he couldn't believe it. Liu Xiu, the general of the guard, played him with a forward. If he won the battle, he would give him the credit. If he lost, it would have nothing to do with him. Does he have such a good relationship with Liu Xiu?

Could it be that Liu Xiu was cheating me, right? Yuan Shu thought to himself.

"You think about it, but it won't take too long. I'll wait for the military rations to start the war. You can't let the soldiers go to battle hungry." Liu Xiu brushed his hand and unfolded the map again, revealing the intention of seeing off guests.

Yuan Shu stared at Liu Xiu's face: "It's... to ask for military rations?"

"Well, it's that simple to transport the military rations prepared by Ji County to Yuzhong."

Yuan Shu gritted his teeth. "Okay, give me the military order, I'll go."

Liu Xiu immediately wrote the military order and handed it to Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu took it, turned around and left.

Liu Xiu looked at Yuan Shu calmly, and when he was about to reach the door, he shouted: "Highway, I'm waiting for food here, you can't be greedy for yourself."

"Don't worry, I don't care about that little money." Yuan Shu replied loudly, rolled over the horse, took his personal guards out of the camp, and galloped away.

The smile on Liu Xiu's face slowly dissipated and he sneered.

In order to hurry, Yuan Shu was led by Qiao Rui. Before he arrived in Shangqi, Yuan Shu ran towards Ji County and sent people to contact Qiao Rui. The more than 5,000 people who had been replenished were just right. Although Yuan Shu was a little disdainful of this task, compared with the battle and the Qiang people's life, this task was not very promising, but it was better than death. Yuan Shu thought about it and felt that there would be no danger. When he put the food and grass to the camp, he could stay there and see Liu Xiu and the Qiang people fighting fiercely. If he had the chance, he would go up and make some contributions. With Liu Xiu and Yuan Shao's mentality of not dealing with each other, he would not treat him badly.

Yuan Shu rushed to Ji County all the way. When the governor of Liangzhou Zuo Chang heard the news, he hurried out of the mansion to greet him. As soon as he met, he nodded and flattered, "Hou General, why are you free to come?"

"I'm here... to fight." Yuan Shu was embarrassed to say that he was coming to escort food and grass, so he had to say a few words vaguely. Fortunately, Zuo Chang didn't delve into it, and welcomed Yuan Shu in, immediately arranged a banquet to welcome him, and invited the famous scholars from Ji County to accompany him, and also picked some beautiful singers from the camp to cheer him up. Yuan Shu was happy, had enough food and drink, and hugged two beautiful women and slept overnight. After two days of rest, Qiao Rui arrived on the third day, and happened to set off with the food and grass.

Five days later, Yuan Shu rushed to Yuzhong and entered the camp excitedly. Liu Xiu stood up to greet him, saying that he had worked hard.

"The road, everything is ready. Once the food and grass arrive, we can start the war." Liu Xiu patted Yuan Shu's shoulder intimately and said, "You have made the first contribution this time."

Yuan Shu laughed, said a few humble words, and sat down to have tea. Liu Xiu immediately told the generals to discuss matters, and the map was spread out. Liu Xiu began to arrange tasks for everyone. Yuan Shu pricked up his ears and listened. Liu Xiu did not treat him badly. He arranged him behind the central army as a reserve force. Once the battle situation was favorable, he would be put into the battlefield as a decisive force.

Liu Xiu was explaining, and Bian Zhang suddenly walked in, walked quickly to Liu Xiu, and said a few words with his ears. Liu Xiu was stunned, "Is that right?"

"It's definitely not wrong." Bian Zhang glanced at Yuan Shu and said with certainty: "The numbers are too different, it's impossible to make a mistake."

Liu Xiu hesitated for a moment, waved his hand to repel the generals, and kept Yuan Shu alone. Yuan Shu was puzzled. Before the war was finished, why did the meeting suddenly end?

"Highway, before you went to Ji County, I told you that this batch of military rations is of great importance, you can't do anything randomly." Liu Xiu lowered his face and said bluntly: "You promised me yourself that you are not short of this little money, but now..."

Yuan Shu was stunned, then jumped up, opened his eyes and shouted: "What did you say, am I greedy for military rations?"

"I believe you won't, but..." Liu Xiu pushed several accounts to Yuan Shu: "What's going on?"

When Yuan Shu took it over and saw it, he was immediately scared and sweated. The amount of food and grass received by the baggage camp was nearly 30% lower than what he had paid, and more than 30,000 stones of grain was equivalent to the army's rations for ten days.

"This..." Sweat beads oozing from Yuan Shu's forehead. He quickly patted his chest and assured Liu Xiu, "I am definitely not greedy for a piece of food, they must have made a mistake."

"I'm wrong, can I get such a large number?" Liu Xiu was so amused and cried. He thought for a while, "Highway, I heard that you are in Ji County, Zuochang is in good hospitality?"

"Ah." Yuan Shu nodded repeatedly, not understanding what was going on.

"Then you may have been used by Zuo Chang as a knife." Liu Xiu shook his head, "I received a report that Zuo Chang used the name of military rations to plunder the counties in Hanyang, Anding, and the northern counties, causing complaints. Now it seems that he not only filled his private bags, but also pushed this bad reputation to your head. You are also, the mouth is soft and the hands are short. You can take this number without taking a look..."

Yuan Shu was furious. He remembered that Zuo Chang was indeed too enthusiastic about him. He invited food and drink every day and asked different women to accompany him. When Zuo Chang gave him the account page, he was dizzy and stuffed it into his arms without even looking at it. At that time, he thought Zuo Chang was very good at it. Now it seems that this is a pit.

Yuan Shu was very annoyed. Tens of thousands of stones of military rations were a little bit of a matter of being a fool, but Zuo Chang actually dared to play with him as a fool. Who would not be tolerated? Without saying a word, he said to Liu Xiu: "I will go back to Jicheng now. If Zuo Chang dares not explain this to me clearly, I will cut off his head."

"There are people in Zuochang Palace." Liu Xiu reminded.

"I don't care whether he has anyone. Even if he is a royal relative, I will definitely chop him up. This turtle, dare to play tricks on me." Yuan Shu cursed and rushed away with Bao Hong and others.

Bian Zhang smiled, "Sir, Zuo Chang has no way to survive this time."

"He deserves to die." Liu Xiu smiled disdainfully: "He dares to pay such money, he really wants money but he doesn't have to die." He clapped his hands, and the generals who had just left the camp came in one after another. Liu Xiu waved his hand and signaled them to sit down: "There are now military rations in the camp. In these twenty days, we will defeat Zhong Qiang and seize their cattle and sheep as supplies, otherwise you will go hungry."

"Now." The generals replied with a loud bang.

"This time, we have a few more good brothers. They are all good men in Liangzhou. We should first see their style this time." Liu Xiu pointed to Qu Yi: "Yuntian, this time you will be the first to fight with the Qiang people as a sharp knife and show your power, let me see the power of your step-breaking cavalry."

"Now." Qu Yi stood up and held his fists and replied loudly.

"Zifeng, you are Yuntian's support. Once Yuntian attacks the Qiang people, you will rush up and entangle them."

"Now." Jiang Wu stood up and agreed.

Liu Xiu arranged one by one, Zhao Yun and Han Sui were the left wing of the infantry formation, Xu Rong led Yang Xiu and Huangfu Li to the right wing. Lu Bu led two thousand elite cavalry to escort the left side of the army, Duan Wei and Guo Si led four thousand cavalry to guard the right wing, and Li Wenhou led more than three thousand Yi to Hu to be the mobile force. Considering that they had a close connection with Beigong Boyu, they were not allowed to go to battle until the victory was decided, so as not to have an accident.

Liu Xiu led the central army to command the center. The battle formation was not special, but was mainly guarded and attacked as the auxiliary. He used infantry to block the charge of the Qiang people, consumed their morale, and then used elite cavalry to wedge the battle situation. Compared with the Qiang people, the Han army's cavalry had advantages, but the most obvious advantage was actually the Han army's infantry. As long as it was used properly and the arrows were enough, the Han army's arrow formation, spear, and ring swords could definitely make the Qiang people suffer a lot.

Liu Xiu was not a pure defensive counterattack this time. With Qu Yi and the heavy armored soldiers and the Tiger Soldiers in his hands, he contained counterattack methods in the infantry. However, considering that the number of Qiang people was too large, although Qu Yi and Guan Yu were brave, they were too small. After defeating the attack of Qiang people, they might not have enough power to counterattack, so they mainly handed over the attack task to the cavalry. Lu Bu and Duan Wei were both masters of cavalry. I believe they still had certain advantages in facing the Qiang people's cavalry.

After Liu Xiu was about to stop working, he sent someone to send a letter of war to Zhong Dian.

When he received the battle letter from Liu Xiu, Zhong Dian was ecstatic. He was almost crazy. He chased him from Kuanghan to Yuzhong, but Liu Xiu was closed and he could not leave the city and defended him with danger. This gave him a headache. Nearly four hundred miles from Kuanghan to Yuzhong, Song Jian did not have so many civilians, so Zhong Dian had to ask those Qiang people who were not very strong in combat to help transport grain. Despite this, the daily consumption made Song Jian miserable. He had asked Zhong Dian several times to ask him to fight quickly. If you can't win, you can withdrew. If you waste so much every day, I can't stand it.

Zhong Dian could no longer hold on. It was already April, and he was going to rush back to plant wheat, otherwise it would be very difficult to harvest in autumn today and winter. However, Tianlang had not yet appeared, and he was probably still in Yugu, Big and Big, and did not have enough troops to go back to take care of him. He could not plant wheat even if he wanted to.

If Liu Xiu did not respond to the battle, he would have to retreat. Just when he was already disheartened, Liu Xiu's letter of war arrived. How could he be unhappy? Zhong Dian was so excited that he invited the kingdom and said with great enthusiasm: "Just write four words: The decisive battle will come!"

Wang Guo looked at the Zhan Shu in his hand, but did not take action. He waved his hand and asked the messenger who sent the Zhan Shu Shu to wait outside the tent, then frowned: "Dahao, is this okay?"

"What's wrong with it?" Zhong Dian saw that the kingdom did not listen to him, but instead heard the objection. He felt unhappy and lowered his face and asked back.

"The location was Liu Xiuding, and he chose the time. Naturally, he was ready, which was not good for us...."

Zhong Dian curled his lips: "He is ready, aren't there so many people? Apart from the latter general named Yuan Shu, what reinforcements he has?"

Wang Guo still felt uneasy, and he pondered: "There is a cloud of military strategy, but it is not the same as others. We have spent so many days here and have spent a lot of effort, but have not captured Yuzhong. Liu Xiu has already established an invincible place. If he is not sure of winning, why should he be eager to fight? He is ready, but we know nothing about his preparations. This violates the teachings of knowing the art of military strategy, how can we win? Dahao, what if we defeat it?"

Zhong Dian frowned, "What are the opinions of sir?"

Beigong Boyu heard Zhong Dian's tone badly and knew that he was unhappy, so he quickly gave a wink to the kingdom, but the kingdom ignored him and continued, "In my opinion, we will not fight."

"No fight?" Zhong Dian laughed in anger: "Then should we continue to stay here, or go back to Shihan?"

"Return to Yugu." Wang Guo raised his head, ignored Zhong Dian Tieqing's face, and said calmly: "Go back to Yugu while there is no major loss yet."

"Return to Yugu?" Zhong Dian was really unhappy and sneered: "What a clever plan is this sir? I'm sorry for being ignorant, I don't understand."

"I will understand after hearing my explanation." Wang Guo stood up, walked in front of Zhong Dian with his hands behind his back. Zhong Dian took a long breath, narrowed his eyes, leaned back on the table, rubbed his fingers on the knife ring, and listened to Wang Guo's explanation patiently.

"Dahao, the most important thing now is not a decisive battle with Liu Xiu." Wang Guo waved his hand and signaled Zhong Dian to be calm. "It's just going back to plant wheat, right?"

Zhong Dian raised his eyebrows, reached out to wipe his messy beard, and had to nod his head to agree.

"The Tianlang is still in the mountain. If you want to plant wheat, you have to be careful of him coming out to harass him. If you want to be careful of him, you have to have troops. So please think about it. If we are defeated, how can we deal with Tianlang and can we still defend the Big and Big Yugu?"

Zhong Dian rolled his eyes and couldn't ponder. He thought for a while before he said reluctantly: "But even if I don't want to fight, Liu Xiu can't let me go like this."

"Then let him chase him to Yugu." The kingdom's eyes suddenly lit up, and his voice became three points higher: "His elite troops are mainly Bingzhou cavalry, and the war horses of Bingzhou cavalry are not suitable for the terrain here. When we arrive in Yugu, we have a better advantage."!!!
Chapter completed!