Lu Dynasty

Chapter 631
Liu Bei and Sun Ce had a big battle. Sun Ce was defeated and returned. Looking at the information sent by the intelligence department, I couldn't help laughing. Even I was afraid of Zhuge Liang. Sun Ce didn't even bring Zhou Yu with him. How could he stop Zhuge Liang's strategy?It's a pity that although Zhuge Liang won this battle, it was not as beautiful as the ones won in history.After all, Sun Ce is not a wealthy and powerful Cao, and there are not so many people who are playing with Zhuge Liang!Sha Moke and Wei Yan felt that this battle would definitely win even without Zhuge Liang, so they were still very dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang!However, Liu Bei was convinced. He never thought that he could clean up the powerful enemy so easily!

After Zhuge Liang cleaned up Sun Ce, it was time to expand Liu Bei's territory. He asked Chen Dao to take back Nanjun, which is closer to Jiangxia, in the name of Liu Qi!The prefect of Nanjun was originally Cai Mao's man, but Chen Dao slaughtered him unceremoniously. The remaining guards dared not speak out against Cai Mao's men. Once the prefect of Nanjun died, they all surrendered to Liu Bei.Chen Dao randomly found someone who supported Liu Bei to be the prefect, and then returned to Jiangxia to return to his command.Liu Bei won Jiangxia and Nanjun, and was overjoyed in his heart, so he summoned his advisers to discuss long-term solutions, and the Iraqi who proposed to invite Zhuge Liang was also on the list!When Yiji saw Liu Bei asking for advice, he thought it was time to introduce those talented people in Jingzhou to Liu Bei!Yi Ji stood up and said with a smile: "My lord wants a long-term plan, why don't you ask a wise man to ask?"

Yiji is a native of Jingzhou, Liu Bei knew that he knew a lot of information about great talents in Jingzhou, so Liu Bei asked with a smile: "Since Uncle Ji is recommended by a wise man, where is the wise man?"

Yiji said with a smile: "The Jingxiang Ma family has five brothers named together, all of whom are famous for their talents: the younger one is named Su, and the character is Youchang; the most virtuous one has white hair between the eyebrows, and the name is Liang, and the character is Jichang. There is a proverb in the village: "The Ma family has five permanent members, and the white eyebrows are the best." Why didn't Duke Xuande seek this man and conspire with him?" Liu Bei believed that Yi Ji's recommendation would never be wrong, so he immediately sent someone to invite Ma Liang.Ma Liang didn't have Zhuge Liang's airs. When the people sent by Liu Bei arrived, he followed them!

Liu Bei is a virtuous corporal, and Ma Liang is very satisfied with the treatment he gave to Ma Liang.Now that Ma Liang was satisfied, Liu Bei was about to test his talent, so Liu Bei asked him for a long-term plan!In fact, it is enough for Liu Bei to ask Zhuge Liang for advice, but as a monarch, Liu Bei cannot rely on Zhuge Liang for everything, so he has to recruit more advisers. At least Liu Bei will not entrust everything to Zhuge Liang. He knows better than Zhuge Liang Work and rest.Ma Liang said with a smile: "Jingxiang is surrounded by enemies, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Now Jiangling and Xiangyang are controlled by Cai Mao, so my lord don't care about it! Jiangxia is an important town in Jingzhou. My lord can let the eldest son manage the government here, and order Tell the old people in Jingzhou to reassure the people! Then go south to the four counties of Wuling, Changsha, Guiyang, and Lingling, and collect money and food as the foundation. This is a long-term plan!"

Liu Bei was overjoyed after hearing this, and quickly asked, "Which of the four counties should we take first?"

Liang said: "To the west of the Xiangjiang River, Lingling is the closest, so we can take it first; take Wuling next. Then take Guiyang to the east of the Xiangjiang River; Changsha is the last." Liu Bei saw that Ma Liang was really talented, so he appointed him as the director!

When Chen arrived in Nanjun, Shamoke's hands were already itchy!When Liu Bei saw Shamoke jumping up and down, he dispatched troops to take Lingling, and sent Samoke as the vanguard. After Chen arrived, Kong Ming and himself served as the central army, leading [-] troops; leaving Weiyan to guard Jiangxia, but took Lingling It's not as easy as taking Nanjun!However, the vanguard of Sha Moke was easier than Zhang Fei in history, because he led all barbarians. In areas like Lingling surrounded by mountains and forests, those barbarians who are good at climbing mountains and forests are like swimming in water!
Liu Du, the prefect of Lingling, heard that Liu Bei was coming, and immediately called his son Liu Xian to discuss countermeasures.Liu Xian looked at the anxious Liu Du with a smile and said: "Father, why worry! Liu Bei's Sha Moke and Wei Yan are indeed superb martial arts, but our subordinate Xing Daorong is also a fierce general who can rival Wanfu, and he can definitely stop Liu Bei's army !" Liu Du then asked Liu Xian and Xing Daorong to lead more than ten thousand soldiers, and set up a village thirty miles away from the city, surrounded by mountains and water!
Within a few days, Tan Ma reported to Liu Xian: "Kong Ming led an army to arrive!" Xing Daorong led the army to fight.When the two battles faced each other, Xing Daorong rode out with a big axe in his hand. He shouted loudly, "How dare the rebel invade our border?"

Then Xing Daorong saw a bunch of yellow flags appearing in Liu Bei's army, the flag door opened, and a four-wheeled cart was pushed out. There was a person sitting in the cart, wearing a Lun scarf, a crane cloak, a feather fan in his hand, and pointed with the fan. Xing Daorong said: "I am Zhuge Kongming of Nanyang. Sun Ce is so brave, and he was defeated by my small plan. How can you be my opponent? Now I come here specially to recruit you, and you will come down sooner." ?” Zhuge Liang just came out of the mountain, and he didn’t have any achievements to be proud of, so he had no choice but to use Sun Ce to speak out!
Xing Daorong smiled and said: "Sun Ce is just a brave man, what's the point?" After saying that, Xing Daorong came straight to Kong Ming with a big ax in hand!When Kongming saw Xing Daorong coming to kill him, he returned to the car and walked into the formation, and the gate of the formation closed again.Xing Daorong went straight into the formation, saw a cluster of yellow flags from a distance, and thought that was where Kong Ming was, so he went straight to kill the yellow flags!This time, Xing Daorong is in bad luck. It's not Kong Ming under Huang's flag, but Samoko is waiting for him!Turning around the foot of the mountain, Xing Daorong finally caught up with the yellow flag, the gate of the flag opened, Shamoke galloped out, and smashed straight at Xing Daorong with a big stick in his hand, but after a few rounds, Xing Daorong ran out of strength and pulled away the horse. Shamoke chased after him vigorously!The shouts were loud, all the ambush soldiers came out by the side of the road, Xing Daorong risked his life to kill him, and when he turned the corner, he saw a white-robed general holding a spear and asked, "Do you know me, Chen Dao, Runan?" Chen Dao's reputation is not that great either. It was loud, and Xing Daorong thought he could kill him, so he stepped forward to fight with him with an axe.After fighting for more than ten rounds, Xing Daorong was unable to defeat Chen, and Shamoke came from behind again. Knowing that he was invincible, he dismounted and surrendered!

Chen Dao tied Xing Daorong to the camp and handed it over to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei ordered beheading directly. Kong Ming hurriedly stopped him and said, "If General Xing can help me catch Liu Xian, I will allow you to surrender!" Not a person with backbone, he repeatedly agreed!Kong Ming asked again: "How can you help us catch Liu Xian?"

Xing Daorong hurriedly said: "If the military master lets me go back, I will make up a story to make Liu Xian believe me, and then the military master will send troops to rob the village at night. I will be the internal response, and Liu Xian will naturally be captured!" Liu Bei naturally did not believe in Xing Dao Rong's words, but Zhuge Liang seemed to trust Xing Daorong very much, not only agreed to his plan, but also let him go back.Seeing Zhuge Liang's unreasonable behavior, Liu Bei knew that he must have a plan, so he stopped asking!

(End of this chapter)