Xiahou Hui was indeed very worried. She immediately reported the news from Guan Feng to Mrs. Zhang. Mrs. Zhang was also a little flustered. She knew that Wei Ba was dangerous outside, but she didn't expect the situation to be so critical. Without any hesitation, she immediately called Wei Feng's newlywed wife Xi over, and in front of her, authorized Xiahou Hui to mediate, and Xi assisted.

Xi entered the door of the Wei family and had a lot of contact with Xiahou Hui, knowing that Xiahou Hui's ability in this area was outstanding, which was beyond her comparison. She also knew that the Wei family could have the current scenery, on the one hand, because of Wei Yan's qualifications, but more because of Wei Ba's proud achievements. If Wei Ba had any accidents, the Wei family's foundation would have lost more than half. Wei Feng and Wei Ba have a very close relationship, if Wei Ba's life is affected because of her, Wei Feng will definitely not forgive her. After listening to Mrs. Zhang's words, Xi happily agreed, saying that he would do his best to cooperate, contact his mother's family, and give Wei Ba as many resources as possible.

With the support of Mrs. Zhang, Xiahou Hui immediately rushed to Zhang's mansion, met Empress Zhang through Mrs. Xiahou, and then went to Wu's mansion to ask for help from the empress dowager through Mrs. Wu Yi. Liu Chan soon learned the news, but he couldn't make any decisions, although he was the emperor Bixia, but the military power of Chengdu was not in his hands. He couldn't help much other than be in a hurry.

……

Xiahou Hui sat in a simple carriage and came to an inconspicuous courtyard in the western suburbs of Chengdu.

Li Miao, who had been idle for a long time, was studying at home, and suddenly heard that a guest was visiting, and he couldn't help but be stunned. Since offending Prime Minister Zhuge Liang. He hasn't had guests for a long time. He hesitated for a moment: "Who is it?" ”

"The other party didn't say." The old doorman replied: "There are no signs on the carriage, so I can't tell whose family it is." The other party hid in the car and didn't come out, and he didn't know who it was. ”

"What does that mean?" Li Miao's eyes narrowed. He was just about to scold, but the old doorman trembled and handed over a small cloth baggage. Li Miao took it and looked at it, and his face suddenly changed greatly. He hurriedly got up and said urgently, "Quick, invite people in through the back door, so that no one can see them." I'll change my clothes and come. ”

The old doorman looked at the owner who had scurried into the inner room like a rabbit, and was puzzled. Li Miao has a crazy and straightforward personality, and he usually doesn't change his clothes when he meets guests. It's so nervous. Or for the first time. The old doorman didn't have much to do, and welcomed Xiahou Hui into the back door, and Xiahou Hui got out of the car with a hat on his head. Covered with green veil. Can't see the face clearly. The old doorman led her to the hall. Served the tea, and withdrew.

Xiahou Hui sat quietly for a while. Li Miao walked out of the inner room and coughed. "I don't know what Mrs. Xiahou is here for?"

Xiahou Hui took off the hat and smiled slightly: "Give Mr. Li a chance to change the three dragons of the Li family to the four dragons of the Li family." ”

Li Miao's eyes tightened: "What else?" ”

"There is also a dowry for her nephew Miss Peng to marry into the Wei family, and prepare a little weighty dowry."

Li Miao stroked his beard, pondered for a while, and nodded.

……

The next day, Li Miao, who had been idle for a long time, suddenly wrote a letter asking to see Emperor Bixia, and took the initiative to go to Jiangzhou to meet Li Yan. Now that the main force of the Shu Han army is fighting against Wei in Guanzhong, it is Li Yan's subordinates who can really be mobilized, and if Li Yan is willing to help, he will definitely be able to solve this problem.

Liu Chan was overjoyed and immediately asked Li Miao to go to Jiangzhou. Li Miao traveled day and night, and it only took two days to come to Jiangzhou. After listening to Li Miao's words, Li Yan was silent and did not say anything. Li Miao was anxious, stepped forward and pulled Li Yan's sleeve and said: "Hussar general, the first emperor abandoned the world back then, appointed you as the protector of the central capital, unified the internal and external military, and assisted Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng. Now that the prime minister is fighting in Guanzhong, Wei Ba's situation in Jiaozhou is dangerous, only the general can turn the tide, but the general refuses to make a move, has he forgotten the entrustment of the first emperor? ”

Li Yan sneered. "You don't use such words to provoke me. Jiaozhou is thousands of miles away from here, how do you know? Besides, I was ordered by the first emperor to assist Bixia and asked me to send troops, so where is Bixia's order? ”

Li Miao was furious: "Bixia's edict, don't you still believe it?" ”

"You said it was Bixia's edict, how do I know if it's true or not? For such a big thing, Bixia doesn't even have an edict, will you believe it? ”

Beads of sweat appeared on Li Miao's forehead, he felt that he was a little reckless, no wonder Li Yan didn't believe him.

Li Miao walked away. Li Yan smiled and called his son Li Feng and asked him to prepare to send troops. Li Feng was puzzled: "Father, don't you believe him?" Without Bixia's order, we went out without permission, this is a rebellion, in case the prime minister surrenders, what can we do? ”

"Zhuzi, don't you know what Bixia means, without Bixia's edict, Li Miao dares to come here? It's just that Li Miao, a stupid person, didn't even know how to ask for an edict, so he hurried over. He stroked his beard and smiled. Of course, maybe that's what bixia meant in the first place. Providence is unpredictable, and we mortals cannot guess. ”

Li Feng was still puzzled. "Since there is no order from Bixia, the prime minister will be held accountable in the future, how can we explain it? Isn't it a matter of authority? ”

"When I say sending troops, does it have to be sending troops to Sun Wu? Maybe it's to go to Chengdu to escort grain and grass! Li Yan glared at Li Feng and said unhappily: "You have also passed the year of establishment, why haven't you grown at all?" ”

Li Feng was embarrassed, didn't ask again, retreated, and prepared according to Li Yan's orders. For a time, there was a riot in Jiangzhou. Wu Guoxizuo, who was hiding in Jiangzhou, immediately knew about it, and did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent the news back.

While bluffing, Li Yan gave an order to Chen Zhi, the governor of Yong'an. After receiving the order, Chen Zhi also made preparations for war, made a gesture that he was about to send troops, and even sailed the warship to the mouth of the gorge, ready to go east at any time.

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Li Miao returned to Chengdu in frustration, came to the Wei Mansion, and told Xiahou Hui the news of his unfavorable departure, Xiahou Hui didn't say anything, prepared a generous gift for Li Miao, and assured him that the Wei family will not forget your great kindness in the future.

Li Miao was inexplicable and left with the gift.

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Yizhou's abnormal movement quickly attracted Buqi's attention. According to Sun Quan's requirements, Buqi was building a siege cart and preparing to recover Linyuan, when he suddenly received news that Li Yan and Chen Zhi had moved, for fear that they would go down the river, attack Xiling, and go straight to the hinterland of Jingzhou. On the one hand, he was waiting for the battle, and on the other hand, he sent someone to report to Sun Quan urgently.

After receiving Buqi's report, Sun Quan couldn't help but get nervous. The main forces of Jingzhou are all in Linhe, and if the Shu Han army goes east at this time, the subordinates of Buqi alone will not be able to stop them. Once Xiling is lost, the Shu Han army is likely to go down the river and attack Wuchang, and Jingzhou will be completely lost, and the consequences will be far more serious than the loss of Jiaozhou. Although he was also worried that this was just Shu Han's suspicious strategy, he didn't dare to take the risk, and immediately summoned Fei Yi and asked him what he meant.

Fei Yi was confused. He said to Sun Quan, I didn't receive any orders, maybe you are mistaken.

Fei Yi's explanation not only did not reassure Sun Quan, but made him even more worried. He was very aware of the power struggle within Shu Han, and he knew that Li Yan did not want to make meritorious contributions all the time. Now Zhuge Liang is leading the main force in Guanzhong, and he can't control Li Yan, if Liu Chan orders Li Yan to support Wei Ba, Li Yan is likely to make a big fuss and take the initiative to send troops to attack Eastern Wu, expand the situation, and compete with Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang was in Guanzhong, Yizhou was controlled by Li Yan, if Li Yan wanted to go east, Zhuge Liang did not have enough food support, so he could only withdraw his troops and return in vain.

In order to ensure that something happened, Sun Quan ordered Bu Qi not to leave Xiling for the time being, strengthen his defenses, and at the same time dispatch troops. Although he did not order Lu Xun to withdraw his troops, he told Lu Xun the news so that he could be mentally prepared.

Just when Sun Quan was suspicious, news came from Xiangyang again: Meng Da was reorganizing his army for war, and there was a possibility of going out of the army. As for whether to send troops to harass Xiangyang and Wancheng, or to send troops south, it is still unclear. This news further stimulated Sun Quan, Meng Da and Li Yan both belong to the Dongzhou system, they have always been allies, and this time it is likely to be a joint operation. Sun Quan even suspected that this was originally Zhuge Liang's plan, so that Wei Ba was in the south, Li Yan was in the west, and Meng Da was in the north, attacking from three sides to recapture Jingzhou in one fell swoop. This seems unlikely, but with Wei Ba's matter ahead, who knows that Zhuge Liang will not take risks? In order to recapture Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang and Li Yan joined forces, and it seemed not impossible to catch him off guard.

Under this conjecture, the entire Jingzhou entered a state of readiness. This further intensified Jingzhou's demand for food. Under pressure, Sun Quan had to let Zhang Wen and Fei Yi reopen negotiations to delay time, hoping that before then, Lu Xun could completely defeat Wei Ba, recapture Jiaozhou, and relieve the danger of the flanks.

Wei Ba didn't know anything about the changes in Jingzhou. At this moment, he was facing Lu Xun's onslaught. After breaking through four positions in a row, Lu Xun no longer advanced, but instead sent people to besiege the mountain where Wei Ba was located, and he wanted to pull out the nail first. Wei Ba rejected the suggestion to retreat, defended the mountains, and personally went into battle to fight the Wu army. The battle was extremely fierce. Under Lu Xun's cruel military order to advance without retreat, and under the temptation of killing Wei Ba and paying homage to the marquis, the Wu army launched wave after wave of attacks on the positions on the mountain ridge as if they had gone crazy.

The two sides fought to the death on the narrow mountain range. The Shu Han army had the advantage of geographical advantages, sufficient ordnance, and Wei Ba personally went into battle to kill the enemy, which boosted morale and fought very tenaciously. Although the Wu army attacked to the death, it was only unable to take the position. After more than ten days of hard fighting, paying more than 4,000 casualties, it finally stopped.

Lu Xun glanced at the mountain range from a distance, got up without saying a word, walked off the command platform, and returned to his big tent. He asked people to invite Pan Jun from the rear camp and Zhuge Ke from the left camp, and asked people to call Zhu Ji, without any politeness, and said straight to the point: "Tomorrow, I will launch an attack on Zuihou, victory or defeat in one move, I need your support." (To be continued......)

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