Yuan Shu has always been trapped and ruled by various things and cannot do his best to the outside world. Among them, the aristocratic families and Shanyue are particularly prominent.

Now that the two major "troubles" of Shanyue have finally been completely solved in the aristocratic family, Yuan Shu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At the same time, changes in various places have begun to show results.

Others may not understand the significance of this change, but Yuan Shu was clear.

The greatest effect of this change was not the separation of military and political affairs, which restricted the rights of the general and laid the foundation for peace after the unification of the world, but created an efficient government agency.

With such an efficient organization, if you occupy other prefectures and counties in the future, you only need to send a few officials to calm down. This will maximize the gathering of forces from all over the country, and even after the world is unified, it can be used for a longer period of use.

This is the most important gain of this change.

"Hehe! The internal stability has been completely stable. Although the construction of various places involves a lot of energy, it is not harmful. Liu Tuzi (Liu Biao), it seems that we will have a battle next year." Yuan Shu laughed.

With the basically eliminated internal hidden dangers, Yuan Shu can concentrate all his energy on external affairs.

After calming down, Yuan Shu began to think about the general trend of the world.

It is now 194. In February, Emperor Xian changed his reign to Xingping, which was the first year of Xingping.

In the first year of Xingping, there were not many major events, except for Xu and Yanzhou, there were only sporadic wars in other places.

In Xuzhou, Cao Cao led his army to invade in a large scale, but unfortunately, the rear was in chaos before he captured Xuzhou City.

Lu Bu took advantage of the emptiness of Yanzhou and easily captured the important towns in Puyang. Only Juancheng, Dong'a, and Fan County were defended by Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Cao Ren and others, and did not fall.

Cao Cao was shocked when he heard the news. Liu Bei persuaded him to come, so Cao Cao simply sold Liu Bei for a favor and withdrew his troops back to Yanzhou.

When he returned to Yanzhou, Cao Cao immediately led his troops to attack Puyang, hoping to expel Lu Bu.

Unfortunately, Lu Bu's title of the world's number one general was not made, and he was also assisted by Chen Gong, which was like a tiger's wings.

In a big battle, Cao Cao not only did not expel Lu Bu, but instead lost many people. If Cao Cao had not had a deep foundation in Yanzhou and was far from comparable to Lu Bu, he would have been expelled.

The two armies were in stalemate. In late autumn, locusts rose everywhere and all regions suffered greatly. Cao's army was unable to obtain food, so they had to retreat to Juancheng and wait for another battle next year.

At the same time, Xuzhou is also undercurrent.

After Cao Cao retreated, Tao Qian once again proposed to transfer Xuzhou to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei refused to accept it. He knew that he had just come to the fore and knew nothing about the major forces in Xuzhou, and his prestige was also insufficient. It was definitely thankless to take over the governor of Xuzhou at this time.

The major families in Xuzhou were also very resistant to this. They had just moved to the Chen family and divided up a lot of interests. At this moment, all families hoped that Xuzhou could remain calm so that they could digest the benefits gained from the Chen family.

As for the Chen family, although Chen Deng and his son were optimistic about Liu Bei, this was not a trivial matter after all. It could even be said to be a choice that concerns a lifetime, so they naturally had to be treated with caution. The father and son wanted to observe more before making a decision.

Liu Bei was not accepted and his subordinates opposed it. Tao Qian was originally a weak person, so he naturally would not force himself to give orders.

In the end, Tao Qian made Xiaopei and gave Liu Bei a garrison, and the matter ended successfully.

Liu Bei was also quite satisfied with this. He first stationed troops in Xiaopei, sorted out the relationship between major forces, and then slowly planned to Xuzhou.

As Liu Bei gained his foothold in Xuzhou, the undercurrents in Xuzhou became even more turbulent.

...

After taking a closer look, Yuan Shu thought: "Cao Cao, Liu Bei is not worth worrying for the time being. As for Lu Bu..."

Yuan Shu touched the beard on his chin, and he was more inclined to subdue Lu Bu. Not only Lu Bu, but also the generals under Lu Bu also made Yuan Shu salivate.

Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, and Yuan Shu valued the two most.

Among them, I am most eager for Gao Shun.

Since Nanyang established its foothold, Yuan Shu has always wanted to form a special army with extremely strong combat power and does not need too many people. He usually guards Yuan Shu, and when necessary, he can be a surprise soldier to clear obstacles for the army.

Unfortunately, many of the generals under his command have no such ability.

In the era of cold weapons, people had a very strong ability to withstand. They could also travel a hundred miles a day. If they wanted to enhance the physical strength of soldiers, the training methods in later generations might not be effective. They improved a lot of reinforcements, but they were still limited.

Gao Shun, under Lu Bu's command, had such ability and was able to train Lu Bu's command's strongest army, the camp. It shows how powerful Gao Shun is. Unfortunately, he has never performed in history and went to the underworld with Lu Bu.

"Lu Bu must be subdued. It seems that he needs to plan well." Yuan Shu thought to himself.

Others only saw Lu Bu's capriciousness, but did not really understand Lu Bu.

Lu Bu lives on a border area that interprets the prevalence of the weak. He believes in the supremacy of force and is disdainful of those scheming techniques. For example, Cao Cao asked: I have no grudge with you, so how can I seize my prefectures and counties? Lu Bu replied directly: Everyone has a distinction between the Han city, but what is the result of the same?

Although the world is in chaos, the princes in various places no longer obey the emperor's orders, but no one dares to say it clearly. Lu Bu's words can be called a traitor, but he just said it, which shows that he is ignorant at all.

In history, Cao Cao captured Lu Bu, and Liu Bei advised Cao Cao to kill him. Many people in later generations still regretted this, saying that since Liu Bei knew that Lu Bu would rebel sooner or later, he should keep him and wait to harm Cao Cao in the future.

Yuan Shu did not agree with this. Instead, he felt that Liu Bei had seen through Lu Bu and was afraid that he would be used by Cao Cao, so he advised Cao Cao and killed him to eliminate future troubles.

This judgment strengthened Yuan Shu's determination to conquer Lu Bu. Liu Bei finally achieved hegemony with his eyes that looked at people. Yuan Shu might look down on Liu Bei, but his eyesight was trusting enough.

After thinking for a long time, Yuan Shu was still clueless and comforted himself: "It's still early now, let's wait and see it later!"

With the intention of conquering Lu Bu, Yuan Shu was unwilling to delay in Wujun anymore, so he ordered the brigade to pack his luggage and return to Shouchun.

...

As soon as Yuan Shu left, Wujuncheng welcomed two new guests.

"Kong Ming, Shi Yuan! Why is it so late?" A young man with a waist and hip sword shouted from afar.

"Hahahaha! Yuan Zhi said this, I will definitely tell my uncle." An ugly boy laughed.

"Yuan Zhi is right!" Another young man with a clear face and extraordinary demeanor was polite and polite.

These three people are Xu Shu, Pang Tong, and Zhuge Liang. Since Xu Shu is the one with a waist and hip sword, Pang Tong is the one with an ugly face, and the handsome boy is naturally Zhuge Liang.

At the request of Lu Su in the previous period, Xu Shu sent a letter to invite Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang to meet in Wujun. Unfortunately, the two were studying at Pang Tong's uncle Pang Degong at that time and had no time to separate them.

It was not until the study was finished that I set off to Wujun.

At this time, Pang Tong was only fifteen years old, and Zhuge Liang was only thirteen years old. However, the ancients were precocious and could even see ten-year-old children being old-fashioned.

Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang were smart when they were young. Although they were young, they had already shown their talents and were highly praised by many friends.

"Shi Yuan! You are not shameless when you take the teacher as your tutor?" Xu Shu said to Pang Tong.

Although Xu Shu and Sima Hui and Pang Degong were both teachers and friends, they were very casual, Xu Shu always maintained enough respect in front of others, even if Pang Tong was Pang Degong's nephew, it was no exception.

"Of course not!" Pang Tong was not ashamed, but was content with satisfaction.

"You!" Xu Shu pointed at Pang Tong, feeling helpless. He knew Pang Tong's character. If he continued to talk, he would only be even more depressed and wisely stop the topic.

"Shi Yuan, Kong Ming! I and Guangyuan met two great talents in Wujun City, one of them. From my perspective, I can see that I will no longer be inferior to you." Xu Shu said seriously.

"Oh?" Pang Tong was a little surprised. Although he was young, he was very confident in his talents. He was full of talents in the world. Pang Tong didn't feel that he was much inferior. Even Zhuge Liang was never convinced.

Xu Shu's words aroused his interest.

Zhuge Liang, who was beside him, looked indifferent and indifferent.

"Who is actually so praised by Yuan Zhi?" Pang Tong said curiously, as if he was boasting in his words.

"You will know when you meet!" Xu Shu called the two to the city in a mysterious and secret manner.

Pang Tong rolled his eyes, but he had no choice but to follow Xu Shu.

Zhuge Liang kept smiling and followed the two with graceful grace.
Chapter completed!