As the night grew darker, everyone was chatting around the bonfire. Liu Bei looked at Li Mengxi for a long time and suddenly said, "It's cold in the night. Come on, let's go inside."

So, Liu, Guan, Zhang and Li Mengxi got up and went towards the house.

On the way to the city lord's palace, Liu Bei deliberately pulled Li Mengxi. When he arrived at the city lord's palace, Liu Bei directly led Li Mengxi to the short table in the hall. Then there was a short table in the hall. Liu Bei did not sit in the front, but led Li Mengxi to the side.

After sitting down, Liu Bei also sat on the side. The two sat at opposite ends of each other.

Then there was a long period of staring at each other. Liu Bei and Li Mengxi looked at each other for a long time and were silent for a long time.

Li Mengxi knew that Liu Bei had something to ask, and Li Mengxi could probably guess what Liu Bei wanted to ask.

While Li Mengxi was organizing his thoughts, Liu Bei was also thinking about how to speak.

When Huangfu Song came with great force, he had no choice but to fire an arrow on the string, so everything in the army followed Li Mengxi's plan. At that time, the crisis was extremely serious and there was no other choice. Now that the officers and soldiers have retreated, the crisis has been resolved.

Liu Bei, who had been led by Li Mengxi, finally wanted to ask Li Mengxi frankly and honestly what his plans were for the future.

The two people had a good rapport, one wanted to ask and the other wanted to answer. They sat across from each other, both frowning and thinking.

Suddenly, the two of them raised their heads at the same time, and the moment they looked at each other, they both smiled in unison.

Li Mengxi straightened up, raised his hands and saluted Liu Bei solemnly, and then said seriously, "In the past few days, Duke Xuande has been following my plan on all major military matters, and he has never raised any doubts.

Now that the officers and soldiers are staying far away, my urgent need has been solved. I can find peace for a moment.

Duke Xuande thought it necessary to ask, now that the Yellow Turban is over, where should our army go from here? Yes or no?" Li Mengxi looked at Liu Bei with a smile.

A smile appeared on Liu Bei's face, he raised his head and laughed, "The one who knows me is Meng Xi!"

After saying this, he leaned forward slightly, looked at Li Mengxi, and asked seriously, "From the military advisor's point of view, how should our army behave when we go down?"

Li Mengxi looked at Liu Bei with a calm expression, half-smiling but not smiling. He flicked his fingers on the low table and said quietly, "There are three ways to achieve great things."

Liu Bei opened his eyes slightly and asked quickly, "Oh? What are the three ways?"

Li Mengxi glanced at Liu Bei, then turned his head and looked down at Guan and Zhang. Seeing that Guan and Zhang were both listening attentively, he looked away, and then Li Mengxi began to talk eloquently.

"Before leaving Zhuozhou, Duke Xuande told me that I wanted to join Liu Yan in Youzhou in order to get a chance to enter the country;

At that time, we wanted to surrender to Liu Yan, but our troops were few and far between. Even if we surrendered to him, we would not be able to gain Liu Yan's attention.

Today, our army has swept into a large force and has surrendered 150,000 Yellow Turbans and tens of thousands of elite soldiers. We surrendered that day but could not put them to good use. If we surrender again today, they can rely on them and become their arms and opportunity to advance.

It’s easy to get.”

After saying that, after a pause, Li Mengxi continued, "Whether you surrender to Liu Yan, or you will be awarded a half-official position by the imperial court based on your first contribution to defeating Zhang Jiao in the fight against the Yellow Turbans, and go to the post, you can use your official status to make progress."

, it can be called, [official way].”

Without waiting for Liu Bei to figure out the deeper meaning, Li Mengxi then said, "The second strategy is to rely on the 150,000 refugees and tens of thousands of elite soldiers to dominate a state, and then win over powerful families and take advantage of them.

It is strong and strong, and it can be used vertically and horizontally to achieve great momentum.

This is, [the royal way].”

"The third strategy is not to accept officials from the court, not to fake the name of the government, not to rely on the power of powerful families, but to rely on the army to stand on one's own, seize the government by force, lead the government by oneself, and dominate the country with troops. This is called [dominance]!"

After Li Mengxi finished his three strategies, Liu Xuande frowned and fell into deep thought.

Below, Guan and Zhang also frowned and pondered.

Li Mengxi mentioned the three ways, official way, royal way, and hegemony. Li Mengxi had his own considerations for each.

Official career was Liu Xuande's original plan. Whether Liu Xuande joined Liu Yan or later took office after receiving an official position due to his military merits, he always sought advancement as an official.

The king's way is to imitate the way Jiangdong started his business, and rely on the power of the aristocratic family to achieve great success. There are enough opportunities. If the king's way is followed, he can eventually become Jiangdong.

As for domineering, it is extremely radical.

Liu Bei pondered for a long time, unable to make up his mind for a long time. Suddenly he looked up at Li Mengxi in front of him and asked, "If the military advisor comes to choose, what will happen if he is elected?"

Li Mengxi did not answer immediately, but paused for a moment, and then said, "There is a difficulty in [officialdom].

How did I know that the official who was rewarded by the imperial court was exactly where my foundation was?

If my foundation and my place of officialdom are far apart, how will I deal with myself? Should I abandon my official position? Or abandon the place of my foundation? Or should my foundation be moved far away? Both are difficult."

"[The King's Way] One policy is to win over aristocratic families, and to control them vertically and horizontally. But the powerful and powerful families have entangled interests, and are intertwined. How can they win over everyone, and how can they be able to control them vertically and horizontally? A person from a certain mountainous area is not familiar with the family, does Mr. Xuande know? "

Liu Bei thought he couldn't win over the aristocratic family, so he could only shake his head and said, "Bei is not familiar with the aristocratic family."

Li Mengxi smiled, turned his head, looked down, and asked Guan Yu, "Does General Guan know a powerful family?"

Guan Yu is a reckless person who has not had many interactions with the family. How can he be familiar with the family's sects? Guan Yu shook his head and said, "I'm not familiar with it."

When Li Mengxi looked at Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei said in a dull voice without asking, "I am a powerful man, not a noble family!"

There is a difference between an aristocratic family and a powerful one. An aristocratic family has put in many efforts over generations, or even operated for hundreds of years, to be considered an aristocratic family. A powerful family has a shallow foundation and cannot be compared with an aristocratic family.

After asking a round of questions, Li Mengxi looked at Liu Bei and said with a smile, "That's it.

We all come from humble backgrounds, and the power and tactics used to win over aristocratic families are really not what we are good at.

If you insist on the royal way, you will be short-term and long-term."

After saying this, Li Mengxi then asked, "If the three generals are not familiar with the aristocratic families, how can they be familiar with the people? What do the three generals think the people want?"

Zhang Fei stared and thought for a moment, then said, "What the people want is full food!"

"Of course!" Li Mengxi smiled.

He then asked Xiang Guan Yu, "What does General Guan think the people want?"

Guan Yu stroked his beard and thought for a moment, then said, "What the people want is light corvee and low taxes."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Of course!" Li Mengxi smiled even happier.

Turning his head and looking at Liu Bei in front of him, Li Mengxi finally asked, "What does Mr. Xuande think the people want?"

Liu Bei pondered, looked at Li Mengxi, and said, "What the people want is fair."

"Of course!" Li Mengxi smiled even happier.

He suppressed his smile and said seriously, "Just like Fangcai, none of us are familiar with the family, but we are all familiar with the common people.

Being close to the people and coming from a distant family is what we are good at."

"Therefore, the royal way is not the best policy for me."

There were only three ways in total, the official way, the kingly way, and the hegemonic way. The official way and the kingly way were all refuted. Liu Bei looked straight at Li Mengxi and asked, "Who the military advisor wants to choose is [hegemonic]?"

Li Mengxi nodded slowly.

Liu Bei frowned slightly, "As the military counselor said, domineering is the best way to seize the government, lead the government on your own, and dominate the country with troops. How is this move different from treason?"

Li Mengxi was unmoved and looked directly into Liu Bei's eyes for a long time, "If someone says that he wants to rebel, what will he do?"

For a moment, the atmosphere was as quiet as death, and you could hear a pin drop.

Liu Bei's expression changed slightly, and he looked at Li Mengxi for a long time. In the end, Liu Bei couldn't bear to curse Li Mengxi. He simply closed his eyes, turned his head, and stopped looking at Li Mengxi. "If you want to rebel, don't do it!"

"Hahahaha!" Li Mengxi laughed, shaking his head while laughing.

After laughing, Li Mengxi stared at Liu Bei's words and said, "You think that now that the matter has come to this, it is up to me whether to rebel or not?

Our army has been at odds with the government and the army, how could Huangfu Song let it go?

The trees want to be quiet, but the wind is not stopping. The situation is now difficult for me.

The difficulty lies in the fact that our army has surrendered all the Yellow Turbans, including 150,000 men. It is enough to recruit the Yellow Turbans, but Zhang Jiao, the Yellow Turban thief, surrenders to our army. It is not enough that Zhang Jiao surrenders to our army. Our army is against Dong Zhuo. With Dong Zhuo,

If you fall for evil, you even evil Huangfu Song, so that all the troops from the north and south of the imperial court who are pursuing thieves are enemies of us; if you fall for hatred of the officers and soldiers, the problem is that you, Liu Xuande, are white, and Huangfu Songruo reports to the court.

It is said that our Zhuozhou Army intends to rebel. We have no official status and no chance to argue, so we can only let him tell the truth.

I asked Mr. Xuande, if Huangfu Song retreats and comes again, sending hundreds of thousands of troops from all sides of the court to attack him, at that time, even if we are loyal and good, we disperse our troops and abandon our weapons, how can the court tolerate me?

"

Li Mengxi's words made Liu Bei look ugly.

Liu Bei always thinks about the imperial court and the army. Liu Bei always thinks that everything will be fine if the army is gone, and he doesn't want to think about being an enemy of the imperial court.

However, as the military adviser said, Huangfu Song hated the Zhuozhou Army and could not get rid of it quickly. Now that the situation was declining, Huangfu Song retreated for a while, but how could Huangfu Song not entangle more troops and horses to come again for conquest? How could he say that as the imperial court

General Zhonglang's Huangfu Song would not write to the court to invite troops from all over to conquer.

After thinking clearly about the possible consequences, Liu Bei's face turned extremely ugly. He stared at Li Mengxi and said word by word, "Even if you do this, how can you do something treasonous and unjust?"

"Disloyal and unjust? Haha!" Li Mengxi laughed.

"Lu Zhi's lesson is not far away. The imperial court wanted to deprive Lu Zhi of his military power, but Lu Zhi gave up his military power lightly. As a result, the imperial army and horses were lost to Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo is a very ruthless man. I predict that the one who will bring chaos to the country in the future will be Dong Zhuo!

Let me ask, if Dong Zhuo becomes rebellious and he has the troops of the imperial court, if he plots rebellion, is it possible for the imperial court to resist him?

Lu Zhi served the court with loyalty, but ended up putting the court in danger. Is this a merit or a fault?

[Loyal ministers and filial sons, receive with a big stick and walk with a small stick] I once used this to persuade General Lu Zhi, and now I use it to persuade Duke Xuande."

"Nowadays, a big man is like a house that is in turmoil. In addition, in the family, there is a father who is stupid and a mother who is mediocre. The brothers in the family are disloyal and want to split up the family and divide the wealth.

At this time, Duke Xuande is the only one who is loyal and loyal to protect his family. He has tens of thousands of elite soldiers and has the power to stabilize his family. At this time, I would like to ask, does Duke Xuande want to be a loyal minister and filial son, or is he an unfaithful and unjust person?
To be continued...