Sun Luban was soon sent back to Wu County, and the people in the palace tacitly forgot about her, and no one dared to mention her again, so as not to anger Sun Quan.

Because Sun Quan was in a very bad mood.

After sending Sun Luban away, Sun Quan carefully inquired about the situation on the front line from Xu Yuan, who escorted Sun Luban back. Xu Yuan had been in contact with the barbarians and had some direct understanding of the situation. Xu Yuan said to Sun Quan that in the three encounters, it seemed that Wei Ba had won a big victory, but this all had one thing in common: the Wu army was very unfamiliar with Wei Ba's situation, especially Lu Kai, who did not know Wei Ba's existence until he was defeated. If it had been known in advance that Wei Ba had reached the Donghe of the Yuanxi Division, this battle would have been a completely different outcome.

Saying a thousand, saying ten thousand, this is a mistake in an unequal situation, not a failure in the strict sense. In addition to Lu Kai's long-term combat experience, Zhou Yin was fighting for the first time, and Wei Jing was even more of a scholar, so it was not surprising that they were defeated at the hands of Wei Ba, and it didn't explain anything.

Now, everyone knows Wei Ba, he has no chance of winning by surprise, attacking more than 10,000 barbarian tribes with an army of more than 30,000, even if Wei Ba has the ability, he has no power to return to the sky. As long as the Wu army fought steadily and cooperated with each other, it was expected that Wei Ba would be defeated.

Sun Quan had a good impression of Xu Yuan, and he asked Xu Yuan a sentence: How long do you think it will take to defeat Wei Ba?

After careful consideration, Xu Yuan said that according to the current surplus grain situation of the barbarian tribe, there are three to four months, as long as Wei Ba does not get relief from others, the barbarians will be in chaos without a fight.

Sun Quan understood, and immediately asked people to find Fei Yi. After the Yiyuan incident. The connection between Han and Wu was not broken, everyone tacitly waited for the development of the war, and at the same time negotiated the matter of Sun Quan's claim to be emperor, but before there was no concrete result, all the negotiations were of little practical significance, just to maintain dignity.

Sun Quan said to Fei Yi, Wei Ba has arrived in Wuling, and our army is advancing separately, and there will be results soon. Once the barbarians are crushed by our army, we fear that they will retreat into Yizhou. Disturbance to Yizhou. So let us know in advance, and I hope you will be prepared so that you will not be taken advantage of by the enemy. In addition, I hope that Prime Minister Zhuge can start from the overall situation. Prevent vandalism inside. Funding Wei Ba. If the time comes, the materials of Shu Han are found in the loot. It is difficult for us to calm the anger of the soldiers.

Fei Yi understood, patted his chest and promised that my Han official would never give Wei Ba any support. will also do a good job of prevention as much as possible, and do not let others fund Wei Ba. "But......" Fei Yi changed his words, "Wei Ba, I have dealt with him, and I know a little. He's not bad at other things, but his biggest skill is to rob. If he enters Nanzhong to rob, of course we will do our best to intercept it, but the king also knows that it is full of mountains, and we cannot be foolproof. Wei Ba was able to defeat the thousands of troops of the Wu army, and of course there was no problem in dealing with those county soldiers. In case we don't do anything properly, I hope the king can understand. ”

Sun Quan's nose was almost crooked. With Wei Jing being released, Sun Luban returned to Wuchang, and now Fei Yi no longer insists that Wei Ba is going to save the princess, but he still insists that this matter is Wei Ba's personal matter and has nothing to do with Shu Han. Now that Fei Yi is saying this again, it is even more clear that he wants to secretly fund Wei Ba. Sun Quan knew this, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it, so he was teased by Fei Yi. As soon as he mentioned these battles not long ago, Sun Quan felt that his face was hot.

"Wen Wei, don't worry, Wei Ba can grab it again, and he won't be able to jump for a few days." Sun Quan said viciously to Fei Yi: "Let's not bother with that erection anymore, let's talk about the alliance." ”

Fei Yi nodded with a smile, and turned to talk to Sun Quan about the alliance and Sun Quan's claim to be emperor. Zhuge Liang used Wei Ba to contain Sun Quan, so that he could not go west, and grasped the opportunity, and now the negotiations are beneficial to Shu Han. Shu Han could recognize Sun Quan as emperor, but needed to gain the right to trade. Han and Wu have always had trade contacts, Shu brocade is a very popular product in Eastern Wu and even overseas markets, but Wu has a special situation, the generals of the town guard side collect commercial taxes to support their soldiers, and there is no need to report to Sun Quan the right to know. From Yiling to Wu County, it is necessary to pass through the defense areas of several generals, everyone has to levy heavy sharps, and even rob the army, and the merchants have meager profits, which seriously dampens their enthusiasm, and indirectly affects the interests of Shu Han - you must know that Shu brocade is an important source of military spending used by Zhuge Liang to accumulate military spending. Zhuge Liang demanded that Sun Quan impose a unified tax on the official business of Shu Han, and that the generals along the way should not collect taxes at will, so as to ensure the smooth flow of this golden trade route.

Sun Quan knew the role of Shu Jin, and what those generals did was what he connived at, so he didn't want Shu Han's strength to be further enhanced. So this matter has not been discussed, everyone is perfunctory to each other, and Shu Han has always refused to officially recognize Sun Quan as emperor. Everyone knows in their hearts that everything has to wait for the outcome of the battle in Wuling to make a decision. If the Wu army defeated Wei Ba and invaded Nanzhong, what Sun Quan wanted, Zhuge Liang could only agree to something. If Wei Ba persevered, and even dragged Wu Jun in Wuling all the time, then what Sun Quan wanted to think would depend on Zhuge Liang's mood.

Until then, anything was empty talk.

Sun Quan no longer hesitated, and ordered Pan Jun, Bu Qi and Lu Dai to press forward, making sure to trap Wei Ba to death, if they could take advantage of the situation to enter the territory of Yizhou, it would be better.

After receiving the order, Pan Jun and the others immediately divided into separate marches. They are attracted to the lessons of the previous and are no longer aggressive, but steady, step by step. After Buqi occupied the stockade of the Youxi tribe, the soldiers pointed directly at Xiushan. Shuai Zeng of the Youxi tribe did not dare to fight against him and continued to retreat. Pan Jun sent Zhu Ji to lead Zhou Yin and Zhou Jun to the discussion, and once again rushed to Jinwan, facing the Chenxi tribe village that was already empty, they continued to advance and rushed along Chenshui to the three valleys.

Lu Dai pressed the most tightly this way, and he personally led more than 10,000 troops, with enough grain and grass, to rush to the Emperor Girl Lake. Wei Ba did not retreat, he was still in the stockade of the Yuanxi tribe, waiting for Lu Dai's arrival. However, only the soldiers were left in the stockade, and the rest of the troops had already withdrawn to the three valleys. While Wei Ba was training, he stepped up his fortifications and prepared to fight Lü Dai again. The reason why he wanted to stick to the cottage instead of retreating to the Three Valleys was to drag Lu Dai and not let the pressure on the Three Valleys be too great.

On this day, Wei Ba ushered in a group of reinforcements. Jin Dongliu came to the Emperor Nu Lake with more than 130 warriors and a batch of grain and grass, and also brought two people: Liao Li and a young scholar named Chen Yi.

"Young master, this is a warrior who can fight in the house, and Madame asked me to bring them all. These grains were purchased by several families together, and the prime minister pretended to be deaf and dumb, and when he didn't see it, it was parity. Jin Dongliu explained the general situation, and Zuihou said to Wei Ba: "This Chen Yi is Chen Yi's younger brother, I don't know where I got the news, so I have to follow along." As for this Liao Li......" Jin Dongliu smiled bitterly, shook his head, and did not say any more.

He didn't say it, Wei Ba also saw it. Liao Li and that Chen Yi stood aside and waited, Chen Yi kept looking at him, looking forward to talking to him, while Liao Li kept looking at the sky, and he didn't even look at him with a straight eye, and he was disdainful, even the blind man could see it.

Wei Ba smiled, he dared to ask Liao Li to come, how could he not be clear about Liao Li's temper.

"I know, Zhaoming, you must be tired from coming from afar, go and rest quickly, and I'll discuss defense with you later."

Jin Dongliu left, Wei Ba walked in front of Liao Li, and arched his hand: "Mr. Gongyuan, it's been hard all the way." ”

Liao Li arched his hand casually, ignored him, and sighed: "I finally saw the mountains and rivers of my hometown again, it's really kind." I'm going to haode to see. Wei Shizhong, you don't have to worry about me, I'll just walk around by myself. As he spoke, he turned around and left without waiting for Wei Ba to agree.

Wei Ba was nothing, but Chen Yi, who was standing on the side, was a little nervous. Wei Ba turned his gaze to him, and when he saw him so cramped, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "You are Chen Yi and Chen Gongwei?" ”

"Exactly down there." Chen Yi took a step forward, seemingly affectionate, but made a gesture with his left hand on his chest. Wei Ba was just about to speak, when he saw his gesture, his eyes suddenly shrank, and then he was overjoyed.

"Are you...... A person from the Heavenly Master's Dao? ”

"The scribe in the Xiayu Bureau, I heard that the big sacrificial wine should be sorted out and the gods were ordered, so I was ordered to come to help."

Wei Ba smiled. He wants to integrate the tribal mythology of Wuxi Man and shape himself as the owner of the divine dog, which cannot be said by himself, and needs someone else to be a drummer. He asked the Heavenly Master Dao for help and asked them to send someone skilled in business to help, but he didn't expect it to be this person. Yu Juzhi is located in the south gate of Chengdu, and the scribe is responsible for collecting these myths and stories, so it is of course best for him to do this. In addition, this person is also the grandson of the great Confucian Xu Jing, a real Confucian student, familiar with Confucian classics, and the story he made up must be more like that.

"This matter is entrusted to you, you rest first, and then talk to you in detail at night." Wei Ba patted Chen Yi on the shoulder and smiled meaningfully. Chen Yi nodded humbly and went happily.

Wei Ba waved his hand, signaling Wei Xing and the others not to follow, and he hurried towards Liao Li. Liao Li stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the landscape in the distance, his eyes were lonely. Hearing Wei Ba's footsteps, he didn't even look back.

Wei Ba stood still beside him, didn't look at him, stood with his hands in his hands, and quietly looked at the mountains in the distance.

The two were silent for a while, and Liao Lixian couldn't hold it back. He frowned: "If you have anything to say, just say it quickly, leave after speaking, don't bother me." ”

Wei Ba turned around and looked at Liao Li's thin face, and after a while, he grinned: "Mr. Gongyuan, if you want to die, you can tell me where you want to be buried first, within the scope of my ability, I will definitely fulfill your last wish." If you want to go, I can always arrange for you to leave. Going down the river, but in half a month, you can return to your hometown of dreams. You can find a place to spend your old age in peace, or even go to Sun Quan. However, you'd better not pretend to be arrogant in front of me, you're not Youheng, and I don't want to be Huang Zu. ”

Liao Li's face suddenly swollen red, and he glared at Wei Ba angrily, but he couldn't say a word.

"Great rivers and mountains, Mr. enjoy them, I will have people send some wine later, Mr. will drink and appreciate." Wei Ba arched his hand: "I am busy with military affairs, so I will not accompany you." (To be continued......)