Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 220 Crouching dragon and phoenix chick, tiger and silver fox

Join Liu Zhang and send troops to Yizhou?
When Liu Biao heard Jia Xu's suggestion, he had a puzzled expression on his face.

He and Liu Zhang are already in the same situation, can they still unite?

For a moment he hesitated, and asked: "Wen He, the widow and Liu Zhang."

Jia Xu immediately said: "Liu Zhang is already living or dying, so he can only accept it. Besides, the dispute between the king and Liu Zhang is just a clan dispute. Zhang Lu is just a slave, so how can he compete for the position of patriarch?"

"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 clan of the Han Dynasty, and Zhang Lu was a domestic slave, and he wanted to fight for the Han Dynasty without his own strength, which would definitely be tolerated by the clan.

Therefore, it is reasonable for him to use the name of uniting Liu Zhang.It is naturally reasonable to wait until Zhang Lu is expelled, and then go back and annex Liu Zhang.

Although this is very unrighteous, Liu Biao himself has the idea of ​​proclaiming himself emperor. Proclaiming himself emperor is already the biggest loss of righteousness.
Therefore, for his own benefit, he sent troops to attack Yizhou when Liu Zhang was weak, first destroyed Zhang Lu, then swallowed Liu Zhang, and then eliminated Zhang Lu to seize Hanzhong. Two-thirds of the world, Sanxing Dahan is just around the corner.

Thinking of this, Liu Biao looked at Jia Xu with a happy expression and said, "Wen Hezhen is my son's house. If the widow can win the world and revive the Han Dynasty again, Wen He must be the prime minister. Wealth and honor, fame through the ages!"

"This is because the king is wise and knowledgeable."

Jia Xu smiled and saluted.

"Hahahahaha."

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

Compared with Liu Biao at its peak, Jiangdong's Sun Quan was in a gloomy state, and the entire Jiangdong was shrouded in clouds.

The Battle of Wuling was a life-and-death battle for Jiangdong, but Jiangdong lost this battle. Sun Quan's prestige will be extremely low overnight, and the family and Shanyue rebellion will continue. The name of Shen Chen can stop Jiangdong's children from crying cry.

But the only good news is that before they lost this battle, they defeated the main force of Jiangxia's navy, making Jiangxia's navy not capable enough to attack Jiangdong again.

At the same time, because Shen Chen gave all the food and grass to the Shanyue people and asked them to help dig and build the water storage lake, they were unable to travel long distances to attack Jiangdong in the absence of food and grass, so they had to choose to retreat back to Nanchang temporarily. Let Sun Quan 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 jeopardy under Zhang Lu's attack. This is 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 [-] troops westward into Sichuan and Shu, and entered Bajun along the Yangtze River in the name of supporting the same clan and resisting domestic slaves. Together with Liu Zhang, they launched an offensive against Zhang Lu.

In the north, Cao Cao stuck to Chenliu after the defeat of Kuangcheng, and finally waited until Yuan Shao died of illness. Using Guo Jia's plan, he joined forces with Yuan Tan to fight against Yuan Shang, who was strong and strong.

However, Yuan Tan had Jushou Tian Feng to help him, so he naturally knew what Cao Cao was up to, so he was indifferent to him and did not fully trust him.

The situation in the north gradually became clearer. Although Ju Shou and Tian Feng advised Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang to deal with Cao Cao first and then deal with internal affairs, both of them hated each other deeply, and they both stubbornly believed that the other party had taken away their inheritance rights. Decided to decide on internal troubles first, and then deal with external troubles.

Therefore, just as Guo Jia expected, when Cao Cao returned to Chenliu to lick his wounds, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang attacked each other and fought violently. The whole Jizhou was in civil strife, while Cao Cao took advantage of the fisherman's profit and verbally supported Yuan Tan. But did not send troops to help.

Soon time came to the end of the tenth year of Jian'an, and the north and the south were in chaos. Only Liu Bei, who was still based in southern Shonan, was still in calm.

Liu Bei recruited Wu Yi and other Yizhou soldiers with his extremely high personality charm. Although there were also soldiers who fled because they missed their hometown, most of the Yizhou soldiers stayed, which expanded his force to more than [-].

He was sent by Liu Biao to suppress the Jingnan barbarian rebellion, but the Jingnan barbarian rebellion did not cause much trouble. Under Xu Shu's suggestion, Liu Bei only sent Zhao Yun to defeat it, and then stationed in Changsha.

At this moment, seeing the changing situation of the world, but wasting time in Jingnan, he felt a little melancholy for a while. Under Xu Shu's suggestion, Liu Bei went north to Xiangyang, hoping to find talents.

On October [-]rd in the tenth year of Jian'an, the north of Yicheng County, Jingzhou, stretches for more than a hundred miles. Along the way, there are endless pastoral fields, bright Zhu Xuan, canopy stretches, countless rich merchants and powerful families, countless families and horses, and the mountains of Taishan in the distance. Emerald green, too beautiful to behold.

This is "Guangaili", where countless wealthy families in Jingzhou live.

Liu Bei was leading the horse, and only Zhang and Zhang were beside him. It just so happened that it was raining lightly in Jingnan on this day, and the pattering raindrops hit the streets of the town, and the rainwater gathered into a small stream.

In order to avoid the rain, the three of them had no choice but to stand under the eaves of a Gaomen’s house. It happened that a servant was going out with a bamboo scorpion. When he opened the door, he suddenly saw three big men outside. He was slightly surprised and then cupped his hands Said: "The three are polite."

"The master is polite."

Liu Bei cupped his hands politely and said: "The three of my brothers passed by here, and because it started to rain suddenly, we had to borrow the eaves of the master's house to look at Haihan."

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

Liu Bei was amazed that a servant was able to call the shots and invite strangers into the house, but at this time his EQ was much higher, so he didn't ask directly, but said: "The three of my brothers only waited for the rain to stop before leaving, because they were afraid of disturbing others." Lord, don’t dare to enter the house.”

The servant said: "My lord's family has always treated people generously. On weekdays, I have been told that if we see others in trouble, we must help them. Besides, it's not a big deal to sit in the house. There is a porter inside the door, and the charcoal fire can be used to dry clothes."

"So that's the case, thank you, Master."

After Liu Bei saluted, he followed the servants into the gate. Inside the gate was a large courtyard with corridors on the left and right sides. The corridor on the left had a porter hall similar to a guard's room. There were people guarding it and a charcoal fire was lit.

The servant called the porter to lead the horses of the three to the stables in the backyard, and then said to the three: "The master's house is receiving guests now. I have to go out to do some things. I will report this matter to the master's house when I come back. If the master I don't have time to see the three guests, and the three can leave after the rain stops."

Liu Bei said curiously: "Everyone is quite polite, I'm curious, who is the master of the noble son?"

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

"Thank you."

Liu Bei cupped his hands again, and warmed up with Guan Zhang in the gatehouse.

At this time, the porter went to the backyard to lead the horse, and the servant who had just called them also went out to do some errands, and there were only three of them in the porter.

Seeing this situation, Guan Yu still said with emotion: "The Ma family has a very polite family style. When they see three passers-by sheltering from the rain outside the door, they will invite them in and sit down. Are they not afraid of attracting thieves? "

Liu Bei smiled and pointed in the direction of the front hall and said: "Just now I saw a lot of people in the hall, and they seemed to be guarded by guards. This family must be a wealthy and powerful family. Although they are polite, they are cautious. This is the only way to be polite to others, and naturally you don’t have to worry about bringing in thieves.”

"Look at what this family is doing with so many guards. Back then I had such a big house in Zhuo County, so I didn't recruit guards. I wish some thieves would come into my house. It would be refreshing to beat me up."

Zhang Fei said with a smile, he was also powerful in Zhuo County, he had a big courtyard, only a few servants, and no courtyard guards.

After all, with his fighting power, there would be no return for an ordinary bandit of 30 people.

"The third brother is really."

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

After a while the concierge came back and said to them: "Three, our master heard that there are guests, and invited the three to the hall for a talk."

"It's work."

Liu Bei bowed his hands, and the concierge stretched out his hand to signal them to invite them.

The three of them put their weapons in the gatehouse and only hung their swords around their waists. They walked from the corridor to the outer hall, then passed through the outer hall to the atrium, and all the way to the middle hall.

At this moment, there are two people sitting cross-legged in the middle hall, one is a young scholar in his thirties, sitting on the main seat.The other is an old man in his fifties with a generous face, sitting on the guest seat.

Seeing the three of them coming in, the young scholar got up and said with a smile, "But General Zuo is in front of you?"

"Exactly."

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

"I'm under Ma Jun, whose name is Bochang."

Ma Jun smiled and said: "I heard that General Zuo is stationed in Jingnan, so why come to Yicheng today when you have time?"

Liu Bei sighed: "Because the world is in decline and the country is dying, I want to revive the Han Dynasty, but I am not resourceful. I heard that there are many hermits in Xiangyang, so I want to seek a wise man to explain my doubts."

Ma Jun pointed to the old man and said: "General Zuo came at the right time today, this is Mr. De Cao, he is a great talent who is not born in the world."

"Are you Mr. Decao?"

Liu Bei looked at the old man in surprise, Sima Decao's reputation was well-known among scholars in Jingzhou.

The old man nodded to Liu Bei with a smile, and said: "This old man is indeed Sima Decao, but my elder brother Pang Degong and I are interested in mountains and rivers, so we don't want to be an official."

"Ugh."

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

Sima Hui shook his head and said, "Jingzhou will undergo major changes soon, and I don't want to be lost in it rashly. I hope General Zuo Haihan."

"Has there been a big change in Jingzhou?"

Liu Bei hurriedly said: "Please sir, please explain to me."

Sima Hui and Ma Jun looked at each other.

Ma Jun sighed and said, "General Zuo must have heard that the King of Chu is about to proclaim himself emperor."

After speaking, the venue fell into silence.

In fact, this matter has already caused ups and downs in Jingzhou. Some officials from the big aristocratic families are watching, some are dissuading, and some are following.

But the overall wind direction is actually not good for Liu Biao.

Yuan Shu's end is yet to come, and no one can guarantee that Liu Biao will succeed in proclaiming himself emperor.

The most important thing is that although everyone in the world now knows that Cao Cao is coercing the emperor to command the princes, the real emperor is in the north after all.

Although Liu Biao, the king of Chu, is quite legitimate, but if he becomes emperor, he will completely lose the hearts of the people.

Therefore, most of the aristocratic families opposed Liu Biao's proclaiming the emperor.

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

It's just that he can't stop Liu Biao, because this is basically a deadlock.

When Liu Biao was not strong, he would presumptuously proclaim himself emperor. Now that his strength is so strong, he will naturally go one step further.

Therefore, many aristocratic and wealthy families in Jingzhou can only wait and see. They neither dare to write a letter of advice for fear of angering Liu Biao, nor dare to support rashly to avoid being liquidated in the future.

Hearing that Liu Bei came over suddenly at this time, Ma Jun had other ideas, so he was quite friendly.

Everyone was silent for a long time.

Liu Bei sighed: "I have heard about this matter, but when I wrote a letter to persuade the King of Chu, the King of Chu refused to listen, so there is nothing I can do. I don't have the talent to plan, and no one can give me an idea."

Sima Hui pondered for a moment, glanced at Ma Jun, and said softly: "If it is said that there are countless great talents in Jingchu, only crouching dragon, phoenix, young tiger, silver fox can be the best in the world."

"Oh?"

Liu Bei hurriedly said, "Who is Crouching Dragon, Phoenix, Young Tiger, Silver Fox?"

Sima Hui smiled and said: "On weekdays, I like to take my own name the most, so I named myself "Mr. Shuijing". The crouching dragon is taken for them, Zhuge Kongming is the one, the phoenix chick is Pang Shiyuan, and the tiger is Shen Chen!"

"It was them."

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Xu Shu also mentioned Zhuge Kongming and Pang Shiyuan to me, but he didn't know who Yinhu was?"

"Silver Fox, Shen Chen also!"

Sima Hui looked at the east and said: "Shen Chen is truly a talent that never came out of the world. His writing has the wisdom of a silver fox, and his martial arts has the courage of a tiger. The Ming Dynasty is Chen Ye." ", is the fox of the heart. And the Chen of the East is the Yinhu, the talent of the fox and the tiger, there is nothing like it!"

Two characters for one person?

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and then he thought of that wise and courageous young man in a trance.

His ingenuity, literary ability to recite scriptures and righteousness, and martial arts to advance in the universe, this title of tiger and silver fox is really appropriate.

Sima Hui said again: "Crouching dragon and phoenix chick, scorpion tiger and silver fox, one can secure the world. If you can win Shen Chen, you will become a king. From last year to this year, General Zuo fought side by side with Shen Chen. Do you know how powerful he is?"

Liu Bei cupped his hands and said, "Thank you sir for your guidance, but Shen Chen has his own ambitions and cannot be forced. Please also tell me the residences of Zhuge Kongming and Pang Shiyuan, so that I can go and look for them."

"Ah."

Sima Hui nodded, and told him the location in Longzhong where Zhuge Liang lived in seclusion, and Pangjia Village outside the east city of Xiangyang where Pang Tong lived.

In fact, Liu Bei came to Xiangyang quite often, but every time he only went to see Liu Biao in the city, mainly because he was afraid that Liu Biao would doubt him if he visited famous people everywhere, so he didn't dare to stay for a long time, so now he was overjoyed to know the residence of the great talent.

Immediately, he discussed some other matters with Sima Hui and Ma Jun, and rushed to Xiangyang after the rain stopped.

(End of this chapter)