Liu Feng sat on the trestle and watched the warships slowly sail back to the dock.

Liu Feng felt a little strange, since Ling Tong and the others dared to make such a risky move, they must have the belief that if they did not succeed, they would become benevolent.

But now, since Ling Tong and the others already knew that they were defeated, they did not flee or fight, but returned to the Whisker Dock, which was a bit surprising.

Could it be that Ling Tong and the others are afraid of death?

No, it shouldn't be.

Liu Feng didn't think through it, so he didn't order the navy to annihilate them, but allowed them to enter the port to see what their purpose was.

When the boat docked, hundreds of soldiers surrounded it.

The bridge was put down, and Ling Tong, Pan Zhang, Zhou Xun and others all walked off the boat silently with their heads bowed empty-handed.

"My lord, these untrustworthy people dare to try to commit murder against the lord, why don't you kill them all to set an example."

The veteran Yan Yan was furious, and his face was full of murderous anger.

Ling Tong and the others tried in vain to take advantage of the opportunity of surrender to lure themselves, such a move, if it was normal, with Liu Feng's surname, they would definitely kill Liwei.

But now, Liu Feng can't be so ruthless.

Zhou Yu had 70,000 soldiers in his hands, and he owned half of Yangzhou and the whole of Xuzhou.

At present, although Liu Feng can kill Ling Tong and others, there are still tens of thousands of people such as Shouchun and Jiang Qin on the front line of Xiapi.

If this move made Jiang Qin and the others feel cold and frightened, they would go north to Cao Ying, or openly confront themselves, wouldn't it take a lot of effort at that time.

After weighing it, Liu Feng temporarily suppressed the killing intent and said lightly: "Let's see what they have to say first." ”

Ling Tong and Pan Zhang, under the indignant gaze of the Jingzhou soldiers, silently walked to Liu Feng.

"General Ling, I, Liu Feng, treat each other with sincerity, but you return like this, it really chills me." Liu Feng stood tall and sighed in disappointment.

Ling Tong stepped forward, knelt on one knee, presented a silk book with both hands, and said silently: "This is a suicide note written by Zhou Dudu to the general, he has an explanation before his death, if I fail, I will hand this book to the general for seeing." ”

Zhou Yu's suicide note?

Hearing Ling Tong's words, could it be that Zhou Yu had already expected that his trick would be miscalculated?

"Show it to me."

Liu Feng's suspicion increased, and he wanted to see with great interest what Zhou Yu would have to say to him.

After taking the letter, he unfolded the silk book, and the handwriting of the handsome man jumped into his eyes one by one.

The content of the letter is simple.

At the beginning, it was a sentence of sorry, sorry that Liu Feng was designed before he died.

Then, Zhou Yu claimed in the letter that his plan was just to appease the unwillingness of his subordinates, and hoped that Liu Feng would understand.

Finally, Zhou Yu said that Ling Tong and the others were all loyal and brave, and they had told them before they died, once this plan failed, they would turn to Liu Feng with all their hearts, hoping that Liu Feng could forgive them with a great mind.

After reading this letter, Liu Feng couldn't help but feel emotional.

Before, he was still glad to see through Zhou Yu's strategy, but now when he saw this letter, he realized that Zhou Lang had long known that his strategy would fail.

Liu Feng suddenly had a feeling now that this "farce" performed by Ling Tong and others seemed to be more like an old friend of God who had just made a joke with him.

"We are all willing to serve General Liu, but if the general does not forgive us for our crimes, he can behead us to relieve our anger, and we have no regrets."

Ling Tong clenched his fists, and his tone was generous.

At this moment, Liu Feng's anger passed quietly.

He turned over and dismounted, helped Ling Tong and the others up, looked at them with a smile, and said happily: "If I can get your help, why worry about my Liu Feng's great cause, we will work together to create a hegemony." ”

######洛阳城.

A heavy rain has passed, and black clouds are still overhead, as if a bigger storm is about to fall again.

In the high-gate mansion, the middle-aged man with a seven-foot-long and indifferent expression was pacing up the steps outside the lobby.

The cool, wet wind, with the smell of earth, swept through the courtyard.

The three-inch black and white beard moved with the wind, and the wide robe whirred in the wind.

A burst of small footsteps came, he raised his head, and in his field of vision, the person who hurriedly walked towards him was Jiang Ji.

This Jiang Ji was originally a native of Chu Guoping, and when he was young, he was famous in Jianghuai, and after defecting to Cao Ying, he was transferred to Yangzhou.

During the Battle of Jiangling that year, Zhou Yu used Pang Tong's strategy to invite Sun Quan to lead the army to attack Hefei in order to relieve the pressure on Jiangling.

At that time, Cao Ying only sent Runan guard general Zhang Xi to ride more than 1,000 steps to relieve the aid of Hefei, at that time Jiang Ji offered advice to the assassin history, falsely claimed to get Zhang Xi's letter, 40,000 foot horses have been close to Hefei, repair the book three ways, and send messengers into Hefei to inform the guards.

As a result, one envoy entered the city, but the other two envoys were captured by the Wu army, Sun Quan believed it, and was so frightened that he burned down the camp and retreated to the south of the Yangtze River on the same day, so Hefei was preserved.

Since then, Jiang Ji has repeatedly offered advice, and gradually been recognized by Cao Ying, and after several promotions, he has now been appointed as the right middle general.

"Zhongda, there is such a big thing in the south, you are so leisurely." Jiang Ji's smile implied a bit of irony.

The Zhongda in Jiang Ji's mouth is none other than Sima Yi of Hanoi.

Sima is a famous family in Hanoi, Sima Yi is quite famous in the forest, Cao Ying valued his name back then, and repeatedly conquered, Sima Yi had to choose to go out.

As a result, Sima Yi is because of the "wolf appearance", although he is out of office but not for reuse, when it is now, he is just the prime minister's Dongcao genus.

However, the two are close friends in private.

A smile suddenly appeared on Sima Yi's indifferent face, and he entered with Jiang Ji.

The guest and host sat down, and Sima Yi smiled: "Recently, I have been recuperating at home, I don't know what is happening in the south?" ”

Jiang Ji took a sip of tea, and unhurriedly put Zhou Yu on his own, Liu Feng to destroy Wu, and then Zhou Yu died of illness, and before he died, he sent Lianghuai to Liu Feng and other things, all in one breath.

That's it, Jiang Ji said again: "Now Liu Fengxiong has no less than 300,000 soldiers with armor in the five states of Jing, Yi, Jiao, Yang, and Xu, and has become the largest prince in the world, Zhongda, do you think this is a big deal?" ”

Jiang Ji has been an official in Yangzhou for many years and has a lot of old knowledge, so he knows what is happening in the southeast even faster than Cao Ying.

"This Liu Feng is really not simple, I didn't expect Liu Xuande to raise such a good son......"

Sima Yi's response was just a bland exclamation.

Jiang Ji flattened the corners of his mouth and complained: "Zhongda, now is not the time to sigh, the general trend of the world has changed, you and I should be prepared in advance." ”

"What do you mean......" Sima Yi frowned slightly.

Previously, Cao Ying took advantage of the time when Liu and Sun were fighting, and took the opportunity to draw out his troops to attack Tongguan again, wanting to destroy Liu Bei first and capture Guanlong.

But Cao Ying didn't expect that Liu Bei won the hearts of the people in Guanzhong, and it was not easy to attack, and the two sides were in a stalemate in Tongguan for several months, but there was no progress.

And when Liu Bei and Cao Ying were fighting, Liu Feng swallowed almost everything in Eastern Wu within a few months.

In the current situation, Liu Feng has obviously replaced Cao Ying's position and become the world's first hegemon, and the strength of the north and south has reversed, which is exactly what Jiang Ji refers to as "the general trend of the world has changed".

Jiang Ji stood up, walked to the door and glanced outside, seeing that the partition wall was earless, he turned around and came back to Sima Yi's side.

He lowered his voice and almost whispered: "Liu Feng's next goal must be to enter the Central Plains north, and Prime Minister Cao Cheng was caught between the two Liu things, in my opinion, most of them are powerless to resist." The Central Plains is about to change hands, so how can we prepare early. ”

"Oh." Sima Yi replied casually.

Jiang Ji was unhappy, and grinned: "Zhongda, don't look like you're not angry, there are no outsiders here." At the moment of great change, you don't take the idea, who takes the idea. ”

Sima Yi smiled, he stood up, hugged his chest with one hand, touched his chin with the other, and paced slowly in this hall.

After a long time, a hint of cunning flashed through his eyes.

#####潼关.

In the big tent, Cao Yingtie sat there motionless with a blue face.

I have never felt so depressed in my life.

Even when Yanzhou rebelled and was almost forced to the point of homelessness by Chen Gong and Lu Bu, he never became discouraged.

But now, Cao Ying feels a sense of loss from the bottom of his heart.

Just a few months ago, he received information from Yanzhou, Zhou Yu, Sun Quan, Liu Feng, the three Jiangnan heroes have signs of fighting to the death.

At that time, he was still confident that he could take the opportunity to clean up Liu Bei, and then turn around and clean up the defeated princes in the south.

But now, it seems that the embankment of a thousand miles has collapsed everywhere, and the situation in the world is like a flood bursting from the embankment, which is completely beyond his control and imagination.

Am I old?

Cao Ying looked at the information in his hand about Liu Feng's unification of the south, and had strong doubts about himself in his heart.

"Liu Feng has unified the south, what do you think?" Cao Ying put down the information in his hand, looked around at the strategists, and asked in a deep voice.

No one spoke.

Cao Ying set his eyes on Liu Ye, Liu Ye hesitated, and had to say: "After Liu Feng unifies the south, the next step will inevitably be to march to Luoyang from Nanyang and Xuzhou, and the prime minister must be guarded against." ”

"What's the defense?" Cao Ying asked coldly.

"This ......" is as resourceful as Liu Ye, and it is difficult to solve this dilemma for a while, and he can't help but sweat beads on his forehead.

Looking at the other strategists, they all lowered their heads to avoid Cao Ying's gaze, all of them with a look of shame.

In the end, Cao Ying fixed his eyes on Jia Xu, the old fox he loved and hated.

Last time, it was the serial plan he came up with that made Cao Ying lose Nanyang and Guanlong in a row, and completely lost his advantage over the south.

Cao Ying naturally resented this.

But now, Cao Ying also knows that except for this person, he is afraid that no one can solve his problem.

Cao Ying's demeanor softened a little, and asked, "Wenhe, do you have any opinions?" ”

Jia Xu coughed lightly and said lightly: "I think that in the current situation, the prime minister has only one choice to reverse this predicament." ”

"What choice?" Cao Ying's spirit was lifted.

"Unite with Liu Bei and resist Liu Feng together."

(To be continued)