In just one day, Pishi City was occupied by the Yanzhou army.

Zhang Sheng, who was completely ignorant of the outside world, was easily won open by Wang Yi, and the Yanzhou army repeated its old tricks and took Pi's city, the only difference is that Zhang Sheng saved his life, of course, because Xu Ji wanted his life to have other uses, otherwise what is the use of Xu Ji wanting this kind of villain?

The 8,000 soldiers of the Zhang clan in Pi City were also absorbed, making the number of troops in the hands of Du Qi, the future Taishou of Hedong, more than 20,000 people, enough to defend Hedong in the future. Although the quality of this army is uneven, but with Han Hao, a general with high prestige in Wang Kuang's army, I believe that it will not take long to become an elite division.

At this time, Xu Ji and the others were happily in the spacious and bright meeting hall of Pishi City, and the obese Zhang Sheng, who was still alive two days ago, was standing unkempt and dejected in front of everyone at this time, waiting for Xu Ji's trial, and he didn't even have the strength to scold.

"Bang", the door of the hall was pushed open heavily, Han Hao walked in quickly, obviously heard the news that Zhang Sheng was caught, so he came to Zhang Sheng as soon as he entered the house, and his eyes were already shooting out of Senhan's killing intention, which made people look timid, Yanzhou Army and others were worried that Han Hao would not be able to control his emotions and kill Zhang Sheng, and they couldn't help but look at Xu Ji together, but Xu Ji smiled with Du Ji, he knew that Han Hao, who had a clear distinction between public and private, would never do such a thing, otherwise it would be too disappointing for the two. If Du Ji is based on his understanding of Han Hao, then Xu Ji is definitely out of his own vision.

Han Hao walked up to Zhang Sheng's eyes angrily, resisting the urge to beat the other party. Thinking of what Xu Ji explained to him, he sneered on his face: "Lord Zhang Sheng." Do you still recognize me Han Hao? ”

When Zhang Sheng saw Han Hao, his face changed first. The fat on his face shook slightly, and then nodded, so far, even he has been caught, what else is there to say? At this time, no matter how stupid Zhang Sheng was, he knew that Han Hao had joined the Yanzhou Army, and he knew about Zhang Yan's identity.

Xu Ji looked at the other party's dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, and sneered in his heart. He said: "Zhang Sheng, you have been an enemy of Yanzhou for many years, do you know that there is a decree in Yanzhou, which is called Misfortune to Relatives?" If you cooperate with us honestly, the Zhang family can still be retained. ”

Zhang Sheng raised his head suddenly when he heard this, and looked at Xu Ji in disbelief, he treated others with himself, if the enemy fell into his hands, he would definitely do everything to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots. How can you leave trouble for yourself? But for him, if he can keep his family, Zhang Sheng is naturally willing, but he is afraid that the other party will backtrack, but Zhang Sheng knows a little. That is why Yanzhou Jun has always counted when he speaks, so he will have a sense of hope in disbelief in doubt. For a while, Zhang Sheng's thoughts were chaotic. just looked at Xu Ji in front of him blankly, speechless.

Xu Ji looked at Zhang Sheng. A confident smile escaped from the corner of his mouth and said, "If the thing is done successfully, Zhang Sheng, your life will also be saved." ”

Zhang Sheng felt more and more that he was dreaming. Xu Ji stood up. Pacing to Zhang Sheng's side, looking at Zhang Sheng, he said: "I am not very interested in your life and the fate of the Zhang family, our target is your younger brother Zhang Yan, left and right Zhang Yan is a dead end, now we go to attack Wenxi, we can also defeat it, but we don't want to have too many losses." Do you want to help us sacrifice Zhang Yan to protect the Zhang family and your own life? Or do you want to return to Huangquan Road with Zhang Yan and the entire Zhang family? ”

Zhang Sheng is not a fool, where is he willing to trust Xu Ji, and said with a wry smile: "How do I know if what you said is true or false?" General Han Hao is here now, maybe Zhang Yan has already been killed by you. ”

Xu Ji shook his head and said: "If Zhang Yan has been killed by us, I won't bother with you here now, let alone let you cooperate with us to deceive the gate of Wenxi City, don't forget, except for you and us, no one knows the secret between you and Zhang Yan, without Zhang Yan, what help will you have to attack Wenxi City?" Zhang Sheng was silent as he spoke, bowing his head and pondering.

At this time, Du Ji walked over, looked at Zhang Sheng, and said calmly: "I am Han Hao's friend Du Ji, Zhang Sheng, you should have heard of me, right?" ”

Zhang Sheng glanced at Du Yi and nodded, he and Zhang Yan have always exchanged letters, of course, he knows that there is such a number one person by Han Hao's side, and he knows that Lu Dao's intelligence is extraordinary, but these days Zhang Yan has not sent a letter, Zhang Sheng has always thought that it is the reason for the tight war, but he did not expect that it is because all the roads leading to Pishi City have been isolated by the Yanzhou army, Zhang Sheng does not know the development of the war situation at all, let alone know the various encounters of Du Ji.

Du Yi gritted his teeth and said: "I have always had clear grievances, I have no grievances with the Zhang family, I just want to find Zhang Yan for revenge." ”

Han Hao nodded on the side and said, "That's right, your brother Zhang Yan framed Du Ji. This is none of your business, and we don't want to kill more people because of it. ”

Zhang Sheng heard this, and began to believe what Xu Ji said just now, you must know that at this time, the Yanzhou army gave the impression that it was eager for revenge, and the sense of revenge was extremely strong, and anyone who dared to offend the Yanzhou army was attacked by the Yanzhou army at every cost. Now Du Ji and Han Hao have joined the Yanzhou Army, and the Yanzhou Army's revenge for the two is very in line with the style of the Yanzhou Army. He also believes that the Yanzhou army can easily capture Wenxi, but that does not guarantee that he can definitely capture Zhuyan, if he has his own, of course, it is nine out of ten.

Xu Ji observed the words and expressions on the side, knowing that what he taught Han Hao and Du Ji had deeply touched Zhang Sheng's heart, how could this villain not believe it if he treated the belly of others with his own heart? smiled and said: "Zhang Sheng, you don't seem to have much room for choice, we can beat Wenxi without you, if I am you, anyway, the left and right are dead, it is better to gamble, what do you say?" ”

After hearing this, Zhang Sheng also knew that he had no choice, if he agreed to the other party, although the other party was likely to backtrack. But after all, there is still a glimmer of life, but if you flatly refuse the other party's proposal, there is no hope. The last one had to grit his teeth and nod in agreement.

Xu Ji had long known that this was the result. stopped talking nonsense with Zhang Sheng, waved his hand, and asked Han Hao and Du Ji to take him down to teach him how to answer correctly.

Wang Yi saw that there was nothing in the hall, so he also took his leave.

Only Xu Ji and Gao Shun and Le Yi were left in the hall, and Gao Shun smiled at Xu Ji and said, "Lord, in this way, Hedong County is what we have in our pocket." ”

Xu Ji nodded and said indifferently: "This matter was originally expected by me. The next enemy was Zhang Yunjun in Jingzhou. ”

Gao Shun said with a smile: "With Li Yan as the internal response, I think Zhang Yunjun is also vulnerable." ”

Xu Ji said in a deep voice: "I don't want to decide the winner so quickly, because that won't be beneficial to the overall situation of Yanzhou." ”

Le Yi was surprised when he heard this, but Gao Shun suddenly said: "The lord is talking about the problem of troops!" ”

Xu Ji nodded and said, "That's right, even if we can defeat the Jingzhou army now, so what?" Do we have the ability to drive straight into Jingzhou and take Jingzhou? ”

Gao Shun nodded and said: "That's true, we haven't solved the affairs of the Youzhou battlefield and the Xuzhou battlefield yet, especially Yanzhou." Although he did a good job in deceiving the enemy, and deceived Yuan Shu's army to drive straight in, there were many changes on the battlefield, and no one was sure that he would win lightly. And so it goes. Our army has been completely dispersed. What's more, the lord also said before that Qingzhou must be your place to take, so I'm afraid it's even more powerful. ”

Xu Ji sighed lightly: "Our own lack of troops is only one reason, what I am more worried about is the strength of Jingzhou." ”

looked at Gao Shun, who was thinking. Xu Ji said in a deep voice: "If we defeat the Jingzhou army now, we will not see its benefits. Seeing the harm, Jingzhou is a 'land grab'. There are enemies on all sides, now there are your Gaoshun army and Zhang Ji's army in Sizhou in the north of Jingzhou, as well as Yuan Shu in Yuzhou, and Jiaozhou in the south, regardless of it, the west is Yizhou Liu Yan who is not in harmony with Liu Biao, and the east is Yangzhou's large and small local forces, and Sun Jian's son Sun Ce is eyeing each other, these people, including us, want to take Jingzhou into their hands, but no one is willing to go to war with Jingzhou first, because that will only cheapen others, Everyone is making such calculations: once Jingzhou's troops are attracted to which side, other places will immediately become empty, then other princes will have the opportunity to attack and even occupy Jingzhou in other places, so many times, no one will attack Jingzhou, if we defeat the Jingzhou army now, Liu Biao will transfer troops to evacuate the enemy's forces, and the other princes will not take advantage of the situation to attack Jingzhou? Aren't we 'making wedding garments for others'? ”

When Gao Shun heard this, his body was shocked, and he said to Xu Ji: "What the lord said is very true!" ”

Xu Ji snorted coldly: "So before fighting Jingzhou, what we have to plan is not Jingzhou, but other enemies who have been watching Jingzhou for a long time. ”

Gao Shun exclaimed: "Lord Mingjian, this is like a large group of people going to a banquet, if others can't go, then won't the delicious food of this feast be enjoyed by yourself?" ”

Xu Ji chuckled: "That's right, it doesn't matter if the wolf has more meat or less, as long as we drive away the other hungry wolves, Jingzhou's piece of fat is completely ours." ”

Gao Shun also nodded when he heard this, Xu Ji's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he said confidently: "Yizhou now has Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu there to contain them, and they are too busy to take care of themselves, we can leave it alone, we don't know the situation in Jiaozhou for the time being, but I think Liu Biao hasn't taken Jiaozhou to heart, and the rest is that Yangzhou is a big and small force, and it is difficult to become a climate, and now the most headache is Sun Ce and Yuan Shao." ”

Gao Shun was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect Xu Ji to care so much about these two people, and couldn't help but question: "The lord is so defensive of Yuan Shao, his subordinates understand, this person has been silently cultivating his own strength in Yuzhou, and with his prestige and strong strength in Runan, he can indeed replace him and take Yuan Shu's strength as his own." But that Sun Ce, this person is still unknown, is he really that powerful? Why did the lord take this unknown figure to heart? ”

Xu Ji shook his head and said, "Zihe, do you think I'm the kind of person who values my family background very much?" Hmph, how ridiculous is 'Lao Tzu's heroes'?! You and I are both in a poor family, so we naturally know and must admit that because the children of the family have a good family environment, they have more opportunities to receive education than others, and there will naturally be many outstanding talents. This Sun Ce is an outstanding person, and his talent is only above his father and Sun Jian. ”

Gao Shun and Le Yi looked at each other in shock. I didn't expect Xu Ji to have such a high evaluation of Sun Ce, you must know that Sun Jian is known as the Jiangdong Tiger. He is a famous general in the world, and he is a rare army commander, if he is not rash against the enemy, I am afraid that the entire Jingzhou will be defeated by him. But Xu Ji said that Xu Ji said that Sun Ce Yousheng was his father, how could he not surprise the two?

Xu Ji looked at Leyi, who was a little unconvinced, and said with a smile: "Fenwu, don't think that you are brave and brave, it is you, a veteran who is used to fighting on the battlefield, and he fights alone, but I am afraid that it is also a tie." Looking at Leyi, who was even more unconvinced. In my heart, I was thinking that Chen Zhi and Sun Ce in history were also in the middle of the world, but now it is a different matter.

Gao Shun frowned and said, "If that's the case, this Sun Ce is really hard to deal with!" This Sun Ce is deeply loved by Yuan Shu, and there is such a character, but I am afraid that Yuan Shao is not Yuan Shu's opponent. ”

Xu Ji snorted coldly: "Sun Ce is a hero in the world, how can he always be driven by figures like Yuan Shu? Have you ever thought about what Sun Ce wants to do now that Sun Ce is leading the army outside, the so-called 'will not be subject to the king's life outside'. Where can Yuan Shu be controlled? Isn't this a great opportunity for Sun Ce to expand his strength? ”

Gao Shun was shocked when he heard this: "In this way, isn't Liu Xuan's side in danger?" ”

Xu Ji shook his head and said, "I'm not worried about Liu Xuan's safety, don't forget that Cao Mengde is in Yangzhou now, and Cao Mengde is there." Sun Ce may not stand on the cheap. I was worried that this Sun Ce would turn to attack Jingzhou because he could not win the battle with Liu Xuan. If Liu Biao's forces are completely attracted to us, then Sun Ce has a great chance of succeeding. ”

Gao Shun and Le Yi realized that Xu Ji was worried about Sun Ce.

Xu Ji still has some things to say, presumably Zhou Yu, the first-class strategist of the Three Kingdoms, is already under Sun Ce. With Zhou Yu under Sun Ce's hands, Xu Ji always has a feeling of difficulty sleeping and eating.

Guo Jia, Jia Xu. These two super-first-class strategists of the Three Kingdoms era were in his own hands, and Xu Ji couldn't be clearer about the skills of these two. If you only talk about giving advice, you are definitely not the opponent of these two people,

Guo Jia is as wise as a ghost and unfathomable.

Jia Xu is as wise as water, and he is best at taking advantage of the situation to improvise.

For these two people, Xu Jinai sincerely admires them. But Xu Ji knew that the schemers in the world were not just these two people. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" downplays too many outstanding figures.

If it is according to Luo Guanzhong's statement, then Zhuge Liang is a great wisdom and immortal, and nothing can escape Zhuge Liang's calculations, of course, this is fictional, "Liang is long in governance, short in conspiracy, and the talent of the people is better than the general", Chen Shou, who belongs to the post-Three Kingdoms era, still has a certain truth in his evaluation of Zhuge Liang. What's more, the current Zhuge Liang is just a child of a few years old, and he is really not the object of his consideration.

However, Xu Ji must also admit that although Chen Shou's vision is limited, he does not understand the truth that military is to serve politics, but Zhuge Liang's political talent and military are perfectly combined, which is where Zhuge Liang is really powerful.

Imagine, if Cao Cao was killed during the Battle of Chibi, which of Cao Cao's strategists could avoid the fragmentation of Cao Wei's group and assist Cao Pi in his major affairs? Not to mention Sun Quan, with this skill alone, other strategists are simply beyond the reach of the dust.

Of course, Zhuge Liang is just a strategist, he lacks the vision and mind to be a monarch, only to see that he does not pay attention to the cultivation of reserve talents, only knows how to "use" people but does not know how to "raise" people, you can know the shortcomings of Zhuge Liang.

This is also one of the reasons why Xu Ji is not worried about Zhuge Liang being used by others, he has a complete talent training mechanism under his rule, even if he can't defeat Zhuge Liang, he has enough time to learn Sima Yi, and it is enough to drag him down.

But in addition to these people, among Xu Ji's most valued strategists was Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu is wise and elegant, and there are countless murderous intentions hidden under the courtesy, and there is extreme movement in the extreme quiet.

Of course, we can't ignore Sima Yi's great wisdom and cowardice, Xun Yu's great wisdom and stability, and Pang Tong's great wisdom and waves, all of which Xu Jishen is in awe.

As for Lu Xun, Xu Shu, Xi Zhicai, Cheng Yu, Xun You, Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Chen Gong, Yu Tuo, Deng Ai, Zhong Hui, Chen Deng and others, although they have the potential to be not inferior to the above people, they have never become everyone, and they all have flaws to be found.

But now no one knows the name of Zhou Yu. Xu Ji was even a little worried that his old friend Cao Cao would be defeated under Zhou Yu's men.

It was out of this concern that Xu Ji wanted to do his best to avoid Sun Ce's attention to Jingzhou.

At this time, Gao Shun, who had been thinking about it, said to Xu Ji: "Lord, since this is the case, then we might as well stalemate with Zhang Yun for a while." ”

Xu Ji nodded and said, "Zihe's words have won my heart. Having said that, Xu Ji was smiling bitterly in his heart, of course he wanted to solve Sun Ce in the shortest possible time, but now he was beyond his reach, after all, he had too many enemies to deal with at the same time, so he had to leave Sun Ce alone for the time being.

Jingzhou can't go, Yangzhou can't fight, and he doesn't want to be attached to Yuan Shu, it seems that Sun Ce has no choice but to go south.

It seems that the southern part of Yangzhou and Jingzhou will be in chaos for a long time.

Putting aside these troubles, Xu Ji looked at Gao Shun and said, "Don't worry about these things for now, let's take Hedong County first." ”

Le Yi had been depressed for a long time, and when he saw that Xu Ji finally talked about fighting, he stood up excitedly, and Gao Shun smiled: "I'll go and prepare." By the way, my lord, what about you? ”

Xu Ji smiled mysteriously and said, "Me? I'm going to write a letter to Jizhou. ”

Gao Shun was stunned for a moment, and Xu Ji said leisurely: "Tian Feng and Fu Zhu must have been impatient, right?" It's time for them to move. ”

Gao Shun and Le Yi looked at each other and were speechless.

Xu Ji's heart is really hard to guess. (To be continued......)