From Soochow to Jicheng, although the distance is long, the defense along the road is far from being tight. Before arriving at the mouth of the Haihe River, the www.biquge.info is full of sea. Although the Tang army had a strong navy, it could not guarantee that the soldiers and horses of Eastern Wu would not be allowed to cross the defensive line.

After arriving at the mouth of the Bashui Sea, if you want to go to Jicheng, you only need to pass through Yuyang County. Yuyang County, as Li Yi's old nest, has been in business for many years, but the so-called lights are dark, and the defense here is actually very lax.

In other words, Zhou Yu's contact with Sun Jian is completely possible!

The small number of soldiers and horses brought by Zhou Yu was of course not enough to conquer Jicheng, and even if Sun Jian had different intentions, he did not have the ability to instigate a rebellion. But if the two collude, one is a bluff attack, and the other is a tacit understanding of the indiscriminate command and movement of the army, then things will be very bad.

This is not the first time Zhuge Liang has come to remind Li Yi, he believes that Sun Jian should be relieved of his position as soon as possible, and put him under house arrest, and wait until the alarm is lifted before dealing with it.

It is not only Zhuge Liang who has this idea, but also the consensus reached by Liu Bowen, Guo Jia and other staff.

Li Yi understood the thoughts of Zhuge Liang and others.

In the final analysis, Sun Jian has too little contact with his colleagues, which seems too mysterious, and his status in Datang is not very important and irreplaceable. Therefore, whether it was Zhuge Liang or other aides, they all advocated the most drastic means to deal with him.

The only thing that is different is Jia Xu. Although the old fox was the first to make a prompt, he didn't make a conclusion on how to deal with Sun Jian, but just said: Be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years, or the face that refuses to take responsibility.

"Removed from office and placed under house arrest on trumped-up charges? It's a little unfair to Wentai. Li Yi shook his head noncommittally and sighed softly.

Sun Jian and him are also old acquaintances, and now they have become his father-in-law, Li Yi feels very embarrassed.

"Hurry up and do the right thing!" Zhuge Liang had no intention of backing down, and said in an accentuated tone, "It's better than making amends!" ”

Li Yi suddenly changed his words and said, "However, Kong Ming, have you thought about it, maybe Zhou Yu and they just want us to do this." ”

"This ......" Zhuge Liang hesitated slightly, this possibility does exist.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of desperate behavior is self-defeating. As long as the militias in various places organize and resist for three to five days, the lone army of Eastern Wu will be finished.

However, if Li Yi replaces Sun Jian with a piece of paper, then the problem will be serious.

As soon as Sun Jian was taken, the army of Eastern Wu had arrived, and the hearts of the people in Beijing were bound to be turbulent. When the time comes, will the defense of the Jingshi still be able to be smoothly organized? Will there be internal and external troubles?

You must know that Zhou Yu is not easy to deal with, and rashly disposing of Sun Jian may bring danger.

Zhuge Liang is characterized by being thoughtful, and he didn't expect this before, just because he had full confidence in the defense of the left-behind troops. But now after listening to Li Yi's words, Zhuge Liang became silent, not speechless, but thinking and deducing the battle situation.

Li Yi didn't urge, just waited quietly, he also wanted to hear Zhuge Liang's thoughts after thinking about it wholeheartedly.

This is half an hour, and the brighter and brighter sunlight shines on the clear river, reflecting colorful light, and Li Yi is a little distracted for a while.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang suddenly raised his head and said, "I understand!" ”

"Huh?" Li Yi raised his eyes and looked over, only to see Zhuge Liang's face glowing with a strange brilliance, which should be the reflection of the river, but Li Yi always felt that it was the light of wisdom.

I only heard Zhuge Liang say: "If the minister's expectations are not bad, Zhou Yu's plan should be like this......"

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At the same time in Jiankang City, the civil and military ministers of Eastern Wu also gathered in the palace because of a flying pigeon biography.

"The Southern Barbarian Army was defeated, and it was defeated so badly...... Li Yi, Li Yi, you really deserve to be the biggest opponent in my life! ”

Listening to Sun Quan's whispering, everyone looked at each other.

If I guessed correctly, His Majesty was stimulated too much this time, and even beyond his ability to bear.

The southern barbarian army went north, and in the eyes of laymen, it was the whim of Meng Huo and other southern barbarian leaders, and their heads were hot. But in fact, only these people here know how much thought and resources their own camp has spent on this!

Only a layman would think that the achievement of the vertical and horizontal cooperation only requires a three-inch incorruptible tongue from Zhang Yi and Su Qin. Political friendship and rupture are destined to be accompanied by a large transfer of interests, and this is the truth.

It is no exaggeration to say that if there was no alliance with the Southern Barbarian Army, the Eastern Wu army could use the saved materials to recruit and arm an army of 100,000 people. Even the elite selected with high standards can train 50,000 soldiers.

In addition, for the sake of this operation, His Majesty even sold Liu Bei's Shu Han. It's not that His Majesty doesn't know the truth of the cold lips and teeth, and ignores Liu Bei's Shu Han regime. It was really clear to him that even if he joined forces with Liu Bei, it would be difficult to resist the attack of the powerful Tang army.

For this reason, His Majesty chose to betray Shu Han and Liu Bei, and then lobbied the Southern Barbarians to attack the Tang army, in order to attract Li Yi as far away from the Central Plains as possible and facilitate the implementation of his own strategy.

However, a huge amount of materials were invested, but in the end, they failed to contain the Tang army, and the result was too tragic.

At the moment of hearing the news, who among the people present was not like being hit by a thunderbolt from a sunny day, first burning inside, their minds were blank, and then they wanted to cry without tears?

It is not surprising that His Majesty has lost his temper to this point.

"The Southern Barbarian Army has suffered a crushing defeat, even if Meng Shu has the heart to fight to the death, he has no power to return to heaven. The most pessimistic consideration is that Li Yi may be able to lead the cavalry back to the Central Plains around the middle of the year...... Your Majesty, where to go, you should make a decision as soon as possible! ”

The first to recover from the shock was Lu Su, the young man showing astonishing composure in the face of a heavy mountain-like decision.

Everyone looked at Sun Quan in unison.

Now there are only two choices left for Sun Quan, give up the surprise attack on Jicheng, and also give up this big battle, comprehensively shrink his forces, and resist the attack of the Tang army with the Yangtze River.

This has the advantage of dragging the war into a protracted war.

Although Li Yi destroyed Shu Han and defeated the Southern Barbarian Army, the casualties were not small, and the Southern Expeditionary Army was less than half of the scale compared with the beginning of the war. After the war has been waged for so long, the amount of grain and grass consumed is also quite large, and after taking all the Yizhou and Nanban lands, there may not be the strength to continue to attack Eastern Wu.

Although Cao Jun's current territory is not as big as that of the Tang Dynasty, Jiaozhou is already in the bag, and after the Southern Barbarian Army poured out, the Shan area has also become the meat of the mouth. With a population of more than 5 million in a radius of thousands of miles, these sites still have a lot to do as long as they hold their ground and operate calmly for a few years.

If you don't retreat, you can only continue to implement the established strategy, which is a strategy with considerable risks!

With the containment of the Southern Barbarian Army, this strategy is a good strategy that can be attacked and defended when retreating. And now that the Southern Barbarian Army is in ruins, if you continue to do so, you will embark on a very steep path.

Win and win! If you lose, you will never recover!

Just last night, His Majesty convened a military meeting to discuss the specific details of this policy. Lu Xun's urgent letter completely changed the situation.

Although Lu Su's speech did not have an obvious tendency, he was obedient and listened to the sound, and this military advisor was obviously more inclined to seek stability, but he was worried about stimulating the emperor, so he expressed it more vaguely.

Now, it's up to His Majesty to decide.

"Half a month, half a month!" Sun Quan's face was pale, and he repeated it several times, and his voice became louder and louder, and finally he roared loudly in a roar-like voice, "I have made up my mind!" Just bet on this half a month, the winner and the loser will be the loser! ”

In fact, at this moment, the situation is already in full swing, and Zhou Yu has already led the elite naval army to set off, and he is on the vast sea at the moment. Even if Sun Quan wanted to withdraw from the army, it would be difficult to contact Zhou Yu.

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What decision Soochow will make, Li Yi doesn't know, and he doesn't have time to pay attention to such a problem, what he is most concerned about at this moment is the success or failure of Xu Maogong's envoy.

Xu Maogong asked for orders to pacify the remnants of the Southern Barbarians that day, and what he did was not to solve it by force, but to enter the enemy camp alone and solve the problem with eloquence and courage.

From the bottom of his heart, Li Yi didn't want Xu Maogong to go, it was too dangerous. The Southern Barbarians are already at the end of their rope, and there is no unified command system, who knows if they will suddenly go crazy? To deal with such an enemy, Li Yi was of course unwilling to pay the price of losing his chief military advisor.

However, Xu Maogong was very persistent, and the analysis he made was also very incisive, and after hesitation, Li Yi still agreed to Xu Maogong.

Xu Maogong has been gone for more than half of two days, and the three-day deadline is about to arrive, but the Southern Barbarian Army has not moved.

Li Yi began to worry, and for a while he didn't care about the situation in the Central Plains and the conspiracy of Soochow.

In a hurry, there was a sharp sound of footsteps outside the tent, and Dian Wei stumbled in, shouting: "Your Majesty, the matter is done, General Mao Gong has succeeded, and the soldiers and horses of the dove department have arrived in Wuge Cave!" ”

"Oh?" Li Yi got up with great joy, took three steps and made two steps to the tent door, "Okay, so good!" Pass the order, the whole army will be pulled, and the target is Ugo Cave! ”

"Whoa!"

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In Wuge Cave, Meng Yu glanced at his younger brother Meng You, saw the latter nodding, signaling that he was ready, and then he mentioned the reins of the horse, and greeted him with the military advisor King Duosi, and laughed: "The two chiefs are really brave and brave to win the three armies, and they actually broke through the interception of Yue Yun's thief, it is really endless for me to be a southern barbarian!" Where are the Zhu tribesmen? Could it be ......"

Meng Huo was surprised, but there was a hidden murder in his words.

Ning Xing and Nong Xuan were both slightly cold in their hearts, knowing that if a correct answer was not good, today would be a situation where blood was splashed on the spot.

Ning Xing smiled and said loudly: "The barbarian king said that he laughed, that Yue Yun is the son of Yue Fei, the general of the Tang Dynasty, who is brave and brave, and the elite cavalry under his command is a division of a hundred battles, where can he easily break through?" It's just that he was worried about the casualties of the soldiers, and he couldn't take us for a while, so he simply pretended to be generous and let us go into the cave to eat food. ”