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Seeing Zhang Yang's impatient expression, which was completely different from before, Yuan Shao's expression couldn't help but change slightly, and asked softly, "Uncle Zhi, what's wrong with you?" What happened to make you so anxious, the six gods have no master, is there something wrong with our army's strategy of sending troops? ”

"Ugh!" Zhang Yang woke up when he heard the sound, and slowly let go of his clenched right hand, and then a stack of letters and silks appeared in his palm.

Immediately, he handed the letter to Yuan Shao and explained respectfully: "This is a detailed secret report given to me when the maid came in to serve tea just now. The letter said that the reason why Li Thief had been holding back for several days was that he had entrusted the army to a general named Zhou Yu to take over the war. However, we didn't know about the details we sent to Beidi County, and thought that the Li thief had been frustrated and the battle was stalemate, so he stayed in the Shuofengkou camp to think about how to break the enemy.

If you don't think about it, this is not the case at all. The army of Xiliang was completely under the full control of Zhou Yu, and there was no need to report to Li Thief in advance in any battle, let alone Li Thief personally leading the troops into battle. Therefore, our subordinates were blinded by Li Thief, and they have been guarding around the Shuofengkou camp, stupidly waiting for Li Thief to go to the front line to lead the troops to fight. Unexpectedly, the front-line commander Zhou Yu had already led the army to defeat the Fuluo barbarian army in the Green Wolf Valley, annihilating more than 100,000 horsemen of the barbarian army in a battle, and then the momentum was like a bamboo, capturing most of the Xiongnu grassland in a few days.

Now that the Xiliang army has come to the court of the Xiongnu king, it will be able to pacify the barbarians in a few days and win a complete victory! ”

"Ahh When everyone in the hall heard the change of color, they exclaimed in unison, and their expressions were shocked and their faces were full of disbelief.

In a stunned distraction, Cao Cao muttered with a pale face: "How can this be? The barbarian thieves had more than 100,000 troops in Fuluo, and there were still nearly 100,000 troops after the defeat of Chiyang City. Then he asked his brother for help, and we gave him 100,000 stones of grain and grass and 50 carts of ordnance. With these grains, grass, and baggage, he was able to gather tens of thousands of war horsemen again, regroup, and hold on to Li Thief for several months without any problem. How could it be so miserable in ten days? ”

After a pause, Cao Cao angrily scolded: "Yu Fuluo is really a stupid pig! An army of more than 100,000 people, plus war horses, even more than 200,000 people and horses, even if it is 200,000 stupid pigs, standing still where stupid. Let the Xiliang Army be slashed and killed, it is enough to drag the Xiliang Army for half a month. But now it is so unbearable, more than 100,000 war cavalry were casually sent by Li Thief to lead the army to be exterminated, it is really unreasonable, extremely stupid! ”

"Ahhh Just when Cao Cao scolded Yu Fuluo for being stupid. Yuan Shao, who had already read the letter, had a hideous face, and roared angrily: "The barbarian thief is a big deal for me!" It's all a bunch of stupid pigs. Worse than useless. Die! I'm mad at me! Whewhoohoo———"

After gritting his teeth and scolding, Yuan Shao's cheeks were so angry that his cheeks were red, his snort was as heavy as a cow, and he opened his mouth to gasp rapidly, but he was still angry, and he couldn't get down in one breath. It's extremely uncomfortable.

Lu Bu's handsome face also changed violently at this moment, a burst of blue and a burst of red, unpredictable, and finally a slightly pale look appeared on his face. But he didn't lose his temper as strictly as Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. scolded loudly, but his face was gloomy and thoughtful, and his expression couldn't help but darken.

Compared with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, who had never fought Li Li head-on, and Zhang Yang, Xu You, Xun Yu and others, who had never had close contact with Li Li, Lu Bu was the only one in the room who knew Li Li well.

In this secret meeting, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Zhang Yang, Xu You and others seemed to despise Li Li extremely in their speech and demeanor, opened their mouths and closed their mouths, there were no taboos, and wantonly belittled Li Li, but Lu Bu rarely cursed Li Li, and even called Li Li a general.

As the saying goes, the ignorant are fearless.

In Lu Bu's opinion, Yuan Shao and the others were too arrogant, so that no one was in sight, because only people who had never seen Li Li would be so ashamed to ignore Li Li's existence. However, people who have really been in close contact with Li Li will never and dare not despise Li Li, let alone slander Li Li in a disrespectful manner. Because in Lu Bu's heart, Li Li is a worthy opponent, and he is also a rare wise overlord in the world. It's a pity that he Lu Bu and Li Li are not all the way after all, neither of them is willing to live under the people, and because of Dong Zhuo's death, the contradictions cannot be reconciled, they are destined to be enemies in this life, and there is no possibility of turning enemies into friends.

However, this did not prevent Lu Bu from respecting Li Li. Perhaps in the eyes of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others, Xiliang Li Li is just a weak post-school student, as old as their son, even if he is capable, he is not afraid. But Lu Bu did not despise Li Li because he was young, but was quite jealous of Li Li and regarded him as a great enemy in life.

In fact, Lu Bu, like Yuan Shao and others in his early years, didn't take Li Li seriously at all, and even disdained it. Thinking back to the time when Li Li was promoted to captain of Longxiang but had no real power, and wandered around Chang'an City all day with nothing to do, Lu Bu was already a celebrity around Dong Zhuo, and he didn't pay attention to it when he first heard Li Li's name, and in a blink of an eye, he forgot that there was still Li Li in Chang'an City. It wasn't until Li Li was released from Wuwei County to serve as the Taishou that he was ordered to see him off, which was his first face-to-face close contact with Li Li. At that time, the two sides did not talk much, and there were no more than five sentences in total, which was regarded as a hurried meeting and nodding acquaintance, which was really not worth mentioning.

However, it was this Li Li who was forgotten by him, but when he returned to Chang'an again after a year, he was majestic, out of the limelight, holding tens of thousands of male soldiers, dominating one side, so that Dong Zhuo did not dare to despise it, and personally sent a group of generals of the Xiliang Army out of the city to greet him. That time, Lu Bu lied that he was slightly ill, deliberately shirked, and did not go to welcome Li Li into the city, and it was from that moment that Li Li officially entered his sight, making him remember that there was such a powerful general as Li Li in the Xiliang Army.

Since Li Li's ministry returned to Chang'an, he immediately became the focus of heated discussions among the people of Chang'an City, and then became a celebrity in front of Dong Zhuo after Lu Bu, faintly showing a posture of fighting against him, which led to an open and secret battle between the two. Subsequently, Lu Bu and Li Li clashed several times, but they all fell behind and suffered a big loss. However, at that time, he did not know that he had become a stepping stone for Li Li to establish himself in the Xiliang Army, and every time he lost the struggle, it meant raising Li Li's prestige; After the defeat in the Battle of Bahe, Li Li's prestige in the Xiliang army rose to its peak. It seems to surpass him Lu Bu and become a benchmark powerful existence in the Xiliang army.

Lu Bu has always been ignorant of the hidden deep intentions of this, and it was not until he escaped from Xiliang that he was ordered by Chen Gong to sort out his thoughts and suddenly realize. It's a pity that he understood too late, and when he completely figured out the whole story, the general trend was gone, and it was too late to regret it.

Looking back on that unbearable past. Lu Bu's heart was extremely bitter, and thoughts of shame, shame, resentment, and admiration came to his heart one after another.

It stands to reason that Lu Bu should hate Li Li to the core, except for shame and hatred. Admiration is impossible to talk about, but it is not. As a matter of fact. Lu Bu did have a lot of admiration for Li Li in his heart. In order to respect Li Li, this qiē originated from the fact that Li Li under Wuguan City kept his promise and let him lead his troops to leave.

Throughout Lu Bu's nearly twenty-year career, he has never bowed his head to anyone and admitted defeat, let alone bowed his head and begged for mercy. Even in front of Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo and others, he was just acting on the spot, seeking a way to be promoted. In fact, Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo's generation were not taken into account. For him, recognizing him as a stepfather is just a shortcut to promotion, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. But on the frontal battlefield, he never surrendered to anyone. Because he himself is the embodiment of invincibility, the undefeated god of war, and no one can defeat him on the battlefield.

There is a way: outside the mountain, the green mountain building outside the building, a mountain is higher than a mountain.

On the night of the Battle of Chang'an, Lu Bu led his troops to attack, but instead of rescuing Wang Yun and the Son of Heaven, Li Li killed Yi Wu and cut off his retreat. Later, Lü Bu led his troops to flee Chang'an in the starry night, but Li Li took a shortcut to reach Wuguan before him, and then calmly set up an ambush, so that Lü Bu and his cavalry were tied up and had no power to resist.

That night, for the first time in his life, Lu Bu felt hopeless, feeling that death was approaching step by step, and it was close at hand. But he was helpless, so that he didn't even have the courage to fight to the death, so he had to dismount and admit defeat and beg Li Li to spare his life.

That night, for more than ten years, Lu Bu, the god of war who was invincible in the world with the heavenly halberd in his hand and the red rabbit horse under his crotch, stood in front of Li Li and bowed his head and begged for mercy, and gave Li Li the trap camp of his right-hand man Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, in exchange for his own life.

When it was, Lu Bu did not have any shame and shame in his heart, and his only thought was to live, and he had nothing else to ask for, and he had no distractions. To his surprise, Li Li actually kept his promise, decisively let him go, and let him lead his troops to leave, without making any more difficulties and obstructions.

It was from that moment that Lu Bu felt both hatred and shame for Li Li, as well as awe. Because he really felt Li Li's strong self-confidence and the king's mind in the palm of his hand, maybe the world was afraid of him Lu Bu, but he couldn't see half of the fear in Li Li's eyes, and only saw Li Li's pride in swallowing mountains and rivers, and the heart of a fearless and fearless strong man. And this is exactly what Lu Bu didn't have, or he used to have, but since he killed Ding Yuan as a gift for promotion, he has completely lost this arrogant mind and fearless strong heart.

After fleeing to the Central Plains, the person Lu Bu hated the most was Li Li, and the person he respected the most in his heart was also Li Li. Because he really lost to Li Li, he was defeated, completely defeated, and he was unconvinced. And the reason why he respects Li Li is not because of Li Li's strong martial arts and the fierce generals under his command, but because Li Li is broad-minded, heroic, and full of words. The scene under Wuguan City, if it was a change of place, Lu Bu would not let Li Li go no matter what, and he would definitely get rid of it quickly. But Li Li was able to let him go calmly, and did not send troops to chase him afterwards, allowing him to lead the crowd away. With Li Li's confidence and mind alone, Lu Bu thought that he couldn't do it, but Li Li really did it, and he never had any remorse from beginning to end.

After two years, Lü Bu once again allied with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others to deal with Li Li and his Xiliang army. His real intention is very simple and simple, that is, he wants to use the power of the allies to fight Li Li in a dignified and honest battle, regain the dignity and self-confidence he once lost, and be ashamed. It was because he never thought of using intrigue and trickery to win, and he disdained to collude with the barbarians to attack and harass Liangzhou, so as to achieve the goal of victory. But he now learned from Yuan Shao and Cao Cao that the barbarian Yu Fuluo sent troops to Liangzhou with Yuan Shao's support, and his purpose was to drag the Xiliang army on the Xiongnu grassland battlefield and not extricate itself, so as to create a favorable fighter for the allies, and attack the Xiliang army in front and back, and succeed in one fell swoop.

This made Lu Bu deeply ashamed, and no one here could better understand how big and deep the danger of the Xiongnu barbarians to the Han border was than him. In his early years, the reason why he joined the army was precisely to resist the burning and looting of the barbarians, and he was determined to destroy the barbarians and expand the territory for the Han Dynasty. It's a pity that time has passed, and his dream of joining the army has now faded away and become unattainable, but his hatred for barbarians has never been reduced by half a point, and he has always regarded barbarians as his enemies in life.

After sorting out his thoughts, Lu Bu sat there quietly with a gloomy expression, not saying a word. The ambition that had been born before suddenly disappeared, and there was a sense of excitement. It was because he turned a blind eye to the scolding of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Xu You and others who scolded Li Li, and watched coldly without committality, frowning slightly from time to time, and a trace of disdain and disgust flashed in his eyes.

"Hoo ———!" Inner hall. Except for Lu Bu, everyone scolded dryly. It wasn't until he was panting and shushing that he sat down again. With a long sigh, they calmed their minds.

In fact, there was another person in the room who was in a somewhat similar mood to Lu Bu, and he only symbolically echoed it, and actually did not curse Li Li wantonly. This person is Cao Cao's confidant Xun Yu.

Xun Yu has far-reaching strategies, unique vision, calm in every major event, and listens to thunder in a silent place. There is indeed a talent of Wang Zuo. But he is different from ordinary strategists, others revolve around the lord, figuring out the master's mind everywhere, but Xun Yu never deliberately caters to Cao Cao's mind. The reason why he threw himself under Cao Cao. After that, he devoted all his efforts to assist Cao Cao, because Cao Cao was indeed a rare male lord in the world, and he was loyal to the Han family.

Xun Yu did not know about the joint attack on Liangzhou by Yu Luo and the barbarian tribes this time, and he did not hear Cao Cao mention this matter until recently. However, this matter has nothing to do with Cao Cao, it was completely planned and implemented by Yuan Shao, and its purpose was to contain Li Li and the Xiliang army under his command, so as to create a favorable fighter for the allied army, and attack Si Li by surprise, and strive to defeat the Xiliang army in one fell swoop. The reason why Xun Yu was sure that this matter had nothing to do with Cao Cao was because Cao Cao did not have any extra money and food to support Yu Fuluo's troops at the moment, even if he had the heart, he did not have the ability.

Among the princes of the Central Plains, only Yuan Shao has this strength, and only Yuan Shao can do this kind of thing. Just like when he built yì He Jin secretly summoned Dong Zhuo, Ding Yuan and others to lead troops into Beijing in his early years, he would do whatever it took to achieve his goal, and he could come up with almost any bad moves, and there was no shortage of such bad villains among Yuan Shao's advisers. The most important thing is that Jizhou has enough money and food, Yuan Shao has a lot of money in recent years, and he has previously funded Lu Bu to recruit troops and buy horses, the purpose of which is to let Lu Bu send troops to exterminate the Black Mountain thieves, so that Yuan Shao can exterminate several Black Mountain thieves such as Yu Poison and Li Damu.

This time, Yuan Shao repeated his old tricks, secretly funded the barbarian Yu Fuluo, and prompted Yu Fuluo to unite the grassland departments to send troops to attack Liangzhou. It's a pity that the nature of the barbarian army is difficult to change, and it did not act according to Yuan Shao's true intentions at all, and changed the attack to a large-scale invasion of Liangzhou, which then caused Li Li to lead a large army to swear to the Northern Expedition. It's just that to everyone's surprise, the barbarian army under the command of Yu Fuluo has as many as more than 100,000 war horses, and the strength is strong enough to make the Central Plains princes look sideways, but such a powerful force was defeated by the Xiliang army, and finally the hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops were wiped out, and the Xiliang army won a complete victory.

Not only Yuan Shao and Cao Cao couldn't figure out this matter, but even top wise men like Xun Yu couldn't understand why the barbarian army had been defeated so badly, and what kind of reliance did the Xiliang army have to rely on to annihilate hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops so lightly?

"Uncle Zhi, you have been in Sili for a long time, you are quite close to the Anyi camp, and you are well-informed, have you ever heard of who is this Zhou Yu who defeated the Yufu Barbarian Army?" After finally calming down, Yuan Shao frowned and asked.

After Zhang Yang heard this, he shook his head blankly, thought about it and said, "I can't tell where this Zhou Yu came from. I only know that this person is a scribe recruited by Li Thief when he traveled to Yangzhou before, and when he calculates the time, the time he has been under Li Thief's command has been less than three months, and his qualifications are very shallow; According to the previous promotion practice of the Xiliang Army, it is impossible for this person to be reused by Li Thief so quickly, and he is not qualified to be in charge alone.

But this time Li Thief was unusual, he promoted Zhou Yu exceptionally, and awarded Zhou Yu the position of Zuo Zhonglang General before the expedition, and after the army arrived in Beidi County, he promoted Zhou Yu to serve as the deputy general of the Chinese army, and Zhou Yu was the main general of the army after the victory in Chiyang City. After that, Zhou Yu led the troops to attack secretly, so that my subordinates were unaware of it, and it was not until the news of the victory in the Green Wolf Valley spread that the details sent back the secret report in hindsight. ”

"Yangzhou Zhou Yu?" After Zhang Yang finished speaking, Cao Cao suddenly groaned, squinted his eyes and said: "This Zhou Yu's name sounds very familiar, more than ten years ago Luoyang Ling Zhou Yi had a son under his knees, who was very smart and had the reputation of a Luoyang prodigy, and the name of this son was also Zhou Yu." I served under Zhou Yi back then, and I once met this son, when he was still a five or six-year-old child, but he was born handsome, smart, and very pleasant. Could it be that this Zhou Yu under Li Thief is the son of Lujiang Zhou Yi? ”

Before Cao Cao's words fell, Xun Yu continued: "What the lord said is good, Zhou Yu is the son of Luoyang Ling Zhou Yi!" You don't know that Zhou Yu is not an unknown person, but he was far away in Yangzhou before, and even if he was famous, he could not spread to the states of the Central Plains, so you have never heard of it. However, the subordinates have heard of this person, it is said that his person is dignified, graceful, proficient in the six arts, both civil and military, especially good at music and rhythm, and is quite famous in Jingyang Erzhou, and there are more good people who call it 'Mei Zhoulang'. ”

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