Just a few days before Pei Gai's "debate and kill Wei Jue", Shi Le's soldiers went to Taishan in Yanzhou, and the striker officially joined Cao Wei in battle, but because of the lack of food and grass, he temporarily focused on looting outside, and there was no sign of a decisive battle. When the news reached Jiangdong, Pei Gai couldn't help but be taken aback - I have changed by the course of history! So on the night of "Xinting Crying", he asked Director Wang, is this true or false? Director Wang nodded: "If this is the case." ”

Pei Gai stood up, waved his arms in an accentuated tone, and said: "Cao Wei has occupied Qingzhou for a long time, according to stability, it is not a haste to be peaceful, once Shi Le is defeated, it is very likely that he will go south to loot Xu Fang." In the past, you and others built Ye in the south town of Langya Wang, Si is a good plan, but it is not wise to abandon Xuzhou. Guangling is the guarantee of Jiangdong, Chen Yuanlong in Guangling, that day and night, to build a ship, in order to seek Moling, is so Cao Cao sighed in the future, without Yuanlong's strategy, so that Sun sat big. The north got Guangling and did not attack the south of the Yangtze River, first for Yuan Shao was not destroyed, and then because Liu Bei entered Shu, he was restrained by it. Now guarding Jiangdong and abandoning Xu Fang, it is just like Jianye, there is a city without Guo, how to prevent theft of bamboo fences? Once it is occupied by Shile, the monarch wants to live in peace, and I am afraid that he will not be able to get it! ”

When Director Wang heard this, his eyebrows couldn't help jumping slightly.

Pei Gai's words are not untargeted, if Jiangdong's incompetent bureaucracy really doesn't even understand the truth of "guarding the river must guard Huai", then sparing him to break through the sky will not have the slightest touch on Wang Dao. But in fact, from the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the Southern Dynasties, the dividing line between the north and the south has always been in Huaishui rather than the Yangtze River, and the Song and Qi even advanced to Huaibei and Qingzhou for a time, and only one Nanchen was forced to defend along the river, so it was instantly flattened by the Sui army......

Pei Cai saw that Director Wang seemed to have been moved, and he was slightly happy in his heart, so he continued to talk eloquently: "Although the giant dragon is lying down today, it is only more than a dozen counties along the river, and the dragon tail in Jingzhou is still cramped. If the southern and wide exchanges are not determined, there will be no way to deter the southern raccoon dog and build a solid defense line to resist the northern insult. But does the king know that time is not waiting for me? The king of Qin is in Guanzhong, his wings are getting fuller, Shile and Pingyang have been in discord, and the two captives are fighting each other, so the king of Qin can take the opportunity to try Heluo. When the time comes, the usurped crown prince and accepts Liu Yueshi and Wang Pengzu, then an edict comes, ordering the five kings to return to the domain, or rebuild the state of Wu, how will the Qing and others deal with themselves? ”

Jiangdong originally had a vassal state, that is, Sima Yan, the twenty-third son of Sima Yan, who was named Wu County, but he did not have a country, and he was killed when Luoyang City was broken. Sima Yan had five sons, the eldest son Sima Jin, with whom he did not have the same son, the second son Sima Shen succeeded King Huainan, the third son Sima Ye succeeded King Qin, and the fourth son Sima Gu and the fifth son Sima Yan followed his elder brother Sima Ye. Sima Ye is the closest to Sima Chi, the son of heaven who was captured in Pingyang (uncle and nephew), so he is most qualified to be the crown prince, so once he ascends the throne, will he ignore the Wu State vacated by his father? You must send one of the two brothers to seal it, right?

When that time comes, Jiangdong will have a justifiable prince of real power, who do you say the raccoon dogs will listen to?

When Director Wang heard this, although he was still silent, his eyebrows were already tightly twisted.

"If the king of Langya does not return to the country, he will become a rebel, and the southern raccoon dog will attack in groups, try to ask Qing and others to resist? If the king of Langya returns to the country, then Qing and the others will not only work hard for several years to turn into water, but also have to return to their hometown, surrounded by Hulu, the road is blue, and the foundation will be severely damaged," Pei Gai sneered, "Wang Jun thinks I want to oppose your family? And I don't know that I really want to save your family! Pei and Wang are both big families in Zhongzhou, and they have been married for generations, one is prosperous, and the other is lost, so why force each other? The mother of the family is the Wang family, how can she bear to hurt the mother's family? ”

After saying this big set of words, he sat down again with a snort, tilted his body, and deliberately didn't look at Director Wang. Director Wang didn't speak, as if he was thinking calmly, and the room fell into an awkward silence for a while.

Of course, Pei Gai's later words were basically all nonsense, he knew very well that although Sima Ye, the king of Qin, was not only able to enter the crown prince, but as soon as Emperor Huai Sima Chi died, he would directly ascend the throne in Chang'an, but then he was attacked by the Hu Han army, not to mention any aggressive Heluo, and he didn't even dare to suppress Sima Rui - he had to ask his grandfather to send a letter to Jiangdong to tell his grandmother, asking them to hurry up and go north to help him share the pressure. Of course, Sima Rui, Wang Dao and others made all kinds of excuses that they were unwilling to move troops, and the only perfunctory move was to give Zu Ti a false title and let him ride across the river alone......

But this is hindsight, at this moment, there are still 108,000 miles away from the future events, even if Director Wang is a natural saint, it is impossible to know how Suo Qi and others will go against the grain in Guanzhong, and in just a few years, the situation on the Western Front that has improved slightly has completely collapsed. Judging from the current news, King Qin gathered troops and horses from all walks of life in Guanxi, and it was menacing, Liu Yao may not be able to stop it, and it may only be a matter of time before the old capital is restored.

Once Sima Ye gains power, how should Jiangdong deal with himself? Could it be that we have worked hard for so many years, just to go to Jiangdong to avoid disaster, and then have to throw away all the altars and jars, and then move back to Jiangbei, to make wedding clothes for King Qin? If Director Wang and the others only had public intentions and no selfish intentions, they really didn't care about the properties they had bought in Jiangdong over the years, they would have instigated Sima Rui to go on the Northern Expedition!

Pei should analyze the current situation, the truth and falsehood are mixed, and the analysis is divided into threads, and it seems that the head is the way. Director Wang pondered for a long time, and couldn't help but sigh a long sigh: "Don't I miss the tomb of my ancestors?" If the Central Plains is pacified, and the king returns to the Langya Kingdom, he will ...... as he wishes."

What did Pei Cai mean when he heard this? Where's the pretend? I said it in full white, and I can't even fool you old fox! was secretly depressed, so I heard Director Wang say again: "However, I don't know that Wen Yue wants to go to Jiangbei, how can he shake the situation?" ”

Pei Caixin said it, it turns out that you have already taken the bait, but you just retreat and pretend not to care. Since I still want to continue to listen to my thoughts, I know that the big set in front of me is not useless - so I turned to the side slightly: "The south is damp and really unlivable, and the southern raccoon dog and so on do not learn, only know how to govern production, copper stinks, and the ambassador is disgusted." Therefore, it should be the north of the river that wants to be moved, and it will be guarded according to Huai......"

"What's the benefit of this?"

Pei Gai raised three fingers: "There are three." First, out of this suspicious place, you can avoid the suspicion of the king......"

Director Wang waved his hand again and again: "I am jealous of the ...... of Wenyue"

Pei Gai interrupted him: "That is, the king is not jealous, how can there be no one among the brothers who should be outsiders?" If we and other northerners get into trouble, those who benefit from it are only the southern raccoon dogs. If you go to Jiangbei, then the southern raccoon dog will not have hope, and the northern guest will not be divided, Pei and Wang will be separated. As for the second, there is a noble family in Jiangdong, there is no place for the breeding, if you take food from the mouth of the southern raccoon dog, now the Pei family is not the general Wang clan is crowded, I am afraid that the southern raccoon dog will be harmed, it is better to go to rest, don't look for Jiatu. Third, if Huaiyin can be held, then Jiangdong is as solid as Mount Tai, and the Wang family is also inextricable, that is, the Qin King practices the foundation, and there is nothing to be done - the Wang family is solid, and the Pei family is also solid. ”

He said one by one, and Wang Dao thought carefully one by one, and finally asked: "In this case, why didn't Wen Yue talk to me earlier?" ”

Pei Gai pouted: "Although Wang Jun has the talent to manage Yiwu, he is hindered by the Nan Raccoon Dog generation because of the trivial matters in Jiangdong, such as people who are in charge of the leopard, and they cannot ...... all the leopards" The idiom of "peeping at the leopard in the tube" has not been used in this year, so Pei should be able to use it casually. In fact, there is another idiom that is more suitable for what he wants to express, that is, - sitting in a well and watching the sky; But then it's too polite to say, do you treat Wang Maohong as a frog? At this critical juncture, it is better not to anger him.

“…… In the Central Plains and Kansai, what you see is also shallow. It should be suitable from Zhongzhou, Shi Le and Zhang Bin discuss the general trend of the world every day, but there is a difference with Wang Jun's pattern......"

When Director Wang heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked.

Pei Gai continued: "When I first arrived in Jiangdong, what the kid said, can Wang Junan believe it? I want the king to ask him personally, and then I can say it. ”

Director Wang bowed slightly, and asked, "But what is the need for the text?" ”

Pei Cai was secretly happy, and said in his heart that this was almost the same, and finally moved Director Wang. He knows that it is useless to deal with this kind of bureaucracy, what kind of national righteousness you talk about, if you open your mouth like Zu Ti, preaching the restoration of the Central Plains and the revitalization of the country, Wang Dao will definitely scoff at it - how can you have such a young family and country thinking, who believes it? Maybe someone instigated me to talk nonsense in front of me, I have to dig deeper, who is the person behind you, and what kind of wishful thinking.

But if it is said that it is to revitalize the family's reputation and establish a business, then Director Wang naturally believes it a little - because it is very consistent with his concept. Even if Pei Gai seemed to be thinking about his Langya Wang family in almost every word, Director Wang didn't believe it very much, but when he lifted this curtain and looked inside, it seemed that he was purely selfish, and had no public intentions - then there was no doubt.

There is a certain truth in what Pei Gai said-of course, if he believes it all, he Wang Maohong is a fool - Director Wang thought about it repeatedly, and felt that letting Pei should cross the river would be really beneficial to his own family. Pei Gai said three points, one of which is that Pei's retreat from Jiangdong will prevent the two families from really falling out and giving outsiders an opportunity to take advantage of, which is indeed very beneficial; secondly, it is pure nonsense to avoid trouble, and if you want to run to Huainan to seize the land, it has a little credibility; The third point is to hold the Huaishui, so that it is difficult for the northern captives to kill the banks of the Yangtze River in one go, which ...... Do you Pei Wenyue have that ability? However, if you can really regain control of Guangling and Linhuai counties first, it will not be without a small supplement to Sima Rui's authority and the prestige of the Wang family......

If you are directly served by Hu Lu and even take your life with industry, in fact, it is also very good.

However, crossing the river under the banner of the Northern Expedition, the difficulty system is quite large, little guy, do you really have such ambitions? Where did you come from? Do you want to use this as an excuse to dig some money out of our mouths? Therefore, Wang Daocai asked: "But what is the need for Wenyue?" ”

Pei Gai continued to stretch out his fingers: "There are three needed." First, he wants to gain the name of righteousness, so that he can calm Xu Fang. ”

Director Wang nodded and said that this is no problem - with your original official character, you are enough to serve in several counties and even a state, as long as you give a blank slate, isn't that a matter of words?

"Second, if you don't know the battle formation, you must get the help of Zu Shizhi."

Director Wang smiled slightly, and said in his heart, I will say, the reason why Pei Gai ran to find Zu Ti two times in three days must be to pull a helper, if there is no veteran like Zu Shizhi to reach out to help, he will not dare to cross the river if he is killed-"Shizhi wants to go on a northern expedition, it is not difficult." ”

"Third, ask Wang Jun to fund money, food, soldiers, horses, and ordnance."

Wang Daoxin said that he was finally here, this is his real purpose. At that moment, he deliberately twisted his beard and muttered for a long time before he said: "Last year, there were many poor harvests, and I am afraid that in June and July, that is, in Jianye City, there will be a shortage ......of food, and it will be difficult to provide for it." "You want to go to Xuzhou to carry out a farming plan and rebuild the gate valve, but Zu Ti wants to go west, what should I do? Can you restrain him?

Pei Gai smiled and said: "That's why I want to ask Wang Jun for righteousness, soldiers, horses, and equipment...... "Don't mention the grain and grass first-" But with this, can Shi Zhi'an act recklessly? "You give me all the names and materials, and I will send them to Zu Ti, so does he dare not listen to me? He wants soldiers without soldiers, food without food, weapons without weapons, even if he wants to fight westward, can't he fight with his bare hands?

Director Wang couldn't help but sigh: "Wenyue is young and old, I can't do it!" Although "I can't do it" is just a compliment, Pei Gai's insight is on top of what he originally expected, and tonight's earnest conversation makes Director Wang have to be impressed, but it is an indisputable fact. From this, Director Wang also thinks that you should go, little guy, the farther away the better, such a guy is placed in Jiangdong, it is not convenient to subdue, and it is not suitable to fight, so get out of here quickly, and let the Hu people clean you up!

So-"Grain, soldiers, and horses are really not suitable for handling, and I should do my best to raise ...... for the covenant and other things."

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A few days later, Sima Rui issued an edict, Bai Pei should be the assassin of Xuzhou, the governor of Xu Fangjun, and Bai Zu Qi as the general of Fenwei and the leader of Guangling, and ordered the two of them to cross the Yangtze River north and go to recover Xuzhou - of course, privately said that you only need to take the two counties of Guangling and Linhuai in Huainan and hold the Huaishui defense line, and you don't have to be greedy for merit.

But only more than 5,000 pieces of grain and grass were given, plus 5,000 horses of cloth, a small amount of ordnance, and soldiers and horses with the rest of the supplies, so that they could raise their own funds.

Pei Gai was already very satisfied with this, because according to his memory, it seems that when Zu Li crossed to the north, there were not so many materials from Sima Rui and Wang Dao. Of course, he still had to pretend to be annoyed on the surface, personally visit Director Wang, and continue to reach out to beg for money. Director Wang said I really can't give it out, recently Du Tao has become more and more fierce in Xiangzhou, you see that even Wang Cheng has been defeated, Xiangzhou Assassin Shi Xun Wei fled to Guangzhou, Shan Jian, Guo Cha and others can only protect themselves...... Even if there is a little bit of soldiers, horses, money, and food, they will have to be transported westward, and they will not be given to you—or you will leave again next year?..

In the end, Pei Gai had to propose: "In this case, please also ask dozens of strong subordinates, thinking that they should be guarded." ”

Wang Daoxin said I was thinking about how to plug my ears and eyes into you, but I didn't expect you to come up by yourself, pretending to frown for a long time, and finally seemed to reluctantly agree.