Returning to his commander's tent, Liu Qi asked Dian Wei, Shamoko and others to settle the soldiers and surrender troops first, leaving only Wei Yan and Zhang Ren beside him to wait for Qiao Rui's arrival.

Not long after, Qiao Rui, who had freshened up and had eaten, was brought to Liu Qi.

After some washing up, Qiao Rui looked much more energetic than before. There was no dirt on his face. If he looked carefully, he could see that he was very handsome and elegant, with sharp edges and corners on his face and crescent eyebrows.

Xingmu is actually a first-class handsome man.

The disadvantage is that this person is really too afraid of death, so he is really not qualified to be a general in charge of the army.

Liu Qi stretched out his hand to ask Qiao Rui to sit down and asked him: "General Qiao, I was in the commander's tent just now. My uncle Huang Jun's words were quite inappropriate and disrespectful. General, please don't worry about it."

Qiao Rui hurriedly stood up from where he was and said to Liu Qi: "The guilty general and the two princes were originally hostile, and they were fighting to the death. Now that they have been reborn, Rui is so grateful that she can't help but do what he wants again."

After saying that, Qiao Rui bowed to Liu Qi with great respect.

Zhang Ren and Wei Yan stood on the left and right of Liu Qi, looking at each other with smiles, both of them pursed their lips and couldn't hold back their happiness.

In order to survive, Qiao Rui really fought hard, and she didn't have any dignity or face.

But it’s no wonder, who in this world is truly not afraid of death?

After the salute, Liu Qi comforted Qiao Rui some more. After watching his mood gradually improve, he asked: "What I said just now is that the soldiers sent by Gongsun Zan came to you via Qingxuzhou.

Nan, right?"

"Exactly!" Qiao Rui said hurriedly: "When Gongsun Yue was leaving, he sent an envoy to meet with the general and agreed on a date. Based on the time, more than a thousand of his cavalry should have arrived in Xuzhou."

"Within Xuzhou..." Liu Qi tapped the table gently and whispered: "So, they should attack Yuzhou from Peidi, right?"

Qiao Rui said: "In terms of distance, that's exactly the case."

Liu Qi took a deep breath, held his arms and thought carefully for a while, and suddenly said: "When did Gongsun Yue and his party arrive in Xuzhou?"

Qiao Rui had no answer for Liu Qi at the moment: "Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, sent a message saying that Gongsun Yue and his party arrived in Pengcheng five days ago and reorganized their troops there. If nothing unexpected happens, this is the time.

The troops will be raised in Yuzhou within two days."

"Raising troops in these two days..." Liu Qi nodded suddenly and said: "I understand, General Laoqiao told me, if Gongsun Yue is defeated by me because of the general, then Liu Qi will definitely turn around.

I will repay you, General, without any false promises."

Qiao Rui said hurriedly: "I don't dare, I don't dare."

Liu Qi shouted to the commander outside the tent: "Here comes someone."

"exist!"

The two guards stepped into the handsome tent.

"Prepare a tent for General Qiao and ask General Qiao to rest. You will be well entertained, so be sure not to neglect it."

"only!"

The two guards walked up to Qiao Rui and made a gesture of invitation to him.

Qiao Rui hurriedly thanked him and followed the two guards out.

After Qiao Rui left, Wei Yan immediately asked Liu Qi for instructions: "Master Fu, the cavalry under Gongsun Zan is famous throughout the world. With more than a thousand cavalry going south, how should we fight against them?"

Liu Qi slowly stood up from where he was. After walking back and forth in the tent for a few times, he stopped and suddenly said: "Actually, I don't think Gongsun Yue's cavalry is scary at all. The Youzhou cavalry will be there again."

Although they are brave and good at fighting, they are just a cavalry in the end. In a head-on confrontation on the plains, the Southern Barbarian Battalion does not have much chance of winning, but as long as they adjust their tactics, it is not difficult to deal with these more than a thousand cavalry."

After a pause, Liu Qi suddenly said: "But after all, Gongsun Yue belongs to another force besides us and Er Yuan, and Tao Qian of Xuzhou seems to be participating in the war... The complexity of this war seems to have exceeded

It captured my imagination.”

Zhang Ren saw the sadness on Liu Qi's face and asked with concern: "What the Lord is saying is that he is afraid that too many forces will participate in this war and our army will be stretched thin...not enough?"

Liu Qi nodded and said: "Yes, the Yuzhou battlefield is just one part of the Central Plains War. This war has changes almost every day. In order to deal with various emergencies, our army now needs more support."

"This...?" Zhang Ren frowned.

It seems that all of our available allies have dispatched troops now.

Liu Qi suddenly stopped and walked quickly back to Chang's case: "Chief Wen, bring me a map."

"only!"

Wei Yan hurriedly walked to the wooden box next to the handsome tent, took out the leather picture inside, came to Liu Qi, and laid it on the table in front of him.

Liu Qi looked at it carefully for a while, and then slowly said: "From here to Qiao County... how long will it take if we only use elite cavalry?"

Wei Yan lowered his head and took a closer look, then said, "If we hurry, it will only take two days."

Liu Qi nodded slowly and asked: "Are you sure that the Huns horses that Yuan Shao gave us cannot be used?"

Wei Yan and Zhang Ren smiled bitterly and nodded.

"Jun Huifu, the general has asked the veterinarian to carefully examine and treat those horses, and they are indeed unusable."

Liu Qi sighed, it seemed that he still underestimated Yuan Shao.

When Yuan Shao and Liu Qi united, in order to show their sincerity, they took five Xiongnu stallions from his vassal Yufu Luo and presented them to Liu Qi to show their sincerity.

For the southern states and counties, northern war horses are the gold of gold and the treasure of treasures.

Liu Qi admired Yuan Shao's broad-mindedness from the bottom of his heart.

After returning to Jingzhou, Liu Qi sent five Xiongnu horses to Liu Biao, explained Yuan Shao's generosity to him in detail, and asked Liu Biao to use these five Xiongnu stallions to see if he could establish a pony.

In the garden, let the Xiongnu stallions be crossed with the mares from the southern border to slightly expand the number of your own war horses.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Afterwards, Liu Qi rushed to the south of Jingzhou to pacify Zhang Xian.

After Pingnan came back, Liu Qi asked Liu Biao about Ma Yuan, but Liu Biao just talked about him and did not reply directly to Liu Qi.

Liu Qi felt strange, so he asked Wei Yan to inquire about it secretly before setting off for the expedition. The result made him furious.

Although the five Xiongnu horses were strong, they had obviously been deliberately drugged... and they were all sterile.

The image of Yuan Shao gradually slipped into Liu Qi's mind.

Too cunning, a complete treacherous person.

But it is true that someone who could gain a foothold in the late Han Dynasty and become the overlord of one party, how could anyone be a gentleman?

Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Sima Yi...

Every one of them is considered a good person, but no one is a good person.

From a political perspective, it is impossible for a truly good person to rise to power unless he is a puppet.

I thought that Yuan Shao was an open-minded and upright person, but I never imagined that he was setting up an archway in front of his cousin, but you still couldn't say anything.

His method is indeed much better than Yuan Shu's... Although the Yuan brothers are not good people, Yuan Shu is indeed not as good as him.

Later, Liu Qi asked Liu Biao why he didn't tell him about Xiongnu Ma's infertility. Liu Biao's answer was that he was afraid of hurting his son's self-esteem.

After all, Liu Qi was very happy and confident when he gave these five Xiongnu horses to Liu Biao. How could a father want to see his son disappointed and blame himself?

Before Liu Qi went on the expedition, he took back the five Xiongnu horses.

But Liu Qi was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "Chang Wen, are those five Xiongnu horses different from the Southern horses?"

Wei Yan didn't know why Liu Qi suddenly asked this question, so he said: "There are so many differences. A good horseman can tell the difference at a glance."

"Are these frontier war horses common in the south?"

Wei Yan smiled and said: "Almost none, especially stallions, you may not see one in ten years... In our Jingzhou, not to mention the northern frontier war horses, even the southern war horses are not everywhere."
Chapter completed!