When Zhuge Liang said this, Liu Bei was immediately dumbfounded. This is really true! Even if Sun Jian dies, Sun Wu's foundation is still there. The Cao brothers may not have to fear Sun Wu's revenge, but there is only one Liu Bei.
Little Xuzhou will definitely be the first target of Sun Ce's revenge!
When he thought that the shelter he finally obtained might be robbed, Liu Bei immediately panicked and said to Zhuge Liang: "Sir, what should I do? Oh! Please save me, sir!"
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Zhuge Liang quickly comforted him and said: "My lord, don't worry! This matter is not that bad yet! Sun Ce has just taken over Sun Wu's army, and he must not have seen through the mystery so quickly! If this person is really as my lord said, he is a
If you are reckless, then it will be easy! Just wait until the next time you attack Hangu Pass, your lord can let Sun Ce take the lead! As long as they can consume a lot of Sun Wu's strength at Hangu Pass, Sun Wu sent them this time
If most of our soldiers and horses are much damaged at Hangu Pass, they will not be able to cause trouble to our lord for a long time in the future!"
Although Zhuge Liang's strategy was a bit shady, it was undoubtedly a very practical method. Liu Bei's eyes lit up and he kept nodding his head. Guan Yu, who was next to him, also narrowed his eyes and seemed to agree with Zhuge Liang's method, but it was just in the way.
Yu didn't have the face to speak frankly. Zhang Fei, on the other hand, looked unhappy and snorted: "Brother! I want to have a good fight with Luo Zixui! You should wait until Luo Zixui and I decide the winner before we talk about your tricks.
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When Zhang Fei said this, Liu Bei and the others could only smile helplessly. Although Zhang Fei was usually obedient to Liu Bei, if he really got stubborn, even Liu Bei and Guan Yu couldn't persuade him! Liu Bei smiled bitterly.
Then he said: "Third brother! Even if we are willing to follow you, Luo Zihui is now a great general, so how can he easily put himself in danger? If you want to challenge him, I'm afraid it won't work!"
"No problem!" Zhang Fei's face was full of confidence, he patted his chest and shouted: "Then Luo Zihui is not a timid person! Besides, if he doesn't dare to fight, I will hit him directly.
Until then! Beat all his generals, let’s see how long Luo Zihui can hold on!”
Seeing that Zhang Fei was determined to decide the outcome with Luo Yang, Liu Bei shook his head helplessly, and finally said: "Okay! But it doesn't matter if I agree to this matter, everything has to wait for Duke Cao.
Decision! If he directly orders the army to attack the next time he attacks, then there is nothing I can do!"
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On the same day, the morale of the army slightly improved, and Cao Cao ordered to attack again. But this time, Cao Cao no longer had the intention to fight with the Western Qin generals, so he simply ordered the army to directly attack Hangu Pass! Cao Cao gave the order, and Liu Bei
He could only shrug helplessly at Zhang Fei, and as had been agreed in advance, Zhang Fei had no choice but to grit his teeth at Cao Cao's back.
However, Liu Bei did not forget Zhuge Liang's previous instructions. Before the army was dispatched, Liu Bei quickly rode his horse to Cao Cao's side. He raised his hands to Cao Cao and said, "Brother Mengde! Hangu Pass is well defended. Since the defense of Hangu Pass is strong,
It is a forced attack, so our army must go all out! Bo Fu's soldiers and horses are elite troops, why not let Bo Fu take the lead? Moreover, the morale of Sun Wu's army must be greatly increased in order to avenge Brother Wentai.
, as the saying goes, a sad army will win, and with nephew Bo Fu as the vanguard, we will definitely win!"
Sun Ce was beside Cao Cao at this time. When he heard Liu Bei's words, Sun Ce's eyes immediately flashed with a cold light, but it soon disappeared without a trace. Instead, there was a blazing gaze. He took a step forward and faced
Cao Cao cupped his fists and shouted: "Mr. Cao! What Liu Shijun said is absolutely true! I would like to ask Duke Cao for your orders!"
Cao Cao did not reply immediately, but glanced at Liu Bei meaningfully, and then smiled and said to Sun Ce: "Nephew Bofu, don't be anxious! Opportunities for revenge are everywhere, why bother to stick to just one moment?
Where is the Qi? Just relax and wait in the rear. If we capture Hangu Pass, we will hand over Dian Wei to our nephew. If we fail to capture Hangu Pass, then our nephew will attack!
"After that, Cao Cao waved his hand to signal Sun Ce to retreat.
Liu Bei's expression changed, but he immediately understood Cao Cao's intention! Apparently Cao Cao had also seen that he wanted to fight for Sun Ce with the intention of killing someone with a knife. But Cao Cao still rejected his proposal, and it seemed that he wanted to take sides.
On Sun Ce's side! Although Liu Bei didn't want this to be the case, he didn't know how to refute Cao Cao's decision, so he could only stay there and say nothing.
When Cao Cao saw Liu Bei's reaction, the corner of his mouth curled up slightly, but he ignored Liu Bei and turned around to lay out the battle plan. As Liu Bei guessed, Cao Cao had naturally seen through Liu Bei's intentions, but Cao Cao didn't want Sun Ce to let him go.
His strength was wasted at the Hangu Pass. Now that Sun Jian is dead, there is no need to worry about Sun Ce being a reckless man. Then the next person Cao Cao has to deal with is naturally Liu Bei! Previously, Cao Cao deliberately brought Liu Bei into the alliance.
It's just to balance the situation. Now that Sun Wu has lost power, the situation in the alliance is completely unbalanced! Cao Cao intends to support Sun Ce first, and then swallow up Liu Bei's Xuzhou! By then, Cao Cao's power will be south of the Yellow River.
It is not impossible to kill Gongsun Zan in one go and divide the world equally with the Western Qin Dynasty!
At this moment, not far behind Liu Bei and others, Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Bei had not succeeded, and he couldn't help but frowned. When he turned around, he saw the figure of his old classmate Xu Shu in the Wei army formation on the left. Zhuge Liang immediately and
Guan Yu next to him said hello, rode to Xu Shu's side, and whispered to Xu Shu: "Yuan Zhi! It seems that you have already greeted Cao Gong in advance!"
Xu Shu didn't seem surprised by Zhuge Liang's nonsense. Instead, he smiled faintly, turned to look at Zhuge Liang and said, "Kong Ming! You are not a son of man! Sun Jian died not long ago, and his bones are not cold yet!"
Are you thinking about Sun Wu?"
Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly and shook his head. He knew that he couldn't hide it from this old classmate, so he simply didn't hide it and said, "You can't blame me! Sun Ce may not be harmful to Mr. Cao, but to my lord,
That is a sharp ax hanging above his head. If we don't get rid of him, my lord will have trouble sleeping and eating!"
"Haha!" Hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Xu Shu chuckled, pointed at Zhuge Liang and said: "Kong Ming, Kong Ming! Don't try to hide it from me! Is Sun Ce, a mere reckless man, worthy of your guarding against him? I think you are clearly doing your best.
It is true that he wants to help Liu Shijun annex Sun Wu! Don't think about it. How can Liu Shijun swallow such a big piece of fat like Sun Wu? "
Zhuge Liang was not embarrassed at all when his thoughts were revealed by Xu Shu. Instead, he noticed the profound meaning in Xu Shu's words. When he said with bright eyes, "Yuan Zhi! Listening to what you said, it seems that Duke Cao also planned to do it."
Did you get a share of the pie?"
Xu Shu did not deny Zhuge Liang's guess, he just narrowed his eyes, stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "There is no rush now, besides, it is a waste to let Sun Wu's nearly 100,000 troops be consumed at Hangu Pass like this?
Let's discuss it carefully tonight! Don't worry, my lord is not as greedy as Liu Shijun, who wants to take it all by himself!" After Xu Shu finished speaking, he and Zhuge Liang looked at each other and smiled. Although they were classmates, the two of them were still friends.
After all, everyone is their own master now.
At the same time, Sun Ce, who was ordered by Cao Cao to retreat to the rear army, hurriedly found Zhou Yu and told this good brother what had just happened. Finally, his eyes flashed with cold light and he hummed: "Liu Bei, on the surface,
That's an awe-inspiring act of justice, but it's not a good thing in private! What a complete hypocrite! He just made it clear that he wanted to consume our troops!"
Zhou Yu also nodded in agreement, lowered his head and thought for a moment, then asked: "Lord! What do you mean?"
"Okay! Gong Jin! There's no one else here, and you don't want to be the eldest princess! Just call me cousin as before!" Sun Ce immediately waved his hand, and then continued: "Liu Bei
He is uneasy and kind to us, and Cao Cao is definitely not a good bird! Although Cao Cao helped us block an arrow this time, who can guarantee that this is not Cao Cao's trick? So I think we should leave here immediately! "
Sun Ce's first few words made Zhou Yu's face show a hint of warmth, but the current situation did not allow Zhou Yu to think too much. Zhou Yu nodded again and said: "My lord, uh, Bo Fu, what you said makes sense.
! But we can’t leave right now! At least, we have to wait until Cao Cao and the defenders of Hangu Pass get entangled before leaving! Don’t forget, Gongsun Zan still has many white-horse followers! They
Their speed is not something we can match! If we set out now, Gongsun Zan will definitely send Baima Yi to pursue us, and then Cao Cao will also have an excuse to attack our army, which will have the opposite effect!"
"Well!" Sun Ce had great trust in Zhou Yu. After listening to Zhou Yu's analysis, Sun Ce also nodded and said: "Let's do this! Go and inform General Cheng and the others now! Let them be prepared at all times! As long as the opportunity comes,
When they arrive, we will leave here immediately!" As he said that, Sun Ce waved his fist vigorously and asked the Cao soldiers to fight with the Western Qin army here. Dog bites dog, which can be regarded as giving Sun Ce a bad breath!
"Okay!" Zhou Yu was no longer polite, and even nodded, he rode towards Sun Wu's military formation behind him. Sun Ce turned his head and looked in the direction of Hangu Pass. At this moment, Cao Cao had given the order, and the coalition forces began to move towards