Xu Shu's courage was greater than the Yellow Turban generals imagined. He came alone, without even an entourage. When he saw Xu He, the first sentence he spoke was to express Xu He's probing words that had been brewing for a long time.
It was all blocked back.
The young man smiled faintly, and the light of the setting sun shone on his bright smiling face, which actually emitted the brilliance of the morning sun. The tone of his words and his smile made people feel like a spring breeze, but the meaning contained in it was no better than the howling cold outside.
The wind makes people more comfortable.
"General Xu must have met the envoy from Langya. Tell me what conditions they have given you."
"Qiang..." The secret in his heart was suddenly exposed. Xu He was stunned on the spot. His bodyguard reacted even more, pressing his hand directly on the handle of the knife. If he had the impulse, he pulled half of the sword out!
These people had also been rolled on the tip of a knife and killed in a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. Their psychological quality should not be so bad. But Xu Shu's words were too sudden and his previous smile was so confusing that everyone had a conspiracy.
Being exposed, the feeling of being exposed without seeing the light, the reaction is inevitably a bit intense.
The atmosphere was tense and solemn, but Xu Shu, the perpetrator, seemed to be okay. He ignored the murderous eyes of all the guards, picked up the tea cup, took a slow sip, and praised softly: "The tea is good, General Xu is also a gentleman.
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"Get out of here!" Xu He raised his eyebrows and shouted angrily, as if he was awakened by the crisp collision of porcelain bowls. The target was not Xu Shu, but the guards behind him.
"Commander..." The leader of the personal guards looked at Xu He and then at Xu Shu. Although they knew that they had just lost their composure and lost face, but thinking of Xu Shu's reputation, how could they dare to trust each other and their own commander?
Alone?
You must know that the other party is a person who walks in the darkness. Back in Xuzhou, he once scared away two princes with heavy troops! My own commander's martial arts are also pretty good, but...
"Haven't you humiliated enough people? You are shameless, I want it! Get out of here, get out of here!" Xu He yelled and kicked out all the guards.
"I have heard for a long time that General Xu has a high prestige in the army and follows his words. When I saw him today, it turned out to be true." Xu Shu's tone was still light, and it always sounded like there was some unfinished meaning.
To be honest, Xu He was not good at this way of speaking. He was very uncomfortable with the other party's vague and erratic words. Although his original intention was to use this method to test each other with the other party first, he couldn't get enough of it.
At the end of the day, he found that it was more appropriate to use his usual handling method.
"The tea was sent by the Lord. It is a good thing. If it were not for the blessing of the Lord, I might not have such a stable life as this year if I work hard for another ten years. The Lord is very fond of me and all the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans."
He is kind." Once he regained his true colors, Xu He's words became sharper.
"People in the Ming Dynasty don't tell secrets. There are indeed people from Langya. Chang Xi visited me personally and promised me that as long as I am willing to send troops to help in the battle, the places I conquer will belong to a certain place. If I just stand still, I can
Ensure the current territory; if it is the other way around... I heard that Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai died of serious injuries and died in Puyang a few days ago. General Cao was elected by the Yanzhou scholars and has taken over as Yanzhou Mu and is working hard!"
Since Xu Shu couldn't win by talking in circles, Xu He simply laid out the conditions on both sides.
That's right, Wang Yu was kind to him and allowed him to retain his troops and autonomy. He also didn't forget to send a copy of good things when he got them.
In this era, things like tea and chrysanthemum were very precious things. Tea was only circulated in the circles of princes and nobles, and chrysanthemum was even called the dish of the emperor, so Gongsun Zan asked about the ingredients of horse meat hot pot.
, and then made such a sigh.
However, these favors pale in comparison to the generous conditions offered by Langya.
Today's Taishan County is not as empty as usual. If Xu He agrees and marches eastward, Fenggao can be captured within three days and the fertile land in the western part of Taishan County can be swallowed up.
Such conditions are not without temptation. Now the Jibei Kingdom is also controlled by the remaining tribesmen of Qingzhou Yellow Turban. As long as Xu He agrees, with his identity and strength, he can easily become the leader of Qingzhou Yellow Turban again.
Half of Mount Tai, the Jibei Kingdom, could take advantage of the trend and take the empty Lu Kingdom into its pocket. Xu He, who took advantage of the situation, suddenly transformed into a small and powerful prince.
Even if Wang Yu finally won the Hebei War, with Zang Ba on the side to contain him and Cao Cao on the back, Xu He might not have only darkness in front of him. Playing both sides to please both sides is the way to survive for the weak.
On the contrary, if he sides with Qingzhou, I don't know what will happen in the future, but he will definitely suffer the loss now.
He didn't know whether it was true or not that Liu Dai died of serious injuries, and he didn't care, but it was always true that Cao Cao became the shepherd of Yanzhou. There were Zang Ba's 30,000 Taishan bandits in the east, and in the west there were those who dominated Yanzhou and a small half of Yuzhou.
Cao Cao, coupled with the surrounding tycoons with malicious intentions, Xu He's situation will become extremely difficult.
"General Yuan Zhi, you should know very well that I, Xu He, am not an ambitious person. My biggest wish is just to find a way for everyone to survive. At the beginning, the emperor was magnanimous and did not touch Xu, the thousands of old brothers.
But that wasn’t someone who asked for it on his own initiative. It’s known all over the world that a prince loves his soldiers like his sons. If the brothers can be recruited, it might not be a bad thing.”
Xu He's tone was sincere and his expression was calm: "But since the prince has let you make the decision, you can only shoulder the burden. Now, it's not that you want to control anything, it's just that the situation is like this. If you make a mistake, the brothers will probably
He will die without a burial place!"
Xu Shu rubbed his fingers and felt a slight headache.
He is not afraid that the other party will fight with him. Compared with that, he has never suffered any losses in his life. At most, he suffered a few defeats from the military advisor. The military advisor is an old fox, and he has almost become a master.
, it is not shameful to lose to him, even the lord often encounters obstacles with the military advisor, let alone myself?
Xu He could only be exploited if he wanted to be cunning. But now that the other party was not willing to fight with his wits, but instead presented the facts and expressed his feelings, the difficulty of persuasion suddenly became higher.
It's easy to use and can be deceived by talking nonsense. The other party suffers a loss afterwards and can only knock out his teeth and swallow it. Who let him be tempted in the first place?
It would be troublesome to change it to heart-to-heart communication. In this case, lying is not possible. Once the lie is discovered, the consequences will be serious, unless he can judge that the other party is acting. However, looking at Xu He's expression, combined to collect
Using the incoming information as a reference, even if Xu He was acting, he couldn't be as realistic as he is now.
In this way, if you want to convince the other party, you have to tell the truth, and the risk of doing so is very high.
Thoughts were passing through his mind, but Xu Shu did not pause at all. He smiled and dropped a piece of bombshell news: "Speaking of Cao Cao, General Xu may not know yet. Just three days ago, two generals, Ziyi and Zilong, were in Dongwu.
Yang fought with Zhang Yang and Cao Ren's coalition forces, and they were defeated. Zilong's formation killed more than a dozen generals including Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang, including Cao Ren."
"Hiss..." Xu He gasped. Zhao Yun and Tai Shici had only more than 4,000 people in total, but they actually wiped out an army of 20,000 people. Even Cao Ren was killed. This kind of inhuman fighting power is really terrifying.
.Especially that Zhao Yun, killing generals and seizing the flag is like searching for something. A dozen of them in a battle is more efficient than killing small soldiers.
Xu Shu added: "At the same time, my lord crossed the river at night and attacked Yuan Camp. It was another brilliant victory... Jizhou's army and horses are now at the end of their rope, trapped on Mingshi Mountain, with no food and grass inside and no reinforcements outside. They will only be destroyed."
It’s just a matter of time.”
These messages were not secrets, but were limited by the speed of information transmission in this era and could not be spread in time. Xu Shu also received the message from a fast horse before he left. At this time, he said it softly, which shocked Xu He.
After a long time, Xu He recovered and wondered: "In this case, why didn't the prince return to Qingzhou quickly? How could he still let Zang Ba show off his power?"
Xu Shu thought for a while and decided to tell the truth: "Yuan Shao was so mad that he colluded with the Huns and did not hesitate to bet on the safety of the Central Plains in order to have a last-ditch fight with his lord, so..."
After a slight pause, Xu Shu suddenly changed the topic and asked: "The situation is like this. I would like to ask the general. If the general really gets the Lu State, Jibei, and half of Taishan County as he wishes, he may be able to manage today's Juping County."
What’s the weather like?”
The topic changed a bit quickly, Xu He was silent for a while, and then shook his head: "No." He smiled bitterly: "Although the land in the field is mostly ownerless land, without the power of the monarch, it is still possible.
I can't stop the prying eyes of many tigers and wolves. If I had the ability to protect the three counties, I wouldn't have done it in Qingzhou..."
Xu He was very senior in the Yellow Turban Army and had witnessed with his own eyes the whole process of the rise and fall of the Yellow Turban Uprising. The main force of the Yellow Turban Army was defeated by famous generals such as Huangfu Song, but the Yellow Turban Uprising spread to the entire Central Plains and was truly everywhere. It had a great impact on the Yellow Turban Army.
Those who carried out the suppression were many powerful people.
Even though Xu He had thousands of troops, Jibei Kingdom was almost completely occupied by the remnants of the Yellow Turbans from Qingzhou. It was just because of the behemoth Qingzhou that no one dared to come to Wang Yu's territory, even if it caused trouble nearby. If it were to change places.
, with Xu He's strength, the most he can do is go up the mountain and become a bandit.
These Taishan heroes are not vegetarians! In a sense, Zang Ba’s Taishan bandits are the representatives of Taishan’s heroes.
Thinking of this, Xu He suddenly had a glimmer of understanding. He understood why Wang Yu did not forcibly recruit his troops, but let himself go as he pleased in Juping. It was not that he looked down upon his troops, but that he was taking a long-term view.
Big fish.
He secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, Wang Junhou did not intend to negotiate terms, but let him deliver it to his door willingly.
"General Yuanzhi, I already understand what you mean, but I still say the same thing. Xu himself does not have the ambition to dominate, but he cannot lead his brothers to their death. Zang Ba has thirty thousand soldiers and horses.
Everyone. And the brothers under a certain command are only five thousand in total. A certain person does not have the courage of General Zilong, let alone the ability to defeat more with less..."
There is nothing more to say, Xu He put forward the last condition, which is also the most difficult one. His strength is far inferior to Zang Ba, and he has no capital to fight head-on. Even if he has the intention to repay, he cannot let his brothers attack the stone with an egg. To die?
Xu Shu's smile was still so calm. He gently put the tea cup down, dipped his fingers in the tea, and sketched on the table. Xu He went over to take a look and found that what the other party drew was the topographic map of the northern part of Taishan County.
After finishing the drawing with a few strokes, Xu Shu raised his eyes and looked at Xu He, and said seriously: "I have a plan, but there are some loopholes in it. If I get the help of the general, this plan has at least an 80% chance of winning. General, would you like to help me?"
Xu He cupped his fists and saluted solemnly: "He is all ears. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)