South of Jiangling City, Liu Beiying.

Standing at the gate, silently looking at the majestic city close at hand, on the head of the city, the "Cao" flag that has been fluttering for nearly a year has been changed to the "Zhou" flag, as if to express the humiliation of the loser, Zhou Yu's banner is two or three times larger than the ordinary flag.

Now, this huge banner is flying in Liu Bei's pupils. Liu Bei suddenly had an illusion, as if a knife on his back had just been pulled out, and a needle was immediately pierced into his heart.

The battle of Jiangling was finally over, and Cao Ren, who had been suffering for a year, finally received Cao Ying's withdrawal order, and under the response of Li Tong, the Taishou of Runan, and the Taishou Lejin of Xiangyang, Cao Ren withdrew from Jiangling City with his remnants who had suffered thousands of times.

A few days later, the remaining defenders of Jiangling City surrendered, and the core town of Jingzhou has now changed its surname to Sun.

In the field of vision, several galloping people and horses disturbed Liu Bei's thoughts, he put his hands on the pergola, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and the familiar slender figure gradually broke into his eyes.

It's Kong Ming's military division!

Liu Bei was overjoyed in his heart, and strode out of the gate, with a kind of anticipatory excitement surging on his face. Every time Kong Ming reunites after a long absence, it can bring new hope to Liu Bei, and he has a strong premonition, and this time is no exception.

"Strategist, it's been hard all the way." Liu Bei tilted his head and smiled.

Zhuge Liang turned over and dismounted, his face was dusty, but he could not hide his indifference and self-confidence, he held a feather fan, and gently arched his hand: "Have a good journey, nothing hard, let the lord wait for a long time, let's talk inside." ”

Listening to Kong Ming's tone, it seemed that he was in a hurry to discuss something with him, and the stronger the expectations in Liu Bei's heart, he didn't say much at the moment, and took Kong Ming's hand and went back to the Chinese army's tent together.

"Lord, Jiangling has fallen, Cao Ying has been completely driven back to the north this time, the lord should be happy, but Liang Fang just saw it, and the lord seems to be a little melancholy." As soon as Zhuge Liang entered the door, he poked at Liu Bei's heart.

Liu Bei smiled and sighed: "Of course I am happy that Cao Ying was driven back to the north, but this Jiangling and most of the southern counties have fallen into the hands of others, even if I have the four southern counties in my hands and half of Jiangxia, but so what, without the southern county, Mr.'s strategy in Longzhong is just a mirror after all, I don't want to stay in the south of the Yangtze River to sit and eat and wait for death." ”

In front of Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei unabashedly confided the melancholy in his heart, he knew that it was useless to cover up, no matter how realistic the cover-up was, it would not be able to escape the eyes of his Wolong military master, rather than this, it was better to be honest.

Zhuge Liang looked idle, shook his fan and smiled: "The lord doesn't have to be anxious, the big bone of Nanjun will belong to the lord sooner or later, be patient." ”

Liu Bei's hunch was really right, hearing this, he suddenly lifted his spirits, and hurriedly asked: "Does the military advisor have any clever means to let me get Nanjun?" ”

"Zhou Lang, this person, self-confidence is too strong, as the commander of the three armies, but he personally went into battle to fight, otherwise he would not have been hit by the arrow a few months ago." Zhuge Liang walked to the door of the tent, and the feather fan pointed to Jiangling Toucheng, "Look at it now, Jiangling City has been laid, and the city is full of his 'Zhou' banner, but you can't see a 'Sun' flag. ”

Liu Bei was like an ignorant child, suddenly awakened by Zhuge Liang, his brown eyes flashed with a bit of surprise and mystery: "What does Mr. mean, could it be that Zhou Lang has a disobedient heart to Wu Hou?" ”

"Oh, not necessarily. In my opinion, Zhou Lang is just too confident and likes to show off himself too much, as long as we grasp his weakness and take advantage of the situation in the future, Nanjun will be the lord sooner or later. ”

Zhuge Liang's promise will not make Liu Bei feel at ease, he nodded slightly, as if he had an understanding, but he was worried: "What about now, what about now?" Did you just sit back and watch Zhou Yu swallow up all of Nanjun? ”

Liu Bei was a little unconvinced.

"Don't worry, my lord, Liang came from Xiakou this time, just for the matter at hand." Before Zhuge Liang moved to the screen, he pointed the feather fan to the location of Nanjun on the map, "Liang thinks that the lord should go to see Zhou Lang now and ask him to give us the south bank of Nanjun." Although this section of the area is narrow, it is connected to the Yangtze River in the north and four counties in the south, and after all, it belongs to the southern county, which is of great significance for attracting Jingxiangshi people to come and annex. ”

"South Shore Land......" Liu Bei stared at the map, thoughtful in his heart, but said: "That Zhou Lang is not a good talker, there must be a suitable reason to ask him for the South Shore Land." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled faintly: "I have already thought about this for the lord, first of all, he Zhou Lang can defeat Nanjun, and the lord has also made a lot of efforts from it, this is the bargaining chip." Secondly, the lord can send someone to see Wu Hou, and say that Liu Biao's old subordinates have come to attach a lot of people, but there is no place to stay, and the lord on behalf of these people asked Wu Hou for the south bank land to settle down, Wu Hou wants to gain a foothold in Jingzhou, and he must not dare to chill the hearts of Jing Xiangshi, so even if Zhou Lang does not agree, Wu Hou will definitely agree to give us the south bank land. ”

A word woke up the person in the dream, Liu Bei suddenly had a kind of enlightenment, and it seemed that the narrow road ahead in front of him was opened up again just because of Kong Ming's words.

"Okay, according to what the military advisor said, I'll go see Zhou Lang today."

Zhuge Liang nodded, changed his words, and said: "Liang has been raising grain and grass for various fronts in Jiangxia for half a year, and I heard that the eldest prince has trained a team of nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses in the second county of Zhenxiangdong, and has also surrendered Huang Zhong and Wei Yan. ”

"Yes, Ah Feng, this kid does have some talents." Liu Bei had a bit of approval in his tone.

Zhuge Liang said: "The lord's current energy should be transferred to the first line of Nanjun, Liang thinks that the eldest prince and the five thousand soldiers and horses, as well as the two generals, should be transferred to the south county, as for the two counties in Xiangdong, it is enough to have Yide alone to defend it, there is no need to waste too many soldiers and horses." ”

Liu Bei's mind was completely led to Nanjun by Zhuge Liang at this moment, and he immediately agreed.

Four days later, an order was placed on Liu Feng's desk.

In the closed secret room, Liu Ba and Liu Qi, who were separated on both sides, silently watched Liu Feng, who was silent, and at this moment, his hearts beat more than the flickering candle flames.

They didn't dare to take a breath more, they could only quietly wait for the young man in front of them to make a decision, at this moment, they suddenly had an illusion like a dream, and they couldn't remember how they put their future and destiny in the hands of this young man who was only seventeen years old without hesitation.

There seems to be an intangible, irresistible attraction in this person's body, which makes their blood boil, and they are eager to follow him to do a vigorous career.

The closed eyes suddenly opened, and the blade-like eyes burst with an unprecedented murderous aura.

"It's time."