After settling Zhang Liao and others, Jiangdong once again entered a period of steady development, however, Lu An's life is still in a busy state, after all, he is now the master of the three states, and the population under his rule is several million, and it is inevitable that a lot of things will happen, although most of those affairs will be handled by local officials, but in order to ensure the centralized system of the central government, some major events must be reported to Nanjing to know.

There are very few major events that need to be reported in each county, but when they add up, it is a lot, after Lu An threw most of the inconsequential ones to the second Zhang Sun Shao and other consuls, the rest still took him several hours to deal with, but Lu An had already understood this.

There is a saying in later generations that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, this is not unreasonable, Lu An should also pay something for it when he enjoys the supreme glory brought by his current status, of course, he can also not pay, completely leave it alone, but in that case, the foundation he worked so hard to create before, I am afraid that it will completely dissipate in a few years.

At this point, the faint monarchs of all dynasties who only care about pleasure are living examples, hundreds of years of stability can be lost in a few decades, not to mention Lu An's princely regime in this troubled era, so as long as there are no accidents, Lu An is conscientiously handling his own government affairs every day, governing his own territory, and does not dare to have the slightest relaxation.

It's just occasionally, Lu An can't help but wonder if the Qunying system will see him working so hard as a host one day, and deliberately give him a characteristic like a capable official or a ruler to make him a little easier, however, it turns out that such an idea is a kind of obscenity, even if Lu An prayed many times in his heart, the cold system never responded to him, so that Lu An's enthusiasm turned into disappointment, and in the end he could only bury his head on the table and write hard.

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Yizhou, Shu County

Just when Lu An was seizing the time to focus on developing his territory, Liu Bei, who was far away from Yizhou, once again ushered in a turning point in his life, because the master of Yizhou, that is, Liu Zhang, who inherited his father's business, was ready to allocate 30,000 troops to him and let him go to Yinping County to resist Zhang Lu, who often harassed Yizhou.

Speaking of which, Hanzhong originally belonged to Yizhou before, but Liu Zhang's father Liu Yan was shrewd for a lifetime, but he was confused once when he was old, and was fascinated by Zhang Lu's mother, a coquettish middle-aged beauty, and somehow gave Hanzhong to Zhang Lu to govern, and finally pitted his son.

After Liu Yan's death, Liu Zhang estimated that he was angry that his father actually sent out a rich county for a woman, so he directly killed Zhang Lu's mother, and then the two families officially turned their faces, but Liu Zhang's talent was really a little bad, or he used people who were too bad, with the strength of a Yizhou, he couldn't kill Zhang Lu, but was repeatedly broken by Zhang Lu, and even was often attacked by Zhang Lu.

In this way, there is Liu Bei's opportunity this time, although Liu Bei has not created any foundation for so many years, but he has always gained some fame, plus the two are of the same clan, Liu Zhang has a little good impression of Liu Bei's congenital nature, so although Liu Bei has not been in Shu for a long time, he can be so reused by Liu Zhang, of course, Liu Bei may have also put a lot of effort into it.

、、、、 came out of Liu Zhang's state mansion, Liu Bei's face was immediately full of vitality, his eyes were full of infinite fighting spirit, and the ambition suppressed by the ruthless reality finally slowly came out of his chest again.

"According to Kong Ming, gaining Liu Zhang's trust to resist Zhang Lu and even counterattack Hanzhong is the most critical step, only if this step is taken well, there is the possibility of showing off the ambition next!" With the expectation in his heart, Liu Bei hurriedly returned to his mansion, and immediately summoned his second and third brothers and Zhuge Liang Pang Tong, a pair of talents in the world, and told them the news that he had been appointed by Liu Zhang to capture Hanzhong.

"Hahahaha!" Hearing that his eldest brother could take charge of tens of thousands of troops at once, Zhang Fei first cracked his mouth open, and laughed: "Then Liu Zhang also knows a little about people, and knows that the eldest brother is a hero in the world, so he wants the eldest brother to help him defeat Zhang Lu, but this is fine, the eldest brother finally has a little military power in his hands!" ”

"Third brother said cautiously, these soldiers and horses were temporarily handed over by Liu Yizhou to us to defeat Zhang Lu, and after defeating Zhang Lu, we have to return Liu Yizhou!" Liu Bei scolded.

However, Liu Bei said this, but there was also a little smile between his eyebrows. In this troubled world, strength is the most important thing, what is strength? Strength is strength, and these 30,000 troops, when they get their hands, they naturally have to find ways to stay in their own hands, so that they can strengthen themselves.

At this time, Zhuge Liang, who had been wielding a feather fan, smiled lightly and said: "In this way, the great cause of the lord has finally stepped on the right track this time, so the next step is to find a way to dominate Hanzhong!" ”

"What do you mean?" Liu Bei asked very politely. Although the two have had some discussions before, because they haven't even been able to take the first step, they haven't planned for the future, but at this time, they can plan further.

"The lord took the two generals Shiyuan and Guan Zhang to attack Hanzhong, and Liang will stay to lobby those ministers in Shuzhong, and let them make a statement to Liu Zhang to make the lord the Taishou of Hanzhong!" Zhuge Liang's tone was very calm, as if he was not discussing a major military incident, but a very ordinary trivial matter.

"This, if the military division does not go together, I am afraid that the combat strength of our army will be weakened, and in case Liu Zhang refuses to make me the Taishou of Hanzhong, how should I deal with myself at that time?" Liu Bei listened and said with a little hesitation.

He knows how strong Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong's prayer secret technique is, it is no exaggeration to say that it is definitely a trump card that can affect the outcome of the war, although the two were defeated in the hands of Lu Xuantong in the end, but that is also because the opponent Lu Xuantong is really strong and invulnerable, crushing the Jingzhou army at that time from all aspects, Jingzhou was finally defeated, but this is absolutely not detrimental to the strength of the two prayer secret arts, so, this expedition, Liu Bei really wants to take Zhuge Liang and Pang Tongyi with him, so, Only the soldiers and horses he leads can reach the strongest combat power.

"Don't worry, that Zhang Lu is just a demon, the combat power of the sergeants under his command is not strong, with the ability of the three brothers of the lord, plus Shiyuan gets along with him, it is more than enough to defeat Zhang Lu, as for letting Liu Zhang give the lord an official!" Zhuge Liang said, frowning slightly: "Liang will do his best to persuade successfully, if it really doesn't work, then the lord will lead Hanzhong Taishou again." ”

"This is inevitably too troublesome, according to my old Zhang, it is better for Zhuge Xiaojun to go with us, after defeating Zhang Lu, the eldest brother will directly lead Hanzhong Taishou one, why let Liu Zhang come to seal it!" Zhang Fei felt a little unbearable and shouted.

"The three generals said this is bad, there is no way to take the official position, after all, our army to Shu is not much time, if it is really self-reliant after the capture of Hanzhong, then there is no doubt that Liu Zhang will turn his face with us, in terms of our current background, I am afraid that we will immediately fall into a very passive situation, it is better to let Liu Zhang canonize the lord, so that our army can recuperate and grow stronger and stronger at the same time, we can also let Liu Zhang provide some help to our army on the bright side, and when the time comes, we can find a way to recapture Yizhou, and even finally dominate the world! Seeing Zhang Fei so reckless, Pang Tong on the other side smiled slightly and explained.

"Sounds reasonable, big brother, what do you think?" Zhang Fei nodded stunned, but looked at Liu Bei.

"Just follow the strategy set by the two military advisors!" was said by Pang Tong, Liu Bei's heart was already full of the beautiful blueprint that Pang Tong had sketched for him, how could he have other opinions, and he directly said at the moment.

"That being the case, Liang still has one thing to remind the lord, when you go to crusade against Zhang Lu, even if the war goes well, don't defeat Zhang Lu too quickly, it's best to delay the war for a few more months or even half a year on the grounds that the weather is getting cold at this time!" Seeing that Liu Bei had already made a decision, Zhuge Liang waved the Seven Feather Fire Fan in his hand and said.

Why is that? Wouldn't it be great if we took Hanzhong as soon as possible, and we could cultivate? Before Liu Bei could speak, Guan Yu on the side couldn't help but ask.

"Liu Zhang has been defeated repeatedly by Zhang Lu in the past few years, if the lord shows too strong combat power, I am afraid it will cause Liu Zhang's panic towards the lord, so as to be suspicious of the lord, in addition, the war drags on for a longer time, and we can also ask Liu Zhang for more troops and grain and grass on the grounds of large casualties." Zhuge Liang explained unhurriedly.

"I see, I know!" Liu Bei listened, nodded solemnly at the moment, and kept this matter in his heart, which he couldn't help but pay attention to, after all, this was his first and last chance to really achieve a great cause, as for the past few years, because there was no good military advisor to plan a strategy for him, it was always a water moon mirror.

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Three days later, in order to give Liu Bei a strong trip, Liu Zhang personally sent Liu Bei out of the city for ten miles, and finally said goodbye reluctantly, while Liu Bei led thousands of soldiers and horses from his headquarters and the 30,000 soldiers and horses transferred to him by Liu Zhang set off from Chengdu City, preparing to go to Yinping County to resist and even crusade against Zhang Lu.

Marching all the way, sitting on his own horse, Liu Bei looked back, the vast sea of people followed him closely, in the gentle sunlight, it looked very energetic, at this moment, Liu Bei suddenly was full of expectations for his future, he spent half his life, but achieved nothing, but from today on, his great cause will start from a small man.