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In the military palace, Gou Jian was sitting on the top, listening attentively to Fa Zheng and the latest battle report on the battle in front of him.

Listening to it, a smug sneer couldn't help but appear on Gou Jian's face.

He had to admit that Fa Zheng's plan to lure the enemy this time was really wonderful.

As Fa Zheng expected, although Meng Shu was fierce, he was negligent in his plan, and was arrogant by the Shu army's repeated feints, and drove all the way north under arrogance.

Finally, the conceited Meng Huo, twenty miles south of Zhuti City, fell into the encirclement arranged by Fazheng, and nearly 50,000 southern barbarian soldiers were surrounded by regiments and fell into a predicament.

"Meng Huo went all the way to the north lightly, and did not carry too much grain and grass, we only need to besiege and not attack, it will not take ten days, Meng Huo will definitely surrender without a fight, and these 50,000 barbarian soldiers will all fall into the hands of the king." After Fa Zheng finished talking about the information, he finally smiled and laid out a beautiful blueprint for Gou Jian.

Gou Jian nodded again and again, becoming more and more proud in his heart, and under the pride of the spring breeze, he couldn't help but laugh out loud with excitement.

Fifty thousand barbarians, that is fifty thousand fierce young and strong barbarians, if it can fall into his hands, his military strength in Shu will explode in an instant.

With this army of 50,000 fresh troops, Gou Jian's total strength at hand can reach more than 100,000 people, in addition to the more than 20,000 soldiers and horses left in the direction of Hanzhong in the north to guard against Cao Cao, he can gather nearly 80,000 troops to deal with the pottery merchants.

And Gou Jian had previously estimated that although the pottery merchant was strong, he had many enemies to deal with, and his troops were scattered, and the soldiers and horses that could be used to invade his Shu State could not exceed 160,000 at most.

With 80,000 soldiers, relying on the danger of Shu Dao, to deal with twice as many enemy invasions, Gou Jian still has this full confidence.

"Filial piety, filial piety, you really deserve to be the king's Wang Zuo's strategy, this trick to lure the enemy is really wonderful, if this plan can help the king to force the Southern Barbarian army, then you are the first hero of the king's conquest of the Southern Barbarians, and the king will reward you!"

In addition to being proud, Gou Jian did not forget to praise the mastermind Fa Zheng, as if he had forgotten to blame Fa Zheng a few days ago.

Fa Zheng also did not hide his pride on his face, and in the face of Gou Jian's praise, he did not show any humility, but said happily: "The minister has thanked the king for his heavy reward in advance, and when he returns to the north every day, after repelling the invasion of the pottery thief, I am afraid that the king will have to reward the minister generously." ”

Fa Zheng is extremely confident, and he is the only one who dares to openly ask for rewards from Gou Jian.

Gou Jian's brows moved slightly, and a trace of imperceptible displeasure instantly flashed in his eyes.

However, the displeasure passed away in an instant, Gou Jian was not only annoyed, but laughed and said: "That's natural, this king has always been rewarded for meritorious service, if filial piety can make another trick for this king, repel the invasion of pottery thieves, if this king is not rewarded, how can he be worthy of the title of the master, and how can he be worthy of these heroes to assist him." ”

"The king's rewards and punishments are clear, it is really my luck in Dashu, and the minister will thank the king for his reward in the future." Fa Zheng calmly surrendered his hand again, as if he was determined to repel the potter, and he had accepted the heavy reward promised by Gou Jian in advance.

Gou Jian laughed again, and Fa Zheng also laughed, and for a while, the confident and proud laughter of the pair of monarchs and ministers echoed in the big reward.

"Newspaper - Jiangzhou Urgent Report - "

Just when the two of his ministers were smiling proudly, the soldiers outside the hall hurriedly broke in, and the sound of exclamation interrupted the proud atmosphere of the monarch and minister.

The four words "Jiangzhou Emergency" made everyone present look moved, and their spirits subconsciously became nervous, and everyone's hearts suddenly had a bad premonition.

Gou Jian also frowned, and instantly restrained his laughter, and Fa Zheng's laughter stopped suddenly, and he looked at the intruding soldier with an uneasy look.

"Jiangzhou urgent? Could it be that Meng Da held the county and repelled the vanguard army of the pottery thieves? Gou Jian asked preconceivedly.

The soldiers knelt in front of the hall, and said in a trembling voice: "Back to the king, General Li Yan, who had just arrived in Jiangzhou City, sent an urgent report, General Meng Da was defeated by the Wei army in Tong County, and the whole army of 5,000 soldiers and horses was annihilated. ”

Thundered!

A thunderbolt fell on their heads, echoing in this hall, shaking the hearts of every Shu people, shocking them to the point of being stunned, and they all stiffened in place.

This news is really shocking.

Meng Da, known as his outstanding talent, won the trust of Gou Jian, and 5,000 elite soldiers went to defend in Tong County, who would have expected that it would be a complete defeat.

The whole army was annihilated, and it was just a matter of losing Tong County, and he was even defeated and captured.

Moreover, he was captured by the potter, the king of Wei, with his own hands!

"Meng Da, was captured by the pottery thief? When did that kid's martial arts become so strong, how could this be possible? ”

Gou Jian muttered to himself, the confidence on his face had vanished, replaced by endless anger and horror, anger at Meng Da's incompetence, and shocking at the strength of the potter.

"Alas, the minister said a long time ago, this Mencius is exaggerated, unbearable to shoulder the heavy responsibility, I didn't expect him to be so useless, he was captured by the pottery thief, really, alas......" Huang Quan sighed again and again, he who had always looked down on Meng Da, a rising star, naturally wanted to take the opportunity to fall into the well.

That Wang Fu also echoed: "Yes, the king entrusted Meng Da with the important task, but I didn't expect him to be so useless, and now that he has lost Tong County, wouldn't Jiangzhou be completely exposed to the soldiers of the pottery merchants." ”

Both of them are Liu Zhang's "old ministers", and the newly rising generation such as Fazheng Mengda and other newcomers are not pleasing to each other, and there is such a good opportunity now, of course, they have to take advantage of the topic.

Under the instigation of the two of them, Gou Jian was really angered, and scolded Meng Da for being incompetent, which made Zhang Song and Fa Zheng sound like a man on their backs, quite embarrassed.

Seeing that Gou Jian scolded for a long time, and his anger weakened slightly, Fa Zheng coughed a few times, and said with relief: "King, that pottery thief has always been treacherous, I think it was Meng Da who fell for the pottery thief's tricks, so he was defeated." ”

After a pause, Fa Zheng continued: "Fortunately, Li Yan has led 10,000 reserve troops and rushed to Jiangzhou in time. ”

Then, Fa Zheng raised his hand and asked, "What we should focus on most at the moment is how to subdue Meng Huo as soon as possible, so that the class can return north as soon as possible and give the pottery thief a head-on blow." ”

Fa Zheng's words calmed Gou Jian's turbulent and angry mind, and successfully brought his attention back to the battle in front of him.

After listening to Fa Zheng's relief, Gou Jian's emotions calmed down, and his eyes rekindled with confidence and calmness.

After pondering for a moment, Gou Jian snorted coldly: "You're right, as long as Jiangzhou is not lost, this king doesn't have to worry about the pottery thief at all, he doesn't have to worry about the east anymore, first concentrate his forces and subdue Meng Shu, and then this king will go back to the north and go to the north, and it's not too late to clean up the pottery thief!" ”

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Twenty miles east of Jiangzhou, the Wei army camp.

The 6,000 Wei soldiers, after capturing Zongcheng and defeating 5,000 Jiangzhou soldiers, marched westward all the way and finally went deep into the hinterland of Jiangzhou.

Twenty miles ahead, is the first important town in the east of Shu Jiangzhou City, as long as the pottery merchants break through this important town, and then break Jiangyang, Wuyang two cities, the soldiers can reach the south of Chengdu.

In order to achieve the purpose of the speed of the soldiers, since the capture of the county, the pottery merchants did not wait for the main force of the infantry to come to the rendezvous, at the speed of more than 100 miles a day, running wildly on the Shu road, hoping to kill the Shu people as they did in the capture of the county, and take Jiangzhou City.

But when the pottery merchant entered twenty miles away from Jiangzhou, he received information that the Shu general Li Yan, with the deputy general Wu Lan and the second general Lei Tong, had led 10,000 reserve soldiers and horses in advance and entered Jiangzhou City.

After receiving this news, the potter realized that it was no longer realistic to break through Jiangzhou quickly, so he ordered the army to stop advancing and rest on the spot.

The pottery merchant is familiar with history, and naturally knows that Li Yan's strength is extraordinary, and he can compete with Huang Zhong in martial arts.

In the original historical trajectory, Li Yan was still unknown at the moment and was not valued by Liu Zhang, and it was not until Liu Bei entered Shu that he was gradually reused.

However, Liu Zhang at this time is no longer "Liu Zhang", and it is reasonable to reuse Li Yan in advance with Gou Jian's ability to recognize people.

With Li Yan's talent, and led 10,000 fresh troops to work hard to hold Jiangzhou, although the pottery merchants were crazy, but not so mad that they were carried away by victory, and they were so mad that they wanted to break through Jiangzhou with a tired army of 6,000.

In the king's tent, the pottery merchants gathered the civil and military ministers to discuss the strategy of breaking Li Yan.

"Our army has been running and fighting since the belly of the fish, almost without a day of rest, although the morale of the soldiers is high, but the energy is exhausted, at this time, the last general thinks that it is not suitable to storm Jiangzhou again." The young and weak Chen Qingzhi said.

Hou Yi also nodded, and arched his hand: "Ziyun is reasonable, besides, there are more than 10,000 defenders in Jiangzhou, but our army is only 6,000, such a comparison of forces is obviously not conducive to attacking the city, and at present, I am afraid that only after the army comes to meet, then attack Jiangzhou." ”

What the generals said was also in line with the judgment of the potter, but the potter wanted to waste such a precious time, so that Gou Jian had enough time to pacify the Nanban and return to the division to fight.

"Su Qing, Li Yan, what do you think?" The potter's gaze looked at Su Qin.

As a minister who once sent an envoy to Shu, Su Qin not only went to flicker Goujian, but also took the opportunity to touch the bottom of the monarchs and ministers of Shu as much as possible, so as to facilitate the pottery merchants' cutting down of Shu today.

Hearing the Tao Shang's question, Su Qin didn't think about it and said: "Back to the king, according to the understanding of the minister when he went to Shu, this Li Yan is in the same party as Meng Da and Fa Zheng, and he is the young Zhuang faction of Shu, and the common characteristics of these people are quite talented, but they are all a little conceited, and there is no one in their eyes, of course, this Li Yan's talent is still far better than Meng Da's." ”

"Conceited, no one in your eyes......" The potter muttered to himself Su Qin's comment on Li Yan, his thoughts racing, and he vaguely figured out the reason.

At this moment, Su Qin's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had been inspired by his own words, and said happily: "King, the current situation is that Li Yan's Jiangzhou garrison has 10,000 and our army is only 6,000......

Saying this, the corners of Su Qin's mouth raised a meaningful smirk.

The pottery merchant's eyes lit up, his thoughts flew around, and he suddenly realized the meaning of Su Qin's words, and he couldn't help but smile.

"It seems that this Meng Da didn't kill right, and this is just the right thing to come in......"

The potter sneered, brushed his hands and shouted: "Come on, quickly bring pen and ink, and then pass Meng Da to this king." ”