The road was calm, and on the second day, the fleet arrived in Xinye as expected, and Xun Kuang ordered a replenishment.

Xu Ji and Chen Zhi also got off the boat, and decided to go to Xinye to take a walk when they had nothing to do, this is a very famous place in the romance, Xu Ji is also very curious, here is the first fire of Zhuge Wolong out of the mountain, regardless of whether it is true or not, this is indeed a strategic location, located in the water interruption, you can enter Nanyang, retreat to Xiangyang, but because of this, there is no danger to defend here, it is Xu Ji at a glance to determine that the strategic significance of this place is actually greater than the actual garrison value, and the defense here shows the attitude of the princes who have here, However, it is quite difficult to defend, and the Xinye city wall is low, and the terrain is not dangerous, so I am afraid that it is not a good place to stay.

Of course, even Chen Zhi didn't know, Xu Ji and Chen Zhi looked around in Xinye and returned to the boat, as soon as they returned to the cabin, Xu Ji began to record something on the bamboo slips, nothing more than the customs and geography, and Chen Zhi found something new, that is, Xu Ji's analysis and views on this place, these words Chen Zhi looked confused, so he asked: "Why did the young master write these down?" It seems to be useless. ”

Xu Ji didn't look up at him, lowered his head and replied: "It's useless, just learn to look at these, this is the key to holding Nanyang and Xiangyang, you can advance or retreat, or to put it another way, you can attack here but it is difficult to defend, if you are stationed here, how should you deal with yourself?" ”

Chen Zhi pondered for a long time: "I don't know, according to what you said about the young master, there is indeed no defensive barrier here, but if it is an attack, Uncle Zhi has no clue, do you have any plans, young master?" ”

Xu Ji took out the map from his arms and asked Xun Kuang, and after spreading it out, he motioned Chen Zhi to take a closer look: "Uncle Zhi, you come, here is less than a day's foot from the Bird Tail Slope, if the cavalry is enough for half a day, the Bird Tail Slope is the real offensive and defensible place, if you occupy Xinye, you must first have a partial division stationed here, and Xinye is the beginning and end of each other, only these two places are in hand, Xinye is complete, if it is attacked, Nanyang is naturally the first choice, although it is a retrospective stream, but you can use Bird Tail Slope as a front station, gather military strength, only need five or six days to sneak and be happy, Then the soldiers can approach Nanyang. Although Xiangyang is going down the river, but once the offensive is blocked, there is no way to retreat, and Fancheng and Xiangyang are horns of each other, as long as Fancheng a light horse cuts off the back road, it is like a turtle in an urn, let others slaughter. ”

Chen Zhi carefully studied the map, nodded and wondered: "Why don't you first map Xiangyang according to Fancheng?" ”

Xu Ji shook his head and smiled: "Xiangyang is the seat of Jingzhou, how can you underestimate it?" Since Fancheng and Xiangyang are horns of each other, how can they not have heavy troops? Uncle Zhi thinks, if you are the lord of Jingzhou, how can you not pay attention to these two places? Moreover, Xiangyang is backed by Jingshan Mountain and surrounded by water on three sides, so it is difficult to send pursuers, and it is not enough to complete the work at that time, and Nanyang only needs a light horse. ”

Chen Zhi suddenly realized: "The young master thinks that if you go south to Jingzhou, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve the effect without a navy, so it is better to go north to seek a place to recuperate and slowly try to do it, but this means?" ”

Xu Ji showed a smile on his face: "It is this truth, the most taboo thing to take for granted when marching and fighting, everything must be thought through before acting, if it is really like your uncle's method, I am afraid that it will be difficult to see the results of burying the robes of my subordinates in vain, however, there is also the possibility of accidents, if Xiangyang is broken, the defeated army will first go to Nanjun regardless of land and water, and the first to take Maicheng can also be completed overnight." Saying that, Xu Ji's hand was designated on the sign of Maicheng.

Chen Zhi looked at it again, and sure enough, no matter how the land and water armies decided, most of them would flee to forget the southern county, and Maicheng would hold the land and water routes, and it would be enough to occupy them for a few days in advance. So Chen Zhi said: "Why does the young master think about this? ”

Xu Ji said with a meaningful look on his face: "I was thinking that someone might have a different approach in the future, I want to see if it will be a different result." After hearing this, Chen Zhi looked at a loss, he didn't understand what the young master said at all, but Chen Zhi was very wise not to ask, and instead said: "How did the young master want this map?" ”

Xu Jiha smiled: "Do you want to?" Uncle Xun dared to laugh at me for being an old man, Xu Ji was not easy to get along with, so he naturally took it. ”

Chen Zhi was stunned: "That... That...... Isn't that plagiarism? ”

Xu Ji's face was pale: "I am a scholar, how can it be called plagiarism?" I'm just borrowing it. ”

Chen Zhi smiled dumbly, his young master was still like a child at this time, when he talked about the march, Chen Zhi didn't feel that Xu Ji was still a six-year-old child.

After Xu Ji finished speaking, he looked at the sky outside the cabin, put away the map casually, and turned his head to call Chen Zhi: "Uncle Zhi, let's go, it's time to go and find Lao Buxiu to eat." Ignoring Chen Zhi, he walked out of the hall first, and Chen Zhi hurriedly closed the hatch and followed Xu Ji away.

As soon as the two of them left, a cautious boatman-like person quietly entered Xu Ji's cabin, and no one noticed all this.

At this time in Yingchuan, in Xun's mansion, Xun Yu was sitting in the room, and opposite was his nephew who was three years older than him, Xun You.

"Gongda, didn't Fengxiao ask you to bring a message?" Xun Yu, who was sitting precariously, opened his mouth to ask Xun Yu.

Xun You shook his head: "Fengxiao didn't bring anything, just asked me to tell my uncle that Yingchuan City has been quite quiet in recent days, don't be too public." ”

Xun Yu showed a helpless smile: "This Guo Fengxiao, is he drunk again?" Can there be someone more flamboyant than him in this Yingchuan County? And let me not be public? ”

Xun You also smiled: "Uncle expected, Feng Xiao was indeed drinking when you went to visit, but he didn't drink much." ”

"How much he drinks...... Eh, don't say it, it's all Wen Lie's sin, he started to get confused after three cups of yellow soup, how can I not know? Xun Yu obviously even Guo Jia's character and usual actions.

Then he asked again, "Uncle Kuang, what news has come back?" ”

Xun You replied: "Yes, the news came back two days ago, saying that someone assassinated Wen Lie seven or eight days ago, but Uncle Kuang said that they were all small characters who were not in the stream, and they were all solved by Wen Lie's young guard. However, Uncle Kuang also said that although those guys don't have any skills in their hands, they are all dead soldiers, and they are afraid that they are the front station of the path. ”

Xun Yu's face was full of worry when he heard this: "I knew that these families would never let Wen Lie go, even if they left the Yingchuan realm, they still refused to give up, to put it bluntly, Wen Lie had never done anything, so why bother?" ”

Xun You groaned and then slowly spoke: "Uncle, this is our Yingchuan family killing chickens and monkeys, Wen Lie is challenging the wealthy family head-on, this wind is categorically not long, if Wen Lie is not asked to pay the price, where does the dignity of the family exist?" We have betrayed the Maison's camp. ”

Xun Yu was silent, and then spoke: "Gongda, do you think the family is really reasonable?" We are born to be superior to others, we are born to read and write, and we can be filial piety and honesty as officials. But what about the poor scholars? They were born poor, and it is extremely difficult for them to be able to read and write, and even if they have real talent, they are only a small official. Besides, we don't know the grains, but we can have a full meal, but what about the people? Working hard every day cannot guarantee food and clothing for the whole family, even in a good year. We rely on the remnants of our ancestors, and we have so many conditions, but the children of the family still have the misfortune of being rampant and domineering in the fish and meat township, not only do not know how to cherish it, but use it as a blessing. Gongda, it's not that Xun Yu wants to betray our family, it's just that such a system has long been decayed, and if it goes on like this for a long time, even the Xun family will be ruined! ”

After saying this, Xun Yu stood up and walked to the door, looking at the haze in the sky, and said again: "Wen Lie is ambitious, Xun Yu doesn't dare to think or do, but he is working hard for this, Gongda, we are not betrayal, it's just that everyone is born equal, but they are divided into grades by this system, the same is the birth and raising of your father and mother, if you are a poor family, can you have today?" I've thought about it, if you and I were born in a cold family, no matter how talented we are, we are nothing more than small officials in a county and a city or a housekeeper in some big family. Isn't this big man so corrupt? is in a high position and only knows how to seek benefits for his family, completely ignoring the life and death of many people in the world. Xun Yu is not a saint, but Xun Yu has compassion. ”

Xun You also bowed his head gloomily: "Uncle has the world in his heart, and he can't go far." It's just that this matter is a big matter, and I'm afraid it won't be completed in three or five years. ”

Xun Yu turned around and smiled: "Three or five years? Gongda, you underestimate the difficulty of this matter, Wen Lie once wrote a letter to me, just when he left Yingchuan, he said in the letter, this matter will not be done for more than ten years, and it will not be completed in a lifetime, and this matter will be completed, and the world will no longer be the world of the Han family. Xun You's face changed: "Is this true?" This is no small matter! ”

Xun Yu's expression was light: "As Xin Chinese Lie said, I finally saw through the exhaustion of this Han family's qi, the world is originally virtuous, the Liu family's world is also fought by the sword mountain and the sea of blood, since the Liu family can, then everyone in the world can." Gongda, Wen Lie has a good saying, this world is the world of the people, not the world of the person who sits on the throne on the high place of the temple. Wen Lie said that he should not be loyal to anyone, but to work for the well-being of the people of the world, Gongda, we should not be confined to loyalty to the royal family, that is just the history written by the victors. ”

"Uncle, this is also what Wen Lie said, right? Uncle, you can't tell such a bloody truth. Xun You had a teasing smile on his face.

Xun Yu replied without any embarrassment: "Yes, but it makes sense, isn't it?" We don't know what history will be, but it was the victors who recorded it. We are just mortals who have been deceived, and the truth has long been buried with those people. Gongda, although you and I have been obsessed for many years, we haven't seen it as thoroughly as Wen Lie. ”

Xun You bowed his head silently, then raised his head again and said: "It's not a matter of knowledge, it's that we look at these from a different angle than Wen Lie, we don't know the truth when we are in the game, but Wen Lie seems to be standing on top of the whole world to look at these, the angle and height are different, and what we see and think is naturally not the same." ”

Xun Yu smiled: "Isn't that exactly what we lack?" We don't dare to think about it, we don't dare to do it, there are always people who want to do it, Wen Lie is already one step ahead of us, and I, Xun Wenruo, can't be weaker. ”

Xun You's face was different: "Does Uncle also have such a sense of victory?" I don't think I've ever seen it before. ”

"When I meet an opponent in chess, it is naturally worth competing with one of them. Even if Fengxiao has the talent, I don't have such a heart, but Wen Lie, who seems to have a general talent, has such an optometric insight, which really amazes me. ”

Xun You also stroked his short beard and said: "People can't look good, uncle, Wen Lie, I can't see through it." ”

"Don't get in the way, Wen Lie also said in the letter, he feels that there is a shocking conspiracy, but it hasn't been investigated yet, but it vaguely hinted at me, this matter may be related to grandpa."

"The head of the house?"

Xun Yu sighed: "Yes, maybe we all have to open this troubled world, and the time for Wen Lie to say will come." Only in troubled times can the system be reformed, and only in troubled times can the old decay be broken. After saying that, he sighed, and silently looked back at the haze in the distance: "Gongda, the wind is blowing." ”

Xun Yu also stood up and walked to Xun Yu's side: "Yes, chaos is gradually rising, and I can't help myself." ”

After that, the uncle and nephew stared at the sky wordlessly.

At this time, Xu Ji, who had eaten the meal, was about to face the first level of life and death in his life, and Xu Ji didn't know anything about it.