Wei Ba rushed to Xiangyang with two hundred guards. Li Yan was very surprised, now that the two sides were fighting, if Sima Yi knew that Wei Ba was lightly armed, he would probably send troops to stop Wei Ba at all costs.

"Ziyu, you're too risky to do this." Li Yan couldn't help but sink his face and reproached: "In case something happens, what should I do?" ”

Wei Ba knew that Li Yan was so nervous, most of it was for his own interests, and a small part was acting, but he didn't expose it, and said straight to the point: "Hussar general, the situation is urgent, I have to take some risks." ”

"What is so urgent that you can risk your life?"

Li Yan said this in his mouth, but he roughly understood what Wei Ba was talking about. With a wave of his hand, he told the guards to retreat, leaving only his nephew, Deng Xian, alone.

Wei Ba sat down and briefly recounted his actions not long ago. These have all been passed on to Li Yan through the military newspaper before, and now I will say it again, just to make an introduction to the following words.

"The total strength of our army is less than 70,000, and the total strength of the Wei army is also about 60,000 or 70,000, and the strength of both sides is comparable. Because the general lightly lifted Xiangyang and Ma Changshi won a great victory, the morale of our army had a slight advantage, but it was not enough to win. Now that the Wei army is not out of the city, it is obvious that they want to exhaust our army with a strong city, and wait for our army to retreat without food. ”

Li Yan nodded slightly, this question was his biggest headache.

"There are only two options for now, or retreat. In this way, all the previous achievements were in vain, and the name was not realized. ”

Li Yan didn't say a word, staring at Wei Ba's face tightly. It is clear that he has no interest in this proposal at all.

"Either unite with the Wu army and flank the Wei army."

"How to unite the Wu army?" Li Yan asked: "Sun Quan is stationed in Jiangxia and sits and watches the success or failure. Yangzhou heard that it was quite active, but as soon as Zhang He arrived, they probably had to retreat. ”

"Yes." Wei Ba nodded: "In today's plan, if Han and Wu can't fight together, it will inevitably be disadvantageous for both sides." If we can fight together, our army will win Nanyang, and Wu's army will win Jianghuai. Sun Quan waited and watched. I guess I still can't believe me. ”

"And how are you going to crack it?"

"I think. For now, the only thing that can really make Sun Quan confident is probably the prime minister. ”

Wei Ba focused on the words "for now" in order to take care of Li Yan's face. At the same time, he was reminded of the importance of capturing Nanyang to him - the capture of Nanyang. You'll be on an equal footing with the Prime Minister. Words have weight, but now, it's a little inferior. Nevertheless. Li Yan's face was still a little ugly. However, after pondering for a moment, he still suppressed the boredom in his heart and asked, "Then how are you doing?" ”

"If the general believes me, I am willing to negotiate with Sun Quan." Wei Ba said his thoughts, and Zuihou said: "If you don't win, you will lose first, and before you do this, you need the general to be ready to really give up Nanyang." ”

Li Yan's brows furrowed, and the two nasolabial folds were as deep as a knife carving. He stared at Wei Ba deadly, and Wei Ba met his gaze without flinching. He knew that it was difficult for Li Yan to ride a tiger, and he had no other way to think of it except for this plan.

Sure enough, after a long time, Li Yan exhaled softly: "How sure are you?" ”

"If you get the support of the general, it will be about six or seven percent. If the general does not support it, there will be no one. ”

"Okay, it's come to this, I have to give it a try, I hope you can convince Sun Quan and the prime minister."

"Borrow the general's good words." Wei Ba bowed slightly: "Thank you for your tolerance." ”

Li Yan laughed, there was no sound, his eyes flashed like an eagle, and he was as cold as ice.

The discussion was decided, and Li Yan immediately ordered Feng Jin to lead the sailors north, while he left some people to monitor Sima Yi in Fancheng, and the main force rushed to Dunse. At the same time, Ma Jian led a large army to move south, making a rendezvous with Feng Jin and capturing Dunse's Jiashi.

Sima Yi was very nervous and immediately sent someone to Cao Rui for help. Although he had Fancheng, Fancheng could not accommodate 30,000 troops at all, and most of his main force was still stationed outside the city. If Li Yan and Ma Tan joined forces, first took Dunse, and then attacked Fancheng, he would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

Just when Sima Yi was very nervous, Wei Ba sent someone to Jiangxia to summon Fei Yi to come immediately.

Two days later, Fei Yi rushed to Xiangyang, and Zhang Wen came with him.

Wei Ba held a banquet to welcome them at the old residence of the Xi family in Da Xian.

Most of the Xi family followed Liu Bei into Sichuan, and some people stayed in Xiangyang with the old and weak, but there were few people in Xiangyang over the years. Only some ruins and broken walls remain, and old trees and vines are left in the former Xi family compound. After Li Yan captured Xiangyang, Wei Feng specially sent someone to clean it up, and found his wife Xi's aunt, that is, the one who married Pang Lin, the younger brother of Pang Tong. After Pang Lin descended to Wei with Huang Quan, he was named the Marquis, and now he is the official residence of Julu Taishou. Xi could have followed the official, but her homeland was difficult to leave and she had been staying in Xiangyang. Because of this relationship, although the Xi family is dilapidated, the original land and mansion have been preserved a lot.

Xi knew that although Wei Ba was the concubine of the Wei family, he was the real hope of the Wei family, and if the Xi family wanted to develop, they could not neglect this young man. At this point, her subordinate Mrs. Xi has already written a letter from Chengdu. It was because Xi spent a lot of effort to renovate a courtyard for Wei Ba to live temporarily.

Wei Ba sent the soldiers to clean up the Xi family, especially changed the water in the Xi family's fish pond, and put some fish into it again. When Fei Yi and Zhang Wen arrived, Wei Ba was fishing by the fish pond.

Fei Yi smiled and said: "Ziyu is so leisurely, the hussar general is preparing for the battle of Fancheng, but you are fishing here?" ”

Zhang Wen also smiled playfully: "I don't know if General Zhennan is fishing or fishing?" ”

"I don't fish or fish, but I borrow the Xi family's house to survive the rest of my life." Wei Ba shook the fishing rod, didn't get up, pointed to the two Mazha beside him with his chin, and motioned for Zhang Wen and Fei Yi to sit down.

Zhang Wen and Fei Yi glanced at each other, and felt that Wei Ba's actions were very rude, and Zhang Wen's face was a little unsightly. Fei Yi hurriedly gave Wei Ba a look: "Ziyu, Hui Shu is the envoy of King Wu......"

"King Wu balls." Without waiting for Fei Yi to finish speaking, Wei Ba suddenly became furious, smashed the fishing rod into the water, stood up, kicked one by one, kicked the two Mazha into the water, pointed to the southeast side, and roared angrily: "What the fuck does Sun Quan mean?" At the beginning, it was said that haode joined forces to attack Wei. As a result, he took Jiangxia and didn't move, what is this? Do you want to betray the alliance, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, or do you want to stab us? ”

Wei Ba scolded loudly, and at the same time took out the plan jointly signed by Zhuge Liang and Li Yan from his arms, and shook it in front of Zhang Wen and Fei Yi. "It is written clearly in black and white. Since he is not trustworthy, this plan is meaningless. As he spoke, he tore the contract to shreds in three or two strokes, raised his hand, and threw it all into the fish pond. Pieces of paper fluttered and fell to the surface of the water, quickly soaking and soaking into a patch.

Fei Yi and Zhang Wen were dumbfounded, Fei Yi knew that there was something wrong with this plan, but he didn't understand whether Wei Ba Weishenme suddenly tore up this plan, whether he wanted to destroy the evidence, or whether he really wanted to turn against Sun Quan. Zhang Wen was taken aback, did Wei Ba do this to take revenge on Wu and declare war on Wu Guo?

"That's right, with our troops, we can't kill Cao Rui now, and it's also a dream to take the whole of Nanyang. However, it is still easy for us to take Jiangxia and Changsha counties. Wei Ba's face was gloomy, and he waved his hand like a fly, "Please ask Zhang Envoy to go back and tell Sun Quan, let him get ready, and we will fight again." Someone, please go out. ”

The two soldiers stepped forward, and without saying anything, they put Zhang Wen outside. Fei Yi was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, Wei Ba hooked his hand: "Fei Wenwei, you wait a while, I still have two words to say to you." ”

Fei Yi was sweating profusely, so he had to give Zhang Wen a look and asked him to wait outside first. He rushed to Wei Ba's side, shocked and angry. "Ziyu, what are you doing here?"

Wei Ba's eyes rolled: "What do you say I'm doing?" Anyway, I'm not going to be able to do it right now. The prime minister is sharpening his knife behind his back, ready to take me under the knife. The hussar general can't capture Nanyang, and he is ready to use me as a scapegoat. I had to encourage him to fight with Sun Quan, and make up for the losses somewhat, even if it was to export evil anger. There are not enough troops to fight Nanyang, it is still enough to fight Wuchang, and it is not bad to destroy the Wei State, so it is not bad to destroy the Wu State first. Although the mosquito is small, it is not a piece of meat. ”

"What are you talking about?" Fei Yi was frightened into a cold sweat: "What does Li Yan want to do?" What do you want? ”

"I've made that clear, haven't I?" Wei Ba said impatiently.

"You ...... It cannot be withdrawn. Fei Yi's tone softened.

"Weishenme can't be withdrawn?" Wei Ba's tone was very bad: "Sun Quan doesn't help, the troops are insufficient, and Nanyang can't be attacked at all." Wu Yi transported all the grain from Hanzhong to Longyou to support the prime minister, are we here to waste it on an empty stomach? If I don't do it, if I can't fight a tiger, I'll fight a fox, if I can't fight an eagle, I'll fight a mosquito. ”

"But ......" Fei Yi was really anxious, hesitated for a long time, and still said: "But the prime minister hasn't taken Longyou yet, and if you withdraw, he will also give up all his efforts." ”

"I just want him to give up all his work." Wei Ba bared his teeth and narrowed his eyes. "So the hussar general may have a better balance in his heart, don't you say?"

Fei Yi was speechless. He understood what Wei Ba meant, this was a broken jar, and he deliberately made Zhuge Liang awkward. If Li Yan stopped attacking Nanyang and turned to war with Sun Quan, not only could Cao Rui breathe a sigh of relief, but Sun Quan would also transfer Jianghuai's men and horses back to Jingzhou. In this way, Wei and Wu will inevitably unite, which will reduce the pressure on Cao Rui even more, Cao Rui can transfer the main force to Longyou, and Zhuge Liang's pressure will inevitably increase greatly. If Zhuge Liang is forced to withdraw his troops, what qualifications does he have to say that Li Yan is not?

This was Wei Ba's self-preservation strategy, but it was Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition that was damaged.

"Ziyu, do you think this will work?" Fei Yi softened his tone as much as possible: "Don't be in a hurry to withdraw, I'll ask the prime minister what he means first, and then discuss with King Wu to see if he can send troops together, how about it?" ”

Wei Ba squinted at Fei Yi and muttered for a long time, before he reluctantly relieved: "Then you have to hurry, we only have a month's worth of food left." If it doesn't work, I want to go back to Xiangguan for the New Year as soon as possible. ”

Fei Yi pinched his fingers and calculated, and smiled helplessly: "Okay, I'll do it as soon as possible." ”

(To be continued......)