Two hours after returning to the barracks, Zhuge Xuan finally woke up. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info He pale his face slowly moved his neck and after taking a good look at his surroundings, he had the intention of speaking. However, he was uncomfortably tight now, because the broken sternum obviously pressed on his heart and lungs, making it very difficult for him to breathe. He wanted to speak, but opened his mouth, but he could only say "Huo ...... dryly. Huo ......" monophonic comes.

Such a big movement naturally woke up the soldiers who were responsible for taking care of Zhuge Xuan in the tent, and when they saw that Zhuge Xuan had come to his senses, they immediately asked people to report outside.

After a while, several important people from the Zhuge army came in. That is Zhuge Xuan's wife, Zhuge Xuan's current physician Zhang Ji, Zhuge Xuan's righteous son Li Sheng, Zhuge Xuan's nephew and niece Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Ling, and Zhuge Jun's current generals Huang Zhong and Wei Yan. As for Luo Zhao and Luo Mao, who are slightly lower than their status, they can't enter the Chinese military tent at such a moment.

Zhang Ji came to Zhuge Xuan's side first. Because Zhuge Xuan was seriously injured, Zhang Ji had to examine Zhuge Xuan first. After finding that the damage was not further aggravated, he breathed a sigh of relief, and reached out to adjust Zhuge Xuan's lying position to make Zhuge Xuan more relaxed. Then, he ordered someone to pour a glass of cold water and gave Zhuge Xuan a drink, so that his spirit recovered slightly. Finally let Zhuge Xuan speak, although the sound of what he said right now was always a little awkward, but it was also a comfortable thing to be able to express his meaning.

"Failed this time?" Zhuge Xuan asked weakly while lying on the couch.

"Yes!" Everyone nodded bitterly. Although they did not have much hope for this sneak attack in advance, when the outcome of defeat was in front of them, they still found it unacceptable.

"Of the 6,000 people who went out, more than half of them will be killed, missing, or captured, and only about 2,000 will return." Wei Yan whispered a detailed report. This is what he has just learned.

"I'm so anxious......!" Zhuge Xuan sighed.

He wanted to continue, but the pain in his chest made him cough violently. This cough has been going on for a long time, and I even choked on the water I just drank. Zhang Ji hurriedly took out a hand towel and wiped it for him. However, he felt a fishy smell in his throat. He took off the handkerchief, and when he opened it, it was a stain of blood.

"Zhongjing, I'm afraid my fate ends here. I'm afraid I'm going to be in danger this time. Zhuge Xuan said gloomily to his friend and physician Zhang Ji. Although he is not a doctor, he is very clear about his own condition.

At present, he is not only seriously injured physically, but also psychologically fragile. The death of more than 4,000 soldiers pressed on his heart like a mountain, and he really couldn't breathe. He is not the kind of cold-blooded person after all, and it is naturally impossible for him to be indifferent to such a mistake.

"Don't be so pessimistic. Your injuries are a bit of a nuisance to me, but they are not incurable. As long as you can recuperate with peace of mind, I guarantee that you will live well. Zhang Ji comforted Zhuge Xuan. He is still very confident in his medical skills.

"Recuperate? Alas, there is no way to recuperate in such a situation now. Zhuge Xuan was overjoyed when he heard this, but immediately became pessimistic again, he no longer talked to his friends, but turned to Huang Zhong and Wei Yan on the side: "This failure, and the loss of Lord Liu Biao's Yuzhang City, I'm afraid that you will have a hard time going back." I caused all of this. Maybe you should hate me. But before you hate me, make sure you bring my family and so many soldiers here back to Xiangyang. ”

"Your Excellency, it's serious." Huang Zhong and Wei Yan arched their hands at the same time and said: "My lord is a civilian official, and it is normal to not understand military affairs. The emergence of such a situation now is entirely a matter of our generals not fulfilling their responsibilities. Even if adults are injured, it is also our negligence. The current situation is so bad, that we are sorry for the adults. Therefore, we will not give up on adults no matter what. If you want to go back to Xiangyang, I will escort you back on a stretcher. If the adults want to stay and cultivate, we will be here to protect the adults until the last moment. When a confidant dies, we will naturally be reciprocated by the kindness given to us by adults. ”

"But I'm hurt like this, it's going to get in the way. It's better that you just escort my family. Zhuge Xuan still wanted to refuse. Because he has fallen to this point, he has a vague idea of giving up on himself.

"Absolutely not." Both Huang Zhong and Wei Yan insisted: "It is one of our duties to protect the adults. It is already a dereliction of duty for us to let adults suffer such serious injuries. We can be wrong once, but we must not be wrong a second time. Whether we are walking or guarding, we will follow the adults. ”

"Alas!" Zhuge Xuan was so troubled by them that he had no choice but to turn his head and ask Zhang Ji: "Zhongjing, what do you see?" ”

"I'm suggesting that you'd better stay and recuperate, because your body is too weak to withstand the fatigue of the long journey." Zhang Ji said calmly: "But judging from the current situation, the cultivation left behind is not realistic. Liu Xuanjun is searching for us everywhere. We think we should get out of here. ”

Zhang Ji's words were orderly and reasonable, which surprised everyone: "This guy who used to be the Taishou of Changsha is not an ordinary doctor." The crowd thought to themselves. They also understood that the reason why Zhang Ji followed Zhuge Xuan to Yuzhang and became Zhuge Xuan's subordinates was entirely because he and Zhuge Xuan were close friends, otherwise he would never be impressed by a mere position as a county officer.

Since Zhuge Xuan decided that he must return to Xiangyang no matter what, then the cadres under Zhuge Xuan acted quickly to discuss the way to return to Xiangyang. This is the reason why the son inherits the father's business. Of course, this is only the nominal deputy, in fact, Zhuge Jun's current power is led by Zhang Ji and Huang Zhong. Both of them were deputies who were only under Zhuge Xuan.

When all this was done, the people began to discuss the way back to Xiangyang. In order to avoid the pursuit of Liu Xuanjun, it was obviously impossible for Zhuge Jun to return to Xiangyang by walking on the main road. Then taking the path becomes inevitable. But how to walk, how to avoid the various forces in the Yuzhang area, such as the Shanyue residents, has become the most important problem for everyone to think about. This was originally a troublesome matter, but due to the existence of Luo Zhao and Luo Mao, two Yuzhang locals in the bureaucracy, it would be a little easier.

However, due to the verbose nature of this matter and the heavy workload, it is not something that can be completed in just a few days. During such a period of time, while everyone took care of Zhuge Xuan and let him get the best treatment possible, this decided two things:

One is to let Zhuge Xuan's wife Wang take the two little ghosts Zhuge Ling and Zhuge Jun back to Jingzhou first;

The other is to ask Gan Hai, who is in charge of the intelligence work of the Zhuge Army, to strive to strengthen the further collection of intelligence on Yuzhang. After all, it was the enemy's territory, and all the news that endangered the safety of the Zhuge army came from there.

Zhuge Xuan's wife, Wang, left on the third day after Zhuge Xuan woke up. He was accompanied by a hundred soldiers under Wei Yan and Zhuge Xuan. They were responsible for informing Liu Biao, the lord of Jingzhou, about the situation here, and seeking support from all sides as much as possible.

And the information about the Yuzhang area also appeared in Gan Hai's hands one after another after the fifth day of Zhuge Xuan's soberness. Because these are extraordinary times, Gan Hai mostly collates the information into an organized fact, and then submits the original manuscript with all this to explain all this, and hands it over to the two people who are actually in power in the army: Zhang Ji and Huang Zhong.

According to the information obtained by Gan Hai, and then attacking the rear of Zhuge Xuan's Liu Xuan army, the newly rising Sun Ce is about to move. On the tenth day after Liu Xuan defeated Zhuge Xuan, Sun Ce's army began to march towards Poyang and Yuzhang and began to attack Liu Xuan's army. It's a scuffle. The people of both places were in a panic, and a large number of young and strong people were dragged into the army, and many lost their lives in the war. There are also many outlaws who have become self-defeating outlaws in order to escape the fate of going to the battlefield and the life of suffering. They specialize in hunting fugitives and raiding defeated armies in order to obtain high prices and necessary supplies.

Although Zhuge Xuanjun has been defeated so far, there are still more than 6,000 people, but once they continue to stay in Yuzhang, they will definitely become the target of these people's attacks. Of course, they didn't destroy their own strength, but the daily raids would definitely make the entire army more tired, and at the same time, it would not do Zhuge Xuan's injury any good.

"We have to get out of here as soon as possible, we can't stay in this dangerous place any longer." This is the unified conclusion reached by the people of the Zhuge Army after reading the intelligence.

On the morning of the fifth day after Zhuge Xuan woke up, Zhuge Jun finally set off. Because he was going to Jingzhou, it was undoubtedly a departure from his hometown for those soldiers recruited in Yuzhang in the army, so at the suggestion of Li Sheng, Zhuge Jun held a general meeting of all soldiers before the opening, so that all the soldiers could voluntarily choose to leave or stay.

"Volunteering is the Lord, those who are willing to stay will stay, those who are willing to go will go, distribute gold and silver, and must keep armor." This is the tone that Li Sheng and the others set for this soldiers' meeting. Under this tone, the Zhuge army left a group of people one after another, and when they set off that morning, there were still more than 5,500 soldiers in the whole army.

"Looks like I'm training pretty well." Seeing such a situation, Li Sheng smiled with satisfaction. Those who were leaving were the recruits he had personally trained. Although there were originally a team of 1,500 people, but now there are only more than 500 people left, and as many as eight or nine hundred people have left, Li Sheng is still quite pleased with this situation. Because he knew that the remaining 500 or so people were really obedient to him, and their loyalty to him was only afraid that they could be compared with those soldiers who fought with him in Xuzhou.

"Without any ideological education, we were able to retain so many people in just half a year. Looks like I'm okay. Li Sheng was a little complacent about this.

It is now the first year of Jian'an, and in this year, Li Sheng and Zhuge Liang, as well as the emperor of the supreme ruler of the entire world, have ushered in their sixteenth year in great hardship.

It's just that compared with the emperor who had almost no army to protect him, Li Sheng and Zhuge Liang's line seemed to be quite smooth.

The mountain road that starts from Yuzhang is along the Nanshan Mountain, a tributary of the Ganshui River, which is called the Nanshui tributary. Zhuge Jun entered Yichun County along such an undulating mountain road.

For you to try not to affect Zhuge Xuan's injury, the team marched very slowly so that there was time to cultivate, but this was limited after all. With so many people, and all of them military, staying in one place for a little longer, it is likely to attract the attention of nearby residents and create a tense atmosphere. Therefore, no one dared to be careless.

In addition to the physician Zhang Ji, who was responsible for taking care of Zhuge Xuan, the main ones were the followers of the Futu Sect, mainly Xu Hai. Although they were considered to be surrenderers in the Zhuge army, their behavior and performance in the dozens of days of getting along won the praise and trust of everyone. gradually became a quasi-"guard" unit that took care of Zhuge Xuan.

Thanks to the support of the followers of the Futu Sect, Zhuge Xuan's team was finally able to stop in the Yangshan area of Yichun and carry out repairs. Here they can be less frightened for the time being. Because there are about 100 families near this Yangshan, all of them are Futu believers, and they happen to be able to be trusted. Zhuge Xuan's exiled army was finally able to relax a little.

Yangshan is the kind of mountain with a radius of 100 miles. There are only a few hundred households in the continuous slopes and cols, and its population can be regarded as sparse. The more than 5,000 people of the Zhuge army were scattered in the mountainous area of 100 miles, relying on the cover of the mountain people who believed in Futu, and no one knew for a while that there was such a group of troops here.

Yang Mountain, Mountain Blue. The lush trees let the fresh air release the whole world all the time. Looking up at the mountains, the water is green. Although there is no big river in this area, the gurgling water flowing between the mountains and valleys makes people really feel the existence of lightness. Here, it is just right for Zhuge Xuan, who has been injured to recur, to receive good recuperation.

It's really tiring to walk the mountain road. Although the scenery is always pleasing to the eye, it can be annoying to see too much. In addition, they are all on the run, and they don't have the heart to appreciate the beauty of this journey. It's true that everyone is slowing down in order to protect Zhuge Xuan, but being so slow makes everyone feel faintly irritable.

In fact, the most easy way for injured people like Zhuge Xuan to recuperate is actually the waterway from the Ganjiang River to Poyang Lake and then to the Yangtze River to Jiangxia, which is the road where Zhuge Xuan and his party originally came. The road used to be safe, but now it is not so reliable.

It turned out that the Jiangxia navy army responsible for sending Zhuge soldiers and horses to Yuzhang had already returned after Zhuge Xuan arrived in Yuzhang, and the ships near Yuzhang that Zhuge Xuan himself had gathered became the trophies of Liu Xuan's army after the defeat of Yuzhang and Xicheng.

At present, it is not impossible for Zhuge Xuan to take the waterway, but if he takes the waterway, he must leave the cover of the army and walk with a small number of escorts. It requires a great deal of secrecy and care. After all, it is impossible to cope with the so-called emergency changes with such a small number of people.

Moreover, the current Poyang Lake has become another battlefield. As the vanguard of Sun Cejun's army, the naval fleet dominated by Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin had completely blocked the water surface of Poyang Lake. Although they had not yet banned the movement of merchants, the inspection of ships was much stricter than before. They demanded that all visitors wash their faces at a specific location before leaving, in order to hunt down the existence of fugitives like Zhuge Xuan. And it is said that in the hands of Sun Cejun's soldiers, big names like Zhuge Xuan seem to have people who recognize them. They seem to be determined to arrest Zhuge Xuan.

In this case, no amount of disguise is useless. I seem to be showing my face too much. Zhuge Xuan smiled bitterly at that time.

He seems to have been too careless on his journey to Yuzhang again, meeting people in every place with a plain face, even since entering Yuzhang City. Therefore, Sun Ce summoned people who recognized Zhuge Xuan's appearance, and combined several people who were unrelated to each other and assigned them to important places.

"Kill if you find it!" This is Sun Ce's order. Although Zhuge Xuan did not oppose Sun Ce, Zhuge Xuan's master Liu Biao was Sun Ce's enemy. Under the hated Wu Ji House, Sun Ce even hated Liu Biao's subordinates. With a more impulsive personality, he immediately issued an order to kill. intends to use killing, the simplest means of increasing authority, to show his military power and hegemony.

Under such circumstances, and according to the various advantages of entering the mountain mentioned by Li Sheng earlier, choosing the mountain road became the best choice for escaping. At that time, Sun Ce's army had not yet penetrated into these mountains and forests. Although there are still hungry people along the way, if you are careful, you will not encounter any trouble at all. After all, such a large group of soldiers passed by them, and they would never act rashly. Because they clearly know that they are still not as good as Zhuge Xuan's large-scale regular army. They could only look at the Zhuge army passing by their door with hostile eyes.

"How can you use such eyes?" Anyone would be dissatisfied with such hostility. Zhuge Liang, who had been following Zhuge Xuan's side, couldn't help but show an angry look on his face, "What a bunch of bastards!" He whispered what was in his heart, and his white and childish face turned red at this moment.

"You don't have to hate them, they're poor too." Because he was responsible for taking care of Zhuge Xuan, Xu Hai often stayed by Zhuge Xuan's side, and he gradually became familiar with Zhuge Liang, whenever Zhuge Liang expressed dissatisfaction like this, Xu Hai persuaded him in a gentle tone. After repeating this kind of thing a few times, Zhuge Liang gradually understood the meaning.

At this time, during Zhuge Xuan's defeat by Liu Xuan and the start of his journey from Yuzhang to Xiangyang, a major event occurred in the world: the emperor, who was kidnapped from Luoyang to Chang'an, had escaped from Chang'an.

Because Dong Zhuoyi was killed by Lü Bu four years earlier, Lü Bu was also exiled in the later Battle of Chang'an. Therefore, Chang'an and the surrounding areas of Chang'an, which are the so-called territories directly controlled by the central court, do not have any prominent figures. The second-rate warlords Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji, who controlled the government, were suspicious of each other, and carried out several firefights, gradually weakening their own power in the internal strife. As a result, there was a situation in which Li Dao and Guo Yan controlled the imperial court, and Zhang Ji was stationed in Yiwu. This gave the emperor a chance to escape.

The emperor walked out of the Xuanping Gate in Chang'an, which was in July of the second year of Xingping, which happened to be when Zhuge Xuan took office in Yuzhang. They spent the end of the second year of Xingping in the pursuit of Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Xiu and others, and changed the yuan to Jian'an. Maybe it's because I hope I can be safe in the future. Under the protection of Dong Cheng, Yang Feng and others, the soldiers of Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai, who used Bai Boshuai, returned to Luoyang, which had been abandoned for several years, with difficulty. This was already in July of the first year of Jian'an, exactly one year after they escaped from Chang'an.

At this time, Luoyang was barren, and the hundreds of officials who accompanied him from Chang'an had no house to live in and no food to eat. Even the emperor consigned to the official residence of the former eunuch Zhao Zhong, who had not been burned down, and asked Yang Feng to build a small palace to receive the congratulations of the hundred officials. The scene was miserable. Faced with a city full of grass, the young emperor realized that he could not live there. Knowing that he was not enough to compete with the warlords of Kansai, he issued a call to the princes of Kanto to support him.

The emperor asked his courtiers for help, and this emperor really has no prestige at all. However, even so, many princes in the world were unwilling to heed the emperor's call, including Yuan Shao, who was considered to have the strongest strength at that time. Perhaps this is where they are short-sighted.

And Cao Cao, who was gradually growing up at this time, seized the opportunity. Under the advice of his advisers, he set up the emperor who was only sixteen years old, took him to live in Xucheng, which he controlled, changed Xucheng to Xudu, and gradually began to control the central court, becoming a powerful person who was different from the world's heroes. Although his forces are not too strong at the moment, no one thinks that he is a small warlord who cannot speak. Because in Cao Cao's hands now, he already has the name of righteousness. This was in October of the first year of Jian'an.

By the time this matter was reported back to Jingzhou, it was the end of the first year of Jian'an. Zhuge Xuan, who had experienced hardship, finally returned to Xiangyang City at this time and returned to his mansion to recuperate with peace of mind. Liu Biao often sent people to take care of Zhuge Xuan and asked Zhuge Xuan in detail. Because for Liu Biao, Zhuge Xuan is one of the taxis raised by Liu Biao, once he is raised by Liu Biao, Liu Biao will take care of the bottom, and there will be no other changes because of the change of circumstances. This is also one of the reasons why Liu Biao is praised.

Zhuge Xuan, who returned to his home in Xiangyang, had clearly felt that his body was not good. Although he still holds on to one in 10,000 hope for treatment, he also began to prepare for his future while taking medicine to cure his illness. He has no biological heirs, so he looks forward to his son Li Sheng and nephew Zhuge Liang. He let the two little ones serve by his side. Since his illness was not contagious, his friends came to visit him one after another, and he intended to let Li Sheng and Zhuge Liang listen to their conversations.

"It's also a kind of learning. I don't have much time left to take care of you, your future will be in your own hands, and now I want to let you understand some of the so-called adult behaviors and thoughts in this last time. I don't know if this is a kind of encouragement for you, but I know you're going to learn a lot here. Zhuge Xuan said solemnly to the two. He found that after such a change, even the temperament of the person had vaguely changed. Although the childishness on their faces still exists, the two of them are significantly older than their peers. Such rapid growth made Zhuge Xuan feel slightly relieved.

He told his friends who had come to visit him: "I am going to die soon. Please tell me honestly what the current situation is and how it will change as a result. ”

The guest opened his mouth to speak, but he looked around cautiously and found that there were still two teenagers in the room. He seemed to be afraid of something, so he kept his mouth shut.

"Rest assured, my children will never reveal anything." Zhuge Xuan assured them.

So, the guests spoke. Although not all, there are still many visitors who reveal their inner words. One of the most critical points is about "the emperor fled and was supported by Cao Cao to Xu". This is a current event, although the place where the incident happened is a little far away from their side, and the news is slow, but the things that have become a thing of the past still cause discussion among the people of Xiangyang.

These are all pieces of information that the butler Gan Hai has gathered by walking around.

First of all, it is about the Zhuge army that returned to Xiangyang: because Huang Zhong and Wei Yan did not take good care of Zhuge Xuan, Huang Zhong was demoted to a captain, and Wei Yan was deprived of all official positions by Xiao and became the most ordinary soldier in the army. Since Zhuge Xuan's soldiers are not yet good, there is no definite result on the placement of Zhuge troops in Jingzhou. Therefore, the more than 5,000 people in Zhuge Xuan's hands were still under the command of Huang Zhong and were placed in a military camp in Dangyang County, south of Xiangyang City.

Secondly, it is about the world. The emperor's escape, because this was mentioned a lot by the guests, in order to understand the reason, Zhuge Xuan understood everything clearly.

Cao Cao set up the Son of Heaven and took the court into his own hands. From now on, Cao Cao's words are the words of the imperial court, as long as he is not excessive, and if he causes the anger of the heavens and the resentment of Dong Zhuo, the princes of the world must obey Cao Cao at least on the surface. 'Hold the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes'. Hehe, the current Cao Cao can be regarded as standing out from the crowd. Our state pastor is obviously confused! Why don't you welcome the Son of Heaven to Xiangyang? It's disappointing. One visitor said, a look of regret on his face.

"Luoyang is the capital of my Han Dynasty for nearly two hundred years, and it is the place where the Son of Heaven was born, and of course the Son of Heaven will miss it. Although Xiangyang is prosperous, it has only developed in the past few years, and it is not a place that the Son of Heaven is familiar with, so it may not be attractive to the Son of Heaven. Zhuge Xuan was lying on the hospital bed to defend Liu Biao, maybe he also felt that this reason seemed a bit far-fetched, and this was becoming more and more false.

"Luoyang has been burned to ruins, and the Son of Heaven will go to Xucheng to be Cao Cao's hostage. For the Son of Heaven at that time, what is the difference between going to Xucheng or Xiangyang? Xucheng is still a poor country! Why didn't you find out about the Son of Heaven leaving Chang'an earlier. The troops from Shangyong took the frame, entered Zhongnan Mountain, crossed the Qinling Mountains, and then you could see Xunshui, a tributary of the Han River. This river leads directly to Xiangyang. The guest said something self-absorbed, but he immediately realized that it was useless to say anything, and shut up.

After a long time, the guests left. Zhuge Xuan called his righteous son and nephew to him, and looked at them very weakly: "What do you think of this matter?" ”

"I think it's better to know about the Son of Heaven than to know about it earlier. More importantly, the state pastor himself meant. If the state pastor really has the idea of Yingli, then he should actively welcome the Son of Heaven to Xiangyang. Zhuge Liang thought for a moment and said.

"Alas...... You're right! When Zhuge Xuan heard this, his eyes darkened, and he nodded. At the same time, he asked Li Sheng: "Sheng'er, what do you think?" ”

"Cao Cao's power will grow bigger and bigger, and he is likely to unify the entire north, if we don't work hard ourselves, then our goal will become an eternal luxury." Li Sheng said leisurely, with an unnatural trace of resentment in his eyes. After a few years, he still hasn't forgotten his hatred for Cao Cao.

"Well, you are still weak now, and Cao Cao is more heaven and earth than one, what do you use to fight Cao Cao? As you said, Cao Cao's power will become bigger and bigger in the future. Zhuge Xuan knew the mind of his righteous son, so he had the heart to enlighten him: "Do you want to give up these?" ”

"How can you give up? Jingzhou is the land of kings, and I want to be a leader here. If Lord Liu Biao is worthy of assistance, I will assist him in seizing the world; If not, then I'll take my place. Li Sheng said firmly. This is his superficial statement, in fact, he is familiar with the history of later generations, and he has clearly understood what kind of person Liu Biao is, so in his heart, he has begun to plan how to replace Liu Biao.

"That's a big rebellion!" Zhuge Xuan was stunned when he heard this, and stared at Li Sheng's still childish face.

"Wouldn't it be better if we could become the lord of the world? Uncle and Brother Liang, I hope for your help. Li Sheng looked at the two of them with his burning gaze, and at the moment of confiding his heart, he urgently needed their statement.

"What's wrong with that, we're family!" A patient lying on a hospital bed, a tall man who did not look like a seventeen-year-old boy, laughed at this.

Family, that's how they see Li Sheng.