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

Seeing that Xi Yu seemed to be shaken, Jia Xu continued, "Sir, this matter has little to do with me. At most, I am just the dean of the design institute..."

"However, this matter is of great concern to you. Even if the battle is not defeated, even if it is a stalemate, in the end you will have to personally lead the troops to fight..."

Hearing Jia Xu's words, Xi Yu thought to himself: This old man is really good at admonishing, and he gets to the point of every sentence.

However, this put Xi Yu in a dilemma.

"According to what Mr. Wang said, I can't refuse the offer of commanding the troops..."

Seeing that Xiyu was really shaken,

Jia Xu was overjoyed and immediately pursued the victory. He said to Xi Yu, "Sir, you can rest assured about commanding the troops. The strategy formulated by the design institute this time will never allow you to go into battle to kill the enemy in person! I can guarantee you this." !”

Hearing this, Xi Yu said in a deep voice, "Look at your posture, I can't do anything if I don't go..."

Jia Xu had already seen through Xi Yu. It was not that the Xi Yu could not bear the bloody battles on the battlefield, nor did he believe in the theory of cause and effect and reincarnation. After all, there were no immortals on the battlefield.

Jia Xu has long understood that the fundamental problem is that their opera master is really lazy and doesn't want to move.

In Jia Xu's view, as long as Master Xi is willing to move, once he trains day and night, Qingzhou Lu Bu is no match for Master Xi.

Therefore, when Xi Yu finally relented, Jia Xu immediately said, "In this case, my lord, you have agreed to lead the troops and horses in battle. Then we can agree and you must not go back on it. After all, with your status and status, if you don't keep your word, you still can't. Why do you convince us, sir?"

Seeing this, Xi Yu could no longer refuse, so he had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Jia Xu immediately gave Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia a secret wink, and the three of them immediately left the government office.

After arriving at the door of the government office, Jia Xu had a look of pride on his face. He even extended his hand to Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia and said, "Two of you, please give me the money quickly. Don't cheat!"

Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia shook their heads, unable to show off, and then took out several neatly stacked pieces of exquisite silk cloth.

Such things are more precious than gold in the eyes of Confucian scholars and literati.

Jia Xu took it and put it directly into his pocket, feeling very proud.

Zhuge Liang felt a little helpless, "Hey, I'm still too young..."

Guo Jiake couldn't figure it out and asked in confusion, "What is happening today? In the past, the lord could not persuade Mr. Xi, so why is Mr. Xi willing to accept Jia Xu's advice today?"

At this time, Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia kept their promise and gave the silk cloth to Jia Xu. This process was clearly seen by Zhao Yun on the side.

"Two of you, did our master Xi accept it?" Zhao Yun asked doubtfully.

Zhuge Liang, Jia Xu and others nodded immediately, and Zhao Yun trembled and almost fell to the ground.

Guo Jia asked, "Haha, Zilong, are you too shocked?"

Zhao Yun said to Jia Xu, "I'm really shocked. I really want to know how sir advised you. The last time you went to the battlefield was nearly two years ago..."

Jia Xu walked to the door of the front yard and said calmly, "Today is different from the past. Your Excellency treats others generously, but what about the soldiers and horses under his command!"

"Everyone, please think about it carefully. Although Mr. Xi is smart and wise, he is not a god. The reason why he did not command soldiers before is mainly because the lord has the power of life and death. But now, as the shepherd of Xuzhou, he has 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command. Opportunities They are all his soldiers.”

"If you hold life and death in your own hands, you must know that you have the responsibility to reduce the loss of troops and horses. In this case, it will be difficult for you to refuse."

Jia Xu paused and continued, "Nowadays, the Qingzhou soldiers under your command are stronger than the Danyang soldiers and the Wancheng soldiers. Moreover, your Qingzhou soldiers are stronger than the Danyang soldiers and the Wancheng soldiers. Naturally, they are stronger than Yuan Shao’s Jizhou soldiers.”

"As for Lu Bu's Bingzhou Tigers and Wolfs, they have been away for many years and have grown in age. They are all very exhausted, and their combat capabilities are seriously lacking."

"Here, perhaps the military types in these places have been adjusted long ago. If so, Master Xi only needs to sit in the army and does not need to go into battle to kill the enemy. This matter will be enough to inspire the Qingzhou soldiers."

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia looked at each other, and both nodded repeatedly.

So what exactly is this character's harm...

"How is this character?"

Zhao Yun smiled and said: "This character is very good. It is for this reason that we are willing to follow Master Xi to the death and do all the hard work for you."

"Okay..." Guo Jia nodded approvingly.

The combat policy and actions are properly arranged, and the food and grass are sufficient. How to march and fight is now a matter of a group of counselors.

…

198, winter.

The snow is falling heavily, and the white bike is walking in the mountains of Xuzhou.

The leader of this army is General Huang, who has a beard all over his mouth.

Huang Zhong's beard now covers the corners of his mouth and chin. He is getting older by a year, but his muscle lines are getting better every year.

Huang Zhong understood very well that this was Xi Yu's training system. As long as you exercise hard, it is very easy to grow some muscles.

As for the white horse's breath, it can still gallop in the ice and snow, and it doesn't take much hard work.

This time it all benefited from the "Tai Chi method".

Today, there are two sets of physical fitness martial arts in Xi Yu's military camp, one of which is Tai Chi and the other is Wu Qin Xi.

The 500 soldiers and horses in the supply camp, and even the 2,500 Qingzhou soldiers who were the first to come under Lord Gui Shunxi's command, are now able to skillfully practice 'Tai Chi'.

But none of the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses who joined later have learned it.

At this moment, the place where Bai Qi arrived was in the mountains near Qingzhou. Their apparent purpose of coming here was to survey all the details and investigate whether the winter snow period would have any impact, and if so, what impact it would have.

Today, a month passes quickly, and the terrain changes with the changes of the seasons.

This place is Daxian Mountain.

The border territories of Qingzhou are in mutual defense. Qingzhou defends Jizhou, and Yanzhou and Xuzhou defend Qingzhou. Therefore, in terms of geographical location, Xiyu has a unique advantage.

Jizhou is located in the Great Plains of Hebei, with the strongest economic strength and the largest population, so that the two natural dangers of the Yellow River and Jishui were taken away by Qingzhou.

Because Xuzhou and Yanzhou were not as wealthy as Qingzhou, Qinnan's dangerous Daxian Mountain in the south of the Qingzhou Peninsula, which was "high and narrow and could only accommodate a single track," fell into the hands of Xuzhou, while Shigandang in the west of Mount Tai fell into the hands of Yanzhou.

Xi Yu finally chose to camp in Daxian Mountain.

Because this is the Taishan Mountains, coupled with the natural dangers of Daxian Mountain, the two become a natural barrier against Qingzhou's invasion.

What's more important is that Xi Yu has occupied the only exit from the natural danger.

Before Xi Yu's arrival, Zang Ba was originally stationed here. As soon as Zang Ba heard about Xi Yu's arrival, he immediately led his troops there in person, hoping to fight Xi Yu.

Zangba was originally a cavalry captain under Tao Qian, responsible for recruiting soldiers to fight against the Yellow Turban Army.

After Xuzhou was acquired by Cao Cao, the Tibetan tyrants, Sun Guan, Yin Li and others gathered troops and garrisoned in Kaiyang, dominating one side and not participating in any other vassal groups.

Xi Yu had already known about Zang Ba. After arriving in Kaiyang, he led Dian Wei, Zhao Yun and other 500 heavy troops to Zang Ba's camp.

In just a moment of incense, the Tibetan hegemon surrendered and handed over all military power near Daxian Mountain, not even daring to have the slightest intention of rebellion.

At this moment, in Kaiyang Yamen, Zang Ba toasted Xi Yu and laughed, "Haha, your lord is indeed an extraordinary person. I, Zang Ba, will follow you to the death in the future. Sir, you are my lord of Zang Ba!"

But Zangba's smile was very stiff.

Before this, Zangba thought that Xi Yu was just a civil servant and could not be as powerful as the legend said, so he didn't care about the rumors about Xi Yu. When talking to Xi Yu, his tone was very domineering and rude.

It was precisely because Zang Ba despised Xi Yu that he was beaten up by a general guard next to Xi Yu without even saying a few words.

Xi Yu personally commanded the troops this time, so he naturally wanted to establish his authority. How could Xi Yu forgive Zang Ba's rudeness? He also gave Zang Ba a violent attack.

That domineering aura directly shattered Zangba's nose bones. Zangba tried to protect his nose with his hands, but his hands were almost thrown away by Xi Yu.

At the end, Xi Yu directly lifted the heavy Si Ding with one hand, stood in front of him unwaveringly, and said in a deep voice, "Zang Ba, do you surrender to me?"

Zang Ba was frightened at that time. If he was hit by the cauldron, he would definitely be shattered to pieces. Now that things have come to this, how could Zang Ba not think about it?

At this time, Zang Ba filled Xi Yu with wine, but he felt his nose hurt terribly. He toasted to Xi Yu respectfully and said, "Sir, I have been stationed in Kaiyang for a long time. Qingzhou Lu Bu has tried to break through Da Xian Mountain many times. , invaded the land of Xuzhou, but I successfully blocked them all."

"With such a natural danger, I will definitely stop Lu Bu...hiss..."

Suddenly, Zangba felt an unbearable pain in his nose. Soon, the sharp pain swept through his whole body. Zangba's shoulders couldn't help but tremble, and he felt mucus flowing from his nose...

Xi Yu did not pay attention to Zang Ba at this time, but ate the food happily. The posture of sitting astride the horse with the golden sword did not look like a Confucian scholar at all.

After Xi Yu swallowed a big mouthful of rice, he said to Zang Ba, "You stationed in Kaiyang and resisted Lu Bu in Qingzhou. Of course you worked hard and made great achievements. Now I will make you the prime minister of Langya Kingdom and lead all the lands of Langya Kingdom."

"When I capture Qingzhou, I will immediately ask for merit and rewards for you. It will not be difficult to get promoted to an official position."

Hearing this, Zang Ba was flattered and very excited. He bowed deeply to Xi Yu and sniffed hard, "Ah... Sir... Thank you, Sir!!"

After saying this, Zang Ba secretly glanced at the mighty general in front of Xi Yu. He was very frightened and amazed in his heart: I heard that the stability of Xuzhou in the past few years was all due to Master Xi's implementation of benevolent policies.

If we implement benevolent policies and win the hearts of the people, they will naturally live and work in peace and contentment. Master Xi will be a wise lord who respects the people's wishes. If I sincerely surrender to him, I will be on the right path.

Rather than the way of a king.

After thinking about it, Xi Yu was respectful again, bowed deeply to Xi Yu, and said in a deep voice, "Hiss... From now on, I, Zang Ba, will follow Master Xi sincerely, and you will be my lord Zang Ba!"

…

"What? Fengyi is now in Langya?!"

At this time, in Prime Minister Xuchang's Mansion, Cao Cao looked at the person who came to report the news in disbelief.

Today, Cao Cao's counselor Xun Yu received the Xuzhou battle report.

After the autumn harvest, Xi Yu had two million stones of grain and grass in Xuzhou. At the same time, Xi Yu opened warehouses to release grain, exempted and exempted taxes, and supported commercial development. Today, the total number of caravans in Xuzhou City has increased several times compared with before.

At the same time, thanks to the lobbying by Huang Chengyan, Gao Shuang, Pang Tong, Sima Hui and other famous figures to open the way, Jingzhou opened the caravan channel and accepted a large number of commodities from Xuzhou and the north of Yangzhou, such as grains and agricultural products. Some people even began to sell Xuzhou's idle agricultural products. Utensils.

Xuzhou City also earned a lot of money to fund military equipment. Today, Xuzhou City is extremely wealthy.

Based on this, Xi Yu commanded 80,000 troops and went north to build grain stations. He transported the grain to various grain stations and stored them dispersedly to facilitate deployment at any time and avoid being burned down by the enemy.

According to the battle report, Xi Yu has already united his troops to attack Kaiyang and Langya Kingdom, and is preparing to launch an expedition to Daxian Mountain, aiming directly at Qingzhou.

After hearing the battle report, Xun Yu said, "Qingzhou Lu Bu has an old grudge with Xi Yu."

"Lü Bu escaped from Xi Yu before. At that time, if Lu Bu had not taken the initiative to provoke Xi Yu, but instead attacked our Yanzhou, the city of Yanzhou would have been owned by Lu Bu long ago."

Cao Cao very much agreed with Xun Yu's words and asked Xun Yu, "Wen Ruo's words are very reasonable. From your point of view, what are the chances of Xi Yu's victory if he attacks Qingzhou Lu Bu?"

Xun Yu thought for a moment and felt very embarrassed. He shook his head and said, "My lord, with all due respect, it is difficult for me to predict the outcome of this battle..."

"After all, my lord, you also know that Fengyi rarely leads troops to fight, and there has been no war for two years. If a military general wants to maintain his combat effectiveness, he needs to practice in the military camp at all times, but Fengyi has not in this way."

Xun Yu added, "Lord, as far as I know, in the past two years, apart from studying tea art, Fengyi has spent the rest of his time implementing benevolent policies... As for the matters of commanding and training troops..."

Although Xun Yu didn't finish what he said, the implication was very clear: he was not optimistic about the outcome of Xi Yu's attack on Qingzhou Lu Bu.

Cao Cao naturally understood the meaning of Xun Yu's words and said solemnly, "What Wen Ruo said makes sense, but getting rid of him is actually a good strategy!"

Previously, Cao Cao had been struggling with how to win over Lu Bu.

Cao Cao already knew that there would be a battle with Yuan Shao, and both he and Yuan Shao had already begun planning.

Cao Cao received news that in recent months, Yuan Shao's son Yuan Tan had entered Qingzhou several times to discuss with Lu Bu.

After Qingzhou Lu Bu kidnapped the famous scholar Kong Rong to death, he had to plan a way out.

Although Lu Bu's internal affairs have been stabilized, there has been no major breakthrough. However, Qingzhou is a fertile land and has many gentry classes. With the Kong Rong incident, these gentry people had no choice but to support Lu Bu in order to avoid being executed by Lu Bu. .

And the families of wealthy businessmen among the common people also did not dare to refuse to fund armaments.

Therefore, Cao Cao thought that it would be difficult to attack Qingzhou and capture Lu Bu by force. Therefore, Cao Cao wanted to win over Lu Bu rather than start a war.

But Cao Cao really didn't expect that Xi Yu would take the initiative to attack Qingzhou.

"My lord, I have ordered 80,000 soldiers and horses to march north to attack Qingzhou. If Lu Bu joins the fight, I'm afraid Yuan Shao will also use his troops. In my opinion, we must not sit back and wait for death in this matter."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Now that we have enough troops, horses, and food, Fengyi has sent out his troops. Send my order quickly, ordering Cao Ren to guard Mount Tai. Set out from the natural danger and lead 40,000 elite cavalry to help Fenyi!"

However, as soon as Cao Cao finished speaking, Xi Zhicai suddenly reported in a hurry, "Lord!"

"I just came back from the military camp. General Xiahou Dun informed me that General Cao Ren came to report that he had sent 50,000 troops to Mount Tai to help Master Xi attack Qingzhou!"

Cao Cao was slightly startled, "Huh? Cao Ren has already sent troops to join Fengyi?"

Suddenly, Cao Cao was secretly happy that Cao Ren had become wiser, and then laughed loudly, "Haha... very good, Zixiao's move surprised me. I didn't expect that he has such a strategy and decision-making now!"

Cao Cao immediately changed his previous order and said, "Immediately pass on my order and order Xiahou Dun to garrison Baima and Yanjin. Immediately build warships, cavalry, camps, and build passes. If Yuan Shao dares to send troops and use force, I will fight immediately!"

"Lord, if we use troops on such a large scale, there is a thief we have to guard against!"

After Cao Cao's plan was announced, Xun Yu immediately thought of another problem that arose.

"Who?" Cao Cao asked, but then he thought of someone, "Is it Liu Bei of Xinye?"

"No, the person we need to guard against is Chang'an Li Jue!"

Hearing this, Cao Cao's heart sank. If so, he must guard against these two people!

"My lord, now I want to recommend someone. Apart from Fengyi, he can't guard against Li Jue."

Cao Cao asked, "Who are you talking about?"

"Zhong Yao!" Xun Yu said with certainty.

As soon as Xun Yu said these words, Xi Zhicai on the side was shocked, while Cao Cao fell into deep thought, "Zhong Yao?"

Cao Cao knew very well that Xun Yu had a unique vision and was good at understanding people. It was Xun Yu who recommended Xi Yu.

Xun Yu replied, "Zhong Yao was highly virtuous and highly respected, and had close personal relationships with Li Jue, Guo Si and others. His thoughts had a profound influence on Li Jue. Furthermore, although generals such as Ma Teng and Han Sui gradually became more independent, they were still quite independent. I believe in Zhong Yao."

"So, if my lord sends Zhong Yao to Guanzhong this time, with his own efforts, he will definitely make the princes outside the Guan do not dare to act rashly. In this way, the overall situation can be decided!"

Cao Cao was well aware that Xun Yu had a close personal relationship with Zhong Yao. Zhong Yao also spoke for Xi Yu many times and supported Xi Yu's deviant school-running strategy. This also made Cao Cao satisfied with Zhong Yao's status.

Furthermore, Cao Cao was also well aware of Zhong Yao's ability, reputation, and ability to intimidate Li Jue.

Cao Cao thought for a moment, and then said, "Okay... I will do as you say!"

He has always adhered to the principle: don't use people you doubt, and don't doubt people you employ.

"With my order, I will immediately promote Zhong Yao to the position of servant, and supervise all the princes in Guanzhong. After I personally go to fight in the north, Zhong Yao will be in charge of all matters in the rear!"

Hearing this, Xun Yu suddenly raised his head, very shocked, "My lord...my lord, do you remember that Fengyi once advised you...to hold on tight and stop wandering?"

"Of course I remember, but where is the waste of my decision?" Cao Cao stared at Xun Yu and said solemnly, "This war is bound to be won. I must go to the battlefield to see the heroism of fighting for justice!"

"My lord, please think twice about this matter! If my lord insists on going, you must let the second young master stay in Xuchang, otherwise, I will be very worried about my clan members..."

Hearing this, Cao Cao secretly thought: The clan members really have to be on guard.

He knew very well that many members of the clan were arrogant and domineering, and he could suppress his clan members, but if he and his direct descendants were not in Xuchang, there would be a real risk of heresy.