Cao Shenxi's words sounded a little reasonable, and it seemed like useless nonsense, Xu Ji smiled and persuaded him to drink, and he didn't ask questions again for the rest of the time, and concentrated on drinking.

Cao Shenxi drank enough, stretched out his hand to cover the wine glass, "Let go of the eastern capital, the grain in the people's homes is uneven, it has only been a few days, and many people have been unable to hold on, living on the thin porridge in the temple house, at most ten days, there will be people in the city who will starve to death." ”

"The food is uneven, so let's equalize it."

Cao Shenxi smiled bitterly and shook his head, "If things are so simple...... King Wu never asked me how to deal with the Jizhou Raiders. ”

Xu Ji smiled: "General Cao is willing to advise? ”

"Alas, by the thought of it, I'm not human inside and out now. Help you keep the Eastern Capital, and from then on you will be ruined, starting with a loyal minister and ending with a traitor. If I don't help you, the Yecheng soldiers have been besieging you for a long time, you will inevitably slaughter the city, and in the end I will still be ruined. Alas. I can't say this to help you, it's just a cliché. ”

"I want to hear about it."

"I have not been on the city, if there is no accident, the Jizhou soldiers will definitely camp on the flat ground."

"Well, they almost demolished the houses outside the city to build siege equipment, and when General Cao said this, they actually set aside flat land for themselves."

"The flat ground is invincible, I heard that today King Ning led his troops out of the north city to challenge, and returned with a big victory. But I don't believe that if King Ning wins a big victory, he doesn't have to go back to the city, and he should take advantage of the victory to break the camp. I speculated privately that Jizhou must be scattered in force, and there are some light enemies, so I rushed out of the camp, with fewer enemies and more enemies, and a draw with King Ning, right? ”

Xu Ji nodded with a smile, admiring in his heart, Cao Shenxi deserved to be a veteran, sitting in the palace, separated by several thick walls, and guessed the war that happened outside the city clearly, as if he had witnessed it with his own eyes.

"The commander of Jizhou is General Wang Tiemei, right?"

"Well, he's the governor now."

"Hey, a pre-war promotion, this is not a good sign for a general. Well...... Wang Tiemei is not very good at improvisation, but he listens to the words of his staff, and after this setback, he will inevitably change his playing style. ”

"How?"

"Gather the cavalry together and wait for the rebels to come out of the city to challenge."

"If you concentrate the cavalry, why do you hold the camp?"

"Leave the infantry behind, hold out. The strategy of the rebel army is nothing more than attacking from all sides, if it encounters infantry, it will return in vain at best, and if it encounters cavalry, it will suffer a crushing defeat. ”

"On which side will the cavalry concentrate? North City? ”

"It's hard to say, Wang Tiemei has hatred in his heart, and he will definitely conceal the movement of the troops, so that the city can't see it."

"Jizhou's concentrated assault cavalry is indeed a strong enemy, how does General Cao think to deal with it?"

"I have already said that the cavalry is good for leveling the ground, and the art of dealing with it is to lead the cavalry into danger, avoid its strengths, and attack its shortcomings, and that's it. If the rebels blindly rely on bravery, although they can win a small victory, they will eventually be defeated. ”

"The rebels are besieged in the city, and there is nowhere to move, how can there be any danger to lead cavalry?"

"The city is dangerous."

Xu Ji was stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled: "General Cao said that he opened the city gate to welcome the Jizhou cavalry?" ”

"Hmm."

"Haha, General Cao said and laughed, as soon as the city gate opened, the army's morale was weakened, how could they meet the enemy?"

"How to unite the hearts of the army is your business, I only talk about how to deal with the cavalry."

"Well, if I can keep the army's morale from dispersing, if I can set up an ambush in the city, so that the horses will not be able to move - Wang Tiemei's men are not only cavalry, if he sends infantry into the city, the rebels still have no advantage."

"No, it won't." Cao Shenxi said with great certainty.

"Won't anything?"

"Wang Tiemei will not send infantry into the city."

"Why?"

"Wang Tiemei is good at using cavalry and trusting cavalry, and those people are his old subordinates. The infantry must have been temporarily requisitioned from all over the country by Yecheng, although it was under the command of Wang Tiemei, but there was a bit of estrangement in the end. Wang Tiemei is a person who is very clear inside and outside, and treats his own people as his nephews and outsiders as his subordinates. The door of the eastern capital was opened, and the first entry into the city was a great achievement, and he was inevitably reluctant to give up to the infantry. ”

"He's got a staff member."

"Everyone is the same, they only want to listen to advice when they are at a loss, and a great victory is imminent, who can listen to the advice of the contrary?"

Xu Ji laughed, "That's right, everyone is the same." But ......"

There was a humane outside the house: "Ruling the government, there is faith in Xicheng." ”

"Come in."

Lei Dajun entered the house, glanced at Cao Shenxi quickly, and bowed his hand to King Wu: "Xicheng sent a person." ”

"General Lei, but it's okay to talk about it."

Lei Dajun said: "A messenger from outside the city has been sent here, claiming to be surnamed Fei." ”

"Ask him to come in."

"Yes." Lei Dajun went out to call someone.

Cao Shen washed up, "I have to leave." ”

"General Cao and Master Fei have an old relationship, and they once hid him in the wall, why don't you talk together?"

"That's why I'm ashamed to see it."

Cao Shenxi left in a hurry, he was a general, in the eastern capital to help the rebels govern the eastern capital, Fei Xun resisted until the last moment, after the city was broken, he still went to Yecheng to run, compared with the two, Cao Shenxi was deeply ashamed.

Fei Yu entered the house with a cold air, and after Lei Dajun received the signal from King Wu, he withdrew with the guards.

"Master Fei came just in time, let's have a drink together." Xu Ji said with a smile.

Fei Yu glanced at the table and shook his head, "Sorry to disturb King Wu's banquet." I didn't come to drink, I just wanted to ask what King Wu meant? ”

"Huh?"

"King Wu said that he wanted to return to obedience, but on the other hand, he sent troops to attack the officers and soldiers, what does this mean?"

"Oh, this thing. It was King Ning who led the troops out of the city, and I can't control it. ”

"King Wu can't control it, so why make a three-day promise to Lou Xiaoqi? It is better to open the west gate directly, welcome the officers and soldiers, and sincerely surrender. ”

"Tomorrow is the deadline, and I still have the chance to take the army of kings."

Fei Yu took two steps forward and looked directly at Xu Ji, "King Wu's intentions, I can guess a rough idea." King Wu had already guessed that Yecheng would send troops to besiege the eastern capital, but he knew that he did not say anything, it was nothing more than to take the opportunity to seize the power of the rebels. ”

"I can't hide anything from Master Fei."

"You don't want to submit, you never thought that when you completely captured the entire rebel army, you would have to fight with the officers and soldiers, I'm not wrong, right?"

"That's right, but ......"

"Hey, I wanted to be a traitor at a young age."

"This kind of thing has nothing to do with age."

Fei Yu stepped forward, picked up half a glass of wine, no matter who it was, and drank it all, "So King Wu doesn't really want to protect the people of Dongdu?" ”

Xu Ji was silent for a while, and replied truthfully: "I don't know. ”

"You don't know?"

"I care about the people of Dongdu and want to protect them, but in my heart, this idea is not strong, if I have to choose between the rebels and the people, I think I will choose the former."

Fei Yu was also silent, Xu Ji poured a full wine, but he didn't drink it, "Where are the people?" ”

"Hiding in your own home, everywhere."

Fei Yu shook his head, "The 'people' are only in our mouths, how long has King Wu not been in contact with ordinary people?" ”

"It's been a long time, and I haven't had much contact with it." Since Xu Ji entered the city, he has only seen the people from afar, and has never really come into contact with them again.

"Actually, I don't have much contact with it. It's funny that the farther away people are, the more they feel that they have a duty to protect them. ”

"Well, so the officials call themselves the parents of the people, and the emperor is the 'parents' of the people of the world."

"I'm afraid what we want is not the meticulous care of parents for their children, but the power of parents over their children."

"Lord Fei is making us people more and more unbearable."

"It's not that difficult to admit the facts. It is these 'unbearable' people who are willing to stand up and do something, and the people ...... All the people hid, and no one would show their heads until the disaster reached their doors. Alas. ”

"Thanks to this, the 'unbearable' people have the opportunity to stumble, so should we be rejoicing, or should we be angry?"

Fei Yu is angry, he is always angry, he hates that iron is not steel, he hates that he is not sincere enough, and he is often powerless.

"Farewell." Fei Xin turned around and left.

Xu Ji hurriedly got up and stopped, "Before you say a few words, why does Master Fei want to leave?" ”

"There is nothing to say, the more I talk about it, the more I feel that it is nonsense, I already understand King Wu's thoughts, and this is enough."

"I don't think Master Fei understands."

Fei Yu laughed hesitantly, "Is King Wu afraid that after I leave the city, I will talk nonsense and destroy your plan to play tricks on both sides?" Then you can rest assured, because Yecheng didn't believe you at all, after Lou Xiao rode here, he said that you would rebel, and there was no intention of surrendering. ”

Xu Ji was a little surprised, when they met the day before yesterday, Lou Ji acted completely persuaded by him, but he didn't expect it to be pretending.

"Lou Xiaoqi really said that?"

"King Wu made a big mistake, you pacified the riots in the city in front of Lou Xiaoqi, and won the heart of the army by pretending to be a god and playing ghosts, the better you do, the more Lou Xiaoqi will say bad things about you."

"He's ...... Hate me? ”

"I don't know what is wrong with your brother, but he does not like you, and he came to see you in the city, but he did what he was commanded to do, just to prove that you were strong in your rebellion, and that submission was expedient."

"On whose orders?"

"King of Xiangdong."

"King Xiangdong doesn't believe me?"

"It's the daughter of the king of Xiangdong, and the lord of Huanyan said that you will use tricks, so the king of Xiangdong doesn't believe you, but the king of Jibei still remembers you as a son-in-law. Lou Ji is the future son-in-law of the king of Xiangdong, of course, he has to prove that the king of Xiangdong is right. ”

"Lord Huanyan is here too?"

"No, she is still in Yecheng, but she has a great influence on the king of Xiangdong, and the correspondence is constantly exchanged every day. It seems that the county lord of Huanyan knows King Wu very well, I just met the Yecheng army, saying that you let me out, the king of Xiangdong was not surprised at all, he said, 'What my daughter said is really right, Xu Ji really took advantage of the chaos to become the leader of the rebels'. ”

Xu Ji stayed for a while, he guessed other people's thoughts and movements every day, but he didn't expect that he was also guessed, and he guessed accurately.

"Since Lord Huanyan guessed all this, what is her idea?" Xu Ji asked.

"Just like you. King Wu pretended to be obedient, Yecheng pretended to accept submission, you secretly seized power, and the king of Xiangdong was also growing in power - hey, everyone used to say that the king of Xiangdong had no quarrel with the world, but in fact, the time had not yet come - you want to wait until you master all the rebels, and then fight a decisive battle with the officers and soldiers, with this battle to win the world's capital, the same is true of the king of Xiangdong, defeat the rebels, capture the eastern capital, and convince the Jizhou soldiers, who else in Yecheng will oppose him as emperor? ”

The more Fei Xun said, the more annoyed he became, "Tiancheng died of intrigue, the small court of Yecheng, and the king of Wu are still playing with this." Alas, it is said that there is not a real hero among them? It's only been more than 20 years since the end of a hundred years of troubled times, and there will be another hundred years of troubled times? Fei was born in troubled times and will die in troubled times, but it is a pity that he once met the world, but he failed to keep it! ”

Fei Xun didn't know what to think, he was furious, and he actually took out a dagger from his arms, and his eyes widened angrily, "People like you, one less is one, let's just die together!" ”