The funeral ceremony of Pang Degong was both grand and concise.

In addition to his family and disciples, the eldest brother, the three dukes, nine ministers and below the Lujiang court either paid condolences in person or asked someone to send the ceremony to honor them.

The scholars from Jingyang and even other prefectures and counties all went to Lumen Academy to worship this great scholar of the world. The pure and elegant Lumen Mountain in the past was crowded with people, and people went up and down the mountain were crowded with tides.

At its peak, the number of officials and scholars who made rice in Lumen Mountain could reach a population of thousands.

However, Pang Degong, who is in the nine springs, may not be happy about this. He regards fame and fortune as a cloud. Except for a few friends, he doesn't even like to socialize with the world more.

In fact, whether it is based on his own talent and reputation or the deep roots and connections of the Pang clan, it is easy for Pang Degong to acquire high-ranking officials and ranks.

Back then, Liu Biao had visited Lumen Mountain three times to ask this great scholar to become an official, but he refused without hesitation. In his opinion, receiving a powerful official may not be as good as having a sleep.

The main reason why I was able to have contacts with Pang Degong was because of my relationship with Xiao Deng Ai, and I never put on any airs.

If I wanted to use the status of General of the West and the Governor of Jingzhou to force Pang Degong to look at him differently, I would probably end up with a long sentence without any speculation.

Lumen Mountain, which was devoted to practicing and teaching apprentices, became so lively and noisy. If Pang Gong Ruo had any knowledge under the spring, his most likely reaction was to frown.

However, Pang Degong's eldest son Pang Shanmin, and Pang Tong, Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang, the three Lumen disciples, did not violate his will when organizing the funeral ceremony. The whole process was extremely concise and simple.

Except for the precious nanmu that uses the coffin, there are only a few boxes of burial books. There is nothing else.

Even before even the coffin of Pang Degong was transported back to Xiangyang, he was buried directly at the highest point of Lumen Mountain, allowing him to watch himself establish and teach countless talents.

The only thing that made Pang Tong and other Lumen brothers feel regretful was that Meng Jian and Shi Tao were unable to attend the burial ceremony in person...

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After the death of Mr. Pang De, the academic studies of the remaining disciples of Lumen Academy became a problem. However, Mr. Pang De accepted very few disciples in previous years.

Two years ago, he did not accept disciples to the public (Jiang Wei is an exception). Most of the disciples have learned to go down the mountain. Even if Deng Ai is added, there are only three of them.

Among them, Luo Tong and Deng Ai's studies have already reached most, and the only thing that is worrying is Jiang Wei.

However, several senior brothers admired the junior brother's intelligence very much. In the end, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and Xu Shu decided to join forces to shoulder the important task of Jiang Wei's teaching.

In addition, Zhuge Liang also specifically asked his elder brother to send someone to properly protect Lumen Academy, revealing his intention to follow his teacher's intention to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests to study and teach apprentices after the world is unified in the future.

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In June of the fourth year of Zhanghe, after pacifying Liaodong, Cao Cao took advantage of the conflict between the three Hans and the three Hans. He ordered Xiahou Dun to attack Mahan, Benhan, and Chenhan in three months, and all the lands of the three Hans were included in the jurisdiction of Daifang County.

Among the three Hans, Bianhan resisted the most fiercely and even used a trick of surrendering, which made Xiahou Dun very angry and killed all his clans. The bodies of tens of thousands of people blocked the Luodong River, causing the river to cut off the river.

Shocked by Xiahou Dun's bloodthirsty, the Mahan and Chen and Han tribes could only surrender.

After capturing the Three Koreans, Cao Cao not only obtained a considerable amount of food and grass, but also obtained 100,000 households, greatly making up for the shortage of the population.

According to the unconfirmed news from the detailed work, Cao Cao seemed to intend to carry out population migration———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

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In the late July, as if forced by our army's increasingly strong fighting spirit, Cao Cao began to move the capital. The Huangwu pseudo-government court would move his capital from Xuchang to Yecheng in Jizhou.

Xuchang was under the jurisdiction of Yingchuan County, Yuzhou, and was located in the heart of the Central Plains. His strategic location was extremely important. There is a saying that "those who get Xuchang will get the Central Plains". In the first year of Jian'an, Cao Cao saved Emperor Xiaomin from the hands of Xun Yu and Guo Jia from Li Jue and Guo Si.

He moved the capital to Xuchang and began to use the emperor to command the princes. After years of hard work, Xuchang has become the economic, political and cultural center under Cao Cao's rule, with a population of less than 200,000.

However, after the end of our first Northern Expedition, although the strategic location of Xuchang was still very important, as the capital of the Huangwu pseudo-Government, its identity became increasingly awkward. With the change of hands between Nanyang and Runan, our army had actually formed a siege against Xuchang from the west and south.

The northern border of Runan attacked Xuchang, which was less than two hundred miles away. Without blocking the ground, the infantry can arrive in three days, and if it is a cavalry, it can appear outside the city of Xuchang in one and a half days.

In addition, since our army also captured half of Liangjun in Xuzhou and Yanzhou, we could send troops from Liangjun and attack Xuchang through Qiaojun.

In this way, Xuchang was under attack from three sides. Even though the city was strong and the ditch was deep, even if there were 100,000 troops stationed, Cao Cao would not dare to be sure that he could still defend Xuchang from the three armies.

As the capital, Xuchang has extremely special status. It can be imagined that once Xuchang is lost, it will most likely give the world the feeling that Huang Wu’s pseudo-in-law has been destroyed.

The chain reaction that followed was enough to completely destroy Cao Cao's rule.

Now that the truce agreement is about to expire, Hebei has settled, it is normal for Cao Cao to choose to move the capital at this time.

However, moving the capital was not beneficial or harmless to Cao Cao...

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Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and others, who were extremely keen, had just heard the news, and they all proposed to use this opportunity to spread rumors to shake Cao Cao's rule.

After obtaining the approval of his elder brother, Xu Shu, who was in charge of the Internet, immediately started a big move with Fa Zheng, who was his deputy.

Within half a month, rumors spread everywhere, saying that Cao Cao was ready to give up the Central Plains and deliberately retreated to Hebei and Guanzhong; Cao Cao was already weak in the west and had not had much time, and encouraged his subordinates to go south as soon as possible to avoid disaster... All kinds of rumors spread rapidly from Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou to Jizhou, Sizhou, and Yongzhou...

The direct impact of this was that in the next two or three months, the northern scholars and people went south to the peak. Although Cao's army intercepted and blocked the land, tens of thousands of people still flocked to the eldest brother's rule.

As September approaches, autumn harvest is approaching, and the atmosphere in the world suddenly becomes tense.

Everyone knows that the two-year truce agreement has ended in September this year. There will inevitably be another battle between Liu and Cao, who are incompatible with each other, or even many major battles, until one of them completes the unification of the country, and the other side will be completely destroyed.

Millions of great men are paying attention, looking forward, and fearing...

In September, Gan Ning personally led the main large warships of the Jinfan Navy to return to Qingzhou and blocked the entrance of the Yellow River. Jiang Qinzhe led more than 100 small and medium-sized warships of the Jinfan Navy to start patrol the Rushui and Yingshui areas.

In mid-September, the right general Lu Xun brought 20,000 troops to Wancheng north and took over Nanyang defense. General Pang De, who was originally stationed in Wancheng, was transferred to his deputy. General Huang Zhong, the Zhennan, led 10,000 troops to Runan north to reinforce Zhao Yun.

At the same time, the general Xu Sheng of the Yi Zhonglang General Zhu Ran, the general of Zhenwei Zhonglang Pan Zhang, and the general of Huwei Zhonglang Chen Wu supervised the Yangzhou army to Qing, Xu and reinforced Wei Yan.

Cao's army also faced tit-for-tat, increased its troops and seized time to repair and strengthen the city defense.

In the border areas of the two armies, sparks were splashing everywhere, troops were added, training, and supplies were transported... scouts from both sides could even fight.

However, beyond the expectations of the world, the increase in troops will be the increase in troops and the tension will be the tension, but the real war did not come as expected.

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Lujiang, above the court

"What the Southern Army is most afraid of is not how strong the enemy is, or how smart and good at fighting, but whether the soldiers can adapt to the water and soil of other places.

"Although the weather has turned cold, Zhuge Liang still habitually shook the feather fan in his hand and calmly explained to some officials who were puzzled by the delay in the Second Northern Expedition, "After winter, the climate in the north was dry when it was sunny, and it was extremely cold after the snowfall.

Although our soldiers also had people from Qing and Xu, most of them still came from Jing and Yang states and were accustomed to the warm and humid climate in the south.

At this time, the Northern Expedition happened to catch up with the coldest months in the north, which was extremely unfavorable to our army. Moreover, after the weather was cold, it would be extremely difficult to transport food, supplies and supplies.

This is equivalent to invisibly cutting off some of our army's combat power and promoting Cao Cao's a little bit of aura."

Xu Shu nodded, and then Zhuge Liang said, "The second Northern Expedition is not an ordinary war. It will mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops, not just to seize one city and half county, but to purge the Central Plains, and even take Guanzhong and Hebei in one fell swoop.

Such an important war, we have to consider every place with caution."

"Since the Northern Expedition has not yet been carried out, why have so many troops sent to the north?" Han Song, the chief of the court, asked in confusion.

"The Northern Expedition will eventually go on, and it is necessary to get the soldiers to adapt to the water and soil of the Central Plains earlier..." Zhuge Liang said with a chuckle, "Besides, it can also make Cao Cao nervous.

After all, Cao Cao is also a human being. In desperation, something may happen. If this is the case, wouldn’t it be more beneficial to us?"

After hearing Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu, the civil and military officials who were confused in the center of the court suddenly realized...

However, Zhuge Liang did not say something——In early September, the Western Xinjiang, which had a somewhat abnormal climate, encountered a heavy snow disaster, causing considerable losses.

Ma Dai must first provide disaster relief and stabilize the situation in Xiliang, especially to try to appease the Qiang people and guard against the invasion and robbery of the Xianbei people.
Chapter completed!