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

"Now we are the ones who have to endure Cao Pi's crazy revenge. If we were not desperate, how could we seize Jingzhou territory as a refuge?"

"Jiangdong wants us to return our territory. Doesn't this push us to a dead end?"

There is some truth in what he said. When Cao Cao died, it was indeed Liu Bei and others who bore the hatred of most of the Cao family. If they had conflicts with Cao's army in the future, they would definitely have to bear greater pressure.

Now, not only do they have to bear the bitter consequences, but they also have to face the persecution imposed by Jiangdong, which completely leaves no way for them to survive.

When Xu Shu heard this, he completely understood what the three brothers meant.

Good guys, we are really planning to make separate plans. I'm afraid it won't be long before the alliance is disbanded.

However, aren't they afraid that after the alliance is broken, both sides will be defeated one by one?

After all, the only places they can live in are Jingzhou and Jiangdong.

Although Jingzhou has a vast land and rich resources, and even has a population of over one million, there are many people to choose from to join the army. I think that after a period of benevolent government, the army will definitely grow stronger, but...

All this...will take time...

Speaking of Xu Chu on the other side, the more than a hundred Suwei brothers he led were basically disabled when they met Guan Yu. Now there are only about ten left, and some of them are physically disabled and can no longer go to the battlefield.

This shows how brutal the battle was.

He originally thought that he might have to stay in a prisoner of war camp to fend for himself for the rest of his life, but who would have thought that someone would actually be willing to redeem him, even spending three hundred thousand stones of food and grass for him.

This moved him to tears, and when he heard the news that Cao Cao had passed away, he almost cried.

For this reason, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei came to have wine with him for several days, and even Xu Shu, a scholar, came here.

However, no matter who accompanied him, he just kept eating and crying. Finally, after eating and drinking, he carried several jars of good wine and led the remaining brothers onto the prepared table. The war horse left Jingzhou without mercy.

Although he doesn't know what to do next, he knows that as long as he goes to Xuchang, he can't go wrong.

It was only when he arrived in Xuchang that he discovered that there was no one he was looking for there, so after paying homage to the large empty palace, he turned around and hurried towards Xuzhou.

His knee was dislocated because he was captured alive by Guan Yu, and it has not recovered yet. In addition, he experienced brutal tortures one after another, causing his originally good body to gradually deteriorate.

Nowadays, let alone using force, running around for a long time is a bit difficult for him, let alone a rainy day, and the pain all over his body makes him even more irritable.

Finally, just when he could no longer hold on any longer, Xiapi arrived, and he finally saw the person he was looking for!

The current Xiyu is no longer the scholar he once knew, but a top-notch great prince in the world today, with a high position and ministers, and under his command are countless people with lofty ideals, civil servants and military generals.

However, it seems that Xi Yu has not changed much since he was about thirty years old. Even today, his resolute face still has a neat beard, his eyes are sharp, and his body bones are getting stronger.

As time goes by, he seems not only not to have aged, but also to become more and more powerful.

Therefore, Xu Chu found him in the crowd at just one glance.

Not many people came to pick him up, only Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Guo Jia and Jia Xu.

Because Zhuge Liang didn't like drinking, the two were just acquaintances, but this still couldn't stop the two from admiring each other, especially Xu Chu, who had always admired Zhuge Liang as a scholar.

The moment he saw them, Xu Chu's eyes were filled with tears.

He got off the carriage far away and limped towards Xiyu step by step until he fell to his knees with a plop less than half a meter away: "Sir!"

At this moment, Xu Chu was like a child, crying very aggrievedly.

"It's all my fault, I didn't protect the master!"

"Snapped!"

As he spoke, he slapped himself. Seeing his miserable appearance, everyone present felt uncomfortable.

Dian Wei took a step forward, patted his shoulder, and sighed: "Don't do this. Long before Cao Gong passed away, he was alone with the lord for a while."

"Didn't he blame me? I was sorry for him!"

"What's wrong?"

Xi Yu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Let's go, it's rare for you to come back. Don't think about those unhappy things. We haven't gotten together for a few days. I'll treat you to a drink and wait until you feel happy!"

"You came back just in time. The soldiers under my command are still missing a commander."

"That's not okay!"

Xu Chu paused when he heard this, then smiled bitterly and said: "My body is disabled and my legs are disabled, how can I lead the army?"

"What's so hard about this?"

Xi Yu didn't pay attention to this: "Mr. Zhong Jing and Hua Tuo are in Xuzhou now. While they are still in good health, they may be able to take a look at it. For them, your injury is a problem." It shouldn’t be big.”

"Really?"

Xu Chu has always been a loyal person. To put it bluntly, he is a bit stubborn. So far, the only person who can make him willing to serve is Cao Cao. As for Xi Yu, no matter how good the relationship is, it will take a long time. to accept it.

But that is under the premise that he is in good health. For now, except for Xi Yu, no one in the world will go to Zhong Jing and Hua Tuo for a useless person like him, right?

"Why did I lie to you?"

Xi Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, while Xu Chu wiped away his tears and quickly stood up from the ground. Due to the uneven force under his feet, he almost fell down again.

Speaking of which, he is also a man in his thirties and almost forty. Although he has extraordinary skills, it is impossible for him to maintain his balance after kneeling for a period of time.

Coupled with the years of fighting, he already had a lot of hidden diseases, so not only was it difficult for his body to support him, but it was not easy to keep him well.

at night.

Everyone drank wine and talked happily, talking freely.

Xi Yu agreed to Chu's request and said what Cao Cao said before his death, which made the other party furious.

"In this case, those Cao clan members are too useless. My lord clearly left a message before he died! A bunch of ungrateful people should be killed!"

Xi Yu shrugged helplessly and said with a smile: "I'm actually very lucky. I'm glad they let me look away. I'm also glad that I led the troops and horses before. By the way, I also occupied the Qingxu area and took them." It’s developing pretty well.”

"So that no one in the world dares to challenge me!"

"If not, as a scholar, I may have no choice but to succumb to others and end up with a bad ending. After all, since ancient times, for heroes with a foreign surname, the greater their merits, the worse their end!"

Xu Chusha nodded matter-of-factly. If he was valued by Cao Cao and could become good friends with Xi Yu, he was certainly not a brainless person.

In fact, he is much smarter than others, so he understands Xi Yu's original situation and current behavior better.

Once upon a time, Cao Cao probably put in a lot of hard work to keep him.

But the person facing him was a member of the Cao family, and he couldn't do anything to kill his relatives. After all, it was a matter of deceiving the master and destroying the ancestors. If a bad person intimidated the other party and led them to secretly kill Xi Yu, then they would have to try. .

Fortunately, the problems he was worried about have been perfectly solved by Xi Yu.

Duke Cao no longer has to worry about these internal struggles. Of course, he can't take care of them now even if he wants to.

"Zhongkang, don't think too much, just stay with me with peace of mind in the future."

"But······"

Xu Chu scratched his head and asked innocently: "Sir, I have something unclear. Now that you are honored as the Duke of the country, and you have been awarded Jiuxi, do those Confucian scholars and nobles want you to accept this honor?"

"What does this have to do with whether others are willing or not?"

Xi Yu sneered and said slowly: "I think they have other ideas, but do they dare to say it?"

In this matter, he had already thought of a way to deal with it, just because he was afraid that the other party wouldn't fall for it.

But Xu Chu didn't know the key. After thinking about it for a while, he shook his head and picked up the wine glass again.

As far as his current situation is concerned, as long as he can still heal his body and can still go to the battlefield to fight, that will be fine.

Oh, yes, it would be even more perfect if I could have another baby who could become a general with me and fight on the battlefield!

It is said that Dian Wei's son is nine years old, a few years older than Mr. Xu. He must be able to go up the mountain to kill the enemy in the near future.

If I could have one or two sons who would fight for the Lord, not only would the Xu family have successors, but they could also continue to stay on the battlefield. It would be a beautiful thing.

······

In Xiapi City, although some people recognized Xi Yu and thought it was understandable that he added Jiuxi, there were still some who felt sad about it.

Although the noble clan has disappeared, the aristocratic families are still there. Now they are wandering in the fringe area. There is not much difference between the clan and the aristocratic families. They just change the name.

Of course, compared to the original clan, they were still a little behind.

At the very least, without the favor of Duke Sheng Guo, and without much of the bank's share of the money, they would naturally feel sore in their hearts.

After all, the businessmen in my family who are not on the stage are richer than me!

However, no one had the guts to make trouble in front of Xi Yu.

At this time, Xi Yu is just like Confucius back then, even worse!

why?

Because it is recorded in "Lu Shi Chun Qiu" that "Confucius' strength is the gateway to the whole country..."

In other words, with Confucius's strength, he could open the city gate with his bare hands!

Note that the door here does not refer to the door latch of the home, but the city gate!

You know, the city gates at that time were basically made of solid wood. Even if it is conservatively estimated, the weight should be more than 800 kilograms. There were only a few people who could move, but Confucius was one of them!

If this is not enough to show the strength of Confucius, then there is another person who can serve as a reference.

There is a record of such a martial artist in "Huainanzi Zhushu Training". His name is Meng Ben. He is extremely physically strong. He once separated two fighting cows with his own strength.

Even the description of Meng Ben in "Biographies of the Zhou Dynasty" is very vivid, saying that he "walks on water without avoiding dragons, and on land does not avoid tigers and wolves..."

But even such a brave and unparalleled man was still lacking when compared to Confucius.

If not, there would be no such rumors as "Confucius was wise, wiser than Chang Hong, braver than Meng Ben...".

This shows how powerful Confucius is.

only······

Nowadays, more scribes believe that Xi Yu is similar to the Confucius described in the classics!

Thesis, what Xi Yu did back then has already become famous all over the world, and has attracted the admiration, praise, and discussion of martial arts from all the literati. Not to mention how powerful his own martial arts is, not one of the hundreds of thousands of troops behind him is a vegetarian. !

In addition, everyone is a cultural person, and few people are willing to fight against Xi Yu. The key is that the hundreds of thousands of troops behind him are rough guys, and they are not unreasonable at all!

When a scholar encounters a soldier, he cannot explain why.

The most important thing is that even if you have just opened your mouth, before you even say what it is about, the other party's fist has already been punched in the face.

In addition to these, the most similar thing between Xi Yu and Confucius is the "shooting" and "improving" among the six arts of the gentleman.

Confucius was well versed in these two things. Coincidentally, Xi Yu was also very accomplished in these two aspects.

Even his shooting is not a simple arrow, but a crossbow!

There is a heavy repeating crossbow nearly one and a half meters long in the army. Even Dian Wei has to use two hands to lift it, but Pian Xiyu can flexibly operate it with one hand.

Especially when he encountered an enemy, he held a heavy repeating crossbow and made sudden moves. After a while, almost all those who should have fallen fell.

As for "royal", to put it bluntly, it means driving a car, or it can also be said to be "driving a horse!"

Of course, for Xi Yu, the term "horse riding" may be more suitable.

I remember that Huang Xu made a mistake and was afraid of being punished, so he secretly rode on Sabei Feng, intending to go out and hide for a while. However, as soon as he arrived at the city gate, he was caught by Xi Yu who heard the news and was beaten violently.

He even arrived at the city gate earlier than Huang Xu who escaped on Jueying!

Because this incident happened in the city, many people knew about it, and it was considered one of the few dark histories of Huang Xu.

But what everyone was more amazed by was Xi Yu's speed!

Therefore, in the whole Xiapi, there are many people who can add Jiuxi to the sour play, but there are only a few people who dare to talk about it seriously in public.

why?

Because I dare not!

In fact, it is not that no one has thought about spreading some words in public about Xiyu adding Jiuxi, and he has the intention to usurp the Han Dynasty, this is a taboo, and so on.

But before they could think of how to encourage people, a middle-aged man with a resolute face and wearing a Confucian shirt appeared in their mind.

Then, he fled around the city desperately, while the middle-aged man held a heavy crossbow and bombarded him indiscriminately.

Behind him were even thousands of black and white riders...

Just thinking of this made them shudder.

Forget it, if you think about it any longer, I'm afraid you will become a hedgehog lying in a pool of blood!

After everyone saw their fate, naturally no one would let go of the current good life and stir up trouble.

After all, you are defeated again and again, and you can't say anything, so what else can you do?

Besides, even if someone is not qualified to add Jiuxi, you will not be the one who can add Jiuxi. In that case, why are you fighting?

Jiuxi, let's just say Jiuxi. Anyway, he is also the emperor's uncle. Compared with other people who are disloyal and want to seek power and usurp the throne, he is still a good person.

Not only can he make money, he is also a good fighter.

Let’s not mention the distant ones, let’s just talk about the giant crossbows, catapults, and flammable oil cans set up on the hillsides outside Xuzhou City recently...

These alone make no one in the world dare to have any other thoughts about Xuzhou.

It’s just that outsiders can’t get in. The key is that the unity within Xuzhou City is extraordinary.

Who doesn't know that the people living in Xuzhou City live and work in peace and contentment, and live comfortably and comfortably. Even the clan members are living in peace and contentment without causing any trouble.

The people in a state are still like this, which shows that they are capable of playing tricks.

Thinking about the real enlightened master, he should be like this.

So...forget it.

Whether to add Jiuxi or not doesn't seem to have much to do with me. What really matters is how the people in Xuzhou City live.

If I know about it in the future, I will have to learn to do it myself, and my life will definitely be more comfortable than now!

Without them to stir up trouble, winter passed very peacefully today.

Xi Yu's life was very leisurely, and Xu Chu was no exception.

However, he found something interesting.

That is, except for the people he knows, there is not a single young general in the city. Even during the New Year, he did not see any of them.

At the New Year's Eve banquet, before he saw the younger generation, he couldn't help but asked curiously.

It happened that Guo Jia had made arrangements under his rule and the general came back, so he explained to him: "Now the White Cavalry has expanded to six thousand, Huang Xu led them to the vicinity of Chang'an, waiting for the emperor's schedule after the new year!"

"As long as the emperor sets off and enters the designated area after the new year, Baiqi will rush out and bring the emperor back!"

"As for where the black knight has gone, I think only the lord knows."

Speaking of the Black Cavalry, they still don’t have a young leader, Zhao Yun has always been leading them.

Although Zhao Yun is not young now, he is still in his prime. Precisely because he has rich combat experience and is proficient in various combat skills in his prime, the black knight in his hands is more and more difficult to underestimate.

So, to put it bluntly, the younger generation of generals have all gone to participate in the battle for the emperor.

If everything goes well, I think everyone will be able to meet the Emperor this winter.

This was an order given secretly by Xi Yu, so no one knew that Black and White Cavalry was no longer in the city.

By the time everyone noticed, Bai Qi might have already crossed the Yellow River, crossed Hefei to Yanzhou, and then quietly hid in the deep mountains and forests from the Yanzhou border.

This is the benefit of the opening of the canal.

When Xi Yu agreed to Cao Pi's request, in addition to the three territories, the most important thing he valued most was the canal.

Because he had made an agreement with Sima Yi, the trading rights of the canal now fell into Xi Yu's hands.

Therefore, it was easy for him to let Bai Qi sneak into the caravan and go to Yanzhou.

Likewise, this is also the best route to reach Chang'an the fastest.