Soldiers come to the world

At night, Zhuge Liang waited for his wife to put the child to sleep, and then smiled at her: "I'm not used to living here, let's go back tomorrow!"

Huang Yueying was a little unhappy in her heart and kept silent. Seeing that his wife was displeased, Zhuge Liang didn't mention it any more. When he was going to sleep at night, Huang Yueying sighed and said, "If you want to go back, we can go back tomorrow."

Zhuge Liang apologized in his heart, and comforted his wife, "It's not that I don't like my father-in-law's family, it's just that I have other things to do."

"I know, when you saw Liu Bei today, your wish has been fulfilled, so naturally you want to go back."

Zhuge Liang was exposed by his wife and couldn't say a word. After a long while, Huang Yueying said quietly: "I don't understand, most of the talented people in Longzhong go to Jiangxia, Shanmin, Yuanzhi, Ma Liang are all there, even your master I went too, why didn't you go, and Mr. Jing also attaches great importance to you, sent people to invite you over and over again, even wrote a personal letter, and even offered you the post of military adviser, why didn't you accept it, do you still remember what happened back then ?"

Zhuge Liang put his arms around his wife's waist and said with a smile: "It was because of his good intentions back then that we got married. It's too late for me to thank him, how can I bear grudges!"

"Then why do you still want to compete with Pang Shiyuan? Don't you understand the real purpose of his visit today?"

"Of course I understand. It's just that I have thought about it for a long time and observed it for several years. I think Uncle Liu Huang is more suitable for me."

Huang Yueying turned over, looked into her husband's eyes and said, "You mean, Mr. Jing can't do anything?"

Huang Yueying was not worried about Liu Jing, Liu Jing's life and death had nothing to do with her, she was worried about Tao Zhan, Tao Zhan should not be dragged down by Liu Jing, Zhuge Liang shook his head, "Liu Jing is also a person who does great things, and will surely achieve something in the future. "

"Then why are you..." Seeing that her husband hadn't finished speaking, Huang Yueying stopped talking.

Zhuge Liang sighed slightly: "Although Liu Jing is good, he is not suitable for me. He is too strong. In fact, he is very similar to Cao Cao. If I follow him, I will still be the same as Xu Shu in essence. I can only be one of his subordinates. Perhaps it is more important, but there will be no monopoly in his hands, I have observed him for several years, Liu Jing will not allow anyone to monopolize the power, this is not what I want."

"Then Liu Bei will let you take power alone?"

Zhuge Liang smiled faintly, "He is different from Liu Jing, he will regard me as his teacher, because only I can help him get out of the predicament, more importantly, Liu Bei is old and busy with having children, so he doesn't have so much physical strength and energy to deal with it." For government affairs, I can only rely on me, and following him, I can better display my ambitions."

Huang Yueying sighed, "But Liu Jing facilitated our marriage and valued you so much, yet you have to seek refuge with Uncle Liu Huang, isn't it a little sorry for him?"

Zhuge Liang was silent for a moment and said, "Just treat it as if I owe him a favor."

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At night, Liu Bei was restless in the big camp. He has been traveling for half his life, has read the world and the world, and has a thorough understanding of human nature. Today, he has a meeting with Zhuge Liang, and he can see that Zhuge Liang has a good strategy in his chest, which can help him get out of the situation in front of him. Dilemma.

What's more, Sima Hui recommended Zhuge Liang to him twice, saying that this person has the talents of the world, even if it is a little exaggerated, he must have real talents and learning.

More importantly, Liu Bei talked about Zhuge Liang with Huang Chengyan several times, only to realize that although Zhuge Liang was related to Liu Biao and Cai Mao, he had no contact with him at ordinary times.

Liu Bei understood in his heart that the fundamental reason why Zhuge Liang refused to reveal his plan was that he was not sincere enough. How could he easily speak out his heartfelt words when he happened to meet in Huang's mansion? He had to pay a personal visit to show his sincerity.

At this time, Shu Zuo Ma Di quickly entered the account and presented a thick stack of documents, "Report to Emperor Uncle, I have finished sorting out and transcribing!"

Ma Di is Ma Liang's younger brother, who has been known as a child prodigy since he was a child.

Ma Su studied under Sima Hui, and Sima Hui recommended him to Liu Bei a month ago. Although he was young, Liu Bei was quite satisfied with him after taking the school exams, so he appointed him as a secretary to help him sort out documents.

Liu Bei took the official document and asked with a smile, "What do you think of Kong Ming?",

Ma Su replied respectfully: "Brother Kong Ming is known as Wolong, he is the first of the four talented people in Jingzhou, and he is the one I admire most."

Liu Bei nodded, and asked curiously, "Which four great talents?"

"The first is Zhuge Kongming, the crouching dragon, the second is Pang Shiyuan, the young phoenix, the third is Xu Yuanzhi, the benevolent hero, and the fourth is my elder brother, Ma Jichang with white eyebrows."

Liu Bei laughed, "There is such a saying, I didn't know it."

Ma Di couldn't help but said again: "Uncle Huang may not know, but in fact there are three child prodigies in Jingzhou."

Knowing that Ma Di was called a child prodigy, he was actually talking about himself, so Liu Bei couldn't help laughing to himself, and asked, "Tell me, which three child prodigy are they?"

Ma Di's biggest weakness is his conceit. People in Jingzhou say that Ma's Wuchang, Baimei is the best. He has never been convinced, because he was still young when he said this, so he always thought that he was all-round in civil and military affairs, and he was by no means inferior to his elder brother.

Since Liu Bei asked, he also said without humility: "One is Zhou Buyi, Liu Biejia's nephew, the other is also from Lingling, Jiang Wan and Jiang Gongyan, and the other is a subordinate, Ma Su and Ma Youchang."

Liu Bei saw that he had the feeling that a newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, so he couldn't help but smiled. At this time, Pang Tong appeared at the door of the tent. He happened to hear what the three child prodigies said, so he also smiled and said: "Actually, there should be One, named Deng Ai, is also recognized as a child prodigy by Lumen Academy."

Ma Di hurriedly bowed to Pang Tong and retreated. Liu Bei asked Pang Tong to sit down, and asked with a smile, "Zhou Buyi, I know he is in Jiangxia, so where are Jiang Wan and Deng Ai?"

"Jiang Wan likes to travel, it's late spring now, he won't be at home, the lord can pay attention to this person, if he is assisted, he will be a great talent, but Deng Ai probably won't be loyal to the lord."

"Why is this?"

"Deng Ai's father had a life-and-death relationship with Liu Jing, and he regarded Liu Jing as his uncle. In addition, his mother and two sisters were subsidized by the Tao family, and even the eldest sister got a generous dowry from the Tao family when she got married. "

Liu Bei was puzzled, "Why did the Tao family support them?"

Pang Tong laughed, "To be exact, it was Liu Jing's wife who funded them. Have you forgotten, my lord?"

Liu Bei was suddenly stunned. After a moment of silence, Liu Bei asked again: "What do Shi Yuan think of Zhuge Kongming's talents?"

Pang Tong's heart skipped a beat, this was the second time Liu Bei mentioned Zhuge Liang in three days, could it be? ． ． ． ．

Pang Tong's face became a little unnatural, and he forced a smile: "Kong Ming is known as Wolong, and he is also known as the first of the four talents in Jingzhou. From a common sense, he should also be extremely talented."

Liu Bei heard that there was something in Pang Tong's words, so he asked strangely: "Why do you call it common sense?"

"It's very simple, because the person who judged the four talents was Cai Mao. It was just a joke on Liu Jingzhou's birthday the year before last, and it was widely circulated."

How old-fashioned Liu Bei is, he heard the jealousy in Pang Tong's tone, he was slightly displeased, and said calmly: "In this way, Kong Ming has a vain reputation?"

"It's not that he has a false name, but my uncle called Kong Ming a ghost, especially good at the art of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, and I heard that my uncle recommended Kong Ming to Liu Jing several times, but Liu Jing didn't use it in the end. I don't know why? The Cai family is related, hehe!"

The human heart is the most delicate. When angry or jealous, he will often lose his usual rationality and say some childish words that are not close to the edge. This is the case with Pang Tong. He is known as the Phoenix, so he is naturally talented.

But the jealousy in his heart went to his head. He was afraid that Zhuge Liang would take his seat, so he tried his best to smear Zhuge Liang, but he didn't know that he had fallen behind, and his impression in Liu Bei's heart was greatly reduced.

Liu Bei was silent and thought to himself, "He and Kong Ming are in the same situation, Zhuge Liang can't act too hastily." '

After Pang Tong left, Liu Bei ordered someone to find Zhang Fei and told him, "You send ten jars of wine and two pigs to Zhuge's Mansion, and you must be respectful. Even the housekeeper must bow down."

Zhang Fei was a little unhappy when he heard that even the housekeeper had to bow to salute, but he didn't dare not listen to his brother's words, so he agreed, turned around and was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said, "Brother, isn't Zhuge Liang in the Huang Mansion?" ?"

"I know he's in Huang's Mansion now, but you want to send things to Zhuge's Mansion, understand?"

Zhang Fei scratched his head, "I understand!"

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Before dawn, a fleet of twenty warships was slowly heading north along the west bank of the Han River, less than a hundred miles away from Xiangyang City.

Liu Jing stood in front of the boat window with his hands behind his back. The wind was very strong on the river, and the boat window was not fully opened. From the narrow gap of the boat window, he saw a gray field.

It was almost dawn, and the sky was pale, but in the vast wilderness where the scenery was constantly changing, there were a few stars twinkling in the sky, and there were still a group of mountains in the distance standing dimly on the gray sky.

It has been five days since he broke up with Jia Xu, but Liu Jing is still considering Jia Xu's suggestion to take Guanzhong as his foundation and compete in the Central Plains. Wei Yan also proposed a similar plan back then, which is similar to Zhuge Liang's three-point plan for the world.

However, Zhuge Liang's plan is Shuzhong, while Jia Xu's plan is Guanzhong. These two plans have their own advantages and disadvantages.

It is convenient to seize Central Shu, but the territory is narrow and the strategic depth is small, while Guanzhong is indeed the land of Longxing. The two most prosperous dynasties in the long history, Han and Tang, both rose here, but Guanzhong is far away and difficult to seize. It is also difficult to keep in touch with Jingzhou.

Of course, the best way is to seize Bashu first, then take Hanzhong, and finally occupy Guanzhong.

It's just why Shu Han failed in the end?Could it be that in response to Jia Xu's conclusion, Sichuan is a place where dragons are trapped?

Liu Jing was very confused. He had been worrying about this matter for several days. At this moment, the sound of horse hoofs woke Liu Jing from his contemplation. He looked towards the shore and saw several riders in the hazy morning light. Running fast to the south.

Liu Jing's heart moved, and Jiang Xia would be there if he went south. Could it be that he was looking for himself?He quickly ordered his soldiers, "Call the rider on the shore!"

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