Tan stood pointlessly with his sword in his hand, like a proud and stubborn thief, even if he was caught by a thief, he would not bow his head and admit his mistake or confess his accomplices.

Xu Ji smiled: "What is the second brother thinking?" ”

Tan Wuxian didn't seem to hear it, and only sighed after a long time, "Alas, I didn't expect that I would have today." ”

"What's going on today? Second brother doesn't want to stay with me? ”

Tan shook his head senselessly, sighing for a long time, somewhat similar to Cao Shen's washing down after being captured.

"King Jin knows that you are giving me advice?" Xu Ji guessed, he couldn't think of any other reason for Shen Tan to send Tan Wuxian as a gift.

"Blame me for being too talkative, I persuaded the King of Jin to choose an opportunity to fight, but he refused, so I said, 'If you don't listen to my idea, King Wu will not capture the eastern capital', and the result is like this."

"If I knew this was the case, I should have announced this matter in the first place, so that the second brother could come to my side."

"Alas, it's a pity that I've been waiting for many years, the reason is that the opportunity has come, but I didn't expect it...... Alas. ”

"I'm counting on the second brother to continue to give me advice, and let's show our skills together."

"Nope."

"Why not? The second brother has already given me an idea, and further along, when I was in Jinyang, the second brother also proposed to go to Jiangdong with me. ”

"At this time and that time, in Jinyang, I am an ownerless guest, waiting for the price to sell, just to choose a good master. Jinyang raised troops, I am the minister of the Shen family, how can I change the court? As for the sneak attack on the Eastern Capital - in fact, I didn't have a good heart, King Wu was able to capture the Eastern Capital, of course it was very good, if he couldn't take it, he could also lure away the officers and soldiers and reduce the pressure on the Jin army. ”

Xu Ji smiled: "Fortunately, I took the Eastern Capital, no matter what, this is still the work of the second brother." ”

Tan Wuwu still sighed, "If you had become the king of Wu earlier, I can choose at will, maybe it can belong to the king of Wu, now I am a Jin minister, even if I am demoted, I can only think silently, there is nothing else to think, I will never make ideas for King Wu again." ”

"Don't even say anything about 'uneasy and well-intentioned' ideas?"

Tan shook his head senselessly, indicating that he would not.

Xu Ji was not reluctant, "Okay, second brother is casual." Since the King of Jin has left you behind, you must obey your orders and be a guard by my side. ”

Tan nodded reluctantly.

"Second brother won't be loyal to King Jin and ready to assassinate me, right? There are a lot of Assassins these days, and it's hard to guard against them. Xu Ji thought of Fei Xun, although he was not injured, he still had palpitations.

"Soldiers, treacherous; Minister, straight. If I am on the battlefield, I will do everything, and outside the battlefield, don't say that I am an assassin, even if the King of Jin wants to send an assassin, I will also persuade him to give up. If the Assassins were able to solve the problem, why bother recruiting? If you can win the world with a dagger alone, what art of war can you learn? What other articles are you reading? ”

Xu Ji himself had been an assassin, and when he heard this, he felt a little ashamed in his heart, "What the second brother said is extremely true, although assassins are common, they are not the right way, and since ancient times, there has been no one who relies on assassins to determine the world. ”

Tan looked at Xu Ji meaninglessly, "Even if King Wu and King Jin start fighting at the same time, there is a good chance that I will choose King Jin." ”

"Because I once assassinated the Emperor of All Things?"

"Hmm."

"Second brother thinks that the Emperor of All Things should not be killed?"

"The Emperor of All Things should be killed, but the one who kills is ominous. It is like a piece of gold at the bottom of a latrine pit, which, though valuable, will be laughed at by those who take it. ”

"The analogy of the second brother is really ...... Chic. ”

"King Wu's assassination is obviously an impatient person, and he fled after the assassination, obviously not well planned, only the first step, not the second step. This is the reason why I will not take refuge in King Wu. ”

Although Tan's meaningless words did not sound good, they were very true, and Xu Ji thought for a while, "Is there a way to change everyone's opinion of me?" ”

"Yes, but King Wu can't do it."

"Second brother, let's listen to it, anyway, this is not an idea for me, it's just a small talk."

"It's very simple, abandon scheming, abandon dangerous tricks, and focus on the right path, preferring to be too benevolent and righteous, and forget righteousness without seeing benefits. But I said that King Wu can't do it, because the heroes are all over the place, and the comparison is conspiracy and trickery, and King Wu is good at this, how can he abandon his own strengths? ”

Xu Ji laughed, of course he would not give up, "Wait, at least I have to save my life before I have a chance to practice 'benevolence'." ”

"If you don't have the heart to sacrifice your life for righteousness, who will believe in King Wu's 'benevolence'?"

"Why did the second brother suddenly talk about benevolence and righteousness?" Xu Ji asked with a smile.

"You're asking me how to get rid of the stigma of the past."

"If you talk about stigma, King Jin also has it, and the second brother persuaded him to do the way of benevolence and righteousness?"

"What is the stigma of King Jin?"

"Second brother really thinks that Shen Mushou was killed by Shen Cong's faction?"

"My theory of benevolence and righteousness, not the benevolence of the defenders, but the benevolence and righteousness of the scheme, the name of King Wu's assassination is known all over the world, and King Wu himself has not denied it, so it needs to be cleansed with benevolence and righteousness, and it is difficult to determine the right and wrong of the name of King Jin who killed his father, and there are few believers, and he deliberately corrects his name and falls into truth, so there is no need to clean."

Xu Ji was speechless, knowing that Tan Wuwu would not use it for himself at this time, he nodded, "Second brother, let's talk about it another day." Come with me to the camp. ”

Tan pointlessly patted the hilt of the sword, "Let's make it clear first, although my sword has grown, it is relatively brittle, it will break with one blow, and it will not kill anyone, I can be a guard for King Wu, but don't expect me to protect you." ”

Xu Ji laughed, went out to call the other guards, patrolled the camp, and returned to the front hall of the Guangling Palace, which had been transformed into the shogunate of the Chinese army, where Xu Ji handled military affairs.

The kings said that they were serving him as the lord of the army, but in fact, they each had troops, and there were not many things that really needed to be asked, only the king of Shu had to ask about everything, after the king of Liang broke with the king of Jin, he often sent people over, and the king of Ning would only ask for people and things, and the king of Jin rarely sent people to ask.

Xu Ji quickly dealt with the affairs at hand, dismissed everyone, left Lei Dajun and Dai Pohu, and discussed with the two generals how to send the King of Jin to break through.

Lei and Dai were flattered, and they didn't even ask the King of Jin why they wanted to break through, but they couldn't think of a strange plan, it was nothing more than a trick to surrender and break through, Xu Ji analyzed the pros and cons: "It's definitely not okay to break through, there are many cavalry in Jizhou, and chasing the dead and chasing defeat is its strength, even if the King of Jin passes the first hurdle, it will be difficult step by step in the future, and he will have to exhaust his soldiers and horses if he can't get to the state." It's safer to deceive the surrender, but I don't know if I can deceive the officers and soldiers......"

"Let the King of Jin go south first and make a detour back to Bingzhou?" Dai Pohu suggested, "I can send Jingzhou soldiers to lead the way for King Jin." ”

"Well, that's a way to do it." Xu Ji nodded, "Let's think about it again, we must let King Jin return to the state safely." ”

The three of you said a word, and after a lot of discussions, they still didn't get rid of the two methods of hard breaking and deception.

Tan Wuxian listened as a guard, first indifferent, gradually showing disdain, and finally being impatient, several times he wanted to speak and stopped, Xu Ji saw it in his eyes, but he didn't know.

Half an hour passed, and Xu Ji asked the two generals to go to lunch first, "Let me think about it again." ”

As soon as the two generals left, Tan Wuwu finally couldn't help it, "The ready-made plan is in front of you, how can King Wu not think of it?" ”

"Is there a ready-made plan? Impossible, if there is, why doesn't King Jin use it? ”

"Because this strategy must be cooperated by King Wu."

"Really? The second brother said a little more, this is an idea for King Jin, not for me, and it does not go against the second brother's decision. ”

Tan Wuwu thought about it for a while, felt that this was the truth, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and immediately said: "King Wu is the commander of the army, and he ordered the kings to attack in turn, if the plan I gave you before, the officers and soldiers will definitely be exhausted." When it was the turn of the Jin army to attack, choose the opportunity to move, if the officers and soldiers were weak, the king of Jin immediately led his troops to break through, and the king of Wu ordered the kings to attack from all sides, and the officers and soldiers naturally had no way to divide their troops to pursue the king of Jin. ”

Xu Ji had actually guessed this trick a long time ago, if it weren't for this, Shen Tan would not have lowered his figure, sent Liu Youzhong to ask for help, and even regarded Tan Wuwu as a "gift".

He thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Although I am the military master, I can't leave the authority of the Chinese army and the army of Xicheng, King Ning will not listen to my orders, and if King Liang knows that the attack is to help King Jin break through, he will not agree." ”

"King Wu doesn't need to tell the truth to the kings, he just needs to say that it is a strategy to exhaust the soldiers."

Xu Ji said with a smile: "The second brother just suggested that I abandon the scheme and abandon the dangerous moves, but now you want me to use tricks against the kings?" ”

Tan was dumbfounded, "This ...... Anyway, King Wu doesn't intend to accept my suggestion, and it doesn't hurt to use another trick. ”

Xu Ji shook his head, "It's not that I don't want to use tricks, and it's not that I don't want to help King Jin, but I have other plans, which are completely different from the second brother's suggestion." ”

"The plan to defeat the officers and soldiers? It's useless, the strategy of tired soldiers is the safest, and there can't be a better way to play. ”

"I'm hesitating, ask the second brother to consider it for me. Someone said to me that the people in Jizhou were nothing more than cavalry, and most of the infantry were temporarily recruited. The cavalry was good for the land, not the danger, so it could lure the troops into the city and defeat them in the streets. ”

Tan shook his head senselessly, "Joke, who gave King Wu this idea?" Kill him immediately as punishment. He's clearly framing the rebels! ”

"It's not a sure plan, but it's not useless, right?"

"There are three things that are not appropriate: First, when the time comes, the officers and soldiers come from afar, under the banner of recapturing the eastern capital, and the morale is high. The second is the geographical advantage, the righteous army occupied the eastern capital at the beginning, did not win the hearts of the people, did not know the streets and alleys, advanced and retreated, who is willing to fight? The third is harmony, the kings have different aspirations, one side is defeated, the whole city is scattered, the so-called dangerous place is the dangerous place of the righteous army, not the dangerous place of officers and soldiers. ”

"What if I count them and use them together? First, they took turns attacking to exhaust the enemy soldiers and reduce their morale. Then the king of Jin surrendered and invited officers and soldiers into the city, and I set up an ambush with the Wu army, taking the lead and supervising the soldiers to fight. At the same time, the kings still went out of the city to fight, and there was no need to cooperate inside and outside, one side was defeated, the other side still had a chance, and if one side was victorious, the whole army would win. ”

Tan Wuwu still shook his head, but he didn't open his mouth to refute, and only said after a long time: "The righteous army defends the city, and the king of Wu divides his troops to resist the enemy, which is a taboo for soldiers. ”

"If I don't divide the army, the kings divide themselves, and it is better to fight separately than to reluctantly unite."

Tan Wuxuan suddenly remembered his decision, "I won't give you an idea, King Wu will decide for himself, as long as King Jin can break through smoothly, I don't care about anything else." ”

"This is my decision, please ask the second brother to go back to the Jin camp and explain my intentions to the King of Jin, if the King of Jin has no objection, I will implement it as soon as possible."

"Did King Wu really decide like this?"

"I'd rather do something wrong, I don't have to do it, second brother, go, I've made up my mind."

Xu Ji has made up his mind, but this is not his whole mind, he has long believed in anyone.