Chapter 40: Convincing Liu Biao
"Then do you think that it was for my father that these young people ignored armaments and caused the rebellion in Nanjun?" Liu Biao asked with a little dissatisfaction. Anyway, this time Liu Cong is a little self-assertive!
The child did not dare to think so, and he had no intention of doing so. But now the situation is different, when my father pacified Jingzhou, there was Yuan Shao in Hebei. Gongsun Chan is an elbow to each other. The Central Plains region is full of princes, and neither Yuan Shao nor Cao Cao has the intention or strength to attack Jingzhou. My father's policy of cultivating life and recuperation in Jingzhou was completely correct.
However, in just a few years, Cao Cao successfully expelled Yuan Shu, captured LΓΌ Bu, and defeated Liu Bei to occupy Sili, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and other places. Then he defeated the strong enemy Yuan Shao and pacified Hebei only a matter of time. The rest of Liangzhou and Yizhou are remote and difficult to attack. Cao Cao's next target is either Yangzhou or Jingzhou. β
"In this way, it seems that my father is wrong......" Liu Biao's words were a little low, and there was a little murmur, just like a dying old man.
"Husband, Cong'er is also thinking about defending Jingzhou, why not let Cong'er do it, as long as you don't make a big mistake, you can have your husband on the side to guide you. Why should you blame yourself? β
"Yes, father, the child has no intention of questioning his father, but Cao Cao has to guard against it."
"I don't know for my father, but I've been watching the Central Plains all these years, but my Jingzhou is located in a remote area and has a sparse population, which is not as good as Henan and Hebei. If you have the heart, you should do it first, but remember not to move too much, and you must not waste your life and money to shake the foundation of the people. The population of Nam-gun is not large, so it is imperative not to create a situation where there is no arable land. β
"The child understands that the child must be cautious." Liu Cong thought that he would be reprimanded by Liu Biao, but he didn't expect that the training was quite smooth, maybe Liu Biao thought that Liu Cong just wanted to recruit four or five thousand soldiers in Jiangling City.
"There is another thing, your cousin Liu Pan has been living in Youxian for a long time, and it is not good for his father to think about it. At the beginning, he led Huang Zhong and others to resist the encroachment of Tai Shici and others repeatedly, so that Sun Quan did not get any bargain.
Later, after Tai Shici's death, Liu Pan wanted to serve as the Taishou of Changsha, and his father had already appointed Han Xuan, but he had to reject his request. He resigned and went into idleness. You go to Nanjun this time, and if there is a vacancy, please ask him to return to Nanjun. Your father is old, but your brother is still young. Besides, don't you want to train soldiers, Liu Panzhi will not lose to Wenpin. β
"The child understands that his father has been thinking about Brother Liu Pan in his heart, and the child will definitely invite him back." In fact, there is no need for Liu Biao's special instructions, Liu Cong has long been thinking about this cousin in his heart. Just kidding, what kind of person is Tai Shi Ci, the person who can give Sun Quan Tai Shi Ci a headache is by no means an ordinary person. It matters whether he is his cousin or Huang Zhong's boss. If you get him, you might be able to kill two birds with one stone. In the Three Kingdoms era, what is the most precious? Talent! Not to mention the Three Kingdoms, whatever era is.
Liu Pan's bravery is definitely useful in the era of cold weapons, so Liu Cong nodded again and again and agreed to Liu Biao.
"Do you have any more requests?" Liu Biao feels sorry for his son, but in order to have a successor, timely foreign exercise is also necessary, so as long as Liu Cong's request is not excessive, Liu Biao will most likely agree.
So far, Liu Cong only needs to hire one person and propose military training, and there are no other requirements, Liu Biaozhi feels that he underestimates his son.
"The child wants to ask his cousin-in-law to govern Nanjun together."
"Do you mean Kong Ming? This person is a bit talented, but I don't know why he has been estranged from his father in the past few years. I hope you young people can get along, but if he is willing to help you, you don't have to ask if you are a father. You tell him that your father doesn't care about his brother's work in Jiangdong. β
"The child thanked his father for his cousin-in-law. It's just that the child is not sure that he can be moved......" Liu Cong also truthfully expressed his worries. β
"This Kong Ming is too, they are all family, and they are close relatives, is it possible that he wants to help Cao Cao?" Cai has also heard Zhuge Liang mentioned many times, and this time Liu Biao's father and son mentioned this person again, and Cai vented his dissatisfaction in his heart.
Liu Cong smiled bitterly, it is not necessary to help Cao Cao, it is too possible to help Liu Bei. Maybe Zhuge Liang felt that the Cai family was powerful in Xiangyang, and he would be abandoned like Liu Pan, so he didn't dare to join it. Of course, this can only be muttered in the heart, and it can never be said. Liu Cong has never understood that Liu Biao is also an enlightened person, and recruiting talents is something that must be done for the elderly.
However, this one's own nephew and son-in-law lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and this person once followed his uncle Zhuge Xuan to take refuge in himself, leaving aside his relatives, just this love of help in times of crisis, Zhuge Liang should also help Liu Biao. But the fact is that Liu Biao doesn't seem to have Zhuge Liang in his eyes, and Zhuge Liang doesn't have such a high-ranking official relative in his eyes.
In addition to Zhuge Liang looking down on the incompetence of Liu Cousin's father and son, Liu Cong really couldn't think of any other better reason. But Liu Biao doesn't seem to be so bad, compared to Cao Cao, it is inferior, but compared to Wu Ju and Liu Zhang's generation, Liu Cong still thinks that Liu Biao is much stronger, but he is old. Sixty-three is really very high in this era of seventy years of life.
And that Liu Bei is only forty-two years old, and the age advantage is sometimes predestined. If Liu Biao and Liu Bei were made a year young, maybe they were ambitiously preparing to capture Xu Du and rescue Emperor Xian at this moment.
Speaking of age, Liu Cong feels that he has an incomparable advantage over Cao Cao, Cao Cao has more than ten years in history, if he develops smoothly, he can wait until Cao Cao's death to fight a decisive battle with the northern forces, and win the Central Plains in one fell swoop.
On the third day of inviting his cousin to come to the mansion as a guest, Liu Cong couldn't hold back to visit Zhuge Liang after all, not to blame Liu Cong for being unstable, but Zhuge Liang was too important to Liu Cong.
After breakfast, Liu Cong took Huang Quan, Zhang Bo and Liu Ba to Longzhong together.
Although Zhuge Liang is in seclusion, Longzhong is not far from Xiangyang City, and Liu Cong has come to his relatives many times, so he is naturally familiar with him. Sometimes Liu Cong is also thinking, this Zhuge Liang is also true or false, you really want to live in seclusion and go to Wudang Mountain, what's going on in Longzhong, it's not easy to find.
When he was about to arrive at Zhuge Liang's house, Liu Cong found three people riding horses from near Zhuge Liang's house from a distance.
If you look closely, one is a big black man, one has long sideburns and a big beard, and one is ...... Isn't this the three Liu Bei brothers? Wasn't Liu Bei's first visit to Longzhong a year later? Could it be that his arrival changed the ring of history?
Liu Cong thought about it and was about to step forward to say hello, but he heard Liu Ba say loudly on the side: "Yo, how can this pig killer, a straw sandal seller and a murderer have the leisure to come to the mountains and forests to avoid the seclusion?" β
Liu Cong broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, this Liu Ba was really damaged, and he was sneering when he saw him. Zhang Fei was furious when he heard this, and he immediately stepped forward to settle accounts with Liu Ba: "Where did you come from, Mao boy, what did my brothers and I have to do with you?" β
"It has nothing to do with me that you are idle, it's just that I don't want to see you and other shameless and unrighteous people, so let's take a detour, son." Liu Ba is also deliberate, Zhuge Liang's family is in front of him, how can there be a detour, Liu Cong is not easy to make a noise.
Zhang Fei over there listened to it, and he was so angry that he opened his teeth and claws, but fortunately, he followed Liu Bei out to find the Magi, and he didn't bring a long weapon, only a portable sword, which did not prevent Zhang Fei from attacking Liu Ba.
The horse came to Liu Ba and drew his sword and slashed, Liu Barao was hard-mouthed, there was Zhang Fei's opponent, and he wanted to run away. Zhang Fei slashed at Liu Bama's ass with a sword, and the horse screamed in pain, so he shook Liu Ba to the ground. Zhang Fei still refused to give up, and raised his sword to cut Liu Ba, so frightened that Liu Ba's legs were weak and he forgot to escape. Liu Cong saw that it was not good, so he quickly jumped up from his horse and pulled out his saber to block a sword for Liu Ba: "General Zhang is so angry!" β
Over there, Liu Bei and Liu Bei also came back to their senses, and Liu Bei was so anxious that he shouted when he saw that he was going to die: "Yide, don't be reckless!" β
"Big brother, this guy ......" Zhang Fei still wanted to look for Liu Ba, but found that he couldn't help Liu Cong in front of him, so he had to pick up his sword and wait for Liu Bei to step forward. When Liu Cong saw Liu Bei coming, he stepped forward and saluted: "Liu Cong has seen uncle!" β
Although Liu Cong was reluctant, Liu Bei was commensurate with Liu's cousin, and after he was still King Jing of Zhongshan, Liu Cong was more than 20 years younger than Liu Bei, so he naturally had to be called uncle.
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