Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, I revealed to Liu Bei that I was a time traveler

Chen Gongtai colluded with Lu Bu to steal Yanzhou, and almost forced Cao Gong to a dead end, he was killed by Liu Bei, but it can be regarded as a bad breath for Cao Gong. "

"It's just that this Liu Bei, in just a few months, first kill Lu Bu, and then kill Zang Ba, this god of soldiers is really a bit unexpected."

Dong Zhao's eyes swept with suspicion.

"The original Liu Bei naturally couldn't do it, but now it's different."

"There's a scheming man who is giving him advice."

Cao Cao handed the urgent report in his hand to Dong Zhao.

After Dong Zhao saw it, he couldn't help but wonder:

"Is it Liu Bei's military advisor Xiao Yuan, who has seen through Chen Gong's plan?"

"This Xiao Yuan, could it be the person Cao Gong mentioned before that he designed an ambush for Liu Bei to ambush Lu Bu?"

Cao Cao nodded slightly.

"Zhao has never heard that there is such a number one person in the world."

"Gong Cao, what is the origin of this Xiao Yuan?"

Dong Zhao became more and more surprised.

Cao Cao shook his head: "Xizuo only found out that this person claimed to have returned from overseas, and there are no clues about this person's background and family history." "

"Returning from overseas?"

Dong Zhao's eyes rolled and guessed: "Could it be that he is a master of the world who lives in seclusion on the island?" "

"There's no way to know."

"In short, Liu Bei is so lucky that he has the assistance of such a strange person, which can be said to be like a tiger."

Cao Cao's words were somewhat jealous.

"This Xiao Yuan was born out of thin air and helped Liu Bei control Xuzhou, which is indeed a bit unexpected."

"However, Xuzhou was attacked twice by Cao Gong, and now it is in ruins, and the number of people has decreased sharply."

"Although Liu Bei sits firmly in Xuzhou, it is difficult for him to cook without rice, and he can't recruit many soldiers and horses, so he can't pose a threat to Cao Gong for the time being."

"The most important thing for Duke Cao now is to welcome the Son of Heaven back to Xu County, so as to get the righteous name of the Son of Heaven to please the ministers."

Dong Zhao analyzed and planned to draw Cao Cao's attention back to the Son of Heaven.

"Dong Yilang is reasonable."

Cao Cao nodded slightly: "First welcome the Son of Heaven, control the court situation, and free up your hands to solve Liu Bei." "

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Xuzhou, Xiapi.

Liu Bei returned from pacifying Zang Ba's achievements, and his prestige rose again.

The whole of Xuzhou, this time they were completely convinced of the new master, and the powerful people of all sizes donated food and money to show their support.

The inner hall of the state capital.

Liu Bei's three brothers, as well as Xiao Yuan, sat around the fireplace, drinking warm wine while discussing strategies.

Zhuge Liang took the bamboo slip and recorded it at any time beside him, for fear of missing every word Xiao Yuan said.

"Military advisor, now Zang Ba has been destroyed, and the five counties of Xuzhou are all in hand."

"In your opinion, what should we do next?"

Liu Bei personally poured Xiao Yuan a glass of warm wine.

Xiao Yuan took a sip of wine and said four words unhurriedly:

"First the south, then the north."

"First north and south, then then?"

Liu Bei's emotions were mobilized, and he asked: "What is the meaning of first south and then north, and please ask the military advisor to say it clearly." "

Xiao Yuan got up with a wine glass and came to the hanging map.

"Yuan Shao's strength is the strongest in the world, defeating Gongsun Zan and unifying Hebei is a foregone conclusion."

"Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and the name of righteousness is in hand, and it is only a matter of time before Yanyu and other Henan states are in possession."

"These two big guys, with your current strength, you are not qualified to go head-to-head with them."

"So, if we can't afford to provoke us, we will hide away first, and the north will let Yuan Cao fight for your life."

"Our goal is to wave our army to the south, first take Huainan, and then go down to Jiangdong, and take Yangzhou into the bag first."

"With Xu Yang Erzhou in hand, the lord has the confidence to compete with Yuan Cao in the Central Plains."

"That's what I call first south and then north."

Xiao Yuan's wine glass pointed from Xuzhou to the vast Yangzhou counties.

Liu Bei jumped up and came to the map to take a closer look.

Previously, he was thinking about how to fight for the Central Plains.

Xiao Yuan's strategy of first going south and then north seemed to open the door to a new world for him, and his eyes suddenly opened up.

"First South then North, First South then North..."

Zhuge Liang also had an understanding, and he was busy writing these four words on the short film.

Guan Yu stroked his beautiful hair and said: "Brother, what the military advisor of the foolish brother Jue said is extremely true, compared to Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, Yuan Shu should be easier to deal with. "

"Wait, I know what to say."

Zhang Fei jumped up and said matter-of-factly: "The military advisor has said so much, in fact, there is only one meaning, persimmons pick up soft pinching." "

"Ahem, you can say the same."

Xiao Yuan raised his wine glass.

"Having said that, Yuan Shu's weakness is only relative to Yuan Shao and Cao Cao."

"Yangzhou is far richer than my Xuzhou, and there are forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses under Yuan Shu's command, which is far better than me."

"Yuan Shu, it's not a soft persimmon."

Liu Bei frowned, quite jealous of Yuan Shu.

Of course, Xiao Yuan knew how strong Yuan Shu was.

This second ancestor of the Yuan family, although he has been repeatedly beaten by Cao Cao, is by no means as wasteful as the ugly in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

In terms of soft power, Yuan Shu is the son-in-law of the Yuan family, and his identity is even higher than Yuan Shao.

In terms of hard power, most of Yangzhou is Yuan Shu, and the number of soldiers and horses is second only to Yuan Shao.

Even Cao Cao's book strength at this time was not enough to compete with Yuan Shu.

"Yuan Shu is indeed very strong, we have to admit this."

"Therefore, we must immediately expand the army and narrow the gap with Yuan Shu as much as possible."

"When the soldiers and horses are equal, we will attack Huainan again, why can't we destroy Yuan Shu in one fell swoop!"

Xiao Yuan also gave a solution.

Two words, expand the army.

Liu Bei could only smile bitterly.

Expanding the army is not easy to say.

Xuzhou has experienced repeated wars, and the people have either fled to other states or attached to the powerful clan.

Without the people, there will be no source of soldiers, and without a source of soldiers, how can we talk about expanding the army?

"Military division, the population of Xuzhou has plummeted by half, even if we do our best to recruit troops, we will recruit 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers and horses at most."

"With the 10,000 soldiers we have, it won't exceed 30,000."

"Relying on only 30,000 soldiers and horses, and defending Yuan Shao in the north and Cao Cao in the west, and going south to destroy Yuan Shu, how easy it is to talk about it."

Liu Bei shook his head and sighed, his face full of sadness.

Xiao Yuan smiled faintly: "Don't worry, my lord, I have already thought of a solution for you to solve the source of soldiers." "

"Really?"

Liu Bei perked up and asked urgently: "What's the way, the military advisor will come quickly!" "

Xiao Yuan said slowly: "The method is also very simple, that is, to implement the government military system in Xuzhou!" "