The Shu army won several great victories before and after, and captured many prisoners, and captured more than 8,000 in the defeat of Sima Yi alone. Wei Ba told Lu Xun that there were too many prisoners and the food was consumed too quickly, although there was an element of blackmail, it was not a lie. Those who were slightly injured or not injured at all and did not affect their work were all sent to Fangling to be taken care of by Wei Ba, and those who were seriously injured and became disabled were basically still in Fangling, and it was useless to finish them with their hard work, Wei Ba just wanted to return them to Cao Rui.

These people returned to Cao Rui, Cao Rui's troops will not increase, and there will be more than a few thousand more mouths to eat, and more importantly, these people were more or less shocked by the battle situation that day, and after they returned to Cao Ying, it would have a certain impact on the morale of Cao's army. No matter how bad it is, it can also make those soldiers who have not yet participated in the battle feel the fierceness of the battle.

Wei Ba is not afraid that Cao Rui will not accept these people, he is as smart as Cao Rui, even if he knows that this is a patch of poison, he has to eat it honestly.

After a night of preparation, at dawn the next day, the Wei army had just finished breakfast, and without any preparation, the north gate of Fancheng suddenly opened, and a group of Wei prisoners walked out of the city. Some of them had broken legs, some had broken hands, and almost all of them were wrapped in bandages, some were on crutches, some were holding each other, and even more seriously, they were simply carried on stretchers. None of them were armoured, none of them were armed, and almost everyone was emaciated, but they were in good spirits.

These people slowly walked out of the city gate, walked across the pontoon bridge, and slowly came to the camp of the Wei army. They are all disabled people and do not walk very fast. Therefore, the Wei army had enough time to reach the ears of the former army commander Sima Yi.

Sima Yi was having breakfast. He was preoccupied and ate slowly. Last night, Cao Rui vetoed his plan and insisted on attacking Fancheng first, and he was a little frustrated. What frustrated him was not that Cao Rui did not adopt his strategy, but that Cao Rui reassured him.

Peace of mind is not because of trust, but because it is harmless. He has suffered several major defeats in succession, and he has already confirmed the evaluation of not knowing the soldiers, and he has no military exploits, so he naturally cannot further grasp the military power. The danger to the imperial power has diminished. So the emperor was very relieved about him.

If it was before, Sima Yi would be very pleased with this and be willing to do it, because it would be more conducive to him to protect himself. But that's no longer the case. The emperor did not think that he would fight. I won't give him the power of the army anymore. Others will be chosen. Let him continue to attack Fancheng. It's just that he can only do something like this, and the more difficult tasks have to be handed over to others.

This is not good news. Retreat is the strategy, if you really exit. And he passively withdrew from the military circles, which was very detrimental to his career. Therefore, not only Sima Yi was a little uneasy, but even Sima Shi was worried. Without military power, how can we guarantee that Sima in Hanoi can still go smoothly?

Just when their father and son were relatively speechless, a report came from outside, and a group of prisoners were released in Fancheng.

When Sima Shi heard this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud angrily: "This shaft is really insidious enough, what use can it be to put these captives back except for wasting food and dampening morale?" ”

Sima Yi gave him a blank look: "What benefits do you expect Wei Ba to give you?" ”

The corners of Sima Shi's eyes twitched involuntarily, and he closed his mouth tightly.

Sima Yi put down the bamboo chopstick, stroked his beard and thought for a while: "That's fine, the smarter Wei Ba behaves, the better it will be for us." Ziyuan, report to Bixia immediately, please Bixia decide. ”

"Whoa." Sima Shi understood and immediately rushed to the Chinese army. Sima Yi sent people to stop the captives outside the camp and wait for the will of Emperor Bixia. The captives quietly stopped in front of the camp, and Wei Guang, who served as the messenger, stood at the front leisurely, looking at Sima Yi's camp with interest, and talking with the soldiers around him from time to time, pointing and pointing, saying that he was very happy.

Cao Rui listened to Sima Shi's report, raised his eyebrows, and then laughed disdainfully, he pondered for a moment: "Send the captured soldiers to the baggage camp, an independent battalion, so that they can be treated, and don't let them come into contact with outsiders." Uncle Huang, I bother you to take a trip and let the envoy of the Shu army come to see me. ”

The single father on the side, Cao Yu, was stunned for a moment. He didn't know what Cao Rui's intention was in doing this, he was the king of the Great Wei Kingdom, and it was a bit too much to pick up an envoy from the Shu Kingdom, right? If he was very confident in Cao Rui's scheming, he would have responded immediately. Sima Shi was also a little strange, but he didn't say anything, turned around and led Cao Yu out of the big tent.

Cao Yu rushed to the front camp, conveyed Cao Rui's will, arranged for someone to lead the captives to the baggage camp, and then walked quickly in front of Wei Xing and coughed. Sima Shi immediately stepped forward to introduce, this is our single father king of Great Wei, leading you to see Emperor Bixia.

Wei Xing had been following Wei Ba for a long time, and he was a little confused, but when he heard that the young man in front of him was a single father, he instinctively lowered his posture and saluted respectfully: "I have seen Your Highness." ”

Cao Yu looked at Wei Xing, and couldn't help but be a little curious. Wei Xing's face was very tender, and he looked less than twenty years old, but Wei Ba arranged for him to take on such an important negotiation task, I don't know if he was really capable or Wei Ba was nepotistic.

"Who are you?"

"Below, the personal guard of the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty who joined the army and Wei Ba." Although Wei Xing was nervous, he still smiled calmly: "I am specially ordered by General Meng and the young master of my family to return the captured soldiers of your army, so that they can return to their hometowns and reunite with their families, with the intention of filial piety." ”

Cao Yu's cheeks twitched, what does Quan Renxiao mean? It's really high-sounding. It seems that this kid is indeed a bit eloquent, and he can tell such a dirty thing without leaking, so that people can find out what is wrong. Cao Yu was not in the mood to talk too much with Wei Xing, so he turned around and led Wei Xing back to Cao Rui's Chinese army tent.

Seeing that the prince was already a little nervous, and seeing the emperor of Wei, Bixia, Wei Xing was even more nervous and his legs almost cramped. He grew so big that he hadn't even seen Bixia, the emperor of Shu, and he didn't want to fight with Wei Ba, but he actually saw Bixia, the emperor of Wei, first. Excitement and nervousness were intertwined, and he no longer had the calmness he had before, so he naturally reined in and honestly stepped forward to salute.

Seeing Wei Xing so embarrassed, Cao Rui was not too surprised, on the contrary, he seemed very kind.

"Get up and speak."

"Xie Bixia." Wei Xing stood up and stood cautiously aside.

Cao Rui played with the jade Ruyi in his hand and said slowly: "Returning the captives, is it your young master's idea?" ”

Wei Xing nodded: "Yes." ”

"Why? He didn't just think about Jeon In-hyo. ”

In front of Cao Rui, Wei Xing didn't dare to play tricks anymore, and said very truthfully: "The young master of my family has two meanings for this move. First, these people are all disabled and can't do anything, so instead of staying in the city and wasting food, it is better to return them to Bixia. ”

Cao Rui nodded: "You are also real." ”

"It's not me who is, it's the young master of my family." At the mention of Wei Ba, Wei Xing suddenly relaxed and even laughed. "That's what the young master of my family said."

Cao Rui was a little surprised: "Then what else does it mean?" ”

"My young master is courting Bixia."

"Gestures?" Cao Rui's eyes tightened, and then he laughed again: "You and I are hostile, why does he want to show favor to me?" ”

"Because it was not our army's original intention to attack Fancheng, it was just to buy time for the Wu people to take Xiangyang." Wei Xing licked his lips and said seriously: "With the strength of our army, we can't hold Fancheng at all, and our army is just forced to accept the conditions of the Wu people because of the situation." The lesser of two evils, since it is inevitable to be the enemy of Wei, then attacking Fancheng and winning over Wu is a last resort. Bixia Shengming must be able to understand the difficulties of our army. ”

Cao Rui snorted coldly and shouted: "You first defrauded Guanzhong, and then attacked Xiangyang, but now you are telling me that you have no choice?" Do you think I can't see that you're delaying the war? ”

Wei Xing was silent for a moment, then bowed down and bowed again: "If Bixia sees it like this, then we have no choice but to fight with Bixia to the end." ”

Cao Rui was stunned. Wei Ba sent someone to see him, naturally it would not be as simple as sending prisoners, there must be other meanings, the reason why he was so loud was just to give this young man a dismount, and then he could bargain. Unexpectedly, just after the beginning, this young man actually gave up the negotiation and simply said that he would fight to the end.

Is this the attitude that negotiations should have? Cao Rui couldn't cry or laugh, and he didn't know how to pick it up for a while.

The scene in front of him looked a little weird, it seemed that Wei Xing was shocked by Cao Rui's anger, but in fact, Cao Rui was interrupted by Wei Xing's confession, and he couldn't change his mouth for a while, so he could only stare at Wei Xing in embarrassment.

Fortunately, there is Cao Yu next to him. Seeing Cao Rui open his mouth, Cao Yu hurriedly said: "Since you know that being the enemy of my Great Wei is hitting a stone with an egg, why don't you abandon the darkness and turn the war into a jade silk?" ”

Wei Xing laughed: "If Bixia is willing to withdraw his troops, of course it would be better." ”

"Withdrawing troops?" Cao Rui's mood was just a little better, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but laugh again. "Don't you think that's ridiculous?"

Even Cao Yu couldn't help but scold: "Nonsense, our army has come thousands of miles, how can we retreat because of your words and give up Xiangyang Fancheng?" ”

Wei Xing shook his head: "Bixia misunderstood. The young master of my family doesn't want you to give up Xiangyang and Fancheng. Xiangfan is the gateway to the Central Plains, and no one will give up if it is changed. The young master of my family just hopes that you don't pay attention to Fancheng. ”

Cao Rui and Cao Yu glanced at each other and immediately smelled the meaning. They pondered for a moment, and Cao Yu took the lead in speaking: "Weishenme said that? ”

Wei Xingwan smiled: "Because Fancheng is small, it is not easy to conquer, and it will not be a problem for our army to defend it for ten days." And Sun Quan, the king of Wu, led an army of 30,000 and was on his way to Xiangyang, and according to the schedule, there were about five to six days before he could reach Xiangyang. Once he arrives in Xiangyang, the 80,000 Wu army will be united, and you will only have to face each other across the water, and there will be no chance. Xiangyang will inevitably fall into the hands of Wu Jun. If Xiangyang is lost, what is the point of you taking Fancheng? ”

"What does your young master mean?"

Wei Xing was silent for a moment, slowly raised his head, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "The Wu army is long in the water division, but the Wei country is in the lead with iron horses. Doesn't Bixia think that using the Iron Cavalry to siege the city is an unreasonable waste? (To be continued......)