Chapter 655: One move affects the entire body, it’s troublesome!

Chapter 655: One move affects the entire body, it’s troublesome!

Gao Yao took a deep breath, calmed himself, and then waved his hand to signal his servants to remove the original mahjong and replace it with a few cups of steaming hot tea. Seeing this, everyone felt more and more uneasy. They all understood that what they were going to face next might not be a trivial matter.

Gao Yao was silent for a moment, and finally decided to hand the note to Xiao He for inspection. Xiao He took the note and quickly read the contents, and his face also became gloomy.

Then, Gao Yao waved to the servants without hesitation. After a while, a huge military map was presented to everyone. Gao Yao spread the map on the table without hesitation, his eyes fixed on the location from Nanjun to Jiujiang.

After carefully examining the contents of the note, Xiao He raised his head slightly and looked at Gao Yao with a slightly puzzled and questioning look. This look seemed to contain thousands of words, and the core meaning was actually asking Gao Yao: Can Li You also look at the contents of this note?

You know, Li Zhao is lucky because he has gained Gao Yao's full trust. Otherwise, Gao Yao would never give him such an important position as the assistant prime minister. Although the rank of this position itself is not very high, its position is quite special and belongs to the prime minister's close minister. In some cases, the assistant prime minister represents Gao Yao himself, and his importance is self-evident, so he is naturally trustworthy.

However, Li You was different from Li Zhao. He was promoted recently and had little experience. Moreover, Cao Shen was not in the county city at the moment, but was responsible for mobilizing troops and inspecting various places to provide support to various war sites at any time. Li You was currently serving as a Taiwei attendant under Cao Shen. In essence, his position was somewhat similar to Li Zhao's. Although his official position was not high, he was a person that Cao Shen trusted more.

Facing Xiao He's question, Gao Yao thought for a moment, then nodded slightly to show his agreement. After getting Gao Yao's approval, Xiao He confidently handed the note to Li Zhao and Li You, asking them to check it together.

After seeing the contents of the note, the two also showed surprised expressions on their faces. There was nothing surprising about Wu Rui's uprising. What was surprising was that after Wu Rui's uprising, he did not go to intercept Han Xin, but on the contrary sneaked across the Yangtze River and invaded Jiujiang County. This was completely beyond everyone's expectations.

"Xiao He, what on earth is Wu Rui doing?" Gao Yao frowned. After studying the map for a long time, he was still puzzled by Wu Rui's behavior. "He went to attack Jiujiang for no reason. Is he just bored? This doesn't make sense at all!"

The more Gao Yao thought about it, the more strange it felt. He really couldn't understand what benefit Wu Rui would get from taking Jiujiang. Even if Wu Rui could successfully get rid of the passive position in the offensive and defensive situation with Gao Yao, fundamentally speaking, he couldn't win, and it was nothing more than delaying a little longer.

"This... Prime Minister, Wu Rui's sudden attack on Jiujiang is indeed puzzling." Xiao He also agreed with Gao Yao's opinion, "He ignored the more critical Han Xin and instead wanted to take Jiujiang. There must be a deep meaning behind this."

Xiao He stroked his chin thoughtfully and continued, "Now that I think about it, Wu Rui's move may have been intended to drive the tiger to devour the wolf."

"You mean..." Gao Yao seemed to understand Xiao He's thoughts, "Wu Rui wants to see our army fight to the death with the Wei army?"

"From now on, this probability is very high, otherwise it is impossible to explain the purpose of Wu Rui's actions at this time." Xiao He was not sure at this time and could only give a rough guess.

"Prime Minister, in my opinion, Wu Rui's actions are very likely related to the situation reported by Lord Wu She regarding Wu Rui's son Wu Yan!" Li Zhao suddenly interrupted at this time, which undoubtedly attracted Gao Yao's attention. He hurriedly asked: "Oh? What do you mean?"

Li Zhao paused for a moment, sorted out his thoughts, and explained, "The matter of Wu Yan is actually a problem within the Wu Rui family. Wu She was just following the trend, and his original intention was nothing more than to delay time. However, this may have a huge impact on Wu Rui. After all, if this matter spreads, everyone will know that Wu Rui's family has such a change, and it happens to be at such a critical juncture, which is bound to seriously shake the morale of the army. Therefore, Wu Rui urgently needs to stabilize the morale of the army and appease the people at this time."

Gao Yao nodded thoughtfully and motioned Li Zhao to continue.

Li Zhao continued to analyze: "In this case, attacking our army, or Wu She's attack, has become the most appropriate choice. Wu Rui's goal may not be for the entire Jiujiang, but just to stabilize the situation as soon as possible. This possibility is also quite high."

After hearing Li Zhao's analysis, Gao Yao finally realized that what Li Zhao said was indeed quite possible. Wu Rui was worried about the internal chaos, so he had to win the victory right now to stabilize the morale of the army. The surprise attack on Hua County could indeed achieve certain strategic goals, and the effect was also very significant.

"Haha, this Wu Rui is really troublesome!" Gao Yao couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, feeling helpless. Regardless of what Wu Rui really thought, or whether there were other considerations that he had not yet expressed, this accidental move brought huge trouble to his carefully planned layout.

Originally, in Gao Yao's plan, Wu Rui led his troops into Donghui County to intercept Han Xin's food supply, and everything was under his control. What he did not expect was that Wu Rui actually went against his plan and chose to attack Hua County. This change in decision seriously affected Gao Yao's original plan to sneak attack Hanzhong.

Donghui County and even Dongjiao County may be lost because of Wu Rui's move. Although Wu Rui himself is also facing great danger, Wei Bao's situation is also not optimistic. After all, the lips and teeth are cold, and Wei Bao will definitely do his best to stop Wu Rui in order to protect his own territory.

Compared with the situation in Hanzhong, Wei Bao's obstruction was probably just a drop in the bucket. Hanzhong was adjacent to Nanjun. Once the enemy learned that Zhang Liang, Ying Bu and others had successfully taken Hanzhong, they would definitely do their best to defend Nanjun. In this way, it became extremely difficult for Gao Yao to attack Nanjun.

This is only one aspect of the impact. If Wang Ben knew that Wu Rui did not lead his troops to intercept Han Xin, it is very likely that Wang Ben would choose to change his strategy and keep his troops in place. At that time, the idea of ​​taking Hanzhong would also be affected. Now this can definitely be said to be a matter of domino effect, affecting the entire layout of Gaoyao.