Guo Shifeng was about to return to Jiangdong and strongly invited Xu Ji to go with him, "King Ning has many shortcomings, but we are not choosing a saint, but betting on who can seize the world." Over the years, I have seen many heroes and heroes, and in the end, I still feel that King Ning is worthy of assistance. ”

"Brother Guo hasn't seen heroes all over the world yet."

"Haha, I don't have that energy, there's no need, there is always a way to get up, wait for me to see them one by one, I'm afraid that the chaos is over, I'll go to run, and people don't want me. Brother Ji thinks about it carefully, you and I will jointly assist King Ning, and Jiangdong's chances of winning will be a few percent. ”

"King Ning is thirsty for killing ......"

"It's exactly what is needed in troubled times, and if Brother Ning is by King Ning's side, he can at least save some people."

Xu Ji shook his head with a smile, "I still have something to do in Dongdu, and I can't go to Jiangdong." ”

"Brother Brother has his own ideas, I don't force it, I just want Brother Brother to know that I sincerely invite you to Jiangdong, King Ning also remembers Brother Ji, if he knows that you are in the Eastern Capital, he will definitely invite you over."

"Jiangdong is my mother's country, and I will go there sooner or later."

Guo Shifeng bowed his hand and said goodbye, "King Liang occasionally hesitates, since the younger brother stays, please take care of King Liang and persuade him not to have any different intentions." Although I assisted King Ning, I had no intention of harming King Liang, so I painstakingly guided the two kings to join forces, and there was no better choice for King Liang. ”

"Understood."

Guo Shifeng said goodbye, Chang Yanzhi sent it outside the house, and came back and said, "Son-in-law is going to Jiangdong?" ”

"Not going for a while."

"Just for the time being, what about later?"

Seeing Chang Yan's expression, Xu Ji smiled and said, "You don't want to go back to Jiangdong?" ”

"If Gongzi just goes to Jiangdong to have a look, I am willing to accompany him, if he goes to King Ning, I can't follow. King Ning burned and killed Wu soldiers, although this revenge can not be avenged, but I will never be a vassal to him, even if one day King Ning can really rule the world, I would rather flee to a wild land than be his people. ”

"You are really still a Wu person." Xu Ji said with a smile.

"Childe, don't laugh, I'm serious."

Xu Ji put away his smile, "I don't want to go to King Ning either, but-" Xu Ji thought for a while, and continued: "If King Ning really occupies Jingzhou and openly fights against He Rongren, I have to help, if King Ning doesn't need me, I will also hide in the wilderness, if you use me, personal enmity must be put aside first." ”

"Yi Ning holds Guan's temper, he doesn't need a son, he will kill you to get rid of future troubles, and will never let you go."

"Then you'll have to go to the wilderness alone."

"I really have a place to go, I think that when the Wu Kingdom was defeated by Tiancheng, the seven clans were divided into two factions, one faction stayed, intending to revivenation, and the other faction swore not to be a subject of Tiancheng, and took a boat to avoid living at sea, there were still contacts in the past few years, maybe I can find them."

"Things haven't come that far."

Chang Yanzhi cleaned up the tea set on the table, "Can King Ning really capture Jingzhou?" ”

"King Ning is likely to capture Jingzhou, but I doubt that he dares to be an enemy of He Rongren, and it is likely that he is asking for a river to be ruled."

"Shan Yu will agree?"

"King Ning and Guo Shifeng will try their best to sow discord in the Jiangbei Prefectures, so that Shan Yu has no time to take care of anything else, so he has to negotiate peace with King Ning."

"Hey, it's all your own calculations, no one really cares about the safety of the world."

"Guo Shifeng is at least right in one sentence, everyone chooses not a saint in the troubled times."

Early the next morning, the eunuch came to invite Xu Ji, and King Liang wanted to see off Guo Shifeng with him.

Guo Shifeng can be said to be satisfied and returned, outside the Ten Mile Pavilion, when bidding farewell to King Liang, he swore to the sky, "As soon as I returned to Jiangdong, I immediately asked King Ning to send his eldest son over, and after King Liang saw people, he also sent his eldest son over, and after a few years, when they grew up a little, they chose a good woman from among the princesses, and the two kings married, like a family." ”

Ma Wei said calmly: "Wait for the good news, if the eldest son of King Ning comes, he can marry first, and then marry in a few years." ”

Guo Shifeng nodded in agreement, kowtowed to King Liang on the road to thank him, got up and bowed to Xu Ji, and then boarded the car on the road, escorted by a team of guards, and drove to Jiangdong.

Gao Shengze gestured with his gaze to another "old friend" of King Liang.

Xu Ji just didn't see it.

Seeing Guo Shifeng go away, Ma Wei turned his head to Xu Ji and said, "Do you think King Ning will really send protons over?" ”

"If King Ning wins Jingzhou, he will send protons, and if he is defeated, he will not send them."

"That's weird, if King Ning is defeated, he needs allies even more, why don't you send me a proton?"

"King Ning is eager to attack Jingzhou before he has a firm foothold in Jiangdong, once he loses, it will become a landslide, and no ally can save him, so he will not send protons. If it succeeds, it will stabilize the morale of the army internally and expand the territory externally, but it will also become a great enemy of Shan Yu, who urgently needs allies in Jiangbei to disperse the pressure, so he will send protons to strengthen the ambition of the king of Liang. ”

"Haha, Xu Gongzi is still to the point. I'm finally out of the city, I'm going to hunt, you can go with me. ”

"Okay, go to the Supreme Garden? I don't know how many birds and beasts are left. ”

"I've long since closed the Supreme Garden, and I've recovered at least four or five percent."

Outside the garden, the soldiers went to drive away the wild beasts, and the hunters changed into their uniforms, received arrows, and engraved their names and positions on the shafts of the arrows to distinguish them.

The best hunting season has just passed, the large beasts in the Supreme Garden have fled, and there are still many foxes and rabbits left, and everyone marches into the garden, shooting arrows in order, and gradually the atmosphere is warm, and the young retinue is roaring.

There were more than 50 people in his entourage, all of whom were young people under the age of 20, all of whom were brothers and nephews of the generals of the Liang army, and serving the king of Liang was both an honor and a supervision.

Xu Ji released two arrows, none of which hit, looking at those cheering teenagers, he couldn't help but think of the Emperor of All Things back then.

Ma Wei was not known for his riding skills, but at this time he rode his horse and galloped wide, frequently firing arrows, seven or eight times out of ten, although the soldiers drove their prey in front of him, and his accuracy was really good, and he always attracted cheers.

For more than a year, Mavi has not sat on the throne every day and done nothing.

Xu Ji couldn't help but wonder if Ma Wei was imitating the Emperor of All Things, the interesting thing was that Ma Wei had never seen the Emperor of All Things in private, and he still heard some things from Xu Ji's mouth, and now he is doing it everywhere.

Ma Wei himself didn't seem to notice, and Xu Ji didn't plan to point it out.

The hunting party went farther and farther, and seeing that it was too late to return to the eastern capital, Ma Wei ordered to choose a place to camp.

Only then did Xu Ji understand that hunting was just an excuse, and Ma Wei's trip had another purpose.

Dinner is all kinds of game, accompanied by fine wine, Chang Yanzhi kept his promise, only eat meat and do not drink alcohol, Xu Ji drank two glasses, and was called to the tent of King Liang after the meal.

The weather was already very cold at night, Ma Wei was draped in thick hair, asked Xu Ji to sit down, and said, "Do you know where I'm going?" ”

"King Liang even brought a tent, presumably to go to the front to supervise the battle."

Ma Wei smiled, "What do you think the Liang Army has a chance of winning this battle?" ”

"I don't know anything about the strength of the Liang and Huai armies and the terrain of the battle, so it's hard to say whether I won or lost."

"Half a year ago, I had to borrow troops from Huaizhou to attack Yecheng, and now the number of troops has not increased much - the eastern capital is short of food, so I dare not recruit too many troops. As for Huaizhou, there were not many casualties among the soldiers borrowed at the beginning, and the Sheng family had been operating in Huaizhou for many years, and there was no shortage of grain and grass, let alone soldiers, if the number was compared, it was at least five times that of me. ”

"In that case, why did King Liang attack Huaizhou?"

"Although Huaizhou is strong, there are a lot of troubles: Jizhou is bordered in the north, and it is always worried about the invasion of He Rong's cavalry over there, and Wuzhou in the south, King Ning frequently feints, and the Sheng family has to divide heavy troops to guard the north and south checkpoints, and there are not many troops to meet the Liang army. And I don't need to capture the entire Huaizhou, I just need to take Runan City, so that Huaizhou will be shaken, and I don't dare to send troops into Wu, even if it is done. ”

"I see, Runan City or Bao Dun as the city lord?"

"Well, this person seems to have betrayed Xu Gongzi?"

"To each his own way, it is not a betrayal."

"You can think about it. General Pan has received my order, if Bao Dun is willing to surrender, spare him from death, and even allow him to continue to be the lord of the city. ”

"There doesn't seem to be a need to slaughter the city."

"In fact, the Liang army can't hold Runan City, once the Sheng family sends a large army to capture the city, the Liang army can only retreat, and even Runan City will be destroyed at that time, not to mention the people in the city? Xu Gongzi is too soft-hearted, and he really can't be the king of Wu. ”

"I feel the same way." Xu Ji still couldn't find the words that could be used to persuade Ma Wei.

"After this battle, I have completely broken with the Sheng family, and I will be mortal enemies in the future. Xu Gongzi speculated for me, can King Ning really gain a firm foothold in Jiangnan? ”

"It's hard to say, King Ning's attack on Jing is quite risky, and Jingzhou is chaotic, even if King Ning occupies Jiangling, he can't command all Jing, and the future is unpredictable."

Ma Wei smiled: "Xu Gongzi lobbied around, but he didn't want to tell me the truth?" ”

"If I don't want to tell the truth, why should I come to see King Liang?"

"You want to take the two kings of Xiangdong and Jibei from me, that's all, and I don't feel the need to persuade me."

"If I persuade King Liang, King Liang will not like to listen."

Ma Wei closed his eyes, "You just want to say it or not, why do you care if I like to hear it or not?" ”

"He Rong won consecutive battles, and he was bound to occupy Kyushu, and the southeastern states fought against each other, no matter whether they won or lost, they were just a lingering breath, and I advised King Liang to transfer troops south to defend Xiangyang."

"Jing and Luoshan are connected, He Rongren is blocked in Xiangyang, and he will detour from Luozhou, for example, there is a fire next door, I go to fight the fire, but let my own family suffer, what is the cause? I hope that after a hard battle, He Rongren will be able to capture Xiangyang, meet King Ning, and confront each other, giving me some respite. ”

"King Ning hopes that He Rongren will fight hard, why don't you let King Yi go to Xiangyang to take charge?"

Ma Wei opened his eyes and shook his head with a smile.

"Even if everything is as expected by King Liang, Jingzhou will become a confrontation between the two males, Luozhou is still a battleground, why take a breather?"

"You finally got to the point, although the eastern capital is good, it is not the land of Longxing, surrounded by enemies, and the future is precarious, I went to attack Yecheng before, just hoping to have a place to create a foundation." Ma Wei was silent for a while, as if hesitating whether to say or not, and finally said, "I'm going to try again." ”

"Attack Yecheng?" Xu Ji was taken aback.

"First Yecheng, then the whole of Jizhou."

"In this way, King Liang will completely offend Shan Yu."

"Isn't it as you wish? And you gave me a great idea. ”

"Me?"

"Before you came, I hadn't figured out how to use the two kings, but after you came, I realized that the two kings are not useless waste, but actually very useful. Jingzhou wants to set up another imperial court, why can't I? Coercing the Son of Heaven to go north, than the Liang army directly attacking Hebei, is it more justifiable, right? ”