Lu De's study house is located between Kim Yong City and Luoyang Lei, near a large pool.

Lu De had never been to Luoyang before, and asked the villagers to know that the pool next to his study was called the Green Water Pool, which was also quite famous in the west of Luoyang City in the Middle and Dynasties, the surrounding environment was elegant, the scenery was beautiful, the buildings were lined up, the pavilion stretched, every midsummer, there were many dignitaries and nobles of the Chinese and Korean dynasties gathered here, and the summer resort was in the garden.

But now those Louguan Huaxie have long since disappeared, and the pool surrounded by white stone has long been dirty. Between the ruins of those buildings, some simple shacks were built, and the nurseries where the famous orchid grass was originally planted were also planted with crops such as woad and mushroom, and the growth was just right.

There are large and small potholes between the nurseries, and the perimeter and the bottom of the pit are paved with the royal road stone that rises from the left, which looks pleasing to the eye, and the use is a little vulgar. Some are used for soaking hemp, some are used to store dung, even if it is very deep in autumn, people walking here can still arouse patches of mosquitoes and flies.

The scale of the library is not too large, a stone house that is not too high, and there are books and other things that Taobao specially sent to people, these things are left around Luoyang, if you collect them carefully, most of them can be harvested, including some of the only books that Lu De only heard of but did not have the opportunity to see.

The stone house connects the two thatched halls, which were originally used as a place for teaching, and the number of people who attended the lectures here was up to a few hundred, including Jin and Hu. Originally, Lu De was not lacking in joy about this, thinking that the inheritance of what he had learned was not alone, but later he found that most of these people did not care about the content of his teaching, or wanted to join the army of Peach Leopard through this way, or simply for the meals provided by the study in the morning and evening.

So after more than half a month, when Loudd began to take the exams, most of them disappeared. There are only a dozen people left, either who really have nowhere to go, or who really want to go to school.

Seeing this, Lu De was inevitably disappointed, and the situation in Helo became more and more severe during this time, and he had to go to Kim Yong City most of the time to discuss military affairs. Even if he stays in the library, he is more just burying himself in those old chapters to do some repairs and tidying, and he has given up on the thatched cottage, and only occasionally assigns some homework.

As a result, there were fewer and fewer people in the cottage, and in the end there were only three or four people left, and they only stayed here for servant miscellaneous purposes.

"Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu?"

On this day, Lud was in the room revising the book, he learned a lot of vertical and horizontal strategies, but the most basic skills such as pronunciation and sentence reading were not passed on and lacked, so it was easy to do such things, and when he heard the call outside the door, he went out to look, and found a slightly thin but shining-eyed young man standing outside the door.

Seeing Lu Dexing, the young man took a step back and said respectfully: "A few days ago, the eldest family member was sick, and the disciple could not live up, not intentionally neglecting his studies. Recently, his relatives An Kang and Mr. Su returned to his disciple for training. ”

When Lu De heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, he left a lot of books, but very few returned. The young man in front of him can be said to be the only one, but he has no impression.

He brought the young man into the room, and it was not easy to directly say that he had no impression of his person, and when he saw the young man looking at the slips and the spread of paper on the bookcase with great interest, he smiled in his heart: "You said that you are a soldier and quit, this is not a wrong thing. However, since you have learned, you can't waste it, and come and let me see how much you have learned. ”

When the young man saw the snow-white paper on the bookcase, he waved his hand a little crampedly, and pulled out a wicker cut into the shape of a pen from under his armpit, and the wicker section was polished to a round shape, which shows that it is common to learn characters in this way.

"Just use pen and paper."

Lud took the wicker and rubbed it in his hand for a moment, and then said: "Rushing to enter the school, only the source is the top." Although the hard pen is frugal, it is contrary to the wonder of the six books. In previous years, I also used to study thrift, and it was difficult to change my habits, so far it is difficult to get into the elegant hall of the book. ”

Previously, Taobao's army plundered the merchants, and there were also a lot of papers and other things that flowed out of Runan, and those soldiers naturally didn't use them, so Lu De had a lot of stock here.

After hearing the words, the young man no longer shirked, and knelt down to sit and concentrate on the pen, and then the pen fell on the paper, at the beginning of the penmanship was still dry and stiff, but after a few words, it gradually became smooth, and soon there was half of the late Han Dynasty Cai Yong's half of the "Persuasion" on the paper, which was exactly what Lu De taught earlier.

Seeing this, Lu De was also surprised, he had no impression of this young man, he knew that he was not enrolled in school for a long time, but he was able to master what he had learned in such a short period of time, which showed that there was no lack of diligence in addition to talent. He was already completely disappointed with the teaching, but he didn't expect to find a Puyu.

He was about to ask the young man, but suddenly there was a soldier outside the door ordering Tao Leopard to summon him, so he looked for a few enlightenment books from the old books he had collected, and ordered: "Write it first, and I will explain it for you later." ”

Then Lourdes set out again and hurried to Kim Yong City.

The peach leopard summoned each other, mainly to ask Lu De's opinion on a matter, Guo Rong, the general of the defeated army in Yedi, crossed the river to meet the peach leopard the morning before yesterday, hoping to take advantage of the road and borrow some grain and rice for use.

"Guo Rong is also a disciple of the old sect of Hebei, if it is normal to talk about it and come to the end of the road, I should not have any more difficulties. But now that the king of Zhongshan has entered the Xiangguo, and Guo Rong is engaged in the rebellious thief of Shikan...... I really don't know what to do, I wonder if my husband can teach me? ”

Peach Leopard frowned and said, there was no lack of embarrassment in his words. Guo Rong and Guo Shi led the defeated army into Hanoi, and Taobao knew about this early on, but the other party had not contacted him before, so he didn't bother to pay attention to it. Now that he came to see him, he didn't know what to do.

This group of people, only a few thousand remnants, had annexed some rogue bandits in Hanoi earlier, but its strength was not worth the solemnity of the peach leopard.

But the two Guo families are a little different, not to mention that their homes are in the old voice of Hebei, just in the current Guanzhong, there are Guo Quan, Guo Jing and others are extremely powerful. Especially Guo Quan, although he is a foreign general who entered the town of Guanzhong, he has a good relationship with Guanzhong, especially Sanfu Haozong, and is one of the most important assistants of Wang Shisheng of Hedong.

After listening to Peach Leopard's question, Lud also pondered. Regarding Guo Rong's intelligence, he also knew for a long time that the other party was only 3,000 defeated soldiers at the moment, lacking food and using little, flowing between the Yellow River and the mountains.

It's a simple matter, either you can directly annex them and use them to resist the enemy attack later. Either fund some clothing and food, and let it cross the border, and form a good relationship with the Guo clan forces in Guanzhong.

The difficulty of the peach leopard is not how to deal with Guo Rong and other remnants, but more of a confusion about where Heluo should go. Loudd's previous theory of ten wins and ten defeats actually only played a role in maintaining morale, but it was not very practical.

With the defeat of Shi Kan, the main force of the Jin army began to move towards Heluo, and it was difficult to resist it with the power of the peach leopard alone. We have to face a more realistic problem, which side to turn to for help and what is the way out?

And how to deal with Guo Rong's remnants is, to a certain extent, the choice of the Peach Leopard Department. If Guo Rong is directly annexed, it will be handed over to the Guo family in the evil Guanzhong, so you can no longer count on rescue from Guanzhong. And if Guo Rong, an important strategist under Shi Kan's command, is let go, it will arouse the dissatisfaction of Shi Hu, the king of Zhongshan.

In Ludd's view, westward linkage is a relatively realistic choice. In the history of Chu and Han hegemony, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, defeated Liu Bang, the king of Han, in Pengcheng, Liu Bang retreated to Heluo with a lonely and weak remnant army, sitting on the entire hinterland of Guanzhong, and after years of confrontation, he finally ushered in a turning point and won the world.

Although Guanzhong is now dilapidated and strife, Luoyang is also a place where people of insight must take it. If the peach leopard uses the co-division of Heluo as bait, it will definitely be able to attract a considerable number of reinforcements in Guanzhong, which will offset the disadvantage to a certain extent, which is much more reliable than counting on Shi Hu's reinforcements.

However, the relationship between Peach Leopard and Shi Sheng in Guanzhong was not harmonious, and when Shi Sheng planned to return to Hebei to participate in the struggle for the supreme power of Zhao in the early years, he was blocked by Peach Leopard to the west of Hangu Pass.

And most of the generals, including Taobao, still have many unrealistic fantasies about Hebei, or homesickness, which can be seen from the fact that their military residence in Heluo has been in Heluo for many years, but the area has always been dilapidated. They put themselves in the position of a guest army forced by the times to leave their homeland, and now that the dispute in Hebei has come to fruition, their hearts are even more intense.

After pondering for a while, Lu De could only suggest that Tao Leopard first lead Guo Rong's army across the river, and temporarily put him under house arrest to see how the situation evolves. If Shi Hu, the king of Zhongshan, was willing to come to the south to help, he would behead Guo Rong and others to show his loyalty. If the Jin army is really in a difficult situation, then he will ask for help from Guo Rong knocking on the west of the pass.

Peach Leopard is also really in a dilemma, after hearing Lu De's compromise strategy, he also nodded and accepted, he also understood that his hesitation was really a taboo, so he said to Lu De: "Mr. Lu is a wise man, I just hate not to see it early." Now that Heluo is in danger and the human feelings are agitated, everything should be decided quickly. But I am over sixty years old, and my strength is not enough to ride a horse, so it is really difficult to have a long-term vision, and if there are one or two possibilities, I don't want to die on the sidelines, and there is no time to return to life......"

Hearing Peach Leopard say this, Lu De was silent for a while. Later, Tao Leopard hinted that Ruohe Luo really did not defend it, and was willing to let Lu De accompany Guo Rong into the customs to ask for help.

But even Tao Leopard himself understands that even Shi Kan was defeated by the Huainan army, and once his defeat here is revealed, it will be the end of the defeat immediately, and he may not be able to wait for reinforcements. Therefore, this arrangement is also to give Lu De a way to live. It can be seen that for this desperate strategist, Peach Leopard is also quite respectful and even guilty.

"Virtue is half a life of cold, and it is useless to be lonely and self-hating, and he abandoned Chen Gong and became Ming Gong earlier. As for today, even if the fortune is perverse, it must be claimed eventually, and sex cannot bear to be a three-out person. ”

When Lu De said this, he couldn't help but sigh deeply, and then cheered up and said: "Besides, the road is not exhausted at the moment, and the soldiers will use their lives in the future, and they may not be able to be enemies outside." ”

"In this way, I can only hope that Huangquan is not lonely."

The peach leopard stroked the gray whiskers under the chin, and the cloudy eyeballs looked out, and there was a bit of hope hidden in the gloom.