Xu Shu has been very dedicated in his recent work.

He had to deal with a large number of documents every day, allocate food, grass and weapons, coordinate the arrangements of each army, and then wrote some military summary to the frontline generals of the Cao army. At the beginning, the generals of the Cao army were quite wary of the scholar, but after a long time, they were surprised to find that Xu Shu had handled everything in an orderly manner and dispatched extremely fairly. No materials he had ever taken away from him were deducted.

Gradually, everyone came to Xu Shu to coordinate with him if they had any questions, and Xu Shu also refused everyone and showed off his style as a close brother to solve the problem for everyone.

Xu Shu had been a raider and traveled around the world. He could discuss martial arts with the northerners and discuss southern witchcraft with the southerners. As soon as the troops were approaching, more and more people came to ask Xu Shu to give advice. Chang Diao waited for two pieces of bacon for the morning before finally waiting for everyone to disperse. He quickly crawled into Xu Shu's house with a smile on his face.

"Mr. Yuanzhi, I am so humble..."

"It's a giant eagle, please sit down. I don't need much politeness to my son's family."

Surprisingly, Xu Shu actually recognized Chang Diao's identity, which surprised Chang Diao. Xu Shu was once an important strategist under Liu Bei. Chang Diao was just a confidant martial artist under Cao Ren's command. Xu Shu actually used the word "Ask", which really made Chang Diao's whole body light.

He placed two pieces of bacon in front of Xu Shu and said with a silly smile:

"Chang took the liberty to come to the door and asked the gentleman to plan for him. This...hehe, it doesn't mean it's respect, it doesn't mean it."

Xu Shu smiled and said:

"The giant eagle called me Yuan Zhi. I was not satisfied, but I wanted to ask about the battle?"

Chang Diao nodded quickly and looked at Xu Shu with anticipation.

Xu Shu sat upright and said calmly: "This Eastern Expedition, Cao Gong will be defeated. It is better to lead his army back to Xiangyang earlier, so that he will have a chance to win!"

"Ah!" Chang Diao was so scared that his face turned pale, "Sir, be careful of your words, sir, be careful of your words, I...I...I would like to ask Mr. to give me some advice, what should I do?"

Chang Diao doesn’t know how to water, and if he loses in the water battle, he may not have the chance to be captured. But he is Cao Ren’s personal guard and must be the main force in this battle. This is not enough to advance or retreat, so what should I do?

Xu Shu smiled indifferently, took the pen and ink, dragged a piece of plain silk to write some words on it, put it in a brocade bag, and handed it to Chang Diao calmly.

"When you are defeated, you will definitely be able to protect the general. But after going out, Xu will never admit that it was done by Xu..."

"I understand, I understand!" Chang Diao nodded uncontrollably and smiled silly: "Thank you Mr. Yuanzhi, I wonder how I should repay Mr.?"

Xu Shu's smile was quite calm, and he helped his hat:

“It’s simple too.”

·

Cai Mao had an absolute advantage in the struggle with Cao Cao. He now gathered 50,000 troops, which is already most of the capital of the Cao army's naval army, and it is also the key to whether Cao's army can win this battle.

Not only did Cao Cao not pursue Cai Mao's previous beating Cao Hong, he also directly appointed Cai Mao as the official position of Liu Biao before the Grand Governor, the governor of Jingzhou, the general of Zhennan - Jingzhou and General Zhennan. This shows that Cao Cao was really too lazy to stay in Jingzhou for a long time. Regardless of the victory or defeat in this battle, Cao Cao would hand over all Jingzhou to Cai Mao's jurisdiction, and he would have power far exceeding that of Liu Biao back then.

Cai Mao was proud and decided to perform well in this battle.

This is not because he wanted to work hard for Cao Cao, but because Sun Quan had already opened the east gate of Jingzhou before killing Huang Zu. If he did not take the opportunity to suppress it, it would be a huge threat to Cai Mao in the future. What's more, Cai Mao's take over as the governor of Jingzhou is equivalent to selling his former master Liu Cong directly. He must make some achievements to prove to the Jingzhou clan that he is capable and worth relying on.

Cao Cao sent a large amount of information he had gained to Cai Mao's army. Of course, Cai Mao also saw the news that Nanyang young general Yunshan was surrounded by Xiakou and Zhao Yan refused to support him.

He knew that Yunshan was Guan Ping's pseudonym and sneered in his heart.

Guan Ping is really bold and has a very good appetite. Humph, okay, but unfortunately, you are blocking my way this time, so don’t blame me for being rude.

"Liu Bei is useless." He murmured and ordered a armored Bushi beside him, "The 'loss' of our own army is all counted on Guan Ping's head. I will talk about his identity to Meng De."

The armored warrior was about thirty years old, with a pair of thick eyebrows full of solemnity, and sighed after hearing this:

"General, why should we break up with Mr. Liu? Only when Mr. Liu is there, the thief Cao will always value the general. Relevant Ping is there, and the general can be good at everything and always..."

Cai Mao waved his hand:

"Zhong Miao, why don't I want to raise thieves and respect themselves? But Liu Bei is a hero and is quite popular. I raise thieves and raise tigers, and this is a big problem.

My destruction of Sun Liu this time has been considered a great help to Meng De. I will tell you about the collusion between Guan Ping and Chen Qun. With Meng De's suspicion, I will be disconnected from the scholars of Yingchuan in the future, so that I, the scholars of Jingzhou, can gradually stand firm in the court. You have a bright future, and I am all for your own good."

The armored warrior bit his lip and shook his head silently, indicating that he was unwilling to do such a thing.

Cai Mao didn't make things difficult for him, but just stretched slowly:

"Look, you are also concerned about Liu Bei, how can I raise a tiger with peace of mind? This time, we led our army to the Yangtze River to drag Zhou Yu, Zhao Yan went to the Han River, and captured Guanping first, and Xiakou would be broken.

At that time, Zhou Yu's retreat was cut off, where else could he go? Hey, they couldn't even beat Huang Zu for so many years. Can they still beat me Cai Mao? I can kill Liu Bei's head in less than a month."

He called his butler and was about to let him go to Cao's army, but he saw that the butler was full of shock and frowned:

"There is no outsider, just say something."

The butler looked at the armored warrior beside him in horror, and lowered his voice:

"What happened to Xu Shu! The chief guards around Cao Ren went to Xu Shu's home to ask for a plan. It is said that Xu Shu was rude and said that he would be defeated in this battle. Chang Diao had a hot temper and even seriously injured Xu Shu! Master, this..."

Cai Mao was surprised at first, then his face turned pale:

"Is Xu Shu pretending to be injured?"

"Impossible. The Prime Minister has sent a military doctor to investigate. I heard that Xu Shu was beaten and his muscles were broken and it was difficult to get up. He could not recover without three or five months!"

The armored warrior looked shocked, not knowing what was going on. Cai Mao walked around with his hands on his back, and his face became heavier: "Prepare the car! No, Zhong Miao, you go to see Mr. Xu for me, and go to the Prime Minister's Mansion again. Please ask the Prime Minister to capture Chang Diao and be responsible for heavy responsibility!"

He held his hands behind his back and kept spinning in the house. In the middle of winter, sweat beads on Cai Mao's face kept flowing out, obviously he was particularly entangled.

After a long time, he turned around suddenly and whispered: "Zhong Miao!"

The armored warrior smiled bitterly:

"Uncle Shi, I haven't left yet!"

Cai Mao took a piece of plain silk from the butler and gently wiped the sweat beads on his face. When he took the plain silk, his face suddenly showed a gentle and righteous look, which scared the armored warrior quickly took two steps back.

"Zhong Miao, cough, I heard that many children fell ill in our army?"

The warrior shook his head and said:

"It's all the Northern Army who are not convinced of the soil and the soil and fell ill, our army..."

He saw Cai Mao shook his head quickly like a rattle, and was a little confused for a moment.

"Let's not talk about this for now-" Cai Mao turned his eyes to the butler standing beside him, "I heard that you have asked about the daughter of Brother Liu before?"

The butler nodded:

"When I returned to my master, I was very troubled before, so I took some advice. I heard that the two daughters of Duke Xuande were imprisoned in Cao Chun's army before. Duke Cao originally wanted to marry him to the Cao family's nephew, but later Cao Chun died, so the matter was temporarily stopped.

Now Cao Hong is guarding Jiangling, but he doesn’t know where to transfer the two girls.”

Cai Mao nodded and said:

"Hey, Xuande and I are in the life and death of life. Although each of them is their own masters, their two daughters are young and trapped in the army. How can I, the uncle, be at ease? Zhong Miao, when our army starts, you can find someone to stay in the middle of the night to ask where Cao Hong's two daughters are."

"Why do you need to find a quiet time late at night?"

"Of course... I'm afraid that Zi Lian will delay his recovery. As the saying goes, he will be injured for a hundred days. He has been walking in the ground for only more than a month, and he will have hidden diseases in the future. Your Huo family's bone correction technique is not easy to spread, so I find someone to use it in the middle of the night."

"Uh..." The warrior became more and more confused, "I, my family, don't know medical skills."

"Impossible, Brother Ling was such a good player in the past." Cai Mao pulled out his long sword from his waist and slashed heavily on the pen holder in front of him. With a terrifying muffled sound, the wooden pen holder immediately shattered into two pieces with a crack.
Chapter completed!