However, Xuande did not meet Kong Ming twice, so he wanted to visit him again. Guan Gong said, "The brother went to visit him in person twice, but his courtesy was too much.

Thinking that Zhuge Liang had a false reputation but no real learning, he avoided it and did not dare to see him. Why did he be confused about this person? "Xuande said, "Otherwise, Duke Huan of Qi wanted to see the wild man in Dongguo, but Wu was the only one side to get the same side. Besides, I want to see a great wise man?" Zhang Fei said, "Brother is a mess. How can I be a great wise man? I don't need my brother to go now. If he doesn't come, I will only use a hemp rope to tie the future!" Xuande scolded, "Have you not heard about King Wen of Zhou visiting Jiang Ziya? King Wen is so respectful to the wise man, why are you too rude! Don't leave now, I will go with Yunchang." Fei said, "Since both brothers are gone, how can I fall behind!" Xuande said, "If you go together, don't be rude." Fei responded to the promise.

So the three of them took the horse to Longzhong. Half a mile away from the cottage, Xuande got off the horse and walked. When he met Zhuge Jun. Xuande hurriedly bowed and asked, "Do you want me to be in Zhuang?" Jun said, "I returned yesterday evening. The general can meet you today." After saying that, he left. Xuande said, "I'm lucky to see you now!" Zhang Fei said, "This person is rude! It's okay to lead me to wait for the Zhuang, why did he go by yourself!" Xuande said, "That's the man who is rude! He can lead me to Zhuang, why did he go by himself!" Xuande said, "That's the man who is rude! Everyone has their own affairs, how can we be strong?" The three of them came to the village and knocked on the door. The boy opened the door and asked. Xuande said, "I have a hard time reporting to the fairy boy: Liu Bei came to pay homage to the gentleman." The boy said, "Although the gentleman is at home today, he is sleeping in the cottage day and has not woken up." Xuande said, "Since that's the case, don't report." After paying the pass, Zhang and the other two waited only at the front of the door. Xuande walked in slowly and saw the gentleman lying on his back on a few mats in the cottage. Xuande stood under the steps. .After a while, the gentleman was not awake. Zhang stood outside for a long time, but there was no movement. When he came in, he stood still at Xuande. Zhang Fei was furious and said to Yunchang: "How arrogant is this gentleman? When I saw my brother standing at the steps, he was lying high and could not get up! When I went to the back of the house, I would set a fire to see if he could get up!" Yunchang persuaded him repeatedly. Xuande still ordered the two to go out to wait. When he was in the hall, he saw that the gentleman was about to rise, and suddenly fell asleep towards the inner wall. The boy wanted to Xuande said, "Don't be alarmed." After another hour, Kong Ming woke up and chanted a poem, saying, "Who is awakened first when the big dream? I know that I have enough spring sleep in the cottage, and the sun is slow outside the window." After Kong Ming finished reciting, he turned over and asked the boy, "Are there any common guests coming?" The boy said, "Uncle Liu is here, and I have been waiting for a long time." Kong Ming then stood up and said, "Why not report early! Shangrong changed his clothes." Then he turned into the back hall. After a while, he put on his clothes and came out to greet him.

Xuande saw that Kong Ming was eight feet long, with a face like a crown and jade, wearing a crane and a cloak, and was floating like a god. Xuande bowed down and said, "The last ancestor of the Han Dynasty, a foolish man from Zhuo County, has long heard of the name of his master, and it is like thunder. Yesterday, he paid a visit twice, but he was not allowed to see it. He wrote a low name in Wenji. Can you read it without reviewing it?" Kongming said, "The savage man in Nanyang is lazy and has been repeatedly vained by the general, and he is ashamed."

After the two of them finished the ceremony, they sat down with the host and the boy presented tea. After the tea, Kongming said, "I read the calligraphy yesterday, which shows that the general is worried about the people and the country. But I regret that Liang was young and talented, so I asked him wrongly." Xuande said, "Sima Decao's words and Xu Yuanzhi's words are not empty talk? I hope that the gentleman will not abandon his despicableness and give him teachings." Kongming said, "Decao, Yuanzhi, is a noble man in the world. Liang is a farmer, how dare he talk about the world's affairs? The two masters have made a mistake. How can the general give up beautiful jade and seek stubborn stones?" Xuande said, "A real man holds a talented man in the world, how can he grow old under the forest and spring? I hope that the gentleman will think of the people of the world and be foolish and rude to teach him." Kongming smiled and said, "I wish to hear the general's ambition. "Xuande Pingping people urged the seat and said, "The Han Dynasty was in decline, the treacherous ministers stole their lives, and they were overestimated and wanted to extend their power to the world, but their wisdom was shallow and short, so they had nothing to do. It is a blessing that the gentleman opened his foolishness and saved his misfortune!" Kong Ming said, "Since Dong Zhuo's rebellion, heroes in the world have emerged. Cao Cao's power was not as strong as Yuan Shao, but those who could defeat Shao were not only the time of heaven, but also the plan. Now Cao has a million people and uses the emperor to command the princes. This is really not to compete with him. Sun Quan has occupied Jiangdong, and has been in danger for three generations. The people attached it, this can be used as aid but cannot be taken. Jingzhou occupied the Han Dynasty in the north, Mian Dynasty in the south, and benefited the South China Sea, connected to Wuhui in the east, connected to Ba and Shu in the west, and this place was not the master who could not defend it. This is because the heavens were so powerful that the general was not interested. Is the general interested in Yizhou? Yizhou was blocked with a fertile field for thousands of miles, and the country was in the sky, and Emperor Gaozu made the emperor's career. Now Liu Zhang was weak, and the people were rich in the country, but he did not know how to keep it. A wise man thought of a wise ruler. The general was a descendant of the imperial family, and trusted and righteous in the world, and he was in charge of heroes and thought of a thirst. If there was a Jing, it would be beneficial. Protect the rock barriers, and reconcile the Rong in the west, pacify the Yi in the south, and build Sun Quan in the outside, and cultivate political principles in the inside. When the world changes, a general will order a general to take out the troops of Jingzhou to Wan and Luo, and the general leads the people of Yizhou to leave Qinchuan. Are there any people who do not eat pots of slurry to welcome the general? In this case, great cause can be accomplished and the Han Dynasty can be prosperous. This is why Liang is the general who plans for the general. Only the general plans it." After saying that, he ordered the boy to take out a scroll, hang it in the middle hall, and pointed to Xuande and said, "This is the map of the fifty-four states in Xichuan. The general wants to accomplish it. Hegemony, let Cao Cao occupy the heavens in the north, and let Sun Quan occupy the land in the south, so that the general can occupy the harmony of the people. First take Jingzhou as his home, then take Xichuan to build a foundation to form a tripod, and then you can conquer the Central Plains." Xuande heard this, he avoided the seat and bowed to his hands and thanked, "Mr.'s words suddenly opened up, so that the preparations were like clearing clouds and mists to see the blue sky. But Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Liu Zhang in Yizhou were all relatives of the Han Dynasty, so why should he bear to take them?" Kong Ming said, "Looking at the celestial phenomena at night, Liu Biao will not be the master of establishing a career: he will return to the general in a long time."

When Xuande heard this, he paused his head and thanked him. Only this one sentence was that Kong Ming had not yet left his thatched cottage and knew that he had divided the world into three parts, and it was really a man of eternity!

Later generations wrote a poem to praise him: "I sighed that I was lonely and poor on the day of Yuzhou. Why did I beg for the lie-in-law in Nanyang? I wanted to know where I divided the tripod in my year, and the gentleman smiled and pointed at the painting in the picture." Xuande asked Kong Ming to say, "Although my name is small and poor, I hope that my gentleman will not abandon his despicableness and come out to help me. I should listen to Ming's teachings."

Kong Ming said, "Ling has been happy to farm and hoe for a long time, and is lazy to respond to the world, so he cannot obey orders." Xuande cried and said, "If you don't come out, what is the common people?" After speaking, tears were wet with the sleeves of the robe, and the lapels were wet. Kong Ming saw that his intention was sincere, so he said, "The general did not abandon each other, and he was willing to work as a dog or a horse." Xuande was very happy and ordered Guan, Zhang entered, and offered gold and hemp gifts. Kong Ming refused to accept it. Xuande said, "This is not a ceremony for hiring a great wise man, but only for Liu Bei's heart." Kong Ming received it. So Xuande and others stayed in the village for a night.

The next day, Zhuge Jun returned, and Kong Ming asked him, "I have received the grace of Emperor Liu's three times, and I cannot go out. You can cultivate here and do not get the barren land. When I succeed, I will retire." Later generations sighed and said, "I have not risen and thought of regressing. I should remember the words when I left. It was because the first lord Ding Ning, the stars fell and the autumn wind fell in the five zhangyuan." There is another ancient style article saying: "The emperor carried three feet of snow in his hand, and the white snake in Mangdang bleed at night; the Qin Dynasty destroyed Chu and entered Xianyang, and it was cut off two hundred years ago. The great light of the country rose to Luoyang, and it spread to Huanling and broke. Emperor Xian moved the capital. Fortunately, Xuchang was born in all over the world: Cao Cao was the tyrant and the Sun family in Jiangdong opened up great things; he was lonely and poor, and traveled all over the world, living alone in Xinye, sad about the people. Nanyang lying dragons had great ambitions, and the heroic soldiers in their belly were divided into strange and strange. Just because Xu Shu was speaking, he knew each other three times. At that time, he was 39 years old, and he packed up his zither and books and left the lotus; first took Jingzhou and then took Sichuan, and greatly promoted the martial arts and repaired the sky; he blew the wind and thunder on his tongue, and changed the stars in his heart; dragon soared and tigers looked at the universe, and his reputation was immortal forever!" Xuande and the three others left Zhuge Jun and returned to Xinye with Kong Ming.

Xuande treated Kong Ming like a teacher, and when he was eating, he was at the same table, and when he was sleeping, he discussed the affairs of the world all day long. Kongming said: "Cao Cao built the Xuanwu Pond in Jizhou to train the navy, and he would have the intention of invading the south of the Yangtze River. He could secretly send people to cross the river to find out the truth." Xuande followed it and sent people to go to the east of the Yangtze River to find out.

However, it is said that after Sun Ce's death, Sun Quan lived in Jiangdong, inherited his father and brother's foundation, accepted wise men, opened a hotel in Wuhui, and ordered Gu Yong and Zhang Hongyan to receive guests from all directions. For years, you and I have recommended each other. At that time, Kan Ze of Kuaiji, whose courtesy name was Derun; Yan Yan of Pengcheng, whose courtesy name was Mancai; Xue Zong of Pei County, whose courtesy name was Jingwen; Cheng Bing of Ruyang, whose courtesy name was Deshu; Zhu Huan of Wu County, whose courtesy name was Xiumu; Lu Ji, whose courtesy name was Gongji; Zhang Wen of Wu, whose courtesy name was Huishu; Wushang Luo Tong, whose courtesy name was Gongxu; Wu Cheng Wucan, whose courtesy name was Kongxi: These several people all went to Jiangdong, and Sun Quan treated them very well. He also received several good generals: Lu Meng of Runan, whose courtesy name was Ziming; Lu Xun of Wu County, whose courtesy name was Yu Boyan; Xu Sheng of Langya, whose courtesy name was Wenxiang; Pan Zhang of Dong County, whose courtesy name was Wengui; Ding Feng of Lujiang, whose courtesy name was Chengyuan. The people of Wenwu assisted each other, and thus Jiangdong became the most prosperous person.

In the seventh year of Jian'an, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, sent envoys to Jiangdong, and ordered Sun Quan to send his son to the court to follow him. Quan hesitated and still had no decision. Mrs. Wu ordered Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao and others to discuss it. Zhang Zhao said, "Cao wanted to send my son to the court, which is the way to restrain the princes. However, if he did not order him to leave, he was afraid that he would raise troops to Jiangdong, and he would inevitably be in danger." Zhou Yu said, "The general inherited the inheritance of his father and brother, and the people of the six counties, with sufficient troops and sufficient food. The soldiers used their lives. Why do you have to force him to send him to others? Once the priests enter, he had to join the Cao family. If he had a call, he had to go: In this way, he would be in control of others. It would be better not to send him, and he would wait and see the changes and do not use good strategies to defend him." Mrs. Wu said, "The words of Gongjin were the ones." Quan then followed his words and thanked the envoys, but Cao Cao had the intention of going to the south of the Yangtze River. But it was not peaceful in the north and he had no time to fight south.

In November of the eighth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan led his troops to attack Huang Zu and fought in the river. The ancestor's army was defeated. The general of Quan's army Ling Cao took the lead in the light boat and rushed into Xiakou. He was shot to death by Huang Zu's general Gan Ning. Ling Cao's son Ling Tong was only fifteen years old at the time and tried his best to seize his father's body. Quan saw that the wind was not good, so he took the army back to Dongwu.

However, Sun Quan's younger brother Sun Yi was the prefect of Danyang. Yi was drunk and he tried to beat the soldiers. The generals of Danyang, Gui Lan, and the county magistrate Dai Yuan, often had the intention to kill Yi. So he became a confidant with Yi and the county magistrate Bian Hong and conspired to kill Yi together. At that time, all the generals and county magistrates gathered in Danyang, and Yi held a banquet. Yi's wife Xu was beautiful and wise, and was very good at divining the Book of Changes. On that day, the divination was very bad, and he advised Yi not to go out to meet. Yi did not follow, so he met with the crowd. At the end of the evening, Bian Hong took the knife and went out, and then drew his sword to kill Sun Yi. Gui Lan, Dai Yuan blamed Bian Hong and killed him in the market. The two took advantage of the situation to capture Yi's concubines. Gui Lan saw Xu's beautiful appearance and said, "I should avenge you, you should follow me; if you don't follow, you will die." Xu said, "I'm not long after my death,

I couldn't bear it and followed each other; I could wait until the morning sun, and set up sacrifices and robes, and then marriage was not too late." Lan followed him. Xu secretly summoned Sun Yi's confidant former general Sun Gao and Fu Ying into the palace, crying and saying, "I am here today. I often say that the two officials are loyal and righteous. Now I am the thief, Dai, and I have only blamed Bian Hong, and all my family's children and maids are separated. Gui Lan wanted to occupy me, but I have already defrauded him to calm his heart. The two generals can send someone to report to the Marquis of Wu at night, and on the same night to plan for the two thieves to relieve this hatred and humiliation, and to bring grace to life and death!" After saying that, Sun Gao and Fu Ying both cried and said, "We are grateful to the Lord of the Mansion for the favor, but today the reason why we are not going to die is just to make a plan for revenge. The wife ordered me to do it, and I dare not serve him!" So he secretly sent a confidant envoy to repay Sun Quan.

On the morning of the morning, Xu summoned Sun and Fu, and hid in the secret room, Hanmu, and then set up a sacrifice to the hall. After the sacrifice, he removed his mourning clothes, bathed in the incense, wrapped in thick makeup, and was calm and composed. Gui Lan was very happy when he heard this. At night, Xu left his maids and concubines to enter the palace and set up a mat to drink in the hall. After drinking, Xu invited him to enter the secret room. Lan Xi and went in drunk. Xu shouted, "Sun, where are the two generals Fu!" The two jumped out of the curtain with swords. Gui Lan was caught off guard and was chopped to the ground by Fu Ying. Sun Gao stabbed him again and killed him immediately. Xu's reposts

Dai Yuan was invited to the banquet. When the official came to the palace, he was also killed by Sun and Fu. On the one hand, he sent someone to kill the two thieves' family and their remaining parties. Xu then wore filial clothes and led the princess to Gui Lan, Dai Yuan's head to sacrifice to Sun Yiling. A few days later, Sun Quan led his army to Danyang and saw that Xu had killed Gui. Dai two thieves, so he named Sun Gao and Fu Ying as the Ya Gatekeeper, ordered him to guard Danyang and take Xu back to his family to support him. All the people in Jiangdong praised the virtue of Xu. Later generations praised him for his virtue: "The talent and integrity are not in the world, and once the traitor returns, he will be destroyed and killed. The mediocre ministers die with the loyal ministers of the thieves, and they are not as good as the female husband of the Eastern Wu."

Let’s talk about the bandits in the Eastern Wu that were all calmed down. There were more than 7,000 warships in the river. Sun Quan appointed Zhou Yu as the Grand Governor and President Jiangdong Navy and Army Horses. In the 12th year of Jian'an, in October, Quan's mother, Mrs. Wu, was critically ill. She summoned Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao and said, "I was from Wu, but my parents died at a young age. I lived in Yuezhong with my younger brother Wu Jing. Later, I married Sun and gave birth to four sons. When the eldest son Ce was born, I dreamed of Yue's love; when the second son Quan gave birth to his second son, he dreamed of Sun's love.

Those who say: If you dream of the sun and the moon, your son will be very noble. Unfortunately, you will die early. Now you will pay Quan a reward for Jiangdong. I hope that Duke and others will help him with each other. I will die in immortality!" He also asked Quan: "You serve your son, and Gongjin should not be neglected with the etiquette of your master. My sister and I will marry your father together, so that he will be your mother. After I die, I will serve my sister as my servant. Your sister should also raise her kindness and choose a good son-in-law to marry him." After the words, he died. Sun Quan cried and did not need to say anything about the funeral ceremony.

In the spring of the following year, Sun Quan discussed trying to attack Huang Zu. Zhang Zhao said, "I have not been in the mourning period, so I should not move troops." Zhou Yu said, "Avenge revenge, why wait for the year?" Quan was hesitant. When the commander of Pingbei, Lu Meng came to see him, and told Quan, "Someone was holding the water mouth of Longqiu. Suddenly, Gan Ning, the general of Huang Zu, came to surrender. I asked him carefully: Ning's name is Xingba, and he was from Linjiang, Bajun. He was well-versed in calligraphy and history, had the strength, and was good at wandering. He once called him a desperate man and a traitor in the rivers and lakes. He hung copper bells on his waist, and people listened to the ringtones, and they all avoided him. He also used the brocade of Xichuan as a sail curtain, and people at that time were called Jinfan thieves.

Regret about his past mistakes, and changed his behavior and led the people to surrender to Liu Biao. Seeing that Biao could not accomplish anything, he wanted to come to Dongwu, but was kept by Huang Zu in Xiakou. When Dongwu defeated Zu, Zu obtained Gan Ning's power and rescued Xiakou. He was very weak. The governor Su Fei repeatedly recommended Ning to Zu. Zu said: Ning was a thief in the river, so how could he be used? Ning was so resentful. Su Fei knew his intention, so he invited Ning to his home and said: I recommended Gong several times, but the lord could not be used. The sun and moon were passing by, and the life was so far away. I should go far away. I should be the magistrate of Zhu County and made a plan to leave. Ning therefore got over Xiakou, so I wanted to go and go.

He jumped into Jiangdong, afraid that Jiangdong would hate the fact that he saved Huang Zu and killed Ling Cao. Someone said that the lord was eager to seek talent and did not remember the old hatred. Besides, each of them was his master, so why would he hate him? Ning happily led the crowd to cross the river and came to see his lord. He begged Jun to decide to seize it." Sun Quan was overjoyed and said, "I got Xingba, and I will definitely defeat Huang Zu." So he ordered Lu Meng to lead Gan Ning to visit him. After the visit, Quan said, "Xingba came here and won my heart. How could he have a reason to hold grudges? Please have no doubts. I hope to teach me the strategy of defeating Huang Zu." Ning said, "Now the Han Dynasty is in danger, and Cao Cao will eventually usurp the land of Nanjing. Liu Biao must fight for it. Liu Biao is not far away.

He was worried that his son was stupid and could not inherit his career and inherit his foundation. Ming Gong should plan it early; if it was late, Cao Cao would plan it first. Now he should take Huang Zu first. Zu was old this year and was busy with money and profit; invading officials and people, and people were resentful; if he did not practice the war, the army had no laws. If Ming Gong attacked him, he would inevitably break it. After defeating the ancestor's army, he would go west, and seize Chu Pass to Tuba and Shu, and hegemony could be determined." Sun Quan said: "This is a theory of gold and jade!" So he appointed Zhou Yu as the chief commander and the general of the navy and army; Lu Meng as the vanguard of the front; Dong Xi and Gan Ning as the deputy general; Quan led a large army of 100,000 to fight against Huang Zu.

After careful investigation, he reported to Jiangxia. Huang Zu quickly gathered a group of people to discuss and ordered Su Fei to be the general. Chen Ju and Deng Long were the vanguard and all the soldiers from Jiangxia were raised to meet the enemy. Chen Ju and Deng Long each led a team of siege to intercept the Miankou. Each of them set up more than a thousand strong bows and crossbows on the siege, and the Dashu set up a large rope on the water. The soldiers arrived at the Eastern Wu army. The drums on the siege were sounded, and the bows and crossbows were fired at the same time. The soldiers did not dare to advance, so they retreated several miles to the water. Gan Ning said to Dong Xi, "It has come to this point, and we have to advance." So he selected more than a hundred small boats, and each of them used 50 elite soldiers: twenty people were on the boat, thirty people were dressed in armor, holding bronze knives in their hands, and did not avoid arrows and stones, until the siege was cut off.

, The siege was then crossed. Gan Ning flew onto the siege and cut Deng Long to death. Chen abandoned the boat and left. When Lu Meng saw it, he jumped off the boat, raised his oars and paddled straight into the fleet, and set fire to the boat. Chen was anxious to get ashore. Lu Meng sacrificed his life to come to the front and chopped over with a knife in his chest. When Su Fei led his army to the shore, the generals of the Eastern Wu came ashore together, and the ancestral army was defeated. Su Fei was in a desert and met Pan Zhang, the generals of the Eastern Wu, who intersected and fought for several battles, and were captured alive by Zhang. He went straight to the ship to see Sun Quan. Quan ordered the left and right to imprison him with a chariot, waiting to capture Huang Zu alive, and kill him. He mobilized the three armies to attack Xiakou day and night.
Chapter completed!