Guo Shi came to meet King Liang, and after meeting only a few words, he walked out of the military tent and came to see Xu Ji, and he didn't even drink a cup of tea.

"Before leaving, I had a hunch that I would meet Xu Gongzi again on this trip, but I didn't expect to be here." Guo Shifeng smiled and changed his name to "Xu Gongzi" without hesitation.

Xu Ji got up to greet each other, greeted each other, and introduced Yu Zhan.

Guo Shifeng only glanced at Zhan, nodded slightly, and never paid attention to him again, Yu Zhan guessed that this middle-aged scholar who talked and laughed freely must be an important person, and stood aside curtly, and after a while, he couldn't bear it, and quietly walked out of the tent and went to take refuge elsewhere.

The two sat opposite each other, and Xu Ji said: "I want to apologize to Brother Guo first, I sent Brother Guo out to negotiate peace, but I threw my hands away in the rear, which put Brother Guo in a predicament......"

Guo Shifeng said with a smile: "The so-called people have their own times, when Xu Gongzi was in a high position, he was able to think of himself as insufficient, and retreated bravely, but in fact, he saved himself and others." Imagine, if Xu Gongzi has been reluctant to become the king, and finally loses without support, how many followers will be involved? As for me, I didn't go in vain, I met King Ning halfway and went to Jiangdong with him. I gave a few tricks, and fortunately won the trust, so I won the trust of King Ning. I have decided to concentrate on assisting King Ning, and there is no dissent. In the past, I was 'up and down with the world', but now I am advancing and retreating with King Ning. ”

"Congratulations." Xu Ji said with a smile, it doesn't matter whether he believes or doesn't believe Guo Shifeng's words.

"What about Xu Gongzi? I heard that you are now the envoy of Yecheng, it won't be the ups and downs with the Zhang family, right? ”

Xu Ji shook his head, "I have my own plans, and I haven't paid tribute to anyone." ”

"I think it's the same, King Liang is a little suspicious, thinking that Xu Gongzi is bewitched by beauty and willing to be subordinate, I say that it will never be, if Xu Gongzi has worship, he must really think that this person has the ability to compete for the crown."

"Thank you for your high esteem." Xu Ji arched his hand.

"So Xu Gongzi thinks that King Liang doesn't have the resources to compete for the crown?"

"What does Brother Guo think?"

"Haha, I am different from Xu Gongzi, I have already voted for the master, and I can't regenerate two hearts, even if I assume it, I can't. It can only be said that it is a pity, although I met King Liang first, but I have no fate. Fortunately, King Ning and King Liang are not hostile to each other, and the two kings are on good terms, so I will not be in a dilemma. ”

Xu Ji nodded, in terms of "bickering", the only person he was afraid of was this Guo Shifeng.

Seeing that Xu Ji didn't seem to like this topic very much, Guo Shifeng said: "Who else is the Yecheng envoy who is walking with Xu Gongzi?" ”

"It's Lord Fei Yufei."

"Tiancheng is a rare bone old minister, but unfortunately there is no place for him in troubled times."

"There is also a deputy envoy, who is Kou Daogu, a famous man in Jizhou."

Guo Shifeng let out a long sigh, "No wonder." ”

"What's wrong?"

"When I came, I saw several people queuing up outside the tent next to me, as if waiting for the summons, I was still wondering, in the Liang Wangjun, except for Xu Gongzi, who else could be so valued, it turned out to be Kou Daogu. It is said that he has been in seclusion for many years, and he never imagined that he would come out of the mountain at this time. ”

Someone outside the tent shouted: "The whole army set off, immediately pull out the camp!" ”

Guo Shifeng got up and said, "Let's talk while walking?" I finally met with Xu Gongzi, I have a lot of things to say. ”

"I, too, am about to listen to the high opinions, to wash my ears."

The two of them went out of the tent and got on their horses, stayed in a secluded place, and made way for the soldiers.

Guo Shifeng said with emotion: "It is really not easy for King Liang, although he occupies the eastern capital, but most of Luozhou has fallen into the hands of others, it is difficult for the Liang army to recruit soldiers, and there is nowhere to collect grain and grass. The reason why the heroes have not made a move for a long time is nothing more than that they are afraid of each other, and they are somewhat timid because they have learned from the previous experience of the Jizhou army. ”

"It's really hard."

"I heard about the situation here in Jiangdong, and I have been persuading King Ning to form an alliance with King Liang. I said, the heroes of the states have their own family origins, and those who have a shallow foundation are none other than the two families of King Ning and King Liang, if they can work together, they will just cross the east and west, cut the world, and look down on the states. ”

"What Brother Guo said is extremely true."

"King Ning is suspicious, especially outsiders, who always think that I have selfish intentions - I do have selfish intentions, but if it is not beneficial to King Ning, I will never reveal this selfishness."

"Although King Ning is suspicious, he is broad-minded and a person who can be persuaded."

Guo Shifeng said with a smile: "Xu Gongzi is always very accurate in looking at people, that's right, King Ning has been observing for a long time, and finally agreed with my suggestion, so-that's it." ”

Guo Shifeng stretched out his hand and pointed to the soldiers who were leaving the camp one after another, as if he had changed thousands of troops out of thin air.

Xu Ji has long dared not say that he "looks at people accurately", especially for Ning Baoguan, his mistake can be described as huge, but for Guo Shifeng and Ma Wei, he has never felt that he has made a mistake, "How do the three families divide Jizhou?" ”

"I shouldn't say it now...... It's pointless, it's come to this point. In fact, it was simple, King Liang gave up the eastern capital, moved to Yecheng, occupied Jizhou, the Sheng family entered the eastern capital, and the entire Luozhou also belonged to them. King Ning's side contributed the least, so the requirements were also the lowest, just asking the Sheng family to concentrate on managing Huai and Luo, and not to send troops to cross the river and interfere with King Ning's pacification of Wuzhou. ”

"Why didn't Brother Guo persuade the Sheng family to attack Yecheng directly, but to lend troops to King Liang?"

"The Sheng family, how to say it, they care more about reputation, there is a queen mother in Yecheng, and now there is an emperor, the Sheng family is unwilling to bear the crime of killing the king, so - does Xu Gongzi recognize the Sheng family?"

Xu Ji shook his head.

"A group of people who value their reputation more than their lives, even if the whole world understands what is going on, as long as they think they can hide it, no one sees it. Therefore, the Sheng family borrowed troops, but they wanted to play the banner of the Liang army, and they didn't want Yecheng, but the empty city of the eastern capital. ”

"It may also be because the Sheng family wants to leave a way back for themselves, so that they can reconcile with Yecheng at any time."

"Haha, Xu Gongzi has finally started, let's go a little way first, and we'll talk about it when we rest."

Guo Shifeng called his entourage and ordered them to go to the front to prepare, and then rode a horse with Xu Ji on the road, galloping beyond the marching soldiers, and after more than ten miles, he reined in front of a pavilion.

Guo Shifeng's entourage had just prepared a small table of wine and food, and the two of them sat in the pavilion, drinking wine while watching the soldiers pass by on the road.

"The Liang army is not moving fast, let's sit for a while, and we can catch up today."

"Marching slowly is also the Sheng family's idea, right?"

"We did think that the Sheng family might regret it halfway, so we insisted that King Liang lead the army, and Sheng Xuan stayed in the rear to take care of the two kings. Even if the Sheng family changed their minds, it would take three or five days to pass the order to the front. As for the slow march, that was the idea of King Liang and me, the walls of Ye are thick and the soldiers are few, if we can open the door and surrender, it would be great. Therefore, the Liang army gradually approached, which made the people of Yecheng scattered. ”

"Yecheng was forced to be helpless, and he has borrowed 100,000 troops from He Rongbu, and is about to go south to protect Yecheng."

Guo Shifeng said with a smile: "Yecheng can't borrow 100,000 cavalry. ”

"Huh?"

"It's not that Xu Gongzi doesn't know anything, and the whole Yecheng must not know either." Guo Shifeng showed a pretended mysterious smile, asked Xu Ji to continue drinking, and then said: "Don't hide it, I didn't come from the south, but came back from the north." ”

"Brother Guo has been to He Rongbu?"

"It's not that far."

"Where is King Jin?"

Guo Shifeng smiled and nodded, "King Jin still remembers his past friendships, and he is willing to persuade He Rongbu not to send troops, or to postpone sending troops, and he is ten percent sure of this." ”

"What benefits can King Jin get?"

"After the previous events, King Jin temporarily restrained his ambitions, and now he only needs Qinzhou, as well as tens of thousands of Jizhou troops stranded in Qinzhou."

"If Yecheng is attacked, the soldiers of Jizhou will become an ownerless army, and there must be only one way to take refuge in the King of Jin."

"Haha, exactly, so King Jin can't participate in the siege of Yecheng, and King Liang has to bear all the 'guilt'."

"King Liang is weak, it must be so, as long as he occupies Jizhou, he will have a foothold. The location of Jizhou is better than that of Luozhou, but it is not a good place to have Herong in the north, Huaizhou in the south, and Bingzhou in the west. ”

"Kyushu is in turmoil, how can there be a good place? Jizhou is at least rich in people, unlike Luozhou, which has been plundered several times and has not been populated for thousands of miles. Those who intend to enter the world still want to occupy the eastern capital, and those who are obscure need to be avoided for the time being. King Liang was able to give up the eastern capital, which shows that he has a long-term vision. ”

Xu Ji drank silently.

Guo Shifeng said with a smile: "I heard that Xu Gongzi offered a plan, hoping that King Liang would bypass Yecheng and approach Yuyang in northern Hebei?" ”

"Yes, but King Liang doesn't want to hear me in detail."

"Gongzi Xu is now the envoy of Yecheng, of course King Liang doesn't want to listen more, when Gongzi Xu is willing to change to Liang, that is, for a day and a night, King Liang should also listen."

Xu Ji smiled: "I'm absent-minded, so naturally I can't change it to Liang." ”

"I want to hear what Xu Gongzi thinks, to be honest, Yu is public and private, Yu is greater than small, Yu is tight and slow, I don't think it's a clever plan to attack Yuyang from afar - it's not even a normal strategy."

"Actually, that sentence was just what I used to attract King Liang's attention."

"Haha, sure enough. What does Xu Gongzi really want to say? ”

"What does Brother Guo think of the emperor of Jiangdong?"

"Although he is a minor, he already has the appearance of a tyrant, but he does not have the wisdom of his father, and he dies as he deserves."

"What does Brother Guo think of the emperor of Yecheng?"

"Zhang Shiyu? The son of a gentleman, although there is no great evil, there is no goodness, mediocre people, or they can be the emperor of peace, but they can't set things right. ”

"The tyrant behaves perversely, it is difficult to guess, and he should be killed. Yongjun's heart is simple, it is difficult to become a big weapon, if you stay it, you can restrain the states, and if you kill it, everyone will stand on your own, King Ning and King Liang want to keep Taoguang and raise obscurity, when you should keep this Yongjun, why get rid of it? ”

"Haha, what Xu Gongzi said is reasonable, but it will not affect the battle of Yecheng, after the city is broken, King Liang will not kill Yongjun."

"Compete for the world, first easy and then difficult, if it is difficult first and then easy?"

"Well, it's better to start with the harder and then easier."

"It is easy to break the city, it is easy to stay in the Yongjun, and it is difficult to block the king of Jin. Mr. Guo's plan is ostensibly beneficial to the three families, but in fact, the most beneficiary is the King of Jin. The Jin king's west of the land of Qinzhou and the army of Jizhou, with the support of He Rong's department in the north, when it marched east and south, who was the enemy? ”

Guo Shifeng still had a smile on his face, but for the first time, he fell silent.