One hundred and forty-eight chapters, Xun You offer advice
"I think it is not the best time to attack Shuofang at this time. It is true that the decisive battle between Beyin and Yuvluo suffered heavy losses. Now is the time to recuperate, and it is also the time when its power is at its weakest. It is a good time for Marquis Wen to send troops.
At this time, at this opportunity, we can use our superior troops to attack Huanglong and destroy it in one fell swoop, but this is just an idea, whether it can be realized depends on other factors."
"Let's just say that there are at least 50,000 capable troops in Gobei Shang. If they are forced to fight back, the Huns are in Shuofang and the local southern Huns in Shuofang are instinctively repulsive to foreign Han people. Naturally, they will gather in Gobei.
With the people behind you, you actually don’t have much of an advantage. Moreover, this is likely to force the entire Southern Huns in Shuofang County into a monolith, and they will not treat the Han Huns politely."
"In addition, not to mention that Shuofang County itself is very difficult to capture. Now among the seven counties controlled by Marquis Wen, except for Wuyuan County, the situation is not very stable. Even in Wuyuan County, there are officials from the prefecture.
That came out, not to mention the three counties of Yanmen that had just been recovered not long ago, the two counties of Shangdang that still existed in Zhangyang, and the prefectural governor's office were all created in Xihe County. Moreover, the purge of officialdom in Bingzhou continued, and Wen Houruo was there
It's okay to sit here, but if you want to go out to fight, you will put your hinterland in danger. It's conceivable what those little devils who were originally frightened by Wen Hou's power and unwilling to make trouble will do, not to mention Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao, who have always been eyeing this.
Especially since Yuan Shao was attacked by Marquis Wen in Hebei, he was so angry that he would take this opportunity to retaliate. It can be said that Bingzhou is facing internal and external troubles now, and it would be unwise for Marquis Wen to leave at this time."
It was Xun You who was talking just now. Was he making suggestions?
Lu Bu was stunned at first. After he realized this, he was overjoyed and thought to himself...
But before he could think about it further, Xun You immediately poured cold water on him: "Let me state in advance that this time I am just acting out of curiosity, and I can't stand the way you guys have been discussing together for so long and still haven't reached an agreement.
I just made a casual suggestion. Regardless of whether you accept it or not, it has nothing to do with me in the end. Don’t think that I am just submissive to you, Marquis Lu Wen..."
In fact, let alone Lu Bu, Xun Yu and Feng Ji were also surprised. After hearing his words, Feng Ji suddenly realized. Xun Yu looked at Xun You with a half-smiling expression.
After all, Feng Ji had only been with Xun You for a short period of time. He might have some understanding of him but it was not deep enough, at least not as good as his uncle Xun Yu.
Xun Yu knew exactly what kind of person his nephew was, and what he did just now was obviously not in line with his style. That's why he was surprised. But what he said next was even more inconsistent with his style. Xun Yu felt vaguely in his heart
It seems that Xun You's sense of Lu Bu has really changed.
If the "ideal type" in Xun Yu's heart is Cao Cao, then Xun You can only say that he has not found or met him. The initial dislike for Lu Bu was just because of Lu Bu's method of kidnapping him, but later on Lu Bu
Slowly getting in touch with and deepening their understanding, especially after learning that Lu Bu actually rescued Xun Shuang, he began to have a certain fondness for him. It was probably from that time that he began to take Lu Bu seriously and considered whether to work for him, and after this period
After careful investigation over time, he may have had an idea in his heart.
However, Xun Yu would not say anything. No matter what decision he made, it was his nephew's own business.
In fact, Chen Gong has always been very dissatisfied with Lu Bu for letting Xun You and his uncle and nephew watch. After all, the two of them did not obey. If he knew too much about Lu Bu's side, and one day they left to join other forces, what would happen to them?
Lu Bu was at a huge disadvantage, and this was his biggest worry.
Of course Lu Bu considered this, but on the one hand he wanted to slowly influence Xun You and the two of them, so that they could gradually integrate into his influence unknowingly through such influence; on the other hand, he was also selective in the selection of the meeting.
Of course, they will not participate in meetings that need to be avoided. Only when things are discussed that are harmless even if they know about them, are important enough, and sound like they value them, can they be allowed to observe. This time
The strategy of fighting against the barbarians is one of them.
Lu Bu had reason to believe that as one of the few knowledgeable people in the Han Dynasty, Xun You and his wife would not be able to hinder him in this matter, even if they were prejudiced against him. What's more, because of Xun Shuang's incident, they were against him.
I have greatly changed my outlook.
It's just that Xun Yu is not a showy person, not to mention that he has not joined Lu Bu after all, so he won't say it easily even if he hears and thinks about it. However, Xun You is not like that. His character is different from Xun Yu's, and it cannot be said that
Ai Xian will be more outspoken, and it is not easy for him to hold back everything.
However, in Lu Bu's mind, even if he had to raise an opinion, Xun Yu should be the first to raise it among the two, because his opinion of him was not bad. It was time for improvement because of Xun Shuang and others, but he never thought that he would do it first.
It's Xun You.
If you think about it more carefully, in addition to the previous reasons, the fact that Feng Ji, who had been close friends with them for a long time, has joined Lu Bu may also have a great impact. You must know that at that time, among the three of them, Er Xun and Feng Ji
The person least likely to surrender to Lu Bu is Feng Ji, but now he is the first to bow his head. Er Xun does not understand the content, and Feng Ji seems to be a little embarrassed to face them, and has no chance to explain to them, so before them
In addition to doubts and dissatisfaction in my heart, I am afraid that the impact I received was not small.
Lu Bu must have done something, but what could he have done to make Feng Ji, who was so determined at the beginning, suddenly give in? What if it were them?
Of course, the more you think about it, the more your heart will waver. Let’s go back to Xun You’s opinion.
He could mention so much at this time. Judging from his current restricted freedom situation, even with Xun Shuang as a news channel, it is obvious that he himself has been paying attention to these news, and maybe even connected deep in his heart.
He didn't even realize it. When he was thinking about the problem more, he began to stand in Lu Bu's position.
And I have to say that in some aspects what he said is indeed very reasonable. Even though Xun You had not yet got a stage to display his talents at this time, he showed his excellence vividly at an opportunity that was not a chance.
However, his speech at this time was actually more out of control, but Xun You obviously would not admit it, and regardless of whether Lu Bu or the others believed it or not, he continued with a straight face and a serious tone: "Also, this matter has nothing to do with me.
Even if you don’t adopt it in the end, I won’t mind and don’t need to take it into consideration.”
However, Lu Bu did not agree with Xun You's opinion. If he only wanted stability, Lu Bu would naturally not reject such a step-by-step approach, but what he needed was continuous bravery and diligence. Didn't Jia Xu, Chen Gong and the others know this
At that time, Lu Bu wanted to stabilize all the seven counties of Bingzhou first, and then slowly plan to unify and merge the states. Is this the safest and most certain choice? But in the end, they still thought that they should be more diligent, and they should not take advantage of the good opportunity to capture Shuofang.
Just let it go.
Speaking of which, Xun You still has some vision and sensitivity, and a good view of the overall strategic situation. This can be seen from the fact that he can connect internal and external affairs with Lu Bu's war against Shuo Fang; but it must be said that he is still a bit talkative.
War sometimes requires consideration of various factors, but opportunities often coexist with dangers. If you don't seize the opportunity, it will be difficult to get the opportunity again if it slips away.
And if you analyze it carefully, you will find that from another perspective, the internal and external troubles that Xun You mentioned do not exist. Why? Let’s talk about internal troubles first. The purge of Bingzhou officialdom, including the army, is the beginning, but everyone knows that in
It's such a bad thing to have bad luck at this time. Even if Lu Bu is not here, and Chen Gong has replaced a large number of officials, big and small, these officials will not be much less afraid of him than Lu Bu at this time, at least in
Lu Bu was determined not to act rashly before bad news came about Shuo Fang's war; not to mention foreign invasion, Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao all had their own concerns, and it was impossible for them to choose to attack Lu Bu at this time, let alone if there were
Having learned the lesson from the previous destruction of Han Meng's 10,000 Yuan army, he must think twice before taking any action.
Perhaps because he had no corresponding experience until now, Xun You's first suggestion, which he thought was excellent, looked more like a joke to Chen Gong and Liang Le. However, none of them laughed, and they were all waiting to see what Lu Bu would do.
What decision.
Lu Bu pondered for a while. He was thinking about how to respond. He still had to take care of Xun You's mood. But because he didn't expect that Xun You would speak at this time, he was also very entangled. In the end, he shook his head and said: "Gongda
There may be some truth in what he said, but I have already considered it, so I can only shelve Gongda's clever plan and implement the following strategies first."
Although Xun You kept saying that he didn't mind, Lu Bu still found that when he refused, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, and his mind was naturally not as relaxed and indifferent as he said.
However, Lu Bu could not control his thoughts now. After politely refusing, without even explaining, he turned back and said: "All civil and military officials listen to the order: from now on, the affairs of the seven counties in Bingzhou will be handed over to the prefects of each county. If there is any problem,
Since the emergency cannot be notified to me in time, Wuyuan Governor Chen Gong, Xihe Governor Jia Xu and Shangdang Governor Zhang Liao made a temporary decision... The three armies gathered and approached Shuofang!"
Xun You didn't seem to expect that his words not only had no impact on Lu Bu's decision-making, but actually made him go further and further down the "wrong" path. He snorted imperceptibly, appearing very dissatisfied.
Chapter completed!