In the sixth year of Jian'an, the world suddenly surged.

As soon as the spring ploughing ended, Sun Xun, the Duke of Yan, who had just ascended the throne, publicly issued an ultimatum, and the decrees were issued in unison, and Hebei and Guanxi entered the war preparation procedures together, as if a storm was coming. Correspondingly, the princes of the Central Plains were also unceremonious, and immediately gathered in Nanyang in the name of the Son of Heaven, and also made a posture of uniting and fighting hard.

Considering that both sides are no longer in the same 'floating' state as they were at the beginning of the troubled times, on the contrary, both sides have a deep ruling foundation and strategic depth at this time, plus the enormous forces of both sides that may be gathered, so this process is destined to be long and prudent......

According to the judgment, at the beginning, the two sides will have friction in many places in the process of pooling their forces, and skirmishes will occur, and then there will be a well-mobilized side that will first send a small number of elite troops to try to seize strategic points on the border, and then trigger reinforcements and mobilization escalation on the opposite side, and then there will be encounters and siege battles...... At this time, it should be considered the official start of the war.

However, if we have to wait until the total strength of hundreds of thousands of troops of the whole army is gathered together to form a full-scale confrontation, and a large corps encounters and confrontations break out, and then a decisive battle is found, then I am afraid that it will not work for more than half a year, and as for how long the confrontation of the large-scale corps will last, it is even more difficult to say, but it cannot be said that it will be three years and five years!

For example, on that day, the Qin Emperor was about to dominate the world, and when he attacked Chu, he was still defeated first and then won, and it took three years to completely destroy the other party; During the Han Dynasty, the Chu-Han War was a stalemate for four years before relying on Han Xin's Hebei Great Roundabout Strategy to settle the situation; The only exception seems to be Emperor Guangwu, after he broke with Emperor Gengshi across the river, the regime itself immediately became corrupt and degenerate, and various places rebelled, so that the two sides did not break out of Armageddon, but even Guangwu, after the emperor came out of Hebei, it still took six years to sweep away those small warlords, and then it was five years with the forces of Long and Shu, which had become the climate, before they were officially unified.

The precedent is here, the descendants, even the most optimistic people in the Gongsun camp, are also prepared for a protracted tug-of-war in the face of this 'imminent' war, which is not a lack of confidence in Gongsun Xun, on the contrary, this is a sign of confidence in him.

After all, it's all up to this, and it's ridiculous to still count on a quick fix.

In short, for a time, the hearts of the people were stirred, and even the most fanatical radicals became cautious after the initial shock, and the conservatives, no matter how complex their positions, became hesitant and faintly expectant...... In fact, in the face of such a situation, in the late spring, even Zhao Qi, an old minister of the Han family who was nearly ninety years old and retired at home, recorded such a meaningful sentence in his "Sanfu Decision" - the sky is dead, the drought is not established, the age is in Bingzi, and the world is auspicious!

Cangtian is the meaning of spring, Haotian is the meaning of summer, this sentence translates to - spring has ended, summer has not yet arrived, this year is the year of Bingzi, I really hope that things in the world can go smoothly.

I can only say that this statement is really speechless, and I can't find any faults.

"Spring has passed!"

In Shudi, in the mountains and fields north of Mianzhu City, Guanghan County, a person stood on a horse with a bow, looking at the pile of prey gathered by the servants in front of him, and couldn't help but shake his head with emotion for a while, but this person was Liu Fan, the eldest son of Yizhou Mu Liu Yan. "Even the rabbits are already fat like this...... Ziyi, speaking of which, you have been in Shu for half a year, and now my father has made it clear that he will not participate in the Central Plains Alliance, and he also sent gifts to Chang'an according to your suggestion, why don't you go back? Could it be that your grandfather Yan actually forgot about you? ”

"Definitely." Jiang Gan, who was sitting with a few young men in the shade of the bamboo forest, sneered when he heard this. Bo Dao (Liu Fanzi) said that it was ridiculous...... In fact, when my Yan Gong surrendered Hanzhong to Chang'an that day, he asked the messenger to inform him that he would try his best to do something for Zhang Fujun's mother, and no matter whether he succeeded or failed, he could return. As for the fact that he later met the Son of Heaven and Nanyang came to make an envoy, I really never thought of it. ”

"What about you...... Why not? Liu Fan saw that except for rabbits and rabbits, there was no such thing as a bear or tiger to show his martial arts, and he was bored in his heart, so he motioned to his subordinates to skin rabbits and barbecue, and then dismounted and came to the bamboo forest.

"Because the contemptible people feel that since they are made by others, they should not fail in their mission. And from the point of view of the contemptible people, this matter can still be done, but it is just a matter of waiting. Jiang Ziyi continued to laugh. It's just that I never expected that after waiting for a spring, so many things would happen in the world...... But it still doesn't get in the way of the contemptible mission! ”

Liu Fan, who had just sat on a stone, couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "Ziyi, we are going out hunting in private this time, so we don't have to say those scenes...... Think about it, since Zhang Lu has surrendered, his mother is one of the few in Shu who can suppress Hanzhong, how can my father easily put it back? On the contrary, it is you, if there is a big war outside, maybe it will be connected by military disasters for more than ten years, it is when a person like you who has unparalleled eloquence returns to his hometown to display his talents, how can he waste his youth in Shuzhong? ”

Jiang Gan wanted to speak and stopped.

"Of course." Liu Fan continued, but couldn't help but laugh. "If you can stay in Shu for a long time, I am also willing to let you accompany me to consult on political affairs, hunt and play, and even treat you with your official position...... After all, it would be difficult for me, a person who grew up in Wenhua in the hinterland of the Central Plains, to deal with those Shu people who couldn't understand the accent, and there were really few people in Shu who could have such a talent as Ziyi...... It's just that Ziyi landed in the north, not only what kind of future, but also a beautiful wife! I heard that your newlywed wife Wang took the initiative to move to Hanzhong in order to protect you, and she looked south every day...... Why are you suffering? ”

Several scholars who accompanied the hunting, such as Pang Xi and others, were mostly young people who migrated from the Central Plains and Jingzhou, and they had already been familiar with Jiang Gan in half a year, and they laughed and joked when they heard the words.

And Jiang Gan rarely blushed in the bamboo forest: "It is precisely because he gave up his wife to wait in Hanzhong, but he felt more and more that he couldn't give up halfway, otherwise he would see my wife without words!" ”

Everyone laughed more and more, and Liu Fan shook his head: "What are you waiting for?" How could my father put Mother Zhang back? ”

"In fact, I don't have hope for Liu Yizhou himself a long time ago." Jiang Gan was slightly positive, and he was right. "What is waiting for below is that Liu Yizhou's eldest son, Liu Bodao, has a firm foothold in Shuzhong, and he may be able to bring Zhang Fujun's mother back to Hanzhong at that time."

Everyone's laughter stopped abruptly, and even Liu Fan was stunned: "You are waiting for me, do you think I will help you?" ”

"Not to help me, but to help yourself." Jiang Gan was earnest.

Seeing this, Liu Fan laughed again: "I don't debate with Ziyi, the future of the province will be ridiculed in the history books......"

"Since ancient times, the reason why the so-called discern can succeed has never relied on the sharpness of his words, but the big people themselves have some ideas, and the discern has sorted out the clues for him. And if those big people themselves are like iron and stone, magnanimous, and elegant, how can they be shaken by a few words from others? "Under the shade, probably because there was a little bonfire in the open space in front of the bamboo forest, Jiang Gan got up and took a few steps back, sat against a big bamboo, and then continued to talk." On the other hand, if you are afraid of the so-called discerning words and don't even want to listen to them, it can only show that some big people have a calm temperament on the surface, but in fact, they have already had a faint idea in their hearts, and they are just deliberately avoiding and covering up...... Bo Dao, let's enter Shu with our front and back feet, and we have a proper relationship, can you really hide your affairs from me? ”

Liu Fan's face was embarrassed, but he no longer argued, and Pang Xi and the others couldn't help but bow their heads and silence each other while looking at each other.

"In this case, it will be a good idea to take advantage of your tongue!" Seeing this, Jiang Gan simply gave it away. "First, is the peace of Shu really tied to the mother of a Hanzhong Taishou? You are all people who have read poetry and books, do you still have to teach some truths in the future? From a general point of view, the peace of Shu is related to the virtue of the ruler and the hearts of the people of Shu, and you are forcibly holding a serious mother of 2,000 stones in the imperial court as a hostage, which is a move of immorality and a loss of people's hearts! It's not appropriate. ”

As soon as these words came out, although Liu Fan's face was a little tight, he was not angry, and when Jiang Gan saw this, he couldn't help but feel relieved, so he continued to talk eloquently:

"And from the perspective of the overall situation of the world, the peace of Shu lies in Yan Gong's mind and the attitude of respecting father and son, respecting father and son to remain respectful, and Yan Gong does not cut down Shu, then Shu is naturally safe, if the Central Plains arrives, Yan Gong makes up his mind to cut down Shu, will it change the world's plan because the mother of one of his subordinates has become a hostage? Bo Dao, what kind of person is Yan Gong, others don't know, there is no reason why the father and son are not clear, right? If you hold Zhang Fujun's mother like this, you will only hate Yan Gong in vain! ”

Liu Fan and the others could only laugh dryly for a while.

"Take another 10,000 steps back," Jiang Ganfu said as he stood up again and pointed his finger north. "We have entered Shu one after another before, and we are also measured about the difficulties of Shu Road, if it is really a last resort, shouldn't the safety of Shu be placed in Yinping Road, Sword Pavilion, Baishui Pass, Jiameng Pass, etc.? And if you talk about the situation again, in fact, if Hanzhong did not fall to my Yan Gong, then you still have a saying that you hold a hostage, but now that it has been lowered, the hostage is useless, but it is just a vain notoriety and evil to my Yan Gong. And at this time, even if you really have to be on guard, shouldn't you pay attention to the Shu Dao level? What's the deal with holding a woman? ”

"That's it!" Liu Fan sighed. "Seeing the faces of Yan Gong and Ziyi, I will try my best to persuade my father when I go back today."

"I'm not done yet!" Jiang Gan walked left and right in the bamboo forest with his hands in his hands, shaking his head. "I pinned the mission of this mission on Bo Dao, not to say that I hope Bo Dao will help me in whose face, but that Bo Dao, as a son of man, once he has a foothold in Shuzhong, from the perspective of filial piety and courtiers, he should take the initiative to try his best to send Zhang Fujun's mother away from his father's side! Because although Zhang Fujun has descended, don't you know what his family is from and what kind of person his mother is? And Liu Yizhou is addicted to witchcraft and nonsense, isn't it enough to indulge in it? As a son of man and a minister, when will he be considered a head if he is wrong? ”

The bamboo forest was silent for a while, and the attendant sent it just right, and even added a pinch of pepper to the rabbit leg, but Liu Fan pushed it to Pang Xi on his side, and Pang Xi took it, and he actually had no appetite - in the end, Jiang Gan's words from the beginning were in their minds, if it weren't for Liu Fan and the others who already had some ideas, how could they have scruples about Jiang Gan's words?

In other words, Liu Yan has been in Shu for many years, but he has also been in turmoil.

At the beginning, he entered Shu as the Yizhou pastor to quell the rebellion, at that time Shu was basically in chaos, and even a thief claimed to be the Son of Heaven, and at that time Liu Yan was able to quell the rebellion by relying on the local powerful state to engage in Jia Long, and then based on Mianzhu, the establishment of state governance in Mianzhu, and then, he hooked up with Zhang Lu's mother, won the support of some local religious forces, and took advantage of the situation to make Zhang Lu into Hanzhong, cutting off the road between Sanfu and Shu, and was able to officially dominate Shuzhong.

But soon, as Liu Yan Weifu enjoyed himself, unloaded the mill and killed the donkey, he began to rely on Dongzhou Shi, that is, to avoid trouble, or simply came to defect to his Sanfu, Jingxiang, and Central Plains exiled Shimin group, and made a strong move against Shudi, Jia Long and Qianwei (now the Leshan generation in Sichuan) rebelled together. The two sides have been fighting for a long time, in the end, Liu Yanqi is superior, and the talent quality of Dongzhou Shi is also better, so the other party was suppressed.

However, Liu Yan can't change his, as soon as he is stable, he began to waste a lot of manpower and material resources to make the frame of the Son of Heaven, and then he and Liu Biao, who is the same sect as him, rubbed constantly at the state border, trying to infiltrate Jingzhou, and as a result, he almost failed in the contest with Liu Biao, and also attracted the arrival of his cousin Huang Wan, who came to Shuzhong in the name of the imperial court envoy, but almost played a righteous scene in public, which made Liu Yan completely ruined!

That is, after Gongsun Xun destroyed Yuan Shao, the overall situation of the world gradually stabilized, and under the repeated reprimand and supervision of this Wei general, Liu Yan was gradually born, but it was inevitable that the Dongzhou Shi and the local people in Shu were in the same situation, and they were constantly at war with Liu Biao.

But in addition, what made Liu Fan and others, who had just entered Shu, the most difficult to accept, was that Liu Yan himself was becoming more and more arrogant and lascivious, and he was actually more and more addicted to things like Wei Wei and witch Gu!

It must be known that the reason why Liu Yan himself entered Shu instead of returning to his hometown Jingzhou was that he heard Dong Fu say that Yizhou has a genius; And how old is Zhang Lu's mother, and how old is Liu Yan? The reason why the two can get together is that the identity of Zhang Lu's mother and witch plays a big role!

And among them, the most unacceptable thing for Pang Xi and others on Liu Fan's side is that Liu Yan's third son, that is, Liu Fan's third brother Liu Mao, entered Shu with his father in his early years, because the other three sons never had any hope of coming back, so they faintly had the posture of heir, and Liu Yan actually let Liu Mao marry Wu Yi's sister after hearing that Wu Yi, the nephew of He Jin's subordinate Wu Kuang, who entered Shu with him, had the image of a nobleman!

Actually, this matter is nothing, but the embarrassing thing is that as soon as Liu Mao, who entered Shu first, got married, Liu Fan over there also entered Shu! Not only that, with the successful annexation of Liangzhou by Gongsun Xun with seven political points and three points, Jiang Gan even took Liu Fan's wife and children into Shu together!

Wu Yi is a rare talent and general among the scholars in Dongzhou, and he is very prestigious, and for this kind of last resort, the contradictions between outsiders will inevitably outweigh the losses. And in all fairness, these young people who entered Shu later may have gradually lost their sense of fear from the bottom of their hearts because of the influence of the north, so they only feel that things are ridiculous.

But the crux of the matter is that Liu Yan believes it, and Liu Yan is the lord of Yizhou!

As a result, Liu Yan's superstition became a piece of heart disease in the hearts of Liu Fan and others...... Liu Fan may indeed have a little filial piety, thinking that this is not good for Liu Yan's reputation, and that it is not good for Liu Yan's health, while the rest of the people are purely looking for an opportunity to publicly make a political announcement to Yizhou!

Declare that Liu Fan is the undoubted heir of Yizhou!

And Jiang Gan's killer feature is here: "If it happens, Duke Yan will worship Bodao as the general of the expedition to the east, and coerce the weight of Bashu to suppress Jingxiang in the east!" ”

"Liu Yizhou's father and son are clansmen, how can they use force against the Son of Heaven?" Pang Xi laughed dryly and blocked Liu Fan back.

"It's not that the father and son are going to send troops, this matter has been decided before." Jiang Gan was calm. "It's just to give Bodao a name, and to refer to him as Yizhou's inheritance in the name of Yan Gong...... My Yan Gong has been in charge of the court for nearly seven years, and he is known to be important in the world. ”

Pang Xi and the others immediately looked at Liu Fan, and the meaning was self-evident.

And Liu Fan paused slightly, but actually shook his head: "This inevitably has the intention of coercing my father, I should have just stepped down from my son's wings, it was for the sake of my father...... If Yan Gong is really sincere, why not release my second brother and return to Shu? ”

"It should be all right!"

"Then I'll do my best!" Liu Fan finally agreed. "As a minister, a son, and a friend, you should do your best to end this matter."

Jiang Gan couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately stepped forward to greet Liu Fan, and the two shook hands in the bamboo forest in the north of Mianzhu City, and then Pang Xi personally brought two rabbit legs sprinkled with salt and pepper to celebrate.

However, just when Pang Xi came to the two of them, they suddenly changed color, and suddenly stopped and stood on the spot. Immediately, the servants and the rest of the scholars also got up in astonishment, but sat down slowly, without saying a word. Jiang Liu and the others were puzzled, but when they saw that everyone slowly shook their heads to silence, they had no choice but to shake hands out of trust.

Oh, in the stunned eyes of the two, they saw a majestic beast rubbing the side of the two people, like a bear, black and white, as if it was a well-known beast in Shu. However, this beast was as majestic as this, but it did not hurt people, but it was just in front of Pang Xi, and he swallowed the two rabbit legs sprinkled with salt in Pang Xi's hands, and swaggered away.

From beginning to end, everyone didn't dare to speak until the beast disappeared completely, and it was Jiang Gan who was used to lip sync kung fu, so he was the first to change his appearance, but his face was happy: "Congratulations Bodao, you and I have just made an appointment, and there are strange beasts infested, so it can be seen that this matter will be successful!" ”

"That's right." Liu Fan, who was already sweating like rain, reluctantly did his best.

However, the two let go of their wet hands and helped Pang Xi, who had long been unable to stand up, out of the bamboo forest, but felt embarrassed.

Jiang Gan even looked at the sky and sneered: "How can you be superstitious? ”

It's just that no one has the heart to answer at this time.

And I have to say that it may be the appearance of the beast that played a bonus effect, on the evening of the same day, in Mianzhu City, when Liu Fan in public with his own father taught the Confucian principles to persuade his father to stay away from the witch and the Confucian, taken by the love and respect for the eldest son, taken by the seriousness of the inheritance, Liu Yan finally agreed to release Zhang Lu's mother, and officially ordered the expulsion of the wizards and monks in the house, and at the same time gave up all the positions of those witches in the house to his eldest son's entourage in Shu.

Everyone was happy for a while.

So far, Jiang Gan finally fulfilled his mission and was able to take Zhang Lu's mother north to Hanzhong when the flowers were blooming in April.

In mid-April, after only ten days of reunion with his wife Wang Yi in Hanzhong, Jiang Ziyi was summoned by Chang'an, saying that Yan Gong would march east to Yexia and ask Jiang Gan to return to the team as a righteous servant.

Jiang Ziyi was overjoyed, but this time he set off with his wife and headed east, as if he was preparing to settle his wife in Yecheng, and asked Ying to go south as an envoy, hoping to make meritorious contributions, but on the other hand, he wanted to take the opportunity to move his parents to Hebei.

And as his people went all the way east and took the initiative to listen to the information, Jiang Ziyi also got more and more news about the situation in the Central Plains:

For example, the second meeting of Nanyang was as successful as imagined, but the slight difference from what I heard before was that because of Liu Biao's cowering and Yang Biao's efforts, Lu Bu suddenly rose up and divided Nanyang equally with Liu Biao, and Lu Bu lived north and west of Wancheng, facing Wuguan and choking Luyang; Liu Biao lives in the south and east, and protects himself from the Han Dynasty.

Correspondingly, Liu Biao's soldiers and horses were divided into two, with 20,000 soldiers and 20,000 auxiliary soldiers accompanying Liu Pan, Huang Zhong, Wen Ping, Wu Ju, and other generals such as Bajun Gan Ning, who had defected from Liu Yan before, went north to Yanyu and obeyed Cao Cao's orders; And Cai Mao introduced 10,000 soldiers and 10,000 auxiliary soldiers to Tun Nanyang to help Lu Bu, the 'garrison' Son of Heaven.

Of course, Liu Biao finally decided to participate in the war, and there was also a huge bonus, that is, Cao Cao no longer had the risk of military food logistics! The land of Jingxiang, the valley of the year, and the 100,000 pieces of armor will greatly encourage the Central Plains coalition army!

In addition, the Son of Heaven finally obtained the direct dominance of Wancheng County, and obtained the allegiance of Lu Bu's half-county and 10,000 guest soldiers, which was more or less the beginning of the revival of the Han Dynasty.

————I am the dividing line of Nanyang's comeback————

"Han Jian'an six years, Yan Wu from Chang'an to Ye, through Luoyang, stay on the side of the ruined capital, before the White Horse Temple is broken, suddenly there is a seeker, is the old man of Luoyang, the White Horse Temple resident Zhu Rui also. Yan Wu was overjoyed when he saw it, and when he moved his words, he asked what he wanted. Rui said: 'Seek the right three! Yan Wuchu was relieved and said, "Please try to say it." That's right: "One said, the White Horse Temple meets the White Horse Gong, isn't it a good omen, our laymen will rebuild the White Horse Temple, please Yan Gongshu Temple name, add a plaque on it." Yan Wu hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Although there is a suspicion of Buddha, but the king is also a deceased, it is necessary to give a name to the king, not to give a name to the Buddha." Again: "Rui Jiu is a layman, his heart belongs to the Buddha, he wants to shave, he takes the eight precepts as a monk, and he asks for the name of permission." Yan Wu hesitated, no. Again: 'Recently, there has been the spread of "Romance of the Gods", in which Nezha, who is not a Taoist immortal, is also an eight-armed king of the Buddhist family, please correct his name. 'The book of "Seal" is also written by the Queen Mother. Yan Wu was furious: "It's not only Nezha, Zhu Bajie is also a Han person!" And they were expelled from him. Zhu Rui came out, but the white horse said: 'My son is disgusted with the Buddha, and I wanted to wait for him to marry a wife and see his grandson, and then grow up with his grandson, and then become a monk for shaving, so as to fulfill his long-cherished wish. Then the monk Hu was shaved next to the broken wall of the White Horse Temple in front of the camp, and the law was called the eight precepts. When Yan Wu heard it, he was silent for a long time, and he did not stop it, and he was the first Han monk. - "Sou Shen Ji"