Because Zhuge Liang's attitude changed too quickly, Zhang Fei, who bet to keep people, was stunned.

"Huh?! That's a bet."

"If there is really a stargazing thaumaturgy, Liang is willing to worship General Zhang as a teacher."

Zhang Fei was cute, Zhuge Liang was suddenly right, but before he finished his polite words, Liu Bei intercepted the words.

"I learned but I didn't learn well"

Liu Bei shook his head at Zhang Fei, then held Zhuge Liang's hand and said, "Sir, you don't need to say much, this is Long Yunqi's way to bet on keeping people."

"Long Yunqi?"

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Bei with a surprised face, and said in his heart, what does this have to do with Long Yunqi?

"Don't hide it, Long Yunqi is my person"

Liu Beiyan smiled mysteriously, then pulled Zhuge Liang to sit beside him, and told the story of himself and Long Xiang, including betting on Liulusu and Liu Ye.

Zhuge Liang was shocked after hearing this, he had just heard Liu Bei say Long Yunqi, and he had vaguely guessed that the two had a relationship, but he didn't want Long Xiang to be loyal to Liu Bei for a long time.

Wolong, who has passed through heaven and earth, did not guess this result.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang was stunned, Liu Bei said earnestly: "Regarding the secret of Yunqi, it is really not appropriate to make it known to everyone, there are few martial arts knowers under my command, please forgive me for not telling it just now."

"My lord doesn't have to be like this, you did it very right just now, Long Yunqi is a surprise to me."

Zhuge Liang got up again, took a few steps forward and took out another map from the bookshelf.

That is the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty is the whole map, Zhuge Liang then pointed to the location of Huainan, and said excitedly: "Long Yunqi is like a needle in the sea, with him in Huainan to contain Sun Cao, there is no need to divide the world into three parts, in the end, it must be a decisive battle with Cao Cao, at least it can save ten years of time for the lord." ”

"Oh? Tell me more about it. ”

Liu Bei immediately followed, and Guan Yu was also interested, pulling Zhang Fei to the side.

Zhuge Liang pointed to the map, and said slowly: "At this time, the situation in the world, Cao Cao wants to destroy Yuan Shao to unify the north, Sun Quan will take revenge on Jingzhou after the new defeat in Yuzhang, Yongliang in the northwest has been in turmoil for more than ten years, so far the generals have their own cities and their own wars, Liu Zhang has barbarians in the south, Zhang Lu in the north threats, and all states seem to be fighting against each other;

The princes can only fish in the water, and when it comes to the three-legged tripod or the two-point world, there will be no chance to flicker around, the lord only needs to occupy Handong according to the plan, and then take Guanzhong by surprise, there is Long Yunqi in the southeast to secretly contain Cao Cao, and then you can rest assured to recover the northwest and Dinghanzhong, and if you have spare strength, you will go south to take Yizhou, and eat the world like Emperor Gao did. ”

Liu Bei frowned and responded: "These places that Mr. said will take a long time to calm down, do you believe in Yunqi too much?" He only has a city in Hefei, and the forces he can mobilize are always limited, and Sun Quan can't be fooled again and again, and he and Huang Yuanyang are endless, and it is estimated that Huainan's containment power is limited."

"Does the lord remember that there is one of the three points of Sun Quan in the world? At that time, I didn't know that General Long was his own person, as long as he could continue to keep the Sun Cao family consumed, Sun Quan would not be qualified to occupy a full seat."

Zhuge Liang stopped abruptly in the middle of his words, and suddenly approached Liu Bei and asked in a low voice: "Although Long Yunqi is loyal to the lord, Huainan is always too far away from here, I don't know if his loyalty to you and your trust in him will change?" ”

"Huh?"

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and said solemnly: "I am a friend with Yunqi, not a brother is better than a brother, without his secret help in the past few years, I may not be able to make a comeback, so I will never doubt each other, and I will never lose each other."

Zhuge Liang affirmed: "Since the lord is not suspicious, why not plan well and help him to take Jiangdong on behalf of the Sun family, if General Long can fully control Yangzhou, he will not worry about not containing Cao Cao enough." ”

"There are a lot of wise and brave people in Jiangdong, and Yunqi only uses the power of Hefei, can it be done?"

Seeing Liu Bei's suspicious gaze, Zhuge Liang laughed loudly: "The lord must believe in General Long, the war in that place in Huainan has not stopped, and he has gone from Quhou to the county guard as the head of Qian, all of which are fought with real swords and guns; In addition, there are Cao Cao and Huang Zu consuming outside Jiangdong, and there are internal contradictions within the clan and entanglements in the interests of the scholars, etc., which can be used; Cao Cao wanted to concentrate on recovering Hebei, and he might be happy to see General Long destroy Wu. ”

"Yunqi is currently with Cao Cao, and he has recently started to trade with Xu Du, he is really likely to support Yunqi to destroy Wu, and then it will become a big tail, wonderful, wonderful." Liu Bei nodded in agreement.

Zhuge Liang reminded: "Cao Cao was sold and helped count the money, and the lord should tell General Long to destroy Wu before he broke with Cao Cao openly, otherwise Hefei will suffer from the enemy." ”

Before Liu Bei could answer, Zhang Fei shouted for help.

"Long Yunqi is shrewd, he won't be so stupid."

"That's because I'm thinking too much."

Zhuge Liang bowed slightly: "At that time, even if Cao Cao is all in Hebei and the Central Plains, the lord will also control Guanzhong, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou, and the roads out of the Central Plains will be completely blocked, forming a situation where the two heroes compete for hegemony and divide the world into two, and the advantage is on our side." ”

"That's not right."

Liu Bei interrupted Zhuge Liang and questioned: "Liu Jingsheng is quite defensive against me, even if he allows me to occupy the land of Guanzhong, he will never let me and Cao Cao divide the world."

Zhuge Liang was relieved and said: "The lord doesn't have to worry, Liu Jingsheng only has three or five years of life left, and he may not be able to see half of the world, no matter who succeeds Jingzhou at that time, it will be in the palm of the lord." ”

"Three or five years old? Mr. Shouldn't he be learning Yide and deliberately making fun of me? Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise, and subconsciously glanced at Zhang Fei again.

"Haha, how can Liang deceive the lord?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head and laughed, and said: "I am related to Liu Jingsheng, and I went to Xiangyang with my uncle last year, which can be seen from his complexion. ”

"Oh?"

Liu Bei highlighted the different colors, and asked curiously: "Liu Jingsheng's flesh is mortal, and he must not have the skill of the pot Qiuzi, does Mr. have the skill of Ji Xian?" (Ji Xian, Huqiuzi, from "Zhuangzi. Emperor Ying", "Gods and Witches Meet)

Zhuge Liang hurriedly denied: "No, Liang Nai doesn't know witchcraft, but he knows a little about Qihuang."

"I see." Liu Bei suddenly realized.

The more Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang chatted, the more they felt that this person was erudite and talented, as if he knew everything.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang both lost their fathers at a young age, and the two seem to be friends who have reunited after a long absence, and they seem to have endless topics, which makes Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who are in the same company very unaccustomed.

This feeling of eating can be traced back to Xiaopei a few years ago.

At that time, the person who talked with Liu Bei Bing at night was also too young to be presentable, and that person was called Long Xiang.

People who have the same experience usually have an inexplicable sense of closeness.

In fact, those who are 'sick and sympathetic' with Liu Bei, how can Zhuge Liang be the only one in front of him? Long Xiang and Xu Shu are both bitter people who lost their fathers at an early age.

Liu Guanzhang stayed in Wollongong overnight, and the next day he took Zhuge Liang to Xiangyang to see Liu Biao.

Liu Bei took Zhuge Liang as his military advisor, and planned to take the initiative to solve Zhang Lu's danger, intending to help Liu Qi perform his duties as the Taishou of Hanzhong.

Liu Biao believes that Kong Ming's eagerness to make contributions is the usual enthusiasm of young people.

He didn't stop Liu Bei and his nephew's impulse, after all, he was helping his own son do things, Liu Biao had no reason to refuse, but instead asked Wen Ping to lead 3,000 sailors to help.

In April of the eighth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang prepared for more than a month, and finally transferred troops to assemble in Wudang.

After several months of rest, Jiangdong also gathered troops at the same time, and Sun Quan rushed from Wu County to the front line to supervise the battle.

(End of chapter)