Hearing Liu Qi's words, Sima Hui fell silent and didn't speak, but silently poured Xu Shu another cup of tea.

This kind of silence represents an attitude, how can Xu Shu not understand it.

Xu Shu said: "Shu knows that the teacher has always looked down on the Liu family's father and son, thinking that they are just the masters of the success, not the heroes of the troubled times, and the students actually think so." ”

"Since you think so too, then why do you want to go out of the mountain to assist Liu Qi?" Sima Hui was puzzled.

Xu Shu sighed: "Because Liu Qi treats students as national soldiers, students have no choice but to repay them as national scholars." ”

Sima Hui's body was shocked, and a little different color flashed in his eyes, and he motioned for Xu Shu to continue.

Xu Shu told him how Liu Qi knelt down in the thatched hut in the bamboo forest that day, and asked him to give advice and go out of the mountain to help.

"Liu Qi, actually kneeling down to you?" A look of surprise appeared on Sima Hui's face.

"Well, there is no need for students to lie to the teacher." Xu Shu nodded and asked rhetorically: "Just ask, Liu Qi treats students like this, and if he is a teacher, can he refuse to go out of the mountain to assist?" ”

Sima Hui took a sip of tea and sighed: "I didn't expect Liu Qi to be able to give you such a big gift, you really have no reason to refuse." ”

Since ancient times, the king is the king, the minister is the minister, the respect and the inferiority are clear, and there is a difference between the top and the bottom, which is a well-known thing.

And Liu Qi, the dignified prince of Jingzhou, as a monarch, was able to put down his body and kneel down to ask Xu Shu, a grass people, to help, which can indeed be regarded as a gift of a national scholar.

The ancients said that they would treat them as a national scholar and repay them as a national scholar, Xu Shu worshiped under Sima Hui and read the books of sages, how could he not understand this truth.

Now that the truth is clear, no matter how bad Liu Qi is, even if Xu Shu no longer looks down on Liu Qi, he must go out of the mountain to assist.

Otherwise, he will be ridiculed by the whole world and regarded as an unrighteous person.

Xu Shu understood this truth, and Sima Hui understood this truth even more, so he felt pity for Xu Shu's departure from the mountain, but he did not stop it.

Seeing that Sima Hui didn't stop him, Xu Shu said: "The teacher understands the righteousness, thank you for not objecting." ”

Sima Hui said lightly: "When you were studying in Lumen Academy, the teacher said that the teacher only preached and taught you, and as for who you will be loyal to in the future, the teacher will not interfere with it, but ......."

He seemed to have an overtone.

"The teacher wants to say something, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Xu Shu saw that Sima Hui wanted to speak and stopped.

Sima Hui said calmly: "If you assist Liu Qi, you will inevitably be the enemy of Su Ziming, do you think, Yuan Zhi, do you have the confidence to win against Su Ziming?" ”

Xu Shu was silent.

For a moment, the corners of Xu Shu's mouth raised a hint of pride, "Su Zhe's name is Wolong, he is the head of the Nine Qi, his wisdom is indeed terrifying, and the few tricks that the student gave Liu Qi were indeed cracked by him, but the student still has the confidence to defeat him." ”

Sima Hui looked surprised, obviously wanting to hear where he got his confidence.

Xu Shu said unhurriedly: "Although Su Ziming has unparalleled wisdom, after all, he only has Nanyang, and the troops and material resources that can be mobilized in his hands are limited, in this regard, the Liu family father and son occupy an absolute advantage, but they lack a resourceful person to help them use these forces reasonably, so they will be repeatedly defeated by Su Ziming." ”

"The student believes that if I assist and give full play to the advantages of the Liu family's father and son's strong forces, there is every hope to counteract Su Ziming's tricks, which is the way for Yang to overwhelm the conspiracy."

Xu Shu sprinkled some words and explained the pros and cons of himself and Su Zhe.

Sima Hui nodded slightly: "You have analyzed the pros and cons of the Liu family's father and son and Su Ziming very thoroughly, but have you ever thought that today's Su Ziming can be compared to Su Ziming before the coma, in addition to his conspiracy, he also has all the skills of a very human being." ”

"The teacher is learning, Su Zi knows the celestial phenomena and predicts the ability to predict the wind and rain?" Xu Shu guessed a little.

Sima Hui nodded and said: "Exactly, since you know, you should have heard that Su Ziming won several big battles, and he made use of his magical skills." ”

Xu Shu was silent for a moment and said: "The celestial phenomena are unpredictable, there is more or less luck in this, I think, it is impossible for a person to have good luck all the time, then he is still a human being, isn't he a god?" ”

Sima Hui Yu Stopper.

After a while, he shook his head and sighed with a smile: "Okay, since you have made up your mind, then you won't say much about being a teacher, when do you plan to go out of the mountain?" ”

"After Liu Qi broke the rebels and captured Fancheng, the students went to Fancheng to assist him." Xu Shu replied without thinking.

Take Fancheng?

Sima Hui looked stunned, obviously not understanding the meaning of his words.

Xu Shu said unhurriedly: "Don't hide it from the teacher, the student has already come up with a plan by Liu Qi, asking him to persuade Liu Biao, taking advantage of the truce between the two armies, Su Zhe led the main force to return to the north, led the army to smuggle across the Han River from the upstream, and took advantage of his unpreparedness to attack Fancheng in one fell swoop. ”

As soon as these words came out, Sima Hui's expression changed, and his eyes immediately became surprised.

"How is it, teacher, what is the student's strategy?" Xu Shu smiled, and there was a little pride in his tone.

Sima Hui's thoughts were racing, and after a while, he came to his senses, nodded and exclaimed: "No wonder you are so confident, it turns out that you have come up with a strange plan for Liu Qi, well, your strategy is indeed unexpected, this time Su Ziming is afraid that it will really be planted on your strategy." ”

"Since the teachers have praised it, at this moment, most of the banners of the Liu family have been planted in Fancheng City, and it is almost time for the students to leave."

Xu Shu drank the remaining tea in the cup in one gulp, and got up to say goodbye.

Before he could step out of the threshold with one foot, the scholar hurried in again and presented a silk book to Sima Hui.

Xu Shu subconsciously stopped and looked back at his teacher.

Sima Hui unfolded the silk book and looked at it, and couldn't help but be slightly shocked, a trace of surprise appeared in his eyes, and he suddenly looked up at Xu Shu.

Xu Shu immediately felt that the silk letter was related to him, so he asked, "Teacher, is something wrong?" ”

Closing the silk book, Sima Hui sighed lightly, "Yuan Zhi, I'm afraid you don't have to go out of the mountain." ”

"Why?" Xu Shu's heart shook slightly, and he had an ominous premonition.

Sima Hui said silently: "Because, Liu Qi's surprise attack on Fancheng has been seen through by Su Ziming, and he was defeated by the ambush, and Liu Qi himself was also killed because of the failure to assassinate Su Ziming." ”

In an instant, the air froze, time froze, and there was a deathly silence in the bamboo house.

Xu Shu's heart shook violently, and the whole person was stunned in place, looking at the silk book in Sima Hui's hand in disbelief, as if he couldn't believe his ears.

Sima Hui lifted the silk book and handed it to him.

Xu Shu snatched it and looked at it carefully for a long time, and his face became more and more gloomy, angry, confused, and shocked expressions, burning on his face, extremely complicated.

Then, he clenched his fists and clenched the silk book into a ball in the palm of his hand.

After a moment's pause, he suddenly looked back and strode away.

"Yuan Zhi, where else are you going?" Sima Hui asked.

Xu Shu said silently: "The student said that Liu Qi treated me like a national soldier, and I naturally wanted to repay him as a national soldier." ”

"However, Liu Qi is dead, how can you report it?" Sima Hui's eyes were puzzled.

Xu Shu secretly gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Liu Qi invited me out of the mountain before he died, just to deal with Su Zhe, and now it is my strategy, let him lose at the hands of Su Zhe, and his reputation will be destroyed. ”

After that, Xu Shu didn't say anything more, and strode away with a vengeful aura, only throwing the crumpled silk book on the ground.

Sima Hui picked up the silk book on the ground, looked at the contents inside, and said with emotion: "Su Ziming is worthy of being Wolong, the head of the Nine Wonders, Yuan Zhi's such a subtle strategy can be seen through by him, it seems that his wisdom is far beyond my imagination." ”

After sighing, Sima Hui walked to the door and looked at Xu Shu's back, and his face couldn't help but show a little regret.

……

Fancheng, water camp on the north bank.

The sun rose in the east, and in the water camp, hundreds of warships, large and small, raised their sails.

The horn sounded, the clouds sailed out, carrying thousands of Soviet soldiers and soldiers, and sailed to the south bank.

Su Zhe stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the approaching south bank, and his heart was full of emotion.

This will be the second time he has led his army to the south bank of the Han River.

Last time, he just came in a hurry, attacked Liu Qi's welcoming convoy, and after rescuing Cai Shu, he quickly evacuated, not daring to stay for a long time.

But this time, he led a large army and came with dignity.

This time, he not only has to set foot on the land on the south bank, but also to capture Xiangyang, the heart of Jingzhou.

"Liu Qi, thanks to you, my plan to seize Xiangyang can be so advanced, next year's sacrifice day, maybe I will burn some paper for you, thank you for your great kindness......"

Su Zhe had a sarcastic sneer on his face, and he sighed secretly in his heart.

A moment later, the flotilla, with Gan Ning as the vanguard, attacked the enemy water camp on the south bank.

Because Liu Biao lost the naval warship and was no longer able to stop Su Zhe on the water, he had no choice but to abandon the water camp and withdraw all the soldiers and horses to Xiangyang City.

Su Zhe's soldiers were bloodless, led his soldiers, and successfully set foot on the land on the south bank.

After the successful landing, he did not immediately order to enter Xiangyang, but ordered 10,000 troops to strengthen the water camp on the spot, and first gain a firm foothold.

At the same time, a large amount of grain, grass and military materials were also continuously transported from Wancheng to Fancheng, and then from Fancheng across the river to the front line of Xiangyang.

In addition to grain and grass, thousands of reinforcements are also being sent to the front line.

Su Zhe knew very well that Xiangyang City was strong and well-fed, and Liu Biao could at least piece together an army of 7,000 defenders of the city, but there was more than enough to defend it.

It is unrealistic to want to break through Xiangyang quickly, and most of them will have to go through a protracted siege battle before finally breaking the city.

And if you want to besiege the city, it is not enough to rely on 10,000 soldiers and horses at hand, you must have more soldiers to form a numerical advantage over Liu Biao's defenders, so that it can be realized.

As for these follow-up reinforcements, in addition to the newly recruited young men in Nanyang, it was the Jingzhou soldiers captured by Su Zhe in the previous battle victories.

These soldiers were in the rear, and after Su Fei's reorganization, most of them joined the Soviet army, and now they were transferred to the front line, and in turn they picked up their old master, Liu Biao.

Within a few days, the number of Soviet soldiers assembled on the south bank reached 20,000, which was already about three times that of the enemy army in Xiangyang.

With sufficient grain and grass and sufficient soldiers and horses, Su Zhe did not hesitate any longer, and immediately led the army to approach Xiangyang City.

Before dusk that day, more than 20,000 troops marched into the north of Xiangyang City, forcing the city to fall into the wall, forming a coercive trend.

The battle to capture Xiangyang kicked off.