Hearing that it was Sima Yi coming, Xu Sheng just hummed and then didn't answer. For this person, he doesn't have a good impression, not for anything else, just because this is from Wei Guotoucheng, with this one, it is a symbol of spinelessness, as a military general, the most despised is a spineless person.

Sima Yi stepped into the main hall, and when he saw Xu Sheng, he saluted very respectfully: "General Xu is good." ”

"It's the military advisor here, take a seat." Although he was a little unhappy in his heart, Xu Sheng still smiled on the surface. He was also very curious, at this time, Sima Yi came to him to talk about something, didn't he want to make a plan? It's just that no matter what he says, he's on his guard.

Sima Yi naturally knew about Xu Sheng's superficial enthusiasm, but he would not debunk it, but said seriously: "General Xu, my subordinates came here to offer advice. ”

"Sure enough." Xu Sheng thought in his heart that he had guessed correctly, and his vigilance also increased, but he still said with a blank face: "Oh, I don't know what the right military division has?" ”

"Gao Jian can't talk about it, I just heard that General Ding Feng has retreated to the city, but I don't know if there is really such a thing?" Sima Yi didn't seem to see Xu Sheng's distrust of him, but continued to speak.

"Yes, General Lü Meng failed all the way, and now Guangling cannot be taken away, even if it is so, when the army is withdrawn, it is necessary to stick to Xiapi." Xu Sheng replied expressionlessly. He hasn't said anything yet, that is, once he waits for Ding Feng to retreat with an army of 100,000 troops, and the Celestial Empire is killing him, he will probably not even want Xiapi and will retreat to Eastern Wu.

When he came, Sun Jian's request was to be able to occupy the best of Xuzhou, if not, he would retreat in time, in short, to ensure that the strength of the army was still there, only in this way would he have the capital to talk to the Celestial Empire in the future.

Sun Jian said this, it is still very far-sighted, in fact, this is also to verify the correct truth that people are lost, and people and places are saved.

Sun Jian thought of this, and obviously Zhang Chao also thought of this, so he did not order Lu Bu's army to speed up its march and attack Xiapicheng, but to persuade Sima Yi, and then find a way to keep Xu Sheng and Ding Feng here for total annihilation.

As soon as he said the fact that Ding Feng was retreating to the city, Sima Yi shook his head and said, "General Xu, do we think it is impossible?" ”

"Can't? Why? "Hearing that Sima Yi was going to deny his decision, Xu Sheng, who was already a little displeased, had a gloomy face at this moment, obviously a little angry, a subordinate to himself, dared to point fingers in front of him, did he really think he was a military advisor?" I said Sima Yi, do you want us to fight to the death with the Celestial Empire? Or do you think we can defeat them? ”

In fact, there is another sentence that Xu Sheng did not say, that is, what kind of heart is your Sima Yi safe.

For Xu Sheng to be angry, Sima Yi naturally pretended to be scared, and the fact was that he expected it. So this look of fear was only for a moment, and he suddenly blushed and said, "General Xu, we thought of withdrawing the army, didn't the Celestial Empire think of it?" Even if it is something that everyone knows, although this can temporarily maintain the strength of my family, but then I am afraid that I can only withdraw from Xuzhou, if this is the case, all the previous preparations have been done in vain, and I have offended the Celestial Empire in vain, so what is the point of doing this? ”

"Huh? What exactly do you mean? Xu Sheng was choked by these words and couldn't say a word, he knew that if he really returned like this, it would really be equivalent to doing a lot of useless work, and at the same time offending the Celestial Empire, it was really unworthwhile.

It's just that he knows this, but Xu Sheng doesn't have any better way now, and now the enemy in front of him is Lu Bu's vanguard legion, Tai Shici's three legions, and Gan Ning's waterway legion, with a total of 1.1 million people. And he only has 300,000 men for himself, how can he fight this battle?

It seems that there is no other way but to retreat. Xu Sheng really didn't have any strategy to retreat from the enemy, so he thought about retreating. In that way, at least he will not have merit if he has no merit.

Xu Sheng's thoughts had long been perceived by Sima Yi, and now he looked at the other party asking what he meant, which was clearly showing weakness, he couldn't help but smile in his heart, and then said: "Wrong, General Xu, do you really think that withdrawing the army like this is considered a no-fault?" Have you thought about it, the great Xuzhou is equivalent to being sent out by you, if this is the case, I am afraid that even if the king can not hold you accountable, will others let you go? This time, General Xu was able to fight many people, but his eyes were red, if he was meritorious, it would be good to say, if he went back without a battle, just imagine, how would those people comment? ”

Sima Yi dared to say this, also based on his understanding of the situation of the Eastern Wu Dynasty.

The so-called where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, just like the Celestial Empire, in fact, there is also competition, the legions have been competing with each other before, only because of the existence of Zhang Chao, plus more and more perfect laws, this makes such an internal struggle not so fierce. In comparison, Sun Jian's methods are much worse.

The Sun family has been based in Soochow for a long time, but it is precisely because of this that the forces are intertwined, and even Sun's relatives don't know how many people there are. In the face of the fat meat that can control military power, who doesn't want to fight for it, which is why Sima Yi said this.

Hearing this a bit harsh, but it was also a fact, Xu Sheng's face changed after the change, and then he sat back in the chair and said, "So what? Is it possible to fight if you don't withdraw? I'm afraid that I can't do anything if I want to do nothing. ”

"Why not?" Sima Yi saw that Xu Sheng had a heartbeat, so he hurriedly said: "Has the general forgotten that I have joined forces with the second prince of Wei to severely damage the army of the Celestial Empire twice, and my family was also killed by the Celestial Empire, this revenge must be avenged, and I have carefully analyzed it in the past few days, and I have found the weakness of the other party." ”

Sima Yi deliberately said with a bitter and bitter look, in order to gain Xu Sheng's trust.

The fact that Sima Yi's family was killed by the Celestial Empire was indeed very popular in Eastern Wu, which was deliberately arranged by Zhou Yu, in order to increase Sima Yi's hatred for Zhang Chao and better serve Eastern Wu.

As a general with status, Xu Sheng naturally knew about this matter. Now that it is mentioned, it is only then that I think that Sima Yi and the Celestial Empire have a deep blood feud, even if it is like this, even if it is for revenge, he has to do his best, so such a person should be trustworthy.

Thinking of this, Xu Sheng regretted it a little, he didn't use a big talent by his side, but he didn't trust him, but he missed a lot of time.

"Hey, Brother Zhongda, everything is a flourishing fault, I forgot that Mr. is a great talent." decided to use Sima Yi, Xu Sheng changed his previous attitude and suddenly became much more enthusiastic.

Xu Sheng's change was too fast and too fake, but fortunately, Sima Yi didn't care about this, as long as he could get Xu Sheng's temporary trust. Seeing that it seemed to be achieved, he immediately said: "General Xu, there is no need to say polite words. You want to make meritorious service, I also want to make meritorious service and I want to take revenge, so our goal is the same, even if it is the same, then I have a plan, I don't know if the general is willing to listen. ”

"I want to hear and see." Xu Sheng had long forgotten that Sima Yi had surrendered from the Wei State, and he only knew that in the face of the Celestial Empire, the two had the same goal, and that was enough.

"Okay, that's it, please ask General Xu to order General Ding not to come back. Instead, he didn't want to come back, but he had to turn around and go to Haixi City. At the same time, if the general believes me, please also take the main force in the city to Haixi City. Sima Yi saw that the time was coming, so he told his plan.

"What? Take the initiative to attack, this..."Xu Sheng didn't expect that Sima Yi would be so bold, facing an enemy several times stronger than himself, instead of retreating, but advancing, what does this mean?

Seeing the puzzlement on Xu Sheng's face, Sima Yi explained: "General, it's like this. It is precisely because our troops are inferior to the other side that they would never think that we would take the initiative to attack. This increases the odds of success in our raids. Of course, the most important point is that this is also a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions. Think about it, our main force suddenly appeared in Haixi, and the other party must not have expected it, so that we could inflict heavy damage on the enemy's waterway legion, and at that time, it could be regarded as avenging General Huang Gai. So when we return to Soochow with this merit, then who dares to say that the general has no merit? ”

Hearing that he could make meritorious contributions, Xu Sheng was naturally a little excited, but when he thought of such an adventure, he couldn't make up his mind.

To say that Xu Shengben is also assertive, but because he is facing Sima Yi, it is naturally another matter.

Seeing that Xu Sheng was hesitating, Sima Yi knew that he only needed to add a fire, and immediately said: "General Xu, you must have read the battle report of Haixi Port, and you also know the strength of the Celestial Empire's warships." On the same day, General Huang Gai was killed, and General Lü Meng fled, but they didn't even get a single Celestial Empire warship. If we can raid Haixi and seize the ships of the Celestial Empire there, and then return along the sea, then not only to avenge General Huang Gai, but also to bring the warships of the Celestial Empire for our navy to study, this is a great thing for the country, once our warships are also strong, no one will forget your merits, this great achievement is in front of you, why hesitate? ”

"Ahh This..."Xu Sheng was really moved by this moment, and when he looked at Sima Yi, his eyes also had a little more brilliance.