The Jingzhou family is headed by Xiangyang, and it is also known as the Jingxiang family, and the Jingxiang family is headed by the four surnames Cai Huang Kuaipang. The surname Cai of Xiangyang is the family of Cai Mao, and the Xiangyang Chronicles record that at the end of the Han Dynasty, Zhu Cai was the most prosperous. Cai Wei, sister Shi Taiwei Zhang Wen; The eldest daughter is Huang Chengyan's wife, and the youngest daughter is Liu Jingsheng's stepwife, and Mao's sister is also. Zhan, the word Mao, for Yan Xiang, Yan, the word Wenqi, for Bajun Taishou, Mao Tongtang also. However, after the Cai family descended to Cao Cao with Cai Mao, due to Cai Mao's death, although Cai Mao was quite in decline, although there is a little surplus wealth now, it has lost its former glory, and the Cai family in Xiangyang has almost no officials.

The Jiangxia Anlu Huang clan is the original family of Huang Zhong, Huang Gai and others, Huang Gai is the branch of the Anlu Huang clan in Lingling, and Huang Zhong is a branch of the Nanyang lineage. The Huang family began with a generation of celebrities Huang Xiang, Huang Xiang was famous for Wen Xi, known as "unparalleled in the world, Jiangxia Huangxiang". He is the protagonist of the story of "Huangxiang Wenxi" in "Twenty-four Filial Piety", and later served as Langzhong and Shang Shuling, and the official went to Wei County Taishou. There are four wives of Li, Zheng, Lu, and Hu, as well as eight sons, Huang Qiong, Huang Gui, Huang Lian, Huang Li, Huang Chen, Huang Zhan, Huang Ke, and Huang Liu. (Huang Gai's father is the eldest son of Huang Zhan, the fifth son of Huang Xiang, and Huang Wan is the grandson of Taiwei Huang Qiong) and now the head of the Huang family in Jiangxia is Huang Chengyan, the grandson of Huang Gui, but because Liu Biao has been in Jingzhou since he reused the family, although Huang Chengyan is not a scholar, there are not a few children of the Huang family.

Xiangyang Kuai family is Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang family, began in the Spring and Autumn Period, Kuai Di became the Jin State Doctor Kuai De's fiefdom, his descendants are surnamed Kuai, and called Kuai, Wang family lives in Xiangyang County is after Kuaitong. Kuai Tong is a famous scholar and strategist in the early Han Dynasty, and his descendants moved to Xiangyang Zhonglu generals to become a wealthy family. Kuai Yue is one of the wang clans in Jingzhou Nanjun and a representative of the Kuai family, and he was quite famous when he was young. However, after the Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang brothers descended to Cao, they were moved to Xudu. In the fourteenth year of Jian'an, Kuai Yue died in the office of Guanglu Xun, and Kuai Liang also died in the office of the Ministry of Shangshu, and the head of the Kuai family at this time was a young child.

The last Xiangyang Pang family is also the lowest family. The head of the family was originally Pang Degong, a famous scholar in Jingxiang, but Pang Degong lived in seclusion in Lumen Mountain. Therefore, the head of the family was passed on to his son Pang Shanmin. Among the Pang family, Pang Shanmin is now an official in Wei and is now a servant of the Yellow Gate, and Pang Tongshi Yu Han is now demented by Qiao Ren, the Pang family is already divided into two points, one side went to Shuzhong and the other stayed in Xiangyang, but the energy of this family is too small, and it is a little bigger than the Xiangyang Ma family and the Hanshou Pan family in terms of fame, so that they can be listed among the four surnames.

In addition to these four families, Jingzhou also has the Nanyang Wen family, the Xi family, the Changsha Huan family, the Xinye Deng family, and the above-mentioned Wuling Hanshou Pan family, Xiangyang Ma family, etc.

In fact, the four major families have long been ruined with the death of Liu Biao, whether it is the Cai family and the Kuai family who descended to Cao, or the Huang family and the Pang family who invested on both sides, they have long been connected with Liu Biao's interests. One wins, one loses. Today's four major families are just surviving with the glory of their ancestors, but the Huang family is better off due to the rise of the split family, and the other three families are afraid that they will fall from the altar of Jingzhou's top families in less than two generations.

"Let's go to Huang's house!" After Qiao Ren came out of the Zhennan General's Mansion of the original Liu Biao, he said to Sun Huan. He had to be assigned by Lu Meng to meet several major families in Jingxiang, but he was not familiar with the road to Xiangyang City, so he took Sun Huan with Jiang Ji, Jia Hua, Huang Quan, Qiao Xun, and Lu Mao.

"The Huang family?" Sun Huan said unconvincedly, Sun Huan could be found to lead the way, and he knew what this Huang family was referring to.

"What's wrong?" Qiao Ren didn't think that Sun Huan, the general of the garrison in Xiangyang, didn't know the way, so he noticed that there was something wrong with Sun Huan's tone in a second.

"Captain, it's not a problem. It's just that Huang Chengyan, as the head of the Jiangxia Huang family, doesn't live in Xiangyang City! Sun Huan said innocently.

Qiao Ren didn't expect that Huang Chengyan didn't live in Xiangyang City at all, "Then where does he live?" Jiangxia Anlu? ”

"Taiwei, Huang Gong lives in Weinan." Sun Huan replied

"Sure enough, it's in Jiangxia! Good man, you are from Jiangxia. I won't tell you about it. Who of the four major families is still in Xiangyang City now? I'm afraid it's gone! What else is that Lone visiting! Qiao Ren couldn't help scolding, Huang Chengyan, the only one who is still in Jingxiang, still lives in Jiangxia, who else can Qiao Ren meet!

"This! Captain. Pang Ji and Duke De of the Pang family are in Xiangyang. Sun Huan weakly added.

"Ponji? Pang Ji who rode alone and said that the thief? Qiao Ren didn't expect that this Liu Biao's advisor was still living in Xiangyang, when he was dedicated to the emperor. Liu Biaojin was based in Jingzhou. Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng supported the crowd in Xiangyang, and Liu Biao sent Kuai Yue and Pang Ji to ride to say surrender. This Pang Ji was later also one of Liu Biao's henchmen. Since he is still in Xiangyang, he proves that he should be in seclusion.

"Yes, but he's sick to death."

"Shuwu, are you playing lonely?"

"The last general will not dare!" Sun Huan was in a hurry, and hurriedly jumped down from the horse and lowered his head and hugged his fist.

"Forget it, since there is no family, let's go visit the hermit, Mr. Shuijing, Sima Hui is still in Xiangyang, right?" Qiao Ren will be ready to visit this Yingchuan celebrity.

But I heard Huang Quan on the side say weakly: "Taiwei, Mr. Shuijing passed away after Chibi." ”

Qiao Ren's head was coaxed and he fainted, even Huang Quan in Shu knew that Sima Hui was dead, and he Qiao Ren didn't know that his face was too big. It also made Qiao Ren speechless, could it be that he couldn't visit alone today?

At this moment, Sun Huan, who hugged his fists and apologized, suddenly thought of a name and said: "Taiwei, Pang Degong is still living in seclusion in Lumen Mountain. ”

"Pound Degong?" Qiao Ren secretly pondered the energy of this name, in later generations, Pang Degong was a great name because he was still Pang Tong's uncle, but in the late Han Dynasty, when people talked about Pang Tong, their first impression was that Pang Degong was his nephew.

Pang Degong was the most prestigious celebrity of the Jingxiang generation during the Three Kingdoms era. Liu Biao, the assassin of Jingzhou, invited him into the mansion several times, but he did not agree. Pang Degong had a close relationship with Xu Shu, Sima Hui, and Zhuge Liang, who lived in seclusion in Xiangyang at that time, and called Zhuge Liang 'Wolong', Sima Hui 'Water Mirror', and Pang Tong 'Phoenix Chick', known as a knowledgeable person. Zhuge Liang treated Pang Degong with a teacher's courtesy, and every time he visited, he worshiped under the bed. Now he is living in seclusion in Lumen Mountain, collecting medicine for fun, but Qiao Ren didn't expect his old man to be alive.

"Okay, let's go see Pang Degong. Shuwu. What is the geometry of Lumen Mountain? Qiao Ren asked.

Sun Huan replied without thinking about it: "Go back to Taiwei, thirty miles southeast of the city." "Similar to these geographical situations. Sun Huan is very familiar.

"Thirty miles, not far! It can be here today. Go to Lumen Mountain today. Drive! ”

"Drive!"

Qiao Ren took the lead, and galloped towards the southeast gate with the belly of the horse, and after getting up, everyone was not to be outdone.

Just as Qiao Ren set off to Lumen Mountain to find the traces of immortals, Fangling Wei Jun was a plain man.

"I didn't expect that General Wenyuan's mighty and outstanding achievements would end up like this." As the coach, Cao Zhen looked at Zhang Hu kneeling in the mourning hall and couldn't help but say to Zhang Jaw and Xu Huang next to him.

It turned out that when Zhang Liao attacked the camp of the Wu army that night, he met Wei Yan and Huang Zhong successively, and a fight was indispensable. After that, the Wei army retreated to Zhuyang. The Wu army followed and the two sides fought for more than ten days, and Zhang Liao's old injuries became more and more serious.

In the end, the heavy rain in Jingxiang suddenly came down for a few days, and Rao is an iron-clad man like Zhang Liao couldn't hold on, and finally fell ill in Zhuyang. At the time of the final strategic shift, although the heavy rain had stopped, the bumps along the way, coupled with the rampant epidemic in the army, still did not let Zhang Liao make it to Fangling, and died of illness halfway.

"Wen Yuan is a hero, there should be no regrets when he dies on the battlefield!" Xu Huang said with a depressed expression, he was not sorry for Zhang Liao. He and Zhang Liao have always been on good terms, even if Zhang Liao's past grievances are dirt, the relationship between them is not that good. He was sentimental for himself, and that day the Wu army attacked Xu Huang at night and personally broke off and was burdened with three arrows. One of the misses was shot by Qiao Ren. Although the three arrows did not hit the vital parts, Xu Huang was still not young, and after suffering an arrow wound, Xu Huang was keenly aware that his body was not as good as before.

Zhang Liao can die on the battlefield. Even in the strategic transfer, it can be regarded as a horse leather shroud, and Xu Huang is afraid that he will die on the sickbed if he doesn't last long. As a general, he couldn't tolerate his aggrieved death.

"Is General Xu in better health?" Cao Zhen asked with concern. Zhang Liao died in the first battle, and if Xu Huang was compensated again, even if the responsibility was not on him but on Cao Xiu, he himself would not be happy.

"Back to the general, the last general's arrow wound has healed." Xu Huang said loudly, he didn't say that his arrow creation was indeed good, how much power Qiao Ren's arrow could shoot, and the Mingguang armor that could shoot through Xu Huang was still because of Qiao Ren's arrow, and the other two arrows were just stray arrows, and the trauma caused was not as good as Qiao Ren's arrow! Xu Huang felt that his body was as big as before because of his age, and the rest was just his psychological effect, and in the final analysis, it was Zhang Liao's death.

Although Zhang Liao does not have the prestige of Hefei in this life, his achievements in pacifying Liangzhou and the Western Regions with Cao Zhen are not worse than those of Hefei, and to a certain extent, although the war commander of pacifying Liangzhou and the Western Regions is Cao Zhen, but in fact Zhang Liao is the teacher arranged by Cao Cao for Cao Zhen, so Cao Zhen respects him very much, and there is some discord between Xu Huang, Zhang Jaw and him, but he also admires his ability.

Zhang Liao's death was a huge blow to the Wei army.

"General!" Just when everyone was concerned, Wen Ping strode in: "It's all arranged." ”

"Well, General Wen has worked hard." Cao Zhen nodded and whispered to Wen Ping, and then said to Zhang Jaw and the two: "Two generals, Sun Ce has retreated to Jiangling, and Wancheng estimates that the Wu people think that our army is unable to attack and retreat. His Majesty sent Beren to lead his troops on the north bank to meet us and retreat to Wancheng. ”

The northern rain of Jingbei Hanshui rose, but the water volume in the upper reaches of the river did not rise much, and it has receded in the past ten days, Xiahouren on the north bank built a pontoon bridge in the upper reaches of the Han River to receive the Wei army of Fangling retreat, and Wen Ping came to report that the pontoon bridge has been built this news.

"But as soon as we leave, what will happen to the three counties of Shangyong. A certain family was not worried about Meng Dana, and as soon as our army left, Meng Da might sacrifice the city and surrender to Soochow. Zhang Jaw frowned and said his opinion.

"There is no way, Liu Bei in Shuzhong sent Ma Chao to coerce the Qiang people into Kou Yongliang, 50,000 Qiang cavalry have invaded Hongnong, and Zhao Yun in Hanzhong has also moved the people of Liangzhou out of Kei Valley into Hanzhong. Now the country in the northwest is in an emergency, and our soldiers are in urgent need of our soldiers to deal with Ma Chao in Yongliang, and??" Saying this, Cao Zhen's tone couldn't help but become gloomy. "The general is critically ill, and the army we put into the Eastern Front is now under the command of General Wen Ze, Your Majesty is afraid that General Yu is not the opponent of Dai Gang and Sun Shao, and wants Wen Lie to go to the Eastern Front. And a certain will also go to Chang'an with General Zhang Jaw, and General Xu will stay in Xinye with General Wenpin! ”

It can be said that Cao Pi did not choose a good time for this southern expedition. At the time of the replacement of the old and the new, the qualifications of new ones such as Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and even Guo Huai and Sima Yi are not enough. And the old Zhang Liao, Cao Ren, and Xu Huang are indeed veterans (Zhang Jaw is old and strong), and two of them died after a long time of injury. Let the vitality of the Wei army be greatly damaged. After consuming a lot of grain and grass, coupled with the problems of Jizhou and Yongzhou, I am afraid that Cao Pi will not have the opportunity to go south again in his lifetime. (Whoever is called Cao Pi has been the emperor for seven years, and now it is 222 years, and Cao Pi can live for less than four years)

"The last general respects the king's order" Zhang Jaw decided to accept the order after a little contemplation, isn't there a sentence called the general is not subject to military orders abroad? But Zhang Jaw is obviously not such a person.

And almost at the same time, Xu Huang also raised his head and said: "Oh! The words are concise and to the point, but they reflect Xu Huang's cautious character.

"Okay, thank you two generals, the army will start the day after tomorrow."

"Whoa!" It didn't take long, and the two were still in a hurry to go back to their army to arrange the retreat. Therefore, they all withdrew from the mourning hall with their fists clenched.

But Cao Zhen didn't leave, just stared at the sky blankly, and only after half a sound beckoned a member of the general to ask, "Ziquan, how are things going?" ”

"Back to the lord, the last general and Chang Diao led the guards to bury all those seriously ill soldiers."

"What a wreck! Alright, let's go down! Remember, you're all dead! Cao Zhen's eyes flickered with a cold light, and he stared at Wang Shuang and said.

"Wow!!"

Cao Zhen can't be allowed to be imprudent, once this matter is exposed, Cao Zhen will inevitably be ruined. Because he sent his partial generals Wang Shuang and Chang Diao to bury alive all the incurable wounded soldiers and soldiers who were deeply infected with the epidemic, as many as 3,000 people, and declared that they had died. The wounded soldiers shouted day and night to hurt their morale, and the sick were even more vulnerable to spreading the disease. Therefore, Cao Zhen ruthlessly buried all these 3,000 people alive to reduce the burden of the army returning north.

Because although Sun Ce returned to Jiangling, he looked like he would return to Jianye soon. However, Sun Ceshuo only brought 40,000 people with him when he went up the river, and Xiangyang still had more than 60,000 Wu troops on land and water. Dragging these wounded, sick and sick people across the river was very easy to be broken by the Wu army, and Cao Zhen had no choice but to do so for the sake of the overall situation.

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Lumen Mountain was formerly known as Suling Mountain and is close to the Han River. It is across the river from Da Hyeonsan, which is also a famous cultural mountain. With the surrounding lions, incense burners, overlords, and Li family mountains, each with its own majestic posture, together constitute the scenery of the holy mountain: looking from afar. The five mountains are like fairies, and the clouds cover the mist. Faint and flickering: It makes people fascinated and want to throw themselves into its arms. Looking at Zhu Mountain closely, the Lion Mountain Show, the incense burner mountain is secluded, the Bawang Mountain, the Lumen Mountain is steep, and the Lijia Mountain is open, and you are in it, as if you are wandering in the fairyland of dense forests, wild flowers, and clouds.

After three hours of trekking, Qiao Ren and his party finally arrived at Lumen Mountain. Walking into it is like entering a fairyland, surrounded by clouds and mist, the deep forest looms, quiet and far-reaching, and all kinds of small animals in the forest jump around peacefully, not treating Qiao Ren and others as strange human beings at all.

"It's a great place to retreat." Qiao Ren couldn't help but admire.

"If the captain is interested, it is better to live in seclusion here when he becomes famous in the future." Jiang Ji laughed.

And then Huang Quan, who has always been honest, also said: "Zitong is reasonable, if the Taiwei lives in seclusion here, raises cranes and plays the piano, burns incense and cooks tea." I have nothing to do to read morality, and when I have fun, I drink and sing. It's not worse than staying in the marquis! ”

It's no wonder that these two people, who called Qiao Ren when he was a child and practiced the guiding technique with Yu Ji, he usually wore clothes such as cranes and robes all day long when he was at home, and his style of action also learned a little from Yu Ji. People who are not familiar with it really think that Qiao Ren is a Taoist child.

But those who are familiar with it know the real Qiao Ren's character who is both a saint and a moral cultivator, that is to say, Qiao Ren's concept of being a person and governing the country seems to be a Confucian holy way on the surface, but in fact, the inner is the combination of Legalist spells and powers, and the cultivation of morality.

"By the way, Shuwu, where does Pang Degong live in seclusion?" Qiao Ren doesn't care about the ridicule of the two, anyway, he is not a recluse, but his second son Qiao Xun has a hermit demeanor, which is quite indisputable. (Qiao Ren's eldest son can be regarded as George, and if he counts the righteous son, he is Sun Song, but it is impossible to count).

"Well, this one!" Sun Huan had a very innocent expression, touched the back of his head and smirked: "The last general doesn't know!" ”

"You!!" Qiao Ren pointed at Sun Huan speechlessly, and couldn't say a word.

"Tai Lieutenant, look at this smoke, this stone in the forest, it seems to be some kind of formation!" Jiang Ji leaned into Qiao Ren's ear at this time and said, pointing to the smoke that was getting thicker and thicker.

"Eight Formations?" Qiao Ren speculated in his heart, in the past, Qiao Ren thought that the so-called eight array diagram was just a set of array diagrams created by Zhuge Liang on the basis of the Eight Gate Golden Lock Array, which was divided into nine pieces, one was the positive diagram of the eight arrays, and the other eight were eight formations, namely: the Sky Covering Array, the Ground Carrying Array, the Wind Lifting Array, the Cloud Hanging Array, the Dragon Flying Array, the Tiger Wing Array, the Bird Xiang Array, and the Snake Pan Array. Because there are eight arrays, it is called the Eight Arrays, and it is passed on to the later generation of military god Li Jing to derive it into the Six Flower Array.

However, after seeing Zhou Yu's Kyushu Bagua Array, Qiao Ren didn't think so, compared to Dai Gang's exhaustion of Zhou Yu's formation essence, Qiao Ren could be said to have no formation talent. But I also understand that Zhuge Liang's eight-array diagram is afraid that in addition to this array, there is also a kind of eight-array diagram, which is Zhuge Liang's stone formation when he resists the enemy, and is divided into life, injury, rest, Du, Jing, death, shock, and opening eight doors according to Dunjia, which can block 100,000 elite soldiers. In later generations, Lu Xun couldn't get out of the Eight Formations, I'm afraid it was because Zhou Yu died too early, and the Zhou Bagua Array was not handed down, otherwise Lu Xun might be able to crack it.

Thinking of this, Qiao Ren was actually looking forward to the duel between Dai Gang, a proud disciple of Zhou Yu's formation, and Zhuge Liang, just thinking too much.

"It's a pleasure to have friends from afar!!" A long howl came from afar, unpredictable from near and far.

Yang Ming, a generation of great Confucian kings of the Ming Dynasty, was practicing qi in the camp overnight, and suddenly there was a long roar, and the camp was shocked, and there were many people who were good at practicing qi in Confucianism and celebrities, and Qiao Rensi and this Lumen Mountain could only be a qi practitioner.

"The junior of the last school, Lujiang Qiaoren came to visit Degong." Speaking of Qi training, Qiao Ren is the apprentice of Yu Ji, the Grandmaster of the Inner Dan Dao Ancestral Court, and Chang Xiao is no problem.

"Haha! Mrs. Qiao is coming, how can the mountain people be slow guests. (To be continued......)

PS: Today, I'm going to see the wedding in the afternoon, so there's only one big chapter today, so let's watch it.