(Congratulations to the head of the High School Alliance)

Outside the city of Xuxian County, the Liang army camped.

When Zhao Yan walked into Liu Kou's Chinese army tent under the escort of Shen Tujia, Liu Kou was holding a half-boiled pig's feet and feasting, seeing Zhao Yan, Liu Kou didn't get up to salute, just hummed and nodded from his nostrils as a salute, but Zhao Yan didn't dare to slack off, and gave Liu Kou a deep bow according to the number of courtesies.

After a long time, Liu Kou finally finished gnawing on the pig's trotters, wiped his mouth with unfinished intentions, and then said to Zhao Yan with a big grin: "Military advisor, you are not serving the king in Dingtao, why are you here?" ”

Shen Tujia, who was following behind Zhao Yan, frowned, thinking that the general was a bit excessive.

Zhao Yan didn't care at all, and said indifferently: "The king is sympathetic to the general's hard work, and he specially ordered to come down to offer condolences." ”

"Oh, the military advisor turned out to be from the labor army?" Liu Kou nodded, and said, "Can you have wine and 'meat' to eat?" ”

"Naturally, there is." Zhao Yan said with a smile, "But the wine and meat are all in Quyang, and they have not been brought to Xu County." ”

Liu Kou's eyes narrowed, and he said in an unkind tone: "Is the military advisor saying that this general shouldn't rush to send troops to form a confrontation with the Huainan army?" ”

"What did the Admiral say?" Zhao Yan shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Although Zai Xia once opposed the king sending troops to Jiujiang, but since the king has made a decision, Zai Zidang will do his best to help the king achieve his goal, no matter whether Jin She and Li Zuoche really surrender or surrender by fraud, now they are already the generals of the Liang State, and it is natural for the general to send troops to respond." ”

"That's what the military advisor really thinks?" Liu Kou's expression eased slightly when he heard this, and the hostility between his expressions was greatly reduced.

Zhao Yan is coming to Jiujiang, Peng Yue told Liu Kou in the letter a few days ago, Peng Yue also warned Liu Kou that if there is a major matter, he must discuss it with Zhao Yan well, and avoid arbitrariness, which makes Liu Kou very unhappy.

Liu Kou originally thought that after Zhao Yan arrived in Jiujiang, he would definitely rely on Peng Yue's trust, accuse him, and even interfere with his command, but judging from Zhao Yan's posture and words just now, it seems that this white-clothed scholar is still 'very' on the road, knowing that the army of Liang Guo is still in his hands Liu Kou has the final say.

Zhao Yan easily felt the subtle changes in Liu Kou's expression, and said at the moment: "General, I came to assist in military affairs on the orders of the king, but all military affairs, no matter how big or small, are only responsible for making suggestions, to put it bluntly, I am a strategist and a staff member, and the decision is still made by the general." ”

"Strategist, please take a seat." Liu Kou was very satisfied with Zhao Yan's statement, and said, "Come on, serve wine and meat!" ”

Zhao Yan shook his head, and then he sat down at the table, and soon a small school entered the big tent with wine and meat.

"Strategist." Liu Kou raised his wine and saluted Zhao Yan from afar, "You are a guest from afar, and this general will do it first as a respect." ”

Zhao Yan raised his wine in return, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile intently, Liu Kou is a simple-minded martial artist, although he is a little arrogant, but as long as he does what he likes, it is not difficult to get along with, Zhao Yan took the initiative to invite Ying to come to Jiujiang to assist in military affairs this time, just to improve the relationship with Liu Kou, the long-term discord between the general and the military adviser is not a matter after all.

After three rounds of drinking, Liu Kou and Zhao Yan gradually became acquainted, but at this time, the general Chu Chun suddenly strode into the tent and made a report: "General, the horse is returned, tens of thousands of Chu army iron cavalry are 'approaching' Xu County!" ”

"Huh?!" Liu Kou was taken aback when he heard this, Huo Ran got up and said, "Tens of thousands of Chu army iron horsemen?!" ”

Liu Kou can't help but be surprised, there have long been rumors in the market that Yingbu has formed an alliance with Xiang Zhuang, once the rumors are true, then these tens of thousands of Chu army iron cavalry must be here to help the Huainan army, once the Huainan army and the Chu army join forces, the situation of the Liang army will be dangerous, Liu Kou's 20,000 parts are all "elite" sharp, but the Huainan army and the Chu army are not easy to mess with.

Zhao Yan smiled slightly, and said casually: "The general doesn't have to care, if he is not mistaken, the Chu army should not come to help the Huainan army." ”

Chu Chun said: "Then why did the Chu army come?" ”

Zhao Yan said: "Most of them came to mediate the disputes between our army and the Huainan army. ”

"Mediate the dispute between our army and the Huainan army?" Liu Kou frowned and said in disbelief, "Xiang Zhuang Xiao'er will have such kindness?" ”

"Yes." Chu Chun also didn't believe it, "The military advisor's words are ridiculous, Xiang Zhuang Xiao'er still wishes that our army and the Huainan army would lose both, how can he be kind enough to mediate the dispute between our army and the Huainan army?" After that, Chu Chun said to Liu Kou again, "General, the Chu army must have come to help the Huainan army, so let's hurry up and ask the king for help." ”

When Zhao Yan heard this, Chu Chun just said that Xiang Zhuang wished that the Liang army and the Huainan army would lose both, but when the conversation changed, it turned into a help for the Huainan army, isn't it a contradiction? However, Zhao Yan did not criticize Chu Chun's language disease, rather than saying it now to make Chu Chun unhappy, it is better to speak from the facts at that time.

That night, the senior doctor of Chu entered the Huainan camp in a grand manner.

After describing the number of courtesies, Wu Shi said to Liu Kou bluntly: "General, Liu Bang first assigned Jiujiang County to Huainan State, and then asked Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche to deceive King Liang, which is clearly a plan for the Three Tigers to compete for food, trying to use Jiujiang County as a 'lure' bait to provoke disputes between Chu State, Liang State and Huainan State, and finally let Han State reap the benefits of fishermen." ”

Liu Kou couldn't help but feel his heart jump when he heard this, although he was a simple-minded martial artist, and he didn't like to use his brain when he encountered trouble, but this didn't mean that he was a fool, let Wu Shi say this, Liu Kou also felt that it was really like this, Jin She, Li Zuoche's sudden surrender was really "very" suspicious, maybe it was really the instruction of the King of Han.

Zhao Yan smiled and said, "Three tigers competing for food? Doctor Shang was alarmist. ”

Wu Shi couldn't help but look sideways and asked Liu Kou: "General, dare to ask who this is ......?"

Liu Kou shook his hands and said, "This is the military advisor of our Great Liang State, Zhao Yan and Zhao Zijin. ”

"It turned out to be Mr. Zhao Yan." Wu Shi arched his hand at Zhao Yan, and said, "Mr. can be a master of Liang, he must be a knowledgeable and knowledgeable person, so I want to ask Mr. in the next, what is Liu Bang's intention to secretly order Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche to secretly deceive King Liang?" ”

Zhao Yan said: "Fraudulent surrender? Do you know if it's really descending? ”

"Sir, you might as well take a look at this." Wu Shi took out a silk letter from his sleeve and handed it to Zhao Yan, while saying, "This is a secret edict sent by the King of Han to Zhou Yin, which clearly says that Zhou Yin wants to raise the Jiujiang army to deceive the King of Liang, in addition to Zhou Yin, Jin She and Li Zuoche must have also received the same secret edict." ”

Zhao Yan hastily read the silk book, and handed it to Liu Kou again.

After reading the silk book, Liu Kou's face changed greatly, and he almost decided in his heart that Jin She and Li Zuoche were defrauding!

When Liu Kou was "about to speak", he was stopped by Zhao Yan's "look", and then Zhao Yan said to Wu She: "Who can be sure that this silk book is a secret edict sent by the King of Han to Zhou Yin?" Maybe it's just a fake from you? It is necessary to know that there are many talented people in the world, and it is not uncommon for someone to forge the handwriting of the seal letter of the King of Han. ”

"Whether this secret edict is true or false, Mr. should know better than anyone else in his heart, and he is not here to kill Jin She and Li Zuoche." Wu Shi knew that he had met a master this time, so he immediately avoided the important and changed the topic, "I came here, just on the order of my king, to inform you of a piece of news." ”

Liu Kou snorted and said, "Listen to me." ”

Wu Shi said: "My Great Chu has formally concluded an alliance with Huainan Kingdom, and this time the troops were also invited by the King of Huainan, but King Liang is one of the best heroes and heroes today, and my King is not willing to 'befriend' with King Liang, so he wants to mediate in the middle, hoping to successfully resolve the dispute between Liang and Huainan and avoid a disaster of swords." ”

"But I don't know what conditions your country has?" Zhao Yan was stunned when he heard this, Liu Kou and Chu Chun couldn't hear it, but he Zhao Yan heard it, although Wu Shi said that he wanted to mediate in the middle, but the threat was already very strong, and the implication was that if you didn't listen to Liang Guo, I couldn't say that my Chu State would join forces with Huainan Guo to fight your family.

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Almost at the same time, Bai Lixian also talked eloquently in the Chinese army tent of Wang Yingbu in Huainan.

"All this is enough to prove that this is Liu Bang's plan to compete with the three tigers, the purpose of which is nothing more than to provoke a 'melee' war between my Great Chu and Liang and Huainan, if the war starts, the three kingdoms will not only lose their troops and lose generals, spend money and food without calculation, but also miss the strategic opportunity period for development and growth, and the final result will be that the more they fight, the poorer they will be, the weaker they will become, and when Liu Bang will do his best to wave his army out of the pass, what will the three kingdoms do to resist the Han army?"

Yingbu said impatiently: "These widows know, just tell me your intentions." ”

Bai Lixian shook his feather fan, and said indifferently: "Liu Bang wants to use Jiujiang County as a 'lure' to promote the game of the three tigers competing for food, and my king wants to do the opposite, hoping to agree on a solution with the king and the king of Liang, so that Liu Bang's plan will be frustrated, not to mention the loss of a county, but also the loss of tens of thousands of 'elite' soldiers." ”

"The solution?" Yingbu said in a deep voice, "I would like to hear about it." ”

Bai Lixian did not hide it, and said bluntly: "Jin She and Li Zuoche's 'fine' soldiers belong to the Liang State, Jiujiang County is divided into two, and the four counties of Quyang, 'Yin' Mausoleum, Dongcheng and Zhongli in the north of the east are assigned to Huainan Kingdom, and the remaining ten counties belong to Dachu. ”

This solution was finally finalized after repeated discussions between Xiang Zhuang and Bai Lixian.

Obviously, if you want to solve the problem of Jiujiang County, if you want Liu Bang's plan of three tigers to compete for food fails, it will definitely not work without the cooperation of Peng Yue and Yingbu, and if you want Peng Yue and Yingbu to cooperate, it is not possible to give some benefits, Peng Yue can take Jin She and Li Zuoche's subordinates as a "handover", and Yingbu can only give up the six counties in the northeast of Jiujiang County.