As soon as Tang Weitian said the word "Liangzhou", Tie Fei guessed whose idea it was, he first thought it was ridiculous, and then found it interesting, and found the Qinzhou soldiers in the army and some prisoners to inquire about the situation in Liangzhou.

Liangzhou is also in chaos, it is said that the Qiang people rebelled, captured many cities, and cut Liangzhou into two parts, north and south.

The main force of the Yang family was in the north, and after several battles, they barely stopped the Qiang, but the south was in danger.

As for the ancient road mentioned by Xu Ji, there is indeed one, located at the southern end of Liangzhou, which has been interrupted for decades, whether it can be passed, Qinzhou people can't say clearly, but it is beneficial to the state soldiers to claim to have seen sporadic business travelers from the Liangzhou ancient road.

The iron eagle summoned all the generals to discuss the "return strategy" provided by Tang for the sky, and the response was surprisingly good, the Yizhou generals were actually reluctant to pass through Hanzhou again, let alone stay in Qinzhou, and could have another way home, which was in their hearts, and a general swore that his father had walked that ancient road, and there was no problem at all.

Even if there is no problem with the ancient road, grain and grass are also a problem, and the Yizhou army does not have much food, and it can support more than ten days at most.

Tie Ying sent people back to Hanzhou to check the situation, if there was still a chance to defeat Huangfu Kai, he was willing to return to the division by the same route, if the situation was not good, then the Yizhou soldiers who stayed in Hanzhong City should bring all the grain and grass to join the main force.

At the same time, Tie Yu sent people to contact the Yang family in Liangzhou and borrow grain.

Tang Weitian was not idle, led thousands of people deep into Qinzhou, and returned a few days later, finding neither He Rongren nor grain and grass.

Tie Fei sighed, he could obviously take Qinzhou, but the back road was broken, and there was no grain and grass to help, he couldn't hold this place, so he had to lead the soldiers back to Yizhou.

A few days later, news came back from Hanzhou and Liangzhou.

The counties of Hanzhou have rebelled, although Huangfu Kai is not from Hanzhou, but he is quite respected, the strength is increasing day by day, the Yizhou army in Hanzhong City has no way to retreat, as soon as he sees the messenger of the iron eagle, he immediately transports grain into the plank road, destroys while walking, and would rather enter Qin than fight with the Hanzhou army.

The retreat from Hanzhou is completely gone.

The news from Liangzhou was vague, and the envoys from Yizhou went to the north and south, and the south was closer, and they were the first to return, and the officials of Liangzhou there were hospitable to the envoys, but they did not say anything about the invitation to borrow the road, only saying that they could not be the masters and needed the permission of the Yang family.

The road to Liangbei was extremely unsmooth, and the envoy took a detour to reach Liangzhou without danger, but he failed to see the Yang family, and was sent back at the border - although Liangzhou is a scattered state, the Yang family has been in power for generations, and only recognizes the imperial court and the same family, and does not take the emerging Yizhou Tie family seriously, and asks Tie Fei to send a credible envoy to negotiate in the past.

The iron eagle was furious, but there was nothing he could do, and he couldn't ask for ideas from the generals, so he had to ask Tang Weitian to invite Xu Ji.

"Your plan doesn't work." The iron eagle said as soon as they met.

"What's my plan?" Xu Ji asked knowingly.

"Liangzhou's plan to borrow the road."

"Is it that General Tie Er doesn't want to go, or does Liangzhou refuse to borrow the road?"

"Liangzhou refuses to borrow, let me send another credible messenger."

"The Yang family is a wang clan, and they are at war with the Qiang people, so naturally they should be cautious, and General Tie Er can send someone again."

The Iron Eagle stared at Xu Ji, "For you, this strategy is very useful. ”

Xu Ji smiled: "Second General Tie doubts me again?" ”

"You want to go to Liangzhou, right? From there it is convenient to get to the camp of the Golden Saints. ”

Xu Ji arched his hand and said: "If General Tie Er sends me to Liangzhou, I will never return, but I will not live up to the trust, and I will definitely borrow roads and grain and grass for the Yizhou army." If General Tie Er is unwilling to let me go, it doesn't matter, Liangzhou has been cut off, and the Yizhou army does not have to obtain the consent of the Yang family, and can go directly to Liangnan, and at the same time bluff, saying that if they don't borrow the road, they will ask the Qiang people for help. In my opinion, there is a chance that the Liangnan generals will acquiesce to the passage of General Tie Er, and even secretly send grain. ”

"But in that case, Yizhou will offend the Yang family and bury suspicions."

Xu Ji nodded, "Let's get rid of the near troubles first, and then think about the distant worries." ”

Tie Fei laughed, motioned for the others in the tent to step down, and said to Tang Weitian: "Don't worry, I will return you a complete Mr. Xu later." ”

Tang Weitian was the last to leave.

Tie Fei got up and walked in front of Xu Ji, "When the King of Shu wants to hand you over to Shan Yu, in fact, I don't agree with it, and I have persuaded him." ”

"That's why the King of Shu forbade General Tie Er to meet with me at that time."

"But I didn't expect Mr. Xu to hold such a grudge."

Xu Ji smiled, and had no intention of arguing about it.

"No matter what, the king of Shu is the king, and the Tie family is the minister, if you can't avenge the king, you will be a minister in vain."

"Hmm."

Tie Fei was silent for a while, and then sighed, "But the general didn't allow me to do it, saying that you are talented and have to give you a word or two of guidance, which is enough to stabilize one side." ”

"The Iron General has won the award."

Tie Owl's face was slightly gloomy, "It's your idea to attack Hanzhou." ”

"General Tetsuji thinks this idea is not good?"

The iron eagle sighed again, "It was my mistake, I really don't know what face I have to return to Yizhou?" ”

"Bringing back the children of Yizhou safely is the biggest reason. Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, if you can only win but not lose, then the second general of the iron is no different from the general. ”

Tie Eagle's eyebrows raised, and then he smiled, "I can send Mr. Xu to Liangzhou, but there is a request." ”

"Please."

"You tell me the truth, who is better to be the king of Yizhou?"

Xu Ji was about to speak, and Tie Fei immediately added: "I know that this sentence has a disobedient heart, but ...... But the sons of the King of Shu are all too young to convince the public, if Yizhou is lost because of this, the King of Shu will know about it underground, and he will not forgive our Tie family. ”

"Who did General Tie Er ask this sentence for?"

"Can't I ask?"

"Is it the Iron General?" Xu Ji insisted on asking.

"It's not." The Iron Eagle hesitated and replied.

"Is it the Second Lady of Iron?"

Tie Fei's face was slightly red, showing a little annoyance and anger, "Mr. Xu said cautiously. ”

"It's the Second Lady of Iron."

The iron owl's face turned even redder, and he said stiffly, "How? ”

Xu Ji said with a smile: "There are three daughters of the Zhang family in Yizhou, if there is no major trouble, General Tie Er does not have to worry." ”

The iron eagle reached out and grabbed the hilt of the knife, "Please Mr. Xu take this back." ”

Xu Ji arched his hand and said: "The Tie family has this virtuous help, like a tiger with wings, it will last for a long time." ”

The iron eagle still felt that these words were humiliating, but he could not defend himself, and his palm did not release the hilt.

Xu Ji was not timid, and continued: "Back to General Tie Er's question just now, I can give you a clear answer: it is better for the son of the King of Shu to succeed to the throne. ”

"But the princess doesn't know that she gave birth to a boy and a girl, and the two sons are both young......"

"The princess will give birth to a boy, but it doesn't matter, no matter who succeeds to the throne, the auxiliary ministers are the Tie family, if the king of Shu has to stand for a long time, it is the work of the Tie family, if Yizhou is in danger, he has to bow down and call the ministers, it is also to retain the bloodline for the king of Shu, not the fault of the Tie family."

"Hey, you always think that our Tie family can't keep Yizhou."

"It has nothing to do with which one, since General Tie Er asks about the plan, I naturally have to consider both victory and defeat."

Iron Eagle let go of the knife and lowered her head and thought for a while, "Jing Zhuo and her two sisters both thought ...... thought it would be better to let the general directly claim the king. ”

This is the temptation of the three daughters of the Zhang family, Xu Ji almost told the truth, and changed his words when he came to his lips: "The princess can have this heart, she is humble and polite, but the two iron generals are unacceptable." If General Tie Er successfully captures Hanzhou and even occupies Qinzhou, then General Tie Da may be recognized by the people of Yizhou and even the people of the world. ”

Iron Eagle nodded, "That's what I thought too. Okay, can Mr. Xu leave tomorrow? ”

"Yes, but I can't go alone."

"How many followers do you need?"

"Three thousand soldiers."

Tie Fei was stunned for a moment, "Mr. Xu is going to be a messenger, not a war." ”

"The Yang family is at war with the Qiang people, the Yizhou army borrows the road to borrow food, the Yang family will inevitably borrow troops to borrow the situation, and the time will be delayed back and forth, so it is better for me to take it directly."

"How much can three thousand help?"

"I have my own way to make the Yang family think that this is 10,000 people, and make the Qiang people believe that it is 100,000 people."

"Hey." Tie Fei believed that Xu Ji had this ability, "These 3,000 people are estimated not to return to Yizhou, in this case, I will send you troops from the Hanzhou Descending Army, and I can't hand them all over to you, only 3,000." ”

"That's enough."

"But you can't take General Tang away, this is something we have said a long time ago."

"Whoever stays and who leaves is all designated by General Tie Er, and I don't ask for it."

"How long will it take for me to get a reply?"

"General Tie Er doesn't have to wait here, when the Hanzhong generals arrive, they can immediately march to Liangnan and wait for my news at the junction."

"Okay." Tie Ying finally felt regretful, "The luck of the Tie family is not good, if Hanzhou can be stable for a few more days, I will be able to capture Xijing, or the Herong people will not be so clean...... It's a pity, it's a pity, in short, it's bad luck. ”

"It is up to man to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen." Xu Ji said perfunctorily, even at this moment, he still felt that the Yizhou army still had a chance to capture Qinzhou, but the morale was lost, and it was useless to say more, and the two Tie brothers were not people to be persuaded.

Tie Fei was excited, waved his hand, and said, "Mr. Xu, go and rest, before I assign three thousand people, it's best not to talk nonsense." ”

Xu Ji said goodbye, he still lived in Tang Weitian's tent, waiting for news.

Soon after dark, the 3,000 soldiers who accompanied Xu Ji to Liangzhou were selected and dispatched, but in fact, there were only more than 2,500 people, and some of them were prisoners of Qinzhou, and they were added to fill the number - the Descendant Army had to go with Xu Ji to see the Golden Saintess earlier, but because the retreat route was cut off, once they found a way, they were still willing to return to Yizhou, which had plenty of food and grass.

Among the many leaders, only Du Heimao insisted on going north, he had a broken hand, and he could not be reused in Yizhou, preferring to find another way out.

After the second watch, Tang came back in a hurry for the weather, "I want to go with Gongzi, General Tie Er didn't agree, I said that I had an agreement with the King of Shu, but he didn't admit it!" ”

"You really want to come with me?" Xu Ji asked.

"Of course, Childe thinks I'm lying?"

"If I had to choose only one trustworthy person, it would be you." Xu Ji said with a smile.

"No matter, tomorrow I have to go with Childe no matter what, it doesn't matter if General Tie Er agrees or not."

"I'll teach you a trick, so that General Tie Er will willingly let you go."

"Childe speak quickly." Tang Weitian was overjoyed.

"Tomorrow, after I get on the road, you go and tell General Tie Er that it's okay to go back to Yizhou, but you have a grudge with the three daughters of the Zhang family, and you will never enter Jindu City, and you will go to another place to garrison."

Tang Weitian was stunned, "Do I have a grudge against them?" ”

"You've offended them in words, remember?"

"That's a misunderstanding, will they hold a grudge?"

"Yes." Xu Ji said with certainty.

Tang Weitian nodded, "Then I'm going to go with Childe." ”

Xu Ji was reluctant to let Tang Weitian stay with the Tie family anymore.

(Sorry, only one chapter can be posted today.) ）