"Don't Hou Ye believe what he said?" Shi Xie saw that Lu Rui fell into deep thought, thinking that Lu Rui didn't believe what he said.

"Lord Taishou misunderstood, Rui didn't believe what Lord Taishou said, but Lord Taishou was high-minded, which made Rui a little admired." Lu Rui deliberately accentuated his tone on the word admiration, and he didn't believe what Shixie meant. Could it be that Shi Xie is so ruthless that he doesn't even care about the safety of his family and clansmen? That's a bit of a stretch.

"Master Hou, Xie knows what you are thinking, he is not a ruthless and unrighteous person, of course he is concerned about the safety of his clan and his family, but he is a county guard below, if the state and county are lost, what else can he do to protect his clan and family?" Shi Xie smiled slightly and glanced at Lu Rui, it seems that although Lu Rui is smart, his political experience is still lacking.

"It turns out that Lord Taishou is far-sighted and admired, and it seems that it is not unreasonable for the Lord to be able to sit on Jiaozhou. In this case, Rui doesn't want to talk nonsense, adults come to see Rui, what are the conditions, just say it. Lu Rui listened to Shi Xie's words, and was stunned in his heart, his political level was still not as good as Shi Xie's old scheming.

Shi Xie said very reasonably, the family and family of the princes of one side are linked to their own forces, and if their own forces are gone, the family and family will definitely be finished. But his own power is still there, and his family and family can add new members, which is the "ruthless" side of politics. Even after many years and growing up in Caofu, Lu Rui can't be truly "ruthless", and on this alone, Lu Rui is not a mature politician.

figured out Shi Xie's thoughts, Lu Rui didn't hide it, and went straight to the point. Ask about the terms of cooperation with Shixie.

"Master Hou is really fast-talking. There is no ambiguity in the underneath. As long as the Hou Ye promised that the imperial court would not deliberately obstruct the government affairs of Jiaozhou, Xie would fully support the Prime Minister and attack Sun Quan, even if his younger brother and child died in the hands of Sun Quan, he would not regret it! Shi Xie took out a bamboo slip from his arms and handed it to Lu Rui, this is an agreement between Shi Xie and Cao Cao, as long as Cao Cao is willing to agree. Shi Xie supported Cao Cao.

"Don't worry, Lord Taishou, Rui can call the shots in this matter, and promise Taishou for the Prime Minister, Zhu Jianrui will immediately send someone back to Jingzhou, so that the Prime Minister will take a look, and the Prime Minister will definitely agree to Taishou's conditions. Lu Rui heard Shi Xie's words. I was happy in my heart, but I didn't expect that Shi Xie just wanted to be the king. Since this is the case, Cao Cao will definitely agree to Shi Xie's conditions.

The Han Dynasty's policy towards ethnic minorities was to suppress the north and the south, because the alien races in the north posed a great threat to the Central Plains, and the south was different, and could even be used by the imperial court. This policy continued into later dynasties.

"Master Hou, I only want to take care of myself in the state, and as for the official title and title, I am not attached to it." Shi Xie arched his hand and returned to Lu Rui.

"Since Lord Taishou is not attached to the official position, then the safety of my younger brother and children will definitely be concerned, please send someone to spy on the situation of the Annoying Army and the location where the family is being held, when our army attacks, Rui can try to rescue the adult's family." Lu Rui smiled slightly, Shi Xie was right, with the right to take care of the state, any official position and title are vain. In this case, in order to better win over Shi Xie, only Shi Xie's family can be used.

"Don't worry about this matter, I will definitely find out the situation of the Xie Fu Jun and his family. If the Hou Ye rescues the family members in Xiaxia, he will offer Jiaozhou specialties every year to express his gratitude. If Hou Ye can't be rescued, he will abide by the agreement in the future, please rest assured! ”

"Well, Rui understands, I will do my best." Shi Xie didn't stay in Lu Rui's inn for a long time, discussed the specific matters, and left the inn.

"Brother Rui, it seems that we have all been tricked, I originally thought that Shi Kun was attached to Sun Quan because of his family's rat trap, it seems that Shi Kun is waiting for us to come, ally with us, and fight against Sun Quan together." After Shi Yu left, Cao Chong ate the fruit and looked at Lu Rui with a cautious expression. Shi Kun's situation was beyond everyone's expectations, I didn't expect Shi Kun's scheming and the city government to be so deep, I'm afraid that the current Sun Quan can't compare to Shi Kun.

"Yes, Shi Kun's mouth is for the people of Jiaozhou, but in fact, it is for his own interests, to preserve his absolute control in Jiaozhou, but Shi Kun's ambition also ensures the cooperation between us, Shi Kun knows very well in his heart which of our army or Wu Jun can better maintain its control in Jiaozhou." Lu Rui nodded, Shi Kun, the king of Jiaozhou, is not in vain, saying that it is for the people of Jiaozhou, but in fact, it is for his own interests, and he can be ruthless to his own parents and sons, I am afraid that even Cao Cao is inferior to Cao Cao.

"Brother Rui, Shi Kun's cooperation can be put aside for the time being, since Shi Kun has promised that as long as his father replies to the letter, Shi Kun will support our army, Pi is now worried about Sun Quan's special army, the troublesome army! If our army repeats the setback in Liangzhou, I am afraid it will be unfavorable for our army's next Northern Expedition. Cao Pi thought a lot, and suddenly thought of the threat of Sun Quan's troubled army.

"Yes, if we want to save Shi Kun's family, we must find a way to solve the problem of relieving the troubled army, in order to pay tribute to Lingnan Jiaguo to us every year in the future, Zihuan, Cangshu, we have to think of a way." Lu Rui broke a pineapple with a dagger, put it in the salt water, and looked at Cao Chong and Cao Pi.

"What do you two think of the Relief Army?" Cao Cao asked Cao Pi and Cao Chong to follow Lu Rui out, which was experienced, and how to solve Sun Quan's special forces was taken as a test to try the talents of the two.

"Brother Rui, Pi thinks that Sun Quan's Trouble-Solving Army and Zhang Bai's Yellow Turban Warrior should have the same effect, but we don't know what method Sun Quan's Liberation Army has used to rapidly improve their strength in a short period of time. Now we can be sure that Sun Quan's Liberation Army is also a small number of elite troops, and the number should not exceed 1,000 people. Cao Pi first said his analysis, Sun Quan's army should be the elite of the elite, and there are not many of them, which also shows that this army must have weaknesses from one side.

"Zihuan's analysis is very reasonable, but Rui thinks that the Relief Army may be more difficult to deal with than the Yellow Turban Force!" After listening to Shi Kun's introduction, Lu Rui looked at the information left by Shi Kun and found a difference between the Relief Army and the Yellow Turban Force.

"What do you mean?"

"Zihuan. Take a closer look at the details reported by the various villages raided by the Liberation Army. Sometimes it's the details that can make or break a person. Lu Rui pointed to the bamboo slips on the table. Let Cao Pi watch it again. Although Cao Pi is a hero, he has a shortcoming, that is, he is stable on the outside and floating on the inside. On the surface, he is very talented, but he is impetuous, unwilling to calm down and think about problems, and most things just rely on his own talent and intelligence. If it is not corrected, it will affect Cao Pi's life in the future.

"Oh?" Cao Pi picked up the bamboo slips on the table and looked at them carefully.

"Brother Rui. I still haven't found anything? "Zihuan, what is the weakness of the Yellow Turban Lux, do you know?"

"Of course, I know that using the method of motivation to instantly improve one's personal ability has led to the consequences of great damage to the body, and the Yellow Turban Lux can only be used one, and cannot be used again." The characteristic of the Yellow Turban Lux is that he uses pills to stimulate his personal potential, and finally leads to the hollowing out of his body and his physical exhaustion. For this reason, the Yellow Turban Lux can only be used once. You can't use it anymore.

"That's right, Zihuan. You find that no, Sun Quan's army seems to be able to fight continuously, and there is no loss of combat power. Lu Rui sketched out some of the information in the bamboo slips with a carving knife and asked Cao Pi to read it again.

"I see!" Cao Pi looked at the place outlined by Lu Rui and understood that what Lu Rui said was true. For ten days, all five villages in the adjacent 300 miles were slaughtered every other day, and survivors' accounts included a black-faced man as their leader.

Seeing this, ordinary people would definitely not notice anything, but Cao Pi quickly discovered the point. Most of Lingnan is mountainous, most of the places have not been developed, it is a primitive dense forest, and no matter how elite troops march in Jiaozhou, the journey of a day is only thirty or forty miles at most. This shows that the Liberation Army may be able to fight multiple times, which is different from the Yellow Turban Lux, which is a one-time army, but the Liberation Army seems to be able to be used multiple times.

"Doesn't this method of defying the heavens cost people their lives? Are they all ghosts? Cao Pi found out about this problem and looked at Lu Rui in surprise, if this is the case, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the Troublesome Army to deal with.

"Second brother, although the Relief Army can continue to fight, its combat power will be lost." Cao Chong drew a few more places on the side, and within ten days, the villages behind the village had more survivors, and if it was done by the same army, then the combat effectiveness must have declined, because the farther the village was to the south, the more backward it was, the less labor, and the weaker the resistance.

Cao Chong was calmer than Cao Pi and had a higher IQ, so he quickly found evidence of the decline in the combat power of the Annoying Army.

"Cang Shu is reasonable, I'm afraid this is the breakthrough for us to deal with the trouble-relieving army, using an extraordinary human method to stimulate combat power, it must be against the way of heaven, and it is definitely impossible for people's bodies to be harmed. Although the Annoyance Army can continue to fight, the combat time of the Sergeant Sergeant will definitely not last long. Lu Rui used a carving knife to draw a few more places on the bamboo slips. Whistle in a quarter of an hour to call the troops!

Every time the Annoyance Army raids a village, it retreats in a quarter of an hour, and then chooses another time to raid, what must be the reason why the Annoyance Army has this strategy of retreating in a quarter of an hour.

"Brother Rui means that the secret to dealing with the Relief Army is to procrastinate words?" Cao Pi quickly understood what Lu Rui meant.

"It may not be accurate, but this may be a breakthrough, we have to pay more attention, in addition, I am not worried about the super combat power of the Liberation Army, as long as we meet the Troublesome Army, after three times, I will be able to find out his flaws, but the terrain of Lingnan is complex, the army is not easy to concentrate, and it is easy to be raided by the Liberation Army on strategic points." Lu Rui expressed his worries, the super combat power of the Jiefu Army is not enough to fear, what is terrible is the tactics of guerrilla warfare of the Jiefu Army, in a place like Lingnan, it is not difficult to draw out the Jiefu Army, and it is difficult to form an encirclement.

"Well, Brother Rui has a point." Cao Pi quickly understood what Lu Rui meant, since he went south to fight, Cao Pi found the difficulties of fighting in the south, there are many mountains, caves, and rivers, and the enemy is easy to hide or flee around, and it is not easy to concentrate on encirclement.

"Brother Rui, this is not difficult, if we change our way of thinking, I'm afraid it will be easy to solve." Cao Chong listened to Lu Rui and Cao Pi's words, smiled slightly, and seemed to have made up his mind.

"Brother Chong, what do you think?"

"Brother Rui, when I was a child. You used to teach your brother. For contradictions. To look for the main contradictions, for the enemy army, we naturally have to choose the main target. The Liberation Army is an army, and the army must have a goal when it goes out, as long as we convert its goal into the concentrated use of troops, then the Liberation Army is not to be feared. When Cao Chong was young, Lu Rui often taught Cao Chong to use the logical thinking of later generations to think about problems and improve Cao Chong's thinking ability. Cao Chong is very smart, and he will soon be able to use this way of thinking perfectly, even better than Lu Rui.

"Then Brother Chong, is there any way to let Sun Quan concentrate on using the Annoyance Army?" Lu Rui listened to Cao Chong's words and was stunned for a moment, it seems that a genius is a genius, and the logical thinking he taught has come out of the blue.

"Without him, as long as Sun Quan's life is threatened, or Sun Quanjun is facing life and death, Sun Quan will definitely take the Liberation Army with him, and when the time comes. We don't have to worry about the strategy of the Liberation Army attacking everywhere. Cao Chong confidently said his strategy, since he could not deal with the guerrilla tactics of the Liberation Army. Then change to another strategy and force Sun Quan to concentrate on using the Annoying Army.

"Brother Chong is really smart, Rui understands, we can design to make Sun Quan defeated, so that in order to save his life, Sun Quan will definitely take the Relief Army with him." Lu Rui smiled slightly, and already had a plan in his heart.

On the second day, Lu Rui and Shi Kun reached an agreement, as long as Cao Cao agreed to Shi Kun's conditions, Lu Rui would return to Wumanxi to send troops to Chaisang, and then Sun Quan would definitely ask Shi Kun for help, and then Shi Kun could lead the army of Jiaozhou to raid Sun Quan and kill Sun Quan by surprise!

Lü Rui was in Jiaozhou to discuss with Shi Kun about a strategy to fight against Sun Quan, and in Chaisang City, Sun Quan was discussing with Zhou Yu a strategy to fight against Cao's army to the south.

"Gong Jin, Cao Cao was really unprepared this time, originally the general thought that Cao Cao would rest for a while, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to go south so quickly, it seems that Cao Cao wants to solve the battle of Jiangnan before the summer. What is Gong Jin's opinion on this matter? "Chai Sang is guarding the mansion, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu are discussing the enemy's strategy, except for the two of them, only Lu Su is making a record on the side.

"Lord, Cao Jun did not attack him unprepared, but took him by surprise to cover up his unpreparedness!" Zhou Yu saw Cao Jun's plan at a glance, Cao Jun was not fully prepared, and the sudden raid on Sun Quan was just to cover up Cao Jun's lack of preparation.

Subsequently, Zhou Yu pointed out Cao Cao's shortcomings, Cao Cao's army had just moved south and captured the entire Jingzhou, although the morale of the soldiers was high, but homesickness would increase, after all, they had just won the battle, and they all wanted to go back to their hometowns to see, especially now that they were approaching the end of the year.

Cao Cao's southward movement this time was dominated by the surrendered Jingzhou army, which showed that Cao Cao's army was not well prepared, and the northern army that went south probably had no intention of participating in this southward expedition. So Cao Cao was to cover up his lack of preparation, not to attack Sun Quan's surprise.

"I see, so what is Gongjin's good plan?" Sun Quan listened to Zhou Yu's words, and he was relieved, it turned out that Cao Cao was also unprepared, so the lever of victory would probably be biased in favor of Sun Quan, as long as it was summer, Yuan Xi in the north would send troops, and then Sun Quan would have the opportunity to counterattack.

"Lord, for the sake of our army's long-term plan, I think this time our army should abandon the area of Chaisang and Lujiang Poyang Lake, go south to Jiaozhou, kill Shikun, command Jiaozhou, and cut off the road to the north!"

Subsequently, Zhou Yu said his own proposition, not to resist Cao Cao, but to persuade Sun Quan to lead the army south, and he designed a suspicious formation in the area of Poyang Lake to block the Cao army of Eastern Wu.

"Gong Jin, what do you mean, did we lose Eastern Wu, and still give up the only remaining two counties to Cao Cao? If we retreat again and again, do we want to escape from the big man? Sun Quan listened to Zhou Yu's words and was furious, originally thinking that Zhou Yu would come up with a plan to let Sun Quan resist Cao Cao, but he didn't expect Zhou Yu to let him retreat?

"Lord, now the general trend of the world is to Cao Cao, Cao Cao has grasped the time, we are now fighting with it head-on, although we can benefit for a while, but in the long run, I am afraid that our strength will be slowly reduced, and then we can only be used as fish and meat, let others slaughter. Now that Cao Cao is not well prepared, it is the best time for us to retreat to Jiaozhou and plan for Xu Tu's future! Then Zhou Yu said his analysis and plan.

Now Cao Cao occupies most of the territory in the world, and his rule has stabilized, even if all the princes in the world now conquer Cao Cao together, Cao Cao can hold the territory, at most he will lose some territory.

Now that Sun Quanjun has retreated to Chaisang, raising troops is a big problem, as time goes by, Sun Quanjun's army must not be able to maintain its existing military strength, and it will definitely be defeated by Cao Cao when the time comes, that is, Sun Quanjun's army can defeat Cao Cao this time, at most it is just a small victory, and it will not help the overall situation at all. It is a very stupid idea to rely on Yuan Xi to turn the tide of the battle, and it is better to hand over the sword of victory to others, than to hold it in your own hands.

Jiaozhou is a special state and county in Dahan, although the people's wisdom has not been opened, but the population is large, and because of the problem of people's customs, basically all the people can be soldiers. Zhou Yu's plan is to learn from Zhao Tuo, go south to Jiaozhou, and cut off the road to the north, so that the Sun family can stand on Jiaozhou for at least three generations, and with Jiaozhou as the foundation, when the situation in the world changes, the opportunity for the Sun family to counterattack will come.

Zhou Yu's strategy can be said to be seamless, and later after Lu Rui learned about it, he also deeply admired Zhou Yu's strategy, if Sun Quan used Zhou Yu's strategy, Cao Jun's southern expedition would probably be rewritten, but unfortunately Sun Quan's suspicion made him miss the opportunity to dominate the world. (To be continued......)

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