In Luoyang City, Li Hugo was arranging arrangements for the Luoyang garrison. Now, the five thousand elite armor plus the remaining defeated soldiers in Luoyang amounted to less than 10,000 people. This was simply a drop in the bucket for the huge Luoyang City defense.
There are a total of eighteen princes in the world, nine of them went to the Chang'an court, and the other nine were loyal to the Luoyang court. The two were bounded by mountains, and there was no war for the time being.
However, there were too few defenders, which was not a good thing after all, so Cao Mengde discussed in the hall and said: "Cheng Yu, what do you think? Nowadays, the court is short of soldiers. Although Li Huguo is brave and brave, he is in vain. What big deal? General, the number of troops under his command is less than 10,000, which is really ridiculous."
"Ming Gong, I think this is an opportunity to make friends!" Cheng Yu stepped forward and said.
Cao Ren in the hall laughed loudly: "I'm talking about military counselor, you are too cautious. Li Huguo is nothing. They all say that Lu Bu has a simple mind and well-developed limbs. I think Li Huguo is also such a person. How can he be with us?" Are you on par with the Prime Minister? Besides, Li Huguo’s troops are so small, isn’t that good news for us?”
"Although Li Huguo is also our opponent, in the final analysis, now we have surrendered to the Luoyang Imperial Court. Our current status was awarded by the Luoyang Imperial Court. And if the Luoyang Imperial Court declines, where do you think we will fall?"
Cheng Yu walked to the middle of the soldiers, looked around, and spoke.
Xiahou Dun glanced at his brother Xiahou Yuan and said, "The military advisor just said it's okay!"
"You say what you say, I drink my wine, I don't understand anyway!" Dian Wei poured the wine into his own mouth.
Xu Chu, who was standing next to him, snorted: "Wine bags and rice bags!"
"What are you talking about? You deserve a fucking beating, don't you?" Dian Wei immediately went to get the weapon.
Xu Zhu shouted angrily: "Did you forget that you robbed me of a chicken leg last time? I haven't settled the score with you yet!"
Snapped!
Cao Mengde slapped the table: "Shut up and listen to the military advisor!"
Suddenly, the two reckless men shut up. They were both afraid of Cao Mengde.
Cheng Yu said slowly: "Everyone, this is actually the case. We might as well take the lead and leave some soldiers and horses to Li Huguo. You must know that Li Hugo has some soldiers and horses to protect the safety of the court. And when we fight for hegemony in the future, we will definitely use this court's power at the beginning. name, and we are the first to send troops and horses, then we can take the lead, and we will be rewarded in the future, and in this way, we can also get more benefits."
"What interests? Isn't this nonsense? What real power does the emperor have now?" Cao Ren said.
Cheng Yu laughed: "The general's words are wrong. For example, if we have made a contribution, we can ask the court for military orders, such as conquering Chang'an. At that time, we can restore the Han Dynasty and the country, and then recruit troops. We must know that although the imperial court is weak now, how can the country of Han Dynasty disappear so easily after four hundred years? The world still belongs to the Han Dynasty, and we use the banner to call and respond all the way. By then... the soldiers and horses we gave to the imperial court Wouldn’t it be better to get it back twice as much?”
As soon as he said this, Cao Mengde stood up immediately: "Okay! Military advisor, how many troops and horses do you need to send him?"
"We will use 30,000 elite soldiers and choose the weak ones, and we will give the imperial court 3,000 archers!" Cheng Yu said.
Xiahou Dun took a sip of wine: "Why archers?"
"It's very simple. Archers are for positional warfare and are a weapon for defending the city, but they cannot be used for siege warfare. In siege warfare, bows and arrows are shot from low to high places and are of no use at all. Infantry is even more important for formation warfare. With the help of our cavalry, every warrior of our cavalry is experienced in hundreds of battles, and the horses under his seat are good horses bought by Dawan. Therefore, in such a situation, archers are the most cost-effective. Even if Li Huguo knows how to use troops again, he will not give them to us. It creates too many hidden dangers!" Cheng Yu said.
Xiahou Dun stood up, clasped his fists and said, "I admire you very much for your talent as a military advisor!"
"Just do as the military advisor said." Cao Mengde was overjoyed.
At this time, Cao Mengde spoke, and he immediately asked other princes to send troops to the court. Among them, Cao Mengde had three thousand troops, Sun Jian had two thousand, Tao Qian had two thousand, Kong Rong had one thousand and five thousand, and Gongsun Ce had five hundred. In this way, except for Liu Bei himself, There were only 500 people who didn't send any gifts. The others basically sent soldiers and horses to Li Hugo.
But Li Yuguo couldn't be happy. Guan Er, who was standing next to him, laughed and said, "Brother, since the princes are sending troops, why is eldest brother so worried?"
Zhang Xiu scolded: "You are such a fool, can't you see that what the princes gave to my eldest brother were old, weak, sick and disabled, or some useless wounded soldiers? These soldiers and horses can only be used for Defend the city, but it cannot be defended for a long time, it can only be defended for a while. These princes have their own agendas and are afraid of the rise of the imperial court, so they are sending troops in name, but in fact they are trying to contain our eldest brother!"
"So that's what I was thinking. Wow, I'm so angry!" Er Lunzi said and went out with the weapon.
"Stop!" Li Yuguo shouted, "Why are you going out now? If the princes know that we still go to trouble them after they send troops, do you think we can get something good?!"
"But these grandsons are going too far!" Guan Hai said.
Li Yuguo stood up and said, "But if we find out, who has the plan?"
"It's Cheng Yu, Cao Mengde's chief adviser." Zhang Xiu said, cupping his fists.
Li Yuguo frowned: "Cheng Yu, no wonder."
Cheng Yu is a person unknown to others, but Li Yuguo understands that in this period, all the princes want to dominate, so they will try every means to make other countries their subjects or directly annex them.
However, the strength of each force is different, and there will be a phenomenon where the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. There was a man named Cheng Yu. He helped Cao Mengde unify the Central Plains and became an absolutely powerful master at that time. Of course, it was also inseparable from Cao Mengde's own strength. However, in the later period, Cao Mengde encountered great obstacles, which prevented him from becoming the unification of the world. the overlord. This Cheng Yu is thoughtful, courageous, and does things without leakage.
At that time, Cao Mengde had many talented people under his command. It is self-evident why Cheng Yu was particularly appreciated by Cao Mengde. Cheng Yu is from Shandong and was born into a poor peasant family, but this did not hinder his hard work.
I remember that during the Yellow Turban Uprising, they all attacked his home, but he was not afraid. Instead, he used his own strategies to protect everyone. In this way, Cheng Yu became known to everyone, and many people came to ask him to be their counselor. , he didn't even accept it. He was very patient and could be said to be waiting for Cao Mengde to appear.
Li Yuguo was actually not far from Cheng Yu at first, and it would only take fifty miles to get there. However, Li Yuguo met Zou Xiangyu's mother at that time, so he did not go to Cheng Yu's village. As a result, he missed such a talented person, which Li Yuguo regretted Incessantly.