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Cao Pi smiled faintly: "Mr. Feng Xiao is really refreshing, but Cao is disrespectful."

Two conditions: first, the day when the Southern Han army breaks through Nanyang County is the time when our Wei State fulfills the covenant, and 20,000 war horses and equipment must be presented in full; Second, the 40,000 gold you purchased was reduced to 30,000 gold, but 50,000 stone of grain was added, which was also delivered at one time after you and I joined forces to open up the alliance channel. I wonder what Mr. thinks? ”

Pang Tong frowned after hearing this, his eyes were fixed on Cao Pi, and after staring for a long time, he got up and walked to the pavilion, looking up at Haoyue, who had moved to the northeast, and was silent.

At this moment, Pang Tong really realized that Cao Cao's son was indeed not simple, he did not eat hard and soft, he was scheming, and he was extremely persistent, it is not an exaggeration to call it stubborn, and it was difficult to entangle. This son is not very old, but he inherited the temperament of the traitorous male Cao Cao, suspicious and fickle, cunning and stubborn, and tough, to be precise, it should be ruthless.

But as Pang Tong said, Cao Pi and his people were too scheming, and their grasp of human nature was very accurate, but they did not have much military talent. only cared about urging the Southern Han to take the lead in sending troops, but ignored that once the Southern Han attacked Nanyang County, the first thing Li Li had to deal with was not the Southern Han army, but the mobilization of heavy troops to besiege the Northern Wei; Otherwise, the Western Liang army would not dare to move south, lest Cao Cao lead the army to attack the hinterland of its rear.

However, Pang Tong also knew that Cao Pi didn't recognize this, but his father Cao Cao must have wanted it. And be able to deal with it properly, thereby ensuring the interests and strategic purposes of his Wei state. For the traitorous male Cao Cao. Pang Tong still admires him very much in his heart, thinking that he is one of the few overlords in the world of troubled times. It is enough to be compared with Xiliang Li Li.

As he just said, Xiliang Li Li has dominated the world since he started his army, and he has not been defeated in a hundred battles, and the only defeat was in the hands of Cao Cao, and it was an unprecedented defeat. Therefore, Cao Cao is the only prince who has been able to compete with Li Li of Xiliang so far, and with this record, Cao Cao is worthy of being the hero of the world.

Thinking of Cao Cao, the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Pang Tong naturally thought of the current owner of Chang'an City. In a few hours, Li Li and Li Wenchang, who will ascend the throne and become emperor.

Pang Tong had mixed feelings about Li Li. Not long ago, he learned that Li Li had written a handwritten letter five years ago to enlist him to go to Chang'an, but this warrant was hidden by Pang Tong's grandfather and brother, and it was not until he was appreciated by Liu Biao and promoted to military advisor that he saw this letter.

In all fairness, the most ideal Ming lord of Pang Tong is not the current lord Liu Biao, and the most admired princes are not Cao Cao. It is Li Li of Xiliang, and the most optimistic prince is still Li Li. Therefore, if he had received this letter five years earlier, it would have almost certainly been his way to Chang'an. It is very likely that he will appear at the same time as Kong Ming, and even have a higher official position than Kong Ming, because he is two years older than Kong Ming. He is the same age as Sima Yi.

However, providence made people, and fate made him miss out on Xiliang Li Li. Thus embarking on two very different paths and becoming opposing enemies. His family, the Pang family, is an old scholar who has lived in Xiangyang for a long time. Although it is not the largest and richest family in Xiangyang City, most of the clansmen are under the account of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and they are really native to their hometowns, and their relatives, friends and clansmen have formed an intricate network of relationships, which are as deeply rooted as old trees, and it is difficult to leave their homeland. Regardless of whether Pang Tong was willing to go to Xiliang and Shishi, his family did not want him to leave Jingzhou, and they could not accept Li Li of Xiliang who repeatedly suppressed the Shi clan, so Li Li's letter to conquer Pang Tong's Shishi fell into their hands, and they could not see the light of day again, and naturally they would not be handed over to Pang Tong for the first time.

missed Li Li, Pang Tong is just a little regretful, after all, once you miss something, you can never turn back. What's more, since he successfully forced down the Jiangdong forces for Liu Biao's advice, Liu Biao has favored him, and in just one year, he jumped from the county capital Gongcao to become the chief staff of the Southern Han Dynasty, the military general of the Jingzhou Army, and has the right to mobilize more than 200,000 Jingzhou infantry troops. Pang Tong was not dissatisfied with his own situation, so he served Liu Biao wholeheartedly and planned all the battles for the Jingzhou army.

However, this time he followed the mission to Chang'an, and what he saw and heard along the way shocked Pang Tong, and he was deeply stunned by the great changes in Xiliang in recent years. The wide and flat official roads, the rental carriages shuttling back and forth, the endless stream of large caravans, and the scattered brick houses on the roadside, and the simple smiles of ordinary people can be seen everywhere.

This qiē deeply shocked Pang Tong's heart, making him deeply feel that Li Li was a prince overlord worthy of his admiration, and he was also the only heroic lord in the world today who could be recognized by himself. In the past half a month, what he has seen and heard every day has made his soul have been impacted, so that after half a month, he has faintly regretted it, feeling that he has missed the most precious opportunity in his life.

But when he thought that Zhuge Liang had been promoted to lead the army at this time, Pang Tong felt that his choice was right. Only by belonging to two camps, he and Zhuge Liang can compete to see who is better in Wolong and Fengxiao, and who can settle the world.

Speaking of which, Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang are from the same family, and they have a good personal relationship and are like brothers. The two of them had just finished their studies, and they originally discussed traveling the world together, but Zhuge Liang missed the appointment and suddenly appeared under Li Li. Pang Tong didn't know at the time, he didn't know why Zhuge Liang suddenly disappeared, and he didn't know that when Zhuge Liang came out, Li Li also personally wrote a letter for him Pang Tong.

Wolong and phoenix chicks are equally famous. However, Wolong Zhuge Liang walked in front of Feng Xiao Pang Tong, became famous in a war less than a year after his debut, and also became Li Li's righteous brother and brother-in-law, and became a military advisor with a transcendent status in the Xiliang Army. This made Pang Tong feel angry after hearing the news, so he had the idea of competing with Zhuge Liang one day, so he went out in Jingzhou under the recommendation of his brother. It's a pity that the first two years of his appearance did not attract Liu Biao's attention, and he has been mediocre, unrenowned, and depressed. It wasn't until Liu Biao realized that the situation was grim and the crisis was rapidly approaching, and he was determined to work hard, that he noticed him, and recruited him to his side to give advice.

Pang Tong did not disappoint Liu Biao, and under a series of interlocking schemes, he almost did not spend a single soldier to subdue the Jiangdong forces, thus winning Liu Biao's favor, standing out, and quickly becoming Liu Biao's most relied on chief military advisor, almost obedient to his words, giving him great trust and support.

At this moment, Pang Tong looked up at the bright moon and felt a lot of emotion, deeply feeling that the past was like smoke and the years were like a shuttle. In the blink of an eye, the once familiar Qiē has changed beyond recognition, the former classmates and friends have become rivals, and the princes and heroes he admired in the past have also become the most powerful enemies he is about to face. However, this qiē must be faced, otherwise life is not fun, and what is the point of living?

As soon as he thought of this, Pang Tong turned around and walked to the stone table and sat down, picked up the letter of Wei State, signed his name on it, and motioned to the Hu Cong behind him to take out the seal letter handed to him by Liu Biao, and cover it in the lower right corner of the letter.

"As you wish, the day my Southern Han army breaks through Nanyang County is the time when you and I fulfill our agreement!" Handing over the signed credentials to Cao Pi for a look, Pang Tong said in a calm tone.

Seeing that Pang Tong had signed the covenant, Cao Pi no longer hesitated, simply signed the covenant neatly, stamped Cao Cao's seal and handed it to Pang Tong for a look, and then the two sides exchanged credentials and formally reached the covenant. At this point, the two vassal states formally formed an alliance and joined forces against the Western Liang army until the Western Liang army was defeated or they themselves were destroyed.

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The east is white, a wisp of morning light pierces the sky, the morning mist sinks, and the clear air floats.

The sky is clear, and the morning glow fills half the sky. The bright sun bathes the golden wilderness, banishes the bitter cold of winter, and brings warmth to those who wake up early.

When the first ray of sunshine descended on the world, the south gate of Chang'an City was wide open, and the neat Xuanjia cavalry lined up to go out of the city, and the whole 100,000 war cavalry went out of the city one after another, followed by the Son of Heaven's honor guard, Luan was in the middle, and the civil and military officials followed behind, and finally 50,000 elite armor soldiers. The whole procession stretched for more than ten miles, the cavalry opened the way, Yale roared, and drove to the southern suburbs of the mound ten miles away with the morning glow.

Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has the belief of "respecting heaven and ancestors", and in the eyes of the Chinese ancestors, heaven and earth nurture all living beings and are the highest gods. The ritual of worshiping the heavens is a form of communication between man and the sky, and the successive dynasties have presided over the ceremony of worshiping the heavens by the Son of Heaven himself, and the altar of the sacrifice to the heavens is generally circular (called "Yuanqiu"), which means that the sky is round and the place is round. During the ceremony, the prayers were recited, music was played, and sacrifices were burned to show that people had contributed the fruits of their labor to the heavens as a way of repaying them for nourishing all things.

Since the Zhou Dynasty, there have been the rites of "Yuanqiu Worship Heaven" and "Fangqiu Sacrifice Land", which are all in the suburbs, so they are also called "suburbs". Since the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, after Confucianism reigned, all dynasties revered the Zhou rites, so the ritual of worshiping the heavens was basically carried out in accordance with the way of the Zhou Dynasty. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he implemented a three-year suburban ceremony, that is, the first year of sacrifice to the sky, the second year of sacrifice to the earth, and the third year of sacrifice to Wuqi (Wufang Emperor), which is rotated every three years.

The mound is a circular altar, the ancients believed that the sky is round, and the circle is the image of the sky, and the circle is the same circle. Before the sacrifice, the Son of Heaven and all the officials were to fast and examine the sacrifices and sacrificial vessels offered to the gods. On the day of the sacrifice, the Son of Heaven led hundreds of officials to the suburbs early in the morning. The Son of Heaven wears a large coat, a gown (a dress decorated with the sun, moon, stars, mountains, dragons, etc.), a crown with 12 crowns hanging from the front and back, a large gyu in his waist, and a town gyu, facing the west, standing on the southeast side of the mound.

The Xiliang founding ceremony was held in the southern suburbs of Chang'an, the capital of the country. However, this time it was not a simple sacrifice to the sky, but a sacrifice to the heavens and the earth at the same time, and he was crowned and crowned, and he reigned in the world.

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