Ma Su followed Xu Shu and witnessed his various arrangements. He was quite inspired and took an internship class.

On the way, the two also discussed some possible variables. Therefore, Ma Su and Xu Shu also believed that this battle was a sure victory.

Xu Shu had already proposed to let him be his assistant on the way. Although Ma Su agreed to stay and help him for the time being, he directly refused to join Liu Bei on the grounds that he was young and was not suitable for official positions.

Because Ma Su knew that although Liu Bei was a potential stock, he also had the halo of the emperor and even had the title of Yuzhou Mu, he could not give him any official position.

Because Liu Bei did not have the right to open the Ya Mansion, now he is guarding Xinye County. The highest official positions he can find for his subordinates are small officials such as county magistrates and county magistrates. For Liu Bei's group, official positions are a situation where there are too many monks and too little porridge.

Therefore, Liu Bei has been in Jingzhou for several years. Although he sought talents from many places, no one came to join him.

As the saying goes, being an official for thousands of miles is only for wealth. Liu Bei can give very low official positions. If he has strong financial resources and gives higher treatment, more people will join him!

But Liu Bei was busy recruiting troops and spending all his limited financial resources on the army. The funds were very tight, so he basically had no treatment for him to join him.

If Ma Su follows Liu Bei now, he probably doesn’t even have a position as a small official. The biggest possibility is to be an aide and be able to fill his stomach. As for salary, there is no need to think about it!

Of course, Ma Su could not be tied to Liu Bei's chariot now! Besides, he could not make this decision. When Ma Su came, Ma Liang repeatedly reminded him not to join Liu Bei's collective rashly because the family did not want to express their opinions yet.

On the battlefield, although Ma Su followed Xu Shu to make suggestions, what he never forgets is how to improve his martial arts skills.

He was very interested in the martial arts of the famous general Zhao Yun. He ignored the dangers of the battlefield and watched Zhao Yun and Lu Kuang’s fight alone!

Ma Su recalled Zhao Yun's moves that he had done in one go, and told him that if he fought alone with him, he would probably be unable to escape unscathed. He could not help but have a little more understanding of the dangers on the battlefield!

Ma Su is not unfamiliar with command and dispatch on the battlefield, because when training private soldiers, the method they adopted was also "advance when hearing the drum, and retreat when hearing the gold."

The soldiers' pace of charge and the time of shooting guns, in line with the sound of drums, can greatly increase the power of the rushing formation.

There are also flag words on the battlefield, but they are not universal and cannot be used when rushing. Only when practicing formations and fighting formations can the presidency use flags to command and dispatch, so that the formation can be unpredictable.

Although it was Ma Su's first time to go to the battlefield, his emotions were also infected by the intense sound of war drums, and he felt a sense of enthusiasm and he couldn't help but ride a horse to rush to kill.

Ma Su, who had never participated in the battle, devoted himself to the cavalry chasing the enemy. In cooperation with other cavalry, at least five Cao soldiers were picked up by him.

During the entire battle, Ma Su was in a state of excitement and had no discomfort.

After the end, Ma Su looked at the bloodstains on the ground and his broken legs. He couldn't help but vomit, and he was exhausted and barely got on the horse and returned to Xinye.

Liu Bei led the army to return to Xinye with victory and walked into the county town amid the cheers of the people. After returning to the county government, he ordered the yamen runners to hold a banquet and prepare for a celebration, but Xu Shu was blocked!

Xu Shu said to Xuande: "Lord, please drink slowly. It's not time to celebrate the merits! Cao Ren stationed troops in Fancheng. Now he knows that the Lu brothers were killed by us, so he will not sit idly by. He will definitely set up a large army to avenge him!"

When Xuande heard this, his old face turned red! He was so happy that he had been in the army for half his life, and had fought dozens of battles, and he also forgot about preventing Cao Ren's attack!

Liu Bei was so kind that he immediately bowed his hands to ask Xu Shu for advice: "Military advisor, according to your opinion, how should we fight?"

Because it was in the yard of the county government, Xu Shu first looked around and saw that there were no outsiders present before saying to Liu Bei:

"Cao Ren has been defeated for a while, and his troops have been lost. If he brings troops to come this time and is eager to win, he will definitely be in full swing, because he can never be defeated again! Fancheng's defense must be empty, and he can take advantage of the opportunity to seize it."

Xuande asked for advice, Xu Shu smiled mysteriously, said to Liu Bei that he just needed to...so...!

When Xuande heard this, he was overjoyed and had made preparations in advance. He quickly called the generals to arrange all matters in advance as Xu Shu said.

There are only three of them here. Xu Shu pretended to be mysterious. It was not because he was afraid that Ma Su would know, but because of habits!

Xu Shu had already discussed this plan with Ma Su alone, so he naturally knew that he was going to send Guan Yu to ambush and wait not far from Fancheng. Once Cao's army set up a large army to attack Xinye, he would seize Fancheng first.

Xu Shu deliberately led Guan Yu away, although he was slightly more capable of leading troops alone, and because of Guan Yu's stubbornness, it was difficult to make arrangements for staying by his side.

If Guan Yu gets angry, doesn't obey military orders, or questions Xu Shu's plan in public, it will greatly reduce Xu Shu's prestige!

Although Zhang Fei is extremely brave and has a bad temper, he is for the rude soldiers under his command. Because it is useless to reason with them, it depends on who has a big fist in the army!

Zhang Fei maintains the respect he deserves when dealing with scholars, and makes it easier to arrange it!

Liu Bei had just arranged the personnel here, and Guan Yu had already led his troops away. The horses came in and reported:

"Cao Ren has led more than 20,000 troops and has begun to cross the river."

Xu Shu smiled and said, "It's as I expected. Cao Ren is eager to take revenge. He has already formed a large army. Fancheng has entered my palm! We don't need to attack half a cross. Cao Ren, a general who has been through the battlefield for a long time, must be prepared! We are afraid that Cao Ren will change his attention and return to Fancheng and cannot let go of the army crossing the river. In that case, we will not only find it difficult to take advantage, but will instead fall into a war of attrition. Cao Ren has many soldiers and few soldiers. This is the result Cao Ren hopes to see!"

Although Xu Shu was not in a hurry, he still had to make some necessary arrangements, so he reorganized his army with Liu Bei. This time, Xu Shu used 8,000 troops and horses to go along the main road to meet the enemy by the river.

Cao Ren is worthy of being an experienced general and has long had a way to prevent half-crossing attacks. After his first batch of hundreds of people crossed the river, he had already set up a defensive formation openly by the river. As more and more people crossed the river, the formation became larger and larger.

Cao's army all crossed the river, and before they could even get out, they came to visit Ma and reported: "Liu Bei is leading the army."

As soon as he finished speaking, dust was flying in the mountain stream. A group of people turned out from the road beside the mountain. The one who walked in front was Zhao Yun, the general under Liu Bei.

Zhao Yun's team stopped and advanced with an arrow from Cao's army and began to set up a formation. With the addition of subsequent personnel, the formation became stronger and stronger!
Chapter completed!