Xu Ji's performance in front of the two armies shocked Sun Ce's army, and the morale of the army also dropped greatly in an instant.

You must know that the place where Xu Ji shot the arrow was five hundred steps away from them, and at this distance, Xu Ji's bow and arrow were still so accurate and ferocious, it was incredible.

Deng Ai behind Xu Ji shot a light of admiration and admiration in his eyes, what is a gentleman who is "worthy of five virtues"? That is, at any time, you can use or create various forms to turn your hands into clouds and rain and control the overall development. And Xu Ji is a leader in this field, not to mention that Deng Ai has been deeply influenced by Xu Ji since he was a child, except for his uncle Deng Zhi, Xu Ji is almost another elder of his, it can be said that Xu Ji is an idol-like existence to him, so he naturally will not fall behind in the practice of martial arts. Li Yan and Wei Yan and other generals all gasped, they had already heard of Xu Ji's amazing bow and arrow skills, and Xu Ji had almost shot the current Yizhou assassin Liu Bei, the fierce generals in the world were all frightened when they heard it, but what did they hear about it?

Changing places, they all know that if they change to the soldiers on the opposite side, they are afraid that this will end like this.

The battlefield fell into a dead silence after the soldiers of the two armies shouted. After a long time, the Jingzhou army on the opposite side slowly galloped out a few horses, obviously the leader of the Jingzhou army.

Xu Ji carried a silver spear in his hand, jumped out of his horse, and shouted at the enemy in front of him: "The person on the other side is Sun Ce? Come out and see me Xu Ji! ”

"Lord Sikong, Sun Ce is polite here."

Xu Ji looked at it and saw that one of the white horses and silver spears was straight to him, it was Sun Ce! Xu Ji's heart center is telegraphed. More and more sure that the other party must have other plans for sending troops now, and Sun Ce is here. This matter is absolutely unreasonable, regardless of whether this troubled Sun Ce wants to deal with Cao Cao or himself. There's no reason to be here. He should have appeared on the battlefield of the Central Plains or the place where Jingzhou and Jiangdong were divided.

Could it be that Sun Ce's purpose here was just to determine whether he had fallen for Cao Cao's scheme? If that's all it takes, then Zhou Yu and the others are simply idiots. Whoever is sent to do this kind of thing can spy on it. I just asked casually just now, but I didn't expect Sun Ce to really come out.

Thinking of this, Xu Ji said meaningfully: "Being able to meet General Sun Ce here is really a surprise to someone Xu." ”

Sun Ce replied politely: "Lord Sikong is honored to be able to come and discuss the issue of Jingzhou with my Sun Ce. Xu Ji scolded in his heart, and said in a loud voice a little impatiently: "Sun Bofu, don't talk nonsense, what the hell might as well say it directly." You don't have to fight each other like you do now. ”

Sun Ce said hesitantly: "Lord Sikong misunderstood, it is the so-called salute first and then soldier. Sun Ce did this just in case. Lord Sikong should know that my Sun Ce is the assassin of Jingzhou appointed by the imperial court, but now the land of Jingzhou north of the Yangtze River is not under the control of my Sun Ce, so I have to ask for an explanation. ”

Xu Ji laughed loudly when he heard this, and then looked at Sun Ce expressionlessly and shouted, "Joke! I, Xu Ji, am now a great commander, and all the armies in the world must obey the movement of this division, what do you want to do now when you mobilize troops and horses? Not to mention. The imperial court has its own laws of the imperial court, and if Lord Sun Ce has anything, he can directly report it to the imperial court, and now he is using a knife and a gun. Where is the thing that a Han courtier should do? "Sun Ce is a fierce general on the battlefield, and of course there is no problem with the three armies of Yongguan, but he is a layman who fights with his mouth. Xu Ji has been in the midst of a political struggle many times over the years, where will Sun Ce be Xu Ji's opponent? At this moment, Xu Ji was speechless by a few words.

Sun Ce was speechless. Immediately a horse appeared behind him. Lang said: "Lord Sikong's words are wrong, if you talk about the law of the imperial court. Lord Sikong himself is not in the law, it stands to reason that the armies of the states should be stationed in the states, but Li Yan's army itself is not the army of Jingzhou, but it has stayed in Jingzhou for such a long time, is this the law of the imperial court? Xu Ji looked at it and couldn't help sneering: "It turned out to be Mr. Kuai Yue, it's really a blessing, when I saw Your Excellency in Chang'an, it was just a short time ago, it's really strange to say, since Lord Sun Ce has noticed that Li Yan's army has been stationed in Jingzhou for two years, he has only begun to express his dissatisfaction until today, and he also sent troops to threaten the imperial court, what is the reason for this?" Could it be that when Mr. Kuai Yue was in Chang'an, Lord Sun Ce did not express his dissatisfaction with this matter, but only had this plan not long ago? It's really weird. He immediately argued: "Things have priorities, and we naturally can't put the cart before the horse, not to mention that officials must perform their duties, and they can't go beyond Lei Chi, and their original duty is to send envoys to Chang'an, and of course they have no say in the matter of Li Yan's army's long-term garrison in Jingzhou." ”

Xu Ji sneered: "I see, Mr. Yue also knows that many things are not his duty!" Then let me tell you, Li Yan's army stationed here is also the meaning of the imperial court, although Jingzhou Thorn Shi is General Sun Ce, but Jingzhou is first of all the Jingzhou of my Han Dynasty, not your Sun Ce's Jingzhou, the imperial court hopes that Li Yan's army is here, does General Sun Ce dare to have any objections? Li Yan and Wei Yan and the others saw Xu Ji and the other party arguing with each other, and they were very intense, but they were able to argue without hindrance, and they were fascinated, and they only felt that the excitement was no less than the confrontation between the two armies.

Deng Ai laughed secretly in his heart: This is the benefit of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, if there is anything to do, you can take out the meaning of the Son of Heaven and the court to talk about things, so that the other party is speechless. Xu Ji also has the advantage of doing this, that is, he will wipe out all the reasons for the other party to send troops, so that Sun Ce's true intentions will surface, if Xu Ji is here, and he also refutes Sun Ce's reasons for sending troops, if Sun Ce still stays here, then Sun Ce will really have a problem.

Of course, Sun Ce and the others also know this, so they can't talk about their suffering like now. However, it is not easy to be with him, he immediately came up with a countermeasure, and he actually pretended to be annoyed and angry, and said: "Xu Ji, you are simply full of nonsense!" What does the imperial court mean? This is clearly what you Xu Ji meant! Hmph, Jingzhou land. I can't protect myself. On the contrary, I have to be subject to you Xu Ji, it is really a painting cake once it is all done. The moon is scarce, and today let my Jingzhou army get rid of this harm for the world. ”

Xu Ji and Deng Ai immediately screamed in their hearts. When he said this, he was obviously not going to debate with himself, but wanted to be rude, so that Xu Ji would not have the opportunity to use words to force Sun Ce and test Sun Ce's true intentions. Of course, this kind of battle is absolutely impossible to be a battle to the death, Sun Ce just wants to make an appearance, only if he does it with himself and is not defeated by himself, then Sun Ce will have a reason to continue to stay.

Sure enough, Sun Ce immediately understood, and said coldly: "The matter has come to this point, it is useless to say more, Xu Ji!" Hugh away!"

After that, Sun Ce led the army to rush towards Xu Ji's side, how could Li Yan be polite? Immediately, the army was killed, and the two sides fought a scuffle, with casualties on their own. The rear of Sun Ce's army was convenient for Ming Jin to withdraw his troops. Sun Ce immediately ordered the front of the army to change to the rear to cover the slow retreat of the army.

Xu Ji ordered Li Yan to stop the pursuit and also led his army back to the city.

As soon as he returned to the meeting hall, Wei Yan said indignantly: "This Sun Ce is really a coward!" Unexpectedly, he just fought with our army and withdrew his troops. made Lao Tzu suffocated, and the next time they met, they would definitely kill this Sun Ce under the horse. Xu Ji glanced at Wei Yan. smiled and said, "Wen Chang, if you see Sun Ce next time." You have to be more careful, this man is a great man. Better than the father, it's really hard to deal with. It's so low-key today. That's another plan, there is no sincere battle result, Wen Chang can't take it lightly, otherwise he will definitely suffer a big loss under this person. ”

Wei Yan had already worshiped Xu Ji like a god at this time, and of course he kept Xu Ji's advice in mind, and nodded again and again, indicating that he remembered it in his heart. Deng Ai said to Xu Ji: "Lord, it seems that there is indeed something wrong with this Sun Ce, today it is obvious that Sun Ce is hiding something, otherwise Sun Ce should have withdrawn after seeing the lord today." ”

Xu Ji nodded and said: "That's true, you must know that Sun Ce is now very close to Yuzhou, and he should know the dynamics of Runan best, General Zhang Ji is now sending troops to Yangzhou, Sun Ce doesn't know that General Zhang Ji is dealing with Cao Mengde, he will only think that General Zhang Ji and Cao Mengde have joined forces to fight with my Yanzhou army, in this case, Sun Ce is actually indifferent, as the lord of Jingzhou, he is still here to bargain with me for the boring question of whether the Zhengfang garrison in Jingzhou is in accordance with the law, which shows that he is not optimistic about Cao Cao and does not want to cooperate with Cao Cao." Li Yan also frowned and said: "But if it is said that Sun Ce wants to deal with Cao Cao, then there is no reason, if Sun Ce wants to deal with Cao Cao, he will not appear here, because Cao Cao is not easy to deal with, and it is definitely not comparable to Liu Biao and others, if Sun Ce wants to deal with Cao Cao, he should supervise the battle in front of Jiangdong." ”

Xu Ji sighed and said: "My Yanzhou has also sent many scouts in Jiangdong in the past two years, although I learned that Sun Ce did not give up the battle for Jingzhou, but Sun Ce did not make substantial progress in Jiangdong, so if it is said that Sun Ce is ready to deal with Cao Cao, it should be after we defeat Cao Cao." And it should never be now. Everyone in the hall frowned, unable to think of a reason.

Deng Ai stood up, walked to the front of the sand table, looked at the sand table, and repeatedly measured the form in front of him.

Xu Ji and the others also remained silent tacitly, for fear of disturbing Deng Ai's train of thought.

After a while, Deng Ai suddenly couldn't help but shout: "Could it be that the intention of Sun Ce's army on this trip is to go to the land with Mr. Fuzhi?" As soon as Deng Ai said this, everyone in the hall immediately changed color, and Xu Ji immediately stood up, walked quickly to the sand table, and looked at it carefully.

Li Yan and others were no exception, and they walked to the front of the sand table to watch.

Immediately, everyone's faces changed.

You must know that since Xu Ji entered Chang'an, he has always regarded the acquisition of Yizhou as the most critical step in his struggle for the world, so he will send two armies, one bright and one dark. The purpose of Tian Feng's army and Jia Xu's army was to engage the enemy head-on in Hanzhong, while Fu Xu's army was strictly the vanguard of Li Yan's army.

According to the map of entering Shu obtained from Zhang Song, Xu Ji ordered the army to cut south from Guanguan, and after crossing the Danshui, hide in the mountains and mountains, and wait for an opportunity to advance to the northwest, and seize the Meridian Valley and Luogu Valley if necessary, so that Hanzhong can be easily obtained.

In the rebellion of Wang Yun in Chang'an, the warlords of the northwest took the opportunity to seize Meicheng and Meridian Valley and other places, making Wang Yun in a situation that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. For several years, Zhang Xiu's army has always been at a disadvantage in this region. The reason for this is the loss of favorable terrain.

And the role of frustration. It is the key to making Zhang Xiu's army anti-guest. As long as the frustration can open up the situation, then Li Yan's army will immediately follow. Centered on the breakthrough of the frustrated army. Quickly tear apart the defenses of Hanzhong and Yizhou, so that it goes. Tian Feng's army, Zhang Xiu's army, Fu Zhi's army, and Li Yan's army could drive straight into the territory of Yizhou.

Of course, Xu Ji wanted to do this for a long time, but the situation in the world made him give up this tempting idea at that time, first of all, economic problems, and the economic wheels of Yanzhou at that time had already run to the extreme. can no longer withstand Xu Ji's battles, for this reason, Xun Yu also asked Xu Ji when he first came to Chang'an. The second is the question of timing, Xu Ji did not have the reason to attack Hanzhong and Yizhou at that time, and Chang'an was unstable. Who knows what will happen to Wang Zifu and the others after they leave Chang'an?

What's more, at that time, Xun Yu had already proposed to himself a comprehensive strategy to dominate the world, and he wanted to use the economy to drag down the princes of the world, and of course he would not easily use this move. It can be said that the frustrated army now seems to be insignificant, and will even be ignored by others. But once Xu Ji started the war for Yizhou, then the army of Frustration would immediately turn into a storm and sweep through Hanzhong and Yizhou.

This is also one of the reasons why He Xu Ji wants to send Gan Ning to the army of Fu Zhi.

Zhang Yan's Montenegrin army is good at fighting tough battles and has strong mobility. Even Zang Ba's army can only be on par with it, while Gan Ning is a bandit, and of course he has a common language with Zhang Yan. Moreover, Gan Ning himself is a native of Yizhou and is very familiar with the local customs and customs. With Gan Ning here, the frustrated army is of course like a tiger.

Therefore, when Xu Ji and the others faced the army of Sun Ce in front of them. There was no connection between this army and the army of frustration.

But after Deng Ai said this, Xu Ji and others immediately discovered the key. It is very likely that Sun Ce has another army set off from Xiangyang. Go straight to Nanxiang in the northwest, and start to search for frustration and conferring the army from Nanxiang.

Originally, Xu Ji also wanted to frustrate the army and enter Nanxiang. However, he gave up this idea because the troops were too scattered.

If it is the Nanxiang dialect of the Fu Tun army, then Shangyong, Fangling, Fancheng and other places must be divided into troops to guard, not only Xu Ji does not have this force, but also Xu Ji's intentions will be exposed, so Xu Ji will order the Fu Zhi army outside Nanxiang City, waiting for an opportunity to move. Once the matter was broken by Deng Ai, everyone felt more and more that Sun Ce's army's intention was here.

Wei Yan frowned and said, "If things are explained like this, then this army of Sun Ce in front of you does have a reasonable reason, but the question is how did Sun Ce think that the main guild would have such a strange soldier here in Nanxiang?"

Xu Ji smiled bitterly: "It turns out that we must not take Sun Ce and Zhou Yu lightly, of course, including that Liao Li, I think Sun Ce must have guessed my move after Liao Li went to Chang'an." Everyone was puzzled, but Deng Ai said coldly: "This matter is unbelievable, but it is not difficult to guess, you know, the lord is now a figure of all eyes in the world, and for these princes, he is the biggest enemy, so all the actions of the lord will be concerned by them." ”

After a pause, Deng Ai said again: "Zhang Yan's army is famous all over the world, but in the end it disappeared, so where did this army go?" This was one of the doubts that the princes had in their hearts, and of course they could not conceive of the lord's intentions on this article alone; And Mr. Fuzhu, who is as famous as Mr. Tian Feng, also disappeared at the same time, which makes people even more suspicious, so it is natural that people will think that Mr. Fuzhu should be in Zhang Yan's army at this time. Everyone was impressed by Deng Ai's analysis, and they all showed expressions of deep approval.

Xu Ji looked at Deng Ai and said with a wry smile: "These two points are easy to say, but how did Sun Ce guess that the army of frustration was in Nanxiang?" ”

Deng Ai's eyes flashed, and he said coldly: "I'm afraid this matter is still on General Gan Ning." Looking at Xu Ji, who was still a little puzzled, Deng Ai explained: "Although General Gan Ning is not well-known, after all, he has lived in Jingzhou for a period of time, and he has served as an official under Jiangxia Huangzu. But General Gan Ning was gone, and then, in the course of the battle between our army and Yuan Shao's army, General Gan Ning personally defeated Yuan Min, the master of the Yuan family, and then disappeared again, although General Gan Ning did not leave his name and surname in that battle, but Sun Ce will definitely hear about it, after all, the image of General Gan Ning is completely different from the famous generals of my Yanzhou army. Li Yan was a little incredulous and said, "Could it be that based on these points alone, Sun Ce can conclude the lord's strategy?" ”

Deng Ai shook his head and said, "General Li Yan." Of course, things are not that simple, what made Sun Ce think of this was actually the assassination incident that happened in Chang'an......" Xu Ji said. Immediately, his body shook, and his face changed: "I see! ”

looked at Xu Ji's changing appearance. Deng Ai sighed and said, "That's right. Everyone looked at each other, and one said, "I see." One says "exactly". I don't understand what kind of dumb riddle the two are playing. Xu Ji said with a heavy heart: "I was negligent in this matter, I let Gan Ning kill Yu Ji with a fluke mentality, I assisted on the side, this matter must have been brought back to Jingzhou by Liao Li, Zhou Yu guessed Gan Ning's ...... by contacting the clues of the past" Wei Yan and Li Yan looked at each other and were shocked, even so, this Zhou Yu is too godly. Deng Ai said coldly: "Zhou Yu should understand the principle of making the best use of things and making the best use of talents. General Gan Ning himself is a person from Yizhou, and anyone can see that the lord's next strategy is in Yizhou, thinking of the birthplace of the disappeared General Gan Ning, and thinking about what Gan Ning did in Chang'an, Zhou Yu can naturally guess a rough idea, which is not surprising. After a pause, Deng Ai pointed to Jingzhou on the map and said: "Sun Ce is different from Cao Cao, because Cao Cao is far away from Yizhou, so the relationship between Yizhou's Enron and him is not as obvious as Sun Ce's. And Cao Cao couldn't help if he wanted to, because the whip couldn't reach it. For Cao Cao, even if he doesn't say it, Sun Ce will also help Yizhou to defend it. Therefore, Cao Cao thought more about dealing with the lord, because the lord's eyes must be completely focused on Yizhou and Hanzhong, so he shouldn't care too much about him. Therefore, there will be Wang Tu, Yin's, Lai Yan'er, Yu Ji and others. Cao Cao knew in his heart that sooner or later he would tear his face with the lord. But if it can be successful at this time, then it can not only curb the expansion of the top. And there will be a situation of turning defeat into victory, even if it fails, Cao Cao can retreat steadily. At most, he gave up Xiapi and retreated to Jiangdong. Because he knew that the lord would never do anything to him before he took Jiangdong. Everyone suddenly realized, no wonder Cao Cao dared to be so blatant, it turned out that he was fearless because of Xu Ji's goal.

Deng Ai pointed to the station where Sun Cejun was located on the sand table and said in a deep voice: "As for Sun Ce, the problem he is thinking about is how to keep Yizhou, because he knows in his heart that if Yizhou is lost, then Jingzhou will not be able to protect it at all, so Zhou Yu is now full of the safety of Yizhou, so all the troubles of our army will be carefully studied by him, in this case, it is not surprising that Zhou Yu saw through the lord's strategy." What's more, your army has been in Jingzhou for two years, but you have done nothing, which is tantamount to waste. Of course, Zhou Yu would have wondered what the purpose of the lord's action was, and came to the conclusion that General Li Yan's army was also attacking Yizhou. Everyone nodded silently, if so, Sun Ce's army appeared outside Nanyang City, it would not be surprising at all, because the purpose of Sun Ce's trip was not on Cao Cao, nor on himself, but on Yizhou, Sun Ce coveted Jiangdong, but that should be after keeping his invincible position, and now if there is a dispute with Cao Cao, the last cheaper will only be Xu Ji, and this account Zhou Yu should be able to calculate. Xu Ji sighed and said: "No need to ask, Zhou Yu's conjecture must also be known by Pang Tong in Yizhou, you must know that Pang Tong himself is a person from Jingzhou, and Pang Tong and Jingzhou are inextricably linked. Pang Tong will also be involved. Zhou Yu did not know the terrain of Hanzhong and Yizhou, if he wanted to march, he had to get the guidance of the locals of Yizhou, and this person was better than Zhang Song, Pang Tong must have ordered Zhang Song to tell Zhou Yu about this route after receiving Zhou Yu's news. And Zhuge Jin's brother Zhuge Liang, who is said to be far more talented than his younger brother Zhuge Liang, must also be under Liu Bei's account now, and this person is also worth noting. Everyone hurriedly looked at the sand table. Immediately, a route appeared clearly in front of everyone: another army of Sun Cedi appeared in Nanxiang and moved to the northwest, while the army sent by Pang Tong should have started from the Meridian Valley and attacked the army of Jingzhou on both sides.

Deng Ai looked at Xu Ji and said coldly: "The lord's conjecture is very reasonable, otherwise it would be so quiet during this time for the warlords of the Northwest and Jingzhou, which is not at all in line with common sense, it turns out that the two families have joined forces to secretly send troops to prepare to eliminate hidden dangers." Wei Yan was so angry that he slapped his palms, and said with a full face: "The hateful Zhou Yu actually dares to play tricks on us and others, and make a fuss about why our army has been stationed in Jingzhou for so long in front of the two armies." It's just knowingly asking. ”

Xu Ji's eyes flashed with a terrifying light, and he said coldly: "Zhou Yu does have two hands. I can come up with such an ingenious strategy, all along. We all thought that Sun Ce's questioning was just to make excuses for his military reasons, so that he could stay outside Nanyang City for a long time, but now it seems that this reason is actually the reason! It was really unexpected to us, but fortunately there is Deng Ai. Deng Ai smiled bitterly: "The lord is really a winner, you must know that I am also suspicious because Sun Ce has repeatedly emphasized this matter, and it is not surprising that I came to this conclusion after coming back in combination with the sand table." ”

But people don't think so. Everyone is throwing their eyes at Deng Ai at the moment, it is really too godly, if it is said that Zhou Yu has made this plan painstakingly, then Deng Ai has seen through this plan It is as light as a weight. Zhou Yu, Pang Tong, Deng Ai, Lu Xun, Huan Fan...... These people are all young and not yet in their twenties, but all of them are amazingly talented, and they can be called a last resort, and all of them are in charge of their own affairs, which is breathtaking. It makes people feel as if a new era of strategy has arrived, and the feeling of "the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves" rises in their hearts. Deng Ai didn't care about everyone's strange feelings about him. Instead, he looked at Xu Ji and said in a deep voice: "Lord, now that the matter is critical, please make up your mind quickly." Otherwise, it will definitely have a great impact on the great cause of the lord's conquest of Yizhou and Hanzhong, and it can be said that what Sun Ce and Pang Tong are doing now is far more terrible than Cao Cao. Cao Cao's matter has basically become a foregone conclusion, but the current situation is unpredictable. ”

Li Yan couldn't help but suggest on the side: "Lord." Now that it's clear, why should we worry? You only need to mobilize a large army to support the general, can't you? Qingnikou and Wuguan are close at hand. It's also very convenient for us to be informed. Xu Ji shook his head and said: "Zhengfang, it seems that you still don't understand the situation in front of you, and now it is because you know Zhou Yu's strategy." Our situation is even less optimistic. The frustrated army was completely defenseless and was calculated by Zhou Yu and Pang Tong, which was of course a great loss for our army. However, if the frustrated army fought with the two armies of Sun Ce and Pang Tong, it would make me anxious. ”

Looking at Li Yan, who was full of puzzlement, Xu Ji explained: "Because that will mean that we have lost the opportunity, no matter whether we win or lose this battle, as long as we fight, look at the overall situation." We are the ones who suffer, because we lost the opportunity to sneak up on Yizhou and Hanzhong in the shadows. In the future, Pang Tong will definitely pay more attention to this place, so that we have no chance. Wei Yan frowned and said, "If that's the case, we might as well launch an offensive against Yizhou now, if we can snatch a meridian valley and Wuguan, then wouldn't we have reached the hope of the lord?" Everyone looked at Wei Yan like idiots, making this kid confused, Li Yan couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Wen Chang, I usually ask you to read more books, but you just don't listen." You don't want to think about it, why does the lord have such a clever plan but delay doing it? The lord's current strategy is to drain the strength of the various princes, and then start to do it, two years ago because after the war, unable to levy, now, our army is at war with Cao Cao, Cao Cao is like a ghost. The lord needs to deal with it with all his might, if the Yizhou battlefield is opened up at this time, we will only be overwhelmed, not to mention, if our army starts a war with the Yizhou army in Mingli, then how to do business with Jingzhou and Yizhou in the future? If you don't do business, how can you drain the strength of the princes? Wei Yan was speechless when asked by Li Yan, and he was speechless.

Xu Ji nodded and said, "Zhengfang has a point, this is exactly what I'm worried about." We can't fight the Jingzhou Army or the Yizhou Army at all now, it's not that we don't have the strength to do so, but the situation doesn't allow us to do this. ”

Wei Yan was depressed by this remark, and snorted: "Neither is the left, nor is the right." How is it good to teach people? Xu Ji sighed and said: "I can now order my subordinates to support the Fu Zhi army, and ask them not to fight with the Jingzhou army and the Yizhou army, but I just don't know if I can do it in time." And even if it's too late, what do we do next to convince the other side that we don't have an army here that wants to attack Yizhou? ”

Deng Ai said in a deep voice: "According to the time calculation, there should be no problem. Zhou Yu only speculated on the lord's intentions, and did not know the lord's specific plan, so the speed of Sun Ce's army, which went straight to the army of the lord, should not be very fast, and similarly, the Yizhou army also had the same problem, not to mention that the lord wanted Mr. Fu to hide for so long, the hiding place of the army of the lord was not so easy to be discovered, and the news of the lord should be able to arrive in time. After a pause, Deng Ai said again: "And Mr. Fu Zhu is the wise man of the world. He is a very measured person, and Mr. Fu Zhu has a deep understanding of the great affairs of the lord. It shouldn't be abrupt. When you see the enemy, you can't help but move. ”

The anxiety in Xu Ji's heart calmed down at this time.

yes, what kind of person is Frustrated? How could he make such a stupid move. I'm really worried about it. "As for how we will cover up this matter in the future...... Deng Ai's face flashed a strong and confident mysterious smile, and he said indifferently to Xu Ji: "Lord, we might as well plan here and now, and further open Jingzhou's trade market for us?" ”

When Xu Ji heard this, his spirits perked up, and he looked at Deng Ai and said, "Oh, will the plan come out?" Deng Aihaha smiled and said, "Our subordinates, the first step is to ensure that Mr. Fu's army does not fight with the Jingzhou army and the Yizhou army, so that Zhou Yu can hardly be sure that the main guild has such a plan based on speculation." You must know that since ancient times, the difficulty of the Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky, if there is no accurate information, no one will attack Shu lightly, Zhou Yu and Pang Tong killed and could not imagine that there would be a 'map into Shu' in the hands of the lord, they will definitely think that the lord is now just sending the army over, in the groping stage, and this is also the main reason why they associate General Gan Ning with Mr. Fu Zhu and General Zhang Yan to think. If he came to find Mr. Fu's army, Sun Ce could only march cautiously, and would never dare to march forward. So as not to startle the snake, it is precisely for this reason that Sun Ce in front of us will show us a sense of uncertainty like now, which can be seen from the conversation between the two armies in front of the formation today. If Sun Ce already knew exactly the location of the Frustrated Army. That would definitely not be the attitude it is now. Everyone nodded convincingly, and continued to listen to Deng Ai's explanation: "If Sun Ce can't find the frustrated army. They will only quietly retreat, and Zhou Yu will immediately verify that he is a cup bow snake shadow afterwards. It was discovered by Mr. Frustrated's army first. If we can make a gesture, Zhou Yu thinks that he is just a cup bow and snake shadow. Then we're a big winner. There was no need for the army to retreat. Xu Ji nodded and said, "That's right, but our question is what exactly to cover up?" Deng Ai laughed and said: "In fact, Zhou Yu's speculation is largely based on why General Li Yan's army stayed here. After two years of inaction, we can make a big fuss about this. After a pause, Deng Ai smiled and said, "We can hint to Sun Ce that the purpose of Li Yan's army here is to establish the country's largest trade market, and Li Yan's army is here to maintain law and order." Xu Ji was amazed and said to Deng Ai: "Then should I start withdrawing all the Yanzhou merchants from Yuzhou now and make a gesture to avoid the war?" ”

Deng Ai nodded and said with a smile: "That's exactly what it means, not only do we have to withdraw our troops, but even Li Yan's army has to withdraw our troops." In this way, Zhou Yu will immediately mistakenly think that he is in the cup bow snake shadow. Xu Ji laughed and said, "In this way, even if Pang Tong deploys heavy troops in the southeast of the Meridian Valley, he will relax his vigilance because he has no trace of our army." And Zhou Yu will think that I have put all my heart and soul on Cao Cao. ”

Deng Ai nodded with a smile.

Xu Ji was in a good mood at this time, and Lian Mo began to give orders, while sending people to make a detour through Wuguan, contact Fu Zhu, and ask them to withdraw their troops. On the other hand, he ordered the whole army and the Yanzhou merchants gathered on the border line of Yuzhou to start retreating, making a posture to avoid the war. As soon as Xu Ji's order was issued, the Yanzhou army stationed in the north of Jingzhou immediately began to retreat at every turn, and even took the initiative to retreat from Nanyang City, and those Yanzhou merchants also had to retreat with the army.

As for Xu Ji's orders to the frustrated army, it was soon passed to the frustrated army.

At this time, the army of Di Fu had already hidden in the mountains, evading the first round of search and arrest by Sun Ce's army and Pang Tong's army. When Xu Ji's envoy arrived, Fu Zhu was drinking tea leisurely in the big tent of the Chinese army, and it was Zhang Yan and Gan Ning who were sitting on both sides. After seeing Xu Ji's letter, Fu Zhi smiled confidently on his face, and said happily: "In the end, the lord understands things and can guess my thoughts." After a period of temptation, Zhang Yan and Gan Ning knew that Fu Zhu really had the talent to go through the heavens and the earth, so they had extra respect for Fu Zhu. Zhang Yan said respectfully when he heard this: "I can't hide anything from Mr., it is precisely because Mr. knows the lord's mind that he let us withdraw our troops first, if it is replaced by us, I am afraid that we will fight to the death." Fu Zhu smiled proudly and said: "The lord said well, war, is linked to interests, a war without interests is a lost war, let's not talk about whether we can win if we fight hard in a few days, let's just say that we show up now, it is simply a major matter to destroy the lord." ”

Gan Ning also said in a deep voice on the side: "Mr. Fu Zhu is right, and even if it is a tough encounter, we may not be able to achieve victory, the other party only sent to search for our army is not only numerous, but also has many generals, including many famous generals, although I have not stayed in Jingzhou for a long time, but I know those people, I don't know the person who led the army in Jingzhou, but the general next to him is Huang Zhong, the number one general in Jingzhou." ”

When Zhang Yan heard this, a look of horror flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "I have many heroes in Changshan, the most famous of which are Zhao Yun and Yan Liang, who are now under Liu Bei's account, and Yan Liang, who has died, and Wen Chou, but I heard General Chen Zhi say that this Huang Zhong is at least the same level as Lu Bu, if Lu Bu is a fire that can burn everything, it represents death, then Huang Zhong represents the thriving wood, representing life, and he is very powerful, General Chen Zhi admires him very much, I didn't expect him to come!" If it is a fight, I am afraid that General Gan Ning will not curry favor with him!" Gan Ning smiled bitterly: "Of course I am willing to bow down, although I fought with Yuan Min and Yu Ji and benefited a lot from it, but Yuan Min himself is already a bird with a frightened bow, and he was defeated in the hands of Huang Zhong in Jingzhou, and his martial arts were greatly reduced, otherwise how could I have the ability to take him down easily?" Yu Ji is even better than me, although I consciously improve my cultivation day by day, but I will not fight Huang Zhong, that is undoubtedly self-defeating. ”

After a pause, Gan Ning said again: "The others are also famous generals in Jingzhou. Not to be underestimated, as for Yizhou, Liu Bei can be regarded as having made a lot of money, and the person sent is actually his brother-in-law Zhang Fei, this person is also an enemy of ten thousand, and I will lose more than I win when I fight him. He smiled and said, "I know what General Gan Ning is thinking in his heart, that is, he knows that he is invincible, and he still wants to fight these people, otherwise he will feel regretful for the rest of his life, right?" ”

Gan Ning nodded vigorously, but finally said: "Gan Ning doesn't dare to spoil the lord's big business!" ”

Fu Zhu nodded with satisfaction, and then said with a full face: "It's because of the lord's big business, we have to think about it in the long term next!" (To be continued......)