The Assassin Empire of the Three Kingdoms

Jiang Ji is still a competent diplomat.In order not to arouse Long Fei's resentment, on the day he came to Xiangyang, he followed the rules of Xiangyang, first went to the subordinate office to hand in his name card, clearly expressing his intention of coming.Long Fei didn't make things difficult for him, and met Jiang Ji at noon the next day.

Jiang Ji first presented Cao Cao's gift, gold, silver and jewelry, of course, also included a weapon during the period, which was a sword, a simple and simple sword.Cao Cao knew that Long Fei was a martial artist, so he did what he liked and wanted to block Long Fei's mouth with a sword.This sword is three inches wide and three feet and one inch long. It is completely black, and there are no jewels or other decorations on the hilt.With a simple cowhide scabbard, it lies quietly in the box.Judging from the appearance of the sword hilt, it is severely worn, which should be caused by being held by people for many years.

Seeing Long Fei staring at the sword intently, Jiang Ji saw that he was a master of goods.Jiang Ji smiled slightly, took out the sword from the box, and put it in front of Long Fei with both hands: "This is my lord's sword. It has gone through hundreds of years of hardships and has never left Cao's house. Today, my lord will take this The sword is sent to General Long, and I hope that General Long can release the two Generals Xiahou."

"Joke, you want to return the captives with a broken sword, you really don't care about Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan!" Xu Shu said coldly.

Jiang Ji smiled, and did not answer Xu Shu's words, but said to Long Fei: "Please look, general, there is the word Qinghong on the blade, but the Qinghong sword made by Ou Yezi back then has gone through hundreds of years of wind and frost. , is still extremely sharp, cutting iron like mud, it is the sharpest sword in the world." As he spoke, Jiang Ji unsheathed the sword with a clang.The jet-black blade exudes bursts of ice-coldness.Long Fei couldn't help shouting: "Good sword!"

Jiang Ji laughed and said: "Grand Cao exchanged the best sword in the world for General Xiahou, and General Long will not suffer from this deal!"

Guo Jia came over and circled Jiang Ji twice: "Mr. Jiang, why bother to joke, Cao Cao must have prepared more than these things, right? How about Mr. Jiang take out all of them? !"

Jiang Ji nodded and put the sword back into its sheath: "Mr. Guo is indeed a smart man. If that's the case, please ask General Long to tell me, what else do you want besides these? As long as General Long can release the two generals Xiahou, we will discuss other matters." It's all negotiable."

"Hahaha..., Shuangkuai, I like dealing with Shuangkuai people the most!" Long Fei laughed loudly: "In that case, I won't hide it anymore. Apart from these, there is one more thing I must promise. If my father-in-law can Return Xingyang to the imperial court, and I can release Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan!"

Hearing the word Xingyang, Jiang Ji was taken aback.It's not that he thinks there's anything wrong with what Long Fei wants, but that he admires Dong Zhao's judgment.When he came here, Dong Zhao said that Long Fei's ambition is in the world, and Luoyang is most likely.Although Long Fei didn't mention Luoyang, Xingyang was the gateway to Luoyang, and taking Xingyang cut off Cao Cao's connection with Luoyang.

"What? You don't want to give it?" Dian Wei yelled loudly: "If you dare to say a word, I will kill Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan right now!"

Jiang Ji waved his hands again and again: "No, no, it's just that this Xingyang has long been an empty city. Although it has improved somewhat under Cao Gong's management, it is not rich. General Long wants Xingyang to be a burden for himself. General Long think about where else is there? As long as General Long asks, I will definitely ask Cao Gong to give it to the general!"

"No, we're going to Xingyang!" Dian Wei insisted.

Jiang Ji nodded: "I, a petty official like me, can't be the master of such a big matter. Can General Long give me a few days, and how about giving the general an answer after reporting to Duke Cao?"

Xu Chu sneered and said, "Mr. Jiang, you can think clearly. At the beginning, my lord hoped that Cao Cao could return Yiyang and other three cities to the imperial court, but Cao Cao was unwilling. In the end, we took them down. If Cao Cao didn't reply, wouldn't you be afraid that we would send troops to Xingyang?"

Jiang Ji begged again and again.Long Fei then gave Jiang Ji three to five days.Time passed by, and Jiang Ji's words were just a pretense. He took this opportunity to report the situation to Cao Cao, and asked Cao Cao to send troops to Xingyang, so as to avoid the last trouble.While Cao Cao increased his troops in Xingyang, Jiang Ji made excuses to shirk.You come and go, and more than ten days later, news came from Xingyang that Cao Cao sent general Li Dian to lead an army of [-] to occupy Xingyang and was strengthening the city wall.

Guo Jia sighed: "It seems that Cao Cao has been prepared for this time, and this Xingyang is hopeless."

"If we don't give it to Xingyang, we will kill Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan." Dian Wei said with anger.

Pang Tong waved his hands again and again: "No way, now we have sent troops to Shangyong, and we have to deal with Liu Bei in Yizhou. It is already a two-sided development. If there is a conflict with Cao Cao at this time, it is not good for us. Xingyang is an isolated city, and Cao Cao will occupy it. We can't keep it for a long time, since he won't give it to us, we should go elsewhere, and it won't be too late to take it when our army returns, not only winning Xingyang, but also gaining an extra land would be a good thing."

Long Fei was also a little annoyed. When he wanted Xingyang, he should have dispatched troops immediately, but now it was too late to regret it.Long Fei sighed: "Since that's the case, let's think about where else there is, let's let Xingyang go first."

Everyone thought about it, and Xu Shu mentioned a good place, that is Runan.Runan is the border between the Central Plains and Jingzhou. Taking Runan will form a barrier for Jingzhou, making the originally long and flat Jingzhou wider, and the army will have room to maneuver.Of course, this suggestion was also opposed and rejected by Jiang Ji.It took another ten days to go back and forth, and finally Cao Cao agreed to the exchange.Everything came true according to Dong Zhao's plan.

On the day of exchanging Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan, Runan prefect Man Pang led the army to withdraw from Runan, and the handover between the two sides went smoothly.Long Fei ordered Li Yan to move troops from Pingchun to Runan as an outpost.When Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan were loosened, they turned around and looked at Long Fei viciously.Xiahou Dun even pointed at Long Fei's nose and said, "Listen to me, I will definitely avenge this revenge!"

Runan was classified as Long Fei's territory, and the arrangement of officials and other matters were all handed over to Xun Yu, and the next thing to look at was the battle between Hanzhong and Yizhou.Hanzhong is not bad. Although Zhang Lu has the support of the people in Hanzhong, his military strength is not strong, and he has some skills in bullying Liu Zhang. Facing the double attack of Liangzhou Ma Chao and Jingzhou Longfei, Zhang Lu is a bit stretched.

Zhang Lu hurriedly stopped the army attacking Yizhou and divided his troops to defend against the enemy.In the Battle of Yangpingguan, Zhang Lu was defeated by Ma Chao, and he had no spare energy to take care of Shangyong and other places.Xu Huang and others easily took down Shangyong.Today's Zhang Lu has only one Hanzhong struggling to support him.Because of Zhang Lu's defeat, Liu Zhang in Chengdu got a chance to breathe. With the support of Huang Quan and others, he gathered his army and prepared to resist Liu Bei to the death.

Zhang Song's proposal to negotiate peace with Liu Bei was echoed by Fazheng, Meng Da and others.Although Liu Zhang has already been tempted, he is still not completely convinced.Seeing that Liu Bei's army was approaching the city, Liu Zhang turned around anxiously.Someone also suggested asking Long Fei for help, but Liu Zhang denied it.Liu Bei's rebellion is a good example. Long Fei is more treacherous than Liu Bei. If he comes to Shu, he will really have no good life for himself.

"Report..., my lord, Liu Bei's army has arrived in Deyang, and the governor Zhang Ren suggested that my lord, fortify the walls and clear the fields, may be able to stop Liu Bei!"

Before the messenger finished speaking, Huang Quan immediately said: "Master, this is a good way. Liu Bei rebelled, and the people in Sichuan will definitely not leave them food. There is still more than 100 miles from Deyang to Chengdu. If we fortify the wall and clear the country If Liu Bei's army is short of food, it will disperse like birds and beasts, and at that time, sending troops will surely win!"

As soon as Zhang Song heard that something was wrong, he quickly said: "Master, absolutely not. The old master has great kindness to the people in the middle of Sichuan, so the people are willing to follow the master. If the master orders the strong walls and clearing the fields, Liu Bei may be blocked, but what should the people do? They didn't How to live without food, hundreds of thousands of refugees flooded into Chengdu, Chengdu will be in chaos, this is Zhang Ren's military strategy, my lord must not agree!"

Fazheng also said: "Yes! Liu Bei has already controlled Jiangzhou and other places, how can there be no food and grass? This is a bad strategy. Not only will it not be able to stop Liu Bei, it will also destroy the heart of the Lord."

"You two traitors! It is because you persuaded the lord to stay Liu Bei that you have today's disaster, and you are still talking nonsense in front of the lord!" Huang Quan was furious: "My lord, these two are Liu Bei's internal agents, please The lord beheaded these two people."

How many people have to say more.Liu Zhang didn't know what to do anymore: "Okay, okay, stop arguing, the enemy is here and you are still arguing like this, is it possible that you really want to watch me be captured by Liu Bei?"

After Liu Zhang said this, everyone fell silent.Liu Zhang sat in his seat: "I think my father and son have been in Sichuan for so many years, and the people in Sichuan have turned to Liu Bei one after another. They don't care about my father and son's kindness. Well, let him go!" After Liu Zhang finished speaking, he was dejected. I went back to the back hall.

Deyang is the last gate of Chengdu, and taking down Deyang Chengdu is just around the corner.However, Zhang Ren, the general of Shuzhong, used his soldiers and horses to defend Deyang. Zhuge Liang ordered Wei Yan and others to attack several times in a row, but it still had no effect.What he was most worried about was behind him. Taking advantage of Long Fei and Cao Cao's decisive battle against Chibi, Zhuge Liang raised his troops, hoping to take Yizhou before Long Fei defeated Cao Cao.However, because of Zhang Ren's desperate resistance, his calculations were wrong.Now it can only take Chengdu as soon as possible, and I hope Long Fei will not intervene.

While looking at the map, Zhuge Liang compared the topographic map of central Shu given to them by Zhang Song.This picture was drawn by Zhang Song over several years, and it marked the terrain and deployment of troops in Sichuan in detail.Although the strength of the army has changed, the terrain is good.Judging from Zhang Song's map, there is only one road from Deyang to Chengdu, and there is a Tuojiang River blocking it. If Deyang is not captured, it is impossible to reach Chengdu.

But this place was occupied by Zhang Ren, and he had seen Zhang Ren's skills all the way. Although he won, the victories were more thrilling. In addition, he was short of food and grass. How to capture Deyang gave Zhuge Liang a headache.