Nanyang, Liu Bei led the troops directly to Xiangyang in Nanjun, so for him, Zhuge Liang's words were indeed better than the holy decree. Because the Divine Decree does not make him immediately more powerful, more powerful, and able to realize his ideals. But Liu Bei knew that Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu could, he not only believed in his own vision, but also believed in what he had seen these days.

Liu Bei took Wen Chou, Tai Shici, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao plus Xu Shu, five people, to Xiangyang. And Zhuge Liang and Jian Yong and Sun Qian, a few of them stayed in Xinye, at least for Liu Bei today, Xinye must not be able to give up easily. And Zhuge Liang, he also thinks so, Xinye can't give up, at least not now.

And after Liu Bei led his troops away, Zhuge Liang ushered in people who came from afar to defect to his lord. This person is a person from Nanyang County, Jingzhou, whose surname is Chen Zhen, and his name is filial piety. Chen Zhennai was working under Yuan Shao's Jizhou military tent before, but I have to say that other visions are good. From the time he saw Liu Bei, he felt that Liu Xuande was definitely a more knowledgeable person than himself. It's just a pity, when he met Liu Bei, he had already followed Yuan Benchu, so he and Liu Bei met late.

After Liu Bei left Hebei, Chen Zhen knew that Liu Xuande was definitely not a thing in the pool, maybe as long as he had the opportunity, he would soar to the sky sooner or later. As for his lord, to be honest, he is not optimistic, he does not think that Yuan Shao will be Cao Cao's opponent. As a result, he felt good, the Jizhou army was defeated and retreated, and even Yuan Shao died in Ganling City.

At the time of Yuan Shao, Chen Zhen knew that it was time for him to make a choice, either to return to the mountains and forests, or to follow one of his lord's three sons. Either defect to Cao Mengde's Yanzhou army or Ma Mengqi's Liangzhou army, or take refuge in other princes. But he thinks about it, or Liu Xuande is the master he wants to follow, and I heard that he is now in Xinye, and Nanyang County is his hometown, so it is time for him to go back and see.

In this way, when he was escorting Yuan Shang and retreating from the Qinghe River to the Bohai Sea with the Jizhou soldiers and horses, Chen Zhen took the opportunity to leave the Jizhou army. Ran directly to Xinye in Nanyang County. However, he was unlucky, as soon as Liu Bei left, he came, so he didn't see Liu Bei at all. But I have to say that Zhuge Liang still has Jian Yong and Sun Qian. They were indeed courteous to Chen Zhen, and he was very good to him. Benefits.

And Zhuge Liang didn't know Chen Zhen. But Jian Yong and Sun Qianke both knew him, and they were relatively familiar, so even if Zhuge Liang didn't know each other before, after saying a few words, he and Chen Zhen were also relatively familiar. And Chen Zhen obviously admires Zhuge Liang. Although Zhuge Liang is young, he is definitely a great talent, and he is not as good as others.

Zhuge Liang also asked Chen Zhen about the war in Jizhou, but when Chen Zhen left. The Liangzhou Army and the Yanzhou Army haven't made any moves, so he doesn't know what happened next. It's just that after the death of his lord, and then the trial and retreat with the Jizhou army, that's all. And although Zhuge Liang didn't get the news he wanted most from Chen Zhen's mouth, it was not bad, at least some of the details, which were not at all something that the scouts could find-

As for Liu Bei, he came to the outside of Xiangyang City with 50,000 horses. And these 50,000 horses, for him, is indeed a lot. That's it, it was all Zhuge Liang and everyone who made a lot of effort to pull out so many people. And he is ready to use these 50,000 horses to take Jingzhou, of course, this is indeed a lot of pressure, after all, Jingzhou's men and horses, foot soldiers, cavalry and naval army, are more than 200,000, so ......

To say that he came at the right time, when he was about to arrive in Xiangyang before, the news of Liu Biao's death had already come. Of course, Liu Biao died of illness early, but when it reached Xiangyang, it had to be delayed for some time, so when Liu Bei was about to arrive, he received specific news.

However, what made him angry was that Cai Mao took out Liu Biao's handwritten suicide note, and wrote at the end that let his second son Liu Cong inherit everything about himself. Liu Bei can come out with his toes, isn't this what Cai and Cai Mao did? But he had no choice, but according to what Zhuge Liang said, he played the banner of Liu Qi, let his eldest son succeed to the throne, supported Liu Qi as the lord of Jingzhou, and then led his troops straight to Xiangyang.

If you want to say that Liu Bei didn't play his own banner for anything, say that Liu Biao gave him the position of Jingzhou pastor. Of course, this is impossible, although Liu Biao said this personally, but what evidence do you have to prove that Liu Biao said this, and now that everyone else is gone, this is not dead and untestified. Although Liu Bei has the seal of the state pastor in his hand, to be honest, at this time, those things have no effect at all.

As soon as you take it out, Cai Mao and they can say that you stole it, so what else can you do. The point is that you don't have any evidence at all that your state pastor seal letter was handed over to you by Cousin Liu himself, so this matter is not easy to handle at all.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang's idea for Liu Bei was that as soon as he heard the news of Liu Biao's death, then he would come out under the banner of Liu Qi. As for Liu Qi's side, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang had already communicated with him, and Xinye had always exchanged letters with him Jiangxia, so Liu Bei had already agreed with Liu Qi. As long as things change, then he will borrow his banner to do things, and Liu Qi naturally agreed. Anyway, his uncle and Zhuge Liang have helped him a lot.

And to be honest, he would rather let Jingzhou belong to his uncle than let Cai Mao give it away, especially Cao Cao and Cao Mengde, so he would rather be used and admit it, as long as Jingzhou does not fall into the hands of Cai Mao and Cao Mengde. This is actually Liu Qi's idea, because he knows that his father is the most ruthless in his life, Cai Mao, and then he can't look down on Cao Cao, even if it is Ma Chao, his father is not so disgusted.

So, just like that, Liu Bei played the banner of Liu Qi and marched to Xiangyang-

In fact, Liu Bei also knew that he used 50,000 horses. If you want to take Jingzhou, it may be more difficult, but now you can only come up with so many people, so it can only be like this, there is no other way. At this time, he has to rely on Xu Shu, this strategist, to make suggestions, he knows that the biggest difference between himself now and before is actually that he has a real military advisor. So no matter how you say it, it's stronger than before, and I absolutely believe in this, that's it.

Liu Bei's army was stationed outside Xiangyang City, and now stationed in Xiangyang City is the general Wen Ping, who was previously summoned back from Xinye by Liu Biao. Clerkship is comparatively speaking. He is indeed a relatively young general, because he is not yet in his prime. But although the age is not very old. But I have to admit it. His experience is absolutely second to none in the Jingzhou Army. This is something that almost everyone in the Jingzhou Army admits from top to bottom. And seeing that Liu Biao asked his people to be stationed in Xinye before, he knew the way.

If Wen Ping didn't have any skills, Liu Biao might let him be stationed in Xinye. A more important point. is a person who definitely does not belong to Cai Mao's side, if you really want to count it, he is actually Liu Biao's person. Although it can't be said to be a confidant, it is definitely not Cai Mao's side. And it can be regarded as a more loyal Liu Biao, after all, Liu Biao is the pastor of Jingzhou, and he is the lord-

Wen Ping looked at Liu Bei's men outside the city, and he nodded secretly in his heart. Because there are masters in Liu Bei's army, looking at the layout of the camp, it is definitely not something that ordinary generals can arrange. Both offense and defense can be attacked, advanced or retreated. If you go to steal camps and rob villages, then it's very good, as long as the other party uses a few people, they can target you, maybe you will return in vain, or even fall into someone's plan.

At this time, Liu Bei was discussing with Xu Shu and Tai Shici in the big tent of the Chinese army. As for Wen Chou, Zhou Cang, and Pei Yuanshao here, to be honest, Liu Bei didn't expect the three of them to think of anything at all. After all, these three people are actually brave generals, and they almost have no strategy, so they can't expect anything from them at all.

At this time, I heard Liu Bei ask: "Yuan Zhi, I don't know what our army should do now?" ”

Xu Shu smiled, "Lord, I heard that this person is not Cai Mao's person, and he is more loyal to Liu Jingsheng, so I wonder if our army can start from this aspect?" ”

Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, and he had to admit that what Xu Shu said was indeed very reasonable. Even he knows that Wen Ping is definitely a rare person, who does not belong to Cai Mao's party, and he is relatively loyal to Liu Biao. But even so, can he easily convince others to surrender? It's not that I don't have confidence in this, but where does this confidence come from? Anyway, I really can't see it, but since Xu Shu said so, there must be a way-

At this time, Liu Bei, after listening to Xu Shu's words, thought for a while, and then said, "I don't know what Yuan Zhi means?" Do you have to convince Wen to hire Wen Zhongye and others? ”

In Liu Bei's opinion, although in Xinye, he did have a relationship with Wen Ping, and the two got along well at that time, but it was just good, what else could it represent. He hired Wen Zhongye, that is, he saw that he was a character, so he had the heart to make friends, but just because people look up to you, you think that people will definitely be able to take refuge in you. Liu Bei didn't feel that he had such a great charm to make people like this. If I had that ability, I wouldn't be like this today.

Look at the number of people under him now, there are only a total of them, in fact, they can be counted with two palms. But of course, this does have to do with the fact that he doesn't have much power and strength, and this is not wrong. thinks that if he has the power of Cao Mengde or Ma Mengqi, then the people under him will definitely not be less than the two of them, I still believe in this, and I am also confident-

And after Xu Shu listened to his lord's words, he first smiled and nodded, but then shook his head with a smile.

This made Liu Bei confused, yes, this Yuan Zhi nodded first, and then shook his head again. He really didn't understand why.

"I don't know if Yuan Zhi is like this, what does this mean?"

"My lord, in fact, this matter does not have to be like this. Clerk hires his ...... Just ......"

After listening to what Xu Shu said, Liu Bei was completely useless this time, it turned out that this was the case, and he thought about it too simply, at least Xu Shu thought more complicated than himself, and he thought about it much more. At least I only thought about how the clerk was. But I forgot why Zhuge Kongming acted like this in the first place, this time I understood it, and what Kong Ming did at the beginning may play its due role now.

Liu Bei couldn't help nodding. After Xu Shu finished speaking, he was afraid of the table. "Good. I see everything according to what Yuan Zhi said! ”

Xu Shu said: "Lord, this matter is not to be delayed, so I hope that the lord can do it earlier!" ”

"Yes, I'll teach Ziyi about this! Ziyi, what do you think? ”

"No! The lord has an order, and his subordinates must obey it! ”

Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction. Although Wen Chou's martial arts were higher, he still handed over the matter to Tai Shici. After all, Tai Shi Ci has been following him for more than ten years, and he can be said to be the oldest one, so Liu Bei was the first to think of him about this matter-

Wen Ping looked at Liu Beijun's camp. It's been a long time since he came back to his senses, and after watching it, the other party obviously won't attack today, so he won't always be at the head of Xiangyang City, so he is ready to go back.

Before leaving, he said to one of the generals at the head of the city: "Chief Wen, the head of the city will be handed over to you first, everything is careful!" ”

"No! General Wen rest assured! ”

Wen Ping nodded, but he sighed a little in his heart. If he is in the Jingzhou army, this person's martial arts are definitely among the best, higher than himself, but it's a pity, because he is not Cai Mao's line, he can only guard the city gate in Xiangyang.

Looking at Wen Ping, who walked down the city, he was called a general by Wen Ping, and he was very unhappy and dissatisfied at this time. This is also a native of Jingzhou, a native of Yiyang, surnamed Wei Yanzi Wenchang. His appearance is dignified, his face is like a heavy jujube, and his eyes are like stars, but in fact, his appearance is a little like Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang. It's just that there are some similarities, but in fact, at a glance, I still know that they are two people.

To be honest, Wei Yan felt that he was a talented person. First of all, I can say that my martial arts are definitely the second in the Jingzhou Army, and the first I can't be the first, because some people's martial arts are higher than my own. Speaking of ability, he is not boasting, his ability is in the Jingzhou army, which is one of the best. Let's just talk about the Wenpin who went down from the city, at least he thinks that he is better than him. But what is the situation now, now that he is the main general, and he is just a guard of the city gate.

So Wei Yan was unwilling, and he was very unwilling. For him, if he doesn't have any ability, then so, if he can be a guard of the city gate, then he will admit it, right, what is not satisfied. However, Wenpin's ability is not as good as his own, but because he has been in the Jingzhou Army for many years longer than himself, he is the chief general of Xiangyang City, and he is just a guard of the city gate, so can he still be willing to do this, I feel that as long as it is a person, he will not be willing to be like himself-

To say that Wei Yan's current thoughts are like this, but in his opinion, his opportunity should come. Why do you say this, it is because Liu Bei and Liu Xuande's army besieged Xiangyang City, so isn't his opportunity coming.

Who is Liu Xuande, that is the uncle of the Han Emperor, and he is a relative of the Han family. Although now among the princes of the world, the strength of the power is not very strong, but this doesn't matter, because I believe that I will not be mistaken, his person is definitely not a thing in the pool, and sooner or later he will be able to soar into the sky, but there has been no chance. But now that Liu Biao is dead, isn't this a great opportunity. As long as they can grasp it, then Jingzhou may become their bag.

Wei Yan remembered again, when he was the most unwilling, he received a handwritten letter from Liu Bei and his military advisor Zhuge Liang, and also asked the soldiers to bring him a lot of property from Xinye. To tell the truth, Wei Yan's life is not very good, don't look at him as a guard at the city gate, but the food and salary are not enough for him to spend, so Liu Bei asked the soldiers to bring the property to him, which is tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow, so he really misses Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang in his heart.

So he has always been thinking about when he will be able to repay them, so this is not ...... (To be continued......)