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Chapter 897 The Cautious Cao Mengde
Sima Yi said: "This batch of firearms is indeed attractive. But we have to do what we can. Generals, please think about it, even if we succeed in taking the risk, are we sure we can stop Huaxia's attack?"

Xia Houyuan said: "As long as we have guns and form an army like the Huaxia Kingdom, we will be able to win."

"What General Xiahou said is too simple?"

Sima Yi snorted softly, "The new weapons are indeed powerful. However, the weapons of the Western Shang Empire are better than those of the Huaxia Kingdom. Why haven't they fought the Huaxia Kingdom?"

"You have to know that the new type of weapon came from the Western Shang Empire."

"Xu Ding defeated the Western Shang Empire even without guns, and we, with those poor guns, can we stop the Huaxia Kingdom?"

Sima Yi's questioning left the general present at the scene speechless.

How could they do something that even the Western Merchant Empire failed to do.

It seems easy to go to Chang'an to raid new weapons, but the aftereffects actually brought about will make them unbearable.

Cao Cao also gradually calmed down, thinking carefully about Sima Yi's words.

Should Cao Ren be sent to Jingzhou to slowly acquire weapons?Or take a gamble and directly capture Chang'an?

This decision may affect the future of Yiliang and Liangzhou, and it is also a decision of life and death.

After careful consideration, Cao Cao said: "Zhongda is right, we can't act rashly. Now that Xu Ding has become popular, his army is several times or even dozens of times stronger than ours. If there are no new weapons and new troops, it is Absolutely irresistible."

"Cao Ren."

"Yes." Cao Ren came out.

Cao Cao said: "You should gather five thousand soldiers and go to Jingzhou. I hope you can seize new weapons as soon as possible. Only in this way can we go west to Chang'an."

"promise."

Cao Ren turned and left.

The matter of Chang'an was not achieved because of Sima Yi's obstruction.

Cao Cao became more and more cautious, fearing Xu Ding and the Western Shang Empire from the bottom of his heart.

a few days later.

In Xuchang, Yuzhou.

Xu Ding asked Jia Xu, "Wen He, have you heard from Cao Cao in the past few days?"

Jia Xu has been responsible for the layout of Chang'an for quite some time.

If any news came from Yizhou, it must have reached Jia Xu first.

"Go back to Your Majesty, not yet."

"Cao Cao must have received the informant, and there is no movement until now, so he probably won't come?" Xu Ding smiled wryly and shook his head: "We still underestimate Cao Cao..."

"Cao Cao was too cautious, or rather, he was too afraid of His Majesty, so that he didn't dare to take such a big benefit from practicing, haha." Jia Xu laughed and said, "This is really a big joke. Yizhou, Xiliang, Sitting on an army of more than [-], but dare not attack Chang'an, which is stationed by [-] soldiers, is there anyone in the world who is more cowardly than Cao Mengde?"

Xu Ding said: "I guess he also wants to go."

"Think about it for sure, but he didn't go after all. He hasn't sent troops until now."

"Then just wait."

At this time, there is no other way but to wait.

Xu Ding put aside the matter of Chang'an, and asked Jiangdong's recent situation: "Since we left Jiangdong, has there been any abnormality in Wu County?"

"The day before yesterday Lu Su dispatched people to send news that the wormhole would make some strange noises every day, as if it was being bombarded, and it didn't seem to be. He couldn't tell."

"Being shelled?"

Xu Ding smiled and said, "That's absolutely impossible. The wormhole is a nothingness, how could it be bombarded. It must be Lu Su's servant."

"I think so too."

"Is there any more?" Xu Ding asked.

"Have."

Jia Xu seemed to have been prepared, and took out a letter from her arms: "Please read it, Your Majesty."

"What is this? A letter written by Lu Su?"

"No, it's a document that Lu Su found in Wu Jun. The document was hidden in a hidden place. He thought it might be important, so he imitated the text on it and asked His Majesty to study it."

The writing of the Western Shang Empire is completely different from that of the Huaxia Kingdom.

Holding it in Xu Ding's hand, he saw the writing on it, swaying to and fro, and spent a lot of circles, it felt like ten thousand ants were crawling on it.

Such words are probably only recognized by ghosts.

"This Lu Su, he doesn't recognize him, but I do?"

"Although His Majesty doesn't recognize him, he can find some captives. Their senior generals are all high-achieving students from the Western Shang Empire, so they will definitely know about it," Jia Xu said.

"good idea."

Xu Ding was also curious about what was written on this document.

"Dian Wei."

"Yes." Dian Wei walked in.

Xu Ding ordered: "Go to the South Campus and bring some of their senior generals."

"promise."

In the Battle of Xuzhou, no less than thirty senior generals were captured.

Five of them died, and more than 20 more came to Xuchang to live with other prisoners.

Dian Wei led a group of Imperial Forest Army to the school grounds.

According to the list search, several division generals were called.

He returned to the royal study.

"Your Majesty, someone has brought it here."

"Call them in."

Several captives walked into the imperial study room and kowtowed to Xu Dingxing.

They have been in Huaxia Kingdom for a long time, and their understanding of Huaxia Kingdom is very clear.When seeing the emperor, he had to kneel three times and kowtow nine times, without showing any disrespect.

At this moment, they were like tamed horses, respectful to Xu Ding, not even daring to raise their heads.

After kneeling down, get up again, and kneel down again.
so twice.

Xu Ding raised his hand and said, "Okay, don't kneel and kowtow three times, all of you come here and see what is written in this letter?"

Xu Ding handed over the letter.

Several teachers came over, ready to receive the letter.

Jia Xu said, "Your Majesty, it's safer to identify them separately."

"You have so many eyes."

"Just in case."

Jia Xu took the letter and said to Dianwei: "General Dian, take them all outside the study. Don't let them in without His Majesty's order, let alone eavesdropping outside the door. Only this person is left behind. , read this letter." Xu Ding pointed to a teacher in front of him.

"promise."

Except for one teacher, the rest were taken out.

Xu Ding asked, "What's your name?"

"Small. Hula."

"Hula?" Xu Ding couldn't help laughing: "What's your name?"

"Let's take a look, what's written in the letter?"

Jia Xu handed the letter to him.

Hula looked at it for a while, and was about to answer, Xu Ding hurriedly said: "Hula, before you answer me, I have to ask you a few words. You must tell me the truth, because after asking you, I still I will ask other people. If you say something different, I will kill you immediately!"

"Young ones don't dare to lie." Hu La was already trembling with fright, how could he dare to lie.

"Okay, tell me."

Hula respectfully said: "Returning to Your Majesty, this letter says that the war in China is urgent and reinforcements are urgently needed. Please ask the headquarters if you can ask the central government for help. In addition, you have also applied for equipment for 20 troops from the Western Shang Empire."

After Hula finished speaking, Xu Ding became excited.

"The equipment of the 20 army? Where is it?"

"Your Majesty, don't get excited, the 20 equipment will definitely not come." Jia Xu smiled wryly, "We rushed to Wu Jun and sealed the wormhole, so that this letter could not be delivered in time. Now the Western Shang Empire probably doesn't even know what's going on here, let alone the army that invaded China needs the support of firearms."

"Is it possible that this document is a draft? In fact, the document has already been sent out?" Xu Ding asked Hula with the best hope.

Hu La didn't dare to hide anything, and replied: "The generals of the Western Shang Empire always write documents in duplicate. After one is sent out, the other is kept as evidence, and will be returned in the future. If the same document is not found next to this one, it must have been sent."

really
Xu Ding almost cried out excitedly.

If you can get enough weapons and equipment to equip 20 troops, then Huaxia Nation can form several more group armies, who are you afraid of?
Jia Xu understood Xu Ding's thoughts, but couldn't help pouring cold water: "Your Majesty, even if this document was successfully sent back to the Western Shang Empire, and the Western Shang Empire agreed to transport the guns to China. However, the wormhole has already They are blocked by us, so they can't get through. So where do we talk about the so-called firearms?"

"Yes."

Xu must have only realized this problem.

The wormholes are all sealed, and the guns of the Western Shang Empire cannot be transported at all.

"You go out first, and I will send you in later." Xu Ding took back the letter in Hula's hand and said.

"Little obedience."

Hula was taken out.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Ding asked Dian Wei to bring people in again and again.As each person comes in, show them the letter.Then ask them what they wrote.

Hula was fairly honest and did not lie.

The real content of that letter was, as he said, that it was the enemy army from Jiangdong asking for help from the Western Shang Empire.

"It seems that none of you are lying. That's good." Xu Ding called them all closer and said, "Don't spread the word about today's events, just pretend you don't know anything."

"If I hear about it, I will punish you severely if the South Campus repeats this incident, do you understand?"

"clear.."

Xu Ding nodded, motioning for them all to back down.

Jia Xu said: "The Western Merchant Empire, after receiving the letter for help, will definitely support it quickly. Their army should have already reached beyond the wormhole, but the wormhole is controlled by us, so they can't come over."

"Ah."

What Xu Ding thought in his heart was not whether the Western Shang Empire could support him, but how to get those 20 firearms.

"Wenhe."

"The minister is here."

Xu Ding sat down slowly, and said: "Have you ever thought, if we open the wormhole and let the enemy in, is it possible for us to eat their troops?"

"what?"

Jia Xu was taken aback.

The wormhole that was finally sealed is about to be opened again?

Jia Xu really didn't expect Xu Ding to have such an idea.

"what happened?"

"Opening a wormhole is no small matter. Your Majesty really wants to do this?" Jia Xu asked.

"There are 20 guns, aren't you jealous?" Xu Ding is not someone who would give up easily.

Since there is hope to get these firearms, why not try hard.

"What is Your Majesty going to do?" Jia Xu asked.

Xu Ding said: "Mobilize heavy troops, set up heavy ambushes in the Jiangdong area, and build a solid fortification. After that, we will open the wormhole and let the enemy in. As long as he dares to come in, he will never be able to get out. In addition, the purpose of our opening the wormhole is to It is to get the 20 guns, so we can’t scare the snake away.”

"The minister has an idea."

"Oh? Come and listen."

Jia Xu said: "Your Majesty said just now that you can't scare the snake. This is what I deeply agree. Only when the Western Shang Empire feels that it is necessary to send 20 equipment to Huaxia, they will bring the equipment. If it is not necessary , all that is empty talk.”

"If Your Majesty really wants to lure the Western Shang Empire, it is necessary to create some illusions in Jiangdong, making them mistakenly believe that Jiangdong is still in their hands, but it is under siege and urgently needs the support of soldiers, horses and guns. In this way, they have There may be a large shipment of guns."

Jia Xu didn't really say any strategy, but just gave a general idea.

After Xu Ding listened, he had an idea and said with a smile, "I have a solution."

"Wenhe, go to the military aircraft office and call Fengxiao here. Let's discuss it in detail at night. Try to perfect my plan."

"Yes."

What kind of plan could make Xu Ding so excited.

Jia Xu refrained from asking.

He went to the military aircraft department, and privately disclosed the matter of the letter to Guo Jia.The two discussed it in advance and worked out their own plan.

at night.

They came to the Royal Study Room.

Xu Ding had just had dinner and was drinking tea.

Seeing Guo Jia and Jia Xu coming in, he signaled them to take a seat: "Both gentlemen, sit down and try the black tea from Nanzhong."

During the Three Kingdoms period, black tea was only found in the Nanzhong region.

Black tea can cure many diseases and is of great benefit to the body.

However, Nanzhong is too far away, and merchants in the Central Plains are not willing to go there to buy.Therefore, people in the Central Plains have almost never drank Nanzhong black tea.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The two sat down one after another and tasted it.

Black tea is bitter and sweet, with endless aftertaste.

It is indeed a rare good tea.

"Let's get down to business, let's discuss how we can get the 20 guns from the Western Shang Empire. This is not a small amount. If we can get it, we can form two more army groups. Think about it, by then, How strong should we be? Do we still have to be afraid of the Western Merchant Empire?"

It's tempting to think about it.

However, in order to lure the enemy and get the guns from them, Jiangdong must not be lost.This difficulty is not small.

Guo Jia first said: "We have just experienced two years of war, and after a few days of leisure, we have to go to the front again. Soldiers will complain."

"It's about China's life and death. How can you be afraid of suffering? Feng Xiao, is this a problem for you?"

"Your Majesty has decided to fight this battle?" Guo Jia asked uncertainly.

in fact
He didn't want to fight this battle at all, because in order to obtain the guns of the Western Shang Empire, he had to open the wormhole. Thinking about the combat effectiveness of the Western Shang Empire's army, he was really not sure.

Once the defense line cannot be defended and the enemy rushes out of Wu County, or even out of Jiangdong, it will be very troublesome.

(End of this chapter)