After the Han and Wu sides reached an agreement again, they each withdrew their armies. Wei Ba readjusted his defenses, Zhao Tong was still stationed in Linyuan, and Jin Dongliu was stationed in Linhui, confronting the Wu army stationed in Linxiang. According to the contract between the two sides, the Shu Han army could use large rivers such as Xiangshui in the territory of the Wu army to transport materials, as long as the Wu side was notified in advance. It is precisely because of this that Xiahou Hui's fleet can go all the way down the river, turn into Dongting Lake, enter Xiangshui, and then go upstream, until Quanling.

At the same time, the rice and various jewels purchased from Jiaozhou also went all the way north, and after arriving in Xiangyang, some of them went up the Han River, entered Xincheng County, and handed them over to Meng Da and Zongzhuo, who were then responsible for transporting them to Guanzhong. Some went north into the territory of Wei, and although the two sides were at war, the trade between them did not stop, especially people with deep backgrounds like Xiahou Xuan were able to benefit from it. Xiahou Xuan has connections at both ends of the trade that are difficult for ordinary people to obtain, and the profits contained in them are even more considerable. It is precisely for this reason that Xiahou Xuan proudly said that he asked for all the dowry gifts of Xiahou Hui.

This is a joke, of course, but the situation is actually more rosy than that.

Wei Ba introduced Xiahou Hui into the city, and when he arrived in the room, after a period of chaos, Xiahou Hui sat down, looked at the four walls, and let out a long breath. "Finally left Chengdu."

"Is Chengdu bad?" Wei Ba smiled: "Mother likes you so much, is there anyone still bullying you?" ”

"There is no one who bullied me, but it is also a torment to not be able to see the person I want to see the most, especially when I think of you and Sister Guan here." Xiahou Hui squinted at Wei Ba. said with a smile: "You have a lot of tricks, but you still have to rely on my head, so that I am laughed at by Sister Guan." How do you think you should compensate me? ”

Wei Ba covered his mouth and snickered proudly. Xiahou Hui pushed him angrily, and said with a red face: "Although it is not my idea for Sister Guan to stay in Chengdu, it is the result I want. I want to make up for more than a year, I don't want to suffer, now about sisters, I don't know which sisters and sisters will come to grab in the future, I want to take advantage of the advantage first. ”

Wei Ba put away his smile. Cough. "How's the situation in Chengdu?"

"It's fine. When the news of Linhe's victory reached Chengdu, many people were moved and were preparing to come to Jingzhou. This time it's not like last time, you have to be prepared. There are so many people who want to get a piece of the pie here. If not handled properly. There is a high probability that it will be self-defeating. ”

Wei Ba nodded. "Are there any useful people among them?"

"Whether there is talent or not, it depends on how you use it. Put him in the right place, and he is talent. Put it in the wrong place, he's a mediocre talent. Xiahou Hui stood up, walked behind Wei Ba, leaned on his shoulder, and said in his ear: "My brother has a unique way of evaluating people, have you ever thought about keeping him." ”

Wei Ba was silent for a moment. "It's not whether I want to stay or not, it's a question of whether he wants to stay. This kind of thing can't come reluctantly, and I can't snatch him like you, if you can't grab someone and can't find your heart, it's useless. ”

"Just ask?" Xiahou Hui asked tentatively.

"If you can convince him, of course that's great. But ......" Wei Ba turned around, pulled Xiahou Hui into his arms, put his arms around her waist, rested his chin on her shoulder, and was a little more worried between his eyebrows. "Now that there are more people and things are more complicated, I really feel a little struggling, and I hope that someone will help me. The people from Chengdu, I can use it, but I can't trust it completely, at least not for the time being, who knows if they really want to take refuge in me, or if they just want to use me to fight against the prime minister, or if they are arranged by the prime minister at all. ”

"Arranged by the prime minister?" Xiahou Hui's eyes tightened. "You've found someone like that?"

"I haven't found it around me yet, but I think it will definitely be, because I know someone else has it around."

"Who's around?"

"Li Yan. I'm eighty percent sure that it's the prime minister's person, but Li Yan himself may not know that he actually arranged that person in such an important position. ”

Xiahou Hui gasped, and said after a while: "The prime minister is really smart, and it is not easy to hide Li Yan. She rolled her eyes, covered her chest lightly, and said happily: "Thanks to my husband's eyes, he has been prepared." ”

Wei Ba smiled, and said in his heart, of course you don't know, if I didn't know Li Yan's ending, I wouldn't be able to pay so much attention, and of course I wouldn't recognize that person at a glance from the clues.

"Well, we'd have to be careful."

"There's no need to be too cautious, my thinking is the opposite of the prime minister. He pursues purity and favors Jingxiang people, while I am eclectic, regardless of their motives, as long as they can adapt to their positions, I can use them. It is imperative to put in place a system so that everyone knows in advance, so that they do not think that I am taking revenge for personal gain. And all this, the prime minister has prepared for me. ”

"What the prime minister can't do himself, can you do?"

"It's hard to say this kind of thing, and if you think about things from different angles, you may get completely different results. The prime minister is a genius, and he always wants to do everything by himself. I know I'm not a genius and don't have that much ability, so I need more people to help me. ”

Xiahou Hui blinked his eyes and suddenly laughed. "You're not like this prime minister, you're more like another prime minister."

Wei Ba smiled: "Really? I don't think so. That prime minister likes to take his wife and raise a son for others, but I can't be so generous. ”

"Phew!" Xiahou Hui took a sip of him, his face was red, and he gently pinched his ear and said, "You want to." He has so many haode, you don't learn, how can you learn badly. ”

Wei Ba hahadaxiao.

……

Zhou Yin and Zhou Yi had a fierce conflict.

Zhou Yin was ordered by Sun Quan to lead 10,000 elites from Luling into the South China Sea, and met Zhou Yi on the way. Zhou Yi was ordered by Lu Xun to prepare to attack Cangwu. Together, there were more than 13,000 people in total. Because there are too many people, in order to ensure privacy. They walked very carefully, and because of this, they were delayed for a long time. When they arrived at Cangwu, they received the news that Lu Xun had been defeated.

Receiving this news, almost everyone was stunned, no matter who it was, they couldn't believe that Lu Xun would be defeated by Wei Ba's hands. In their opinion, Wei Ba can remain undefeated and hold Linhe, which is the greatest success, and it is impossible to defeat Lu Xun. When I first received the news. They all doubt the authenticity of this news. But when more and more barbarians returned with honor. When they became heroes of the tribes, gave the spoils of war to their neighbors, and praised the prestige of the gods everywhere they went, they had to accept the fact that they were heroes.

After accepting the result of Lu Xun's defeat. For what to do next. They had serious disagreements. Zhou Yi thinks. Lu Xun's main force was defeated, and the Wu army was unable to fight again, and it took some time to buffer. Peace between the two sides is more likely. Although the two sides will definitely have another dispute and fight to the death, it is unwise to rashly start a war with Wei Ba before the Wu army is ready. Without stable rear support, with only this more than 10,000 troops, it may be possible to achieve some achievements in Jiaozhou, but if you want to completely defeat Wei Ba, the possibility is very small.

Could this 10,000-strong army still surpass Lu Xun's 30,000-strong army?

Zhou Yin disagreed. He said to Zhou Yi in a sarcastic tone, you like to talk about the people's hearts the most, but in my opinion, Wei Ba's means of winning the hearts of the people are far better than yours. You can see that he has packed up the barbarians in just a few months, and the hearts of the people in Jiaozhou are already clear at a glance. If you give him some more time, will you still be able to recover Jiaozhou? Since it is not as good as him to win the hearts and minds of the people, he should be defeated quickly and driven out of Jiaozhou.

From another point of view, the reason why Wei Ba wanted to compete for Jiaozhou was because he took a fancy to Jiaozhou's rice and wealth. The longer Wei Ba holds Jiaozhou, the more unfavorable it will be for us. Therefore, it is better to destroy Jiaozhou than to wait for the opportunity, and it is more beneficial for Wu to recuperate and recuperate by containing Wei Ba in Jiaozhou. If Wei Ba is allowed to sit big, the gap in strength between the two sides will be even greater, and the situation will be even more unfavorable to us.

The opinions of the two are diametrically opposed, and neither can convince the other. Zhou Yi accused Zhou Yin of being selfish, only caring about his own meritorious service, regardless of the overall situation. Zhou Yin said that Zhou Yi and others only cared about the interests of Jiangdong people and did not care about the life and death of Wu State, which was the real selfishness.

The two sides parted unhappily. Zhou Yi returned to Luling County with his 3,000 men and horses, and at the same time declared that he would write to the king of Wu, condemning Zhou Yin for being stubborn and self-righteous, and reckless in force, and it was possible to lose a base in Nanhai County.

Zhou Yin was very angry about Zhou Yi's approach. He vowed that even if there was no one to support him, he would take Cangwu and recapture Jiaozhou, at least let Wei Ba sleep and eat unpleasantly. He discussed with Sun Jun, and Sun Jun also felt that it was unlikely that he would win, and would only provoke a war again and give Wei Ba a chance to start the war again. He didn't want to act rashly until he got Sun Quan's consent.

Zhou Yin also wanted to argue with reason and persuade Sun Jun to support his actions. Unexpectedly, an order from Wuchang made him completely desperate. Sun Quan issued an edict asking him to hand over the military power to Sun Jun, who guarded Panyu and returned to Wuchang himself. There is no reason for this, and there is not even mention of the news of Lu Xun's defeat, judging from the time when the order was issued, it is likely that this order was issued before Lu Xun's defeat.

Zhou Yin smelled a hint of ominous smell from it, and he had already roughly guessed the reason. He hesitated for a long time, but still accepted the order, handed over the army to Sun Jun, and left the South China Sea with the personal guard battalion and returned to Wuchang. Halfway through, the more Zhou Yin thought about it, the more disappointed he became, and when he arrived at Baqiu, he wrote a letter of resignation, claiming that he was sick and could not lead troops to fight, so he asked Sun Quan to send it to him, and he went straight back to Wu County to prepare to go home for the New Year.

Before receiving Zhou Yin's resignation, Sun Quan had already received Zhou Yi's report, and he was not in a good mood. Seeing Zhou Yin expressing his dissatisfaction in such a fierce way, he was immediately furious. On the grounds that Zhou Yin delayed the fighter plane and caused the disastrous defeat of Linhe, he ordered Zhou Yin to be relieved of his military power, deprived him of most of his troops, moved to Luling, and was not allowed to return to Wu County without an edict.

At the end of the month, Zhou Yin trekked in the mountains for more than half a month, hurried slowly, and finally arrived in Wu County a year ago, but he couldn't see his family, and was stopped by Sun Quan's messenger. The envoy conveyed Sun Quan's order, asking Zhou Yin to set off for Luling immediately and not return home. Zhou Yin can't go home to see his mother, let alone spend the New Year at home before leaving.

Zhou Yin was furious, and in front of the messenger, he scolded without words: "The sage is right, only women and villains are difficult to raise." The king's inheritance will one day be destroyed on the woman's body. ”…… (To be continued......)