It stands to reason that Sima Yi's status as a "military horse" is not qualified to participate in the military conference held in Cao Cao's "overlord's mansion."

But he soon heard about the fiasco in the "Samba" and "Zitong" areas.

But January... The situation in Shuzhong has changed abruptly!

Sima Yi waited in front of General Cao Zhen's mansion early in the morning.

Speaking of which, Cao Zhen doesn't like Sima Yi, but because both of them are on Cao Pi's side, a lot of information is exchanged.

Until noon, Cao Zhen strode in, Sima Yi hurriedly greeted him, and he asked worriedly.

"What? Was it a miserable defeat? ”

Cao Zhen hurriedly said: "In the words of the prime minister, the danger is like a tired egg, and there is no room for it, this time the offensive of the Shu army is too fierce!" ”

Sima Yi bowed his head, "Sanba is lost, Zitong is lost, and the Shu army will point directly to Hanzhong... At this time, Xiangyang City was also lost, and soldiers and horses were needed everywhere, and the prime minister couldn't draw soldiers and horses even if he sent troops to support Bashu! ”

Sima Yi muttered quietly for a while, suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly asked, "Is there any news from Zihuan?" Can Soochow accept the armistice mentioned by the prime minister? ”

As soon as Zihuan was mentioned, as soon as he mentioned the "truce", Cao Zhen was angry, and suddenly became dejected and stomped his feet, "Zihuan arrived in Dongwu, but for more than ten days, Dongwu's blue-eyed children didn't know what they were thinking, but they were just hospitable to Zihuan, but they never received them, and they didn't even send people to guard them, allowing Zihuan to come and go freely without the slightest obstruction!" ”

Cao Zhen's words made Sima Yi frown, and he sighed: "It seems that Sun Quan still hasn't decided whether to join Liu or Lian Cao, he wants to wait and see..."

"Wait-and-see?" Cao Zhen said hatefully, "If he waits and sees, Hanzhong and Fancheng will be lost, and Guan Yu will already be ordering... The Guan family army is all dispatched, and it is still the same move 'Absolute North Road'! He wants to completely block Wanluo's support for Fancheng and trap Fancheng to death! ”

Sima Yi comforted: "There are a lot of soldiers and horses in Fancheng, and the food is enough to support a year!" It's just that... The walls of Fancheng are not very strong, especially on the side of the Han River, when the water is high... In the face of the Jingzhou naval army, that is a catastrophe, if Fancheng is lost, then there is only one way to move the capital! ”

Sima Yi expressed as much of his opinion as he could, so that he could come up with more information.

His position is not firm, but he keeps all the information in his heart and can always occupy the "initiative" that belongs to him!

"Alright... Do not say. Cao Zhen waved his hand helplessly, "The prime minister has to discuss matters tonight, this time not only the people from the overlord will participate, if you have any way, prepare in advance, and report to the prime minister tonight." ”

"Thank you..."Sima Yi arched his hand.

Cao Zhen paused, and he finally sighed, "Eventful, if it weren't for Zihuan treating you as a confidant, how would I tell you this." ”

After that, Cao Zhen sighed and walked into the mansion.

Only Sima Yi was left standing in place, and even the back seemed to be hesitant and hesitant!

…

…

It's just that within half a year, the successive setbacks have made Cao Cao dizzy.

What happened recently made him even more sleepless at night, Cao Cao's eyes were red at this moment, and he was wandering and pacing in the house with a cane...

- Zhang Liao's affairs;

- The matter of Xiangyang;

- The affairs of Hanzhong;

Originally, a pair of Guan family father and son gave Cao Cao a headache, but now it is good, there are many brave and resourceful Zhang Yide, and there are more grievances and hatreds between Zhang Liao and Hua Tuo's female disciple and Dongwu Lingtong.

These things, one by one, made Cao Cao's mood extremely sad, thinking of the fact that in the past half a year, the situation in the Great Wei Dynasty has been moving towards a downturn and collapse step by step...

For a moment, Cao Cao would have a feeling that Cao Wei, for some reason, seemed to collapse and disintegrate overnight.

But this thought only lasted for a moment.

Cao Cao forcibly propped himself up and raised his arrogant head, he knew that the Great Wei... Everyone can be defeated, but he can't, he is the military soul of the entire Cao Wei soldiers, and he is the support of the entire Great Wei.

But after all, no matter how strong Cao Cao is, he can't withstand the erosion of the years.

He's old, he's really old.

His nerves began to become more sensitive and fragile, he was in a trance, he paced to the side, and said in his mouth: "Hanzhong, Fancheng, Wenyuan..."

It's still the three mountains that weigh on his heart.

"Whew..."

With a long exhale, Cao Cao paced to the other side, and he continued to mumble: "Now that Zihuan is sending an envoy to Jiangdong, this Sun Zhongmou neither receives nor refuses... He's going to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight! He wants to see if Gu can withstand this round of offensive by Liu, Guan, and Zhang! He's as calculating as ever! ”

When he said this, Cao Cao's expression became more and more gloomy...

At this time, Xu Chu came, and he hadn't reported anything yet, Cao Cao raised his hand first, "Let Gu guess, Zhong Kang came at this time, most likely Zhang Wenyuan interceded for Hua Tuo's female disciple, right?" ”

"No..."Xu Chu was honest, reporting truthfully, "Yes... He's coming! ”

Xu Chu did not say a specific name, only used a "he" instead.

It's like... This person was specially summoned by Cao Cao.

It was the word "he" that appeared, Cao Cao changed the haze on his previous expression, a pair of tiger eyes suddenly widened, and he was pleasantly surprised: "This old guy is finally willing to make another plan for himself!" ”

When talking about this, Cao Cao thought of an old guy, a big fool, and an "old immortal", this guy has made a total of "one word" and "three plans" since his debut.

However, this remark caused chaos in the world and opened the disintegration of the Han family, which was the beginning of the competition between the heroes;

As for the three schemes;

A plan made Cao Cao kill the three sages with one shot;

a plan to help Cao Cao win the battle of Yuan Shaoguandu;

A plan to deceive Ma Chao and pacify Guanzhong.

Of course, if you follow the original trajectory of history, what if this old guy and the big fool still have two plans?

A plan to recommend the son of the world and lay the heir of the Great Wei;

Another plan is to block Wu and stabilize the Three Kingdoms!

It can be said that "one word messes the world, and five plans determine the three kingdoms..."

It's no wonder that Cao Cao said that he was willing to come up with another plan, this "big fool" knows too much how to protect himself, he is talkative... But for this "poisonous plan", it is like gold...

- He doesn't open his mouth until the most critical time!

"Where's the others?" Cao Cao asked excitedly.

Xu Chu reported truthfully: "I just got off the carriage, according to the Prime Minister's orders, I secretly rushed to Shouchun, and now I am in the study." ”

"Biography... No..."Cao Cao wanted to say that he would pass him over, but he immediately shook his hand, and he himself denied this idea, and his pupils had become more and more excited.

"Lone himself went to see him—"

blurted out these words, Cao Cao didn't have time to put on his shoes, so he hurried out.

Xu Chu seemed to have something to say, and hurriedly caught up with Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, he mentioned when he got off the horse just now, this time he brought a total of two plans - one plan to capture Guan Yu, and one plan to defend Hanzhong!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Cao Cao paused.

"Haha... Hahahaha..."

Suddenly, the dark clouds on Cao Cao's cheeks completely dissipated, and the sky was clear.

He thought to himself.

- "Guan Jia Shiro, don't you like to fight your heart?"

- "As for the eyes of the heart, you shaft? Can you fight this old poison under your lone hand? Oh, this old poison, it's poisoned!'

…

…

Lujiang, Shu County, Zhifu Mountain.

Among the four people standing in front of Xiao Qiao, in addition to Sun Ce's son Sun Shao and Tai Shici's son Tai Shixiang, there are now two more young people.

They are Huang Gai's son - Huang Shan;

and Zhou Yu's cousin - Zhou Jun!

Huang Gai died of illness in the same year as Zhou Yu, he died in Yiyang County, Changsha County, and Zhou Yu died in Baqiu, Changsha County;

It seems that the two are not involved, but you must know that when Zhou Yu set a strategy of dividing the world into two parts, and then led the army west to conquer Bashu, in addition to Gan Ning, a native of Bajun, as the vanguard, Huang Gai prepared grain and grass for Zhou Yu in Yiyang, which was all people of the same faction.

As for Zhou Jun... Because of his relationship with Zhou Yu's uncle and nephew, he was named a partial general, and he went west with Zhou Yu.

At this moment, the five of them were already sitting in the hall, and Xiao Qiao was going to pour tea for them, but Zhou Jun couldn't help but open his mouth and get straight to the point: "Uncle, I have always wondered why my uncle was fine the day before, but the next day his body turned sharp and bedridden, I didn't think about poisoning before, but now I want to come... My uncle's symptoms were the same as poisoning! ”

Speaking of this, Huang Shan added: "My father's death is the same as that of the Governor of Zhou, and he was fine the day before, but he was suddenly bedridden the next day. It's just that this poison is extremely clever, and it's hard to find out what it is? ”

Straight to the point, Zhou Jun and Huang Shan directly led the topic to Zhou Yu not to die of illness, but to poison him...

Little Joe looked at them in astonishment, "But... Can... If according to what you said, only Wu Hou can be poisoned? But why is he... Why poison Gongjin? Gong Jin only won the Chibi battle for him a year ago and captured Nanjun, he is a meritorious minister..."

At this time, Sun Shao opened his mouth, "Just because the Metropolitan Governor is a meritorious minister, Sun Quan can't start in the open..."

With Hongyan's investigation, Sun Shao knows Sun Quan too well, understands his every behavior, every "one set on the surface, one set behind the scenes"...

Explaining his methods is simply handy.

"Mrs. Qiao, don't forget, during the Battle of Chibi, Marquis Wu allocated 30,000 soldiers and horses to the governor of Zhou to resist Cao Cao.

After the Battle of Chibi, the governor of Zhou wanted to attack Nanjun, so he did not return the 30,000 soldiers and horses of Wu Hou.

But after defeating Nanjun, the governor of Zhou proposed to 'divide the world into two parts', and went to Xichuan to capture Bashu... And the route has already been worked out, supplies have been arranged, and it has already set off! ”

Sun Shao's tone became more solemn, "Just imagine, before the governor of Zhou Dadu did not return the 30,000 soldiers and horses of Wu Hou because of the attack on Nanjun, but now that Nanjun has been captured, it is the time when Cao's army is frantically counterattacking and needs to be garrisoned..."

"But at this time, instead of garrisoning Nanjun, the governor of Zhou Dadu reported to Wu Hou, mentioning that he had decided to attack Bashu, and the 30,000 soldiers and horses were not only returned, but also brought to conquer Bashu... So? Who's going to Shounan-gun next? Could it be Wu Hou himself? Take another 10,000 steps back and say, after the governor of Zhou Dadu arrives in Bashu, if the mountain is closed and the water is sealed... decided not to be controlled by Wu Hou, can Wu Hou manage the governor of Zhou who is thousands of miles away? ”

Call...

Speaking of this, Sun Shao let out a long breath, "So, it's these 30,000 soldiers... No, to be more precise, it was the strategy of the Governor of Zhou to divide the world into two that harmed him, and it was the decision of the Governor of Zhou to conquer Bashu that harmed him, so that Wu Hou did not hesitate to ignore all his exploits and ordered someone to poison him and kill him! ”

- Shocking!

- Deafening!

Zhou Jun, Huang Bing, and Sun Shao's words were shocked, her teeth opened, and it was difficult to close for a long time.

Then, Little Joe fell into a deep groan.

After a long thought... When Xiao Qiao opened his mouth again, he shook his head desperately.

"No, what you said is not right, Gong Jin left a letter before he died, he wrote... I got sick on the way, and my condition is getting worse every day, and I can't be cured, so I may die... He also reminded Wu Hou that he needed to guard against Liu Bei, raising Liu Bei was like raising a tiger, and the future was difficult to predict... In addition, he also recommended Lu Su to replace him as the governor of the capital! ”

That's right...

Little Joe said... It is indeed the three mentioned in the letterhead left by Zhou Yu before he died.

To sum up, the first is that I am dying;

The second is that before I die, I reminded Liu Bei to be careful;

The third is to let Lu Su take over my position as the governor of the capital.

It seems that this letter is clearly organized, not like it was written by Zhou Yu when he was confused.

It was only before he blurted out these words, and Zhou Jun said loudly: "Uncle, wake up, right?" Uncle wrote so... It was he who realized that he was not seriously ill, but poisoned, and then his life was short, he was to protect our Zhou family, in order to protect your uncle... Otherwise, my uncle was so jealous of Liu Bei? How could Lu Su be allowed to replace him as the Grand Governor? ”

This...

All of a sudden, Xiao Qiao seemed to suddenly realize something.

At this moment, she suddenly realized.

No, Zhou Lang's dying farewell letter... The comments in it are contradictory.

Because the second Gongjin has been reminding Liu Bei to be careful, but the third is... Lu Su, who proposed to be "pro-Liu" and advocated "Lian Liu to resist Cao", took over his position as the governor of the capital.

It's not right from here...

Completely wrong!

Xiao Qiao knows her husband best, and her husband and Liu Bei are jealous of each other and tear each other down.

Liu Bei once told Sun Quan in private, saying that Zhou Yu - I am afraid that he will soon become a minister!

Sun Quan was silent after hearing this.

And Zhou Yu also wrote to Sun Quan in private, saying that Liu Bei - with the posture of a hero, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei's general of the bear and tiger, must not be a long-term succumb!

Under such a relationship, Zhou Yu's last words repeatedly emphasized, how could he hand over the metropolitan governor to Lu Su?

This is completely contrary to... His relationship with Liu Bei!

Thinking about this, Xiao Qiao's eyes suddenly had a lot of confusion, a lot of panic, a lot of incredulity...

But suddenly, she seemed to understand the whole truth about Gong Jin's death in Baqiu.

Can...

Xiao Qiao still bit her lip, and she looked at the four people in front of her with tears in her eyes, "But these, these are still your words, and they are still all speculation..."

"It's not a guess..."Huang Gai's son Huang Bing carefully took out a "long-dusted" letterhead from his arms, and he handed it to Xiao Qiao, "The handwriting in this letter must be familiar to Mrs., right?" ”

And as this letter became apparent to the world again, Sun Shao and Tai Shixiang bit their lips with their teeth, they knew... They, or rather, the killer feature of "Hong Yan" are finally here.

Finally...

And as Xiao Qiao unfolded the bamboo slip and looked at the familiar handwriting on it, she was suddenly stunned.

Suddenly unable to see the words, she cried over the letter, and fearing that tears would wash them away, she quickly turned her head to the side.

The words in this bamboo slip are exactly what "Zhou Lang" wrote in her dream...

At a glance, Xiao Qiao saw the last sentence of the bamboo slip.

- "If my people, my wife, and my son are safe, then this letter will be sealed, and the darkness of Soochow will never be revealed!" As for me, Zhou Yu, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter..."

This?

This!

For a while, Xiao Qiao thought of the sentence that Zhou Jun had just chanted.

- "Uncle wrote so... He is here to protect our Zhou family, and to protect your uncle! ”

For a while, Xiao Qiao could no longer contain her emotions, her tears were like a chain of beads with a broken thread, and she kept flowing.

Now, all the truths about Gong Jin's death are clear-

…

…

Shouchun City, in the study room of the government office, a huge map is placed on the table.

On either side of the table, a sixty-year-old man was adding fuel to the candle flame, and this old man was Cao Cao.

The nearly seventy-year-old man on the opposite side was silent for a long time while looking at Yutu.

His hair and beard are gray, but even so, his appearance seems to have been baptized for fifty years but still looks radiant...

He is the "No. 1 Poisoner of the Three Kingdoms" - Jia Xu!

There are too many stories about him, the most famous is that after Lu Bu assassinated Dong Zhuo, Li Dao and Guo Yan fled... Jia Xu offered a plan to the two of them to counterattack Chang'an, and as a result... Kill Wang Yun, repel Lu Bu, control the Son of Heaven, and so far... Etiquette collapsed again, and the heroes competed in the Central Plains!

It can be described as "one word messes the world"!

After that, it was he who led the story of Cao Cao's "one shot to kill the three sages".

It is no exaggeration to say that even if Jia Xu is in Cao Ying, because of his "profound planning", even Cao Cao is a little jealous of him.

But Jia Xu is a smart person, cherishes words like gold, keeps himself behind closed doors, does not associate with others in private, and his children do not marry powerful people.

It is no exaggeration to say that he will not contribute until he has no choice, until Cao Wei's mansion is about to collapse and is in danger...

"Wenhe? In the past half a year, the lonely Great Wei has been defeated in battles, you have heard of it! ”

Cao Cao asked Jia Xu patiently.

Jia Xu squinted, his eyes always staring at the map.

He paddled with his hand in the direction of Jiangling City, and then rowed upwards from here, rowed to Jiangxia, rowed to Xiangyang City, and then rowed to the last barrier of the Great Wei Dynasty - Fancheng!

And then...

Jia Xu's hoarse voice came out, "The rout of Great Wei is all due to this pair of Guan family father and son!" ”

Cao Cao took a deep breath and opened his mouth again: "Wenhe, teach Gu-"

Jia Xu pondered for a while, "I said before that I wanted to help the prime minister capture Guan Yu, so the first step is to separate Guan Yu and Guan Lin, the father and son, and break them one by one!" ”

This...

Cao Cao's eyes condensed, he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked: "I heard that Guan Yu of Xiangyang City is already counting troops, and it seems that he is going to be desperate again!" ”

Jia Xu's eyes looked at the location of Fan Cheng in the map, and he said lightly:

"Block the connection between Fancheng and Wanluo, this is the North Road! I have a plan to use Guan Yu's 'Absolute North Road' to let him fall into the abyss, but I need to dare to ask the prime minister with a powerful army and horses... How many soldiers can the current Great Wei be transferred to the Xiangfan battlefield? ”

This...

Cao Cao pondered for a moment and blurted out a number:

"Three hundred thousand."

It's just that this number only made Jia Xu pause slightly, and then... Jia Xu's smiling expression seemed to tell Cao Cao another line:

- Stop blowing! If you blow Da Wei again, it will be gone!

…

…

Ps (I'm afraid that everyone doesn't understand what the North Road is, I drew a picture by hand, and in the box is Guan Yu's "North Road", that is, to block all support for Xiangfan in the north)

(End of chapter)