Chapter Nine The Examination Has Not Yet Ended

  "Why doesn't the master evaluate Xu Chu?" Ah, it's that curious guy Cao Ren Cao Zi Xiao again! And Li Yu was just thinking of suggesting to Cao Cao to put the Xuhou army by his side as a guard. After all, the original intention of training them was for this purpose.

  "Hey! This student of mine! His loyalty and righteousness are beyond question, his bravery and strength once overturned nine cows and scared away the enemy army. He could take the head of the enemy general in the midst of a million soldiers, but he's not clever by nature, unsuitable for leading troops and fighting wars, doesn't understand strategy. That's why I think he's suitable to be Cao Gong's bodyguard!" Li Yu smiled and said.

  "Wow! —— Everyone was amazed! What kind of strength is needed to pull nine cows? Even if the Xiahou brothers were tied together, they might be able to do it!"

  "There are also the Xushi brothers outside, all of whom are used for protection, and this is also my original intention in training them! Lord Cao will surely become an extraordinary person in the future, and now he must also consider his own safety. So many talented individuals are relying on you!"

  "Ah...", Cao Cao hesitated for a moment, then happily accepted! He also knew how suffocating it was to die before fulfilling one's ambitions.

  "I also hope that General Cao will give this unit a name!" Li Yu said at the right moment.

  Now that it has been decided to let Xu Chu be the bodyguard, under Li Yu's subtle hint, Xu Chu stood behind Cao Cao with a majestic and proud expression, holding his sword upright. This made Old Cao very happy! Today's joy is too much! He laughed so hard that his face was creased;

  "I see that this army is majestic and powerful, like a bear or a tiger! Let's call it... the Tiger Guard Army!" As expected, just like in history, the Tiger Guard Army appeared; "Just now I heard that this army was trained by Mr. Huai De?"

  "No! I'm just emphasizing their training focus, ensuring their discipline is strict, it's actually Xu Chu who supervises the training!", Li Yu shook his head, Cao Cao had already decided to put the Tiger Guard Army by his side, and then listened to him boast: It was I who trained them! That's dangerous!

  It is well known that an army trained by one person will be very dependent on and trusting of that person, and the Tiger Guard Army was specifically used to guard important figures. How can people feel at ease when the person being guarded is not even the person who trained this army?

  In order to alleviate Cao's suspicions, he had no choice but to deceive him with lies.

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  Cao Cao's eyes rolled, stroking his short beard and sighed: "Just now I was discussing, to raise troops for justice, enter the capital to defend the king, Yuan Shao, Yuan Benchu has already sent an invitation, which family of governors and generals in various places does not have a few tens of thousands of horses, we just a few thousand soldiers even if we go will not occupy a seat!"

  "Yes! We have currently recruited 5,360 people. Adding the Xujia army, there are only about 500 more people, and they are all new recruits. The alliance is imminent, and with these people, we can't achieve much merit!" Xiahou Yuan complained.

  "Haha!", Li Yu smiled, you Cao Cao's mind turned and a plan was formed. You didn't know this, but you had already made up your own mind, didn't you? This is obviously a deliberate consultation! It seems the test is not over yet! Is this an attempt to probe me?

  "Why is the gentleman laughing?" Cao Cao pretended to be quite like. "Hehehe, General, you stooped to serve the thief, and when you failed to assassinate the thief and escaped from Luoyang, didn't the emperor of that time give you a secret imperial edict?", Li Yu said with a smile, his eyes twinkling.

  "Big brother, you have a summons, what's there to worry about?" Xiahou Dun said excitedly: "Still pretending to be worried?" "Hahaha! Great talent, sir!" Cao Cao laughed loudly.

  "Really, Big Brother?" Cao Ren said. "The general says he has it, then he does!" Li Yu said. "Has, has fart! Mr. means to summon!", Cao Cao laughed. "Fake!" Xiahou Dun and others couldn't help but be shocked.

  "It's fake! Sometimes it's more useful than the real thing! The regional inspectors and generals have at least 400,000 to 500,000 soldiers combined, which is twice as many as Dong Zhuo has. The amount of grain and horses is countless. Even if the general were to bring his several thousand soldiers, it wouldn't be of much use, and naturally, he would not have any say in the matter. However, what they lack is a legitimate title and a just cause! Only Cao Gong has the opportunity and the time to obtain an imperial edict from the Han Emperor, which would make people believe that at that time, Cao Gong would be the representative of the emperor, and naturally, he would occupy a position of power!" - Li Yu.

  "Not bad, sir's words are right, and I have also prepared a big gift for them. I think I've been serving the thieves for some time now, and I'm familiar with the deployment of the Western Liang army." Cao Cao said with satisfaction. At this moment, Cao Cao still looked like a loyal minister who wanted to help the Han dynasty. Unfortunately, others don't think the same way as you! Li Yu thought secretly.

  "Sir, you are a great talent. I would like to make you my military advisor. Is that possible?" Cao Cao asked. However, Li Yu knew clearly that he had a lot of tricks up his sleeve and if he continued to follow Cao Cao, something bad would eventually happen, so it was out of the question.

  "General, I appreciate your kindness, but what I'm good at is mathematics. Managing the accounts would be enough!" Li Yu said, as he had previously been a math teacher, although he was more interested in subjects like history and geography.

  "Oh? The master is also skilled in mathematics!" Cao Cao said with surprise, knowing that arithmetic was still a bit of trouble at the time and many people were unwilling to learn because of the trouble: "Then I must test Master!"

  Damn it! Still have to take an exam? Li Yu cursed secretly, still smiling on his face, who made the other person his future boss after all!

  "Of course! Lord Cao invites", damn it! Playing arithmetic, I, a modern person who has learned addition, subtraction, multiplication and division since childhood, can't even beat you, an ancient man who doesn't even know Arabic numerals!