The Nameless of the Common Clans

Nanyang, Wancheng.

Lu Bu is giving lectures at Nanyang Academy.

Yes, it is a lecture. Lu Bu uses his lifelong experience of leading troops to teach his disciples. For Lu Bu himself, his understanding of military tactics and battle formations has also deepened.

When Zhang Liao brought Li Ru to the academy, he saw Lu Bu teaching his disciples the art of cavalry warfare. Zhang Liao wanted to call him, but was stopped by Li Ru: "Since Wen Hou is still teaching, how about Wenyuan taking me to see this Nanyang Academy?"

Originally, when Li Ru knew that Lu Bu imitated Guanzhong to establish an academy, he felt a little bit amused. Even the county magistrates in Nanyang were promoted from the original county officials. Where would they come from to teach them?

But after arriving at Nanyang Academy, Li Ru discovered some differences. Nanyang Academy taught different things from other academies in Guanzhong. Guanzhong Academy taught mainly academic knowledge, and of course, they also taught military tactics, but it was only one of them. However, Nanyang Academy specialized in military tactics and martial arts, but rarely taught academic knowledge, and only taught people to read.

"Okay." Zhang Liao nodded. Guanzhong was where the academy flourished, and Zhang Liao also wanted to ask Li Ru for advice.

At that moment, a group of people accompanied Li Ru to visit the academy. Generals such as Wei Xu and Song Xian around him had no complaints. Now the times are different. Although Lu Bu's reputation is still there, the situation in the world has become increasingly clear. Chen Mo, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao divided the Central Plains into three parts, and Jiangdong and Jingzhou were in the south. Although Lu Bu was brave, he was blocked by waterways when he went south to plot Jingzhou several times. They were good at land battles, but water battles were not their forte.

Lu Bu gradually gave up the idea of ​​going south to Jingzhou, but to the north was Chen Mo, like a mountain pressing down on him, and to the east was Cao Cao's territory. They had also captured the city, but in the end they ran out of food and grass and were driven back by Cao Cao.

Although they had not established a name, it was an indisputable fact that Chen Mo was now Lu Bu's backer. Therefore, when Li Ru came this time, all the generals were quite polite.

Accompanied by Zhang Liao and others, Li Ru visited the Nanyang Academy. How to say... This place was more like an academy for training generals. The basic teachings were the knowledge of marching and fighting, and there was a sand table specially used for deducing wars. Lu Bu also imitated Chen Mo to recruit craftsmen. Originally, it was for the purpose of making equipment and weapons, but it also changed the people's livelihood in Nanyang in disguise.

Because they were dissatisfied with Lu Bu's imitation of the Guanzhong system, the Nanyang nobles fled after being suppressed several times when they rose up. This was also the fundamental reason why Lu Bu had no one to use, but it also enabled Lu Bu to better imitate the Guanzhong law.

Although there are also shadows of imitating Chen Mo under the rule of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, the one who has learned the most thoroughly is Lu Bu. Lu Bu came to Nanyang during the Xingping period. After these years of governance, Nanyang also has its own operating system. It is not rich, but the people will not starve to death. After all, no matter how big Nanyang is, it is only a county, and there are still several counties in the hands of Cao Cao. The management pressure is much easier than that of Chen Mo. The most important thing is that Lu Bu's method can be implemented. Maybe it was in a mess back then, but over the years, it has gradually developed its own way of operation.

This is also why Liu Biao clearly occupied the land of Jingxiang, with many soldiers and abundant food, and the Jingzhou family also supported Liu Biao to take back Nanyang from Lu Bu, but he could not do anything to Lu Bu. Not only did the Jingzhou army not beat the elite soldiers and generals under Lu Bu after crossing the Han River, but more importantly, although Nanyang was not as rich as Jingzhou, the army's execution was terrifyingly fast. As soon as Liu Biao made a move, Lu Bu's archers might have been standing by the river waiting for the other side to come and be beaten.

"What do you think of Nanyang Academy, Mr. Wenyou?" Zhang Liao asked with a smile.

"Although it is different from other academies in Guanzhong, it has its own lineage. No wonder the lord also appreciates Wenhou so much. He is indeed unique." Li Ru smiled and twisted his beard.

Uh...

Zhang Liao opened his mouth, but didn't say anything in the end. God knows that the reason why Nanyang Academy was built was that Lu Bu just thought that everyone was building it, so he should build it too. Moreover, Lu Bu didn't want to build it like this at the beginning, but there was really no one available, so Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and others bit the bullet and became lecturers in the academy. Nanyang Academy has become what it is today, which is really all by luck and accident.

But this cannot be said, wouldn't it be embarrassing for Lu Bu?

"May I ask the lord to send a few wise men to Nanyang Academy to help." Li Ru smiled and said, "You must know that even if you are a military general, if you want to become a general, you also need to know some changes in the world and strange formations." Li Ru smiled.

Zhang Liao nodded and said, "If we can get the help of Marquis Changling, it will be a blessing for all the people in Nanyang."

The few of them visited the academy. When they came back, Lu Bu's class had ended. After seeing Li Ru, Lu Bu was also full of emotion. They were ministers in the same palace back then. Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. I don't know when it started, but time seems to have passed a lot faster.

The atmosphere was harmonious when old friends met. Lu Bu welcomed Li Ru into the government office and hosted a banquet.

"It's been almost ten years since we parted in Chang'an." Lu Bu raised his wine cup, drank a cup of wine with Li Ru, and said with a smile.

"Eight years." Li Ru counted the days and smiled: "After so many years, Marquis Wen is still as energetic as ever, but I have aged a lot."

Although Lü Bu is nearly 40 years old, he looks vigorous and energetic, and his aura is even stronger than before. In these years in Nanyang, Lü Bu has nothing to do, teaching students in the academy, or going out to exchange ideas with the generals of Jingzhou, or going to Cao Cao's territory to grab some population resources. After the structure of Nanyang is established, there is no need to worry too much about its operation. Even if there is a worry, it is Zhang Liao's business. Lü Bu doesn't care much, has no distractions, practices martial arts every day, and naturally ages slowly.

On the other hand, Li Ru has been most concerned about various miscellaneous affairs of the court in these years, and he has been working hard all day long. The two are of similar age, and now they meet again, but it feels that Li Ru is much older than Lü Bu.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Lu Bu saw that Li Ru never talked about the main topic, and he was a little annoyed. He looked at Li Ru and said, "Wenyou, you and I have been friends for many years. Although Lu Bu doesn't like to plan, he also knows that you must have something to discuss with me. It's a bit boring for you to be so secretive."

"Why is Fengxian in a hurry?" Li Ru smiled and said, "I came here for Wen Hou."

"Speak." Lu Bu's face sank. He was most annoyed by this now.

"Sun Ce of Jiangdong advanced to Jiangxia, Huang Zu retreated, Wen Pin, Liu Pan, and Liu Hu all failed." Li Ru said solemnly.

"Liu Biao was incompetent. If it weren't for the Han River, how could he sit in Jingxiang safely." Speaking of Liu Biao, Lu Bu was a little disdainful. After all, fighting Liu Biao and asking Liu Biao for funding has almost become Lu Bu's annual must-do thing in recent years. Now that Sun and Liu are fighting, it is really not surprising that Liu Biao can't beat Lu Bu.

"But if Sun Ce gets Jingxiang, then Sun Ce will have Jiangdong and Jingxiang, and his power will not be inferior to my master. Sun Ce is quite brave and aggressive. If he gets Jingxiang, I'm afraid the next step will be Nanyang." Li Ru sighed.

"You mean, you want me to join forces with Liu Biao?" Lu Bu frowned.

"You can say that." Li Ru nodded and said, "If Wen Hou agrees, I will go to Xiangyang and discuss this with Liu Biao. The two families will join forces to repel Sun Ce."

After Sun Ce captured Jingxiang, he had the potential to unify the south. Chen Mo naturally did not want to have another force in the south that could compete with the three major princes before the three major princes in the Central Plains decided the true overlord of the north. Sun Ce himself was too aggressive, and the soldiers and horses of Jiangdong were good at water battles. If he was left alone and allowed Sun Ce to occupy Jiangxia and continue to plot Jingxiang, he might really succeed. This was also the reason why Chen Mo asked Li Ru to come. It was not only to persuade Lu Bu, but more importantly to promote the alliance between the two families and restrict Sun Ce.

"Sun Ce, I can defeat him by myself. Wen You just need to tell Liu Biao that when I go out, let his men stay away from me. The food and grass needed will be settled after the war." Lu Bu shook his head. He didn't trust Liu Biao. This time he sent troops to help Liu Biao, so the reward was necessary, and it would not be less. But Lu Bu was worried that Liu Biao would plot against him, so the food and grass had to be settled after the war. He was not afraid that Liu Biao would not give it. Nanjun was separated by the Han River, so he had no choice, but Jiangxia didn't have too many barriers. If Liu Biao didn't give it, he would take it himself. At that time, it would not be enough to just get rid of a little food and grass.

"Fengxian should not be reckless!" Li Ru advised: "Sun Ce is now in his prime, and he has been in battle for a long time. There are many brave men under his command. If you look down on him, I'm afraid..."

Lu Bu looked up and looked at Li Ru indifferently: "Wen You is saying that I am old and can't be the enemy of these young people?"

Compared with Sun Ce's age, Lu Bu is indeed an old-generation general now, but Lu Bu obviously doesn't think so.

"Wen Hou is a brave man, but Sun Ce is even braver than his father. You should know the name of Jiangdong Tiger." Li Ru advised.

"The one chopped by Dian Wei?" Lu Bu raised his sword eyebrows and frowned at Li Ru. What does it mean? Dian Wei was defeated by him, and a person chopped by Dian Wei is compared with me?

Li Ru pinched his eyebrows and thought for a while, "I mean, Sun Ce, why should Fengxian do it himself? I think that letting Wenyuan lead a group of people to repel him."

"Wenyuan is not good. Nanyang affairs cannot be separated from him." Lu Bu immediately objected. Most of the affairs of Nanyang depend on Zhang Liao. If Zhang Liao leaves, won't all these things fall on him? Compared with dealing with these, Lu Bu prefers to go out to fight. It would be good to relax for a few days.

Hearing this, Li Ru looked at Zhang Liao, but saw that Zhang Liao was somewhat helpless. Nanyang did not have an official who could handle the affairs of a county. Now it was him and Lu Bu who were handling it. Lu Bu said that it was obvious that the affairs of Nanyang would be entrusted to him alone for a period of time. When he thought of this, even Zhang Liao was somewhat helpless.

"In that case, Fengxian will prepare here first, and I will go to Xiangyang to discuss this matter with Liu Biao." Li Ru stood up and said.

"It's not too late to leave tomorrow, why rush? Even if Jiangxia is completely lost, I will help him fight back, as long as Liu Biao is willing to pay more food and grass, it's no big deal." Lu Bu waved his hand. It was rare for an old friend to meet again, and this matter would not be done in one or two days.

"Okay."