Sikong Mansion, the lights are brilliant.

Xu Ji and others, who had won the victory in the Chang'an region, did not revel in the successes that had become a thing of the past, on the contrary, they were busy with the fighting that broke out in the Xuzhou region.

In front of him was a huge sand table, Xu Ji, Deng Ai and others were pointing out the sand table with a stern expression. Xu Ji looked at Deng Ai and said: "All in all, we can defeat Cao Cao in Xiapi City, Donghai City and other places now, but the problem is that if Cao Cao has a backhand, although it will be easy for us to fight in the first battle, it will be much more difficult to recover the entire territory of Xiapi." ”

Deng Ai nodded and said: "What the lord said is very true, Cao Cao's strategy now must be steady and steady, after all, before Cheng Yu returns to Jiangdong to inform him of the truth, he should think that the matter of Chang'an and Xu Shu is involving the lord's energy, and General Zhang Ji and Liu Miao have already sealed the left flank of the army for him on his side, so Cao Cao really has no worries." Yu Ban, who had only arrived in Chang'an not long after rushing back from Yunan, snorted sullenly and said: "Cao Mengde is now waiting for the news of Chang'an to come to Yanzhou, and the loss of Chang'an will definitely shake Yanzhou." Presumably, Cao Mengde thought that that time was his best opportunity, and at that time, a situation would be formed in the Central Plains to attack the lord, and Mr. Xu Shu, General Zhang Ji, and Liu Miao all assisted him in launching an attack on the lord in Cao Mengde's plan. ”

Xu Wei, who was not in shape, laughed on the side and said: "This can only be wishful thinking, don't forget jì, now we are the masters of Chang'an, Cao Cao is afraid that it will be a long time before he knows what is happening here." ”

Everyone ignored Xu Wei, who was endlessly self-absorbed, and still looked at the sand table. Deng Ai said to Xu Jijian: "Lord, in my opinion." For now, the best way is to let Mr. Xun You's army cross Surabaya. After reaching Fengcheng, they went straight to Jiuli Mountain, and then marched southeast. Bypass Pengcheng and go straight to Huaiyin, Huai'an, and Yandu, as long as you capture the three cities. Then we will completely cut off Cao Mengde's back road. ”

Everyone didn't react for a long time, and they were all too energetic, obviously attracted by Deng Ai's novel ideas. One by one, they stared at the sand table, frowning and thinking about the feasibility of this plan. After a long time, Yu Bancai frowned and said: "Deng Ai, your use of soldiers like this is a strange soldier, but the art of war is cloudy, and Qi Zheng is a double line, and now Yu Ban only sees the strange soldier but does not see the regular soldier who is covering for this strange soldier, so it is inevitably a little unsafe." ”

Everyone nodded, obviously agreeing with Yu Ban's questioning. You must know that Deng Ai's march route is certainly very unexpected. But it is also very dangerous, according to Deng Aidi's plan, Xun You's army will realize the plan of traveling long distances and running thousands of miles. However, Xun You's army is a very mobile army, although the siege ability is strong, but because he has too much heavy equipment, the guide is much slower than the general Yanzhou army, such a Yanzhou army, the knife is on the side, it is easy for the enemy to see through their own intentions. Then use it. However, this strategy did not surprise Xu Ji, Deng Ai in history is a person who likes to highlight the strategy of surprise soldiers, and the fame of the surprise attack on Chengdu also shows Deng Ai's style of using soldiers. But Xu Ji is also most worried about this. The way of using soldiers has always been to pay attention to the combination of odd and positive, although the sword can have a miraculous effect, most of them have some huge risks, but Deng Ai in front of him seems to have something to say, Xu Ji didn't speak, just waited for Deng Ai to continue.

I only heard Deng Ai laugh loudly: "Who said there are no regular soldiers? Cao Cao let go and attacked without fear, relying only on Liu Xuan's assassination in Yangzhou and Zhao Yu in Xuzhou, but so what? We can completely order General Xu Shu to besiege Guguo, and then order General Zhang Ji to attack Yangzhou. After the forces of the two places were contained. What tricks can Cao Cao play, if he knows that his back road is cut off, Cao Mengde can only obediently withdraw his troops, and when the time comes. Mr. Yu will naturally strike at the tail. ”

Everyone nodded unconsciously at what Deng Ai said. In this way, it is really foolproof. Xu Ji laughed and said, "Since there is no objection, then let's ask Deng Ai to give an order." ”

Deng Ai was young after all, and Xu Ji said so. A little embarrassed, rubbing his nose and blushing. I saw everyone laughing, in laughter. Deng Ai couldn't help but smile and said: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, that kid will make an axe." Chen Qun slapped Deng Ai on the shoulder and said, "Where is your kid getting an axe?" It's clear that Lu Ban is alive, except for the lord, among these people, now when they see you kid, there are only those who are willing to be taught. Deng Ai grinned, didn't answer, and said to Xu Ji: "The lord can send someone to inform Mr. Xun You quickly, and ask him to march to Fengcheng in a hurry." As for Mr. Xu Shu and General Zhang Ji, they will start to besiege Pengcheng and Yangzhou when Mr. Xun You begins to advance to Huaiyin, and they must be beaten until they are closed. Mr. Yu Flip and Mr. Xun You are both great talents, there should be no problem, and General Zhang Ji is not a big problem, it is said that Mr. Liang Xi's new disciple, even the kid named Lu Xun is not a good character to deal with, and I heard that he has made rapid progress recently, and sometimes even Mr. Liang Xi will be surprised when he makes something. By the way, what about Mr. Huan Fan, didn't the lord order Mr. Huan Fan to return to the Central Plains to supervise the war? You might as well let Mr. Huan Fan go to General Zhang Ji, after all, General Zhang Ji's position in Yuzhou is very abrupt, and there are many things to deal with, so it will be a little difficult to hand him over alone. Xu Ji nodded, and a ridiculous feeling rose in his heart, you must know that Lu Xun is the leader of the next generation of Eastern Wu in history, but now he is giving advice to himself under his own hands, and what is even more interesting is that Lu Xun has also become a disciple of Liang Xi, which is really funny. However, Xu Ji didn't know about this, and it seemed that he had to ask the phantom what was going on.

However, at this time, Xu Ji barely suppressed this strange thought, and was about to speak, but saw a soldier running close in a hurry, bowing to the ground, and said loudly: "Lord. Big things are not good!" Everyone was booing each other, not understanding what would happen at this time, which could be called a big thing.

Xu Ji said in a deep voice: "You rest, don't panic, speak slowly." ”

The soldier stood up. After taking a few breaths, he reported to Xu Jiyu: "The news came from Nanyang City just now, and Sun Ce of Jingzhou doesn't know for what reason. Suddenly, a large army was sent to attack Nanyang City. As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, and they didn't expect a quiet Sun Ce to come to such a hand.

Xu Ji frowned and said, "Impossible! Sun Ce had no reason to do this. ”

Xun Yu, who was on the side, also frowned and said, "That's true, Sun Ce has only been established in Jingzhou for a short time. He must have a lot of things to take care of under his hands. Although the strength has grown, it is obviously not enough to speak with the lord. Now that we are working together, there is really no need to make the relationship so stiff. The crowd nodded.

Deng Ai had already leaned on the sand table to observe carefully, and did not speak for a long time.

Xu Ji and the others didn't dare to make a sound, and they disturbed Deng Ai's thinking.

After a long time, Deng Ai was getting up, looked at the soldier and said solemnly: "Can you tell me, how long did it take for this news to come here?" The soldier thought for a moment before respectfully saying, "It's been about seven or eight days." ”

Deng Ai's brow furrowed even deeper. He said to the soldier: "That means that Sun Ce's attack on Nanyang City has been seven or eight days ago?" The soldier nodded yes.

Deng Ai didn't ask any more questions, Xu Ji waved his hand, and the soldier took the order.

Xu Ji looked at Deng Ai and asked, "What?" Any questions? Yu Ban didn't forget to defend at this time, and said solemnly on the side: "Is the military advisor worried about the defense of Nanyang?" General Li Yan and General Wei Yan are both veterans of the battlefield, so they will naturally move with their cameras, they are both calm people by nature, and they will never be brave. ”

Deng Ai shook his head and said, "I'm not worried about General Li Yan and General Wei Yan. I was worried about Sun Ce's attempt. Since Sun Ce has no reason to attack Nanyang, then Sun Ce's attack on Nanyang is a feint, and since it is a feint, then what is Sun Ce's real purpose? Seven or eight days ago, Sun Ce was in Nanyang. Then the problem changes. I just want to know where Sun Ce is now? There is no other news coming, presumably Sun Ce is still there at the moment, right? But if that's the case. Sun Ce's problem is big. After a pause, Deng Ai frowned and said, "The timing of Sun Ce's troops and the direction in which he sent troops are incomprehensible. Sun Ce had only started attacking Nanyang seven or eight days earlier, that is, when Cao Cao had started the war in Xiapi. Sun Ce and Cao Mengde started at the same time. On the surface, the two do have a tendency to join forces, and it is extremely likely that the two will join forces to deal with the lord. But the problem is that if Sun Ce sincerely cooperated with Cao Mengde, the place where Sun Ce's army appeared should be to bypass Nanyang and go straight to Yingchuan and cut into the hinterland of Gong Chuan. Or after General Zhang Ji went north, Sun Ce's army detoured to the right side of Li Yan's army, and the driver ambushed Li Yan's army who might return to the north to rescue, and there was no reason to directly attack Nanyang. Pointing to the sand table, Deng Ai continued to analyze: "Sun Ce is not Cao Mengde's subordinate, and he is not a fool, so it is naturally impossible to spend his own soldiers and horses to contain Li Yan's army in exchange for Cao Cao's strength. I think things should be like this, Cao Cao and Sun Ce have already had a secret discussion, and agreed to send troops to deal with the lord at the same time, but Sun Ce secretly has other plans, although he sent troops, but he has other plans. Anyway, Cao Cao is far away from him, and he won't know about this until a long time later, so the most critical question now is what this Sun Ce wants to do. ”

Everyone frowned when they heard this, and they were also worried: Sun Ce is really worrying now, and they don't know what medicine Sun Ce's gourd sells. Yu Ban said worriedly: "There is a cloud in the art of war: 'Those who are good at attacking move above the nine heavens', and said: 'Those who are good at using soldiers, attack what they do not defend, and those who defend it have to attack, and they do not know that they must defend, and they do not know that they must attack', and now Sun Ce gives people this feeling, which is terrifying. ”

Although Zhuge Jin is an internal affairs talent, he is quite familiar with military affairs, and nodded when he heard this: "What General Wen Ze said is very true, two years ago, at the meeting in Chang'an, the princes from all over the country had their own strange plans, but this Sun Ce's envoy Liao Li did not react at all, it seemed that there was no conspiracy and tricks, and he was too quiet, which is really not like Sun Ce's personality." If there is no mystery in this, I am afraid that no one will believe it if I say it. Xu Ji smiled bitterly: "That's what I mean, but we are busy dealing with Cao Cao and the prince during this period of time, so we ignore Sun Ce, who is at ease to develop his strength at these times, and now we don't know each other's intentions at all." ”

Xu Wei was unconvinced: "I think everyone is too worried, so insidious Cao Cao is not a problem, let alone a little Sun Ce?" Cao Cao arranged for a long time. In front of the lord, he was defeated, and Sun Ce is now busy gaining a foothold in Jiangdong. What is the ability to fight against the lord? I think he's just a small fight, does he still want to go straight with his strength? Shake the authority of the lord? Deng Ai looked at Xu Wei. His eyes flickered and said: "General Wen Feng's words are wrong, Sun Ce and Cao Cao are indeed different, as the general said, Cao Cao's overall view of the overall situation is probably unmatched in the world except for the lord, although Zhou Yu under Sun Ce has some skills The lord also attaches great importance to it, but according to my observation and the intelligence of the shadow, his talent is completely focused on flexibility, and he is not very aware of the world's major affairs, and is often only obsessed with the victory or defeat of a war." But he is very good at thinking about the overall situation of the war, and he is good at surprise. But it's hard to sustain. So if Sun Ce's army is now under the command of Zhou Yu, we should rest assured, after all, Sun Ce did not plan for as long as Cao Cao, and he would kill people if he made a move, but that Liao Li was a variable, I heard Brother Huan Fan say that Liao Li's talent is only afraid that it is not under him, that is to say, this Liao Li's skills are in the middle of all the strategists in Yanzhou. But we don't know this Liao Li's style of advice, and we don't know whether Sun Ce will use this as a general. So don't take it lightly. Chen Qun couldn't help but interject: "Liao Li is just a newcomer to the Jingzhou faction. Will Sun Ce reuse him? ”

Deng Ai smiled dumbly and said: "I said it all, Zhou Yu is good at using strange soldiers, and Sun Ce is a bold person. Is there anything they don't have the guts to do? What's more, Liao Li is outstanding in his own right. Why not? Don't forget that the person in charge of the envoy sent by Jingzhou was this Liao Li, not some long-famous Yue Yue. There was a pause. Deng Ai said in a deep voice under everyone's expectant gaze: "As far as it seems at present, Sun Ce really has no ability to shake the lord in the slightest. But in the long run, Sun Ce is not completely out of the question. He said. pointed to the sand table and said in a deep voice: "Don't say anything else, Sun Ce's ambition for Yangzhou has never disappeared, although Cao Cao's strength in Jiangdong is becoming more and more stable, but the Sun family has always been eyeing Jiangdong. Sun Ce was always looking for opportunities to recapture Jiangdong. In addition, although the family members in Jiangdong succumbed to Cao Cao's force, they have also received a lot of benefits from Cao Cao in recent years, but Cao Mengde has given more benefits to his local cronies. Look at the fierce generals and ministers under him, which one has not developed into a new giant? Jiangdong's business dealings are tightly grasped by the Cao family, and the tuntian system is almost the same as the land reform that my Yanzhou cracked down on the clans, how can the clans in Jiangdong give up? Therefore, I said that Sun Ce's use of troops this time is very likely to go to Cao Mengde, and his army attacking Nanyang is just to attract our attention, while another large army is heading straight to Jiangdong. Yu Ban pondered Deng Ai's words, and said in front of him: "I see! Presumably, Sun Ce wanted to use the secret agreement between Cao Cao and himself to confuse Cao Mengde, and then took advantage of Cao Cao's troops and Jiangdong was empty, so he took the opportunity to send troops and take Jiangdong in one fell swoop. ”

Everyone's bodies were shocked, and they were forbidden to say, and everyone immediately realized the possibility of this kind of thing happening.

Xun Yu gasped and said, "What a Sun Ce, he actually played the idea of taking advantage of the fire to impress the troubled water and fishing." Xu Ji said coldly: "In the end, it will be anti-guest-oriented!" If Sun Ce took this opportunity to take Jiangdong down, he would really have the ability to compete with me. Hmph, wasn't this kind of trick used by Sun Ce to capture Jingzhou in the first place? Could it be that he wants to do it again? Deng Ai said to Xu Ji: "What the lord said is that the problem is precisely here, Cao Mengde is old and spicy, and he is simply calculating the legacy before doing things, and the strategies set are interlocking, just as the Art of War says: round as heaven and earth, inexhaustible as rivers, and rings like four times, how can Sun Ce's plan escape Cao Mengde's eyes?" I miss Sun Ce and I understand the difficulty of attacking Jiangdong at this time, right? Sun Ce is indeed Jingzhou captured by Chaoshui Cuoyu, isn't Cao Cao? It is impossible for Cao Cao not to take precautions against Sun Ce. ”

Everyone looked at each other, not expecting Deng Ai to deny his own analysis, which was quite surprising. Deng Ai looked at everyone and said slowly: "Don't blame me for going back on my word, but Sun Ce's actions are inexplicable, only the attack on Jiangdong can be explained, but there is a suspicion of self-defeat, could it be that Sun Ce has another clever plan?" ”

Xu Wei still couldn't stop, and said: "Is there another possibility, Sun Ce is waiting for our army to kill Cao Mengde to a big defeat, and then take the opportunity to attack Cao Mengde, who is greatly injured, wouldn't he be able to achieve great success?" Zhang Hong, who was not familiar with military affairs, glared at Xu Wei and said with a smile: "General Wen Feng is confused, Sun Ce should not know the great changes in Chang'an now, let alone Cao Mengde's Chang'an strategy has completely failed." Since Cao Cao did it, of course, he would be completely sure that Sun Ce would respond to Cao Cao, but he was afraid that he also knew Cao Cao quite well. What he was thinking about now should be whether Cao Cao had already won, and definitely not what Cao Mengde would be defeated by the lord. ”

Xu Wei said embarrassedly: "I was careless." ”

Although everyone wanted to laugh, they were so heavy that they couldn't laugh. Xu Ji felt a big headache, analyzing and analyzing, Sun Ce's military actions made people feel confused and incomprehensible.

Deng Ai looked at Xu Ji and said softly: "Don't worry, don't worry, you might as well let me go to Nanyang and worry about the lord." Didn't the lord also want me to see more of the heroes of the world so as not to be self-righteous and complacent? I think I'm going to learn a lot from this trip. ”

Xu Ji thought for a while before he said: "It's okay, you and I will go to Nanyang together, as for Chang'an, I think Tian Feng will be transferred back and asked him to help Brother Wen Ruo and Wen Zezhen guard Chang'an." Deng Ai nodded and said, "It's okay, my subordinates will go back and clean up and prepare to set off with the lord." ”

Xu Ji said "um", but he smiled bitterly in his heart: he just wanted a short peace. It's not even possible, it's really a tree that wants to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop. (To be continued......)