It can be said that Zhuge Liang was still confident in Liu Bei, but of course, he was more confident in himself. And only in the desolate princes like Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang felt that he could show his ability. And adding icing on the cake is indeed not as good as helping him in time, and of course he would not misunderstand this principle.

In "The Memorial of the Trial", Zhuge Liang wrote, "If you live a life in troubled times, you will not seek knowledge and gain knowledge from the princes." The same thing, there are no people in the world who have no desires and no desires, so Zhuge Liang said it well, but could he be such a person? At least he could come out to assist Liu Bei. To put it bluntly, he was indeed moved by Liu Bei, and he had his own plans to realize his own ideals. Therefore, he followed Liu Bei without hesitation.

But everyone knows that the result is not very good. In fact, although Zhuge Liang has a good reputation, to be honest, Liu Bei is definitely not obedient to him. It was pretty good at the beginning. After all, Liu Bei has no counselors, so Zhuge Liang is naturally the mainstay, and Liu Bei relies a lot on him.

But later, as Liu Bei's power grew stronger, he had more and more talents, and he was not the only counselor and military advisor. At that time, Zhuge Liang was not as important as before. To give a simple example, in the Romance, Liu Bei did not listen to the persuasion of the crowd, and had to conquer Sun Quan. Zhuge Liang persuaded him several times, but he had no choice but to do so.

Can you say that Zhuge Liang has no ability? But he couldn't persuade and could not stop Liu Bei. Liu Bei didn't listen to him, and of course, he didn't listen to anyone. As a result, Zhuge Liang said at that time, "If the Dharma is filial and honest, he will definitely stop the Lord from going east."

This shows the problem. At least when Zhuge Liang could not persuade Liu Bei, Fa Zheng could persuade him. Indeed, this matter was not once or twice. Fa Zheng could really persuade him to stay with his lord, but Zhuge Liang could not. However, at that time, Fa Zheng had already died, so no one could persuade Liu Bei anymore. Liu Bei insisted on his own actions and sent troops to the Eastern Wu. So in fact, under Liu Bei's account, Zhuge Liang might not be able to compare with Fa Zheng. At least Liu Bei could listen to Fa Zheng, but he might not necessarily listen to Zhuge Liang.

If you can persuade Liu Bei, you are a person with the right Dharma, but you can't say that Zhuge Liang has no ability. But Zhuge Liang couldn't persuade him in the end. Why? In fact, there are reasons why Liu Bei was not obeying Zhuge Liang's advice as before. At least the Dharma is in this way, but he is actually better than Zhuge Liang.

However, in the end, Zhuge Liang realized one of his ideals, that is, he was in power, and the Prime Minister of Shu Kingdom. Although he went to Qishan six times and attacked the Central Plains in the north, he failed to make great achievements, but he still used the meager power of Shu Kingdom to fight against Wei Kingdom for decades. However, his greatest ideal was still not realized, and he failed to realize Liu Bei's recovery of the Han Dynasty and destroyed Cao Wei. Of course, Wei Kingdom is powerful, and it is indeed impossible for Zhuge Liang to destroy it alone, and Wu Kingdom is not.

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Zhuge Liang was extremely happy to be the lord of Zhuge Liang. He always remembered Sima Hui's words, "Wolong" and "Feng Chu" could make peace with the world! If you get one, you can make peace with the world. Now Zhuge Kongming has joined his sect. Although Liu Bei did not expect that he could help him make peace with the world, he could increase his strength no matter what. Even the talents that Sima Hui and Xu Shu praised are still lacking in ability? Liu Bei absolutely does not believe it.

After that, the few people talked a lot. As for Xu Shu, he was familiar with Zhuge Liang, there was no need to say too much, and he didn't ask too much. But Liu Bei was different. He still had a lot of things to ask Zhuge Liang. This had no other meaning, it was just that he simply asked for advice. Liu Bei also discovered that Zhuge Liang knew a lot of things, and basically he could answer everything you asked, and solved the problem. Liu Bei secretly admired him, and there was a lot of talent under his tent.

As the saying goes, "It's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk." When Liu Bei heard Zhuge Liang say so much, he was of course very clear about what his level was.

And he had to say in admiration at the end: "Sir, I am very impressed!"

Zhuge Liang smiled: "The lord has been awarded too much, but Liang has read more books and has walked through more places!"

Zhuge Liang was quite modest in front of his lord. In fact, Zhuge Liang was definitely not the kind of person who was particularly arrogant, but he must also have his own pride. This is indeed true. After all, a person who is truly capable and has great abilities, and there are a few people who are not proud of him. So, let alone Zhuge Kongming.

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At the dinner, although there was not much sumptuous things between the countryside, Zhuge Liang also treated Liu Bei and others well. Moreover, the people in the village also brought a lot of things to Zhuge Liang. The people here were indeed very simple. Knowing that Mr. Zhuge had guests and were still distinguished guests, he took out the good things from the house and asked him to entertain Liu Bei and the others. So although it was between the countryside, Liu Bei and the others were missing.

Liu Bei thought this was the most delicious meal he had eaten in forty years. Yes, he is now in his forties. It is not because the food is delicious, but because today he received help from Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Kongming. Liu Bei had always said before that he was like a fish in water and a fish in water. He was definitely not just talking casually. But he really felt that he felt that if Zhuge Liang came out to help him, he would eventually achieve a career.

The princes in the world include not only Cao Mengde, Ma Mengqi, Yuan Benchu, Sun Bofu, Liu Jingsheng and others, but also have to have himself, Liu Xuande, the emperor uncle of the Han Dynasty. Although his power is at the end now, with such talented people, why worry about the big things going wrong!

Liu Bei was indeed a capable person. He didn't say much when he persuaded Zhuge Liang before, but afterwards, he talked a lot with Zhuge Liang. During this period, he expressed his ambitions very clearly in front of Zhuge Liang. Then he cried and said a lot of things that he wanted to restore the Han Dynasty. It really made Zhuge Liang feel that he was right to follow him, Liu Bei and Liu Xuande.

Even when Liu Bei was defeated, he never said that he had never thought of giving up. He had to do something big before he could achieve his goal. But after so many years, he had been wandering and living under someone else's roof. Although he had never changed his ideals, he had to say that his confidence was decreasing, which was right. Today he met Zhuge Liang, and his confidence was rekindled. He believed in himself and even more so.

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At night, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were really sleeping on the same bed. Liu Bei really valued Zhuge Liang so much at this time. He was very courteous to Zhuge Liang, and he definitely regarded him as such a talent who could make him achieve great achievements. Emperor Gaozu of Han also had the "Three Masters of the First Year of the Han Dynasty", so of course Liu Bei could not think that he could do anything without talents. Look at himself, he had no counselor before, but he was now in a down-and-out manner.

He never thought he was much worse than Cao Cao, Ma Chao and others. But the fact is that the two of them could kill themselves by just a slight move of their fingers.

He knew that his lord valued Zhuge Liang very much. However, Taishici and Xu Shu were not jealous. For Taishici, it was the first to follow his lord, so he was very clear that the reason why his lord was missing is the lack of a counselor. And he also knew that Mr. Kong Ming was really a talent, so he was of course very happy that he had such talent to help him, but nothing else. For him, the lord's great cause was the most important.

As for Xu Shu, that would be even less. Xu Shu was not a jealous person at first, otherwise he would not have brought his lord to Longzhong to find Zhuge Liang. Now his lord is just a place like Xinye, and it is still someone else's. So he doesn't have so many affairs yet, but with the increase of his power and territory in the future, he will definitely have more and more things in the future, so he can't handle it. So now that Zhuge Liang joins his side, can he share a lot of his burden?

So Xu Shu was also very happy and could not think of anything else. In fact, whether it was Taishi Ci or Xu Shu, they were really thinking about their own lords. And they actually saw clearly that only when their own lord's power is increased can they get more benefits. Zhuge Kongming is such a person who can increase his power.

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The next day, the four people left Longzhong, and Zhuge Liang made it very clear to Xiaotong when he left that when the world was pacified, he would go back to his thatched cottage to live in seclusion. This was not Zhuge Liang's arrogant self-confidence, but at this time, he was indeed full of confidence. It was not that he underestimated the world. This was actually something that Liu Bei and Taishi Ci and others said specifically, that's all. He didn't think that he could pacify the world as soon as he came out of the mountain. How could he put the world in?

As a result, when the four left Longzhong, many people in the village came to bid farewell to Zhuge Liang. It was said that Zhuge Liang did a lot of things to their village, so the people were grateful for their kindness and saw him off.

Zhuge Liang said goodbye to his fellow villagers. Although he was not from Longzhong, he had been working here for several years, so he was very familiar with the people here. If he hadn't had his own pursuits and his own ideas, he would really want to live in seclusion here. But that would not work. His abilities could not be buried, and he would have to leave sooner or later.

In this way, the four of them left Longzhong and returned to Xinye. Liu Bei's biggest feeling when he came here was that how could he sleep in Longzhong?

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Cao Ren, Guo Huai, Zhang He and others divided their troops north to capture Anping Kingdom and Hejian, and then entered Youzhou.

During this period, after passing through Julu's territory, Cao Ren and others led their army to Anping Kingdom. They headed north, went straight to Jingxian County, Nangong, and finally came to the Xindu city of Anping Kingdom. After taking down Xindu, their army could continue north to Hejian.

Cao Ren and others knew that his lord had not yet captured Yecheng. After all, Yecheng is a strong city in the world and it is not so easy to take it. To be honest, although Xindu in Anping Kingdom is not like Yecheng and a famous strong city in the world, it is definitely not a city like Jingxian and Nangong before. After all, as the capital of Anping Kingdom, Xindu is definitely not as ordinary as other cities, so Cao Ren and others have to treat it with caution.

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At this time, everyone was here in Cao Ren's central army tent to discuss the attack on Xindu.

For them, of course, the faster the better. As soon as possible, they can defeat Anping and Hejian County as soon as possible, and their troops will enter Youzhou as soon as possible. As long as they take Youzhou, they will complete the task of their lord's bus to them and others. As for the fact that they can't take Youzhou, everyone didn't think too much about it. They are indeed confident in this. After all, it is not their team, and the team of the Xiahou brothers of Qingzhou. They don't believe that the two armies can't take Youzhou even if they merge.

Cao Ren asked at this time: "Everyone, now our army is at the capital of Xin, I wonder what good strategies do you have to defeat the enemy?"

Everyone said a few words, but Cao Ren didn't think it was very good. At this time, Guo Huai spoke, "Master, I and Xindu Guard Zhang Nan have met several times. Maybe they can enter the city to persuade him to surrender to our army!"

Cao Ren, like Cao Cao, both value Guo Huai very much. Knowing that he is a talent, he has to pay attention to him. But now when he heard Guo Huai say that he could convince him to surrender, his eyes lit up, "Are Bo Ji confident?"

In Cao Ren's opinion, Zhang He was also from the Jizhou Army, and he had been in the Jizhou Army for a longer time than Guo Huai, but he didn't say anything to convince Zhang Nan, but Guo Huai said so. So Cao Ren felt that Guo Huai should be a little sure, otherwise he would not have been like this.

Sure enough, Guo Huai said, "Master, I am more than 60% sure that I can convince Zhang Nan to join our army!"

Cao Ren slapped the table and said, "Okay, I will follow Bo Ji. Have a good rest today and go to Xindu tomorrow!"

"promise!"

This matter was decided so, and no one else had any objections. In fact, for them, it would be best if Guo Huai could convince him. If he didn't need to attack Xindu, he could take down the city without bloodshed. But even if Guo Huai failed and failed to convince Zhang Nan, it wouldn't matter. Anyway, if he couldn't convince him, he would just attack directly.

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The next day, Guo Huai went to Xindu alone and came to meet Zhang Nan, who had not met for a long time.

The two did know each other, but their friendship was not that deep. After all, they worked under the same lord's account, so they naturally met several times. If you want to say that Zhang He and Zhang Nan met more, but he also knew that he was not suitable to be a lobbyist, so Guo Huai was going, so naturally no one stopped him or wrote to him on his behalf.

Zhang Nan met Guo Huai in person. Although he was indeed not familiar with Guo Huai, he also had his own ideas, so he deliberately pulled Guo Huai into his mansion outside the city.

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After seeing Zhang Nan, Guo Huai smiled and said, "Brother Zhang, are you okay?"

Zhang Nan also smiled, "Boji, it's really a long time since I saw you. Come on, sit down!"

"Brother Zhang is now stationed in Xindu and has great power. I didn't expect to remember you!"

Zhang Nanze said: "What is Bo Ji saying? Zhang met Bo Ji in his early years, how could he forget it? But Bo Ji, you are under the Yanzhou Army. I wonder what you are now?"

But seeing Guo Huai like this, Zhang Nan knew that others must be better than him. Although he was stationed in Xindu, it was just a superficial thing. How much he had, he didn't know? The reason why Yuan Benchu ​​could let him stay here was because there was really no one, so he was considered a "big man from a slut" and sent him. Isn't that the matter? Otherwise, he would not be willing to be a guard. Maybe when the city was broken, he would die.

Zhang Nan was not afraid, but he had to be afraid. He was not timid, but he definitely had little courage anyway. The Yanzhou Army was famous, so he didn't think that he could withstand the attack of tens of thousands of people with just a few counties and state soldiers. So he actually thought a lot, and there were a few people who didn't plan for him, so for the sake of his own interests, he could do a lot of things.

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Guo Huai smiled and said that he was pretty good, "If Brother Zhang can join our army, I believe he would be better than me!"

Zhang Nan smiled. He was still self-aware. His ability was comparable to that of Guo Huai. He was not even comparable to that of Guo Huai. He was more valued than before in front of Yuan Benchu ​​in Jizhou, but it did not mean that he could do it. However, it was said that "people go to high places and water flows to low places." Although he was not very capable, who would not want to develop in a better way? He was the same. He just had no good opportunities, but maybe today is an opportunity? This may not be necessary...

Even if Zhang Nan had no ability, he was not stupid after all, so of course he understood the intention of Guo Huai's letters. In fact, he didn't want to join the Yanzhou Army? I thought. Of course, he had some intentions, but his understanding of the Yanzhou Army and Cao Mengde came more from hearsay, and he had no real understanding of them. But at this time, Guo Huai came. He asked him a few questions and he could always speak well. So after he understood some of the situation, he would naturally make plans.

For a person like Zhang Nan, he is definitely not a loyal person, and he is even more unlikely to be loyal to Yuan Shao. As for whether to surrender to the Yanzhou Army, to put it bluntly, it depends on how much benefit he can get. That's it. Of course, he will not do anything that is good for him, so some things can be imagined.

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Zhang Nan smiled, "Boji is so proud of me. I am not as good as Boji, nor as good as Boji!"

Guo Huai could only smile in his heart. For him, as long as Zhang Nankai surrendered, that would be fine. Of course, he would not agree to Zhang Nan’s unexpected bottom line, but he would praise him and praise him. Isn’t these things that don’t cost money just casually? Anyway, I have said it, I don’t have to take any responsibility, so I naturally don’t say it.

Guo Huai smiled and waved his hand, "Okay, Brother Zhang, we are 'not saying secretly'. I met you when I wrote to you today, just to persuade Brother Zhang to join our army. I wonder what Brother Zhang thinks?"

In Zhang Nan's opinion, Guo Huai's approach to the point was too fast. Although he and he knew about this, the window paper was broken too quickly. Although it was not caught him off guard, it was indeed beyond his expectations.

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So at this time, Zhang Nan was slightly stunned when he heard this. He was not pretending, but real, but he immediately realized.

For him, Guo Huai's words at this time were indeed beyond his expectations, but they were not within his uncontrollable range, so he said: "Boji, I think it's good now, it's good!"

After saying that, he laughed a few times, which made people feel that he was very unconfidence. That's true. Zhang Nan said that he was very well in the Jizhou Army, so he was not confident. He never thought that he was good in the Jizhou Army. Instead, he thought that Guo Huai was in the Yanzhou Army. He thought it was good, and this was his feeling.

Guo Huai sneered in his heart, thinking that Zhang Nan could tell the truth, it would be great if he was still in Jizhou Army. It would be strange if it was really good. Can you believe you?

Guo Huai naturally would not believe Zhang Nan's words, but when he thought about it, he said to Zhang Nan: "Since that's the case, I'm just disturbing Brother Zhang today. Brother Zhang, I'll say goodbye!"

As he said that, Guo Huai got up and left. As a result, Zhang Nan was so anxious that he thought Guo Huai was really leaving. Because he was looking at it, although the Yanzhou army should be determined to win the letter, it was not inevitable to win whether he surrendered or not. In other words, he could surrender to the Yanzhou army. That was the best for them. But if he didn't seek refuge with others, he would directly attack the city and could he continue to persuade him like that? How could it be possible!

So when he saw that Guo Huai was about to leave, Zhang Nan must not do it. For him, if he died because of a siege or was captured, it would be better to surrender at this time. So he stood up at this time and stopped Guo Huai.

"What does Brother Zhang mean?"

Zhang Nan smiled bitterly, "Why should Bo Ji go back in a hurry? You can say something and say something!"

Guo Huai despised Zhang Nan in his heart. He had to despise. He originally wanted to surrender, but he didn't say it, and he had to wait for him to beg him. If he was to say that his side was true, Zhang Nan and Zhang Nan had no big impact. But he surrendered directly. He could only lose less. With Cao Zixiao, who cherished his soldiers, he was of course happy to do so. That's the case. If it were someone else, he would probably have directly attacked the city at this time.

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Guo Huai nodded at this time, "Okay, since Brother Zhang wants it so much, it's hard to refuse me!"

"Boji should be like this, so should be like this, sit down!"

Zhang Nan asked Guo Huai to sit down again, and then this time he asked first: "What Bo Ji said before. Let me join the Yanzhou Army?"

Guo Huai smiled and said, "Brother Zhang is right. I mean that I mean it. The general asked me to come here specifically to convince Brother Zhang to join our army! But..."

Speaking of this, Guo Huai shook his head, "It's a pity that some things cannot be forced. Since Brother Zhang does not have that intention, then I naturally will not force them. After all, 'Everyone has their own ambitions, why bother to be strong'!"

Zhang Nan heard what Guo Huai said. If Guo Huai wasn't here, he would have really wanted to be bothered. Zhang Nan thought to himself that he had just said that he had been in the Jizhou Army, so he could not say that he was not in the good position at this time. But he had to bring back this sentence, yes, if that's not the case...

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Thinking of this, Zhang Nan quickly laughed, "Boji, Boji, what I said before, Boji only heard that. To be honest, I think Boji should be very good at serving the Yanzhou army now. Why not Boji talk about the Yanzhou army and Cao Gong?"
To be continued...