In fact, Cai Ji's long-awaited reinforcements are indeed coming from the sea to the outside of the gate at this moment. However, because the Bohai Sea is still in the winter monsoon period, it will take more than 10 days for the fleet to reach Jinxi Port under headwinds. If it is a voyage of more than ten days in normal times, it is not an exaggeration, but for the Qi army and even the entire Cai family who are trapped in the White Wolf River at this moment, it can be called a year. In addition, out of the need to paralyze Guo Tu and others, Guo Jia deliberately concealed the movements of the water master, which made the outside world's speculation about Cai Ji's situation more and more pessimistic. What's more, there are crazy people who openly accuse Guo Jia, Tai Shici, Wang Xiu and others of not saving Qi Hou when he sees death, and intends to rebel.

Don't look at the small number of these crazy students and their fame, but they have great incitement among the people. As the saying goes, "there is no tiger in the husband market, but the three of them become tigers", don't say that ordinary fools and foolish women, even if they are educated students, they will still believe it if they hear too much of it. What's more, the people who spread the rumors are still scholars who have read the books of the sages like them, which further deepens the students' trust in those crazy students.

So at the same time that the Qi army and sailors rushed north to help, about hundreds of soldiers gathered in front of the Longkou Yamen to protest against the two ends of the Qingzhou civil and military head led by Guo Jia, the leader of Qingzhou, and demanded that the government immediately send troops to rescue the Marquis of Qi. Its momentum is huge, quite like the style of the party-to-government struggle in those years, but the participants have changed from students to students of the martial arts hall.

However, even if he was scolded as a villain by the group of students, Guo Jia at this time was still sitting leisurely in the study, playing chess games, and at the same time quipped to Cui Yan and Huang Zhen quite complacently, "Hundreds of students beat the drum and petition, and this kind of momentum is only comparable to the Taixue of Luoyang in the past." ”

It's a pity that Cui Yan and Huang Zhen, who were sitting opposite, obviously didn't have the heart to appreciate Guo Jia's humor. I saw Cui Yan wipe the sweat on his forehead and smiled bitterly, "It's all this season!" Feng Xiao still has the heart to laugh here. ”

As a celebrity in Jizhou, Cui Yan is known for his exploitation and justice in Jiangwutang. But who would have thought that those crazy students in the outside world would reprimand him for forming a party with Guo Jia for his personal intentions. What makes Cui Yan even more depressed is that he can't make a corresponding statement at such a sensitive moment. Because once he refuted the slander of the other party. It is bound to be falsely rumored by people with ulterior motives to become "anti-Guo". And if he declares his support for Guo Jia, he will confirm the accusations made against him by those crazy students. In a dilemma, Cui Yan finally chose to respond to the accusations of all parties with silence, so as not to smear it more and more.

However, silence alone will not solve the current chaos, but on the contrary, it will also encourage the arrogance of the related madness. Seeing that more and more students of the Wutang Hall were instigated to take to the streets, Cui Yan, who was so anxious, could not care about fame and other subtleties, so he immediately came to Guo Mansion to discuss with Guo Jia how to deal with it.

In fact, Cui Yan is not the only one who is in a critical situation at this moment. Huang Zhen, as the Yin of Longkou Mansion, knew the ins and outs of the whole matter, but he could not inform the students who petitioned in front of the yamen the news that the sailor had gone to sea. Because this involves military secrets, it is more related to Cai Ji's life and death. But Huang Zhen also did not want to forcibly expel the students who petitioned in front of the yamen. After all, these young people have a sincere heart, and they petition the government out of concern for Cai Ji's safety. So at this time, Huang Zhen, like Cui Yan, hopes that Guo Jia can stand up and appease the students and make the whole crisis small. It's a trivial.

With this thought, Huang Zhen even said to Guo Jiati, "Before the students gather in the government, they all listen to rumors, if Feng Xiao can come forward to explain a thing or two." It will surely reassure the people and make the students disperse on their own. ”

"Explain? Involving military aircraft. Why did Jia explain to the students? Guo Jia disapplievously threw a sunspot into the chess game.

Huang Zhen listened to what Guo Jia said. Turning his head and exchanging glances with Cui Yan, the latter hurriedly followed the advice, "Feng Xiao doesn't need to reveal the military plane, just promise the student that he will definitely rescue Qi Hou." ”

"It's about military machinery, and I won't bother to say anything about unrelated people." Guo Jia once again reiterated his position in an unquestioning tone.

Seeing Guo Jia's attitude being so tough, Cui Yan and Huang Zhen looked at each other for a while, and they had no idea for a while. There is a way to untie the bell and the bell must be tied to the bell, if even Guo Jia refuses to give an explanation in public. How could Cui Yan and Huang Zhen convince the hundreds of students in front of the yamen.

And just when the three of them were at a stalemate, they suddenly heard someone outside the house report loudly, "Prepare for the military division, and report urgently." ”

"Read." Guo Jia didn't raise his head. Directly asked the attendant who delivered the letter to read out the contents of the battle report.

After seeing the attendant enter the house and salute, he opened the seal in public and read aloud, "Our department has sworn to send troops on the first day of the first month of March, don't worry - Zhang Liao and Pang Tong." ”

Hearing that Zhang Liao and Pang Tong of Bingzhou had already rushed to the aid of western Liaoning, Cui Yan and Huang Zhen both breathed a long sigh of relief. Guo Jia took the letter from the hand of the attendant, glanced at the official seal stamped underneath, and then handed the letter to Huang Zhen and said, "This letter can reassure the people?" ”

Huang Zhenruo put away the letter in a treasured place, nodded again and again, and said, "Ke'an, Ke'an." With this letter, the old man will be able to persuade the students to disperse on their own. ”

However, Cui Yan was not as optimistic as Huang Zhen, so he frowned slightly and muttered, "If some students still refuse to give up, how can it be good?" ”

Guo Jia twisted the chess pieces in his hand and said solemnly, "If someone refuses to give up, then it will be dealt with according to the crime of collaborating with the enemy." ”

From the siege of Cao Pi by His Excellency the Zun Jing earlier to the beating of drums and petitions in front of the government this time, Guo Jia realized that those bloody students in the martial arts hall were extremely easy to be instigated. They can be the help of Cai Ji in his race to the world, or they can become the source of chaos that subverts Qi in the blink of an eye. And the immaturity of the students also made Guo Jia have to start to reflect on the teaching of the martial arts. In his opinion, if a student can't even see the most basic situation, then no matter how much he learns skills and reads more books, he can't be regarded as a "scholar", at most he is just a fool who can read and write.

In fact, it is not surprising that Guo Jia would have such a view. It is important to know that although the private school of the Eastern Han Dynasty was quite prosperous, every Confucian would screen students from various aspects such as character, qualifications, and background before accepting students. In the middle of the course, it will be decided whether to continue teaching according to the student's learning situation and his or her usual behavior. The talents cultivated in this way, not to mention the dragon and phoenix among people, are at least one in a thousand. However, the lecture hall is based on the principle of "teaching without class", and accepts a person who is willing to learn to come in and study. In this way, the level of Wutang students has become uneven in the eyes of Guo Jia and others. Therefore, if there are really students who continue to make trouble without knowing the current affairs, then Guo Jia will not only not feel pity, but will not hesitate to clean up the portal for the martial arts hall.

However, it turns out that the students of the martial arts hall are not as unbearable as Guo Jia imagined. With Huang Zhen announcing in public that Zhang Liao and Pang Tong had sent troops to western Liaoning to rescue Qi Hou, although there were still crazy people in front of the yamen who were holding on to Guo Jia and others to "not send troops". But the vast majority of students began to disperse on their own. However, the chaos caused by the "Qihou Trapped Incident" is still fermenting in various parts of the Central Plains, and even affected the two prefectures of Jingyang south of the Yangtze River.

In March, the south of the Yangtze River is in the flourishing season of spring rain, and the camp tents of the Wu army on the Yangtze River are like chess, and the stars are scattered all the way, stretching for dozens of kilometers to the south, and it is almost impossible to see the edge at a glance. However, at this moment, Wu Hou Sun Ce was wearing armor and walking back and forth anxiously in the tent with a gloomy expression. On his right, the military advisor Zhou Yu was frowning and bowing his head, as if he was contemplating something. On the other side, more than ten other Wu Ying generals led by Huang Gai shook their eyes together with Sun Ce's figure.

Suddenly, Sun Ce stopped, turned his head and asked Zhou Yu in a verifying tone, "Is it true that Qi Hou and Zhong Mou have been trapped in Liaoxi?" ”

According to the report from Qingzhou spies, about hundreds of students gathered in front of the Longkou Yamen to protest against Guo Fengxiao's snake and rat at both ends, and asked him to immediately send troops to rescue Qi Hou. In addition, Hou Cheng of Xuzhou and Zang Ba of Yanzhou have also taken advantage of the situation to invade Qidi, and they can't fake this matter. Zhou Yu nodded solemnly.

With a muffled sound, Sun Ce's fist slammed into the pillar in the center of the big tent, and the handsome tent trembled. "If I knew this was the case, I shouldn't have let Zhongmou go north in the first place!"

Seeing this, Huang Gai hurriedly cautiously persuaded Sun Ce, "Don't worry, the old lady was pregnant with her second son. Thinking about it, the second son will be able to turn the danger into a disaster and return south safely. ”

According to the views of later generations, Huang Gai's words are typical superstitions, but Sun Ce really believed Huang Gai's statement at this time. This is because it is said that Mrs. Wu, the mother of the Sun brothers, was pregnant with Sun Ce. Dream of the moon flying into your arms. When she was pregnant with Sun Quan, she dreamed of the sun in her arms. After hearing Mrs. Wu's words, his father Sun Jian was overjoyed and asserted that the sun and moon were the essence of yin and yang, and they were a symbol of extreme wealth. And Sun Ce himself has always regarded this incident as proof that he and his younger brother Sun Quan have divine help. Second, Eastern Wu and Western Liaoning are thousands of miles apart, even if Sun Ce wants to save Sun Quan at the moment, he can't help it. So in addition to believing that Sun Quan would be blessed by the gods and would turn the danger into a disaster, Sun Ce really didn't have anything to do for a while.

And just when Sun Ce was stunned about the situation of his second brother. Suddenly, I saw a member of the elementary school report in the account, "Report! Marquis Wu, Liu Bei sent an envoy to ask for a meeting. ”

"Liu Bei's envoy?" Sun Ce paused for a moment, and then blurted out a question. "Who?"

The junior colonel replied, "Go back to Wuhou and come to make yourself Nanyang Zhuge Liang." ”

"Zhuge Liang!" This time, not only Sun Ce, but also Huang Gai and others also let out a burst of exclamations. Obviously, the condolence a year ago left a deep impression on the generals and colonels in Wu Ying, and they remembered the name of Nanyang Zhuge Liang. After all, it was this young man who called himself Zhuge Liang who not only almost played Sun Ce on Sun Yi's Lingtang, but also single-handedly contributed to the situation of the four families forming an alliance against Cao later.

Because he had learned that Liu Bei's Changsha was a bridge drawn by Zhuge Liang, Sun Ce at this moment had no good impression of Zhuge Liang at all. I saw him laughing angrily, "What a Nanyang Zhuge Liang!" This guy dares to come to my Wu camp! ”

Compared with the murderous Sun Ce, Zhou Yu's attitude is obviously much calmer. It is said that although Zhuge Liang snatched food from Sun Ce's mouth and won a huge Changsha City for Liu Bei, Zhou Yu himself still admired Zhuge Liang's talent very much, and even had a hint of solicitation. So he immediately persuaded Sun Ce and said, "Bo Fu is angry. As the saying goes, the two countries do not kill the envoys, and since Liu Bei sent the envoys here, he must have a deep meaning. It is not too late for you to listen to what he has to say, and then to make a decision. ”

When Sun Ce heard Zhou Yu say this, he nodded reluctantly and said, "That's it!" Let's just listen to his crooked reasoning. ”

With Sun Ce's order, Zhuge Liang soon walked into the tent of the Chinese army in Wu Ying under the guidance of the little colonel. Compared with the white clothes at last year's condolences, Zhuge Liang, who was wearing a scarf and holding a feather fan, looked obviously more mature. But seeing that he walked all the way to the center of the big tent without squinting, he immediately saluted Sun Ce respectfully with a shock of his long sleeves, "Zhuge Liang has seen Wu Hou." ”

Sun Ce snorted coldly and ignored Zhuge Liang. On the other hand, Zhou Yu looked at Zhuge Liang with great interest, and asked him, "Liu Envoy Jun sent an envoy here to wonder why?" ”

Zhuge Liang straightened his waist and replied with a posture that was neither humble nor arrogant, "The lord of my family sent Liang here for the alliance of Liu and Wu. ”

Zhou Yu heard what Zhuge Liang said, and an imperceptible smile flashed in his eyes. But Sun Ce next to him had already opened his mouth impatiently and sneered, "Last year, the four families formed an alliance to resist Cao, and I don't know who turned into Rufeng and made Jingsheng Gong fight Cao independently." ”

Seeing Sun Ce's sarcasm that Liu Bei left Liu Biao and fled south to Changsha, Zhuge Liang was not angry, but smiled slightly and said loudly, "Wu Hou Mingjian, my lord Xuande Gong personally led his troops to raid Nan in August last year, killing nearly a thousand enemies and burning countless grains. In September, our lord destroyed Shaobi and flooded Cao's army, causing Cao's army to suffer more than 10,000 casualties and unable to go south. The defeat of Jingsheng Gong was due to the defeat of Cao Thief's technique, not the soldier's death. ”

In the face of Zhuge Liang's arguments, although Sun Ce knew that the opponent's so-called record was full of moisture, he did not have the face to deny that Liu Bei had almost exhausted his old skills in the battle with Cao Cao. In fact, after the alliance of the four families, in addition to the weakest Zhang father and son, the princes who can preserve their strength the most are Sun Ce and Sun Bofu in front of them. Over the past year or so, the Wu army not only did not fight a few tough battles with the Cao army, but took advantage of the defeat of Shuangliu to annex many cities in Yangzhou and Jingzhou. But even so, Sun Ce still didn't want to have too much to do with Liu Bei.

However, Sun Ce just wanted to shoot the case and blasted Zhuge Liang out of the camp on the grounds of "gibberish", but was stopped by Zhou Yu with his hand raised. I saw the latter staring at Zhuge Liang and asking, "Everyone in the world knows that Cai Anzhen is trapped in Liaoxi, and Cao Cai's eyes are in front of him." It won't be long before Cao Cao will move north to fight for the Central Plains with Cai's party. Why do we need to form an alliance with Liu Yuanjun? (To be continued......)