Sima Yi is making arrangements in Xuzhou to deal with the rampant situation.

Pang Tong, who had come to Lujiang a long time ago, also got the news from Xinye from Huowu.

Wancheng is not too far from Xinye, and Liu Bei's every move is always under the control of Pang Tong.

Sitting in the study in the backyard of the Wancheng official mansion, after listening to the report of Huo Wu, Pang Tong waved his hand at him.

Fire Dance retreated.

Pang Tong said to Lei Shu and Chen Lan who were sitting in the room: "The two generals have been following me to guard the Lujiang River for some days, and Liu Xuande sent people to Qingzhou to contact Rampant Xi, which must be intended to be unfavorable to Gongzi. ”

"Liu Xuande's thief heart is not dead, as long as he dares to come, we will give him a good look." Lei Shu said: "Please Pang Gong transfer 1,000 troops to me, I am willing to fight as a vanguard." ”

"War is to fight, but a thousand people are not enough." Pang Tong said: "I have sent a messenger to report to Gongzi and ask him to send two generals to help. ”

"Dare to ask which two generals Pang Gong plans to ask Gongzi to send?" Chen Lan asked casually.

"I ask Gongzi to send two generals, Wei Yan and Lu Bu, to come to the rescue." Pang Tong said: "Dispatch two generals over, and Gongzi will definitely send soldiers and horses." When the army comes to Lujiang, we will have the strength to fight Liu Xuande. ”

"When Pang Gong said this, he couldn't help but attach too much importance to Liu Xuande." Lei Shu said unconvinced: "If he is capable, why has he always been chased by people all these years?" ”

"Liu Xuande didn't get Zhuge Kongming at the beginning." Pang Tong said: "I made a military order in front of Gongzi, once Liu Xuande marches into Lujiang, there will be a battle between me and Kong Ming." ”

"Pang Gong is like a god, and Zhuge Liang is just a rural villager." Chen Lan said: "What is his ability to make Pang Gong pay so much attention." ”

"Kong Ming is good at internal affairs." Pang Tong smiled slightly: "If you let him manage the place, he will definitely be able to make the local cuisine very prosperous." But he can march to war, but he is worse. It is precisely because of this that I dare to make a military order in front of Childe. ”

"In that case, does Pang Gong still care what he does?" Lei Shu said: "When he comes, just fight." ”

"Although he is good at internal affairs, and he is not as good as me in marching and fighting, Kong Ming is much better than ordinary people in using troops." Pang Tong said: "You have to be very energetic against him, and if you underestimate the enemy, you are likely to be exploited by him." Although there are a lot of soldiers and horses that can be allocated in Lujiang, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are the fierce generals in the world, if the two generals go to the battlefield, who is sure to kill them? ”

Lei Shu and Chen Lan glanced at each other, and neither of them responded.

They have heard the names of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei before.

The two followed Liu Bei in their early years, although one was born in selling red dates, and the other was a butcher selling pork, but the reputation they left on the battlefield over the years was not small.

Not to mention slashing them, it is not easy to walk dozens of rounds in their hands.

Frustration and killing Haixi County was in an uproar, Xinye Liu Bei planned to send troops, and Rampant Xi was also ready to echo, Shouchun was busy.

In Shouchun City, the generals were busy training their soldiers and horses, preparing for the coming war.

Officials were preparing food and grass and supplies for the war.

Cao Shuo's residence, backyard study.

Sitting in the study, Cao Shuo looked at a book as if nothing happened.

Cao Cao had returned to Xudu, and Cao Pi, who had been left here, came to the door.

He bowed and saluted, and said to the house, "Foolish brother knocks on the eldest brother." ”

"It turned out to be Zihuan." Cao Shuo closed the book and looked up at the door: "Come in and talk." ”

Entering the study, Cao Pi saluted Cao Shuo again, and then his eyes fell on the book he was reading: "I heard that Liu Xuande is trying to send troops, and Rampant Xi is also preparing soldiers and horses to echo him, the generals are preparing soldiers and horses, how can my brother still have the leisure to read?" ”

"Why does your father want you to stay in Shouchun?" With a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth, Cao Shuo asked Cao Pi.

Cao Pi replied: "My father kept me in Shouchun in order to follow my brother to learn the art of conquest and world governance. ”

"Where did the art of conquest and world rule come from?" Cao Shuo asked again.

Cao Pi didn't know how to answer when asked, so he bowed down and said to Cao Shuo: "Foolish brother is stupid, please ask the eldest brother to make it clear." ”

"It's all in the book." Cao Shuo said: "Where there are people, there is conquest, and where there are people, order is needed." In the early days, there were no books, and the methods of conquest and governing the world were all orally told by the predecessors to the descendants, so that they were passed down from generation to generation. But there is a disadvantage to dictation, the same thing will change the taste after different people's understanding. However, in three or five generations, some things have indeed been carried forward and become more meticulous, but more of them have been misinterpreted by later generations and gradually declined and died. So a sage invented the book. Since there was a book, what was recorded was handed over to future generations, and although different people had different understandings, they did not distort the original meaning. I learned my conquest and the art of conquering the world from books. ”

"I understand what my brother said." Cao Pi said: "I just don't understand, the war is just around the corner, how can my brother still have the leisure to read?" ”

"It is precisely because the war is in front of us that we must hurry up and read books." Cao Shuo said: "Although Liu Xuande has been like a lost dog in recent years, he has the appearance of a hero. He must have been fully prepared for this dispatch. Of course, I have to find a way to deal with him. ”

"There's something I don't know whether to say or not." Cao Pi lowered his head and said timidly.

"You and I are brothers, what can't you say?" Cao Shuo's face was full of kindness: "Just say whatever you want, is it possible that I will still blame you?" ”

With Cao Shuo's permission, Cao Pi said: "The things in the book are dead, but the people are alive." I think that my brother should not read books at this time, but should listen to more news from various places, and it is fundamental to deal with it. ”

When Cao Pi said this, Cao Shuo muttered in his heart.

said so many crooked reasoning, in order to mislead Cao Pi.

How could he not know that books are dead and people are alive?

Looking through the books in the study is nothing more than making a show for Cao Pi.

The more he misled Cao Pi, the better his chances of winning in the possible future battles between the Cao brothers.

But Cao Pi was not fooled, but sincerely put forward a suggestion.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, Cao Shuo showed a smile, and asked Cao Pi: "Once the battle is opened, what are you going to do?" ”

"I listen to my brother." Cao Pi said: "Even if my brother wants me to charge into battle, I will not hesitate to do it." ”

From the bottom of his heart, Cao Shuo hated that he couldn't immediately send Cao Pi to the battlefield to die.

Without such an ambitious brother, the Cao family's back house will be much more stable in the future.

But Cao Cao left him in Shouchun, if he really let him die on the battlefield, he would not be able to explain to Cao Cao in the future.

Pinching his chin, Cao Shuo thought for a while and said, "When the war starts, you can follow me." ”