Numerous stars and mist-like aurora made up of huge human faces floated in the vast sky. This time, instead of dissipating in an instant as before, the human face was condensed, repeated in condensation and illusion.

Finally had a chance to see the face clearly, not so much a human face as a human face, with hollow sockets and no eyeballs, only high cheekbones without hair, only two thin lips and no teeth.

The mouth of the huge human face mold moved slightly, as if to tell something.

It was as if he was calling his name.

A crisp rooster crow tore through the tranquility of the universe, as if it resounded through the entire space.

Liu Xiu sat up from the couch in shock, supported the bed with his left hand, stroked his forehead with his right hand, his head was oozing with beads of sweat, his black bright pupils were wide, his eyes were bloodshot, and it was this damn nightmare again.

He tried to press his hand against his chest to calm the erratic breathing.

When he got up in the morning, Liu Xuan specially invited someone to invite Liu Xiu to the account for breakfast.

In Liu Xuan's account, Liu Xiu didn't talk about what happened last night, but only talked about how to unite against the enemy and his admiration for Liu Xuan.

Zhu Yi was also invited to the morning banquet, and Liu Xiu also praised Li Yi in front of Liu Xuan and Zhu Kun, saying that Li Yi was brave and abnormal, and he forgot to die to accompany him to break through from Xiangyang, which was a friend of life and death, and he was a good general, hoping to be introduced.

After reaching an agreement to send troops, everyone decided to use Li Yi as a liaison and jointly send troops in March of the first year of the change.

After completing the task, Liu Xiu said that he was busy with military affairs, so he and Li Yi led the guards to ride horses back to Liu Yanjun.

As soon as the matter was done, and he returned to the account, he heard a report from the attendant that a strange man asked to see him.

The corners of Liu Xiu's mouth rose slightly, and her clear eyes showed a happy expression, she came earlier than expected, my old friend.

"Ask him to come in."

After the attendant went down, he saw the curtain open, and a well-mannered literati scholar-like figure with a wooden staff walked over, this person had clear eyebrows, a radiant look, deep eyes, a green coat and a scarf, and a dusty servant, lingering with an extraordinary temperament. It was Liu Xiu's old classmate and friend Deng Yu.

Liu Xiu and Deng Yu met when they were studying together in Chang'an Taixue, and in the few years of Taixue, the two hit it off at first sight and had a deep friendship.

Compared with Liu Xiu's slight understanding of the scriptures, Deng Yu is the leader in Taixue, not only proficient in the six classics and six arts of Taixue, but also has his own opinions on the rule of law in the army, Qimen ghost arts, and the way of governing the country.

As early as when he was studying in Chang'an, the two often talked about their views on the pros and cons of current affairs, Deng Yu admired Liu Xiu's views on the current situation, and what made him feel admired was that Liu Xiu's views on the royal road, which was an ideal full of light and fraternity, were outstanding in such a chaotic era.

In later history, Deng Yu made great contributions to Liu Xiu's country, but he was Liu Xiu's first deputy, and later he was named the first of the 28 generals of Yuntai, and Liu Xiu often praised him as his own Zhang Liang.

The twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, each of whom has outstanding achievements, or bravery, or outstanding resourcefulness, and Deng Yu, who is both civil and military, is a well-deserved leader of the twenty-eight generals.

According to the development of normal history, Deng Yu should have come to Liu Xiu after the Battle of Kunyang, but in this life, Liu Xiu explained to Zhu You to invite him to come at the first time, and Deng Yu, who refused the invitation of many forces, immediately came when he saw that it was Liu Xiu's invitation.

Seeing Deng Yu coming, Liu Xiu trotted all the way to the door, patted the dust off Deng Yu's body, and gave him a big hug.

"Good brother, I miss you to death." Seeing Deng Yu in his prime, Liu Xiu's mood was extremely complicated. Deng Yu didn't know that Liu Xiu's feeling when he looked at him was not that he missed him for a few years, but that he had returned to the simple friendship after all the vicissitudes of life.

The twenty-eight generals of that year are now beginning to gather again.

"When I saw your token, I rushed here as soon as possible." Deng Yu took out a jade pendant from his arms, put it in his hand, and said with a smile, Deng Yu's smile is a calm smile, giving people a feeling that it is extremely easy to trust.

"Here, let's have a few drinks first."

"Don't be busy, first of all, you have to help arrange my 5 carts of books outside, there is nowhere to put them, but I have moved all the money here."

"You still love books like this, come here, bring wine, help Mr. Deng arrange a place to live, and find a place to put these carts of bamboo slips, do you hear?"

"Yes." The attendant answered, and after a while, he set up the wine utensils, fruit treasures and other things, and exited the door.

The two sat down side by side, drinking and talking, without scruples, and very happy. Liu Xiu kept talking about the interesting things about studying back then, talking about the old feelings, Deng Yu listened carefully, responded from time to time, and both of them laughed.

After reminiscing, the two talked about the current situation. Liu Xiu asked, "What is Brother Deng's view on the current situation?" ”

In the previous life, Liu Xiu had not yet received Deng Yu's help, so he also wanted to hear Deng Yu's views on the current situation.

Deng Yu narrowed his eyes and smiled mysteriously: "Don't worry, Shuda, I didn't come empty-handed this time." ”

As he spoke, he took out a scroll from his sleeve, the scroll was made of jade as the shaft and the ancient sandalwood was used as the shaft body, and as soon as he took it out, it was full of fragrance.

"What is this?"

"Please." With Deng Yu's hand, the scroll slowly spread out, and countless mountains and rivers, cities and passes, and the Chu River Han realm appeared in front of Liu Xiu's eyes.

In the upper right corner of the scroll, that is, a part of the land of the continental protruding sea, is divided by the border of black ink, this area, lofty mountains, fragmented, small pieces are dotted with dots, densely packed, marked with a vigorous "Yan" character; The southeast corner of the scroll, which is southeast of the Yangtze River, where the currents cross and criss-cross, and in this area, the thick ink is backed by the tail of the Yangtze River, until the southeast border of the map, east of Jingzhou, and a country is marked in beautiful font called "Wu Zhou". To the south of Jingxiang, there is a large shadow map, covered with gray paint, probably for some reason it has not been surveyed, and it has become a mysterious place; The southwest direction of the map, west of Jingzhou, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, steep borders, marked by a corner of the strength of "Shu"; In the far north of the map, there is an indescribable behemoth with a large boundary, encompassing almost all the northern regions, reaching east to the sea, like a huge Kunpeng hovering on the ground drawing, and the center of the territory is marked with "Yuan"; And in the upper northwest corner, outside the Hangu Pass, until the Western Regions, west of Chang'an, is a huge area, like a fierce beast, coveting the Central Plains countries, a maroon "Qin" character, inlaid in the territory; And the center of the map, is Luoyang and Chang'an, Henan and Hebei, here are mostly plains, there is no danger to defend, the Yellow River crosses, it is the Central Plains where he and his eldest brother are located, impressively marked "new" and "green forest", "red eyebrows", "copper horse" and other spheres of influence. In addition to these more conspicuous forces, there are some other forces scattered all over the place, and Liu Xiu didn't have time to see them one by one.

This is a map of China today!

This time, Liu Xiu was surprised, not only because the map of the world was completely different from what he knew.

What's more, in this world, the Central Plains where the Chung Ling Army is located is surrounded by strong enemies, like fish on a chopping board, and it is precarious!