At this time, the Jingzhou Navy had been ordered by Liu Cong to control the south bank of the Han River and strictly investigate the passers-by leading to Fancheng. In order to avoid trouble, after leaving the city, Fang Shao had to turn around and go east along the Han River, and walked more than ten miles before he found the boat arranged earlier.

At this time, Zhuge Liang was already waiting in the mansion, and as soon as he heard that the old lady was back, he hurriedly went out of the mansion to greet him.

After Mrs. Zhuge saw Zhuge Liang, her heart finally fell to the ground, and she took his hand and nagged: "Liang'er, I was relieved to see your uncle, by the way, what about Yueying?" ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "She went back to her mother's house to pick up her father-in-law, and it is estimated that she will come back tomorrow morning at the latest." ”

Mrs. Zhuge sighed: "Alas, Liang'er, do you really plan to take our family to move south?" This world is really chaotic, and it is impossible for people to live in peace. ”

Zhuge Liang was relieved: "My nephew has his own arrangements, so my uncle doesn't have to worry too much, by the way, it's all going well." ”

Mrs. Zhuge said: "It's okay, that Fang Shao is quite clever, and there is nothing wrong on the road." ”

This was the first time that Mrs. Zhuge said good things about Fang Shao, and Zhuge Rong next to her couldn't help but glance back at Fang Shao, Fang Shao smiled in response, but she also had a little pride in her heart.

After Mrs. Zhuge and her family were settled, Zhuge Liang and Fang Shao went to the study to discuss matters.

Zhuge Liang sat down and sighed: "You kid guessed accurately, sir, my plan to raid Xiangyang can be regarded as a bamboo basket to draw water." ”

Fang Shao picked up a few fans, leaned over to fan Zhuge Liang, and said with a smile: "Actually, I also went to the old lady's house a few days ago to spread the word of mouth, and found that the soldiers and horses in the city were mobilized more frequently than usual, so I guessed that Liu Cong must be on guard, so I thought that even if the lord agreed to raid Xiangyang, if he found that Liu Cong was on guard, he would definitely not act rashly." ”

"Okay, why didn't you say it earlier." Zhuge Liang shouted complainingly, snatched the feather fan and patted him lightly on the head.

Fang Shao sneered: "Mr.'s plan was originally a clever plan, I was only based on a little observation at the time, the evidence is insufficient, how dare I talk nonsense, in case it breaks Mr.'s plan, but it should be like this." ”

Zhuge Liang sighed and said: "It's also sir, I didn't calculate carefully enough, I didn't expect Liu Cong, this kid, to be so ruthless, and he didn't even let the lord participate in the funeral." ”

Fang Shaodao: "I think that most of these things were instigated by Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, so Liu Cong just has no opinion, if you want to say that you are ruthless, it is really not necessarily." ”

Zhuge Liang was stunned: "How can you see it." ”

Fang Shao said: "Actually, it's very simple, if Liu Cong is really cold-blooded and ruthless, he can ambush the soldiers and horses around the city gate, just wait for the lord to enter, and attack it in groups." But Liu Cong didn't do this, he just made up a ridiculous reason to prohibit the lord from entering the city, which shows that this kid's heart is not ruthless to the end. ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head and smiled after hearing this, and said: "If he does this, there is first a suspicion that the cause of his father's death is unknown, and there is also the crime of blatantly killing his uncle, think about it, can Liu Cong's thin neck withstand these two big hats falling." In fact, he didn't do it, but he didn't dare. ”

Fang Shao listened to Kong Ming's words, pretended to be surprised, and gave a thumbs up and exclaimed: "Sir, you are smart!" ”

In fact, Fang Shao did not think of this section analyzed by Zhuge Liang, but since he is a student of Kong Ming, no matter how he shows his intelligence, he should show that the teacher's clever calculation is higher than himself anytime and anywhere through various ways, and the people are sophisticated, ancient and modern.

But Kong Ming is a person, Fang Shao's words are a bit of a sycophant, how can he not hear it, it's just that people are like this, there is no one who doesn't like to eat flattery, at the moment Zhuge Liang smiled even more, and the feather fan pointed at him and said: "You, you, the sycophant kung fu is improving very quickly." Sir, I'm not in a good mood today, go and make something delicious to make Mr. comfortable, if Sir, I'm still in a bad mood after eating, I'll deduct your salary. ”

Fang Shao pretended to be aggrieved and said, "This can all be relied on on my head, sir, you can really do it." Okay, I'll show you a hand tonight and make a pork liver vermicelli soup. ”

Zhuge Liang is not the only one who has become in a better mood, Liu Cong, who is in Xiangyang and has been promoted to state pastor, is also in a very good mood.

After the turmoil that day, his brother Liu Qi rolled back to Jiangxia, and Liu Bei retreated to Fancheng, and there was no movement after that. The silence of these two rivals means that they have admitted the fait accompli that they have taken over as state pastor. And the congratulatory messages sworn in allegiance sent by the county officials in various counties made Liu Cong indulge in the pleasure of gaining power for the first time.

Fertile and thousands of miles of state, millions of people, more than 100,000 people with armor, this is really a dazzling heritage.

It's just that before the butt sat firmly on the throne of the state pastor, and the honor was not exhausted, Liu Cong realized that this seat was actually not easy to sit on. When he turned his attention away from Liu Bei and Liu Qi, he noticed how close the powerful enemy from the north was to his doorstep.

More than a dozen urgent documents came from the northern border, all of which were asking for reinforcements from the new state pastor. And those frightened border officials were very exaggerated to describe the ferocity of the Cao army, and after the addition of the high-ranking officials in Xiangyang, the number of the Cao army rose from 100,000 to Liu Cong, and finally reached Liu Cong's ears, the invading Cao army turned into 800,000 people.

Although it is only a claim, this is enough to scare Liu Cong, who has not gone through a big scene.

When he realized that it was impossible to wait for Cao Jun to retreat, Liu Cong had to convene his civil and military cronies to discuss how to deal with it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Cao Ying's army is about to arrive, what can you do to deal with it?" Although Liu Cong's tone is decent, he can't get rid of the childishness that can't be concealed.

Before he could speak, Cai Mao was the first to say: "Lord, I thought that Cao Gong was like a god with soldiers, the famous generals under his account were like clouds, and the strategists were like rain, and now he has annexed the northern states, and coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes. For the sake of today's plan, only by returning to the same way can Jingzhou be protected from the suffering of life. ”

Liu Cong was taken aback, he thought that Cai Mao was so active, he must have some good way to resist the enemy, but he didn't expect that he would surrender at the first exit!

Only then became the state pastor, and surrendered to others before he had time to be majestic for a few days, such a cruel fate, Liu Cong was really difficult to accept, but he couldn't come up with any good strategies himself, pondered for a long time, and squeaked: "It's better to send Liu Xuande to fight Cao, he has fought with Cao Ying many times, and he knows his way of using troops, and he should be able to resist." ”

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