The morning sun leaped out of the earth, sprinkling golden sunlight on every soldier's body, shining on Buqi's tired face, shining in his bloodshot eyes.

Looking at the verdant mountains that were not too tall in the distance, Bu Qi reined in his horse, raised his arm, and ordered to stop advancing.

"General, weishenme is not chasing?" Jia Tong rushed over and asked in a hoarse voice, "The princess may be in front." ”

Jia Tong was Sun Dahu's personal guard, and in last night's conflict, more than a dozen of his subordinates were killed, and the princess he swore to protect was robbed. This makes his originally bright future suddenly bleak, and for the sake of his own life, he must save the princess. At this moment, seeing that Buqi stopped, he was very puzzled. I can't see the road clearly at night, I've missed a lot of opportunities, and now it's easy to get light, it's time to catch up, why did I stop?

"The princess may be there, but so may the enemy." Bu Qi snorted angrily, he didn't need to give any face to a derelict guard. "Look at how many more people we have, just rely on these people, in case of an ambush, is there still a way to live?"

Jia Tong looked back at the Wu soldiers who were shaking when they walked, and was very disappointed. At night, it was impossible to figure out which direction the enemy was running, and the foot soldiers could only chase separately, and now only a very small part was following behind, the total number would not exceed three hundred, and all of them were exhausted. If these people rush into the mountains and encounter an ambush by the enemy, let alone save the princess, it will be considered luck if they are not all wiped out.

Bu Qi's decision can't be said to be wrong, but Jia Tong feels dissatisfied: "Then the general is waiting here?" ”

"So what do you say?" Bu Qi asked dissatisfiedly.

"At the very least, send someone to find out. See if there's an ambush. ”

"You're right, that's exactly what I thought. Do you have the guts to go into the mountains? ”

Jia Tong felt Bu Qi's contempt, and said angrily: "In order to save the princess, I am willing." ”

Bu Qi nodded: "Then I will give you a chance to atone for your sins, you are the first to enter the mountain, and if you find an enemy, immediately raise the alarm." ”

"Whoa." Jia Tong arched his hand angrily and ran towards the mountain. He knew very well that even if he didn't want to do it, Buqi would force him to do it. Besides, he has no way out. It's better to die in battle than to go back and be killed by Sun Quan.

Jia Tong entered the mountain, and Buqi immediately arranged for fifty soldiers, each in a group of five, to watch each other. Patrol into the mountain. The rest of the soldiers rested on the spot. Regain your strength and get ready for battle.

The scouts of the Wu army who entered the mountain were soon discovered by the sentinels arranged by Wei Ba.

As soon as he heard that Wu Jun was chasing him, Xiangfu suddenly jumped up. Ordered an ambush of the scouts. Wei Ba stopped him in time. Xiangfu didn't understand: "If you don't kill them, what if they find out?" ”

Wei Ba smiled: "Although this mountain is not big, it is not so easy to find hundreds of us, we are very safe, if we attack rashly, we may expose our whereabouts." You think these scouts are all in one? There must be a lot of them, looking at each other, and unless you kill them all at once, you're going to be exposed. ”

Xiangfu looked at him suspiciously, and slowly sat down.

"Don't worry, I have arranged people on the surrounding cliffs, as long as someone approaches, we can know in advance, and then we will kill these Wu Jun who don't know whether they are alive or dead." Until they get closer, we can rest in peace. ”

The husband nodded at this time, signaling the nervous barbarians to calm down. There were only two or three hundred of them, and although they were all vigorous and brave in battle, they tried many times to break through the blockade of the Wu army and flee back to their hometown, but they were unsuccessful and suffered heavy losses. If it weren't for Wu Jun's desire to raise them as thugs, they would have been wiped out a long time ago.

This time, he was able to attack Yiyuan, which was guarded by two or three thousand people, with two or three hundred people, robbed the princess of Wu State, and retreated, all of which were the credit of Wei Ba's planning. In their opinion, this impossible task has been completed under the command of Wei Ba, what else can Wei Ba not do? What's more, the soldiers around Wei Ba are far stronger than them, and being friends with such people, rather than enemies, also makes them feel a lot more relieved.

Zhao Tong walked over, sat beside Wei Ba, chewed dry food, and asked softly, "Ziyu, what should I do next?" After dawn, there will definitely be more Wu troops coming, and once surrounded, it will be difficult for us to escape. ”

"I'm not afraid of them coming." Wei Ba smiled slightly: "I'm afraid they won't come." ”

Zhao Tong turned his face and looked at Wei Ba's evil smile: "Now, shouldn't you tell me the cause and effect?" ”

Wei Ba nodded: "This is nature. But now there are so many people, and those barbarians don't all believe us, so I can only make a long story short, lest they suspect us. ”

Wei Ba drank water and explained the general situation.

This time the peace represents the alliance between Wu and Shu again, and both sides need to recuperate. Shu needed time to digest Guanzhong, and Wu also needed to replenish the troops lost in the Battle of Xiangyang. Because of Jiangdong's unique system of leading troops, the sources of their troops are nothing more than this: Shanyue in Wujun, Huiji, Yuzhang and other places, and barbarians in Jingzhou.

Among Sun Quan's Jihua, Wu Lingman is the most important one. Wuling borders on Nanzhong in Yizhou, and if you control it, you can not only get a large number of troops, but also threaten Nanzhong nearby. After Liu Bei's death that year, the Wu people had instigated the rebellion of the powerful people in Nanzhong, such as Yonghong, Gao Ding and others, and Nanzhong was undecided for several years, until Zhuge Liang personally marched south, and barely stabilized the rear of Nanzhong.

Now, Wu Shu is allied again, and there can be no more large-scale wars, but Wu is unwilling to watch Shu successfully digest Guanzhong, so they set their sights on Nanzhong again. The first step was to use the Wuximan rebellion in the southwest of Wuling as an excuse to send the Fenwei general Pan Jun to quell the rebellion. Wuxi Man is on the border of Jingzhou, and Sun Quan wants to quell the rebellion, which is logical, and Shu cannot have any opinions. However, Zhuge Liang got the news that Sun Quan sent Pan Jun to quell the rebellion has another deep meaning, and it is not just as simple as quelling the rebellion.

In order to stabilize Nanzhong, Zhuge Liang could not let Sun Quan be proud. You have to make trouble out of it, and you deliberately muddy the water. This matter cannot be done openly, otherwise there will be a direct conflict with the Wu State, which will inevitably have an adverse impact on the newly restored Han-Wu Alliance, and can only play a shady trick.

This task fell on Wei Ba's head.

"Sun Quan wants to kill me, Liu Yan also wants to kill me, and they think that the prime minister also wants to kill me, so they hit it off and are ready to kill me in Yiyuan. Liu Yan personally took action. Then put the blame on the inexplicable river thieves. At that time, as long as they don't say it, no one will know how I died, and even if my father wants to find someone to take revenge, he can't find the main owner. I really can't make sense. At most, push Liu Yan out as a substitute for the dead ghost. ”

Zhao Tong suddenly realized: "But the prime minister told you about it." Will be counted. Let you flee to Wuling, expand the war in Wuling, and drag Pan Jun. Don't let Sun Quan get his way? ”

Wei Ba smiled silently: "Yes, that's what he said." ”

Zhao Tong heard the meaning of Wei Ba's words. "Do you think the prime minister has a deeper meaning?"

"I don't know what the prime minister means." Wei Ba continued: "But I know very well that with one hundred warriors and fifty spearmen entering Wuling, even if you add two hundred and fifty people from the two families of Guan and Ma, a total of four hundred, when you arrive at Wuling, where you are unfamiliar with life, you have to fight with the local natives and the army led by Pan Jun, and there is no stable supply of baggage, it is a miracle to be able to go back alive, and it is even more whimsical to complete the task of the prime minister." ”

Zhao Tong touched his beard and did not speak, but there was deep fear in his eyes. He understood what Wei Ba meant, Zhuge Liang's plan not only played Sun Quan, but also sent them into danger. This matter cannot be exposed, if they die in Wuling, they can only die in vain, Zhuge Liang will not admit it at all, let alone send someone to respond, and it will be considered merciful if he does not send someone to do the black hand.

not only pitted Sun Quan, but also wiped out the people sent by Wei Ba and the Zhao family, the Guan family, and the Ma family to help Wei Ba, and gave them a warning, which is really a good thing to kill two birds with one stone. If, as Zhuge Liang calculated, only a handful of these more than 400 people could return to Chengdu, no matter how big the losses of the four families of Wei, Zhao, Guanma, and Ma were, at least psychologically warned, and they would obey a lot in the future.

Zhao Tong was silent for a long time: "The prime minister has a good plan." ”

Wei Ba sneered: "Are you afraid? ”

Zhao Tong grinned: "You're not afraid?" What's strange to me is that you refused at the beginning, obviously seeing the danger here, and then suddenly agreed? ”

"At first, I refused because I could see at a glance that this was a pit, and then I agreed, because I got help and was sure to jump out of this pit and turn this pit into an opportunity, a real opportunity, not the unrealistic opportunity that the prime minister said."

"Are these brutes?" Zhao Tong swept those barbarians with his gaze. He originally didn't understand that Wei Ba could find a group of barbarians as helpers within a few days of his arrival in Xiling, but now listening to Wei Ba's explanation, he knew that there were people secretly helping here. If he could take these Wuling barbarians for his own use, Wei Ba would have the confidence to fight against Pan Jun, and he might even have a firm foothold in Wuling.

"Of course, it's not just these barbarians, but the entire Wuxi barbarians." Wei Ba paused, and then said: "If necessary, I can also get the support of the entire Nanzhong garrison, of course, before that, I must first convince those people that I have this strength." ”

Zhao Tong let out a long sigh of relief. Whether he can get the support of the Nanzhong garrison, then I will talk about it later, in his opinion, as long as Wei Ba can control Wulingman, then the safety of his life will be guaranteed, and he will not die under the attack of the Wu army for no reason. There are still dangers, but the chances of success are greatly increased. Wei Ba changed his course and suddenly changed his plan, which was not a decision on a whim, but a certainty of success, so he went to risk.

Thinking that someone actually hid Zhuge Liang from helping Wei Ba and directly destroyed Zhuge Liang's Jihua, Zhao Tong's mood was very complicated. Since he felt fortunate that there was a discord within the Prime Minister's Mansion, they who were not from the Jingxiang family would have more opportunities, and he felt unfortunate that Zhuge Liang actually wanted to use the hands of the Wu people to get rid of Wei Ba, and hit the Zhao Guanma family in one go.

However, now Wei Ba is not only fine, but he beat Liu Yan to death, and even teamed up with these barbarians to rob the princess of Wu State, and the matter is beyond everyone's control, and then, not only Sun Quan can't sit still, I'm afraid even Zhuge Liang can't sleep peacefully.

Zhao Tong glanced at Wei Ba, just in time to meet Wei Ba's cunning eyes, he was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "Ziyu, you are a troublemaker, and the prime minister is afraid that his intestines are blue with regret now." ”

Wei Ba smiled slightly: "If you don't make some trouble for him, everything is going on in his jihua, then how can I have a way to live?" The prime minister is indeed very smart, but he is not smart enough to calculate everything. ”

He paused, and suddenly remembered what Li Feng said: Prime Minister Zhuge has not been trained at the bottom, and sometimes it is inevitable that he will have a high eye and a low hand. He always wanted to control everything under his control, and for this, he had to do everything himself, but unfortunately he didn't know at all, it was actually a bit stupid to do so, except that it was very tiring to make him very tired.

No matter how wise a person is, he is not a god, and there will be a time when man will be poor. If you want to control everything by yourself, there can only be one result: do your best, and then die. (To be continued......)

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