Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were moved by affection, and the other was reasonable, and successfully pinched Liu Xuan.

He had to agree to go to Poyang and Chungu in the future, and use the banner of Yangzhou Mu to deal with the newly emerged enemy Zu Lang first, and then Xu Tu Sun Ce.

However, Liu Miao was seriously ill after all, and even if he agreed to Liu Bei's request, he was still seriously ill that night, unable to withstand the bumpy and tiring waterway, and should not travel far, hoping to delay for some time and wait for him to recover.

Liu Bei saw that he was already so sick, and he didn't want to embarrass him, but he was embarrassed to open his mouth and forcibly pull people, and Tai Shici was also watching from the side.

Fortunately, Zhuge Liang saw things clearly, and he had already seen that it was impossible for Liu Miao to be cured of this disease, and if he waited any longer, he would have to wait directly until Liu Miao was buried in the soil.

So that night, Zhuge Liang took advantage of Tai Shici's absence and privately offered advice to Liu Bei: "Does the general still remember the appointment with his brother?" I heard that before my brother went to Yuzhang last year, Mi Zhu Zizhong asked him how to make the sea ship smoothly transformed, right? ”

Liu Bei also remembered this, and nodded hurriedly: "This is indeed the case, and I remember that three days before Ziyu left, he suddenly became very concerned about this matter, and also picked a boat to do experiments, added two horizontal plates with sharp ends to the underwater parts on both sides of the boat, and then took the boat southward - by the way, isn't it the one you sat on when you came back this time?" ”

Liu Bei said as he spoke, only to remember that the fighting ship that Zhuge Liang was sitting on the day before yesterday was very familiar.

After all, there are only a few big warships in the Guangling army, and the Zhuge family was only given a fighting ship that can seat 500 people, and when Zhuge Liang came back today, it was so big, it must be the same one.

Zhuge Liang immediately admitted, and explained: "My brother in Yuzhang in this March, but also told me all the unfinished things when he was in Guangling, I happen to know a little about craftsmanship, so I further improved the design of this 'keel', repeated experiments, and adjusted its size and shape - didn't the general find that when he took the boat in the past two days, the degree of turbulence was particularly small?" ”

The word keel is also what Zhuge Jin has said in the past few months, because this kind of stabilizing fin that reduces the roll of the hull was originally called this. When Zhuge Jin talked to his younger brother, he didn't hide it.

Because he knew that in this life, ships with keels would definitely be invented, so that navigation technology and wave resistance could be thoroughly improved. Putting forward this concept first, maybe it can inspire Zhuge Liang to think in advance about "what kind of improvement effect can be achieved by adding a few solid timbers running through the bow and tail of the ship when building a ship".

After Zhuge Liang was inspired by the concept of "keel", although he didn't have much time to think about shipbuilding recently, he also thought of a lot of ideas.

At this moment, Liu Bei was reminded like this, and then suddenly said: "Sure enough, I thought it was because the wind and waves on the river had suddenly become smaller in the past two days." In the past two days, I have been talking with my husband day and night, and I have benefited a lot, and I have not even noticed the wind and waves, which is really ashamed.

In this way, since this ship can resist the wind and waves, tomorrow we will force Liu Yangzhou to persuade him to leave as soon as possible, and do not have to worry about the turmoil. ”

Zhuge Liang pressed it virtually: "Don't be impatient, you can delay it for another day or two." First, Liu Yangzhou is indeed angry and vomiting blood today, and he can wait for a day or two to wait for his emergency to pass.

Second, if the general tells him immediately tomorrow, it will seem that we have come prepared, and it is easy for people to be wary. It's better for the general to tell Taishi Ziyi tomorrow,

He only said, 'I learned that Liu Yangzhou was so seriously ill that it had affected my behavior, so I waited for the night last night to meditate hard and think of a method, and it would take a day or two to rectify the warship, and if it was effective in the end, I would like to ask Liu Yangzhou to set off'.

In this way, it seems that after we know his condition, we temporarily bothered for him, and he is so generous, what kind of face does he have? Even if he wants to push, Captain Taishi will definitely be willing to follow us to kill thieves and make contributions first.

Moreover, we still have one last resort, which is to say that this place is in chaos and it is not suitable for recuperation. If you think that it is a long way to go to Spring Valley, you can ask him to cross the Yangtze River north, and the general is willing to move out of Hailing County for Liu Yangzhou to live during his serious illness and lead Yangzhou affairs remotely. ”

Zhuge Liang sprinkled and said three meanings. The Hailing County he mentioned was the Taizhou of the later generations, east of Guangling (Yangzhou), and Zhenjiang was also across the river.

Every time Liu Bei listened to it, he showed an extra hint of surprise.

Unexpectedly, Kong Ming arranged the follow-up matters so well, which not only earned enough reputation, but also completely won the loyalty of Liu Xuan's subordinates, and finally took retreat as advance, further forcing Liu Xuan to a position where he could not come to the stage.

The day before yesterday, he also clearly said that he was not as good as his eldest brother in terms of knowing and employing people and persuading people!

Of course, Ziyu is also very good in this regard......

"Everything is according to the gentleman!" Liu Bei simply felt that he had picked up a treasure again.

Well, to be exact, it's a treasure that has been picked up, and a hidden attribute has been identified.

……

Since Zhuge Liang helped him think so carefully, and there was nothing to say about the follow-up process, Liu Bei strictly followed the plan and found Tai Shici first.

Tai Shici heard that Liu Bei was so concerned about Liu Xuan's retreat and recuperation, and he was also quite moved, and said that as long as he could ensure that Liu Xuan's body could support it, he would definitely persuade him to withdraw to Hailing.

Moreover, Tai Shici also said that after Liu Miao went to Hailing, he could recuperate with peace of mind alone, and he was willing to immediately follow Liu Bei to Chungu and other places to seek peace with Zulang, and do his part-

When the Yangzhou pastor was unable to perform his duties due to serious illness, he followed the Yangzhou assassin to pacify the thieves in the Yangzhou area, which was originally what he should do.

Liu Bei and his entourage performed for another day or two, and then pretended that "after learning of Liu Miao's condition, he urgently urgently rebuilt the warship to improve its stability", and then asked Tai Shici to experience it on the ship first.

Tai Shici also knew a little about the navy, and immediately judged that what Liu Bei said was true, and couldn't help but be shocked.

"How did Xuande Gong do it in just two or three days to transform the warship and improve the wave resistance and turbulence resistance to this point? It's incredible. ”

Liu Bei smiled proudly: "I naturally don't have this ability, but Mr. Kong Ming knows everything about astronomy and geography, medicine and astrology, and craftsmanship, and three days is enough." ”

Tai Shi Ci was stunned, and after being shocked, he immediately went to find Liu Xianli Chen.

Liu Miao was no longer able to resist, he knew that Tai Shi Ci had been influenced by Liu Bei.

His own delay led to him being moved to Hailing County to recuperate and die, but everyone around him felt that Liu Bei had done the right thing, and even his own son Liu Ji didn't see Liu Bei's bad intentions.

After receiving this step by himself, Liu Miao had no choice but to follow Liu Bei across the river, and was placed in Hailing County a day later, and then obediently took out the Yangzhou pastoral seal ribbon, saying that "everything is entrusted to Brother Xuande during his serious illness."

And Liu Bei didn't waste time in the three days that he waited for Liu Miao to get up. He has already begun to "cross the river with the people", and safely transport away the people, soldiers, and officials in the Dantu area who are willing to follow Liu Miao or him Liu Bei.

Because the ships were sufficient, he also tried his best to help people transport away the property and surplus grain from the government treasury, and tried not to leave the official property to Sun Ce.

And Sun Ce has been fighting with Wang Lang recently, and he doesn't pay much attention to the blockade here, maybe he doesn't want to commit the crime of "killing Yangzhou Mu" in his heart, Liu Miao is willing to go, he wants to have one less eye-catching trouble, so all of Liu Bei's actions are going well.

For Sun Ce, in fact, it was the best for Liu Miao to die of illness, saving him from staining his notoriety with blood.

Historically, Sun Ce later also nominally respected Liu Ji, Tai Shici and Zu Lang. It was because the Sun family's process of becoming the ruler of Jiangdong was disgraceful, and the local resistance was too fierce, so he had to bring out those rulers who were missed by the Jiangdong people to whitewash his legitimacy.

It is said that in history, after Tai Shi Ci and Zu Lang surrendered to Sun Ce, Sun Ce let them open the way and return to Moling City in a big way, which shocked the people of Moling, and they almost couldn't believe that Tai Shi Ci and Zu Lang, who were originally quite prestigious in Danyang, would surrender.

And after these two mascots were used, Sun Ce refrigerated Zu Lang, only giving him treatment and not real power, and Tai Shi Ci's situation was slightly better.

But the problem is that Sun Ce also hung up soon after Tai Shi Ci surrendered, and when the young and powerless Sun Quan came up, he was 100% completely hidden for Tai Shi Ci, and he didn't dare to use it at all, lest Tai Shi Ci, as "one of the former Jiangdong princes", have too high prestige and appeal and threaten his rule.

These are all later words, in short, this layer of comprehensive consideration makes Sun Cejun unwilling to directly tear his face to intercept even if he realizes some clues.

And being able to pick up a county town for nothing and let the enemy abandon it on their own is also a wish. If you stop it in one fell swoop, and force the enemy to defend the city and fight again, wouldn't it be self-defeating?

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Liu Beijun finally pulled a regular army of three or four thousand people from Liu Xuan, as well as more than 20,000 people who were willing to follow the river crossing, thousands of people who withdrew from other counties, and hundreds of scribes and officials.

In addition, the remaining ordnance in Yangzhou's animal husbandry arsenal was also withdrawn, plus more than 60,000 stones of grain and grass, and millions of military funds.

These grains were originally enough for Liu Miaojun to eat the autumn harvest, and I don't know what Liu Miao's plan is, he has a lonely city, and the fields outside the city can't be planted, even if the autumn harvest has nothing to do with him, if he doesn't break through, he will starve to death sooner or later.

After settling Liu Miao in Hailing County, Liu Bei had a deep talk with Tai Shici, persuading him to take his own troops and horses, as well as some Danyang soldiers that were supplemented to him, and to go to Poyang County to station, and strive to capture Chungu County as a foothold as soon as possible.

After a little preparation on the side of the main force in the follow-up, it may be necessary to use troops against Zulang in an all-round way.

Tai Shi Ci has been surrounded for more than half a year, and it is called a grievance, and when he heard the words, he immediately received the order:

"The last general should serve his own life! Even if there are only soldiers and horses in the headquarters, they must use the name of righteousness to force the Zulang! Although Zulang had many soldiers and horses, he did not dare to openly rebel against the imperial court.

As far as I know, he just wants to be self-reliant and uninhibited. As long as our army uses the name of Yangzhou to annex the imperial court, and attacks one of them, it may be able to force him to be used by the imperial court. ”

Liu Bei patted Tai Shici on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I won't just let you rely on the soldiers and horses of your headquarters to deal with Zulang." Yun Chang also has elite soldiers in Yuzhang, which is enough to support you.

Kong Ming wants to stay by my side, planning day and night. After you move to Poyang and Spring Valley, consult Kong Ming's brother Zhuge Ziyu on everything, and you will definitely be able to make up for the shortcomings. The war in the south depends on a few of you for the time being. ”