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However, in Jia Xu's view, Jia Mu was too拘泥to formalities and, more importantly, failed to see through the essence of the matter.

It's not that Jia Mu's concerns were completely unreasonable, but there was a risk of overdoing things.

And precisely because Wu Jun was Liu Bei's base of operations, such risks absolutely could not be allowed to occur.

If the fishing failed and they were dragged down by a big fish instead, wouldn't that be laughable?

Jia Xu would rather not catch any fish and poison all the fish in the water than accept the risk of being dragged down by a fish.

And this was also why Jia Xu believed that Jia Mu was not suitable to be a strategist: he was too clever, too hesitant, and even had a bit of bookishness.

Even if Jia Mu could be proud for a time, sooner or later there would be a risk of overturning, so it would be better not to be a strategist at all.

Seeing that Jia Mu seemed to be deeply affected, Jia Xu didn't bother to comfort him, but instead continued to discuss the details of troop deployment with Xiahou Bo.

However, even though Xiahou Bo was currently acting as the commander-in-chief, he didn't have enough prestige to directly command the other generals and important officials in Wu Jun.

Therefore, Xiahou Bo secretly summoned a group of important officials who remained in Wu Jun in the name of the young master, A Dou.

Jia Xu, Xiahou Bo, Xu Sheng, Gan Ning, Mi Zhu, Jian Yong, Mi Fang, Sun Qian...

When Gu Yong received the news and hurried over, his pupils shrank slightly as he looked at the group of civil and military officials in the council hall.

Apart from Gu Yong, there were no other civil or military officials from the Jiangdong aristocratic families present, and Gu Yong understood the meaning almost instantly.

However, as a master of playing dumb, Gu Yong acted as if he hadn't noticed anything, respectfully saluted the young master A Dou, who was playing with Li Xiang on the main seat, and then sat down in his seat with his head lowered.

After Gu Yong arrived, the door of the council hall was closed directly.

"Bang!"

The sound of the door closing made Gu Yong's heart tremble violently.

If it was just a guess before, then Gu Yong completely understood at this moment that he was the last person to participate in this meeting, and also the only one from the Jiangdong aristocratic families.

The remaining Jiangdong aristocratic families, led by the Er Zhang (Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong), were all kicked out.

'Alas... foolish, Zibu, Zigang...'

Gu Yong sighed secretly.

Gu Yong vaguely guessed that the Jiangdong aristocratic families, led by the Er Zhang, must have done something stupid, but Gu Yong knew the principle of a wise man not standing under a dangerous wall.

Therefore, Gu Yong not only deliberately kept a distance from the Er Zhang during this period, but even deliberately blocked external information and did not try to understand it.

Some things, once known, must be decided; if you don't know, don't understand, don't know clearly, then being loyal to your duties is the best choice.

And after the door of the council hall was closed, the first sentence Xiahou Bo said shocked Gu Yong.

"The defense map of Wu Jun and Kuaiji Jun has been leaked, and now the four Jun of Jiujiang, Lujiang, Danyang, and Yuzhang are raising troops and are about to attack!"

As soon as this was said, the civil and military officials in the meeting were almost in an uproar.

Although the various Jun of Yangzhou had long been infiltrated by the Jinyiwei ( Embroidered Uniform Guard) into sieves, the news of the four Jun raising troops was still tightly blocked on the surface and was not known to outsiders.

In the entire Wu Jun, apart from the Jinyiwei, I am afraid that only a small number of well-informed aristocratic families had received some rumors.

Therefore, how could this news not shock the civil and military officials who were summoned by Xiahou Bo in the name of the young master A Dou?

And now, A Dou, who was only five years old and sitting in the main seat, even widened his eyes, and the two small gold beans he was playing with unconsciously loosened and fell to the ground.

Immediately, A Dou didn't bother to pick up his beloved small gold beans, and quickly looked at Li Xiang, who was accompanying him on the side, and said somewhat flusteredly.

"Brother, what should we do? Father and Yafu (second father) are not in Wu Jun, what should we do?"

You're asking me?

I'm just a five-year-old child!

Li Xiang sometimes felt that his sworn brother was too trusting of him. How could such important military matters be his place to offer suggestions?

However, under the influence of Li Ji and Cai Zhaoji's teachings, Li Xiang, who showed early intelligence, knew that Xiahou Bo, Jia Xu and others had invited A Dou here, not because they needed A Dou to make any decisions or preside over the overall situation.

But they needed A Dou, as the young master, to be a witness, or a mascot, so that the important officials could make decisions.

Therefore, Li Xiang quietly picked up the small gold beans and put them back into A Dou's hands, and whispered.

"Young master, don't worry, uncle and father must have made arrangements, we just need to watch."

A Dou nodded, still quite flustered in his heart, but he also realized that something big had happened, and he didn't have the heart to play. He put his beloved small gold beans back in his pocket, and the whole person maintained a very upright posture and sat in the main seat.

A Dou might not be able to do anything else, but A Dou believed that Yafu must have made arrangements, and the important officials gathered here were also left by his father and Yafu to preside over the overall situation. As long as he didn't mess around and gave them the power, they might be able to solve the problem.

The small movements of A Dou and Li Xiang above naturally couldn't be hidden from the eyes of the ministers below.

But A Dou and Li Xiang were only five-year-old children, and no one could be too harsh on them.

On the contrary, after being slightly flustered, A Dou changed his previous playful attitude and sat upright and listened attentively under Li Xiang's persuasion, which was quite appreciated by many ministers.

While everyone was shocked, they also noticed some problems in what Xiahou Bo said.

Jian Yong suddenly stood up, looked directly at Xiahou Bo, and said.

"Ji Chang, why was the defense map leaked?!"

The leakage of the defense map was undoubtedly a major event, exposing the deployment of troops in various cities and places in Wu Jun to the enemy's eyes, allowing them to launch various targeted attacks based on the defense map, and then completely put Wu Jun in a passive position.

More importantly, this was enough to show that there was an internal traitor in the high-level ranks of Wu Jun.

And combined with who was missing from the important officials of Wu Jun on weekdays, the answer was almost obvious.

Mi Zhu, who reacted slightly slower, also stood up angrily and said.

"Is it Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong?!"

Xiahou Bo, who was not good at acting, lowered his head slightly, avoided everyone's gaze, and replied. "No, I don't know, it's still being verified."

However, this seemingly redundant answer had already completely confirmed the suspicion of Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and others in a sense.

This made everyone present angry, only Gu Yong felt cold in his hands and feet, and instinctively looked in the direction of Jia Xu, just in time to see Jia Xu's smile was quite gentle, so gentle that it was a little creepy.

Gu Yong, who could barely be regarded as Li Ji's half-disciple, knew very well that Jia Xu was by no means as harmless as he appeared on the surface.

And Gu Yong knew even more that even if Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong were confused, it was impossible for them to leak the entire defense map of Wu Jun and Kuaiji Jun.

Not only because once this matter was exposed, then Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong's actions would be tantamount to betraying their lord, which was basically equivalent to cutting themselves off from the world.

More importantly, apart from Li Ji, who held great power and was responsible for all military and political affairs under Liu Bei, the rest of the civil and military officials were basically in a state of non-interference and non-affiliation.

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong were mostly responsible for people's livelihood and political affairs, how could they easily get the defense map?

Feeling Gu Yong's gaze, Jia Xu returned a harmless smile.

In fact, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong did leak the defense map, but they were not stupid enough to dig their own graves.

The defense map they leaked was only the defense map of Yangxian, a city near Danyang Jun and separated from Wuxian by Taihu Lake, and most of the content was false.

Yangxian was not far from Wuxian, the seat of Wu Jun, but the two were separated by the entire Taihu Lake.

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong's plan was to lure foreign enemies to attack Yangxian, causing the entire Wu Jun to be shaken.

After that, with Yangxian and Wuxian only separated by Taihu Lake, they would inevitably try to further attack the seat of government.

Given the apparent lack of troops in Wu Jun today, it would inevitably be necessary to urgently recruit troops, and then it would be the opportunity for Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and other Jiangdong aristocratic families to openly interfere in military power and then turn the tide.

It's just that Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong never expected that the Yangxian defense map they secretly sent out was directly swapped for the entire Wu Jun and Kuaiji Jun defense map under Jia Xu and Xiahou Bo's secret interception.

Both are defense maps, even if you get the defense map and are cautious and carefully contact the Wu Jun aristocratic families to confirm "whether the defense map is true or not", the only answer you can get is - "It's guaranteed".

In particular, the defense map that Jia Xu swapped and sent out was indeed the patrol route of the soldiers in Wu Jun and Kuaiji Jun during this period.

Even if some aristocratic families sent confidants to secretly verify, they could only get a definite result.

It can be said that from the moment the Er Zhang and a part of the aristocratic families chose to send out the defense map, they had already become Jia Xu's fish on the chopping board.

Even if the Er Zhang later quibbled that the Yangxian defense map was sent out and it was fake, it would be meaningless.

This is like a robber going to rob a bank, even if only one million is robbed, the bank internally reports a loss of one hundred million, can the robber's self-evidence prove his innocence?

However, only Jia Xu and Xiahou Bo knew about this secret matter, and even Jia Mu was kept in the dark.

Therefore, Jia Xu, who had already grasped the ironclad evidence that the Er Zhang colluded with the Jiangdong aristocratic families to send out the defense map, did not worry at all that directly slaughtering the three clans of some aristocratic families would have any future troubles.

And after the Er Zhang had already preemptively shouldered the blame for colluding with outsiders and sending out the defense map, which caused everyone to scold for a while, Jia Xu then stood up and said.

“Gentlemen, gentlemen, please hear me out. Now that things have come to this, whether Mr. Zibu and Mr. Zigang truly committed this act is still up for discussion. We must wait for our lord to return to Wu Commandery to investigate further.”

“But the immediate priority is how to defend against the foreign enemy.”

Almost as soon as Jia Xu's words fell, Xu Sheng, who had seemed rather silent and taciturn, suddenly stood up, walked to the middle of the council hall, knelt on one knee towards A Dou, and said.

“Whoever invades the territory of Wu Commandery, Sheng will strike and defeat them! Sheng wishes to fight, please grant the young lord's permission!”

A Dou stared wide-eyed, looking at Xu Sheng's resolute, steady, and rather sharp face, and swallowed his saliva.

In fact, due to his young age, A Dou was not yet familiar with most of Liu Bei's civil and military officials.

This was also A Dou's first time meeting Xu Sheng.

This caused A Dou to subconsciously ask Li Xiang, who was sitting next to him, in a low voice.

“Brother, has adoptive father ever commented on this general?”

Li Xiang recalled for a moment, and he indeed remembered some unintentional evaluations of Xu Sheng by Li Ji, and then replied in a low voice.

“Father once said: General Xu Sheng is loyal, diligent, strong, honest, and courageous, a tiger minister indeed.” (End of this chapter)