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Seeing Zhang Yang's expression was completely different from before, Yuan Shao couldn't help but change his expression slightly and asked softly: "Uncle Zhi, what's wrong with you? What happened to make you so anxious? Is it wrong for our army to send troops?"

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

Then he handed the letter to Yuan Shao and explained respectfully: "This is a secret report given to me when the maid came in to serve tea. The letter said that the reason why Li thief has been stuck in the past few days is because he has delivered the army to the expedition to a general named Zhou Yu to take over the war. However, the Seizuo who we sent to Beidi County was completely unaware of it. He thought that Li thief was frustrated when he went out to fight and the war was stalemate, so he stayed in the camp at Shuofengkou to think about strategies to defeat the enemy.

Unexpectedly, the fact is not the case. The army of Xiliang expedition was completely under the control of Zhou Yu. There was no need to report to the Li thief in advance when responding to the war, and there was no need to lead the troops to fight in person. Therefore, our subordinates were blinded by the Li thief and were always guarding the camp of Shuofengkou, waiting for the Li thief to personally lead the troops to fight. However, the front-line general Zhou Yu had already led the army to defeat the Fuluo barbarian army in Qinglang Valley, and annihilated more than 100,000 barbarian cavalry in one battle, and then it was unstoppable, capturing most of the Huns grasslands in a few days.

Now the Xiliang army has arrived at the Xiongnu royal court, and it will soon be able to pacify the barbarians and win a complete victory!"

"Ah!" Everyone in the hall changed their expressions when they heard the sound, and exclaimed in unison. They all looked horrified and looked disbelief.

Shocked and lost his mind. Cao Cao murmured with a blue face, "How could this happen? The barbarian thief Yu Fuluo has more than 100,000 troops. After the defeat in Chiyang City, there were still nearly 100,000 troops. Then he asked Brother Benchu ​​for help, and we sent him 100,000 stones of grain and grass and fifty chariots of weapons. With these grain and supplies, he could gather tens of thousands of war cavalry again, reorganize his football, and fight with Li thief for several months without any problem. How could he be defeated in tens of days?"

With a brief tone, Cao Cao cursed in anger, "Yu Fuluo is such a stupid pig! There are more than 100,000 troops. In addition, the war horses, and more than 200,000 horses, even 200,000 stupid pigs, standing there stupidly and letting the Xiliang army chop and kill, would be enough to hold the Xiliang army for half a month. But now it is so unbearable that more than 100,000 war cavalry were simply sent by Li Thief to lead an unknown general to lead the army to wipe out. It's really outrageous and stupid!"

"Ahhhh!" Just as Cao Cao cursed Fuluo's stupidity, Yuan Shao, who had already read the letter, had a ferocious face and roared angrily: "The thief is ruining my big deal! They are all stupid pigs. If you don't succeed, you'll die! I'm so angry! Huhhhhh---"

While gritting his teeth, Yuan Shao cursed with anger. His cheeks were so red that his nose was as thick as a cow. He opened his mouth and gasped quickly, but he was still angry and could not breathe. He could not get up and down in his chest in one breath. He felt extremely uncomfortable.

Lu Bu's handsome face also changed drastically at this moment, with a burst of blue and a burst of red. Unpredictable changes, and finally a slightly pale look appeared on his face. But he did not lose his composure as seriously as Yuan Shao and Cao Cao and cursed, but his face was gloomy and thoughtful, and his expression couldn't help but dim.

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

During this secret meeting, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Zhang Yang, Xu You and others looked extremely despised Li Li in their words and deeds. Li Thief kept silent, without any taboos, and wanted to denounce Li Li arbitrarily, but Lu Bu rarely cursed Li Li, and even respected Li Li as the general.

As the saying goes, the ignorant is fearless.

In Lu Bu's opinion, Yuan Shao and others were too arrogant and arrogant, because only those who had never seen Li Li would be so arrogant and ignore Li Li's existence. However, those who had truly had close contact with Li Li would never dare to despise Li Li, nor would they slander Li Li rudely. Because in Lu Bu's heart, Li Li was a respectable opponent, and a wise overlord who was rare in the world. Unfortunately, Lu Bu and Li Li were not the same person after all, and neither of them was the ones who were willing to be inferior. Moreover, they had a feud due to Dong Zhuo's death, and the conflicts could not be reconciled. They were destined to be enemies in this life, and there was no possibility of turning enemies into friends at all.

However, this did not prevent Lu Bu from respecting Li Li. Perhaps in the eyes of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others, Li Li of Xiliang was just a young student at the age of twentieth. He was as old as their son. No matter how capable he was, he was not afraid. However, Lu Bu did not look down on Li Li because of his young age. Instead, he was quite afraid of Li Li and regarded him as the enemy of his life.

In fact, Lu Bu was like Yuan Shao and others in his early years, and he didn't take Li Li seriously at all, and even looked down on him. Looking back, when Li Li was promoted to Longxiang Captain but had no real power. When he wandered around in Chang'an City all day, Lu Bu was already a celebrity around Dong Zhuo. When he first heard Li Li's name, he didn't take it seriously. In a blink of an eye, he forgot that there was Li Li, the other person in Chang'an City. Until Li Li was released from Wuwei County as the prefect, he was ordered to see him off. It was his first close contact with Li Li face to face. At that time, the two sides did not talk too much, and there was no more than five words in total. It was considered a hurry and nodding friendship.

However, it was Li Li who was forgotten by him that when he returned to Chang'an again a year later, he was in power and showed his sensation. He held tens of thousands of soldiers in his hand and dominated one side. Dong Zhuo did not dare to underestimate him 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 and deliberately refused and did not go to welcome Li Li into the city. It was from that moment that Li Li officially entered his sight, letting him remember that there was a powerful general like Li Li in the Xiliang army who should not be underestimated.

Since Li Lire's troops returned to Chang'an, they immediately became the focus of hot discussion among the people in Chang'an City. They became a celebrity in front of Dong Zhuo after Lu Bu, vaguely showing a stance of competing with him, which triggered open and secret struggles between the two. Afterwards, Lu Bu and Li Li fought several times, all of which were at a disadvantage and suffered a great loss. However, at that time he did not know that he became a stepping stone for Li Li to establish his authority in the Western Liang army. Every defeat in each struggle meant that Li Li's reputation was raised; when the Ba River was defeated, Li Li's prestige in the Western Liang army rose to the peak, surpassing him, Lu Bu and becoming a benchmark-like powerful existence in the Western Liang army.

Lu Bu was ignorant of the deep intention hidden in this. It was not until after escaping from Xiliang that he could clarify his mind and suddenly realize it. It was a pity that he understood it too late. After realizing it, he realized it and realized it thoroughly, and after he had completely figured out the whole story, the situation was already gone and it was too late to regret it.

Looking back on the past that was unbearable to look back, Lu Bu's heart was extremely bitter, shame, shame, resentment and admiration, and thoughts surged into his heart. It was really mixed with all kinds of feelings. He knew the warmth and coldness.

Logically speaking, Lu Bu should have hated Li Li to the core. There is no way to talk about admiration except shame and hatred, but the truth is not the case. In fact, Lu Bu really admired Li Li deeply in his heart, so he respected Li Li. All this originated from the fact that Li Li kept his promise and allowed him to lead his troops to leave.

Looking at Lu Bu's nearly twenty years of wartime career, he never bowed his head to anyone, nor would he bowed his head to ask for forgiveness. Even in front of Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo and others, he was just a show-off and seeking promotion. In fact, he did not take Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo seriously. For him, recognizing people as his adoptive father is just a shortcut to promotion. It is not an exaggeration to say that he uses any means to achieve his goal. But on the front battlefield, he never gave up on anyone, because he himself is the invincible incarnation and an invincible god of war, and no one can defeat him on the battlefield.

There is a saying: Green mountains outside the mountain, buildings outside the mountain, one mountain is higher than the other.

On the night of the Chang'an War, Lu Bu led his troops to attack not only failed to rescue Wang Yun and the emperor, but was instead taken away by Li Li and cut off his retreat. Later, Lu Bu led his troops to escape from Chang'an, but Li Li took a shortcut and arrived at Wu Pass in front of him, and then set up an ambush calmly, so that Lu Bu and his cavalry were waiting to die without any resistance.

That night, Lu Bu felt despair for the first time in his life, and felt that death was approaching step by step, and was so close that he was helpless that he did not even have the courage to fight to the death. He had to dismount and bow down and admit defeat, asking Li Li to spare his life.

That night, after more than ten years of war, Lu Bu, the god of war who was invincible to the world with the square halberd in his hand and the red rabbit horse under his crotch, stood in front of Li Li and begged for mercy, and handed over the camp of Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, the left and right arm, to Li Li, in exchange for his own life.

When that was the case, Lu Bu felt no shame or shame in his heart. His only thought was to survive, and he had no desires and was focused on it. What unexpectedly was that Li Li actually kept his promise and let him leave decisively, and even asked him to lead his troops to leave without making any more difficult or obstructing him.

It was from that moment that Lu Bu felt both hatred and shameful towards Li Li, and also awe. Because he truly felt Li Li's strong self-confidence and the king's mind that was in his palm. Perhaps everyone in the world was afraid of him, Lu Bu, but he could not see any fear in Li Li's eyes. All he saw was Li Li's arrogance and fearless heart of a strong man. This was exactly what Lu Bu did not have, or he had it, but since he killed Ding Yuancheng as a promotion ceremony, he had completely lost this bold mind and fearless heart of a strong man.

After escaping 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 Li Li. Because he really lost to Li Li, he was defeated in a mess, and he was completely defeated, and he was dissatisfied with his defeat. The reason why he respected Li Li was not because of Li Li's martial arts skills and his powerful generals, but because Li Li was broad-minded and heroic, and had a word of divine words. If the scene under Wuguan City was changed, 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 leave. With Li Li's confidence and mind alone, Lu Bu believed that he could not do it, but Li Li did so, and he did not regret it from beginning to end.

Two years later, Lu Bu formed an alliance with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others to deal with Li Li and his Xiliang army. His real intention was very simple and simple, which was to use the power of the Allies to fight Li Li in a dignified manner, regain the dignity and confidence he had lost, and to avenge his previous shame. Therefore, he never thought of using conspiracy and tricks to win, and he was even more disdainful to collude with barbarians to send troops to harass Liangzhou, thereby achieving the goal of victory. But now he learned from Yuan Shao and Cao Cao that the barbarian thief Yu Fuluo sent troops to Liangzhou was actually Yuan Shao behind the support of the barbarian thieves. The purpose was to drag the Xiliang army on the battlefield of the Xinu grasslands and unextinguished. This created favorable fighter opportunities for the Allies and attacked the Xiliang army forward and backward. It was successful in one fell swoop.

This made Lu Bu feel deeply dissatisfied. No one who is sitting on the scene can better understand how much harm the Huns barbarians have to the Han border and how deep it is. The reason why he devoted himself to the military in his early years was to resist the burning, killing and looting of barbarians, and to destroy barbarians, and expand the territory of the Han Dynasty. Unfortunately, his ideal of joining the army has gradually faded away and become out of reach. However, his hatred for barbarians has never been reduced in half, and he always regarded barbarians as his life's enemy.

After sorting out his thoughts, Lu Bu sat there quietly with a sad expression, without saying a word. The ambitions that had previously emerged suddenly disappeared, and he felt quite excited. Therefore, he ignored Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Xu You and others' curses against Li Li, and watched coldly without any comment. From time to time, his brows frowned slightly, and a hint of contempt and disgust flashed in his eyes.

"Hu——!" In the inner hall, except for Lu Bu, everyone was so angry that they were dry and they were not sitting again until they were panting. They sighed and calmed down.

In fact, there was another person in the house who was somewhat similar to Lu Bu's state of mind. He just symbolically agreed, but in fact he did not curse Li Li. This person was Cao Cao's confidant adviser Xun Yu.

Xun Yu had a profound strategy, unique vision, calmness when encountering major events, and listened to thunder in silence. He was indeed a talented person of a king. But unlike ordinary strategists, others circled around the lord and pondered the thoughts of the master everywhere, but Xun Yu never deliberately catered to Cao Cao's thoughts. The reason why he joined Cao Cao's command and then devoted himself to assist Cao Cao was because Cao Cao was indeed a rare hero in the world and was loyal to the Han Dynasty.

Xun Yu was not aware of this incident of Fuluo and the barbarian troops jointly dispatching troops to harass Liangzhou. He was not aware of this in advance, and he only heard Cao Cao mention this matter recently. However, this matter had nothing to do with Cao Cao, and it was completely planned and implemented by Yuan Shao. The purpose was to restrain Li Li and his commanded Western Liang army, thereby creating favorable opportunities for the Allied forces, and unexpectedly attacked Sili, striving to defeat the Western Liang 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 had no extra money and food to support Yu Fuluo's troops at the moment, and even if he had the intention, he would not have the ability.

Looking at the princes in the Central Plains, only Yuan Shao had this strength, and only Yuan Shao could do this. Just like when he suggested that He Jin secretly summon Dong Zhuo, Ding Yuan and others to lead troops into the capital in his early years, he could use any means to achieve his goal, and almost any secret tricks could be thought of. There was also no shortage of such evil tricks among Yuan Shao's counselors. The most important thing was that Jizhou was sufficient money and food. Yuan Shao has been rich in recent years and had previously funded Lu Bu to recruit soldiers and horses. His purpose was to let Lu Bu send troops to wipe out the black bandits, so that Yuan Shao could wipe out several black bandits such as Du, Li Damu, etc.

This time, Yuan Shao used his old tricks again and secretly supported the barbarian thief Yu Fuluo, prompting Yu Fuluo to join forces with the grassland troops to harass Liangzhou. Unfortunately, the barbarian army was difficult to change and did not act according to Yuan Shao's true intentions. He changed the harassment to a large-scale invasion of Liangzhou, which led Li Li to personally lead a large army to vow to the northern expedition. But beyond everyone's expectations, Yu Fuluo's command had as many as 100,000 barbarian cavalry, and his strength was enough to make the princes of the Central Plains look at him. However, such a powerful force was defeated by the Western Liang army. In the end, more than 100,000 barbarian troops were destroyed, and the Western Liang army won a complete victory.

Not only Yuan Shao and Cao Cao could not understand this matter, but even top wise men like Xun Yu couldn't understand why the barbarian army was defeated so badly. What kind of reliance on the Western Liang army could be able to annihilate more than 100,000 barbarian troops so easily?

"Uncle Zhi, you have been in Sili for a long time and are quite close to the Anyi camp and are well-informed. Have you ever heard of who Zhou Yu, who defeated the Yufuluo barbarian army?" After finally calming down, Yuan Shao asked with a frown.

After hearing this, Zhang Yang shook his head blankly and said with thought: "I can't tell where this Zhou Yu came from. I only know that this person was a scholar recruited when Li Zhe visited Yangzhou. Calculate the time, the time he had been to join Li Zhe's command has been less than three months, and his qualifications are very shallow. According to the previous promotion practices of the Western Liang Army, this person could not have been valued by Li Zhe so quickly, and he was not qualified to stand alone.

But this time, Li thief was abnormal and promoted Zhou Yu in an extraordinary way. Before going to war, he was granted the position of left-level general of the army. After the army arrived in Beidi County, Zhou Yu was promoted to the deputy general of the army. After the great victory of Chiyang City, Zhou Yu was the chief general of the army. Later, Zhou Yu led his troops to attack secretly, so that my subordinates had no idea about it. Until the news of the great victory of Qinglang Valley spread like wildfire, the secret readers were only aware of it. "

"Yangzhou Zhou Yu?" After Zhang Yang finished speaking, Cao Cao suddenly pondered and said, "This Zhou Yu's name sounds very familiar. More than ten years ago, Zhou Yi, the Luoyang Order, had a son who was extremely intelligent and had the name of a child prodigy in Luoyang. The name of this son was also Zhou Yu. I worked under Zhou Yi back then and I had seen this son once. At that time, he was a child of five or six years old, but he was handsome, smart and very gratifying. Could it be that Zhou Yu, who was under Li Zhe, was the son of Zhou Yi of Lujiang?"

Before Cao Cao finished speaking, Xun Yu continued, "What the lord said is right. Zhou Yu is the son of Zhou Yi, the ruler of Luoyang. 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 a little famous, he could not be heard of the Central Plains states. Therefore, you have never heard of it. However, the subordinates have heard of this person. It is said that he is handsome, elegant, proficient in the six arts, both civil and military, and is particularly good at music. He is quite talented and famous in the two states of Jingyang, and even good people who have good deeds call him "Beautiful Zhou Lang."

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