After the epic war that lasted all day, on April 13, Liu Bei's army was cleaning the battlefield, reincarnating prisoners, and repairing them.

After all, as the side that defeated, they could not care about killing or burying, and let them leave many hidden dangers behind. So even if they want to take advantage of the victory and bite Li Jue, they still cannot be anxious in their actions.

Moreover, they also need time to confirm Guo Si's movements and intimidate Guo Si not to stay in Jingyang for more time. Instead, they force Guo Si to move northward as soon as possible, and bypass the northern section of the Longshan Mountains around the Dayuan Road.

Otherwise, if Guo Si really feels an opportunity and sneakily captures Liu Bei's retreat, or if he insists on waiting for Liu Bei's main force to leave and take the risk of breaking through the Huating-Jeting route back to the northwest, it will cause Liu Bei a little trouble.

Guo Si only stayed in Jingyang for one day, and as Xun You and Li Su expected, he went to Guyuan. Only then did Liu Bei's army go down the southeast and take over Linjing, Anding County's capital on April 15th. Here, some of the soldiers of Li Jue who fled a few days ago were stationed, as well as hundreds of soldiers from the local county magistrate and Qu General, but they surrendered directly when they saw the army arrive.

Seeing that Linjing was so relaxed in defense, Liu Bei completely believed that Li Jue was rushing to Chang'an without stopping, and did not dare to defend and resist everywhere along the way.

Since this is the case, Liu Bei can also relax his vigilance and let Zhao Yun and Ma Chao lead the main cavalry force to take the lead and speed up the progress of land grabbing.

That night, the senior troops were stationed in Linjing City. The soldiers could not stay and were still camping outside the city. Liu Bei easily summoned Zhao Yun and Ma Chao and others to the prefect's mansion to have dinner together and explain their follow-up action plan.

Because of the disaster year, Liu Bei was also quite frugal and set an example, eating elephant meat and horse meat that died in battle. If you feel tired, you should use some baked lichen and sprinkle a little salt.

Of course, Li Su also went with her, but he had a healthy diet and had to use some coarse corn rice. He felt that the taste of roasted lichen was similar to that of the Japanese sushi restaurants in later generations, and it was just a little bitter and thick.

The elephant meat is very thick and loose, and its taste is not as good as horse meat. An elephant can produce about 10,000 kilograms of meat when she died in battle. After cleaning the battlefield that day, each soldier could carry a few kilograms of meat.

I just ate grilled lichen and barbecue rice and barbecue. I felt that it was similar to eating sushi. Suddenly someone asked for a visit at the door. It turned out that Xun Yousheng was rushing in in a hurry.

Liu Bei wrapped wild vegetable leaves and greeted him: "Gongda, don't bother sour horse meat, how many bites should I eat together? We are from the army and don't avoid these things, even Boya can eat them."

Xun You sighed with regret, took the barbecue package from Liu Bei, found an empty case and sat down: "King! I just saw that the direct military generals of Linjing were not defending Li Jue in the afternoon, and I felt something was wrong. I just interrogated the surrendered county magistrate, chief and county magistrate, and I knew what was going on. We still have the mind to be idle here."

Liu Bei put down his meat: "How?"

Xun You: "King, think about it, if Li Jue just wants to defend Chang'an and restore his strength, whether he wants to live and die with Chang'an or find another way out, should he be unprepared for Linjing and even the subsequent Qi County, Chiyang?

Leave some troops and horses a little, and we will delay our army all the way. Even if the generals and the people are in a hurry to surrender soon after resistance, it will delay us for a long time - at least our army cannot bring siege equipment, and we will have to build it temporarily whenever we go. Even if Linjing and Qixian can only hold each place for three or five days, it can delay us for a long time. This is an important opportunity to breathe."

After hearing what Xun You said, Liu Bei also noticed something was wrong from the joy at the beginning: "Yes, Li Jue is now defeated and has suffered a crushing defeat. It will take a lot of time to regroup. If a small number of confidants are left to restrain our army, it will be beneficial without any effort. Why did Linjing, as the governor of Anding County, give up so thoroughly? Boya, what do you think?"

Li Su was confused. He had never thought about this problem. The main reason was that he felt that Chang'an was within his control. Even if Liu Bei traveled fifty miles a day and arrived in Chang'an, he would steadily attack the city. With Chang'an's solidity, he would be able to defend for at most half a month and would definitely not be able to withstand a month.

Now it seems that there is no need to use any strategy, and Li Jue has fallen.

But after being named, he had to answer: "I was careless for a moment and felt that the overall situation was settled, so I didn't think about it anymore..."

"There are also things that you are careless!" Liu Bei stretched out his food, pointed his middle fingers, and smiled at Li Su, but did not ask.

He was also used to thinking that Li Su knew everything, so he subconsciously asked when he encountered something he couldn't understand.

Xun You observed Li Su secretly with great care, as if he was thinking about something there. Seeing that Li Su really didn't answer, he stopped keeping it and explained to Liu Bei:

"King, I think that the reason why Li Jue was so careless and rushed back to Chang'an must be that he was eager to settle Duan Wei's generals left in Hongnong, as well as General An Ji and his uncle Dong Cheng!

Have you forgotten the king and the Right General? It was said that Dong Cheng colluded with Duan Wei's general who was left in Hongnong to lead Yuan Shu into the invasion to share the military power of Chang'an from Li Ying and Li Bie. That was just a plan to deceive Duan Wei and force Duan Wei to turn against him in the face of the battle!"

After listening carefully, Liu Bei thought for a while: "It's indeed a plan, that's right. You mean, Li Jue took it seriously..."

Xun You: "Of course! During the decisive battle that day, Duan Wei shouted out in front of the formation. He and Dong Cheng were secretly ordered to fight against the thieves! We deceived Duan Wei for seven minutes, but he believed it himself! He still shouted out in the battlefield openly.

Maybe Duan Wei felt that the situation in Chang'an had been controlled by Dong Cheng. Maybe Duan Wei thought that the right general was as good as a god and had successfully made General Zhang attack Chang'an from Ji County, so he was so sure! So now we should try to let the light soldiers go to Chang'an and go directly to Chang'an. Maybe we can catch up with the civil strife in Chang'an, or at least catch up with the 'Li Jue's surprise attack on Dong Cheng and Duan Wei's generals'.

Alas, maybe our plan that day was spread by mistake by mistake, which actually harmed the innocent Dong Cheng. Well, Dong Cheng was originally a flattering minister of Ai Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army. It would be fine if he died in the internal strife of Li Jue. Anyway, we will be able to take Chang'an sooner or later."

When Xun You said this, Li Su realized that he was really careless because of the previous Jinghe Plateau decisive victory, and he had been careless for two days, but he didn't even expect this.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is still easy to think about it in that direction. The key is that he is not careful and uses the trick to "kill and not bury", and does not consider the subsequent impact of his plan on innocent third parties.

It is a bit similar to the strategy of discharging pollutants that is not environmentally friendly, which hurts flowers and plants.

On the other hand, this is actually the cause of "fixed thinking and stereotypes". Because in Li Su subconsciously, Dong Cheng was a "existent who would accept the edict of clothes and belts" that "regardless of whether I appear or not", he subconsciously regarded Dong Cheng as a dead person who died for the reckless king, and never wanted to spend brain cells to save Dong Cheng.

Moreover, on the day of the decisive battle in Jinghe, the battlefield was so chaotic that Duan Weijun was far away from Li Su. Even if Duan Weijun clamored in unison, Li Su couldn't hear what they called, so he didn't expect Dong Chengshi to be sold. Xun You found Duan Wei to find out the situation after the war and investigated it carefully.

Speaking of this, I apologized to Liu Bei, and it was necessary to punish three pieces of horse meat. Li Su Lianrong ate the meat and said, "A thousand things will make mistakes. In this regard, Gong Da is very careful with me. If the king can listen to both sides, it is a blessing for the court."

Liu Bei smiled kindly: "It's rare, what's the point? Let Zilong do it tomorrow and follow the plan."

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After dinner, Li Su returned to the expropriated inn in the city to rest. Xun You also went with him and lived in a yard next to Li Su.

When Liu Bei's army went on an expedition, they would have been a custom of leaving the inn for the staff and scholars who followed the army to live, considering that the literati generally like to clean. Although the inn is not as good as the prefect or county government, it is better to clean it diligently and do not need to use the daily utensils used by others.

Since they were on the same journey, after returning to the inn, Xun You asked the servant to make a pot of tea and go to Li Suyuan to sit and chat.

Li Su didn't understand why, but he didn't drive him away: "Isn't Gongda sleepy? He doesn't have a rest late at night."

Xun You repeatedly confirmed Li Su's eyes, sat suspiciously at the stone table in the yard, and said, "Why do you doubt the right general? Today You pointed out the reason why Li Jue escaped quickly to the king, and it was also seen that the right general did not want to mention this matter.

I am here tonight, hoping to tell the Right General openly that You are in front of the lord this time, and this will be like this in front of you, and you will take this advice as your own, and you will never reveal that you have seen through everything. So please let the Right General meet me completely and honestly, and don’t be stuck in your throat."

Li Suyi had a expressionless face, but in fact he didn't see Xun You's dihua at all: "What do I know? This kind of mistake today is not a big deal, I'm just negligent."

Xun You took a sip of tea: "Of course, things have come to this point, and we have already reached this point together. No matter who changes his words in the future, the lord will not be shaken. Therefore, the right general is a pure negligence to the outside world.

In fact, You also agreed with the right general in his heart to sit back and see him. The king was in power, and the Han Dynasty was still a great Han Dynasty, and he could also replace him with a capable king. Mencius said: The people are the most important, and the country is the second, and the king is the least. If a person with a sage and heroic surname is beneficial to the people, it is not good for the king and the country. The king can be said to be beneficial to the people, but not the country, and the best of both worlds.

Whether it is Dong Cheng or the generals who Duan Zhongming stayed in Hongnong, life and death are not worth mentioning compared to national affairs."

If it is replaced, it is still a person named Liu, which is called not harming the country. The ancestors enjoy the sacrifices in the seven temples.

When Li Su heard Xun You talk about this, he suddenly realized: It turned out that this is what he was thinking about!

Xun You mistakenly thought that Li Su had everything, but he deliberately did not say it, deliberately did not persuade Liu Bei to "take Chang'an quickly while the civil strife in Chang'an" in order to give Li Jue time to return to Chang'an and make a crazy settlement of Duan Wei's accomplices, and massacre Dong Cheng and others! Maybe he could also massacre a group of court officials who were close to Dong Cheng, and then the court's old aura was wiped out!

Xun You mistakenly thought that Li Su wanted to treat Li Jue as a tool for the court to clean up the hatred!

It’s also a big blame for Li Su’s image of being too high in his mind, which made him occasionally neglect once, and no one could believe it. However, Xun You was also an intellectually worth over 90. After a long time of imagination, he made Li Sudi’s imagination into this.

Li Su was amused and crying, but he knew that this matter could not be explained and there was no need to explain it.

Anyway, Xun You is a smart person. Today, he has been talking to that level in front of Liu Bei, and he will be humiliating himself if he wants to change his words in the future. Moreover, Xun You knows that Liu Bei and Li Su have a strong relationship. If you make these swear words clear, it will not be beneficial to Xun You-

As long as Xun You said to Liu Bei, wouldn’t it prove that “Xun You saw through Liu Bei and hoped to use Li Jue’s butcher knife to clean up the court in the end”? Why do you have to see through the lord’s thoughts? Isn’t it good to share happiness peacefully?

Xun You came to Li Su to clarify it in order to emphasize, "I have seen through it, but I will never expose you again if I am on the same rope as you. Everyone will not doubt each other in the future" so as not to feel uneasy in Li Su himself.

But in fact, Li Su was not uneasy at all, and he didn't even think in that direction.

"Oh... Xun You's heart is also dirty, okay, please agree to him quickly." Li Su thought to himself.

He was too lazy to explain, so he said directly: "Since that's the case, don't say much, let's just pretend that nothing is said today."

Xun Youru was relieved and said, "One word is determined."
Chapter completed!