Just when Wei Shuo commanded the Liaodong Army to show its strength in the northern grasslands, Xuzhou Zu Ti fell into a dead situation. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the beginning of May, Shi Le suddenly sent troops to attack Shouchun, and almost broke Shouchen several times, forcing Xi Jian, who was sitting in Hefei, to send troops to support Shouchun.

When everyone thought that Shi Le's target was Shouchun and Hefei, Shi Le suddenly shook a shot and directly sent troops to surround Pengcheng.

Pengcheng was besieged, and the entire Xuzhou and Huainan line shook, whether it was Wang Shu who replaced Cai Bao to guard Xuyi, or Dai Yuan, who moved to Huaiyin after Zu Ti went north, or Su Jun, who had been staying in Suiling, they all complained to Jianye.

Everyone knows very well that once Zu Ti can't hold Pengcheng, the entire territory north of the Huai River in Xuzhou may fall again, and Hu Renbing Peak may once again point directly to the line of the Huai River.

After Jianye received an emergency from Xuzhou, the atmosphere was very strange, first of all, Sima Rui, the son of heaven, hoped that Jiang Zuo could send troops to rescue Zu Li, after all, Zu Li had just reconciled with him, and Zu Li was also an important chess piece for him to contain Wang Dun and Wei Shuo.

However, Jiang Zuo is really in charge of the family, even if Sima Rui urged the imperial court to come up with a rescue strategy several times, but whether it is Shangshu Ling Diao Xie, Zhongshu Jian Wang Dao, and leading general Lu Ye, the attitude of the three is ambiguous.

These three people are the representatives of the three major forces in the court today (royalist faction, Nandu faction, Jiang ****), and the three factions are unwilling to send troops to rescue Zu Ti out of consideration of their own interests.

Among them, Wang Dun, a representative of the Nandu faction, has always regarded Zu Ti as a greater threat, and now that he has the opportunity to get rid of the other party by the hand of Hu Lu, he will naturally not send a single soldier. As early as when Wang Shu wrote to him for advice, Wang Dun had secretly instructed the other party to wait and see what happened.

And Lu Ye was born in the Jiangzuo family, in his opinion, even if Zu Ti and Wang Dun fought happily, but the other party was still the Nandu family, and the interests of the Jiangzuo family were diametrically opposed. Besides, the absence of a famous man from a northern family to hold military power is more conducive to the development of Jiangzuo's power.

It is said that the other two factions have such and such contradictions with Zu Ti, and they are unwilling to send troops to rescue Xuzhou. But Diao Xie, who is the confidant of the Son of Heaven, should be consistent with Sima Rui, but it is a pity that Diao Xie also wants to kill people with a knife and cause his ancestors to die.

The reason why Diao Xie didn't want to save Zu Ti was very simple, in his opinion, Zu Ti was no different from Wang Dun, Wei Shuo and the like, and once he grew in the future, he would threaten the imperial power. If it weren't for the previous Zu Ti' 'Bahu' seeking the position of assassin of Yuzhou for his brother Zu Yue, Diao Xie might have agreed to send troops to rescue him considering the need to suppress Wang Dun.

Since that incident, Diao Xie's perception of Zu Ti has suddenly deteriorated a lot. Even if not long ago, the reconciliation between Zu Ti and the Son of Heaven was as good as ever, but in his opinion, it was just Zu Ti who was forced to do it by external pressure, and he was not sincere at all.

The stagnation of Jiangzuo's reinforcements gave Shi Le the opportunity to calmly lay out, and he was no longer satisfied with just taking the north of the Huai River, he aimed at the entire south of the Huai River.

Seeing that things were developing in the direction that Zhang Bin had preset before, Shi Le couldn't help but sincerely admire: "Things turned out as Meng Sun expected, Jiang Zuo really didn't send the slightest reinforcements. ”

"Humph! Jiangzuo's internal strife is too serious, and a person like Zu Ti, who has no foundation in the court, will be played to death sooner or later. When you don't see Wei Zhiyuan, when his strength is not good, he has to win over Liu Kui to cheer for him. ”

Listening to Zhang Bin's mocking words, Shi Le smiled slightly and stopped paying attention, and then he pondered for a while and asked, "Mengsun, do you think we can take the opportunity to take the south of Huainan this time?" ”

"The lord wants to take the opportunity to take the south of the Huai River?" Zhang Bin was shocked, but he underestimated Shi Le's courage.

"That's right! At present, the Liaodong Army is pinned down on the grassland, and Xuzhou Zu Ti is surrounded in Pengcheng and cannot move, Li Ju and Shao Xu are not worried, and Cao Wei is a secret ally of Xiangguo. ”

"Lord, Xiangguo's fight against Pengcheng is not enough to threaten Jianye, Jiang Zuo will stand aside and watch the play, but if the army dares to attack Huainan, Jiang Zuo will definitely fight with us."

From the death of Cai Bao to the later expulsion of Zu Ti from Huaiyin, it all shows Jiangzuo's attention to Huainan. Jiangzuo along the Huai River, with the five cities of Shouchun, Dangtu, Suiling, Xuyi, and Huaiyin as the core, built a tight blockade line, just to protect the land of Huainan. ”

The corners of Shi Le's mouth twitched and said disdainfully: "Hmph! In the eyes of a certain person, Jiang Zuo's soldiers are just chickens and dogs, and there is no need to worry about it at all. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Bin persuaded very cautiously: "Lord, although the Jiangzuo soldiers are weak, the strength of their sailors cannot be underestimated. The dense water network in the Jianghuai area is not conducive to the power of our cavalry, but will make the Jiangzuo Naval Division like a fish in water. With the help of the sailors, we may not be able to fight Jiangzuo. ”

"Do you just watch the opportunity slip away?" Shile's face was full of unwillingness.

"Don't worry, it's better to take Pengcheng first, and then talk about it, and the minister will think carefully first to see if there is a good way to break the enemy!"

"Good! This matter will be entrusted to Meng Sun. ”

When Shi Le plotted to capture the land of Huainan, the news of Xuzhou's emergency also reached Jicheng, and Da Sima went out on an expedition, and all important military and political matters were entrusted to Pei Wei and Gao Zhan, who stayed in the rear.

Pei Wei, who was on duty in the political affairs hall, looked up and saw Gao Zhan hurriedly walking in, and couldn't help asking, "I don't know what happened?" Jing Qian walked in such a hurry, did the lord want the class teacher to return? ”

"Wen Ji and take a look, this is an urgent report just sent back from Xuzhou, saying that Shile suddenly sent troops to attack Xuzhou, and now Pengcheng has been surrounded, General Zu sent a messenger to Jiang Zuo for help, but Jiang Zuo just bluffed, and the reinforcements did not cross the Huai River one step."

"Isn't Pengcheng dangerous?" Pei Wei frowned, and couldn't help but worry about the situation in Xuzhou.

"Not only is Pengcheng dangerous, the entire north of the Huai River will fall into the hands of Shi Le, and the ancestors are afraid that they will not be able to escape this catastrophe."

"Jing Qian, how do you think this matter should be handled? Do I need to report it to my lord? ”

Gao Zhan did not answer Pei Wei directly, but suddenly mentioned Zu Yue, "Does Wen Ji still remember Zu Yue?" At the beginning of Shile's raid on Yuzhou, Mo Shirong suggested that the lord should use the hands of Hu Lu to eradicate the heroes from all over the world, there is a precedent to follow, you and I might as well follow suit! ”

"Shhh This is the world-famous ancestor childish? Not to mention the relationship between him and the lord, how can we also consider Liu Yueshi's feelings? ”

Pei Wei's incident will stimulate Liu Kun, anyway, Liu Kun gave up and merged with the state, took the initiative to retreat behind the scenes, and made great contributions. Liaodong also has to consider the impact to some extent, and people can't point to the backbone and scold ingratitude.

"Liu Gong doesn't need to worry too much, he is now focused on teaching students, where can he take care of Zu Li? Besides, even if Liaodong wants to calculate Xuzhou, it will not be as obvious as Jiang Zuo, and it will definitely plan carefully. At present, the lord is leading the army to go out, Liaodong is slower to react, the reinforcements are slower, and the outside world can't say that it is not coming at all. ”

After listening to Gao Zhan's words, Pei Wei bowed his head slightly in agreement, and according to the strategy set at the beginning, he and Gao Zhan jointly wrote a secret letter to Cao Hong and Zhu Wen stationed in Xuzhou and Qingzhou, detailing the overall plan, hoping that they would fully cooperate.

After getting Xuzhou, Pei Wei thought of Cao Wei and Li Ju again, and couldn't help but say: "Now there are only two people left in the Central Plains group of heroes, Li Ju and Cao Wei, if you can take the opportunity to settle Qingzhou and Sizhou, except for Zhang Yu in Liangzhou, there will only be Xiangguo and Liaodong left in the entire north." ”

Hearing this, Gao Zhan's figure was stunned and said: "In this way, it should not be far from the Armageddon, Shi Le is in a hurry to take Xuzhou, but he has no intention of expanding his strength before the decisive battle." ”

"Well, I don't rule out the possibility of this, it seems that we have to speed up our pace, and I don't know if there is a chance to force Cao Wei and Li Ju down?"

Li Ju said that once Hu Lu overpressed, he would definitely choose to surrender to Liaodong in desperation. Qingzhou is not necessarily, there are many people in Qingzhou who are not involved with Xiangguo, even if Cao Wei wants to surrender, Shi Le knows that we have to fight with us. (To be continued.) )