Before Guo Jia could speak, Zhuge Liang expressed his question first.
"Lord, why did you give the potatoes to Zhang Yide?"
"Kong Ming knows that the lord is kind, and perhaps he doesn't want to see the people suffer. But as the art of war goes, helping the enemy is hurting oneself."
"Kong Ming is really puzzled by what my lord is doing."
Xiang Kunlun glanced at Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, can't you figure it out too?"
Guo Jia nodded.
Xiang Kunlun deliberately let it slip: "I have a clever plan. I won't tell you now. You will know it soon."
Guo Jia couldn't laugh or cry, and most of his temper was gone.
That's right, even with their lord's petty calculation, it's impossible for him to suffer a loss.
Xiang Kunlun did not waste any time, and directly called his subordinates and ordered: "You should spread the word now and say that Liu Bei threatened the lives of his people and asked Xiang to hand over the potatoes. And Cao Cao threatened the life of the Han Emperor and forced Xiang to hand over the potatoes." ,do you understand?"
The soldier's head hadn't turned around yet, but Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia understood it instantly.
They looked suddenly enlightened at the same moment and shouted in unison: "The Lord is wise!"
After all these words spread, Liu Bei and Cao Cao became the targets of everyone's reviling.
As for Xiang Kunlun, he gained a lot of good reputation without any effort.
"I didn't expect that Xiang Kunlun understands justice so well. I really wronged him before."
"Yeah! I didn't expect those two people to be so useless!"
Xiang Kunlun didn't need to do anything. He just sat in the room and was praised to the sky.
Suddenly, even the cities of Cao Cao and Liu Bei were spreading rumors about this incident.
There are more and more people supporting Xiang Kunlun, and among them is Taishi Ci.
This person is skilled in bow skills and excellent in arrow skills. He is also loyal and courageous, and he is righteous.
After hearing this rumor, after investigation, it was found that it was true that Xiang Kunlun was delivering potatoes on horseback.
He immediately decided to come and seek refuge.
"I'm Tai Shi Ci, named Ziyi, and I've come to join General Xiang."
Xiang Kunlun welcomed him very much and recruited another general.
Cao Cao and Liu Bei did not expect that Xiang Kunlun was waiting for them here, and the potatoes suddenly turned into hot potatoes.
But they can't live without food, so they can only bear the blame.
When Sun Ce heard the rumor, he fell down laughing.
"Ouch! These two idiots who overestimate their abilities! They were tricked by Xiang Kunlun again! They really deserve it!"
Although he was dissatisfied with Xiang Kunlun, he hated Liu Bei and Cao Cao even more.
Now I am very happy to see these two people suffer a big loss.
Winter is coming to an end soon. Xiang Kunlun can clearly feel that the temperature is rising bit by bit, but Cao Cao's mood is dropping to freezing point bit by bit.
He knew in his heart that he was still not out of trouble just because Xiang Kunlun wanted to play it safe.
Once spring comes and the flowers bloom, it will probably be time for them to finish playing.
"What should I do? You guys have an idea! You're just standing there like a piece of wood!"
Everyone is trembling. They are like trapped animals now. Where is the chance to struggle
Sima Yi took the initiative to step forward and ask for orders: "My lord, sitting still and waiting for death is not the best option. It is better to go and borrow troops."
Cao Cao waved his hand irritably: "It's easy for you to say. Who can lend it to us?"
Sima Yi said that money can make a fool of himself, and as long as he is given enough benefits, he may be able to borrow soldiers.
Cao Cao could only treat the dead horse as a living horse doctor now, and agreed to Sima Yi going to borrow troops.
What Sima Yi called "money" was a small half of potatoes given by Xiang Kunlun.
Using this as a bargaining chip should attract some people.
And Liu Bei did not sit still and wait for death. He knew that his alliance with Cao Cao was just a joke and it was impossible to rely on it.
After thinking about it, I simply went to Liu Biao and proposed to cooperate with him.
Liu Biao had been living in a corner for a long time, so he was very surprised by Liu Bei's visit.
But out of politeness, he still received the other party.
Liu Bei once again used his tear attack. When he saw Liu Biao, he burst into tears and had runny nose.
"Our surname is Liu. In terms of relatives, we can still be the same family. I hope the general can help Xuande!"
As he wiped away his tears, he winked at his two brothers.
It had been discussed before that if Liu Biao was hesitant, then let his two brothers show off their skills.
Liu Bei knew that Liu Biao respected others and was eager for talents. He worked so hard, so he would give him some face.
Sure enough, in terms of personality, Liu Bei is very good at controlling others.
Liu Biao agreed to cooperate with him. As a result, the two families grew rapidly.
The men got the news and came to report.
After saying this, they all scolded Liu Bei and Cao Cao for being cunning and cunning for coming up with such a bad idea.
"Lord, how about we go out and borrow troops? Or see who we can cooperate with."
They were not worried that they could not defeat two people, but they could not defeat four people with two fists. If their troops became stronger and stronger, and they attacked together, things would be in trouble.
Xiang Kunlun was unhurried and smiled slightly: "We don't need to borrow troops, just wait."
He had already calculated that countless people would come to volunteer to join the army.
With the good reputation he has built up over such a long period of time, he doesn't need to cry to win sympathy like Liu Bei did.
Xiang Kunlun was very satisfied, but looking at these people, they were all different in height, short, fat and thin, and their physical fitness was also very different, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.
As the saying goes, teach students in accordance with their aptitude.
Everyone’s situation is different, so we can’t train uniformly.
After thinking for a long time, Xiang Kunlun began to divide the troops into different types.
"People who are over 1.8 meters tall, stand here."
"Those between 1.75 and 1.8 meters tall, come here."
Exercises are carried out according to different people's physical fitness, so as to prevent those who are not in good health from being exhausted to death, and avoid the situation of overdoing it and not doing enough.
Sun Ce was not to be outdone and specialized in training sailors.
This was a clever idea that he thought about for several days.
"The people on Xiang Kunlun's side are indeed brave and good at fighting, but they are all on land. Once they enter the water, let's see what these landlubbers will do!"
He believed that the sailors were powerful and as long as they were well trained, no one could attack Soochow.
Sima Yi also lived up to Cao Cao's expectations and exchanged potatoes for men and horses.
The war without gunpowder gradually began.
Zhuge Liang took the initiative to ask Ying to attack Cao Cao.
Xiang Kunlun was a little surprised: "Why should Kong Ming be a pioneer?"
Zhuge Liang said that if nothing unexpected happened to Cao Cao, he would send Sima Yi to fight. He was very happy to fight with the opponent's formations.
Xiang Kunlun had no choice but to hold his forehead, and this was a good reason.
When the two met on the battlefield again, Zhuge Liang smiled confidently: "General Sima, please give me your advice."
Sima Yi shouted loudly to embolden himself.
(End of chapter)