"The criminal minister Xu Juan knocked to see the monarch."

After Xu Juan entered the tent, he immediately bowed to Liu Bei and saluted.

"I have heard the name of General Xu for a long time, but I have never had the opportunity to see it, and it is a great blessing in life that you can come to Wushu camp today." Liu Beile said.

"General Xu, since you are the commander of the Qianjun army, the king of Qianxi should treat you well, why did you vote for my Shu country at night for no reason?"

Compared with Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang's words are much more straightforward, with a hint of ridicule and disdain. It is clear that one sings with a white face and the other with a red face.

"Prime Minister Zhuge is not below, how can he know the difficulties below?"

Xu Juan is also a weathered old bird, how could he be confused because of Zhuge Liang's few words, as soon as he heard Zhuge Liang's inquiry, he immediately refuted:

"Xu was originally ordered to serve the first king of Le'an, and then Sun Ru ascended the throne, forcibly seized and caused wars on all sides, and a certain is an old minister of Le'an, whether it is for the country and the people, he should be recommended to die, but unfortunately Sun Ru did not listen, but excluded me and other old ministers everywhere.

For the sake of the future of the people of Le'anguo, he had to secretly defect to Qianguo with General Xu to help Zhang Shuo defeat Sun Ru and unify the East China Sea. ”

"The two generals really understand the righteousness, and Liang sincerely admires it."

Zhuge Liang arched his hand at the two of them, and then said: "In this case, why doesn't General Xu continue to assist the cadre master with peace of mind?" ”

"Although the leader of the cadre allows us to be in a high position, he has always been worried about the identity of me and Xu Zaisi's brothers. Secretly restricting our military power everywhere, so that we have the position of division commander, but we do not have the right to be the commander of the division. ”

"What Brother Xu said is extremely true. How can I say that I am also a great contributor to the unification of Donghai County by the Qianguo, but I can only succumb to the command of the king Tiegun, and the department is no more than 500 people in the headquarters! This cadre treats the heroes so harshly. Why should we work for this generation? ”

When Xu Zaisi heard Xu Xuan's words, he immediately resonated, and immediately nodded in agreement.

And Xu Juan also shook his head and sighed: "I don't have Brother Xu's ambition, I originally thought that I would live in Qianguo." However, this time Brother Xu descended to Shu, but he also pushed me to the cusp of the storm. There are many helplessness, and now I can only take refuge in the lord of Shu in order to protect myself. ”

"I never thought that this master's suspicion was so serious."

Liu Bei showed a look of pity, feeling that Zhang Shuo's status in his mind had plummeted all of a sudden.

"General Xu, do you know the deployment and planning of the current cadre army?" Zhuge Liang did not answer Xu Juan directly, but asked separately.

"At present, the cadres are stationed in Nanqiao Town, with a total of more than 12,400 soldiers and horses, and they are currently worried about the problem of grain and grass, seeing that they are preparing to squeeze the local families and let them pay for the grain."

Xu Juan heard Zhuge Liang's inquiry, and immediately told the news he knew according to Xie An's meaning.

"General Xu has been traveling all the way, and let's go down with General Xu to rest. As for the military position, like General Xu, he will temporarily serve as a deputy general under General Xu, and after the battle with Qianguo is over, he will be rewarded for his meritorious deeds. ”

Liu Bei nodded, and then said to Xu Juan. When Xu Juan and Xu Zaisi heard this, they retreated with interest.

"Kong Ming, what do you think?"

"At the beginning, Wang Yanzhang led the army to garrison Guanhe, leaving only Pei Yuanshao and Xu Zaisi in the rear, the former had 800 soldiers and horses, and the latter only had more than 500. But Xu Zaisi, because of this, said that Wang Yanzhang was excluded from him, which was obviously untenable.

Let's talk about this Xu Juan, he said that he was forced to surrender to Shu out of desperation, but when I asked him about the situation of the army, he did not hesitate to say everything. I don't care about the promotion of the old master. It can be seen that these two people are both anti-bones, and they will be rebelled after a long time, and the monarch must not be reused! ”

When Zhuge Liang saw Liu Bei asking, he immediately exhorted with a solemn face, and his words also revealed that he did not have the slightest trust in these two people.

"Then with Kong Ming's meaning, is Xu Juan really surrendering? Or ......"

Liu Bei asked again, all the actions of the cadres at the moment will have a certain impact on them, and he is naturally quite concerned about this matter.

"No!"

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "Whether it is from the fact that it took Qianguo only one month to unify Donghai County, or from the performance in recent days. There must also be wise men around this master. In this way, the matter is intriguing. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"It is normal for Xu Zaisi to surrender to the enemy, but the cadres did not stop him in time. But in the case that Xu Zaisi has surrendered to our country, he must have been on guard against Xu Juan. In this way, how did Xu Juan come and surrender quietly? ”

Liu Bei nodded indifferently: "Kong Ming is reasonable, in this way, this Xu Xuan's trip is to deceive and surrender." It's just that...... But what's the point of this deception? Isn't it just to convey such a message to our army? ”

"If it is really a fraud, then the other party must have a long-term plan. In the opinion of the minister, no matter whether this Xu Juan really surrendered or surrendered, the information he just said would not be wrong. If he is truly descending, there is no need to deceive us. If it is a fraudulent surrender, then it is necessary to find ways to gain the trust of the king, and there will be no concealment in this kind of small section that does not harm the overall situation. ”

"According to Xu Xuan's words, this Zhang Shuo is desperate to fight a decisive battle with our army."

Liu Bei said worriedly.

"The monarch has no worries, and there are only more than 10,000 people in the cadre army at the moment, and they are still rushing all the way. Compared with the cadre army, our army has nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses, and they have been stationed for many days. ”

"Isn't this battle inevitable?"

Seeing Zhuge Liang say this, Liu Bei sighed again. The so-called crushing victory is like defeat, if Shu loses too much in the struggle with Qianguo, then it is a victory, what is the point.

"Whether it can be avoided or not depends on Captain Ling Feng's ability." Zhuge Liang said with a smile that didn't care much.

And at this time, Ling Feng, who was far away in Pengcheng County, sneezed fiercely.

"Are you and the other strangers so weak?"

A young man in a Confucian robe with a warm face beside Ling Feng quipped at him. This young man is not a person, it is Tian Wen, the grandson of Tian Yinqi, the current king of Qi in Qi State. That is, Meng Weijun, one of the four famous sons of the Warring States in history.

Although there are not as many as 3,000 as described in history, there are now more than 500 people. Although most of these diners are mediocre talents with no skills, there are also a few strongmen, such as Feng Chen, Zuo Si, and Gongsun Hong.

And this time, Zhuge Liang's plan is to lead the troubles to the east, and use the hands of strangers to lead the Qi State to attack the weak Pengcheng County. At that time, whether the Qianguo is worried about the comeback of the Lao State or the rapid growth of the Qi State, it will inevitably choose to reconcile with the Shu State!

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.