Now there are three shili above the Shu Han court, just like the three points of the world, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang and hussar general Li Yan compete, they are well-deserved strong, and Wei Ba is a new student who has just risen. In terms of foundation and strength, he has not been able to compare with the first two, and at present, he can only choose one of the two as an object of dependence. The reason why Wei Ba can meet both sides now is only because the two strong people have not won or lost, and once the winner is divided, he will not be able to compete with the winner.

Although Wei Ba's strength is not the strongest, he also has a part of Liliang, and when the two are stalemate, whoever he falls to will have more chances of winning. This is one of the reasons why both Zhuge Liang and Li Yan were very polite to Wei Ba. Wei Ba was originally impartial, deferential and cautious, which not only made people unable to grasp the handle, but also advanced and retreated freely, but now he tried to suggest that Li Yan go out of Chengdu and personally lead his troops to attack Xiangyang.

This is, of course, ambition.

Hu Zhong can't deal with it carelessly, if Wei Ba is willing to be an obedient follower, the decisive battle will only be between Li Yan and Zhuge Liang, if Wei Ba takes the initiative to attack, then the situation will be complicated. Which one he decides to help will, to some extent, determine the ultimate success or failure.

Hu Zhong groaned, he was not considering whether Wei Ba's suggestion was right or wrong, he was considering the intention behind Wei Ba's suggestion: did he really want to help Li Yan make meritorious contributions, or did he want to tempt Li Yan to leave Chengdu?

There was no war in Chengdu, but it was undoubtedly a Zuihou battlefield of court disputes. After Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang Weishenme did not let Li Yan return to Chengdu? Because of the control of the imperial court. controlled the emperor and took the initiative in the court dispute. For so many years, Li Yan has always wanted to return to Chengdu, but he has never been able to do so, if it weren't for Zhuge Liang's entry into the Northern Expedition in Guanzhong and left Chengdu, and Wei Ba refused to return to Chengdu to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, how could Li Yan have such a good opportunity.

Let Li Yan leave Chengdu and go to Xincheng, will this be Wei Ba's plan, or Zhuge Liang's instructions?

Hu Zhong couldn't judge.

"Fox joins the army?" Wei Ba was silent when he saw Hu Zhong. Eyes twinkle. I couldn't help but scream in surprise. Hu Zhong was taken aback, and hurriedly smiled with a disguised smile: "The general's strategy is indeed superior, I believe that the hussar general has seen it." I will also be moved. The general can be said to be confident about the hussar general. It's not in vain that the hussar general treats you so seriously. ”

Wei Ba smiled: "I'm just being impartial. Be faithful. The fox joining the army is the real loyal minister. Hussar generals are very talented, but I've heard that this temper is not easy to match, and you can stay in his shogunate for so long. It can be seen. ”

Hu Zhong smiled and said nothing.

……

After arduous negotiations, Sun Quan finally accepted Shu Han's conditions, agreed to send troops to Jianghuai to contain Wei's army, and allowed Zhao Tong to lead 10,000 troops into Nanjun and complete the important task of supervising the transportation of grain and grass under the supervision of Wu's army. For this reason, Sun Quan also put forward a request, that is, Wei Ba could not stay in Jingzhou. If Wei Ba himself was in Jingzhou, Sun Quan would maintain a heavy army in Jingzhou to ensure the safety of Wuchang, and there would not be enough troops to send troops to Jianghuai.

Wei Ba agreed, and he decided to go to Jiaozhou. However, he didn't leave immediately, Zhao Tong married Sun Luban, and he wanted to be a guest here.

Under Sun Luban's entanglement, Sun Quan reluctantly agreed to Wei Ba's request. After the terms of the negotiation were completed, Zhang Fen, as the verifier of the Jishu drawings, came to Linyuan with Jianwu Zhonglang General Hu Zong, and met with Wei Ba again.

Wei Ba warmly received Zhang Fen, as soon as they met, looking at Zhang Fen's thin cheeks, Wei Ba said with concern: "You are too tired, pay attention to rest." ”

Zhang Fen smiled bitterly: "I can be shallow and heavy, and I have to work hard, how can I compare with the general." ”

Wei Ba laughed: "Since you're so tired, why don't you help me." Wouldn't it be better if we discussed it together? ”

Hu Zong said with a smile: "General, you're not right. There are so many people under your command who are proficient in machinery, why bother to pry into the corner of our Great Wu again, if our King Wu said such things to General Zhao, what would you think? ”

"Good birds choose trees to perch, if Zhao Tong is willing to return to Wu, I will not object, I believe that my master, General Zhao, will not object. I think back then, your king was tempted to recruit the prime minister of my family, and as a close minister of King Wu, you won't know anything about it, right? ”

Hu Zong was stunned and looked at Wei Ba in surprise. Sun Quan's intention to recruit Zhuge Liang is relatively secretive, not many people know about it, Wei Ba, a young man, can actually know about this, could it be that Zhuge Liang told him? This is not right, Zhuge Liang is not the kind of person who likes to show off, there is no need to raise his worth in front of a young junior in front of such a past.

Could it be because Wei Ba is Zhuge Liang's cronies, so he knows about such a thing?

Wei Ba didn't know that Hu Zong thought so much at once, he just said it casually, this matter will be known to anyone who is interested in the Three Kingdoms in later generations, not to mention that he knows so much about Zhuge Liang's deeds.

The more calm Wei Ba is, the more suspicious Hu Zong is. Wei Ba didn't care about him, and ordered someone to bring a bunch of drawings to prepare haode and hand them to Zhang Fen. As soon as Zhang Fen saw the drawings, his originally tired eyes suddenly lit up, and he didn't care about being cold with Wei Ba, so he pounced on the drawings and studied them.

After about half a day, Zhang Fen raised his head and gave Hu Zong, who was chatting with Wei Ba, a look. Hu Zong was relieved. What they were most worried about was that Wei Zai was cheating and giving them some meaningless drawings, so they asked to look at the drawings before signing a formal agreement. If so, then Sun Quan will be disgraced.

"The general is honest, we understand it, and we will definitely report it to King Wu truthfully." Hu Zong bowed and got up to leave. Wei Ba raised his hand, although his voice was not high, but with an irresistible majesty: "Wait! ”

Hu Zong was stunned for a moment, sat back again, and looked at Wei Ba with a little nervousness: "What else does the general want?" ”

"I don't ask for anything." Wei Ba looked at Hu Zong seriously: "You should know that I will make such a big concession this time." ”

Hu Zong nodded.

"I hope you will keep your promises and not make trouble." Wei Ba waved his hand, Ding Feng took a jade Ruyi, Wei Ba took the jade Ruyi, rubbed it for a while, and pushed it in front of Hu Zong.

Hu Zong was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Such a heavy gift, Zong dare not accept it." ”

"It's not for you, it's for King Wu." Wei Ba said, and suddenly struck the case, and Yu Ruyi snapped into two sections. Hu Zong was taken aback and didn't know what Wei Ba meant. Wei Ba pushed the two pieces of jade Ruyi in front of Hu Zong, and said lightly: "Please ask Hu Jun to forward this jade Ruyi to King Wu, I hope he can do what he says." Don't deceive the sky, don't deceive others, don't deceive the heart. ”

Hu Zong's face suddenly lost its blood. Wei Ba This is a very stern warning, if Sun Quan repents, Wei Ba will not hesitate to break the jade, and he will also seek justice from Sun Quan. He sank his face: "General, are you a threat?" ”

"What it is, whatever you think." Wei Ba waved his hand again, and Ding Feng brought over a brocade plate, holding five turquoise jade ruyi on the plate. "This is also a gift I prepared for King Wu, and it is up to King Wu to decide which one I want to receive."

Wei Ba's eyes looked at Hu Zong, Hu Zong's face was red and white for a while, and a crystal bead of sweat slipped down his forehead. He was not only surprised by Wei Ba's arrogance, but also surprised by Wei Ba's jade jishu. Jade is a very strong handicraft work, jade is a heavy weapon, ordinary people can't afford to use it at all, so the most haode jade workers are in the palace, before Jiangdong did not have superb jade workers at all, until the end of the Han Dynasty, some jade workers in the palace fled to Jiangdong, Jiangdong only has the ability to make high-grade jade.

Nephrite is commonly used in the Central Plains, and it is already so difficult, but now Wei Ba is putting in front of him jadeite from Jiaozhou. Hu Zong has seen jadeite and knows that the hardness of this jade is extremely high, even the old jade workers will have a headache when they see this kind of jade. And Wei Ba put out six jade ruyi with the same shape at once, which shows that Wei Ba has mastered the jade cutting process of this jadeite.

This can prove from another side that Wei Ba's strength has improved again, and this kind of silent deterrence is obviously more lethal than verbal threats.

Hu Zong retreated.

……

Sun Quan looked at the broken jade Ruyi, and his brows were twisted into a Sichuan shape. He looked at Hu Zong, who was kneeling in front of him: "Is there a problem with those patterns?" ”

"Zhang Fen repeatedly assured that there would be no problem." Hu Zong raised his head and said affirmatively: "However, Chen also believes that this is definitely not the most haodejishu in Wei Ba's hands." ”

Sun Quan frowned, and his face became even more ugly. He was originally suspicious of Wei Ba's conditions. Even if Wei Ba was worried about Wei Feng's safety, how could he hand over such sharp weapons as a ballista and a thunderbolt to him. He was originally worried that Wei Ba was cheating, so he asked Zhang Fen to check it, and now it proves Wei Ba's sincerity, but he also knows that Wei Ba's strength is rapidly improving, which makes him very uneasy.

Compared with Cao Wei and Shu Han, Wei Ba undoubtedly posed a greater threat to Sun Quan. If he is given time to fully develop, it will not be good news for Wu Guo. With such a thriving tiger cub on his side, how can Sun Quan sleep peacefully in the future, and how dare he dare to do things boldly and boldly. If you really want to provoke Wei Ba and retaliate at all costs, what can you do?

Sun Quan picked up half of the jade Ruyi, held the smooth and warm jade handle, rubbed the rough fracture, and made a decision. He hesitated for a long time, got up and said, "Prepare the car and go to the Auxiliary General's Mansion." ”

Sun Quan came to the Auxiliary General's Mansion and handed the jade Ruyi to Lu Xun, Lu Xun took the jade Ruyi and looked at it for a long time, and muttered: "King, does Cao Wei have a messenger coming?" ”

Sun Quan's eyes shrank, he was silent for a moment, and nodded silently.

"In this way, Xiangyang is a hunting ground, and there are many people who want to chase deer here." Lu Xun raised his eyebrows: "Why doesn't the king let Wei Ba enter Nanjun and hunt together?" ”

"I'm afraid he'll not leave when he's coming."

"Nanjun has been fighting for many years, and it has been deserted, so why not make a place with Nanyang to make a bigger hunting ground." Lu Xun laughed silently: "Perhaps, take this opportunity to be able to count birds with one stone and prevent problems before they happen." ”…… (To be continued......)

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