At the top of the red vermilion lacquer gate, there is a black gold silk nanmu plaque, on which the dragon flies and the phoenix dances with three big characters 'Feng Ya Stream'. The night is as cool as water, the red candles in the window are swaying, the drizzle outside the window is slanting, and the water is quietly dripping down the eaves, creating a circle of ripples on the ground. This was originally an elegant place, but now a few elegant old men inside are not in the mood to appreciate it.

I saw one of the old men say with a gloomy face: "This time we can't fail again no matter what." Otherwise, we're really finished. ”

"In addition to the army fighting in the past, we should need them to blossom internally, and only by combining inside and outside can we have a greater chance of winning. So we have to find a way to get them into a mess. ”

"We've tried to win over the generals and nobles of the alien race. But they refused, and the army was definitely not going to do it. So we will start with the people..."

"Yes, while the people have not yet been annexed, we still have a chance, otherwise after a long time, it will be difficult for us to cause chaos within them."

"That's right, otherwise by the time our army is trained, they'll have already brought the people together. Therefore, we need to incite the people of several states and counties as soon as possible to make them revolt. ”

"In addition, we also have to select some first-class generals and second-rate generals from the army, let them infiltrate Youzhou, and assassinate those middle-level officials. The rangers also have to recruit some, as long as their mid-level officials are killed, the entire management system will be paralyzed by half. ”

"They don't have enough people to make a riot, and then we can better incite those people to revolt. We can definitely win if we attack from the outside, and we can definitely win with the combination of the inside and the outside. ”

"Okay, then it's decided, this time even if you can't kill that anomaly, you can drive him out of the territory of Dahan."

"Not only that, with our full support, we can also invade the grassland and wipe out these alien races."

After several giant families discussed it, they left to make arrangements.

The next day, the selection of major military camps began, and as long as the bravery was excellent, they could be rewarded, and it was not difficult to get promoted and make a fortune. Every soldier enthusiastically participated, and for a time the entire Han military camp became a gladiatorial arena.

It took a month to select five hundred second-rate to first-class generals, as well as a few super-first-class generals. After that, he promised benefits and let them enter Bingzhou, Youzhou, Liangzhou, Jiaozhou and Liaodong to assassinate.

Three months later, Ma Shangfeng came to Ji Cheng with a gloomy face. The report said: "Lord, our mid-level officials have been assassinated, there have been riots of all sizes in every state and county, and now the entire management system is paralyzed for the most part. In addition, several prefectures and counties have been occupied, and a lot of grain and grass have been burned, and now the remaining grain may not be enough to last until next autumn's harvest. ”

Ji Cheng took a deep breath and said, "What the hell is going on?" Check it out? ”

Ma Shangfeng: "According to the officials who were killed, the people who assassinated them were very strong, and they were basically between second-rate and first-class generals. Some were killed while on patrols, some were killed while at work, and some were assassinated while resting at night. None of those assassins were caught, let alone killed.

It was the Han people who covered for them, and many people did not cooperate with our search, and our people did not dare to forcibly search, so they did not catch those murderers. ”

Ji Cheng was silent for a while before saying, "It seems that I am too merciful. The whole line retreated, and returned to the grassland with supplies, and the people did not want to take any of them. ”

Ma Shangfeng: "Hades Lord, if this is the case, won't our previous plans be in vain?" As long as we forcibly suppress it, we can still stabilize the situation. ”

Ji Cheng: "Instead of fighting them here, it's better to leave and attack other places, since those people want to go back to the precarious days before, we don't need to treat them well."

The enemy must have a plan for the future, and we don't have that much time to play intrigue with them. ”

Ma Shangfeng: "Yes... The subordinates will arrange the ...... immediately."

Ma Shangfeng understood that retreating now was the best choice, and the enemy was doing this to delay time, so that they would have more time to train their troops, and when the training was completed and the people lurking in the four states cooperated, even if they could win, they would suffer heavy losses in the end. At this time, you can save your strength to attack other places, otherwise you will only be dragged to death here at that time. If you want to expand your territory, you don't have that strength, Dahan is just a small place, so there's no need to keep an eye on it.

As Ji Cheng's order fell, there were many aliens who were reluctant to leave, and in the end, Ji Cheng could only drag all the nobles of those alien races to hell and let them know their identity. This is why all the nobles of the foreign race are willing to give up these cities and rich lands.

The news of Jicheng's retreat soon spread to Huangfu Song's side, and Huangfu Song wanted to march to chase and kill, but was ambushed and suffered heavy losses, so he could only give up in the end, slowly recovering the lost ground and holding the city.

And the people of the four states cheered when they saw the alien retreat, because they left behind a large number of books when they retreated, as well as several technologies, papermaking, printing, and weaving technology.

In a courtyard in Yanmen Pass, Liu Bei's three brothers, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu sat around and drank. Dian Wei and Xu Chu were very happy, but the three brothers Liu Bei were not happy.

"Brother Xuande, why do you look like this, we have a lot of credit this time, and we will definitely be able to be reused by the imperial court, this is a matter of glorious lintel, why are you not happy." Xu Chu asked suspiciously.

Liu Bei sighed: "I think we seem to have done something wrong. ”

Xu Chu asked puzzledly: "How could it be wrong, we drove the aliens out of our Han territory, recovered the lost land, let the people return to the Han Dynasty, and rescued them from fire and water, how can we make a mistake?" ”

Liu Bei: "The alien race was indeed brutal and unkind in the past, killing our Han people, but this time have you seen some people being humiliated and killed by aliens?" ”

Xu Chu recalled that this time they infiltrated the state, and indeed did not find that the aliens abused the people, but did a lot of good things to help the people. When he left, he did not touch the people's food, and left behind a large number of ploughing cattle and books and papers.

Xu Chu: "The alien race has indeed changed......"

Liu Bei: "Yes, the alien race has really changed. was educated by Ji Cheng, they are sincere for the people and want the people to live a good life. It's not because of selfishness that he wants to be the emperor. ”

Dian Wei put down the wine jar and said, "I have had the pleasure of meeting him once, and he is indeed a good man. When he recruited me, I refused, and I felt that he was colluding with the eunuchs and did not follow him. He still gave me some money and helped me......"