Jianming Chaos

Returning to Xinye overnight, Liu Bei asked everyone about Fulong and Fengchu.Sun Qian, Mi Zhu and others all said they had heard of his name, but they didn't know where he was.

Liu Bei was puzzled: "Senior said that I will understand when the time comes, what exactly do you mean?"

Zhiming thought for a while and said, "Maybe he is hinting to the emperor that someone will come to inform him of this matter, maybe that person has already come to this city."

Liu Bei understood immediately, and appointed Zhiming to investigate the matter in the city tomorrow.

The next morning, Zhiming asked the soldiers guarding the city. They said that the people who entered and left the city in the past few days were ordinary people and businessmen, and there was nothing special about them.He ordered the soldiers: All Taoists, people with strange costumes or strange behaviors should be detained and brought back to the county government.

After walking around the city, Zhiming found nothing, so he had to go to a tavern to rest.

After drinking two bowls of wine, he felt full of energy and was ready to get up and continue his investigation.

At this time, a person at the next table said to himself: "This world is not fair, what should I do!"

Seeing that he looked like a passing merchant, Zhiming thought that he was not in a hurry anyway, so he sat down and asked what happened.

The man glanced at him and said, "Young man, you are full of energy and have a bright future, so why bother with me, a down and out?"

"I see you are frowning, and I want to explore it. If you tell me, maybe I can help you." Zhiming moved the stool a little closer and said.

"Do you think you can help me?" the man asked with his head tilted and his eyes squinted, his eyes were quite drunk.

Zhiming nodded.The man filled two glasses of wine, raised his glasses and said, "Come on, let's finish this drink first."

The two drank it all in one gulp.The man paused and said, "Young man, thank you for listening to my heart. In fact, I am a scholar. I have loved military affairs since I was a child. I have studied a lot of military books. The study of military art can be described as painstaking. Now the world is in chaos. Cao Cao I can't see how to usurp the Han and seize power, and coerce the emperor to make the princes, so I want to take refuge in a British lord, help him achieve a career, and reject Cao Cao. I wanted to take refuge in Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou, but I always felt that he was indecisive , was over sixty years old, and was seriously ill. I thought that Jingzhou would fall into the hands of others sooner or later, so I didn't vote for it. I am glad to hear that Liu Bei, a hero today, is the head of the county. Recruiting soldiers and buying horses, so I want to vote for them; I only hate that it is difficult to find recruits, so I worry about it.”

Zhiming suspected that he was the one he was looking for, so he asked, "Where did you come from, sir?"

"I'm from Nanzhang, and my name is Shan Fu."

"Nanzhang!" Zhiming was slightly excited, "To tell you the truth, I am Liu Bei's subordinate. If you sincerely want to join him, I can introduce you."

Shan Fu's eyes lit up: "Are you serious?"

"Don't believe me? I have the token here." Zhiming untied the token from his waist to reveal his identity.

Shan Fuxi said: "If this is the case, General Lao will be responsible for everything!"

"Go, I'll take you to see him now." Zhiming led him to the county government office.

Shan Fu came to see Liu Bei and was treated as a guest of honor.He said: "Uncle Liu Huang is a virtuous corporal, and I deeply admire it. To be honest, I have been very interested in the art of war since I was a child. I have studied many books of war by myself, and often add my own experience on the basis of those created by the predecessors. Although it is not perfect, It can be regarded as quite a bit of experience. The key to Uncle Huang’s failure to start a business so far is the lack of a real military adviser, and I am willing to play this role to help Uncle Huang achieve his great cause.”

Liu Bei was overjoyed, and immediately ordered his servants to prepare a luncheon to welcome the new distinguished guests.Shan Fu thanked Zhiming for his introduction.

The two hit it off and talked happily.After chatting for about a quarter of an hour, Liu Bei said, "I hope you can give me more advice in the future! There is a light banquet prepared in the gazebo in the backyard. I want to have lunch with you."

The two ate and talked in the pavilion until dark.Talking about the general trend of the world, Shan Fu asked: "What is the future plan of Uncle Huang?"

"At present, the situation is weak, and I have no plans. Please enlighten me, sir."

Shan Fu thought for a while, and said: "Cao Cao has just pacified the four northern states, occupied the Central Plains, is ambitious, and will send troops to the south at any time, and you will bear the brunt of the emperor. To him, the emperor is the road to hegemony. Cao Cao wants to get rid of the emperor's uncle, if he attacks, how will this little Xinye resist? In my opinion, it is best to take Jingzhou as home first."

Liu Bei looked distressed, as if he had some difficulties.Shan Fu pressed on, and then he shook his head and said: "Jingzhou is the foundation of my brother Liu Jingsheng, if I take it away, I'm afraid I will be scolded by the world."

"Uncle Huang's words are wrong. If you want to conquer the world, you can't look forward and backward. If you only use this place as the basis to compete with Cao Cao, it is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket. Although Liu Biao sits in the nine counties of Jingxiang, he is old after all. Gao, there must be someone to succeed him. His eldest son, Liu Qi, is a dog and a sheep, not good at managing affairs. Although his second son, Liu Cong, is intelligent by nature, he is still too young to be a great leader. Once Liu Biao dies, there will be no one to govern Jingzhou. Liu Biao There are two factions under him, and there are disagreements between the two factions, and there are conflicts from time to time; taking advantage of this great opportunity, the emperor can take Jingzhou in one fell swoop."

"Even so, Xinye's troops are limited after all, so how could it be possible to defeat Jingxiang's tens of thousands of troops?"

"Uncle, don't worry, maybe the other party has already made preparations to let the virtuous, and we will talk about it after he is seriously ill."

Liu Bei sighed blindly.Shan Fu also knew that he was kind-hearted, so he had to temporarily change the subject: "I heard that the emperor's uncle has recently given birth to a son, can you take me to see it?"

"Of course, sir, please follow me." Liu Bei led him to the inner room.

Shan Fu went into the inner room and met Mrs. Gan and Mi.It turned out that Liu Bei had two wives, Mrs. Gan was the main wife, and Mrs. Mi was the concubine, who was also the sister of Mi Zhu and Mi Fang.Mrs. Gan gave birth to a son not long ago, named Liu Chan, and her baby name was A Dou.

Liu Bei introduced Shan Fu to them.After Shan Fu paid his respects, he asked: "Madam, can I give you a hug for your son?"

Mrs. Gan handed him A Dou.Shan Fu held A Dou in his arms, observed carefully, and saw the baby's pale face and dull eyes, thinking that this person must be incompetent in the future, but it was inconvenient to say so, so he politely said: "I see your son's looks. That's right, as long as the uncle trains more, he will definitely accomplish a lot in the future."

Liu Bei said happily: "That's good, Mr. Cheng said, I will do my best to cultivate."

Shan Fu returned Adou to Mrs. Gan, greeted him again, and returned to the pavilion with Liu Bei.

Suddenly, he found something, walked out of the pavilion and said, "It's exactly as I expected!"

Liu Bei came out and asked, "What did the military adviser see?"

Shan Fu pointed to the sky and said: "Uncle, look, the arrangement of the constellations tonight is a bit abnormal. The Big Dipper is arranged in the shape of a sword, and the Tiangang star and the Yuhu star are placed on both sides of the sword. According to the theory of astrology, this is an ominous sign. Sign! If I'm not wrong, Cao Cao is about to call!"

Liu Bei didn't expect him to know astronomy, so he hurriedly asked, "What should I do then?"

Shan Fu smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, uncle, just let them come, it's just a chance to prove my strength."

Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief.Afterwards, he asked someone to arrange a room, and asked Shan Fu to go back to the room to rest.

After Shan Fu took a bath, he was ready to go to bed.Someone knocked on the door, he opened it and saw that it was Zhiming.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Impact is resting." Zhiming quickly entered and closed the door.

"Oh, it's okay, I'm just getting ready to go to bed too. The general isn't resting at this late hour?"

"Sir, you are serious. I am not a general. I want to ask you one thing."

"Please speak." Xu Shu asked him to sit down.

"If I'm not mistaken, sir should be Senior Sima Hui's apprentice, right? Senior arranged for him to be Uncle Liu Huang's military adviser, right? Senior asked you to guide Uncle Huang to find Fu Long and Feng Chu, right?"

Shan Fu thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "To be honest, I was indeed entrusted by Master to come here. He arranged for me to come to this county in advance, looking for an opportunity to enter the county government, because he counted that the emperor's uncle would come to visit. Be the military adviser of the emperor's uncle. Today, I accidentally saw the badge of the county government hanging on your waist in the tavern. Knowing that the opportunity came, I deliberately pretended to be drunk to attract your attention and let you introduce me. As for the guide Uncle Huang went to find Fulong and Fengchu, and asked the general to keep it a secret for me for the time being, because I watched the sky at night and knew that Cao Jun was coming, so the most urgent thing is to fight Cao Jun, other things will be discussed later."

"Understood, sir, please rest, excuse me." Zhiming finally confirmed his judgment.

A while ago, Cao Cao sent troops to the north to conquer Wuhuan, and just after returning to the court, he discussed with his generals to advance to Jingzhou.

Cao Cao said to the generals in the hall: "With the great help of all the lords, the old man destroyed Wuhuan and wiped out the remaining forces of the Yuan family in the north. It can be said that the four lands have been flattened; in the near future, the Xiongnu will not dare to invade us. Han soil. Why don't we strike while the iron is hot and attack the south? The nine counties of Jingxiang have enough food and grain, Liu Biao is incompetent, and his men are scattered. If we lead our troops to march south, Jingzhou will be at our fingertips. If we win Jingzhou, we can take advantage of the victory and march into Soochow. Expand the territory of our Wei State. I don’t know what you want?"

Counselor Xun Yu said: "Our army will return from the northern expedition, and the soldiers are exhausted. If we go out again, the army may not be convinced."

General Cao Ren said: "In my opinion, the trouble in Jingzhou is not Liu Biao, but Liu Bei. Liu Bei is ambitious and refuses to submit to the court. He is our enemy. Now he is the magistrate of Xinye County. He is not loyal to his duties, but Recruiting soldiers and buying horses every day, accumulating grass and storing food, his military strength has far exceeded what an ordinary county magistrate should have. It can be seen that he has coveted Jingzhou for a long time and is ready to go; seized."

Cao Cao nodded: "Your words are exactly what I want. The only ones I fear are Liu Bei and Sun Quan. Before Liu Bei captures Jingzhou, we must take the first step!"

He immediately sent Cao Ren, Li Dian and his lieutenants Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang to lead [-] troops to Fancheng to garrison and prepare to attack Xinye.Cao Ren served as the general governor of the whole army, and Li Dian served as the deputy governor.

After the army set off, Cao Cao asked Xun Yu: "Wen Ruo (Xun Yu's character) thinks this victory or defeat?"

Xun Yu asked, "Prime Minister, do you want to hear the truth or lies?"

"Of course it's true."

"Humble job believes that we will lose this battle."

"Oh? Why?" Cao Cao was very surprised.

"With the strength of Cao Ren and Li Dian, it may not be easy to win against Liu Bei; besides, with Liu Biao's backing, we have no chance of winning this battle."

"Then why don't you dissuade the old man?"

"The Prime Minister has decided to fight, how dare I say more! If the Prime Minister wants to withdraw troops, he can send meteor horses..."

"No need." Cao Cao stopped him, he was afraid of being ridiculed.

On the night when the army entered Fancheng, Cao Ren gathered people to discuss.

Li Dian said: "In my opinion, before finding out the enemy's situation, don't act rashly to avoid defeat."

Lu Kuang said: "Little Xinye, it is expected that there are not many troops. Please Governor Cao allocate 5000 troops to our brothers, and we will definitely bring Liu Bei's head back tomorrow!"

Cao Ren was overjoyed and immediately allocated 5000 troops to Lu Kuang.

The next morning, Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang led the army out of the city and marched towards Xinye.The Xinye sentry found that the enemy had violated the border, and hurriedly raised the smoke; the messenger rushed to the county government to report to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei asked Shan Fu for advice.Shan Fu said: "Cao's army is tired from a long distance, and they haven't figured out our situation. We must first send young generals to explore the way. This is a crowd of ants, so there is no need to worry."

He ordered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to lead an army five miles outside the city to deal with the ambush on the left and right. When the time came, Guan Yu would lead the army to attack from the left, and the enemy would stay in the middle of the incoming army; Zhang Fei would lead the army to attack from the right, and the enemy would hold the incoming army. Back road; Zhao Yun and Zhiming led the main force to attack from the front, implementing a three-sided attack.Everyone took orders to leave.

Zhao Yun and Zhiming led the army out of the city.Zhiming had never killed anyone in his life, and he spent a long time convincing himself last night, after all, deep down in his heart, he didn't like killing.

The enemy army is approaching, Zhiming thought: "I can't hesitate anymore, this is my first battle, I have to make a big contribution!"

Lu Jun is here.When the two battles faced each other, Lu Kuang came out and shouted, "Where is Liu Bei, I'm going to kill him!"

Zhao Yun was furious when he heard this, and was about to rush over when Zhiming stopped him and said, "How can you kill a chicken with a bull's knife, I'll do it!"

He rushed forward with a horse and a knife, and shouted: "If you want to kill Liu Bei, you have to pass me first!"

"The unknown little soldier is here to die!" Lu Kuang also slapped his horse and danced his sword to meet him.

When the two horses met, Lu Kuang was knocked down by Zhiming before Lu Kuang raised his knife, and died of bleeding from his head.

Lu Xiang was furious when he saw this, he raised his gun and slapped his horse and rushed forward, screaming, "I'll kill you!"

Zhiming leapt from the horseback, flew to the sky above Lu Xiang with the flying technique, and landed with a knife in his hand.Lu Xiang immediately rolled off the saddle and fell off the horse, spitting blood and dying.

Looking at the enemy's corpse, Zhiming couldn't help thinking: "Life and death are in an instant, war is the root of all evil!"

When the five thousand soldiers saw the general die in an instant, they were all frightened out of their wits, how could anyone dare to go up?They pulled their horses back one after another.Zhao Yun and Zhiming took advantage of the situation and led their troops to pursue and kill them.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led the troops to attack from left and right, attacking from three directions, like a tiger entering a herd of sheep, killing the defeated Cao Jun to pieces, crying for their father and mother.In the end, Liu Jun defeated Cao Jun without any effort, and surrendered several people.