We agreed that you, a weak strategist, would fight against three heroes by yourself?

After learning what Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong were thinking, Xi Yu naturally had no objections to the expansion of the supply camp.

From the establishment of the baggage camp to the present, it is indeed time to expand it.

The supply camp of three thousand people was indeed a little smaller than the entire Cao army today.

However, there is no rush to expand the supply camp.

The next day, the Han Dynasty gathered.

After the court meeting ended, Xi Yu walked side by side with Cao Cao after coming out of the main hall.

"Fengyi is free today!"

Xi Yu basically would not participate in things like court meetings.

Cao Cao was a little surprised when he saw Xi Yu in the court today.

He originally thought that the other party would have something to say in the hall, but who would have thought that he had been waiting for a long time but could not see any movement from Fengyi.

Until the end of the court meeting, Xi Yu acted as if nothing was wrong.

This situation really seemed like someone who was extremely bored and came to attend a court meeting.

Cao Cao was a little curious, and when the two of them walked out of the palace gate, Cao Cao couldn't help but ask Xi Yu.

Hearing this, Xi Yu just smiled.

"Brother, you are laughing. What can you say? Yu is also the imperial censor and chief agricultural officer of the imperial court. If he does not go to court for a long time, he will easily attract criticism!"

People like Dong Cheng had already criticized Xi Yu for not going to court for a long time.

However, Xi Yu didn't take it to heart at all.

Attending the court meeting today is just a matter of excitement.

By the way, I just happened to talk to Lao Cao about expanding the supply camp.

"Criticism, in my opinion, Fengyi doesn't care about these things."

Lao Cao still knew a little bit about Xi Yu. In Cao Cao's view, Xi Yu would not take the criticisms of those old officials of the Han Dynasty to heart at all.

However, Cao Cao was quite happy that Xi Yu came to attend the court meeting.

Apart from some miscellaneous matters, there was nothing major going on in the court today.

However, Zhang Xiu was still a thorn in Cao Cao's heart after all.

After the failure of the westward advance, Zhang Xiu captured some towns in Henan in the blink of an eye.

But Cao Hong was anxious about his opponent and failed to make any achievements in several battles!

Wancheng is gone, but the presence of Zhang Xiu and others in Nanyang and other places is still a thorn in the side of Cao Jun.

This idea of ​​​​putting down just now due to the failure of the westward advance suddenly occurred to Cao Cao again.

The two walked side by side, and after finally seeing Xi Yu today, Cao Cao couldn't help but want to ask him what he thought of Zhang Xiu.

Because of the previous defeat, if he brought up the topic of conquering Zhang Xiu now, he was worried that Xun Yu and others, including Xi Yu, would not agree.

Cao Cao hesitated a little, and the two of them walked out of the palace gate.

"Are Fengyi going to the government office this time?"

There wasn't much that could be said at the court meeting, and all decisions about Cao Jun were actually discussed within the government office.

Cao Cao asked Xi Yu, who immediately understood.

He nodded: "Yes!"

Not only do you have something to ask the other party, but the other party also seems to have something to ask you.

Xi Yu paused and looked not far behind him. At this time, Xun Yu and others slowly followed.

Everyone went to the Xuchang Yamen Office together. After entering the Yamen Office, they walked directly into the main hall.

Just after sitting down, Cao Cao couldn't help but look at Xi Yu and others.

"Everyone, the current situation in the world has changed a lot. The failure of the previous westward advance was my fault!"

"Of course, this traitor Zhang Xiu is like a thorn in Cao Jun's throat. I am determined to pull out this thorn!"

Zhang Xiu's activities in Nanyang and other places were ultimately unbearable for Cao Jun and Cao Cao.

This time it was made public just because Cao Cao had secretly asked Xun You and others for their opinions before.

Xun You and others basically agree with him.

Now, all that remains are the opinions of Xi Yu, Xun Yu and others.

Because of this, after meeting Xi Yu today, Cao Cao eagerly wanted to drag him to the government office to question him.

After saying this, Xun Yu next to him didn't have much opinion.

Cao Jun would not tolerate anyone acting under his nose, not to mention that this person was Zhang Xiu.

Coupled with the previous incident in Wancheng, Cao Cao had only endured it for more than a month, and he could no longer bear it.

He couldn't just let Zhang Xiu do what he did under his nose just because of Wancheng's defeat.

Not only Cao Cao couldn't bear this, but also the generals in Cao's camp couldn't bear it.

Xun Yu didn't have much opinion on this.

It is of course possible to defeat Zhang Xiu. This was the case before when Cao Hong was sent to deal with Zhang Xiu.

It's just that in these two months, Cao Hong has not made any achievements.

Cao Cao then had the idea of ​​​​leading his troops to attack again.

After hearing what Lao Cao said, Xi Yu suddenly understood.

Xi Yu actually had no objection to Cao Cao's intention to lead troops to attack Zhang Xiu again.

The incident in Wancheng has passed.

Lao Cao's last defeat was still fresh in his mind at this time.

He must have been thinking about it for a long time before going on an expedition at this time.

Cao Cao must attach great importance to this expedition.

"feasible!"

Seeing Lao Cao looking at him with a questioning look in his eyes, Xi Yu smiled and nodded.

Although the timing he mentioned has not yet appeared, local and small things will not affect the general trend of the world at all.

In two months, Li Jue could not show his intention to make friends with the Xuchang court.

When Guo Si died, Zhang Yang gave up the Sili area.

Nowadays, there are dozens of unnamed commanders, large and small, west of Luoyang, and these people are insignificant compared to Cao Cao.

Yuan Shao in the north was holding his breath and wanted to annex Lu Bu in one fell swoop and take over the entire Bingzhou area.

Confirm his position as the general of the four continents.

On the other side, Yuan Shu was busy directing Sun Ce to capture the southern counties. He intended to march into Xuzhou, but the territory of Xuzhou was relatively stable with Cao Ren holding on.

What happened in Wancheng is over after all.

Lao Cao was able to make a proposal directly at this time, and he had already made up his mind to face his previous defeat.

Xi Yu naturally had no intention of blocking him.

At this time, Cao Cao was a little surprised to see Xi Yu nodding in agreement.

He originally thought that Xi Yu and others would stand up to stop him if he mentioned the conquest of Zhang Xiu again.

Unexpectedly, when he said these words, not only Xun Yu, but also Xi Yu and others had no objection at all.

Cao Cao was so surprised that he couldn't help but raise his voice a little higher.

"That being the case, I will report to Your Majesty tomorrow about the conquest of Zhang Xiu!"

Cao Cao was in a good mood. Of course, the so-called memorial to the emperor was just a matter of opening his mouth.

Nowadays, Xuchang's court has become Cao Cao's official hall.

"Since brother wants to conquer Zhang Xiu, Yu happens to have something to talk to brother about!"

Seeing that Cao Cao was in a good mood, Xi Yu took advantage of the situation and planned to talk about the expansion of the supply camp.

Hearing Dao Xiyu speak, Cao Cao grinned: "Oh, you can speak frankly when you are righteous!"

"Brother, the power of our army is completely different from what it was in Yanzhou."

"My subordinates told me that the current supply camp has to bear the responsibility of providing food and fodder for hundreds of thousands of people. It is not easy!"

"I am telling my brother this time because I want to advise him that I intend to expand the supply camp!"

Expand the supply camp?

After hearing what Xi Yu meant, Cao Cao couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Cao Cao has long been covetous of Xi Yu's supply camp. This is an iron army that is more powerful than his Tiger and Leopard Battalion.

If he had been followed by 3,000 soldiers from the baggage battalion in Qianfanwan City, the situation that night might have been a different story.

Now the entire army has already begun to learn the training methods of the supply camp, but compared to Xi Yu's supply camp, there is still a slight gap.

However, the supply camp has always been under the control of Xi Yu, so even if he is greedy, there is nothing he can do.

Now that he heard Xi Yu's idea of ​​expanding the supply camp, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Maybe, there can be another way?

"There is nothing you can't do, and you can recruit on your own if you are bound to do so!"

Cao Cao agreed with a smile, followed by a slightly moved expression on his face.

Now that Xiyu is expanding the supply camp, the new generals who join the camp must be retrained.

Perhaps, he could take this opportunity to let his Tiger and Leopard Battalion train with the generals of the Transport Battalion.

In this way, the generals of the Hubao Battalion will inevitably be similar to those of the Transport Battalion in the future.

He was so playful that he didn't know that Lao Cao was already using himself to recruit soldiers and train them again, so he trained along with him.

After receiving Lao Cao's promise, he nodded.

"In this case, the recruitment of the supply camp still needs to be facilitated by the generals!"

Turning his head, Xi Yu spoke to the generals of Cao Ying.

As soon as he said this, all the generals didn't have much opinion.

Everyone agreed casually, saying that except for the more important personal guards under his command, all the other soldiers were allowed to be chosen by Xi Yu.

At this time, after settling the matter at the supply camp, Xi Yu didn't have any other important matters.

Cao Cao began to discuss the matter of conquering Zhang Xiu.

Xi Yu listened for a while while Xun You and others helped Cao Cao designate the battle strategy.

The whole process was extremely smooth.

After all, the gap between Cao Cao's personal expedition and Cao Hong's expedition was extremely obvious.

After all, the defeat in Wancheng was just an accident.

Lao Cao knew how to deal with Zhang Xiu, which was not too difficult in itself.

What's more, this time, Jia Xu, who had been following Zhang Xiu to make suggestions, had been taken away by him in advance.

Without Jia Xu, Zhang Xiu is just a blind tiger now.

Although there is some power, it is only a bit powerful.

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After leaving the Xuchang Yamen Office, Xi Yu went straight to the supply camp.

At this time, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun were leading the generals in the transport camp to complete the basic daily training.

After seeing Xi Yu coming, the two stopped training and followed Xi Yu into the camp.

"I have communicated with Sikong. From tomorrow, Zilong, Lao Huang, and you can recruit soldiers in Cao's army!"

"Let's expand the number of people to another three thousand this time!"

After informing the two of them of the results in the government office, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong couldn't help but nodded.

Seeing that nothing happened, Xi Yu was about to return to his home.

At this moment, Huang Zhong suddenly seemed to remember something and quickly called out to Xi Yu.

"Sir, Sikong agrees with you to recruit soldiers from the entire Cao army, but I wonder if it is okay to guard the city?"

Huang Zhong now heard that he could recruit from the entire Cao camp.

He couldn't help but think of the guards he met when he first came to Xuchang that day.

Those people were willing to lend him money just because of his words. Huang Zhong always kept this kindness in his heart.

Although he returned the money to them with the help of his husband the next day, kindness is kindness.

Huang Zhong also noticed that day that the guards were extremely yearning for his husband and the supply camp under his command.

If possible this time, he would like to recruit some guards to the transport camp.

"Oh, Lao Huang, what are you referring to?"

Xi Yu was a little curious, and now he saw that Huang Zhongyi was referring to something, so he asked directly.

Immediately afterwards, Huang Zhong spoke out his inner thoughts without hesitation.

He said he wanted to recruit the guards who had helped him before into the baggage camp.

Hearing this, Xi Yu didn't have any objections.

Nothing more than a few guards!

However, he seemed to remember that the guards Huang Zhong mentioned seemed to be sent by Cao Cao to protect Liu Bei.

It’s not really a big deal!

After all, for Liu Bei, those guards are responsible for monitoring him after all.

For Cao Cao, it was nothing more than sending a new team of guards.

In short, Huang Zhong's idea is just a trivial matter.

As for Huang Zhong's suggestion, Xi Yu somewhat agreed in his heart.

Huang Zhong can remember the trivial kindness in his heart, which shows his character.

Who could not love such a subordinate who values ​​affection and justice?

"Yes, the expansion of the supply camp this time is entirely up to you two!"

"Within the entire army, you and I can choose!"

After saying something to the two of them, Xi Yu didn't take the matter to heart.

As for how to train the newly recruited soldiers in the baggage camp, Zhao Yun is already very familiar with this matter, so there is no need for Xi Yu to worry about it.

After getting Xi Yu's nod, Huang Zhong was in a good mood.

Immediately, Huang Zhong said something to Xi Yu, and hurriedly went straight to Liu Bei's house.

Although Xi Yu was a little surprised to see Huang Zhong so anxious, he was also happy to see it.

It happened that he was about to go back, so he followed the other person along the way.

This time comes to Youshi.

The whole sky began to turn from light to dark. Xi Yu led Huang Zhong out of the supply camp and arrived in front of Liu Bei's house not long after.

Liu Bei's mansion in Xuchang is of decent size, worthy of his current status as an imperial uncle.

At this time, the door of Liu Mansion was closed tightly.

And today in the court, Liu Bei was rare and did not go to court.

Xi Yu didn't take Liu Bei's actions seriously in recent days.

When he arrived at the door, Huang Zhong took a look and took the initiative to knock on the door.

Not long after, the door opened in response.

The ones who came out were the guards around Liu Bei.

When the visitor saw it was Huang Zhong, he looked obviously excited. Then he saw Xi Yu and quickly saluted.

"Meet sir!"

"You're welcome, I have something to do with your uncle, please let me know!"

After saying something to the guard, Xi Yu smiled. This time he helped Huang Zhong ask for the guard in front of Liu Bei. No matter what, he had to say hello to Liu Bei.

After hearing this, the guard nodded and returned to the house.

Not long after, Xi Yu saw inside the gate, and Liu Bei hurriedly followed him outside with a happy face.

If you look closely, Liu Bei doesn't even have any shoes on his feet at this moment.

I don’t know if he did this on purpose, or if he was so anxious that he even forgot to put on his shoes.

Xi Yu only raised his eyebrows slightly, but Huang Zhong looked fine.

Liu Bei was a little excited!

Just now he learned from the guard that Xi Yu was visiting, and his heartbeat began to speed up.

Liu Bei has not seen Xi Yu for a long time since he met him a few months ago.

When Cao Cao led his troops to the west, he wanted to take the opportunity to visit him, but by chance, Xi Yu took Huang Zhong to Wancheng.

After Wancheng, Cao Cao returned, and Liu Bei gave up his thoughts for the time being.

Now he is trapped in Xuchang.

Although he has the title of imperial uncle, he has no freedom.

Cao Cao is so powerful that all of Xuchang is his opponent's spy, and every move he makes seems to be under his opponent's control.

Liu Bei had been making friends with scholars before, so he wanted to find a way to leave Xuchang.

But he couldn't find a conspirator who liked him very much.

Now that he heard that Xi Yu came to visit him, Liu Bei was naturally looking forward to it.

Because of this, he jumped out of the bed immediately after Dezhi Xiyu arrived, not even bothering to put on his shoes.

After arriving outside the door, the excitement on Liu Bei's face seemed to be overflowing.

Xi Yu raised his eyes and looked at the other party. His eyes fell on Liu Bei's bare feet and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Uncle Huang came out with his bare feet and was so hospitable, which made Yu feel quite flattered!"

He and Liu Bei were considered familiar, and their casual jokes were harmless.

Hearing this, Liu Bei didn't care at all, and wanted to drag Xi Yu into the mansion.

"I'm here to serve you, so I'm overjoyed!"

"I forgot to put on my boots in the excitement, but I was acting rudely!"

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, and Xi Yu slightly avoided the thought of Liu Bei stepping forward to put his arms in.

In this era, it was normal for the two of them to have a good relationship and hold each other's arms.

But Xi Yu is still a little uncomfortable with this kind of habit.

He took Huang Zhong and followed Liu Bei into the gate. Not long after, Liu Bei invited Xi Yu to take a seat in the main hall.

After sitting down, Liu Bei looked at Xi Yu with burning eyes, quite excited.

Xi Yu knew that the other party might have misunderstood.

He glanced at Huang Zhong and spoke directly without hesitation.

"To be honest, Mr. Xuande, I am here to protect you!"

"I intend to expand the supply camp under my command, and Sikong allows me to recruit soldiers from the army!"

"However, my subordinate is a person who values ​​affection and righteousness. The guard around Mr. Xuande was kind to him previously, and he plans to reciprocate the favor this time!"

"I'm here to visit now because I want to ask you for those people!"

Um?

After Xi Yu finished speaking, Liu Bei's expression became somewhat stagnant.

He originally thought that Xi Yu was rushing to visit him, and he had already prepared a basket of things to say in his belly just now.

Now that he understood what he meant, those words were stuck in his throat.

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