My Three Kingdoms is a bit fierce

As the rumors of the Battle in the Clouds spread all over the world, the reputation of the Northern Army and Chen Chu became even louder, and in addition, the fame of Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei also rose sharply to a considerable height. After the Battle of the Clouds, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei became one of the most well-known generals in the world.

However, the spread of these rumors also brought negative effects to the Northern Army. The reason is very simple, the so-called 'wood shows in the forest, the wind will destroy it', the peak prestige of the Northern Army will definitely be noticed by the people of the world, and at the same time, it will be hated by many people with ulterior motives.

In the minds of many people, an encirclement has been formed against the Northern Army, and when the time is ripe, these forces will unite and launch a ferocious attack on the Northern Army.

Two days before August 1, Chen Chu returned to Bingzhou City.

As soon as they returned to Bingzhou, Lu Su and Xu Shu immediately came to see Chen Chu.

After staying warm for a while with Diao Chan and Zhang Rui, Chen Chu left the backyard and came to the inner hall.

"My lord." As soon as Chen Chu walked into the inner hall, the two of them got up and saluted.

"You don't have to be polite, you two gentlemen, sit down." Chen Chuwen said.

"Thank you, Lord." The two of them immediately sat down.

Chen Chu walked up to the main seat and sat down, and asked, "The two gentlemen are in a hurry to come to me, but what's the urgency?" The reason why Chen Chu asked this was because, if it was a general matter, the two of them could have asked him for advice during their regular meeting the next morning.

"Lord, Dong Zhuo sent an envoy to Bingzhou to promote the lord to hussar general in the name of the emperor, I believe the lord already knows." Xu Shu said.

Chen Chu nodded, "You have already mentioned this matter in the Flying Pigeon Biography. Is there something wrong with this? The

two nodded with a slightly solemn expression, and then Lu Su replied, "Yuan Zhi and I thought at first that Dong Zhuo was just trying to win us over in this way. At that time, we thought that Dong Zhuo had this kind of thought, which was just right for us to use to make him paralyze us. However, they didn't want Dong Zhuo to send envoys at the same time, but also to send heavy troops to Beidi County, it seems that they have expected our military plan early on.

"When did you hear about this?" Chen Chu asked.

"Just this morning." Lu Su replied.

Chen Chu nodded, and then motioned for Lu Su to continue.

Lu Su paused, and at this time, Xu Shu continued: "Dong Zhuo must want to force us to form an alliance with him through this means, and then use us to contain the main force of the eastern princes, so that he can lead the army back to Luoyang!"

Chen Chu nodded, and couldn't help thinking in his heart: I can't imagine that without Jia Xu, there are still people around Dong Zhuo who can give advice! By the way, Li Ru, this person must be Li Ru! Although Li Ru is not as good as Jia Xu, he is also a very unsimple strategist!

"Can you think of a countermeasure? I hope that our planned military operations will not be prematurely destroyed by this! You know, our finances are already quite difficult, and if we can't occupy Guanzhong as soon as possible, we will be in a very bad situation! Chen Chu said to the two, and when it came to the back, Chen Chu's tone showed obvious worry.

In fact, Chen Chu did not have other ways to solve the financial problem, but Chen Chu was unwilling to use those methods.

Xu Shu and Lu Su were silent for a moment, and then Xu Shu said: "There is a way, but there will be a slight delay in time, and the lord must take some other measures to alleviate the financial problem, otherwise, I am afraid that the finance will not be able to hold out until our army occupies Guanzhong." "

Let's talk about what you can do to break Dong Zhuo's plan."

So Xu Shu replied: "Ma Teng has always hated Dong Zhuo, and often has the intention of attacking Dong Zhuo from the east. But because Dong Zhuo is strong, Ma Teng has not moved. If we lobbied Ma Teng and asked him to attack Dong Zhuo together, Ma Teng would have no reason to refuse!

Chen Chu's eyes couldn't help but light up, but then he frowned again and asked, "But if we send troops with Ma Teng, Dong Zhuo will still put the main force in Beidi County to defend us, and it is very likely that Ma Teng will enter the pass first, which is not a good thing for us!"

Xu Shu smiled and continued: "Don't worry, lord, please listen to my explanation slowly." What the lord said is indeed a problem, and after discussing it with Zijing, I feel that we can make some changes in the time of sending troops. "

Oh?!" Chen Chu showed curiosity on his face and motioned for Xu Shu to continue.

"We can send our troops a few days after the time agreed with Ma Teng, and by then, Dong Zhuo's main force will definitely be attracted to the west, and our army will move south to Beidi County with lightning speed. Dong Zhuojun was caught off guard, and the success of our army in breaking through Beidi County in a short period of time was very high!

Chen Chu suddenly felt that his eyes suddenly opened up, Xu Shu's strategy is definitely the best way to solve the problem in Guanzhong at present! At the same time, Chen Chu couldn't help but feel a little emotionally in his heart: Xu Shu's plan is really a bit insidious!

"Very good! The success of this plan is very high! Chen Chu nodded excitedly. Then he immediately ordered Lu Su: "Zijing, immediately send an envoy to Xiliang and bring more gifts, so that Ma Teng can send troops as soon as possible!"

Lu Su immediately sat up straight and hugged his fists at Chen Chu and said, "Yes, lord."

"However, my lord, Ma Teng is afraid that it will be difficult to send troops in a very short time, so my lord also needs to consider a strategy to deal with financial problems for the time being." Lu Su said again.

Chen Chu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "What suggestions do you have?"

Lu Su and Xu Shu glanced at each other, and then Lu Su said: "I suggest that the lord temporarily increase taxes, especially the reopening of the road tax and increase the commercial tax, and at the same time temporarily withhold the wages of the workers in the government-run industries." This way we will be able to increase our income by a large amount, even if we have two more years of coping!

Chen Chu frowned and thought for a moment, then looked at Xu Shu and asked, "What about Yuan Zhi's opinion?"

Xu Shu immediately hugged his fist at Chen Chu and replied: "In terms of internal affairs, Shu is far inferior to Zijing!" Shu also thinks that Zijing's suggestion is the only feasible at the moment!

Chen Chu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head to look at Xu Shu and Lu Su, his expression was very serious. Xu Shu and Lu Su involuntarily sat up straight and looked at Chen Chu.

Chen Chu said: "If you want to compete for the world, the most important thing is to win the hearts of the people, and to really win the hearts of the people is not by small favors, but by the credibility of the power, if there is no reputation, no one will believe in you, how to win the hearts of the people, this is the same as the principle of people to believe in it." Since we have made a promise to the people before, we cannot break this promise no matter how difficult it is.

Xu Shu and Lu Su couldn't help but glance at each other, both of them saw a look of sincere admiration in each other's eyes, and at the same time a little helpless.

Lu Su hugged his fists at Chen Chu and said: "It is really a blessing for the people that the lord loves the people like a son!" But if we don't take such measures, how can we solve our financial problems? For

this question, Chen Chu had already thought about it just now. He replied, "I intend to borrow money from the great merchants with whom we have befriended.

Xu Shu and Lu Su couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then Lu Su said in an unbelievable tone: "Lord, businessmen are profit-oriented, how can they lend us money?" Xu Shu also has such a problem in his heart. Both of them were full of incomprehension in their hearts.

In fact, it is no wonder that the two are puzzled, in ancient times, under the deliberate disparagement of old Confucian scholars for many years, all people had similar prejudices against merchants. According to Chen Chu's view, this is actually a kind of perverted psychology of those old pedants, a kind of psychology that can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour.

What is the difference between a merchant and someone else? There are good people among them, and of course there are bad people, and you can't just say how the businessmen are because there are businessmen who are not benevolent and forget their righteousness.

In fact, if the merchant group is the cornerstone of the country's politics, it is good for the development of the country, at least better than using other groups as the cornerstone of politics, because the characteristics of the shopping mall force the merchants to have a general enterprising characteristic, which is very important to the country, and it is difficult to imagine what a country will be like if it lacks enterprising spirit.

In addition, the profit-seeking nature of businessmen will make the country put its own interests first in its dealings with other countries, rather than doing some thankless face-saving things.

Chen Chu smiled and continued, "You don't have prejudice against businessmen. Profit-seeking does not mean that they do not have a sense of the overall situation and no ambition. Far away, like Nie Yi of Ma Yi's strategy, close, it's up to us, at the beginning of our expedition to the Northern Army, didn't there be many businessmen who supported us? And that Cao Cao, if it weren't for the strong support of the Wei family, it would be difficult for him to develop to such an extent in a short period of time! So businessmen, like everyone else, have good and bad, villains, and also gentlemen.

Xu Shu and Lu Su couldn't help but be speechless, and after thinking about it carefully, they both felt that what the lord said was indeed reasonable.

"What's more, I don't plan to ask for their money, I will record their help to our army this time, and in the future, all businessmen who are helpful to our army will be given priority to the areas that our army enters. With this one, I believe businessmen will rush to it!

Chen Chu looked at the two with a smile.

Xu Shu and Lu Su couldn't help but glance at each other, and a look of sincere admiration immediately appeared on their faces, and they couldn't help but bow together: "The lord is wise!" I can't wait!

"Two gentlemen don't have to be too humble! When it comes to strategy and internal affairs, I'm inferior to the two! "Chen Chu is telling the truth, if he hadn't had thousands of years of knowledge, where could he have these thoughts? However, Xu Shu and Lu Su didn't think so, they thought that their lord was too modest.

Chen Chu decided on the big plan, and as for how to do the details, Chen Chu asked Lu Su and Xu Shu to think about it themselves.

After Lu Su and Xu Shu left, Chen Chu did not go back to the backyard, but went to the barracks. The Bingzhou Legion had been training for more than four months, and Chen Chu wanted to see how their training had been.

The camp of the Bingzhou Legion was ten miles west of the city of Bingzhou. The barracks are backed by a large mountain and there is a river next to it, and the environment is quite good.

Chen Chu went out from the west gate of Bingzhou under the escort of Dian Wei and Tiewei, and saw the military camp two quarters of an hour later. At this time, the military camp was rehearsing the military formation, and because Zhang Jaw and Gao Shun, who were in charge of training the army, did not know that the lord was coming in advance, everything in the military camp was the same as usual.