After several days of painful torture, Liu Bei finally arrived in Qianwei after going through hardships, fortunately, the Taishou who guarded Qianwei was Li Hui who was pulled up by Liu Bei, although this person was a scribe, but he had a strategic vision, and he was very loyal to Liu Bei.

In the first time when Liu Bei arrived in Qianwei, Li Hui greeted him, washed the dust for Liu Bei, and found the best medical officer in the county to deal with Liu Bei's injuries.

At the same time, Li Hui also issued a letter informing Huo Jun, the Taishou of Yongchang County, and Ma Zhong, the Taishou of Jike County, to gather their respective subordinates and come to Qianweiqin to continue to support Liu Bei's rule. After receiving Li Hui's message, Huo Jun and Ma Zhong each brought their elite subordinates and gathered in Qianwei County, and within a few days they reassembled an army of 100,000 people, which was driven by Liu Bei.

Liu Bei's desire for power hidden in his heart, with the assistance of Li Hui and the three of them, burst out again, and immediately promoted Li Hui and the three of them to two levels in a row, and carried out an exceptional promotion, and at the same time promoted some officials under the rule of the three, such as civil officials Fei Shi, Yang Hong, Zhou Qun, military generals Lu Yi, Wu Lan and others. At the same time that Liu Bei regrouped, the civil and military officials who escaped from various battlefields in the north of Yizhou also came to Qianwei to rejoin Liu Bei, including the generals Xiang Chong, Fu Jian, Fu Tong father and son, and the ministers Ma Tan, Liao Li and others.

Under the scorching flames of vengeance. Liu Bei made a crazy decision to borrow troops from the southern barbarians in the southern central region, following the example of Yuan Shao at the beginning, and borrowing troops from the foreigner Wuhuan to take revenge on Ao Lie and realize his dream of regaining control of Yizhou. As soon as Liu Bei's idea was introduced, it was opposed by many civil and military ministers under him, after all, no matter what, the dispute between Shu Han and Northern Han was over. The internal contradictions that belong to the Han people can only be digested internally, once they borrow troops from the southern barbarians, it will not be an internal contradiction, and it will directly escalate the war into a national contradiction.

Although his subordinates repeatedly persuaded him. But Liu Bei finally decided to borrow troops from the southern barbarians, bound to defeat Ao Lie and drive the Han army out of Yizhou. Seeing that Liu Bei had made up his mind. The civil and military officials were not able to persuade him anymore, so they could only obey Liu Bei's wishes, and elected Fei Shi as a liaison ambassador to go to Nanzhong to negotiate with the barbarian king Meng Shu on specific matters.

Fei Shi is proficient in the dialect of Nanzhong. And speak appropriately, he is the most suitable person to be a messenger at the moment, for this. Liu Bei didn't have any opinions, so he ordered Fei Shi to set off immediately and hurried to Nanzhong.

Nanzhong region, is a general name, because it is named in the south of Bashu, including the south of Yongchang and Jianning and a part of Jike, where the Yi people and the Han people live together, the Dali country of the Song Dynasty in later generations, is a part of the south, it can be said that the terrain in the south is complicated, the jungle stretches endlessly, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is a good place to establish a base, so it also breeds the psychological tendency of the Yi people to stand on their own, from decades ago, they no longer obey the rule of the Han Dynasty, and elect people with courage and courage as the leader, call it " Barbarian King", unified management of the southern and central regions.

The current barbarian king, is Meng Huo, Meng Huo read the Han people's books, proficient in the art of war, and martial arts, has a high prestige in the Nanzhong region, Liu Bei at the beginning of Yizhou, he wanted to completely eliminate Meng Huo's forces, but was dissuaded by Fa Zheng and others under his command, thinking that it is better to block than sparse, and it is not as good as being grateful and edifying, and should be persuaded by Meng Huo's forces step by step, and finally make Nanzhong completely incorporated into the territory of Yizhou, and later Liu Bei was busy with affairs, and gradually lost himself in a luxurious life, put the matter of Nanzhong down, and now it seems that this has become a good thing, provided that Fei Shi can say that Meng Shu can send troops to support Liu Bei, and Meng Shu can persuade the ten cave masters under him to gather the strength of the entire Yi people and send troops to Yizhou.

After Fei Shi arrived in Nanzhong with Liu Bei's name, he met with the barbarian king Meng Shu and his cave masters, and had a detailed discussion with each other, and finally, Fei Shi promised Meng Shu and others on behalf of Liu Bei that as long as they could help Liu Bei drive away Ao Lie's Han army, they would allow the Nanzhong region to officially stand on its own, and the army of Shu Han would never invade the border, and maintain a friendly relationship of close cooperation with Nanzhong for generations. Unconditionally give Nanzhong material help.

Faced with Fei Shi's favorable conditions, Meng Shu even omitted bargaining and agreed directly. Meng Shu is not a fool, he knows that if Liu Bei was not forced to a certain share, he would not have offered such favorable conditions, and if he wanted to squeeze some water from Liu Bei, it would not be very realistic, but Meng Huo also happily agreed, and at the same time, he still proposed a quid pro quo to Fei Shi, that is, all the expenses of the barbarian army must be paid by Liu Bei. This condition seems simple, but there is a big fluctuation in it, for example, Meng Huo only dispatched 50,000 barbarian soldiers, but asked Liu Bei for 100,000 military salaries, or on the grounds that the Yi people eat a lot, he asked Liu Bei for money and food exponentially, even if Liu Bei knew that it was wrong, there was no possibility of refusal, because now Meng Huo is his only reinforcement, this point, whether it is Meng Huo or Liu Bei, is very clear in their hearts.

Fei Shi opened his mouth in the face of Meng Huo's lion, and after several fruitless consultations, he finally had to grit his teeth and agree, after all, he came with Liu Bei's death order, and he must let Meng Huo send troops.

On the second day after the two sides reached an agreement, Meng Shu and Liu Bei secretly reached an agreement, and it was presented to Ao Lie's desk in the form of Morse code.

Looking at the information in front of him, Ao Lie's brows gradually furrowed. Now that Yizhou has just been pacified, many things have not been straightened out, and those Shu soldiers who have been subdued have been captured. There has been no systematic training, there is a possibility of rebellion at any time, and the war on the battlefield in Jizhou has dragged on for too long, and if it drags on, maybe there will be some variables, Ao Lie still needs to rush back to Jizhou as soon as possible to preside over the overall situation, it is impossible to stay in Yizhou for too long, and of course, there is no time to calm down Liu Bei and Meng Shu's joint trouble.

After thinking about it several times, Ao Lie was still a little undecided in the end. So he summoned his important ministers and held a military meeting to analyze and judge the current situation and discuss the next specific actions.

As the oldest important minister, Xun Yu was the first to speak: "Yu thinks that Yizhou is the country of abundance, and we must not lose control of Yizhou, otherwise it will be easy for Liu Bei to resurrect, but." The foundation of our country is still in the north, and Jizhou has lost the gateway to the north, and it must not be lost. Therefore, Yu advocated that a part of the men and horses should be left to guard Chengdu, relying on the solidity of Chengdu and the surrounding natural hazards, and adopting a defensive strategy. In response to the coalition forces of Liu Bei and Meng Shu, King Yan should return to Jizhou as soon as possible to preside over the overall situation in order to calm the hearts of the people. ”

Ao Lie sighed. said: "What Wen Ruo said is very reasonable, and it is basically the same as what he thinks in his heart. However, we have to further discuss the specific division of personnel, whether to leave most of the people behind, or bring most of the people back to Jizhou; In addition, who is the most appropriate person to defend Chengdu and consolidate the gains we have made? ”

Pang Tong stood up and said: "King Yan, Shicai Wenruo has already said, Yizhou is the country of abundance, and it is here that Gaozu in the past has achieved the prosperity of the Han Dynasty for four hundred years, therefore, Yizhou will be our next important strategic place, and it must not be lost. As for the candidates to guard Yizhou, they recommended Kong Ming, and Kong Ming's civil and military strategy was enough to take on this great task, and at the same time, Tong also volunteered to stay and assist Kong Ming to guard Yizhou together. ”

In history, Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang were originally a little contradictory, but now, because of the butterfly effect brought by Ao Lie, Pang Tong's heart knot was untied by Zhuge Liang, so that the relationship between Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang became more intimate.

Hearing Pang Tong's recommendation, Zhuge Liang said: "It's not proper! Shi Yuan and Liang must not stay at the same time, one person must stay by King Yan's side and assist King Yan in coordinating the overall situation. ”

Ao Lie turned his head to look at Jia Xu, who had not spoken, and asked, "Wenhe, what do you think?" ”

Jia Xu smiled slightly, and brought out his words of response that had not changed for thousands of years: "Since King Yan has made a decision in his heart, why ask again?" ”

When Ao Lie heard this, he smiled helplessly and scolded: "You old fox, you don't want to tell the truth!" After a pause, Ao Lie continued: "Okay, this matter is settled, except for the four elites, the rest of the people will temporarily stay to guard Yizhou, and after the subdued Shu soldiers are attached, they will change their guards." As for the people who stayed to guard Yizhou, it was up to Kong Ming to serve as it, Shi Yuan went back to the north with a certain person, and the war there could not be relaxed at all. In addition, Wei Yan, Jiang Wei, and Wang Ping were ordered to stay behind to assist Kong Ming, and Meng Qi and Pang De were stationed in Hanzhong, ready to support the Yizhou battlefield at any time, and as for Liangzhou, it was temporarily handed over to Ma Dai to be in charge. Ao Lie knows in his heart that Zhuge Liang's talent is infinite, the bigger the scene, the easier he is to deal with it, and in history, the story of Zhuge Liang's seven captures of Meng Shu, but the interesting talk that everyone in later generations is familiar with, leaving Zhuge Liang behind, Ao Lie is 10,000 rest assured, Zhuge Liang ruled Shu, that is a good story in history.

As for Wang Ping, he was in the Han army after the capture of Hanzhong, to serve in the army, Ao Lie knew that in history, Wang Ping was a good general, so just a little investigation of him, then awarded him the position of Sipin general, temporarily under Zhuge Liang as a deputy general, Ao Lie arranged like this, also has the intention of cultivating Wang Ping, I hope Wang Ping can learn more things here in Zhuge Liang, in the same way, the closed disciple Jiang Wei stays, it is the same reason, Ao Lie hopes that Jiang Wei will accept a closer baptism and mature as soon as possible.

After Ao Lie made the decision, a group of civil and military generals bowed to Ao Lie at the same time, and said loudly: "No! At this point, the next strategic direction, even if it is basically decided, the Han army will be divided into two battlefields to fight, Zhuge Liang will stay in Yizhou, and Wei Yan and others will resist the coalition of Liu Bei and Meng Shu, and at the same time be responsible for the transformation and governance of Yizhou; And Ao Lie turned back to the north, led most of the elites under his command, and fought Cao Cao! (To be continued......)