Huiji County,

"General, this is a letter from Liangzhou!"

A letter was handed to Xiang Liang, and Xiang Liang hurriedly opened the envelope and began to check it, because he knew that the letter was from Fan Zeng.

Looking at Xiang Liang's brows, he frowned, and after reading it, his brows did not stretch, but his face became very heavy.

"General, what's going on?"

Shi Wansui on the side asked with concern, he was Shi Wansui, a fierce man with a basic force of 103 who was exposed by Liu Wei.

He was also the founding general of the Sui Dynasty, and he was an outstanding figure both in history and in storytelling.

"The military advisor sent a message to ask our army to withdraw from Huiji County." Xiang Liang said heavily.

"General, what are you going to do?" Shi Wansui's face changed and he looked at Xiang Liang.

"Yafu once mentioned this matter to a certain person, and a certain person also thought about it, but a certain refused at the beginning, and he never thought that the military advisor would say the same now."

Xiang Liang said with difficulty,

"Is it a retreat according to the general's intentions?" Shi Wansui asked tentatively.

"Go and fetch Yaf, and we'll talk about it again." Xiang Liang was still hesitant and unsure, so he wanted Zhou Yafu to come over to discuss.

At the beginning, Zhou Yafu proposed to retreat, but Xiang Liang refused, after all, the situation was not so embarrassing and dangerous at that time, and the reasons given by Zhou Yafu were not detailed.

This time the situation was unfavorable, Cao Cao knew that Xiang Yu had gone to Guiyang County, and he had no time to take care of the fact that he seemed to be interested in using troops against Huiji, and Fan Zeng's letter clearly stated the drawbacks, so that Xiang Liang had to hesitate.

What Xiang Liang didn't know was that this decision was the result of a long conversation between Fan Zeng and Fang Xuanling all night, and what Xiang Liang didn't know was that because he was worried that Xiang Liang was unwilling, Fan Zeng had already sent a message to Xiang Yan, and Fang Xuanling had already rushed to the direction of Huiji.

"General Xiang!"

It didn't take long for Shi Wansui to bring Zhou Yafu here, and Ji Bu was also with them.

There are not many generals of the Xiang family, in addition to Xiang Yan, Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu, and Xiang Zhuang, there are only Ji Bu, Zhong Liyi, Zhou Yafu, Wang Qian, Shi Wengong, Shi Wansui, Zhou Panlong, plus the newly invested Lai Hu'er and the two strategists Fan Zeng and Fang Xuanling.

Among them, Xiang Yan, Xiang Yu, Zhong Liyi, Shi Wengong, and Laihu'er are in Guiyang County, Jingzhou. Fan Zeng, Fang Xuanling, Xiang Zhuang, Wang Jian and Zhou Panlong stayed in the Liangzhou area, and Xiang Liang here are Xiang Liang, Ji Bu, Zhou Yafu, and Shi Wansui.

Fortunately, in addition to Xiang Yu, a non-human, what really makes Xiang proud is the iron-blooded army under his command.

Jingzhou now has more than 40,000 troops, Huiji County has 50,000, and Liangzhou has 30,000, but in fact, the strongest combat effectiveness is the army in Liangzhou.

Because that army is a real division of a hundred battles, every soldier has been baptized by one or two battles, and even some have followed Xiang Yan from the beginning, earlier than some of Xiang's generals.

Strong strength, strong will, strong fighting spirit, and strong team, this is also the reason why Xiang was able to win Liangzhou.

"General Zhou, this is a letter from the military advisor, General Zhou, take a look." Xiang Liang handed the letter to Zhou Yafu.

Zhou Yafu took the letter, looked at it carefully, and after a while, he finished reading it, and his face was a little solemn.

"General Xiang, Zhou Yafu thinks that the general should retreat." Zhou Yafu said solemnly.

"You think so too!"

Although he had long known that Zhou Yafu would say this, deep in his heart, Xiang Liang hoped that Zhou Yafu would not say so.

Since the arrival of Xiao Qiao, Zhou Yafu has slowly been valued by Xiang Yu, and later after Xiao Qiao followed Xiang Yu, Zhou Yafu's status has become even higher, and his talent has also been recognized.

Half a year ago, Xiao Qiao gave birth to a boy for Xiang Yu, and Zhou Yafu, who was nominally his uncle, rose instantly, and now he can be on an equal footing with Ji Bu, Zhong Liyi, and Xiang Zhuang.

"For the sake of the army, General Xiang should make a decision as soon as possible." Zhou Yafu said solemnly.

"But I'm a little unwilling!"

Xiang Liang said embarrassedly, how can he be willing, you must know that this Huiji County is the hometown of his Xiang family, since he came to Huiji, Xiang Liang's mood does not know how much better, he is unwilling to leave.

"General Xiang, the battle between Cao Cao and Liu Wei is inevitable, and Cao Cao is slightly inferior to Liu Wei in terms of strength, so in this case, Cao Cao will definitely not allow other forces to interfere with him." Zhou Yafu said with a solemn expression.

"Then when do you think Cao Cao will use troops against us?" Xiang Liang asked, Xiang Liang understood what Zhou Yafu meant, but he was still unwilling.

"It can be as short as a month, as long as three months." Zhou Yafu replied decisively.

"A month!"

Xiang Liang's eyes seemed to be shining, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Wait for half a month, and then make a decision after half a month." Xiang Liang still couldn't let go of Huiji County, and he was still unwilling to leave like this.

"Okay!"

Zhou Yafu was helpless, he knew that he couldn't change Xiang Liang.

……

"Zijing, what did Wang Bodang tell you?"

Looking at the returning Lu Su, Mrs. Sun stepped forward and asked with concern, after these things, Mrs. Sun's estrangement from Lu Su is gone, and she even faintly attaches more importance to Lu Su.

When the adversity sees the truth, it is nothing more than that, Lu Su was able to help the Sun family when the Sun family was in trouble, but his own future and future not only moved Mrs. Sun, but also moved the rest of the Sun family.

"Lord Wang discussed something with so-and-so." Lu Su replied calmly.

Along the way, Lu Su has been thinking about Wang Bodang's words, and it is difficult to choose in his heart, and he seems to have an answer at this time.

"Old lady, Lu Su should not interfere in the next matter, so Lu Su is here to say goodbye to the old lady, and seven days later, Lu Su will come to visit the old lady again."

Lu Su said flatly, what should be said has been said, what should be done has been done, and he Lu Su can't interfere with the next thing, and he can't interfere.

Because if he continued, no matter what the result was, he would offend Sun and Liu Wei again, and he would not please either end, so he decided to choose to withdraw from this dispute.

"Zijing, is this planning to stop helping the old man?" Old Madam Sun was a little unhappy with Lu Su's words and attitude.

"Old lady, Fei Lu Su is reluctant to help the old lady, but it is inconvenient for Lu Su to interfere in the next matter, and if it continues, Lu Su will not be happy with His Majesty." Lu Su explained.

"The old body understands that it is indeed not good for you to continue." After hesitating for a while, Mrs. Sun still agreed with what Lu Su said.

"Thank you for your understanding!" Lu Su was happy in his heart and thanked Mrs. Sun.

"You don't have to thank the old body, it should be the old body and the Sun family who thank you." Old Madam Sun said politely.

……

"Lu Su left, he said that he would come back in seven days." After Lu Su left, Mrs. Sun spoke up at dinner time and started talking.

"How did the old lady Lu Su go?" Someone asked curiously.

He said. The next thing is our family matter, and he is not good at getting involved. Mrs. Sun replied.

"In my opinion, it was what Wang Bodang said just now, Lu Su was timid and didn't dare to participate." Someone said mockingly.

"Bastard!"

Old Madam Sun was immediately furious,

"Presumptuous!"

Immediately afterwards, Sun Ren also angrily scolded the person who spoke.

"If you don't say anything else, let's just say that he is willing to help the Sun family and give advice to my Sun family when my Sun family is in trouble, so we shouldn't be disrespectful to him."

It was Sun Ren who spoke, and like Mrs. Sun, she had no hatred for Lu Su and Sun Ren.

"The next thing is indeed our family matter, because no matter which plan he proposes, it is not appropriate, if you say that you don't agree to ransom people with money, it will make you hold a grudge, if you agree, the huge loss will make the Sun family hurt your bones, and you will also hold a grudge."

"Whether it's for Lu Su or us, his choice is right." Old Madam Sun said in a deep voice.

As the words of Old Madam Sun and Sun Ren fell, no one talked about Lu Su anymore.

"Next, it's time for us to discuss."

……