Liu Jian was naturally ecstatic when he learned that Sun Jian was dead, although he was also very curious about how Sun Jian could be killed by Chen Heng, but he still rewarded Chen Heng with great fanfare, and directly gave him a military position as a general of Hengjiang, which made Chen Heng overjoyed.

Subsequently, the gossip that flowed out from various channels said that it turned out that Sun Jian was an alien organization called 'Wuzhonglou', and the people who hired Wuzhonglou were said to be inseparable from Xu Gong, but in any case, this matter was not recognized in the official face, and the official version was that Chen Heng seriously injured Sun Jian in the battle of Dongzhi, and then Sun Jian died. chapter

As soon as Sun Jian died, Liu Miao thought that the great disaster in Jiangdong was gone and he could start to slowly integrate Jiangdong, Sun Ce suddenly jumped out, and within a few days, the Chang'an Imperial Court directly appointed Sun Ce, a child who was less than sixteen, as the assassin of Yangzhou, which was simply slapping his ears and scraping on Liu Xuan's face!

It seems that Sun Jian's forces did not fall apart with Sun Jian's death, on the contrary, there is a sense of going to the next level, which makes Liu Jian very crazy. chapter

At this time, an unexpected guest came to the door, and he was Mao Jue.

Mao Jue was filial piety, Chen Liuren, Dong Zhuo wanted to flee south during the rebellion, but the road to the south was blocked by the yellow scarf, so Mao Jue ran to Luyang, and later Yuan Shao and Liu Dai did not deal with it, and Luyang was not stable, Mao Jue thought twice. Thrown into Cao Cao, Mao Jue gave Cao Cao the idea of saving the world, cultivating and accumulating military funds, in order to dominate the world. Cao Cao was very happy, and he was engaged in the Taishou of the county, and was in charge of the examination of officials.

The reason why he went south to talk about Liu Miao this time was because he had a relationship with Liu Xuan, and Mao Jue was knowledgeable, smart and sensitive, and he also had the basic qualities of a lobbyist, therefore. Cao Cao entrusted this important task to Mao Jue, and he must persuade Liu Xuan to attack Sun Ce together.

Liu Miao was a little ambivalent about Mao Jue's visit. On the one hand, Liu Jian still has a good impression of Mao Jue, Mao Jue's personality is calm, he is also very principled, and he is quite an ancient gentleman. But. Now the two are in different camps. Even Liu Miao has a lot of bad feelings towards Cao Cao, firstly, because Cao Cao's background is not good, secondly, because Cao Cao's unscrupulous character to achieve the end is annoying, and thirdly, as a royal nobleman, he has an innate dislike for all warlords.

However, Liu Miao is not one of those high-ranking literati, but a politician, so there is no reason not to see anyone because he doesn't like it, because this person who makes him a little conflicted represents. It is a huge gain and loss, and it cannot but be heavy.

Although both sides are constantly speculating about each other in their hearts. But on the surface, it was indeed very enthusiastic and warm, like old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years, greeting each other, and then putting their arms into the reception room, sitting down with the guests, and talking about some very unnutritious topics, Mao Jue slowly pulled out the topic.

"My lord, the changes in the clouds of the river and the east wind have been a bit dizzying1

"Hehe, Xiaoxian said that Sun Jian was killed?"

"Exactly, Sun Jian is known as brave and unparalleled, but he unexpectedly folded his wings and died under the small Dongzhi City, and Lord Liu also became famous and became a hero for a while1

"It's a prize, it's just a fluke, Sun Jian is brave, and his army is even braver, although Sun Jian's arrogance has been restrained when he dies, but filial piety does not see the turbidity of the land of Lujiang! A child is about to turn the sky upside down, and no one cares about bullying me Jiangdong? ”

Liu Miao was a little angry when he talked about this, although he knew that he shouldn't be so rash at this time, but he still couldn't control his emotions and his resentment leaked.

Mao Jue raised his eyebrows, and his heart was playful.

"My lord, I'm here to help you share your worries.1

Liu Xuan's eyes froze, looked at Mao Jue and said, "How can filial piety help this official share his worries and troubles?" Could it be that your lord intends to attack Lujiang and vent his anger for this official? ”

"Hehe, it should be that the two of us are attacking Sun Ce together, Sun Ce is a child, but he has a high position, this is tantamount to Mu Monkey and crown, there are still people who rejoice and cheer for this, it is really shameless! My lord has always been loyal and righteous, and he has served the Son of Heaven to please him, and Sun Ce has deceived the heavens and deceived the earth to show his selfish desires, and held the people hostage to cause trouble in Jiangdong

The first half of Mao Jue's words Liu Miao agreed, and those in the middle didn't listen, they could only gag when they heard it, and as for the final conclusion, Liu Miao was a little hesitant.

Liu Miao is not a stupid person, and Cao Cao's plan is not a puzzle that is difficult to guess, jointly attack Sun Ce, Cao Cao wants Lujiang, and Liu Miao wants Yuzhang? No, what Liu Miao wanted was to cut off Sun Ce's idea of advancing eastward, so that Liu Miao could free up his hands to clean up the situation in Jiangdong and unite Jiangdong's forces.

If Cao Cao replaces Sun Ce, will it be a situation where the front door drives the wolf and the back door enters the tiger? In fact, Cao Cao seems to be more terrifying than Sun Ce, just

Seeing Liu Xuan's hesitation, Mao Jue's eyes rolled, and he probably understood what Liu Xuan was hesitating, so Mao Jue said with a smile: "My lord, I guess below, you must be worried that my lord also has the heart to plot Jiangdong, right?" ”

Liu Miao was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "Isn't it?" ”

"Hehe, my lord, even if there is, the land of Jiangdong is separated by the Yangtze River moat, and my lord does not have a boat and a sail, how can he cross it? What's more, there are Yellow Turbans and Yuan Shu in Huainan and west, Lu Bu and Yuan Shao in the north, Tao Qian and Fang Zhiwen in the east, and Cai Mao and Liu Bei in the southwest. p> "This"

"Whoever my lord asks, a safe rear! Sun Ce is destroyed, the adults sit and collect Yuzhang, there is no threat on the western front, my lord has the Lujiang River, there are allies on the southern front, and then you and I will rule across the river, Jiangdong will be safe, and Huainan will also be peaceful, isn't this the best of both worlds? ”

Liu Xuan frowned and pondered for a moment, it seemed that he still had a lot of concerns, Mao Jue smiled slightly, and added another fire:

"Even if you take 10,000 steps back, my lord really has the intention to seek Jiangdong, but now it is an indisputable fact that there is no naval army, and the formation of a naval army still requires the approval of Cai Mao and Fang Zhiwen, and it not only takes time to train a naval army, but also requires a lot of goods and talents, and what about Sun Ce? At present, the navy has the fleets of Sun and Zhu, and some of them are experienced soldiers, so the great talents south of the Yangtze River must be fortified everywhere and are overstretched. In contrast, one is the catastrophe of burning eyebrows, and the other is the potential possibility that the threat is far away, adults should know that the lesser of two evils is the lesser of two evils, not to mention, what if my lord has no intention of going south and going north? ”

Liu Miao's heart is moved, the lesser of two evils? Burning eyebrows and potential threats? The priorities are obvious!

In the Miyun Staff Department, the staff officers outside were routinely discussing the hottest Lujiang situation, while in the inner room, Fang Zhiwen, Tian Feng, Guo Jia and Liu Ye were analyzing the latest secret information.

"Mao Jue's meeting with Liu Xuan in the south must have been to link Liu Xuan to attack Sun Ce, and combined with Cao Cao's secret move to gather elite troops in the direction of Lu'an and Hefei, war was already imminent1

Tian Feng stared at the map and said slowly, Guo Jia looked at the map with his eyes attentively, not knowing what he was thinking, while Liu Ye frowned and said: "I always feel a little unusual, but I can't think of anything that feels ordinary." ”

Guo Jia tapped the map with the small wooden stick in his hand: "Does Ziyang believe in intuition?" ”

I don't believe it, Liu Ye shook his head resolutely.

Guo Jia smiled slyly: "I believe that while Cao Cao is secretly gathering heavy troops to Lu'an and Hefei, he is also increasing troops to Ruyin, Chenxian, Suzhou and Zhongli with great fanfare. ”

Liu Ye frowned: "The reinforcements in these places are all infantry, and they should focus on defense, and the elite cavalry Xiahou Yuan and Xu Chu are on the southern front, so it can be seen that it should be the main attack on the southern front and the main defense on the northern front." ”

Tian Feng stroked his beard silently, and Fang Zhiwen was also noncommittal, obviously, neither of them agreed with this very obvious conclusion.

"Feng Xiao, if you are a drama talent, how should this battle be fought?"

Guo Jia thought for a moment and said: "Although Lujiang seems to be very important to Cao Cao, in fact, the significance of Lujiang to Cao Cao is to have an extra territory for the time being, because Cao Cao now, at least in the short term, has no possibility of crossing the Yangtze River to the south, after all, the shortcomings of the navy army will not be able to be made up for a while, and we will not let him make up for this shortcoming." ”

"Bonghyo, what the hell do you want to say? Didn't Cao Cao want Lujiang? So where does he want? ”

"Ziyang, don't worry, hehe, as for where he wants, how do I know, it's just a guess. For Cao Cao, Lujiang is a piece of territory, but for Sun Jian, it is the root of life, for Liu Xuan, it is the knife on the neck, for us, it is a provocation and threat, if I were Cao Cao, I would not take Lujiang, I would rather fight for Runan and Chen County, at least I will not offend a few more enemies. ”

"You mean, Cao Cao is attacking the west?"

Liu Ye stared at the map and thought about it, this possibility exists, starting from Lu'an, it is possible to raid Anfeng and Gushi, the distance is not very far, not to mention, it is still cavalry that is dispatched.

Coupled with the infantry that has been deployed in Anfeng to cooperate, the strategy of attacking the east and the west is very perfect, perhaps, Liu Ye just felt that the unusual place is here, Cao Cao's intention is too obvious, but it makes people feel unusual, so around in a circle, the more Liu Ye thinks about it, the more reasonable he feels!

It's just that Tian Feng's brows are still locked, and Fang Zhiwen is also noncommittal.

Guo Jia looked up at the expressions of several people, a playful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, his eyes did not wander on the western front, but drifted to the north, slightly contemplating his eyebrows, several people did not speak, and the room suddenly fell silent, leaving only the sound of clattering in the charcoal basin in the corner of the house, and the sound of fierce debate faintly coming from outside. To be continued...