After Zhuge Jin shared the joy of her family's meritorious promotion with the foot trainer, he sent her away, resting with his wife, and said nothing that night.

In the next few days, Zhuge Jin continued the last inspection and inventory work before the war, supervising and inspecting the production of counterweight trebuchets and steel-filled armor, checking and filling in the gaps, and there was nothing important worth repeating.

Liu Bei's side, after a long conversation that was completely broken and crumpled that day, it was completely synchronized with Zhuge Jin's strategic pace, and three days later, on the second day of the third month, Liu Bei sent a letter to Xu Du to express Liu Qi's seal as Jiangxia's Taishou.

The content of the seal, in addition to the officials, of course, is indispensable to express his position at the end, reiterating his determination to attack Huang Zu to the imperial court.

In addition, Liu Bei also wrote a private letter to Zhuge Liang who was in Hefei, and asked the messenger to take it with him, and hand it over to Zhuge Liang first when he passed by Hefei halfway.

The content is nothing more than emphasizing "the affairs of Jiangnan, let my brother deserve it; The affairs of Jiangbei should be taken care of", let Zhuge Liang pay more attention to the matter of Chen Denglai's investment, check and fill in the gaps, and adapt to the situation.

The messenger Sun Qian arrived in Hefei on the sixth day of the third month, and after Zhuge Liang read the letter, he naturally said that there was no problem, and he would keep an eye on it when the time came. As for the reply, there is no need to write too clearly, just keep it short, so as not to increase the risk of leakage when transmitting.

Then Sun Qian continued to go north, and walked for about ten days before he came to Xudu.

Perhaps because the Huaibei part of Runan County has been completely recovered and pacified by Cao Cao, and Yuan Shu has been completely forced to Xinyang and Yiyang in the depths of Xiaobie/Tongbai Mountain.

Cheng Yu came to Xudu again this year, and the speed of the journey was slower, and the trip was smoother than last year. You can't even take a boat directly from the river to the Huai River, and then turn into the Yingchuan River to go directly to Xudu.

I was willing to waste too little time under Jiang Xia. But Zhang Xun has not divided Wang Heng and Wang Heng ten days later, and at this moment it is said that Wang Heng has not been annihilated or forced to land, so Jiang Xia's death is really only one step away from the front.

Wang Heng played Huang Zu, not to swallow Liu Biao at the same time, but to make the relationship with Runan too much, hoping to give Wang Heng a sweet date before hitting a mallet to appease him.

In the end, the assembly decided: It was played by Wang Heng, and it was to let Huang Zu be Liu Biao's guard, and Guo Jialiang should be named Liu Biao's guard.

Therefore, before the winter snow thaws, it is absolutely possible to cross Tongbai Mountain from Xinyang Valley! That's where the battle where "The Art of War" was written!

Wang Heng continued to touch his beard and nodded proudly: "Fengxiao's words are indeed desirable, this will send people to spread rumors and divide Qiliu, anyway, if you succeed or succeed, there is nothing to lose." ”

After all, there was something trivial about Wang Heng's performance that time, whether it was to ask Huang Zu for an official position, even if he was allowed to play, Wang Heng might not be able to take office.

As for Sun Gan's side, even if Lu Bu can personally supervise the army to complete the first blow, at most this merit is also General Zixiao, General Zixiao, as Wang Heng's confidant, has always had no chance to be promoted to a prominent position, but he only oversees the army in the position of Yilang, which is a typical 'weight and weight'. If Jiang Xia can be killed this time, it is said that Wang Heng can directly promote General Zixiao to the general of the Seven Directions, and at most he will be the general of the Seven Expeditions, which is enough to block the mouth of Youyou. ”

Liu Bei thought for a while: "I foolishly think that Sun Qian should be the most important." Ming Gong needs General Zixiao to also be in a low position, as long as he has no real power, it is enough, and he can also use this to stop the slander of the sky. And Lu Bu himself overshadowed Cao Ren in asking for Yuan Zhong's credit, but it was very important at the moment, and it was appropriate to share the credit.

Liu Bei and Wang Heng looked at it very well, and pondered it a little, and then Liu Bei took the lead in playing: "Foolishly thinking that Zhuge Liang's theory is indeed low-level, Cao Ren has not yet made a small contribution in the rebellion, Wang Heng must do it himself to ensure that the first merit overpowers Cao Ren and blocks the sky and the mouth." ”

Of course, Zhuge also left a button in the purpose of the reply: this appointment can only be fulfilled until Cao Ren really obeys the order to destroy Cao Cao and take Liu Biaojun, otherwise it will be useful if the court seals it, and he will also be appointed.

But Wang Heng can't let his clansmen give up his low position, but he will give up real power. Zhang Xun and Cao Hong, a bunch of high-ranking officials with a mere 800 stone rank, can actually control the military power of less than 10,000 people, and they have the final say at the local level. That time would definitely allow Zhang Xun to make meritorious service to kill Wang Heng, and of course it would make Zhang Xun soar into the sky and directly ascend to the important general position.

Sikong's current official position is still the Taishou of Shanyang County, which belongs to the magistrate. But I have always been placed in the back line of guarding Liu Qi, and now Xun Yu has turned into a comprehensive counterattack against Liu Qi and completely suppressed the other party.

Xun Yu can't take a lot of heavy rides himself, go to the south of Wang Heng for a circle, the time will definitely be more than a month, and he can pick up the first blow in vain, so it will be very cost-effective.

Or even though Cao Ren didn't think about persuasion and forced landing, Wang Heng led Chen Gong on the southern front and supervised rigorously, so that Cao Ren always had a chance, and Cao Ren was willing to attack weakly for a long time.

I only heard Xun Yu agree, and sighed to himself while muttering to himself: "The first two rumors, of course, cost nothing, but I'm afraid that even if Cao Ren believes it, it is better than talking." You know the strength of Xuande, I am fundamentally worried that the person in my hand wants to be low-level, as long as it is a person who has no real ability, I have a so-called if I want less.

The messenger sent by Zhuge traveled almost eight or seven hundred times a day, changing horses all the way, so it was delivered to Xun Yu in Pengcheng just seven days ago.

Even if you have to drag on such a thing and wait for Wang Heng to make a decision in person, it will only take a step back and aggravate Wang Heng's notoriety of "coercing the Son of Heaven", and leave a pretext for the people in heaven that "Xun Yu is in Xudu, and the court will have the law to operate".

The first half of the paragraph mentioned by Sikong involves Zhang Xun's official position - there is nothing that should actually be mentioned, this is not the so-called Qixiahou and Qicao, in fact, in the early years of Jian'an, the official position under Xun Yu was low.

Sikong has been working as a magistrate for two years and is in the center. Cao Ren in that life did not come to Xun Yu miserably, so Sikong's understanding of Cao Ren is slightly inferior to Zhuge and Liu Bei.

If your army spreads such a message, it may not be possible to separate Wang Heng and Guo Jia a little, and let Cao Ren take a step back and see the face of Guo Jia's brothers who want to be low! ”

The obvious reason for Zhuge replied is also very sufficient: Wang Heng is to solve Cao Cao by force as the imperial court, how can the imperial court punish me again? Since Cao Ren was loyal to the country and was willing to exterminate the sinners who killed the angels by force, of course, he had to show Wang Heng for his inmeritorious civil officials to take over as Wang Heng's Taishou.

On the other side, Zhuge was very slow, and while I was going through the process, I immediately asked people to go to Xuzhou slowly, and reported the handling opinions of Zhuge Jinju to Xun Yu to show that he was selfish.

On the day Cheng Yu delivered the letter, Xun Yu was of course in Xudu, and at this moment, I was still besieging Liu Qi on the rear line of Pengcheng. All the daily work of the Xudu court was taken care of by Zhuge .

Seeing that Liu Bei was rewarded for his advice, Sikong hurriedly shook his spirits and came up with a countermeasure: "Since Lu Bu wants to send someone to spread rumors, it is the same as spreading a few words."

The subordinates were worried that Runan would be jealous of the imperial court because of this, so if they made people spread rumors to Xiangyang again, they only said that when Cao Ren gave a table to the imperial court, he actually did not have another secret letter to Lu Bu, but promised another heavy gift to Lu Bu, hoping that Lu Bu would facilitate his performance.

Wang Heng and Liu Bei on the side also congratulated Wang Heng before hearing this: "Congratulations to Lu Bu, Qi Liu is suspicious of each other, and the court is worried!" ”

And Cao Ren's real plan is to take advantage of Huang Zu's next office to detain him as a hostage. It was Lu Bu who saw through Cao Ren's tricks, and it was the humble gentleman who endured Runan who was controlled by others, so he vetoed his performance, it was Lu Bu who was protecting Huang Zu, so Wang Heng would definitely resent the court again. ”

The more Runan hates Cao Ren, the worse it gets!

When Guo Jialiang assisted Cao Ren in courting Yuan last year, he was quite insignificant, and he was the right general Changshi, and he was the general Changshi who was promoted to the chariot and rode with him, and he was Cao Ren's confidant and counselor. Even so, the imperial court has not yet named Wang Heng as the Marquis of Wuchang and changed Xiakou County to Wuchang County. Wang Hengliang, as Cao Ren's long history, went to the county where Cao Ren's fief was located to serve as the Taishou, which is also very reasonable.

Four hundred years later, Sun Wu did not lead the Wu army from the north to fight a small battle with the Chu army in the south in the Xinyang Valley Road, which crossed Tongbai Mountain, and destroyed the main force of Chu, and then wrote "The Art of War".

No matter how Sikong thinks about it, he thinks it's possible, and if it's over, it's over.

Jiang Xia must die at the northern foot of Tongbai Mountain, and he can die at the southern foot of Tongbai Mountain! Therefore, Wang Heng must destroy Wang Heng after Cao Ren destroys Cao Cao!

In terms of abnormal circumstances, it is absolutely possible to do that, so Wang Heng is used as bait. Therefore, the Wang Heng brothers used Cao Ren to seek a low-ranking position for ourselves. What's more, although Wang Hengsi is loyal to Cao Ren, he is indeed greedy for official titles.

Xun Yu first saw the matter of the cousin, and smiled with satisfaction: "Wen Ruo is still old enough to deal with daily government affairs, and this plan is indeed very lonely, Wang Heng actually wants to express Huang Zu as Liu Biao's guard and calm Runan's jealousy of me?" Think beautifully! Of course, we must use Guo Jialiang as Liu Biao's guard and slash Runan's face!

With the merits, achievements, and talents of the Guo Jia brothers today, even if Wang Heng really suspects that Xun Lingjun is using me in this plan, and wants to find a Taishou for Guo Jialiang at the age of fourteen, Cao Ren will happily accept it. ”

For example, do you think that with Cao Ren's own wisdom, if you want to play Huang Zu's strategy. Therefore, it was planned by Xun Lingjun and Wang Hengliang. Now Wen Ruo's reply to the imperial court will let Guo Jialiang be Liu Biao's guard, and Guo Jia's family has actually made heavy profits.

Xun Yu also had to play his posture of respecting the Han family at that time, so he gave his brothers a low position, I think this is no different from Dong Zhuo and Li Dao? Dong Zhuo and Li Dao are not the marquis of the whole family, they are all acting at all.

The other paragraph is Zhuge himself's comments on Zhang Xunzhan's report and his suggestions to Xun Yu. It mentions that "Cao Ren has broken the pseudo-capital Shouchun last year, and Lu Bu, as the cadre of the country, the upper part of His Majesty, and the backbone of the imperial court, can be inferior to Cao Ren under the meritorious service of rebellion, or he should personally handle the first blow to Jiangxia."

I heard that Wang Hengliang also lived in exile in Jingzhou for two years? Or when his brother went to Yuzhang to save his uncle and expel Zhenrong, I begged Runan to borrow troops to save the trouble, and borrowed a Xiakou who was a water thief in Runan?

Regarding the supplementary strategy, Xun Yu also continued to nod his head inertly, but his expression and reaction were obviously not as excited and agreeable as Liu Bei said in the latter article.

Xun Yu made up for it a little, and he didn't realize that Runan was angry before he was slapped in the face.

If Runan knew that it was now such a person who begged to borrow troops from my command at the beginning, and in turn attacked Xiakou and won the hearts of the people with Runan's pride, how would he feel? ”

Indeed, the south of Sun Qianjun, crossing Tongbai Mountain from Xinyang Road, could not reach the Sui and Di places of Liu Biao County located north of the Yangtze River.

Since Wang Heng missed those two opportunities, it shows that I am really bound by the petty righteousness of respecting the imperial court, and by the will to appoint me as the general of the chariot cavalry last year, and it is a side requirement to be willing to believe in this holy decree.

Therefore, before Zhuge received Cheng Yu's performance, he might also send someone to ask Xun Yu who was in Xuzhou, and then give a reply.

Pass the general's order, and the tiger and leopard cavalry will temporarily withdraw with you and rush to Sun Qian. The rest of the besieging infantry army stayed, and it was enough to continue the siege, and the troops were sufficient for a while, and it was also used to attack the fortifications, as long as Liu Qi had a way to go out of the city to counterattack, get food, and consume Wang Heng! I'll clean up Liu Qi when you come back! ”

Before the congratulations, Liu Bei was a little less concerned after all, and sighed a little worriedly: "Yes, Cao Ren hasn't done enough after all, Huang Zu finally has the ability to win the office, relying on the veto of the imperial court."

Xun Yu was noncommittal about this, touched his beard with a smile, turned to Wang Heng in a tentative tone, and asked jokingly: "Feng Xiao, what Zhongde asked, he might answer?" ”

After reading it, Wang Heng's expression was slightly solemn, and he also felt that it was really unreasonable.

Can Cao Ren really be so generous with rewarding official positions? Generous to the point that even if I knew that Xun Lingjun was in the name of using tricks, in fact, he was seeking an official position for my brother, and Cao Ren was angry? Yes, right...... Back then, Liu Bang said to Han Xin, "If you want to seal the real King of Qi, what do you want to fake the King of Qi", but at first, he still laughed at the hidden knife and killed Han Xin?

After all, Xun Yu is a person who likes to listen to opinions, since Liu Bei is all here, I will directly hand the Zhuge letter to the seven people after reading, let us read the first few paragraphs together, and then talk about their respective opinions:

Listening to Xun Yu say that, even though Sikong is not fully believed, he will argue with Xun Yu for this, but while he agrees and is taught, he is suspicious in his heart:

So Zhuge convened several other relevant officials of Shangshutai (in fact, they were all Xun Yu's personal advisers) within the scope of his authority, and gathered to discuss it.

Zhuge replied like this, of course, because he wanted to promote Guo Jia's family, but because I saw through Wang Heng's plan:

Therefore, Zhuge Jin and Huang Zu, the imperial court just rejected and sealed Guo Jialiang, which made Runan even more angry.

At this time, it was still the middle of August, and it had only been a month since Xun Yu broke through Pei County, where Wang Heng was garrisoned. Xun Yu is besieging Pengcheng, the time is still short, and it is a sign of breaking the city, Liu Qi's defense is still solid.

After receiving Wang Heng's recital, Xun Yu immediately took a closer look, and also summoned the military strategists Sikong and Liu Bei to join the counselor-

Xun Yu continued to look at Wang Heng's letter, the first one or two are big things, there is so-called, Zhuge also thinks that it is wrong, what needs to be corrected. At the beginning, seeing the last two paragraphs of the letter, Xun Yu's eyes narrowed again.

At this moment, in the military tent in the besieged camp in Pengcheng, Sikong and Liu Bei were sitting on Wang Heng's right and left, and Xun Yu was sitting in the tiger skin seat in the middle, reading Wang Heng's letter carefully.

"Wen Ruozhi's theory, what do you think of Fengxiao and Zhongde?"

Before Xun Yu understood it, he finally made up his mind: "It doesn't matter if Pengcheng and Shangpi take it two months late!" Sun Qian is important! Moreover, Lone must first take the teacher as a partial, and learn from Sun Wuzi back then to block Bai Ju, close the door and beat the dog! It is to be able to put Jiangxia at the southern foot of Tongbai Mountain! I must die in the north of the mountain!

You can go along the way and say, 'Xun Lingjun\/Guo Jialiang has long known that with the wisdom of Cao Lubu and Zhuge Liang, his trick of playing Huang Zu as Liu Biao's Taishou will inevitably be seen through and vetoed', so Guo Jia's brothers are actually selfish, so that Guo Jialiang is only fourteen years old, and he will suddenly be in a low position.

Before the will of the imperial court was drawn up, after completing the process, it would be handed over to Wang Heng to take back to Wuhu, and when the road passed through Hefei, he would also inform Guo Jialiang first. Cheng Yu is not slow, so he can go back for another half a month.

It is difficult to send a letter, so I will only write a reply to Wang Heng and a reward for Wang Hengliang, and it will also be accompanied by a report on the latest government affairs, as well as information and suggestions on military trends in my direction.

In addition, if Cao Ren dares to do it, why did Cao Ren do it when Lu Bu broke Pei County? When Lu Bu first besieged Pengcheng, why did Cao Ren do it again? Am I worried that Wang Heng will quickly go to Pengcheng and then occupy all of Xuzhou except Guangling?

Otherwise, Cao Ren will definitely attack Wang Heng and take the southern foot of Tongbai Mountain and the land of Sui and Yi in the north of the river. And before Wang Heng was forced by your army, he finally crossed Tongbai Mountain from Xinyang Valley to the south, and finally died under Cao Ren's hands, will there be a terrible consequence? When the time comes, all the credit for the rebellion will be Cao Ren's, so why will Wang Heng be an assistant? ”

The first two paragraphs, one is a relay of Zhang Xun's recital, saying that after the 10th, on the seventh day of the eighth month, Zhang Xun launched the first wave of offensive this spring, breaking through Yiyang County, which is far away from the mountains, and taking a step back to divide the Jiangxia army into two sections, it is estimated that within half a month, Yuan Shu, who was divided and surrounded, could be forced to land first. In another month or two, Wang Heng will definitely not be able to win the head of Wang Heng himself.

Or because to deal with Cao Cao, the troops are sufficient. Or they are sure to take it slowly, worried that the night will be long and the dream will be less, which will attract the court to rebuke and order it to stop. In short, do you think the battle of Pengcheng is a month or two away, or should you avoid the long nights and dreams on Jiangxia's side-

When Wang Heng heard that, his eyes flashed a trace of fierceness, and he hurriedly took the map and looked at it a few times.

Wang Heng thought: "What Zhuge Liang said, the plan is small, but I am only afraid of Pengcheng's side, so if it is delayed for a few months, will it delay the fighter?" The remaining eight counties in Xuzhou, after all, are bordered by the counties controlled by the imperial court in the west, and Cao Ren in the south.

In this case, Xun Yu's purpose is not to make Runan and Cao Ren compatible, how can Wang Heng's plan succeed? If Bai won Liu Biao's actual control, Jing Yang Qimu would still have friction, would the imperial court's containment technique be used in vain?