Guo Xiu sent Guo Li outside the city.

Guo Li frowned and sighed.

Guo Xiu patted Guo Li's arm lightly: "Uncle, you can go with confidence." Stay in Luoyang for a while. Perhaps, I've done my job, and you don't have to come back at all. ”

"Hmph, I'm afraid that you are not his opponent, and you will be busy in vain and bring disaster upon yourself."

"Wealth is in danger." Guo Xiu disagreed: "Unless, you also have a daughter now, who can be sent to Wei Ba's palace." In this way, there is hope for our Guo family, and I don't have to take this risk. ”

Guo Li sighed again. He knew that Guo Xiu was right, the Guo family wanted to be rich, and there was no other way to go. The Guo family is still a little strong in Xiping, but when they arrive in Shandong, they can't talk about it at all, and even the Peng family in Yizhou may not be able to compare, let alone the Xiahou family and the Yang family. It is basically impossible to expect to turn over from an official slave to the queen mother like Empress Dowager Guo. It is said that the Guo family and Wei Ba have no enmity, even if they are not rich and noble, survival is not a problem after all, but in the Xiahou family, this problem is a little troublesome.

Guo Li can't solve this problem, he just wants to run far away now, and it's best to hide back in Xiping, lest Guo Xiu miss and the Guo family will be killed by Wei Ba. As the main envoy, he took the initiative to go to Luoyang to report to his work, and left Guo Xiu, the deputy envoy, out of this idea.

Unless he heard the news of Wei Ba's death, he would not come back.

Guo Xiu understood Guo Li's feelings, and he also knew that Lu Dao couldn't persuade him. Guo Li has some ability, but it is on the battlefield, this kind of power scheme. He can't play, he stays here, and he has a sad face all day long, who knows when he will leak his mouth.

He regretted it a little, and he shouldn't have been excited at that time and revealed this matter to Guo Li. It should be kept from him until the end of the matter.

After sending Guo Li away, Guo Xiu returned to Linzi City, went to the market that sold pen, ink and paper, bought some utensils, and prepared to start painting Wei Ba's family.

……

Wei Ba looked at Fei Yi's outfit for a long journey. smiled helplessly. He took Fei Yi's hand. Walk slowly forward.

"Brother Wen Wei, the matter of Chang'an, I will work hard for you."

Fei Yi bowed slightly: "Thank you for the king's trust, Yi is hopeless." It must be the liver and brain smeared on the ground. Never give up. ”

"Don't die." Wei Ba patted him on the shoulder. sighed: "Remember, no matter what can be done, it can't be done." Don't die. If it can't be done, it's a big deal to change the way and delay a little time. But when a man dies, he cannot be resurrected. ”

Fei Yi laughed, laughed happily and heartily. He shook his head: "There must be many people in Chang'an who thought that the king would raise the butcher knife and kill him with a river of blood, but I didn't expect the king to say such a thing, which is really very speculative." ”

"That's why it's hard to find a confidant." Wei Ba arched his hand: "You go to Chang'an on my behalf, the left hand is war, the right hand is peace, only when there is no hope for peace, can you use the means of war." This important task is none other than Brother Wen Wei. If you can succeed, it will be very good. ”

Fei Yi bowed, turned around and got on the horse, arched his hand to Wei Ba, and kicked the horse's belly lightly. The mount let out a long hiss, spread its hooves, and galloped off into the distance. Dozens of entourages marched towards Wei Ba in unison, urging the horses to travel far away.

Wei Ba looked at the direction where Fei Yi was going, and he didn't move for a long time. Yu Yan walked over and said with a smile: "King, go back." Fei Wenwei is good at dancing with long sleeves, if he can't handle Chang'an, no one can handle Chang'an. ”

"That being said, he's a scholar after all." Wei Ba frowned slightly, and there was still some worry between his eyebrows: "Jiang Wei can send assassins to deal with me, in case the dog jumps off the wall in a hurry, it is not impossible to send someone to pay Wen Wei." ”

"The king has arranged for twenty soldiers to protect him, how can just an assassin get close to him."

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if."

"If the king really wants to ensure that Fei Wenwei is thorough, it is better to launch an offensive as soon as possible. The more aggressive the king's offensive on the battlefield, the safer Fei Wenwei will be in Chang'an. ”

Wei Ba nodded, turned around and got on the war horse, and returned to the city.

……

In the atrium lobby of the Jin Palace, the generals sat in groups, talking and laughing. Wei Ba Jin Jue was the king of Jin, and he killed the messenger who intended to assassinate, got the secret edict, and then took down Ma Zhong, Zhuge Ke, and Zhuge Dan in one breath by thunderbolt means.

At the same time of happiness, there is also a tacit attitude that is slowly infecting everyone. In the past, Wei Ba was the general of the Han Dynasty, some of them were Han generals, and some of them were Wu generals, whether they were under the command of Wei Ba or not, whether they were very close to Wei Ba, after all, they were not Wei Ba's people in name. Now it's different, Wei Ba founded the country and is qualified to establish his own subordinates, and they may become Jin generals and Wei Ba's own generals.

In this way, the relationship between them will be diluted. Everyone is a Jin general, what else to talk about Han, Wei and Wu.

Of course, there will always be regional differences, and small interest groups will never disappear, but with the common banner of Jin, the gap between them will definitely be much smaller.

Now, what everyone is most worried about is who Wei Ba will include in the scope of the Jin State and who will turn them away. This is the concrete embodiment of his status in Wei Ba's mind, and it is likely to be a watershed in his career.

No matter how beautiful it is on the surface, everyone here knows that Wei Ba has reached this point, and there is no other way to choose. It is already an inevitable trend for the world to return to Jin. Today's Jin Kingdom will be the future Jin Dynasty.

Everyone was talking lively, and when they saw Wei Ba walking in the door, they immediately closed their mouths and sat upright on the chair. Cross your hands and rest on your table. Wei Ba was accustomed to using high tables and chairs, and he built an oversized oval conference table, around which the most important generals and subordinates sat instead of taking their own cases as before, so the sitting posture naturally changed, and no one arched his hands in his sleeves anymore, but rested on the table so that everyone could see it.

This also means openness.

Wei Ba walked quickly to his seat. His seat was not much different from the other seats, except for the higher back. He saluted everyone, and they saluted in return. Wei Ba took his seat, and was just about to speak, when Yinfan, who was sitting on his right hand, pushed over a note. Wei Ba glanced at it, nodded slightly, and pushed the note back again.

Immediately the hearts of the people were lifted. Don't look at Wei Ba and Yinbo's small actions, but everyone here knows what Yinbo does. Any one of his actions may set off a bloody storm. Moreover, everyone knows how important the next meeting is, and of course it is impossible for Yinbo to interfere with Wei Ba's train of thought with insignificant news at this time.

It's just that I don't know what the big deal is.

"Everyone, just now, I went to see Fei Wenwei outside the city. He will rush to Chang'an to report what happened a few days ago to the imperial court and seek justice for me. Wei Ba said lightly: "The affairs of the court, he has to worry about it, what we have to worry about is to launch the last blow to the Wei State." ”

The crowd was immediately excited.

Wei Ba signaled, Yu Yan stood up, took a thorn bamboo from Lu Kang's hand, and patted it in the palm of his hand. Yang Hu pulled open a cloth and displayed a huge map in front of everyone.

Yu Yan coughed and began to explain the current strategic situation.

The current situation is clear.

The king of Jin himself personally led a large army, stationed in Linzi, with more than 50,000 foot cavalry and sailors, including 5,000 heavy armored cavalry, which is the strongest one in the Zhulu army.

There are two roads on the left. One is Lu Xun, the general of Zhenbei - he has just miraculously recovered his health and won Zhuge Ke in one fell swoop - is the closest one to Luoyang. At present, he and the Wei general Meng Da are in a joint army, with about 40,000 people, which is second only to the Jin King Wei Ba.

In addition to Lu Xun, Sun Shao took over Ma Zhong's men, and now has a total force of more than 15,000 troops, which are stationed in Pengcheng, ready to advance westward at any time.

In Youzhou, Deng Ai, the general of Zhengxi, and Chen Biao, the general of Laiyuan, were leading 20,000 foot cavalry and 5,000 naval divisions, advancing by land and water, and marching towards Beiping on the right side of Lu. They will encounter Chen Tai, the assassin of Youzhou of Wei, and fight in the area of Youbeiping.

Wei is currently divided into two fronts, the western front is the great general Sima Yi, and the eastern front is the hussar general Xiahou Ba. Wei Ba went on an expedition, and the main opponent was Xiahou Ba, and the other was the Youzhou strongman led by Chen Tai, the assassin of Youzhou. In the absence of Sima Yi for the time being, the main launch of the strategic offensive was divided into two parts.

First, besiege Luoyang and take all the south of the river. The participating troops include the Yingchuan Legion and the Qingxu Legion, with a total of more than 100,000 troops.

Second, seize Youzhou and form an encirclement of Jizhou. The main executive personnel are the Liaodong Army under Deng Ai and Chen Biao, with a total strength of 20,000.

In terms of quantity, of course, it is mainly based on Luoyang, supplemented by Youzhou. However, judging from the overall situation, Youzhou's gains and losses are very important. Considering that Wei Ba may turn against the Guanzhong court at any time, it is difficult to obtain war horses from Liangzhou, and it is difficult to meet the large demand for war horses in Liaodong alone, it is very necessary to take Youzhou, and even infiltrate the grasslands in the north of Youzhou, and include Youzhou in the bag.

After Yu Yan finished explaining, everyone looked different, and they all used their brains, thought carefully, and prepared for a discussion that would be held for a while. What Yu said was only a strategic direction, not the final result. Only after discussing in public, putting forward a few of the most feasible plans, and then submitting them to the military advisory group for careful consideration, will one implementation plan and one or two backup plans be selected, and the entire strategic decision will be finally completed.

In the course of discussions, whether or not opinions can be adopted is an opportunity for each person to display his abilities, and no general who wants to make contributions will not let go of such a good opportunity.

After a cup of tea, Zhao Tong stood up and was the first to speak

(To be continued......)