At the same time, Cao Cao and his subordinates were standing on Shenting Mountain looking at Sun Ce's camp, and there was no joy in their expressions.

After a long time, Cao Cao sighed: "Sun Jian gave birth to a good son!" ”

Cao Ang, who was beside Cao Cao, turned pale when he heard this, and said to Cao Cao: "What my father said is extremely true, and the child is ashamed of himself!" ”

Cao Cao glanced at Cao Ang, and said with a dumb smile: "Zixiu, you don't have to take it to heart, everyone's talents are different, as long as you develop your strengths and avoid your weaknesses, you will have a successful life." ”

Cao Ang nodded, and Mao Jie, who had been silent beside Cao Cao, looked at Cao Ang, who was still a little depressed, and said with a smile: "I once heard Brother Cheng Yu say that although Sun Ce is a hero, he is a temper with his father Sun Jian, and it is best to light the enemy before the battle, he will die at the hands of the villain one day, so don't worry." The eldest prince is cautious, and this is where the eldest prince is better than Sun Ce. But that Zhou Yu is really tricky. ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "It's a pity that Cheng Yu is not here, otherwise I would have to ask how this Zhou Yu sensed our intentions." ”

Mao Jie smiled: "But these are not important, I think the lord should act very early now and attack Jiangdong." ”

Cao Cao smiled and said to Mao Jie: "Of course. ”

Xiahoudun, who was on the side, frowned and said to Cao Cao: "Meng De, I'm afraid things are not that simple, right?" Sun Ce and Zhou Yu in front of us are really tricky, if we don't defeat them, we want to occupy Jiangdong, I'm afraid it's a fool's dream. ”

Cao Cao glanced at Xiahoudun, smiled silently, and did not answer. Xiahoudun looked at Cao Cao's expression and knew that he was wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong.

Mao Jie explained with a smile on the side: "Yuan let the general worry too much. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu will retreat in a few days. ”

Everyone around him was puzzled and looked at Mao Jie. Mao Jie said calmly: "Zhou Yu is not a stupid person, he should know that there is no hope of a complete victory in the battle with our army now." What if you win even one or two small battles? Don't forget, we have Guangling as the base camp in the back, and our army can continue to drive here from Guangling, on the other hand, Sun Ce is nominally a subordinate of Yuan Shu, but now the soldiers and horses recruited, the grain and grass collected are all prepared by themselves, and those warships are raised by Zhou Yu after secretly preparing for a long time. Once the war is protracted, what will Sun Ce do to fight with us? If I were Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, I should find a way out for myself now. It dawned on everyone.

Mao Jieyu smiled mysteriously: "What's more, Sun Ce lacks people and ah, you must think that Sun Ce's return to Jiangdong is expected by everyone, in fact, you don't know the family in Jiangdong, these people only have their own family interests in front of them, the Sun family is called the leader of the Jiangdong family at the time, but that is already yesterday's yellow flower." Since the death of Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian from serious injuries, the Jiangdong family has done their own thing, and where do they put the orphaned and widowed Sun family in their eyes? If the Sun family had won the hearts of the people, our Lord Liu Xuan would not have attacked her maternal uncle Wu Jing at the beginning. Hehe, in fact, Lord Liu Xuan's hand throwing stones to ask for directions is exactly what we want to do. The result is exactly what we expected, otherwise the lord's plan to lurk in Xuzhou and watch Yangzhou all these years is not the moon in the water. Flowers in the mirror? ”

Everyone was stunned, and then they understood why Cao Cao was so determined to seize the land of Jiangdong. It turns out that the chances of one's own side are no less than those of the enemy.

Mao Jie said in high spirits: "Fighting our army head-on, since Sun Ce can't achieve victory, if Sun Ce has enough troops, he can set off from Shouchun to Xia Cai to recruit troops from Sicheng to attack Huaiyin, Huai'an, and Yandu to copy our back road, after all, our army's grain and grass are all in Jiangdu." However, I had expected that the enemy would have this hand, Lord Bao Xin had already been ambushed there for a long time, if Sun Ce sneaked attacked, it would definitely make them look good, not to mention that the White Horse Lake was still under our control, and Sun Ce would not dare to go deep alone. In this way, the geographical advantage is lost. ”

Li Dian, who had a scar on his face, smiled: "What if Yuan Shu supports Sun Ce? Yuan Shu is now intriguing the Yanzhou army without knowing whether he is alive or dead, and it won't be long before he is in a situation where he can't protect himself, once Yuan Shu is defeated, Sun Ce's successor is Yanzhou's aggressive army, what else will he fight with us. Everyone nodded.

Mao Jie and Cao Cao glanced at each other, and saw surprise in each other's eyes, obviously thinking that this Li Dian was a talent that could be cultivated, Mao Jie smiled: "What General Li Dian said is reasonable. ”

Cao Cao looked at Li Dian with a smile and asked, "If you were Sun Ce, where would you go?" "There is obviously a taste of teaching in it.

Li Dian perked up, pondered for a while, and said categorically: "If it were me, I would definitely choose to go south and seize Jiangdong in the shortest possible time." After all, Jiangdong is the place where his father, Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian, made his fortune, and the wealthy landlords in Jiangdong have always obeyed the Sun family, as long as Sun Ce can show his achievements and prove that he is not inferior to his father in politics and military, it is not difficult to gain a foothold in Jiangdong. What's more, if Sun Ce goes south, the enemy he faces is not very clever people, with the wisdom of Zhou Yu and the courage of Sun Ce, sweeping Jiangdong is just around the corner, so why worry about big things? Everyone nodded, this was indeed Sun Ce's best choice.

Xiahou Yuan, who was heroic and had a short beard, also sighed and said: "Zhou Yu doesn't need to say it, that Sun Ce's martial arts are really powerful, I am not his opponent, even Brother Yuan Rang is quite inferior, only Xu Chu, this kid can defeat him." ”

Xu Chu, who was on the side, shook his head and said: "Sun Ce's marksmanship is exquisite, far better than ordinary people, if it is changed to before the trip to Chang'an, although I can kill him, I am afraid that I will also be seriously injured, even if I want to clean him up now, it is very difficult." ”

The generals beside him were silent, the vicious battle a few days ago is still vivid, Sun Ce's courage is indeed rare in the world, but everyone is thinking more about Xu Chu's words, everyone knows the meaning of Xu Chu's words, that is, during the battle of Chang'an, a vicious battle with Chen Zhi benefited Xu Chu a lot. There can be great progress in martial arts.

Cao Cao's heart was a little disappointed, it seems that although Li Dian is a wise general, he is not a first-class wise man after all, at this time. I only heard Li Dian say in a deep voice: "But if Sun Ce really does this, it is just a matter of lingering." Because our army is right behind him, ready to strike at any time. The homeless Sun Ce had problems with both soldiers and food. ”

Cao Cao had a little expectation for Li Dian in his heart, and it seemed that this Li Dian could still be on his own after cultivating it.

"Geography and people can't be relied on, unless you ......" Li Dian hesitated, raised his head to look at Mao Jie, and saw that the latter's face had a little expectation, and couldn't help blurting out: "Could it be Jingzhou!" ”

When everyone heard this, they shook their heads, and they all felt that Li Dian's statement was very absurd, and Xiahou Yuan frowned on the side and said, "Li Dian." You don't have to laugh, Jingzhou is now strong, Liu Biao can occupy Jingzhou single-handedly that day, the thief of the Inner Ping Sect, and Sun Jian outside, and now Jingzhou is moving with hundreds of thousands of armor, how can Sun Ce be qualified to attack Jingzhou? Everyone nodded.

Cao Cao smiled silently and looked at Mao Jie, who smiled and said, "General Li Dian is right. Sun Ce's best way out now is to attack Jingzhou. The crowd was stunned.

Mao Jie smiled: "I know why you think it's strange, if it were in the past, Jingzhou was really not something that Sun Ce could beat, but now Jingzhou is in crisis." Sun Ce has a great opportunity. ”

Everyone still didn't know why, Mao Jie looked at Cao Cao, but Cao Cao looked in the direction of Hedong County, Sizhou. Said leisurely: "Can any of you tell me where Xu Wenlie is now?" ”

Xu Chu's most "concerning" thing was Chen Dao beside Xu Ji, and when he heard the words, he said: "Lord." Isn't Xu Ji in Jingzhou now? ”

Cao Cao smiled and said, "Then where is Chen Zhi?" Could it really be that he was looking for Xu Wenlie and the current saint near Chang'an? Isn't that overkill? ”

Everyone was like falling into the fog, and they didn't understand what Cao Cao was doing when he suddenly pulled Chen Zhi for some reason. Mao Jie, however, understood what Cao Cao meant. He sighed to Cao Cao and said, "It's a pity that we can't get in touch with Liu Biao, otherwise we will join forces with Liu Biao to make Sun Ce die without a place to be buried." Cao Cao sighed: "If we do this, I am afraid that it will be even more unfavorable to us." For a long time in the future, it will always be much better for Sun Ce to control Jiangdong than for Liu Biao to control Jiangdong. ”

Mao Jiewei thought about it, and immediately admired Cao Cao: "It's still the lord's foresight!" If Liu Biao fought on two fronts, even if he could kill Sun Ce, he would be defeated by the Yanzhou army, and once Liu Biao was defeated, Jingzhou would be in the pocket of the Yanzhou army. If Sun Ce takes possession of Jingzhou, in the future, we will only have a strong helper. Cao Cao nodded slowly, with a solemn expression. Cao Cao and Mao Jie also did not believe that Xu Ji would die in Jingzhou, which was just a trick.

Mao Jie sighed again and said, "If it weren't for the fact that the Yanzhou Army was really difficult to mess with, I really wanted to tell others our guess about Xu Ji's whereabouts." ”

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "Doing this will only cause us trouble, even if we guess Xu Ji's whereabouts correctly?" It doesn't do us any good to say it. ”

The people around him were even more strange, according to Mao Jie's statement, it seemed that Liu Biao of Jingzhou would soon fight the Yanzhou army. What the hell is going on? Could it be that the Gao Shun army of Hedong County and Zhang Yun's army fought again? The army of Yanzhou did not attack Yuan Shu, why did it attack the Jingzhou army that had no grudges with him? Could it be that Yanzhou has already received the news that Xu Ji was hunted down and killed in Jingzhou?

Although Cao Cao does not plan to participate in this matter, he is also watching from the wall, and now all the princes are nominally saying that they will help find Xu Ji, but they are secretly blocking all the roads back to Yanzhou, and even sending killers to chase and kill Xu Ji everywhere. If this matter is known to the Yanzhou army, it is very possible to attack Jingzhou.

If this is the case, it is really better to ask Sun Ce to obtain Jingzhou, but does Sun Ce really have such a big appetite?

Mao Jie looked at the expression that was still unbelievable, smiled, and said confidently: "What's more, Jingzhou itself is also in crisis, Liu Biaomei is called the assassin history, but how much can he control the situation in the entire Jingzhou?" How can anyone in those places be truly obedient? These will be opportunities for Sun Ce. Ha. Liu Biao originally had a good calculation and sent troops to the north, knowing that he was dealing with the Yanzhou army, but in fact, it was just to gain fame and use it to deter the princes of Jingzhou in the future, but now it is really difficult to ride a tiger, where does he want to get the Yanzhou army to be so good at fighting, let alone know that Xu Ji has never disappeared, and what he is looking for is just an excuse for Xu Ji to annex Jingzhou in the future. ”

Everyone was stunned. showed a knowing smile, and was even more intimidated by Mao's powerful analysis. If Xu Ji was here, he would definitely be surprised that Mao Jie's ability was even more than in history. Obviously, it was because without Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others that Mao Dai got more opportunities, and these experiences also made this already good strategist more wise.

And after listening to Mao Jie's words, everyone present undoubtedly did not give birth to the idea that the silent development of these years is not inaction! The crowd was immediately refreshed. I feel that the future is much brighter.

Cao Cao smiled and said triumphantly: "Xu Ji's path is our best example, here, it's just a part of my plan, hum, the world is chaotic, we still have a lot of things to do with them, I'm afraid that by then it will be beyond our reach." ”

Mao Jie hugged his fists and said: "The lord is far-sighted, Xuzhou and Chang'an are ......"

Cao Cao stopped him: "No need to say more. I know what to expect. ”

Everyone looked at each other, although they didn't know that the two of them had played dumb riddles, but their confidence was greatly increased.

Cao Cao and Mao Jie looked at the appearance of the people in front of them, and didn't explain much, but just looked at Sun Ce's camp expectantly, imagining the great future of Jiangdong.

It's a pity that Xu Ji, who was thinking about Jingzhou, didn't hear these words......

As Mao and Cao Cao expected, it was not long before Sun Ce's army began to retreat, holding only the cities west of the Qinhuai River. No longer engage Cao Cao's army.

As a result, Cao Cao's army, which had been in a state of war, and Sun Cejun's army reached a tacit understanding, taking both sides of the Qinhuai River as the boundary and going their own way. They have nothing to do with each other, and outsiders don't know why, only the two sides in the army know what to do. One wants to take Jiangdong, and the other wants to occupy Jingzhou. The two princes of Jiangnan gradually formed......

Until this time, except for Xu Ji, the descendant, and Cao Cao, the immortal hero, saw Sun Ce's difficulty. None of the rest of the people noticed Sun Ce's growing strength, including Yuan Shao, who was secretly expanding his power, not to mention that a letter from Liaodong made him even more happy: Xu Ji's mother had been brought to Liaodong by Yuan Ba and Yuan Hui.

And the people who received this news also included Xu Ji, who had already joined the army of Gao Shun and the army of Zhang Yan.

When Xu Ji received this letter, he had only arrived at the Gaoshun camp for a short time.

Looking at Xu Ji, who was shining with a strange light in his eyes, Gao Shun asked with concern, "Lord, what happened?" Xu Ji handed the letter to Gao Shun, who read it, although he was also happy, but more, it was a touch of worry.

Gao Shun put the letter on the table and said to Xu Ji: "Lord, in this way, the problem of Youzhou can be solved." ”

Xu Ji nodded, but said in his heart: Maybe the actions of Gao Shun, the powerful Mrs. Yan Yu'er and others, are the earliest decapitation operations in history. However, Xu Ji didn't care about this matter, and said to Gao Shun: "In fact, the matter in Youzhou is not just as simple as the grudge between Gongsun Chan and Liu Yu. If you want to get rid of the two of them, you can do it alone, where will you go to such a great deal of trouble as now, and you have to make your son and wife and others go deep into the dangerous place? ”

Gao Shun was surprised when he heard this, and said to Xu Ji: "This is a matter within the subordinate's responsibility, but I always thought that the lord had this plot to confuse Yuan Shao so simply, it turns out that there are other reasons?" ”

Xu Ji frowned and said: "Gongsun Chan is indeed flying and domineering, but there is one thing that has contributed to my Han, that is, to resist the invasion of foreign invaders, there is no one on the border of Youzhou who is not afraid of Gongsun Zhan's prestige, and even painted his name on the arrow target, as a practice, the children of those grassland peoples are even more famous and stop crying at night, therefore, Gongsun Chan is the glory of my Han, but Gongsun Chan is very ambitious, and stubborn for his own use, let it grow, and cholera in the north, it is better to get rid of it." ”

Gao Shun nodded and said, "But the lord also said that it will be said when Gongsun Chan and Liu Yu are both defeated." ”

Xu Ji was silent for a long time before he said to Gao Shun: "This is exactly what I have been waiting for, in fact, Liu Yu's ability to govern the place is good, whether he has ambition or not, I should really rest assured that he will be the assassin of Youzhou." ”

Gao Shun nodded and said: "This is exactly what the subordinates feel strange, if it is someone else, the subordinates will definitely say that he is ambitious......"

Xu Ji shook his head and said: "It would be a lie to say that I have no ambition for Youzhou, but I have a more important reason to take Youzhou into my hands." ”

Gao Shun looked at Xu Ji, and Xu Ji said in a deep voice: "What Liu Yu is most dissatisfied with me is his ambiguous attitude towards foreign races. ”

Gao Shun was silent, knowing that what Xu Ji said was the truth, in fact, there were many foreigners in Liu Yu's Assassin's Mansion who held important positions.

Xu Ji sighed: "I'm not saying that Liu Yu doesn't have the slightest reason to do this, in fact, with the current situation of the Han Dynasty, Liu Yu's policy has a very important role in stabilizing the border passes of my Han Dynasty, and even exceeds the kind of psychological deterrence of Gongsun Zan to outsiders, but if it is not my race, its heart will be different, Liu Yu can naturally control the situation when he is alive, but what about after Liu Yu's death?" It's worrying to think about. ”

Gao Shun was silent, Xu Ji frowned and said: "It's a pity that we can't persuade Liu Yu to raise the butcher's knife to foreigners, not only Liu Yu doesn't have that strength, but Liu Yu is a literati who is deeply influenced by Confucianism, not only believes in the teachings of 'soldiers are ominous, and saints have to do it as a last resort', but also always think that my Han really has no need to deal with these barbarian peoples." It is for this reason that I have to deal with Liu Yu. ”

Gao Shun smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Liu Yu is a humble gentleman!" What we pay attention to is to convince people with virtue. ”

Xu Ji snorted coldly: "Reason with foreigners? It's really playing the piano to the cow, and they know what 'virtue' is? ”

Gao Shun shook his head and said: "The lord's words are inappropriate, the lord's new 'five virtues' are obviously saying that everything in the world is within the five virtues." ”

Xu Ji didn't expect that although Gao Shun had surprised him a little before, it was just a war after all, and now he, a martial artist who didn't read much, would actually say such a thing, which couldn't help but make Xu Ji a little stunned, but Xu Ji was also happy in his heart: if even Gao Shun paid attention to the new "Five Virtues and Beginning Theory", then his own doctrine can be said to have completely affected this era.

Gao Shun saw that Xu Ji didn't say anything, so he continued: "According to the explanation of the lord's doctrine, Liu Yu is a person of fire virtue, and the foreign barbarians live in the grass, so they should belong to the people of Mude, so it can be seen that Liu Yu's actions are not unreasonable. ”

When Xu Ji heard this, his face became solemn, he really didn't expect that his new 'Five Virtues Say' could actually turn around and justify Liu Yu's behavior, which was really unexpected.

And Gao Shun's words also reminded Xu Ji of something that should have been paid attention to a long time ago: that is, although the new "Five Virtues are Forever Said" is perfect, it is a kind of doctrine that anyone can use, and although the new "Five Virtues Beginning Theory" has found a reason for himself to be the emperor, this reason is also applicable to people who are interested in the world.

Although the new "Five Virtues Say" made the dignity of the Han royal family disappear, but it also made the world chaotic, and now it is difficult to ride a tiger, if you can't give China a strong future in the future, then you are a sinner who has buried the war for the ages.

The new "Five Virtues Say" makes all the families unscrupulous, if they fail in the future, it is still a trivial matter, but the world's families all take the new "Five Virtues Say" as an excuse to dominate the world, saying that they are the gentlemen with the five virtues, and then lead to a more chaotic situation than the three kingdoms in history, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, then they are the most great!

Thinking of this, Xu Ji broke out in a cold sweat.

This should have been noticed when Yuan Shu was called the emperor and said that he was a gentleman with five virtues.

It seems that I will have to be more cautious in the future.

Thinking of this, Xu Ji casually said to Gao Shun: "How is that the same?" Although the wood virtue of foreigners is subject to the fire virtue of my Han Dynasty, but 'the wildfire is inexhaustible, and the spring breeze blows and grows', cutting the grass without removing the roots, how can there be a real Ningri in the frontier of my Han Dynasty? ”

Gao Shun's body shook and said: "'The wildfire can't be burned, and the spring breeze blows and grows'!" The lord's words are very reasonable! In the future, I will use this sentence to answer those nerds who do not support the lord's conquest of foreigners! Hmph, the lord is right, how can I return the peace of the Han frontier by relying on fire alone? It's still up to us, the people of Jinde, to cut the grass and eradicate the roots for the Lord! ”

Xu Ji was smiling bitterly: this new "Five Virtues Beginning Theory" is becoming more and more exaggerated, and he just quoted a poem and an idiom, how can it be in line with the "Five Virtues Beginning"? (To be continued......)