Chapter Ninety-Nine: Stratagem

"It's a big deal, don't mistake me, little gentleman!" Xu Shu said solemnly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

When Lu Ji heard this, his little face turned red with anger: "Whether it's true or not, we'll see the day after tomorrow." Am I going to use things outside of a day or two to deceive people? ”

"That's good, that's good." Xu Shu repeated the thoughts, and suddenly asked Lu Ji: "Mr. Xiao can understand the art of war?" ”

Lu Ji sneered and sarcastically said: "If you don't cultivate Wende, specialize in military warfare, take the short and abandon the long, how can you maintain peace and stability for a long time?" ”

Lu Bu now understands that this little guy should belong to that kind of perfectionist, the kind of person who burns his head by reading, and wants to use Confucianism to influence the world, and it is a pity not to be a monk. You have to correct his arrogant attitude, otherwise you will belong to the kind of self-righteous person when you grow up, and said: "Since you are proficient in counting, do you dare to compare with me?" ”

"Why don't you dare!" Lu Ji's little head was about to rise to the sky.

"I'll give you the simplest calculation, my soldiers have a total of fourteen thousand three hundred and eighty-two people, each of whom consumes three catties of grain per day, and the horses are one thousand two hundred and twenty-nine, and they consume fourteen catties of grain per day, and now there are five months and seventeen days left until the New Year, so how much grain and grass do I need to prepare to use until next year?"

"What's so difficult about that? Give me a bamboo slip to prepare calculations. ”

Lu Bu looked at Lu Ji who had prepared two baskets of bamboo slips to calculate, and shook his head: "Mr. Xiao, please also ask questions." ”

"The general asked Sun Ce to borrow seven hundred and fifty yuan, and the interest rate of a thousand yuan is thirty per month, and the loan period is set at nine days, how much does the general need to pay back?" When Lu Bu heard Lu Ji's question, his nose was crooked, would he be short of seven hundred and fifty yuan? Or do you want to borrow it from Sun Ce?

Lu Bu took out the long sword on his waist and slashed it on the ground a few times and said, "Seven hundred and fifty-six dollars and seven and five cents." ”

Lu Ji stretched out his head and couldn't understand what Lu Bu was referring to, he opened his mouth to sarcastically mock Lu Bu, and he didn't know the answer, so he asked for a basket of bamboo slips to calculate.

"Why should the lord bully children." Xu Shu said with a smile. If you want to talk about arithmetic, Lu Bu dares to admit the second, no one in the world dares to admit the first, Xu Shu used to think that he was good at arithmetic, and after seeing Lu Bu's addition and subtraction, he was introduced as a celestial, and recently he was looking for Lu Bu to learn multiplication and division. Now even the Arabic numerals have not yet reached the Han Dynasty, and the addition and subtraction formulas have not yet been summed up.

"I won't be able to figure it out for a while, so let's get down to business." Xu Shu said: "Although I can surmise that there is indeed fog the day after tomorrow, I don't know if it is a big fog or a small fog. Does the lord think that what he said about the fog of the day after tomorrow is true or false? ”

"I don't think this son is arrogant, he doesn't look like an ignorant person, if he really wants to use this to prove his knowledge, there is no need to lie about things that can be confirmed the day after tomorrow, it should be true." There are many people who can observe the weather, and since Lu Ji likes to study books such as celestial phenomena, it is not impossible to observe them.

"In this way, I have a plan to let Sun Ce and Sun Quan fight each other." Xu Shu said.

"What's the plan?" Lu Buxi said.

"But let people pass the news to Sun Quan, saying that Gao Shun will withdraw under the banner of the Jiangdong Army early in the morning after tomorrow, and then send someone to tell Sun Ce that Gao Shun will withdraw under the banner of the Jiangdong Army, leading the two armies to fight head-to-head." Xu Shu said excitedly.

"Isn't that child's play? Is the child's word credible? ”

"Being recognized by Sun Ce and our army has no losses, it's a big deal to give Chen Deng a headache." Xu Shu said lightly. If Sun Ce can't be disabled, then the Guangling counties will be ceded to Sun Ce, and Chen Deng will be able to deal with the completely undamaged Jiangdong army.

"Reasonable. But who is up to it? ”

"Jiang Qin, who was caught by the lord, is competent to deliver the news to Sun Ce. Sun Quan's side let Chen Jiao go. ”

"Good!" Anyway, Jiang Qin is slightly more powerful than Zang Ba, and it is very cost-effective to use it to seek Sun Ce, and after being recognized, it is a big deal to return Jiang Qin to Sun Ce in vain.

The two of them discussed for a while, Xu Shu looked at Lu Ji, who was making serious calculations, and said disappointedly: "It's a pity, this son has no intention of being military, otherwise he would not be under Wolong and Xiaofeng." ”

Lu Bu didn't know, Lu Ji was well-read, erudite and knowledgeable, he should read the calendar, and his knowledge was above Lu Xun, but he devoted himself to writing "Hun Tian Tu", annotating "I Ching", and writing "Taixuan Jing Annotation", he didn't like military affairs, and because he was Lu Kang's son, Sun and Lu had a feud between the two families, and they were suppressed, and history finally pushed Lu Xun onto the political stage.

"Mr. Xiao seems to have a long time to complete the calculation, the general still has military affairs, and when you finish the calculation, you will go directly to the Taishou Mansion and wait for me." Lu Bu said to Lu Ji, and then called his personal guard Wei Yue aside and explained: "You led twenty brothers to stare these two people to death for me, and you must not let the two of them sneak away." Otherwise, I'll see you. ”

"Don't worry! Make sure to protect these two gentlemen. Wei Yue saw that Lu Bu was speaking very seriously and said cautiously. Lu Bu couldn't tell if this Lu Xun was the Lu Xun in history, so he just held him by his side and observed it slowly.

After Lu Bu finished speaking, he walked out of the barracks, since he had to calculate Sun Ce the day after tomorrow, then he had to arrange things as soon as possible. Lu Bu acted according to the plan and first went to Chen Jiao's mansion to visit Chen Jiao.

Undoubtedly, as in the previous few times, Chen Jiao heard that Lu Bu was asking to see him outside the mansion, but he ignored it and directly closed the door to thank the guests. Lu Bu broke in strongly.

Lu Bu's loud voice came into the mansion far away: "Chen Jibi is at home? Boo came to visit. ”

Lu Bu's voice was full of enthusiasm, and people who didn't know thought it was an old friend meeting. Chen Jiao heard the sound of breaking the door, went out to the front yard and pointed to the broken gate and glared at Lu Bu: "Did you visit like this?" ”

"Ji Bi doesn't know, recently Sun Ce's 80,000 army attacked me, Bu is very anxious, and the available talents at hand are stretched, and he is eager to be assisted by Mr. Bu, and I hope that Mr. will not blame." Lu Bu said to Chen Jiao.

"General Lu wants my life, come and take it at any time. Don't want me to serve you! Chen Jiao didn't even have the heart to invite Lu Bu into the lobby to sit, blocking the gate of the front yard.

"Sun Ce's army came north, and it was the time to make meritorious contributions, why did Mr. resign several times?" If he could, Lu Bu really hoped to use Chen Jiao for his own use, even if his talent was just average.

"Report!" Just as Lu Bu was racking his brains to persuade Chen Jiao, a messenger stumbled in.

Lu Bu raised his eyebrows: "What's the alarm?" ”

"Xu Junshi asked the last man to invite the general back to the house to discuss the military."

"I'm visiting Chen Jibi, can't I postpone discussing anything?" Lu Bu said angrily.

The messenger hurriedly crawled on the ground: "The military advisor said that Yuan Shu had exhausted his army of 100,000 and attacked Sheyang City, and Sheyang City was in danger, and the military advisor ordered the general to go back quickly to discuss." ”

"What! Sun Ce didn't retreat, and Yuan Shu raised another army to attack me? Lu Bu didn't even have time to say goodbye to Chen Jiao, he turned around and left, and said eagerly to the guards around him as he walked: "Quickly pass on the Gao Shun who is fighting against Sun Quan outside Shatou City to come back to help, and the day after tomorrow at the latest, you must return to Guangling, otherwise Hugh blames the ruthless military law..."

Lu Bu's voice farther and farther away, after hearing this, the voice behind him was too far away to be heard clearly. Lu Bu turned around the corner, saw that Chen Jiao was still pondering in the front yard, turned back to the guards beside him and ordered: "Evacuate the people who are guarding Chen Jiao one after another." ”

Lu Bu went straight to the Taishou Mansion and gathered everyone to give the order to retreat. Although he was acting for Chen Jiao before, what Lu Bu said was all real military information.

Since you want to act, you have to act in a full set, so as not to be seen by Chen Jiao. Seeing that everyone who should have come came, and seeing that Lu Xun was also among them, Lu Bu opened his mouth and asked him: "Now that the Jiangdong army has not retreated, the Huai'an Cao army is about to move, and Shouchun Yuan Shu sent 100,000 people to fall into the well, I don't know if Bo Yan has a good plan?" ”

"No plan." Lu Xun said expressionlessly, adding: "I don't know how much combat strength the general has, I don't know how much food and grass the general has, and I don't know how many troops the general has. ”

After listening to Lu Xun's answer, Lu Bu was very satisfied, he didn't read much now, and he didn't understand the strength of the two sides, in this case, if he could come up with a clever plan, he would not be a person, he would be a demon. Without waiting for Lu Bu to answer, Lu Xun continued: "Cao Cao in the north wants to sweep away Liuhe, and Sun Ce in Jiangdong also wants to dominate the world. The general was fortunate to be able to defeat Cao Cao's army, but now how can he resist the attack of these two sides? So it's better to avoid the edge for a while. ”

"Where do you avoid that?" Lu Bu's pupils shrank slightly, the strategy Lu Xun said coincided with Xu Shu's plan, could it really be the Lu Xun in his memory?

"Although Shouchun Yuan Shu had 100,000 soldiers, his extravagance and debauchery, and his rampant conquest made the Jianghuai region ruined, the people starved to death, and the people were centrifuged. From this point of view, Yuan Shu just sent soldiers to the general, and the general recruited Yuan Shu's army and returned to Guangling again, and the troops from Xuzhou and Jiangdong were not to worry. Lu Xun talked eloquently.

"It's a great idea. Chuan Wu will order to withdraw the two troops of Gaoshun and Sanmenguan Zhangliao in Shatou County and fortify Sheyang County. The herald ordered Chen Gong as the main general and Zang Ba as the deputy general to cross the Huai River and advance to Tuzhong Pass to snipe Yuan Shu's army. It was ordered that the people of all the counties under the rule of Guangling should all move to Sheyang County, destroy the houses and crops along the road, clear the walls, and distribute the people's rations by Chen Ang, and the people's daily rations shall not be deducted, and they will be beheaded in violation of the order. Lu Bu announced the decision that had been discussed with Xu Shu earlier.

As soon as Lu Bu issued a series of orders, preparing to patrol the city with the whole army, to prevent some families that had not yet been cleaned up from taking the opportunity to create chaos, as soon as he walked to the door, he met Lu Ji limping over, and said from a distance: "I calculated it." ”

Lu Bu took the answer and compared it on the ground a few times, and the answer was the same, this little kid really had two brushes. Lu Ji saw that Lu Bu counted it out after a few strokes, and asked in surprise: "General Zuo, what kind of number algorithm is this?" ”

"Want to know? Okay, help the master Bo Chen Ang take care of the accounts, and I will let Chen Yu teach you this calculation method. Lu Ji not only knows words, but also knowledgeable, and Lu Bu plans to not let go even the children.

"Really?" Lu Ji was too young, and he really wanted to learn this simple calculation method, so he didn't know that Lu Bu was calculating him.