Chapter 674: Old Fox
For the sudden appearance of the Yellow Turban Party in the Nanyang area, all the princes are very concerned, and they all want to see if the situation in Nanyang County is out of control, so they can reach out and intervene and get a piece of the pie in the rich Jingzhou.
As a top strategist, Xu Shu was naturally able to guess the thoughts of other princes, and he also had corresponding precautions. Xu Shu decisively asked Liu Bei and Mi Fang to cooperate in a good show in which Liu Bei fought bravely to kill the enemy, and the yellow scarves were defeated and retreated.
Liu Bei made a big fanfare to find Mi Fang's Yellow Turban Party battle, Mi Fang also took a huge Yellow Turban to fight with Liu Bei, and with only one photo, Mi Fang fled with all the Yellow Turbans, and the other Yellow Turban followers were captured by Liu Bei. Liu Bei arranged all these people to his own Xinye County to enrich the population.
When everyone thought that this was the end, Mi Fang and the Yellow Turban Party rose up in other places in Nanyang.
In short, it is an endless situation that has not gone badly, so that all the princes do not know how to start.
Since Liu Bei is now temporarily acting as the military of Nanyang, and the entire Nanyang is now under Liu Bei's control, Liu Bei arranged for a huge number of troops to be stationed in the city at the junction of Cao Cao and Liu Yu, so as not to stab Liu Yu and Cao Cao in Liu Bei's back. Liu Bei had already had enough of Liu Yu and Cao Cao's calculations, and this time he didn't want to be hurt like before.
Cao Cao tentatively sent an army, which was called to eradicate the remnants of the Yellow Turbans. The defenders of Jingzhou would not have any chance for Cao Cao, and Liu Bei directly led his troops to kill Cao Jun, taking revenge on Cao Cao's bullying before. As soon as Cao Jun saw this posture, he immediately ran away, without giving Liu Bei any chance.
Liu Bei looked at Cao Jun who fled in embarrassment viciously, thinking to himself, do you still think that this official is so easy to bully?
Xu Shu has already mapped out a path to hegemony for Liu Bei. first stabilized his foothold, and then bought people's hearts, making Liu Bei the de facto ruler of Nanyang County. As for those guards in Nanyang counties in Jingzhou who did not obey Liu Bei's orders and orders, Xu Shu was naturally able to make them disappear openly. Mi Fang played the biggest role in this idea.
After that, he just waited for Liu Biao to die. Liu Biao's body is weak, this is a well-known thing in Jingzhou, and no one can guess whether this old man will be able to see the sun tomorrow. As long as Liu Biao dies, Liu Bei can lead his troops to Xiangyang for funeral with the righteousness of brotherhood, and compete with Cai Mao for the power of Jingzhou. If he wins, Liu Bei will support one of Liu Biao's sons as the assassin of Jingzhou, and he will be the ruler behind the scenes. It doesn't matter if he fails, it is impossible for Cai Mao to defeat Liu Bei completely, Liu Bei can reach an agreement with Cai Mao to get the benefits he wants, such as turning Nanyang into Liu Bei's personal domain, Xu Shu believes that Cai Mao will agree. It can even be assigned to Jiangxia under Liu Bei's rule. In this way, Liu Bei will have the land of the two counties of Jingzhou, and when the time comes, he can come to the right and left to carry out the next step.
If all goes well, Liu Bei will become the last ruler of Jingzhou.
In fact, many smart people in Jingzhou have noticed Liu Bei's intentions.
This includes the two brothers Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang, as well as Sima Hui and Pang Degong.
The Kuai brothers didn't say anything, and they didn't remind Cai Mao and Liu Biao. Liu Biao is old, and he doesn't support the Kuai family as much as before, and secretly keeps shaking the interests of the Kuai family in Jingzhou, and constantly weakens the influence of the Kuai family, so that his son can take over.
The brothers of the Kuai family have lost trust in Liu Biao.
And on Cai Mao's side, the Kuai brothers have no reason to remind. Cai Mao has always wanted to move the existing interests of the Kuai family in Jingzhou, and the Kuai brothers know that Liu Bei can make trouble for Cai Mao, and they are happy to see it happen. Cai Mao is also very troublesome now, Liu Biao is also targeting the Cai family, if it weren't for Liu Cong being Cai Mao's nephew, Liu Biao would have planned to kill Cai Mao. Liu Bei is big in Nanyang, and Cai Mao is also in charge. Cai Mao doesn't want to be responsible, and she can't.
As a big family, the Kuai family understands that doing things must be done on both sides, and everything is based on the interests of the Kuai family. Liu Bei did not threaten any interests of the Kuai family now, and there was no need for the Kuai family to offend Liu Bei. If Liu Bei succeeds in seizing the power of Jingzhou in the future, the future of the Kuai family will be worried. The Kuai brothers still need to think about their descendants. In fact, it doesn't matter if Liu Bei fails, at least Liu Bei still helped the Kuai family weaken Cai Mao, at this stage, as long as the Kuai brothers design it properly, who will be in charge of Jingzhou in the end is still a matter of two words.
The Kuai brothers played their own little Jiujiu, while Pang Degong and Sima Hui were much happier.
No, Sima Hui drank Pang Degong and the two were happily sitting together drinking tea.
"Decao, I didn't expect Liu Bei to be able to calculate step by step to this point." Pang Degong said to Sima Hui with a smile.
After Sima Hui pondered for a while, he said, "Liu Bei's move is still too risky, and he is not cautious at all. ”
Sima Hui originally asked Zhuge Liang or Pang Tong to support Liu Bei, but he didn't expect that Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong didn't know where to go, and he searched the entire Jingzhou without finding any of them. Sima Hui also heard that Liu Bei listened to his words and went to Zhuge Liang, but he didn't meet Zhuge Liang.
Sima Hui was very nervous, he was very worried that his plan would fail, Liu Bei, who did not have a military advisor, could not fight Liu Biao, an old fox, no matter how strong he was. Maybe it was Liu Bei's luck, there was no Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, but he got Xu Shu.
Xu Shu's character and talent, Sima Hui knows, but Sima Hui can't predict what Xu Shu will do, after all, compared to Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, Sima Hui knows very little.
"Either way, it's exactly what we designed it to be." Pang Degong is still very relieved, and it is good that there are no changes in the plan.
Sima Hui was silent, as a wise man, what he was most worried about was that anything would happen, because it would be beyond his control, and he could not control the final result.
"Is there any news of Shi Yuan and Kong Ming?" Sima Hui asked.
When Sima Hui didn't find Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang, he asked Pang Degong to help find them.
Pang Degong didn't care at first, and in his impression, it was normal for Pang Tong to leave Jingzhou for ten days and half a month every three or five days.
Until the spies of the Pang family reported that there was a man named Pang Tong in the Yanzhou War, as the military division of Liu Yu's troops.
Pang Degong was so frightened that the chrysanthemum trembled. When did Pang Tong take refuge in Liu Yu, why did he have no news before. Pang Degong immediately sent his housekeeper to certify it, after all, there are many people with the same name and surname, maybe everyone else can't tell.
When the housekeeper sent by Pang Degong came to Pang Tong, he was greeted by Pang Tong's surprised expression, and asked him what he was doing one after another.
"Young Master Shiyuan, I heard that there is a person with the same name as you in Yanzhou. The master has never been able to find you, so he asked the little one to come looking for you. Pang Degong's housekeeper could only shake his head and smile bitterly, and he told him about his master coming to look for him.
Pang Tong's face turned red, and he forgot to report his safety to his family.
So Pang Tong repaired a letter to Pang Degong's housekeeper and brought him back to Jingzhou, and informed Pang Degong about his joining Liu Yu's camp. Of course, I didn't say anything about being tied up.
It took more than a month to go back and forth. Mainly because of the war in Nanyang, the housekeeper didn't dare to joke with his own life, so he could only walk in circles.
Pang Degong was both happy and worried. Happily, Pang Tong joined the Shenwu Imperial Court, and he was also a military advisor with the army, so he must be very important. The worry is that since he can get this news, then Liu Biao will also get the same news, but Liu Biao didn't make any moves, which is weird. Pang Degong was very worried that Liu Biao was secretly preparing to take revenge on the Pang family.
In fact, Pang Degong was worried about Liu Biao in vain, and Liu Biao didn't want to see Pang Tong. Although Pang Tong is very talented, but Liu Biao is also a member of the appearance association, he feels uncomfortable when he looks at Pang Tong, and many people in the Pang family are working under Liu Biao, there is no need for Liu Biao to fall out with the Pang family for the sake of a Pang Tong.
Pang Degong also looked for Zhuge Liang's whereabouts, but after looking for a long time, there was no news, at most, when Zhuge Liang talked to Zhuge Liang in the same village, he knew that he was going to go on a long trip.
Facing Sima Hui's inquiry, Pang Degong said: "This kid Shiyuan has already gone to the Shenwu Imperial Court. As for Kong Ming, there is no news, and the old man doesn't know where he has gone. It's just that I heard from the villagers in Wollongong that Kong Ming had taken his wife out to play. ”
When Sima Hui heard that Pang Tong had gone to Liu Yu, his whole expression was stunned, and countless thoughts flashed in his heart.
"Shang Chang, congratulations, the Pang family will have a place in the world in the future." Sima Hui congratulated.
Pang Degong was happier than he was when he was praised by Sima Hui, and said with a red face: "Decao, what are we going to do next?" ”
"Now we don't have to do anything. Just wait for the situation in Jingzhou to change. If you have to do it, you still need to look for Kong Ming. I'm really worried about his safety. Sima Hui said in a deep voice.
"I've got this one on me!" Pang Degong contracted this matter.
"In that case, I'll go back first." Sima Hui was ready to leave, if it wasn't necessary, he didn't want to stay alone with Pang Degong, the dead dragon Yang, it was too dangerous.
"So fast? Why don't you stay for a light meal? Pang Degong retained him, and he wanted to stay with Sima Hui for a while longer.
"There's something going on here, so I won't bother much." Sima Hui didn't give Pang Degong room to react, got up and left.
Pang Degong could only let Sima Hui leave, he thought that it was a good thing for Pang Tong to go to Liu Yu's side, his plan was to dedicate Jingzhou to Liu Yu, Pang Tong would join Liu Yu now, and the Pang family would continue to grow with Liu Yu's footsteps of dominating the world in the future, even if he died, he would be worthy of the ancestors of the Pang family.
"I hope that day will come soon, so that I can live a life with Decao that is not a god." Pang Degong has a bright future in his heart.
Sima Hui walked out of the Pang Mansion, and his heart continued to follow the information just now, Pang Tong joined Liu Yu, and it didn't seem to have much impact on his plan. But Sima Hui didn't dare to slack off, he had to be perfect, and he couldn't make any mistakes.
Sima Hui returned to his residence, and now he had to rearrange his previous arrangement. He took out a piece of white silk, then took out a pen and paper and continued to write.
After thinking about it for a long time, Sima Hui finally got the result he wanted.
"It's back to my plan." Sima Hui said with a smile.
Sima Hui burned the white silk he had written, and the firelight illuminated Sima Hui's face red, but no one knew what he was thinking.
Sima Hui has an astonishing secret, and this secret is that he began to plot it when he was young. Sima Hui almost lost his life because of what he planned. Even now, he has not given up, and continues to plan his dreams.
No one knows why, why Sima Hui would be so insistent. Only Sima Hui knows the answer to this mystery.
Sima Hui is an old fox.
"Nanyang's yellow scarf is definitely not normal, I'm afraid there is Liu Bei in it." Sima Hui immediately caught the important point of the Nanyang Yellow Turban.
"Someone!" Sima Hui shouted softly.
An old servant came in and said, "Master, what do you command?" ”
"Inquire about when the Nanyang Yellow Turban began to appear, and what is the name of the leader of the Nanyang Yellow Turban. This thing, sir, I use! Sima Hui commanded.
The old servant had followed Sima Hui for many years, was loyal and capable, and replied immediately: "The villain obeys orders!" ”
Sima Hui thought about it again, thinking: Yuan Zhi's plan has always been out of common sense, but there are signs to ponder.
It took almost an hour for Sima Hui's servant to bring back the answer: "Master, the little one has already found out." The yellow scarves in Nanyang only arose after Xiangyang cut off Liu Xuande's grain and grass. The little incompetence didn't find out who the leader of the Yellow Turbans was. ”
"Alright, you go down. Don't disturb me without my commands. Sima Hui had already gotten what he wanted, and he was confident in the old servant's abilities.
"The little one understands." The old servant respectfully chose to leave, he has been like this all these years, and he is used to it.
Sima Hui sat in his position and closed his eyes in contemplation, and finally smiled, he already knew the details of the Nanyang Yellow Turban, and it must be Liu Bei's own people.
"A good Liu Xuande, a good Xu Yuanzhi, actually staged such a big show. If the old man is not careful, I am afraid that he will be fooled by you. Sima Hui said to himself.
Perhaps this is also the foreshadowing of Liu Bei's defeat. I can't let go of this opportunity, I should plan carefully. Sima Hui began his new arrangement.
What is Sima Hui's purpose? No one knows, only by waiting for Sima Hui's purpose to achieve can the mystery be solved.