Uncle Emperor, I am really not Wolong Zhuge!

Chapter 43: On the Military Advisors of the World

"Military advisor, you don't know Cao Cao. I have been dealing with him for a long time. This man is very cunning..."

Liu Bei thought of Cao Cao with lingering fear, and his brain ached for this terrible man who treated him.

"I heard that in the past, Cao Cao talked about heroes over wine and had the highest praise for my lord. How come my lord is so afraid of Cao Cao today?"

Zhuge Ming saw Liu Bei's bloodless look, smiled softly, fiddled with the folding fan in his hand, and asked intentionally or unintentionally.

"This... stupid person, how dare he become a hero in the world? It's just Cao A's lies."

Liu Bei was extremely embarrassed. As the commander-in-chief of one party, he was so impetuous and timid. It was a huge loss of status.

"Bring the wine, and I will have a drink and a chat with the Lord!"

Zhuge Ming seemed not to take Xiahou Yuan's ten thousand tigers and leopards seriously at all, and his demeanor was even more casual than before.

"My lord..."

Mi Zhu looked panicked. She had been shocked by the news of Cao Cao going south. Seeing Zhuge's military advisor being so calm, she became more and more suspicious. She wondered what kind of drama the military advisor was acting?
"Buy the wine! Be sure to have plenty!"

Liu Bei reflected on himself and felt that he had been too calm and not calm enough. At this time, seeing that Military Advisor Zhuge was not panicking at all, he felt a little more confident. He waved his hand and ordered to prepare immediately.

Xinye's wine and meat had been prepared long ago, and the heavy snowfall seemed to provide a natural large refrigerator to keep all the things for use cold.

Mi Zhu went down, and not long after, he took a dozen sergeants and set up a tent and a square table on the top of the city in Xinye.

Other wine, meat, fruits, and various dishes were piled on the table.

A stove was raised next to it, and a large vessel was placed for cooking wine and food.

Mi Zhu ordered the sergeants to retreat and stood at the table in person, adding wine and dishes to serve Liu Bei and Zhuge's military advisor.

"My lord, in your opinion, how are the counselors in Cao Cao's camp?"

Zhuge Ming clinked his glasses gently, drank a bowl with Liu Bei, and spoke.

"Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Man Chong, and Xun You are all geniuses in the world, but in terms of intelligence, Guo Jia is undoubtedly the most talented. After Guo Jia, Xun Yu came second."

Liu Bei sighed: "Thankfully Guo Jia died early, otherwise I..."

In his words, the fear of Cao Cao rose again.

"Not long ago, I had Xu Shu, who could stop him, so I was not afraid. Unfortunately, later, Xu Shu was designed by Cheng Yu to earn money from Xuchang, so I..."

Liu Bei was timid and hesitant to speak.

"Xu Shu?"

Zhuge Ming smiled slightly: "He just attended a few classes at Xiangyang Academy. It's really Xu Mu who succeeds and fails like Xu Mu!"

In the past, Zhuge Ming opened a school in Xiangyang to teach apprentices and had 36 disciples.

Cai Mao planned to lead troops to surround the school and set it on fire.

36 students escaped.

And one of them is Xu Shu.

On that day, Xu Shu learned that Xu's mother was ill, so he asked for leave to serve his mother at home instead of in school, so he survived!

Unfortunately, Cao Cao later used a trick to imitate Xu's mother's handwriting and write a book. He put Xu's mother under house arrest and forced Xu Shu to abandon Liu Bei and go to Xuchang alone.

"Mr. Zhuge, what is Xiangyang Academy? Do you and Xu Shu have known each other for a long time?"

When Liu Bei heard Zhuge Military Advisor mention Xu Shu, his eyes were deep and he asked in shock.

But Zhuge Ming did not answer Liu Bei's words, but said to himself.

"Guo Jia is young and frivolous, and has a sharp edge. Although this person has a high IQ, he has zero emotional intelligence. He does not know the rules of officialdom and does not know how to behave. Early death is an inevitable result!"

As soon as he said this, Liu Bei was shocked again. The wine glass in his hand shook and half the glass of wine spilled on the table.

"According to the military advisor, could it be that there is another hidden reason behind Guo Jia's death?"

Liu Bei approached Zhuge Ming and asked quietly in a lowered voice.

Mi Zhu, who was standing next to him, was also very energetic. Although his body did not move, his ears were straightened and he listened carefully to the military advisor's analysis.

"Haha, this is for you to taste and taste carefully."

Zhuge Ming stopped talking and changed the subject: "In terms of wisdom and strategy, there are only three people in Cao Ying's formation who can be called peerless geniuses!"

Zhuge Ming stretched out three fingers and said calmly.

"Which three?"

Liu Bei's eyes widened and he asked eagerly.

"Xun Yu, Xun Wenruo, Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe!"

"Xun Yu's talent is no less than that of Zhang Liang, who prospered the Han Dynasty for 800 years. But if he doesn't learn from Zhang Liang's achievements and retires, he will die sooner or later."

"Jia Xu's talent is on par with Xun Yu, but he is more profound than Xun Yu. He knows how to hide his body, and poisonous snakes can injure countless enemies, but there is no trace!"

Liu Bei nodded and thought it was true: "That's true. Jia Xu is a low-key person and has a very deep city. There are few people in Cao's camp who are close friends with him, but no one is in the same position as him."

"Then there is another person?"

Liu Bei asked curiously, remembering the three people mentioned by Military Advisor Zhuge just now.

"There is another person who can be called the second best to Jia Xu. Unless Xun Yu dies, this person will never get ahead!"

Liu Bei's heart trembled and he shuddered.

Jia Xu's sinister and sinister nature has already changed people's minds after hearing it.

Could it be that there is another master hidden in Cao's camp?
"Who is this person? I have seen many of Cao Cao's men, but there seems to be no..."

Liu Bei tried hard to review the memories in his mind and went through all Cao Cao's counselors. None of them seemed to meet the evaluation made by the military advisor.

"This person's surname is Sima, and his given name is Zhongda!"

Zhuge Ming said lightly.

"Sima Yi?"

Liu Bei almost laughed. "Military advisor, you have misjudged this point!"

"Sima Yi is just a civil servant. He doesn't even have the qualifications to be a military counselor. How can he be called a wise man?"

Zhuge Ming didn't explain. He held the wine glass in his palm with a slight smile and took a sip.

"If we raise troops this time, if we use Cheng Yu, Liu Ye and others, we should attack Xiangyang and attack our Xiangyang troops together."

"But Jia Xu is the best at plotting. He will definitely advise Cao Cao to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao. He will use light troops to march quickly in simple disguises and raid new areas!"

Liu Bei was shocked. It turned out that attacking Xinye was Jia Xu's plan!

"But Xun Yu and Jia Xu were both scheming and late, which is somewhat similar to Chen Gong in the past!"

"Attack the new field, occupy the favorable location and people, but ignore the weather and timing!"

Military Advisor Zhuge suddenly turned around and poured the wine in his glass on the city wall.

Liu Bei was startled, but then suddenly realized!
He stood up, bowed his waist and saluted, and then paid homage to the military advisor Zhuge: "In the past, Cao Cao cooked wine and discussed heroes, and everyone in the world knew it. Now the military advisor cooks wine and analyzes each and every one of Cao Cao's men to the bone!"

"With the help of military advisors, everything in the world will be unfavorable!"

……

Xuchang.

After Xia Houyuan accepted the order and retreated, Cao Cao became interested again and sent an order to set up a banquet table for the wine department and hold another banquet.

Many people were not fully enjoying the banquet on the Tongque stage. This time the old banquet was resumed, and everyone was smiling.

"My lord, this time we attack Xinye and surround Wei to rescue Zhao. I think Liu Bei will not only be unable to escape, but I am afraid that his [-]-strong army in Xiangyang will be wiped out sooner or later!"

Chen Qun put the wine in his hand, laughed loudly, and greeted Prime Minister Cao.

"This is all the work of Wen He and your advisers, I should respect you!"

Cao Cao was in a good mood, stood up, clinked glasses from afar, and drank a bowl with his ministers.

"Privately, I have also thought about the strategy of invading Jingzhou. Liu Bei and Liu Biao are always one. Liu Bei is like a steel nail, nailed to the new field. If I pull it out with all my strength, I am afraid that Liu Biao will take advantage of the chaos to attack. But to attack Liu Biao, Liu Bei It’s important not to be on guard against it.”

"Now it seems that Liu Biao's death is the biggest advantage to the disintegration of Jingzhou! Liu Bei attacked Jingzhou in the name of Liu Biao's revenge. Now I attack Liu Bei in the name of saving Jingzhou. It's another story of the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind. Good show!”

Cheng Yu laughed loudly, thinking about the next step to sneak attack on Xinye. It was really a fantastic idea and unbelievable.

"Generals!"

Cao Cao stood up and came to the public steps with a wine glass in hand.

"This Miaocai's raid on Xinye will definitely succeed. If it succeeds, half of Jingzhou will be mine!"

"If Jingzhou goes down the river, then Jiangdong will go down in one battle!"

"Then we leave Bashu in the west, and the world will be settled!"

Cao Cao was so proud that he burst into laughter with a hint of drunkenness!
"At that time, I will retire with success, and all the kings will be granted the title of marquis and the prime minister!"

All the ministers were proud, laughed, and drank wine to celebrate.

Jia Xu nodded and smiled without saying a word.

Xun Yu frowned slightly and remained silent.

The ministers drank freely, and in less than half an hour, all the jars of peach blossom wine in the big tent were empty.

"Serve the wine! Bring the wine!"

Cao Cao had not yet finished his enjoyment and shouted urgingly.

The guard officer hurriedly came to the big tent with a jar of wine and knocked open the mud seal.

But after being dumped, not even a drop of wine comes out!

"The weather is very cold and the wine has frozen. I will warm the wine now and bring it to the Prime Minister!"

The guard officer repeatedly apologized and hurried down the hall to warm the wine to thaw the ice.

"It doesn't snow in Xuchang, and it's still so cold. I wonder if Liu Bei in Xinye lost his big ears from the cold?"

Cao Cao laughed and was very proud.

"not good!"

Jia Xu's expression suddenly changed, he pushed down the wine glass and stood up.

Everyone was shocked, Cao Cao also stopped laughing and looked at Jia Xu in shock.

Jia Xu, who had always been calm and gloomy, had never been so panicked before.

"My lord, General Xiahou is going to Xinye. I'm afraid he will come back defeated!"

Jia Xu said in a trembling voice: "The weather in Xinye is cold, several times worse than that in Xuchang! Xiahou Jiang's army is riding fast and has no siege equipment. If the top of Xinye city is covered with ice, even apes will not be able to get up, let alone My Tiger and Leopard Cavalry?”

Xun Yu also stood up, nodded worriedly and said: "I didn't think carefully enough, but I got carried away..."

"Cao Ren's tens of thousands of troops attacked Xinye, but were defeated. Xiahou Yuan's tiger and leopard cavalry are certainly no match for Liu Bei and Zhuge..."

"The variable lies in Zhuge..."

"I'm afraid that Xinye Gucheng was originally a ploy by Zhuge Wolong and his subordinates to lure the enemy..."

Before Xun Yu finished speaking, the wine glass in Cao Cao's hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

"It's Zhuge Pifu again!!!"

Cao Cao roared!

"quick!"

"Quickly send an order to Xiahou Yuan to station himself in Wancheng and not to enter lightly!"

"You can only wave the flag and shout, bluff, never attack Xinye!!"

(End of this chapter)