The soldiers are fast, but at this time, the Han army is going the opposite way, in the past they could travel a hundred miles a day, but now they only walked twenty or thirty miles to set up camp, as if this time they went south to go on an outing, not to fight. For the Han army so "turtle speed", Zhuge Liang, Lu Meng and other resourceful people in addition to a wry smile but also faintly regretted, as soon as they received the news that the Han army went south, they immediately withdrew their troops, but they did not want the Han army to go so slowly, at this time, in addition to seizing the time to repair the defense, they could only wait for the Han army's belated arrival.

The reason why the Han army walked so slowly, Zhuge Liang, Lu Meng and others could probably guess that without him, they just rested. The Han army had just finished two battles in the grassland and Hebei, and the soldiers were physically and mentally exhausted, so it was not a good opportunity to choose this time to start a war with Jiangdong and Jingnan. However, Sun Quan and Liu Bei were aggressive, and they couldn't help the imperial court continue to arrange time for the soldiers to rest, so they had to hurry south. From this point of view, Sun Quan and Liu Bei's plan was successful. It's just that I didn't expect Liu Xie, a treacherous and cunning guy, to send troops, but he deliberately slowed down the speed of the march to create time for the Han army to rest along the way.

After achieving the goal of letting the Han army go south, Sun Quan and Liu Bei couldn't wait to order the troops to be collected and began to arrange all kinds of preparations needed for the next big battle. But he didn't want the court to march slowly, his side was almost ready, but the Han army was delayed. At this time, Sun Quan and Liu Bei were not good at sending troops to harass again, who knows if the Han army would suddenly speed up the march, in case the Han army intercepted their own men and horses in Jiangbei, it would not be easy to come back.

In order to avoid losses, Sun Quan and Liu Bei could only continue to carefully focus on preparing for war, and at the same time strictly ordered all armies not to act without authorization and launch provocations against the Jiangbei Han army.

Waiting, it is always better to arrive early than to arrive late. The Sun-Liu coalition army was eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Han army, while the southbound Han army still maintained a speed of twenty or thirty miles a day, resting and recuperating while heading to the designated place. Liu Xie didn't want to do this, although the Han army that went south this time was a tired division, but Liu Xie still had the confidence to clean up the rabble of the Sun-Liu coalition army. It is not that Liu Xie underestimates the combat power of the Sun and Liu coalition forces, but that the opponents of the Han army and the opponents of the Sun and Liu families over the years are not on the same level. The Yuan clan in Hebei is strong, and the grassland barbarians are powerful, but who is the enemy that the Sun and Liu families are dealing with? Most of them are barbarians who have not yet come out of the woods, these people have backward weapons, and the biggest capital that can fight against Sun Liu is to be familiar with the terrain, but once they immediately live in the place where they live all year round, the combat power they can exert will be greatly reduced.

Although the barbarians fought bravely, they mostly fought on their own, and in peacetime, they mainly attacked by sneak attacks. In the face of the Han army, which has been trained for a long time, cooperated tacitly, and is proficient in battle formations, it is not too much to say that it is a rabble. Although Sun Quan and Liu Bei also sent people to train these barbarians, but perhaps out of precaution, the barbarians only practiced their shapes, and they did not see their intentions.

As for the Jiangdong Navy that was rampant on the river at this time, Liu Xie also didn't pay attention to it. Another reason why he ordered the march to be so slow was to wait for the shipyards to work overtime to deliver the ships to the various sailors. In addition to the Penglai naval army led by Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, the remaining four naval armies have suffered varying degrees of losses, especially the Jiangling naval army of Wenpin, due to Wei Yan's light enemy advance, resulting in almost all the annihilation, the main general Wenpin and the deputy general Wei Yan have been killed, and the remnants of the troops have also returned to Liu Bei with Wendai. But what is puzzling is that even if Liu Bei hyped up this matter and made it known to everyone, Liu Xie still did not issue an order to regard the Wen family as a rebel, not only that, but also ordered to retain the name of the Jiangling Navy and intended to rebuild.

Wancheng

Facing Liu Xie, who cared about him, Xu Shu finally couldn't hold back, knelt in front of Liu Xie and cried, pleading to Liu Xie repeatedly, just begging for a quick death.

Liu Xie was furious when he heard this, he was not angry when he saw Xu Shu, although Hu Che'er's death also made him sad and sad, but it was not Xu Shu's fault in this matter, and Liu Xie did not want to anger others. But when he heard Xu Shu begging for death, the evil fire in Liu Xie's heart suddenly couldn't be suppressed, he raised his leg and kicked Xu Shu to the ground, pointing at Xu Shu and scolding: "Xu Shu, I value you in vain on weekdays, but I didn't expect you to be a coward." Okay, you want to die, don't you? Then you go and die. I would like to know how you would answer when you met Hu Che'er, Wen Ping, Wei Yan and others under Jiuquan, and they asked you if you had avenged them. ”

Xu Shu felt sorry for Liu Xie's trust all along, and just wanted to die to thank Junen. But he didn't want to ask Liu Xie to kick it, and after scolding a few times, he suddenly remembered that he still had something to do. That's right, I died a hundred, but who will avenge Hu Che'er, Wen Ping and others? Indeed, there is no problem in handing it over to Liu Xie, but if he can choose, Xu Shu is more willing to avenge these colleagues who died in battle.

"The lesson of the saint is that Weichen knows that he is wrong." Xu Shu knelt in front of Liu Xie and confessed his mistake.

"You don't need a hammer to ring the drum, you are a smart person, and you know it in your heart if I don't say those words of persuasion, so I don't need to spit that saliva. I just need you to remember one thing, it doesn't matter if you lose the city, if you take it back, it doesn't matter if your own people die, just avenge them. But the key is not to lose faith and not to forget the responsibility that you should bear. Xu Shu, if I ask you to return to Jiangling to take charge of the battle with Liu Bei, can you be confident of winning? ”

“…… Xu Shu is willing to make a military order! Xu Shu replied in a deep voice.

"Okay, then I'll give you one last chance, it's only three, this is also your last chance, if there is a next time, then don't blame me for not remembering the old love."

"If you can't win, Xu Shu is willing to be punished."

"Don't worry, this time our army is going south, the ultimate goal is to complete the unification of the world, since we want to achieve this goal, we must be cautious, and strive to solve Sun Quan and Liu Bei at one time, and do not leave them any room for them to turn over. You should step back and think about it, don't be anxious, after the war with Sun Liu, you will be the mastermind of Zhao Yun in the Han'an army. ”

"No."

When Xu Shu retreated, Guo Jia, who had not spoken, asked Liu Xiedao: "Shengshang, if Xu Yuan is allowed to go straight to the Han'an Army, how will Sima Zhongda, the original mastermind of the Han'an Army, arrange?" ”

"Fengxiao, what do you think of Zhuge Liang?"

"Resourceful, talent is not under Guo Jia."

"Huh...... Are you boasting? Liu Xie couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

“…… Holy Lord, be serious, get down to business. Seeing this, Guo Jia reminded angrily. After getting along with Liu Xie for a long time, Guo Jia also found that Liu Xie was not as old-fashioned as the old master Cao Cao, and there was no problem with joking on weekdays.

"Okay, be serious. Fengxiao, in my opinion, Sun Quan and Liu Bei are not worried about this time when the army goes south, and the only one who may become a variable is Zhuge Liang. This man is cautious in his use of soldiers, and it is difficult to find flaws, and ordinary schemes cannot hide from his eyes at all. To deal with him, we must be well prepared. ”

“…… So the saint plans to use Sima Zhongda to deal with Zhuge Liang? ”

"It's not just Zhongda, one you, one Wenhe, one Shiyuan, and one filial piety, I don't believe that the five of you will not be able to deal with a Zhuge Liang together."

Liu Xie's side of the Wen Chen military generals were numerous, and his Chinese ministers were headed by Xun Yu, but Xun Yu was sitting in the rear at this time in charge of the logistics of the army, and let him come to the army to listen to the use of it was overkill, and in terms of military strategy, Sima Yi, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Pang Tong, and Fa Zheng were regarded as the five strong people around Liu Xie, and the five of them joined forces to deal with Zhuge Liang, which is enough to see Liu Xie's attention to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang, who was taken care of, didn't know whether to laugh or cry, the reason why Liu Xie was like this was because he was influenced by the romance of later generations, in that book, Zhuge Liang's wisdom was almost demonic, and his magic was inaccurate, it was simply a half-immortal body. Now that this Zhuge Banxian has become Liu Xie's opponent, Liu Xie has to be cautious.

There are few talents who can get their hands on the Sun and Liu coalition now, especially in terms of strategy, Zhuge Liang and Lu Meng are the representatives of the two families, although there are also Li Yan, Ding Feng and other humanities and martial arts, but the more talented people are, they often can't do those who specialize in a single aspect. Both civil and military are all-rounders, and they need to move wherever they need to, but the person who decides big things does not need to be so comprehensive.

Liu Xie's attention also made Guo Jia have a strong interest in Zhuge Liang, this is the first time Guo Jia has seen Liu Xie attach so much importance to a person. Even when Liu Xie and Cao Cao clashed in the past, they only used one or two to deal with Cao Cao's masterminds, but it was the first time that five had to be used against one like this time.

There is no first, there is no second, no matter what industry it is, it is necessary to distinguish a high and low winner. Liu Xie's attention to Zhuge Liang just shows how powerful Zhuge Liang is, and Guo Jia is looking forward to fighting Zhuge Liang.

……

Zhuge Liang, who did not know that he had become the focus of the Han army, was discussing the military situation with Lü Meng at this time. This time, Sun and Liu united, it can be said that the trapped beast is still fighting, the last fight. Everyone understands in their hearts that the Sun and Liu families are grasshoppers on a rope, and they can't run away from you and me, and only by sincere cooperation can the two families coexist.

On dealing with a common enemy, the two families are of the same opinion. It is precisely because of the existence of the common enemy of the Han that the two families have now put aside their past grievances and grievances and are united to fight against a strong enemy. In order to be able to have a better chance of winning in the next war, the cooperation between the two families of Sun and Liu can be said to be intimate.

Lü Meng was just a puppet who was proficient in martial arts, and he joined his brother-in-law Deng Dang to take refuge with Sun Ce, who was still the lord of Jiangdong at that time. It's just that Lu Meng was young at that time, and Sun Ce was surrounded by Zhou Tai, Chen Wu, Ling Cao and other fierce generals who used to be water giants, and it was not easy for Lu Meng to attract Sun Ce's attention. It was also at that time that Sun Quan fell in love with Lü Meng, befriended Lü Meng, and became a confidant.

And Lu Meng also began to study because of Sun Quan's persuasion, and slowly became both civil and military, and became Sun Quan's right-hand man. Sun Quan secretly cultivated his cronies in the Jiangdong Army through Lü Meng, and Ding Feng, Xu Sheng, Jiang Qin and others were introduced by Lü Meng at that time and became Sun Quan's henchmen. When Sun Quan successfully ascended the throne, Lü Meng and others also rose to the top, replacing the original position of Zhou Tai, Chen Wu and other Sun Ce in the army.

Lü Meng was supportive of this war with the imperial court, and it was precisely because of his support that Sun Quan was able to stand up for public opinion and join forces with Liu Bei to launch a provocation against the imperial court. And Zhuge Liang is also a person who has the same views as Lu Meng. People often drink a thousand glasses of confidants, and they don't talk more than half a sentence, Lu Meng and Zhuge Liang have the same views on the issue of dealing with the imperial court, which allows the two to find a lot of common language. Although each has its own master, this does not prevent the two from becoming confidants who talk about everything.

At first, the two were a little worried that the Han army was going south too fast, and they planned to find a way to send someone to block it and delay the time, but they didn't want the Han army to move south slowly, but they were anxious to urge them to go faster.

"Kong Ming, when do you say this Han army will come?" Lu Meng asked Zhuge Liang, who was also idle and had nothing to do, boredly.

"I don't know, Ziming is not in a hurry, he will always come, he can't be in a hurry." Zhuge Liang, who was looking at the map, replied without raising his head.

"Of course I'm not in a hurry, I'm just a little worried."

“…… What are you worried about? ”

Hearing this, Lu Meng replied: "Today's saint has never been a master who likes to play cards according to common sense, will he openly let the army slow down, but secretly he has already sent an army to prepare for a surprise attack on our army?" ”

"Hmm...... There is some truth to your fears. Have you come up with any countermeasures? Zhuge Liang thought about it and nodded in agreement.

"Not for the time being, I'm just a flash of spirit, thinking that there is such a possibility, but whether it will be real, I don't know."

"Ziming, as a general, it's not a bad thing to think more before the war, but it's not a good thing to think too much. It's best for you not to make a public announcement about this for the time being, so as not to cause panic in people's hearts. ”

"Don't worry, I still know the importance of this. Kong Ming, you said that if my worries come true, and the current saint really intends to send troops to attack our army, where will he start? Lu Meng nodded and asked Zhuge Liang.

"This ......" Zhuge Lang was a little embarrassed when he heard this, he was not a god who could pinch and calculate, guess where Liu Xie planned to send troops to attack from there, looked down at the map, Zhuge Liang replied uncertainly: "At present, our army is divided into heavy troops except for Chibi, and the rest of the troops are also heavily guarded, as long as our army strengthens its vigilance, the Han army will not be able to succeed easily." ”

“…… Kong Ming, do you think that the Holy Lord will send the Penglai Navy to attack Wu County from the sea? Is this possible? Lu Meng suddenly put forward a hypothesis about Zhuge Liang.

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he immediately set his eyes on Wu County in Jiangdong, and suddenly found that Lu Meng's guess was very reasonable, and at present, the defense focus of the Sun-Liu coalition army was mostly along the river, but there was almost no defense on the sea. If it was really as Lü Meng feared, Sun Ce led the Penglai naval army to attack Wu County, the consequences would be unimaginable.