Late at night, stay in the county.

Xu Ji had just sent away Shi A, who had just come to deliver the letter, and returned to his bookcase and sat down, frowning at the few battle reports that had just been sent in front of him.

Xu Ji is not worried about Chen Liu's affairs, there is Xu Shu there, although Chen Gong is powerful, but compared with Xu Shu, this Chen Gong's reaction speed has become a hard injury, and this obvious defect makes him just feel a little less than enough to face Xu Shu.

What about doubting Zhang Yan? Now it is completely possible for Zhang Yan to stand still. The plan of Xu Shu brought by Shi A just now is definitely wonderful.

Since Chen Gong is suspicious of Zhang Yan, then simply let Chen Gong be more suspicious, wouldn't it be better if Chen Liu's breakthrough became Zhen Mi?

On the contrary, it was Cao Cao's army and Sun Ce's army in Yangzhou that made Xu Ji worried.

What exactly are these two people up to?

Just when Xu Ji was stunned, a personal soldier hurriedly walked into the house, still holding a letter in his hand, Xu Ji took it and looked at it, but it turned out to be Guo Jia's secret letter.

Xu Ji opened the letter, and the letter was to the effect that everything was going well in Xuzhou, and Cao Bao was named Xuzhou Thorn History, but the chaos in Xuzhou made it uncontrollable at all. This straw bag will definitely become the scourge of the contradictions between Chang'an, Wang Yun, Lu Bu and others, and Xu Ji should rest assured.

However, the main purpose of Guo Jia's letter was not to report on the situation in Xuzhou, this was only in passing, Xu Ji's trust in him and his ability did not need to be so, and the real important content of this letter was to talk about the recent movements of Cao Cao and Sun Ce.

"Lord, the two families of Sun Cao are not so simple because of the consumption of troops, Cao Cao has been operating in Guangling for many years. It has always been hidden and strong. How is it possible that the first battle is unsustainable? Sun Ce defeated Liu Xian first, and there were a lot of prisoners and soldiers, as well as grain and grass. It is always on the offensive, and its strength is growing, so how can it be powerless to fight again?

Guo Jia privately thought that these two people must now take the opportunity to expand their power, and this is a plan that the two of them have already had, and the so-called revenge of Sun Cexingbing in the previous paragraph is the beginning of the whole thing.

However, Sun Ce's revenge is only afraid that it is fake, and it is true to plot to seize Jiangdong, although Liu Miao bullied Sun Ce's uncle, so what? Don't forget that Sun Ce's revenge for killing his father was Liu Biao in Jingzhou. If it's simple revenge. Then you should find Liu Biao first. Doing something to Liu Miao is just because Liu Miao is incompetent.

As for Cao Cao, he has been based in Guangling for many years, but Guangling is small and not enough to maneuver, so he must have peeked into Jiangdong for a long time.

The battle between Sun Cao's two families was not so much a revenge war as a battle for battle.

Now that the two families are fighting, there is only one possibility: Sun Ce and Cao Cao have already guessed the truth that the lord is a fake disappearance.

Sun Ce's army marched westward, not today. Our army spies have already found out that Sun Ce's army had already begun to move westward when I won the victory against Wang Kuang's army and Zhang Yang's army in the forbidden army, which was clearly heading for Jingzhou, which proved that Sun Ce had guessed that the lord had disappeared a month ago. And it was judged that the real purpose of the lord's army in the forbidden place was not to enter Yuzhou to attack Yuan Shu, but to attack Jingzhou. That's why I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity for Liu Biao to mobilize a large army to the north to fight with our Yanzhou army, and take advantage of the fire to loot and attack the southern part of Jingzhou. Plot to seize Jingzhou.

Cao Cao also saw this, so he was relieved to boldly ignore Sun Ce. Began to lead the army to the southeast. It can be foreseen, and it will take time. Cao Cao sits in Jiangdong, and Sun Ce dominates Jingxiang, which is a strong enemy of my Yanzhou.

However, this is not what Guo Jia is really worried about.

What Guo Jia was really worried about was that the lord gave up the original Yanzhou strategy after knowing the plot of the two of them, and instead attacked Yuan Shu in a hurry, swept Yuzhou, killed Yuan Shao, and defeated Zhang Yun.

These four can be done but not done. Second, Yuan's internal strife is a brilliant plan of the lord and cannot be abolished.

The Yanzhou army was originally expensive but not much, but now the troops are very scattered, and the current situation has reached the extreme, and now it is simply unable to recruit the two.

Youzhou, Yuzhou, Sizhou, Yongzhou will not be in the Lord's bag, and the state is initially decided, the reform of the five states is imminent, 'the outside must first be inside', I am strong and the enemy is not self-defeating, fighting for the world is not at a time, since ancient times, the people who have won the world have won the world, and the first thing that the lord should solve now is the problem of Chang'an.

As for Sun Ce and Cao Cao, they can be slowly figured out. I hope the lord will think twice. In my Yanzhou, do you still fear the manpower, material resources, and financial resources that will be fought year after year? ”

After reading it, Xu Ji had a big heart, Guo Jia deserved to be his true best friend, and his understanding of himself was even far greater than Xu Ji's. And then again, Xu Ji originally didn't plan to unify the world in one go, because he didn't have that digestive ability.

So what made Xu Ji really happy was that Guo Jia told Cao Cao and Sun Ce's scheme.

It seems that Chen Zhi has no need to hide his identity.

Now just wait for the second Yuan infighting, Chang'an is in chaos, and Chen can retire successfully.

Anyway, he first has to regain the Chen Liu, who started back then.

This time, it depends on Shi A.

Liyang City, school field.

Liang Xizheng and Shi A review a group of newly trained ghosts secretly sent from Yanzhou.

Liang Xi looked at the elite army in front of him as if he was looking at his own child, his face full of pride and pride.

Shi Ah was carefully looking at these young people in front of him, whose average age would definitely not exceed twenty-two years old.

The most mysterious shadow under Xu Ji's command, Shi A, has seen it before, after all, when Xu Ji goes in and out, there are always a large number of ghosts around him, and with Shi A's martial arts as the world's number one sword master, he has to admit that the shadow is definitely the most elite army in the world.

Horse combat, foot combat, weapons, bows, unarmed hands, concealment, and camouflage seem to be omnipotent.

The most astonishing thing is that I heard that the number of this army in Yanzhou is as high as 7,000 men, and the number is increasing every year.

In the recent battle of Chang'an, those phantoms who died in battle left more than ten times their own enemies, and in the presence of masters such as Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, or if they were replaced by others, it was one thing whether they could be retained.

The army in front of him was a newly trained ghost, but Shi Ah couldn't see the slightest immaturity in these people. Although these people stood there silently, they gave people a feeling of extreme danger.

This group of soldiers did not look like recruits who had just entered the battlefield. They carry the iron blood and danger of fighting on the battlefield for a long time.

The most important thing is that this group of people seems to be more powerful than those shadows around Xu Ji, which can be seen by looking at their eyes.

How the hell is this group trained?

It was Xu Hao who brought this group of newly trained soldiers here. Not long ago, Liang Xi's army and Zhang Xun's army were in a state of confrontation, and Xun Yu wrote a letter. Liang Xi was asked to send people back to Yanzhou to lead these phantoms to the Yanzhou battlefield, after all, the soldiers under Liang Xi's army were the clan soldiers of the Zhen family, which was far from the other Yanzhou troops, so this newly trained phantom army of 2,500 people was all sent here to assist Liang Xi.

Because of the truce between the two sides and Liao Hua staring at Yanjin, Xu Hao was sent back to Yanzhou to bring back this group of ghosts.

At this time, seeing Shi A's face, Xu Hao immediately guessed Shi A's question. He stepped forward and said to Shi A: "Mr. Shi A, although these phantoms have just been successfully trained, but they are extremely experienced in actual combat, I have a place in Yanzhou to train for them secretly, so they are not new Ding, the lord said that only those who ignore their own and other people's lives can be called a member of the phantom." ”

Shi Ah was quite shocked when he heard this.

Liang Xi walked to Shi A's side, looked at these ghosts, nodded and sighed, "And these equipment on them." It is also the masterpiece of countless skilled craftsmen in Yanzhou in recent years. ”

Xu Hao said with a smile: "With this army, Zhang Xun's kid must be unable to eat and walk around." ”

Shi A nodded, turned his head to look at Liang Xi, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Liang Xi, can you hand over this army to me for use?" ”

Xu Hao was stunned. Liang Xi's expression moved: "Mr. Shi, do you want to use this army to rescue Miss Zhen Mi?" ”

Xu Hao has been staying in Yanzhou for all these years to defend the fundamental place of Xu Ji, and was transferred to Liang Xijun not long ago. Therefore, I didn't know the latest development of the war in Yanzhou, and I couldn't help but be inexplicable when I heard it. Strangely said, "Haven't our people been monitoring Miss Zhen Mi's whereabouts?" With our current manpower, wouldn't it be easy to save Miss Zhen Mi? ”

Liang Xi explained the latest situation in Yanzhou. Xu Hao hated the root of his teeth, and said hatefully: "This Chen Gong, who killed a thousand knives, didn't expect such trouble!" ”

Liang Xi smiled: "Do you think that the world is full of stupid people like Yuan Shu?" If so, what is the point of this fight? ”

Shi A said calmly: "I don't want this army to rescue Miss Zhen Mi, but to cooperate with our army to attack Chen Liu." ”

Although Liang Xi knows the latest developments in the situation of Lu Dao, he is still good at leading troops, but he doesn't know anything about military affairs, so he doesn't understand what Shi A means, Xu Hao has hardly led the army alone since he left the Mi family, and he himself is a person who is unwilling to use his brains, so he doesn't understand the intention of Shi A's words.

Shi A looked at the two of them, but did not answer, and said indifferently: "We will go to rescue Miss Zhen Mi tonight." You just wait for the rescue of Miss Zhen Mi and a big battle with Zhang Xun! ”

The two looked at each other, a little stunned, they didn't expect it to be so soon.

At night, outside a large manor outside the city of Liyang.

According to the intelligence, Zhen Mi was imprisoned in this mountain villa.

This mountain villa is built very secretly, it is sandwiched between two hills running east and west, and the south is the Yellow River, because of the topography, the height of this mountain villa is not much different from the top of the two hills, but it is not easy to climb to the top of the mountain from the other side of the two hills and then enter the villa.

Shi Ah stood in the dense forest not far north of the courtyard outside the village, surrounded by shadows dressed in night clothes, they all covered their heads with black covers, only showing their two eyes, and learned the appearance of the special forces in later generations.

Shia was not involved in planning how to attack the manor. These things are completely left to the little bosses of the shadows. And he's just observing.

This "army" is really different, and after coming here again, these phantoms are not busy attacking, but start to send a steady stream of military supplies to this dense forest according to the terrain, and then start to change equipment.

There are many things that Shi A has never seen at all, and there are only a few things that Shi A can vaguely guess.

For example, most of this army has in their hands the repeating crossbows that have recently been deployed in the army."

From this point, it can be seen that this new type of repeating crossbow made in Yanzhou is the regular weapon of this army, which Shi A has seen, although the range is not ideal. But at short and medium distances, the power of this weapon is absolutely incomparable. With such weapons. An enemy with a sword is not an opponent at all, since such a crossbowman does not have to think about the problem of loading arrows at all.

It seems that this army is ready to start a charge battle as soon as it comes up.

There were also men with black and heavy crossbows in their hands. Shi Azhi said that it was a strong crossbow called the "cross sniper crossbow" by Xu Ji, this kind of crossbow arrow is extremely lethal, and even if it is shot by it, it will lose its combat ability.

The man with such a strong crossbow is no longer here.

In them, Shi Ah saw ropes and tools to climb on, and it was conceivable that these people must have been hiding in the heights now, ready to snipe the enemy.

There were also people with backpacks on their backs, and the contents were very heavy. I don't know what Lu Dao contains. The men split into two groups and marched like two hills, apparently intent on condescending to attack the people in the manor.

Shi Ah couldn't figure out what was in these people's backpacks even if he wanted to break his head, after all, it was too dangerous to attack from two small mountains. No matter how fast you descend the mountain, you will become a target for the enemy's crossbowmen because you are unable to fight back in the process of descending the mountain, and even if you are lucky enough to fall into the manor, you will be killed by the enemy one by one.

It seems that the contents of that backpack must have been optimized to decay into a magical force that could help these shadows overcome this obstacle.

What is it exactly?

Shi Ah wanted to ask, but he knew that he would not get an answer. Xu Hao had already told him when he set off that the weapons and equipment of this army were the top secret of Yanzhou, and if he asked, there would definitely be no answer.

At this time. A shadow leader came to Shi A's side and said respectfully, "Mr. Shi A, everything is ready. It's just a matter of waiting for the order to do it. ”

Shi Ah looked at the man in front of him who was strong and his eyes were shining. said indifferently: "Is your information accurate?" ”

The little leader of the shadow said respectfully, "There is absolutely no problem. The other party can now be said to be trapped outside Liyang City without knowing it, Chaoge, Muye, Yanjin, Pingqiu, Baima, and Puyang are all under the control of Lord Liang Xi. Since the other party came to Liyang, he has never been able to take another step forward. ”

After a pause, he said: "The order given by the lord is not to let the person who kidnapped Miss Zhen Mi cross the river and run to Yanzhou, because then things will be complicated." That's why Lord Liang Xi was strictly ordered to block the path here, and there was no room for error. When Lord Liang Xi gave an order to his army, he claimed that Miss Zhen Mi had disappeared, and the person who kidnapped Miss Zhen Mi was likely to escape from here to Yuan Shu's territory, and these people under Lord Liang Xi were originally the clan soldiers of the Zhen family, and most of them had a deep relationship with the Zhen family, and because Miss Zhen Mi and the Zhen family had always treated these soldiers well, so as soon as this order came out, these soldiers all went crazy and vowed to find Miss Zhen Mi, so Yuan Shu's people couldn't move an inch after they arrived here. The owner of this manor claims to be surnamed Zhang, but in fact, he is the enemy of the Yuan family hidden within us. ”

Shi Ah nodded, and then said to the little leader of the shadow, "Then when will we do it?" ”

The little leader said in a deep voice: "According to common sense, every day when the ugly friends are the most tired of people, we will do it at that time. ”

Shi Ah fell silent and stopped talking, turned around and looked at the brightly lit courtyard like a clay sculpture, quietly waiting for the moment of battle.

The shadowy little leader retreated silently.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, which is really a good time to kill people and set fires.

Shi Ah just stood still, motionless, as if he didn't know how tired he was.

I don't know how many times later, the little leader came to Shi A's side and said to Shi A in a deep voice: "Mr. Shi A, the time has come. ”

Hearing this, Shi A nodded, his eyes flashed, and he said in a low voice, "Let's go." ”

The little leader nodded, and led his men to the manor. Shi Ah followed behind the little leader, looking like he didn't touch the ground.

In the middle of the action, Shi A's breathing became even and long, with a strange rhythm and rhythm, and he advanced to another realm in the blink of an eye.

The shadows around him all showed a look of horror, obviously seeing Shi A's shocking place.

After a while, the group came to the outside of the manor.

At the gate of the manor was a short wall with strong defense, and behind the short wall, there were naturally rows of soldiers patrolling back and forth. In a few specific places behind the short wall, soldiers occasionally looked their heads up the hills on either side, apparently to prevent sneak attackers from coming down from the hill to attack the manor.

There was a row of houses at the bottom of the hill on each side, and there were enough men living in them to rush to the foot of the hill to attack the enemy as soon as they saw someone coming down from the hill.

At the gate of the manor, four soldiers armed with spears were stationed there.

In the manor, there are also tall wooden towers with archers looking in all directions to snipe enemies.

Defensively, it can indeed be said to be impeccable.

Of course, if it is attacked, this small manor will not be able to defeat the Yanzhou army, but in that case, if the enemy jumps over the wall in a hurry and kills Zhen Mi, it will be more than worth the loss.

The question is, in this case, what can the Phantom do to rescue Zhen Mi without knowing it, and then destroy the enemy?

Shi A frowned, at least he was at a loss, of course, if he wanted to sneak into this village, it would not be difficult for Shi A himself.

It seems that I have to go out in person and grab Zhen Mi first. Although the danger of doing this is very great, this is the best way.

Shi A was thinking about it, but he saw the leader of the shadow come to his side and whispered: "Mr. Shi A, please be patient, when our army can sneak into the manor, please Sir personally rescue Miss Zhen Mi, and the master of the other party, please kill Mr. in one blow in the shortest possible time." As for these people in front of you, just leave it to us. ”

Shi Ah looked at the little leader in amazement.

There was undisguised suspicion in his eyes.

Over to you? Is there a way for you to enter this house without being noticed?

I'd like to see what you're capable of!

Shi Ah is looking forward to it. (To be continued......)