That night, Liu Chuang sat in the study, read a letter in the light of Songming, and then put the letter on Songming and lit it and turned it into ashes.

The letter was sent by Sima Yi.

He had already established a team in Jingzhou, and recruited a great power to write for the Yellow Pavilion.

When he saw the name of this great power, Liu Chuang was really startled.

Pang Shanmin?

Liu Chuang never expected that Sima Yi would actually recruit Pang Shanmin.

This Pang Shanmin is Pang Tong's elder brother and an outstanding member of the second generation of the Pang family.

Although Pang Tong went out of the mountain to assist Liu Bei, it did not mean that all the Pang family defected to Liu Bei. It's just a survival rule of the Maison, and it doesn't put all its eggs in one basket. Pang Tong is in Jingzhou, and it is difficult to be reused. He was short in stature, ugly in appearance, and somewhat arrogant in character. Liu Biao is a person who pays great attention to grace, no matter how great Pang Tong's ability is, he will not reuse it.

Therefore, when Liu Bei recruited Pang Tong, the Pang family did not object.

Although Liu Bei is now living in Jingzhou, his strength is too weak...... And he didn't get the title of 'imperial uncle' as in history, and his appeal is naturally not as good as in his previous life. If it weren't for Chen Deng's fame, it would be difficult for Liu Bei to gain a firm foothold in Jingzhou.

He has no roots, and for Pang Tong, it may be the best place to go.

Therefore, the Pang family turned a blind eye to this matter. Pang Shanmin may not be as talented as Pang Tong, but he has a calm temperament and is the best heir. Sima Yi did not explain in the letter why Pang Shanmin was attached, but he thought that he would have to help the Kuai family.

Jingzhou has such a memory, and it can be regarded as the person with the highest status in the Huangge chronicle.

But those who know about this matter, except for Sima Yi and Liu Chuang, there is no third person......

Although Liu Chuang was surprised by Pang Shanmin's contribution, he was not surprised. After Sima Yi recruited Pang Shanmin, he immediately probed his tentacles to Jiangdong. He quickly found out a piece of news...... But it's news, it's more like a gossip.

In fact, Liu Chuang has always had some doubts about what happened to Mrs. Qiao and Sun Shao.

It stands to reason that although Sun Ce is dead, Zhou Yu is still alive.

Not to mention the friendship between Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, just saying that Zhou Yu is Sun Shao's uncle, the situation between Sun Shao and Da Qiao should not be bad. But in history, after Sun Ce's death, Da Qiao and Sun Shao were like evaporating from the world. Mrs. Da Qiao is in better condition, and has appeared a few times; But Sun Shao was unknown, did not appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and was also mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

This doesn't seem normal!

The gossip sent by Sima Yi just solved Liu Chuang's confusion.

It turned out that Jiangdong Erqiao had a great reputation, and he got one for Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. However, Sun Ce has a short temperament, while Da Qiao is a gentle person and is not satisfied with Sun Ce. It was Zhou Yu who had a good impression of Mrs. Da Qiao, but he got Mrs. Xiao Qiao.

After Sun Ce's death, Zhou Yu was also secretly taking care of him at first, and sent someone to send a letter to remind Mrs. Qiao to be patient.

Who would have thought that when Mrs. Xiao Qiao learned about this, she became jealous.

When Sun Quan decided to send Mrs. Qiao and Sun Shao to Youzhou, Zhou Yu planned to intervene to stop it, but was stopped by Mrs. Xiao Qiao.

"The husband should know that the lord is suspicious.

He is very suspicious of Shao Gongzi, and he is also quite wary of you.

This time he sent Shao Gongzi and his sister to Youzhou, which was not a good thing. For Shao Gongzi and his sister, although Youzhou is bitter and cold, there is no need to worry about it all day long; For the lord, when Shao Gongzi leaves, he can also have a heart; And Yu Fujun's relationship with Shao Gongzi makes the lord wary of you all day long. When he and his sister leave Jiangdong, the lord's wariness of her husband will inevitably weaken.

If you come forward to stop it, I am afraid that not only will you not be able to protect Shao Gongzi, but it will lead the lord to kill him. ”

I have to say that Mrs. Xiao Qiao's words are very reasonable.

Zhou Yu was immediately silent!

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhou Yu is portrayed as a narrow-minded person in order to set off Zhuge Liang's tall and complete body. But in real history, Zhou Yu is a magnificent hero. In later generations, Su Dongpo had 'lupine scarf, talking and laughing, and the tree was wiped out' in Chibi Fu, and it was not Zhuge Liang who was talking about it, but Zhou Yu. However, such a beautiful person also has selfish intentions. That's right, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce have a good relationship, and they are Sun Shao's uncle, even if the two are actually not related......

He also has to think about his future.

Sun Quan's methods are clever, and after Sun Ce's death, he controlled Jiangdong step by step and stabilized the situation, which is enough to see his methods.

Now, Sun Quan has Jiangdong in his hands, and no one can shake his position anymore.

If it is said that it can be dangerous to Sun Quan, it seems that only Sun Shao is it. Sun Shao does not die, or stays in Jiangdong, Sun Quan will have trouble sleeping. As Sun Shao's uncle, Sun Ce's best friend before his death. Even if Zhou Yu holds the Jiangdong Water Division, he must be cautious.

Xiao Qiao was right, if he came forward to stop it, he would not cause Sun Quan's murderous intentions.

However, Zhou Yu can be reluctant to Sun Shao, but he is a little reluctant to Da Qiao. Later, I didn't know what means Xiao Qiao used, so that Zhou Yu didn't come forward to stop it in the end. Because of this incident, the relationship between Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu Huang Gai Han as a veteran is quite tense.

It is very rare for Sima Yi to be able to hear these news in a short period of time.

After Liu Chuang saw it, he also sighed in his heart

Humanity!

In the face of interests, any family affection and friendship will become vulnerable. Even a great man like Zhou Yu will become ruthless at the fork in the road facing the choice of interests.

But what does it have to do with him?

"Lord, Kong Ming is asking to see you outside."

At this moment, Jiang Yi's voice came from outside the door.

Liu Chuang put away his thoughts, stood up and said, "Please let him in." ”

After a while, Zhuge Liang came in from outside.

He first saluted Liu Chuang, and then said: "Lord, there is an urgent report from Liangzhou, Zhang Lu gathered 30,000 troops to enter Wudu, and joined forces with Wudu Qiang, a total of 80,000 Chen soldiers and Wudu Dao intend to enter Liangzhou north. Yuan Zhi sent a letter and asked the lord for advice.

When Liu Chuang heard this, he shuddered and stood up.

In his heart, there was a trace of excitement suddenly, he wandered in the room for a moment and suddenly turned around and said: "Immediately inform Yuan Zhi and let him order the dragon soldiers to enter the Wudu and capture Chiting." ”

Cao Cao, I finally couldn't help it!

As previously speculated by Zhuge Liang and others, Cao Cao was determined to have a decisive battle with Liu Chuang.

It is conceivable that this decisive battle will never be as simple as before. Cao Cao will definitely concentrate his forces and make an end with Liu Chuang.

Similarly, Liu Chuang has been preparing for this day for a long time......

In May of the ninth year of Jian'an, Zhang Lu went north to Liangzhou under the banner of avenging Wei Duan.

He ordered the general Shen Tan to be the commander-in-chief and lead the troops north to Wudu. Then he quickly joined forces with Wudu Qiang, and brought 80,000 soldiers to Wudu Road.

After learning the news, Zhong Xuan, the assassin of Liangzhou, immediately ordered Xu Shu to fight.

It's just that Zhang Lu's dispatch of troops this time is not simple. In order to achieve the goal of containing the strength of the Han army, Jingzhao Yin Caoren ordered Xiahou Yuan and Cao Zhen to lead their troops westward. Xu Shu sat in Hanyang and could not go alone, so he ordered Zhao Yun to be the main general Jiang Xu as the deputy general, and commanded 8,000 troops to enter Wudu, and quickly captured Chiting. The two sides looked across the water on both sides of the Western Han River, and for a time Liangzhou was again covered with war clouds.

After Zhao Yunbing entered the Red Pavilion, Longguan was handed over to Huang Zhong.

And Xu Shu led Xiahou Lan and Wei Yan into the Qingshi Shore and held with Cao Zhenzhen.

Fang calmed the northwest for half a year, and for a while, the situation was changing.

Everyone's eyes were suddenly focused on Liangzhou and Guanzhong......

In this battle, Xu Shu focused on defense and did not immediately fight a decisive battle with the Cao army and the Hanzhong army.

The outbreak of the Liangzhou War also made the situation in Hebei tense. Cao Cao ordered to continue to increase troops to Liyang, and made a posture of a decisive battle with Liu Chuang in Liyang. Liu Chuang naturally would not back down, he ordered Zhang Liao and Zhang He to lead their troops to fight and garrison troops in Huang Ze.

At the same time, after some discussion with Lu Bu, Liu Chuang transferred the general Cao Xing from Lu Bu to join the party.

Shangdang Taishou Gao Shun soldiers entered Huguan and made a posture to support the Han army. The two sides continued to dispatch troops, Cao Cao sent 120,000 troops, and Liu Chuang also sent 80,000 soldiers and horses, a total of 200,000 troops on both sides confronted the north bank of the Yellow River, which also made Jizhou panic.

"Lord, now Cao Cao's intention is very obvious, he is preparing for a decisive battle with the lord in Liyang.

Why don't the lord go to Yecheng to supervise the battle, the morale of the soldiers will inevitably be high. ”

Lu Yu proposed to Liu Chuang, but Liu Chuang did not particularly agree.

He said in a deep voice: "Cao Cao, traitorous male."

He put on a position with such fanfare, intending to fight a decisive battle with Liyang. But for some reason, I always thought it wouldn't be that simple. ”

Lu Yu was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at Zhuge Liang and the others.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang and the others all had solemn expressions, they obviously didn't particularly agree with Lu Yu's idea.

"Then what does Cao Cao want?"

Zhuge Liang opened his mouth and said: "Cao Cao is good at using strange soldiers and likes to win by surprise.

I think that until we understand Cao Cao's true intentions, it is best to focus on defense and not act rashly. The lord said: If the enemy does not move, I will not move, and if the enemy moves, I will move first...... So in my opinion, it is better to wait patiently and see Cao Cao's next move before making a claim. ”

Liu Chuang was silent and walked to the sand table placed in the lobby.

He lowered his head, looked at the sand table, and said softly: "This time Cao Cao is prepared, and the increase in troops in Liyang is likely to be a cover."

I thought that his main point of attack would never be in Liyang.

Mr. Gonghe, with what you know about Cao Cao, where would he choose to cross the river from? ”

Frustrated Professor stood up, walked to Liu Chuang's side, and looked down at the sand table.

"For a long time, the reason why Uncle Huang has been able to win every time is because he has seized the opportunity.

Attacking Cao Cao's must-save place forced Cao Cao to move at the pace of the emperor's uncle...... This is also one of the reasons why Uncle Huang won.

Now, Cao Cao obviously didn't want to be led by the emperor's uncle anymore, so he took the initiative to attack.

No matter where he wants to cross the river from, Uncle Huang will be in passivity. Instead of being led by Cao Cao, Uncle Huang doesn't want to find a way to seize the opportunity? ”

When Liu Chuang heard this, his pupils shrank, revealing a thoughtful expression.