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Having said that, Zhenjian really alarmed Gao Shun, she quickly waved to him, signaling him not to come over.

Zhou Yu watched Gao Shun bow his hands to Li Mu from afar, met his eyes from a distance of thirty or fifty horses back, and then smiled slightly, his eyes flickered, and bowed to Li Mu with his sleeves: "First of all, it is against the military order. Sin, and then build the merits of saving Xuancheng, the gentleman counts merits to make up for his mistakes..."

With a long bow, he raised his hands forward, and with a slight bow, he was just in front of Li Mu, and the handkerchief he was holding in his hand was stuffed into Li Mu's vacant hand with this movement.

Li Mu couldn't help being taken aback, and felt that Zhou Yu's words seemed to contain some deep meaning, but the wet handkerchief that suddenly appeared in her hand made her distracted for a moment, and something seemed to flash in her mind very quickly As he passed by, he was stirred by the half-wet touch in his hand and passed by.

As soon as Zhou Yu raised his head, he looked back over Li Mu's shoulder, and saw that Gao Shun had turned around to arrange soldiers to appease the horses and strengthen his guard, he paused, and then lowered his voice: "It's not worth it. "

Li Mu was frowning and thinking, when he heard this, he suddenly came to his senses: "Your merits and demerits equalize, the first contribution to saving Xuancheng this time will naturally fall on Gao Shun..."

"The newly surrendered general is just when his heart is uneasy and his mind is uneasy. If he can immediately gain a foothold with meritorious service, it will benefit his army's peace of mind, and it will also inspire the rest of the generals to fight for power and boost morale. What is the function ratio of saving Xuancheng?"

Zhou Yu smiled brightly, stood side by side with Ma Qun and Li Mu with his back to Ma Qun, and explained Gao Shun's current situation clearly in a few simple sentences.

Since he entered Xiapi, he has intentionally or unintentionally dispersed the soldiers and horses of Gao Shun and Zhang Liao. It turned out that the most powerful soldiers and horses under Lu Bu's command were gathered in one place, and Gao Shun and Zhang Liao were also divided into two places, completely divided into two places.

Gao Shunqiu fought against Liu Bei outside, while Zhang Liao, who had shown favor to Liu Bei, stayed in the city.Let the meritorious service be high, help him gain a firm foothold, give Zhang Liao the trust, and let him and Sun Ce collect Xuzhou's soldiers. This process of one retracting and one letting go, one retreating and one advancing, reminded Li Mu that Yuan Shu had almost lost his life that day. When she broke through the south gate, when she put all her eggs in one basket and handed over the power of defending the city to Zhang Liao, the seven-foot man's eyes shone with light.

Li Mu frowned thoughtfully, while naturally biting off a small half of the jerky in his hand.

The dried meat that has been patted with fine salt is slightly salty, and it is a bit dry and hard in the mouth, but it has a meaty aroma after all.As soon as she took a bite, she realized that the bite was not in the right direction, and the bite was a bit too big.The long strips of jerky were stuck on both sides of the corner of the mouth for a while, unable to turn around or swallow.

So he directly covered his mouth with the semi-wet handkerchief in the other hand, and stuffed it for a while, then freed the tip of his tongue, and spun a half circle against the jerky, barely swallowing it into his mouth .

The corners of Zhou Yu's mouth curled up involuntarily, and he lowered his head slightly, covering the corners of his eyes and brows with a slightly uncontrollable smile, noticing that Li Mu was looking at him vigilantly, and immediately changed the topic, and asked about the stirrup again.

"Ah?" Li Mu had known for a long time that when her "stirrup" showed up, someone would definitely ask her. When she was thinking about how to tie a knot to fasten her belt, she had planned her words and thought about it over and over in her heart. Now when she is asked And, I don’t want to think about it, the answer that I have thought about many times earlier came out logically, "Brother said a few days ago that when he is free, he will try to teach me how to ride and shoot bow and horse. Together with bow and horse, he I have always been strict and cannot allow anyone to slack off, if I can’t cope with it, I will be punished for drawing hundreds of bows every day.”

Shrugging his shoulders and spreading his hands out, as if using cloth as a pedal, the calculation of the range was a method that Tai Shici was forced to think of when he had a flash of inspiration.It's just that the dried meat in his hand was shaking, and he just swallowed a mouthful, a little lacking in momentum.

Zhou Yu smiled, noncommittal.

After the shock and excitement of seeing this thing for the first time, he has thought about it repeatedly along the way.It is convenient to use cloth as a pedal, but it is easy to break when rushing on the battlefield, under the rain of arrows and arrows.If the soldiers were not skilled in riding, they were likely to be thrown off their horses directly. The battle formation was changing rapidly. Once more than [-]% of the soldiers fell off their horses, the cavalry would be no different from being sent to death.

But if you use iron instead... I'm afraid that once this thing appears on the battlefield, it will spread all over the place within a few months.This tool, which can tell its purpose and how to make it at a glance, may give him a temporary advantage at first.But the northerners are good at fighting on horseback. If they have this thing, the northern cavalry will become the biggest nightmare for him and Sun Ce in a blink of an eye.

Seeing Zhou Yu's sudden silence, his eyes flickering, as if he was attracted by the slowly sinking sunset in front of him, Li Mu vaguely noticed that he didn't seem to mean that.

Blinking, she took another bite of the jerky, and after a moment of thought, she asked tentatively, "Do you want...to use the stirrups for cavalry?"

Zhou Yu smiled self-deprecatingly, and sighed softly: "I'm afraid that my cavalry is not yet strong, but I will be used by Liu Bei and Yuan Shu instead. The gain is not rewarded, and the performance is not worth the effort. It will only make people laugh."

It's just a pity after all, he has been thinking about the benefits of cavalry for a long time, and now he knows that there is a way to build a cavalry that belongs to Jiangdong in a year or so, but not only can't use it, but also firmly cover it , even Sun Ce couldn't reveal the slightest clue.Otherwise, according to his temperament, he must fight with all his cavalry at all costs.

Knowing that he could do it but he couldn't do it, as if he couldn't punch out with a punch full of strength, Zhou Yu's hands behind his back slowly tightened, and he just wanted to scream up to the sky and let out the stagnation in his heart.

"This statement must not be announced in front of the generals, to shake the army's morale, and must not be heard in Bo Fu's ears, causing him to advance rashly. You can only say something casually today, out of my mouth, and into your ears. Knowing that it can be used or not, In the end, I was unwilling to let you laugh."

Everyone said that he, Zhou Gongjin, was successful in his youth, met his confidant master, entrusted the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers, and bonded with flesh and blood.If he says something, Sun Ce will do it, if he makes a plan, Sun Ce will follow, how energetic and smooth he is.Little did he know that because of this, he needed to be more careful about everything. He knew that the land in the east of the river was not deep enough. If he didn't go all out to attack Jingzhou in the west as a foundation, it would be difficult for him to make use of it, but he couldn't show any worries.Faced with the deepening of Liu Biao's foundation in Jingzhou, Liu Bei and Yuan Shu looked at him sideways, and he couldn't show any worries.

But for some reason, the word "unreconciled" was said so calmly in front of this little girl today.

Perhaps this stirrup method originated from the little girl's whim, and he subconsciously felt that this unwillingness should only be experienced by the little girl.

"If you can't use it, then you can't use it, but since I can think of it, others can also think of it..." Li Mu stuffed the last mouthful of jerky into his mouth, feeling a pity, and then sighed.Think about Gongsun Zan's white horse righteousness first, and then Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry. Even if they are not counted as cavalry, Yuan Shao's first boarding camp, and Liu Bei's white ear soldiers are all famous troops in history.If it weren't for this mistake, Gao Shun's eight hundred people were trapped in the camp. In comparison, Jiangdong really couldn't come up with a decent army.

After thinking for a while, she turned her head and glanced at the horses, then at Zhou Yu, hesitating: "If you say that there is something on this horse, although it can't be as immediate as the stirrup, it doesn't matter. As for being able to learn at a glance."

She looked carefully and found that all the war horses' hooves were wrapped with straw and bark, while Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's horses' hooves were wrapped with leather, but they did not see a pair of horseshoes.

In this era, not only cavalry is rare, but war horses are even more difficult to find.Long-distance raids, mountains and rivers, many war horses often have difficulty in walking due to the wear and tear of the horseshoes, and they can only be bred and slaughtered directly.

It's just that Li Mu was not sure whether the iron smelting technology of this era could make a horseshoe.After all, it is necessary to create a smooth iron plate with a hoof ring, and to nail the hoof. To prevent it from falling off, the barb of the iron nail must be fastened to the horse's ankle. She has only seen the whole process once in her previous life. Crowding people's heads on the prairie like watching the bustle, if you really want to talk about how to make it, how thick and wide the iron should be, how to attach the iron nails, and how to fasten the barbs, but they don't know anything.

She kept talking and making gestures, seeing Zhou Yu's clear eyes and listening carefully, the more she spoke, the more guilty she became, and finally she was heartbroken and waved her hand: "I just thought about it, whether it can be made or not, you should ask another craftsman to ask." Ask, lest the horseshoes not come out and hurt the horse instead. If luckily succeeds, this thing is much more hidden than the stirrup, and it can be sold in batches to the north for a high price while the method of making it is not leaked. You don’t have to worry about increasing the combat power of others, and you get actual benefits, so you can save face.”

"Horseshoe wrapped in iron?"

Seeing the young girl's yearning face when she talked about the deal, Zhou Yu couldn't help laughing when she thought of how eloquent she was when she first met in Shouchun.

However, after laughing, and thinking about it for a while, it is indeed feasible.

At the end of the sky, the sky is full of rays of light, the clouds are dyed red, and the water waves are golden, reflecting the splendor in his eyes.

After eating a piece of dried meat, Li Mu took another water bag and took a sip of water. He felt that the meat was slowly expanding in his stomach, just enough to suppress the burning hunger. With confidence.

Looking at Zhou Yu still looking calm and breezy, as if he didn't care about anything, but based on the experience of Li Mu's several times of being cheated, whenever he is so leisurely, with a straight and concave shape, There must be an invisible pit slowly forming.

"How? Who are you going to cheat this time?" She felt good after eating, she wiped her mouth with a veil, and accidentally let out what she was thinking.

"Cao Cao..." Zhou Yu raised his eyebrows, thought about the meaning of her words, and answered casually, as if he didn't hear the schadenfreude in her tone.His eyes slowly turned away from the sparkling water, and fell on the little girl beside him who looked like she was waiting for a good show, "What's the matter?"

Li Mu raised his eyebrows: "When I shot at Liu Bei's camp at the head of Xiapi City, you and I made a bet, does it still count?"

Zhou Yu didn't want her to suddenly think of this matter again, she pursed her lips slightly, and smiled lightly: "The power of an arrow, more than four hundred steps, I am convinced, and naturally it counts. It's just a pity that you and I made a bet at the beginning, but didn't explain what the bet was. thing..."

"You!" Li Mu became anxious when he heard this, "You're going to renege on your debt!"

Zhou Yu took two steps back, waved his hands again and again, with smiles on his brows and eyes: "Don't dare! Look at what I have, gold, silver, fine wine, good horse brocade, whatever you want, just take it." With both hands One piece, quite a taste of anything and everything.

"Who wants something outside your body like you? My brother has his own military exploits in exchange for it. Sun Ce is not a stingy person. Will he be short of gold, silver and fine wine?"

Possessions?Zhou Yu's eyes flashed, if these are all "outside the body", then what is the "inside" of him?

Before leaving Xiapi, he had a fight with Tai Shici, and even had a chat with him, shouting and screaming.He took this opportunity to save Xuancheng, raided Wancheng, and entered Xiakou eastward, which was just one of his purposes, and the other purpose was to take Li Mu to Juchao.

Since ancient times, an elder brother is like a father. When he and Li Mu were together, Tai Shi Ci was the first to give his consent, and then he went back to report to his father, Zhou Shang, with Bo Fu as the matchmaker.Before the matter was settled, Li Mu temporarily lived in Juchao, which was not far from the place where he commanded troops, and it was not a place where there were many wars.

It's just that he was able to talk eloquently in front of Tai Shici, and he could talk and laugh freely with Sun Ce, but after leaving Xiapi, he never found a chance to mention this matter with Li Mu.

Thoughts were like electricity, thinking up to this point, when he heard Li Mu say that he didn't want "things outside his body", he suddenly had some expectations in his heart, and he was vaguely relieved.

"I only want you, Zhou Lang," Li Mu stretched out a hand towards him, just like when he clapped his hands and made a bet at the head of Xiapi City, "From now on, no one is allowed to cheat me again!"

When the bet was made at the beginning, it was only because she was provoked by Zhang Fei to sweep away her face, and she wanted to find an excuse for craftsmen to renovate the city crossbow, so Zhou Yu naturally didn't mention the bet, but he didn't want to teach her to shoot an arrow of [-] steps What's more, she didn't expect that she would go full circle just for such a sentence!

Zhou Yu felt a suffocation in his chest, and couldn't laugh or cry: "When did I cheat you?"

"Do you dare to say that you didn't take me into account in the situation in Xiapi?" Li Mu stared, seeing that Zhou Yu was at a loss for words, he snorted and put his hands down, and turned his head, "Don't think I don't know, you were going after Yuan Shu Yes, in the end I tied up the Chen clan to block the city gate, but I refused to let Yuan Shu in, so I let him run away."

The whole city was celebrating Yuan Shu's defeat, Xiapi had to defend, but she knew very well that if it wasn't for her, they would have celebrated Yuan Shu's conferring the head, and they could go directly to Shouchun.

But at that time, she really thought that Xiapi would not be able to hold on!

Just like a child who was praised for having made a mistake, he felt guilty and restless.

"When it's time to save Gao Shun, if you let me know earlier, at least I can take a look at your wound again, and I know, can I stop you? If you had an emergency at that time, let me Where can I find Hua Tuo for help, even if I enter Xiapi, the morale of the army is unstable, the morale of the people is uncertain, and there are powerful enemies around, what should I do?"

The time he lied to her in front of Zu Lang before, at least there was an apology after the fact, but after counting, it just got worse and scared her to death.God knows how worried she was when she saw him fighting that day!Staring at Zhou Yu's white cloak in the battle formation, her eyes were sour, and she didn't dare to move away, lest she just close her eyes and never see that figure again.

Zhou Yu couldn't prevent her from remembering each item clearly, and was annoyed by her training. After such a calculation, it really... calculated her a lot... And when he mentioned his wounds, Li Mu's eyes flashed with worry. Aside from his apology, he was suddenly a little bit happy.

"I don't want you to reveal the military situation in detail, as long as you count me in, or before leading the army to kill, let me know earlier, so, is it possible?"

In the afterglow of the setting sun, Li Mu raised his head, his sharp chin and the bridge of his nose slightly raised a faint golden light, his eyes were like stars, his eyes were firm, with a bit of stubbornness and provocation, and the corners of his lips were tightly pursed.

"From now on, whether it's fierce or dangerous, if you want to win or lose, I won't hide it from you anymore. How about that?" Zhou Yu sighed softly. Even though such a bet was not what he originally wanted, he could have nothing but Well, what else can I say?

Li Mu's eyes lit up: "One word from a gentleman, four horses are hard to follow!"

After getting along with each other these days, Li Mu also knew that although Zhou Yu belonged to a fox, he was a reliable fox who kept his word and would do his best when he promised.Seeing him nodding, he immediately smiled and was in a good mood, as if watching the sky brighten up a bit.Just as she was about to strike while the iron was hot, she asked her what she was going to do after she arrived in Xuancheng, when she suddenly saw the command flag waving in the distance, but it was Gao Shun who ordered the army to be reorganized, the whole army was rested and ready to go again.