"Special mother, why is the tea in Xiangyang so much more expensive than Wancheng, 100 pounds of rotten leaves, grab money!"

In the city, the city lord's mansion, Zhang Xiu drank the faint taste of the second tea and complained.

Sitting opposite was a fat old man with dimples, who was Jia Xu Jia Wenhe.

Jia Xu shook the black feather fan and said with a smile, "The general has been irritable and irritable recently, but do you regret raising troops to rebel against Cao Mengde in the first place?" ”

"Regret it!"

Zhang Xiu smeared off the tea leaves in his mouth, "People live a breath, trees live a skin, then Cao Hong looked down on me, so he came to bully me and insult me, then Cao Jun looked down on my Xiliang Army, and treated my Xiliang Army like a wreck, we didn't give them some color to see, I really thought that my Xiliang man was easy to bully." ”

Jia Xu smiled slightly, and was about to say a few words of comfort when he heard someone come in.

"Report ~ General, long history, there is news of Wancheng."

The Xiliang army lord walked in and arched his hand at the two of them, "The spies came to report that Cao Xin had returned to Wancheng from Xudu two days ago, and brought a large amount of grain, grass and ordnance with him. ”

"Oh~ Cao Xin is back?"

Zhang Xiu straightened up and frowned, "This bastard likes to fight, he is aggressive by nature, before a hundred people dared to rush me to five thousand, he has more than 10,000 people in his hands, he will definitely not stay in Wancheng obediently, Shouyu, you tell people to keep an eye on Wancheng, if there is any change, come and report it quickly." ”

"Yes, General!"

Bian Shouyu bowed his hand and retreated.

Zhang Xiu looked at Jia Xu, who was silent, "Old Jia, what do you think Cao Ziyu will do next?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head slightly, "Cao Ziyu is an outlier, he does things whimsically and unexpectedly. After Wancheng surrendered to Cao, I don't know why he took the initiative to approach the general, and I can't guess why he took the initiative to protect Mrs. Zou at the risk of being suspicious of Cao Mengde. ”

"Uh, when he came to me, didn't he want to learn from the Hundred Birds and the Phoenix?"

Zhang Xiu felt that Lao Jia was thinking about things too complicated.

"How can it be so simple? If this man is a reckless man, I would rather believe that he is here to learn marksmanship, but judging from all the signs since then, he is by no means a reckless man, this person has a keen sense of touch, is thick on the outside and thin on the inside, has a city in his chest, and is brave in battle, good at leading troops, and is considered a wise and brave general. When the general encounters Cao Ziyu in the future, he should act cautiously. ”

Zhang Xiu nodded seriously, with more solemnity in her eyes.

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"Report! General, come to report quickly, Nanyang Taishou Cao Xin has arrived in Wancheng three days ago, and the officials in the city are at the city gate to greet him. ”

In the Shinno Castle Lord's Mansion, an armor-piercing sergeant knelt on one knee outside the threshold and announced.

"Got it, tell people to keep watching."

"Yes, General!"

In the hall, Pingbei General Deng Ji responded, put down the chess pieces in his hand, and the opposite lord Bo Yiyuan glanced at Deng Ji and said with a smile, "The general is upset." ”

Immediately put down a white son in the upper hand position, Deng Ji was stunned, only to find that by accident, the two big dragons were slaughtered, and they lost cleanly.

"Haha, it was Ji Bo who won, but he was careless and lost the whole game."

Deng Ji patted his forehead and laughed.

Lord Bo Yi smiled and said, "It's a fluke from his subordinates, but the general is worried about Cao Ziyu?" ”

"Exactly!"

Deng Ji took a sip of hot tea and said, "That Cao Ziyu does things without rules, rude, greedy and shameless, likes to bully the weak, but he has a strong soldier in his hand, with this person in Nanyang, Nanyang will inevitably make waves again, and people can't be clean." ”

Yi nodded, "The general is very worried. ”

"Big brother! Eldest brother! ”

A burly general strode into the hall and shouted at Deng Ji, "Big brother, I heard that Cao Ziyu has returned to Wancheng, when will we raise an army to fight against this thief." ”

Deng Ji glanced at him, "Your injuries are healed?" ”

The general's face suddenly turned red, and the roots of his teeth couldn't help biting together, his face was full of anger, he was Deng Xian, the general of Jingzhou who was captured by Cao Xin not long ago, and Deng Ji's cousin.

Deng Xian was famous for his bravery in Xiangfan when he was young, and was appointed by Liu Biao as a partial general, and accompanied Deng Ji out of the town of Xinye.

At that time, he thought that he was destined to die, and he died on the battlefield like a hero, but no, he was captured, and the other party didn't ask him if he was willing to surrender, and directly packaged him and other generals and sold him and other generals to Jingzhou, 50,000 yuan!

After the news came out, the literati of Jingzhou made fun of him and called him 'General Wanguan'.

As soon as he thought of those gossips, he couldn't wait to stab the thief with 50,000 knives to vent his hatred.

"Big brother, the younger brother's injury is not serious, I heard that Cao Xin's dog thief is in Wancheng, and the younger brother wants to ask the eldest brother how to deal with the Cao thief."

Deng Xian gritted his teeth and asked.

Deng Ji shook his head slightly, picking up the chess pieces one by one,

"Stand still and wait and see."

"Big brother think twice, Wancheng originally belonged to my Jingzhou City, we should take the initiative to take Wancheng back.

If you wait for Cao Xin to gain a firm foothold in Wancheng, in the future, Xinye, Yucheng, and even the entire Nanyang County will be obtained by Cao Jun, and the eldest brother will have to guard against it. ”

Deng Xian waved his palm and said.

"Don't say much! Cao Xin's army is not weak, relying on the strong city, there is enough grain and grass, my Jingzhou only has 30,000 troops in Nanyang, and Zhang Xiu is not a person who is willing to do his best, to deal with Wancheng Cao Xin, our army has no advantage, blindly fights, and there is no victory. ”

Deng Ji said lightly.

"Big brother, you can't defeat Cao Xin inside the city, but you can't beat it outside the city. The younger brother has a plan, and he will be able to earn the thief out of the city. ”

"Oh?"

Deng Ji glanced at him in surprise and said with a smile, "Yuanzong has also learned to make schemes?" ”

Deng Xian touched his head embarrassedly, "Big brother, people say that if you eat a trench, you will grow wise, and the younger brother has suffered a big loss, how can you not grow a little." After the younger brother was defeated by Cao Xin, he thought about this person carefully, Cao Xin became Nanyang Taishou and Weilu General at a young age, he must be young and vigorous, his eyes are empty, and he looks down on the heroes of the world. ”

Deng Xian looked at Deng Ji and the lord Bo Yi and said with a smile, "Big brother, Uncle Ji, if I, the general of the defeated army, lead the troops to harass Wancheng, with the heart of that Cao thief, I will definitely lead the troops to attack me, and after the two armies fight, the younger brother pretends to be defeated and retreats, and leads him into the ambush place, and the eldest brother will lead the ambush soldiers to attack, and he will definitely be able to defeat Cao Ziyu and make him have no return." ”

Deng Xian waved his palm fiercely, and a trace of happiness and excitement flashed on his face.

Deng Ji stopped the chess pieces in his hand and frowned slightly, "Uncle Ji, in your opinion, how about this plan?" ”

"This plan is aimed at Cao Ziyu's weakness, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and acting properly, it should have a miraculous effect, but Cao Ziyu is the Taishou of Nanyang, leading more than 10,000 troops, and there are dozens of generals under his command, Yuanzong led the troops to attack the county seat under the jurisdiction of Wancheng, Cao Ziyu can send other generals to fight, and the general has to think more."

Yi said slowly.

"Haha, Uncle Ji, I've thought about what you said. The generals under Cao Ziyu are all remnants of the Yellow Turban, from peasant families, how many of them can fight? If Cao Ziyu comes in person, if Cao Ziyu doesn't come, I will tell the remnants of the Yellow Turban to go and never return, and when those generals are killed, Cao Ziyu can still sit idly by? ”

Deng Xian laughed, unusually happy.

Deng Ji nodded slightly, and suddenly looked at Deng Xian, "Yuanzong, is this plan really from you?" ”

"Uh~"

Deng Xian scratched his face, "It's not all I came up with, I have a small colonel under me, surnamed Wei, who has a flexible brain, and will come up with some ghost ideas, which is an idea that we came up with together." Big brother, what do you think, if it is feasible, we will take advantage of Cao Ziyu's unstable foothold in Wancheng and go to harass him, and we will be able to make him go and have no return. ”

Deng Xian said excitedly.

"Don't be in a hurry, soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored."

Deng Ji picked up a chess piece and pressed it on the chessboard,

"You first send someone to Wancheng to keep an eye on Cao Xin, collect intelligence, if you have the opportunity, it's not bad to arrest Cao Ziyu for money."

"Haha, what the eldest brother said is exactly what the younger brother thinks in his heart, and the younger brother will send someone to keep an eye on Cao Xin."

Deng first hugged his fist and turned to leave, coming and going quickly.

Deng Ji shook his head and continued to play chess.