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In the midsummer of the fourth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao's army began to attack Shangdang County.

Yuan's army was powerful, but it was supplemented by the remnants of Montenegro who fled from the previous state, and Pang Zhen's strength also soared, and then the Wuwei army sent by Deng Ji assisted the Weilie army to maneuver, and he could barely rely on the high wall to protect the county seat of Changzi County and Huguan.

It's just that Yuan's army kept attacking, and Pang Zhen was under great pressure, so he sent several horsemen to Luoyang to urge reinforcements.

Cao Cao has sent more than 30,000 troops to Yingchuan, and may attack Liang County at any time, Henan is under great pressure, and he does not dare to sit back and watch the fall of the party, so he can only send Xu Huang to lead the army to help.

When the Dangkou army went to Shangdang, they only harassed Yuan Shao on the periphery, and the Weilie army also rushed out of the city accordingly, although they won two small victories, but the Yuan army had more Xianbei Wuhuan horses, and the effect was not great.

During the period when Cao Cao was about to move in Yanzhou, Liu Bei, who was stationed in Wancheng, had begun to frequently enter and leave Xiangyang City.

After Zhang Ji's defeat, Deng Ji left Liu Bei thousands of surrendered troops, and then recruited some from the people of Nanyang, Xuande's troops finally exceeded 10,000, but most of the combat strength was very weak, and there was a lack of sufficient armor equipment, so it could only be drilled by Guan Zhang Chen and others every day.

Cao Cao was stationed in Yingchuan, and Liu Bei also had to be on guard, so that the fast horse contacted the Xiao cavalry stationed in Liang County every day, and agreed that if there was a war, the two would help each other.

Relying on Xu Yu to resist a Cao Cao, in the face of Yuan Cao's team, Deng Ji must be difficult. At that time, Dong Zhuo was able to block the heroes of the Kwantung region because the Kwantung princes came from all over the country and were not in agreement, while the relationship between the Yuan and Cao families was quite harmonious.

Of course, Deng Ji didn't have a chance at all, just the Sizhou that Liu Bei understood. If the two armies of Yuan and Cao enter the territory. It's not just four strong armies to face.

It's hard to say for sure.

Fortunately, although Cao Mengde pretended to be the Son of Heaven to issue a number of edicts. Jingzhou Liu Biao hasn't come to have much to do, otherwise Liu Bei would only give Deng Muan a share of death.

As a dependent of Deng Ji, to do a good job of the southern barrier of Sizhou, Liu Bei did not only rely on the army, he used more diplomatic means.

Because Huang Zu was not the enemy, Sun Cebing was about to enter Jingzhou, and Liu Biao ordered his nephew Liu Hu to help Jiangxia; Then ordered a nephew Liu Pan and Zhonglang general Huang Zhong and others to garrison Changsha.

In addition, there was a rebellion between Zhang Xian and Zhang Yi and his son in Changsha last year. So far, the remaining parties have not disappeared. In addition, he still had to send several generals to prevent the Liu Zhangjun army of Badong from taking advantage of the fire and robbery of the Zhang Jin army of Jiaozhou.

You must know that when Liu Zhang first succeeded to the throne, Liu Biao took the opportunity to send people to oppose his generals Shen Milou Ganning and other generals, but they all failed after the uprising, and finally could only lead the army to retreat to Jingzhou, and the two families were already feuding. At the beginning of this year, Jiaozhou Mu Zhang Jin completely ignored his own small number of soldiers. It has begun to invade the boundaries of Jingzhou continuously.

Jingzhou, which was relatively stable before, was in a very bad situation because of Sun Ce's rise. In such a situation, Liu Biao could only defend separately and let the rest of the warship sergeants prepare in Nanjun, not wanting to provoke a strong enemy again.

Last year, when the young tiger of Sun Poyu's family finally grew up, Nanyang Zhang Ji was defeated, replaced by Liu Bei, and with the strong Deng Ji behind him, he had no power to contain it for the time being.

After the beginning of spring, Jian Yongsun Qian made several envoys to Xiangyang, thinking that Liu Bei, a new neighbor, was not too strong, and it was inconvenient for him to go south with Deng Jijun, and he was a disciple of Lu Zhi, a great Confucian Han family, so it was more advantageous for him to stay in Nanyang and form an alliance with him than Zhang Ji, so he recognized that this was the same sect and should be friendly with each other.

Liu Biao was born in the Qing Dynasty, likes celebrity articles, treats the alliance well, the two can be brothers, Liu Bei is even more fond of him, and Sun Qian has been in and out of Xiangyang several times, inviting the master to sit and discuss learning, and the relationship is becoming more and more harmonious.

Jingzhou ministers, Liu Bei has also made a lot of friends over a period of time, such as Liu Xian, Deng Xiyi, Huo Jun and other generations, but Xuande's ambition does not stop here, after marrying Liu Biao, it is inevitable that he will also be tempted by the world's Jingzhou talent pool after Yingchuan.

Before Deng Ji harassed several times, he thought that Nanyang County was unstable, and many scholars who had taken refuge chose to relocate, and the scholars in the south of Hanshui gathered, and the leaders of the celebrities were Ma Hui and Song Zhongzi of Pang De Company.

Liu Bei studied under Lu Zhi, and Sun Qian was a disciple of Zheng Xuan.

Liu Bei did not have the qualifications to make the three famous men outstanding, so he had to retreat to the second place and ask Jingzhou Junjie, and Sima Hui mentioned the names of Cui Jun, Meng Jian, Zhuge Liang, and Pang Tong, and praised the Wolong and Phoenix Chicks.

At this time, Yuan Shao had not yet destroyed Zhang Yan, taking advantage of the absence of war, Liu Bei was thirsty for talent, and since he was famous, he had to visit them one by one.

Cui's father Cui Lie is also an official to the Taiwei, one of the three dukes, this is not a down-and-out Xuande can invite.

Meng Jian is a native of Runan, taking refuge in Jingzhou, and has to be invited by Liu Bei, think about his friend Xu Yuan Zhishi Guangyuan has been out of Shisizhou, his own family is not good and has been lonely and lonely, this Liu Xuande is extraordinary in talking and speaking, and he is an ally of Deng Ji.

After Meng Gongwei's investment, Liu Bei's confidence was greatly boosted, and he went to the next two talents.

Although Pang Tong is far away, he is easy to find, and at this time he is serving as the Gongcao of Nanjun in Jiangling, and he likes to comment on people on weekdays. Liu Bei in the past, when he saw the other party's talent and weak crown, his appearance was mediocre, as a small official in the county all day long, he just praised others all day long, and never revealed people's shortcomings, and secretly felt that this person was actually famous, and he dealt with it a little casually.

Liu Bei was insincere, Pang Tong replied more casually, and after a day of contact, he was not satisfied with both times, so he had to give up.

The last Mr. Wolong, who was praised by everyone, lived in Longzhong outside Xiangyang City, but unfortunately he had been looking for Pang Tong twice before visiting him, but he did not meet him, and when he returned from Jiangling, he went to Longzhong again and finally got to see each other.

At first sight, it was like a basin of cold water poured down from Liu Bei's head: This Mr. Wolong is younger than Pang Tong, and he is not yet weak!

This year, Pang Shiyuan was only twenty-one years old, and Zhuge Kong Ming was nineteen years old.

Wolong is still young, his appearance is handsome, and he looks a little good.

Since he met face to face, he naturally had to talk patiently about the world's major events, and felt Liu Bei's sincerity. Kong Ming is not as clumsy as Pang Tongzang. The insights and confidence revealed in his words surprised and delighted Xuande. Naiwu: "This son's room is also, don't let it go!" ”

He humbly asked for advice: "Today, the Han family is in decline, the traitorous ministers steal their lives, and the princes do not do their own things, so that the lord is covered with dust." If you don't have the strength of virtue, you can hold your own heart of support, and you want to do righteousness in the world, but your wisdom is shallow. Half of his life has not yet achieved an inch of work! However, the will is still not extinguished, has the gentleman taught me? ”

Kong Ming put himself in his shoes and thought for him for a while, and responded: "Since Dong Zhuo started a rebellion, heroes have risen together, and there are countless people who have crossed states and counties, but now most of them have been defeated, and there are only a few people left. Deng Ji is in Si Liang, Cang Liao is full of armor and horse spirits, the soldiers are willing to die, the law is different and the common people benefit. Then there is Xiongguan Wubao, it is difficult to compete! The rest of Yuan Shao hugged Hebei. Raise hope and self-fattening, be famous and attached, or you can fight; Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to live in the Central Plains, was resourceful and pragmatic, and was also a hero. Yuan Cao and Deng have had a battle recently, but no matter whether they win or lose, these three people are here, and there is no place for generals to dominate in the north! Sun Ce in the southeast does not fall is the father of the tiger, several battles shocked the land of Jiangdong, the virtuous ability is used for it, and the river is dangerous, the foundation is gradually solidified, and it should also be avoided! The strength of the foot is weak, and now only Jingyi Erzhou is left, but although Liu Biao is burdened by the false name and has no power to make a map, he has governed Jingzhou for nearly ten years, and he has won the heart of the wealthy family, and it is difficult to replace it for a while! The remaining Weiyi Prefecture is dangerous, fertile for thousands of miles, the land of Tianfu, Gaozu because of it to become the emperor, its lord Liu Zhang is weak, Zhang Lu is in the north, the two are fighting for personal enmity, the people are rich and do not know how to save compassion, the chaos is powerless to forge ahead, and the intelligent people are not ashamed to be together. The foot is the emperor's family, the letter is written in the four seas, the heroes are generalized, and the thinking is thirsty, why not take Hanzhong through the mediocrity, and then try to Yizhou? Wait for Shu to be in Shu, form a strong alliance outside, repair politics internally, wait for the world to change, or out of Qinchuan, or ask for Jing Chu, hegemony, and the Han family can prosper! ”

Liu Bei was overjoyed.

Yuan Cao's two families fought in Sizhou, Deng Jisheng and his own occupation of Nanyang would not expand in the slightest; If Deng Ji is defeated, the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Wancheng can only be buried together.

However, he can have this place now, relying on the word "benevolence and righteousness" alone, if there is no name of benevolence and righteousness, Guan Zhang will not trust each other to death, he will not seduce Zhao Yuntian Yu, Kong Rong will not appreciate it, Tao Qian will not let Xuzhou, Mi Zhu will not marry his sister and press all his net worth, Chen to Jian Yong and others will not be down-and-out at this time.

The name of benevolence and righteousness is the foundation of Liu Bei's life! He categorized that he could not abandon benevolence and righteousness during this period, at least not betray Deng Ji who had helped him openly.

However, among the two mezzanines of Deng Ji and Liu Biao, Nanyang still had to withstand strong pressure from Cao Cao. Yuan Cao worked together to seize Sizhou, it was a big scene, and his own troops couldn't accompany Deng Ji all the way to the dark. If Deng Ji is defeated, Wancheng will be difficult to keep, it is better to take advantage of the war to give up his life, seize Hanzhong to support himself, and then try to Yizhou or be safe according to the danger, it is indeed the best way out at present.

Nanyang has been robbed of more than 400,000 people by Deng Ji, and more than half of the county is in the hands of Liu Biao, and Zhan is under control, while the population of Hanzhong is no less than five or six hundred thousand!

To take the upper class to discuss Zhang Lu, the only thing to consider is what kind of name is left to go on the expedition, so as not to bear the infamy of escaping from the battle and betraying the benefactor, without damaging the image of "benevolence and righteousness" of his own family.

Mr. Wolong should be a national soldier, no wonder he often compares himself to Zhong Leyi, Liu Bei thought for a while, was overjoyed, and bowed down and said: "Mr. is talented, what he said makes the preparation like a cloud to see the sun!" Prepare for half a life, I haven't seen Mr. Ru's talent, admiration and respect are indescribable, just want to get along day and night, feel free to ask for advice! Don't ignore it with foolishness, please succumb to the camp, and be willing to treat each other as a general! ”

Kong Ming said secretly: You sincerely visited the cottage three times, and I gave you advice, although it is a good plan, but unfortunately the general trend of the world has been like this. Although the current Sizhou War has not yet begun, Deng Ji has a great chance of winning by virtue of his geographical advantages, and then he will also try to take Hanzhong and look south to Shuzhong. Unless Deng Ji is defeated, you will have to fight hard to destroy Zhang Lu, but it will take a long time to defeat Liu Zhang, I am afraid that I have lost my foundation before it is done, and I am powerless to return to the sky.

After thinking about these things in just a few blinks, Kong Ming seemed to have just reacted, hurriedly helped Liu Bei on the ground, and said with a wry smile: "Fei Liang doesn't want to help Xuande Gong succeed, but Liang lost his (parents) and followed his uncle to Liu Jingsheng to avoid the troubled times." Although my uncle has passed away, there is still an eldest brother in Qu'a, and he does not dare to be self-exclusive before the weak crown, so he should tell his brother and come back to listen to the order after he is allowed! ”

Thinking of Changshan Zhao Zilong, who switched to others after saying goodbye, Liu Bei was in a hurry and tried to save him: "Brother Ling is in Qu'a, the road is long, why don't you tell me by letter?" ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "Liang hasn't seen his brother for several years, and his uncle passed away the year before, so he should also be informed, but he didn't dare to leave when he was young." Recently, my brother sent a letter to recruit him, but he didn't dare not go, and if he was allowed, he would come to vote for the general! ”

Liu Bei had no choice but to leave, and come to Longzhong to visit in a few days, Wolong has moved to Huiji County with his younger brother Zhuge Jun, and there is only an empty grass hall left in Longzhong. (To be continued......)