And this opportunity is also unique!

"Second brother, third brother, please invite Sun Qian here first and ask him to go to Xiangyang on my behalf. I have to discuss this matter with Brother Jing Sheng first!"

Liu Bei said with cautious eyes.

"Okay!"

Zhang Fei ran out quickly.

Not long after, Sun Qian came over, and Mi Zhu was also waiting in the courtyard. When Sun Qian came, Liu Bei had already written the letter and handed it to him: "Sun Qian, you must be more careful when you arrive, and make it clear that I just miss you."

, it has no other meaning, and this letter can only be read by him, and must not be seen by Cai Hao."

"yes."

Sun Qian was not a greedy person, and he had firm beliefs and left quickly after taking the letter.

And Guan Yu also set his sights on Liu Bei: "Then I will recruit troops now!"

"Then do you remember the "Shield-Ambush" step formation from before?"

Liu Bei's eyes flashed with light and his tone was dull.

"Of course I know this!"

Guan Yudao also knew that this was a formation to restrain cavalry. He had heard some powerful men from Zhuo County mention this formation before.

A trace of doubt flashed in Zhang Fei's eyes: "What is this?"

Xu Shu was also confused and asked with a smile: "What is this formation?"

"It's relatively simple. You all know that the cavalry is a powerful force. If it is charged straight, it can be said to be invincible and unstoppable, and the Miyazaki soldiers are also the most powerful ones."

"Cao's light cavalry is called "leopard cavalry". I can also explain this. Three hundred leopard cavalry can kill up to a thousand ordinary cavalry like a safari!"

"The so-called Tiger Cavalry's weapons are spears, and they mainly fight enemies in close combat. Even their war horses are unusual. They are replaced with iron stirrups. When they charge with spears, they are extremely powerful and can be said to be invincible.

!”

Liu Bei's expression also became extremely serious: "If you want to deal with them, you can only use bows and crossbows to shoot them down with arrows raining down from the sky. At that time, the war horses will fall into chaos, and the front army and the rear army will pull each other.

Make it difficult for them to survive!”

"But archers and crossbowmen need so-called shield soldiers as a defensive force. Large shields are not suitable here, so they need so-called ambush shields!"

"Then what is Fudun?"

Surprise flashed in the eyes of everyone present. Liu Bei had never mentioned this tactic, and they had never even heard of it.

In fact, they didn't know that the rumors Liu Bei heard came from Gongsun Zan's favorite general, Yan Gang.

But what this strategy requires most is the so-called courage.

In fact, everyone says that Liu Bei is not good at raising troops and training formations, but in fact everyone sees it.

It's not that he's not good at this, he's just keeping a low profile, and he has no experience in large-scale wars, so what he's good at is actually the method of "conquering more with less."

When there are more troops and horses, Liu Bei will be caught off guard, but if it is a small war with less than 10,000 participants, Liu Bei is not only very good at fighting, but also very good at "running", and can always escape with his men.

, which is considered good luck.

Liu Bei went on to explain: "To ambush a shield, you must first choose a suitable location. The land must be on a slope, and you also need long-haired hands and large opponents to hide together. The place behind the slope is suitable for hiding troops, and wait for the cavalry to rush in.

From now on, using the spear as a shield, you will almost understand the meaning of my words!"

"The war horses will walk through a road made of shields. After they pass by for a while, they will set up the shields, and then it will be time to use spears and spearmen to surround them."

"At this stage, the cavalry is unable to climb the slope and will be hit by the large shield, so it will be in crisis!"

"But what is needed most to use this formation is actually courage."

Xu Chu finally understood, and his eyes lit up: "In fact, the most important thing is trust. If it is the soldiers you lead, it must be okay! We can definitely use this to stop the cavalry from the north!"

"I understand too!!"

There was a hint of joy in Guan Yu's tone, and he quickly clasped his fists: "I will follow your instructions to train the Shield Formation. If Cao Cao dares to come, I will let him know our strength!"

"I want to go too!"

"You go ahead," Liu Bei waved his hand and took Xu Shu to the inner hall to discuss it carefully.

They are not just discussing the military formation, but also how to better cooperate with the Sun family.

For example, who should be sent to contact the Sun family, how to contact, and the time of contact.

This way they will be more calm when facing Cao Cao again.

Liu Bei is now expanding his strength with Nanyang, and even manufactured a lot of ordnance and dug ditches. He did this to defend against Cao Cao's cavalry team, which can be regarded as a well-intentioned one.

…

Autumn in Xuzhou.

This year's harvest was not as bumper as before, and there was a vague harvest failure, mainly because of the locust plague in the summer. However, due to Xi Yu's good decision-making, the locusts were dispersed and the crops were saved.

But even if there was a harvest failure, the people under the rule could still be fed, and there was no famine.

In the inner hall of the school, Cao Ang and Xi Yu were sitting there, which was a rare sight. Cao Ang would also take this opportunity to ask some questions.

"Uncle! Now that the north has been pacified, new rewards will arrive soon. Jizhou's policy has been recognized! In the autumn, Bingzhou had the idea of ​​borrowing our talents. Wouldn't it be a little uncomfortable for us to do so?

Too appropriate?"

"What?"

Actually, Xi Yu doesn’t know much about it.

"My father had written to me before and asked me how many scholars there were who had the talent to watch. In fact, there are hundreds of counties in Jizhou and Bingzhou. If they all use gentry as bureaucrats, I'm afraid

There will be a crisis!”

"And in recent years, there haven't been many scholars from poor families, so they decided to borrow people from us."

Cao Ang was relatively honest. Cao Cao told him that he actually wanted Xi Yu to know that Cao Cao had encountered a new problem.

There is no one available.

Cao Cao can be regarded as the first person to value practical learning, and he has been fighting with those nobles all his life. He definitely does not want this situation to happen.

Xi Yu smiled and said, "I don't agree with this."

"What is this?"

A bitter smile appeared on the corner of Xi Yu's lips: "Tell him clearly that there were no problems with the people I sent a year ago, but they were all beaten back, but now I have a way to resettle them!

"

"It's the bank I established. If the bank doesn't have enough manpower to manage it, the business and people's livelihood in Qingzhou and Xuzhou will collapse across the board."

"Qian Zhuang?"

Cao Ang still didn't know what it was.

How come it seems like I’ve never heard of it?

"What is this?"

Cao Ang's eyes flashed with curiosity, and he quickly asked: "Can you explain something? Can I learn this?"

In fact, Cao Ang can always hear some new ideas and vocabulary from Xi Yu, and every time, these new words and concepts can create extraordinary value.

So Cao Ang also wanted to know about this aspect.

"What is important in troubled times? What is important is law and force!"

Xi Yu didn't mind introducing it: "And what is the most important thing in a prosperous age? What is important is agriculture, commerce and the art of education!"
Chapter completed!