——Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao, the rebel thief was about to march south, and the Chengdu treasury had no food, so he couldn't make up the military funds to resist Cao.

——In the counties of Yizhou, the clans hoarded and the prices skyrocketed.

-- Yizhou was initially determined, how to distribute the limited acres of land.

These are the three exam questions that Zhuge Liang wrote to Guan Lin.

It is also an extremely urgent difficulty that Shuzhong is facing today.

Today's Zhuge Liang still doesn't know Guan Lin's answer.

Because of this, he couldn't understand why Guan Yu would send an extra letter and immediately send someone to recover it?

Of course, none of this is important in the face of today's urgent report.

Cao Ren fainted, and Xiangfan was bound to change the sky.

This opportunity, Yun Chang will not let it go.

I'm afraid that now, he is already the Northern Expedition Xiangfan...

And Cao Cao will inevitably choose to return to help, that is, the first problem has been solved.

As for the second and third issues, although they have not been resolved, they can... As long as Cao Cao can withdraw from Hanzhong, it will undoubtedly give him Zhuge Liang enough time.

Stabilize prices, appease the clans, distribute acres of land, check and balance all sides...

Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei can always come up with a way.

But time is their enemy.

Now, under this battle report.

Great joy!

Cao Chun is just that, Cao Ren fainted, this is a great joy for Uncle Liu Huang, for him Zhuge Liang, for Guan Yu, for the people of Shuzhong, and for tens of thousands of people with lofty ideals who are committed to supporting the Han family!

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but sigh.

The scribe hurriedly reminded: "General Zuo is still waiting for the military advisor in the mansion. ”

"I'll go." Zhuge Liang put the first answer sheet handed by Yang Yi back on the desk.

He looked back at Yang Yi, "I'll go to the lord first, Yunqi's answer sheet, let's look at it when I come back, Duke Wei, you also go down to rest, and I will call you tomorrow." ”

"Okay..."Yang Yi bowed.

Can... It was as if something had suddenly occurred to him, and in an instant, his expression became terrifying.

- He thought of Guan Sigongzi's answer.

If so...

If this Cao Ren faints, then... Isn't this dispute between the Guan family father and son about the first answer sheet... Isn't it...

With a "bang", Yang Yi subconsciously swallowed a deep mouthful of saliva.

Even with him, he thought of when Guan Lin answered this volume.

Guan Yu angrily asked him to rewrite...

But he didn't give an inch to meet Guan Yu's gaze that almost burst out of flames.

- "Father, don't you hear that the well frog can't speak to the sea, and is confined to nothingness; Summer insects can't talk to the ice, but to the time; Qushi should not speak to the Taoist, and be bound to the teaching. Today, out of the cliff, looking at the sea, is known to be ugly, and you will be able to speak Dali. ”

Obedient...

The frog in the well cannot talk to it about the sea;

The summer bug can't talk to it about ice;

You can't talk about big things with people who are not well-informed.

At that time, Yang Yi still sighed, did Guan Sigongzi really dare to say it, did he dare to say it to Guan Gong?

Especially the last sentence "Today, you are out of the cliff, looking at the sea, you know that you are ugly, and you will be able to speak Dali".

At that time, Yang Yi still felt that this sentence was the heaviest, and it was also the most "ignorant and fearless"!

… As a son, how can Guan Lin let his father Guan Yu "look out from the sea, look at the sea, and then know his shallowness, so that he can talk to him about the truth"?

When a son says this kind of thing to his father, it can already be called "great unfilial piety", which is also Yang Yi's initial impression of Guan Lin.

But now I'm going to taste, I'm going to taste...

It turns out that it is he Yang Yi himself who is stupid!

Guan Lin is not filial, facts speak louder than words, he just insists on the truth.

On the contrary, it is him Yang Yi and Guan Gong... It seems that they should be embarrassed.

- "I see, no wonder the Guan Guild sent a messenger to recover the letterhead, the cloud flag boy answered this question correctly, that... And what kind of letterhead are you going to send?'

- "The Cloud Banner Boy is talking about the sea to us 'well frogs'!"

Just when Yang Yi was thinking about it, the carriage was already waiting in front of the door, and Zhuge Liang was about to go out.

It seemed that Yang Yi's expression was a little strange.

Zhuge Liang hurriedly said: "Is Wei Gong tired?" ”

"Nope." Yang Yi hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The lower official is bold, I want to ask Zhuge Junshi to read the first answer sheet of the Yunqi Gongzi first, and then... Go to General Zuo's Mansion again! ”

Not... Zhuge Liang paused.

Since Yang Yi said so, there must be some reason.

Zhuge Liang didn't refuse, and immediately mentioned the bamboo slip again, "I'll see it on the road." ”

As he spoke, he strode out and boarded the carriage.

With the neighing of the horses, the carriage moved and slowly walked away.

But Yang Yi, standing in this study, seemed to have half of her legs filled with lead, and she couldn't move a step.

At this moment, his heart was full of incredulity and shock.

"—Could it be—?"

"-No... There is no need to do it, Yunqi Gongzi must have known something in advance, no, in this way, the assassination of Cao Ren and Cao Chun, is it... Is it?'

Thinking of the end, Yang Yi swallowed and spat again, and he felt that he was trembling all over his body, shaking violently.

Over there...

Zhuge Liang sat in the carriage and slowly unfolded the bamboo slips.

At first glance, the answer is simple.

It is indeed somewhat perfunctory:

- "If you can't make it, you can't make it!" Honestly sleep at home, there is no need to make it up! ”

can answer the questionnaire like this, Zhuge Liang thinks... In the whole world, I'm afraid there is only this Guan Yunqi, right?

And Zhuge Liang can be regarded as having a retrospective, no wonder Yun Chang wants to say that this is a perfunctory work of Yunqi and a work of anger.

"Hehe..."

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but smile bitterly.

After days of hard work, he looked extremely tired, and a heavy sigh overflowed from his lips.

He sighed: "Such a kid? Yun Chang's strong recommendation? Can I teach? ”

Can...

The voice had just risen, as if a bright light flashed, and Zhuge Liang suddenly felt something strange suddenly surging in his heart.

Immediately after, as if he had figured out something, there was a tremor in his chest.

He couldn't help but keep his eyes on the answer sheet again.

The text on the answer sheet is still the same - "If you can't make it, you can't make it up...... There's no need to make it up! ”

But Zhuge Liang's state of mind has changed, and the world has changed drastically.

The urgent report that he had just received, the urgent report that Cao Ren had fainted and Cao Chun's death, quickly flashed through his mind again, and the most unusual point was immediately caught by Zhuge Liang.

He subconsciously opened his mouth, "Yunqi's answer sheet, is he sure that Cao Cao will go?" But how could he judge that something was wrong with Cao Ren? ”

"Assassination... Assassination? Don't... Before this answer sheet, Yunqi already knew about this 'assassination'? That's why... Will there be such a perfunctory answer? ”

- "Didida"

Thinking of this section... Cold sweat was dripping from Zhuge Liang's forehead.

One of his hands tightly grasped the wrist of the other hand, reminiscent of what Yang Yi and the battle report had mentioned.

The tiger and leopard ride to the sunset valley.

Zhuge Liang seemed to be more thorough all of a sudden.

He whispered:

- "This can't be a game he set, right?" ”

…

…

Whether it is news from Hanzhong or Shuzhong, it is always lagging behind.

Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei were especially surprised when Cao Ren and Cao Chun were assassinated, and they died and fainted.

Xiangfan's latest battle report... It has been transmitted to Xudu and Yecheng.

- Man Pet, Wen Ping, Lu Chang, and Niu Jin all died.

——In the first battle of Jiangxia, Cao's army suffered heavy losses, and the Guan army approached Xiangfan at any time.

At this moment, Cao Cao's fourth son, Cao Zhi, and the lord Bo Yang rushed from Yecheng to Nanyang.

In their opinion, Nanyang has a garrison, and it is Yu Ban's soldiers and horses.

Yang Xiu proposed that Cao Zhi mobilize this army and horses to aid Xiangfan in the name of his father.

At such a time when there is no room for it, which son has the courage, then this son is a great achievement!

In the morning light, the huge gates were closed, like dormant beasts, and there were already gatekeepers standing on either side, because it was so early in the street that the sound of horses' hooves became very clear.

Yang Xiu and Cao Zhi galloped to the barracks on the left side of the gate to rein in their horses, and a deputy general saw the two of them, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "The last general will meet the fourth prince and meet Yang Zhubo, I don't know what happened when Gongzi and Yang Zhubo are here?" ”

Cao Zhi said: "I am ordered by my father to come here to transfer troops, this is the transfer of troops, where you are invited to immediately order troops to go to Xiangfan!" ”

The adjutant general said: "Gongzi forgives the sin, don't say that some troops go out to Xiangfan, that is, to transfer troops to nearby counties, and the last general will not dare." ”

"Why is that?" Yang Xiu stepped forward immediately.

The deputy general said: "General Yu Ban is in Xudu, but the general has issued a military order, the situation in Xiangfan is in crisis, all the soldiers in Runan City are ready to fight, no one can act rashly without his order, let alone rush to the aid of Xiangfan." ”

As soon as this statement came out...

Cao Zhi looked embarrassed, but Yang Xiu scolded: "Ridiculous, the fourth prince is here to send troops to aid Xiangfan on the order of Prime Minister Cao. You waited for the troops to be ordered quickly, delaying the battle in Xiangfan, did you wait for it? ”

The adjutant general hurriedly knelt down, "The Lord forgives my sins, and I don't dare to delay if I borrow ten guts, but... General Yu's military orders could not be disobeyed. General Yu Ban is now in Xudu, if the fourth prince insists on transferring troops, he may as well hand over the prime minister's transfer order to General Yu, and General Yu will inevitably rush back immediately, and he will personally lead the troops to aid Xiangfan at that time. ”

You must know that Yu Ban's soldiers have always been known for their discipline.

And Yu Ban himself, in Cao Cao's mind, is the head of the five good generals.

This can be seen from Cao Cao's love and importance for the ban when he was crowned king, and he moved to the left general in the ban.

You must know that Zhang Babai, who almost brought Sun 100,000 clean, was only given a general to Zhengdong at that time.

Xu Huang and Zhang He are also miscellaneous generals.

This can also be seen in the position of Ban in the general Cao Wei.

And he held the army strictly, and the captured funds were never allowed to be hidden by the soldiers.

He commands like a mountain, and under him... Those who disobey military orders will not be killed.

It is precisely because of this that even if Cao Zhi and Yang Xiu arrived, where did the deputy general dare to order troops privately?

"I'm going to Xudu, at least two days have passed since I came back and forth, and I have already delayed the big thing of rescuing Xiangfan, and if I don't open the door, I will kill you first." Yang Xiu shouted angrily.

The adjutant general said fearfully: "The main general killed the last general, and the last general did not dare to disobey the military order!" ”

Yang Xiu sneered, "You think I don't dare?" ”

Suddenly, the sword light flashed, and a splash of blood splattered on Yang Xiu and Cao Zhi's bodies.

Cao Zhi was shocked, "Dezu? ”

Yang Xiu shouted at the other soldiers, "Do you want to try the sharpness of my sword?" The matter is urgent, Prime Minister Cao Cheng's military transfer documents are here, and you can quickly order troops! If you hesitate again, there will be no forgiveness! ”

A lieutenant general did see this fake document and hurriedly ordered troops in a panic.

Cao Zhi's whole person became worried, and he whispered: "Dezu, is it a little too much?" After all, this paper..."

"Fourth son, fourth son..."Yang Xiu hurriedly said: "At this moment, I am afraid that your second brother and your third brother have already transferred troops to Xiangfan, if at this time, you don't have such courage, then how can the prime minister hand over the prince to you?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Cao Zhi hesitated, and he groaned softly.

"Dezu is right - the knife must be cut, and the axe must be cut..."

As he spoke, he glanced at the corpse on the ground, held aloft this "forged" edict of Duke Wei, and ordered troops out of the city!

…

On the other side, Xu Ducheng.

Cao Pi also faced the same predicament as Cao Zhi, and General Gao Ran's soldiers and horses were stationed here.

This Gao Ran was originally in the battle of Guandu, and Zhang He surrendered to Cao Cao together, and he was killed by Zhao Yun in Changbanpo in the romance, but there is no record of this in the official history.

In fact, he is alive and well, and because of the reason of "leading troops into the group" back then, there is still a wave of soldiers and horses under his command, which are stationed on the outskirts of Xudu.

It's also high and not there...

It was also Cao Pi who came here to order troops.

At this moment, Cao Pi was very anxious, and Wu Zhen beside him drew his sword and faced the deputy general in front of him.

"If you don't order any more soldiers, I'll kill you."

The lieutenant general bowed: "Zhonglang is going to be killed, and only the last general will die, but if the last general orders troops privately, he has defied military discipline... Then Prime Minister Cao will kill all of us. ”

Unlike Cao Zhi, Cao Pi did not have a master of "forging notes" like Yang Xiu, and he did not have the courage to forge a letter from his father to order troops.

And at the moment...

The situation in Xiangfan is in crisis, how could Cao Pi not know that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to "make meritorious contributions".

Wu Zhen was anxious and angry, and raised his sword, "You are bold... I'll kill you! ”

"Wait..."Cao Pi immediately stopped.

"Why is that?" Wu Zhen hurriedly asked, Cao Pi's eyes were gloomy, and he sighed: "If Zhongda (Sima Yi) is here, he will definitely not let me kill." ”

This...

Wu Zhen is also Cao Pi's think tank, but he is a little breathless at the moment, "If you are trapped here, then the first effort to rescue Xiangfan is... can give it to Zijian's son. ”

Cao Pi bit his lip slightly, and my tone was firm: "Wait... Wait, Ben Gongzi is waiting for General Gao Ran to come back! Zhong Da said that the public does not cross the river, the public wants to cross the river, and some rivers... It's not like you can barely get through it! ”

…

…

Chengdu, General Zuo's Mansion.

In front of Liu Bei is a portrait of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty.

He has always made Liu Bang his goal.

In Liu Bei's eyes, Liu Bang is ambitious, knowledgeable, and approachable;

Liu Bang is tenacious, knowledgeable, benevolent and righteous;

Liu Bang also killed from this land of Bashu and ruled the world.

- Gao Zu is like this, and he Liu Bei is also like this.

In fact, Liu Bei and Liu Bang are fundamentally different.

What about Liu Bang? is flesh and blood, he knows his ordinariness, knows his catty, compared to Liu Bei, he knows people and knows himself better, and Liu Bei is more tenacious than Liu Bang.

Therefore, it is also the "Battle of Yiling", if Liu Bei wants to do it, he will say - I may not be able to, I may not be able to "measure virtue and strength", but I have decided this matter, I have to fight.

But if it's Liu Bang, if he wants to launch the "Battle of Yiling", he will say, don't use "maybe", I just can't, but I'm very realistic, you come to get it, you can do what you say, I can hold you!

As a monarch, Liu Bang knows himself, so he delegates power, and he knows himself, so he listens.

In this regard, Liu Bang is more successful than Liu Bei.

And what about Liu Bei?

Liu Bei started at the end of Wei.

His upbringing is destined to cause a completely different personality of Gaozu Liu Bang.

When he was in the Central Plains, in order to survive, he repeatedly jumped sideways between the princes of all walks of life, stumbling with Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, and Cao Cao, and his toss held up his name, so he has been operating his own charm and creating his own character all the way.

-- Fight against the raiders, so that the people have something to eat, be lenient to the people, and rejoice with the people.

Even the bandit forces of Mount Tai, Xuzhou East, and Runan know that Liu Bei is a person who can fight and is benevolent and righteous, and he is really good at something, so he came to unite with him.

- Liu Bei can restrain his own nature, and he can't be angry or angry.

Under the guest living Liu Biao's account, he wanted to express his opinion, but he should go to see the master's house first.

People who can swallow the words back to their mouths are the hardest to mess with.

- He treated Zhou Yu politely;

- He pretended to be pitiful to Sun Quan.

For the sake of the goal, Liu Bei bowed his head.

It is no exaggeration to say that for the sake of the goal, you asked him to knock one, and he did not hesitate.

Because of this, his virtues attract many people.

Save Kong Rong and Tao Qian when there are no soldiers, and humble Xuzhou when there is no land;

Don't listen to Zhuge 'attack Liu Cong's best strategy, this is when Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are happy in fish and water, like a fish in water.

and not forsake the people, when they travel less than ten miles in a day.

The worse the situation, the more Liu Bei knew his choice.

The world is in turmoil, Gang Chang is not there, and the only character he can adhere to is - he wants to believe in the righteousness of the world.

Now, after half a lifetime, he finally occupied Yizhou, but he faced Cao Cao's fierce eye...

Don't talk about governing Shu.

Every day, Liu Bei and Shuzhong spent their time in fear.

I'm afraid that the hateful Cao Apu will take away everything he has so hard to get again.

Finally, just now, he received an urgent report.

- Cao Ren of Xiangfan fainted!

He, he, he fainted well, fainted wonderfully, it was just the right time to faint.

And when Liu Bei learned that the cause of his fainting was not the thunderous offensive of his second brother Guan Yu.

But... It is a "repeating crossbow", to be precise, a small hidden weapon in the repeater, a bureau laid by a mysterious person called "Huang Laoxi".

Liu Bei only felt that it was absolutely amazing...

He felt that Huang Laoxie was simply a gift from God to him Liu Bei to help him break this predicament.

He couldn't help himself.

In the middle of the night, he couldn't help but send someone to invite Zhuge Kongming to tell him this great piece of good news and tell him... Our Shuzhong can finally sit firmly.

With a "crunch", a gust of wind hits and the door opens.

Zhuge Liang entered the main hall of General Zuo's mansion, Liu Bei was already waiting for him here, he took Zhuge Liang's hand, and the two walked together to the portrait of Liu Bang.

"Kong Ming, back then, Gaozu broke through step by step from this country of abundance, captured the land of Sanqin, fought between Chu and Han, and established the Han Dynasty for thousands of generations... Today, Xiangfan Cao Ren fainted, Cao Cao is bound to rush to the aid of Xiangfan, the situation in Shuzhong is stable, and Longzhong's strategy has been promoted. I couldn't help myself, so... Therefore, when I invited Mr. to come, I wanted to say a few words with Mr. in front of Gaozu. ”

Liu Bei's excitement was beyond words.

This is like a growing tiger, who always holds a mature lion in front of his door.

It could be devoured at any moment.

The little tiger is not only restless in sleep, he has lost weight... The pressure was about to squash him.

And finally one day, the male lion was forced to evacuate for no apparent reason.

The little tiger is finally free, he can finally go hunting, he can eat meat, he can thrive.

This kind of mood is difficult to help yourself.

"Lord, lord..."Looking at Liu Bei's tears, "let's da, let's da" dripped down, Zhuge Liang felt the beads of sweat in his palms.

Along the way, Zhuge Liang knows best the difficulty of this Uncle Liu Huang.

Liu Bei wiped away his tears and said with emotion: "Kong Ming, your talent is not weaker than Jiang Ziya of the 800-year-old Xingzhou and Zhang Zifang of the 400-year-old Wanghan, I know... Kong Ming, the only thing you lack most is time, now it's okay, Xiangfan... Xiangfan has a yellow old evil, he, he helped you and me win this precious development time. ”

"—Huang Laoxie?"

Zhuge Liang chanted this name in his heart, the last time his mood was so throbbing, it was because of that Hong Qigong.

Because of Hong Qigong's unbelievable actions, he was stunned to abolish the demarcation of Xiangshui, and he was stunned to wipe out the matter of borrowing Jingzhou!

At that time, Zhuge Liang admired this Hong Qigong so much that he couldn't help himself.

Hehe...

Now that I think about it, whether it is Hong Qigong or Huang Laoxi, this is just a codename, and even this Huang Laoxie is most likely still a familiar "codename".

"What does the lord think of this old yellow evil?" Zhuge Liang asked with a smile.

Today, Liu Bei passed on Zhuge Liang to come here, and it has nothing to do with military affairs...

In fact, once Cao Cao went to the aid of Xiangfan, there would be no tight military affairs, and the tense nerves of Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei could finally be relaxed.

Taking advantage of this topic, Zhuge Liang simply mentioned this 'Huang Lao Evil' to Liu Bei.

And on this topic, Liu Bei seemed to be quite interested, and even the mysterious figure of Huang Laoxie made him think of another person.

Liu Bei said eloquently: "Both weak and weak, the matter of the five hegemons, can use crossbows and hidden weapons to lay down this game... Lead Cao Ren to take the bait, such a strategy, although it is insidious, but it can influence the situation, this Huang Lao evil acts like this deserves the word "evil", and this "evil" gas, the only thing I think of is - Pang Shiyuan! ”

Pang Tong, Pang Shiyuan!

Liu Bei compared Huang Laoxie to Pang Shiyuan, a phoenix.

And Liu Bei's words continued.

"I met Pang Shiyuan when I was in my fifties, and he told me that I had gone wrong for decades, and I had been caught in the misunderstanding of 'every time I was against Cao, then it would be done', but I ignored the big goal, and sometimes, I had to give up the small goal when I had to do it, if I always pursued different from Cao Cao, then my road was a dead end, and people died, where did I want to believe in righteousness? Where does the ideal come from? Pang Shiyuan taught me that for the sake of ideals, I should first base myself on reality! ”

"Today, looking at the assassination of this Huang Lao Evil Layout, the evil spirit is awe-inspiring, and what I think of is Pang Shiyuan! He is the only one who has this strategy to turn the tide, this old yellow evil, this game... Let me miss Shiyuan inexplicably again! ”

In the end, Liu Bei's tears slipped down again.

This...

Zhuge Liang's heart couldn't help but touch slightly.

Yes, today's lord has the law of filial piety, and he Zhuge Kongming, but he still lacks an "evil spirit" Pang Shiyuan...

lacks a Pang Shiyuan who can be ruthless and cunning, idealistic but based on reality for the sake of big goals.

So...

Call...

Zhuge Liang exhaled softly.

He thought about it again and again before he said to Liu Bei.

- "Do you want to know the true identity of this old evil man?" ”

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(End of chapter)