Chapter 409 Cao Mengde chases Liu Bei

Hundreds of miles away from Changsha County, Xu Shu, Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang finally met and chatted.

The three super counselors met for the first time: Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu met for the first time, but in their hearts, there has been a shadow of each other for a long time. This is all due to Pang Tong's connection.

After a conversation, Zhuge Liang may not have any negative feelings about Xu Shu, but Xu Shu, who has been wandering around the world and reading countless people all year round, vaguely feels that something is wrong with Zhuge Liang. If he accurately says what is wrong, Xu Shu can't say it. This kind of strange physical feeling makes Xu Shu always have a sense of septism for Zhuge Liang. Like a slit in the throat, like a light in the back.

Generals, Liu Bei summarized the latest news and said to everyone with concern: "You, at this time, the senior officials in Jingzhou have surrendered to Cao Mengde, and Cao Mengde also issued an order to the world: no force shall accept the general and the army of the general, otherwise they will be punished for conspiracy... You, so Come on, Huang Zhong, the governor of Changsha County, still dares to disobey the order and accept us?"

When Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and Xu Shu heard the words, they looked at each other. Then, Zhuge Liang, who had been shaking the feather fan, said to Liu Bei with a smile, "Lord, if Cao Mengde does not issue a message, Huang Zhong will accept us. Now, even if Cao Mengde's message comes first, with Huang Zhong's straightforward, black and white personality, he will not accept us and will not use force against us! ...Of course, Huang Zhong will not follow us to fight against Cao Mengde. This is the benefit of having power!"

"Oh, what Mr. Zhuge means is: Let's continue to go to Changsha County and try to meet Liu Qi as soon as possible?" Liu Bei said thoughtfully.

Zhuge Liang nodded to Liu Bei and said at the same time, "Master, don't worry too much. At this time, as long as we grasp Cao Mengde's psychology, he will be led by our nose. As long as our plan is right and the execution is strong and smooth, Cao Mengde's trip to the south will definitely end in failure..."

If others hear Zhuge Liang's remarks and compare the real situation of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, they will definitely think that Zhuge Liang is bragging, and Zhuge Liang's words are crazy. However, Zhuge Liang's remarks can be achieved in the ears of Pang Tong, Xu Shu and Liu Bei.

Zhuge Liang felt that others were convinced of his views, so he continued to analyze and say, "Master, Brother Xu, Brother Pang, if Liang's inference is good, at this time, Cao Mengde has guessed that there is a super counselor around him through the withdrawal of the master. In this way, Cao Mengde's purpose of fighting south Then it will change - from occupying Jingzhou to completely eliminating the power of the lord, capturing or killing the lord has become Cao Mengde's greatest wish... In this way, according to the existing conditions, we plan, slowly consume Cao Mengde's patience, make him anxious, and then make mistakes in anxiety..."

Liu Bei seemed to understand Zhuge Liang's words, but he didn't seem to understand. Xu Shu and Pang Tong, who have similar planning ability, look enlightened, and they keep looking at Zhuge. Although Liu Bei didn't know, the three like-minded super counselors did not explain it clearly to Liu Bei. Because after all, it is the vision in the planning, and there is no certainty. As the counselors in charge, they can't casually tell the truth to Liu Bei.

This is like looking at the same thing, the same vision, the same distance, and Liu Bei is in the dark, and what he sees can only be dark; while Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and Xu Shu are watching during the day, and the things in the sight are slender. Darkness and daytime are the differences between Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang and others. This difference is wisdom and strategy.

Sometimes, this kind of wisdom and strategy can't be obtained by reading alone, but requires a certain amount of talent and acquired efforts. For example, at this time, Zhuge Liang and others thought that there was a possibility of defeating Cao Cao, which was proposed by Zhuge Liang, and then Pang Tong and Xu Shu were inspired to think of it. In this way, Zhuge Liang's planning level and ability were slightly higher than theirs.

Liu Bei did not understand Zhuge Liang's remarks, but he was well aware of the principle of "no doubt about using people, no doubting people". He doesn't understand, but he can completely trust Zhuge Liang and others. Who calls him a fish and Zhuge Liang is water? A fish without water is a dead end; a fish without water is just a little cold.

According to Zhuge Liang's plan, Liu Bei led the army to the west gate of Changsha County. The fact was not expected by Zhuge Liang: Huang Zhongyi, who was guarding the city, did not send troops to fight, and captured Liu Bei according to Cao Mengde's order. Second, Huang Zhong did not regard Liu Bei as a relative of the imperial family to enter the county.

Huang Zhong stood majestically on the gate and witnessed Liu Qi coming out of the city to meet Liu Bei. In recent years, Liu Bei's statement has spread far away in Jingzhou. In his heart, Huang Zhong is eager to get to know Liu Bei, but due to the reality - Liu Bei's official identification of the bandit at this time, he dared not be close to Liu Bei.

Although Huang Zhong was emotionally inclined to Liu Bei, it was orthodox for Cao Cao to dedicate himself to the emperor at this time, and he did not dare to disobey Cao Cao's orders. Sometimes, in the face of the world's major events, Huang Zhong himself can't see clearly, or even confused: if Cao Mengde dedicates to the emperor and orders the world, why hasn't the world been unified so far? If Cao Mengde is wrong, then Liu Biao, who previously respected himself and did not respect Emperor Xian, is right? ...Why are Cao Mengde and Liu Biao so confrontation as important ministers of the same dynasty?

For several years, Huang Zhong has learned something about the relationship between Liu Biao and Cao Cao: Liu Biao did not obey Cao Cao's orders and did not pay attention to Cao Cao Cao at all, and Cao Cao also regarded Liu Biao as a thorn in his side. Now, Cao Cao ordered Jingzhou to kill his father's enemy Zhang Kui, but Jingzhou did not do it, so Cao Cao led his troops to attack Jingzhou... In Huang Zhong's view, it was also a logical thing, and he would have to do so. But in the process, there is one thing that Cao Cao is unkind: You Cao Cao wants Jingzhou to sacrifice Zhang Kui. Why don't you ask for it when Liu Biao is alive? Why did you ask for it after Liu Biao's death?

The world often says that Cao Mengde is treacherous by nature. In this way, it is true... Huang Zhong believes that Cao Cao's quality and character so much, he is doomed that people like Huang Zhong will not be able to intersect with Cao Cao all his life.

Under the attention of Huang Zhong, Liu Qi and Liu Bei drove into Liu Bei's camp side by side. It was not until the evening that Liu Qi returned to the city. In Huang Zhong's eyes: In the morning, when Liu Qi went out of the city, he looked gloomy. Now Liu Qi has returned to the city, but the spring breeze is all over his face, even if it has entered the early winter season.

After Liu Qi entered the city, he just said hello to Huang Zhong and returned directly to the mansion under the escort of the bodyguard. Since Liu Qi came to Changsha County for refuge, Huang Zhong has taken good care of him. Huang Zhong's temperament and character are extremely fair and upright. If he doesn't like you, it's Liu Biao himself, and he doesn't treat him respectfully. For example, after Liu Biao took control of Jingzhou, he implemented a policy platform that put emphasis on literature over martial arts, which was resisted by Huang Zhong. So much so that Huang Zhong has always refused to attend the annual meeting held by Liu Biao every year.

After Liu Qi, the eldest son of Liu Biao, came to Changsha County, in addition to his moderate performance, he was also very easy to learn. Liu Qi, who was able to endure hardships, was appreciated by Huang Zhong, so that Huang Zhong taught Liu Qi his archery.

The next morning, Liu Qi did not say hello to Huang Zhong, but gathered troops in the school's military field. Under Huang Zhong's eyes, Liu Qi led 20,000 Jingzhou soldiers to leave the county. Huang Zhong let Liu Qi take action without asking. Finally, he saw that Liu Qi and Liu Bei merged together and went north along the official road.

Why did Liu Qi leave? Why did he merge with Liu Bei and go to the north? Huang Zhong didn't know anything about it, and he didn't want to know. Born in troubled times, Huang Zhong believes that as long as he can "be an official and benefit one party", he can be worthy of the sky and the earth.

Liu Bei and Liu Qi led the army to leave. In the afternoon, another army came to the west gate of the county. Huang Zhong climbed the gate tower again. He looked and said: Oh, it turned out that Cao Cao personally led the tiger and leopard to chase Liu Bei here.

According to the usual practice, Huang Zhong ordered the soldiers to open the gate, and he personally went out of the city to welcome Cao Cao. Cao Cao is the king of Wei at this time. Huang Zhong has no reason to neglect such a hard role.

When Huang Zhong came to Cao Cao and met him, Cao Cao Cao did not talk much with him, so he asked directly, "Huang Taishou, did Liu Bei lead the army here?"

When Huang Zhong heard the words, he nodded silently.

"Oh, so what did Liu Bei do here? Where are you going now? ...", Cao Cao asked one after another.

Huang Zhong was silent again. Finally, under the pressure of Cao Cao, he said, "King of Wei, Liu Bei's side has marched to the north..."

Cao Cao looked at the loyal and honest Huang Zhong, who was nearly 50 years old, and it was not easy to get angry. He glanced at Huang Zhong with white eyes and returned to the camp. The accompanying Xu Zhugong said to Huang Zhongshi, "General Huang, we won't bother you in the city. The king of Wei hopes that the general can provide military supplies, and we will leave here tomorrow morning!"

Huang Zhong didn't say much, but just nodded slightly to Xu Zhu. After that, Huang Zhong also pulled his horse back to the city. In the face of Cao Cao's question, Huang Zhong did answer truthfully: He really didn't know what Liu Bei had done here. He only knew that Liu Bei came here and left again...

Huang Zhong's character was used by Zhuge Liang. Huang Zhong, who is upright, is dead. Zhuge Liang has never met Huang Zhong and knows the essence of Huang Zhong. In this way, Zhuge Liang is really terrible. In this way, who wants to become an enemy with Zhuge Liang and not be killed by him?!

After a night of preparation, early the next morning, Huang Zhong sent his generals to send 40 grain trucks to Cao Ying. After receiving the food and fodder, Cao Cao led the tiger and leopard to chase Liu Bei along the official road.

Originally, Cao Cao's army and Liu Bei's army were only one day away. Because Cao Cao led his army to rest all night outside Changsha County, Cao's army was a day and one night away from Liu Bei's army. Cao Cao didn't know why Liu Bei's side moved north, but he knew that Liu Bei's army was mostly infantry, and the infantry was far worse than the cavalry. If it went well, he would lead the tiger and leopard to ride and catch up with Liu Bei's army in just one day. In the battle in the wilderness, how can the infantry be the opponent of the cavalry? What's more, he led the heavily armored cavalry...

That's how Cao Cao calculated as he wishes. Only by completely eliminating Liu Bei's power can he return to the capital with peace of mind.