Liu Bei did not go to Anlu, Zhang He went to Nanyang.

Liu Cong didn't expect that when all the armies went to besiege Yang Xi, he would be unprepared for the battle.

Zhang He marched all the way and captured one county seat after another, and Liu Cong retreated to Fancheng.

What ability does Liu Cong have, can be in a high position, isn't it just fighting for his father, since his father is not there, then he must be cowardly, I heard that Zhang He has 30,000 soldiers and horses, so he didn't even want Fancheng, and retreated directly to Xiangyang.

Liu Biao is really grateful to this beloved son, if he hadn't directly led 10,000 military horses to retreat to Xiangyang, in case of defeat, then Xiangyang would have no military horses at all.

Relying on the 3,000 soldiers of Xiangyang alone, to resist 30,000 horses, it is no different from a fool's dream.

After losing all of Nanyang County and Fancheng, Liu Biao was sad and depressed, but thinking about Liu Bei's Xiling, the next step was Yi County, and he was complacent for a while.

As a lyric says, how should I deal with conflicts?

However, Liu Biao's ambivalent mood only lasted for one night, and when he woke up early the next day, Liu Bei lost 50,000 horses, and only 800 people fled back to Anlu.

Even if the family has lost all of its money, the savings of the entire Jingzhou over the years have been used up all at once, so you can imagine what kind of mood it is.

When Liu Bei heard that he had lost Nanyang, he naturally had to hate it, but the matter had come to this point, and he should have passed it, so he led 800 remnants of the army, returned to Hanzhong, and continued to seek development.

Cao Cao won Nanyang, and the battle was not small, with almost no losses, so he directly ordered Zhang He to garrison Nanyang with 30,000 troops and horses, and ordered Yu Ban 20,000 troops and horses to continue to defend Runan, in case Cai Kao went north, leaving Xiahou Dun with 20,000 soldiers and horses to guard Pei County, and led 30,000 troops back to Xudu.

Cao Cao was gone, Yang Xi didn't want to raise troops, so he only left Tai Shici to guard Chen, and he returned to Xiapi.

At this time, ten warships arrived in Donglai, and Wei Gua ordered Jiang Qin to lead the headquarters, and ten warships were under his command and stationed in the Chenhe Islands.

Jiang Qin got the battleship, and he was full of spirits, and directly led him to Dong Cheng's lair, and bombarded it for three hours, almost razing the island to the ground, which can be regarded as a bad breath to the members of the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce.

Dong Cheng led the boat to escape, but was chased and killed by the battleship, and in the end, most of the dozens of boats were sunk, and only more than ten small boats fled into the mouth of the Yellow River and headed for Yanzhou, Dong Cheng and Wang Mengjun escaped with their lives.

However, it was said that Liu Bei returned to Hanzhong, so he was bedridden and fell ill.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei did not leave the left and right, the two ladies were also in a hurry, and the other civil and military forces were also anxious.

Liu Bei instructed Zhuge Liang to temporarily act as an agent for Hanzhong affairs, and fell asleep again, Zhuge Liang promoted the account on behalf of Liu Bei, Sun Qian, Lu Zhu and others were at a loss, but Zhuge Liang's face remained unchanged.

Everyone asked how to be good, Zhuge Liang said: "The lord is not sick, but in fact, he is tough, and the lord's illness is a heart disease." ”

Sun Qian said: "Could it be because of that article? Although Sun Qian and others are sitting in Hanzhong, they also got the newspaper at this moment.

"That article is just one of the small reasons." Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said: "The heart of the lord is sick, but he sees that the area controlled by the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce is rich and prosperous, and it is thriving, changing every day, and even if he has the city, he has no way to start." ”

Zhang Fei and other generals had no way to intervene in this matter, they could only be anxious, and they also had a deep understanding that Xiling was only a small city of Chenhe Chamber of Commerce, and the population of the city exceeded 100,000, which was simply appalling.

Lu Zhu said: "This matter is not a day's work, and Yang Xi has accumulated so many talents along the way, but Hanzhong cannot be compared." ”

Zhuge Liang pondered for a long time, and finally sighed and said: "It seems that I can only make dangerous moves, I have some ideas, I want to discuss with the lord, you should step back first, and wait until the lord decides." ”

So everyone dispersed in a daze, and only Kong Ming came to see Liu Bei alone. Liu Bei heard that Kong Ming came to see him alone, so he didn't want to say much, but Kong Ming was his most powerful adviser at this time, but it was not easy for Kong Ming to lose face.

"Kong Ming, after this battle, Bei really discovered that the gap between me and Yang Xizhi is not in the territory, not in the population, but where the real gap is, but I don't know why." Liu Bei sighed on the couch.

"The lord can't figure it out, but Liang has some experience recently, and he wants to talk to the lord at the moment."

Liu Bei's spirit was shocked, and he sat up from the couch and said, "Kong Ming, let's talk about it." ”

"The former Cao Cao ordered Jia Xu and Guo Jia to be responsible for the reform, has the lord ever heard of it?"

"Naturally, I heard that Jia Xu proposed to master Yi's long skills to improve himself, although he broke the contract with Yang Xi, but his pace has not stopped, it is said that its steelmaking, according to Yang Xi's rail car, self-research and development, and someone stole back the technology, the rail has been set, and the rail car can start construction soon."

"And that's not all! Liang heard that Cao Cao actually borrowed all the Yang Xichenhe Codes, made a whole set of academic textbooks, and set up a research group to take its essence and put it into use. ”

Liu Bei frowned and said: "Cao Cao has a lot of civil and military forces, and he coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but he was able to recruit a lot of capable people, but I lack talents in Hanzhong, but I can't do this." ”

"The lord has fallen into a dead end, if you talk about talents, may I ask the lord, where in the world can the talents compare to Yang Xi?"

Liu Bei's eyes lit up and said, "Does Kong Ming have a plan?" ”

"The lord didn't ask, Liang also came to mention this matter to the lord. That Yang Xi territory, more than a dozen universities, hundreds of middle schools and primary schools, these are all talents. However, the Yang Xi Code stipulates that no one, no matter what official position he does, cannot bless his children and grandchildren, and anyone has a retirement age, such as a man, to sixty-five must retire. The lord can widely issue a merit-seeking order, no matter what the background, regardless of men and women, can enter the Hanzhong to seek official positions, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, will be able to attract a lot of talents, then maybe it will bring some changes. ”

When Liu Bei heard this, his illness suddenly recovered, and he jumped up from the couch and said: "Kong Ming's move is tantamount to drawing salary from Yang Xi's kettle, and his talent is used by me, and it is not too late to make amends!" ”

Seeing that Liu Bei was so excited, Kong Ming said: "But there are two things that the lord must also solve, one is that Hanzhong is sparsely populated, there is a shortage of money and food, and he has been fighting for many years, and he has no savings. The second is that as soon as the order is issued, Yang Xi must deal with it, and if he condemns some of the internal should enter Hanzhong, he can't prevent it. ”

Hearing this, Liu Bei seemed to be poured a basin of cold water, but after a little thought, he said: "My Hanzhong is sparsely populated and remote, but there is not much room for development. However, Jingzhou still has a huge southern county and most of Jiangxia in the hands of Liu Jingzhou, if Liu Jingzhou can be moved, this matter is promising. As for what Kong Ming said about Yang Xi's internal response, he didn't have to think about it, he was prepared to treat people with benevolence and righteousness, if someone wanted to bear me, he would not complain, as long as he did great things in my Hanzhong, he didn't care who he was responsible for. ”

When Kong Ming heard Liu Bei say this, he was a lot relieved, and said that Liu Beiguo was the lord of magnanimity and benevolence, so the two began to discuss how to persuade Liu Biao.