Cangwu County, under the city of Guangxin!

Wang Xu rode a war horse, held a fire dragon spear, dressed in gold-inlaid dragon and tiger armor, and wore a black robe on his back, mighty and extraordinary, slowly approaching the city.

Dian Wei followed closely to his side three meters away, his strong body was as strong as a mountain, if it weren't for the unusually tall BMW under his crotch, I am afraid that he would be worried about whether the horse would collapse.

The two of them were followed by dozens of iron horses, and their bodies exuded a strong aura of battle, which was the temperament that had been trained in blood and fire after being battle-hardened.

"Who is the guard in the city, why don't you dare to come out and see it!" After being silent for a long time, Wang Xu shouted the order.

"Hahaha...... Why don't you dare? ”

A hearty laugh came, and then I saw a general appear at the head of the city, his face was rough, his eyebrows were thick, his eyes were sharp, and he had some beards, but it was not long, not the feeling of explosion, but slightly against his cheeks, and his chin had a short beard, and the whole image looked very distinctive.

Wang Xu had never seen this person, so after a little observation, he already asked loudly: "Who are you!" ”

"Your Excellency is the King of Chu?" The man did not answer, but took the initiative to ask.

"Exactly!" Wang Xu did not hide it, and calmly faced each other.

"I am Jiangdong Yokono Zhonglang General, Lu Meng!"

"Lu Meng?" Wang Xu was stunned and blurted out: "You escaped from Jingnan?" ”

"Hahaha......" Lu Meng smiled and said proudly: "Thanks to God's favor, I was lucky enough to find my life, and I never fell into the hands of thieves!" ”

Wang Xu was silent, Lu Meng's appearance here meant that the shape had changed greatly, and he had no countermeasures for a while.

Seeing that he didn't answer. Lu Meng smiled. Then he opened his mouth and mocked: "Your Excellency, don't delay here. Your treacherous plan has been discovered, and now all the people of the Shi family have been attached to Wu Hou, and this Cangwu County has also been taken over by Zaixia, you still have to go back and take care of your army, maybe there will be an accident one day! ”

Dian Wei was furious, and pointed to the head of the city with the ice and fire halberd: "Lu Meng, do you dare to go out of the city to fight?" ”

"General Jiu Wendian has always been brave and unscrupulous. Only the courage of the horseman, when I see it today, it is really worthy of the name, the general has a strong city to defend, and you and other 4,000 cavalry, one has no equipment, two has no supplies, and he should retreat without a fight. If you have the guts, you will attack the city! ”

"Lu Meng'er. Gutsless rats! "Dian Wei is very angry, he is not good at words. I can't say anything about bickering, but now I can't help it.

"Dian Wei, don't worry about him, he is deliberately angry with you!" Wang Xu persuaded in a deep voice.

"Huh!" Dian Wei's eyes widened like copper bells, but it was useless to be angry, so he could only sigh in vain.

Wang Xu quickly regained his composure, and looked at Lu Meng at the head of the city with a smile: "Lu Ziming, today this king admits that he made a mistake, but don't be too complacent, I hope you can be so calm next time we meet!" ”

"Humph! What a big breath, General Ben is here at any time! Lu Meng said coldly.

"That's good!"

Wang Xu smiled, then decisively turned the horse's head and sank down. "Let's go, withdraw the troops, and go back to Yulin County Mansion!"

"Sooner or later, I'm going to cut off Lu Meng's head!" Dian Wei scolded angrily and left after him.

At this time, Wang Xu had no other choice, he only had 4,000 cavalry in his hands, no large number of supplies, no siege equipment, it was impossible to take the fortified city that was waiting for a long time, not to mention that he didn't know the troops in Guangxin City, how could he dare to stay for a long time.

It's just that he also deduced that Lu Meng should not have many troops in his hands, otherwise he would have attacked and even set up an ambush to besiege him.

Therefore, Jiangdong should occupy Cangwu for a short time, to be precise, there is no time and opportunity to transfer troops over, the most likely thing is that there is still only the original Jiaozhou army in the city, and Lü Meng may only bring a few personal soldiers to this place and control it first.

But even so, Wang Xu had nothing to do, five thousand soldiers were defending the fortified city, and the strength and conditions in his hands were powerless.

On the way back to Yulin in the west, near Mengling County, he met the soldiers of the 5,000 Qinglong Legion led by Yang Huai, Liu Yun, He Yi and other generals, and even the captain Chen, who was ordered to defraud Hepu and Cangwu counties with the order of the general of Jiaozhou, also followed in the army.

After careful inquiry, Wang Xu learned the details.

It turned out that Captain Chen successfully tricked the Hepu defenders into leaving the city, and then went north to Cangwu, but when he arrived, he found that the main flag at the head of the city had been replaced by Jiangdong's.

He knew that things had changed, so he immediately returned to Yulin and informed Xue Zong.

After Xue Zong found out, he was worried that Wang Xu did not know the situation and was in danger in Cangwu, so he hurriedly sent someone to inform Yang Huai and other generals, and at the same time reported the situation to Zhuge Liang, who was far away in Hepu.

Yang Huai and others got the order earlier, set off as planned, and wandered around the Yulin border for several days, just waiting for the soldiers and horses of Cangwu County to come, but there was no news for a long time.

After the two armies converged, the horse infantry, totaling 9,000 men, quickly returned to the Yulin county capital.

As soon as they arrived at Bushan, the county capital, the soldiers had not yet entered the barracks, and Xue Zong and Cheng Bing had already found them.

Xue Zong held a secret letter in his hand, and looked hurried: "Lord, Kong Ming sent an urgent letter yesterday, and the herald said that he told the lord to open it himself!" ”

"Oh? Show me! ”

Wang Xu opened the letter and read it quickly, the content of the letter was very concise, only more than 100 words, but it was enough to make him think deeply.

Xue Zong hesitated slightly, but he couldn't help but worry in his heart, and asked, "Lord, what does Kong Ming think about the current situation?" ”

"Oh!" Wang Xu raised his head and frowned: "Kong Ming thinks that the Shi family must be attached to Jiangdong because he learned that Jiaozhi was lost and had no way out. But Cangwu got the news too quickly, which was unreasonable. Because Captain Chen held the general order and was ordered to deceive the soldiers and horses of the second county out of the city, a few people galloped all night, and even the horses ran to death along the way. ”

"The Hepu defenders are in the middle of the plan, which means that there is no news at that time, but Captain Chen passed the order, and then went north to Cangwu non-stop, but Cangwu has changed hands, and the time is calculated, indicating that someone is only one step later than us. And, judging from the time, the messenger of the news. I can get to Cangwu first. It shows that he did not go to Hepu, which is closer, at all. Instead, he went directly to Yu Lin's side and galloped quickly, only in this way could he catch up with Captain Chen! ”

But this is strange, why didn't he go to Hepu, which was closer first, to report the news, but went straight to Cangwu? This shows that he probably guessed our plan, and knew that it was too late to go to Hepu, so he wanted to keep Cangwu, in other words. This man is very wise, and he knows the situation and the stratagem well. ”

Moreover, this person can gain the trust of the Cangwu defenders in a very short period of time, and even let him report to the South China Sea quickly, and then return to Jiangdong, which shows that he is very good at persuading others, and has a certain reputation and identity, otherwise if it is an ordinary soldier, the Cangwu defenders will not be able to defend at most. Send more people to investigate, but it is by no means unconfirmed. Just report it to the South China Sea, and the South China Sea will not believe it! ”

"It is impossible for anyone to give up a piece of money in his hand in a hurry and surrender to others because of a soldier's retribution, let alone a powerful family like the Jiaozhou Shijia! But if the defenders of Cangwu County confirm it by themselves, it will take time to confirm, and it will take three or four days at the earliest, and Captain Chen has already arrived at that time, and the time is not right. ”

"Therefore, Kong Ming speculated that the situation should be that person should persuade Cangwu Taishou to believe it within half a day at most, and then quickly report to the South China Sea, and even that person can influence the judgment of the Shi brothers, so that he can react quickly and complete the annexation before Captain Chen arrives in Cangwu, and plant the flag of Jiangdong."

"But if such a person who is strategic, good at words, good at rapid change, and famous, if he belongs to the Shi family, why do we know nothing? Keiwen, do you know such people? Can he have such a great influence on the Jiaozhou scholars, and he also has the ability to be otherworldly? ”

When Xue Zong heard this, he barely thought about it, and shook his head directly: "No, there is no such person, except for the Shi family, who still believes in the contemptible people and Cheng Bing, no one else believes it, not to mention that person's talent is so comprehensive, if there is such a person in Jiaozhou, it will already be famous." ”

"That's it!" Wang Xu nodded: "I haven't heard of it either, and Kong Ming also sorted out and checked the situation in Jiaozhou before the war, no matter how big or small, all of them have been carefully investigated, even the local celebrities know it very well, and those who are a little famous have not escaped his attention, it can be said that Kong Ming has combed and checked all the information about Jiaozhou in the hands of the spy department." ”

Therefore, it is impossible for him not to know such a person, which shows that this person is not under the command of the Shi family, or even a famous person in Jiaozhou, but an outsider, and he is comprehensive and has a high reputation. But if that's the case, then why did he go to such great lengths and run desperately to Cangwu? You must know, horses can run alive and die, and people are no better, why is he so hard-working? And still against me, isn't he afraid that after I defeat Jiaozhou, I will destroy his three clans? ”

"Could it be someone from Koto?" Cheng Bing frowned and said.

Xue Zong immediately shook his head: "No, if it is a person from Jiangdong, no matter how famous they are and how eloquent they are, the Jiaozhou forces will not believe it, and they will make a decision after personally verifying it, because Jiangdong is the beneficiary, and it is impossible for the Shi family not to take precautions at that time!" ”

"Not bad! But in this way, where did the people who are so outstanding, famous, and have nothing to do with the forces of Jiaozhou, and are willing to bother and work hard, come from? Did it appear out of thin air? Wang Xu asked rhetorically.

"Cao Mengde!" Cheng Bing suddenly exclaimed and said affirmatively: "The biggest possibility is Cao Mengde!" He came in the name of the imperial court, and if this person was extremely famous and good at words, he would surely convince the scholars, because the scholars knew that Cao Cao and the lord were great enemies, and Jiangdong was also great enemies, and would not help either side, and represented the imperial court. ”

"Huh......" Wang Xu took a deep breath, his face solemn: "That's right, Kong Ming's letter is so suspicious, although it is not ruled out that there is an accident, but the possibility is extremely small, we see it as the work of a capable person sent by Cao Cao, but it is more reasonable, such a person, Cao Cao has a lot of accounts!" The most important thing is that I received a spy report earlier, Cao Cao attaches great importance to the battle of Jiaozhou, operates frequently, and intends to provoke the expansion of the war, so that I can fight to the death with Jiangdong, so that he can take the opportunity to seek Nanyang and weaken our strength. ”

"Now, he let Cangwu fall into the hands of the Sun family, and the Shi family also joined the public, which means that Cangwu County, Nanhai County, and the eastern part of Hepu County are all under the control of the Sun family, which is equivalent to sending a piece of meat to the Sun family to eat, and the Sun family is afraid that they will no longer be willing to spit it out."

"Now, we occupy the western part of Yulin County, Jiaozhi County, and Hepu County in the west of Jiaozhou, and the Sun family occupies the eastern half of Jiaozhou, tugging at each other, deep in the quagmire, no one can retreat, I'm afraid it won't be long before Jiangdong will increase troops again, this battle of wit, the praying mantis catches cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind, Cao Cao has taken the lead from the beginning, and he has won after all!" (To be continued......)