In October of the eighth year of Jian'an, Cai Ji and Sun Ce, who received the holy decree, each led 20,000 horses to form an alliance with Fengxize, which is between Weishan Lake and Dangshan. Fengxizawa is a lake in Pei County, where the famous "Fengxizawa Wanderers" took place in history. It is said that Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, escorted the apprentices to Lishan for Peijun as the pavilion chief, and many of the apprentices escaped halfway. Liu Bang estimated that if he continued like this, he would run out before Lishan's apprenticeship was exhausted, and he would not be able to escape death. So when he walked to Xidaze Township, Feng County, he stopped drinking and took advantage of the night to let everyone go. More than a dozen strong men were willing to follow him. Halfway down the road, everyone encountered a white snake blocking the way, and Liu Bang shouted: "The big husband walks, what's so scary!" So he hurried to the front, drew his sword, and slew the serpent. The serpent was cut in two, and the road was opened, and he went on a few miles, and when he was very drunk, he lay down on the ground, and when the people behind him came to the place where the serpent had been cut, they saw an old woman weeping in the darkness of the night. When asked why she was crying, the old woman said, "Someone killed my child, and I was crying for him." Someone asked, "Why was your child killed?" The old woman said, "My child is the son of the White Emperor, transformed into a snake, blocked the middle of the road, and now he has been killed by the son of the Red Emperor, and I am crying for this." They thought the old woman was lying, and were about to beat her, but suddenly the old woman disappeared. The people behind caught up with Liu Bang, and Liu Bang woke up. Those people told Liu Bang what had just happened, and Liu Bang was secretly happy in his heart, so he became more determined to chase the world.

Nowadays, there is no trace of the white snake on the bank of Fengxize, only the magnificent camp formed by the continuous various military tents, flags, and spears under the rising sun, forming two huge arcs around the water surface. It's like two yin and yang fish that grow and restrain each other. The big tent of the alliance between Qi and Wu is located on the mountainside in the north of Fengxize, and every move in the two camps under the mountain can be seen clearly. At this moment, I saw Cai Ji sitting in the big tent facing west, facing east, and Guo Jia, Xin Bi, Zhao Yun and other Qi camps were divided on both sides. Sun Ce led Zhou Yu, Lu Su and other Wu generals to sit in the east and face west.

"The lady of Jiangdong is a dream person. Break through Jingzhou and Tichun. The crowd competed for longevity, but Sun Wu had a hundred years of life. ”

In later generations, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have always been synonymous with young heroes and beautiful men. Although Sun and Erren, who are sitting opposite Cai Ji at the moment, are no longer young, they still perfectly interpret what it means to be "majestic and heroic". Sun Ce's appearance is somewhat similar to Sun Quan, but he is more slender and well-proportioned than his younger brother, and there is a sense of arrogance between his eyebrows. Zhou Yu, known as "Mei Zhou Lang", is half a head taller than Sun Ce, not only with a crown of jade, but also with a dignified appearance. Even the gestures have a temperament that makes people feel like a spring breeze. It's no wonder that Cai Ji can't help but look at the two of them more after taking his seat.

And while Cai Ji was boldly appreciating beauty, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were also looking at Cai Ji. According to various rumors from the outside world, Qi Hou Cai Anzhen is either as fierce as a tiger. Or glamorous as a demon. In all fairness, Cai Ji is neither fierce nor glamorous in terms of appearance, at most she is just a beauty in gorgeous clothes. But Sun Ce and Zhou Yu didn't dare to slack off at all, and they didn't even regard Cai Ji as a woman. Because no matter how gorgeous the clothes. Refreshing incense. No matter how weak his appearance is, he can't hide the special aura that Cai Ji exudes from the inside out. It was a kind of evil aura that only a martial artist who had experienced the test of life and death could have. It was this kind of evil aura that made Sun Ce know that the woman in front of him was his kind from the first time he saw Cai Ji.

Seeing that the two beautiful men were so wary of him, Cai Ji couldn't help but sigh secretly. It is said that since beating Yuan Shao and punishing him, Cai Ji's identity as a woman has become more and more difficult. Those princes and warlords not only did not pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, but were wary of her everywhere, for fear that they would accidentally fall into her way. So in order to alleviate the tense atmosphere at the scene, Cai Ji took the initiative to show favor to Sun Ce and said, "I have heard that Wu Hou is a good soldier. There is a hundred refining treasure knives, and Wu Hou is invited to smile. ”

After that, Cai Ji waved his hand. Immediately, a maid lotus step gently moved to present the treasure sword. The people of the Han Dynasty were good at forging swords, and Cao Cao once ordered Yousi to make five treasure knives to dragons, tigers, bears, horses, and finches, and named them Baipi Knife. The meaning of multi-layer stacking and repeated folding. Baipi is a form of 100 refining, which refers to the craftsman heating and forging the "fine iron" more than 100 times, one forging and one weighing and one light, until the catties are not reduced, that is, hundreds of steel. Sun Ce, as a hegemon of one side, is naturally not exempt from vulgarity in this regard. Seeing the treasure knife in the hand of the maid, the scabbard was decorated with Jin Tian, and the handle was long and ringless, which was different from the shape of the ordinary ring-headed knife, and heard Cai Ji call it "a hundred refinements", he immediately took the treasure knife and pulled it out under the itch. I only heard a dragon's groan, the long blade was unsheathed, and the light was like a meteor, and it was shocking. Sun Ce himself stroked the blade of the knife and praised it sincerely, "Good knife!" ”

However, it was true that Sun Ce was overjoyed to receive the treasure knife, but when he thought that he had not prepared a meeting gift for Cai Ji empty-handed, he was faintly embarrassed. I can't help but wonder what should I give back? Jewelry? Clothing? Jade? Or ...... After a quick calculation, he saw Sun Ce put the treasure knife in his hand on the case, and said frankly to Cai Ji, "Lonely came in a hurry and did not prepare a generous gift, only Dangshan hunted a tiger skin, and the crude things were to express their hearts, and I hope that Qi Hou will forgive me." ”

Hearing Sun Ce use a tiger skin as a return gift, Sun Quan, who was sitting behind, couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, thinking that his brother was really puzzled. Giving away tiger skins? Is it to ridicule Cai Anzhen as fierce as a female tiger? Or is it implying that today's meeting is a conspiracy with the tiger?

However, Cai Ji is not as stingy as Sun Quan imagined. In the face of the tiger skin offered by Wu Junlishi, she not only smiled happily, but also lost no time in flattering Sun Cedao, "What a white-fronted tiger!" Wu Hou Zhen is a family member. ”

Compliments from beautiful women always make men drunk. After listening to what Cai Ji said at this moment, Sun Ce, who was in a happy mood, immediately laughed heartily, "Qi Hou has won the award!" Prizes too! ”

Zhou Yu watched Cai Ji lift Sun Ce's precautions step by step, and deeply admired the wisdom and restraint shown by this female prince. Since ancient times, countless heroes and heroes have often been unable to let go of their bodies after obtaining certain rights and status. Those who can be in a high position and remain unmoved are either born to regard fame and fortune as dung, or they are unwilling to accept the status quo and have other plans. Zhou Yu believes that a woman who dares to show her face to participate in the great cause of hegemony will never be a person who is indifferent to fame and fortune. But this does not prevent the cooperation between Sun and Cai. There is a saying: "If you want to take it, you must first take it." "Cai Ji is low and small at the moment in order to seek benefits from Sun Ce. Similarly, once you find out the bottom line of the woman in front of you. Zhou Yu can also be targeted to benefit Sun Ce.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yu knowingly asked Cai Ji tentatively, "This time, the Son of Heaven recruited four families to escort and move the capital. It is reported that Qi Hou Tiyì the Son of Heaven moved the capital to Xiangyang, but did he feel that Jingzhou was remote? ”

Faced with doubts from Zhou Yu. Xin Bi, who was sitting in the second position on Cai Ji's left hand, immediately took over the conversation and replied, "Xiangyang is the hometown of the ancestors, and the place where the Son of Heaven moved the capital should be the first place for the Han family to prosper. ”

Although Xin Bi's words were high-sounding, Zhou Yu was unmoved. In fact, the real birthplace of Liu Xiu of the Han Dynasty is in Jiyang County, Chenliu County. Although Liu Xiu later grew up in Caiyang County, Nanyang County and took advantage of the situation to raise troops, and in the late Han Dynasty, Caiyang County was assigned to Xiangyang County, but the so-called "Xiangyang is the hometown of the ancestors" is still very reluctant after all. What's more, the land of the Han family's dragon is not limited to Caiyang.

At this moment, I saw Zhou Yu raising his hand and pointing at Feng Xize under the mountain. He asked with a smile, "Pei County is also the hometown of Gao Zu, why not move the capital to Pei County?" ”

Zhou Yu's question really hit Cai Ji's weakness. Truly. In terms of status and qualifications, Peijun, located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, is more suitable than Xiangyang to place the Son of Heaven as the national capital. Previously, due to the disparity in strength, Wu Shuo, who only wanted to use the power of the Qi army to save the Son of Heaven from danger, did not dare to raise objections in front of Cai Ji. But Zhou Yu in front of him doesn't have so many scruples. In his opinion, since Cai Ji keeps saying that he is loyal. Then why don't you set aside a few counties in front of your house to make the Son of Heaven Wangji?

Of course, Cai Ji is not a person who cares about the gains and losses of one city and one place. As long as conditions permit, she will not mind giving up a few counties to the Son of Heaven. However, after all, Peijun is not like Xiangyang, which guards the key points in the north and south, and can contain Cao, Liu, and Sun in a row. In addition, the Cao family's father and son have occupied Peijun for many years and have already taken root here. And the counties of Jingbei fell into the hands of Cao Jun for only a few months. In contrast, it is natural that the cession of Xiangyang is more acceptable to the Cao family's father and son.

Of course, there are some things that cannot be said to the outside world. So Cai Ji raised his hand to stop Xin Bi, who wanted to refute, and then pretended to be helpless and smiled bitterly at Zhou Yu, "If it weren't for Cao Gong being besieged by Dangyang, he would have wanted to live next to the Son of Heaven." ”

According to Cai Ji's statement at this time, she was afraid that Cao Cao was in Liu Bei's hands, so she mentioned that the Son of Heaven moved the capital to Xiangyang. It sounds like it makes some sense. After all, if Liu Bei hadn't taken the lead, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu would not have sat down with Cai Ji at this moment to discuss the matter of moving the capital and dividing it. Therefore, as soon as Cai Ji's words came out, Sun Ce, who felt the same way, immediately slapped his thigh and laughed. "Haha, Qi Hou is really a straightforward person!"

Regarding Cai Ji's remarks, Zhou Yu was skeptical. But before he could question it. Guo Jia on the opposite side had already generously consulted Sun Ce on behalf of Cai Ji, "I don't know what Wu Hou has to say about the choice of the new capital?" ”

It is true that Budu Dingding was originally to "calculate" the position of the Beijing division in several alternative cities, and theoretically Sun Ce could also nominate any county in the Han Dynasty as the imperial capital. However, the final location of the imperial capital could only be counted after the Han court and the four princes of Cao, Cai, Sun, and Liu could be discussed. The so-called "Budu" is just a formality. It is even more impossible for Sun Ce to say that the capital of Wu County will be the capital of Wu County. Therefore, as soon as Zhou Yu came up, he talked about moving the capital, not to fight the idea of the Son of Heaven, but to bargain with the Cai family in the name of choosing the capital.

At this moment, Sun Ce, who had a tacit understanding with Zhou Yu, immediately said with a big grin, "Gu Ti yì The Son of Heaven moved the capital to Peicheng, and divided Pei County and Pengcheng County into Wangji. As for the Guangling of the south gate of Wangji, it can be handed over to the lone arch guard. ”

After listening to Sun Ce's words, Cai Ji couldn't help but look at the little Jiangdong overlord in front of him again, and secretly slandered where this is the Jiangdong Tiger, it is clearly the Nanban Lion with a big mouth! Originally, the division of Pei County and Pengcheng County as Wangji was already a challenge to Cao Ying's bottom line, but Sun Ce was ashamed to claim that he wanted to take Guangling County as his own. It is important to know that in history, Guangling County was an important military town on the north bank of the Yangtze River during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. If Cai Ji had not entered, Cao Pi, who had usurped the Han Dynasty, would have launched three southern expeditions to Eastern Wu, two of which were based in Guangling. As for Sun Ce himself, he led his troops to besiege Guangling more than a year ago, taking advantage of the fact that Cao Cao was fighting with Liu Biao and Liu Bei and had no time to look east. However, the guards of the Cao army sitting in Guangling were Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong, who "planned to hoe Lu Bu" in the past. Sun Ce's repeated attacks were defeated by him. Don't look at the fact that Sun Ce is now sweeping Jianghuai, but he doesn't dare to let the main force go deep into the hinterland of the Central Plains. Because once Cao's army stabilized its position, Chen Deng, who was stationed in Guangling, could copy Sun Ce's back road at any time, so that he would not be able to return home. Let's ask how the father and son of the Cao family would give up such a military important place lightly. At this moment, Sun Ce disregarded the overall situation of reality and put forward such a mercenary condition, which can be regarded as letting Cai Ji see what it means to be "Yang Shiduo light and cunning".

However, before Cai Ji could attack, Guo Jia had already taken the lead and said to Sun Ce, "Wuhou Mingjian, the lord of my family was entrusted by the Son of Heaven to mediate the dispute between the three families, aiming to calm the war and escort the relocation of the capital. However, the matters raised by Wu Hou are too harsh, and it may be difficult for the Cao family and his son to accept. ”

Of course, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu knew how far-fetched their own demands were. But as the so-called sky-high asking price is repaid on the spot, it is a piece of land that can be circled more than that. So Sun Ce raised his eyebrows, raised his face and said, "My Jiangdong Erlang has overcome all obstacles for the Son of Heaven, and Guangling is not worthy of Cao Gong's life!" ”

How do you know that Guo Jia didn't eat Sun Ce's set at all, so he directly asked unceremoniously, "And now the soldiers are surrounding the Yang, but Wu Houhu?" ”

"What does Guo Zhizhong mean by this!" Sun Ce slapped the case and scolded loudly.

Zhao Yun immediately put on a defensive posture in case Sun Ce made trouble. Guo Jia did not change his face and calmly responded, "Guo is reminding Wu Hou that at this moment, Cao Gong is also negotiating peace with Liu Xuande. ”

If moving the capital to Xiangyang is the weakest link in Cai Ji's entire plan, then Cao Liu Yihe is Sun Ce's weakness at this time. After all, once Cao Cao and Liu Bei negotiate peace successfully, there will be nothing to do with Sun Ce. It is no wonder that as soon as Guo Jia's voice fell, Sun Ce's aggressive momentum weakened a little.

Seeing that Guo Jia defeated Sun Ce's arrogance in one go, Cai Ji was relieved and pushed the boat along the way, "We are here today to help the Son of Heaven move the capital and return to government. ”

Zhou Yu, who had been observing for a long time on the sidelines, listened to what Cai Ji said, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked, "Dare to ask Qi Hou, how to seek common ground while reserving differences?" (To be continued......)