In the fourth year of the Heavenly Age, in addition to the return of all the country, it was set up as a county.

Sitting in the Tai Palace, listening to Handan Chun's jokes, Liu Qu smiled from ear to ear, very happy, was listening, suddenly a yellow door came in, told Zhuge Ling Gong to have something to see, Liu Qu hurriedly asked people to invite him in, Zhuge Liang walked into the Tai Palace, possessed a bow, Liu Qu had long known that he would be like this, and hurriedly helped him up, and said with a smile: "Ling Gong must not be like this, Ling Gong is my chief!" ”

Zhuge Liang's face looked a little bad, and he said, "Your Majesty... There are thieves who invade the state... Jiaozhou Mu led the people to develop the mountains and forests outside the state, without carrying officers and soldiers, but was attacked by thieves, Du Wei, the state pastor, was seriously injured, and nearly 2,000 people were plundered... Hundreds more were killed! At that moment, Liu Quyuan's eyes were full of fierce light, "What?!! Which thief is this?! Dare to act like this!! ”

"It should be the aborigines outside Jiaozhou, Jiaozhou has been developing the surrounding mountains and forests in recent years, and now it has become a huge state and county, but this oppresses the natives in the mountains and forests..."

"!! Didn't I decree that as long as it belongs to my Han Dynasty, I should be given land for the people of my Han Dynasty?! These damned, daring state pastors!! Zhuge Liang is not short, but in front of Liu Qu, he still looks very thin, Liu Qu's momentum is too oppressive, seeing the Son of Heaven so angry.

"Your Majesty... The ministers are waiting in the Hall of Virtue..."

"Let's go!" , Liu Qu shouted, and walked towards the Houde Palace, Zhuge Liang followed behind him, and the two walked into the Houde Hall together, there was still some noise in the Houde Palace, after Liu Qu walked in, suddenly, the Houde Hall became extraordinarily silent, Liu Qu sat on the top angrily, Pang Tong led everyone to salute him, Liu Qu looked at everyone, and said: "I want to send troops immediately, he kills the governor of Zhenzhou, I want to kill his thief chief, he hurts the people, I want to slaughter his country!" ”

"Your Majesty, don't !!" Pang Tong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, in addition to the countries that have been annexed, in addition to the countries that have been annexed, in addition to Guishan, and even outside the Sai, there are still many states that are waiting, and the minister thinks that these can be attached to the Han, if these people are killed, I am afraid that it will."

"I've made up my mind! Hugh to persuade again! Liu Qu said coldly.

Seeing Liu Qu like this, Pang Tong looked at Zhuge Liang helplessly, Zhuge Liang just shook his head lightly, did not speak, Pang Tong sighed, and no longer persuaded, Liu Qu said: "The northern army is guarding Xizhou and Guishuang, the southern army is still in Hezhou, commanding the entire north, I want to take the southern army in Luo County, lead the elite 3,000, and then you can conquer!" For this idea of the Son of Heaven, the ministers were shocked.

"Your Majesty wants to recruit in person?? How does this make it?! ”

"Why not?! As the Son of Heaven, I should avenge the people under my command! Liu Qu said loudly, looked at Zhuge Liang on the side, and said: "Ling Gong, after I left, this county will be temporarily watched by Ling Gong!" ”

"There are many generals in the Northern and Southern armies... Your Majesty doesn't have to go there in person. Zhuge Liang only opened his mouth at this time, he did not object to the Son of Heaven's foreign expedition, but he didn't want the Son of Heaven to go over in person, he was very afraid, even if he was a heroic person, he couldn't stop a sharp arrow, if the Son of Heaven had any accidents, in the face of Zhuge Liang, Liu Qu would not be as irritable as Fang Cai, he pondered for a moment, and then said:

"I just sit in Jiaozhou, let the public rest assured, this campaign, I will bring the Weifu with me, with them around to escort, nothing will happen, such a provocation, we must fight with all our might, otherwise it will only be more and more...", looking at Liu Qu's resolute attitude, Zhuge Liang did not persuade anything, nodded helplessly, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong did not object, and the rest of the ministers had no idea of refutation.

After a brief negotiation, Liu Qu had already given an order, and tomorrow he would set off to Jiaozhou to conquer those thieves!!

When he returned to the Taidian, Liu Qu was no longer as angry as Fangcai, and he was faintly excited in his heart, and finally waited for the opportunity to conquer, but he was only excited, so many people were injured and died, even if he could fight, he couldn't be happy, just returned to the Taidian, and saw the queen hurriedly walked in, the queen looked a little worried, she asked: "Your Majesty, are you going to Jiaozhou?" ”

"yes, how do you know?"

"Huangmen is talking about this, Your Majesty, you are the son of the Han Dynasty, why bother personally..."

"Yuan Ji, don't persuade me anymore, others don't believe me, don't you still believe me? I just don't bring people with me, and I can wipe out all those thieves empty-handed! Liu Qu said domineeringly, Wang Yuanji thought for a moment, and didn't say any more, lowered his head, his face was full of melancholy, "Hey, don't worry, it won't take a few months, I can destroy them all with one blow!" ”

He comforted the queen for a long time, which made the queen settle down and sent the queen away, Liu Qu sent someone to invite Yuan Shang, Yuan Shang walked into the Tai Palace, bowed to the Son of Heaven, Liu Qu said with a smile: "Recently, there are a few guys in the temple, always like to talk around, I am very unhappy, you go to check, see who is revealing the words in the Houde Palace, after finding out, you don't have to wait for me to come back, directly arrest and execute." ”

"Sincerely."

"Remember, I have to take advantage of the fact that I don't come back, and I will be executed directly."

"Remember."

Liu Qu was still smiling, but that smiling face looked a little scary.

Three days later, the Son of Heaven took a battalion of the Southern Army responsible for guarding the palace, and quickly rushed towards Jiaozhou, he did not make everyone know, speaking of which, even many ministers did not know about this matter, Zhuge Liang ordered, the matter is still strictly confidential, the whereabouts of the Son of Heaven, can not be easily revealed, the Son of Heaven this time with a battalion of the Southern Army, and this captain is called Gan Ning, is a warrior familiar with Jiaozhou.

Liu Qu is no stranger to him, to be precise, every general in the army, Liu Qu knows, many people have a good relationship with him, even those students in military science, Liu Qu also knows most of them, because he often goes to the military camp, or goes to military science, Gan Ning, this person, from the face of the person, is not very easy to get along with, he is quite arrogant, but there are a lot of words, I don't know where to learn it, for familiar people, as soon as he speaks, he can't stop.

Liu Qu was also followed by a person, it was Jiang Wei, Jiang Wei was a servant of the Captain's Mansion, responsible for the safety of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven was going to the battlefield, he naturally followed the Son of Heaven, but, along the way, this young man was quite unconvinced by Gan Ning, he felt that this guy was an old man who loved to brag and rely on the old and sell the old, Gan Ning was not used to him, and was always sneering at him.

"Your Majesty, those thieves outside Jiaozhou, the combat power is amazingly low, even ordinary people can defeat them, this time, I don't know what happened, but it's definitely not that simple, I don't believe that their natives can hurt the Jiaozhou pastor with thousands of people, unless they come tens of thousands of people, most of the people in Jiaozhou are martial, and they are definitely not so easy to bully..."

Gan Ning said in a verbose voice, "Those natives probably have someone to support, or, they may have produced a more wise chief, anyway, I haven't been back for more than ten years, maybe the situation is a little different, by the way, after Your Majesty rushed to Jiaozhou, don't say the word "barbarian", this word, in the local area is not to say, can only be said thieves and the like. ”

"Oh? I really don't know about this, isn't it because there are many foreigners in Jiaozhou itself, so it's like this? Liu Qu asked curiously.

Gan Ning grinned, "No, Your Majesty doesn't know, many, many years ago, there was a magistrate in Jiaozhou...", as soon as Gan Ning opened his mouth, he talked about the past, Liu Qu listened to it with relish, maybe it was ancestral, he just liked to listen to these stories, along the way, listening to Gan Ning's chatter, he didn't feel annoying, but he was quite happy, only Jiang Wei, his face gradually darkened.

"It's a pity... He didn't want to bother me, and after he died, I took his relics and went to see Zhuge Liang. ”

"And then?"

"I'm disappointed, he's much worse than his master." , Gan Ning shook his head and said.

Liu Qu didn't look very happy, he had a lot of respect for Zhuge Liang, even if the person Gan Ning said was Zhuge Liang's master, he shouldn't have said that about Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wei couldn't help it, he followed Zhuge Liang for a period of time, Zhuge Liang didn't want to accept him as an apprentice, but at the request of the Son of Heaven, he was still very close to Jiang Wei, Jiang Wei had any confusion, he was looking for Ling Gong, and Ling Gong could explain to him every time, no matter what it was.

"Zhuge Linggong is the first capable minister of the Han Dynasty, you are boasting, and you shouldn't be like this." , Jiang Wei said unhappily.

Gan Ning glanced at him, raised his head, looked at the clouds in the air, and smiled, "I'm not talking about ability, you haven't seen his old man, you don't understand, I've lived in vain for so long, but I've never seen such a kind-hearted person as him... He will not look down on anyone...", he said no more, and rode away to investigate.

Only Jiang Wei and Liu Qu were left looking at each other.

With Gan Ning, this road is not so boring, the southern army with Liu Qu this time are all some elite in the army, trekking through mountains and rivers, there are no complaints, full speed to pull, along the way rarely stop to rest, from Jiaozhou is getting closer and closer.

When the Son of Heaven led his soldiers to Yangzhou, he finally met the people who came to greet him.

It was the elite of the Yangzhou Navy who came to greet him, led by Zhou Yu, the Governor of the Metropolis, who was waiting for the arrival of the Son of Heaven here, Zhuge Liang was still not very relieved of the Son of Heaven, so he spoke to Zhou Yu, hoping to take the Navy to protect him and not let the Son of Heaven have an accident.