"No!"

……

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei left the camp of the Huaxia Army, and after losing their horses, they could only walk on their feet, stepping on the thick snow, and the two of them walked along the north bank of the Han River, and they didn't know how long they walked, but they only felt tired and hungry.

Along the way, neither of them said a word, and Liu Bei's actions today made both of them feel chilled.

At dusk, the two of them turned over a dirt mountain, saw a dilapidated land temple in front of them, glanced at each other, and tacitly walked towards the land temple.

Half of the land temple had collapsed, and two people sat on the other half, lit a fire, and sat cross-legged.

"I'm going to get something to eat, I'm so hungry I can't stand it, the second brother is here for a while, I'll come when I go." Zhang Fei sat for a while, touched his shriveled stomach, and said.

"Hmm!" Guan Yu nodded, and let out a weak sound.

After Zhang Fei left, Guan Yu sat alone by the bonfire, held the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in his hand, gently stroked the big knife, and said lightly: "Taoyuan has been righteous for 12 years, Yun Chang is willing to follow the eldest brother and let him drive him, just to save the world. I have been adrift all my life, and since I can't go back at this time, and I can't do things that turn my back on my eldest brother, where to go, who can teach me? ”

When Zhang Fei came back from carrying a wild boar outside, he was surprised to find that Guan Yu had disappeared, in the dilapidated land temple, the bonfire was still burning vigorously, the green dragon glaive stood straight on the ground, the handle was deep into the soil, the cold knife light reflected a faint firelight, and a hovering dragon looked vivid.

"Second brother...... The second brother ......" Zhang Fei put down the wild boar, and at the same time threw the Zhangba snake spear on the ground, and hurriedly ran around the land temple. But he didn't see Guan Yu, and even the footprints in the snow were covered by the new snow, making people nowhere to be found.

After searching for a long time, Zhang Fei couldn't find Guan Yu, but when he saw that the Qinglong Yanyue Knife was still there, he said to himself: "Second brother doesn't know where to go." The Qinglong Glaive is still here, and it has always been inseparable from the second brother......"

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhang Fei didn't come up with a reason, thinking that it might be because he had been hunting for too long, Guan Yu couldn't stand it with hunger, and he also went out hunting.

"Anyway, the second brother's Qinglong Yanyue Knife is here, he will definitely come back, I'll roast the meat first, and wait for the second brother to come back." You can eat the grilled meat. ”

As soon as he said it, Zhang Fei pulled out the Qinglong Yanyue knife inserted in the ground and used this extremely sharp knife to slaughter the wild boar.

But seeing Zhang Fei pick up the Qinglong Glaive Knife, he quickly slashed at the wild boar, and where the blade passed, there was only a little bit of blood sticking to it, and the knife technique of killing the pig with this hand was exposed, if Guan Yu was present. It's definitely going to be a big tooth to be knocked out, this knife technique. It's just amazing.

In the early years, Zhang Fei was a butcher, killing pigs as his business, holding a butcher knife in his hand, killing pigs is called a fast, and the swing of the pig killing knife can definitely dazzle people.

Put down the Blue Dragon Glaive. Zhang Fei smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect that the second brother's killing weapon is more cool to use than a pig-killing knife, and what I didn't expect is that the first knife in the world can only be used to kill pigs now, I don't know if it is God's will to make people." Or is it a sarcasm? ”

Drop the Qinglong Yanyue knife, hang the wild boar with the belly open on the Qinglong Yanyue knife, Zhang Fei held the Zhangba snake spear, and after an assassination, he picked out all the internal organs of the wild boar, and then went outside to get some snow, found a worn-out thing that could hold water, put the snow in, put it on the fire and roasted, and soon turned into water, cleaned the wild boar with snow water, and the Qinglong knife cut off the fur of the wild boar, and used the Zhangba snake spear to pick up the wild boar, and put it on the bonfire to roast, which is the end of the matter.

I don't know how long it took, the wild boar meat was all ripe, exuding a fragrant meat fragrance, but Guan Yu hadn't come back yet.

Zhang Fei was so hungry that he ate half of the pig and left the other half for Guan Yu. After eating, I gradually felt a little sleepy, so I wrapped my body and fell asleep by the campfire.

The next morning, when Zhang Fei woke up, he saw that the bonfire had been extinguished, and the half pig was also left on the bonfire shelf, but Guan Yu still hadn't come back, which made him feel a little worried.

"Where did the second brother go? Why haven't you been back for so long......"

Just as Zhang Fei was talking, he accidentally saw a line of words written on the broken wall, as if it was carved with a knife, and he knew that the handwriting was Guan Yu's.

He hurriedly looked over, but saw that it was written on the wall: "Third brother, I have been adrift all my life, the four seas are my home, and I made a vow to join my brother in the past, hoping to establish a great cause...... However, in the end, it was a waste...... Third brother, for the brother knows that your knife skills are not weak, but unfortunately you can't get on the elegant hall, this Qinglong Yanyue knife contains the most powerful knife for the brother, today's parting, there is no gift, can only be sent with this set of knife techniques, I hope you study hard, don't live up to the brother's heart. For my brother to go, you take care of yourself, if there is fate, there will naturally be a day when we meet. Guan Yu characters. ”

Seeing Guan Yu using the wall as a book, after writing this paragraph, Zhang Fei's mood could no longer be calmed, his eyes were full of tears, and he suddenly looked up to the sky and roared, shouting loudly: "The eldest brother wants to kill me, and the second brother leaves me, where should I go?" ”

Enough crying, enough howling, and tiredness.

Zhang Fei wiped away his tears, picked up the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, and after a long time, he finally found a dark grid at the handle of the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, and took out a set of knife techniques called "Feihong Six Styles" from the dark grid, and took a quick look, only to know that all the advanced knife techniques used by Guan Yu came from here, and Guan Yu had only only cultivated to the fifth type of "Ten Thousand Forces".

After reading it, Zhang Fei didn't know where he should go, Liu Bei's side definitely couldn't go back, but Lin Nan's side didn't want to go either, at least not now, he couldn't be his eldest brother's enemy. After thinking about it, he still decided to take the Qinglong Yanyue Knife to find Guan Yu, no matter where Guan Yu was, he had to find him, and he also had to return the first knife in the world to him, on the way, he could also slowly understand Guan Yu's knife technique.

Carrying the Qinglong Yanyue Knife on his left shoulder, the Zhangba Snake Spear in his right hand, and half a roasted wild boar hanging behind his back, Zhang Fei swaggered out of the dilapidated Land Temple.

Out of the Land Temple, Zhang Fei looked in the direction of Jiangling, thinking of his wife and children. He was ruthless and said lightly: "Lin Nanyi Bo Yuntian, he will definitely rescue you, if I go, it will be easy to make mistakes, mother-in-law." Son, when I find Second Brother Guan, I will come back to see you! ”

After speaking, Zhang Fei turned around and left, but there was a lot of confusion around, but he didn't know where to go to find Guan Yu, let's take one step at a time, find a place where there are people first, and ask to understand.

……

After Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang returned to Xiangyang. In order to stabilize the country, he threatened that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were slaughtered by Lin Nan, saying that Lin Nan was fake Guan Yu and fake Zhang Fei, and announced a national funeral.

Xu Shao died of illness last time, and the death of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei this time made those surrender factions even more shaken.

But. Liu Bei adopted a high-pressure policy, sending people to secretly spy on those who advocated surrender in the court. and arrested some petty officials for torture, and for a time the city was full of turmoil.

Although Zhuge Liang was by Liu Bei's side, he couldn't persuade him, and he didn't have much friendship with Liu Bei, so he could only stare dryly. However, Liu Bei is more like this. In his heart, it seemed that the happier he was, because the qiē he planned was also coming, half a month later. Liu Bei will leave this earthly world forever, and Jingzhou will change hands again.

In Xiangyang City, Han Song, Heqia, Liu Xian, Fu Xun and others are all in danger, and Heqia is quite stable outside with 100,000 sailors, at least Liu Bei didn't dare to touch him for a while, and he was not present at every court meeting, so he was naturally able to avoid suspicion. However, Han Song, Liu Xian, and Fu Xun are different, they are the ones who surrendered on their own initiative, and now the subordinate officials below have been tortured, for fear that they will affect themselves, and they are like pins and needles at home.

Sun Qian, Mi Zhu, Jian Yong, and Mi Fang were all Liu Bei's former ministers, and they also followed to comfort Liu Bei, but Liu Bei seemed to have become another person because of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, but no matter how he persuaded him, Liu Bei didn't listen.

Yi Yuan, Jiang Wan, Tian Yu, and Yan Yan were also heartbroken after seeing it, and adopting a high-pressure policy at this time will undoubtedly make people feel disheartened.

Within half a day, the list of traitors and collaborators with the enemy was announced in Xiangyang City, and this list covered many petty officials below the rank of lieutenant, a total of 117 people, all of whom were Liu Biao's former ministers, and within one day, all of them were beheaded all over the house, and the dead were as high as more than 700 people, and everyone in Xiangyang City was terrified for a while.

When the news was reported to Liu Bei, Liu Bei laughed out loud, with a hideous face, and said: "It's good to be dead, after you die, you won't have so many worries, and anyone who opposes me will die!" ”

After Zhuge Liang heard this, he shook his head helplessly, but his psychology was extremely happy, and he secretly thought: "The time is almost ripe......"

……

Gangneung.

Outside the city, the snow was vast, the flags were fluttering in the Wu army camp, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were planning how to move next, and suddenly heard a person coming in outside, seeing that it was Zhou Tai, Sun Ce asked: "Why are you in such a hurry?" ”

"The envoy sent by the Huaxia State is here, and he is outside the gate, and the minister has come to report."

"Well, please let him in." Sun Ce said.

"Yes!"

Seeing Zhou Tai go out, Sun Ce turned his face to look at Zhou Yu and asked, "What is the intention of sending an envoy over at this time?" ”

Zhou Yu said with a smile: "Probably urging us to attack, we have been stationed here for almost five or six days, and we have not taken an offensive, and it is estimated that Huaxia Kingdom will not be able to sit still." After a while, the envoy came, and His Majesty still needed to act at the opportunity. ”

"Understood, hehe......"

Not long after, Zhou Tai came in with the envoys of Huaxia Kingdom, this person Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are not strangers, because Wu Guo and Huaxia Kingdom have been in good communication for many years, and he has always been an envoy.

When Sun Ce saw that Sima Lang was coming again, he smiled and said, "It turned out to be Lord Sima, it's really difficult for you to run around on this cold day." ”

"For the sake of diplomatic relations between the two countries and the friendship between the two countries, it will not take much for the foreign minister to go on a journey."

"Lord Sima came here this time, I don't know why?" Sun Ce asked someone to serve tea, and he sat there and asked.

"Oh, actually, there's nothing to do, just come over and see how your army is doing?"

"It's freezing on this day, the soldiers are hiding in tents, and I can't help it, Lord Sima, when you go back, tell your Emperor Xià, and say that after the beginning of spring, our army will definitely attack Jiangling."

"Oh. This by all means. However, I have come this time for another reason, and I hope that His Majesty the Emperor will grant accommodation. ”

"What's the matter?"

"A friend of our emperor, his family and his family are trapped in Jiangling City, but they have already agreed to surrender to our army in Xiangyang. It's just that I'm worried about his family, so I asked me to negotiate, if the emperor can retreat ten miles and temporarily lift the siege of Jiangling City, and wait for me to rescue the family of the general over there, it's not too late to surround it, I don't know if His Majesty can be accommodating? Sima Lang said.

Sun Ce glanced at Zhou Yu with slanted eyes, and when he saw Zhou Yu nodded, he said, "Of course you can." Only, how is the gentleman going to enter the city? ”

Sima Lang replied with a smile: "The two countries are fighting each other, and if they don't kill them, I don't think they will deal with an unarmed person." His Majesty the Emperor, the foreign ministers still have important things to do, please give an order, and the foreign ministers will have the bargaining chips to enter the city and negotiate with the enemy army. ”

Sun Ce said to Zhou Tai: "Youping, did you hear everything?" Why don't you get the order over? ”

Zhou Tai said "Nuo". went out of the big tent, and Sima Lang then took his leave.

After Sun Ce saw Sima Lang leave. Puzzled, he asked, "Gong Jin, it seems that Sima Lang's purpose here is not to urge us to march into the army, but to pick up someone from Jiangling City." ”

"Wait and see what happens, and wait for the opportunity to move. Now the four counties of Jingnan are all in our hands, and Jiangling is already a lonely city, as long as it is surrounded to death. Sooner or later, Gangneung was taken by our army. Now there are 100,000 troops in Gangneung City, and our army is only 150,000, and a forced siege of the city will inevitably cause damage, and there may be many casualties. It is better to let Huaxia start fighting first, and our army will wait and see what happens. It is better if they are both defeated, and then we send troops to occupy Jiangling, Xiangyang and other places. Zhou Yu said.

"Gong Jin, I really admire you more and more."

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce looked at each other and smiled, for Zhou Yu, he had always been wary of Huaxia Kingdom in his heart, including Sun Ce. In recent years, Wu followed the example of Huaxia and launched the steelmaking industry, mining and mining at the same time, and has greatly improved its weapons and equipment, temporarily bidding farewell to the Iron Age and entering the Iron Age.

However, the smelting technology of the Wu people has always been inferior to that of Huaxia, and the steel equipment made is not as hard as that of Huaxia, and the weapons are not sharp enough, but it still has a great effect on dealing with Shanyue, Yueguo, Jinghan, and other relatively backward countries.

However, Wu ignored an essential problem, that is, if you want to develop industry, you must have a strong agriculture as support, in the first few years, Wu's industry has advanced by leaps and bounds, but in the last one or two years, there have been many famines in Wu, floods, mudslides, and tsunamis are accompanied by Wu, so that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have to temporarily give up the development of industry, so that all the funds are used to build water conservancy, reclaim farmland, and gradually stabilize the domestic situation.

It wasn't until later that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu figured out a question, that is, why Lin Nan would help them like this at that time, giving them new weapons and crossbows, weapons and armor made of stainless steel, and even the technology of using pigeons to transmit information. On the surface, Lin Nan was helping them, but he was actually harming them. Because, in recent years, in order to mine minerals and smelt steel, Wu has spent so much money that it is impossible to come up with money to do other things, although the armor is profitable, but it has also caused famine among the people, and natural disasters have followed.

Wu is strong and middle-class, this is a subtle evolution process, and it is also the ultimate goal of Lin Nan's support for Wu State. In addition to these aspects, Lin Nan also carried out economic plundering of Wu, and every time he traded in trade, he would add some common but worthless things in Wu, and some useless things in Wu, such as fruits, vegetables, plants, and rubber in Wu, etc., Lin Nan used the grain produced in the north as an exchange, on the one hand, he was supporting Wu, but in fact, it was indeed a disguised economic plunder.

Especially for the need for some plants, the director set off an action to dig up the mountains in the territory of Wu State, and patches of forests were cut down and vegetation was destroyed, so when it rained heavily, floods would occur.

Although these problems did not come to be seen by Zhou Yu and Sun Ce until five years later, it was too late, and in terms of national strength, there was never much increase, on the contrary, some places even regressed. In the past five years, all I have gained is a bunch of weapons and armor, but I have lost a lot of good things.

This time, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu also agreed on the same opinion, that is, to seize the rich Jingzhou, and use Jingzhou, a place rich in grain, to make up for the lack of grain in Wu.

On the same day, Wu's soldiers retreated ten miles. Sima Lang was able to have a bargaining chip to enter Jiangling City to negotiate.

Sima Lang rode alone to the city of Jiangling, at this time the snow had stopped, but the thick snow was still alive, and the soldiers of the Han army at the head of the city were also in full array, and when they saw a knight coming from outside the city, they couldn't help but be confused.

"Huaxia Kingdom. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shang Shuling, Sima Lang, at the behest of His Majesty, the Great Emperor of Shenzhou of the Huaxia Kingdom, came to Jiangling to ask to see Lord Zhuge of the Southern Governor of Han Jingnan, please inform me. "Sima Lang, the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is also like a fish in water, and he has traveled through many places in the past few years, running around, with a three-inch tongue. He has also made a lot of contributions to the Chinese country.

When the people in Jiangling City heard this, they were all surprised, because it was the army of the State of Wu that surrounded them, but the envoys who came were from the Kingdom of Huaxia, and they were all riding alone.

However, the captain who guarded the city did not slack off, and hurriedly sent people to the Taishou Mansion to inform Zhuge Jin, the governor of Jingnan.

Zhuge Jin has been staying in the four counties of Jingnan in the past five years. Assisted Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, after Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were transferred. He was named the governor of Jingnan and commanded half of the soldiers and horses of the Han Kingdom. In fact, there were 300,000 Han countries, and at the moment when Zhuge Liang took the stage, the soldiers and horses of the Han Kingdom were ostensibly in the hands of Zhuge Clan. Zhuge Liang is in Xiangyang, Zhuge Jin is in Jiangling, and the two brothers actually shouldered the lifeblood of the Han Kingdom, which is a very dramatic scene.

In the Taishou Mansion, Zhuge Jin heard that Sima Lang was coming. He smiled and said, "I've waited so long, and finally I waited for him to come." ”

Immediately, Zhuge Jin went to the city gate in person, ordered someone to open the city gate, and personally greeted him, and the honor guard lined up in a line, and he attached great importance to Sima Lang.

Sima Lang didn't expect this result, and he was a little confused when he saw Zhuge Jin personally leading the honor guard to greet him.

After two looks, Sima Lang turned over and dismounted, and he arched his hand towards Zhuge Jin in a wide robe: "Sima Lang, the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Huaxia State, has seen Lord Zhuge of Jingnan. ”

Zhuge Jin has a slender body, a white face and a green beard, and an ink-colored robe that looks extremely elegant, and he himself has the style of an elder, so he always looks very kind when dealing with people. Zhuge Jin is no stranger to Sima Lang, and he had a few encounters in Chengdu, the capital of the Shu Han Kingdom, so the two hit it off at first sight.

Zhuge Jin took Sima Lang's hand very kindly, and said with a smile: "Brother Boda, I've been waiting for you for a long time, it's cold here, let's enter the city quickly." ”

Sima Lang is slightly two or three years older than Zhuge Jin, so Zhuge Jin calls Sima Lang Brother Boda, Boda, is Sima Lang's word.

After Sima Lang heard this, his heart swirled, and he secretly thought: "Zhuge Ziyu is so enthusiastic, what is the reason? ”

didn't think much about it, for the time being, he followed Zhuge Jin into Jiangling City, and the two of them sat down in the Taishou Mansion, Zhuge Jin ordered someone to raise the stove, serve wine and food, and then retreated.

"Brother Boda, please!" Zhuge Jin picked up a pot of warm wine and personally poured a glass for Sima Lang.

Sima Lang drank it all and never worried. However, he was suspicious, and he couldn't help but ask: "Brother Ziyu, you seem to know that I am coming......

Zhuge Jin didn't hide it, nodded, and said, "Not only do you know, but you also know the purpose of your visit." ”

"You know?" Sima Lang was taken aback.

"Yes. Is it for the families of Guan and Zhang? Zhuge Jin never drank alcohol, so he replaced wine with tea and drank it all.

"You really know...... How would you know? In Sima Lang's impression, although Zhuge Jin is smart, it is absolutely impossible to predict the prophet, so he asked this question.

"I can't hide it, it's my brother who sued me."

"Your brother?" Sima Lang didn't react for a while, thought in his mind for a moment, and then called out: "Zhuge Kongming? ”

Zhuge Jin nodded and said, "It's Kong Ming." ”

Sima Lang said: "If it is Kong Ming, then there is no doubt, he must know before you that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei surrendered to our army's ......"

"Why should Brother Boda deceive himself? The two generals, Guan and Zhang, don't seem to be so easy to join your army, right? If it weren't for the younger brother who was in the way, I was afraid that the two generals Guan and Zhang would not give up on my lord. ”

Sima Lang frowned, and thought in his heart: "Conspiracy! Sure enough, there is a conspiracy! It was impossible for Liu Bei not to know Guan Yu and Zhang Fei that day, it turned out that Zhuge Liang was the obstruction from it, but what was the purpose of his doing this? ”

"You and I have known each other for many years, and I won't hide it from you, and now the army of Western Wei is attacking Xishu. Liu Zhang is weak, and it is inevitable that he will be captured by Cao Cao. It is worth mentioning that this time Cao Cao conquered Liu Zhang, and the person used was Feng Xiao, who had a long history of heaven and earth and was good at military affairs. Good at offense and defense, all the way through the thorns, through the generals, only with a thousand elite soldiers as the vanguard, all the way to the surrender of the Shu soldiers, even the battle, even more than 20 cities, Shu generals are unstoppable, according to reliable information. The army of Fengxiao has already arrived in Zitong, and within half a month, it will conquer Chengdu, the capital of Shu Han. ”

After hearing this, Sima Lang also felt a burst of shock, with only a thousand elite soldiers, he could conquer half of the Shu Han Dynasty, this person is indeed very remarkable and dangerous. He glanced at Zhuge Jin. Pretending to be calm, he asked, "What does that have to do with my Huaxia Kingdom?" ”

"Of course. If he helps Cao Cao, then Cao Cao will become the number one rival of the Huaxia Kingdom. For this reason, the younger brother has already made a plan, as long as the emperor of your country agrees to the three conditions of the younger brother, the younger brother will send the entire Jingzhou to the Huaxia Kingdom. Zhuge Jin said.

"What are the three conditions?" Sima Lang hurriedly asked.

Zhuge Jin smiled and poured a glass of wine for Sima Lang and a cup of tea for himself. Raising the teacup and saying to Sima Lang: "Brother Boda has worked hard all the way, you should eat and drink well first, and then we will talk about the conditions!" ”

Sima Lang was aroused by Zhuge Jin's appetite, if it is as Zhuge Jin said. Then this southern expedition will inevitably save a lot of things, and he has also heard of the name of Feng Xiao. Once, he heard Lin Nan say that the story of Wolong and Fengxiao, and he also knew that these two people were unborn geniuses, and now Wolong Zhuge Liang has the heart to take refuge in Huaxia, what a beautiful thing.

He fidgeted, hurriedly drank a glass of wine, and asked: "What are the three conditions, you can say it now, so that I can eat and drink with peace of mind." ”

"Brother Boda is so anxious, that's good, then I won't sell it. She put forward three conditions, the first is that once she gives Jingzhou to your army, she must join the Senate of your country and serve as prime minister. Zhuge Jin said.

"What about the second one?" Sima Lang asked.

"The second is that we must let my brother stay in Jingzhou and belong to all the soldiers and horses of the original Han army."

Sima Lang frowned and asked again, "What about the last one?" ”

"The younger brother must be crowned as the king, Yongzhen Jingzhou, hereditary."

Sima Lang said with a smile: "The first and second may still have room for negotiation, but the third one is absolutely impossible to agree, Huaxia Country prohibits the king with a different surname, even if it is a prince, there is no king yet, why does Zhuge Liang want to be crowned king?" ”

Zhuge Jin said: "These are just the three preliminary conditions for my brother, and I am just passing it on my behalf." As for how to negotiate in practice, it is still necessary for the younger brother to negotiate with His Majesty the Emperor of your country. As a sign of sincerity, I will send troops to escort the families of the two generals, Guan and Zhang, across the Han River, and you only need to meet them on the other side. In addition, Jiangling is located in a key position, and Wu has long coveted it, if your army and her brother can't get along, then the entire Jingzhou will be ceded to Wu State. I think Sun Ce, the emperor of Wu, should be a little more generous than Huaxia. ”

"Wu and Han have a feud, the Han army killed the father of Sun Ce of Wu State, this feud is not shared, how can he negotiate conditions with you?"

"There is a wrong, there is a debtor, Sun Ce will only go to Liu Bei, and it has nothing to do with our brother."

Sima Lang hurriedly said: "After I go back, I will definitely tell the emperor truthfully, and if we don't have any reply, please don't negotiate with Wu Guo." I will saddle up the horse and contribute to these three conditions. But what these three conditions are, Zhuge Kongming and my emperor still need to negotiate in person. ”

Zhuge Jin said: "This is the best. Come on, come on, we're done talking about business, it's time to talk about personal matters. Zhuge Jin smiled and raised his glass, and gave Sima Lang a glass.

Sima Lang's heart was already surging at this time, where did he still have the heart to drink and eat. After a hasty meal, he made an appointment with Zhuge Jin for a time, and then prepared to pick up people in Jiangbei. Zhuge Jin was also very happy, he agreed in one bite, and sent soldiers and horses to escort Sima Lang away, and then sent soldiers and horses to let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's families all leave Jiangling City, lying that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had won the battle on the front line, had turned defeat into victory, conquered Wancheng, and was preparing to march to Luoyang, to take the whole family to Wancheng.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's families believed it to be true, and they were protected by a thousand cavalry, so they were sent away. At the same time, in order to prevent harassment by the Wu army, Zhuge Jin took the initiative to send soldiers and horses to feint to attack the Wu army camp. This made Wu Jun lack skills, and there was no way to know that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's families were sent away.

Sima Lang left Jiangling, and happened to meet the scout elite under Bian Xi on the way. He asked the scout to spread all the news to Lin Nan, turned around and returned, and returned to Jiangling again, for fear that Zhuge Jin would deceive him, and he was worried that the Wu army would attack the city, so he wanted to be in the middle.

Zhuge Jin saw Sima Lang go and returned. Didn't say anything, just warm hospitality. Wu Jun didn't want to attack Jiangling, and thought that Sima Lang was gone, so he simply continued to stand by, and the matter of Jiangling was put on hold for the time being.

……

Along the Hanshui River in Deng County, the camps of the Huaxia State have all been set up, including the water army camps, which have also been set up, and there are 24 water gates along the river. The big boat lives outside as the city, and the small boat lives inside, which can be accessed to come and go, and the lights are lit up at night, and the water surface of the heart of the sky is red. The camp on the shore stretched for more than 100 miles, and the 300,000 troops were all assembled.

The winter was cold, but the soldiers were still in full swing, after two months of deployment. The 300,000 have all been assembled today, and the banner of the Chinese Kingdom with black background and gold characters on the banks of the Han River is fluttering in the wind.

this day. Lin Nan was inspecting the barracks on a horse, and suddenly a scout came and reported all the things about Sima Lang, and he immediately felt excited, if it was really as Sima Lang said, then this southern expedition could take the entire Jingzhou without blood.

After returning to the tent. According to the contact information given by Sima Lang, Lin Nan wrote a letter in his own hand, and then asked the scout to pass it on to Bian Xi, who was lurking in Jingzhou, and asked Bian Xi to contact Zhuge Liang and meet five days later. Meet on the river of Han Shui.

When the scout left, Lin Nan's knot in the past few days was finally untied, why Liu Bei used a bow and arrow to shoot Guan Yu and Zhang Fei that day, today I finally got the answer.

After a while, Zhao Yun walked in, hugged his fists and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know what is important about summoning ministers. ”

"Zilong, last time you faced Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, it seems that you didn't try too hard, I want to know what's going on?" Lin Nan asked with a smile on his face.

Zhao Yun knew in his heart that sooner or later Lin Nan would come to ask him. He didn't hide it, and replied truthfully: "The minister has some concerns, so he ......"

"Is it because your wife is pregnant?" Lin Nan asked.

Zhao Yun nodded and said, "The minister is guilty, please punish the emperor!" ”

Lin Nan said: "What are you guilty of?" I can understand your feelings, now that you are a father, you are worried that you are working too hard, in case there are three strengths and two weaknesses, your unborn child will be without a father, right? ”

"The minister is guilty!"

"Okay, okay, it's all over, it's human nature. Fortunately, I caught Guan Yu and Zhang Fei last time, and this matter passed like this. This time, I called you here to do something. ”

"Please ask the emperor to order, the ministers will never give up!"

"According to reliable sources, Cao Wei is attacking Shu Han, and half of Shu has been captured. Our army can't sit in the well and watch the sky, the 300,000 army has more than enough to deal with the Han army, I want to send you with a partial army, along the Han River to the west, and then turn to the water, all the way to attack Fangling, Shangyong, Xicheng, Tin County four places, the geographical location of these four counties is very important, must not be lost, while the Cao Wei army is still attacking Shu County, you go to subdue at this time, the four counties will inevitably hear the wind and surrender. After that, you garrisoned Xicheng to prevent Cao Wei from attacking from Hanzhong and Chang'an, cutting off the Meridian Road, and subduing the scattered Shu Han army. Lin Nan told his strategic intentions.

After Zhao Yun heard this, he happily accepted the order without the slightest hesitation.

"Very good, I have allocated you 30,000 soldiers and horses, you bring enough food and grass, and you will set off today, the sooner the better."

"No!"

After Zhao Yun went out, Lin Nan called Jia Xu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Tian Feng, Xun Chen, and Sima Yi all in, and explained Zhuge Liang's three conditions to them.

After hearing this, everyone frowned, except for the first condition, they all thought that the latter two conditions could not be agreed.

Lin Nan thought for a while and said, "Among you, there must be someone who has opposing opinions, so you might as well talk about it." Although I love talent, I must not follow in the footsteps of discouragement. Now that Zhuge Liang has begun to throw bricks and lead jade, he must have a plan. I have sent someone to agree to his three conditions for the time being, and to make an appointment with him to find out what he is trying to do. If you have any good words, let them tell me, and even if they are wrong, I will not blame them. ”

Jia Xu was the first to speak, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Zhuge Liang's move must be deceitful. Why did he dedicate himself to this for no reason? Besides, Liu Bei is still here, how can he be in power, maybe Jiangling can, but Xiangyang can't, and the Wu army has occupied half of Jingzhou, and 200,000 soldiers and horses are waiting in Jingzhou, saying that they want to sacrifice the entire Jingzhou, and the minister thinks it is unrealistic. The minister thought that perhaps it was Zhuge Liang's prevarication, and he took this opportunity to let our army delay the fighter. ”

Xun Yu said: "The minister also feels the same way. ”

Tian Feng and Xun Chen also said together: "The ministers seconded the proposal. ”

Only Guo Jia and Sima Yi didn't speak, they kept sitting there, but they didn't say anything.

Lin Nan glanced at the two of them and asked, "What is the opinion of the two Aiqing?" ”

Guo Jiadao: "The minister thinks that Zhuge Liang's move may not be deceitful, and his conditions are listed very clearly, that is, he wants to become the lord of Jingzhou." Although the Wu army had 200,000 pillows to wait for, due to the haste of the Wu army, the mobilization of troops and horses was particularly urgent, and even the soldiers and horses for the conquest of Shixie were also withdrawn, which shows that the Wu army really wanted to occupy Jingzhou. If it is delayed for a long time, I am afraid that Wu Jun will be relieved. Zhuge Liang dared to say such a big thing, and there will inevitably be some countermeasures. The minister felt that His Majesty could meet with him again and then make plans. After all, this is also a good opportunity to fight bloodlessly. ”

After Lin Nan heard this, he felt that what Guo Jia said was also reasonable, so he asked Sima Yi: "Zhongda, what is your opinion?" ”

"The minister has no opinion." Sima Yi replied.

"No comments?" Lin Nan asked in surprise.

"Because the minister hasn't seen what Zhuge Liang wants to do for the time being, the minister has no opinion." Sima Yi said.

After listening to this, Lin Nan said: "Okay, I already understand your opinions, I feel that I will make plans after meeting with Zhuge Liang." ”

After the meeting ended, Lin Nan left Sima Yi alone and asked, "Zhongda, you really didn't see through what Zhuge Liang was thinking?" ”

Sima Yi nodded and said: "The minister doesn't dare to have the slightest lie, Zhuge Liang is now under one person, above ten thousand people, according to the news of his brother, Zhuge Jin also seems to have controlled the 100,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangling City, 200,000 in Xiangyang City, nearly 40,000 people were defeated by our army last time, and more than 160,000 people remained, if these soldiers and horses are all in Zhuge Liang's hands, then he is enough to have bargaining chips with His Majesty." ”

Lin Nandao: "With Zhuge Liang's talent, it is a bit far-fetched to control more than 160,000 soldiers and horses under Liu Bei's nose, Liu Bei is also a hegemon, although his talent is not outstanding, but he has the skill of controlling people, why are so many people willing to follow him, presumably he also has a personal personality." I always feel that there is something strange about this matter, Zhuge Liang does not descend sooner or later, but at this time, it is difficult not to be suspicious. If he really had the heart to surrender, why did he openly issue a war letter to me, and still defeated our army in Wancheng, causing heavy casualties to our army? ”

Sima Yi said: "Your Majesty, maybe there is another possibility......

"What is possible?" Lin Nan hurriedly asked.

"That's what Zhuge Liang is showing you...... What to show Huaxia...... The emperor's ministers are looking for Zhuge Liang in Langya, isn't it because they fancy his talent? Although Zhuge Liang's family moved away from Langya, the clansmen are still there, knowing that the emperor is deliberately looking for Zhuge Liang, how can he not convey Zhuge Liang in the form of letters? If Zhuge Liang just regarded Liu Bei as a springboard for him to become famous, then in the battle of Wancheng, his name would already be known to the world, and the purpose of fame would have been achieved. Sima Yi stopped halfway through speaking, squinted at Lin Nan, and stopped talking. (To be continued......)