When Cao Cao's problem was solved, good news also came from Qingzhou.
Huang Zhong led [-] soldiers and horses to Qingzhou day and night.
Sure enough, before Liu Bei fled back to Qingzhou, Huang Zhongbing approached the city of Linzi, the government of Qingzhou.
At Li Si's suggestion, the Qin army launched a fierce attack on Linzi City.
Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Chen Gong are not in Linzi City, only Sun Gan, who doesn't know much about military strategy, guards the city. The defense of Linzi City can be imagined.
The Qin army only stormed for a day before conquering Linzi City.
Sun Gan didn't escape, but was shot by Wei Xu.
The rest of the Linzi defenders either surrendered, were killed, or fled, and Linzi officially declared a change of owner.
As soon as Liu Bei entered Qingzhou, he was shocked when he learned that Linzi City had been breached.
Where Liu Bei dared to march, he could only camp the remnants of the defeated soldiers in the Battle of Pengcheng and discuss countermeasures.
According to the news brought by the scouts, after Huang Zhong occupied Linzi City, he immediately began to reform.
All the corrupt officials, cruel officials and bullies in Linzi city were slaughtered, and Linzi city was ruled.
Like Cao Cao, Liu Bei was helpless against Yingwu's strategy.
Use the military merit title system to stimulate the combat effectiveness and morale of the soldiers, and then unplug all the aristocratic families, and distribute the land and property to the common people.
The hearts of the army and the people are all controlled by Yingwu. Who can shake Yingwu's rule?
Therefore, Cao Cao can see that against Yingwu, they can only defend passively and cannot actively attack.
The rest of the days are just lingering.
Cao Cao also has a Sili area, which allows him to adopt the strategy of winning military affairs and stabilize his rule.
And what about Liu Bei?
Linzi was conquered, and half of Qingzhou had already fallen into Yingwu's hands.
Facing the current situation, even Chen Gong couldn't think of any good solution, he could only do nothing.
At this time, Liu Bei's soldiers came to report that there was a young man who claimed to be Zhuge Liang from Jingzhou Academy, begging to see Liu Bei.
Jingzhou Academy?
Liu Bei's eyes lit up immediately, he was thirsty for talents, of course he knew what Jingzhou Academy was.
However, Liu Bei had never heard of the name Zhuge Liang.
Since he was born in Jingzhou Academy, his talent must be extraordinary.
Liu Bei's desire for talents is far more than before.
Therefore, Liu Bei immediately ordered Zhuge Liang to be invited in.
Zhuge Liang is still wearing a green shirt, holding a feather fan, and wearing a lun scarf on his head.
"Student Zhuge Liang, see General Liu."
Liu Bei immediately stood up and bowed to Zhuge Liang: "Liu Bei has met Mr. Zhuge."
Do not you know why.
Perhaps it is because of Liu Bei's countless people, or maybe it is his special perception of talents. Liu Bei can almost believe that Zhuge Liang is a talent.
At least, if there were no two brushes, how could Zhuge Liang come to defect to Liu Bei when Liu Bei had nowhere to go?
Zhuge Liang didn't know what Liu Bei was thinking.
However, Liu Bei got up in person and returned the gift to him, which really moved Zhuge Liang.
Which side of the princes can treat a young man with such courtesy?
Liu Bei is really the master of the Ming Dynasty.
This is Zhuge Liang's first impression of Liu Bei.
Chapter 161 The Reward for Killing God Bai Qi Has Finally Arrived
After the ceremony, both parties were seated.
Liu Bei cupped his hands and asked, "Mr. Zhuge..."
Before Liu Bei could continue, Zhuge Liang interrupted Liu Bei: "General Liu, please forgive Liang for being rude."
"Liang is a scholar, so he can't be called Mr., and the general can just call Liang's surname Kongming directly."
Liu Bei also felt that it was a bit awkward to call a young man Mr., so he followed the trend downhill: "In this case, Bei will be entrusted with the big one."
"Kong Ming was born in Jingzhou Academy. Presumably he is a student of Mr. Shui Jing Sima Wei. How can he be so talented?"
"As for Liu Bei, he has been defeated repeatedly, and now even the newly acquired Qingzhou is about to be lost, and he will soon have nowhere to go."
"But I don't know, Kong Ming is so talented, why is he willing to help me?"
Zhuge Liang smiled slightly: "I am dissatisfied with General Liu, Liang and Qin Wu have a hatred for taking their wives."
"Ah..." Liu Bei couldn't help being surprised when he heard this.
Zhuge Liang's heart was clear, and he knew that if he kept concealing something, he would definitely not gain Liu Bei's trust.
Therefore, it is better to speak out about this scandal directly.
With Liu Bei's personality, he would definitely send people to Jingzhou to inquire about the situation, so naturally he would be sure to check one by one.
Liu Bei immediately asked, "Where did you start talking about this?"
So Zhuge Liang told Liu Bei about Huang Yueying.
Of course, with Zhuge Liang's wisdom, there was no embellishment, only that he and Huang Yueying admired each other and they would be a happy couple in the future.
Sure enough, as Zhuge Liang expected, after Liu Bei heard it, he didn't completely believe it.
While going to the toilet, Liu Bei immediately sent a spy to Xiangyang to inquire about the news.
Liu Bei wasn't sure whether Zhuge Liang really wanted to assist him, or was arranged by Yingwu to come undercover. Naturally, he would not reuse Zhuge Liang, but let him be the master bookkeeper.
Zhuge Liang also seemed to understand that he had no dissatisfaction with this.
However, Zhuge Liang gave Liu Bei a plan.
The land of Qingzhou, even if the Qin army does not take it, it will be recaptured by Yuan Shao in the future.
Besides, Qingzhou borders Yuan Shao and Yingwu's sphere of influence, which is not a good place for development.
Today's north, sooner or later, is the territory of Yingwu, and Liu Bei is not enough to compete with it.
As for the land in the south of the Yangtze River, Jiangdong already belongs to the Sun family.
Half of Jingzhou was taken by Yingwu, and the land in the south of Jingzhou is a sparsely populated place, which is not enough to develop and grow.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang suggested that Liu Bei should immediately abandon Qingzhou and go straight to Yizhou via Yuan Shao's Jizhou and Cao Cao's Sili area.
Liu Zhang in Yizhou was weak, and because the emperor Liu Xie came, there must be civil strife.
After Liu Bei arrived in Yizhou, as long as he could unite with the emperor Liu Xie and charge Liu Zhang with a crime in the name of the emperor, he would definitely be able to take Yizhou.
The land of Yizhou is a land of abundance, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The place where Liu Bang made his fortune in the past may be able to achieve the great cause of the rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty.
This is the development direction Zhuge Liang planned for Liu Bei.
Of course, with Liu Bei's caution, he would not adopt Zhuge Liang's suggestion until Xi Zuo returned from Xiangyang.
Liu Bei is waiting for the news of the detailed work, but Huang Zhong will not wait.
In particular, Huang Zhong didn't dare to be careless when he learned that Zhuge Liang had defected to Liu Bei.
As a result, Huang Zhong's movements accelerated a lot.
Of the [-] soldiers and horses, only [-] soldiers and horses were left to garrison Linzi, and the remaining [-] soldiers and horses were divided into four groups, and the remaining counties and counties in Qingzhou were divided.
After some drastic reforms, except for Pingyuan County where Liu Bei stationed troops, all other counties were ruled.
The secret work sent by Huang Zhong had already spread the news of the reform of the Qin army in Pingyuan County, which made the people of Pingyuan County have a tendency to move around.
Speaking of which, Liu Bei once served as a sheriff in Pingyuan County.
Moreover, when Liu Bei was governing Pingyuan County, his reputation was still good.
However, compared with eradicating the aristocratic family and returning the fields to the common people, Liu Bei's "great achievements" are not worth mentioning at all.
And just when Liu Bei felt that he was about to be unable to suppress the turmoil of the people in Pingyuan County, the spy he sent to Xiangyang returned.
Zhuge Liang's words are correct.
After Yingwu took Xiangyang, he first occupied Cai Yu and then Huang Yueying.
It is said that the first time Yingwu saw Huang Yueying, he kissed her roughly.
The second time I saw Huang Yueying, I demanded her innocence.
And Zhuge Liang did express his heart to Huang Yueying before, and Huang Yueying did not refuse. This is known to many people in Jingzhou.
In this way, Liu Bei no longer doubted Zhuge Liang.
Moreover, Liu Bei also discussed the development plan Zhuge Liang gave Liu Bei with Chen Gong.
After careful analysis, Chen Gong felt that Zhuge Liang's development plan was very reliable.
The situation in Qingzhou is already in jeopardy.
Liu Bei made a decisive decision, abandoned Pingyuan County, entered Jizhou westward, then went to Sili area, and finally went to Yizhou.
In this way, the entire Qingzhou completely fell into Yingwu's hands.
However, what makes Yingwu very strange is that Qin Jun won Linzi, the seat of Qingzhou, and did not trigger the system's rewards.
Ying Wu seemed to understand that the system rewards would only be honored if he, the host, came to Linzi City in person.
Therefore, Yingwu set off immediately, rushing from Changyi to Linzi.
I have to mention that after Yingwu took Changyi, he also received a reward, which was Zhang Han, the general of Qin State.
Zhang Han was the most powerful general in the late Qin Dynasty.
The Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprisings were basically suppressed by him alone.
It's a pity that the corruption of the Qin Dynasty was too severe, and the combat effectiveness of the army was not good enough, which made Zhang Han defeat Julu, and had to surrender Xiang Yu as a last resort, and was taken into Guanzhong.
Later, he failed in the battle with Liu Bang, committed suicide, and the ending was not very good.
After Yingwu got Zhang Han in Changyi, he immediately handed over the power of Yanzhou to him.
Today, in Yingwu's territory, Wang Jian is the general of Xuzhou, Zhang Han is the general of Yanzhou, Meng Ao is the general of Yuzhou, Zhang Liao is the general of Huainan, and Gan Ning is the general of Jingzhou.
The five major regions and the five main generals in the Yingwu territory are absolutely stable.
After winning Yanzhou and Qingzhou, Yingwu's next target is naturally Yuan Shao from Yecheng.
According to the news from Xiaozuo, Yuan Shao is gathering troops and preparing for the final battle with Yingwu.
But Yingwu didn't bother to pay attention to Yuan Shao, he set off from Changyi to Linzi to receive the reward from the system.
Sure enough, just as Yingwu entered the gate of Linzi City on horseback, the voice of the system rang in his mind.
"Ding……"
"Congratulations to the host, you have received system rewards, and the general is in vain."
In vain?
Rao Yingwu has been rewarded by many generals of the Qin army, such as Wang Jian, Wang Ben, Wang Yan, Meng Ao, Meng Wu, Meng Tian, Meng Yi, Li Xin, Zhang Han and others.
However, getting the general Bai Qi still made Yingwu's pupils shrink.
White up.
Kill God.
How many generals in ancient times can surpass Bai Qi.
Either that, or just one or two.
Or, it doesn't exist at all.
When Bai Qi arrived, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had no choice but to die, and Zhuge Liang couldn't bear it.
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