Early in the morning of the third day, a sudden rain fell.

On the streets, there are fewer passers-by, and so are vehicles.

In front of the Marshal's Mansion, several mén guards stood inside the mén, looking at the rain outside, chatting softly.

At this moment, a carriage came from a distance.

"Someone is here, they all call me jīng shenlai, lose the face of the marshal's mansion, and have to record your skin. The butler came out just in time, just in time to see the carriage, and immediately said to the guards.

Several mén guards hurriedly stood straight, and the carriage stopped in front of mén.

The coachman got out of the car, holding an oil-paper umbrella, and the next person was alone.

"Lord Qin?"

"Steward Li, why are you standing here?", Qin Yi came to the stone steps under the escort of the servant's umbrella, looked at Steward Li standing inside, and asked.

Although Steward Li is a servant, he has been with Zi Dashuai's family for three generations, so he should not be neglected.

Steward Li said with a smile: "There are not many things in the mansion in this weather, come out to breathe, but Lord Qin, this kind of weather, still come out to do errands?", "Exactly!", Qin Yi said: "Please also take me over to ask for a meeting." ”

"This is nature, please come with Xiǎo. After the housekeeper finished speaking, he said to a few mén guards: "You guys, you are here to do things well, if you are lazy again, you will be careful." "Please rest assured, the people of xiǎo will never dare again. The mén guards hurriedly said.

"Lord Qin, please. The housekeeper said to Qin Yi.

Qin Yi nodded, and walked towards the mansion with the housekeeper.

The Marshal's Mansion is no better than the mansion of ordinary officials, and all kinds of pavilions and palaces are needless to say, "Entering from the Grand Mén, a corridor is directly connected to the courtyard at the back, so that when it snows and rains, the owner of the mansion can walk comfortably."

Walking in the corridor, "It was raining outside, but Qin Yi and the housekeeper didn't pay attention to it.

Qin Yi was very impressed by this design, but at this time, he had something in his heart, and he was quickly silent.

Qin Yi asked to see Guo Wentong this time, and at the same time, he also brought the information he got from Shu two days ago.

Naturally, this information is not too direct, and it is impossible for people like Wang Hongyi to be close to them.

It is Qin Yi's responsibility to extract useful content from cumbersome and trivial information and report it to the marshal.

"Dashuai is drinking tea with Mr. Chang in the xiǎohuā hall right now, Lord Qin is here for a while, xiǎo will help you go and talk. The housekeeper took Qin Yi all the way to the outside of the huā hall, and when they were about to reach the place, the two stopped, and the housekeeper explained softly to Qin Yi.

Of course, Qin Yi knew that Chang Huaiyuan and the lord had been in love for many years, and the relationship was not like that of ordinary monarchs and ministers, and when he heard the housekeeper say this, "There is no dissatisfaction at all" with a smile on his face, "Then there is labor." "Well said, well said. The butler said, walking towards the huā hall.

In the Xiǎohuā Hall, Guo Wentong and the strategist Chang Huaiyuan "held a cup in their hands and were elegantly sipping tea." The faint fragrance of tea" is mixed with the incense lit on the side, which makes people mí in it, faintly intoxicated.

There are no servants in the Xiǎohuā hall, and it is just a matter of peacetime, and when Guo Wentong talks to the strategists, most of them will involve some important military matters, and it is inappropriate for the servants to listen to them.

Fresh fruit refreshments are already very well prepared, and there is a shortage to shout outside, and someone will come to add to it.

In the Xiǎohuā hall, the two of them were sipping tea, talking about things, talking about Wang Hongyi.

"Huaiyuan, according to you, this is really the case, what kind of purpose is the court reporting?", Guo Wentong had already told Chang Huaiyuan about the edict of the court angel, and now he was thinking about this matter, so he wanted to ask the opinion of this strategist.

Chang Huaiyuan put down the cup, raised his hand and stroked his beard, and said lightly: "The intention of the imperial court is not difficult to guess. The current imperial court is in name only, Wei Yue established himself as the king of Wu, and his ambitions are so great that the whole world is ordinary people, and he also knows it. ”

In this case, the pressure on Wei Yue can be imagined, if you want to distract the attention of the world and lead the water to the east, this trick is obviously very effective. This is to guess Wei Yue's intentions thoroughly.

"Wang Hongyi really doesn't accept this King of Qin?", Guo Wentong asked, "Isn't Wei Yue unsatisfactory?"

"No, no. Wang Hongyi does not accept this title of King of Qin, and others may not be the same, the title of a righteous prince or even a king is different from self-styled. Chang Huaiyuan sighed and said: "This plan is enough to stir up the troubled waters of the world even more, and when the war breaks out in the world, where will anyone take care of him?" If we don't do it, others may not be impressed, and this life, even if it is self-preservation, it will take a lot of work. ”

"Wei Yue, this person, can use this plan, even if it is not what he thinks, it means that he has great talents under him, and this person is really not to be regarded as ......", hearing this, Guo Wentong said with a deep face.

Chang Huaiyuan smiled and said with some reassurance: "Why should the lord worry? Wu Yue will not be peaceful in the next few years, and the five major feudal towns will jointly attack Wei, even if Wei Yue wins, it will take time to recover his strength." "Now Wei Yue is too busy to take care of himself, and he is separated by a few states, except for borrowing a knife to kill people, and causing trouble to the east, it will have little impact on the lord's Qinchuan?

"What Huaiyuan said is that the form has not yet been known!" Guo Wentong heard this, and immediately turned his worries into joy.

Chang Huaiyuan continued: "The most important thing now is to determine the intention of Wang Hongyi of Shudi, to see whether he will attack the dragon sword and seize Jingzhou again, or whether he intends to get involved in Guanzhong ......", "Well, Huaiyuan's words are very true. Guo Wentong nodded yes.

At this time, outside the xiǎohuā hall, there was a shì from Langsheng to report: "Lord, the housekeeper took Lord Qin to ask for a meeting outside." I really wanted to come to something.

Guo Wentong and Chang Huaiyuan glanced at each other, Guo Wentong raised his voice and said, "Let Qin Yi come in......"

"Yes, Lord. "shì stepped back.

After a while, Qin Yi stepped in from outside.

"Chen Qinyi, I have seen the lord. As soon as he entered, he immediately knelt down and said.

Guo Wentong was anxious to understand the situation, and immediately said: "No courtesy." ”

"Thank you, Lord. Qin Yi respectfully thanked him and stood up.

After Qin Yi straightened up, he saluted Chang Huaiyuan next to him: "Mr. Chang." ”

Chang Huaiyuan smiled and nodded at him.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Guo Wentong sat on the main seat and rushed down to ask.

Qin Yi said informally: "Lord Qiyu, the minister has found out clearly, Wang Hongyi did only accept the map of Guanzhong and refused the title of King Qin, but now the southern suburbs and the two counties of Chengyang have surrendered, and Jinzhu Pass, Jiange, and Yangping Pass have all fallen into the hands of the Duke of Shu. The good news of this investigation was reported to Guo Wen to inform him.

When Qin Yi retreated, Guo Wentong frowned and said, "I really didn't expect that Wang Hongyi refused to be canonized by the imperial court. "This person has always had great ambitions, and he must not want to be bound by the imperial court. Chang Huaiyuan commented.

Guo Wentong just snorted.

In the whole world, what lord of a feudal town has no ambition? If there is a chance, who does not want to sit on the supreme throne?

Although Wang Hongyi rejected the king's name, he left a map of Guanzhong, which made it difficult to speculate. Chang Huaiyuan stroked his beard and continued.

Guo Wentong also thought so, and said: "Wang Hongyi can pacify most of the territory of Shu in a few years, and his skills and strategies are indeed incomprehensible. Ben Shuai suspected that Wang Hongyi's move was a ruse. ”

"Is the lord saying that he will make a big move next?" Chang Huaiyuan nodded, agreeing with Guo Wentong's speculation. "Next, he will definitely capture Hanzhong, after getting the dragon sword, Shu Di is in his hands, what he will do next, it is really impossible to guess. ”

Guo Wentong said: "Refuse the title of King Qin, go to me, and even express to Qin Chuan that he will not touch Guanzhong, so as not to affect the strategy, and he does not want to accept the title, and there is an extra layer of relationship!", Chang Huaiyuan listened to the head.

Guo Wentong continued: "But although he rejected the title of King Qin, he still accepted the map of Guanzhong, whether he had any intentions for Qin Chuan, it is really difficult to see from this matter. ”

"Accepting the map of Guanzhong, it shows that he is interested in Guanzhong, but he really has the intention, with Wang Hongyi's intelligence, how can he show this idea so easily?"

But he expected outsiders to speculate like this, and he did the opposite, and he really planned to take the customs next, which is not impossible. After thinking about it, he found that any move made by Wang Hongyi below made sense.

Guo Wentong sighed and said: "In this way, it is really difficult to guess what he will do next."

Whether to take Jingzhou after capturing Longjian, or to go directly to Qinchuan and take my Hanzhong, people are unexpected, this matter is really helpless. ”

"Dashuai, how do you plan to deal with it next?", Chang Huaiyuan asked.

Guo Wentong was silent for a while, and said: "Although I can't guess Wang Hongyi's practical intentions, but in fact, the choice is still the same, and the commander has made up his mind to immediately raise troops and attack Liangchuan County." "Attacking Liangchuan County?", "Exactly, in order to prevent Wang Hongyi from using tricks to seize Qinchuan from being handsome, Ben Shuai must strike first and take Hanzhong's entry into Qinchuan Pass in his hands. ”

"Even if the other party's goal is Jingzhou, it will be a matter of time before the commander dominates Qin. Speaking of this, Guo Wentong sneered: "Of course, if Wang Hongyi is incompetent and has not captured Hanzhong for a long time, then Ben Shuai will also be able to plan and master this Shuzhong household, after all, Shu is the next target after mastering Qinchuan." ”

"Jinling, once Wei Yue unifies Wu Yue, he will inevitably seize Jingzhou. Jingzhou is not far from here, mastering Hanzhong, you can go down from the top, the commander will pacify Qinchuan, and at that time, it is not known that he may be able to sit on the benefits of the fisherman. ”

"The lord is right, the relationship between Hanzhong is very big, whoever can get Hanzhong, can affect Shudi, Guanzhong, Jingzhou, the only pity is that the southern suburbs and Chengyang two counties surrendered, Jinzhu Pass, Jiange, Yangping Pass all fell into the hands of Shu Guogong, and now the opportunity lies in Wang Hongyi. Chang Huaiyuan said.

"What you said is not wrong, but if this is really the case, Ben Shuai only has the heart to die and concentrate on the unification of Guanzhong. Guo Wentong said, and immediately ordered people to mobilize urgently, raising 30,000 troops, and attacking Liangchuan County. ！。