The warship traveled up the river and along the western foothills of Xuefeng Mountain to the south. The bamboo shadows on both sides of the bank are swaying, the green trees of the mountains are like a green corridor that cannot be seen, and there are small birds with colorful feathers singing among the trees, and the song is clear, as if the clear river water under the feet. The eyes are full of intoxicating green, and only on the top of the snowy peak is some white snow, like a crown of white feathers.

Xiahou Xuan stood at the bow of the boat, blowing the cool river breeze, so happy that he let out a long howl, and the whistling sound was endless along the river valley, which attracted the dog girls of the Divine Dog Camp to laugh, one of them showed his voice, remembered the hot mountain song, and boldly expressed his love to Xiahou Xuan, causing the companions next to him to laugh.

Xiahou Xuan smiled and didn't care. After following Wei Ba out of the school for a few days, he has become accustomed to the undisguised temperament of these barbarian girls. He is an open-minded person, happy is natural to carve, clear water out of hibiscus, for those red tape has long hated, now in this reckless mountains, with some of the barbarians who advocate nature, happy to sing and dance, angry to raise eyebrows, without the slightest concealment, he feels relaxed.

"How?" Wei Ba stepped out of the cabin, opened his coat, and fanned the wind with his sleeves.

"Happy, it's worth it, it's worth it."

"Of course, can I still treat you badly?" Wei Ba smiled: "If I treat you badly, Yuanrong will be unhappy at that time, and I won't be able to bear it." ”

"Don't sell yourself in front of me, when will I help my sister to be a flat wife, it's the right thing." Xiahou Xuan knew very well that Xiahou Hui had no chance in front of Guan Feng, and his wife didn't think about it. Before Wei Ba took a concubine, it was the right thing to take the position of his wife first.

"It's not just a matter of words." Wei Ba glanced at the green mountains on both sides of the river, pointed to the white snow on the top of the mountain and said with a smile: "See, it's summer, but there is still snow on the top of the mountain, tell me, what is this weishenme?" ”

Xiahou Xuan was speechless, this question that Wei Ba asked him a long time ago, he still hasn't solved it, and he refuses to ask Wei Ba for advice. It has become an unsolved case. When I was in Luoyang. He has also studied this issue with many people, but none of them have come up with a reasonable explanation.

"Well, what's the front turning?" Xiahou Xuan pretended to be surprised and pointed to the fleet in front: "Aren't you going to Yanguan, why did you turn west?" ”

Wei Ba looked at Xiahou Xuan with disdain. Shaking his head: "I said Taichu." This is not a learning attitude. ”

"Hey, hey, hey. That's more important. Xiahou Xuan disguised and said: "If I remember well, Yanguan should still be in the south, right?" ”

"Well, Yanguan is still south. It's about one hundred and fifty or sixty miles, but if we go south, it is estimated that we won't be able to go to Yanguan, and Lu Kai will be ready. Wei Ba put his hands behind his back and looked at the surrounding scenery leisurely: "You don't need to go to Yanguan, as long as you cross Xuefeng Mountain, you will enter Lingling County." Entering Lingling County, even if the agreement is broken, Lu Xun will have a formal reason to attack me. I'm not afraid of him, but I don't want to clash with him until I conquer him. ”

"Then how are you going to attack Yan Guan?"

"Actually, it's nothing, it's just a roundabout, avoiding the real and attacking the false." Wei Ba said lightly: "You'll see soon." ”

Xiahou Xuan pursed his lips and expressed disdain.

"Not far ahead, there is the former site of Lu Dai's camp, where I burned Lu Dai's savings." Wei Ba pointed to the southeast and talked about the battle not long ago. Half a year has passed, the smoke has long since dissipated, but those legendary battles are still passed on by word of mouth among the barbarians, seven battles and seven victories, that is already a myth, a myth belonging to Wei Ba.

The flotilla rounded a bend and went down the water. On the hillside in the distance, several Wu army scouts squatted quietly in the canopy, looking at the warships that were turning west in the distance, and exhaled softly. As expected, Wei Ba was another bluff so-called training, not to strictly pass it at all.

The news was quickly sent to Yanguan. Lu Kai received the news first, he was very disappointed, and he scolded hatefully: "How can Wei Ba be like a woman, come once a month?" He wasn't annoyed either. ”

Liu Yan didn't understand for a while, but after a while, he couldn't help laughing. Lu Kai was so anxious that he used such a vulgar thing as a metaphor for Wei Ba. He really wanted Wei Ba to attack Yanguan so as to avenge his father's death.

"Reply to Lu Boyan, just say that Wei Ba is bluffing again." Lu Kai waved his sleeves with interest, turned around and entered the inner room.

"General, do you want to take back the barbarians' equipment?"

"Why don't you take it back if you don't get an arrow fired?" Lu Kai said angrily: "That's two thousand sets of equipment, not two." ”

"But ......" Before Liu Xian's words were finished, Lu Kai's figure had disappeared, and Liu Xian had no choice but to swallow back the words that followed, his brows furrowed involuntarily, and his mood was a little depressed. He has no strength, so he can only be at the mercy of the Wu people, and these things that offend people also fall on his head. Equipping a barbarian is a very popular thing, but if he goes to get the equipment back, the barbarian will definitely not give him a good look.

Lu Kai doesn't care about these things, he can only do it.

Sure enough, as soon as they heard that Lu Kai was going to take back those equipment, the people of the Wuxi tribe suddenly turned their faces, although these dissatisfaction was forcibly suppressed by Huaigen, but the resentment could not dissipate for a long time. Many people are secretly talking about it, the Wu people just want to treat them as substitutes for the dead ghosts, the gods are coming, let them charge ahead, the gods will be gone, the benefits are all Wu people, and they can't get anything.

Not only was the people unhappy, but even Huaigen was a little unhappy, Lu Kai was obviously playing with him.

……

Wei Xing walked into Lu Xun's big tent quickly, Lu Lan stepped forward to greet him, and before his hand was arched, Wei Xing pushed him away, and said angrily: "It's useless to tell you, let the auxiliary general come out to see me." ”

Lu Lan was also unhappy, and lowered her face: "What do you have to do, the auxiliary general is busy with military affairs, and he can't be seen casually." ”

"If he doesn't see me, I'm afraid he's going to be even busier." Wei Xing squinted his eyes, full of anger, and looked like he was going to roll up his sleeves and fight if he didn't agree with each other.

Lu Lan is angry and funny, and the people around Wei Ba are almost the same as him, they are all ruffians. This is where the demeanor of a messenger should be. "What the hell is going on?"

"When are you going to hand over the people of the Xiongxi tribe to us?" Wei Xing raised his voice and made a big noise. "It's been delaying for almost half a year, and if you don't give it again, we'll take it ourselves. I won't lie to you, our young master has already led an army of 10,000 to Yanguan, if he can't receive my news within ten days, he will storm Yanguan, and when the time comes, don't say that we will invade the Lingling realm without declaring war. I'm declaring war today. ”

Lu Lan scoffed. Declare war? There are still 10,000 troops, do you have so many people? Besides. What Wei Ba is best at is sneak attacks. If he really wants to take the pass, it is impossible to give advance notice. According to this jiashi, Wei Ba's dispatch of troops this time is another false move, and the effect is nothing more than paralyzing the Wu army. Get ready for a real sneak attack. It's the hottest time. It is not at all suitable for sending troops. Come here twice, after the autumn harvest, it is the best time to send troops.

"Isn't that right? Negotiations have just ended. We have already ceded Wuling, and if you invade Lingling again, it will not be reasonable to provoke a war at that time, but it will not be our responsibility. Lu Lan said in a good time: "Prime Minister Zhuge is preparing for the Northern Expedition, your enemy is Wei, not us." You don't know how much effort we put into suppressing the soldiers' desire for revenge. ”

Wei Xing rolled his eyes and softened his tone. "We don't want to invade Lingling, it's true that the Xiongxi tribe was originally from Wuling, and it's not for you to lure them into rebellion. At the beginning, it was for the sake of your face that General Pan married his daughter to our General Zhao, so he did not detain General Pan and his 5,000 men and horses, and forced Huaigen's head. But you can't delay it again and again because of this, it's been half a year, and you haven't sent back the Xiongxi tribe, how can we explain to the other tribes? If other tribes do the same, will you accept it as well? ”

If any tribe is going to surrender to us, we can't ask for it. Lu Lan spoke in her heart, but her face did not show any flaws, and she said in a loud voice: "You are too worried, how can we do this." Don't worry, we will definitely send the Xiongxi tribe back, but this matter can't be rushed. The Xiongxi tribe is willing to follow us, and we can't force them back, can we? Can you give us a little time? ”

"Time, we've given you half a year, and you still haven't moved at all." Wei Xing flicked his sleeves away angrily, and his voice came from afar: "I can say ugly things in front, if you don't send them back, we will pick them up ourselves, and don't blame us for not giving face when the time comes." ”

Lu Lan snorted, disdainful.

"He's making noise again?" Lu Xun's voice came from behind. Lu Lan turned his head and responded: "No, a barbarian who doesn't know etiquette dares to blackmail us." ”

"Are you sure he's really just blackmailing?" Lu Xun sat down slowly and tidied up the hem of his clothes: "Could it be a deliberate attempt to hide the true motive?" ”

"General, don't worry, of course we won't just listen to them. Ziyu has already sent a large number of scouts to the area of Xuefeng Mountain to inquire about the situation. If Wei Ba really wants to take the stricter pass, we will get the news soon. ”

"Well, be careful. Wei Ba is a person who is false and real, and he can't be treated with common sense. Lu Xun spread out the map, looked at it for a while, and said: "Let the army be ready, once Wei Ba has entered Lingling County, we will immediately send troops." Otherwise, we may not be in time. ”

"Whoa." Lu Lan responded a little casually. In his opinion, not to mention Wei Ba's entry into Lingling, even if Wei Ba starts to attack Yanguan and then send troops, it will be too late, if Yanguan is so easy to fight, can it still be called Xiongguan?

While the two were talking, Zhou Yi walked in quickly and handed Lu Xun a military report. After Lu Xun read it, he raised his eyebrows, threw the general newspaper aside, and grinned silently: "It's training again?" He really can't be idle. ”

"In my opinion, he really can't be idle." Zhou Yi said with a smile: "Now, the money and grain transported from Chengdu are probably almost consumed, if he can't open up the Jiaozhou trade road as soon as possible, it will be difficult for him to support it for too long." ”

Lu Xun nodded: "Speaking of Jiaozhou, did you send someone to spy on Shi Kuang?" ”

"According to the general's orders, I have arranged for fifty people to monitor Shi Kuang, and as long as he is found to have contact with Wei Ba, he will be arrested immediately."

Lu Xun smiled with satisfaction and knocked on the map on the case: "I'm really curious, when and how he will attack Yanguan and open up the Jiaozhou trade road." (To be continued......)

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