Plan to cut off the nine states

Ma Wei sent someone to deliver a letter back, confirming Tan Wuwei's speculation and King Wu's worries: there were indeed more enemy troops coming from the north, and more than one.

The Jin army was just observing the situation. Once the Wu and Liang armies showed weakness, King Jin would definitely join in order to get a piece of the pie.

The two kings that Xu Chu had let go had all returned, causing him great trouble and threats.

Tan Wuwei was called again and stood by the King of Wu, listening to him and the generals discussing matters. He remained silent. When the generals left and the two were "chatting", Tan Wuwei smiled and said, "I know what the King of Wu is up to."

"What's your intention?"

"You want to arouse my interest and give you advice. But I won't, because the King of Jin is still here, and he has more soldiers and more generals, and his strength has doubled compared to before."

Xu Chu also smiled and said, "The so-called military strength is always more in vain than in reality, not to mention that the King of Jin brought in the cavalry of He Rong's army, which is unwise."

Knowing that the King of Wu was quoting him, Tan Wuwei couldn't help but say, "Speaking of 'unwise' - the King of Wu is regretting it now, right?"

"Why do I regret it?"

"First it was the King of Ning, you let him go, he turned around and came back to burn your soldiers, now it's the King of Jin - —King Jin relied on his own ability to return to Bingzhou, but King Wu did a little bit of work—King Wu wanted King Jin to stop He Rong's army, but King Jin borrowed troops from He Rong's army to go south. Haha, what a great move. "

Xu Chu thought about it and shook his head and said, "I don't regret it. Although King Jin was unwise, he didn't let He Rong's army cause trouble to Jiuzhou. That's enough. It's normal for the Central Plains and the North to fight and unite. With King Jin's ambition, although he borrowed troops from He Rong's army, he would never stay under him for a long time, let alone hand over the land of Bingzhou. "

"Let me be frank. What if King Wu was captured by King Jin?"

"I only regret that I didn't plan this battle well. I was defeated and captured, and I also implicated hundreds of thousands of soldiers. I don't regret letting King Jin go. "

"King Wu is talking big. "Tan Wuwei didn't believe it.

Xu Chu leaned forward slightly and smiled, "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. I have already defended the Eastern Capital. As long as I defeat the enemies again, who cares who I let go and who I left behind?"

"The situation is clear. In addition to the west, the Eastern Capital is attacked from three sides. The strength of each side cannot be underestimated. It is difficult for the King of Wu to defeat one side, let alone at least three, or even four or five? I see that the King of Wu's deployment is not good enough, and the chances of winning are really low."

"General Tan has any better ideas?"

Tan Wuwei shook his head, "This is the so-called general trend. I don't have any better ideas, unless the King of Wu really has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and generals, maybe There is a battle. "

Xu Chu knew that Tan Wuwei was unwilling to say it, so he said: "General Tan only saw my open arrangements, but he didn't know my secret means. "

"The King of Wu relies too much on strategies, and it can't last long. "

"All is fair in war, and war is the way of deception. These are what General Tan said. "

"I am a general, and I can use all kinds of tricks. You are the King of Wu, and you should win the hearts of the people of the world with the right way. One is strange and the other is right, and they complement each other. Now it's good. The King of Wu has a lot of tricks, but the general who led the troops is an honest man. Haha, he doesn't cheat when he should cheat, and he doesn't do what he should do..."

Tan Wuwei shook his head.

"Who made me unable to find a suitable general?" Xu Chu sighed lightly.

Tan Wuwei still shook his head, and after a while he said: "I don't ask about the secret means, I only ask about the general plan. How will the King of Wu deal with the enemy?"

"Generally speaking, it's simple. The enemy's strengths are also their weaknesses. They besieged the Eastern Capital and claimed to be united. They can't help but be suspicious of each other. They must wait and see each other, hoping that the other side will send troops first, such as the King of Jin."

"Hey." Tan Wuwei refused to answer this sentence.

"My response strategy is to eliminate their strengths and show their weaknesses." Xu Chu nodded, looking confident.

Tan Wuwei waited for a while and couldn't help asking, "What are the details?"

"In my mind. As General Tan said, the general trend is like this, and it cannot be countered by simple strategies. There is only one way to defeat the enemy. I can think of it, and General Tan can think of it even more. We just need to keep it a secret."

Tan Wuwei couldn't stand "sending counselors to sow discord and assassinating the commander. These two things are not strategies I can think of. All is fair in war, only in the army, not outside the army."

"Haha, I sent counselors, but not assassins. And that's just a small trick to assist the general. Memorizing a brief is not the basis of a general plan. "

Tan Wuwei looked at the King of Wu, "I don't believe it."

"Believe it or not, it's up to you. After I win, General Tan can tell the king that you and I have the same idea."

Tan Wuwei knew that the King of Wu was trying to provoke him, so he endured it again and again, and said, "Let's each write down the general idea on paper and see if it is the same. If it is the same, I apologize to the King of Wu. If it is different, hum..."

"Then I apologize to General Tan for my shameless words."

There were pens and paper in the meeting room. Xu Chu spread the paper and Tan Wuwei ground the ink. The two were about to start.

There were more than a dozen guards in the room. They were curious at this time. They didn't care about the general idea. They just wanted to see who apologized. Although the stakes were not big, it was interesting.

Tang Weitian stood beside the King of Wu, lowered his head and watched him write very seriously. After a while, he murmured, "It would be great if I could read."

Xu Chu finished writing quickly and put the pen back on the shelf. Tan Wuwei looked up at him, wrote a few more lines quickly, and put down his pen to admire for a moment, "Okay, now exchange?"

Xu Chu nodded, and Tan Wuwei handed over his own paper. He took the King of Wu's paper from Tang Weitian, took a look at it and laughed, "Sir, don't joke, why don't you apologize quickly, King of Wu?"

The guards were disappointed, and Tang Weitian said in surprise, "Is this the winner?"

Tan Wuyi's paper was placed in front of him. Xu Chu didn't even lower his head to look at it and said with a smile: "General Tan, please look at it again."

Tan Wuwei read it quickly, "It's just a few words. Our strategies are different. King Wu's strategy is considered to be average. How can it be compared to my superior strategy? King Wu still has to apologize."

"General Tan, please take a closer look." Xu Chu still did not apologize.

Tan Wuwei turned over the paper and wondered, "What's there to take a closer look at? King Wu, let's take a look at mine first."

"They're almost the same, there's no need to look at them."

Tan Wuwei was really irritated. He held up the paper written by King Wu and said loudly: "Please bear witness: King Wu's plan is to attack the east and attack the west. No, the plan is to attack the north and attack the south. He first sends troops to Mengjin with a big fanfare, and then secretly turns around and goes south. Defeating the Jingzhou army and emboldening the enemies in the north was a mid-range plan, but it underestimated the Jingzhou army. Xi Yun was not under the command of the general and had not conquered the capital or captured the emperor, but he still acted on his own and was invincible. Deceived by his performance in Dongdu, Xi Yun thought that the Jingzhou army, like the Jizhou army, was only good at weapons and made a big mistake. Even if Xi Yun was not as good as the general, he was far superior to Wang Tiemei. He fled Dongdu because he did not want to do anything. Serving the imperial court..."

Tang Weitian stood on the side of the King of Wu and interjected: "General Tan, what about your own strategy? You are comparing yourself with each other. If you only talk about the King of Wu and not yourself, who knows the result?"

Tan Wuwei nodded, "My strategy is the best one. There is no need to use tricks like attacking from the north to the south. Attack the Jingzhou army with all their strength. Take advantage of their unstable foothold and eliminate them in one battle. No matter what the cost, it is worth it." ”

Tang Weitian glanced at King Wu, then at the other guards in the hall, and finally looked at Tan Wuwei: "General Tan, are you kidding me?"

"How is this a joke?"

"However, your plan is obviously the same as King Wu's, you just saved one step, so it's your turn to apologize."

Tan Wuwei shook his head, "One step makes a big difference. King Wu's plan to attack the south from the north can be used on mediocre generals. Xi Yun will be able to see through it, which will increase his confidence and stick to it with all his strength. Once King Wu is tired and unable, It will lead to all the armies advancing together, and the Eastern Capital will be lost in just a few days. My strategy is to identify the weaknesses of the armies and make sure that they dare not join the battle and will just wait and see from a distance, so I will attack with all my strength. Jingzhou Army."

"I still think it's about the same." Tang Weitian said.

Tan Wuwei waved his hand, "Shu Zi is not enough, King Wu, tell me, do we have the same strategy?"

"General Tan, what are we writing down?"

"A plan to defeat the enemy?"

"No, it's a 'rough strategy' to defeat the enemy. The so-called broad strategy, regardless of the details, is to defeat the Jingzhou army first and frighten the enemy forces on all sides. As for how to defeat the enemy, you and I have different opinions, but these are the details. , not simple.”

Tan Wuwei was stunned for a while, "King Wu is picking on words. Anyone can think of defeating the Jingzhou army first. The key lies in the details. Your details are complicated but ineffective. My details..."

Tan Wuwei shut up. By saying this, he was admitting that what was written on the paper was not rough.

"General Tan and I are roughly the same but different. No one needs to apologize." Xu Chu said with a smile.

Tan Wuwei also laughed a few times, "The King of Wu tricked me into writing out a plan to defeat the enemy, but I didn't write it all out. It would be easy to say that I would use all my troops to defeat the Jingzhou Army, but it would be even harder to do." King Wu's army comes from different sources and has many factions. It is more difficult to use troops than the regular army. I didn't write about the relationship. But King Wu, you wrote "join with reinforcements", where did the reinforcements come from?

Xu Chu smiled and said, "I didn't write it either."

Tan Wuwei stood holding his sword, raised his head and said nothing, quarreling with each other. He felt ashamed, but he was not convinced.

Another messenger arrived from outside. After Xu Chu summoned him, he also called several generals to discuss the plan to use Luozhou soldiers. It ended an hour later.

Xu Chu was writing documents at his desk, as if he had completely forgotten what happened just now.

Tan Wuwei did not forget it. He paced back and forth in front of King Wu and finally said: "We each told the details that we didn't write down. What does King Wu think?"

Xu Chu put down his pen and said, "Okay, who comes first?"

"King Wu please come first."

Xu Chu signaled the guards to step back, and Tang Weitian said: "But I want to hear the result."

"You will see it later." Xu Chu said. Tang Weitian had no choice but to follow the guards out of the meeting hall.

"I sent envoys to the Qin and Han states to invite the newly-rising armies of the world there to serve as reinforcements." Xu Chu revealed the hidden part.

"First, can King Wu really invite him? Second, can they arrive in time?"

"It's just a plan on paper anyway. I'll try to think of the best." Xu Chu said with a smile.

Tan Wuwei shook his head, knowing that he had been fooled again. King Wu's hidden plan turned out to be insignificant, but he was a man of his word. He said: "King Wu should reject everyone because my words should not be heard by outsiders. If King Wu wants to defeat the Jingzhou army, , you must be willing to spend a lot of money.”

"How old?"

"According to my estimation, they are at least half of the subordinates of the general who came to the world."

Almost everyone wants to take advantage of Xue Jinyao and the World Army, even Xu Chu, but it is becoming increasingly difficult for him to feel at ease.

"General Jishi has a battle with the Jingzhou Army today."

"The general who comes to this world will be defeated." Tan Wuwei concluded without thinking.