In the ninth year of Can'an, Cao Cao seized Yizhou and Qingzhou. To the surprise of too many people, the several major battles fought in the north in the eight years of Jian'an have actually laid the foundation for the situation in the north in the next few decades, and it is to see who is faster and who grabs more.

The situation in the north in the following ten years of Jian'an is also very easy to speculate, whether it is Zhang Xiu or Cao Cao. It is not enough for Zhang Xiu to defend the Hetao area with only one Yellow River as a danger, so it is necessary to continue to the north and take down all the outer Great Wall, so that there are two Great Walls to hold out, and then there is the Yellow River natural danger, and the Hetao is also stable. And Cao Cao swallowed Wing and Qing, and the next step was naturally to attack Youzhou and destroy the second and third sons of the Yuan family to eliminate future troubles.

The situation in the north is easy to speculate, but the situation in the south is a little confusing, Sun Jian broke Jiangxia, beheaded Huang Zu, and Liu Biao sent Liu Yan to save Jiangxia. It's just that before the third day, it was reported that Cai Mao rebelled, Liu Yan suddenly returned to the division, and the news that Cai Mao was destroyed by the Xiangyang Neishabu family, the Huang family and other families and the generals in the army, and at the same time, Liu Biao was seriously ill and could not manage the government, and all the affairs of Jingzhou were all handled by Liu Thief Liu Bei. At the same time, Guan Yu led the troops to fight with Sun Ce's army in Jiangxia, Guan Yu was extremely brave and repelled Sun Ce's army, which was overwhelming all the way, Sun Jian only occupied a few counties in Jiangxia, and the rest of Jiangxia County was still owned by Liu Gou.

Liu Yan was overjoyed when he heard the news, and Liu Bei immediately suggested that Guan Yu should lead the troops to be stationed in Jiangxia in case of Sun Xiaoce, and let Zhang Feitun Jiangling, if there is any change in the four counties of Jingnan, he can immediately go south to attack the four counties. In Xiangyang City, Liu Bei has Chen Zhi and Wei Yan, who newly threw himself into him, as his minions, Shan Fu is the scheme, and the Jingzhou family and the Huang family support him, and secretly Liu Bei has the final say in Jingzhou's internal affairs and military strategy. However, Liu Bei still respects Liu Gou very much on the surface, so other people can't see the situation.

The news of Liu Bei's auxiliary administration of Jingzhou only reached Zhang Xiu's ears in the winter, and when he heard the news, Zhang Xiu was shocked, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei came back from injury, Chen Zhi and Wei Yan, the two generals under Liu Bei in history, were reused, and Xu Shu, who turned into a blessor, Zhang Xiu, who was a traverser, naturally knew his ability clearly. In addition, Jingzhou's general Wen Ping was also under Liu Bei's command, supplemented by the Jiaoliang, Shayue brothers and other families in Jingzhou, Liu Bei at this time was much stronger than Liu Bei, who first won Jingzhou after the historical Chibi. After all, Jingzhou was completely in his hands without going through the chaos, and with the strength that Liu Biao had accumulated for more than ten years, it was enough for Liu Bei to spend a period of time.

After Zhang Xiu received the news, he immediately summoned everyone to discuss the situation, Zhang Xiu immediately told the situation in Jingzhou, Jia Xu heard it, a trace of worry flashed on his face, and sighed: "I still can't stop it, Liu Xuande's hidden dragon is really powerful." ”

Fa Zheng heard it, but he frowned and said: "Although Liu Xuande is powerful, but this time to take Jingzhou is not like his usual means, there must be a master to help, if it is not bad as expected, it should be that Shan Fu." ”

Zhang Xiu heard it and said with a wry smile: "Shan Fu is just a pseudonym." This person's surname is Xu Mingshu, the character is straight, and he is from Yingchuan. Less for the ranger, after the killing, so the list of blessings, and then abandon the sword from the text, in Mr. Shui Jing to learn art, has been ten years, is one of Mr. Shui Jing's proud disciples, its talent is by no means under filial piety. ”

Everyone knows that Zhang Xiu has a particularly strange ability to recognize people, as long as you listen to that person's name, you can know how far this person's talent has reached, as long as Zhang Xiu says that all of them are talented. If Zhang Xiu doesn't know, all of them are incompetent people, so it is not surprising that everyone told Zhang Xiu the origin of this single blessing.

Zhang Quan, who was sitting below, also came with the army this time, killed a lot of Hu people, and his martial arts have improved a lot through the tempering of the war, he has listened to Chen Song and Zhuge Jin's lectures for half a year, and has learned a lot and knows that Zhang Xiu's great enemy in the world is Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Jian. ”

Tai Shi Ci shook his head when he heard this, and said: "The naval army network is not familiar with this new warship, and it must be familiar with the situation for a while, and it is not the right time to take Jingzhou south at this time." ”

Fa Zheng nodded and said: "What General Taishi said is very true, in addition, this time Liu Bei can capture Jingzhou, the biggest possibility is that the Jingzhou family is worried that the lord will go south immediately after the north is settled." With Liu Biao's ability, he may not be able to keep Jingzhou, with the lord's consistent attitude towards the family, the Jingzhou family united to support Liu Bei this time mainly to deal with the lord. Now Jingzhou is worried about internal and external troubles, although Liu Bei is in power at this time, there is still a crisis, but if the lord goes south at this time, Liu Bei just takes advantage of the lord's momentum to unite Jingzhou to resist the lord, so it will only help Liu Bei. ”

After listening to this, Zhang Quan realized that there were so many relationships involved, and after thinking about it for a while, he couldn't solve this matter by himself, so he asked Fa Zhengdao: "Mr. Fa, what should we do?" ”

Fa Zheng's eyes flickered, he looked at the southeast and said, "Sun Jian! Sun Jian has always been interested in Jingzhou, and now Cao Ren's army is in Shouchun, after all, Shouchun has been operated by Yuan Shu for several years, and it is not comparable to Hefei, and Cao Cao has added a large army here, and left the strategist to assist Cao Ren.

Sun Jian also saw that Shouchun was not easy to attack, so he waved his army to fight Jingzhou, and now although Jiangxia is stationed with Yu leading troops, it may not be possible to take it down with the ability of Sun's father and son. The lord should take advantage of the war between Liu Bei and Sun Jian to take Yizhou as soon as possible, Longshu is in hand, the lord is already invincible, plus the Hetao and the annexation of the state, like a tiger with wings, Jingzhou Liu Bei can no longer make any big waves. ”

After listening to this, Zhang Xiu nodded and said: "What Xiaozhi said is very true, although Liu Zhangzhi survived for two years, but Zhang Ren was idle, and only Yan Yan of Jiangzhou was left in Yizhou, but it was difficult to support it alone. Now the situation in the north is settled, and the Hu people do not dare to go south, Zilong Ru and Meng Qi and Ling Ming will stay in the north, and immediately lead the army across the Yellow River to recapture the Great Wall after the ice and snow melts next year, and the defenders of the state will take over the defense, and Chang'an's 50,000 recruits will enter the state, and their grain and grass will be supplied by Chang'an, as for the grain and grass of the three divisions of the thundercloud cavalry, the flying feather archer and the Qianghu cavalry, you will have to go to the prairie to solve it yourself, and the grain and grass of these three departments will not be restored until at least after the autumn harvest, Zilong can have doubts? ”

Zhao Yun shook his head and said, "My lord, don't worry, Yun and the others will kill Hu Ren without leaving a single piece of armor!" Ma and Pound smiled in response.

Zhang Xiu nodded and said: "In addition, Ben will prepare to form a new Bingzhou Corps, which is divided into three divisions, Ma Dai led 30,000 people to garrison Yanmen, after the Outer Great Wall was captured, General Guo Huai led 50,000 people to garrison there, and the remaining 30,000 were by Hao Zhao

This matter didn't have much to do with everyone, and Zhang Xiu just said hello to them, so everyone nodded after hearing it.

After the discussion, Zhang Xiu, Fa Zheng and Tai Shici returned to Chang'an alone, preparing to lead the Breaking Blade Battalion and the Blood Blade Battalion to continue to attack Yizhou after resuming the road in the spring. As for the north, it was naturally handed over to Zhao Yun as the commander, and at the same time, Zhang Quan was left in the north, so that he could follow Zhao Yun to continue to sharpen his martial arts and military strategy, and accumulate military merits. Let's say that after Liu Bei took Jingzhou, it was autumn, Guan Yu's army and Sun Ce faced off in Jiangxia, and the civil affairs in Jingzhou were presided over by Jiaoliang, Shabu Yue and Sun Gan, Liu Bei had nothing to do, but he asked Xu Shu, who had already told Liu Bei his original name: "Military division, now I am ready to support Jingzhou, but Jingzhou is the place of four wars, there are Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu in the north, Jiangdong Tigers in the east, and Zhang Xiu in the west. ”

Xu Shu smiled slightly and said: "The lord sits in Jingzhou, with abundant grain and grass, and now there is an uncle to train the army, and the combat power of Jingzhou's soldiers has increased greatly, which can be called elite." The lord is recuperating at this time, and he is preparing to make a splash, so why worry so much. ”

Liu Bei thought about it, Xu Shu was right, with the abundance of grain and grass in Jingzhou, as long as Chen Zhi trained his soldiers, even if he fought with Zhang Xiu or Cao Cao, he could fight a battle, after all, the main forces of the two were in the north, and it was still possible to attack the rear while their main forces were not there. Thinking of this, Liu Bei asked Xu Shu with some excitement: "Where does the military advisor think he should attack?" ”

Xu Shu smiled slightly and said: "This matter is very important, and I can't see through it with my talents, but there are great talents in Jingzhou, and the lord is now sitting in Jingzhou and is preparing to make a splash, why not invite him out of the mountain to help." ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he still didn't understand the meaning of Xu Shu's words, and hurriedly asked, "What the military advisor said is Wolong?" ”

Xu Shu smiled and said, "It's him." After speaking, he took out a letter from his arms: "This is a letter of recommendation, Wolong is a noble person, even if there is this letter of recommendation, he may not be able to invite him, everything still depends on the lord." ”

Just when Liu Bei was about to ask Wolong's name, a personal guard outside came to report: "Report to the lord, there is a gentleman outside with a very good look, and I have come to ask to see him." ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he was surprised: "Isn't it Wolong? After speaking, he hurriedly asked the guards to invite the person outside in, and Xu Shu didn't stop him, just smiled and didn't say anything.

After a while, I saw a scribe who was about thirty years old a year, and the strange-looking scribe walked in, Liu Bei saw the appearance of this person, and now there are some differences with the Wolong that Xu Shu said, but after all, a few years have passed, and it is not surprising that the young Wolong has grown up, so he bowed and asked: "But Mr. Wolong?" ”

The scribe waved his hand and said with a smile: "Uncle Huang misunderstood, under Sima Hui." Cursive character moral exercise. ”

When Liu Bei heard this, his face was clear, and he saluted again, and said, "Liu Bei has seen Mr. Shui Jing." ”

Seeing this, Sima Hui hurriedly flashed to the side and said, "Uncle Huang is a member of the Han Dynasty, and this gift emblem can't afford it." ”

Liu Bei smiled, didn't dwell on this matter anymore, but asked, "I don't know what Mr. Shui Jing has to teach here?" ”

Sima Hui said with a smile: "I have come to recommend talents to Uncle Huang." ”

Liu Bei heard this, and hurriedly asked, "But Wolong?" ”

Sima Wei was surprised: "It turns out that Uncle Huang also knows Wolong, but it was Huibai who took a trip." ”

Liu Bei hurriedly said, "Definitely." In fact, it was Yuan Zhifang who only mentioned it, and Bei only knew. ”

Sima Hui nodded, looked at Xu Shu behind him, and said with a smile: "Yuan Zhi is also here, I don't know if Lingtang has ever brought Xiangyang?" ”

Xu Shu hurriedly saluted and said, "Thank you for your concern, I have to be reminded by Kong Ming, and I have already brought my mother here." ”

Sima Hui stroked his beard and said, "Okay! Good! ”

And Liu Bei was very surprised at this time, listening to Xu Shu's words, he knew that the Sima Hui in front of him was Xu Shu's teacher, under careful observation, Liu Bei only looked like Sima Hui was only thirty years old, but I am afraid that the real age is more than that. It should be regarded as a health care skill. After a few polite words with Sima Hui, Liu Bei asked again: "I don't know who the Wolong in the mouths of Yuan Zhi and Mr. Shui Jing is?" ”

Sima Hui smiled and said: "Wolong, the compound surname is Zhuge , the name is bright, the word Kong Ming, now lives in Longzhong west of Xiangyang, and his people have the talent of the heavens and latitudes, so the talent cannot be recruited, and the emperor should personally invite it." ”

Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, and then asked Sima Hui again: "Mr. is talented, why don't you do it for the benefit of the people to display your talents and learn." ”

Sima Hui said with a smile: "I am used to being idle and uncontrolled, but I have the good intentions of the emperor's uncle." ”

Liu Bei listened to it, knew that it was not good to force, and after chatting with Sima Hui for an afternoon, he had dinner, and Sima Hui left the next day, and Liu Bei temporarily handed over the affairs of Xiangyang to Xu Shu to deal with, and took Chen to Longzhong.

However, similar to history, Liu Bei went to Longzhong for the first time, and Zhuge Liang traveled. After a month, when he received the news and went again, Zhuge Liang was not there, and he only saw his brother Zhuge Jun, and Liu Bei had to leave a letter. In the blink of an eye, it was the middle of winter, and the princes everywhere had collected their troops, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also took advantage of the absence of a big war to return to Xiangyang to meet Liu Bei.

At this time, Liu Bei received the news that Zhuge Liang had returned to Longzhong, so he hurriedly led Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to see Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei originally heard that Liu Bei had gone twice and was unwilling to go, but Liu Bei insisted that it was no longer possible. The three of them rushed to Longzhong, and were dried by Zhuge Liang for another afternoon, Zhang Fei was about to burn the grass house, and finally Liu Bei asked Guan Yu to lead him out.

After waiting for an afternoon, Liu Bei saw the legendary Wolong, with a face like a crown of jade, lips like grease, eight feet long, very heroic, and really as young as Xu Shu said. As soon as Liu Bei saw Zhuge Liang, he felt that he had a high popularity, and after a few polite words, he couldn't help but ask him for advice.

Zhuge Liang saw it, but he asked Xiao Tong to take the map, and after unfolding it, he pointed to the map and said to Liu Bei: "The two heroes in the north, Cao Cao has the land of Chong, Yu, Xu, Qing, Yi and Huainan, and Youzhou is already in his pocket. On the other hand, Zhang Xiu supported the three prefectures of Si, He, and Liang, as well as half of the Western Regions, Hetao, Yizhou, and Nanyang, and his land was even greater than that of Cao Cao. The two heroes in the north have been established, and both of them have cavalry advantages, it is too difficult for the emperor to enter the Central Plains, and he can only defend the north by water, and provoke the two heroes to fight and profit from it. ”