The bright moon hangs in the sky, and the stars are brilliant. In the middle of the night, the big tent of the Chinese army was still flickering, and in the curtain Zhou Yu and the military advisor Jia Xu sat opposite each other, retiring the attendants and talking about the wine.

"It's not early, Gongjin will lead the troops to the expedition tomorrow, so I won't bother my brother." Seeing that the night was deep, Jia Xu put down the wine cup and got up and said.

Zhou Yu was slightly drunk at the moment, and after hearing this, he shook his head and smiled: "Brother Wenhe is not busy leaving, and sit down." Tomorrow's expedition, the younger brother has already been prepared, don't worry. While speaking, Zhou Yu got up and held Jia Xu's shoulders and warmly retained.

Jia Xu immediately sat down and said with a smile: "It seems that Gongjin is the same as his brother, and he is destined to not be able to sleep peacefully tonight." That being the case, the two of us talked about wine and night, and we rested when we got drunk. Then pour a glass of wine for Zhou Yu, and the two of them raised the glass and drank it together.

After drinking, Zhou Yu wiped the wine stains from the corners of his mouth with his sleeves, and said happily: "What Brother Wenhe said is extremely true. Today is the day of the decisive battle between the lord and the father-in-law and the army of more than 100,000 barbarians, presumably the war is not over at this moment, and it is still fighting bloodily. And I, as a courtier, stay out of the matter and enjoy comfort, thinking about this, how can I be embarrassed? ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Yu's tone was stunned, and he said happily: "Fortunately, the little brother will lead the army to Jizhou tomorrow." Before leaving, it is also a great blessing in life to be able to have a drink with Brother Wenhe! ”

Hearing that Zhou Yu was a little depressed in his heart, Jia Xu smiled slightly and said bluntly: "What Gong Jin said is not unreasonable. With the strength of our army today, there are many generals, many strategists, and strong soldiers. In this Eastern Crusade, the lord can choose one of the generals to take command, and there is really no need for the lord to personally lead the army to conquer. Therefore, Gong Jin was depressed. Worried that there is no eye for the knife and gun in the battlefield battle, the lord should not go to the danger in person. However, Gongjin should know. The reason why our army can have today's situation is all due to the heroic talents and great strategies of the lord. Every time there is a war, whenever the lord comes to the battlefield in person, all the soldiers of our army are brave, and the sword and axe are added without frowning, and the name of courage and good fighting is the best in the world. There is no substitute for this section. But the lord has one ear.

At present, in the decisive battle of Lulongsai, our eastern expedition troops and horses are far less powerful than the barbarian army, and the weak brigade fights the strong barbarians. If there is no lord and father-in-law to lead a large army into battle. There will be no chance of winning, or no winning. This is by no means alarmist, but a fact confirmed by previous wars. In the past, the battle of the Green Wolf Valley, presumably Gong Jin still remembers it vividly. If there is no lord sitting in the rear. Pressing the formation for Gong Jin. I don't think the Northern Expedition will go so smoothly. Gong Jin should know this? ”

Zhou Yu nodded happily: "It is true that as Brother Wen He said, if there is no lord in charge, the younger brother may not even be able to command the army, let alone the subsequent victory of the Northern Expedition." However, the younger brother always thought that it was not necessary for the lord to personally lead the army to fight, and it must be known that the current battle situation in the Central Plains was the most important thing, and the Youzhou border plug was just a minutiae. It is insignificant, and it is not possible to make such a move. Go on a big fight. Does Brother Wen He think so? ”

Jia Xu's voice changed, the smile on his face gradually converged, and a pair of eyes looked at Zhou Yu deeply, and said with a solemn expression: "Gong Jin's words, my brother dare not agree. Just tell me this time, and don't mention it again in the future, especially not in front of the lord, otherwise it will ??????."

After a pause in his voice, Jia Xu said earnestly: "Maybe Gong Jin doesn't understand the lord's temperament. For the lord, no matter how fierce the battle between the princes is, even if it is fought to the death, it is an internal struggle among the Han people after all. Just like their own brothers fighting, it doesn't matter how they fight, even if they fight bloodied, they will not let outsiders take advantage, and in the end, the territory of the Han Dynasty is still in the hands of the Han people. However, once the foreign enemy is raging or the barbarians invade, no matter what the attitude of the other princes is, the lord will not stand idly by, and has always advocated that the outside should be conquered first and then the inside, and he will never be soft on many barbarians. This is the situation at hand.

Yuan Shao of Jizhou and Gongsun Zan of Youzhou have fought for many years, which has greatly weakened the deterrent power of the Youzhou army against the surrounding barbarians, making the Wuhuan and Xianbei barbarians entrenched on the border of Youzhou wait for the opportunity to move, and wantonly burn, kill and plunder, and do whatever they want for the disaster of the border counties. Now that Gongsun Zan is weak, Yuan Shao of Jizhou, in order to protect himself, spared no expense to win over the barbarians, colluded with the barbarian army to raise troops together, and divided Youzhou equally.

The situation was so bad that the lord could have taken Youzhou without blood, and then waved his army south to take Jizhou directly. But the lord did not do this, but divided the army into two ways, one to resist the strong attack of the Jizhou army, and the other way was led by the lord himself to conquer the barbarian army. This is the difference between our lord and other princes, and it is also the place where my lord respects the lord the most, and I am willing to follow it all my life and swear to die without regrets! Speaking of this, Jia Xu looked admiring and excited, and after trying his best to calm down, he smiled and said: "Only the people living in the border counties know how big and terrible the border restlessness is, and others may never experience this unforgettable suffering." is out of shape for his brother, Gongjin must not laugh. ”

After listening to Jia Xu's words, Zhou Yu really couldn't laugh, but his heart was very heavy, and he blamed himself very much. The heavy thing is that the border of the Han Dynasty has never been peaceful, and it has been entrenched in many barbarian tribes for hundreds of years, but the territory of the Han Dynasty has been divided and the fighting has not stopped. Blaming himself, he felt that he was too eager for quick success, and his eyes were always fixed on the princes of the prefectures, counties, and towns of the Han Dynasty, but he never looked beyond the Han Dynasty, where there was also an extremely wide territory and fertile land, as well as many tribes that were fierce and fierce and hungry wolves.

Seeing that Zhou Yu seemed to have an understanding, Jia Xu smiled heartily and looked at himself. As the so-called drum does not need a heavy hammer, some words stop at the point, Zhou Yu is extremely smart, but he was blinded by the immediate interests for a while, but as long as he was reminded a little, he could quickly sober up, so as to look at the entire battle situation comprehensively, including the border county barbarians who were eyeing the territory of the Han Dynasty.

After pondering for a long time, Zhou Yu waved his hand at Jia Xu to show his gratitude. Great grace is not grateful, this is enough. Immediately, he said calmly: "It is said that Kong Ming replaced Fengxiao as a military advisor this time, I don't know how much Brother Wen He knows about him?" ”

Fortunately, Li Li is not here, otherwise he will definitely have infinite emotion after hearing Zhou Yu's words: Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang can be described as natural rivals, and the sentence 'both Yu and He Shengliang' has been passed down through the ages, making people sigh for thousands of years. However, with the birth of Li Li, now this pair of natural opponents has become a "comrade-in-arms" in the trenches. This is the best illustration of the impermanence of the world.

Despite this, some people and things will come sooner or later, and they will eventually come together. The fledgling Zhuge Liang has just emerged. immediately attracted Zhou Yu's attention. Fortunately, he is not hostile to Zhuge Liang now, on the contrary, he is more curious and concerned about Zhuge Liang at the moment. What is curious is that Zhuge Liang was entrusted with a heavy task as soon as he entered the army, and such examples are rare; What concerns is that Zhuge Liang is too young, but he holds such an important position as a military advisor. Zhou Yu was worried about him, worried that he couldn't carry such a heavy burden.

Jia Xu heard the worry and concern in Zhou Yu's words, and gently stroked the long hair under his chin. said with a smile: "Zhuge Liang is the younger brother of Nanyang Taishou Zhuge Jin, and he is also the younger brother of the Duchess Zhuge Ling. Although he is a scholar, he can be willing to be poor and diligent in farming. It's very rare. As for how he learned strategy. I don't know much about my brother, but Feng Xiao admires Zhuge Liang very much, saying that he has 'the talent of the heavens and latitudes', a genius who has not been met in a hundred years, and he thinks that he is like Furu. In addition, he is the brother-in-law of the lord, but he is also recognized by the lord as the righteous brother. It is not difficult to see from this that Zhuge Liang's strategy is absolutely extraordinary. He must have been a rare wise man.

You must know that the lord's skill of knowing people is the best in the world. Everyone knows it. Ordinary scribes could not enter the sight of the lord at all, let alone condescend to the noble, and consider him a righteous brother. Such courtesy and generous treatment shows that Zhuge Liang's talent is high and his strategy is deep, even if we are afraid it is still too much! These words were made by Jia Xu with feelings, and his tone was extremely sincere, and there was absolutely no intention of provoking and instigating.

After Zhou Yu heard this, his expression changed slightly, and he looked at Jia Xu with a very puzzled look, until he confirmed that Jia Xu was moved, he was immediately relieved, and his slightly furrowed brows were completely relaxed. Obviously, if Zhuge Liang was not a person recognized by both Li Li and Jia Xu, and if he was not a colleague, Zhou Yu would have been very unconvinced after hearing Jia Xu's words, and he would definitely have a competition with Zhuge Liang afterwards. But at this moment, he didn't have the heart to win, but wondered if Jia Xu had any opinion of Zhuge Liang. It wasn't until he confirmed that Jia Xu had no malicious intent that he was completely relieved.

In troubled times, the most taboo is intrigue between colleagues, internal discord, how can it be successful? At this point, Zhou Yu is absolutely unambiguous, otherwise he would not be Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin.

?????? Under the same sky and the same night, the inner hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion in Yecheng is also brightly lit.

Yuan Shao, who was the chief secretary of the third prince and the prime minister, stood in front of the window worriedly at the moment, staring at the eastern mountains at night through the propped up window, and was silent for a long time.

A month ago, the Yuan Alliance suffered a heavy setback due to the sudden withdrawal of troops from Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and the two main battlefields of Hebei and Huainan stopped fighting one after another, falling into a stalemate of confrontation. At that time, Yuan Shao believed that the alliance was on the verge of falling apart, just like he had twice united with the princes to meet the alliance, and once the princes of the first way withdrew, the entire alliance would collapse and dissolve on the spot.

In this regard, Yuan Shao can be said to have a deep understanding. After all, he had served as the leader of the princes' alliance twice, and led the alliance to attack the Xiliang army twice, but the results of the two crusades were very different. For the first time, he united with the princes of the Eighteenth Route to crusade against Dong Zhuo, although it was somewhat unsatisfactory, but the battle was finally won; Because the allies finally achieved their goal, forcing Dong Zhuo and his Xiliang army away, and seizing the imperial capital Luoyang.

In the second joint campaign against Li Li, although the number of princes participating in the alliance was far less than that of the princes of the Chen Liuhui League, the soldiers and horses were far superior to the first alliance. However, the result of the battle of Sili made Yuan Shao unbearable, and the allies were defeated?????? Defeat completely, defeat cleanly, defeat to the ground. Only five of the Nine Route Princes of the Huimeng survived in the end, and less than half of the more than 500,000 allied troops finally escaped alive, which was a real fiasco.

To this day, Yuan Shao still can't forget the tragic situation of the Sili War, and when he dreams back at midnight, he is always awakened by nightmares and collapses. The hundreds of thousands of unjust souls who were killed in the pit have been haunting him, lingering in his mind, and lingering in his mind, making him restless and miserable. So he has been trying to forget the scene of the great battle of Jì Sili, forget the unbearable memory of Jì, and it is better to never remember it again, and let it disappear into the dust with time. However, with the establishment of the Yuan Alliance, the memory that he had deliberately forgotten resurfaced in his heart, so that he was awakened again in his sleep, so he put on a brocade robe and walked into the inner hall, standing in front of the window and looking to the east.

Two days ago, there was news that the Wuhuan leader Badun would lead 130,000 iron cavalry to fight Li Li's army head-on. For this reason, Yuan Shao has hardly closed his eyes in the past two days, and he has been worried about the battle of Lulongsai; In other words, from the moment he learned that Li Li appeared in Youzhou, he was uneasy in his bedroom, restless, and his heart was hanging in his throat.

"Li Li actually went to Youzhou, how did this happen? Once Youzhou falls into the hands of Li Li, Jizhou will have no peace, and it will really be on the verge of life and death, and it is in danger! It is with this concern that Yuan Shao has been waiting for the passage of time in fear for the past two days, and he really can't stay up tonight, so he finally closed his eyes and went to sleep, but he was woken up by a nightmare in the middle of the night.

Standing in front of the window, Yuan Shao estimated that the decisive battle of Lu Longsai should be over at this moment??????

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