Chapter 58 Wu Chengding in the Northern and Southern Han Dynasty Expands the territory of the four princes 7

Liu Bei listened to Zhuge Liang's advice and sent Jian Yong as a messenger to visit Nanye with gifts to congratulate Liu Yi on his accession to the throne. Sun Quan and Cao Pi also sent messengers to celebrate. The idea of the two families is very simple, that is, to first tie up with Nanye, kill Liu Bei when Nanye and Liu Bei are fighting, and then fight against Nanye.

For the gifts sent by the three families, Nanye refused to accept them all, and then gave them one by one. Especially for Jian Yong, Nan Ye was as warm as usual and talked secretly all night. When Jian Yong left, there was no tension when he came, and it was not too much to say that he was in full bloom.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang have been uneasy since Jian Yong set out. Because of the newspaper, people all over the world now know that the Han Dynasty is divided into three parts, two Han and one Wu. In order to distinguish the two Han countries, the people called the Han state established by Liu Yi the Southern Han Dynasty, which has both geographical relations and Nanye relations. The Han Kingdom built by Liu Bei is called the Northern Han Dynasty. There is a nursery rhyme saying: In the Southern Han Dynasty and the Northern Han Dynasty, there must be a war. This is also the reason why Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are uneasy.

When it comes to war, Liu Bei is not strange. Even in the face of powerful enemies, Liu Bei has never been timid. Because he has almost faced strong enemies in his life. If he can't beat him, he can still run! However, this time, unlike in the past, Liu Bei's foundation has been established, and there is no way to run at all, so he can only fight back. What's more, with the expansion of the territory, the disadvantage of insufficient talent reserves under Liu Bei began to appear. Guan and Zhang Er will be in Yanzhou and Bingzhou, and only Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and Chen will be in Yuzhou. Once Nanye came to attack, Liu Bei didn't even have a general to lead the army, which gave Liu Bei a headache.

Zhuge Liang also realized that Liu Bei's situation was not optimistic, but he could not panic. He also pretended to be confident and comforted Liu Bei, "Your Majesty only needs to strictly guard the city, and there is no need for a general to come out. I have my own plan to defeat the enemy."

Liu Bei had no choice but to believe in Zhuge Liang at this time. Of course, Liu Bei can still hope to bring back good news, but this possibility is too low. Liu Bei might as well believe that Zhuge Liang can retreat from Nanye. Although Liu Bei did not want to go to war with Nan Ye, if Nan Ye came, Liu Bei could not be captured.

As time went by, Liu Bei suffered every day. Zhuge Liang seized all the time to train soldiers and ordered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to gather the soldiers and horses of the two states to the south to prepare for war with Nan Ye.

On this day, Liu Bei was discussing with Zhuge Liang, and the bodyguards in the house hurried to report: "General Jane sent a messenger to see you."

When Liu Bei heard the news, he hurriedly invited the messenger in and asked, "Is Xianke safe? How about the movement of the national division's army?

Although the messenger was sweating and panting, he still laughed and said, "Your Majesty, General Jane is well. The national division did not move troops. The general sent the villain back first to reassure His Majesty that the two alliances were still good and had no intention of attacking each other. Here is the general's handwritten letter. Your Majesty, please have a look.

Liu Bei couldn't believe it until he read Jian Yong's handwritten letter that he was sure that everything was true. What was said in the letter is no different from what the messenger said. Liu Bei handed the letter to Zhuge Liang and said, "The national teacher really couldn't bear to attack the old feelings, but I was worried too much."

Zhuge Liang was not as optimistic as Liu Bei after reading the letter. He knew how important the word orthodoxy was. Liu Yi and Liu Bei both recognize themselves as the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, and this contradiction is completely irreconcilable. Zhuge Liang can understand that Nanye did not move at this time. After all, after the crusade against Cao Pi, each family needs to rest and recuperate. However, it is a little incredible that Nan Ye still wants to be alliance with Liu Bei and send gifts back and forth.

After thinking for a long time, Zhuge Liang was still puzzled, so he said to Liu Bei, "There are only a few words in the letter, and we can't determine whether it is a national teacher's plan. Your Majesty should also prepare carefully and make a conclusion when he sees Xianhe.

Liu Bei took it seriously when he heard the words and continued to be careful, but he was in a much better mood, not as uneasy as a few days ago. A few days later, some people came to report that Jian Yong had returned to Yuzhou. When Liu Bei heard the news, he led a group of Wenwu out of the city to welcome him. He saw a team of darts behind Jian Yong, carrying dozens of cars of gifts and coming to the city gate.

Jian Yong saw Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang coming out of the city to welcome them in person from afar, so he hurriedly got off the horse and walked closer and saluted, "What can Wei minister? Dare Your Majesty to welcome you in person!"

Liu Bei looked up and down and saw that Jian Yong was really safe and happy, so he was relieved and said with a smile: "The road to Jiaozhou is far away, and Xianhe has worked hard all the way, so I should have been out of the city for ten miles. I don't know if the Constitution and this envoy will go smoothly?"

Jian Yong waved his finger and smiled behind him and said, "The national teacher is very satisfied with the gift of your majesty, and he has left the official Huan for many days. He told him to come back and thank your majesty for his kindness. These gifts are given back by the national teacher. Your Majesty, please read the gift list. After saying that, Jian Yong handed over a gift list.

Liu Bei opened it and saw that there were many things on the gift list, all of which were specialties of Jiaozhou, silk, porcelain, books, furniture, clothing, food... It can be said that there are everything. Although there are no valuables such as gold, silver and jewelry, but in terms of value alone, the gold and silver he gave him can't buy so many good things. Besides, Liu Bei is not short of gold, silver and jewelry. On the contrary, he can't buy the exquisite clothes and some exotic fruits in Nanye's gifts.

Liu Bei was very happy with Nan Ye's generous return, but what made him a little confused was the use of the gift written on the first line of the gift list. Generally, the first gift on the gift list should be the most valuable, but the first line of this gift list is simply written with the word "map". So Liu Bei pointed to the gift list and asked Jian Yong, "I don't know what the map on this gift list is?"

Jian Yong knew that Liu Bei was going to ask and replied cautiously, "The national teacher handed over a scroll of the map when the subordinate was about to go, with a seal of red paint. I specially told the officials not to check it, and I would definitely pass it over to your majesty and the prime minister.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were curious when they heard the words, but they no longer asked about the secrets, so they took Jian Yong to the city to hold a banquet. At the banquet, Jian Yong only said something about Jiaozhou and did not say the details of meeting Nan Ye. Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang also intended to avoid important questions without asking questions. It was not until the banquet was over that Liu Bei ordered Chen to invite Jian Yong to the house to sit with Zhuge Liang.

At this time, the map given by Nan Ye was spread out on the desk of the study. The picture depicts the three prefectures of Yuzhou, Bingzhou and Yanzhou. In addition, west of Bingzhou, north of Sili and east of Xiliang, there is also a very vast area, which is even wider than the three states under Liu Bei's combined. The map is marked The word "Hunnu".