Cai Mao entered the court, and took Liu Cong, who escaped from Jingzhou with him, and what surprised him was that under Cao Cao's interference, the court really knighted him, which was the Marquis of Hanyang Pavilion promised by Yuan Yun before.

And Liu Bei put Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi in the position of Jingzhou Mu, which was immediately supported by the clans in Jingzhou, and the only thing that was not recognized was the imperial court, and the imperial court quickly labeled him as a thief for Liu Qi's succession.

As a result, Liu Bei's ambition finally began to swell, and he and his staff soon moved into Xiangyang, and in order to prevent the gunpowder army in Luoyang, they began to recruit soldiers on a large scale.

Jingzhou is a rich land in the world, and it has become richer under Liu Biao's management over the years, so he wants money and grain, which almost completely makes Liu Bei a nouveau riche.

Now the number of newly recruited soldiers has reached 200,000, and under the inspiration of Liu Bei's personal charm, these people think that they are doing an extremely noble thing, that is, to revive the Han family.

Liu Bei even issued an edict to the world, pointing out that Cao Cao was a thief of the Han Dynasty, coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and repeatedly emphasized that Liu Xie, the son of the Han Dynasty, lives in the fire of the water and is eagerly waiting to be rescued.

When he got this edict, Cao Cao even took it directly to the court, and personally handed it over to Liu Xie, the son of heaven, but the ridiculous thing is that the son of heaven of the Han Dynasty didn't care at all, and even felt that Liu Bei was a little funny, because now he is very satisfied with his current life, except for no freedom, almost everything is very satisfactory to him.

After Liu Bei issued the edict, the Sun family in Yangzhou naturally became the first corresponding person, which many people had long expected, and the only thing that was not expected was that Liu Zhang of Yizhou also chose to side with Liu Bei, and the three decided to unite with Cao Cao in the north of the other party.

After Yuan Yun saw this information, he just smiled bitterly, Liu Zhang was quite authentic, after choosing to stand on Liu Bei's side, he still cautiously sent the shopkeepers of the Yuan Mansion in Chengdu back, and sent a sincere letter over, tactfully expressing that he was also helpless, and put all the blame on his subordinates.

Yuan Yun naturally understood why Liu Zhang was like this, now that Hanzhong had surrendered, and all of Zhang Lu's forces had become Luoyang's sphere of influence, they Yizhou naturally felt a great threat.

Now that the three have joined forces, the momentum has really risen sharply, and many clans have already chosen to stand in line after Cao Cao's victory over Karasuma, but now Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Yizhou are united, and the form has become swaying in an instant.

Under the interference of these clans, the world has now become a situation of confrontation between the north and the south, and even some of the eliminated forces in the north have begun to show signs of resurgence.

Sun Shangxiang returned to Yangzhou as promised, sitting on the frame given to her by Yuan's mansion, and brought countless pastries and gifts, but she wanted to open a business route between Yangzhou and Luoyang, but because Sun Ce decided to oppose Cao, it was shelved.

Yuan Yun has always been opposed to this matter, he believes that even if Yangzhou joins the anti-Cao alliance, the business road can still be opened, after all, the sugar in the south is a very scarce resource in the north.

However, Cao Cao and the old officials of the court have always believed that since the other party has become an enemy, then there is no need for any interaction, so not only can the trade road not be carried out, but even some passes and roads have been completely blocked, and some adjacent areas have also been purposefully swept out by the army, and both sides have created almost a hundred miles of no man's land at the border.

"My lord, Liang also received a message just now that the Shixie of Jiaozhi is preparing to close the dock we have established over there, and Guangzhou will bear the brunt, in this case, I am afraid that the maritime trade routes over there will be shut down." After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he gently handed a flying pigeon to Yuan Yun.

Yuan Yun glanced at it, and threw it into the furnace in an instant, at this time Luoyang was covered with heavy snow, and the window was clean and white, and the cold winter world seemed very quiet, and even the sound of burning letters in the stove could be heard.

Seeing that the letter turned into ashes, Yuan Yuncai raised his head and smiled at Zhuge Liang: "It seems that we are looking flat, and if we don't move out on time, it is estimated that many people will choose to side with Liu Bei." ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "That's true, now Yizhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou have become allies, and the momentum is unprecedented, Shi Xie is afraid that he saw this, so he chose to alienate us, after all, if these three families attack him, he has no ability to resist at all, and the court is far away from thousands of mountains and rivers, and it is difficult for him not to compromise." ”

Yuan Yun buckled his chin, and did not continue with Zhuge Liang's words, but suddenly said: "We were going to erase it before Xinye, it's not too late to do it, right?" ”

Zhuge Liang was stunned, shook the feather fan in an instant, and said: "Now that the snow is falling, you can take it by surprise at this time." ”

At this time, Pang Tong walked in from outside the study, and the snow on his body had not yet been cleaned, when he heard Zhuge Liang's sentence, he was suddenly startled, and said: "How does this make it, now the heavy snow has blocked almost all the roads, and we sent troops from Luoyang to the past, which is very far away. ”

Zhuge Liang smiled, then pointed at Pang Tong with a feather fan, and said: "Lord, you see, even our unparalleled scheming Pang Shiyuan thinks it is impossible, then this surprise can be implemented, Liang feels that it is most reasonable to send troops in the near future." ”

Yuan Yun beckoned Pang Tong to sit in front of the tea table, and then said: "Shiyuan has been busy with the defense of Chang'an and Hongnong, Luoyang, you don't have much time to stay, so I don't know how powerful the gunpowder army is marching in the snow, and now we have a large number of warm tents, and the food is more abundant in canned rations, so there is no problem for us to march and fight in the snow." ”

Pang Tong was stunned for a moment, and his brows loosened in an instant, although he didn't know very well how the Gunpowder Army marched in the snow, but he had already seen too many magic in Luoyang, so Yuan Yun said this at the moment, naturally there would be no problem.

"In this case, we only need 10,000 horses to erase Xinye in an instant, so that we can give Liu Bei a dismount, so that those wall grasses can see the form clearly." After Pang Tong finished speaking, his hands were also heated by the fire, so he continued: "This time I am willing to lead the army. ”

As soon as Yuan Yun heard Pang Tong's request to lead the army, he suddenly had a bad premonition inexplicably in his heart, in history, Pang Tong and Liu Bei strongly asked to lead the army into Shu, but he died in Luofengpo, and now history will not repeat itself, right?

After a moment of silence, Yuan Yuncai pointed to his nose, and then said with a smile: "This time I am dealing with Liu Bei, I have a big enmity with him, so I must come in person to lead the army, Shi Yuan might as well join the army as mine." ”

Pang Tongyi was stunned and said: "Now that the trade road in the Western Regions has just opened, and the farming and water conservancy around Luoyang are also in progress, many things need to be taken care of by the lord himself, so there is not much need to crusade against Xinye?" ”

Yuan Yun glanced at Zhuge Liang and replied: "Almost everything is handed over to Kong Ming, but I am the most leisurely, don't toss Liu Bei, how can I relieve the evil anger in my heart, Shiyuan doesn't need to persuade me anymore, let me lead the army this time." ”

Zhuge Liang saw that Pang Tong no longer objected, so he spoke: "Now that Xinye is guarded by Zhang Fei, the lord has an old relationship with this person, Liang just reminded the lord that if you are soft-hearted in battle, then the loss will only be the gunpowder army brothers in Luoyang, so the lord must avoid it." ”

Yuan Yun frowned slightly in an instant, thinking that if he really saw Zhang Fei on the battlefield, it would be really a bit difficult to start, could he command the musket team to break him into a stopper?

Pang Tong looked at Yuan Yun's embarrassed face, and could only interject: "If you meet Zhang Fei, even if the lord hands it over to me Pang Tong to command, this time you are like the Northern Expedition Karasuma, as long as you are in charge, you don't have to pay attention to anything else." ”

Yuan Yun smiled bitterly and nodded, it can only be like this at present, but when dealing with Liu Bei, he always feels that he has to go out, and if this yin man doesn't clean him up, he always feels very unpleasant.

Zhuge Liang then continued: "Cao Ang Shizi naturally won't have any problems, but the leader also needs a general, and the two of them are probably not good at this kind of thing, so Zhao Zilong must be brought, and this time he and Liu Bei will be completely finished, but here Liang must be reminded that all the things that rush into the battle, although they are handed over to Zhao Zilong, but all the things that are decided by the lord and Shiyuan are decided by the lord and Shiyuan." ”

Pang Tong glanced at Zhuge Liang and then at Yuan Yun, then sighed and said, "Brother Zhao has also come to our side for so long, hasn't the knot in his heart been untied?" Thinking like this, he is a loyal man, but he didn't know anyone at the beginning, but he didn't owe Liu Bei anything, and I believe that he won't make any wrong decisions. ”

Yuan Yun really didn't want to talk about Zhao Yun's loyalty at this time, and now Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Zhao Yun have all become people on his side, so I feel a little weird when I think about it, but I feel that it should be so, if these fierce people really go to Liu Bei's side, it will be really difficult to get peaceful in this world, if it is really like the history records, the Central Plains has been fighting for nearly a hundred years, and there will be ghosts without being invaded by foreign races.

Stretching his waist slightly, Yuan Yun slowly stood up, and then said in a deep voice: "I'll go to Cao Ang Shizi now to take out the documents for the levy, this time I also need the assistance of Cao Hong from Wancheng, Kong Ming can go to write a letter, so that he can guide us secretly."

Shi Yuan is currently going to the gunpowder army camp, this time we brought 10,000 soldiers, most of them must be fierce soldiers, and some recruits must also be brought with them, so that they can have a chance to exercise, and then they will start a war with Liu Bei and Sun Ce, they still have a lot of battle formations to fight. ”

After explaining this, Yuan Yun paused slightly, and then instructed Shi Shen who was guarding the side: "Let Wen Ji go and pass the book to my senior sister Feige, since Shi Xie does not welcome us, let her withdraw all the caravans from South Vietnam, remember to be sure to do all of them, and don't leave any of them." ”

When Pang Tong heard this, he interjected again: "Aren't we going to suffer a great loss? It's better to withdraw slowly. ”

Yuan Yun shook his hand and said: "Believe me, Shi Xie will beg us to go back soon, now that Nanyue has left the support of my senior sister Wang's caravan, there will be ghosts if there is no chaos, that kind of earth king has long been accustomed to our goods, and now the supply is suddenly cut off, it is estimated that they will not be able to sink for a month, Shi Xie will have to deal with these earth kings later, it is estimated that he will have a headache to death, so when he comes to beg us, then we will talk to him about the distribution of benefits later." ”

Zhuge Liang laughed at this time and said: "The lord really never suffers, as long as we erase Xinye this time, Shixie will inevitably reconsider the issue of standing in line, and we not only have to withdraw all the caravans, but also let the imperial court start those warships, and if we don't block all the sea routes over there, it will be cheaper for others." ”

Yuan Yun smiled and said, "Kong Ming is much more vicious than me, and if the sea route is blocked like this, Shi Xie will probably not be able to sleep." ”