Yao Quan returned to Liucheng and met Zheng Gu, the general of Zheng Guo's Northern Expedition, and dragged Sima Xiao's request out completely.

Zheng Gu couldn't help but laugh after hearing this: "Sima Xiao actually wants to be the emperor of Huaiguo? Ok, good, good! God help me! Originally, Sima Xiao and Wu Wei were united, and we couldn't take advantage of it, but now they are the first to mess up, and we just take advantage of the fishermen! ”

Yao Quan thought for a while and reminded: "General, what if there is fraud in this?" If this is the other party's strategy, deliberately leading us to send troops, and then they are uniting to attack us, wouldn't they fall for their tricks? ”

Zheng Gu smiled slightly: "Do you think I will really send troops to help Sima Xiao drag down Wuwei's troops?" Let's just agree to Sima Xiao's request. When the time comes, Sima Xiao will raise troops to attack Qinyang, and Wuwei will inevitably send troops to rescue him, and when the time comes, the strength of both of them in Neidu County will be greatly reduced, and we can take the opportunity to take Neidu County! ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Gu immediately said to his subordinates: "Take pen, ink, paper, and inkstone!" General Ben will repair a book, you can bring it to Sima Xiao early tomorrow morning, and let him send troops to attack Qinyang, this Neidu County will be handed over to me! Hahaha! ”

Late at night, Wen Yan returned to the inner capital, and Sima Xiao immediately met with him.

"How? Did Wu Wei agree? Sima Xiao asked eagerly.

Wen Yan hurriedly arched his hand and said: "My lord, when he went down to find Wuwei, he had already gathered his military horses and planned to quietly return to Qinyang City, this is God to help adults achieve great things!" ”

"Really?" Sima Xiao's eyes widened excitedly, and then he asked eagerly, "How many soldiers and horses did they go?" ”

Wen Yan stroked his beard: "I have estimated below, and the returning soldiers and horses are about 50,000!" ”

Sima Xiao frowned when he heard this: "It's a little less, but it's acceptable, after all, Zheng Guo claims to have an army of 300,000!" ”

Wen Yan also hurriedly said: "My lord, the most important thing now is how to make Zheng Gu let down his guard and send troops to attack Wuwei. Before, I thought that Wu Wei had discharged 100,000 sergeants, and the number of soldiers had dropped sharply, and Zheng Guo would definitely not let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. But now that they have only gone 50,000 people, and there are still 100,000 troops in the hands of the adults, I am afraid that Zheng Gu will not dare to act rashly, and he can be sure that the adults' soldiers and horses have set off to attack Qinyang! ”

"Mr. Wen has an idea?" Sima Xiao twisted his mouth after hearing this, looking worried.

Wen Yan thought for a while and said, "I do have a plan in the next place, but I just see if the adults can be open-minded!" ”

"Tell me about it!"

"This Zheng Gu is not a fool, he will most likely agree, but he will not rush to send troops, presumably he will not see the rabbit and not scatter the eagle. In this way, the adults must take the lead in sending troops, pretend to go north, and then turn back after reaching the Qin River and hide the army. In this way, Zheng Gu must have thought that we would send troops to attack Qinyang, and with his character, he might attack the inner capital first! ”

Sima Xiao's face became even more solemn when he heard this: "This inner capital city is my foundation, once it is lost, it will hurt my muscles and bones!" ”

"Don't worry, my lord, let's leave 30,000 people to guard the city, as long as we prepare properly, it's no problem to hold it for a few days. At the same time, the lord will send someone to ask Wuwei to send troops, after all, if the inner capital is lost, then the southern part of Huaiguo will all fall into the hands of Zheng Guo, and Wuwei will not die without help! Wait for Wuwei to send troops to rescue, they will have to fight, Wuwei's men are few, and there is no benefit of city defense, once they fight, Zheng will definitely chase and beat it, and after they both fight a defeat, our army will kill back and repel Zheng Guo in one fell swoop. When the time comes, both of them will lose a lot, and they will no longer be able to take care of the adults, and the adults will be able to consolidate the rule of the inner capital county! ”

Sima Xiao couldn't help but get moved after hearing this, and after hesitating for a moment, he clapped his hands and said, "Okay!" As long as Zheng Gu agrees to my plan, then I will take a risk with the inner capital! ”

Early the next morning, Yao Quan came to Sima Xiao with a letter from Zheng Gu, and Sima Xiao was excited to see that Zheng Gu had agreed to his plan, so he thanked Yao Quan: "Thank you Lord Zheng for your success, if I become the lord of Huaiguo one day, I will never forget Lord Yao and Lord Zheng's help!" ”

Yao Quan smiled slightly: "If you have Lord Sima, you can rest assured." ”

So, Sima Xiao deliberately waited for three days, pretending to be raising soldiers, horses, grain and grass, but in fact to determine whether Wuwei's soldiers and horses had arrived in Qinyang City.

After learning that Wuwei's soldiers and horses had indeed returned to Qinyang City, Sima Xiao deliberately invited Yao Quan to conduct a military parade in front of him, and then let his eldest son Sima Xue be the general and lead an army of 50,000 to attack Qinyang City.

Yao Quan saw that Sima Xiao really sent troops, so he lied that he was going back to let Zheng Gu send troops so that he could drag Wu Wei, and then slipped back to Liucheng.

"General Zheng, General Zheng! Sima Xiao really sent troops, and his subordinates saw with their own eyes that he ordered his eldest son Sima Xue to lead 50,000 soldiers to attack Qinyang, and that formation was absolutely fake. ”

Zheng Gu was overjoyed when he heard Yao Quan's words, but he said unhurriedly: "Okay, let's start ordering troops too, but don't worry, send troops slowly, I want to see how Wuwei will deal with Sima Xiao!" ”

On the other side, in the camp of the forbidden army, a scout hurriedly ran into Wuwei's camp.

"Report! reported to the general, Sima Xiao's son Sima Xue suddenly carried an army of 50,000 on his back and went in the direction of the Qin River, and he didn't know what to do! ”

"What?!" Wu Wei immediately stood up when he heard this, if he went in the direction of the Qin River, he could cross the Qin River and go all the way north to Qinyang City, this Sima Xiao should not want to attack Qinyang City, right?

Thinking of this, Wu Wei immediately said to his subordinates: "Quick! Gather all the people to my tent! ”

Soon, all the generals in the Huaiguo Forbidden Army came to Wuwei's camp, and Wuwei immediately told everyone the news that Sima Xue was going north with an army of 50,000, and then said that Wen Yan came to find him.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but wonder, this Sima Xiao first asked Wen Yan to persuade Wuwei to withdraw some of the soldiers and horses, and then asked his son to take the soldiers and horses to Qinyang City, which didn't make sense. If Sima Xiao wanted to attack Qinyang City, why did he let him withdraw some of his troops and horses in advance?

Just when everyone was unpredictable, Wu Wang suddenly slapped his thigh: "This Sima Xiao won't be taking refuge in Zheng Guo, right?" He deliberately asked us to withdraw our soldiers and horses, and then sent troops to the Qinhe River to block our way home, and finally asked Zheng Guo to send troops to attack us, and we would have no way to retreat! ”。

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be shocked, if this was the case, then they would be in danger now.

Wu Wei also narrowed his eyes after hearing this, and immediately said to his subordinates: "Quick, release all the scouts in the camp, and keep an eye on the movements of Sima Xiao and Zheng Guo!" ”