The problem now is that the trajectory of history has deviated, especially after Pang De invested in Liu Bei's account, Liu He has realized that this deviation will become bigger and bigger, and eventually move towards an ending that even Liu He himself does not know.

If this deviation has already occurred and there is no way to avoid it, then can the incident of Dingjun Mountain Huang Zhongli's beheading of Xiahou Yuan still come as expected?

In Liu He's mind, the old general who was a majestic elder in front of others, but like a child in front of himself, suddenly appeared.

I don't believe what you said, let me ask you, if Xiahou Yuan is really as lost as you said now, why doesn't he withdraw, and he has to stay here and wait for death?

This is the question that the old general once asked Liu He, and Liu He gave him the answer, a reasonable explanation, but Liu He himself didn't dare to think about this explanation.

Is it really what you think?

Is the reason why Xiahou Yuan refused to withdraw his troops really the same as his own judgment?

I've only read a few military books, and I've never commanded a battle completely, so can I really make a judgment?

These questions, like a flood of beasts, filled Liu He's mind, and they already made him a little breathless.

He was sweating like rain, and in the valley in the autumn season, he felt an unbearable heat.

He jerked to his feet and walked out of the tent, knowing that the only way to free himself at the moment was to take a look for himself.

Watching Mr. Tianji pick up the fastest war horse in the Chengdu Guard, all the soldiers looked at each other, until they saw Mr. Tianji's figure disappear into the valley, and the soldiers who came back to their senses hurriedly ran to tell them.

Zhuge Liang, who rushed to hear the news, stood at the gate of the camp with a solemn face, staring at the valley that had long been empty.

"He must have a reason for doing this."

Zhuge Liang realized that Pang Tong had quietly stood by his side at some point.

"He went this time, what did the hexagram say?" Zhuge Liang suddenly asked in a low voice.

"Didn't you say, you don't believe this?" Pang Tong smiled and shook the turtle shell and copper coin in his hand.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang was silent, Pang Tong immediately restrained his smile, and a rare serious expression appeared on his face, "Don't worry, since I came to Dingjun Mountain, I have to make a hexagram every day, only today's hexagram is the best." ”

A few days later, a shocking news spread to all the Cao army camps.

One of the favorite generals under the command of Prime Minister Cao Cheng, the Marquis of Bochang Ting, the general of the expedition to the west, Xiahou Yuan, was killed by the sudden Liu Beijun general Huang Zhong in the battle of Dingjun Mountain.

Legend has it that when Xiahou Yuan died, he was deploying the retreat of the army, and he was defenseless against Huang Zhong's surprise attack.

Ironically, Xiahou Yuan was famous for his archery skills and raiding enemy troops for thousands of miles all his life, but in the end, he was killed by another general who was also proficient in archery.

In the valley stained red by blood, there has never been such a cheerful atmosphere as today in the past few days, Huang Zhong, who returned with a triumphant song, rode the red horse that had followed him for ten years, and walked side by side with Liu He.

It will be a veteran, and the horse is an old horse, but it is a veteran who has ambitions for thousands of miles. The martyrs are in their twilight years, and their hearts are strong.

This is a sentence from Cao Cao's "Stepping Out of the Summer Gate", which is very appropriate for Huang Hansheng, who has just cut off the head of his confidant.

After this battle, Cao Cao not only lost Xiahou Yuan, a general of the same clan as him, and completely lost the possibility of blocking Liu Bei's army from seizing Hanzhong, but also weakened the power of the Cao clan in the court in the future.

This kind of far-reaching impact on the future pattern cannot be foreseen by everyone, including Cao Cao, at this time, and Liu He, who is the only one who knows this, is not thinking about this problem at this time.

What is the trend of Cao Wei in the future, Liu He is not indifferent at all, but the Cao family lost power, and the Sima family replaced these power changes, it will be more than ten years or even decades later, and Liu He does not need to think too much about it now.

What he is most concerned about is which direction his own Shu Han regime will develop in the next few years, according to the current situation, everything can still be under his control, at least the incident of Dingjun Mountain Huang Zhong beheading Xiahou happened as scheduled.

Taking Dingjun Mountain is equivalent to opening the gateway to the west of Hanzhong, and it is only a matter of time before the entire Hanzhong belt is captured.

On the way back to the camp, Liu He was in a good mood all the way, but when he passed by the valley full of the smell of blood, he still had some palpitations.

If Ma Chao hadn't stepped forward in time and opened up this bloody road to the opposite valley at the cost of a fierce Xiliang cavalry of three or four hundred people under his command, I am afraid that before Zhuge Liang's army arrived, Liu He's Chengdu Wei would have been wiped out.

This really owes Ma Chao a big favor.

Liu He smiled bitterly and shook his head, fortunately, the most difficult period has passed, and after the capture of Hanzhong, with Zhuge Liang here, he can also breathe a sigh of relief temporarily.

Back at the camp, Liu He took Huang Zhong straight to the big tent of the Chinese army, but found that there was no one in the big tent.

Huang Zhong threw the burden wrapped around Xiahou Yuan's head on the table, found a place to sit down, twisted his long beard in his hands, and smiled, looking very proud.

Liu He just smiled and didn't speak, at this time, I was afraid that he would praise Huang Zhong with one mouth, and this old kid would have to climb up the pole and brag about himself.

The two waited in the big tent for a long time, but no one came, which made Liu He very puzzled.

It stands to reason that Zhuge Liang should rush over immediately when he gets the news, not to mention that he killed one of Cao Cao's generals.

Seeing what Huang Zhong meant, he didn't seem to be in a hurry, and sat there as steady as Mount Tai.

Liu He peeked at it, almost laughing, the old general who kept twisting his long beard seemed to be calm on his face, but he was about to pull off all the gray whiskers on his hands.

Liu Heqiang held back a smile and called the colonel and asked him to inform the others to come to the Chinese army's tent quickly, but the colonel looked embarrassed and refused to leave.

Liu He saw that the momentum was not right, and scolded a few words with a straight face, and the little colonel said in a hesitant manner, everyone was called away by Zhuge Military Division and went to the camp of the French Military Division.

Fa Zheng? He's here too?

As soon as Liu He heard this name, his face immediately became solemn.

After entering Yizhou, Zhuge Liang had three military divisions on behalf of the fake Liu Bei, and he himself must be one of them, and the other two were Liu He and this Fazheng.

Although Zhong Lixun and Pang Tong are also known as military advisors, they are only titles within the Tianji Battalion, and at present, among Liu Bei's army, the real three strategists are actually only Zhuge Liang, Liu He and Fa Zheng.