After Liu Bei arrived, he made a heartbroken show in front of everyone, and finally persuaded Liu Pan and the two generals Wang Wei who were about to kill Cai Mao.

Since the death of Liu Qi and Liu Cong, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Liu Pan, Wang Wei and other former subordinates in Jingzhou have lost their backbone. Liu Bei took advantage of the opportunity and, with the reputation accumulated in the past, conquered Cai Mao and Zhang Yun in one fell swoop, and completely controlled Xiangyang City.

Xiangyang was defeated, and with Cai Mao and other old families in Jingzhou, all the cities in Nanjun surrendered to Liu Bei. Afterwards, Liu Bei ordered Wei Yan to lead 5,000 troops to fight against Wuling in the south. Jin Xuan knew that he was defeated, so he simply surrendered to Liu Bei.

In December of the sixth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei successfully captured the entire territory of Nanjun and Wuling.

On that day, in Xiangyang City, Liu Bei said worriedly: "Recently, the Yang family's troops have been mobilized frequently, and there seems to be signs of sending troops!"

Zhuge Liang replied first: "As soon as the troops move, they will definitely make a big move. However, most of the troops of the Yang family were transferred to Chang'an area. This shows that Yang Fan must have attacked Xiliang!"

Kuai Yue smiled bitterly and said, "Ma Teng and Han Sui from Xiliang have fought each other for several years and suffered heavy losses. How could they be Yang Fan's opponent?"

Zhuge Liang laughed and said, "The troops under Ma Teng and Han Sui are only tens of thousands. It is easy for the Yang family army to defeat them, and it will not take too much time. If it is expected, the Xiliang War will end next year!"

Liu Bei asked worriedly: "Will Yang Fan attack Yizhou or Central Plains after he captured Xiliang?"

Zhuge Liang replied: "The road to Shu is difficult, and now the Central Plains is not yet settled, so how could Yang Fan send troops to Yizhou?"

Liu Bei's face looked extremely ugly and asked, "Will the Yang family army go south in the next year?"

Zhuge Liang replied confidently: "For three years, as many as two years, the Yang family army will definitely go south!"

"Oh!" Liu Bei shook his head and sighed, "What should I do? This general has just pacified Nanjun and Wuling County. His foundation is unstable, his military preparations are not intact, and his people are unstable. How can he be the opponent of the Yang family army?"

Zhuge Liang nodded and smiled, "What the lord said is right. In this world, no prince can face the Yang family's army alone. If you want to resist Yang Fan, you can only have an alliance! However, there is Cao Cao in the Central Plains, Sun Quan in Jiangdong, and lord in Jingzhou. Our three families are in a three-legged stalemate. They seem to be natural allies, but they are also the biggest competitors!"

Kuai Yue wondered: "Now that Yang Fan is in great power, the three of us can no longer continue to fight. We should unite and fight Yang Fan together."

Zhuge Liang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "People's hearts are separated from their belly. It's so difficult to want to have three alliances!"

"But..." Zhuge Liang smiled, his eyes flashed with a splendor. It can be seen that he had already come up with a solution.

Liu Bei asked, "But what?"

Zhuge Liang replied confidently: "Last month, Sun Ce was assassinated on Fuchun Mountain. I heard that he had been attacked by two waves of assassins one after another! The first group of assassins was easily killed by Sun Ce, and the second group of assassins made Sun Ce seriously injured and dying. This shows that these two groups of assassins are definitely coming to different forces here. So, the question is, who has such a capable man who can seriously injure Sun Ce?"

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang turned his head to look at Zhang Fei and asked, "General Zhang, do you have this ability?"

Zhang Fei shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I haven't fought with Sun Ce, I don't know. However, Yang Piqi's wedding a few years ago, Sun Ce had a competition with Dian Wei, a general under Yang Piqi. I was there at that time and had seen Sun Ce's skills. He should be just a little weaker than me, but not too many. If he fights one-on-one, I dare not say that he can seriously injure him."

Zhuge Liang asked again: "According to General Zhang's estimate, how high can a person with martial arts reach to seriously injured Sun Ce?"

Zhang Fei smiled bitterly and said, "At least, someone as skilled as me must be. At least there must be more than two people siege, otherwise it will be difficult to seriously injure Sun Ce in a short period of time."

Zhuge Liang nodded and smiled, "General Zhang's martial arts are already the best in the world. However, he still needs two good players who are similar to General Zhang to seriously injured Sun Ce in a short period of time. Xu Gong is just the county magistrate of Wu County. How could he recruit such masters? It can be seen that the second group of assassins are definitely from other forces. During this period, the lord did not send anyone to Jiangdong; Liu Yan's territory was not connected with Sun Ce, so he could not send anyone to assassinate; Yang Piqi has many capable people under his command, but Yang Piqi has not had any relationship with Sun Ce, and it is impossible to send someone to assassinate him. Therefore, only Cao Cao from Yanzhou can send someone to assassinate Sun Ce!"

Kuai Yue laughed and said, "What the military advisor said is reasonable. Cao Cao's territory is close to Jiangdong. In the past two years, Cao Cao attacked Nanyang several times, but he was blocked by his lord. Not only did he lose his troops, he was still standing still for several years. Sun Ce captured Jiangxia and had already had three counties in Jingnan, and his power was getting stronger and stronger. Cao Cao naturally did not want Sun Ce to escape from his control. However, Sun Ce had become stronger and stronger. Cao Cao could only get rid of Sun Ce and replace him with Sun Quan, who was acquainted with Cao Cao. In this way, Cao Cao could also make profits."

Liu Bei said in confusion: "Kong Ming, are you trying to use this to threaten Sun Quan and force him to join our army?"

Zhuge Liang nodded and smiled, "The world is bustling, all for profit, and the world is bustling, all for profit! If Sun Quan wants to integrate his forces, he can only launch a war, divert the attention of Sun Ce's old subordinates, or directly eliminate disobedient people! However, the generals under Sun Ce are all heroes in the world. As ambitions, Sun Quan would be willing to kill those people? Then he can only launch a war outside, and Sun Ce's death is implicated in Cao Cao. If we know the reason and move it with emotion, the Jiangdong army will definitely unite with our army and join forces to fight Cao Cao north!"

Liu Bei said solemnly: "Since that's the case, then Kong Ming, you will go to Jiangdong to join our army and the Jiangdong Army Alliance. I will send Wei Yan as your escort to protect you all the way!"

Zhuge Liang took the order and said, "I'm here to obey the order!"

In January of the seventh year of Jian'an, Zhuge Liang took Wei Yan and hundreds of soldiers to Jiangdong to envoy.

On this day, Wujun, Dantu Ferry.

As soon as Zhuge Liang's ship was docked, Wei Yan complained and cursed: "That boy Sun Quan is really brave. He actually moved the capital to Wu County, which made me take such a long boat!"

Zhuge Liang quipped: "I didn't expect General Wei, you will actually be seasick?"

Wei Yan's face turned a little pale and he smiled bitterly: "I will be a little afraid of water!"

After Zhuge Liang and the others got off the boat, Lu Su hurriedly stepped forward to talk to him. After some introduction, Lu Su took Zhuge Liang and others to Wuxian. A few days later, everyone came to Wuxian. Lu Su led Zhuge Liang and others to a post station and said with a smile: "Kong Ming, the lord has learned the purpose of Liu Envoy Liu. Tomorrow, he will summon his civil and military officials to discuss the alliance with Kong Ming. Kong Ming is tired all the way, so I won't disturb you!"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Zijing, why not take it down to meet Sun Yangzhou first, how about it?"

Lu Su said in surprise: "The meeting time is tomorrow. Why does Kong Ming still meet my master today?"

Zhuge Liang replied calmly: "Long, I want to ask what Sun Yangzhou means first, so that I can convince everyone tomorrow!"

Lu Su nodded and replied, "Since that's the case, then I'll take Kong Ming to Sun's Mansion now!"

After entering Sun's mansion and seeing Sun Quan, Zhuge Liang took the lead in laughing and said, "Sun Yangzhou was able to achieve such achievements at a young age, and he is a role model in the world!"

Sun Quan enjoyed it and said with a smile: "Envoy Liu visited the cottage three times and was also praised by the people as a good story. Mr. Kong Ming's name is also well-known!"

After only Sun Quan and Zhuge Liang were left in the house, Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Liang, this time I came to Jiangdong to represent my lord, intending to join forces with Sun Yangzhou to jointly launch troops to attack Cao Cao in the Central Plains. I wonder what Sun Yangzhou wants?"

Sun Quan's eyes flashed and nodded and replied: "I am also interested in sending troops to attack Cao Cao, but it must be approved by others!"

Zhuge Liang suddenly said softly: "If Cao Cao is not dead, Sun Yangzhou may not be able to convince the public, right?"

"Hmm?" Sun Quan's expression changed slightly, his eyes flashed, and he asked, "Mr. Kongming, what do you mean by this? I don't understand it!"

Zhuge Liang said with some advice: "Sun Wentai was killed by Liu Biao and unfortunately died. Sun Ce also fought against Jiangxia several times and killed Huang Zu. Only then did he get the recognition of Cheng Pu and other veterans? Now that Sun Ce is assassinated, does Sun Yangzhou not want to avenge his brother and conquer the hearts of all the generals under his command?"
Chapter completed!