The news that Sun Yi often went out to hunt quickly reached Liu Yao's ears.

Liu Yao is skeptical.

It was because he knew that the Sun family father and son brother had such habits. Sun Jian liked to hunt when he was alive, Sun Ce, Sun Quan and Sun Yi were no exception. However, Sun Ce later changed his temperament and lived in simplicity. Sun Quan and Sun Yi were not so conscious. Qiu hunting was common. Zhong Yao was an old minister, and Sun Yi might be afraid, but Zhuge Liang was a young man, so he might not be able to persuade Sun Yi.

But Liu Yao has been fighting for many years and knows the truth that the army is never tired of deceitfulness. No one can guarantee whether this is Sun Yi’s trick to lure the enemy. Lingling is full of mountains, and it is too easy to ambush thousands of people. Everyone wants to ambush others, and no one wants to be ambushed. After he seized Lingqu, he did not rush to attack north, but instead entrenched in Yangshuo Mountain, hoping that the Wu army would be eager to regain Lingqu and attack actively. He could defend the danger and consume the strength of the Wu army.

However, after Sun Yi moved to Lingling, he was stationed in Quanling and did not launch an attack, which made him very anxious. He realized that due to the disrepair of Lingqu, the Wu army had no plans to attack Jiaozhou for the time being, and the gains and losses of Lingqu had limited impact on them, and Sun Yi was not very enthusiastic about taking the initiative to attack.

If Sun Yi doesn't move, he must move. Confrontation is not his goal. It is his mission to go deep into the four counties in Jiangnan and force Zhou Yu to withdraw his troops.

Liu Yao discussed with Xu Shao. After hearing Liu Yao's consideration, Xu Shao stroked his beard and thought for a long time, but did not agree with Liu Yao's resolution. Quanling is in the middle of Lingling County. After Quanling, there are fewer mountains, and it is already considered the hinterland of Jiangnan. Sun Yi was ordered to guard here, so how could he be so careless?

"Zhengli, think about it carefully, did Sun Ce use the wrong person?" Xu Shao said to Liu Yao.

Liu Yao looked at Xu Shao for a moment in surprise and smiled bitterly. The three armies can seize the commander, but every man cannot seize the ambition. Xu Shao is known for knowing people, but now he admires Sun Ce for his ability to employ people, which shows that although he is not willing to give in, he has already accepted his fate in his heart. But if he thinks about it carefully, Xu Shao is right. Sun Ce has used many people over the past ten years, and some may not be very good, but he has not been able to get it. In contrast, Xu Shao made many mistakes. The most obvious thing is to treat Taishi Ci. When he first entered Jiangnan, Xu Shao looked down on Taishi Ci, so he did not value Taishi Ci. As a result, it turned out that Taishi Ci was very capable. If he could rely on important tasks at the beginning, Jiangnan might be a different situation.

As the general trend is, manpower cannot make it difficult to make the world come true.

Despite thinking this way, Liu Yao was still too willing to give up, which added a sense of urgency. "Zi General, what do you think of Zhuge Liang? I heard that Sun Ce valued the difference between civil and military and military affairs, and the separation of military and political affairs. Zhuge Liang was in politics. Is he a military advisor a temporary measure?"

Xu Shao was in a daze. He traveled with Liu Yao for many years, far away from the ridge, with no news, and his understanding of Zhuge Liang was very limited. This time he entered Lingling, he heard some news. Although Zhuge Liang was young and just weak, he had been in charge of Jiangnan for several years and had good political achievements. However, he did not make any achievements in military affairs, and it seemed that he was not suitable to be a military advisor. Perhaps as Liu Yao said, this was just because Zhong Yao resigned and there was no suitable candidate for the time being. The person who replaced Zhong Yao had not arrived yet, so Zhuge Liang could only be the temporary role.

If this conjecture is true, this is indeed a rare opportunity. Sun Ce attaches importance to the training of military advisors and has the staff of military advisors, and Sun Yi is less likely to make mistakes. Although Zhuge Liang has been with Sun Ce for several years and should have been in contact with military advisors, he is not a real military advisor after all, and he prefers government affairs and has no practical experience. When he serves as a military advisor, the opportunity will be gone.

Having said that, Xu Shao still did not want Liu Yao to take risks. He suggested that Liu Yao send Shi Hui to test it.

Shi Hui was the eldest son of Shi Xie. He was in his prime and had a strong sense of accomplishment. The Shi family was the leading noble family in Cangwu. Brothers and sons occupied the prefectures and counties, and most of Jiaozhou were controlled by them. Liu Yao was able to persist until now after entering Jiaozhou because of the support of the Shi family. However, from another perspective, with the Shi family, Liu Yao could not really control Jiaozhou. Once the Shi family changed their attitude and decided to surrender to the Wu State, Liu Yao would probably have no way out overnight.

As the situation develops, this possibility becomes greater and greater. If we can take this opportunity to fight Shi Hui and Sun Yi, no matter who wins or loses, as long as they form blood feuds, the possibility of the Shi family surrendering to Sun Ce will be much smaller.

Liu Yao understood the truth and sent someone to invite Shihui to discuss.

When Shi Hui heard that there was a chance to capture Sun Yi alive, he was very excited. Without Liu Yao's advice, he took the initiative to ask for battle. Liu Yao had more than 40,000 people under his command, distributed at the junction of Yulin, Cangwu and Lingjun. The nearly 20,000 people led by Shi Hui were the strongest, but his identity and achievements were not as good as Liu Yao, so he had to obey Liu Yao's orders. If Sun Yi could be severely damaged or even captured Sun Yi alive, he could be on par with Liu Yao and even replace Liu Yao.

Although Shi Xie is healthy, after all, he is over 60 years old, no one knows how many years he can live. If Shi Hui wants to be recognized by the King of Shu after Shi Xie’s death, and to be recognized by several uncles, take charge of the Shi family, and take over Jiaozhou, he must have made outstanding achievements.

This is obviously a rare opportunity.

Liu Yao pretended to hesitate for a moment and agreed to Shi Hui's request. However, he repeatedly reminded Shi Hui that although Sun Yi was young and Zhuge Liang had no military experience, the Wu army was good at fighting. Even in an unfavorable situation, they would fight back tenaciously and would not surrender easily. You must be prepared enough and not take it lightly.

Shi Hui knew this. Before this, he had fought with Sun Jian, Huang Gai and others, and the Wu army's tenacity left a deep impression on him. That time they surrounded Sun Quan and thought they could succeed in the battle, but unexpectedly, the Wu army set up a formation on the spot to defend and fought to the death. A battle that was originally quick to fight was delayed for nearly half a month until Sun Jian came to help.

Because of this, Shi Hui wanted to take Sun Yi even more. Sun Quan could hold on for so long. In addition to the Wu army's tenacious and good fighting, there was another important reason that Shi Hui kept thinking about it: Wu army's equipment was so good. Later, when he cleaned up the battlefield, Shi Hui picked up some of it. After the trial, he was amazed. Those pieces of equipment were also collected by him as treasures and would never be easily shown to others.

Sun Quan is Sun Ce's younger brother whom Sun Ce doesn't care about, and he can have such equipment. Sun Yi is Sun Ce's key training, so the weapons he has will definitely be better. If he can defeat Sun Yi, seize some of the equipment, and use it to equip his own troops, his strength will make a leap.

Shi Hui attached great importance to this opportunity. He repeatedly discussed with Liu Yao and decided to lead his troops to act to attract Sun Yi's attention. He led his troops to sneak in from the junction of Lingling and Guiyang. This was a large mountainous area where the army could not walk, but there were some paths. Some of Shi Hui's subordinates were often local mountaineers who were familiar with these paths. Sun Yi was stationed in Quanling, and he should pay attention to the main roads, namely Xiangshui and Xiaoshui River Valley, and he would not care too much about the roads in the mountains. However, he must have hunted in the mountainous areas, and a small group of elite troops could sneak silently to the vicinity of Lingling and carry out an attack. Even if it failed, he could retreat into the mountains. Sun Yi could not chase them even if he wanted to chase them. If it succeeded, the Wu army had no leader, and Liu Yao could command the army to attack and seize Quanling.

Liu Yao felt it was feasible and agreed happily.
Chapter completed!