"Walk slowly!"

"Don't send it!"

Guo Yan stood up, watched the back in front of him walk out of the tent, and then exhaled lightly and sat back on the mat. At this time, he unexpectedly stretched out his hands and pressed his two thick fleshy palms on the wooden case in front of him, looking happy, and the whole person was indescribably relaxed. The deputy general under him, after glancing at Guo Yan, immediately moved two steps forward, and said with a shameless smile: "General! As soon as the people on General Zhang's side left, General Li's people came on the back foot, but they were really diligent. Speaking of which, they have been here two or three times before and after, and each time they have brought different gifts, and they are so respectful to the general, it is really rare. Thinking about the current competition between the two generals Zhang and Li, no one between them is indispensable to the general's support, general, you are now very important to them, they have to look at your face, it is really gratifying! ”

Guo Yan let out a long breath, looked at him, and said with a smile: "Yes, General Ben hasn't felt like being valued for a long time. Haha, Zhang Ji and Li Dao, they also beg me for a day! ”

Just three days ago night, Guo Yan was suddenly awakened by the sound of fighting from outside in his sleep, and then there was a fire in the dark inner tent. He was so frightened that he almost rolled off, but fortunately a soldier came in time and told him that the fire came from Zhang Ji's side, and it seemed that Zhang Ji's camp was under attack. "It wasn't my own!" Guo Yan breathed a sigh of relief. However, although the fire of the war did not burn to his side, after all, Zhang Ji was a few miles away from his camp, and it was not close to it, and it was not far away, however, he still understood the truth that the fire at the city gate affected the pond fish, and this matter could not be sloppy. He didn't feel sleepy either, so he quickly got dressed, got up from the couch, summoned the soldiers overnight, and asked them to be ready at any time, and at the same time sent out scouts and horses, and looked at Zhang Ji's camp overnight to investigate the truth and reality.

Finally, after Tanma went out for half an hour, the news came back, but it was Li Dao who suddenly led the army directly to Zhang Ji's camp. Originally, Li Dao wanted to attack at night, but Zhang Ji knew the news in advance, so Li Dao's side did not achieve the effect of a night attack. Although Zhang Jin's side knew the news in advance, they didn't have time to carry out a counter-ambush, and suddenly encountered Li Ji's men, and the two families fought in a daze. It's just that these two families suddenly fought without taking advantage, but neither side suffered a big loss. He didn't know why these two families were fighting, but he knew that he couldn't make an easy move without knowing the situation.

In this way, Li Dao personally led his troops to attack Zhang Ji's camp, but Guo Yan did not do anything after learning the news, but just stood on the other side of his camp and watched the fire. Of course, it was precisely because Zhang Ji and Li Dao were prepared that no one took advantage, and they were afraid that Chen Nuo in Yanshi City would take the opportunity to attack, and there was also an unknown faction Guo Yan next to them, so they were afraid that they would take advantage of the fire to rob, so the two sides had to temporarily withdraw their troops and return to their camps.

Although the two of them did not attack again for a while, one of the things they were doing at the same time was to try to win the support of the third-party force Guo Yan. Of course, they believed that as long as either of them won Guo Yan's power first, then the heavens of victory would immediately fall to that side. For this reason, during the two or three days of this truce, both of them successively took out heavy gifts and promised many benefits to Guo Yan, that is, they hoped to win Guo Yan to their side, or let him remain neutral.

And Guo Yan, among the three people, has always been the weakest, and he usually has enough of the anger of the two of them, and although he has a grudge against the two of them, he does not dare to be disrespectful on the surface. It's just that he didn't expect that because of the falling out between Zhang Ji and Li Dao, he would lose a great opportunity to him. He was suddenly confronted with the attitude of the two families, and he immediately felt satisfied. It turned out that the two boys, Zhang Ji and Li Dao, also begged him one day! Thinking so, Guo Yan couldn't help but take it bigger, so he didn't take the two of them seriously. Although they sent people to give gifts twice in three days, the more this happened, the more it nurtured the pride in his heart, and he couldn't help but think of taking this opportunity to override the other two.

He had this idea, and for the request of his two families, he naturally delayed it as much as he could, in order to seek greater benefits.

And yet—

Just when he was very proud, a soldier outside the tent reported that it was Chen Nuo, the lord of Yanshi City, who sent his subordinate Zhu Ling to bring heavy gifts to him.

"Chen Nuo?"

Guo Yan's eyes were round, which he never expected.

The adjutant general next to him immediately stepped forward with his sword and said: "General, Chen Nuo is our great enemy, he dares to send someone over at this time, obviously he doesn't take us in his eyes, and he doesn't ask the general to see him, and the last general will go to see other people's heads!" ”

"Wait!"

Guo Yan immediately stopped him and said, "In ancient times, the two armies fought against each other, not to mention that you didn't hear that he was here to give gifts?" Since he came with a smiling face, how could I easily refuse him to leave the tent...... Take my command, and bring him in. ”

The adjutant general blushed, and the two 'buts' in his mouth didn't say anything, but seeing Guo Yan's solemn gaze sweeping, he was immediately shocked. Although he didn't understand what the general meant, he could only quickly shut up and personally greet Zhu Ling into the account for the general.

"The last general, Zhu Ling, came to give a gift to General Guo on the order of my general Chen Nuo, and I hope that General Guo will accept it with a smile!"

Zhu Ling was brought into the tent, and with him came eight soldiers with knives, carrying two large boxes of generous gifts. At the moment, he asked people to open the box and present it to Guo Yan to see. Once the two boxes of jewels were opened, the tent was immediately filled with jewels and dazzling eyes. Not to mention that the main general Guo Yan was satisfied, even the deputy general next to him nodded again and again. When the deputy general saw Guo Yan's satisfied expression, he finally understood his general's intentions. The so-called etiquette is not strange, although they are great enemies with Chen Nuo at the moment, but with Zhang Ji and Li Dao, how can they not be false and wronged? In this world, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.

Guo Yan saw it in his eyes, nodded with satisfaction, and pretended to be coy, and said: "Ah, your general is too polite, how can you send such a big gift when you meet for the first time?" I'm ashamed of this, General. Besides, if you don't have any merit, your general asked General Zhu to bring this heavy courtesy, I don't know what it means? If you don't make it clear, I'm embarrassed to reach for it, isn't it? ”

Zhu Ling arched his hand and said, "General! We are both from the military, and I don't know any etiquette, and I won't say polite words. In this way, since the general came to ask, the last general will also say it directly. General, I came this time to befriend the general on the orders of my general, and at the same time I have a few words to bring to the general. ”

Guo Yan smiled: "Oh, please speak up." ”

Zhu Ling said: "General, that's the case, my general said, General, you have no grudge against him, you shouldn't have met on this battlefield, and the reason why there is today's situation is a big misunderstanding." The general said, today, general, your soldiers are under the city of Yanshi, they must have been bewitched by Zhang Jina, and he can't blame you. I want to come to the general, you saw that my general occupied Yanshi, and he wanted to block your way back to the west, so he suddenly sent troops. But general, you may have misunderstood, thinking that the reason why my general occupied Yanshi was just to temporarily use Yanshi as the basis to compete with Zhang Ji. General, you also know that my general had some misunderstandings with Zhang Ji in the past, which made the trouble to this point, and it was definitely not because he wanted to go against the generals of Xiliang. So, what my general means is, do you think in this matter, everyone takes a step back? ”

Guo Yan's body moved, and he laughed: "Listen to what your general means, does he plan to let me stop wading into this troubled water and let me withdraw my troops in time?" ”

Zhu Ling nodded and said, "That's exactly what it means." ”

"Don't think!"

Before Guo Yan could speak, his lieutenant next to him scolded him in time.

Zhu Ling glanced at him, then looked at Guo Yan, and then smiled: "Of course! My general knew that with his words, General Guo, you would definitely not be willing to withdraw your troops, so he didn't have much hope for me to come this time, and it was not his expectation. It's just that my general asked me to remind the general at the same time that if the general encounters any difficulties in the future, you might as well come to Yanshi to find him, and he will try his best to help the general. As for the rest, although the deal was not negotiated, benevolence and righteousness are always there, so my general asked me to ignore the general, whether you finally agreed or not, since these gifts have been brought, there is absolutely no reason to take them back, so it is a meeting gift, and I hope that the general you must laugh! ”

Zhu Lingli sent it, but he didn't say anything, and immediately took eight sword soldiers to turn around and go out of the tent, and Guo Yan also asked the deputy general to personally send them out of the gate.

It wasn't until a quarter of an hour after Zhu Ling left that the deputy general came back, he glanced at the jewels in the tent, let people carry them down, and said to Guo Yan at the same time: "This Chen Nuo is also very strange, he sent someone to send such a generous gift, but he still kept the gift money if he couldn't ask for anything, and he didn't say a word of nonsense, he was really a happy person!" ”

Guo Yan said: "That's right! I used to say that it would be unfavorable for us if he occupied Yanshi, so I listened to Zhang Ji's words and immediately sent troops to come, but I didn't expect that he was very talkative, but he was not a ruthless and unreasonable person. To be honest, if he says a few more words, maybe I will be a little tempted, especially when he says that if he has difficulties in the future, he can go to Yanshi to ask him for help, but he looks like a righteous man. Hehe, it's a pity that he is not from Xiliang, and I will never be able to get involved with his interests, so it can only be like this. ”

Guo Yan said this, in fact, he didn't know that Chen Nuo was also a person from Xiliang, but the so-called interests in his mouth really had nothing to do with him. After all, Chen Nuo gave him a gift, naturally it was not given to him for nothing, it was to make Guo Yan pay a heavy price.

That Zhu Ling, swaggeringly appeared in Guo Yan's camp, and after giving the gift, he swaggered out of Guo Yan's camp, and swaggered around in front of his camp, but then turned back, naturally he couldn't hide the eyes and ears of Zhang Ji and others. The news of Zhu Ling's entry into Guo Yan's camp was also quickly reported to Zhang Ji's ears.

At that time, in Zhang Ji's army, the general Zhang Ji sat in the middle of the handsome case, and there were Zhang Xiu, Hu Cheer and other generals below.

That Zhang Ji's face was very ugly at this time, just three days ago the night, he was suddenly killed by Li Dao in his camp, and half of his camp tent was destroyed, which made him very angry. In fact, the two sides were also very unrestrained in this matter, Li Ji because of Zhu Rong's arrangement in red, he mistakenly thought that Su Mo was collaborating with the enemy, and he was killed by Hu Che'er, so he used paralysis to raise troops overnight, and wanted to kill Zhang Ji by surprise. And Zhang Ji, Zhu Rong Hongyi naturally won't let him suffer a dumb loss, in this way, when Li Ji serves Zhang Ji in a pot, it will be a big family, which is also not conducive to Chen Nuo, so under Zhu Rong Hongyi's ingenious arrangement, Hu Che'er was released and let him ventilate the news. It was precisely because of Hu Che'er's timely appearance that Zhang Ji was prepared, although he didn't have time to make further arrangements, but it also allowed him to deal with Li Ji's night attack calmly.

And it was precisely because of his falling out with Li Ji's family, and there was no way to take Li Dao for a while, that Zhang Ji had to turn to Guo Yan for help. However, in the face of his request for help, Guo Yan actually accepted the gift on the one hand, and refused to give the letter on the other, which made Zhang Ji very annoyed. He was also angry at Guo Yan's ignorance, and sneered at him, and suddenly received the news that Guo Yan received Chen Nuo's envoy, and immediately slammed the case, shouting: "Guo Yan doesn't listen to me and waits, and he still dares to communicate with the thief Chen Nuo." Hmph, doesn't he want to live anymore? ”

When he took this case, Zhang Xiu frowned, and immediately said: "Uncle, I also said before that Guo Yan's delay in agreeing to assist your uncle in dealing with Li Dao may be a loss of face, and he can't make up his mind for a while in the face of his uncle and Li Dao's family. But now it seems that he is obviously greedy for money, and whether he helps his uncle is already a different matter. Thinking that he suddenly accepted Chen Nuo's heavy gift under such circumstances, I am afraid that this matter is not as simple as it seems. Uncle, according to Xiu'er, he Guo Yan refused to agree to his uncle for a long time, and he refused to help Li Dao, but he was afraid that he had other plans. He, he can't have communicated with Chen Nuo in private, and wants to unite to deal with your uncle when my family has a falling out with Li Dao, right? ”

"Hmph, you want to hit me, he's still a little tender!"

Zhang Ji frowned, and his heart was evil.

Hu Che'er next to him immediately said: "This is most likely possible, if Guo Yan and Chen Nuo suddenly attack us on the flank, and then Li Dao and his gang help, then this matter will be bad!" ”

Zhang Ji was even more uneasy when Hu Che'er said it, and Zhang Xiu next to him immediately said: "Uncle, I don't think I need to beg Guo Yan anymore, if he waits for him to plot against us, it is better for me to do it first and destroy him Guo Yan." And once the uncle annexes Guo Yan's men, the power will also follow, and then he will turn around and deal with Li Dao, so he doesn't have to take his little bit of men and horses in his eyes. As for Chen Nuo, hehe, at that time, he would not be your opponent at that time. ”

"Attack Guo Yan?"

Zhang Ji's face was tight, and when he heard Zhang Xiu's words, the flesh under his eyes couldn't help but tremble. He looked at Zhang Xiu, considering the gains and losses.

For Zhang Ji's gaze, Zhang Xiu nodded to him affirmatively and resolutely.

Next to him, Hu Che'er and others are even more gearing up and eager to try. After all, if they want to attack Li Dao, that guy Li Dao is too powerful, and there is really no way to gnaw at him for a while. But Guo Yan does not have many soldiers and horses, and his power is the weakest, if he can take him down first, strengthen his power, and then deal with Li Dao, then it will not be the same day.

Seeing the resolute gaze of the generals, Zhang Jijing thought for a long time, and finally knocked his fist, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, this matter has been decided!" ”

……

The news that Chen Nuo's envoy had entered Guo Yan's big tent was reported to Zhang Ji's ears, and the difference between before and after was only a few quarters of an hour, also reported to Li Ji's ears.

In Li Dao's camp, the general Li Dao sent someone to give Guo Yan a big gift, and Guo Wei accepted it anyway, but he still did not get an accurate answer from the other party, and Li Dao hated it so much. In the eyes of the generals, the generals are also fighting for the generals and crusading with the same voice. Only Zhu Ronghongyi, who was sitting in the chief, was secretly proud in his heart, hoping that Guo Yan would continue to be confused, so as to anger Li Ji, and once Li Wei hated Guo Yan and Zhang Ji at the same time, the three of them could not be in the same breath, so it would not be a matter of worry.

That Li Wei was still scolding Guo Yan for not knowing how to lift one moment ago, but the next moment he was angry because Guo Yan received Chen Nuo's envoy and accepted the heavy gift given to him by Chen Nuo. He Li Dao can tolerate Guo Yan for the rest, but in this matter, of course, he can't treat it easily, it is a matter of life and death for his own family.

Li Dao immediately asked Zhu Rong Hongyi's opinion at the table.

Zhu Rong Hongyi said with a smile: "General, if you ask me in Hongyi, of course I suggest that the general immediately send someone to clean up Guo Yan's kid, so that he can know your methods, General." But don't forget, general, at this time, your enemy is Zhang Ji, not him! If you have the idea of moving Guo Yan, general, it's best not to think about it, general, you must know that if you attack him at this time, you are only afraid that Zhang Ji will kill you from behind, what should you do? You must know that in this matter, if you want to have an idea about Guo Yan, you can only wait for Zhang Ji to make a move, after all, his position is there, which is beneficial to him, and there is no benefit to us at all, and doing it will only cheapen others. ”

Li Wei was slightly stunned: "Then according to the meaning of the Lord Witch, didn't you just just open one eye and close one eye and let him go?" ”

Zhu Rong Hongyi shook his head again and again, and said, "Of course not!" General, don't forget, in this matter, I'm afraid that it's not the general who hates Guo Yan alone, so why are you in a hurry to take action for others, general? ”

When Li Wei heard this, his eyes rolled, and he immediately thought of the meaning of her words.

"Yes, yes! There is also a Zhang Ji, he must know about this too! ”

Zhu Rong Hongyi said: "Exactly! Of course, he will not be unaware, and with his temper, he will definitely take action against Guo Yan. Therefore, in this matter, the general, you only use the yellow finch behind, and wait for him to attack Guo Yan, and the general, you attack him from behind, wouldn't it be to reap the benefits of the fisherman? ”

"Wonderful, wonderful!"

When Li Dao heard this, he looked at Zhu Rong Hongyi with approval.