Chapter 32 I have never seen such a shameless person!
Hearing this, Xue Qinghe also reacted.

When Xue Qinghe saw Gao Shun and his other three companions, his first thought was to form four special forces of his own.

Now, after listening to Zhuge Liang's advice, he let Gao Shun and four others join the imperial army. When they gradually climbed up and had real power in their hands, they could still train strong armies like the Xianzhen Camp, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the Wudang Flying Army, and the Bai Li Soldiers.

And the most important thing is that you don’t have to spend any money and don’t have to worry about being charged with privately raising soldiers.

As the generals summoned by himself, the loyalty of Gao Shun and the other three goes without saying. The higher their status in the military, the more say Xue Qinghe has in the military.

"Kong Ming's plan is indeed feasible!" After thinking about it again and again, Xue Qinghe couldn't think of any major flaws.

Gao Shun and his four men include three Soul Douluos and one Soul Saint. Needless to say, they are very powerful and have the ability to lead troops, so it is not impossible for them to climb up in the military.

The only doubt is the identities of the four people. Three Soul Douluos and one Soul Sage suddenly joined the Tiandou Empire’s military. This is not an ordinary matter.

After all, the commander-in-chief of the Tiandou Empire's army, Golong, is only at the level of a Soul Douluo.

Fortunately, Gao Shun and his companions were summoned by Xue Qinghe, so their identities could not be found out at all. Although this could not completely eliminate doubts, it did mean that their backgrounds were clean to some extent.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang's plan was adopted by Xue Qinghe, Xing Daorong's eyes turned, and then he stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, should this plan be named after me?"

Before Xue Qinghe could say anything, Zhuge Liang turned to look at Xing Daorong, frowning as if he had heard something unbelievable.

"what?"

"I asked Your Highness whether this plan should be named after me."

After confirming that he had heard correctly, Zhuge Liang's handsome face showed anger: "Who are you? How can you say such a thing?"

"This is the first plan Liang has proposed since he became your Highness's lord. How dare you so brazenly impersonate me? I have never seen such a shameless person!"

Xing Daorong was also stunned. The plot was not right.

Then he looked at where Jia Xu was. Wasn’t his name used in all the suggestions Jia Xu had made before?
Why is this Zhuge villager still not happy? Is it possible that this smart person is different from other smart people?
However, after being scolded by Zhuge Liang, Xing Daorong did not lose face and immediately retorted: "You are a village man, Zhuge. You just joined His Highness's army, and I am the first person to follow His Highness. How dare you be so rude!"

Watching the two of them arguing, Jia Xu shook his head. It was obvious that Zhuge Liang was indeed different from him and did not understand the principle of a wise man hiding his thoughts.

The wood show will be destroyed by the forest wind.

Looking at the quarreling Zhuge Liang and Xing Daorong, Yuan Shu shouted angrily: "Where did you come from, you country bumpkin? How dare you shout in front of His Highness? Get out!"

Originally, Zhuge Liang and Xing Daorong were arguing, but Yuan Shu suddenly interrupted and offended both of them.

Just as the two were about to turn their fire on Yuan Shu, Xue Qinghe spoke in time to stop this farce.

Seeing the farce stopped, Liu Bei took a deep breath and immediately brought up a new topic to cover it up.

"Your Highness, with the talents of the four generals, promotion in the imperial army is naturally not a problem. However, the fastest way to be promoted is to have military merits. Without military merits, I am afraid it will take more time."

Xue Qinghe knew that in the short term, there were no major conflicts between the Tiandou Empire, the Xingluo Empire and the Spirit Hall. The continent was in a transitional period of peace, so there was no need to talk about military achievements.

Looking at Zhuge Liang, Xue Qinghe asked, "Since Kongming has come up with this plan, do you have any follow-up plan?"

Zhuge Liang rolled his eyes and replied slowly: "Your Highness, let me make some more plans." Not getting an answer from Zhuge Liang, Xue Qinghe immediately looked at Jia Xu.

Pretending to be angry, he said, "Wenhe, you have been playing dumb for long enough. Speak now!"

Zhuge Liang also looked at the ordinary-looking Jia Xu, and from what Xue Qinghe said, it seemed as if this man might have a solution.

Jia Xu bowed to Xue Qinghe and said, "Your Highness, I believe Mr. Kong Ming will come up with a countermeasure. I don't have such wisdom."

"Speak!" Xue Qinghe shouted angrily.

Jia Xu's smiling old face suddenly became serious: "Yes!"

"If Your Highness wants to help the four generals quickly advance in the army, you must have enough military merits!"

"go on!"

"In peacetime, there are no wars, so naturally there is no source of military merit. Therefore, if you want to gain military merit, you must first break this relative peace."

Hearing this, Xue Qinghe raised his eyebrows and looked at Jia Xu: "So you mean to start a war? Against the Spirit Hall? Or the Xingluo Empire?"

Everyone, including others, looked at Jia Xu.

But Jia Xu shook his head and continued, "Your Highness, now is not the best time to attack the Xingluo Empire or the Wuhun Hall, and creating a war is not just about fighting these two."

"According to the investigation of the School Affairs Office, the Great Sage General Tian Gong has been preaching vigorously and has gathered a million people in the southwest of the empire. Although most of these people are old, weak, women and children, there are also 40,000 to 50,000 young and strong laborers among them, and there are also hundreds of soul masters. With just one order from General Tian Gong, these people can surround the nearby cities. When the cities ask for help, the rescue will mostly fall on Marshal Ge Long."

Zhang Jue, who was wearing a khaki Taoist robe, looked at Jia Xu unhappily: "Are you going to use my people as cannon fodder to give them military merits?"

Xue Qinghe also narrowed his eyes and stared at Jia Xu: "Wenhe, are you asking me to fight my own people?"

Jia Xu, however, bowed and continued, "Your Highness, General Tian Gong, please wait for me to tell you in detail."

Zhang Jue snorted angrily and immediately looked at Jia Xu, wanting to see what reason this old guy could come up with.

Xue Qinghe also waved his hand, signaling Jia Xu to continue.

Jia Xu said: "General Tian Gong, in less than a year, he was able to gather a million Taiping followers. General Tian Gong is extremely capable, but how many of these million people can help Your Highness? And how many gold soul coins are needed to support these million people? I'm afraid General Tian Gong doesn't know."

"Now, by inciting the Tianping followers to start a war with the Tiandou Empire Army, we can not only strengthen the cohesion of the Taiping followers, but also eliminate most of the people who are of no help to Your Highness. Then Your Highness will not need to support these millions of people, which can be regarded as relieving the financial pressure of the Tiandou Chamber of Commerce."

"During the war, General Tiangong can make the Taiping Sect lose to many of the four generals, so that the four generals can quickly accumulate military merits."

After Jia Xu finished speaking, everyone looked at him with serious expressions, among which Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang had particularly ugly expressions.

To put it bluntly, Jia Xu meant that although Zhang Jue's Taiping Sect had a million followers, there were too many useless people. He wanted to reduce the number of Taiping Sect followers through war, which would not only save money on supporting these mobs, but also allow him to use these people to serve as the military merits of the four generals.

Even Xue Qinghe could only say that this strategy was very practical and very much in the style of Jia Xu.

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