Liu Du then asked Zhuge Liang, Jia Xu, Li Ru and others to discuss the westward march. Zhuge Liang said: "Jingzhou is an important land, and it must be guarded by dividing troops. ”

Liu Du said: "I went to Xichuan with Li Wenyou, Li Dao, Pan Feng, Zhao Yun, and Zhuo Ying; Kong Ming can defend Jingzhou with Wen He, Zhao Feng, and Wen Ping. ”

Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu agreed, and Liu Du let Zhuge Liang lead Nanjun; Wenpin refused to ask for a road in Xiangyang, and became a green mud pass; Jia Xu led the four counties to patrol the river; Zhao Fengtun Jiangling, town public security.

Liu Du ordered Pan Feng to be the front, Huo Jun to be the rear army, Liu Duzi and Zhao Yun and Zhuo Ying were in the Chinese army, and Li Ru was the military advisor, leading the horse infantry army of 40,000 and set off westward. Before leaving, Liao Hua led a military horse from the north of Xiangyang to meet them, those were Liu Biao's old troops, who were trapped in Nanyang before, and now met Liao Hua and was rescued.

In the winter of 210, Liu Du led the army and nearly 50,000 horses from Liu Biao's old army attracted by Liaohua to Xichuan. After walking less than a few miles, Meng Da led an army to meet Liu Du.

Meng Da dismounted and bowed: "Brother Liu Huang, Liu Yizhou ordered a certain leader to come from 5,000 afar to greet him. ”

Liu Du looked at Meng Da, although this person can be literate and martial, but he really has a backbone in the back of his head. Liu Du knew about Meng Da's repeated rebellions in history, and suppressed his disgust in his heart, because at least for now, Meng Da's heart was on his side.

Liu Du sent someone to Yizhou first and reported to Liu Zhang first. Liu Zhang issued a letter ordering the states and counties along the way to supply Liu Dujun with money and food. Liu Zhang was ready to personally go out of Fucheng to meet Liu Du, and immediately ordered to prepare a car to ride a tent and a banner and armor, and be clear.

Huang Quan, the chief bookkeeper, came in and admonished: "If the lord goes here, he will be harmed by Liu Du, a certain person has eaten Lu for many years, and he can't bear the tricks of others in the lord." Think again! ”

Zhang Song hurriedly said to Liu Zhang: "Huang Quan's words, the righteousness of the clan and the power of the thieves are really not beneficial to the lord. ”

Liu Zhang angrily scolded Huang Quan and said: "My will has been decided, why should you go against me!" ”

Huang Quan kowtowed and begged, his head was broken and bleeding, but Liu Zhang didn't care at all. Huang Quan then rushed to the front and grabbed Liu Zhang's robe to admonish, Liu Zhang was furious and ripped off his clothes. Huang Quan didn't let go, and Liu Zhang drank and ordered Huang Quan to be launched left and right.

Zhang Song took the opportunity to speak: "The Chinese officials of Jinshu take care of their wives and no longer serve the lord; The generals are proud of their achievements, and each has its own external meaning. If you don't have Brother Liu Huang, the enemy will attack outside, and the people will attack inside, and the way to defeat will be. ”

Liu Zhang has been brainwashed, and he deeply believes Zhang Song's words: "What Yongnian plans is deeper than my benefit." ”

The next day, Liu Zhang got on the horse and walked out of the Yuqiao Gate. Someone reported: "Engaged in the king's tiredness, he hung himself upside down on the city gate with a rope, held the admonition chapter in one hand, and fought the sword in the other, and said that if he did not obey the advice, he cut his rope and died here." ”

Liu Zhang taught people to take Wang Lei's admonition chapter, which roughly said: Yizhou is engaged in the minister Wang Ti, crying blood and pleading: eavesdropping "good medicine is good for disease, and good advice is good for action". King Huai of Xi Chu did not listen to Qu Yuan's words, and allied himself in Wuguan and was trapped by Qin. Now the lord leaves the county lightly, and wants to welcome Liu Du in Fucheng, I am afraid that there is a way to go but there is no way back. If you can cut Zhang Song in the city and break Liu Du's appointment, then the old and young in Shu are very lucky, and the foundation of the lord is also very lucky!

After reading it, Liu Zhang said angrily: "I met with the hero, it is the foundation of Baowu Xichuan, how many insults you have to me!" ”

Wang Lei screamed, cut the rope himself, and fell to his death.

Liu Zhang led 30,000 foot riders to meet Liu Du, at this time Fa Zheng and Liu Du's strategist Li Ru both persuaded Liu Du to take this opportunity to get rid of Liu Zhang, Yizhou was at his fingertips, but Liu Du thought that he had just entered Yizhou County, had no prestige, and the time was not ripe, so he couldn't do it.

Liu Zhang had a banquet with Liu Du in Fucheng for 100 days, and then replenished Liu Du's army, supplied grain and grass, and let Liu Du attack Zhang Lu. Liu Du then led the army to the north and garrisoned Jiameng, but Liu Du did not immediately attack Zhang Lu, but built Enlide in the local area, bought people's hearts, and prepared to seize Yizhou.

It is said that Jiangdong began to develop southward after blocking the pace of Cao Cao's southern expedition. And Liu Bei was assisted by Zhou Yu, and he was like a fish in water in Jiaozhou at this time. Previously, Liu Du sent Lai Gong to Jiaozhou to serve as the assassin of Jiaozhou, wanting to take the opportunity to control Jiaozhou. Unexpectedly, Liu Bei suggested that Wu Ju drive Lai Gong away, and Lai Gong had to flee back to Lingling.

Lai Gong asked Han Hao for help, and Han Hao immediately moved to Qiu to serve as the assassin of Jiaozhou, the general of Liwu Zhonglang, and led the 5,000 foot soldiers to the south to take over Jiaozhou. Liu Bei and Wu Ju naturally would not give in to Qi Shutan, and the two sides confronted each other on the one hand, and on the other hand, they were trying to win the support of the Shixie family.

Jiangdong and Liu Du are still allies, and the defense in the west can be relaxed, and Han Hao transferred back to Wei Yan to garrison in Danyang to guard against Cao Cao. Liu Bei will eventually become a problem in Jiangdong in Jiaozhou, and Han Hao wants to personally lead the army to the south, but he is afraid that Cao Cao will take advantage of it.

Han Hao then convened the generals to discuss, and Zhang Hong suggested: "The general wants to become a big thing in the south of Jiangdong, and Moling has purple gas coming from the east, and it is possible to move the capital to Moling." Moling is close to the Yangtze River, which can show the strengths of our Jiangdong naval army. My Jiangdong has gathered heavy troops here, and if Cao Cao's army goes south, he can send troops in time. ”

"What Zigang said is very much in line with my intentions, a long article, and transfer manpower and material resources to build a new city in Moling!" Han Hao agreed with Zhang Hong's suggestion, and at the same time ordered Chen Qun to be responsible for the construction of Moling New Town.

The name "Moling" began in the time of Qin Shi Huang, when it was still called Jinlingyi. After Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms, he made five tours, two of which passed through Moling. When Qin Shi Huang passed through Jinling on his fifth tour, several accompanying Wangqi warlocks saw that the mountains around Jinling were beautiful and the terrain was dangerous, so they said to Qin Shi Huang: Jinling has the spirit of a son of heaven.

Qin Shi Huang was greatly displeased when he heard this, and ordered people to dig Fangshan to make the Huai water flow through Jinling, dissipate the king's anger, and change Jinling into Moling. "Mo" means forage, which means that it should not be called Jinling, but can only be reduced to a horse ranch.

Jiangbei has been blocked, and now it is trying to stabilize the interior and unite people's hearts. Han Hao agreed to move the capital to Moling, and Chen Qun convened a group of construction craftsmen to discuss the start of construction, but he couldn't make up his mind for a while. Because the land near Moling is soft, it is not suitable for earth-making cities.

Han Hao was worried, and Lu Xun suggested: "Since Moling is not suitable for building an earthen city, you can take local stones and build a stone city." Take the grass, wood, lime and water and apply it to it, and the fortity of its city cannot be broken even if it is not broken by ten thousand armies! ”

After listening to Lu Xun's suggestion, Han Hao praised Lu Xun, and he liked Lu Xun more and more. His eldest daughter Han Yingchun is seventeen or eighteen years old, and she has already reached the age when she should get married. But Han Yingchun deduced that he had a sweetheart and had never married, Han Hao saw that Lu Xun was talented, so he was ready to choose an auspicious day to marry the two.

Han Hao summoned elite soldiers from all over the country to camp in Moling, and only waited for Moling City to be built before entering the defense. On the one hand, Han Hao sent people to listen to Cao Cao's news, and on the other hand, he asked people to summon Sun Quan's family to Moling and put them under his nose.

This also freed up Gao Shun, who had been monitoring the Sun family, so Han Hao ordered Gao Shun to lead 5,000 soldiers from the camp to Jiaozhou to help Bu Qi fight against Liu Bei and Wu Ju; asked Zhang Hong to go back to Danyang County to pick up his family, but he didn't want Zhang Hong to be old and sick, and he died of illness when he was walking on the way.

Before his death, Zhang Hong instructed his son Zhang Jing to leave a note for Han Hao and Han Xuan, Han Hao read Zhang Hong's suicide note and wept generously, Han Hao asked him to go to Liaodong to give Zhang Hong's note to Han Xuan, and at the same time reported Huang Zhong's funeral.

Han Xuan was in Liaodong, and Gongsun Gong ordered the former ministers loyal to Gongsun Gong to return to obedience, and his power increased greatly. Tian Feng was also good at internal affairs, and soon reorganized the original Goguryeo army. Han Xuan had sufficient money, food, and troops, and was ready to fight with Tian Yu and Gongsun Kang.

At this time, someone reported that Jiangdong had a letter, and Han Xuan learned that Huang Zhong had died in the battle of Chibi, and he couldn't help but mourn. Huang Zhong was both his father-in-law and a veteran who followed him, and Han Xuan cried out: "Han Sheng! Father-in-law! It hurts me, I have a broken arm! ”

Someone came to present Zhang Hong's suicide note, Han Xuan opened it and looked at it, Zhang Hong said: "Since ancient times, there have been people who have a country and a family, and they want to cultivate virtue and politics to prosper the world, and look at its governance, and destroy it. It is not that there are no loyal ministers and good generals to complement each other, but they do not know the foundation of governing the country. As a king, he cannot refrain from his likes and dislikes, and he does not accept words. The normal feeling of people is to be afraid of difficulties and tend to be easy, which is contrary to the law of governing the world. There is a saying in "Yi Chuan" that "being good is like climbing a mountain, and learning bad is like collapsing a mountain". The monarch is in charge of the power of the ministers and is happy to speak pleasantly. And loyalty is contrary to the ear, so the king of the Holy Ming knows it, thirsty for talent, does not tire of loyalty, restricts desires, and cuts affection for morality, and the upper one has no biased life, and the lower one is by no means divided. Chu Hou should think twice, endure humiliation, hide the edge, and become benevolent and righteous to be the great cause of the world. ”

Han Xuan raised his head and cried after reading it, Shaohua is easy to pass away, he will also reach middle age, and the old ministers and old generals who followed him to fight the world also left him one by one. Zhang Hong will tell himself to be the way of the king when he is dying, Han Xuan's heart has mixed feelings, is the road to becoming a king destined to be lonely?

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