Cao Cao read Zhou Yu's letter, and couldn't help laughing: "I think that Lu Bu has repeatedly rebelled against his master, and I don't want wise men like Zhou Lang to betray the master, which is really unexpected!" ”

Chen Jiaoyan said: "Zhou Yu has an arrogant temperament, and he is Sun Cetuo's minister, how can he easily betray the master? I'm afraid it's just a delaying tactic. ”

Cao Cao stroked his beard and smiled: "Otherwise, if Zhou Lang really agrees to Jiang Gan to surrender, there must be fraud in it." Not only did it not fall, but it also wanted to make Qingzhou break the cauldron and sink the boat, which shows that he has been disappointed in Sun Quan, and he is just using the strategy of driving the tiger and devouring the wolf, and this time he will go to the south of the Yangtze River! ”

Then he wrote back to Zhou Yu, agreed to exchange Guangling for Qingzhou, and named Jiang Gan as the assassin of Qingzhou, as a reward, and when Xiahoudun commanded the troops to collect all places, he waved his army to the south and killed Jiangdong in one fell swoop.

The rear has been flattened, Cao Cao is determined, and orders the army to march until the Huaibei camp.

Sima Yi led the generals to greet him, and Cao Cao inspected the three armies first, and saw that the water and land camps were very neat, and the men and horses were majestic, so he couldn't help nodding secretly.

Back in the Chinese army, Cao Cao praised Sima Yi in person: "Zhong Da was originally a literary scholar, but he had the ability to command the army, water and land transportation, advance and retreat to a certain extent, and he was really overused before." ”

Cao Ren also praised: "Zhongda is not only erudite, but also knows strategy, if he hadn't seen through Lu Meng's tricks, I was afraid that Xuzhou would not be protected." ”

Cao Cao said angrily: "Since the death of filial piety, Wen Ruo descended to Liu, Jia Xu fled far away, and he often felt that there was a lack of people who conspired with great things. ”

Sima Yi's demeanor was humble, he lowered his head and didn't dare to look directly at Cao Cao, and hugged his fists and said: "The king is entrusted, and his subordinates must do their best to smear their liver and brains." ”

"A true and good man!" Cao Cao nodded slightly, asked about the affairs of the camp, and discussed taking Shouchun again.

Sima Yi said: "Liu Qi went to Hefei to recruit troops and buy horses every day, and won the hearts of the people, and he had no intention of sending troops. Cheng took advantage of this time to level Qingzhou first, so as to prevent future troubles, and then go all out to the south. ”

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Zhong Da knows why my army has not arrived for a long time? It is really a matter of Qingzhou, that Zhou Lang has been persuaded by Jiang Gan to discuss Liu Qi with me! ”

Sima Yi hugged his fists and said: "If Zhou Yu was worried about the affairs of Jiangdong, he should have taken advantage of the situation to go south and rendezvous with Huainan soldiers and horses to take revenge, why should he fight with General Xiahou?" Jiangdong changed drastically, but Zhou Yu did not move in Qingzhou, and it was delayed for a long time, there must be hidden secrets, and he was even afraid that he had already contacted Liu Qi. ”

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Cao Cao waved his hand and smiled: "Liu Qi seeks to take Jiangdong, Zhou Yu is disappointed in Sun Quan, and hates Liu Qi even more, how can he ......?"

Halfway through speaking, Cao Cao suddenly became suspicious in his heart, gestured slightly, and said: "There is no need to worry about this matter, you have been tired all the way, and you will rest and recuperate first, and then raise the account tomorrow." ”

The generals retreated, and Cao Cao immediately instructed Cao Chun: "Eight hundred miles to hurry, report to Yuan Rang quickly, and be careful of Zhou Yu's deception." ”

……

In the Hefei camp, there were Huang Gai and Lu Xun facing Liu Qi, and after a period of rejection, the Jiangdong generals gradually accepted Liu Qi's existence.

During this time, Liu Qi implemented some new laws, from military camps to rewards, which were more fair and transparent than the original way of commanding troops in Eastern Wu with private troops, and were supported by the Wu army.

In addition, and set up a new workshop in the wet beard, rush to build a repeater, the generals are each equipped with one, in the hand is all amazing, today's repeater has done a crossbow eight rounds, light and dexterous, one hand can be controlled, this is a big killing weapon.

In terms of people's hearts, when a letter on Cao Wei was sent, the people of Huainan and Xuzhou were all overjoyed, vying to sign up for the army, not to mention whether they could take revenge, just serving as soldiers and eating food, and the rewards were rich, which was enough to attract those displaced people.

In addition, Lu Su and Zhuge Jin worked together to implement the new policy of Jingzhou, divided the land according to the population, exempted them from taxes for three years, and built Tuntian in Huainan, which was unthinkable in Jiangdong, which was controlled by the family.

Liu Qi has a precedent of Nanyang Daxing, and the call of the Zhongxing Han family is getting higher and higher, I heard that Cao Cao led his troops to the south of the Yangtze River again, and the people who hid in various places came to Shun one after another, and even some of the people who migrated to Jiangdong secretly crossed the river to the north, just to get a share of one acre and three points of land.

On this day, Huang Gai came to report that Yu Ban had led his troops to capture Lukou, and there was a Ganning naval army to respond, and the Sun Fu brothers couldn't resist at all, so they lost the Chaisang Water Village and retreated to Nanchang, wanting to use the mountainous location to deal with the Han army.

Liu Qi smiled coldly, these two brothers are not worried, they can't stop these three famous generals from joining forces, but Sun Yu of Lujiang has an ambiguous attitude so far and is still hesitating, but the situation in Jiangnan has stabilized, and it is time to prepare to send troops.

was about to write a letter to Zhuge Liang, but saw a person coming in from outside the tent and shouted: "Brother-in-law, you want to kill me." ”

Liu Qi looked up, but it was his brother-in-law Xi Guan, and he was a little surprised: "At this time, you are not expanding your business in Jiangnan, why did you come to the front of the two armies?" ”

"Counting nine cold days, who wants to come to Jiangbei?" Xi Guan rolled his eyes, sat aside and complained, "Brother-in-law, you have hurt me." ”

Liu Qi was stunned and said, "Where do you start with this?" ”

Xi Guan asked, "Brother-in-law, do you remember the matter of the printing house?" ”

Liu Qi patted his head: "Speaking of this, I want to ask, how is Xinghan Daily doing?" ”

"Yes, great!" Xi Guan clapped his hands and laughed, and then sighed again: "But it's also very bitter." ”

Liu Qi shook his head and smiled: "Papermaking, engraving, and printing are indeed wasteful, but this is a utilitarian thing, I will make you the first person to print documents, which is comparable to Cai Lun and will be famous for centuries." You don't know how many shortcuts you have taken, why are you bitter? ”

Xi Guan rubbed his brows and said: "I'm not for the matter of printing, but for my brother-in-law, your "Fengshen List"!" ”

Liu Qi frowned slightly: "Isn't that the book not effective and takes up too much space?" ”

At the beginning, in order to promote the "Xinghan Daily", Liu Qi decided to serialize the list of gods, explain the general plot in an oral way, please find a few disciples to polish Lang, and tell stories every month to attract popularity, can't people in this era accept the gods?

"Quite the opposite!" Xi Guan walked up to Liu Qi, stared at him and said slowly: "Do you know how many people in Xiangyang chase me on the street every day, ask for newspapers, and ask for information about the future?" ”

Liu Qi smiled: "Wouldn't this be better? ”

"Not good at all!" Xi Guan slapped the table, gritted his teeth and said, "Do you know how many rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs are piled up in front of my house every day?" ”

"Who is so bold?" Liu Qi snorted coldly: "You must have bullied people and offended the people, right?" ”

"Isn't that the story a joke?" Xi Guan said angrily: "The manuscript is about to run out, I have to reduce the number of words, from 2,000 to 500 words per article, and publish it every other month, I have already committed public anger, and throwing garbage is not counted, and the children in the library scolded me for being a great eunuch......"

"Good, good!" Liu Qi suddenly understood why Xi Guan rushed to the camp with a white face, hurriedly pulled him to sit down, and comforted: "You don't have to worry, I will save the manuscript immediately, and I will be able to ensure quality and quantity in the future!" ”

Xi Guan looked at Liu Qi angrily: "This is what you said." ”

Liu Qi nodded seriously and said, "If you break your promise, I will eat all those rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs." ”