Jiangxia, Xiakou.

Zhuge Liang sat silently in the pavilion watching the clouds rolling in the sky, and his mood changed like the clouds in the sky.

It is a dangerous signal that scholars led by Cai Mao in Jingzhou made compromises to Ye Zhao. Although it is not all, the surrender of the Cai family and Kuai family in Jingzhou represent not only the forces led by the Cai family and the Kuai family, but the entire scholar class has begun to choose to compromise under Ye Zhao's glorious trend.

Is Ye Zhao’s new policy good?

It's good to be honest.

In fact, what Ye Zhao did was just to do what Wang Mang did two hundred years ago. The difference was that Wang Mang was an enemy of the entire world's gentry, and was targeted by the entire world's gentry, and eventually defeated. Ye Zhao took advantage of the chaos in the world and relied on his strong military strength to continuously suppress the scholarly class from Shu step by step, and implement his new policy step by step.

At the beginning, no one was optimistic about Ye Zhao, but the world was in chaos. For example, Li Jue, Guo Si, and Lu Bu, the princes who were unpopular with all scholars could only use Ye Zhao's method to manage the place, which became the gun in Ye Zhao's hand. This person was too good at leveraging the power. When the scholars in the world reacted, not only Ye Zhao's great momentum had been achieved, but the princes had also seen the advantages of Ye Zhao's new policy and began to imitate it.

Zhuge Liang was not really on the side of the scholars, but at the moment, if you want to compete with Ye Zhao, you can only rely on the power of the scholars in the world and defeat Ye Zhao once as soon as possible. Otherwise, wait a little longer, when Ye Zhao completely stabilizes the Jingxiang land, let alone counterattack, just Liu Bei's current Jiangxia team can destroy Liu Bei with just a sneeze.

With Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's surrender, Ye Zhao's lack of shortcomings was also made up. To defeat Ye Zhao, Liu Bei was not enough.

Zhuge Liang looked at the other side. Now that he wanted to go against Ye Zhao, he could only rely on Jiangdong. However, Ye Zhao was too steadily acting. Even if he was in such a situation, he still chose a steady approach. He was not in a hurry to go to Jiangdong, but began to train and integrate the navy, which made Zhuge Liang feel unspeakable.

But no matter what, this battle... must be fought!

"Kong Ming." Liu Bei took Zhang Fei to the pavilion where Zhuge Liang was, and smiled at Zhuge Liang who was worried and said, "Don't worry, if the situation is really hard to change, forget it."

Speaking of this, Liu Bei sighed and laughed. He could also feel the suffocation pressure brought by Ye Zhao. Zhao Yun and Wei Yan are now stationed troops, and Liu Bei only dared to resist the city and defend. As for sending troops, it was not that he didn't want to, but that he didn't dare.

Liu Bei really couldn't afford this last bit of financial resources.

"Lord, Liang wants to go to Jiangdong." Zhuge Liang turned his head to look at Liu Bei, bowed solemnly and said, "Although Ye Zhao is powerful, he is not completely weak. If Jiangdong is willing to join forces with our army, there may not be no chance of victory."

The joint force is a bit like gigging on his face. In fact, Liu Bei's current military strength is less than 10,000. Compared with Sun Ce, who had just moved away from Qingxu and had a large population and dominated the six counties of Jiangdong, the difference is not a small part.

However, at present, Sun Ce is also the only person who is likely to compete with Ye Zhao. In this regard, the two companies are actually possible to cooperate.

Liu Bei smiled bitterly when he heard this, "Will the Sun family in Jiangdong join us?"

"As long as they are unwilling to surrender, forming an alliance with us is the best choice!" Zhuge Liang nodded and said silently in his heart: It is also the only choice.

"Okay!" Liu Bei nodded and said, "I wonder when Kong Ming will leave?"

"tomorrow."

...

Compared to the bleakness of Liu Bei in Jiangxia, Ye Zhao was quite leisurely after occupying Jingxiang with the help of Cai Mao. After roughly demarcating the management strategy of Jingzhou, he spent most of his time with Gan Ning, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Wen Pin and others to study the navy tactics.

He didn't have to become a famous general of the navy, but at least he tried to fight the navy and how the navy fought. Ye Zhao knew that on this day, Ye Zhao was very happy that this time he won Jingxiang, not only allowed him to bring almost the entire world's territory into his own rule, but also met his old friend who had not met for many years.

"Brother Han Sheng, count it, since you and I have been together for twenty years since we parted, right?" Ye Zhao sighed in Jiangling Water Village. Looking at Huang Zhong, whose hair was already gray, he said with some emotion.

"It's been twenty-two years." Huang Zhong bowed to Ye Zhao.

In terms of feeling, he was much more distant. At this moment, Huang Zhong was very disciplined to Ye Zhao, but he lacked a sense of closeness.

Ye Zhao signaled Huang Zhong to sit down and said with a smile: "After Zhao pacified in Shu, he invited Han Sheng to come several times, but Han Sheng was unwilling to stay away from his hometown."

"I will not want to do it." Huang Zhong's eyes flashed with bitterness when he heard this: "It's just that the dog's son died, and he really has no intention of career."

It's a pity that Huang Zhong made a lot of contributions during the Yellow Turban Rebellion back then. He was more than enough to be a prefect in the local area. With Huang Zhong's ability, he should have made great achievements in the troubled times in the future, but he had to experience the pain of losing his son in his forties. It was really hard to understand the pain that white-haired people gave birth to a black-haired person. It was a pity that Huang Zhong also lost the great years of courage and diligence in his career.

Although Huang Zhong is still in good spirits today, in Ye Zhao's opinion, less sharp than the past, more vicissitudes.

"Why don't you marry another?" Ye Zhao asked with a smile.

"If you step into the coffin, don't harm others." Huang Zhong smiled a little. Actually, he didn't want to re-string? He just gave up a great opportunity. When he wanted to become an official again, the governor of Jingzhou would be replaced. Some acquaintances were gone at that time. He was not young anymore. Liu Biao was a civilian Jingxiang. A military general like him who was not of high origin was not welcome. As for joining Ye Zhao... Huang Zhong had thought about it, but he didn't go before Ye Zhao had contacted each other. Later, Ye Zhao gradually became a force and went again, which was inevitable that people would look down on him.

If you want an official, you have no official position, you have no money, and you are old. Who is willing to marry him?

"What's now? I asked Han Sheng alone for Han Sheng, but Han Sheng had never agreed to the matter of being a son. Now the old matter is raised again. I wonder if Han Sheng is willing to become an official?" Ye Zhao looked at Huang Zhong and said.

Previously, in order to make a living, Huang Zhong became a famous general under the command of Changsha prefect Han Xuan. He said he was a general, but he had no military power. It was just that Han Xuan valued Huang Zhong's bravery and helped Han Xuan charge into battle during the war. Now, the four counties in Jingnan were persuaded by Cai Mao to vote for Ye Zhao. The prefects of the four counties, including Han Xuan, were transferred to Xiangyang by Ye Zhao to listen to the order and re-elected the prefect. Huang Zhong was also recruited by Ye Zhao.

"The promotion has passed sixty years, so the Prime Minister wants to use me?" Huang Zhong looked at Ye Zhao and said in a stern voice.

"Liang Po can still eat and fight. Han Sheng is only sixty years old now, only twenty years older than Gu, and he is still very young!" Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"Prime Minister!" Huang Zhong looked at Ye Zhao, so moved that he couldn't speak.

"If you want, you will become a general first. Jiangdong has been dishonest recently. It is the time to use troops. This battle will be a battle to unify the world. It is just that talents like Han Sheng are needed to be used by the orphans." Ye Zhao patted Huang Zhong's shoulder and helped him up and said with a smile.

"I am willing to die for the Prime Minister!" Huang Zhong bowed to Ye Zhao.

"When you are alive, you will be appointed as a marquis and generals in your lifetime. At that time, I will ask you for a beautiful wife and give birth to a nest of cubs. A hundred years later, this skill will also have a successor." Ye Zhao smiled and said, "In the future, we will fight the Western Regions and Wusun, and some will show our skills."

"Here!" Huang Zhong bowed.

Huang Zhong's service also gave Ye Zhao another general who was good at water battles. Huang Zhong was a native of Jingzhou. He grew up on the riverside since he was a child. His sword skills were understood from the Yangtze River. The ability of water battles was gradually revealed in subsequent training. He was not weak. With Huang Zhong's joining, the combat power of the Jingxiang Navy can be improved a little further.

In addition, the naval lineup of Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Wenpin, and Gan Ning and Ye Zhao is not only stronger than Jiangdong, but it is definitely not weak.

In July, after Ye Zhao stayed in Jingzhou for two months, news finally came from Jiangdong. Under Zhuge Liang's lobbying, Sun Ce finally decided to send troops and station troops in Chaisang. Echoing Jiangxia Liu Bei, gathered 50,000 naval troops to go upstream, establish water camps in the Chibi area, and frequently plagued the counties along the river in Jingxiang.
Chapter completed!