"Fengxian, what do you think? Do we need to take action? Their camp level has never been high. We have seen this in the past few days. As long as we kill their scouts quickly, we will definitely give them a hard blow."
"Okay Zixiao, now is not the time to take action. Although we can definitely cause some trouble to the enemy, how many people can we invest? If we invest more, the enemy will know that we are soldiers from Xihe, but even if we don't invest much, we can still It confuses them but also makes them alert. So the most important thing for us now is to wait, waiting for the opportunity that requires us to appear. Either we need to decide the outcome with one blow, or we need to rescue the siege at the most critical moment of Lishi City , all in all, we are a very important force, and we must appear on the stage at the most critical time to be consistent with our identity."
"Why do I feel that this is not something you, Lu Fengxian, would say? It seems more like the style of our Lord Prefect."
"Why, do you still think Shu Shi is not qualified to be your lord, or do you think our place in Xihe is not big enough?"
In the shade of a hill is the temporary camp of the Xihe light cavalry and horse archers led by Lu Bu. Although it only lasted a few days and only a few low-intensity battles were fought, it was a rare experience for these soldiers. Therefore, apart from having to go out on patrol, everyone was either busy communicating or busy at this time. Self-consciously realizing something.
As for the generals, Qianzhao was taken away by Cao Xing for internship. Zhang Xiu and Cheng Lian were having a silent contest. Lu Bu, as the leader of this team, was studying the next step of this army with Cao Ren. action goals.
In fact, Lu Bu originally preferred to complete this job with Zhang Xiu or Qianzhao. After all, although these two people have no experience in fighting, they have great prospects for development, especially Qianzhao. Lu Bu thinks that the other party is a pretty good both. A little guy with great potential who can use his brain and has a keen sense of smell on the battlefield. If he is carefully cultivated, he may be able to take charge of his own business in five years. As for Zhang Xiu, he prefers a battlefield warrior like Lu Bu. However, because he followed Tong Yuan at a young age, although his martial arts is very outstanding, he lacks sufficient accumulation of battlefield experience, so it takes longer. some.
But after all, Qianzhao is still young, so the most important thing is not to learn the knowledge of commanding the entire army, but how to maximize the effectiveness of the cavalry profession, become a qualified captain of the arms, and stand out in the war. Because of this, Lu Bu left it in the hands of Cao Xing, who had far more time and patience than he did. After several missions, Lu Bu could clearly feel the opponent's growth, and even in some aspects, Qianzhao was already faintly surpassing his master Cao Xing.
Zhang Xiu¡¯s situation is similar to Cao Xing¡¯s. Although Zhang Xiu, who has followed Tong Yuan for many years in the training of light cavalry, is as good as Lu Bu, in terms of marching combat, Zhang Xiu's only experience before joining Li Shushi's army was that he formed a volunteer army with the boys from his hometown during the Yellow Turban Rebellion. And then joined his uncle's troops to follow Dong Zhuo and fought a defeated battle.
Zhang Xiu knew very well what he lacked, or even if he didn't know it, Tong Yuan had asked him some questions in this regard, so Zhang Xiu's goal at this time was to become a pioneer like Cheng Lian. As for the position of commander-in-chief, Zhang Xiu is not in a hurry.
So Lu Bu finally had to discuss it with Cao Ren, a guy who was still outside Li Shushan's system.
Of course, Lu Bu can actually act arbitrarily. After all, he not only has the power but also the ability. But in order to have more people around Li Shushi who can be used easily, Lu Bu doesn't mind educating some people who he thinks are very useful. Potential seedlings. So from here we can also see that Cao Ren is considered a potential stock in Lu Bu's eyes.
What made Lu Bu slightly concerned was that Cao Ren's identification with Li Shushi seemed to be very limited, and he was not as devoted to Li Shushi's "great cause" as his younger brother Cao Chun. Although he is impeccable in his treatment of people and is generous, he always maintains a certain distance from Li Shushi's other subordinates inadvertently.
Compared to others, Lu Bu knew very clearly that Li Shushi was not optimistic about the future of the Han Dynasty, and the current war situation seemed to confirm Li Shushi's inference, so he, Lu Bu, still had some ideas.
Perhaps he, Lu Bu, does not have the ability to become a monarch. At least he is familiar with the entrepreneurial story of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty or the uprising experience of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty. Lu Bu clearly understands that he is definitely not in a position to compete with him, or in other words, for him, In other words, being able to ride the best Wuzui horse at that time like Xiang Yu during the day and the most beautiful Yu Ji at night may be his greatest pleasure. Of course, if you can encounter items on the battlefield,??It would be even more perfect if we had an opponent like that.
Of course, in Lu Bu's view, the descendants of red rabbit horses and bloody horses are definitely better than Xiang Yu's Wuzui horses. Although his wife cannot reach the level of Yu Ji, she has gone through many hardships to get to where she is today, and she can rival her. Although he has not found his opponent, the potential newcomers under Li Shushi are enough to satisfy Lu Bu. Not to mention that although the lord Li Shushi doesn't have much ambition, he is still easy to get along with, and there is no need to worry about being plotted against.
Because of this, Lu Bu was very sensitive to Cao Ren, who had always been outside the system. Cao Ren was different from Lu Zhi and Yan Zhong. Although Lu Zhi was loyal to the Han Dynasty, he had actually been excluded from the core political circle of the Han Dynasty. Although Liu Hong trusted Lu Zhi's loyalty and ability and sent him to Xihe, as long as he Li Shushi has no clear intention to rebel, so Lu Zhi may not interfere too much with some of Li Shushi's self-protection behaviors. As for Yan Zhong, he was much less loyal than Lu Zhi. He was only loyal to the Han Dynasty. As for the emperor and eunuchs, he really hoped to change them.
Cao Ren is different. Although his family is not as good as the wealthy and prominent families in Guandong such as the Runan Yuan family and the Runan Xu family, it is still a first-class family that can secure two thousand dan from generation to generation. Think about the Xiahou family in the same county. And if a powerful person like Xu Chu wants to develop, he needs to rely on him to varying degrees to know the depth of his strength. So if Cao Ren uses a guy with no background like Li Shushi as a stepping stone, Li Shushi may have basically no ability to resist. As for Cao Chun, he could be an undercover agent.
Although Lu Bu seems stupid, you have to admit that this beast has beast-like intuition and has an instinctive sense of any danger. What's more, now that he is on the road to the top, his intuition has not been worn away by drinking and sex, and coupled with what he heard and felt when he followed Ding Yuan in his early years, Lu Bu is definitely not as simple and straightforward as it seems.
But think about it, if his relative Jiu Jiang broke out, wouldn't he be a very bright existence? And Lu Bu is probably one-third stronger than Jiu Jiang. One-third, that's quite a big gap. Mouth!
However, after a few days of running-in, the situation has changed a lot. Both Lu Bu and Cao Ren have a new understanding of each other, and at the same time some misunderstandings between them have been eliminated.
Yes, there is a misunderstanding between each other. Because Cao Ren led his army to have a fierce battle with Li Shushi, who was still in the Yellow Turban camp at that time, which directly led to Cao Ren's younger brother Cao Chun having to fall into the hands of Li Shushi, although the main reason was a young lady who had just started to have an affair. Being seduced by a certain lolita with an extremely powerful aura.
But precisely because of this, Cao Ren was quite wary of Li Shushi and his subordinates, and it was also because of this that he handed over his reorganized troops to his younger brother who "went deep into the tiger's den". Moreover, in Cao Ren's understanding, the reason why his slightly old-fashioned but very capable younger brother had to waste his youth in such a place with no future must be because the other party used some shady means to control his younger brother, making him unable to resist. Just like before.
So he hopes that his younger brother can at least have the means to protect himself. After all, he grew up listening to his parents telling stories about the terrible barbarians in the border areas. Although the two of them separated after their father died, they have never been proud of their younger brother Cao Ren, who was studious and motivated at such a young age. However, if Cao Ren knew that his younger brother had betrayed his brother's good intentions as soon as he stepped away from him, I don't know how Cao Ren would feel.
But after actually fighting side by side with Lu Bu and others, Cao Ren realized that maybe he didn't understand this group of people.
Lu Bu may indeed be a lonely and arrogant person like a lone wolf in the prairie, but on the battlefield, he is a good comrade who can trust his back.
Cao Ren still remembers how he soothed his nervousness when he first set foot on the grassland battlefield with his stern but caring words. He can't forget when they dressed up as horse thieves and attacked the Jieren troops, because Due to his mistake, he was almost surrounded by the enemy, and he already felt the unwillingness of the general who was the god of death. However, in the end, he only heard the sound of a weapon tearing into flesh and a cry of "Boy, don't seek death needlessly on the battlefield."
Cao Ren once asked Lu Bu afterwards. At that time, because of his mistakes, the team was surrounded. Wasn't it the best choice to abandon himself with basically no hope of survival and lead most of the people to break out of the encirclement?
Lu Bu glanced at Cao Ren with contempt, and then said: "Boy, I emphasize discipline before attacking to reduce the possibility of fools like you making mistakes. But you must also remember that on the battlefield, there will always be more changes than planned. , so when the time comesInstead of blaming what is right and what is wrong, it is better to think about how to face it better and don't give up any possible opportunity easily. "
"And" Lu Bu squinted his eyes and stared at Cao Ren, making Cao Ren feel like he had fallen into an ice cellar. Coupled with the cold wind blowing around him, the atmosphere was full, "On the battlefield, no power can compare. The power to survive, but even the power to survive is not as good as the power to survive together with your comrades. Believe in your comrades and help your comrades. Understand? Boy!"
"Is this a real army? It is indeed a little different from a ranger like me."
Watching Cheng Lian joking with Lu Bu while trying hard to knock him down, watching the determined follower Cao Xing learning archery skills, watching Zhang bragging and farting with ordinary soldiers by the fire. Embroidery. Cao Ren felt that although he was still not optimistic about Li Shushi's political future, he already liked it here and this young team.
¡°I really hope that we will always have the opportunity to fight side by side.¡±