Time flies, time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is March of the fifth year of Jian'an.

In the courtyard of the bamboo garden, the green willows support the wind, the grass and trees are shady, and the spring is full of joy.

In the lotus pond water pavilion, Li Li sat in the pavilion with his eight-month-old daughter in his arms, teasing his daughter while keeping an eye on his extremely active son Xiao Yue'er so that he would not bump into it.

The three-and-a-half-year-old little Yue'er is very naughty and active, she can't sit still for a moment, the more people there are, the happier she is, she runs and frolicks in the garden all day long, as if she never knows that she is tired, and often sweats profusely and makes her face dirty. Fortunately, his godmother Wu Amaranth always followed behind him, and when he was tired of playing, Wu Amaranth wiped his sweat, hugged him very hard, shared the fun of playing with him, and patiently explained the strange questions he raised.

For Li Li, it is extremely rare to have a peaceful life like this. With his wife and children all day long, listening to Mengxin, Ren Hongchang and their five sisters getting together to laugh and whisper, holding a curious little daughter, watching their son play in the garden, this kind of peaceful life under the knees of his wife and children made him intoxicated, let him enjoy it very much, and his mood tended to be peaceful and happy.

With the passage of time and the passage of time, carrier pigeons frequently flew into the bamboo garden, so Li Li's quiet life was gone.

Near noon, Zhuge Liang hurriedly walked into the water pavilion and handed over a stack of letters and silks to Li Li. After reading the letter, Li Li handed her daughter to Mengxin, nodded to them, and got up to leave. Seeing this, Zhuge Liang bowed his head apologetically to the five sisters-in-law, and then quickly followed and followed Li Li into the lobby of the front yard.

Long Xiang walked into the main hall with great steps. Li Li waved his hand to signal that Li Zhi and Shi A, who were already waiting in the hall, did not need to be polite, so Gu sat down at the bottom of the hall and motioned for Zhuge Liang to sit beside him.

The secret letter said. Recently, the situation in the state has changed, reminding us to prepare early to avoid delaying the warplane. What do you think about this? ”

After hearing Li Li's words, Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan in his hand, with a confident smile on his face, and said unhurriedly: "This matter has long been expected by us, so it is not surprising. Judging from the detailed exploration reports in recent days. Some people in the Chengdu Prefecture Pastoral Mansion have been alerted to this, and advised Liu Zhang to make preparations in advance and strike first. Prevent the situation from escalating and getting out of control.

However, Liu Jiyu was skeptical about this, still hesitating, and hesitated. No action will be taken in the near future. So it goes. It is equivalent to leaving an opportunity for the other party to take advantage of, losing the opportunity, and then it will fall into passivity and be tired of parrying. And this is exactly the time we have been waiting for, only when there is civil strife in Yizhou, we can send troops and reap the benefits. ”

Li Li bowed slightly, and pondered: "Liu Jiyu has a weak personality. Indecisive, but suspicious by nature. Settle for pleasure. The reason why he was able to sit in Yizhou for several years was due to the unique terrain conditions of Yizhou and the many virtuous ministers left by his father. If it is replaced, Yizhou has already been obtained by others, how can it be independent of the troubled times? Li Li's words can be described as one sentence, hitting the nail on the head, and explaining the key to Yizhou's stability for many years.

Zhuge Liang nodded happily and continued: "What the lord said is extremely true. Since Liu Zhang's withdrawal from Yizhou, the counties and counties of Yizhou have been peaceful on the surface, but they have never been calm in secret, and they have been in a delicate situation of undercurrent turbulence, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are suffering from internal and external troubles. Let's not talk about the internal worries in Yizhou, just say that the external troubles it faces are not only my Xiliang, but also the threat from Liu Biao in Jingzhou. ”

As he spoke, Zhuge Liang paused, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then continued: "Two years ago, Liu Biao of Jingzhou withdrew the two-way army of Yuan Shu in Huainan without authorization on the grounds of withdrawing troops to quell the rebellion, and returned to Jingnan. At that time, there were indeed rebellions in Changsha, Wuling, Lingling and other counties in Jingnan, but it was only an itchy disease, far from enough to shake the foundation of Jingzhou. After the rebellion broke out, Liu Biao only needed to send a strong army, go straight in, and take Changsha directly to quell the rebellion, and there was no need to mobilize the army to participate in the war to quell the rebellion.

However, Liu Biao used this as an excuse to brazenly withdraw the tens of thousands of troops who had conquered Huainan, which was tantamount to turning his back on the Yuan alliance and openly making enemies of the lord. However, forced by the form, we could only let its leading army retreat, unable to conquer Jingzhou, and Xingshi asked Liu Biao for the blame. Subsequently, Liu Biao quickly quelled the rebellion, and then took advantage of the confrontation between our Xiliang Army and Yuan Shao in Jizhou, and coincided with the rebellion of Shen Mi and Lou Fa in Yizhou.

At that time, Liu Zhang then took Shi Zhaoyun, the governor of Yizhou, as the general of the expedition to Dongzhonglang, led the army to quell the rebellion in Dongzhou, resisted Liu Biao's army, and then stationed troops in Yuquren. Since then, Zhao Wei led the Yizhou army to confront Liu Biao across the river, and it is still a stalemate until now. However, it is precisely because Liu Biao is looking at the side and trying to seek Yizhou that Yizhou Governor Shi Zhaoyun has a heavy army in his hand and looks at one side. ”

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang paused, glanced at Li Li, and said with a smile: "It is not difficult to see that Liu Biao of Jingzhou has long planned to seek Yizhou, but it is not at the right time, and he has never found a favorable opportunity to attack Yizhou in one fell swoop. The previous time, he withdrew his troops from Huainan under the pretext of quelling the Jingnan rebellion, but in fact, he secretly had the heart of enterprising Yizhou. However, Bajun Shen Mi, Lou Fa and others hurriedly got into trouble, and they were more than enough to lose, and they were wiped out by Zhao Wei's army before Liu Biao led the army to support, so that Liu Biao, who rushed to hear the news, was finally a step late and fell short.

Therefore, to this day, the princes faced by Liu Zhang in Yizhou are not only our Xiliang Army, but also Liu Jingsheng of Jingzhou, who is looking at the side. ”

Li Li bowed his head when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Jingzhou is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, spanning both sides of the Yangtze River. In contrast, Yizhou has a unique natural barrier - Shu Road and the Yangtze River. Only a Shu road can keep our hundreds of thousands of troops out of Hanzhong, and the Yangtze River to the east guards the road of Jingzhou Liu Biao's entry into Yizhou. In addition, the territory of Yizhou is fertile for thousands of miles, the people are abundant, and there are many people, enough to raise millions of soldiers, it is the land of Longxing. Such a rich state and county, Hugh said that Liu Biao of Jingzhou has been coveted for a long time, and even Cao Cao, Sun Ce and other generations are also coveted and coveted. ”

Speaking of this, Li Li couldn't help laughing loudly and said: "Of course, it is not only Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Sun Ce and others who covet Yizhou, we have also been watching Yizhou for a long time. The most important thing is that we have been neighbors with Liu Zhang of Yizhou for many years, and this time we came uninvited, but we walked in front of the princes from all walks of life. At this time when Yizhou is worried about internal and external troubles, how can such a good opportunity be missed? The building near the water gets the moon first, hehehe! ”

Zhuge Liang smiled when he heard this, "What the lord said is very true. Yizhou also has a unique terrain advantage, thousands of miles of Shu Road should be a pass, if there is no civil strife in Yizhou, it is undoubtedly difficult for us to capture Shu Road. It is a rare opportunity to seize this opportunity, and we must grasp it tightly, and strive to attack Shu Road and seize Yizhou in one fell swoop. As long as Yizhou is in hand, no matter how the situation in the world changes, how treacherous and cunning the princes of each town are, the lord will be invincible, sooner or later he will sweep away the princes from all walks of life, clear the universe, and dominate the world! ”

"yes." Li Li bowed his head lightly and said with a smile: "As early as when Xiliang was pacified, I began to pay attention to the situation in Yizhou. Helplessly, at that time, Liu Yan was in charge of Yizhou, although he was old, he was old and strong, and his actions were not leaky, which was very difficult. After Liu Yan's death, the situation in the world was turbulent, so I couldn't act rashly, so I had to give up the idea of leading the army to attack Yizhou, retreat to the next thing, send Liu Zhang back to Yizhou to stabilize the situation, and then slowly try to do it.

As the situation becomes clearer and clearer, the princes of all walks of life have perished one after another, and the surviving princes are not good, and it is not easy to win, and they cannot win quickly. In view of this, I adopted the strategy of retreating as advancing, claiming to the outside world that the whole army would rest and recuperate, and that the prefectures and counties under my rule would recuperate, but in fact I would shrink my forces and seek to benefit the states. It is because our army will not attack Yizhou with too many soldiers and horses, and it is not appropriate to make a big move, so as to prevent other princes from taking advantage of the situation and attacking other states and counties of our country. This requires that the soldiers and horses of our army entering Sichuan must be elite divisions, and the scope of the war should be limited to the territory of Liangzhou and Yizhou, and a local war should be fought. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded solemnly and said respectfully: "Weichen understands, so he issued an order to the lord's army, ordering all battalions stationed in Hanzhong to stand by and pay close attention to the changes in the current situation in Yizhou. As soon as civil strife broke out in Yizhou, the Hanzhong army immediately waved into Sichuan, took advantage of the chaos to seize the Shu Road, and opened the throat road into Yizhou in one fell swoop. ”

"Well, that's great, so let's do it." Li Li thought about it and nodded lightly, and said in a deep voice.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang didn't say much, got up and retreated, and his personal soldier captain Shi A followed, and left the main hall at a hurry.

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Shu County, Chengdu Prefecture Pastoral Mansion.

At the same time that Li Li and Zhuge Liang were talking and laughing and agreeing on the strategy, in the main hall of the Prefecture Governor's Mansion, two hundred miles away from the Dustless Palace, there was a military and political discussion every two days, which was also a routine meeting.

When many controversies were put aside by Liu Zhang's sentence of "let it be discussed later", the discussion ended. Immediately, all the civil and military officials in Yizhou bowed down and retired, and left the state capital hall in groups of three or five, and left by car.

Heading east from the gate of the state capital, passing through a street and alley, the corner is the mansion of Zhang Song, the other driver of Yizhou, and opposite the mansion of Zhang Song is the residence of his brother Guanghan Taishou Zhang Su.

In the early years, Zhang Song lived in his brother Zhang Su's mansion, since he was under Liu Zhang's account, he was deeply appreciated by Liu Zhang, and in just a few years, he was promoted several levels in a row, and was promoted from the state capital to other drivers, and was promoted again last year, and was promoted to Yizhou other drivers. As their status continued to rise, the contradictions between Zhang Song and his brother Zhang Su became increasingly prominent, and the two brothers often quarreled.

At first, the reason for their dispute was only political disagreement, but then many contradictions arose due to political differences, which made the contradictions more and more violent, and they could no longer live under the same roof. So Zhang Song moved out of the mansion in a fit of rage, and built a larger mansion opposite his brother Zhang Su's mansion, whose lintel was extraordinarily richly decorated, while Zhang Su's mansion was dwarfed and eclipsed.

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