The Jingzhou army came as soon as he said it, and the number of people was much larger than expected, but Dai Pohu did his duty and heard a lot of news.

The Xi family has no place in the east, and they don't want to work for the imperial court here, so they run away when they have the opportunity, but they are like a fish in water when they return to Jingzhou, and they have won the support of their subordinate counties long before the arrival of the king of Jibei, and united with the southern Sanzhou to recruit a large number of soldiers.

I don't know what the king of Jibei promised, Xi Yun agreed to send troops and food, and sent 50,000 people first, and there will be more in the future.

This is all that Dai Pohu knows, he quickly ran back, and only when he approached the eastern capital did he know that the officers and soldiers were defeated, so he didn't know what impact this incident would have on the Jingzhou army.

Xu Ji left Tan Wuwu by his side, and immediately convened the generals to discuss the matter, and his response was very simple, taking advantage of the power of victory, he immediately sent troops to meet the Jingzhou army, and did not give the other party a chance to besiege the city.

The generals shouted and shouted, and they were all willing to lead their troops to meet the enemy, and each was more confident than the other, and the date of breaking the enemy was quickly reduced from ten days to three days.

Fighting back and forth, the result is still expected, Xue Jinyao is the nominal commander of the whole army, naturally she will lead the troops to meet the enemy, she is very willing, and said to everyone: "I have long been tired of defending the city, just go out to have a good time!" ”

At the strong request of General Wu, Wu Jun acted as the vanguard.

The plan was set, the whole army was ready, and they set out early tomorrow morning, and first sent scouts to observe the enemy's situation.

Xu Ji didn't say why, and asked Xue Jinyan to send scouts in all directions, at least a hundred miles away.

The generals retreated, and Xu Ji turned his head to Tan Wusensely and said, "How?" ”

This is a formal discussion, not the usual small talk, Tan Wuwu is more honest, standing beside King Wu with his sword, never interjecting, like a reluctant personal guard.

The generals left, and there were only a few guards left in the hall, so Tan Wuwu said: "No merit and no fault, mediocre strategy." ”

"Haha, since General Tan said so, there must be an extraordinary strategy?"

"It's hard to say, it's up to ...... if it's superordinary."

Guo Shifeng hurriedly came in from outside, he had already come and been waiting for the discussion to end.

As soon as Guo Shifeng gave up his hand, he didn't even have to make a hint, Xu Ji already understood his thoughts, and waved his hand to order the guards to retreat, but left Tan Wuwu to show his trust.

Guo Shifeng glanced at King Wu more, and after confirming that he could really speak, he said: "There is no problem with those two, General Cao is willing to serve as a deputy general, as long as the main general is ...... King Xiangdong, General Guan said that he still had to think about it, but I saw what he meant, in fact, he was already moved. ”

"The king of Xiangdong also has to think about it, he has to wait for the news of Yecheng, the letter has been written and sent out, if it is faster, there will be a response in a few days, I guess Yecheng will not refuse."

"It's so good, there is still a lack of a real general in charge of the army......" Guo Shifeng glanced at Tan Wusense.

Xu Ji said: "I'm still looking for it, don't worry, anyway, the three kings of Xiangdong haven't been finalized." ”

Guo Shifeng nodded and took two steps forward, "The Jingzhou army has arrived, and King Wu ordered the general to go out of the city to meet the enemy?" ”

"Yes."

Guo Shifeng paused for a moment, and after confirming once again that King Wu would not send Tan Wufu back, he asked, "Can King Wu set a deadline for breaking the enemy?" ”

"The news has just arrived, I don't know where the Jingzhou army is now, what its plans are, and how to determine the deadline for breaking the enemy?"

"This battle, it's all the Incarnation Army, right?"

"Wu Bing acts as a vanguard."

"The number of Wu soldiers is small, and the generals who came to the world are all their own people."

"Sort of."

Guo Shifeng took two more steps forward, he was already very close to King Wu, and lowered his voice slightly to prevent being heard by people outside, "Why is King Wu so careless?" The incarnation army is a rabble, with many people in the army, defeated in a battle, it will inevitably be dispersed, and if it is won in a battle, it will be arrogant, and the incarnation general will raise his arms when he arrives, and the army of 100,000 is not owned by the king of Wu. ”

"The Descendant General Will Not Be ......"

"Even if she doesn't, what about the subordinates of the general? The soldiers will be coaxed, how can the general be suppressed by himself? ”

"The family members of the incarnation army are all in the city, including the youngest son of the incarnation king, at least it is a constraint."

Guo Shifeng said with a smile: "It's a constraint and a curse, if someone says to the descending army, 'King Wu has gathered officers and soldiers, and will get rid of the descending army and the family in the city, if we don't go back earlier, I'm afraid we will never see our family again', what will they think?" ”

"Someone would say something like that?"

"King Wu treated the prisoners preferentially, and all 100,000 officers and soldiers were incorporated into the army......"

"Actually, there are only more than 20,000 people." Xu Ji corrected that there were no outsiders present, and he felt that there was no need to use exaggerated numbers.

"The rumors say that it is 100,000 people, and the people who bewitch the descending army in the future will also say that it is 100,000, so let's take it as 100,000."

"Well, please go on."

"King Wu treats the captives preferentially, and he wants to reuse the generals, the news will definitely spread, plus the background of King Wu and King Liang, there is no doubt about the army that cannot descend to the world."

"What's the matter with King Liang here?"

"The kings occupy the eastern capital, and now the dead are dead, the people who are gone, and the prisoners who are imprisoned, and there is only one King of Liang left, in the eyes of outsiders, it is naturally because the King of Liang and the King of Wu are similar in origin and have old friends, so they have been spared. King Wu may not think that there is anything, but the descending army will inevitably have doubts, thinking that King Wu still likes the old people of the court. ”

Xu Ji laughed twice, but he couldn't refute Guo Shifeng's statement, and was silent for a while before he said: "So you want me to set a deadline for breaking the enemy and force the descending general and the Jingzhou army to fight a decisive battle as soon as possible, so that both sides will be defeated, so that the descending army will not be able to fight back, yes or no?" ”

"King Wu Gao sees that this plan is very good." Guo Shifeng took a step back and attributed all the "credit" to King Wu.

Xu Ji didn't want this "credit", "Now is not the time to make a decision, since the Descending Army has not yet shown signs of rebellion, I can't convict them in advance." ”

"Although there is no sign, there is an inevitable trend, King Wu ......"

"Needless to say, soon I have important things to hand over to Mr. Guo, and you have to make a trip yourself."

"What's the matter? Where to go? ”

"Don't worry, Mr. Guo is going to rest and come to see me tomorrow morning."

"Yes." Guo Shifeng retreated, and when he walked to the door of the hall, he wanted to stop several times, turned around and persuaded again, and finally held back.

Waiting for Guo Shifeng to walk out, Tan said meaninglessly: "This Mr. Guo is very reasonable, the Descending Army is a faction of its own, and because of a series of accidents, it is under the command of King Wu, if it is instigated, it will be rebellious." ”

"That's also dealing with the instigator first, not the incarnation. What good is it to cut off one's own arm just to prevent a possible rebellion? ”

Tan Wuwu thought for a while, nodded and said, "King Wu has a point. ”

Tan Wuxian talked about the arrangement of troops and the general trend of the world, and when he got to other things, he had no opinion, and it made sense to listen to anyone.

Xu Ji smiled: "Let's continue to talk, General Tan hasn't said anything about your supernormal strategy?" ”

"I'm not a minister of King Wu, so it stands to reason that I shouldn't give you advice."

"We're just light, I don't need any of your 'strategies'."

"Not a single one?"

"No, you don't." Xu Ji said with certainty.

"That's good. The Jingzhou army came from the south, but the way to victory was not in the south. ”

"Oh? Do you want to defeat the Jingzhou army in the north? ”

"Exactly."

"Haha, sure enough, it's 'extraordinary'. General Tan thought that there would be enemy troops in the north echoing the Jingzhou army? ”

"I don't know if there is an echo in the north, it depends on how capable the county lord of Yecheng is, and whether he can move the princes of all parties. I only talk about the army from the general trend, the place of the four battles in the eastern capital, which means that the defense must be blocked on all sides, Tongguan, Mengjin, Tiger Prison, Wuguan, etc. are the real city walls of the eastern capital, and if you don't defend these four places, the people who can rely on the eastern capital are nothing more than luck. If the Jingzhou army came to the south, it has occupied Wuguan, if the Xi family heard the wind and fled, it was unknowing, and there was no fear, if it was in a hurry to attack the city, it was also necessary to grab the luck of the merit, and it was not enough to be afraid. What to do must not be Jingzhou, nor the armies of Qin and Han in the west, it must be in the north and east directions, and there is the Ning army in the east, even if it can't stop the eastern army, it can contain it for half a month or a month. Only the north side is the largest gap in the eastern capital at present......"

Tan Wuwu suddenly shut up, his face was not very good-looking.

"Why didn't General Tan continue?" Xu Ji said in surprise.

"If you say too much, you will lose, but I still ...... Farewell, I'd better go back and think about it. ”

Xu Ji understood and said with a smile: "General Tan is worried that the King of Jin will also participate in the siege of the Eastern Capital, and your words will destroy the plan of the King of Jin?" ”

Tan Wuxian was very embarrassed, "King Wu said, you won't use my 'strategy' to see if you are trustworthy." ”

"I'm a trustworthy person, but if I had sent an army to take Mengjin a long time ago, wouldn't it be considered a breach of my promise?"

"King Wu has already sent someone? Why haven't I heard? ”

"A lot of people don't know, so you haven't heard of it. As soon as the siege of the eastern capital was lifted, I sent an army to seize Mengjin, and sent scouts to Tongguan and Tiger Prison to check the situation. ”

"King Wu is indeed far-sighted." Tan gave up his hand meaninglessly, his expression softened slightly, "In short, Meng Jin is the most important thing, if you keep this point, you can live in the eastern capital, and if you can't keep it, then the eastern capital will ...... It depends on whether King Wu can get lucky. ”

"One or two luck is enough, I don't have any hopes."

Tan Wuwu came to be interested again, "Meng Jin is only important at this time, after repelling the Jingzhou army, Tongguan will become the top priority, if King Wu can't pass the pass as soon as possible and seize Qinzhou, the eastern capital is still in danger." Qinzhou is only one foot, it is not yet stable, it is still necessary to seize Hanzhou, the two feet are slightly stable, if it can occupy one of the states in the south and north at the same time...... Oh, don't occupy the state, go and occupy Jingzhou, the three states are the rear, then the eastern capital is stable, and you can give it a go......"

Xu Ji nodded.

Tan said meaninglessly for a long time, King Wu no longer asked, nor did he answer, he felt bored, and said goodbye again, "In short, Jingzhou is not a strong enemy, no matter whether the lord of Yecheng County can contact the heroes or not, King Wu must be careful of the north." I really can't say any more, farewell. ”

Tan left in a hurry, walked out of the meeting hall, and blamed himself, feeling that he had said too much today, and he couldn't stand King Jin, who didn't know where he was at the moment.

Xu Ji was like a treasure, and immediately sent someone to find King Liang, and as soon as they met, he said: "The situation is urgent, I won't say more, please King Liang immediately lead his troops to Mengjin, no matter what, you must defend the two cities." ”

Ma Wei was surprised, "There are enemy troops from the north too?" ”

"Now I don't know, I have sent the subordinates of the King of Shu to Mengjin to prevent them from making trouble in the city, now it seems that this is a mistake, they have no will to defend the city, and it will be a bad thing, so I want to ask the King of Liang to go quickly. Meng Jin is in charge, and I don't dare to entrust it to others if it is not the king of Liang. ”

"In that case, I'll transfer my troops and set off."

Ma Wei still didn't understand too much, but Xu Ji was already anxious.