Zhiqu asked Pei Gai why he wanted to pat Shi Le's ass in front of him, Pei Gai didn't give a positive answer, but said: "How can Zhuge Kongming be flattering?" Then the topic is farther and farther away - to deal with this kind of big boss, you can't follow his train of thought, you have to try your best to divert the topic, as long as you always have the initiative in the conversation, this momentum will naturally not be weak.

After a few words, Pei Gai asked Zhi Quliu rhetorically, saying that Shi Le is Zhuge Liang, do you think he didn't know people and made a mistake? originally intended to drink to block Qu Liu, but who wanted to Qu Liu, but pouted: "Everyone makes mistakes, and it's not surprising." ”

Pei should turn around in time: "However, a person with great power and ambition like the lord, even if there is a mistake, he will never make a mistake in knowing and employing people." If you make a mistake in employing people, you will lose all the plates - just like Liu Bei can know Ma Youchang, Zhuge Kongming does not know, so that when he goes out of Qishan, he is defeated in the street pavilion, and he works in vain......"

Zhi Quliu was confused again: "Liu Bei, I know, who is Ma Youchang?" ”

Pei Gai folded his hands in front of his abdomen, and stopped: "I'm not used to standing and talking about history. ”

Zhi Quliu's expression had completely relaxed at this moment, in other words, he had completely fallen into the rhythm of Pei Gai's conversation. Not only was he not annoyed at the moment, but he glanced left and right, and then strode to the side of the courtyard, brought over a Hu bed leaning against the wall, placed it in front of Pei Gai, and then raised his hand: "Sit." ”

Pei Gai sat down on the Hu bed on his knees, but still did not speak, just tilted his head and stared at Zhi Quliu's face. Zhi Quliu glanced left and right again, and didn't see the second Hu bed for the time being, so he simply sat down cross-legged on the land, just opposite Pei Cai-"Okay, please speak." ”

Pei Gai smiled secretly in his heart. He had just asked Jian Dao about the situation in Shile's army two days ago, although Jian Dao was shallow in knowledge, and he might not really know how to look at people, but after a long period of contact, he was still able to grasp the personality and preferences of Hu Ying's generals. For example, he talked casually, saying that General Zhiqu Liu likes to hear people talk about the ancients the most.

The two divisions in the Shile army were very serious, and the vast majority of the generals were Hu people, or Jin people who grew up in the border areas and became Huhua, all of whom were vulgar and illiterate, and could not read a single basket of big characters. As for civil affairs and government affairs, they relied on Zhang Bin's "gentleman's camp", and the camp was full of scholars from the Central Plains, except for him who was at the bottom of the simple road, all of them had read a lot of books and knew a lot of things. The two groups have a clear division of labor, but because of this, they are not compatible with each other - because Shile Town is on top, there will not be any big contradictions, but it is inevitable to cause discord and friction, and they don't look at each other very well.

So Zhi Quliu likes to listen to the ancients and find people everywhere to tell stories, but in the end, only Zhang Binken perfunctory him. In fact, he is not the only one who likes to listen to the ancients, when Shi Le himself is free, he often asks Zhang Bin, Xu Guang, Cheng Yao and others to come and ask about the previous generation. These people believed that this was the right way to guide General Hu to become the monarch of China, so they were very enthusiastic, and also suggested that Shi Le study and learn to write, but Shi Le refused on the grounds that he was too good in military affairs and had no time to do so.

Zhang Bin told Zhi Quliu a lot of ancient things, and Zhi Quliu respected Zhang Bin very much, and he even heard from somewhere for a while, the Chinese called "Zi" means teacher - like Confucius and Sun Tzu - so they met and called him "Zhang Zi", but Zhang Bin reversed his old-fashioned title in time. It's a pity that Zhang Bin is busy with government affairs and has limited time, so he has to walk around Zhiqu Liu many times so as not to be entangled by him.

Jian Dao once said with a smile: "This time the army marched north, General Zhi was extremely annoyed, and said: 'Why did you order me to stay behind, but take Mr. Zhang with you?' I will not be able to listen to Mr. Zhang's teachings for several months. ’”

Therefore, Zhi and Pei had a conversation today, and Pei should ask and say that you know Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Kongming, Liu Xuande, and Ma Youchang, so I'll tell you the story. When you are curious, you will naturally be angry; When you hear my story, are you embarrassed to trouble me again?

At the moment, he spent a long time and started from the beginning: "Let's say that Liu Bei, the ancestor of Shu Han, was forced by Cao Cao and was forced to flee to Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, and temporarily took refuge. Liu Biao was also afraid that Cao Cao would lead his army south and invade the boundaries of Jingzhou, so he placed Liu Bei in Xinye County, which was the northern Ping Domain...... Liu Bei therefore sighed that the flesh was resurrected......"

When Zhi Quliu heard this, he couldn't help but reach out and touch his thigh: "If you don't ride a horse for a long time, will the hip flesh be raw?" I don't know...... I've never left the saddle since I was sensible. ”

Pei Gai smiled slightly, ignored his applause, and continued: "...... Mr. Shuijing Sima Hui guided Liu Bei, saying: 'Fulong, phoenix chicks, you have to settle the world'......" What he said was not purely historical, but also mixed with a lot of romance content, the details are more perfect, the plot is more ups and downs, and I can listen to Qu Liu is drunk. You must know that although the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty has not been for a long time, after all, it is not at the same time, the relevant historical materials are very scattered, although Chen Shou completed the "Three Kingdoms", as mentioned earlier, the scope of dissemination is not too wide, Zhang Bin is lucky, occasionally read, Xu Guang, Cheng Yao and others also pretend to be the world's talents, but all of them have no chance to see.

And the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" of this year is not Pei Songzhi's sparse, Chen Shou's penmanship is very concise, and the content is a little thin. Therefore, although Zhang Bin has read "Three Kingdoms", he usually talks to Shile and occasionally talks about the ancient times with Zhi Qu Liu, and the main content also comes from the three historical books of "Historical Records", "Han Shu" and "Dongguan Han Ji", which rarely involve the Three Kingdoms era - otherwise how could Zhi Qu Liu not know Zhuge Liang's character Kong Ming?

Pei Gai's tongue is like a lotus, and he talks all the way - he liked to listen to commentaries in his previous life, and knew how to attract listeners, how to sell guanzi, and how to keep buttons, which is completely different from Zhang Bin and other pedants, almost translating ancient books in Shiyu, and only commenting on them when the other party can't understand them. As for what was the original intention of coming to Pei? Who remembers!

From the water mirror to the three visits to the thatched house, then Kong Ming went out of the mountain, burned Bowang, burned Xinye, and then Cao Cao's 830,000 army went south...... Zhi Quliu was taken aback: "Cao Cao is so strong, with an army of 830,000?" Pei Cai smiled: "May I ask your ...... How much is our army? "Zhi Qu six wrenched his fingers: "The soldiers include cavalry, about 50,000, and the auxiliaries and servants also have 50,000 or 60,000, in short, more than 100,000." Pei Gai said: "Before I came to vote, I heard that it was said everywhere that General Shi had 200,000 or 300,000 people, why is this?" It's just a bluff to deter the enemy, and that's it. ”

"So how many soldiers and horses does Cao Cao actually have?"

"200,000 to the sky."

Zhiqu Liuchang breathed a sigh of relief: "It's still worthy of a battle." Then he remembered: "Who is Ma Youchang?" ”

Pei Caixin said Okay, I'm about to forget about this ballast, you still remember it-I had to bring the topic back again: "When Liu Bei was in Xinye, after winning Kong Ming, his reputation grew, and the scholars from the nine counties of Jingxiang came to take refuge, including the Ma brothers from Yicheng. There is a proverb from time to time, saying: 'Ma's five constants, white eyebrows are the best'......"

After all, he was recovering from a serious illness, and his spirit was not big, and after talking so much, he felt that his throat was a little dry at the moment, and when he said this, he couldn't help coughing lightly. Zhi Quliu immediately straightened his waist and shouted with his neck in his hands: "Water! Are all people dead, why don't you bring a bowl of water? ”

There was a servant next to him who was trembling, and hurriedly poured a bowl of warm water—Pei Gai insisted on boiling the well water before drinking it, although it was only a few days, and the servants were used to it—both hands were offered to Zhi Qu Liu, who respectfully handed it to Pei Gai. Pei Gai took it and took a sip, moistened his throat, and instructed his subordinates: "Pour another bowl for General Zhi." ”

Zhi Quliu smiled and said, "I'm not a patient, and the weather is so hot - scoop a bowl of cold water." ”

Pei should finish talking about the origin of the Ma brothers, especially Ma Yan, and said in his heart that if he continued to talk like this, it would be half a set of three points, and he didn't know when he would get to the point...... Therefore, let's not mention Cao Cao's 830,000 army went down to the south of the Yangtze River, and jumped directly to the establishment of Shu Han - "Zhuge Liang attaches great importance to Ma Yan, and believes that only Ma Youchang can follow his strategy and treat him every day, just like a disciple." When Liu Bei was dying, he said to Zhuge Liang: 'Ma Yan's words are exaggerated and cannot be used. 'Zhuge Liang was not convinced, and finally led to a trip out of Qishan and returned in vain......"

Zhi Quliu asked: "But did Ma Yanyi delay the military plane?" ”

Pei Gai nodded, and began to explain the battle in Qishan. He was already familiar with this period of history, and he had done some research, so he picked up a dead branch from the side and sketched a simple topographic map of the land between the two of them-"...... The street pavilion is going to rush, who can defend it? Ma Jian immediately went out of the class to ask for an order, saying, 'I am willing to go. All the generals suspected that Ma Youchang had never led the army in actual combat, and they were afraid that it was just talking on paper, and advised Kong Ming to change another general. Ma Jian was anxious, so he said: "I am willing to make a military order, if I don't win, I will be willing to accept military law!" ’……”

When Ma Tan checked the terrain in the street pavilion and saw a dirt mountain, he wanted to go up the mountain and camp to block the Wei army, Zhi Quliu suddenly interjected and asked: "How is this mountain wide and narrow?" ”

Pei Cai raised his eyebrows slightly, and said Why are you asking this? For the battle of Jieting, the history books record it very briefly, just saying that Ma Tan "violated the bright festival and gave up the water to the mountain", resulting in a big defeat, as for the specific process, it can only rely on the brains of later novelists; As for which mountain he went on, there are also different opinions, how can Pei should know?

Zhi Quliu replied: "If the mountain is vast, it can be defended, and it is difficult for the Wei army to surround it; If it is small, it is afraid that it will be besieged by the Wei army. Moreover, most of the narrow mountainous areas have no water source, and the strong army can still fight hard without food for a day, but if they don't have water for half a day, they will completely lose their fighting spirit......"

Pei Gai nodded again and again, although he was reluctant, he couldn't help but praise: "General Zhi has been fighting horses for half his life, and he is really a soldier who knows the soldiers, if he is different from Ma Yan, he will be unreasonable......

After talking about Ma Tan's defeat in the street pavilion, the news came, Zhuge Liang hurriedly dispatched soldiers and horses, went to various cities to move the people, carry grain and grass, and prepare to retreat, but Sima Yi led the army to suddenly kill, and only some scribes and thousands of old and weak soldiers were left in the west city...... Zhi Quliu couldn't help but shout: "If you don't leave now, when will you stay?!" ”

Pei should say that he can't go-"If the commander abandons the army and flees first, the various departments will not be ordered, and the stars will inevitably collapse, and the Wei army will chase and kill from behind, but I am afraid that it will be difficult for the seven CDs to return to Shu." Shuzhong was originally short of population, and if tens of thousands of victorious soldiers were to go here, the country would never die! ”

Zhi Quliu furrowed his brows fiercely: "Then what should I do?" Isn't Shu Han going to perish? ”

Pei Gai said with a smile: "Zhuge Liang I's master, occasionally he doesn't know how to use people, so he is defeated, but he has his own clever strategy to retreat from the enemy - the lord handed over the general to stay behind in the heavy task, is there nothing else to do?" Suddenly changing the subject, it's like a storyteller talking about a Ken festival and suddenly slapping the table with a waking wood: "I want to know what happened next, and listen to the next breakdown." ”

Only then did Zhi Quliu look up at the sky, he couldn't help but feel anxious, his body twisted, but he was reluctant to go, so he had to say: "The heavy task entrusted by the lord, I naturally don't dare to ......take it lightly" This section is talking about Liu Bei's group and the Shu Han regime, and Pei should have used the commentary, so even Zhuge Liang called Liu Bei "lord" when he was "Longzhong right", and Zhi Quliu was naturally infected - "Pei Lang explained how Zhuge Liang retreated Sima Yi, and I said goodbye!" "It's a critical moment, don't sell it!

Pei should say okay, then I'll say a few more words-defense is important, don't delay with me anymore-" Kong Mingdong opened the gate of Xixian County, sent four veterans to sprinkle and sweep in front of the gate, and climbed the city tower himself, Ge clothes and scarves, hand-cranked feather fans, followed the two boys, and held a piano ......"

Zhi Quliu's face was blank: "Why is this?" Is he going to surrender to Wei? ”

"No, Kong Ming is an empty city plan......"

Speaking of Zhuge Liang playing the piano and retiring from the army, Zhi Quliu couldn't help but retort: "This matter is not credible. I heard that Sima Yi is the ancestor of the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, and he is a genius and a god in his army, how can he be deterred by such tricks? Even if there is a fear of an ambush, the army will not enter Xicheng, and it will not be difficult to send a partial general to lead thousands of soldiers and horses to explore. ”

Pei Gai said with a smile: "Qing also knows that Sima Yi is the emperor's ancestor, and the Jin people naturally say good things about him, that is, if he has shortcomings, who dares to say it clearly?" Sima Yi's shortness is suspicious, and Zhuge Kongming is cautious in his use of soldiers, Sima knows his temperament, so he doesn't think he dares to use risks, so Kong Ming can succeed. It is the way to use soldiers, the first thing is to know oneself and know the other, Sun Ziyun ...... Forget it, it's not too early, General Zhi, please go back. ”

In desperation, Zhi Quliu had to get up and say goodbye, but left a message: "Tomorrow, when my military affairs are finished, I will come to listen to Pei Lang talk about the ancients!" ”

When he walked out of the door, he ordered the soldiers guarding the door: "You are waiting for a good student to take care of it...... Take care of Pei Lang, if you let him go, I will definitely cut off your dog's head, and I will never forgive! ”

The soldiers looked dazed, and said in their hearts that this is the task we originally accepted, do we need you to come and take care of it again? And so fierce...... But he could only bow down and receive the order: "I will not dare to disobey the general's order!" ”