"No, it's strange, it's better to be cautious."

Xu Maogong shook his head and said: "The general might as well think about it, with Zhuge Can's mind, he must know that I have 160,000 elites in Guannei Dao, which is to protect Kyoto, and the combat power is not something he can compete with, and Guannei Dao is not so easy to fight, and what about Jiangnan, there are 200,000 troops in our army, and the garrison of Guannei Dao can attack him, and the next can take down his Yangzhou and recover Huainan, Jiangdong and other places, will he die like this?" ”

"I guess there's some scam."

The eldest grandson Wuji frowned and asked, "What's the deception?" ”

Xu Maogong was silent for a while, and said: "There are three possibilities, first, he is pretending to attack the fortress and bluffing, in fact, there are still more than 100,000 troops in Yangzhou City, and he only went to 40,000 or 50,000 to lure us to attack Yangzhou, second, he wants to transfer our soldiers and horses to Guannei, and then take advantage of the situation to capture Jiangnan, third... Third, he is really crazy and wants to take Kyoto directly with the soldiers and horses in his hands. ”

Cheng Yanjin asked, "Then what should we do?" ”

Xu Maogong said with a smile: "It's very simple, brake with static, and respond to all changes with no change." Anyway, there are more than 100,000 garrisons in Guannei Dao, and they are not afraid of him Zhuge Can and A Guduo, no matter how they fight, they will definitely suffer. ”

"I'd like to see what benefits they can get by going to Kannai."

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The Jiangnan army did not move and continued to regain lost territory.

The Xiliang soldiers, who pretended to be 200,000 troops, pretended to attack the fortifications, and all the counties and counties in Guannei Province were shocked, and even Li Shimin was shocked into a cold sweat.

Kannai Road is the gateway to Kyoto, and if it is captured by the Western Liang soldiers, then the Tang Dynasty will really be over.

He hurriedly ordered all the counties in the Guannai to be strictly defended, and at the same time mobilized the army of the king of Kyoto to go to reinforcements.

In short, Kannai Road must not be lost.

And everyone didn't know that during this time period, Zhou Gandang and Li Heng took an army of 20,000 and quietly walked through the Guannei Dao realm to Yangzhou.

In addition, all the people in Guannei Dao have gone to deal with the '200,000 army' from Yangzhou, and who cares about the 20,000 people who march at night.

In this way, in less than a month, the army led by Zhou Gandang and Li Heng successfully joined forces with Aguduo and Lu Yang, and after the division, the army returned the same way and retreated to Huainan.

After that, let's go to Yangzhou together.

This war also came to an end.

After the Xiliang soldiers left, the troops of Guannei Dao were relieved and had a false alarm.

Li Shimin, Xu Maogong and others also reacted that the army from Yangzhou attacked Guannei in order to attract the attention of all parties and to pick up Zhou Gandang and Li Heng.

It's just that it's too late to know, if the 20,000 elites of the Inner Dao launched an attack on Zhou Gandang, Zhou Gandang's troops would have been eaten a long time ago.

When he returned to Yangzhou, Zhou Gandang couldn't wait to meet Zhuge Can.

He just heard Lu Yang and A Guduo say that Zhuge Can is a genius in the world, and Jiangnan's achievements today are all due to Zhuge Can's achievements.

Although he had known these for a long time, he had never believed them, but now that he thought about it and listened to Li Hengyi's analysis, he gradually believed it... Because with Ah Guduo's IQ, he will definitely not be able to bite Jin, Xu Maogong, etc., there must be a master behind him, and this master is Zhuge Can.

In the troubled times, talent is the most important, and he is now urgently gathering all kinds of talents, only when the heroes gather, can they dominate the world.

Zhuge Can has proven his strength, and it can be said that he is the contemporary Zhuge Wolong, of course he can't let it go.

"Master Zhuge Junshi, please take a seat."

In the hall, all the generals gathered, and Zhou Gandang smiled and waved his hand.

"King Xie." Zhuge Can was also not polite and found a place to take a seat.

The rest of the people also sat upright in the hall, the wine and meat were up, the dancing girls and singers, playing Lego, it was not lively.

In just a moment, the atmosphere was stirred.

Zhou Gandang raised his glass and said: "My Xiliang army can have today, and they are all resistant to Mr. Zhuge Gong, and we will jointly salute Mr. Zhuge for a cup." ”

"To Mr. Zhuge

"King Xie."

Everyone drank it all and burst out laughing.

Zhou Gandang asked, "Mr. Zhuge , what do you think about the current situation?" ”

Zhuge Can said: "King, today's world has become a three-third, Tang Dynasty, Xiliang Luo Yi, and the king; As long as the king forms the Northern Desert Army outside, repairs the military, government and people's livelihood internally, and then guards Huainan and Henan, over time, his strength will grow, and he will be able to show his ambitions. ”

"Well said!"

Zhou Gandang laughed and said: "Mr. is really an extraordinary person, there is a gentleman, this king has no worries." ”

Li Heng asked, "Mr. Zhuge , what about Jiangnan?" Don't you want Jiangnan? ”

Zhuge Can said with a smile: "Lord of the Minister, you can't chew it if you are greedy, Jiangnan has to be lost to the Tang Dynasty, otherwise Li Shimin will give up?" If the king wants to stop fighting and recuperate, Jiangnan is undesirable. ”

"The king thinks about it, if Li Shimin didn't have Jiangnan in his hands, would he agree to negotiate peace with us? Although we are not afraid, in recent years, our soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, and the elite troops have almost lost everything, and we have to pay a great price under the first battle. ”

Li Heng suddenly said that Zhuge Can was powerful.

The land south of the Yangtze River is indeed not suitable for taking, if you take it, it will only provoke the war of Datang, but if you don't take it, you can still negotiate peace with Datang, because Datang is also in urgent need of recuperation.

Of course, there must be a congenital condition for this, that is, the Xiliang army must be connected with the Northern Desert army, otherwise, without the support of the Northern Desert people, Li Shimin will not be afraid, and he will not be willing to abandon Huainan and Henan.

After discussing for a while, Zhou Gandang felt that Zhuge Can was really a rare talent, at least comparable to Li Heng.

So, he asked Aguduo: "Aguduo, how many centaurs do we have now?" ”

A Guduo replied: "Your Majesty, in my Yangzhou City, there are 230,000 troops that can be mobilized, plus the 20,000 brought by the king from Xiliang, a total of 250,000. And Huainan.... ”

"This king is asking you, how many people are there?"

A Guduo replied with certainty: "Excluding the county soldiers who are recruited to guard the place, there are a total of 330,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Zhou Gandang said: "Okay, next, we have to do five things well." ”

"First, send a large army to recover Huainan and other places that have not yet been recovered as quickly as possible, and completely include Huainan, Henan, and Jiangdong."

"Second, send people to contact the Northern Desert army and form an alliance with them, so that our power will be greater, and even... You can even unite with Luo Yi to reach a united front. ”

"Third, send people to make peace with Cheng Yanjin, Xu Maogong and others, and make a truce."

"Fourth, send someone to Chang'an and reach an agreement with Li Shimin that no war will be allowed within three years, and as for the terms of the peace agreement, it can be drawn up slowly, and if he does not agree, if necessary, some means can be adopted."