Zhang Bin was in Mengcheng, waiting for Shi Le to come back. At this time, Gou Chun was already hung up at the head of the city, and the heads of more than ten important henchmen of the Gou clan - Xuan An tried to execute Gou Xi's old department, of course, more than that, no less than a thousand people before and after, basically killed the grassroots officers, and then inserted the old general Shile.

Zhang Bin planned to wait for Wang Mi's head to be put into a wooden box, and Cheng Yao was ordered to write the watch seal, and sent people to Pingyang. Cheng Yao counted Wang Mi's 20 major sins in the seal, and proudly showed them to Zhang Bin, Xu Guang, and Pei Cai, on the surface, asking them to make more revisions, but in fact, he was showing off. Pei Gai pretended to be still immersed in the depression of the books being burned and couldn't get rid of it, so he only glanced at it casually and said, "Zi Yuancai is talented, a word doesn't have to be easy." In fact, he said in his heart: What, robbing counties and killing people is also Wang Mi's sin? Then which of your Hu Han generals is innocent? I hope God willing, in the end, you will all end up like Wang Mi!

He estimated that on this level and the first chapter, the Han lord Liu Cong must be crazy, but there is nothing to do, just like Liu Yao impeached Wang Mi in the past, and as a result, the Han State gave Wang Mi an official promotion, this time, he had to promote Shi Le, who was good at killing his colleagues.

However, waiting and waiting, he waited for Shile's military order, asking all the troops to pack their bags, leave Mengcheng, and go south to Xiangguan to rendezvous. Zhang Binde was taken aback, looked left and right, and asked, "Where is Diao Changshi?" Everyone shook their heads, saying that no one had seen Diao Ying's figure since yesterday......

Zhang Bin couldn't help but widen his eyes, stomped his feet and scolded: "Diao Ying is hateful! ”

However, the military order was like a mountain, and he couldn't help but disobey it—even if he didn't obey, Jiao'an and other generals would not follow him to disobey the military order—so he had to mobilize his troops, leave Mengcheng, which had stayed for nearly a month, and set off for the south.

Pei should be a little inexplicable, so he came to ask Zhang Bin, where are we going? Zhang Bin was full of resentment and couldn't pour out, Pei should be regarded as sleepy and sent a pillow, and at the moment he was gushing, bringing out the contradictions between his Diao Ying......

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Where will Schler go from here? Zhang Bin's planning history is clearly written, so Pei Gai also followed the cat and the tiger, and suggested that Shi Le go all the way east, leave the Henan region, which is surrounded by enemies, and go to Hebei - the specific destination, based on various considerations, has not yet been made clear to Shi Le. But Diao Ying's idea is different, and the direction of development he refers to for Shi Le is - south.

Diao Ying believes that the Central Plains region has been repeatedly attacked by soldiers, not only barren and dilapidated, but also will soon fall into the hands of the Liu clan of the Hu Han Kingdom, and if Shi Leruo is still in the Central Plains, sooner or later he will clash with the Han lord Liu Cong. This Han lord has real power, and he can't be compared with Liu Xie, the emperor of the Later Han Dynasty, so Shi Le, you can't be Cao Cao, or even Yuan Shao...... You can only strive to be Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and then you can't be a Liu Biao.

Because of the rise of the Hu Han Kingdom, the scholars and people of the Central Plains have fled to remote areas, if they can take one of the places and the king, they can be rich for life, and even the emperor can do nothing about you - this is what Diao Ying said to Shi Leming, but there are still a few words he still dare not say clearly, that is:

Liu Yuanhai's original biography is Liu He, the eldest son born to his ex-wife Empress Huyan, but Liu He had just ascended the throne, so he listened to the villain's slander and sent troops to hunt down several of his brothers - Liu Cong, King of Chu, Liu Yu, King of Qi, Liu Long, King of Lu, and Liu Yi, King of Beihai. As a result, Liu Yu and Liu Long both made knives, but Liu Cong resisted and cut off Liu He's head instead.

Liu Cong was born to Liu Yuanhai's side concubine Mrs. Zhang, and was considered a concubine, while Liu Yi was born to Liu Yuanhai's wife, Queen Shan, and was a concubine like Liu He, so after Liu Cong killed Liu He, it is said that he originally planned to give up the throne to his younger brother Liu Yi. But Liu Yi is not yet an adult, he has neither prestige nor courage, so he has to cry with the ministers and officials, Liu Cong took the opportunity to say: Okay, the world has not yet been calmed, you covet me to be older, so if you want me to be the emperor, then I have to be reluctant...... I will appoint my younger brother as the emperor's younger brother, and when he grows up, I will pass on the throne to him.

But Liu Cong has a lot of heirs, and the eldest son Liu Cang is older than Liu Yi, so you said that it will take a few years, and when the throne under Liu Cong's ass is stable, will it really be passed on to his brother instead of his son? Diao Ying judged that at most ten years, there would inevitably be disputes and turmoil within the Han Kingdom because of the issue of inheritance, if Shi Le had already divided one side at that time, wouldn't he have the opportunity to take advantage of the chaos to lead the division to the north, and use the pretext of supporting the imperial brother or the crown prince to chase the Central Plains?

Before that, you must not conflict with the Liu family, and you must firmly occupy a piece of territory to succeed - so he does not advocate killing Wang Mi.

So where do you go to find a site? In fact, when Liu Bei was the best, the land of Bashu was dangerous on three sides, and one side was wild, and it was the best place to establish a foundation, but it was a pity that it was occupied by the Li family of the Di tribe, and at that time, Luoyang and Chang'an were still in the hands of the Jin people, and they could not be surpassed at all. Therefore, he can only retreat to the second, when Liu Biao is based on Jingxiang, or when Sun Quan is in Jiangdong - so Diao Ying had persuaded Shilenan Kou Xiangyang to seek a foothold in Jianghan.

At that time, Shi Lexian went south from Xiangcheng County, defeated the Yongzhou Liumin group led by Wang Ru, Hou Tuo and others, and captured more than 30 places in Jiangxi......

Zhang Bin advised Shile to return to the north many times, saying that most of our army were northerners, and it was too difficult to fight between the Jianghuai River, but Shile still trusted Diao Ying at that time and refused to listen. Later, because of the shortage of grain, and the epidemic in the army, there were many dead, Sima Rui sent the general Wang Dun to lead the army, Shi Le had no choice but to adopt Zhang Bin's suggestion, self-immolation, crossed the water with surplus grain, attacked Jiangxia urgently, and forced Jiangxia to guard Yang Kun. Immediately, Beikou Xincai, killed the military of Yuzhou, the governor of the Western Jin Dynasty, and Sima Qu, the king of Xincai, went around in a big circle, returned to the Central Plains, and garrisoned Xuchang......

- It was this incident that finally determined Zhang Bin's status as the first adviser in the Shile army, and the limelight faintly overshadowed Diao Ying.

However, how can Diao Ying give up? Especially this time he conspired with Xu Guang, and he was going to set a trap to clean up Gou Xi and Wang Zan, but who wanted to be played by Zhang Bin, and he won a great success, which really made Diao Changshi angry. He immediately found Xuan An and asked how the Duke had arranged it? Kui An had no choice but to put Shi Le's instructions together: Ming Gong planned to kill his two great enemies in one fell swoop, and then he didn't plan to take Xiangcheng, and he would come back after the matter was done......

Diao Ying didn't greet others, when he led a dozen horsemen to leave Mengcheng, came to find Shile, and persuaded Shile to go south and occupy Xiangguan. He said: "Xiangguan divides Yuzhou according to Yingshui, and locks the key for Huaibei, how can you not take it?" Although Wang Mi died, his plot advocated that Song Su was expected to be in the army, and if he was allowed to clean up his troops, it would still be a problem for our army. As for Zhang Mengsun, he was worried that it would be difficult to annex the remnants of Wang Mi...... Yesterday this may be true, but today it is ......different."

He said that Qiang An had just taken advantage of the opportunity of Gou Chun's rebellion to give Gou Xi's old department a big purge, and this piece of fat had been digested almost completely, so the next chopsticks should also fall as soon as possible - should take advantage of the opportunity of Wang Mi's death, and rush to take Xiang Pass, so that Zhang Song was caught off guard, and it would not be difficult for his subordinates to be annexed.

Moreover, Diao Ying also said that after occupying Xiangguan, he could continue to move south, sweep the southern area of Yuzhou, and at the same time build boats and boats in Huaishui, trace it upstream, and seek to seize Shouchun. Once you get Shouchun, you can take Linhuai and Guangling in the east, Huainan and Lujiang in the south, and then you can go all the way to Jianye to kill the past.

Sima Rui, the king of Langya of the Jin Dynasty, crossed the river to the south a few years ago, stationed in Jiejianye, he did not have many soldiers and horses, and there were many contradictions with the aborigines of Jiangdong, just took advantage of the situation to break it, seize Wu and Hui, and achieve the hegemony of Sun Quan. Our situation must be stronger than Sun Quan back then, because there is no Cao Cao in the north, and there is no Chen Yuanlong to dominate Guangling, when Huaishui is the first line of defense, the Yangtze River is the second line of defense, even if the Central Plains is a million heroes, it is difficult to shake the Jiangdong regime; And once the Central Plains changes, we can still go out of Xu Fang, take Yan and Yu, and compete in the world!

"This king's business is also, how can Ming Gong not care?"

If you want to say that Diao Ying's eloquence is also very good, after a bit of eloquence, Shi Le was actually moved by him, so he immediately turned to fight Xiangguan, and ordered the troops in Mengcheng to abandon the city and go south, and come to Xiangguan to meet him.

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Of course, Zhang Bin couldn't guess what a long-term and vague plan Diao Ying had planned for Shi Le, but he knew that Diao Ying had always pinned his hopes on the south, and he instigated Shi Le to capture Xiangguan and annex the remnants of Wang Mi was still secondary, and the main purpose must be to take the opportunity to seek another foothold of Jianghan or Jianghuai, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of hatred - I was planning to pull Shi Le to the northeast, why did Diao Ying pull him to the south at every turn?

"How can our troops be on top of Jianghuai and compete with the southerners?"

Pei Gai listened to his words, couldn't help scratching his chin, and asked, "Won't the northerners never be able to go south?" Zhang Bin said that it wasn't either-" In the past, Cao Cao's southern expedition was broken by Zhou Yu in Chibi, what is the reason? It's just because the Central Plains is not solid, Han and Ma are in Guanzhong, Zhang Lu is in Han and Liu Zhang is in Shu. Later, Sima Yan was able to pacify the Eastern Wu, because there was no police in the north, and he had already won Bashu first-Wang Jun took the building boat with Shu soldiers and went down the river, like a broken bamboo, if the northern soldiers were stopped, it would be difficult to break through the Jiangdong ......"

We are not suitable for the climate, environment, and even combat methods in the south of the Yangtze River, so we must first have a solid base and accumulate sufficient strength, and it is best to capture Ba and Shu first, and then go south in many ways to have a chance of winning. You're still in the process of wandering, and suddenly you want to hit the south, where is it so easy!

"And Sima Rui is known as the virtuous king, with the Wang brothers as his assistant, according to Jianye is four years old, the government is harmonious, there is no internal disturbance, there is no strong enemy outside, which is easy to take?"

Pei Cai hung his head and was silent for a long time.

Zhang Bin said that there is no way at present, so we have to lead the troops to chase Ming Gong, but I hope that when we get to the place, Pei Lang, you can go with me to persuade him, and ask Ming Gong to give up the plan to go south and turn east. Pei Cai thought for a while, and shook his head slightly: "I'm afraid it's hard to convince ......"

Zhang Bin asked him why. Pei Gai replied: "I'm a Guqi lord from the north, why did I want to plot against Jiang Han before, isn't it strange?" It turned out to be a tricky plan. Then Diao Ying must have a southward strategy to enter before the main car, preconceived, how can we say that it is easy to move? According to Xiangyang, Zhang Jun also offered good advice, but the lord did not listen, and when the soldiers were exhausted, he began to obey the king's words. I expect that I will face setbacks again and then I will regret my setbacks. ”

I guess Shiler will continue to do the same as before, without touching his head and breaking the bloodstream, and will not realize that the southward strategy is wrong. But you don't have to worry too much - Pei Gai comforted Zhang Bin and said: "The previous mistake based on Xiangyang made Zhang Junjin a humerus, faintly surpassing Diao Ying; If he is defeated again in the south, he will be powerless and will be repelled by the Lord. ”

Shile is not a saint and is not born to know and is bound to make mistakes. If he sinks a heel in something, he will think that it is an accident, and he will not really understand that this road is not going to work until he falls twice in a row - what, you ask, what if he can't wake up after the second heel falls? Then he is a mediocre person, and he is not worthy of your and me's assistance.

Zhang Bin let out a long sigh and said that there was no way, so he had to hope that Ming Gong would repent as soon as possible......

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The battle of Xiangguan was fought smoothly, because Shi Le's march was too fast, and Zhang Song had not had time to reorganize and deploy, but he was actually thrown down by a drum - Zhang Song was disguised and fled to the east. Shi Le successfully collected more than 50,000 soldiers and horses under Wang Mi's department, as well as an almost equal number of dependent people.

When Zhang Bin, Xuan An and others led the main force to arrive, Diao Ying immediately recommended his cronies Zuo Fusu as the forward captain, led 10,000 people to the south, and plundered the southern counties of Yuzhou - from Yingyin to Anfeng, and then to Yiyang, in just one month, he actually fought for more than 1,000 miles, until the north bank of the Yangtze River.

To put it bluntly, just like a thief committing a crime, Zuo Fusu went to step on the plate to see if the road to the south was easy to walk, and whether there were strong enemies nearby.

While waiting for Zuo Fusu to report back, Shi Le led his army to leave Xiangguan again—the place was so narrow that even with the nearby Xiangcheng, it could not accommodate so many people, and most of them were unproductive people—and traveled more than 100 miles south to a place called "Gepi". The land is very fertile because of the low-lying terrain of Yingshui in the north and Rushui in the south, and many small tributaries meet here. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban thieves in Runan used to gather here, and now they are the same, gathering a lot of displaced people to cultivate the land on their own.

When Shile's army arrived, they directly took all the people captive, confiscated the grain that had just been harvested, and then took down Dazhai. More than 200,000 victorious soldiers, auxiliary soldiers, and the people who were encircled by them were scattered in the vast area with Gepi as the center, Xiangxian in the north, and Huaishui in the south.

At this time, it was already October, and on the one hand, Shile sent his troops and horses to raid the local forts and collect grain and grass—those who took the initiative to pay taxes not only did not attack, but also signed the title of general—on the other hand, they built houses in Gepi and built ships in the Huaishui, so that they could go down the Huai River and take Jianye in the east after the spring of the following year.

Zhang Bin met with Shi Le many times and repeatedly analyzed the current situation, showing that the strategy of fighting Jiangdong was very unreliable, but Shi Le always did not listen. Zhang Bin came back to complain about Pei Gai and refused to speak with him, Pei Gai smiled and said that you don't listen to what you say, let alone me? It's better to keep my books organized. You'd better endure it first, I'm sure Shile will regret it soon.

In fact, he was more depressed than Zhang Bin in his heart, and secretly thought: There is a big problem with Lao Tzu's memory......