Chapter 92: Make Lv Bu the Master! Happy New Year

  Hua Xiong and the other generals were just about to come forward to report to Qiu Shui, but when they saw his unpleasant expression, they were all frightened and stood aside without daring to speak.

  "Master! What's wrong?" At this time, Lü Bu also saw Qiū Shuǐ's reaction and rode his horse to Qiū Shuǐ's front, asking with a puzzled face. Why did they still look like this despite their victory? Lü Bu was full of doubts at this moment.

  From this point, it can be seen that the relationship between Lü Bu and Qiū Shuǐ is not only that of a monarch and his subject, but also like brothers. All the other generals did not dare to speak, only Lü Bu dared to speak.

  Qiu Shui closed his eyes in contemplation, then suddenly opened them wide, and a burst of dazzling light exploded from his eyes, frightening all the generals into lowering their heads and not daring to speak out of turn.

  "Feng Xian, what is it that you rely on to contend for hegemony over the world?" Qiu Shui's face was expressionless as he stared at Lü Bu.

  "Hush! Among the generals, there wasn't a single fool who didn't see through Chūsui's expression and question. After seeing Chūsui's expression and inquiry, they thought that Chūsui was going to get rid of Ryofu. The hearts of the generals were chilled, but Mōtan still kneeled down and said: 'Milord, please reconsider!'"

  Qiu Shui's words cut off the pleas of the other generals, and Lü Bu saw a glimmer of ruthlessness in Qiu Shui's eyes, which filled his heart with a bitter taste. It turned out that anyone would change when faced with power!

  Ding! The painting halberd fell on the stone floor with a loud crash.

  A faint, forced smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and Lü Bu said dryly with his hands clasped together: "Autumn Water Xian-di, I hope you will take good care of the Lu family in the future." After speaking, Lü Bu's eyes were filled with a sense of death and darkness.

  Qiu Shui still looked at Lü Bu with an expressionless face and asked again: "What is the basis for contending for hegemony over the world?"

  Lü Bu's face was bitter as he reluctantly responded to Qiu Shui's repeated question: "To contend for the world, one needs a territory, sufficient grain and fodder, and an army that has no equal."

  Qiu Shui heard Lv Bu's reluctant response and shook his head expressionlessly, saying: "Contending for the world relies on a stable foundation, plus the love of all generals in the army, and unity of effort. Especially for us, humble scholars, the literary world is 90% dominated by aristocratic families, and only a few can see our worth as grassroots figures. How many will come to join forces with us? How to govern the land under our rule? Once we grassroots figures embark on this path, it means being enemies of the aristocratic families."

  Everyone who heard it was somewhat puzzled by Qiu Shui's meaning, but Qiu Shui's words made everyone start thinking deeply. The various generals were all from humble backgrounds and knew well the arrogance of the noble families. At that time, the territory they had conquered was all composed of martial artists, and while they could be ordered to fight and charge into battle, governing a region was a different matter altogether - nine out of ten would be incompetent!

  Everyone present fell into deep thought, and Autumn Water didn't give them much time to think. She raised her head, gazing out at the corpses scattered all over the ground, and said coldly: "You all, from the start of the great battle at Tiger Trap Pass, what do you think is the key to leading troops in battle? Is it bravery or strategy?"

  After finishing speaking, Qiū Shuǐ gazed at Lǚ Bù with an icy stare. At this time, Lǚ Bù couldn't understand what Qiū Shuǐ was thinking either. However, he felt that there wasn't a hint of murderous intent on Qiū Shuǐ's body, and knew that Qiū Shuǐ didn't have any intention of getting rid of him. Originally, at the beginning, Lǚ Bù had thought that almost half of the soldiers in the great army were his own Bingzhou Army, so he wanted to get rid of himself. It seemed that it was just his own overthinking.

  However, after listening to Qiu Shui's words, Lü Bu thought that all the battles he had fought since joining the army were based on his own bravery and momentum, but since following Dong Zhuo until now, Lü Bu's thinking has completely changed.

  Li Ru's ruthlessness! In order to preserve greater interests, he abandoned tens of thousands of soldiers.

  In front of the Tiger Trap Pass, a big fire in autumn water almost completely buried the eighteen vassals ahead of time. If it weren't for the heavens not doing beauty, the eighteen vassals would have dispersed by now.

  It was at this time that the big fire in the nameless valley, then led himself and others to break through from another side, directly killing the horse gun, letting Dong Zhuo and others have no preparation, one defeat, if not, Lü Bu although has confidence, but also knows that if let Dong Zhuo and others make good preparations, then today's battle will be a tough fight.

  As Lü Bu reflected on his past experiences, cold sweat continuously flowed down from his forehead. At this moment, Lü Bu thoroughly understood that leading troops in battle required not only bravery but also strategy. A large fire could instantly cause the enemy to lose tens of thousands of men, while their own side would hardly suffer any casualties. If they were to engage in a fierce battle, even against some bandits, his own side would still suffer some injuries.

  Of course, Lü Bu did not thoroughly negate the necessity of martial arts. When facing strong enemies, Lü Bu relied on his own martial arts to directly charge into the enemy formation, behead the enemy general and win victories many times.

  Lü Bu's eyes sparkled with spirit as he gazed at Qiu Shui and said: "Bravery, wisdom, and strategy - none can be lacking!"

  Haha! Autumn water heard Lv Bu's answer and laughed heartily, satisfied. Autumn water understood that at this moment, Lv Bu was the invincible god of war, thoroughly out of the shadow of the god of war.

  Qiu Shui knew through a period of observation that although Lü Bu was both civil and martial, his years of habit had made him charge forward fiercely on the battlefield, rarely using strategy unless he was in a desperate situation.

  "You finally know! To become a lord or even an emperor, you were missing one thing, but now you've found it back." Chūsui gazed at Lü Bu's eyes filled with joy, joyful for his brother.

  "Although our family has no foundation of literary talent, I have long been prepared, haha!" Qiu Shui shouted loudly with a proud face to the crowd of generals.

  General's mighty prestige! General's mighty prestige!

  When the warriors saw the autumn water gazing at the world below, they excitedly slapped their hands on the hilts of their swords and let out a loud roar.

  Wow! Autumn water painting halberd in the air, the army immediately quieted down, without a word, thinking that tens of thousands of troops were shocked by the visual effect produced under one person's action.

  "Men, hear this!"

  Wow! All the generals dismounted and knelt down on one knee, their eyes burning with fervent gazes at Autumn Water.

  With an air of majesty, Chutatsu walked a few steps on horseback, picked up the halberd that Lü Bu had just dropped, and slowly approached Lü Bu. With a swing of his arm, he handed the halberd back to Lü Bu.

  He immediately faced the entire army and roared: "From now on, Lü Bu is your master, you all listen to Lü Bu's orders, if anyone disobeys, behead them!"

  Wow! The whole army was stunned at this moment, and their minds were in a mess. Lü Bu was even more confused, his eyes directly stunned.

  My lord, think thrice! The various generals all came to advise, although they didn't know what had happened, the generals still kneeled on one knee to advise.

  Seeing Lü Bu about to open his mouth to persuade, Autumn Water Lü Bu stretched out his hand to stop Lü Bu, then dismounted and looked at the eyes of the generals, Autumn Water bitterly smiled: "Everyone, haven't you noticed the change in my complexion?"

  Lü Bu's face was shocked, thinking that when he first saw Qiū Shuǐ, he thought that this Xī Liáng fierce tiger was born with fair skin, somewhat pale. Before, he didn't think much of it, but now looking at Qiū Shuǐ's complexion, his face was pale and sickly. But usually, he hadn't noticed anything abnormal about Qiū Shuǐ?

  PS: [Wishing everyone a happy new year!] This afternoon, I estimate that there will be another update around 6 o'clock. After working the night shift, I couldn't hold on any longer and need to go get some good sleep. Seeing how hard I've been working, I'll weakly say that my performance for the past two days hasn't been very ideal and has dropped quickly. Please click, please collect, please vote!