At the end of November of the fifth year of Jian'an, in the early morning, everything in Nanyang was silent, although it did not snow, the world was already cold to the bone.

On the wilderness outside the city, the earth is vast, yellow-brown inlay, and the distant mountains loom in the mist, only the city in the southwest, under the green wheat fields on both sides of the post road, looks dark and solemn.

About four or five miles to the southeast of the city, there were several camps towering, faintly showing a tendency to encircle, as if half of the city was besieged.

A big "Liu" word was written above the camp.

Shen Chen was riding on horseback, Gan Ning was not around, only Shen Tao and more than a dozen clan generals and cavalry, this time to blame Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu's son Zhang Quan was not around, now Zhang Quan is already a proton, naturally he will not send him back.

Soon more than ten knights had already arrived in front of the camp, and there were already people waiting at the gate of the camp, and when they saw Shen Chen coming down, a twenty-five or sixteen-year-old general stepped forward and said, "General Shen!" ”

"Captain Liu!"

Shen Chen turned over and dismounted, and bowed back: "Can you notify Zhang Xiu?" ”

The young general's name is Liu Hu, who is Liu Biao's nephew and Liu Qi's cousin.

But today's battle of Shaxian was only defeated due to Liu Biao's strength, and he was not killed, so he is still alive.

At this time, Liu Hu was ordered by Liu Biao to lead a large army to come and see Zhang Xiu.

Although Zhang Xiu wrote to Liu Biao, saying that he would not rebel again, but now that he is in the confrontation period between Cao and Liu, Liu Biao will not trust a capricious person.

At the beginning, Liu Biao still took in Zhang Xiu for the sake of his uncle Zhang Ji's death, but Zhang Xiu surrendered without a fight in the Battle of Nanyang and directly took refuge in Cao Cao, if Cao Cao couldn't control the lower half of his body, he wouldn't have turned his face.

But originally thought that Zhang Xiu and Cao Cao had a blood feud, and they would no longer talk about betrayal, but now they are going to belong again in the blink of an eye, and no matter how stupid Liu Biao is, he can't wait to destroy Zhang Xiu, a person who has no faith.

It's just that now Cao's army is stationed in Kunyang, eyeing it, afraid that when Cao Cao responds to Zhang Xiu, he will attack Nanyang, so he didn't do it for the time being, and after Cao Cao withdrew his troops, he planned to clean up Zhang Xiu.

Shen Chen also hated Zhang Xiu's capriciousness at the critical moment, so he came to ask for the guilt.

Liu Hu pointed to the pavilion in the distance and said, "Over there." ”

"Thank you, Captain."

Shen Chen got on his horse again and headed towards the pavilion.

When he came to the pavilion, Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu were already outside to greet him.

"General Ah Shen."

Zhang Xiu's face was quite embarrassed, when he first came to Nanyang four years ago, he was also favored by Shen Chen and his maternal grandfather Deng Hong, and under their persuasion, Liu Biao let him gain a foothold in Nanyang.

As a result, he was treacherous and wanted to take refuge in the strong several times, but in the end, the strong man he thought was burned down by a young man, which was shameful.

"General Zhang!"

Shen Chen turned over and did not salute, but his face sank like water, looked at him and said: "I have already told you about the pros and cons of voting for Cao, but you have relapsed from your old illness and betrayed your alliance and forgot your righteousness. ”

He spoke unceremoniously, and he looked like he was asking for guilt.

But the respect of people is mutual, once he also had a lot of respect for Zhang Xiu, and patiently explained to him that after taking refuge in Cao Cao, Cao Cao may be able to endure it for the sake of the overall situation, but in the future, Cao Cao's heirs, Cao Ang's brothers may not necessarily endure it, so Zhang Xiu is still in great danger.

However, in the face of Cao Cao's bloody use of his son-in-law and daughter-in-law, he still made him betray the covenant, to a certain extent, Zhang Xiu is a complete villain, and naturally there is no need for any respect for the villain.

Zhang Xiu's face was unhappy, but he was at a loss, so he had to look at Jia Xu, lowered his posture and arched his hand: "General Shen, this matter is my confusion, I am willing to make a blood alliance with the general."

Before he finished speaking, Shen Chen interrupted with a calm face: "The general's oath, I dare not believe it anymore, in the eyes of the world, the general has no faith." ”

"Shen Chen, you!"

Zhang Xiu was furious, and the clay man also had three points of fire, not to mention that Shen Chen was so squeezed.

But he forgot that it was obviously his own injustice first, and in history he betrayed Liu Biao and joined Cao, and he first surrendered to Cao and then rebelled to Liu Biao, and then rebelled to Cao, which can be said to be a repeated horizontal jump between Liu Biao and Cao Cao.

If it weren't for Mrs. Zou's matter, even if it was for a reason, it is estimated that she would have ended up with a situation like Lu Bu who was evaluated as "cunning and repetitive, mercenary".

"General Shen!"

At this time, Jia Xu finally spoke, and said: "The ancients said: "Good birds choose trees to perch, and virtuous ministers choose their masters." "I all know that Liu Biao and Yuan Shao and others are not the masters, and we are attached to Cao Cao, which is to comply with the mandate of heaven, and please don't blame the general."

Shen Chen thought for a while, looked at him with a smile and said, "Then is Cao Cao still the Mandate of Heaven now?" ”

"Yes and no."

"What do you mean by that?"

"It's all because of the general and the left."

Jia Xu said: "Cao Cao has the righteousness of the Son of Heaven, and he is in line with the number of days. However, its killing nature was too heavy, and he slaughtered too many living beings in Xuzhou, so that God sent a general to punish him, which was bad for his roots. There is also the name of General Zuo's benevolence and righteousness spread all over the world, so the people in the sea want to add to it, perhaps it is the destiny of heaven. ”

He has a destiny, not to find a reason for himself to join Cao Cao. But at that time, people believed in the so-called number of days, like Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and a large number of other princes, all believed this, but they just felt that the destiny of heaven was on them.

Even after Chun Yuqiong was captured by Cao Cao, when Cao Cao asked him why things had fallen to such a field today, Chun Yuqiong replied dejectedly, "Victory or defeat is determined by heaven" and the like.

Therefore, when Zhang Jiao launched the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he first denied the Mandate of Heaven of the Han Dynasty and launched a peasant uprising on the grounds that "the sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand".

Jia Xu may not believe in the Mandate of Heaven, but Cao Cao is eloquent, and Liu Xie is in his hands, so he is determined to be the Mandate of Heaven.

Because in a sense, Liu Xie is the concrete embodiment of the current luck of the entire Han Dynasty. Most of the people and the powerful families still recognize Liu Xie as the co-ruler of the world. They all believed that Cao Cao was Huo Guang, an important minister who saved the Han Dynasty.

So there was a dispute between Shen Chen and those surrendering factions and the so-called royalists in Jingzhou, and at the same time, Jia Xu believed that Cao Cao could rely on Liu Xie's "Mandate of Heaven" to dominate the four seas.

It's just that what he never expected was that he guessed the beginning, but not the end.

Jia Xu thought that Cao Cao was like a savior in troubled times, and in the name of Liu Xie, he finally defeated Yuan Shao, got the entire north, and then swept the world, swept all the princes, and achieved a hegemony.

As a result, he won the battle of Guandu, but his hometown was also stolen, and now he and Yuan Shao belong to half a catty, and no one has taken any advantage.

The future trend is unpredictable, so Jia Xu now understands that this number of days may not necessarily be on Cao Cao.

"Manifest your destiny?"

Shen Chen fell into deep thought.

Historically, Cao Cao was also regarded as five-ninths of the mandate of heaven.

Originally, if he fought the battle of Chibi well, he might be able to dominate the world and return to one.

In the future, there will be no need for Cao Pi to usurp the Han, he will usurp it himself.

But there are also Uncle Liu Huang and Sun Zhongmou.

It is easy to know the sky, but it is difficult to go against the sky.

Ji Han's group of idealists is itself going against the sky.

With the body of a mortal, he forcibly violated the mandate of heaven and extended the life of the Han for another 42 years.

Liu Bei Zhuge Liang's ambition is not what Zhou Yi said, "people are stronger than the sky".

Isn't it touching to change one's life in such a way?

Perhaps it is this kind of spirit of knowing that there are tigers in the mountains and preferring to go to the tiger mountains, and in the name of benevolence and righteousness, Kuang Kuang to help this great Han country is admirable.

Thinking of this, Shen Chen showed a hideous look on his face, and said viciously: "Cao Cao's kind of butcher is also worthy of the destiny of heaven?" If he is destined for heaven, I will tear this destiny apart! ”

Bang!

In the early morning, the Funiu Mountains in the distance were shrouded in fog, and the clouds were dense, as if it was thundering and raining, and suddenly there was a thunderbolt, and the sound spread for more than ten miles, which frightened Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu.

Both of them looked at Shen Chen in horror, only to feel that his words had disturbed the heavens.

However, Shen Chen was unmoved, pointed his index finger to the sky, looked at them squarely, and said, "You see, even the heavens approve of what I said, if I disobey the mandate of heaven, thunder should kill me, shouldn't it?" ”

Zhang Xiu was silent.

Jia Xu smiled bitterly: "The general is so bold. ”

Shen Chen said: "Now that Cao Cao's Xu Capital has been burned by me, if you want to return to it, I won't stop you, but the hussar general can't stand your repeated rebellion, if it weren't for Cao Cao in Kunyang, he would have sent troops to exterminate you." ”

Jia Xu groaned: "We also know this, last year I was quite good friends with Cao Cao, Duan Xuan was under his command and sent my family over, I plan to let them go to Xiangyang, what does the general think?" ”

"General Zhang, it's not bad to have a home in Xiangyang."

Shen Chen looked at Zhang Xiu and chuckled: "I also heard that Zhang Quan's riding skills are very good, and I lack a rider under my command, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Xiu clenched her fists, her face was bruised, and she only felt aggrieved in her heart.

The other party made it clear that he wanted to be a hostage.

But after a while, he was like a deflated ball, loosened up, and said bitterly: "Do I still have a choice?" ”

"When a general is capricious, he should know what happens when he is controlled by others."

Shen Chen shook his head and said, "In this world, people must have credibility. ”

"I see."

Zhang Xiu said softly: "I will send my wife, daughter, and aunt to Xiangyang, my son. It's under your command. ”

"If you knew this was the case, why did you bother in the first place?"

Shen Chen turned around and walked to the side of the horse, turned over on the horse, looked at them condescendingly, and said, "I advise you to do it yourself, don't go astray again." ”

After that, he had to turn his horse's head and leave.

Jia Xu suddenly said behind him: "General, I don't know something. ”

"What?"

Shen Chen turned his head and asked.

Jia Xu said with a smile: "I want to ask the general, I don't know why the general and General Zuo are so friendly, and they are willing to be one with the generals and soldiers?" ”

Shen Chen was shocked in his heart, and then said without changing his face: "General Zuo was sent to Nanyang by General Yuan Shao to form an alliance with the Hussar General, I have written to the Hussar General on this matter, and I have obtained the permission of the Hussar General, so I am in unity with General Zuo's soldiers, what's wrong?" ”

Liu Biao had conspired with Yuan Shao as early as when Liu Xie moved the capital to Xuchang, and Yuan Shao did send Liu Bei to form an alliance with Liu Biao in the Battle of Guandu.

It's just that in history, Liu Biao was busy quelling Zhang Xian's rebellion and couldn't send troops to help.

Now that Shen Chen has been harassing Cao Cao's enemy, several times, although Liu Biao also knows that once Cao Cao is destroyed, Yuan Shao may occupy the north and have a very large force.

But when the battle of Guandu began, everyone in the world thought that Yuan Shao would definitely win, so it was unwise to offend Yuan Shao at that time.

It happened that Shen Chen was in Kunyang, and Liu Biao simply agreed to the matter of him and Liu Bei's alliance.

Shen Chen also greeted him in advance about this, and even if Liu Biao asked afterwards, he had a reason and a reason.

Therefore, as long as he did not show too much intimacy with Liu Bei in public (Han Dynasty intimacy meant a good relationship), Liu Biao would not suspect that he had different intentions.

Jia Xu nodded slightly and said, "I see, I took the liberty and walked slowly." ”

"Farewell!"

Shen Chen patted the horse's buttocks and walked away.

This time, he came to Xingshi to ask for guilt, but in fact, he was looking for them for Liu Biao to ask for an attitude.

Now that both of them have promised to send their families to Xiangyang, Liu Hu should withdraw his troops soon after he writes to Liu Biao.

But Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu will definitely be marginalized, after all, their behavior is too capricious, and Liu Biao probably won't trust them too much.

And the two of them looked at the back of Shen Chen leaving, and Zhang Xiu complained: "Uncle, when you said that Cao Cao would win, I agreed to join Cao Cao, but now I have it, but I am angry." ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "General, now that it's an afterthought, let me ask you, did Cao Cao win Yuan Shao?" ”

Zhang Xiu said: "I won." ”

"Then why are we in such fields now?"

"Shen Chen burned Xu Du."

"Then why did Shen Chen burn Xu Du?"

"Emptiness behind Cao Cao."

"That's it."

Jia Xu spread his hands: "What I said is right, Cao Cao will win, why is it wrong to belong to the strong?" If you had attached yourself to Cao Cao last year and helped Cao Cao as a rear barrier, you would not have been in such a field today. ”

"This" Zhang Xiu was suddenly speechless.

Because Jia Xu is right.

In hindsight, there is nothing wrong with Jia Xu's analysis.

He thought that Yuan Shao would be defeated, Cao Cao would win, and everything would come true, so he persuaded Zhang Xiu to join Cao Cao, the final victor.

However, in order to defeat Yuan Shao, Cao Cao caused the rear to be empty, and only then was Shen Chen's sneak attack successful.

If he had listened to Jia Xu's persuasion last year and defected to Cao Cao, then Cao Cao's rear strength would have been greatly enhanced, and it would have been impossible for Shen Chen to hit Xu Du or threaten Cao Cao's rear.

So in the final analysis, he failed to vote for Cao, or he was hesitant at the beginning.

Then why did Zhang Xiu hesitate?

It was Shen Chen who had warned him.

So in a way, it's a dead knot.

If he hadn't listened to Shen Chen's admonition and didn't doubt Jia Xu's ability, he would only have to devote himself to Cao, and after winning the battle of Guandu, he would be a great hero.

It's a pity that there are no ifs in this world.

Zhang Xiuchang sighed and said, "Uncle, what about us in the future, you said that Liu Biao is not the master. Now that the family has also been reduced to a proton, I am afraid that I will not even be able to go back to Guanzhong. ”

Jia Xu looked into the distance with a deep gaze and said with a smile: "Although Liu Biao is not the master, but in this world, how can there be more than Cao Cao and Liu Biao?" ”

"What do you mean, uncle?"

Zhang Xiu hurriedly asked.

Jia Xu shook his head: "Don't say it, don't say it." And in a few days, I will go to Xiangyang and personally apologize to Liu Biao, if things go well in the future, the fate of the general and me may be much stronger than under Cao Cao. ”

Zhang Xiu hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Uncle is the best in the world, from now on, I will listen to my uncle, and I will never have any other intentions." ”

At the beginning, Shen Chen had tried to separate Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu, but Zhang Xiu was still persuaded by Jia Xu to surrender to Cao, and the reason was that Jia Xu's prestige in the Xiliang Army was extremely high, even if he suspected that Jia Xu was betraying him, he didn't dare to attack.

After all, even Duan Xuan was afraid that Jia Xu would take away his military power, and Zhang Xiu himself was also extremely respectful of Jia Xu's grandson, so it was impossible to tear his face at that time, but he was a little more estranged.

Later, Cao Cao made a bloody effort, coupled with Jia Xu's persuasion, and after weighing the pros and cons, he felt that it was more cost-effective to take refuge in Cao Cao, so he chose to betray the alliance.

But today, it seems that it was his original hesitation that made him not hug his thighs, and also made Zhang Xiu feel regretful.

Now that he heard that Jia Xu seemed to have other thighs to hold besides Cao Cao, after learning the lesson from the last time, Zhang Xiu naturally wanted to say that he would obey Jia Xu's arrangement in the future.

And when Jia Xu heard Zhang Xiu's loyalty, he just nodded noncommittally and did not speak.

He looked up at the mist-shrouded sky in the early morning and smiled.

Shen Chen.

He's a good boy.

The milk tiger roars in the mountains and forests, and the young eagles soar into the sky.

The future is uncertain.

But it seems that you have also found the master of your heart.

The unity of knowledge and action, benevolence and righteousness in the world!

That being the case.

Then let me give you a big gift.

It can be regarded as making amends to you for the previous things.

Yesterday was supposed to change this chapter.,But because of some things.,I met a few people who made some anti-heaven remarks and broke down the mentality.,Not a word was written.,Make up for it today.,There'll be more later.。

(End of chapter)