Chapter 44 Sun Guoyi Jing Nan helps Zhao Feng Zhao Botao fake drunkenness to make a high profit

In the Taishou Mansion of Qiao County.

Liu Bei, who personally fought against Cao Jian, sat in the main seat, and the next two rows of civil and military ranks. The civil servant on the left is led by Lu Su, and the general on the right is led by Zhang Fei. It is Pang Tong who talks in the middle.

"We have been confronting Cao Shen here for more than a month. Although there have been several battles during this period, they are all small battles. Cao Yan neither retreated nor attacked, but just defended Liang County to contain our army, which was very suspicious. Pang Tong frowned and said.

"At present, the eldest brother has 100,000 troops here, and Cao Wei is only 100,000 troops. They are equal in strength to each other. Of course, the old thief dare not act rashly. Zhang Fei is a matter of course. As Pang Tong said, the two sides have only occasionally had some skirmishes recently, and there have been almost never been a large-scale battle. The largest scale, that is, today I will rob you of a county, and tomorrow you will rob me of a truck.

"Yes, Cao Qian is well aware of the art of war, and it is contrary to common sense to not move forward. Before Cao Wei sent troops, he must have expected that the strength of the two sides was equal, and such a situation was inevitable. Knowing this, he still sent troops, and Cao Wei's move was very unusual. Xu Shu on the other side also frowned and said.

Liu Bei listened to them patiently, and then asked, "Maybe Cao Wei wants to wait for the rest of the way to break through before making plans?"

Pang Tong and Xu Shu looked at each other and made eye contact with Lu Su. Finally, Pang Tong said, "Maybe it's true. Cao Qian has always been insidious and cunning. It is very likely to sit and watch us fight with the southern barbarians and the Hanzhong army, so as to reap the profits. When our army's strength is not good, we will attack again.

"If so, what should we do?" Liu Bei continued to ask.

"In order to prevent changes for a long time, it is better to defeat Hanzhong and Nanman first. At present, General Zhao and Zang Xuangao rely on the danger of Yuanjiang and Shangyong Mountain City, which can be protected, but the attack is weak. If you can transfer more soldiers and horses with them, you can annihilate the invading enemy. Pang Tong thought for a time.

"Where can I adjust my troops and horses at the present?" Liu Bei asked.

Pang Tong thought about it carefully and said, "We are facing Cao Gan's 100,000 troops here, which are 50,000 Yuzhou troops and 50,000 Xuzhou troops. At present, there are still 50,000 troops in Xuzhou, but Xuzhou is adjacent to Yanzhou. In order to prevent Cao's attack, these 50,000 troops are easily immovable. From the perspective of unification, Yangzhou is now in the hinterland of our army. It's better to transfer troops and horses from Yangzhou to these two places!"

"It's so good!" Liu Bei also nodded and agreed. At present, Zhang Zhao, the pastor of Yangzhou, ordered Sun Fu, the general of Yangzhou, to lead 10,000 troops to support Jingnan, and Ji Ling, the general of Yokono, the governor of Luling, led 20,000 troops to rush to Shangyong, in order to break through the invading enemies of Hanzhong and Nanzhong as soon as possible.

"General Zhao!" In Linyuan City, Zhao Feng received Sun Fu, who was ordered to lead the army to support. The latter saw Zhao Feng coming to greet him in person and quickly got off the horse and bowed.

"Guo Yi is an old friend. Why are there so many gifts!" Zhao Feng quickly pulled up Sun Fu. Speaking of which, he really had a kindness to this man. At the beginning, he was not allowed to be in Jiangdong by Sun Quan, and he was even sent to Lujiang to die. Now after defecting to Liu Bei, he has become a middle-ranking general in three years, which can also be regarded as a prosperous official fortune.

"General, on the order of the Lord, lead the army to help the war and wait for the general's dispatch!" Sun Fu is not a fool. He knows that although Zhao Feng is just a rebellious general now, Jing Nan still has the final say here. Zhao Feng said a few more polite words before he sat down to discuss with everyone.

"At present, the southern barbarian army is blocked by the Yuanjiang River, which is certainly difficult to enter again. However, if we want to defeat it in one fell swoop, it is not easy. Now with General Sun's 20,000 reinforcements, we can wait a lot more leisurely. Zhao Feng said first.

"General Zhao, why don't you let Captain Feng Xi stationed with 5,000 people in Guilin to help fight?" Chen asked after a little thought. No matter how tight the troops are these days, Zhao Feng has not used this crowd. Chen didn't understand, so he finally couldn't help asking today.

"Captain Feng is stationed in Guilin to prevent the Jiaozhou army, so he can't move easily." Zhao Feng explained. Jiaozhou?" Chen Zhi and the generals are a little confused. Jiaozhou? Sun Zhoumu in Jiaozhou has never been an enemy of us, hasn't he? Zhou Tai, whose surname is the most urgent, is the first.

"Let's be prepared!" Zhao Feng knew that there were a lot of old generals in Jiangdong here now, and he couldn't say this too much for a while. I'm worried about Sun Quan's character, so I can only prevent it like this first. At present, Zhao Feng changed the topic and said, "Since General Sun came to help, our army is no longer afraid of the Southern Central Army. I want to start immediately, go to the village on the bank of the Yuanjiang River, and defeat Meng Huo in one fell swoop!" When the generals heard the words, they agreed and did not mention it.

"What, the Han army has come to the Yuanjiang River?" Meng Huo looked at the detective horse in front of him who had just come back to report the news, and asked in disbelief. The man heard the king's tone, so he had to whisper, "Exactly, all the enemy troops have pulled out of Linyuan, and now they are camping opposite our army."

"It seems that Zhao Feng wants to fight with us." Meng Huo muttered, and then waved his hand to the horse to go down. The man hurriedly retreated as if he had received amnesty. With the lack of progress in the war situation these days, Meng Huo's mood is getting worse and worse. Just yesterday, the two young leaders suggested that he should recapitrate, but he ordered him to be beheaded in public.

Meng Huo himself was also very annoyed. Since E Huan was released, Yang Feng and Gao Ding did not work intentionally or unintentionally. Several times when they crossed the river, they retreated before the center of the river. If they were so perfunctory again, Meng Huo knew that it would be difficult to beat the Jingzhou army opposite by relying on his own strength alone. And once he fails to stop the army, I'm afraid that the throne of the leader, who is not too stable, will be even more shaky.

Thinking of this, Meng Huo also made up his mind to let these two people go all out. Now I took a few guards and went to the Gaoding account.

"The king is coming, what is unknown?" Gao Dingwan didn't expect that Meng Huo would suddenly come, so he hurriedly asked him to sit down with the throne.

"Gao Taishou, I heard that General E Huan had been captured by the Jingzhou Army before. I don't know?" Unexpectedly, Meng Huo asked such a question pleasantly after sitting down.

Gao Ding looked at E Huan, who was a little embarrassed. Knowing that E Huan was not good at words, he could only bravely answer instead: "It's true. Zhao Botao only said that he thought of the same sect, so he interpreted it with righteousness.

"This is Zhao Botao's plan to separate. Gao Taishou and General E must not be tricked!" Meng Huo's words are sincere.

"Of course not!" Gao Ding replied, but he sneered in his heart: Do we need to be separated from each other?

"It's okay if you can't do it. I just came to report that Zhao Botao led the army to station on the other side. I mean that the whole army should be promoted and forcibly crossed the Yuanjiang River. In any case, we should cross the river as soon as possible and fight to the death with the Jingzhou army. General E Huan is the first brave general of my barbarian army, and General E led an elite soldier to open the way. Meng Huo finally said the real purpose of his trip.

E Huan is a general under Gao Ding's command. Although Meng Huo is the leader, he generally can't be called. But now that he has come to this point, if Gao Ding doesn't agree again, it is basically equivalent to silently feeling that he and Meng Huo are at different. In the face of Meng Huo's silver power, Gao Ding had to nod silently and agree. Meng Huo, who was full of ambition, said a few more polite words before leaving.

"Taishou, what should I do now?" As soon as Meng Huo left, E Huan said urgently that Gao Ding would send someone to invite Yang Feng to discuss first. After a moment, Yang Feng came and was surprised to hear Gao Ding's foreword. The two were relatively silent, and finally E Huan said with hatred, "Since Meng Huo is not benevolent, why don't we kill him, and then move the clan to Jingnan. Isn't it happy to live like Shamoke and others?"

"Huh?" Yang Feng and Gao Ding were a little moved when they heard the words. As the war continues, the South Middle Barbarian Department has gradually learned more about the current life of the Wuxi Barbarian Department. They know that they are now moving to Jingnan, and their life is much richer than before. Yang Feng and Gao Ding are also envious in private. It's just that he was told by E Huan in person, and he didn't have time to react for a while.

For a long time, Yang Feng said, "We are in a dilemma now. One war fails to win, and the other is ungrateful and scolded by the clan. It's just that even if you want to follow the example of Samoco, you still need to inform General Zhao. There is a person under my subordinate who is called Fei Nan, who was released back by the former capture. This person is delicate and more familiar with the surname of water. Why don't you send him to connect with General Zhao?

Gao Ding is indispensable. At present, Yang Feng called Fei Ji, and wrote a letter to pay in person, so that he could take advantage of the dark at night to cross the river to see Zhao Feng.

"General, I just got a detailed work of the Southern Army. He claimed that he was sent by Yang Feng and had something important to see the general." In the account of the Jingzhou army, Niu Jin told Zhao Feng.

"Yang Feng?" Zhao Feng frowned slightly when he heard the words, and then asked Niu Jin, "Do you know this person?"

"Only a few soldiers recognized this person. He was the one who was captured before and then released by the general." Niu Jin replied.

"That should be Yang Feng's person!" Zhao Feng suddenly felt in his heart when he heard the words. To say that the intelligence secrecy work of the Southern Army was really bad. The Jingzhou Army already knew that those soldiers under Meng Huo, who pretended to be Yang Feng and Gao Ding, were all killed by Meng Huo after returning. Now it's difficult to pay. Naturally, it's a real Yang Feng's person.

At this moment, Zhao Feng's mind turned around. He hurriedly ordered Niu Jin to take a jar of old wine, put the wine urn on the table and slowly poured it down. He took off his armor and lay on the bed. Finally, he sprinkled some wine on his body until he looked really drunk. At the same time, he carefully ordered Niu Jin to act according to the plan. He ordered him to bring the details in.

Fei was escorted into the account, but he saw a wine urn on the table and a Kaifeng wine jar on the ground. Zhao Feng himself was lying on the couch with the air of wine, but for a moment, he secretly complained in his heart: Taishou asked himself to connect General Zhao. How can he be in charge now when he is drunk?

"Uh!" Zhao Feng, who was lying on the couch, burped, slowly looked up at Fei Nan, and said vaguely, "Meng Huo sent you here, saying that he would borrow my hand to remove Gao Ding and Yang Feng. But he is empty-mouthed. How can he count? You tell him that unless he sends their heads here in person, I will be willing to send troops to help him calm down.

"General, you made a mistake. This is a detailed work just sent by Yang Feng. It's not Meng Huo's messenger. The man has left!" Niu Jin saw that Zhao Feng was so drunk that he quickly reminded him.

"Is it?" Zhao Feng said vaguely, and then fell asleep soundly. After a while, he shouted loudly. Niu Jin didn't wake up several times, and finally had to give up. Fei looked ugly in his eyes, and his heart went up and down, but his face did not show any color.

Niu Jin saw that he couldn't wake up Zhao Feng, so he had to order someone to cover him with bedding. Then he took the money and said to him outside the account: "It's a coincidence that the general has not been drinking, but he only drank a few more drinks because of the hospitality of the messenger today. Please go back first and make a plan when the general wakes up tomorrow!" Fei nodded and didn't mention it when he returned to the other side.

"What?" Yang Feng was shocked when he heard such a difficult reply, and Gao Ding and E Huan beside him were even more restless. Meng Huo actually wanted to kill us by the hand of General Zhao? E Huan is a little unbelievable. Gao Ding lowered his head and thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "No wonder he urged the promotion soldiers today. It seems that it is to consume our military strength. As long as our army suffers heavy casualties, he can take the opportunity to remove us and unify the south."

Yang Feng is a fine person, and he originally felt that this matter was a little strange. However, after listening to Gao Ding's words, I thought about it again and felt that it was probably inseparable. The two made a slight plan in the camp. In order to protect themselves, they decided to start first and raid Meng Huo's camp at night.

What the two didn't expect was that Meng Huo was also restless in the camp at this time. There was no reason, just because his brother Meng You had just sent someone to inform him in a hurry that Yan Yan, the general of Yizhou, had led his army south to the Lushui River while the main force of Nanzhong was exhausted. Meng You had few soldiers, and several battles were unfavorable. He also asked his brother to return to the army as soon as possible to make all possible.

After reading the letter, Meng Huo was already in a cold sweat and was about to gather everyone to discuss the matter overnight. At this time, he suddenly heard a chaotic stir outside the military tent. When he saw that it was a fire, Meng Huo was suddenly blindfolded.

(to be continued)