But said that Feng Ji in order to retaliate against Yuan Xi and Yuan Tan too close, so he asked Yuan Shao for permission to offer Zhongshan Zhen Ji and Liu Qi as a gift of alliance between the two sides, that Zhen Ji was born with a beautiful face and moon appearance, captivated the country and the city, and met Yuan Xi a few times, although he didn't feel much like, but he was not disgusted, he thought that he could marry Yuan Shao as a wife is the destination of his life, but he didn't expect Feng Ji to give himself to Liu Qi.

Although Zhen Ji is far away in Hebei, she has also heard the name of Liu Qi, but it is basically negative rumors, and she is going to marry thousands of miles away to the south, so she can't help but feel sad, so she wrote to Yuan Xi and asked him to intercede with his father Yuan Shao for himself, but he has not seen Yuan Xi reply to the book, so he knows that this person's character does not dare to disobey his father's orders for himself, and he can't help but be disappointed.

Zhen Ji set off from Yecheng with Fengji, followed the river to Qingzhou, which was guarded by Yuan Tan, and then entered the estuary of the river by sea, and then along the river to Hulin Port, and then went to Yixian through Lingyang, and it took more than a month to finally meet Liu Qi.

In fact, Liu Qi was busy at this time, although he successfully occupied Songyang, Taimo, Wusheng, and Zhang'an counties, and gained a vast territory, but he was immediately rebelled by the Shanyue people, plus the two counties of Zhuji and Yan County in front of him were strictly defended, and Sun Quan transferred a lot of reinforcements from Qu'a, so now the two sides once again maintained a relatively balanced state, almost no one could defeat the other, so they had to build their own city defenses.

Of course, Liu Qi was not idle, in the first few days, he joined forces with Jiang Wan and Du Xian to completely defeat the army of Jiaozhou Assassin Shi Lai Gong, and Lai Gong committed suicide in desperation.

Liu Qi incorporated Lai Gong's army, and wrote a letter to his father, once again recommending Pei Qian as the assassin of Jiaozhou, and then ordered Jiang Wan to be the Taishou of Huiji, and handed over the troops of Nanhai and Huiji to him to command, responsible for defending Sun Quan's army in Zhuji and Yan County, and appointed Du Xi as the general of Hushan Yuezhonglang, commanding the 20,000 troops brought from Changsha, specifically responsible for quelling the rebellion in Shanyue, and only after arranging this qiē did he hurriedly lead more than 10,000 troops back to Yixian.

In fact, Liu Qi originally had 50,000 or 60,000 troops in Jiangdong, plus Jiang Wan's troops in Huiji, and Du Raid's Changsha Army, which was more than 80,000 people, but these armies were defended in Lingyang, Yixian, Shexian, Wusheng, Zhang'an and other counties, and Du's 20,000 Changsha troops were also arranged to suppress the Shanyue rebellion, so his current strength in Yixian is only more than 20,000 people, even if you add the men and horses of Lingyang and Shexian, there are only about 40,000 people, and Zhou Yu's troops in Anwu have also expanded to more than 40,000, So now there is still a relative equilibrium between the two sides.

Even from another point of view, the current Zhou Yu has taken the initiative, because his forces are concentrated and can launch an active attack on any city.

Of course, because Liu Qi's three cities could cooperate with each other, Zhou Yu worked in vain, plus Sun Ce's new death and Sun Quan's accession to the throne, the entire three counties were also in turmoil, and Zhou Yu did not dare to leave the city without permission.

So although both sides seem to be very calm, they are secretly trying to gain time, Liu Qi is buying time to pacify Shanyue, or replenishing troops from Lingling and Guiyang, or waiting for Lujiang's Yu Ban to defeat Zhang Liao before rushing to support, while Zhou Yu is trying to calm people's hearts and get through the most difficult period.

At this moment, Liu Qi suddenly heard that someone outside asked to see him, and his heart couldn't help but move, and he immediately ordered someone to invite him in.

After the man came in, he bowed to Liu Qi.

After Liu Qi saw that person, he vaguely felt a little familiar, but he really couldn't remember who the person was, so he asked, "I don't know who Your Excellency is?" What do you have to do when you come to see this officer? ”

But I saw the man say respectfully: "Lord Assassin, have you forgotten? The last general's name is Xu Yi, who was one of those Sun Bofu soldiers who were let go by you outside Pengze City, and now he has come to the adult's camp, mainly to take refuge in the adult, and ask the adult to avenge the grievances of my lord. ”

When Liu Qi saw the man talk about it, he remembered that this person was indeed the captain of the pro-soldier that he had let go, and after he released him, he was the first to return, so he couldn't help but nodded, and then said: "I remember, you said your name is Xu Yi, right?" You just said that I was wronged for your father-in-law, where did you start? Wasn't Sun Ce assassinated by Xu Gongmenke? Didn't these doormen be killed on the spot? How can I avenge Sun Bofu again? ”

But seeing Xu Yi said, "My lord, the truth is not like that at all. According to the general, my father-in-law was murdered by Sun Quan. ”

"What?" Hearing Xu Yi's words, Liu Qi, Xu Shu, Jia Xu, and other civil and military officers in the camp were all shocked. Liu Qi even withdrew his attendants, leaving only Xu Shu, Jia Xu and all his henchmen, and then said in a deep voice: "What did you say? Let me say it again, what the hell is going on? ”

I saw Xu Yi said solemnly: "Don't hide it from you, the last general of the assassination history didn't dare to believe it at the beginning, but according to the inference of the last general, this should be the truth, when my lord was injured and would recover, then Sun Quan came to visit the lord, and talked about Yuan Shao sending people to join my lord to attack Cao Cao, my lord decided to take advantage of the adult's Lujiang army to fight Zhang Liao, and ordered Sun Quan to lead 30,000 horses to take Lujiang lightly, and then quickly waved his army to capture Xuchang, support the Son of Heaven, and chase the Central Plains, but Sun Quan in order to protect himself, but also to usurp power, He quietly ordered the three knights under his command to pretend to be Xu Gongmen's guests and assassinate my lord in order to realize his ambitions. ”

"But how do you prove that it was not Xu Gong's disciple who assassinated Sun Bofu, but only Sun Quan's assassin?" Liu Qi is a traverser, naturally knows that Sun Ce and Sun Quan do have different political views in history, and on the issue of whether to unite with Yuan Shao to deal with Cao Cao, the two brothers are very different, and after Sun Quan ascended the throne, he did immediately show favor to Cao Cao, and then took advantage of Yuan Cao's war with Liu Biao on the occasion of the Northern War, seized a lot of territory in Jingzhou, and completely consolidated the Jiangdong region, so he felt that Xu Yi had some truth in what he said, but he did not fully trust Xu Yi about it, but asked him for evidence.

"The last general had a fellow villager, who was friends with one of the three assassins, and after the three assassins were killed, the last general was curious to untie the face of one of the assassins, and then discovered the identity of the assassin, but even so, the last general couldn't believe it, just that night, because Sun Quan was going to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival hosted by my lord, and it happened that my fellow villager and Sun Quan arrived together, and the last general asked the fellow villager about his assassin friend, but heard that the man had indeed been missing for several days, And he went to do things on Sun Quan's orders, and the last general knew that Sun Quan's killing of his brother was absolutely true. ”

Xu Yi sighed and said slowly: "The last general knows that his strength is limited, so he comes to seek refuge with the adult, hoping that the adult will expose Sun Quan's treacherous plot and avenge the injustice of the lord. ”

After Xu Yi finished speaking, he kowtowed to Liu Qi and bled nonstop.

Liu Qi thought for a moment when he heard this, and said solemnly: "Actually, I won't tell you, although Sun Bofu and I are enemies of each other, we also respect him as a man, so I am quite sorry for his death, and now I heard that he was murdered by his own brother, and I am very unhappy in my heart, you can rest assured, as long as this matter is true, I will definitely help you fulfill this wish, but because Sun Quan has been planning for a long time, and he is extremely strict, it is difficult for us to find strong evidence at present, so we can't be anxious, we can only investigate slowly, do you understand what I said?" ”

"The last general also knows that this is not an overnight thing, so the last general did not expect the adult to be able to expose Sun Quan's treacherous plot in the short term, in fact, today can get the guarantee of the adult, the last general is already content, the virtue of the adult, the last general will not forget, as long as the general can use the last general, the last general will definitely try his best to repay, even if it is up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire, he will definitely not dare to frown." Xu Yi looked at Liu Qi respectfully and said solemnly.

"Oh? This official really needs to trouble you, I have captured a general in our army, it has been several months now, but that person resolutely refuses to surrender, you are a close confidant of Sun Bofu, you must be very familiar with him, I wonder if you can persuade him to submit to me? Liu Qi smiled, looked at Xu Yi and said.

"Your Excellency is talking about Lord Lu Ziheng, right? Don't worry, your lordship, this matter will be handed over to the last general, and the last general will definitely persuade Lord Lu, please wait and see. Xu Yi arched his hand to Liu Qi and said confidently: "At the end of that year, I will be ordered by the old lord to assist Lord Lu to jointly attack Haixi Chen Yu, Lord Lu has great trust in the last general, as long as the last general tells Sun Quan about the murder of the lord, Lord Lu will definitely surrender to the lord." ”

"Okay, since that's the case, then I'll leave it to you, when Lu Ziheng returns to obedience, this official will definitely reward him heavily."

"Thank you, my lord, the last general will not want to reward him, but only to expose Sun Quan and avenge the injustice of the lord." Xu Yi kowtowed to Liu Qi again, and went to persuade Lu Fan to surrender under the leadership of Liu Shi.

After Xu Yi left, Jia Xu and Xu Shu smiled and said to Liu Qi: "Congratulations, my lord, since Sun Quan is the real culprit behind the murder of Sun Ce, the last general believes that Zhou Yu is not invulnerable, in fact, even if this matter is false, as long as rumors spread, Sun Quan's monarchs and ministers will be suspicious of each other, this is actually our opportunity." ”

Liu Qi was also overjoyed when he heard this, and said with a faint smile: "This is sending charcoal in the snow, someone will send dry food when you are hungry, and someone will send a pillow if you are sleepy, we can send someone to sneak into Wanling secretly and spread rumors everywhere, which will inevitably cause the hearts of Jiangdong people to fluctuate, as long as the political situation in Jiangdong is unstable, it is our opportunity." ”

Xu Shu said to Liu Qi: "Hehe, in fact, this is not a rumor at all, but a fact, presumably Sun Quan is frightened in his heart at the same time, he will inevitably find a way to cleanse those who do not obey him, although Zhou Yu is wise, but Sun Ce's person, presumably he will definitely be suspicious of Sun Quan, in this way, we will have a chance to seize Anwu, as long as we occupy Anwu, Jing County will have no danger to defend, as long as Jing County is occupied, Wanling will be at your fingertips." ”

And Jia Xu flashed a gleam in his eyes, and said with a faint smile: "As long as the rumors are together, even if Sun Quan does not suspect Zhou Yu, the lower officials have a way to make them have a new suspicion, as long as the seeds of suspicion are planted, they can only become more and more estranged, but not closer and closer." ”