That night, Liu Chuang sat in the study and read a letter in the light of Song Ming. He immediately placed the letter on Song Ming and lit it, turning it into ashes.

The letter was sent by Sima Yi.

He had already established a team in Jingzhou and recruited a powerful man to record the Huangge.

When Liu Chuang saw the name of this powerful man, he was really shocked.

Pang Shanmin?

Liu Chuang never expected that Sima Yi would actually recruit Pang Shanmin.

This Pang Shanmin is Pang Tong's elder brother and an outstanding member of the second generation of the Pang family.

Although Pang Tong came out to assist Liu Bei, it did not mean that Pang's entire family defected to Liu Bei. This is just a survival rule for the powerful family, and he would not put all the eggs in one basket. Pang Tong was difficult to be reused in Jingzhou. He was short, ugly, and had a bit arrogant personality. Liu Biao was a person who valued dignity. No matter how capable Pang Tong was, he would not reused it.

Therefore, when Liu Bei recruited Pang Tong, the Pang family did not object.

Although Liu Bei is now living in Jingzhou, his strength is too weak... and he did not get the title of "Emperor Uncle" as in history, and his appeal is naturally not as good as in previous lives. If Chen Deng had not had the reputation of Chen Deng, it would have been difficult for Liu Bei to gain a foothold in Jingzhou.

He has no roots, and for Pang Tong, it may be the best place to go.

Therefore, the Pang family turned a blind eye to this matter. Pang Shanmin may not be as talented as Pang Tong, but his surname is calm and mature and steadfast, and he is the best heir. Sima Yi did not explain in the letter why Pang Shanmin surrendered, but he thought that the Kuai family would work hard.

If there is such a record in Jingzhou, he can be regarded as the highest-ranking person among Huangge's records.

But those who know about this are Sima Yi and Liu Chuang, and there is no third person...

Although Liu Chuang was surprised by Pang Shanmin's effectiveness, he was not surprised. After recruiting Pang Shanmin, Sima Yi immediately stretched his tentacles to Jiangdong. He quickly found out a piece of news... But it was better to say it was a gossip.

In fact, Liu Chuang has always had some doubts about the experience of Mrs. Qiao and Sun Shao.

Logically speaking, although Sun Ce was dead, Zhou Yu was still there.

Not to mention the friendship between Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, just saying that Zhou Yu is a relationship like Sun Shao’s uncle, the situation between Sun Shao and Da Qiao should be quite good. However, in history, after Sun Ce’s death, Da Qiao and Sun Shao were as if they had evaporated on earth. Mrs. Da Qiao’s situation was better and had appeared several times; but Sun Shao was unknown and did not appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and also mentioned it in the Three Kingdoms.

This seems to be not normal!

The gossip sent by Sima Yi just solved Liu Chuang's confusion.

It turned out that the two Qiao of Jiangdong were famous and had one of them for Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. However, Sun Ce's surname was irritable, while Da Qiao was a man with a gentle surname and was not satisfied with Sun Ce. However, Zhou Yu had a good impression of Mrs. Da Qiao, but he got Mrs. Xiao Qiao.

After Sun Ce's death, Zhou Yu was secretly taking care of him at the beginning and sent someone to deliver a letter to remind Mrs. Qiao to be patient.

Unexpectedly, when Mrs. Xiao Qiao learned about this, she became jealous.

When Sun Quan decided to send Mrs. Qiao and Sun Shao to Youzhou, Zhou Yu originally planned to stop him, but was stopped by Mrs. Xiao Qiao.

"My husband should know that the lord is suspicious.

He is very suspicious of Mr. Shao and is quite wary of you.

This time he sent Mr. Shao and his sister to Youzhou, which may be a good thing. For Mr. Shao and his sister, although Youzhou is bitter and cold, there is no need to worry; for the lord, Mr. Shao can also have a concern; and for the husband, because of Mr. Shao's relationship, the lord is guarding against you. If he and his sister leave Jiangdong, the lord's guarding against your husband will inevitably weaken.

If you come forward to stop me, I am afraid that not only will you not be able to protect Master Shao, but it will also lead to the lord's intention to kill."

I have to say that Mrs. Xiao Qiao’s words make sense.

Zhou Yu was silent immediately!

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhou Yu was described as a narrow-minded person to set off Zhuge Liang's tall collection. However, in real history, Zhou Yu was a hero with a grand demeanor. Later generations Su Dongpo said that "feather fan and robe scarf, while chatting and laughing, the masts and oars were destroyed in ashes." They were not Zhuge Liang, but Zhou Yu. However, such a glorious person also had selfish thoughts. Yes, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce had a close relationship, and were Sun Shao's uncle, even if they had nothing to do with them...

He also has to consider his future.

Sun Quan was very skilled in his methods. After Sun Ce's death, he took control of Jiangdong step by step and stabilized the situation, which was enough to see his methods.

Now, Sun Quan has taken Jiangdong into his hands, and no one can shake his position anymore.

If it is said that it can cause danger to Sun Quan, it seems that only Sun Shao. Sun Shao will not die or stay in Jiangdong, so Sun Quan will not be able to sleep or eat. As Sun Shao's uncle, Sun Ce's best friend during his lifetime. Even if Zhou Yu holds the Jiangdong Navy in his hand, he must be careful.

Xiao Qiao is right. If he comes forward to stop him, it will probably arouse Sun Quan's intention to kill.

However, Zhou Yu could bear to give up Sun Shao, but he was a little reluctant to give up Da Qiao. Later, he didn't know what methods Xiao Qiao used, so Zhou Yu finally did not stop him. Because of this incident, the relationship between Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu and Huang Gaihan was quite tense.

It is very rare for Sima Yi to be able to find out these news in a short time.

After seeing it, Liu Chuang felt very moved.

The surname is!

In the face of interests, any family affection or friendship will become vulnerable. Even a great man like Zhou Yu, who is so glorious, will become cruel and ruthless at the fork in the road facing the choice of interests.

But, what does this have to do with him?

"Lord, Kong Ming is asking for a meeting outside."

At this moment, Jiang Jie's voice came from outside the door.

Liu Chuang put away his thoughts, stood up and said, "Please come in."

After a while, Zhuge Liang came in from outside.

He first bowed to Liu Chuang, and then said, "Lord, Liangzhou has urgent reports. Zhang Lu gathered 30,000 troops to enter Wudu, and joined forces with the Qiang and Di in Wudu. A total of 80,000 troops were deployed in Wudu, intending to enter Liangzhou north. Yuan Zhi wrote a letter to him and asked his lord for advice."

When Liu Chuang heard this, he shivered and stood up with a chill.

There was a hint of excitement in his heart. He wandered in the room for a moment, then suddenly turned around and said, "Immediately tell Yuanzhi that he will order his son Long soldiers to enter Wudu and capture Chiting."

Cao **, finally couldn't help it!

As Ju Shu, Zhuge Liang and others had guessed before, Cao ** decided to have a decisive battle with Liu Chuang.

It can be imagined that this decisive battle will never be as simple as before. Cao ** will definitely concentrate his efforts and come to an end with Liu Chuang.

Similarly, Liu Chuang has been preparing for the arrival of this day for a long time...

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In May of the ninth year of Jian'an, Zhang Lu entered Liangzhou north under the banner of avenging Wei Duan.

He ordered the general Shen Dan as the commander and to lead the troops north to Wudu. Then he quickly joined forces with the Qiang and Di in Wudu, and brought 80,000 troops to the Wudu Dao.

After learning the news, the governor of Liangzhou, Zhong Yao, immediately ordered Xu Shu to respond.

However, Zhang Lu's dispatch of troops this time was not simple. In order to restrain the Han army's forces, Jingzhao Yin Cao Ren ordered Xiahou Yuan and Cao Zhen to lead his troops westward. Xu Shu was in charge of Hanyang and could not leave. So he ordered Zhao Yun as the main general and Jiang Xu as the deputy general. He led 8,000 troops to Wudu and quickly captured Chiting. The two sides looked across the Western Han River, and for a time, Liangzhou fought again in the clouds.

After Zhao Yun's troops entered Chiting, Longguan was handed over to Huang Zhong to take charge.

Xu Shu led Xiahou Lan and Wei Yan to the Qingshian and quarrel with Cao Zhen.

Fang had been calming for half a year, and the situation changed again.

Everyone's eyes were all focused on Liangzhou and Guanzhong...

In this battle, Xu Shu focused on defense and did not immediately fight the Cao army and the Hanzhong army.

The outbreak of Liangzhou also made the situation in Hebei tense. Cao ** ordered to continue to increase troops to Li Yang and act as a decisive battle between Li Yang and Liu Chuang. Liu Chuang naturally would not retreat. He ordered Zhang Liao and Zhang He to lead their troops to fight and station troops in Huangze.

At the same time, after some discussion with Lu Bu, Liu Chuang transferred the general Cao surname from Lu Bu and stationed troops in Shangdang.

Gao Shun, the prefect of Shangdang, entered Huguan and made an stance to support the Han army. Both sides continued to mobilize troops and generals, Cao ** dispatched 120,000 troops, and Liu Chuang also sent 80,000 troops. A total of 200,000 troops on both sides confronted the north bank of the Yellow River, which also caused panic in Jizhou.

"Lord, Cao**'s intention is very obvious now, and he is preparing to fight the lord in Liyang.

Why don’t the lord go to Yecheng to supervise the war in person? The soldiers will definitely be in high morale.”

Lu Yu made a suggestion to Liu Chuang, but Liu Chuang did not particularly agree.

He said in a deep voice: "Cao**, Ji Xiong is also.

He set up a formation with such a big fanfare, intending to fight against Liyang. But for some reason, I always feel it wouldn't be that simple."

Lu Yu was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Zhuge Liang and others.

When Zhuge Liang and others were all solemn, they obviously did not agree with Lu Yu's idea.

"What does Cao** mean?"

Zhuge Liang said, "Cao** is good at using surprise weapons and likes to win by surprise.

I think it is better to focus on defense before you understand Cao **’s true intentions, and don’t act rashly. The lord said: If the enemy does not move, I will not move. If the enemy moves, I will move first... So in my opinion, it is better to wait patiently and see Cao **’s next action before making a decision."

Liu Chuang remained silent and walked to the sand table placed in the center of the lobby.

He lowered his head, looked at the sand table, and whispered: "This time Cao ** came prepared and increased troops from Li Yang is likely to be a cover."

I think his main attack point will never be placed in Liyang.

Mr. Duke and Mr., based on your understanding of Cao*, where would he choose to cross the river?"

Ju Su stood up, walked to Liu Chuang, and looked down at the sand table.

"The reason why the emperor's uncle always wins is because he takes the lead.

The place where Cao* must be rescued when attacking Cao* is forcing Cao* to follow the pace of the emperor's uncle... This is also one of the reasons why the emperor's uncle won.

Now, Cao ** obviously didn't want to be led by the emperor anymore, so he took the initiative to attack.

No matter where he wants to cross the river, the emperor's uncle will fall into a passive state. Instead of being led by Cao **, the emperor's uncle won't find a way to seize the opportunity?"
Chapter completed!