"Oh, what's the point of being a little false? Here I am here to congratulate the general."

The uninvited guest was Pang Tong, who recently refuted Zhang Song in Xiangyang City and then became famous. He obviously disdained the false reputation and congratulated Liu Bei on the other hand.

Liu Bei was a little stunned, and then a hint of shame flashed across his face and said sadly:

"It is already a lucky chance to prepare a defeated general and rely on others to take him in. He can take him in Liu Jingzhou and live a life in troubled times, but he doesn't know where the joy comes from?"

"The dragon escapes from the abyss and rises above the nine heavens. I wonder if it is worth celebrating?"

When Liu Bei heard Pang Tong's words, he was shocked and asked quickly:

"What does this mean by sir?"

"A general should be the governor of Zhang Song, Yizhou, to go to Xiangyang?"

"I know a little bit."

"The chief learned from Zhang Song that Yan Yan in Guanxi and Cao Cao of the Central Plains sent envoys to Shu. Liu Zhang wanted to be at the same time and make profits from both sides. Hence, he sent two envoys to Chang'an and Xiangyang. Can the general know the profound meaning of this?"

"Be stupid, please give me advice!"

Liu Bei was humble and did not act smart, but sincerely asked Pang Tong for advice. Pang Tong was not arrogant. He nodded and immediately said:

"This is a strategy of joining the Zong and joining the ranks. The Yuan brothers in the north are fighting in internal struggle and are about to perish. I think those who share the Yuan family's soup must be Yan and Cao. It's just that Yan is strong and Cao is weak. Therefore, Cao Cao used the name of the court to unite the two Lius, and wanted to implement the strategy of joining the Zong and joining the aggressive Guanxi military front. Yan Yan in Guanxi wanted to use a place in Hanzhong to cross Yizhou, subjugate Liu Zhang, and destroy Cao Cao's alliance."

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In addition, Zhang Song, the envoy of Yizhou, intends to choose another wise ruler. The general can take advantage of the situation and seek a foundation for gaining a foothold. The general intends to introduce Zhang Song to the general, making him use it for the general, and Yin is the inner ruler, lobbying Liu Zhang to break up the friendship between Guanxi and form an alliance with Liu Biao and Cao Cao."

When Pang Tong saw Liu Bei, he was puzzled and continued to explain:

"Liu Zhang was weak and Zhang Lu could not control it, let alone the soldiers in Guanxi. Now Hanzhong is gained by Yan Yan. Once Yizhou breaks off diplomatic relations with Guanxi, he will definitely be frightened that Guanxi will send troops to retaliate. He can only seek foreign aid, hoping to recover Hanzhong and protect the land of Bashu."

"At that time, it will be the opportunity for the general to use troops. Yizhou is blocked and fertile, and the country is fertile for thousands of miles. Emperor Gaozu made the emperor's career, and his master cannot guard it. Intelligent people want to get a wise ruler. This is so great that the general is responsible for the general. How can the general be interested?"

Liu Bei seemed to be moved, but hesitated and asked again:

"Sir, it's just that Liu Jingzhou has a lot of talents and has a foreign general. He may not be able to lead the army to help the Shu soldiers recover Hanzhong."

Pang Tong shook his head and sneered:

"Otherwise, Liu Biao is just a person with a good reputation. If the general is in charge of heavy responsibilities, he may not be able to control him. If the general is in charge of the rank of the general, he will not be able to use it. Moreover, he relies on Cai Mao and Kuai Yue as the leader of the plan, and Huang Zu, Liu Pan and others are their own minions. Now Cai, Huang and others have their own uses, and Jing Xiang has also resolved the military and made peace with Cao Cao, so the general can only live in Xiangyang. If Liu Zhang sent envoys to seek help and observe the generals of Jingxiang, he would only be the general who will go to Central Plains, recover Nanyang, and repeatedly resisted the strong troops of Beizhou. Isn't it just to lead the army to support Shu and recover Hanzhong?"

Speaking of this, Pang Tong was afraid that Liu Bei would still be in a state of silence, so he unfolded his future plans one by one.

"A general is a descendant of the imperial family and has loyalty and righteousness all over the world. After entering Shu, as long as he recovers Hanzhong, establishes fame, and then subjugates his corps and takes over the heroes, the Shu people will be able to use it for the general. As for Liu Zhang, a useless person, who can use both soft and hard, can easily be eliminated."

"Yizhou has been established, and it can also be planned for Jingzhou. Liu Biao is old and has disorderly old. This is the source of civil strife. I believe that when Liu Biao dies, Liu Qi and Liu Cong will definitely start an internal struggle. The general can take advantage of the chaos and send a general to lead his troops back to Jingxiang."

"If there is Jing, it will be beneficial, and then the foundation will be successful. The general will protect the rocks and obstacles, mix with Rong in the west, pacify Yiyue in the south, form the Sun clan outside, and cultivate political principles in the inside. No matter Yan, whoever Cao wins, as long as there is a change in the north, he will order a general to lead the army of Jingzhou to Wan and Luo, and the general leads the people of Yizhou out of Qinchuan. Who dares not to eat a pot of slurry to welcome the general? If this is true, then hegemony can be achieved and the Han Dynasty can prosper."

After listening to Pang Tong's plan, he lived in Jingxiang and was unable to succeed. Liu Bei was suddenly as if he was shaking clouds. He was so excited that he walked back and forth in the secret room. After a while, he realized that he immediately ignored his identity and bowed to Pang Tong and said:

"The Han Dynasty was in decline, and the treacherous ministers stole their lives. Preparing with wisdom and skills was shallow and short, he used rampantness. As for today, Mr. Meng refused to abandon him and gave him a strategy to restore the Han Dynasty. If he could escape the shackles and use his duties to the king, it was all the achievements of the teacher. Please give him a bow!"

When Pang Tong heard this, he felt proud, but quickly let him go and said to Liu Bei:

"General, please get up quickly,,, Tongshu persuaded Zhang Song to come to see him, it will be only one or two days, the general can prepare early. Well, the matter tonight is over, to avoid arousing suspicion, Tongshu also needs to leave as soon as possible, General, take care of him!"

"Be careful, sir!"

This time, Liu Bei personally sent Pang Tong away from the mansion quietly. Pang Tong seemed to be quite familiar with Xiangyang City. After going out of the secret door, he turned left and right, and his figure quickly hid into the alley.

At this time, the city was curfew, and everything was silent. Pang Tong, who was walking in the dark, paused and suddenly looked up. It turned out that when the sparse stars on his head became particularly dazzling again. Pang Tong pinched his fingers and couldn't help but grin.

"The stars and men are brilliant, and the heroes are fighting, so be fine. This Han family's Ji Shi should be my Pang Shiyuan!"

···

The battle between all parties around Yizhou has not yet decided to win, but the golden drums of the north can't wait to ring again.

Faced with the situation where Yuan Shang from Kanto and Cao Cao attacked Yuan Tan from Qingzhou, Yan Xing finally agreed to the request of Qingzhou envoy Xin Pi to send troops to help.

Subsequently, the feathered edicts were sent to the road, and the military letters were frequently passed. Yan Xing led his troops to Henei and ordered the three generals Cao Yuan, Xu Huang and Zhang Liao to lead infantry and cavalry to attack Hebei, followed Jingxing, Fukouxing, and Zhuguanxing. Xu Kun, Pei Wan, Jie Jun and other generals led the Xiongnu and Xianbei soldiers to attack Daijun, Shanggu and other places. Wei Xuan, Henan, led his troops to attack Yingchuan, Chenliu and other places, Hebei and Central Plains for a while, and the fugitives were crying on the road for days.

The process of this battle was beyond the expectations of all parties. Hebei officials were invincible and fled or surrendered. First, the Chaoge camp soldiers collapsed. Jiang Yiqu abandoned the city and fled. Later, Han Fan, Liang Qi, Yin Kai and other county magistrates surrendered without fighting. This made Cao, Xu and Zhang three troops as if they had entered a deserted land, and their troops were attacked into the hinterland of Hebei without bloodshed. Cao Yuan, the northern army, and the remnants of Gongsun Xu recruited Heishan and Gongsun's remaining troops, divided the troops to attack Changshan, Zhongshan, Julu and other places. Xu Huang, the central army, fought all the way to Yecheng City with Zhang Liao, the southern army, and surrounded the Yecheng City, which had all gone out to attack Qingzhou.

What is even more ironic is that there was also turmoil in Youzhou, which was not threatened by the front line of Guanxi soldiers. The provincial officials Zhang Nan, Jiao Chu and others launched a rebellion and led their troops to attack the prefecture at night. The governor Yuan Xi was caught off guard and could not resist it. He could only abandon his family and flee in a hurry.

After this incident, except for some counties who insisted on loyalty to the Yuan family, other cities and towns, under the call of the Youzhou tycoon Xian Yufu, Yan Rou, Zhao Du, Huo Nu, Wang Song and others, all supported their troops and established themselves and separated the counties and counties. The entire Youzhou seemed to have fallen into great chaos.

Yuan Shang, who was shocked to hear these bad news in Pingyuan City, suddenly panicked. He never thought that his brothers' fight would cause the hearts of the entire Hebei to collapse so seriously. Seeing that most of Jizhou and Youzhou were successively trapped in chaos, he was at a loss for a moment and could not think of any countermeasures at all. He could only rely on Feng Ji, Geng Bao and others to give him advice.

Fortunately, Feng Ji and others followed Yuan Shao's long-term battle with Yuan Shao, and the crisis was not completely chaotic. They quickly assisted Yuan Shang in presiding over the withdrawal of the army, and gave up the Pingyuan County that had just been captured, hurried back to Yecheng, preparing to meet with Shen Pei's troops in the city to resist this large-scale invasion of Guanxi soldiers.

Zhang He, the general in the army, was appointed as the vanguard. He was ordered to lead the soldiers of Hebei County to rush to Yecheng first to set up a horn to defend Yecheng, and secondly, to gain time for Yuan Shang to collect more troops in the future.

Just to prevent the surrender of Han Fan, Liang Qi, Yin Kai and others from happening again, the suspicious Yuan Shang followed Feng Ji's strategy and sent the chief clerk Geng Bao as the military supervisor to grant him the right to live and kill, and instructed Geng Bao to closely monitor Zhang and senior generals. Once any signs of rebellion were found in the army, he could act cheaply on the spot and eliminate future troubles.

In this way, the morale of the vanguards declined, they were afraid of the enemy from the outside and were as cautious as each other from the inside, and they were unwilling to go to Yecheng to meet the enemy. Unfortunately, under the severe urging of the military supervisor Geng Bao, the soldiers could only accelerate their march for several days and finally arrived at Guantao in Wei County on the third day.

···

At night, Yuan Jun camp.

Gao Lan, who inspected the camp, saw that the morale in the camp was getting worse and worse, and the soldiers were getting closer to Yecheng, he showed signs of collapse. He was worried and could only take advantage of the opportunity of the night to avoid the suspicion of the military supervisor Geng Bao, and quietly rushed to Zhang He's military tent to find Zhang He to discuss countermeasures.

“Yunyi?”

Gao Lan held the sword with one hand and the other with a cap, and strode into Zhang He's tent. Seeing Zhang He kneeling alone in front of the map and frowned, he immediately asked.

"Yes." Zhang He raised his eyes and glanced at Gao Lan, without saying a word, waved his hand, signaling Gao Lan to approach.

The two of them have been in the army for a long time, and they are the charisma of common hardships. The current situation is imminent. They can be said to support each other and do not care about the common etiquette. They got together immediately.

Seeing the dense lines and patterns on the map, Gao Lan held back his mind and looked at it patiently for a while. Gradually, his brows frowned with Zhang He.

"Changshan, Zhongshan, Julu, Zhao State" Gao Lan pointed to the map and counted in a low voice, "Wei County, Zhuo County, Dai County, Shanggu, Yuyang, damn, most of the Yanzhao land will either fall into the enemy or be occupied by rebels. The general also wants us to take this army and horse to rush to Yecheng to rescue the siege. I am afraid that before we reach Yecheng, as soon as we meet the cavalry of the Xiliang soldiers, these 20,000 people will immediately disperse."

As soon as the conversation started, Gao Lan couldn't stop. From Shen Pei, Jiang Yiqiu, Yuan Xi's incompetence to the stupidity of the Yuan brothers' destruction, he cursed them all without any scruples. Seeing that the situation in Hebei continued like this, everyone was about to die. He was anxious and could only use various curses to vent his anxiety and fear in his heart.

"Hey, Junyi, why don't you talk?"

Gao Lan cursed so hard that his mouth was dry and suddenly found that Zhang He was silent for a long time, which was completely different from his previous performance. He immediately became suspicious and looked at Zhang He and asked.

"Ha." Zhang He smiled bitterly, pointed to the map and began to say, "Actually, according to the previous situation, although the Xiliang soldiers are coming in a fierce manner, the three rivers will fight every year, and the warehouses will be exhausted, which is difficult to last long. As long as you guard the city and consume its strength, even though the army and cavalry of those who are strong, they can only plunder and retreat to Bingzhou and other places."

"But why Hebei is in a turmoil, and the generals and the commanders no longer have the intention of defending the territory to resist the enemy. They flee or surrender. This made the Xiliang soldiers conquer the city and seize the food from the enemy. They were invincible all the way and directly rushed to the city of Yecheng. If we could lead the two of us and the two of us lead the troops at the beginning, and lose our courage, the Yecheng might not be able to rescue them, but now,, alas——"

Hearing Zhang He's words, Gao Lan was even more indignant. He raised his fists and his voice became louder.

"Feng Ji's villain repeatedly slandered, which made the general suspicious of our lieutenant generals and assistants; Geng Bao was greedy for me and made his progress, and only knew how to urge us to rush to Yecheng. How could he know that all those who defend the city need soldiers who must rescue outside and places where they must defend inside. There is a basis for advance and retreat, and a right supply. The soldiers use their lives and are united. But look, there are no more of these in Yecheng now. This is obviously rushing the soldiers in the army to Yecheng to die!"

"Shh! Silence, just say these words in my account. You must not mention them again after leaving this place. If someone hears it, it will be lost immediately!"

Zhang He's eyes flashed, as if he had thought of something, and suddenly became cautious again. Gao Lan was shocked when he heard this and asked:

"Junyi, what you mean, did you hear some secret thing?"

"Yes." Zhang He nodded and said with gritted teeth:

"Just just now, a military officer secretly reported to me, saying that the army supervisor was dissatisfied with the lieutenant general Zuo was afraid of the enemy and was unaware of the enemy. He wanted to take the opportunity to kill the general in the past two days to shock the morale of the army."

"What, this is happening!!!" Gao Lan's face changed suddenly and he jumped up instantly. He walked back and forth in the tent in shock and anger, and began to talk to himself.

"That's such an important matter, why don't you tell me in advance, , , oh, oh, I have a lot of conflict with Geng Bao on weekdays. This time, that guy is afraid that he will use military law to take my head in the neck......"

Gao Lan walked around for a long time after thinking about it, and suddenly thought of something. He paused and turned to look at Zhang He who was calm and calm, holding the hilt of the sword in his hand, his eyes showing fierce light.
Chapter completed!