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"So, in Mr. Mao's opinion, how much of Cai Mao's descent is false and how much is true?"

"And what do you think?" Zhuge asked rhetorically. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Fang Shao pondered for a long time, "In terms of feelings, Cai Mao surrendered to protect the clan, and it is reasonable that Cai Mao surrendered to not be reused by Cao Ying, it seems that from these two aspects, his surrender makes sense." But ......"

"But what?" Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and asked.

"But I don't believe him." Fang Shao replied very simply.

Zhuge Liang smiled: "You don't believe him, but is there any reason?" ”

Fang Shao shook his head, "There is no reason, it's purely distrust of this person, perhaps, if you change someone who has nothing to do with Jingzhou at all, I can believe it, but this Cai Mao, with the experience of his surrender to Cao Ying, I can't trust him." ”

Fang Shao's answer is also true, in fact, because he is a person who travels through time, many times, because of the prophet, he always has a preconceived bad impression of some people, just like for this Cai Mao, he always has a kind of wariness that he can't tell.

Zhuge Liang thought for a moment, "Okay, then let's not ask if it's true or not, let's assume that Cai Mao is a false surrender, then what is his purpose?" ”

Once he had a definite direction, Fang Shao's thinking broadened a lot, and he immediately said: "If he is indeed a false surrender, then the reason is much simpler. Cao Ying just wanted to lure our army deep into the Nanyang Plain, and take advantage of his cavalry superiority to encircle and annihilate our army in one fell swoop. At that time, even if the king is lucky, it will be a big loss of vitality. Cao Ying can reverse the passive situation in one fell swoop. ”

"Well said!" Zhuge Liang praised loudly, "Actually, what you said is also my concern, since you also agree, then we will jointly reply to the king and expose Cao Ying's trick." ”

Fang Shao had agreed, but suddenly, a bold idea appeared in his mind, and he smiled secretly, "Sir, since Cao Ying is playing tricks, then why don't we just do it?" ”

As soon as Zhuge Liang saw his sly smile, he knew that he had thought of some ghost idea again, and he couldn't help but be interested, "Zhongzheng, what kind of ghost plan do you have again?" ”

Fang Shao said with a smile: "Actually, it's not a ghost scheme, I think, anyway, the king will also raise troops to attack Guanlong in the near future, since at this juncture, Cao Ying is sent to the door, so why not take him into the army." ”

Zhuge Liang saw that his expression was confident, and then he became excited, "What good plan do you have, you might as well say it clearly." ”

"My plan is like this, let's just ask the king to pretend to agree to Cai Mao's surrender, if Cai Mao is a false surrender, then Cao Ying wants to encircle and annihilate our army, and must deploy heavy troops around Nanyang, so that Guanlong must be empty. At that time, the three eastern counties and Xiangfan could make a false impression of feint attack on Nanyang, and the king should also transfer some Hanzhong soldiers and horses to the east into the three eastern counties, so that Cao Ying would be convinced of our plan. And at this moment, our army can take it by surprise and quickly attack the west of Longshan in one fell swoop. ”

Fang Shao's strategy surprised Zhuge Liang, he couldn't help but stand up, pacing back and forth excitedly, after thinking for a long time, he said: "If you want Cao Ying to be convinced of our plan, then the king must personally lead a sizable army into the three eastern counties. But in this way, the Hanzhong troops that can be used to capture Longyou have been weakened a lot, and Xiahou Yuan's soldiers and horses stationed in Guanlong have at least 50,000, and nearly 20,000 are cavalry. ”

Zhuge Liang's worries are also in line with his cautious characteristics, but his caution is also reasonable, Xiahou Yuan is a famous general under Cao Ying, when he pacified the battle of Longyou, he repeatedly won more with less, and successively defeated Han Sui, Ma Chao and Song Jian, the king of Qiang, which can be described as Weizhen Guanxi.

In history, Liu Beiding's army killed Xiahou Yuan, and it was also thanks to the danger of Shu that he won by surprise. And if you send troops to Longyou and fight against Xiahou Yuan's elite infantry cavalry with cavalry superiority in the plains, there is no strength several times that of the enemy, and the outcome is really unknown.

However, since Fang Shao proposed this plan, he was naturally confident, so he smiled and said: "Sir, have you forgotten, the Hanshui runs through Hanzhong and the three eastern counties, and then as long as you confirm Cao Ying's plan, the main force is in Nanyang, and the king's soldiers and horses only need to go up the river, and they can return to Hanzhong in a few days. ”

Fang Shao's strategy made Zhuge Liang fall into contemplation, and after a long time, Fang Dao: "You are right, according to our 'Longzhong Policy' back then, the Northern Expedition to Guanlong should have been the main direction of attack, and the invasion of Nanyang is just a way to contain it. Zhongzheng, you should go to Hanzhong as soon as possible and explain our proposition to the king. ”

Fang Shao and Kong Ming had already discussed, so they left Zhuge Mansion and returned to their own mansion, preparing to pack up a little and set off for Hanzhong as soon as possible.

When Fang Shao was still on the road, the house was no longer quiet.

Early in the morning, when Fang Shao had just gone out, a guest came to the house, the man was not there, Zhuge Rong came out to entertain the guest as his wife, and Sun Shangxiang heard that a guest was coming, in order to show his existence, he also followed out.

The two met outside the lobby door, Sun Shangxiang remembered Xiao Qiao's advice, naturally bowed slightly to Zhuge Rong, and said with a smile: "Sister is early." ”

Zhuge Rong also returned the salute and asked, "Sister, why did you come out?" ”

Sun Shangxiang said calmly: "I heard that there was a guest at home to visit, so I wanted to come out and help my sister call together." ”

Dai Fujun's hospitality was originally a matter of showing the identity of the hostess, Zhuge Rong was busy and happy, and now there is one more woman to grab the "job" with herself, of course Zhuge Rong will be displeased, but it is not easy to say anything, and she has to pretend to be moved and thanked: "With my sister helping, my sister has saved a lot of trouble." ”

So, the two walked into the front hall together, and when they saw the guest dangling back and forth in the hall, their faces couldn't help but change.

Zhuge Rong's brows immediately furrowed slightly, obviously not very welcoming to the visitor. And Sun Shangxiang was a little inexplicable, and he didn't understand how such a guest could come to the door.

It was Ma Yunlu who was swaying east and west in the guest hall, and he didn't look restrained at all, as if this was his own territory and he was in charge.

When Ma Yunlu heard the sound of footsteps, he knew that someone was coming, and when he turned around, he saw Zhuge Rong and another beautiful young woman who had never met entering together, so she stepped forward with a smile, and said generously as if she had seen the old days: "Mrs. Zhuge , I haven't seen you for a long time, you are still so beautiful." If I'm not mistaken, this more beautiful lady should be the eldest lady of Dongwu Sun from General Fang Xinna. ”

Zhuge Rong didn't want to see this Ma Yunlu in the first place, and even more so when she heard this, she thought that you just said that I was beautiful, but then said that Sun Shangxiang was "more beautiful", why didn't she like to listen to it so much.

Sun Shangxiang was also unhappy, because when Ma Yunlu mentioned her, although he praised himself for being more beautiful, he used the word "acceptance" instead of "marry", which undoubtedly devalued his identity, and Sun Shangxiang of course listened to it unpleasantly.

If it were Sun Shangxiang in the past, she might have given her a look a long time ago, but now as a wife and after Xiao Qiao's good training, Sun Shangxiang's temper has changed a lot.

At that moment, Sun Shangxiang didn't have a seizure, and asked Zhuge Rong: "Sister, this is ......?"

"My sister doesn't know, this is our husband's old friend, the sister of General Mengqi of Xiliang Ma, Miss Yunlu."

"Old friends? Could it be that this woman is entangled with her husband? Sun Shangxiang slightly understood Zhuge Rong's hints, and became more and more jealous of this Ma Yunlu.

When mentioning the 'old friend', Zhuge Rong deliberately accentuated her tone, and then said: "Miss Ma is really a rare guest, I don't know what is the matter with the arrival today?" ”

Ma Yunlu smiled and said: "Mrs. Zhuge has not forgotten, I made an appointment with General Fang a few months ago to learn swordsmanship, and General Fang has not been seen for a few months when he came back, I think he must have forgotten, so I had to ask for advice." ”

Zhuge Rong sneered, "It's really unfortunate, husband, he went out on an errand early this morning, and I don't know when he will be able to return, I'm afraid that Miss Ma will come at a bad time." ”

"Husband, he is busy with affairs, even if he is at home, I am afraid that he will not have time to discuss with Miss Ma, I think Miss Ma should not find others."

Sun Shangxiang also interjected, and now at this time, when facing another woman, it is rare for her to stand on the same position as Zhuge Rong.

Ma Yunlu is not an idiot, seeing that these two women are quite unfriendly to herself, she is not happy in her heart, so she laughed and said sarcastically: "You don't have to make excuses for General Fang, I guess he also knows that his skills are not as good as others, and he doesn't want to admit defeat in front of me, so he always avoids me." ”

Ma Yunlu's tone was quite arrogant, and he actually had some intention of being strong in martial arts, which angered Sun Shangxiang at this time, so she said coldly: "Why did Miss Ma say this." My husband just disdains to do things with women, but my husband has also taught me a few tricks, if Miss Ma doesn't dislike it, I might as well accompany Miss Ma to learn a few tricks. ”

Sun Shangxiang This is a blatant provocation, Ma Yunlu is far away in Xiliang, and he doesn't know Sun Shangxiang's name, so he naturally has some disdain, seeing that this woman has fine skin and tender meat, and she still has the courage to challenge herself, Ma Yunlu wanted to teach her a lesson, so he said: "Since that's the case, then I'll have a few tricks with Mrs. Sun." ”

So, Sun Shangxiang called for two swords, and the two of them set up a frame in the backyard.

Zhuge Rong felt that this matter was a bit ridiculous, so she came to Sun Shangxiang's side and whispered to persuade: "Sister, why do you bother, the sword has no eyes, if there is a slight accident, what should I do." ”

Sun Shangxiang said confidently: "Sister, don't worry, I won't want her life, just give her some color to see, so that she will not dare to pester her husband in the future." ”

Before the words fell, Sun Shangxiang came out with a sword, and as soon as he made a move, it was not like a competition, and the sword blade was actually a direct attack on Ma Yunlu.

(To be continued)