"Guard Cao, I'm really sorry, I didn't expect such a thing to happen. At the beginning, General Ben gave the extra paper armor to others, thinking that they could contribute to the great cause of resisting Hu in the future, but he didn't expect to cause so much trouble to the guard Cao! ”

When everything that happened in the barracks reached Pengcheng, Zu Ti learned about it, and immediately came to see Wei Shuo and apologized in person. Wei Shuo didn't blame Zu Ti, he knew that Zu Ti was a bright and upright man.

Wei Shuo smiled and comforted: "General Zu, you don't have to be so sorry, this matter has nothing to do with you." It's completely because the family is too greedy, they habitually want to keep all the good things for themselves, but they didn't expect to kick the iron plate this time. ”

"In fact, if they discussed it carefully, it was not impossible to provide them with a batch of paper armor, but they grabbed it when they came up, which angered Zhang Erlang, who was guarding the barracks at the time. You also know that Erlang's temper is not very good, and in a fit of anger, he let people beat them in public. ”

"Are those people alright?" Wei Shuo pretended to be concerned.

"It's not a big deal, it's just a flesh wound!"

In fact, Zu Ti was also very dissatisfied with the family officer, but now that the military power in Pengcheng was completely in the hands of the family, it was impossible for him to suppress the family as he wanted like Wei Shuo. If he really did that, I am afraid that before the Hu people came to attack the city, he himself would be tied up by the family and given to the Hu people.

"That's good, please ask General Zu to tell those big families that if they want to take revenge on Wei, just let the horse come, and Wei will bear it."

"Oh, guard Cao, please rest assured, as long as Zu is in one day, he will never watch this happen!" Zu Ti solemnly assured.

"Hehe, General Zu, I'm not afraid of the revenge of the family, so you don't need to get involved. It's just that the military action plan we formulated at the beginning may have to change. With such a show, I'm afraid that Rihe will not be able to cooperate with the clans in the city to fight the enemy. ”

Zu Ti felt the same way, and he said with a worried face: "At the beginning, we planned to use Pengcheng as a bait and use the fortified city to consume the enemy's troops, and when the Hu people were planted in Pengcheng, the elite soldiers in the hands of Master Wei would cooperate with the defenders in the city to launch a counterattack and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop." But now it seems that this plan cannot be implemented. ”

Originally, the relationship between Wei Shuo and the family was not harmonious, but now that there is such a thing, those big families are eager to kill Wei Shuo, how can they cooperate with him to fight back against the Hu people? In case at that time, Wei Shuo was released by the family to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, with less than 3,000 troops in Wei Shuo's hands, he would not be swallowed by the Hu people in one bite?

"General Zu, are you thinking about evacuating Pengcheng in advance?"

"Evacuate early? Where to evacuate? ”

Wei Shuo didn't say a word, pulled Zu Ti to the inner room, and when he came to the sand table, he pointed to the four eastern and southern counties of Xuzhou, namely Xiapi Kingdom, Linhuai Kingdom, Guangling County, and Donghai Kingdom: "General Zu, you see, Xiapi Country is close to Pengcheng Kingdom, once Pengcheng is lost, Xiapi will bear the brunt." ”

"In the future, Xiapi and the western part of Donghai will become the main battlefield of tug-of-war between the enemy and us, and if we want to achieve the goal of long-term resistance to Hu, we must also put pressure on the enemy from two directions, so as to echo and support each other. In the future, Wei will withdraw to the eastern coastal zone of the East China Sea and persist in the battle, threatening the Hu people from the east of Xuzhou. ”

The general, on the other hand, could base himself on the two counties of Guangling and Linhuai, and then go out to the next to threaten the south of the Hu people. In this way, even if the Hu people cannot be driven out of Xuzhou for a while, it can also make the Hu people unable to care about each other and prevent the Hu people from occupying the entire Xuzhou. ”

This was the first time Wei Shuo had told Zu Ti about the plan in his heart, and he had been thinking about this plan for a long time. The retreat of the army was imperative. This time, the Hu people came to attack wantonly, and if they couldn't take one or two counties, Zhao Gu and Wang Sang would not give up. Therefore, it is the best policy to abandon Pengcheng State, as well as Dongguan County, Langya State and the western territory of Donghai Kingdom in the north to satisfy the enemy's greed, and then use the vast world of Xuzhou to implement long-term anti-Hu resistance.

"Can't we gather and annihilate this group of Hu people in Pengcheng Country?" Zu Ti still held the idea of defending the enemy outside Xuzhou, and was not very interested in Wei Shuo's long-term anti-Hu strategy.

Wei Shuo sighed and said: "I understand the general's hard work, but the Hu people are powerful, and the resistance to Hu is by no means something that can be completed overnight." Even if we eliminate Zhao Gu and Wang Sang this time, what can we do? In case they jumped off the wall in a hurry and lured Cao Wei, Wang Mi, Shi Le and others south to Xuzhou, what should we do at that time? ”

"Why hasn't Cao Wei, the Qingzhou Thorn Shi who is close at hand, noticed the changes in the situation in Xuzhou? Could it be that Cao Wei has no intention of annexing Xuzhou? I'm afraid three-year-old children don't believe this! The internal fetters in Qingzhou and the jealousy of Wang Sang and Zhao Gu are the real reasons why Cao Wei did not fight Xuzhou for the time being. ”

Zu Ti felt a pang in his heart, and then he realized that Wang Sang and Zhao Gu's entry into Kou Xuzhou was likely to be just a temptation by the Hu people to Xuzhou. Bigwigs like Wang Mi, Shi Le, and Cao Wei have not yet realized that Xuzhou is a piece of fat, and once Wang Sang and Zhao Gu lure other Hu generals to help under the defeat, Zu Ti really doesn't have the confidence to stay in the county again.

But if he really wanted to retreat south as Wei Shuo said, Zu Ti was still a little unwilling. The great victory in Liuxian County gave Zu Ti a lot of confidence, and he really hoped to continue to cooperate with Wei Shuo and defeat Hu Ren again in Pengcheng as originally planned. But today's Wei Shuo's words had to make him think deeply about whether it was appropriate to continue to implement the original plan.

"There must be little future if you continue to stay in Pengcheng, if the general wants to make meritorious contributions and serve the imperial court, he must jump out of Pengcheng. As long as you and I are united and the southeast echoes, we will be able to ensure that most of Xuzhou is not lost. ”

"With the great victory of staying in the county, General Zu can be regarded as having an explanation to Lord Shi, even if he loses Pengcheng, presumably the court will not embarrass the general. If you add the ancestral family behind the general, it shouldn't be difficult to find a position as a county guard in Xuzhou, right? ”

"What does Guard Cao mean by this?" The last thing Zu Ti likes in his life is naked trading.

"What else could it be like! I believe that what kind of person Pei Dun is, I think the generals are also very clear, right? To tell the truth, in the future, the overall situation of Xuzhou's resistance to Hu will not rely on him, but also on General Zu. In the future, Wei will take the head of the general and the horse, and the two of us will work together to drive the Hu people out of Xuzhou in the future. ”

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Zu Yi returned to Pengcheng with a heavy heart, and his brother Zu Yue saw his brother's absent-minded look, and couldn't help asking, "Brother, didn't the guard Cao accept your apology?" Hey, this Wei Shuo is too ignorant! The elder brother went to explain in person, but he didn't accept it, what did he want to do? ”

"What nonsense?" Hearing this, Zu Yi glared at Zu Yue and scolded: "The guard Cao is open-minded, and he doesn't pay attention to that little thing at all, what are you talking nonsense here?" If it reaches the ears of the guards Cao, won't it make people misunderstand? ”

"Hehe, didn't I see my brother unhappy and guessed!" Zu Yue licked his face and smiled, "Brother, since the guard Cao doesn't blame us, then why do you still look happy?" ”

Zu Ti glanced at his brother, then beckoned him to come closer, and then he told his brother Wei Shuo's plan word for word. Unexpectedly, Zu Yue immediately became excited when he heard it, and he forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart and said, "Brother, what do you think?" ”

"I can't make up my mind for the time being, intellectually speaking, Wei Shuo's plan to base himself on Guangling and Linhuai is very good, but emotionally speaking, I can't bear to abandon Peng Chengguo." In the face of his own brothers, Zu Ti unreservedly revealed his true thoughts and thoughts.

"Brother, what is there to hesitate about? Immediately, immediately go south! Before Pei Dun could react, he immediately wrote to King Langya, asking him to appoint his brother as the new assassin of Xuzhou, and move the administrative office from Pengcheng to Guangling City, so that his brother could expand his power in Xuzhou openly. ”

Zu Yue could see at a glance that once Wei Shuo's plan was realized, Zu Xiao would inevitably gain great benefits from it. That's why Zu Yue was very excited, and he couldn't wait to let his brother go south.