"The nephew understood. Uncle, this is the household register of the entire Jingzhou under the rule of the nephew, as well as money, food, equipment, soldiers and horses, and now the nephew has handed them over to the uncle one by one, and I hope that the uncle will not refuse. Liu Qi said very sincerely.

Liu Bei said: "Oh, what should I do if you do this." ”

"The nephew was young and ignorant, and offended his uncle Huwei, and asked his uncle not to take it seriously. My nephew is young and shallow, ambitious and talented, not as good as my uncle Wen Taowuluo, Jingzhou is my father's foundation for half his life, and he must not fall into the hands of outsiders. Although the nephew and the uncle are not relatives, they are also from the same lineage, and they are both descendants of the Han family, and the nephew is willing to give up the Jingzhou Mu, Chuhou, and Zhennan generals to his uncle, and he also asks his uncle not to shirk for the sake of the millions of Li people in Jingzhou. Liu Qi said.

"Please also ask General Liu not to shirk, this is what the millions of Li people in Jingzhou are looking forward to." The civil and military officials behind Liu Qi all said in unison.

Liu Bei no longer shirked, immediately took the table in Liu Qi's hand, handed it to Zhuge Jin behind him, took Liu Qi's hand, and walked straight towards Xiangyang City, saying as he walked: "From now on, I will definitely regard you as my own flesh and blood, and our father and son will work together to make Jingzhou prosperous." ”

As soon as Liu Bei entered Xiangyang City, he immediately ordered the search for Kuai Yue, and released the imprisoned Du Xi and Xu Shao's families, and then let Zhuge Jin, Yi Yuan, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Mi Zhu and others take over the entire Xiangyang City, let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei command the whole army, and in just one hour, they quickly occupied Xiangyang City and completed the transfer of power.

"Lord, Kuai Yue's family is here, but Kuai Yue doesn't know where to go, and some soldiers see Kuai Yue going in the direction of Jiangling." Mi Fang stepped directly into the hall of the Taishou Mansion, and as soon as he entered the door, he told Liu Bei.

"Lord, Jiangling City and Xiangyang City both belong to Nanjun. Jiangling was originally the county seat of Nanjun, after Liu Biao took charge of Jingzhou, the county seat was moved to Xiangyang, but Jiangling is still a place where money and grain are widely gathered, and now Jiangling still has 30,000 soldiers and horses, Kuai Yue went there. I'm afraid that I want to trick the soldiers and horses there into preparing to resist the lord. Han Song analyzed.

After Liu Bei heard this, he frowned and asked: "I just captured Xiangyang, if I don't take advantage of the situation to occupy Jiangling, the entire Nanjun will not be able to stabilize it, second brother, the heavy responsibility of taking Jiangling will be handed over to you." ”

Guan Yu said: "Big brother, don't worry, there is so-and-so." Gangneung must be taken. ”

"Wait! If you want to take Jiangling, you don't necessarily have to send troops, in my opinion, it is better to stay in Xiangyang, and after three days, someone will inevitably send Kuaiyue's head. Xu Shao hurriedly stopped.

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was surprised, and they all focused their eyes on Xu Shao's body. He asked, "What do you mean by that?" ”

Xu Shao smiled and said, "Although Jiangling has soldiers. But there are no generals, all along, Jiangling has been guarded by Zhang Yun, and as soon as Zhang Yun died, they were like a plate of loose sand, and no one commanded them. But. There are two young generals in Jiangling City, one is called Huo Du and the other is called Huo Jun, these two are brothers, although they are young. But he was very resolute and courageous, believing that Kuai Yue must go to them. ”

"Then we have to send troops, in case Kuai Yue finds those two brothers and commands the soldiers and horses in Jiangling City, won't it be to attack us in turn? I have a red rabbit horse, I travel thousands of miles a day, this is not too far to go to Gangneung, if I catch up now, I may be able to catch up with Kuai Yue and kill him. Guan Yu said.

Xu Shao shook his head and said: "General Guan doesn't have to chase, the Huo clan will personally send Kuaiyue's head to Xiangyang, and Jiangling doesn't have to attack, they will naturally surrender, if they send troops to attack Jiangling, I'm afraid it will backfire." ”

Everyone saw that Xu Shao was very confident, so they didn't say anything anymore, after all, with Xu Shao's ability to know people, although what he said was not all right, at least seventy or eighty percent was accurate.

After Liu Bei heard this, he waved his hand and said: "Then according to Mr. Xu's opinion, everyone will disperse, now that you have just accepted Xiangyang, there are still many things waiting for you to do." Second brother, you stay, I have something to say. ”

"No!"

So, everyone dispersed, and Guan Yu was left alone.

"Second brother, Nanyang County is the barrier of the entire Jingzhou, is a place extending in all directions, connecting Sili in the north, leading to Hanzhong and Guanzhong in the northwest, and adjacent to Yuzhou in the east, which is an extremely important location. I would like to ask you to lead your troops to be stationed in Nanyang County and take up the post of Nanyang Taishou, and you can make your own decisions about everything. Liu Bei walked to Guan Yu's side, took Guan Yu's hand and said.

Guan Yu nodded heavily, and said: "Big brother, don't worry, I promise that no one will dare to underestimate Jingzhou, if anyone dares to fight Jingzhou's idea, I will first ask the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in the hand of a certain person." ”

"Well, I'm relieved. Let Heqia and Fu Xun go with you, one of them is familiar with Yuzhou, and the other is familiar with the northwest, which may be of great help to you. ”

"No!"

After Liu Bei finished his confession, Guan Yu left, and then Liu Bei personally visited the civil and military forces at all levels in Xiangyang City to show his importance to these people. Not to mention, his move to Corporal Lixian has indeed won the popularity of the Jingzhou literati in Xiangyang City, compared to Liu Biao's previous condescension, it makes people feel that Liu Bei is easier to get close to.

The next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, I saw two fast horses coming from outside Xiangyang City, and the two knights on the horseback looked like each other, both young, and one of them was carrying a bloody package in his hand.

These two men rode their horses to the city of Xiangyang, and shouted to the city tower: "Huo Du, the guard general in Xiajiangling, carrying the head of Kuaiyue, has come to ask General Liu for his guilt, and hopes to open the city gate and let me in." ”

The guard guarding the south gate was Tian Yu, as soon as he heard that the people under the city reported that it was Huo Du, he immediately went down to the city tower, ordered someone to open the city gate, and galloped out of the city gate with twenty cavalry, and after passing the suspension bridge, he arrived in front of Huo Du.

Tian Yu first looked at Huo Du, and then looked at the person riding on horseback side by side with Huo Du, and saw that Huo Du was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and the one next to Huo Du was even younger, fifteen years old at most. However, the faces of the two people showed a sense of fortitude, and they looked a little not angry but mighty.

Huo Du saw that Tian Yu had been looking at them, and immediately turned over and dismounted, and at the same time put the head wrapped in cloth in his hand on the ground, knelt down on one knee, and bowed to Tian Yu: "Under Huo Du, this is my younger brother Huo Jun." The two of us are here today to surrender to General Liu, and we hope that General Liu will accept it. ”

Tian Yu also turned over and dismounted, and immediately helped Huo Du and Huo Jun up, and said with a smile: "My name is Tian Yu, not General Liu, General Liu is in the city now." Come with me, both of you. ”

Huo Du and Huo Jun saw that Tian Yu didn't look at the head, they looked at each other first, and then asked together: "Doesn't the general need to look through whether this head is Kuai Yue's, and he is not afraid that we are surrendering?" ”

"One qiē has its own fixed number, your arrival, someone has already calculated, I don't see it or not, it makes no difference, please come with me." Tian Yu turned to leave.

Huo Du and Huo Jun were both surprised, both thinking. Who is so powerful, I even know their intentions in advance. I couldn't figure it out, so I could only lead the horses and follow Tian Yu to the city.

Tian Yu directly took Huo Du and Huo Jun to the hall of the Taishou Mansion to meet Liu Bei.

After Liu Bei occupied Xiangyang, he took the Chuhou Mansion in Xiangyang City and let Liu Qi continue to live there, while he lived in the Taishou Mansion.

After Tian Yu, Huo Du, and Huo Jun entered the Taishou Mansion. Seeing Liu Bei sitting in the hall, Tian Yu bowed as soon as he entered the door: "See the lord." ”

"No courtesy. Who are these two? Liu Bei saw that two young offspring had come, so he asked.

Tian Yu said: "These two people are Huo Du and Huo Jun, and they came to surrender with Kuaiyue's head. ”

Huo Du and Huo Jun saw that it was Liu Bei who was sitting there, so they immediately knelt on the ground and bowed to Liu Bei: "Our brother has heard the general's name for a long time, and we can see it today." In fact, Sansheng is fortunate that our brother has already killed Kuai Yue, and he specially used his head as a meeting gift, and I hope that the general can take us in. ”

Liu Beizheng is short of talents, as long as someone comes to take refuge. No matter what, but he has always been very accurate in seeing people, and he saw that the two people in front of him were also a little good, and if they could be cultivated, they might be able to become excellent generals. He hurriedly walked to Huo Du and Huo Jun's side, helped Huo Du and Huo Jun up with his own hands, and said with a smile: "From today on, you two will be school captains, and you will follow Tian Yu's side, and after listening to his dispatch." ”

Huo Du and Huo Jun said: "Thank you for taking it in, we will do our best to assist the lord." ”

Another day later, after Liu Bei finished resting, he took 3,000 cavalry, as well as Zhang Fei, Zhuge Jin, Tian Yu, Huo Du, and Huo Jun to Nanjun together, leaving Sun Gan, Yi Yuan, Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang and others to defend the city.

After arriving in Jiangling, Huo Du and Huo Jun led the city to persuade the officials in the city to take refuge in Liu Bei, which was unanimously approved by the officers of the army. So, Liu Bei took Jiangling City without much effort, got 30,000 soldiers and horses, and countless money and food.

……

Changsha, Taishou Mansion.

"What? Liu Bei actually captured Xiangyang and Jiangling in a row in just three days, without spending a single soldier? When Zhang Xian, the Taishou of Changsha, heard the news that the scouts had brought back from northern Jingzhou, he was very surprised.

Zhang Xian is a native of Nanyang, he began to be an official in his early years, and at the beginning he served as the Taishou of Lingling and Guiyang counties, and because of his outstanding political achievements and good treatment of the people, he was very loved in Jiang and Hunan areas. However, his character belongs to the kind of stubborn refusal to admit defeat, he repeatedly asked Liu Biao to build yì and sent troops to attack the barbarians near Wuling County, but Liu Biao refused again and again.

In view of the barbarians ravaging Wuling and often invading, Zhang Xian recruited an army on his own, and joined Lingling Taishou and Guiyang Taishou to attack Wuling together, temporarily repelling the barbarians in the Wuling area, so that Wuling got some peace. Liu Biao was afraid that Zhang Xian was very popular in Jingnan, so he took the initiative to transfer Zhang Xian to Xiangyang, but Zhang Xian disagreed, and from then on, he and Liu Biao formed a bond.

Therefore, as soon as he heard that Liu Biao died on the ruins of Luoyang, he immediately used his faith and righteousness to unite the Taishou of Lingling, Guiyang, and Wuling Counties to openly oppose the successor Liu Qi, and became a faction of Jingnan himself.

"Father, the scout reported like this, saying that Liu Bei first captured Nanyang County half a month ago, subdued many surrendered soldiers, and then sent the troops south, Liu Qi saw that the enemy could not be defeated by Liu Bei, so he took the initiative to surrender, and then Liu Bei occupied Jiangling. Now, I'm afraid that the entire southern county is in his hands. Zhang Xian's son Zhang Yi said slowly.

"Jingzhou has a total of seven counties, namely Nanyang, Nanjun, Jiangxia, Changsha, Lingling, Wuling, Guiyang, but the richest is Nanjun, followed by Nanyang and Jiangxia, Changsha, Lingling, Wuling, Guiyang Although the territory of the four counties is not small, but compared with Nanjun and Nanyang, whether it is population or fields. None of them can be compared, and now that Liu Bei has occupied these two important places, it seems that he will become the second Liu Biao. Yi'er, you go and ask Wuling Taishou Hu Xi to come to Changsha to discuss countermeasures, Liu Bei is not Liu Biao, he will inevitably lead the army south. I'm going to have to find a way to stop him. Zhang Xian said.

Zhang Yi nodded and said, "Father, I'm going to ask Hu Taishou to discuss countermeasures." ”

After a while, Zhang Yi walked in with a person and bowed to Zhang Xian: "Father, Hu Taishou is here." ”

The man had clear eyebrows, a large physique, and looked very healthy, with a strand of long hair hanging naturally behind his back. He was only twenty-five or nineteen years old. He walked into the hall, clenched his fists and said to Zhang Xian: "Zhang Taishou, you called me here, is there anything important?" ”

Zhang Xian said: "If there is nothing important, how can I invite you over?" Do you know that Liu Bei, who is the new field, has actually occupied the land of Jingxiang and swallowed Nanyang and Nanjun. It's only been twenty days, and he's been able to make such a big move. I'm worried that he's going south, so I'm here to ask you to discuss it. ”

The man said: "What does Zhang Taishou think of Liu Bei?" ”

"I don't know, I heard that this person is a straw shoe seller, how can such a person be in charge of Jingzhou? How could he know the afflictions of the people? Zhang Xian said.

The man smiled and said, "Zhang Taishou, I don't think so." If it's just a straw sandal. It is certainly impossible to occupy the fifty-four cities of Nanyang and Nanjun in less than a month. ”

"Hu Taishou, do you know Liu Bei?" Zhang Xian asked.

That person's surname is Hu Mingxi, he is Wuling Taishou, although he is young, he does have real talent and learning.

Two years ago. When Zhang Xian and the Taishou of Guiyang and Lingling counties attacked the Wuling barbarians, the Wuling Taishou died in battle, and Liu Biao sent people to Wuling to be the Taishou. However, the people who were appointed couldn't shirk it, after all, Wuling was close to the barbarians, and no one dared to guarantee whether the barbarians would dare to commit it again, thinking that going there would be a death sentence, not to mention that there was a Zhang Xian who had a lot of opinions about Liu Biao nearby.

Just when Liu Biao was in trouble, Hu Xi, who was temporarily a guest of Liu Biao, recommended himself and took the initiative to ask for help, and then he arrived in Wuling County.

As soon as Hu Xi arrived, he immediately negotiated three chapters with Wuling City, and asked Liu Biao for his life, asking for tax reduction and exemption in Wuling City, and also letting people reclaim wasteland and recruit displaced people, which gradually restored Wuling City to its former vitality.

In order to prevent the barbarians from invading again, he personally recruited an army, and he personally trained in the mountains and forests near Wuling, and in just three months, the army was slightly small, and when the barbarians invaded again, he commanded the army to ambush the barbarians, and gave the barbarians heavy losses, so that the barbarians did not dare to invade the territory again.

On the other hand, he is fair, young and old have made friends, and he is very loved by the people, and he also took the initiative to contact Zhang Xian.

After Liu Biao's death, Zhang Xian invited Guiyang, Lingling, and Wuling to rebel against Liu Qi together, wanting to form his own faction, Hu Xi couldn't persuade him, but he also felt that Liu Qi was not a person who made a big deal, so he temporarily agreed, and gathered all the soldiers and horses of the four counties in Yiyang and Luoxian in Changsha, on the one hand, to prevent the soldiers and horses in Jingbei, and on the other hand, to pave the way for the expedition to northern Jingzhou.

Therefore, Hu Xi and Zhang Xian will appear in one place, whether it is the two of them, even the Taishou of Lingling and Guiyang are also in Changsha.

Zhang Xian was the main general, with Hu Xi as the military advisor, and gathered almost 70,000 people, all of whom gathered together. It can be seen that Hu Xi's status in the four counties of Jingnan.

After listening to Zhang Xian's words, Hu Xi nodded and said: "When I was reporting in Xiangyang, I once met Liu Bei, this person is good-looking, and he has the appearance of an emperor, which is not comparable to Liu Biao. ”

"What do you say? Liu Bei has the appearance of an emperor? He is a seller of straw sandals, how can he have the appearance of an emperor? Zhang Xian was born as a scholar, so he naturally looked down on Liu Bei, who was born poor.

Hu Xi said: "Wasn't Han Gaozu just a pavilion chief in Surabaya back then? But he later defeated the noble-born Xiang Yu and became the Son of Heaven, and the quality of his background is nothing. Liu Bei's two sworn brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, both of whom are unworthy bravery, in all fairness, although our army has a large number, there is nothing that can resist Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's generals......"

"Who said no, I am one, I will use the spear in my hand to resist the pace of Liu Bei's attack." After hearing this, Zhang Yi said unconvinced.

Hu Xi glanced at Zhang Yi and asked, "Dare to ask Gongzi." With your martial arts, how do you compare to Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, and Wang Wei? ”

"I haven't tried it, how do I know."

"Hehe, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun may not be able to walk under Guan Yu and Zhang Fei for three rounds."

After Zhang Yi heard this, his face was shocked, he knew that Cai Mao's martial arts were good. But Cai Mao can't go three rounds under Guan Yu, so he can naturally deduce what level Guan Yu is at.

Zhang Xian said: "It seems that Hu Taishou wants to take refuge in Liu Bei?" ”

Hu Xi nodded unabashedly and said: "Zhang Taishou is bored, it's just Liu Biao's family, and now that Liu Bei has come to Jingzhou, it is equivalent to a different person." This person has the ambition to dominate the world, not like Liu Biao is a self-guarded person, if Liu Bei completely occupies the treasure land of Jingzhou, it will definitely make Jingzhou stronger than before. Let alone. Corporal Liu Bei Lixian, who also cherishes the people, has similar thoughts to Zhang Taishou, if the two of you are together, you will definitely be able to cooperate seamlessly. ”

"Do you want me to surrender Liu Bei too?"

Hu Xi said: "Zhang Taishou has always loved the people like a son, but once the war with Liu Bei broke out, it was the people who were hurt. Jingzhou has not fought for a long time, even if it is fought. It is also outside of Waijingzhou. Although I am not from Jingzhou, I am a guest living in Jingzhou. Everyone wants to see Jingzhou become stronger. If Lord Taishou surrenders at this time, he may be reused by Liu Bei. If you don't surrender, I'm afraid that it will harm the people of the entire four counties of Jingnan. ”

Zhang Xian understood that he had asked Hu Xilai to give him advice. Unexpectedly, Hu Xi actually made Liu Bei a lobbyist. But if you think about it carefully, Hu Xi's words are not unreasonable.

Hu Xi saw that Zhang Xian was moved, so he said: "I know that as long as Zhang Taishou agrees, then the Taishou in Lingling and Guiyang will naturally agree." As long as Jingzhou can be unified and prosperous, we should not do anything to be sorry for Jingzhou. ”

"Okay, I promise you, but, how are we going to get in touch with Liu Bei?"

"Father, how can you agree so lightly?" Zhang Yi retorted, "Er is willing to lead the troops to meet Liu Bei, if he is defeated, it is not too late to surrender." ”

"If there is a war, it will be ruined, Liu Bei took over Liu Biao's old department, there are 20,000 sailors stationed in Jiangling, Liu Biao's navy has always been very good, our trained soldiers have not experienced water wars, if there is a fight, I am afraid that it will be defeated. Hu Xi is right, those who know the times are Junjie, not to mention that Liu Bei is not Liu Biao, I hate Liu Biao, but I don't have Liu Bei, so it's better to surrender. It is also good to make Jingzhou unified and completely prosperous as soon as possible. Zhang Xian said.

Hu Xi said: "Zhang Taishou's compassionate heart really makes me admire. ”

"Okay, you go and contact Liu Bei, just say that we are willing to submit to him."

"Farewell."

……

As the sun set, Liu Bei took the soldiers and horses, and the group marched by land and water, and arrived at the junction with Changsha and Wuling, temporarily letting the soldiers rest, and he himself took the soldiers to patrol the camp himself.

After nightfall, Liu Bei had not rested, and was still thinking about how to attack the four counties of Jingnan.

"Lord Qiqi, there is a person outside, who claims to be Wuling Taishou Hu Xi, and wants to meet the lord." The gatekeeper said.

"Wuling Taishou? Well, let him in. Liu Bei said.

After a while, Hu Xi stepped into the big tent and saw Liu Bei sitting there alone, so he leaned over and said, "Guarding Hu Xi in Xiawuling, see General Liu." ”

Liu Bei looked at Hu Xi, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Do you know Hu Yu?" ”

Hu Xi said: "Hu Yu is the brother of the clan below, but when the yellow scarf was in trouble, the Hu clan moved to all directions and scattered. Does General Liu know Hu Yu? ”

"Hey, hey, naturally know. Your brother is on an errand under the tent of Linnan. However, I heard that he died on the battlefield that attacked Yuan Shao. ”

After Hu Xi heard this, there was no expression on his face, and he said: "Die well, Brother Ciyue is very glorious." ”

Liu Bei was secretly surprised and asked, "Don't talk about this, you came to me, is there something wrong?" ”

"I'm here to submit to General Liu, not only me, but also the Taishou of Lingling, Changsha, and Guiyang are also willing to join General Liu."

A hint of surprise appeared on Liu Bei's face, and he hurriedly asked, "What did you just say?" ”

Hu Xi said aloud again: "The four counties of Jingnan are willing to submit to General Liu's command together." ”

Liu Bei suddenly turned from joy to worry and asked, "You shouldn't have come to deceive on purpose, right?" ”

Hu Xi smiled: "It's normal for the general to suspect me, whoever this matter rests on, there will be suspicions." But this matter is indeed true, and if I were to surrender by fraud, I would not pull the other three Taishou. ”

"My lord! This is credible, and I believe that what Hu Taishou said is true. Zhuge Jin walked into the big tent and said loudly.

Hu Xi squinted at Zhuge Jin and saw that Zhuge Jin was younger than himself. He asked, "Who is this?" ”

"Under Zhuge Jin, the word Ziyu."

"Oh, meet the Zhuge Army." Hu Xi bowed.

Liu Bei said: "The military advisor believes his words? ”

Zhuge Jin nodded and didn't say a word, but his eyes were full of confidence.

"Well, then accept their surrender."

In the second year of the Taiping of the Han Dynasty, in 188 AD, Liu Bei led his troops into Changsha and accepted the surrender of the four counties of Jingnan. Subsequently. Liu Bei sent people to Jiangxia to persuade Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng, who occupied Jiangxia, to surrender, and the entire Jingzhou was brought under Liu Bei's rule, which also laid the foundation for Liu Bei's struggle for hegemony in the world.

At the same time, Yuan Shu's Song State finally embarked on the road of defeat under the attack of Cao Cao and Sun Jian, Cao Cao occupied Yuzhou, Sun Jian occupied Huainan, and Ma Teng in the far northwest. After attacking Yizhou for a long time, it was blocked out. Forced to retreat and return to Hanzhong.

Due to the continuous wars between the princes, the population was greatly reduced, the fields were barren, and the city was ruined, and for a time the princes began to recuperate. There was a brief period of peace in the world for several years.

In 190 A.D., it was the world of the four years of the Taiping of the Han Dynasty, and it was really the world of Taiping, and in the past two years, except for Ma Teng of the Northwest Liang Kingdom, he has been constantly using troops to the Western Regions. The rest of the place is full of peace.

Yanhou Lin Nan, the first to claim the king in Jizhou, dared to be the first in the world, and completely proved that the Han imperial power was weak again, although Ma Teng published a letter against Lin Nan at that time, but because he did not get the response of the rest of the princes, he finally gave up.

In less than two months after Lin Nan became king, Cao Cao, who carved up Yuanshu's territory with Sun Jian, first became king, and then, Sun Jian also claimed to be king, and then, Liu Bei, who replaced Liu Qi and occupied the entire Jingzhou, took the imperial power of Kuang Han as his own responsibility and proclaimed himself the king of Chu.

Ma Teng was not to be outdone, and forced the little emperor to order himself to be the king of Liang, and his eldest son Ma was the marquis of Qin, instead of him to lead Guanzhong, and named Guanzhong Liu Zhang, the marquis of Shu in Yongzhou, and also called himself the king of Shu, and the pastor of Jiaozhou, who occupied the land of Jiaozhou, called himself the Marquis of Yue.

Winter goes to spring, and the spring in the north still carries a trace of cold, but early this morning, thousands of people in Jicheng are empty, and all the people continue to flock to a big court in the north of Jicheng.

The standardized green field, the international stands, and the stadium that can accommodate tens of thousands of people at the same time are presented in this extraordinary city, the audience in the stands is enthusiastic, and the athletes on the green field are desperately competing for the football under their feet.

I saw a black-faced man on the green field running fast, skillfully transporting the football under his feet, shuttling all the way, when he reached the front of the goal, he shot with his feet, kicked out violently, and the football flew past the goalkeeper and drilled into the net.

"Boom"

A huge sound of gongs and drums made the audience boil, and the sound of cheering soared into the sky.

"Entered" Yan Wang Lin Nan, sitting in the distinguished and exclusive stands, saw Zhou Cang scoring first, so he shouted loudly, "Write it down, whoever scores a goal will be rewarded with an additional hundred gold coins." ”

In the past two years, the territory of Yan has been peaceful, due to the early reclamation of wasteland, the construction of water conservancy, finally ushered in a bumper harvest last year, and since then several large grain production bases have been born, so that the granary is abundant, the people live and work in peace and contentment, on the other hand, the construction of the city of Saishang, is also basically completed, the Xianbei people who were captured by a large number of Yan have become miners who mine various ores in various places, and a large number of Han people began to migrate to the city of Saishang, and engaged in grazing work outside the country, which greatly increased the development of animal husbandry in Yan country.

The construction of the football stadium can be regarded as conforming to the development, within two years, Lin Nan did not carry out conscription, but only strengthened the training of the original 300,000 troops, so that each soldier has become an elite soldier in the case of no war, competitive sports, it has become a hot sport within the Yan Kingdom, first basketball has set off layers of big waves, and then football, today's ball game, is to celebrate the completion of the construction of the first large-scale ball game of the football stadium of 10,000 people, so it attracted many people to watch for free.

As Lin Nan, who has the thoughts of later generations. Although it is impossible to bring all the familiar world to this world at once, he has been slowly changing.

"Boom"

There was another loud bang, the ball game restarted, Lin Nan looked at Zhou Cang, who led the team, and couldn't help but admire: "Zhou Cang didn't have to say anything about fighting, I didn't expect to play football so first-class." What a rare talent. ”

Lin Nan let every general under his account have to participate in the ball game regularly, except for some generals who guard the frontier and can't get out, the rest of the people have to lead their own teams, and regularly go to Jicheng to hold a unique confrontation match, on the one hand, it enriches the spare time life of the soldiers, on the other hand, it also increases their physical fitness, the key is that the ball game can also test the ability of each general to command the team, and the stadium is like a battlefield. What he wants is not just the kind of brute general who rushes and fights, but a general who can really lead troops to fight.

In addition to the confrontation of various ball games, he also set up a military academy, which regularly allows officers to go to the military academy for training, learn the art of war, formations, and various battles in the city and field battles, focusing on training military commanders.

In just two years, the territory of Yan has undergone earth-shaking changes, in addition to the population has been increasing, agriculture, industry, commerce, and animal husbandry are developing at the same time. In terms of talents, it has also attracted a group of literati who govern the locality. They replaced all those warriors, and then let the warriors lead the troops to distinguish the functions of civil and military affairs again.

The ball game is still going on, and Lin Nan is fascinated by it, after all, the birthplace of football is in China, and it was called Keju in ancient times. Keju has been spread for more than 2,300 years, it originated in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period of the Qi State of Linzi, the Tang and Song dynasties were the most prosperous, often appear "the ball does not fall all day long", "the ball does not leave the foot". Never leave the ball, watch in the courtyard, and thousands of people admire".

What Lin Nan did was just to promote football and take the lead in the rise of this sport, perhaps, after he died for hundreds of thousands of years, the whole world will proudly say that he led the sport and laid the foundation for China to be a world football power.

"Your Highness, the minister has something important to tell His Highness" Jia Xu walked straight to Lin Nan's side and bowed down.

Lin Nan turned his head and saw that Jia Xu had arrived, and Jia Xu still had a trace of sadness on his face, so he asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Please return to the palace for Your Highness, and the ministers should show it to Your Highness." ”

Lin Nan stood up and said to the referee: "Keep a good record of all the ball games so that you can be rewarded." ”

After speaking, Lin Nan and Jia Xu returned to the Yanwang Mansion in the center of Jicheng together.

Yanwangfu is expanded on the basis of Yanhou Mansion, according to the king's title, the main hall, the side hall and the entire palace have been added, and the specifications are second only to the palace.

On the Qiming Palace, Lin Nanduan sat on the throne and asked, "Military advisor, what is it, mysterious and secretive?" ”

Jia Xu hurriedly said: "Lord, Zhao Yun has sent news from Hanoi, saying that Luoyang is behaving abnormally, and scouts often see a small force circling around, and this situation has been going on for a month. ”

"Since the heroes fought on the ruins of Luoyang, the people in the Luoyang area have been migrated to Jizhou by me, which has long become a four-way zone, and it is also a border wasteland between Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Ma Teng, although there has been no agreement, but no one dares to send troops to occupy this place, who is so bold to swim around there?" After Lin Nan heard this, he vaguely felt a trace of unusualness.

Jia Xu said: "Zhao Yun's letter did not make it clear, he also sent someone to investigate, but he didn't have any eyebrows, and after the person sent never came back, Zhao Yun personally brought a few relatives to investigate, but he didn't find out why." ”

"Well, this matter is a bit unusual, immediately give Zhao Yun an order, you must find out who is behind the scenes, whether it is the Wei army, the Chu army or the Liang army."

"No."

"In addition, you send an order to Gan Ning and Wen Ping, who are stationed in Shangjing, and ask them to prepare five sea-going ships for me, and then let Shisun Rui transport the goods that have already been prepared to Shangjing and select elite sailors."

When Jia Xu heard this, he asked, "Lord, do you really plan to float to Jiangdong?" ”

"Yes, there was an agreement between me and Sun Jian, and I said that we would trade with each other, in the past few years, our army has been in the middle of a war, and there is no time to take care of this matter Now after two years of steady development, there is enough grain and grass, soldiers and horses are strong, and the armaments have all been replaced with unified steel, increasing the number of heavy cavalry and heavy infantry, and the Hanlin Academy has also developed some types of weapons, and it is time to start abiding by the agreement with Sun Jian, besides, the materials in the southeast area are also what I urgently need."

"Since the princess has made up her mind, the minister has no opinion, but if the lord goes to Jiangdong in person, Sun Jian will not say anything, I am afraid that the generals under Sun Jian will be unfavorable to the lord, and besides, as soon as the lord leaves, there will be no owner in Yan Kingdom, so it is better to send a courtier to do it for him" Jia Xu worried.

Lin Nan said with a smile: "This matter can only be done by me, what I want, no one will understand, if I don't go in person, it is impossible to show our sincerity Although Yan Guo has no owner, but after two years of steady development, the entire Yan Kingdom has been basically settled, and the ministers of civil and military affairs at all levels have their own duties, without me, there is nothing to do, as long as the military division, several deputy military divisions and Xiangguo work together to govern the military and civil affairs." ”

Jia Xu is the commander-in-chief of the three armies of the entire Yan State, in charge of the soldiers and horses of the entire Yan State, and has great power, but he does not have much ambition, he just assists Lin Nan wholeheartedly, so he also won Lin Nan's trust After listening to Lin Nan's words, he no longer comforted, because he knew that Lin Nan's character, once decided, would not change lightly.

"Then the minister obeyed the king's will, but he didn't know how long the king would be gone?" Jia Xu asked.

"At least three months, at most half a year, I will inevitably return from Soochow."

On March 20, Lin Nan rode a dark cloud snow horse to Shangjing.

Since its establishment, Shangjing has become an important port, from which you can float to the east to cross to Liaodong, saving the time of taking the western Liaoning corridor by land, and shuttling between the two sides of the strait by sea.

In the capital, the five generals Gan Ning, Wen Ping, Wang Wei, Su Fei, and Shi Jie welcomed Lin Nan into the hall, and at the same time bowed: "The ministers see the king." ”

In ancient times, in addition to the duke, marquis, uncle, son, male five, etc., there was also a title higher than the duke, second only to the emperor, which was the king.

Once he is called the king, the specifications and etiquette he enjoys are only one level lower than that of the emperor, and his subordinates can also be called ministers, so except for Lin Nan's harem and the people, all officials, when they see Lin Nan, must call themselves ministers.

Lin Nan sat in the hall of Shangjing, raised his hand, and said to Gan Ning, Wen Ping, Wang Wei, Su Fei, and Shi Jie: "All of them are exempt." ”

Gan Ning, as one of the five tiger generals, and Wen Chou are the two generals who newly surrendered to Lin Nan, but these two people have always been two controversial people. Because they are newcomers, if they want to talk about military merits, they must not be as many as Zhang He, Xu Huang, Wei Yan, Pang De, Chen Zhi and others, so some of Lin Nan's old departments are very unconvinced, and even Zhang He and Pang De, the two old generals, also have a lot of complaints.

However, the reason why Lin Nan chose Gan Ning and Wen Chou to be listed as the five tiger generals naturally had his own plans. Gan Ning's deeds of killing Ji Ling and disturbing the Song army with hundreds of horsemen are already famous all over the world, and Gan Ning used to be a pirate, and his skills in operating ships are very skilled. What Lin Nan values is Gan Ning's bravery, courage and ability to form a powerful naval army for him.

chose Wen Chou because Wen Chou is indeed brave and incomparable, Zhang He, Xu Huang, Pang De and others are not opponents, and Wen Chou has followed two people successively, Lin Nan just wants people all over the world to know that he is very talent-oriented, as long as you are talented, you can come to take refuge, don't care about your past. (To be continued......)