Unite with Liu Zhang and send troops to Yizhou?

Liu Biao heard Jia Xu's suggestion, and a puzzled expression appeared on his face.

He and Liu Zhang are already on the same page, can they still unite?

For a while, he hesitated a little and asked, "Wenhe, the widow and Liu Zhang."

Jia Xu immediately said: "Liu Zhang is already life and death, so he can only accept it." In addition, the dispute between the king and Liu Zhang is only a clan dispute, Zhang Lu is just a house slave, how can he compete for the position of the head of the family? ”

"The widow understands."

Liu Biao nodded, he knew what Jia Xu meant.

After all, the dispute between him and Liu Zhang was an internal struggle between the clans of the Han Dynasty, and Zhang Lu was a domestic slave, and he wanted to fight for the Han Dynasty without his might, which would not be tolerated by the clan.

Therefore, it is reasonable for him to unite Liu Zhang in the name of uniting him. Wait until Zhang Lu is expelled, and then go back and annex Liu Zhang, which is naturally a reasonable thing.

Although this is very immoral, Liu Biao himself has the idea of being the emperor, and being the emperor is already the biggest loss of righteousness.

Therefore, for his own interests, he took advantage of Liu Zhang's weakness to send troops to attack Yizhou, first destroy Zhang Lu, then eat Liu Zhang, and then eliminate Zhang Lu to seize Hanzhong, so that in addition to Kanto, he has already obtained two-thirds of the world, and Sanxing Han is just around the corner.

Thinking of this, Liu Biao looked at Jia Xu, showed a happy expression and said: "Wenhe is really my son, if the widow can win the world and let the Han Dynasty be revived again, Wenhe will be the prime minister, and then the widow and Wenhe will be rich and noble together, and the name will be passed down through the ages!" ”

"These are all the king's wise people."

Jia Xu smiled and saluted.

"Hahaha."

Liu Biao stroked his beard and laughed, his face flushed, and he was already extremely proud of the spring breeze.

Compared with Liu Biao in his heyday, Sun Quan in Jiangdong was in a gloomy cloud, and the entire Jiangdong was shrouded in gloomy clouds.

The battle of Wuling can be described as a life-and-death war for Jiangdong, but Jiangdong also lost this battle, and Sun Quan's prestige will be extremely low overnight, the family and Shanyue rebelled, and the name of Shen Chen can stop Jiangdong children from crying.

But the only good news was that they had routed the main force of the Jiangxia Navy before losing this battle, so that the Jiangxia Navy did not have enough ability to attack Jiangdong again.

At the same time, because Shen Chen gave all the grain and grass to the Shanyue people and asked them to help dig and build a reservoir lake, they could not afford to travel long distances to attack Jiangdong in the absence of grain and grass, so they could only choose to temporarily retreat back to Nanchang, which allowed Sun Quan to barely stabilize the situation.

It's just that although there is no catastrophe for the time being, both Liu Zhang and Sun Quan are under internal and external troubles for a while, and even Liu Zhang's regime is already in danger under Zhang Lu's attack, which is already the best result for Liu Biao.

In September of the tenth year of Jian'an, Liu Biao sent Cai Mao to lead an army of 40,000 troops west into Sichuan and Shu in the name of supporting the same clan and resisting domestic slaves, and entered Bajun along the Yangtze River, uniting with Liu Zhang to launch an offensive against Zhang Lu.

Cao Cao in the north stuck to Chen Liu after the defeat of Kuangcheng, and finally waited for Yuan Shao to die of illness, and used Guo Jia's strategy to unite with Yuan Tan to fight against Yuan Shang, who was strong and strong.

However, Yuan Tan was frustrated and gave Tian Feng help, so he naturally knew what Cao Cao had in mind, so he didn't fully trust him.

The situation in the north gradually became clearer, and although he advised Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang to solve Cao Cao first and then deal with internal affairs, both of them hated each other to the core, and both stubbornly believed that the other party had snatched away their inheritance, so they decided to decide on internal worries first, and then deal with external troubles.

Therefore, as Guo Jia expected, when Cao Cao retreated to Chen Liu to lick his wounds, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang attacked each other and fought, and the entire Jizhou was in civil strife, while Cao Cao took advantage of the fisherman and verbally supported Yuan Tan, but did not send troops to help.

Soon the time came to the end of the tenth year of Jian'an, and the north and south were in chaos, only Liu Bei, who was still based in the southern Hunan area, was still in peace.

Liu Bei recruited Wu Yi and other Yizhou soldiers with a very high personality charm, although there were also soldiers who fled because they missed their hometown, but most of the Yizhou soldiers remained, expanding his strength to more than 30,000 people.

He was sent by Liu Biao to suppress the rebellion of the Jingnan barbarians, but the rebellion of the Jingnan barbarians did not cause a big turmoil, and at Xu Shu's suggestion, Liu Bei just sent Zhao Yun to break it, and then stationed in Changsha without moving.

At this moment, seeing that the general trend of the world is constantly changing, he is wasting time in Jingnan, and he is a little melancholy for a while, at the suggestion of Xu Shu, Liu Bei went north to Xiangyang, wanting to find talents.

On October 3 of the tenth year of Jian'an, north of Yicheng County, Jingzhou, stretching for more than 100 miles, along the way, the countryside is endless, Zhu Xuan Huihui, Huagai is extended, there are countless rich businessmen and powerful families, countless doors and horses, and the mountains and mountains in the distance are verdant and beautiful.

This is the "crown of Geli", which is mostly the place where countless wealthy families in Jingzhou live.

Liu Bei led the horses, and there were only two people around him, and it happened that on this day, there was a light rain in Jingnan, and the raindrops hit the streets of the town, and the rain gathered into a small stream.

In order to avoid the rain, the three of them had to come to a high door outside the eaves to stand, just a slave with a bamboo straw out of the house, after opening the door suddenly saw three big men outside the door, a little surprised and then arched his hand and said: "Three are polite." ”

"The Lord is courteous."

Liu Bei politely bowed his hand and said: "My three brothers passed by here, because it suddenly rained, they had to borrow the eaves of the main house and look at Haihan. ”

The servant smiled and said, "It's winter and October, and it's damp and cold outside, why don't you come in and sit down?" ”

Liu Bei was surprised that a slave could actually be the master and invite strangers into the house, but at this time his emotional intelligence was much higher, so he didn't ask directly, but said: "My three brothers just waited for the rain to stop before leaving, and they didn't dare to enter the house for fear of disturbing the master's house." ”

The servant said, "My lord's family has always been generous to others, and on weekdays I have been instructed to help others if they are in trouble, not to mention that it is not a big deal to sit in the house, and there is a porter inside the door, and you can bake clothes by burning charcoal fires." ”

"I see, then thank you to the Lord."

After Liu Bei saluted, he followed the servant into the door, inside the door is a large courtyard, there are corridors on the left and right sides, and there is a gatehouse hall similar to the guard's room in the corridor on the left, which is guarded by people, and there is a charcoal fire.

The servant beckoned to the porter to lead the horses of the three men to the stable in the backyard, and then said to them, "The master is now entertaining, and I have gone out to do some business, and when I come back, I will report the matter to the master's house, and if the master does not have time to see the three guests, they can leave when the rain stops." ”

Liu Bei said curiously: "You are all quite polite, I am curious, who is the master of your family?" ”

The servant smiled and said, "The master's family is the Yicheng Ma clan. ”

"Thank you."

Liu Bei arched his hand again, and then roasted the fire in the gatehouse with Guan Zhang.

At this time, the porter went to the backyard to lead the horses, and the servants who had just beckoned them also went out to run errands, and the porter was just the three of them.

Seeing this situation, Guan Yu still said with emotion: "This Ma family style is quite polite, and when you see three passers-by who are sheltering from the rain under the eaves outside the door, they will also be invited into the house to sit, aren't they afraid of introducing thieves?" ”

Liu Bei smiled and pointed to the direction of the front hall and said: "Just now I saw that there were many people in the hall, as if there were guards guarding it, presumably this family is a wealthy and powerful family, although there are etiquette, but they are not cautious, there are servants to protect the courtyard, so they can be polite to people, and naturally they don't have to worry about introducing thieves." ”

"Look at what this family is doing when they recruit so many guards, I also had such a big mansion in Zhuo County back then, so I didn't recruit guards, and I still wish that there would be a thief in my house, and it would be refreshing to provoke me to beat me up."

Zhang Fei said with a smile, he is also strong in Zhuo County, there is a big courtyard, there are only a few slaves, and there is no courtyard.

After all, with his combat strength, the robbers who came to the ordinary twenty or thirty people were afraid that there would be no return.

"The third brother is really."

Liu Bei and Guan Yu joked a few words, and the three of them were chatting.

After a while the porter returned, and said to them, "Three, our lord has heard that there is a guest, and invited them to the hall for a talk. ”

"I'm tired."

Liu Bei bowed, and the porter stretched out his hand to signal them to please.

The three of them put their weapons in the gatehouse, only the sword hanging from their waists, and went from the cloister to the outer hall, and then from the outer hall to the atrium, all the way to the middle hall.

At this moment, there were two people sitting cross-legged in the central hall, one was a young scholar in his thirties, sitting on the main seat. The other was an old man of about fifty, with a broad face, sitting on top of the guest seat.

Seeing the three of them coming in, the young man got up and said with a smile: "But General Zuo in person? ”

"Exactly."

Liu Bei was surprised that this young scholar knew him, so he said, "I don't know the name of the master's family. ”

"In the dismount, the word is common."

Ma Jun said with a smile: "I heard that General Zuo is stationed in Jingnan, why do you have time to come to Yicheng today." ”

Liu Bei sighed and said: "Because the world is declining and the country is withering, I want to revive the Han family, but I am not resourceful enough, I heard that there are many hermits in Xiangyang, so I want to find a wise man to solve my doubts." ”

Ma Jun pointed to the old man and said, "General Zuo came just in time today, this is Mr. Decao, who is a great talent that is not born in the world." ”

"Are you Mr. Decao?"

Liu Bei looked at the old man in surprise, Sima Decao's reputation was like thunder in Jingzhou Shilin.

The old man nodded to Liu Bei with a smile and said, "The old man is indeed Sima Decao, but my brother Pang Degong and I have a lot of affection for the landscape, and we don't want to go out." ”

"Ugh."

Liu Bei sighed: "Isn't it a pity that Mr.'s talent is only hidden between mountains and rivers?" ”

Sima Hui shook his head and said: "Jingzhou will soon have great changes, and the old man doesn't want to lose it rashly, and he also hopes that General Zuo Haihan." ”

"There have been big changes in Jingzhou?"

Liu Bei hurriedly said: "Please also ask Mr. to solve my doubts." ”

Sima Hui and Ma Jun glanced at each other.

Ma Jun sighed and said: "General Zuo should have heard that the king of Chu is about to become emperor." ”

After that, the room fell silent.

In fact, this matter has already caused a storm in Jingzhou, and some officials from major families are waiting, some are dissuading, and some are following.

But on the whole, the wind direction is actually unfavorable to Liu Biao.

Yuan Shu's fate is still ahead, and no one dares to guarantee that Liu Biao will succeed in claiming the title of emperor.

The most important thing is that although everyone already knows that Cao Cao is blackmailing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, the Son of Heaven is in the north after all.

Although Liu Biao, the king of Chu, is still justified, if he can be called the emperor, he will completely lose the hearts of the people.

Therefore, most of the families are opposed to Liu Biao's claim to be emperor.

Sima Hui has a wide range of friends in Jingzhou, and many neutral families have a very good relationship with him, and this time it was Ma Jun who came to him to ask about the situation.

It's just that he can't stop Liu Biao, because it's basically a dead knot.

Liu Biao had the act of arrogating the emperor when his strength was not strong, and now that his strength is so strong, he will naturally go further.

Therefore, now many wealthy families in Jingzhou can only take a wait-and-see attitude, neither dare to write a book to persuade for fear of angering Liu Biao, nor dare to rashly support it so as not to be liquidated in the future.

At this time, when he heard that Liu Bei came over suddenly, Ma Jun had other ideas, so he was quite a bit of a gesture of goodwill.

The crowd was silent for a long time.

Liu Bei sighed: "I have also heard about this matter, but when I wrote to advise the King of Chu, the King of Chu did not listen, so I couldn't help it." I don't have the talent to plan, and I don't have anyone to come up with an idea. ”

Sima Hui pondered for a moment, glanced at Ma Jun, and then said softly: "If it is said that there are countless talented people in Jing Chu, only the Sleeping Dragon and Phoenix Chick Tiger Silver Fox can be the first in the world. ”

"Oh?"

Liu Bei hurriedly said: "I don't know who the Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick Tiger Silver Fox is?" ”

Sima Hui said with a smile: "On weekdays, the old man likes to take his own name the most, so he gave himself the name of "Mr. Water Mirror", those few friends have a deep friendship with me, and often study the scriptures together, these are all I took for them, Wolong, Zhuge Kongming is also, Phoenix Chick, Pang Shiyuan is also. The Tiger One, Shen Chen is also! ”

"It turned out to be them."

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Xu Shu also once mentioned Zhuge Kongming and Pang Shiyuan to me, but I don't know who the silver fox is?" ”

"Silver Fox, Shen Chenye!"

Sima Hui looked at the east and said: "Shen Chen is really an unborn talent, with the wisdom of a silver fox and the courage of a tiger. Its tomorrow morning is the dawn. "The emperor is not Zang, and he moved to Shangqiu, the main day." , for the ventricular fox. There is also the East of the East is the tiger, the fox and the tiger's talent, when it is nothing more! ”

Two font sizes for one person?

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered the young man who was both wise and brave.

His ingenuity, his ability to recite the scriptures, and his martial arts to rush into battle in Qiankun, this name of the tiger and silver fox is really appropriate.

Sima Hui said again: "Wolong and phoenix, tiger and silver fox, you have to settle the world." If you can get Shen Chen, you will become a king. From last year to this year, General Zuo fought side by side with Shen Chen, don't you know how powerful he is? ”

Liu Bei arched his hand and said: "Thank you Mr. for your advice, it's just that Shen Chen has his own ambitions and can't force it, and please tell me the residence of Zhuge Kongming and Pang Shiyuan, and let me go and visit." ”

"Hmm."

Sima Hui nodded, and informed him of the location of Longzhong, where Zhuge Liang lived, and the Pangjia Village outside the eastern city of Xiangyang, where Pang Tong lived.

Liu Bei actually came to Xiangyang not a few times, but every time he just went to the city to see Liu Biao, mainly because he was afraid that he would suspect him if he searched for Liu Biao, a famous scholar, so he didn't dare to stay for a long time, so now he was overjoyed to learn where Dacai lived.

At that moment, he discussed some other things with Sima Hui and Ma Jun, and waited until the rain stopped, and then hurried to Xiangyang.

(End of chapter)