"Actually, the two, General Gan has already come back from the trial. You should know, we all predicted it before. Now what I am thinking about is how to attack Liu Yu with fire is the right way. I don't think there's anything else to discuss. Xu Shu looked at Zhou Yu and Sun Ce with a smile on his face, as if he was watching Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's jokes.

"Mr. Yuanzhi, dare to ask if you have a plan?" Sun Ce's anger has disappeared, and now he needs to have a strategy.

"I feel that what General Sun needs most now is to get in touch with Cao Cao in Yuzhou, and the two sides will make an agreement on how to deal with Liu Yu. I guess Cao Cao hasn't given the general a reply yet. Isn't the general in a hurry? Another thing is that the general must send a naval army to harass Liu's army in Jiangbei every day to buy a little more time for Jiangdong's preparations. Although it doesn't help, at least you can have a better chance of winning. Xu Shu finally gave Sun Ce some good advice.

Xu Shu finally gave some good advice, but Sun Ce still gave Xu Shu a lot of face and said, "Thank you Yuan Zhi for your kind words." ”

"Don't dare, it's just a matter of duty. You and I resist Liu Yu together, and they are just contributing to my father-in-law. Xu Shu said with a smile.

Sun Ce was as disgusting as if he had eaten a fly, he had always wanted to dig Xu Shu over, but he didn't expect that Xu Shu was the head of my family when he opened and closed his mouth, so couldn't he compare to Liu Bei, who sold straw shoes? A very loyal and capable wise man, he was preempted by Liu Bei like this, and Sun Ce was very unconvinced when he thought of this.

It is impossible for Sun Ce to know that there were more generals and strategists under Liu Bei in history than now, but he was preempted by a person with the same surname Liu. If he knew, Sun Ce would not be unconvinced. Poor Liu Bei has been reduced to the point where Xu Shu and Wei Yan are left to take out their hands, and there are still people who are calculating to dig his corner.

Not only Sun Ce was unhappy, but even Zhou Yu was a little unhappy. Zhou Yu has been very good to Xu Shu these days, and the two often talk about scriptures and enjoy music. In the process of getting along, Zhou Yu found that Xu Shu was very similar to himself in many aspects, with a heroic spirit that ordinary literati did not have. Zhou Yu also learned about Xu Shu's deeds of killing people in anger. In all fairness, if Zhou Yu was in Xu Shu's situation back then, he would have killed people in order to draw his sword. Zhou Yu admires Xu Shu very much.

Xu Shu must know his thoughts here, but he doesn't have the slightest intention of wanting to come to Jiangdong, so Zhou Yu and Sun Ce don't have to waste too much energy.

If Xu Shu doesn't come to Jiangdong, then Zhou Yu will have to find an opportunity to get rid of Xu Shu. But now is not the time to get rid of Xu Shu, the best time is to repel Liu Yu, and the first thing Zhou Yu wants to kill is Xu Shu, Liu Bei's strongest strategist and arm. Without Xu Shu, Liu Bei would definitely not be able to make any waves.

Xu Shu understood Sun Ce's intentions in his heart, and he knew a rough idea from the fact that Sun Ce went to sit with Xu Shu whenever he had time in the past few days. It's just that although Sun Ce is the master of the Ming, Sun Ce already has strategists like Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao around him, especially Zhou Yu, Sun Ce almost obeys his words. Xu Shu admits that he is not the kind of person who likes dictatorship, but he also hopes that his lord can obey his words and realize his ambitions. On the contrary, Liu Bei is now considered innocent, and he is a poor jingle among the princes, but it is precisely this that can highlight that if Liu Bei succeeds in the future, Xu Shu's ability to assist Liu Bei can be supported to the greatest extent.

But Xu Shu always felt that Liu Bei was still a bit risky here. But now if he violates morality and throws himself under Sun Ce's command, Xu Shu can't do it. Seeking others first for himself, Xu Shu still left a way back for himself. At present, no one knows this, and they don't know what Xu Shu's back road is.

At present, Xu Shu is still firmly following Liu Bei's side to give him advice.

"Both, if nothing else. There are still things to do, so I will retire first. Xu Shu arched his hand and said.

Something? Does Xu Shu have anything else to do in Chibi?

Zhou Yu asked puzzledly: "I don't know what is important for Yuan Zhi, do you need our help?" ”

"There is a mountain peak in this red cliff, and I think the scenery there is good. Going over to enjoy the scenery. The two of you have time, and you have already prepared some delicious side dishes and wine, so it is better to relax your mood in a hurry. Xu Shu looked at Zhou Yu and Sun Ce very sincerely.

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce have a feeling of being defeated by Xu Shu, when is it, you are actually in the mood to enjoy the scenery.

"Mr. has this Yaxing, it's really rare. General Ben and Gongjin are busy with military affairs, so they won't bother Mr. Yaxing. Sun Ce directly rejected Xu Shu's proposal.

Xu Shu smiled and said, "That's a pity." I originally wanted to talk about life and ideals with the two of you. It seems that I will talk about it next time. ”

If it was before, Sun Ce might have had a good chat with Xu Shu. But after a few days, Sun Ce had already concluded that Xu Shu and his gang had no way to dig it up, so it was better to deal with Liu Yu's current threat.

"Then I'll take my leave." Xu Shu saw that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce had no other instructions, and he turned around and left.

Sun Ce shook his head and sighed: "This Xu Shu is not saved." If you don't want to contribute, just say it. Is it necessary? The Great War is currently going to enjoy the scenery. It's really disappointing. ”

"Bo Fu, forget it. Twisted melons are not sweet. This Xu Shu can be regarded as identifying Liu Bei. Let's not waste any effort on him. Zhou Yu said with relief.

"It's a pity for this great talent. It would be great if it could be used by my Jiangdong. "Sun Ce is a prince who is eager to seek talents, and he needs all talents. Sun Ce didn't do less things to dig the foot of the wall, for example, Tai Shici was dug by Sun Ce, and Gan Ning can be regarded as it.

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly, these days, the princes have a huge resource advantage, which can attract many talents to come to take refuge. But the princes are also divided into three, six, nine and so on. In the eyes of high-level strategists, it is not only the master who chooses his subordinates, but also the subordinates who choose the master. Having the Lord is the highest pursuit of a strategist.

But why is the strategist so capable, why don't you choose to go it alone?

One of the reasons is the origin. With a good background, even if his ability is mediocre, he can gain status in this troubled era. For example, Yuan Shu in the past, his ability was a scum with a combat strength of only five among his peers, but he occupied a lot of territory at the beginning, and finally was able to become the emperor. There is also a representative of Liu Zhang in Yizhou, who is still relying on the welfare of his own Lao Tzu to be a soil emperor who has no worries about food and clothing?

Although the strategists are not far from their backgrounds, they are not as good as the princes with good backgrounds. Ancient knowledge was monopolized by the great families. It is not uncommon for poor dicks to counterattack and become rich and handsome, but it is often more bumpy than later generations. More importantly, the ambitions of the strategists and the princes are different, but they can find common ground. And most of the strategists like to strategize, not to fight for power.

That's the simplest difference between the two.

"Gong Jin, we can't let this kid Xu Shu run away." Sun Ce vaguely expressed his meaning.

Of course Zhou Yu knew what it meant. If Xu Shu doesn't join Jiangdong, then he will only have to stay in Jiangdong for the rest of his life. In short, Xu Shu can't leave Jiangdong alive. This is the consensus reached by Zhou Yu and Sun Ce.

Zhou Yu's eyebrows moved, and he responded to Sun Ce, saying that he had understood what Sun Ce meant. Sun Ce also smiled and said nothing. The two of them have formed a tacit understanding over the years, and some words don't need to be said at all, just a look and movement can be understood.

"Bo Fu, Cao Cao's side really needs to follow up. It's been long enough. Cao Cao didn't have any news of a response. Zhou Yu is very worried about this problem.

Sun Ce nodded and said, "If there are no accidents, Ziyu should be back soon." ”

Sun Ce sent Zhuge Jin as an envoy to contact Cao Cao, and according to the time, it was almost time for Zhuge Jin to return.

"Then wait one more day." Zhou Yu could only continue to wait for Zhuge Jin's news.

And Zhuge Jin is really already on his way back to Jiangdong.

The distance between Jiangdong and Yuzhou is not as far as imagined. Zhuge Jin had a heavy responsibility, and he didn't want to delay at all, so he came to Shouchun very quickly, and came to the Prime Minister's Mansion very quickly, and met the actual ruler of the Jian'an court, Cao Cao Cao Mengde.

Cao Cao knew what Jiangdong's envoy was going to do, and he just wanted Cao Cao to send troops to attack Liu Yu, let Liu Yu divide his troops, and share the pressure on Jiangdong.

To be honest, Cao Cao and his staff knew the importance of helping Jiangdong. But Cao Cao did not plan to send troops at this time. At this time, the troops were dispatched, and Liu Yu's attention was attracted to him Cao Cao's side in vain. If Liu Yu's nerve is not right, he gives up attacking Jiangdong and changes his strategy to attack Yuzhou first, Cao Cao will lose more than he gains.

At the beginning, Cao Cao was really enthusiastic about sending troops, because he planned to take the opportunity to take back the land of Yingchuan. It's a pity that Liu Yu has a capable person here, and he has already seen through this, so Cao Cao's dispatch of troops has no effect at all. Sima Yi's calculations and Zhang Fei's chaos made Cao Cao's losses very serious. Even Cao Ren was carried back to Shouchun. Cao Ren came back with such a big defeat, Cao Cao was heartbroken, but he had to give Cao Ren some punishment. Cao Ren was pushed to the end by Cao Cao. Even if it is Cao Cao's own family, Cao Cao, as the main father-in-law, has no idea of favoritism at all. If everyone around Cao Ren hadn't interceded, Cao Cao would have been able to kill Cao Ren. Cao Ren naturally didn't have the face to face Cao Cao, and now at this time, he has been at home in the name of recuperating from his injuries.

But Xiahou Lan, who was also defeated and returned, regained Cao Cao's appreciation, and was not punished for defeat, but because after the defeat, he immediately went back to join the main general, and finally saved Cao Ren. From these points, Cao Cao admired Xiahoulan very much. In the face of danger, he has the style of a general, and it is worth cultivating.

But because of this defeat, Cao Cao had even fewer troops to mobilize. So at present, Cao Cao is a little reluctant to take the initiative to provoke Liu Yu.

Now Cao Cao is planning to let the two forces of Jiangdong and Liu Yu fight each other, and then they will benefit. Now that Liu Yu has not started a fight with Jiangdong, Cao Cao will not do this kind of thing of a bird, after all, there is no benefit, right?

Cao Cao tactfully expressed his difficulties and needed time to prepare. But as long as Jiangdong and Liu Yu went to war, Cao Cao would definitely react immediately, and the army would kill Nanyang and attack Liu Yu on both sides with Jiangdong.

This is said in vain. Zhuge Jin's intelligence is not weak, so he naturally knows what Cao Cao is thinking, he just wants to sit and watch the story of the two tigers fighting. Zhuge Jin, who is eloquent, couldn't be fooled by Cao Cao like this, so he struggled to talk to Cao Cao about the life-and-death relationship between Jiangdong and Yuzhou, the importance of cooperation between Sun Ce and Cao Cao, and so on. But Cao Cao's staff members were much more eloquent than Zhuge Jin, and Zhuge Jin did not have the ability of his brother Zhuge Liang to fight the Confucians, so he was defeated without accident.

In the end, in order to let Sun Ce feel at ease and fight Liu Yu, Cao Cao promised himself that even if he was not well prepared, Liu Yu and Jiangdong would fight, he would definitely do it, and he would definitely not let Jiangdong suffer.

If Zhuge Jin can believe Cao Cao's plan, then he will not change his surname to Zhuge and change his surname to Pig.

But what if you don't believe it, Zhuge Jin is just a messenger, and that's all he can do. So Zhuge Jin returned to Jiangdong with a black face all the way.

When Sun Ce and Zhou Yu knew Cao Cao's attitude, Zhou Yu could only smile bitterly, the traitor was really a traitor, and he was not willing to suffer at all. Only Sun Ce scolded Cao Cao for not being trustworthy.

Xu Shu and one of his boys, with wine and side dishes, came to the highest mountain near Chibi very casually. The scenery here is very good, close to the river, there are many flowers and trees, and you can sit and watch the beautiful scenery of the Yangtze River.

"It's a great place to be. You can enjoy the whole view, so it's worth the trip. Xu Shu took a leisurely walk, and several figures appeared in the distance behind him, who came to spy on Xu Shu. Xu Shu also knew about the existence of these people.

Xu Shu seemed to really come to enjoy the scenery, and after finding a cool and comfortable place, under the service of the boy, Xu Shu began to slowly enjoy the wine and food he brought.

Until the sun set, Xu Shu had no intention of leaving. The Jiangdong people who were spying on Xu Shu had no desire to continue to monitor, and they chose to leave one after another. No one wants to be full and enjoy the scenery here with Xu Shu, the key is that Xu Shu has to eat, they are all hungry.

This is also one of Xu Shu's intentions.

Soon night fell, and a starry sky gradually appeared in the night sky.

Xu Shu looked at the night and said to himself: "It's about the same as estimated." Defeating Liu Yu may be at this time. ”