After winning the victory of defending Wancheng, Liu Bei's army is now gathered together, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Chen Dao, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang and others are all laughing, they are all under the leadership of the left general Liu Bei, they all raised their glasses, and expressed their heartfelt respect to the young man on the seat.

Because the shadow of the last battle of Xuzhou has not yet dissipated, even those who are as brave as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have no confidence that they can repel Cao Cao, let alone the literati such as Mi Zhu and Jian Yong, but they didn't think that this time Cao Cao's army came in a mighty way, and under the influence of this young military advisor, they actually repelled this so-called invincible army lightly, so that the wise man can join their camp, it is simply a blessing for the whole army.

"Haha, Zhuge Military Division, this time I Lao Zhang really convinced you, I didn't expect Cao Cao to use so many strange siege methods, you can deal with it calmly, this time it was really an eye-opener. Haha, don't say anything, I Lao Zhang made this big bowl first to show my respect in my heart. ”

Zhang Fei had a lot of respect for the literati, but this time when he saw Zhuge Liang calmly forcing the enemy army to retreat, he admired it even more, and took a big bowl of wine and drank it all.

Although Guan Yu has always looked down on literati, this time he saw that Zhuge Liang's talent and wisdom were above himself, and the contempt in his heart couldn't help but restrain a lot, and he hurriedly picked up the wine and came late, and saluted Zhuge Liang with a big bowl of wine.

The rest of them, such as Chen Dao, Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang and others, saw that the lord Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei respected Zhuge Liang so much, and naturally they would not slack off, and they all respectfully raised their wine glasses and toasted Zhuge Liang with a glass of wine.

Zhuge Liang's heart is also proud, he is weak in his age, and he repelled Cao Cao's tens of thousands of troops in the first battle, which shows that his talent in his chest is extraordinary, so although he is modest and polite, he can't hide a trace of pride on his face.

Fortunately, Zhuge Liang is not the kind of person who is proud of a little achievement, so although he is proud, he can still keep a clear head, and said to Liu Bei: "Lord, although we successfully repelled Cao Cao this time, but mainly because Cao Cao took care of Yuan Shao and Liu Qi, otherwise, once this person makes up his mind to go on with our army for a long time, with the military strength of our army, he is still not his opponent, so the lower official believes that our army cannot defend Nanyang, and in the days to come, it is just right to take advantage of the aftermath of Cao Cao, Lead the army west out of Wuguan, conquer Guanzhong, and then lead the army to defend Wuguan and Tongguan, and keep the princes out, then all the land of Yongzhou is owned by the lord. Now Zhong Xuan is the new lieutenant of Si Li, and Guanzhong Qunhao is not attached, which is the right time. ”

Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, and just wanted to speak, he heard a scribe beside him say: "Zhuge Military Division, now that the situation in Nanyang of our army has been consolidated, Cao Cao will not dare to commit it again, as long as he can stay in the coming year, Yuan Gong will definitely crusade against Cao Cao, as long as we lead the army to capture Xuchang, welcome the Son of Heaven, and then ask the Son of Heaven for an order, and call on the world to punish the rebel Cao Cao, isn't the Central Plains owned by the lord?" Why rush to the land of Guanzhong?"

"Hehe, Mr. Gongyou doesn't know, the reason why our army was able to repel Cao Cao is of course in the next plot and the blessing of the lord, but it is also because Cao Cao was afraid of Yuan Shao and Liu Qi and did not dare to fight for a long time. Although Yuan Shao's attack on Cao Cao will definitely make Cao Cao lose one and the other, so that our army has the opportunity to occupy Xuchang, but Cao Cao is a cunning man, it is impossible not to take precautions, our army has more than one code, and the attack is insufficient, not to mention that Liu Qi will never sit back and watch our army attack Xuchang and welcome the Son of Heaven, once he leads the army to make trouble from the rear, our army will be in danger, and this is the second. ”

Zhuge Liang smiled slowly, and then said: "Guanzhong is thousands of miles of fertile fields, which is the foundation of Gaozu's achievement of hegemony, and now it is the time of emptiness, but it is an opportunity given to us by God. Now that Sun Quan of Jiangdong has succeeded to the throne, the civil strife has begun to gradually subside, if you don't take the opportunity to calm down, I am afraid it will be difficult in the future, so Liu Qi will never give up such a good opportunity, after all, he will seek Jiangdong first, and then take into account the situation in Nanyang, so as long as our army does not capture Xuchang, he will not care about us. As long as we win the Guanzhong, we will have the capital to compete for the world, to put it mildly, even if we fail, it will not be hindered, as long as we are based on the Guanzhong, we will be enough to protect ourselves. ”

Sun Gan couldn't help but admire when he heard this, and said to Zhuge Liang deeply: "Mr.'s words, like seeing the sun through the clouds, make the mouth suddenly open, and today is really taught." ”

Hugh said that it was Sun Qian, even Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Jian Yong, Mi Zhu and others, especially Liu Bei himself, after listening to Zhuge Liang's words, he couldn't help but light up, because they were just aimless collisions before, but now they have finally found a clear direction, which can guide him to achieve a king's career.

And such a future is exactly what he Liu Bei is striving for.

Therefore, even if he was as calm as Liu Bei, he couldn't help but tremble with excitement after listening to Zhuge Liang's words, and solemnly said to Zhuge Liang: "Strategist, if there is no you, I'm afraid that I, Liu Bei, will not be able to find such an opportunity after ten years of struggle, please accept my worship." ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Bei paid homage to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang hurriedly picked up Liu Bei and said respectfully: "The lord is like this, he really killed the last general, please rest assured, the last general will be the liver and brain, in order to repay the lord for his kindness." ”

"Haha, now we are gentlemen and ministers, all of us are united, and the overall situation of the world is very beneficial to us, it is not difficult to take the land of Guanzhong, today we are drunk and resting, and after the soldiers and horses are rectified, we will lead the army to kill Wuguan, come and come, military advisor, let the official toast you first, in order to show sincerity, the official will do it first."

Liu Bei laughed, picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Although Zhuge Liang didn't like to drink very much, seeing that Liu Bei was so gracious, he had to drink the full glass of wine to a trickle.

After Liu Bei drank wine with Zhuge Liang, he also touched a few glasses with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Chen Zhi, Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, Fu Shiren and others, and praised them with great enthusiasm, which moved them all and said some words to express their loyalty.

Three days later, Liu Bei left Guan Yu to lead Mi Fang, Fu Shiren and others to defend Nanyang, but he led Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, Chen Zhi and others to lead an army of 20,000 to Wuguan to conquer Guanzhong.

However, in order to guard against Cao Cao in the north and Liu Qi in the south, Liu Bei, who sent troops to Wuguan, left his banner in Wancheng and let Guan Yu play his own banner, the purpose was nothing more than to prevent Cao Cao and Liu Qi from taking the opportunity to attack, and as for the army, it was in the name of thieves, so that the enemy could be arrogant, and secondly, it could protect the safety of Nanyang to the greatest extent.

And before Zhuge Liang set off, he gave Guan Yu sixteen words: "Liu Qi in the south, Cao Cao in the north, stick to the city, and refuse to fight." And said to him, as long as these sixteen words are done, Nanyang can be safe.

Although Liu Bei led the army to the battle, the head of Wancheng was still full of flags, the soldiers were practicing every day, and the loud shouts of killing shook the sky, coupled with Liu Bei's victory over Cao Cao before, no one dared to underestimate it, so no one found out in a short period of time, in fact, there were only 10,000 horses under the command of Guan Yu.

At this time, Liu Qi didn't have the heart to care about Liu Bei's affairs, just as Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang's analysis was general, now Liu Qi was preparing to concentrate all his efforts to pacify Jiangdong Sun Quan, so he was secretly mobilizing people and horses, preparing to completely defeat Sun Quan with absolute superiority and thunder, and completely possess Jiangdong.

Now Liu Qi has been officially appointed by the imperial court as the general of Zhennan, the pastor of Jingzhou, and the Marquis of Chengwu, and allowed the opening of the palace with the three divisions, supervising the military of Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Jiaozhou, it can be said that the current Liu Qi is actually the emperor of Jingzhou, Jiaozhou and Yangzhou.

At the same time, the imperial court also approved Liu Qi's recommendation and appointed Pei Qian as the assassin of Jiaozhou, and later Liu Qi recommended Xu Shu as the assassin of Yangzhou, which was also approved by the imperial court.

From Cao Cao's point of view, the reason why Liu Qi's application was approved was because this was already a fait accompli, and the significance of approving and not approving was actually not great, and secondly, because Cao Cao also wanted to use Liu Qi to contain Liu Bei so that he could not attack Xu Du.

In any case, now Liu Qi officially occupies the entire Jingzhou except Nanyang, the two counties of Nanhai and Cangwu in Jiaozhou, most of Yizhou Qiqi County, and most of Lujiang, Yuzhang and Huiji in Yangzhou, and the territory has far exceeded Cao Cao, second only to Yuan Shao in Hebei.

Of course, the territory occupied by Liu Qi now, except for Jingzhou, is a wild area with many people and little land, and the production is underdeveloped, so it is far from being comparable to Yuan Shao.

However, Liu Qi had already decided to appoint Liao Li as the general of Diannong, who would be in charge of all agricultural matters in Jingzhou, Jiaozhou, and Yangzhou, including the production of agricultural tools, seed selection, agricultural technical training, and field equalization.

Liu Qi had already passed on a complete set of the Juntian system to Liao Li, and asked him to implement it in those places where there were few people, such as Jiaozhou and some remote areas in Jingnan.

At the same time, he also proposed to Liao Li that while Juntian, he would choose those who were strong and let them train in the slack time to help guard those remote and wild areas, and after these border people lived a prosperous life, they would bring their own weapons to resist the barbarians and Shanyue people who went to the vicinity to plunder.

In addition, Liu Qi also sent Lu Fan, who had recently surrendered to him, as Wang Wei's military advisor to guard Jingbei together to prevent Liu Bei from launching a surprise attack on his border.

Just as Liu Bei didn't trust Liu Qi, Liu Qi also didn't trust Liu Bei, and now he and Liu Bei can be said to be wary.

After arranging this qiē, Liu Qi discussed with Jia Xu, Zhang Xiu and others about pacifying Jiangdong, and at this moment, Liu Qi suddenly got a good news that Pei Qian, the assassin of Jiaozhou, had captured Jiaozhi County according to his own strategy, and Shixie's younger brother Shi Yi killed his brother and surrendered to Pei Qian with Hepu and Jiaozhi County.