The spring rain is continuous, the weeping willows are blowing the embankment, and Xiangchu in April is a good season for the grass to grow and the warbler to fly, but at this moment, Liu Qi on horseback has no heart to enjoy the green and play. In fact, not only Liu Qi, but also the entire Jingzhou right now, I am afraid that few people will have the idea of a spring outing. In February, Dong Cheng was imprisoned for his defeat and defeat of the Son of Heaven; In March, Liu Biao was edicted to raise troops to fight Cao; In April, Cao Cao Xingshi went south to ask Liu Biao. In less than three months, the situation in the world has changed abruptly, and Jingzhou, which was once outside the battlefield of the Central Plains, has been pushed to the forefront because of a paper edict. Seeing that a great war is about to break out, I ask how Liu Qi, who is the eldest son of Liu Biao, can stay out of the matter.

"Are you really seeing Kong Ming? Liu Qi turned his head to the staff member who was following behind him for confirmation, although his tone was full of doubt, his face already showed a look of anticipation.

Zhu Heng, the main bookkeeper who followed closely, hurriedly replied, "It's true, it's in Yuelu Mountain." ＂

Liu Qi got an accurate answer, the anxiety on his face suddenly disappeared, and when he thought that he was about to meet Zhuge Liang, a sense of eagerness to try came to his heart in an instant. Perhaps, in the eyes of outsiders, it is really unreasonable for Liu Qi to attach so much importance to a cloth cloth that is seven or eight years younger than him. But Liu Qi knows that compared with those so-called "celebrities" who have vain reputations, the young Zhuge Liang is knowledgeable and ambitious, and he is really the world's Guan Zhong and Le Yi. It must be known that Zhuge Liang has advised Liu Qi more than once before, regardless of returns. In particular, Zhuge Liang's "self-release" policy not only enabled Liu Qi to successfully get rid of the threat of his stepmother Mrs. Cai, but also allowed him to seize the military power and stabilize his position as the heir. Therefore, Liu Qi firmly believes that this time Zhuge Liang will definitely come up with another trick to help him and help the Liu family defeat Cao Cao. Thinking of this, Liu Qi couldn't help but jerk his horse's buttocks, and galloped away in the direction of Yuelu Mountain.

Yuelu Mountain is the highest peak outside Changsha City, its mountain range belongs to Nanyue Heng Mountain, the ancients listed Yuelu Mountain as one of the seventy-two peaks of Nanyue, so it is also called Linglu Peak. According to Zhu Heng and others. Zhuge Liang is currently living in a small village on the mountain. Because Liu Qi was anxious to see Zhuge Liang, the group waited almost non-stop along the way, and finally arrived in front of the hut where Zhuge Liang was staying before sunset.

The owner of the house was obviously startled by the large number of armored men who suddenly appeared in front of his house, and he was even more afraid that he would be forcibly recruited. So he hurriedly led his mother-in-law to escape from the firewood room over the wall.

Liu Qi did not know that he had scared the owner away. But seeing him turn over and dismount, straighten his messy clothes, walk to the firewood and call out, "Is Brother Kong Ming here?" ＂

However, after waiting for a long time, there was no response from the hospital. Seeing this, Zhu Heng, the chief bookkeeper on the side, hurriedly glanced at the entourage behind him and motioned for them to come forward and knock on the door. But Liu Qi raised his hand to stop the entourage, and then shouted loudly again. "Brother Kong Mingxian, Liu Qi asks to see! ＂

Liu Qi's posture is not low, but there is still no response in the hospital, and not even the slightest sound is heard. Is there no one in the house? Liu Qi couldn't help but look back at Zhu Heng suspiciously, obviously with his understanding of Zhuge Liang. As long as Zhuge Liang is here, he will not be left outside like this.

Zhu Heng was stared at by Liu Qi and panicked. He also got the news from the mouth of the house slave. If you're mistaken. That's incredible. And just when Zhu Heng was restless, not knowing how to respond to Liu Qi, a clear voice suddenly came from behind Liu Qi.

"Why did Childe come to Yuelu Mountain? ＂

Liu Qi looked back and saw Zhuge Liang wearing a robe and holding a bamboo cane, and he didn't know when he was already standing on the country road. Zhuge Liang, who has just reached the age of a weak crown, is not only slender, but his facial features have also faded from immaturity. At this moment, although he is dressed as a mountain villager. But there is no vulgarity, but against the backdrop of the drizzling rain and green mountains, it gives people a feeling of a hermit in the deep mountains.

Liu Qi, who was overjoyed, immediately stepped forward in three steps and two steps, grabbed Zhuge Liang's sleeve and said, "Kong Ming." But you can find you! ＂

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Qi, who was delighted, and then at Zhu Heng and the others who were laughing with him, and seemed to understand something. immediately took Liu Qi's hand and said with a smile, "Even if Gongzi doesn't come to find Liang, Liang will go to find Gongzi." Let's go, go into the house and talk. ＂

After that, Zhuge Liang led Liu Qi into the hut he was borrowing. But as soon as he entered the hut, Liu Qi immediately frowned. It turned out that there was only one brazier and two straw mats in the hut, although Liu Qi couldn't talk about the brocade clothes and jade food since he was a child, but he had never seen such a humble room, so he hurriedly grabbed Zhuge Liang and said, "This place is very simple, Kong Ming still goes back to the camp with Qi to live." ＂

Zhuge Liang waved his hand, thanked Liu Qi for his kindness, and sat on the straw mat by himself. Seeing this, Liu Qi knew that it was not easy to force this, so he had to sit down with him. After the two of them were seated as guests of honor, Zhuge Liang asked Liu Qi straight to the point, "Gongzi came to find Liang today, but for the battle against Cao?" ＂

"yes. How did Kong Ming know? As soon as Liu Qi said this, he immediately realized that he had lost his words. Cao Liu's battle against Jingzhou because of the edict was a major event that shocked the world. Zhuge Liang, who has always cared about the world, could not know about this. So he had to smile and laugh at himself, "Qikou is unobstructed, let Kong Ming laugh." ＂

Zhuge Liang shook his head and excused Liu Qi, "Gongzi is also concerned about Jingzhou, so he will care about chaos." ＂

"Having said that, Qi Wen can't be in peace, and Wu can't set the country. Kong has the heart to serve the country, but he has no talent to serve the country. I also asked Kong Ming to give Qi some guidance, so that Qi could also do his best for Jingzhou's fathers! After saying that, Liu Qi directly bowed heavily to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang hurriedly got up and helped Liu Qi up, "I can't help it!" Childe killed Ryoya. ＂

If Kong Ming doesn't agree, Qi won't be able to bow down for a long time. Liu Qi was unmoved.

Seeing this situation, Zhuge Liang, who couldn't cry or laugh, had to bow his head and agree, "Liang does have a strategy to resist Cao, and he also asked Gongzi to get up and speak." ＂

Liu Qi was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up and asked, "What is the plan?" ＂

Seeing that Liu Qi was no longer shouting and bowing for a long time, Zhuge Liang adjusted his sitting posture and turned to the right color, "It's not a secret, Liang only moved from Nanyang to Changsha ten days ago. Passing through Xinye and Xiangyang cities, you can see that there are ditches and ditches as far as the eye can see, and there are many arrow towers. If Liang is not mistaken, the envoy wants to use towers and trenches to block Cao's army from moving south. ＂

Kong Ming did not guess wrong, his father did plan to block Cao's army in Xinye and Xiangyang, and consume Cao Cao's troops with the city camp. Liu Qi nodded complacently and confirmed.

In the eyes of Liu Biao and his staff, their greatest advantage over Cao Cao at the moment was the wealthy Jingzhou. Liu Biao's Jingzhou soldiers may not be Cao Cao's opponents of Qingzhou soldiers, but Liu Biao has money, food, and people. If you can't fight in the field, you will hide in the city with Cao Cao. One day, Cao Cao will be unable to support it and take the initiative to retreat. As soon as Cao Cao retreated, the surrounding princes would inevitably send troops to attack Cao and beat the water dogs. At that time, it would not be easy for Liu Biao to go north to destroy Cao Cao with the edict of the alliance leader.

Of course, Liu Biao's tactics require a lot of manpower and material resources. This means that Liu Biao's department cannot take care of the two battlefields of Xiangyang and Changsha at the same time. Now Liu Qi's withdrawal from Changsha is an ironclad matter. But how to withdraw from the army has become his biggest headache. It must be known that outside Changsha City, in addition to Liu Qi, there are still two armies of Sun Ce and Liu Bei stationed. If Liu Qi hastily retreated, not only would Sun Ce and Liu Bei take the opportunity to pounce on and attack, but even Zhang Xian in Changsha City would send troops out of the city to pursue him. It was precisely because of the fear of being attacked by the other three families that Liu Qi did not dare to withdraw from Changsha so far. However, Liu Biao in Xiangyang was urging him to solve Changsha as soon as possible, so that he could return to Xinye. In a dilemma, Liu Qi was in a hurry to find Zhuge Liang to give him advice.

However, Liu Qi knew that Zhuge Liang not only did not appreciate Liu Biao's "turtle shell warfare", but was extremely disdainful. Speaking of which. Zhuge Liang had carefully observed Liu Biao for a long time in Nanyang before. At first, Liu Biao ordered the princes of the world to crusade against Cao Cao with an edict of clothes and belts, which made Zhuge Liang, who was studying in Nanyang, excited. Although there was no commendable response from the princes after the release of the document, in Zhuge Liang's view, the wait-and-see attitude of the princes was only temporary. Once Liu Biao raised troops to the north to capture Cao Cao's several cities, the surrounding princes who were watching would immediately respond to the edict of the cloth and raise troops to besiege Cao Cao.

But who knew that Liu Biao did not take the initiative to go north to attack Cao as Zhuge Liang imagined. Instead, they built a large number of buildings in Xinye and Xiangyang, digging deep ditches and building high walls. Regardless of whether Xinye and Xiangyang, which Liu Biao is busy building now, can be as strong as the Yijing City that Gongsun Zhan built for more than a year. Even if a few months of construction make Xinye and Xiangyang really as solid as Yi Jing. It may not be able to stop the attack of Cao's army. After all, Yi Jingcheng, which was once famous for its iron gates, was finally destroyed under Yuan Shao's onslaught. Cao Cao was more warlike and cunning than Yuan Shao. Using the city to kill Cao Cao was just Liu Biao's wishful thinking.

The more he looked at it, the more disappointed Zhuge Liang finally left Nanyang and came to Changsha. However, he didn't come to Changsha to encourage Liu Qi to persuade Liu Biao to give up the "turtle shell warfare". First, Liu Qi's influence was not enough to persuade Liu Biao to change his strategy. Even if this time it is persuaded. There is no guarantee that Liu Biao will not make a more confused decision next time. The second is that Zhuge Liang has completely died to Liu Biao. In his opinion, Liu Biao's pattern is just a matter of separating Jingzhou. Instead of persuading Liu Biao to take the initiative, it is better to use the current situation to achieve the overall situation of the world that he expects, so as to show his ambitions.

Yes, it is not necessary to sit on the throne of a prince to show your ambitions. Since ancient times, there has never been a shortage of people in the Central Plains who have single-handedly leveraged the overall situation of the whole world. Such as Guan Zhong, such as Shang Ying, such as Zhang Yi, such as Su Qin, they use their own wisdom or assist the king. Or lobby the princes. While controlling the forces of all parties between applause, he also achieved the grand cause in his heart.

So as soon as Liu Qi's words fell, Zhuge Liang said with a word, "The envoy has decided to fight Xiangyang with Cao Cao." I don't know when Gongzi will retreat from Changsha? ＂

Liu Qi, who was told to break his heart, sighed and said, "Don't hide it from Kong Ming, Qi is worried about the withdrawal of the army. ＂

"Childe is afraid that he will be besieged by Zhang Xian, Sun Ce, and Liu Bei when he retreats? Zhuge Liang followed the good path. After seeing Liu Qi nodding silently, Zhuge Liang laughed loudly, "Why should the son be so troubled. Liang has been observing Changsha City for several days, and it is easy for Gongzi to retreat with today's momentum. ＂

Zhuge Liang is not talking nonsense. Sun Tzu said in the Art of War, "Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles; Knowing oneself without knowing the other, one wins and one loses; I don't know who I am, I don't know myself, I will die in every battle. The so-called "pinch your fingers and count your heart" is a deceptive trick. Gathering intelligence and analyzing intelligence is the basis of being a strategist. Without the support of intelligence, relying only on books and dogmas to make suggestions, that is, to carve a boat for a sword, and the final result will only harm others and oneself. So from the first day he arrived in Changsha, Zhuge Liang was collecting intelligence around him. And the reason why he wore a robe and held a bamboo cane to go up the mountain in the rain was precisely to look at Changsha City from Yuelu Mountain, so as to observe the deployment of various forces inside and outside the city. It is precisely because of this first-hand information that Zhuge Liang is more convinced of his judgment - Changsha is the fulcrum that leverages the overall situation of the world.

Liu Qi couldn't control the overall situation of the world for the time being, and seeing that Zhuge Liang said it so easily at this moment, he hurriedly shouted, "Kong Ming teaches me!" ＂

Zhuge Liang glanced at Liu Qi and asked casually, "Childe just wants to retreat?" ＂

"It's enough to get out of it. Liu Qi nodded again and again like pounding garlic.

"Don't want to form an alliance with Liu Bei and Sun Ce? Zhuge Liang asked again casually.

"No...... Liu Qi was only halfway through his words, and immediately stopped his mouth, followed by him as if he didn't hear clearly, and asked Zhuge Liang again, "What did Kong Ming say?" ＂

This time, Zhuge Liang raised his head, looked at Liu Qi solemnly, and asked in a deep voice, "Liang asks Gongzi if he doesn't want to form an alliance with Liu Bei and Sun Ce?" ＂

How not to! If he can form an alliance with Liu Bei and Sun Ce, why should he and his father and son be afraid of Cao Cao going south. Although Liu Qi thought so in his heart, the words became on his lips, "Kong Ming said that he was laughing? ＂

Zhuge Liang saw Liu Qi's eyes wide open with an expression of disbelief, and immediately smiled confidently, "Liang is willing to set up a military order." ＂

Liu Qi dared to really let Zhuge Liang set up a military order. I saw him grab Zhuge Liang's sleeve and ask, "Can Kong Ming really persuade Liu Bei, Sun Ce and his father to turn their rivalry into jade silk?" ＂

"A three-inch tongue is not enough to convince," Zhuge Liang shook his head and stretched out a finger to say, "Need to borrow something?" ＂

"What? At this moment, Liu Qi already fully believed in Zhuge Liang. As long as he can reach an alliance with Liu Bei and Sun Ce, Liu Qi will not be stingy with any property.

"Changsha City. Zhuge Liang slowly spit out three words.

"Changsha City?! Liu Qi paused for a moment, and for a moment couldn't help but wonder if Zhuge Liang was playing tricks on him, and said with a wry smile in his mouth, "Changsha City is still in Zhang Xian's hands, how can Qi use Changsha City to form an alliance with Liu Bei and Sun Ce?" ”

"It is precisely because Changsha City is not in the hands of Gongzi that it needs to be borrowed." Zhuge Liang meaningfully emphasized the word "borrow".

Liu Qi asked confusedly, "What does Kong Ming mean ......?"

Zhuge Liang smiled, revealing an expression that could not be revealed.

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Scattered flowers~~~ Kong Ming finally entered the main line~(≧▽≦)/~Lalala~~~ (to be continued......)