"Mister Shui Jing's disciple?"
Liu Qi's eyes lit up.
Mister Shui Jing, Sima Hui, was a famous person in Jing State. His Shui Jing Academy had gathered many young talents in Jing State.
Liu Qi had visited Sima Hui several times to ask for his advice, and he had taken the opportunity to befriend many Jing Xiang scholars, including Sima Hui's most proud disciple.
"Mister Shui Jing called his disciple the Crouching Dragon. He has the talent to govern the world. I'm going to guard Xinye and I can ask him for some advice…"
Liu Qi thought of something and whipped his horse back to camp.
Inside the tent.
A white-robed Confucian scholar with a feathered fan and a scarf had been waiting for a long time.
"Liang greets Eldest Young Master."
When Zhuge Liang saw Liu Qi enter, he cupped his hands and greeted him with a feather fan in his hand.
"Brother Kong Ming is too polite."
Liu Qi quickly helped Zhuge Liang up and asked with a smile,
"Brother Kong Ming, why are you here?”
" I was about to cross the river from Fancheng to Xiangyang to pay a visit to Pang Shiyuan," Zhuge Liang said lightly." I happened to hear that the Eldest Young Master is leading his troops across the river, so I came to pay a visit."”
Liu Qi invited Zhuge Liang to the seat of honor and ordered his guards to serve tea.
"A few days ago, I heard that General Cai had just led an army across the Han River and brought along thirty thousand soldiers.”
"It's only been a few days, and the Eldest Young Master has brought the army north again. Could it be that the war in Wan City is getting intense and he wants to reinforce General Cai?”
Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan and asked curiously.
He clearly didn't know that Cai Mao and the 30,000 strong army had already been annihilated.
Liu Qi sighed.
"Cai Mao was heavily injured by Cao Shuo at the Bowang Slope. His 30,000 strong army was wiped out, and he himself was captured by Cao Shuo and sentenced to death.”
"I'm going to guard Xinye City to prevent Cao Shuo from taking advantage of the situation to go south and attack the Han River, which will endanger Xiangyang.”
The feather fan in Zhuge Liang's hand suddenly stopped moving. A look of surprise flashed across his curious eyes.
"I only heard that Cao Cao's second son relied on his peerless martial arts skills to kill Zhang Xiu unexpectedly, which was why he faked the capture of Wan City.”
"Although Cai Mao isn't a famous general, he's experienced on the battlefield. How could he be defeated by Cao Shuo?”
Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan again, his eyes flashing with doubt.
"That Cao Shuo, not only is his martial arts peerless, but his strategic talent is probably even above his father Cao Cao!”
Liu Qi silently recounted the battle at Bowang Slope, where Cao Shuo saw through Jia Xu's plan and wiped out the thirty thousand Jingzhou soldiers.
Zhuge Liang's eyebrows became deeper and deeper, and a barely noticeable disgust gradually appeared between his brows.
"Thief Cao is cruel and cruel. He has suffered retribution from the heavens and is dead.”
"I didn't expect that he would leave behind such a cunning son who would continue to mess up the court and harm the people!”
Zhuge Liang gripped his feather fan tightly, his tone filled with greed and hatred.
Liu Qi suddenly stood up with a solemn expression. He cupped his hands towards Zhuge Liang and said,
"Back then, Cao Cao massacred Xu Prefecture and forced Brother Kong Ming's entire family to move to our Jing Prefecture to seek refuge.”
"Although Cao Cao is dead, his son is equally cruel and wants to massacre our Jing state.”
"Brother Kongming has the hearts of the common people. How can you sit idly by and watch the people of Jingzhou suffer such a calamity?”
"Brother Kong Ming, please enlighten me so that I can defend Xinye and defeat Cao Shuo!”
Zhuge Liang stood up slowly, waving his feather fan as he paced around the tent.
After a moment of silence, he turned around, his eyes filled with the confidence of having everything under control.
"Eldest Young Master, don't worry. I will not let the Jing State be massacred by Cao Cao again.”
"I have a plan. Not only can it help the Eldest Young Master defend Xinye, but if we are lucky, we can also wipe out the Cao army that invaded the south and kill Cao Shuo!”
Hearing this, Liu Qi was overjoyed and asked Zhuge Liang what he had in mind.
Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan and calmly explained his plan.
"This is truly a brilliant plan. Brother Kong Ming is indeed a Crouching Dragon!”
Liu Qi was delighted and praised. Suddenly, he changed the topic.
"However, this plan is too vicious. It's inevitable that the Xinye people will be sacrificed.”
He hesitated.
"Liang is only a person who offered a plan. Whether or not to use this plan is still up to Eldest Young Master to decide.”
"Eldest Young Master, please consider carefully whether you want to sacrifice a city's citizens to save a state's citizens.”
Zhuge Liang's tone was indifferent, as if he was not involved in this matter.
" Sacrificing a city's citizens to save a state's citizens…"
Liu Qi muttered to himself as he weighed the pros and cons.
After a long time, he gritted his teeth and his eyes became stern.
…
Long Sight City.
The 20,000 Cao troops had finished resting and were ready to go.
"Sikong, we've already heavily injured Liu Biao. The threat of Wan City has been temporarily removed.”
"Jia thought, why not stop while you're ahead and return to Xudu to avoid any more trouble.”
"After all, Yuan Shao is still eyeing us covetously.”
Guo Jiajin said in the hall of the county government.
All the generals joined forces and advocated returning to the North.
"Do you think I took down Xinye just to hurt Liu Biao?”
"You're wrong. I'm just preparing to conquer the south after I pacify the north!”
Cao Shuo jumped up and pointed at the map.
"Xinye faces the Han River in the south. We can only recruit Jing Prefecture people and train the navy if we conquer this place.”
"In the future, when I pacify the north and lead the army south, the navy will have already been trained and will be able to fight.”
"At that time, we will be able to advance by land and water. We will first take Jingzhou and then attack Yangzhou.”
"If we don't train the navy first, even if we have millions of soldiers, what's the use of them on the Han River and the Yangtze River? How can we conquer half of Jiangnan and unify the world?”
Cao Shuo's questions shocked all the generals and strategists present. They were speechless.
Only then did everyone understand the true motive of their young lord's insistence on attacking Xinye.
"We are still planning to fight with Yuan Shao for the north. He is already preparing to pacify the south and unify the world.”
"With such a situation, not to mention me, even Cao Gong would probably sigh that he is inferior!”
Guo Jia clicked his tongue in admiration, and his eyes were filled with more trust.
Everyone in the Cao Camp was convinced by Cao Shuo's foresight and naturally no one opposed going south to Xinye.
Cao Shuo saw that he had subdued everyone and was about to give the order to break camp and head south.
At this moment, the scout hurried in.
"Sikong, there is an urgent report from the south. Liu Biao has sent his son Liu Qi, General Wen Pin, to lead ten thousand elite soldiers into Xinye!”
As soon as he finished speaking.
In his mind, the system notification sounded.
"Ding! Host, please use the skill of severe punishment on Liu Qi to obtain Tyrant points!”
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