Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 63 The Commander Does Not Move, Liu Biao's Helplessness
With Lantian's certification, Liu Bei directly worshiped Xu Shu as his military advisor after returning to Xinye.

Seeing Liu Bei's kindness, Xu Shu immediately responded, and he didn't want his talent to go to waste.

He had considered assisting Liu Biao before, but it was a pity that this person had only small plans but no great ambitions. It was not until Sima Hui's recommendation that Xu Shu paid attention to the current lord.

Xu Shu really wondered why Liu Bei had such a great talent as Lan Tian, ​​why he failed to achieve anything before.

Liu Bei sighed after hearing this: "This is because the naked eye can't recognize talents. I buried Lan Ziyu and didn't start to reuse it until I came to Jingzhou."

"Lan Ziyu is a learned man, why didn't my lord ask him to be a military advisor before?" Xu Shu asked.

"I have invited him before, but unfortunately Ziyu said that his intelligence cannot match, and he can see the general trend but has no way to deal with it, so I invited Ying to work in Dengjiazhuang, but he is really good at farming." Liu Bei explained.

After hearing this, Xu Shu sighed: "Lan Ziyu's talent is no less than mine, but he is so humble. I can't match this kind of mind. But his farming and growing grain can relieve the master's worries, and it is also an important job."

"I can save this. Cao Cao is in Xudu, and he is also sent by the general Xiahou Dun. Food and grass are naturally the most important thing." Liu Bei suddenly remembered the Legend of the Condor Heroes. Although the mysterious Jin Lao has passed away, Lan Tian may know Genghis Khan's rations.

"Lan Tian has the ability to farm the land, and he also proposed to accumulate grain widely, why not let him expand production?" Xu Shu asked.

Liu Bei explained: "Ziyu told me about this matter. Now we have few major generals in Xinye. If we occupy a large area of ​​land, it will definitely attract the jealousy of Jingzhou's nobles. When the time comes to instigate Liu Jingsheng to drive them away and Cao Cao and Sun Quan to attack them, what should we do?"

After Xu Shu heard this, he had to say to himself: "Lan Ziyu is cautious, but she is somewhat similar to him."

"Who is Yuan Zhi talking about?" Liu Bei asked.

Xu Shu shook his head and said, "I said Ziyu is cautious, but she is very familiar with the general situation of the world."

After Xu Shu became a military adviser, he practiced soldiers and horses and strengthened the city defense in Xinye. His laws were strict, his military training was good, and his personality was easy-going, so he quickly won the favor of Guan, Zhang, and Zhao.

When Xu Shu was young, he liked Renxia, ​​and he also had a bold and forthright personality. He gradually got Zhang Fei's appetite, and Zhang Fei finally obeyed his orders.

The grains in the second half of the year are growing well, and it looks like there will still be a good harvest, but the vegetables in the field, such as radishes and song, are too large to eat. The climate in Jingzhou is humid and not as cold as in the north, so the vegetables stored in the cellar are also easy to rot.

Lantian taught everyone how to make wind-blown radish, womb and other things, so as to solve the problem of vegetable quality preservation.

At this time, the news of Cao Cao's defeat of Yuan Shao in Cangting came back, and the land of Jingzhou was shrouded in a tense atmosphere, and Liu Bei in Xinye stepped up to prepare for the battle.

Due to the serious population loss in Nanyang, it was very difficult for Liu Bei to recruit troops in Xinye, and the total strength was less than [-].

After the Battle of Cangting, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao sent envoys to Xiangyang. The former came to ask for troops to attack Cao Cao, and the latter came to find Liu Biao to form an alliance.

Jingzhou now has more than [-] armored troops, lying in the center of China's territory, it is a force that cannot be ignored.

Liu Biao's heart has always been towards Yuan Shao, because the Yuan family has always been the leader of the scholar-bureaucrats. The reason why he helped Cao Cao break Yuan Shu's food path was because of Yuan Shao's face. After all, Cao Cao was still living under Yuan Shao's wings at that time.

The current state of the world is moving in a direction that Liu Biao doesn't want to see. Yuan Shao, who is strong, is no match for Cao Cao. If the battle of Guandu is defeated by tricks, why is the battle of Cangting?
Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao twice at Guandu and Cangting, which made the pro-Cao faction in Jingzhou rise again. Under pressure, Liu Biao sent Han Song as an envoy to Xudu.

Liu Biao secretly agreed to Yuan Shao's envoy, saying that he would send troops to contain Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao could not care about both.

After sending off the envoys from both sides, Liu Biao was in a state of desperation, how could he persuade his brother-in-law to send troops?This guy is now in charge of Jingzhou's military, and it is difficult for outsiders to mobilize his arrogant soldiers.

Cai Hao's kissing Cao was an unsolvable problem for Liu Biao, and in the end he could only put his mind on Liu Bei in Xinye.

At the end of the year, Dengjiazhuang's grain had piled up in the granary, and Lantian had to ask people to build a granary, and the wind blowing radish, dried scorpion, etc. had also been placed on the dining table.

Gao Shun finished the day's training and drank corn porridge with radish dry. He felt that it had a special taste. He suggested to Lan Tian: "I think this product can last for a long time, and the taste is also sufficient. It is very convenient to carry. Why not promote it in the army? ?”

Lan Tian was delighted to hear this and said, "I told you before that Genghis Khan brought his own dried meat, mare's milk and other food, so there would be no baggage burden. In fact, we can do the same."

"There is not enough food in the Central Plains, where does the meat come from for military rations?" Gao Shun asked suspiciously.

Lan Tian pointed to the granary under construction and said, "We don't have enough meat, but we have plenty of grain."

"Isn't this still a matter of burying the pot for cooking?" Gao Shun asked puzzled.

"Can't we turn it into cooked food? Fry corn flour in a copper pot, and dry radish can also satisfy hunger? This can be stored for many days." Lan Tian said happily. This idea still came from volunteer soldiers.

Gao Shun was surprised when he heard that, "Sir, you are so talented. This way you can really cook without burying the pot. If you really want to eat hot food, you can just boil a pot of soup, but it takes a lot of time and effort."

Lan Tian laughed and said, "Why waste time and energy? There are so many households in the village, and each family grinds noodles and stir-fries tens of catties. It probably takes half a day. It will be faster if the noodles are ground in advance."

"Wonderful." Gao Shun praised.

In the first month of the seventh year of Jian'an, Cao Cao once again marched into Guandu, intending to take advantage of the victory to pursue and defeat Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao sent people to various places for help.

In March, Liu Biao sent Yiji to Xinye and asked Liu Bei to attack Xudu with soldiers from Xinye.

Liu Bei said: "There are less than [-] people in Xinye? How can we capture Xudu?"

Yi Ji smiled wryly and said: "Yuan Benchu ​​asked for help from Jingzhou, but Cai Mao and others stopped him. It is really helpless for the lord to come to the envoy."

"But there are too few troops here. Once there is a change, Xinye will be in danger," Liu Bei sighed.

Yiji said again: "Wen Zhongye has [-] defenders in Xi'e, and my lord asked him to attack Xudu together with the envoy."

"When are you leaving?" Liu Bei asked again.

"I'll go to Xi'e first to see General Wen, so that you can make some preparations for the expedition in three to five days, so Ji will leave first." Yi Ji said.

"Uncle Ji, go slowly."

Looking at the back of Yiji going away, Xu Shu shook his head and sighed: "Wenpin may not send troops. If he really wants to attack Xudu, my lord should mobilize all the troops in the city. It's just the city defense of Xinye."

"Military commander, don't worry, I will send people to Xinye to deploy defenses, and you can dispatch troops and generals at ease." Liu Bei said.

Xu Shu was taken aback for a moment, and said to himself that I know all about the family background of the lord, so where are there any soldiers?
(End of this chapter)