Yan Er, Xiahou Ling, Lu Qiling, Zhuge Liang, Huang Yueying, Huang Chengyan, Ma Chao, a group of seven people left Longzhong with a thousand soldiers and returned to Xiangyang.

During the march, he met Xu Shu, a famous man from Jingxiang, who recommended himself and was included in the army.

After arriving in Xiangyang, Yan Er ordered to mobilize all the 300,000 troops of Wancheng to Xiangyang, and only 10,000 troops were left in Wancheng, which could be guarded by an ordinary general.

At that time, Chen Gong was not well from the cold, so he temporarily stayed in Wancheng.

On the third day after returning to Xiangyang, Yan Er hosted a banquet at the General's Mansion to celebrate the Han army's acquisition of Zhuge Liang, a top strategist, and Huang Yueying, a super-first-class strategist.

While he was drinking and feasting, he heard a commotion outside, so Yan'er asked the soldiers to go out to visit, and said: "To see if the people have come to redress their grievances, they must not be rude, but persuade each other with good words."

After a while, the soldier came back and reported: "There is a young young man with a strange and ugly appearance, and he shouts at the door......"

"What did you say?" Yan'er asked.

The soldier replied: "He said that Lord Zhuge is a little white face, and he has no real talent and learning, and such a person can be reused by the imperial court, saying that the imperial court looks at appearance, not skills, and said that the imperial court will be finished sooner or later if it goes on like this."

Xiahou Ling said angrily: "This person is too presumptuous, tie him up and take him up!"

Huang Yueying also said angrily: "What kind of person? is so arrogant, what qualifications does he have to say Kong Ming? It's so damnable!"

The soldier glanced at Yan'er, waiting for the order, Yan'er smiled and said, "Why are you still stunned?" Didn't you hear Xiahou Niangniang's will?"

The soldier said yes and went down. After a while, the man was brought up, and it was very ugly.

Xiahou Ling was about to get angry, but was secretly stopped by Yan Er, but heard Huang Yueying angrily reprimand: "Who are you sacred, and what qualifications do you have to say Kong Ming?"

The man raised his head and said, "When a woman quibbles, ten eloquent people can't say it, so I won't tell you."

Zhuge Liang stepped down from the mat, bowed in the face of this person, and said, "Dare to ask Your Excellency, is it Pang Shiyuan?"

"That's right, I'm Pang Tong."

Zhuge Liang exclaimed: "It turned out to be Mr. Feng Xiao, I have been looking up for a long time!"

This person is the famous man Pang Tong of Jingxiang, and as for the name of his phoenix, Zhuge Liang only knew about it in the past two days.

Pang Tong just smiled at him, Zhuge Liang turned to Yan Er and said, "Niangniang, this person is Feng Xiao Pang Tong." ”

Yan Er said: "This palace has known for a long time, open and loosen the ties, please take a seat with Mr. Feng Xiao!" ”

Immediately, a soldier came out to untie him, Pang Tong's array was stunned, if you want to say it according to the words of modern people, this Yan Er Niangniang does not play cards according to the routine at all, which makes Pang Tong don't know how to interpret the play that has been arranged a long time ago.

Yan'er smiled: "What are you doing stupidly?" Do you still want Hongu himself to come down and help you to your seat? ”

Pang Tong immediately knelt down and said: "Ignorant and reckless Pang Tong participates in the concubine Niangniang!" ”

Yan Er said: "Hurry up Shiyuan, you are not an ignorant and reckless man, but you are just a little reckless, fortunately, we are all Lixian corporals, if you are under Liu Biaomen, then how can you avoid the pain of a meal today?" Go and sit down. ”

Pang Tong was also embarrassed to say: "Yes, Niangniang taught me." ”

After that, Pang Tong went to find a seat, and when he passed Huang Yueying, he saw that she was glaring at him, so he hurriedly bowed and said, "I have no barriers, I have offended my younger brothers and sisters, and I hope you will forgive me." ”

Huang Yueying snorted and said, "Niangniang has forgiven you, what else can I say?" It's just that I think that even if you have talent, you can't think too highly of yourself by belittling others, let's follow Niangniang, follow Your Majesty, and the days will be long in the future, and there will be time to show yourself, whether Wolong is better, or you are outstanding, just wait and see. ”

Pang Tong said yes again and again, and then found a seat and sat down.

After they all sat down, Yan Er looked around at the generals and said: "This palace is very happy today, there are so many generals and strategists, we have to give Your Majesty a long face, and we can't let Your Majesty down." ”

All the generals said: "Swear allegiance to Niangniang and live up to Your Majesty's trust!" ”

Yan Er said again: "There are Yunchang, Zilong and Meng Qi, Kong Ming, Shiyuan, Yueying and Yuanzhi, and Concubine Xiahou and Concubine Lu by their side, they are really full of talents." There are fierce generals who charge into battle, and there are strategists who make plans. This palace wants to ask, Your Majesty is in Hanzhong, and this palace is in Jingzhou, how should I plan in the future? ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Your Majesty has recovered Hanzhong, but Niangniang has not recovered Jingzhou." Therefore, he believes that Jingzhou should be subdued as soon as possible to become a three-point world! ”

"Three points of the world?" Yan Er asked, "I would like to hear about it." ”

Zhuge Liang said: "The Han dynasty is dominant in the north, Liu Zhang occupies Western Shu, and Sun Ce is partial to Eastern Wu. This is the third point of the world. ”

Yan Er said: "But Your Majesty wants to unify the world, how can you let the world be divided into three parts?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "There are three points before we can unify." Liu Zhang has mountain risks, and Sun Ce has natural moats, which are all geographical advantages. But these local advantages can only be held for a while, but under the power of the Han Dynasty, they cannot last long. Niangniang Yi quickly took Jingzhou, which served the purpose of jamming the throats of the three places, and then echoed with Zhang Liao in Xuzhou, so that Sun Ce could not expand. In this way, His Majesty can go to Xishu wholeheartedly. ”

Yan Er nodded and said, "What Kong Ming said is extremely true, but how can you subdue Jingzhou?" Although Liu Biao of Jingzhou has ambitions, he surrenders on the surface, what excuse should he use to accept it? ”

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan and said: "Liu Biao is obsessed with Cai's family, he is old, his body is weak, his time is short, he has two sons, the eldest son Liu Qi, and he has nothing to rely on." Although the second son Liu Cong is young, he is spoiled by Cai's family, these two sons have many discords, and it will not take long to compare them, we only need to send someone to separate from them, and in a few days, Jingzhou will break itself. ”

Yan Er nodded and said: "A few days ago, Gongtai also said the same, but it's a pity that Gongtai is seriously ill now, and I don't know what happened to his people." Kong Ming, since you have this plan, then you will plan this matter, and later you will go to Wancheng to ask about Chen Palace, so as to facilitate the deployment. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Humble obedience." ”

Since then, Yan'er has stationed 300,000 troops in Xiangyang, looking down on Jingzhou, and opened the Luoyang grain road, transporting food and army resources to Xiangyang continuously, and implementing new policies in Xiangyang to appease the people.

With the new policy, a large number of Luoyang materials were transported and sold to the people at the price of Luoyang, which brought great convenience to the local people, causing the surrounding people to begin to gather here.

Zhuge Liang went to Wancheng to receive a task from Chen Gong, returned to Xiangyang, and after saying goodbye to Huang Yueying, he didn't bring some people to Jingzhou in disguise to make a career out of it.

In a blink of an eye, at the end of December, seeing that the year was about to pass, at the end of the year, Jingzhou Zhuge Liang sent a message that Liu Biao was seriously ill and couldn't see it, and the eldest son Liu Qi returned to Jingzhou from Jiangxia to raise 100,000 troops to visit.