The food brought out by two thousand soldiers and horses from the ancient city slowly ran out, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei persuaded Liu Bei to leave, but Liu Bei still insisted, and finally, the hard work paid off, the master came to the tavern again, and heard that Liu Bei was waiting for him in the store for more than ten days, and he was moved, and the two went to the small room to talk.

This person is none other than Longzhong Zhuge Liang.

There is a bamboo house on the second floor of the tavern, looking into the distance, quiet and chic, in the hot summer, the two talk in the cool bamboo house.

Liu Bei told Zhuge Liang that as an imperial uncle, he saw that the Han dynasty was overturned, the national thieves were in charge, the tyrants were wantonly plundered, and he was dedicated to supporting the Han family's ambition to serve the country.

"Since Dong Zhuo, heroes have been combined, and there are countless people who have crossed states and counties. Now that the Sun family has unified Jiangdong, although Sun Ce is dead, the prestige of the Sun family is still there, the country is dangerous and the people are attached, and the talents are used for it, and the foundation of Jiangdong is stable.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shaoguandu confronted each other, and the victory was not scored, and no matter who wins, they are the overlords of the north and have the power of the world.

Xichuan Liu Zhang's middle road is prosperous, although the foundation is unstable, the people's will is not attached, sooner or later it will collapse, but the army is flourishing, and it is difficult to plan it for the time being.

Xiliang is the old land of Qin, east of Chang'an, south of Bashu, west of Qiangrong, north of the desert, the first emperor because of the fertile land in Guanzhong, get the west Liang Xiao to ride and cross the world, this country of force.

However, the Xiliang warlords were divided, Ma Teng Han Sui was the strongest and his heart was not compatible, Han Sui killed Ma's son, took Ma's wife, and drove Ma Teng to Wuwei, this is a mortal enemy, although Cao Chen Zhong persuaded him, his face and heart are also discordant.

At that time, Dong Zhuo was based on 300,000 Xiliang Jing Cavalry and guarded the Tiger Prison, mediocre ears, Xiliang Cavalry was the first cavalry in the world, if the general got it, he could dominate the world, this heaven is so a general, how can the general care?

Yizhou is dangerous, fertile for thousands of miles, the land of abundance, and Gaozu is the emperor because of it. Liu Zhang is tyrannical, does not think about the people's livelihood, brutal killing, the people are afraid and dormant, but the heart is not attached, sooner or later civil strife arises, and the disaster will affect the entire Jingyi land.

Xisai Chang'an, the fertile soil in Guanzhong, the group of heroes divided, although there is Zhong Xuan sent a letter in Yongzhou, to temporarily peaceful, if the Guandu war, Yuan Shaosheng, this day so the general, according to Tongguan and guard, Yuan army is difficult to look west, if Cao Cao wins, Cao Cao's annexation of Hebei needs to wait for years, Chang'an can be Xu Tuzhi.

The general is the emperor's family, the letter is in the four seas, the heroes are in charge, the sage is thirsty, if there is Liangzhou, the soldiers are strong, after the years, the horse stepped on Chang'an, and the Yizhou chaos rose, poured out the troops, Bashu can be collected, the general sat on Yongliang, Xu Tu Jingzhou.

I expected that at that time, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao would be the main Central Plains Hebei, and the Sun clan would cross the Jiangdong, or take advantage of the chaos to take the land of Jingxiang, and the general would possess Yongliang and Bashu, Tongguan in the north, and fish belly in the south, and the northern overlord and the Jiangdong Sun clan would form a three-legged situation.

And the general has the land of the first Qin king, according to the danger of the world, overlooking the world, the general only needs the west and Qiangrong, the south Fu Yiyue, the north of the desert, and the internal cultivation of politics; Choose the right day to go out of the two passes, dominate the Central Plains, and enter Jingzhou, who dare the people not to eat pot pulp to welcome the general? If this is the case, then the hegemony can be achieved, and the Han family can be prosperous. ”

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking calmly, Liu Bei was silent for a long time, "Mr. De's teachings, so that Bei suddenly became enlightened, there are only two difficult things, Xiliang Ma Teng, who has always been loyal and righteous, is a descendant of General Fubo's horse aid, a few years ago, he led troops into Chang'an to rescue the Son of Heaven, and not long ago he was also punished by the Son of Heaven with blood, and he was patient?"

Mr.'s policy is very clear, but Xichuan Liu Zhang, the military is prosperous, the text has the law is right, Li Yan and Huang Quan, and the martial arts have Zhang Ren Huang Zhong Yan Yan, who can be regarded as the male lord and the descendant of the royal family, if he can keep Jingyi Erzhou, what can he do? ”

"Hahahaha." Zhuge Liang feather fan flickered, and laughed softly: "The general is worried, Ma Teng is a loyal minister of the Han family, and he can't bear to try it, but Ma Teng and Han Sui are not in harmony, and his people are reckless, and there is no wind of the Lord, the general does not take Xiliang, do you want the national thief Cao Cao and the tyrant Liu Zhang to take it?"

Liu Zhang has Jingyi, so he is undefeated, he has two generations to run Bashu, and the foundation is solid, but Liu Zhang is perverse, sooner or later he will be captured by Jingyi Haojie, the general should not worry, hehe, if the general is really worried, Liu Zhang can really keep the land of Jingyi.

However, the general has Yongliang, chokes Tongguan Chencang, guards according to the danger, when he can unite Liu Zhang, and force eastward, Liu Zhang enters Jiangdong, the general dominates the Central Plains, and finally fights with Liu Zhang. ”

"Sir's words are really like an initiation."

Liu Bei has been adrift for several years, always between conquest and killing, he has never had such a clear understanding of the world, and he did not expect that he could have such a prospect as a wandering warlord, he sighed at Zhuge Liang's great talent, and begged Zhuge Liang to come out of the mountain to help, Zhuge Liang repeatedly refused, and finally agreed.

Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain, just as Huang Yueying sent troops to Fancheng, Wancheng Chang'an soldiers and horses came out, it was Liu Bei who led the army to hide in the mountains south of the Qingni Pass, and the soldiers of the Qingni Pass were transferred to Fancheng by Cao Xian.

The defenders of Chang'an were not more than 1,000, and when they saw the Sichuan army attacking, they fled in despair, and Liu Bei relied on only 2,000 soldiers and horses to possess the huge Chang'an.

Liu Bei practiced benevolence and righteousness, released all the original prisoners in Chang'an, and met one person, named Pang Yuan, when he was released from prison, he was arrogant.

"I live here, and I have a place to go in prison, and my heart is happy, what does the imperial uncle do when he releases me, I will not be grateful for the kindness of the imperial uncle." Pang Yuan's nostrils are facing the sky, and he is indispensable.

Zhang Fei was furious when he heard this, and he was about to arrest Pang Yuan again, but was stopped by Liu Bei, Liu Bei saw that Pang Yuan had an arrogant temperament and an ugly face, and he didn't like it very much, so Pang Yuan went, and when Zhuge Liang came back from his tour of the city, Liu Bei described Pang Yuan and his person, and Zhuge Liang was shocked.

"This is a famous man in Jingxiang, his intelligence is far greater than mine, how can the emperor's uncle be lazy, this person's name is Pang Tong, the road name is Fengxiao, the emperor's uncle has won it, and he has won a million male soldiers."

Liu Bei was shocked, and led Zhang Fei and Guan Yu to chase out twenty miles, and finally caught up with Pang Tong.

Liu Bei persuaded Pang Tong to be attached, Zhang Fei was also called to apologize, but Pang Tong insisted on leaving, and finally Liu Bei was helpless and sent a good horse to Zhuang Xing, Pang Tong was deeply moved, and finally returned to the horse to pay homage, expressing his willingness to serve Liu Bei, but there was only one condition.

"Sir, please."

"Under the tent of the emperor's uncle, he is only called the emperor's uncle, not the lord."

Liu Bei was puzzled, this condition was strange, but since he was willing to serve himself, what did it matter to the emperor's uncle and lord, Liu Bei readily agreed.

Pang Tong rode a horse and followed Liu Bei back to Chang'an, looking all the way to the southeast Jingxiang, Liu Bei was puzzled again, "Why does Mr. look south frequently?" ”

Pang Tong laughed: "Haha, the emperor's uncle wants to become the emperor's business, and Jingxiang is the belly of the world, how can he not hope it?" ”

"Sir is far-sighted, and he is really talented." Liu Bei was full of admiration.

Stepping into the gate of Chang'an, Pang Tong finally glanced at the southeast direction, "If Jingyi is really chaotic, the lord has no place to stand, I Pang Tong is willing to take Xiliang for you, here is a young wealthy family, the people are fierce, and they are alone by force, and the lord should be like a fish in water, and he will dominate the world." ”

………… Liu Bei treated Pang Tong with the courtesy of a countryman, and asked Pang Tong about the current situation, Pang Tong asked with a smile: "Chang'an is the ancient capital of the Han Dynasty for two hundred years, and the land of Guanzhong is fertile, does the emperor plan to base it here for a long time?" ”

Zhang Fei said loudly: "Sir, isn't this nonsense? Chang'an is so good, we finally laid it, why don't we wait? Why don't you give it up? ”

"Don't be rude." Liu Bei scolded Zhang Fei and said to Pang Tong: "What do you think, sir?" ”

Pang Tong smiled: "Although Chang'an is good, it has three drawbacks......"

………… Wancheng Zhong Xuan, anxious, now the southwest of the Cao family's territory is in turmoil, and the catastrophe is no less than when Lu Bu seized Yanzhou.

Fancheng two battles, 50,000 soldiers and horses lost, Lejin committed suicide, Cao Xian was captured, he fled back to Wancheng with 5,000 soldiers and horses, now as long as Liu Zhang led a partial division to arrive, you can take Wancheng, and in front of the Sichuan army, Xuchang Luoyang Runan Chen Liu, almost all of them are lambs to be slaughtered.

The most infuriating thing is that when he was cooking wine with Prime Minister Qingmei, the big-eared thief hypocrite who occupied Xuzhou took the opportunity to take over the huge Chang'an, and the Cao family had reached the stage of laying eggs, Zhong Xuan's heart was in chaos, and he was in chaos, pacing back and forth in the lobby, constantly clapping his hands, but he had no idea.

At this time, the soldier came to report: "My lord, Mr. Jia Xujia, the military capital of Jizhou Mushen Sikong, has come to visit. ”

"Jia Xu?" Zhong Xuan's eyes lit up, this strategist who followed Zhang Xiuxin into Cao Ying, has not offered a single plan, but he has defeated Cao Cao twice, and he will undoubtedly be a great talent.

"Quick, come in...... No, no, no, I'll greet you personally. ”

Zhong Xuan, who was almost fifty years old, stepped out with an arrow step, ran to the gate, and saw Jia Xu coming in, and hurriedly bowed: "Wenhe, Wenhe, you came at the right time, now I Zhong Xuan is incompetent, causing chaos in the west, Zhong Xuan's death is not a pity, but I can't harm the lord, and please save Mr." ”

Jia Xu is tall, ordinary in appearance and clear in countenance, not wearing official uniforms, wearing a simple scribe's robe, looking like a shabby scholar, thrown into the pile, put in the imperial examination era, someone must recognize him at a glance: "Look at that person, he must be a failed imperial examination." ”

Jia Xu was sent by Xun Yu to pick up Cao Xian, originally a talent like Jia Xu should have served in the battle of Guandu, but Jia Xu was in Guandu, and he didn't have any strategy.

The food and grass in the army are about to run out, Cao Cao asked him what to do, Jia Xu first praised Cao Cao, what kind of shrewd mind, brave soldiers, good at employing people, decisive in case of trouble, can be far better than Yuan Shao, and finally came to a sentence, as long as you seize the opportunity, you can win quickly.

Nonsense, Cao Cao praised Jia on the surface, but in fact he knew that he was not willing to contribute, it happened that Cao Xian was in Wancheng, as Cao Cao's daughter, ordinary people could not persuade him to come back, and those military generals who did not recognize his six relatives, such as Xu Chu, etc., were all serving in Guandu.

So Xun Yu invited Jia Xu to persuade him, and Xun Yu believed that with Jia Xu's intelligence, persuading a Cao Xian was just a trivial matter.

Unexpectedly, Jia Xu ran all the way to Wancheng, and Cao Xian was captured by the Sichuan army.

Jia Xu's face was gentle, and he couldn't see anxiety, so he joined hands with Zhong Xuan.

Zhong Xuan said: "Mr. Wenhe, now there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses left in our army, Chang'an is occupied by Liu Bei, Fancheng is occupied by Liu Zhang, especially Liu Zhang, Fancheng has 50,000 troops, plus the surrender of troops, more than 70,000, and there are still 100,000 troops in Xiangyang behind, how can we resist?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head: "Resistance is no longer resistible, you can only outwit, Liu Bei has no worries, only Liu Zhang." ”

Zhong Miao was puzzled: "Liu Bei invited Zhuge Liang, a famous man from Jingxiang, to be his military advisor and occupy the important town of Chang'an, how can he be careless?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Lord Zhong, you have to ask yourself, Lord Zhong was sent to Chang'an by the prime minister to appease the princes of Guanzhong, and won the hearts of all the soldiers and horses in Chang'an, does Lord Zhong think that he has been in business for several years, and it is better for Liu Bei to occupy it for a few days?" I believe that as long as Lord Zhong arrives in Chang'an and fights under the banner of the Son of Heaven, he will be able to make Zhang Baiqi and other soldiers and horses attack Liu Bei together, what else is there to worry about? ”

Zhong Xuan frowned and said: "Sir, you don't know, Lord Xun Yu once said that Jingxiang Xu Shu is a genius, and his intelligence is ten times better than that of Lord Xun, and Jingxiang is rumored that Zhuge Liang's intelligence is far better than Xu Shu, even if I unite all kinds of soldiers and horses, I am afraid that I am not the opponent of Zhuge Liang and Zhao Guanzhang." ”

"Hahaha." Jia Xu stroked his beard and laughed: "It is precisely because of Zhuge that Lord Zhong can win a big victory."

Lord Zhong is right, Jia Xu said something that offended the adult, the adult and Zhuge Liang will definitely lose, but Lord Zhong thinks about it, Liu Bei has no foundation in Chang'an, and was defeated by more than a dozen princes in Guanzhong, even if he wins, it will be a narrow victory again and again.

has been fighting, the foundation is even more unstable, as long as the prime minister of the battle of Guandu wins, he Liu Bei will win, can he have Chang'an? In the end, it can only be wiped out under the flank.

If Zhuge Liang is really resourceful, he should persuade Liu Bei to retreat and withdraw from the whirlpool area of Chang'an, otherwise he will be entangled with soldiers and horses from all walks of life, and there will be no place to bury him. ”

Zhong Xuan looked at Jia Xu for a while, clapped his hands violently, and said happily: "Sir is saying that as long as I go back to Chang'an and gather troops and horses from all walks of life to attack Liu Bei, Liu Bei will retreat without a fight?" ”

"If you don't retreat, you die." Jia Xu said in a deep voice.

Zhong Miao was overjoyed, but he quickly fell down, and only then did he remember that there was an enemy much bigger than Liu Bei that had not been solved: "Mr. Wenhe, what about Liu Zhang?" Liu Zhangbing's Fancheng, I can't go to Chang'an with peace of mind. ”

"It's a difficult thing to do." Jia Xu frowned and said, "However, we can gamble on how crazy Liu Zhang is." ”

Zhong Xuan was puzzled and shook his head.

Jia Xu said: "Now our army has few soldiers, there are mortal enemies in the north, strong enemies in the south, chaos in the west, embattled, and soldiers cannot be used."

Go to the army to fight, Lord Zhong, we will act separately now, you immediately send a letter to Xuchang, let Lord Xun give Liu Zhang as many benefits as he can, this is the moment of life and death, no matter what, don't be stingy.

Then I wrote a letter to Liu Zhang, stating the benefits and disadvantages, the Northern Expedition was harmful to the Sichuan army, and Liu Zhang would be persuaded to withdraw from the army. ”

Zhong Xuan shook his head slowly: "Wenhe, there is no problem on my side, I believe that Lord Xun will be generous to Liu Zhang to give some benefits, but Mr. wants to retreat from the enemy after repairing the book, I'm afraid it's not realistic."

At the beginning, Fa Zheng and Liu Zhang's new military division Huang Yueying, as well as Zhang Ren, the first general of the Sichuan army, had advised Liu Zhang to suspend the army to support the people, but Liu Zhang was stubborn and self-serving, but he didn't listen. ”

Jia Xu said with a smile: "So I said, I want to bet on how crazy Liu Zhang is, Fazheng Huang Yueying is from the time of day and harmony to persuade Liu Zhang."

When the time comes, our army is confronting Yuan Shao, cutting down the weak and helping the strong, it is really unwise, and Liu Zhang slaughtered Jing Yi, and the people are not attached.

These have not persuaded Liu Zhang, I will analyze the geographical advantages for Liu Zhang, if Liu Zhang still does not withdraw from the army......" Jia Xu was silent and said: "You and I are ready to die for the country." ”

Zhong Xuan was awe-inspiring.

In fact, Jia Xu also has his own plans, Jia Xu is weak, born in the land of Xiliang killing, in a dangerous situation, and has been good at self-protection since he was a child.

At the beginning, Zhang Xiu was persuaded to take refuge in Cao Cao, but also to save his life, the battle of Guandu, no matter who wins or loses, Wancheng can not be kept, taking advantage of the division of the Central Plains, the days of independent Wancheng will no longer exist, and after Cao Cao wins, he will inevitably take advantage of the victory of Wancheng and move the crime of Wancheng containment, plus Zhang Xiu is a mortal enemy of killing his son, Wancheng is likely to be completely destroyed by Cao's army from Zhang Xiu below.

In this case, Jia Xu persuaded Zhang Xiu to surrender to Cao Cao, so that no matter who won or lost in the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao won, Zhang Xiu is a great hero, and he has meritorious service, Yuan Shao wins, Yuan Shao is fake benevolence and righteousness, good face, big victory and complacent, must be open-minded, even if he has persuaded Zhang Xiu to surrender to Cao Cao, Yuan Shao will at most ridicule a few words, and will not embarrass himself as a minister.

And the reason why the battle of Guandu did not offer a plan, the first is because he offended Yuan Shao even more, Jia Xu didn't think that Cao Cao would definitely win, those words that Cao Cao would win were just fooling Zhang Xiu.

The second is because of his new surrender, Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and others are the pillars of Cao Ying, and they really shouldn't sacrifice this and that as soon as they serve the service, they offend people for no reason, causing jealousy and dissatisfaction.

surrendered to Cao Cao, Jia Xu could guarantee his life, and said to Zhang Xiu that the three reasons for surrender, Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and the name was justified; Cao Cao's forces were weaker and he preferred to win over allies; Cao Cao has great ambitions and will definitely be able to ignore his past suspicions.

is also pure, Jia Xu can conclude that during the period of official crisis, Cao Cao will treat Zhang Xiu with courtesy, and if he wins, Cao Cao will not be unfavorable to Zhang Xiu in the early stage or even for the rest of his life.

But killing his son, killing his nephew and killing his cronies, Cao Ang is still his chosen successor, such a big feud, Cao Cao, as an overlord, can't not remember, but the time is not right, Xiao Xiong will not make a move, and Zhang Xiu's fate will inevitably be miserable.

But this is no longer something that Jia Xu has to take care of, Jia Xu has decided not to show his edge when Cao Ying's strategists are like clouds, until Cao Ying declines, and on the premise of self-preservation, seek a little future.

Jia Xu's values, that is, life first, everything else is second.

And the reason why he offered advice to Zhong Xuan this time and tried his best to persuade Liu Zhang to retreat was because Liu Zhang's actions were beyond his expectations, according to his own analysis, Liu Zhang's Northern Expedition was impossible anyway, and when he surrendered to Cao Cao, Liu Zhang was still in Yizhou, and he didn't expect Liu Zhang to have today.

This is Jia Xu's most unexpected thing, and this is also related to his own life, if Liu Zhang commits a crime in the north, Cao Cao will be destroyed, and he is likely to encounter the Sichuan army.

Jia Xu is deeply aware that his little way to save his life, under the hands of the butcher, it is unpredictable, and there will be disasters every day.

Jia Xu really can't guarantee that he is in obscurity under Liu Zhang, refusing to offer advice, Liu Zhang will not hesitate to kill himself with a knife, a madman who does things completely recklessly and does not abide by the rules of the game, is the biggest nemesis of a person like Jia Xu who has insight into people's hearts and strives to protect himself.

Therefore, Jia Xu must persuade Liu Zhang to retreat, if he can't succeed, then he has only two ways to go, one is to defect to Yuan Shao, and the other is to return to his hometown.

But neither of these is a good place, Yuan Shao himself has not yet thought of a reason, he can gain respect and a reason not to betray and escape the stain, and the second way is not in line with his idea of being hidden in the court.

Jia Xu walked out of Zhong Xuan's mansion and sighed lightly, it was the first time that Jia Xu felt hesitant about his future.

………… Fancheng, heavy rain in summer, raindrops crackling on the tiled roof, eaves water dripping down the stone steps, merging into streams.

Liu Zhang and Huang Yueying sat opposite each other, with a map in the middle, with many marked traces on it, and the posture of the soldiers and horses from all walks of life was clear at a glance.

"Lord, now that Fancheng has fallen, Liu Bei occupies Chang'an, Cao Cao except for Wancheng's 5,000 soldiers and horses, including Xuchang, is it an empty city, whether to send troops to the Northern Expedition, is the lord ready?"

Listening to the sound of rain outside, Liu Zhang looked at the map for a long time, took a deep breath and said: "Yueying, during my time in Xiangyang, Fa Zheng read to me every day about the money and grain taxes, the withering of talents, the lack of officials, and the difficulty of implementing government decrees. I also feel that the Northern Expedition is not the right time and may even cause chaos, but. ”

Liu Zhang pinched his forehead with his hand, rubbed his temples and said: "I always feel that if I don't take advantage of the situation to defeat Cao Cao now, I will become a big trouble in the future. ”

"So the lord still insists on the Northern Expedition?" Huang Yueying asked.

Liu Zhang nodded: "Yueying, you used a slight loss to break the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Cao army, so that most of the vanguard army could be preserved, so that I could march north without using the troops of Xiangyang, which is also the reason why I finally made up my mind." ”

Huang Yueying smiled faintly: "In this way, I knew that I should have lost more of the lord's soldiers and horses, maybe it would be a blessing in disguise, alas, well, since the lord has decided, Yueying is a subordinate, but one can be two or three."

Since the lord insisted on the Northern Expedition, Yueying suggested that we should hurry up, sweep the Central Plains before the decisive victory in Guandu, and defend according to the danger, our actions will inevitably accelerate the rout of Cao's army, and then Yuan Shao's army will attack...... I can only resign myself to fate. ”

Liu Zhang heard Huang Yueying's words and knew that Huang Yueying would never approve of his current Northern Expedition, and the Northern Expedition was extremely dangerous, Yuan Shaoruo was victorious, and the million-strong army went south, and the so-called dangerous passes in the Central Plains were a flat river in front of the Yuan family's million-strong army.

And most importantly, Xuchang, Yingchuan, Luoyang, and Chenliu, where these big clans gather, can they stand on their own?

At this moment, Liu Zhang once again wavered in the idea of the Northern Expedition.

"What about Chang'an Liu Bei? Zhuge Liang is a genius in the world, Zhao Guan and Zhang are all enemies, if they attack the flank, they may be in great trouble. ”

Huang Yueying said: "This lord doesn't have to worry at all, I expect Liu Bei to withdraw from Chang'an soon, Liu Bei's foundation in Chang'an is unstable, if you want to stay, with the wisdom of Zhuge and the courage of Zhao Guan and Zhang Zhiyong, you can do it, but you are caught in the internal friction of Chang'an."

Once there is a strong enemy, or Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, or us, we can all go down with one blow, and Zhuge Liang will not let Liu Bei fall into prison. ”

Liu Zhang nodded, and Huang Yueying sighed: "But I know Zhuge Liang too well, Zhuge Liang will not really withdraw from Chang'an, I expect Zhuge Liang to withdraw from Chang'an, in fact, to take Chang'an in the future."

There are more than a dozen princes in Chang'an, each with different genera, there are too many flaws, first withdraw, and then enterprising, it is the best policy, and I expect that Liu Bei's intention will be ...... here"

Huang Yueying's white slender palm was pressed to the position of Liangzhou, Liu Zhang saw Huang Yueying's palm, for some reason, he didn't look at the map, but looked at Huang Yueying's hand, a pair of hands that can be touched in the future.

Alas, what a good woman, with soul-hooking eyes, white and neat teeth, a perfect body, and even her hands are so perfect, but it's a pity that the face is ...... Liu Zhang sighed secretly.

"What's wrong with the lord?" Huang Yueying looked at Liu Zhang suspiciously.

"It's nothing, it's a big trouble, a big disaster, Liu Bei's big trouble." Liu Zhang said loudly, only to realize that he was distracted, and this distraction ...... Does it mean that he has denied the Northern Expedition in his heart?

"The subordinates suggested, the soldiers are fast, they will start the army tonight, take advantage of the rainy night, and attack Wancheng Runan and Xuchang on three roads, and then join forces to take Changshe Xingyang, before Cao Cao and Yuan Shao reacted, deploy Changshe to Xingyang line, and then ......"

Liu Zhang listened to Huang Yueying talk about the Northern Expedition strategy, and knew in his heart that Huang Yueying did not approve of the Northern Expedition, and these strategies were only tactically defeating the opponent, the battle line was so long, there was Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's army in front, and the foundation in the rear was unstable, which was really unfavorable to the entire Sichuan army.

Just because of the record of history, he recklessly dealt a heavy hand to Cao Cao, is this good?

Liu Zhang hesitated.

At this moment, a soldier came to report: "Report to the lord, Cao Cao's subordinate Jin Wu Jia Xu sent a letter." ”

"Jia Xu?" Liu Zhang's heart jumped, now he is really a group of heroes out of the mountain, he got a Huang Yueying, Liu Bei got Zhuge Liang, and now Jia Xu has also come out, and after listening to the Three Kingdoms Commentary, this guy has been repeatedly regarded as the first wise man in the Three Kingdoms.

Liu Zhang took the letter and read it, and at first he didn't care about it, but slowly, he frowned.

Liu Zhang handed the letter to Huang Yueying, and Huang Yueying looked at it and was slightly surprised.

Jia Xu's letter was to persuade Liu Zhang to withdraw from the army at the beginning, without detouring, and later stated the strength of the Northern Expedition, what helped Yuan to attack Cao, how Yuan Shao IV and the third duke brought a million, and how the foundation of Jingyi was unstable, which was similar to what Huang Yueying and Fa Zheng said.

Jia Xu finally said: "Uncle Huang is not advantageous in the world, if he insists on waving his army to take the Central Plains, and the Central Plains has no troops to fight, Uncle Huang will definitely get his wish and dominate the land of Jingyi Erzhou and the Central Plains.

However, it is very easy to break, and if it is prosperous, it will decline, the imperial uncle forgot about Dong Zhuo back then, the princes of the Eighteenth Road asked Dong, Dong Zhuo was forced to retreat into Chang'an, and finally disappeared, if the imperial uncle took the Central Plains, the situation was worse than Dong Zhuo.

If there is a map in front of the emperor's uncle, you might as well look at one or two, if the emperor's uncle gets the land of the Central Plains, the world is divided into four parts, Yuan Shao is in the north, Sun Quan is in the east, Liu Bei and Ma Teng live in Yongliang, and the emperor's uncle's Central Plains is just the three major forces completely separated.

Uncle Huang's army is at its peak, and it will be condemned by the Quartet, and the Quartet does not border each other, and there will be no situation of the original eighteen-way princes, Liu Bei Ma Teng led the Xiliang soldiers to attack the land of Nanyang Heluo, Yuan Shao attacked the land of Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and Sun Quan attacked the land of Yangzhou.

Just ask Uncle Huang, how many soldiers and horses can Uncle Huang guard?

The emperor's uncle is the hero of the world, and the genius of the sky may be able to keep the Central Plains, but if the Central Plains contain the emperor's uncle's soldiers and horses, what will Jingzhou do? How to face the Jiangdong rats? What to do in Hanzhong? How to face Yongliang Xiaoxiao?

Uncle Huang is guarding the Central Plains and fighting all the time, and Uncle Huang's voice is not good in the world, how can Uncle Huang ensure that when Uncle Huang is struggling to fight against the three-way army, the Central Plains people will not rebel?

Uncle Huang is wise, Huang Yueying is a heroic among women, when he knows that Liu Bei entered Chang'an, he was imprisoned, and Zhuge must use Chang'an as a springboard to take Xiliang.

Could it be that the emperor's uncle also wants to enter the Central Plains, trap himself in prison, and resist the three-way army alone? Dong Zhuo was defeated and retreated to Luoyang and retreated to Chang'an, and Uncle Huang was defeated and retreated to the Central Plains and retreated to Jingxiang, isn't it a repeat of the same mistakes?

The Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, Jia Xu thought it was unwise.

Now that the emperor's uncle has crossed Jingyi, he is already the second male lord after Yuan Shao, if Jia Xu is fortunate enough to be the emperor's uncle's arm, he will suggest that the emperor's uncle take a break from the army to support the people, and the sword is pointed to, and he will take Xiliang directly.

Xiliang is invincible in the world, but the heroes are divided, and the emperor uncle doesn't take it, do you want Liu Bei to take it? Liu Bei's wolf ambition, Ma Teng must not be an opponent, and when Liu Bei dominates Xiliang, isn't it a big trouble for the emperor's uncle?

If the emperor takes Xiliang, when the time comes, the navy will curb Jiangdong, Fancheng will defend the Central Plains, and the Xishu horse infantry army will go to Chang'an, with the Sichuan army brave, Xiliang Xiaocai, Jingzhou sailor, who is the enemy? Isn't the general trend of the world still under the emperor's uncle?

Jia Xu asked the imperial uncle to think twice and bow again. ”

"What does the lord think?" Huang Yueying put down the letter silk and said to Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang's fingers grinded on the map one place name after another, and said with a smile: "Jia Wenhe is putting his heart in my heart, thinking about me, not only analyzing the disadvantages of attacking the Central Plains for me, but also pointing out the direction for my Sichuan army."

The navy army curbs Jiangdong, Fancheng guards the Central Plains, and the Xishu horse infantry army goes down to Chang'an, with the courage of the Sichuan army, the Xiliang Xiaocai, the Jingzhou water division, and the world, what else can I say? ”

"Yueying never thought about the Northern Expedition before, and this situation after the success of the Northern Expedition has not been thought about, but now it seems that it is indeed extremely dangerous."

Huang Yueying sighed: "Cao Cao's subordinates not only have generals such as Zhang Liao, Cao Ren, Xu Huang, Yu Ban, etc., but also Guo Jiaxun Yu and other conspiracies, and now Jia Xu has been added, the lord is right, Cao Cao is indeed a great enemy, and I have a little hope that Yuan Shaoguandu will win." ”

Liu Zhang was silent for a long time, looked at the letter silk lying on the table, clenched his fists and said, "Yueying, if we don't go on the Northern Expedition, what do you have to say." ”

Huang Yueying's face was overjoyed, and she bowed: "If this is the case, Jia Xu's strategy is also a policy that Yueying has already formulated, if there is no accident, within ten years, Yueying will rule the world for the lord." ”

"Ten years?"

Or the promise made in Xiangyang, Liu Zhang's knuckles tapped on the table, he knew that Huang Yueying was not a person who liked to talk big, and he would not make judgments about everything, so he added a "If there is no accident", this is not to leave a way back for herself, but that the overall situation of the world is indeed fickle.

Just like the Longzhong pair in history, how did Liu Bei help the Han family?

However, even if there are no accidents, ten years, can you wait for yourself?

Huang Yueying looked at Liu Zhang and frowned, and her face was also gloomy.

Suddenly, Huang Yueying found that she and Fa Zheng may have guessed Liu Zhang's thoughts wrongly, the lord was not just afraid of Cao Cao's insistence on the Northern Expedition, but worried about recuperation, and he couldn't wait for the day when he stepped on the Central Plains.

Liu Zhang was reluctant to tell his reasons, so he used the reason of being afraid of Cao Cao to prevaricate, and he should also know that if Liu Zhang was in good health, how could a male lord who dared to offend even the world's families be afraid of a Cao Cao?

A person with great ambitions, in the face of such a decision, Huang Yueying seems to be able to feel the pain in Liu Zhang's heart.

But what can I do? In five years, even if he is an immortal, how can he dominate the world?

"That's not right." Huang Yueying suddenly thought of one person, maybe Liu Zhang's illness could not be cured, but it could be delayed, that is, Qu Lingchen's piano sound.

Huang Yueying accompanied Liu Zhang to listen to Qu Lingchen's qin, and Qu Lingchen's piano sound, especially the sound of the piano around the liangqin, can make Liu Zhang's heart gentle, put aside distracting thoughts, and obtain a moment of tranquility.

It's like drops of liquid medicine hitting a heart full of holes, slowly healing.

In this way, even if Liu Zhang works hard for political affairs every day, if Qu Lingchen can play the piano for Liu Zhang, perhaps, he can live for ten years.

Huang Yueying knew that this was very selfish, as if she was using Liu Zhang to fulfill her master's wish, but this was already the best way.

It's just that Qu Lingchen regards Liu Zhang as a mortal enemy, although Huang Yueying can see that Qu Lingchen has a love for Liu Zhang, but the family is full of blood feuds, how can Qu Lingchen be willing to play the piano for Liu Zhang to treat his illness?

Liu Zhang left the door, Huang Yueying looked at the back of Liu Zhang's departure, and suddenly found that this decisive king also had so much helplessness.

Liu Zhang could have relied on the Shi clan, with his eloquence and the appeal of the Han royal family, even if he didn't have his help, it was very possible to level the world in ten years, but for the sake of the people of the world, he chose such a difficult path.

Huang Yueying looked at Liu Zhang's back, and suddenly felt sad, "Lord, no matter what, no matter how many years you can live, I know that removing the threat of the clan to the Han family is your lifelong wish, this wish is more important than life, even if Yueying is broken and abandoned by the Huang family and the world, she will achieve your grand wish." ”

............"The Son of Heaven has arrived. ”

Outside Fancheng, a person came down from a carriage, holding a holy decree, and entered the county government under the leadership of the Sichuan army general, and read the holy decree to the Sichuan army civil and military.

"The edict of the Son of Heaven, Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang, meritorious deeds, uphold the community, suppress Zhao Yun Pang Xi's rebellion, cut off Zhang Lumi thieves, stabilize Jingxiang, outstanding meritorious service, special worship Liu Zhang as the general of the imperial court, Feng Shu Hou, the thirteen counties of Yizhou, the nine counties of Jingzhou, and the nine counties of Jiaozhou."

The Sichuan army, both civil and military, are happy.

"Minister, thank you."

Liu Zhang received the edict, his mind flashed, and he also received the nine counties of Jiaozhou? Cao Cao is really generous, and now Sun Quan is planning to recruit Shixie and go to the state assassin by himself? Let's not talk about Sun Quan first, will Shixie, the No. 1 wealthy family in Jiaozhou, agree?

This move is really high, even if he is not fooled to take Jiaozhou, it will cause Shixie to be jealous, Jiaozhou directly threatens Yizhou and the south of Jingzhou, Cao Cao does not spend a single soldier, he makes his rear unstable.

The eunuch stepped forward and said, "Congratulations to the Hou Ye, and the Son of Heaven also asked me to bring two oracles." ”

"What oracle?" Liu Zhang handed the edict to the attendant and asked casually.

The eunuch smiled incoherently: "The first oracle is a public matter, the Son of Heaven heard that the Qiang people rebelled, and they invaded the land from time to time, the Son of Heaven was very worried, Uncle Liu Huang's soldiers were strong and strong, and the Son of Heaven hoped that Uncle Liu Huang could raise troops to attack the Qiang people and make contributions to the imperial court." ”

Liu Zhang smiled, Cao Cao was leading his troops to the northwest.

"Qiang people, I have Wu Ban to guard Hanzhong, and I will protect the Han land, please rest assured that the Son of Heaven will not lose another message?"

The eunuch smiled even sweeter, and his face wrinkled into a chrysanthemum: "Uncle Huang is in his prime, and he has no wife, Prime Minister Cao Cheng has a daughter, beautiful and dignified, seventeen years old, and he is the emperor uncle's continuation, and the Son of Heaven sees that the emperor is doing his best for the Han Society, and there is no backroom to take care of him, so he is very worried, so he intends to match, I don't know what the emperor wants?" ”

Liu Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, this Cao Cao really tried his best, first to give Yuan Shao's general to himself, and then to raise Jiaozhou, so that Jing Yi's rear was unstable, and then the west expedition to the Qiang people, leading the Sichuan army to the west, and now the beauty plan has come out.

"Which daughter of the thief?" Liu Zhang asked.

The eunuch smiled awkwardly: "It is the third daughter of Prime Minister Cao, Cao Xian." ”

"Jokes." Liu Zhang flicked the sleeves of his robe and said loudly: "It's really a big joke, Cao Xian has tens of thousands of armor, sitting in front of the two armies, is it also called beautiful and dignified?" Besides, Cao Xian is now being captured by our army, the daughter of Cao Thief, the official disposes of it at will, why ......"

Liu Zhang was talking, Huang Yueying stepped forward and whispered: "The edict of the Son of Heaven is not to marry and eat, and not to marry Bai." ”

Liu Zhang thought about it, and this is also the truth, what is the reason for having an extra woman?

was about to promise, suddenly felt the gaze of Xiao Furong behind the side, as his concubine, he wanted to marry a wife, Xiao Furong was inconvenient to speak, but Liu Zhang knew what Xiao Furong was thinking.

Liu Zhang said to the eunuch: "Okay, this official can accept Cao Xian, but this official does not have a wife, it is pure nonsense, this official has already married a wife, it is Huang Yue, the only daughter of Huang Quan in my Yizhou governance, Cao Xian can only be a concubine." ”

All the civil and military officers looked at Liu Zhang, and the dispute between Liu Zhang's wife and room was settled, which could be described as a complete matter for them.

Xiao Furong behind Liu Zhang also breathed a sigh of relief.

"This ......" The eunuch was embarrassed, and Liu Zhang shouted: "What's the matter, this official is willing to accept the daughter of the thief, is he still unwilling?" If you don't want to, you can go back now......"

"Yes, yes, yes." The eunuch said in a loud voice, before he came, Xun Yu repeatedly explained that no matter what the conditions, as long as Liu Zhang could not be committed, he could agree, but now he just changed his wife to a concubine, not to mention that Cao Xian was still caught by others, and if he didn't agree, he wouldn't come back.

Accepting a concubine, at most, humiliated Cao Cao, and the eunuch could only agree to it.

"Since the emperor's uncle and the prime minister have become good friends of Qin and Jin, and they are ministers in the same palace, can they stop the army and make peace and share peace?"

Liu Zhang looked at the eunuch coldly, the eunuch's frightened neck shrank, and Liu Zhang said coldly: "This official is the uncle of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and the Cao thief has ill intentions, how can he be in the same stream?" It's just that now the Qiang people are plundering, and the external troubles are greater than the internal harms, so they don't care about the Cao thieves for the time being. ”

"Thank you, Uncle Huang, thank you, Uncle Huang." The eunuch visited the shrine again and again, wiped a handful of sweat, no matter what, he finally completed his mission, God knows how much pressure he was under to face this Yizhou butcher.

"Still." Liu Zhang said again, and the eunuch's heart suddenly lifted.

(To be continued)