The seven thousand soldiers who went to Luo finally set out from Xiangyang. Before leaving, Liu Biao came to see him off in person. After giving Liu Qi a lot of instructions, he watched him leave.

Flags were waving, and the soldiers and horses slowly marched towards the east in a long line of three people.

All the soldiers disappeared, but Liu Biao was still standing there, staring at the surging smoke and dust in the distance, his eyes full of expectation and thoughts.

My husband's son... has grown up.

...

According to the plan, after the two armies met, they would go north together and go to Luoyang through Nanjun.

Logically speaking, when the Yizhou army left Shu and came to Jingzhou, they should have gone to Xiangyang to visit Liu Biao before conducting a conquest.

Moreover, if the Jingzhou army is waiting for the Yizhou army alliance near Xiangyang, and then walk together in Nanyang Shangluo, the distance is the closest.

But now the Jingzhou army headed to Zigui, and it was a long way to go. After meeting with the Yizhou army, they had to return to the jurisdiction of Xiangyang and enter Nanyang.

But letting five thousand Yizhou soldiers penetrate into Nanjun without surveillance is a dangerous thing for Liu Biao. Not to mention that he had a bad impression of Liu Yan, even if the other party was Liu Yu he recognized, Liu Biao would not let the other party enter his own jurisdiction at will.

In name, it was a reconciliation between the two armies, but in fact it was just to let Liu Qi monitor the Yizhou army.

In addition, who knows whether Jia Long, who was leading the army, would ask him questions about whom to lead the alliance after meeting Liu Biao?

After all, Liu is showing that he intends to be slandered with Liu Yanxu. If he is asked in person, Liu Biao will be a bit unfair and will lose his identity as the leader.

After all, Liu Biao is a person who cherishes feathers.

Since there are so many disadvantages when meeting, then don’t just meet. Just join forces in Zigui to join Luo directly.

...

The Jingzhou army arrived at the Marquis of Zigui County, but the Yizhou army had not arrived yet.

Taking advantage of this gap, Liu Qi and Sima Junhou of various departments began to study the issue of the advance route after the two armies met.

From Zigui north to Luoyang, there are roughly two directions to choose from. Eijing directly, go straight to Xingshan and enter the Xincheng, and enter the Shangyong territory, but this may affect Su Gu who is stationed in Hanzhong.

Su Gu is currently in a hostile situation with Liu Yan, and he is likely to dispatch troops to harass Liu Yan, but Su Gu is not strong enough, and even if he sends troops, he can't fight with the Jingzhou Army and the Yizhou Army.

But the trouble is the follow-up, the supply route here is relatively long.

The other road is a relatively orthodox road, which is to return to the boundary of Nanjun from Ziguizhe, return to the vicinity of Xiangyang along the river, pass the Han River and run into Nanxiang, and enter the junction of Henan and Sili through Nanyang County.

The distance is short, the supply line is short, and the road is flat and suitable for advancement, which is the most ideal route to progress.

But there is a big trouble.

Currently, Nanyang County belongs to Jingzhou in name, but in fact it is Yuan Shu's territory.

For the Liu family in Jingzhou, Yuan Shu is currently a big boss and has too strong strength. If he wants to have a conflict with him... the result is likely to be heavy losses.

Regarding these two routes, Liu Qi gathered all the generals and officers above the military marquis to hear everyone's opinions.

Apart from the Xiangyang Captain Liu Qi, the only ones who can lead the army alone are Kuai Yue and Cai Zun. In addition to the special nature of the family behind them, these two people are currently only lower in the army than Liu Qi.

Kuai Yue was surprised to say nothing this time.

Cai Zun was not scruples and suggested: "General, please use the last general to control it. The northern superiors are under our army. The general direction is just a matter of whether it is east or west. At present, if Nanyang County is under Yuan Shu, if it moves eastward, once it enters Yuan Shu's territory and annoys this person, it may be a disaster for our army to destroy it. It is better to go westward. Even if Su Gu dares to send troops to trouble us, it will not be difficult to destroy the crowd with our army!"

Cai Zun's suggestions are just right and in line with the views of most people. It is well known that Yuan Shu has strong strength, and there is nothing wrong with avoiding the important and light marching route.

But Liu Qi doesn't like the saying that he has made others' ambitions and his majesty... What does it mean to be a disaster of destruction? It's too bad for morale.

Liu Qi looked at Huang Zhong and Wen Pin.

"Han Sheng and Zhong Ye, what do you think?"

What surprised Liu Qi was that neither Huang Zhong nor Wen Pin answered.

Both of them just stared at the simple outlined Pitu, frowned, as if they were in a dilemma.

When he was young, he finally heard Huang Zhong speak slowly: "Zei Sima's words are quite pertinent, and it is in line with the best strategy of not fighting..."

Cai Zun's face showed a look of pride.

"However, if you do the west side, the food and grass dispatch can delay major events."

The smile on Cai Zun's face froze.

"If our army goes north, it will definitely not be possible if we don't open a grain channel. The transportation of grain requires budget opportunities and roads, and the grain channel should not be too far away, otherwise we need to divide the troops and horses to guard the grain channel... Our army's grain and grass come from Aocang, Nanjun. If we detour the new city... how many soldiers and horses should be divided along the way to protect it? The people who are available at present are 7,000. If we travel west to Luo, at least three thousand people should be divided to guard the grain channel to prevent being attacked by Su Gu."

Cai Zun's face became very ugly, but he could not refute it.

Liu Qi looked at Pitu carefully.

The Napi icon is drawn in a blurry way, and the length of the direction is also very problematic, and it is completely incomparable to the accuracy of the maps in later generations.

But a discerning person can still see the distance.

There is no doubt that if the road to transporting grain is too long, it will affect the overall plan. Among all the marching routes, Liu Qi looked left and right. Only by passing Wancheng from Rang County in Nanyang County is the closest marching route in Shangluo.

"It seems that you can only go to Nanyang County." Liu Qi murmured.

Wen Pin said in a deep voice: "But Yuan Shu has the heart of a jackal and a tiger Sun Jian helps him. He has long been coveted by Wunan County. If our army passes through Nanyang, if Yuan Shu launches troops to attack me, or cuts off my food route, we may be in danger."

At this moment, Kuai Yue finally spoke: "Yes, the risk of traveling from Nanyang County is too great."

Liu Qi looked at Kuai Yue and asked, "Sir, did you know Yuan Shu when he was in Beijing?"

Kuai Yue's eyes became a little deeper, as if he was recalling the past.

"Of course I met each other. Yue and Yuan Gonglu and Liu Envoy were both under General He. Although Yue and Jun and his father had several encounters, they were not very familiar with each other. However, Yuan Gonglu was the general's strongest general, so they met a lot."

Liu Qi could understand the implicit meaning in Kuai Yue's words.

When he was under He Jin's command, the Yuan brothers were valued by He Jin because of their special identities. It is estimated that Kuai Yue has cursed them a lot at that time.

As for people like Liu Biao who were only appointed after the party ban was lifted, Kuai Yue probably didn't have much time to pay attention to him.

It's all reasonable and there's nothing to avoid.

"According to Mr. Yidu's understanding, how about Yuan Shu?"

Kuai Yue said the truth: "Although he is very talented, he is very fond of merit, and is very arrogant and arrogant."

Liu Qi nodded, his words were quite pertinent, and he talked about both advantages and disadvantages.

As far as Liu Qi knows, most of the evaluations of Yuan Shu in history books are not very high.

The Three Kingdoms gave him a twelve-word golden word: "Extravagance and lewdness, and glory will not end one's own fortune, and you will take it yourself."

The Book of the Later Han Dynasty gave him the evaluation of "Priceful name and extraordinaryness, but naturally arrogant and arrogant, respecting oneself and obeying things."

But Liu Qi felt that although Yuan Shu lost tragically in the warlords' struggle, he was able to become one of the best forces on the land of Middle-earth in a period. In addition to the family background of the four generations and three dukes, he must have some advantages...

At least in terms of real skills, they are definitely much better than most people.

Today, after listening to Kuai Yue's evaluation, Liu Qi can probably infer what kind of person Yuan Shu is in the history book.

He is a bit capable, courageous, and desire to do big things, and is good at speculation and taking advantage of loopholes.

The disadvantage is that it is too confident.

This disadvantage is a bit too obvious.

He blindly believed in power and the environment without being an emperor. This was not because he was stupid. On the contrary, Yuan Shu was a very smart person, but the internal reason that prompted him to do this... it should be his self-confidence and superiority, which prompted his psychological construction at that time to smooth out all obstacles and blinded his eyes.

From a psychological point of view, Yuan Shu’s problem is called “excessive sense of superiority”. There is a general explanation in “Inferiority and Transcendence”, saying that humans are always facing the pressure of inferiority and the challenges of survival. In order to eliminate this pressure, everyone will build various compensation mechanisms in their psychology based on the environment to overcome inferiority, but excessive compensation may lead to excessive superiority.

Obviously, Yuan Shu's psychological compensation mechanism has made too much of it, making him an arrogant person who combines pretentiousness and pride and a whole body. Of course, this may have something to do with his growth environment.

In this way, talent and vision are not Yuan Shu’s main weaknesses, but personality.

After thinking through this, an idea gradually took shape in Liu Qi's mind.
Chapter completed!