Huang Quan left the provincial government, but did not return to his own residence, but instead turned to Liu Wei's residence. It was already the first time, and the street was quiet and most of the lights were gone.

When the carriage was parked in front of Liu Wei's mansion, the gatekeeper who was supposed to fall asleep unexpectedly opened the side door, leaned out and asked, "Who is it?"

Huang Quan couldn't help but sneer. Liu Wei still asked the concierge to stare at the movement outside so late. Isn't he a little guilty?

"It's me!" Huang Quan said to the doorman: "I know your master is not sleeping, tell him that I want to see him immediately."

The concierge ran away, and Huang Quan also walked into the side door to wait. After a moment, Liu Wei rushed over. He was dressed neatly and did not have a rest. Liu Wei asked nervously, "Don't go, what's wrong?"

Huang Quan glanced at the servants around him and said coldly: "This is not a place to speak."

"Please talk to my study."

Liu Wei quickly invited Huang Quan to the study room, served him a cup of tea, and asked uneasily: "Don't do it, what's wrong?"

"Hmph! Do you still ask me what you did yourself?"

Liu Wei's expression was a little unnatural, and he was guilty and avoided Huang Quan's sharp scrutiny gaze, and said, "I don't understand what other people mean?"

Huang Quan looked at him for a moment, suddenly stood up and said, "Since that's the case, I won't disturb the young master's rest, say goodbye!"

He turned around and left, scared Liu Wei so much that he stopped him and bowed repeatedly, "Don't let me stay, I'll tell the truth!"

Huang Quan sat down again and looked at him, "Say it! What did you do?"

Liu Wei had no choice but to sigh and said, "I used 3,000 taels of gold to bribe Wang Yi, instructed him to assassinate Sima Yi and frame his brother. I just got news from another subordinate, and Wang Yi failed and failed to assassinate him."

"It was you who did it!"

With a cold snorting, Huang Quan said: "I think Liu Xun may send someone to monitor him, but he will never be stupid enough to assassinate the Jingzhou military advisor. It can only be done by you."

Huang Quan's questioning attitude made Liu Wei feel uncomfortable, and he also asked coldly: "Don't you want to offend me?"

Huang Quan sighed for a while, "You are just lucky. Your father actually believed that it was Mr. Xun's actions. He was furious at him, beat and scolded him, and eventually deprived him of his qualification to lead troops to Hanzhong. Of course, this is mine.

Remind."

This news surprised and happy Liu Wei. He suddenly realized that his attitude towards Huang Quan was wrong. He quickly praised him again, "I was rude to you just now, and I apologized to you again!"

Huang Quan waved his hand, "I won't care about your attitude, but I want you to tell the truth to me. If you don't tell the truth, I will lose a lot of opportunities to help you. I might as well tell the young master that I have convinced your father,

Let you lead troops to Hanzhong."

Speaking of this, Huang Quan showed a smug smile on his face. Liu Wei was overjoyed. He knelt down and bowed his whole body to the ground to give a big gift. He said gratefully: "I remember the kindness of the other person.

"You don't have to thank me. Just remember one thing. As long as you follow Prime Minister Cao's instructions and fight Liu Jing with all your might, then Prime Minister Cao will definitely support you as the governor of Yizhou. Prime Minister Cao is the court. With the support of the court, you are still worried.

What?”

Liu Wei nodded silently, "If you don't drive, I will remember it!"

.........

On the morning of the next day, Liu Zhang formally replied to Sima Yi. He decided to implement the agreement between the two sides and send troops to Hanzhong. Sima Yi left Chengdu and returned to Jingzhou that day. Liu Zhang immediately appointed his second son Liu Wei as the general of the Northern Expedition, and Wu Yi as the deputy general.

The people led 40,000 troops to Jianmendao to attack Hanzhong, and the war began in Bashu.

Badong County, an army of about 5,000 people was also advancing east along the rugged official road. This army was the Badong army led by Pang Xi, with about 10,000 people from the Badong army. This army was also

It was not Liu Zhang's army, but the army formed by the Dongzhou soldiers in the fifth year of Jian'an when they resisted the Zhao Wei rebellion. They killed Zhao Wei in Ba County. That year, Liu Zhang officially took over the power of Bashu, and that year, he was young.

In order to resist Zhao Wei, Gan Ning escaped from Bashu and became a Jinfan thief.

This army composed of Dongzhou people was retained and gradually mastered by Pang Xi, becoming the support for Dongzhou soldiers to survive in Bashu. In the eighth year of Jian'an, Pang Xi was forced out of Chengdu and became the prefect of Badong. This army was squadron.

He also became the Badong Army.

It was the spring of the fifteenth year of Jian'an. When the fate of Bashu was swept by the wheels of history again, the Badong army also left Badong County and went to Jianping County. According to the Jingshu Agreement, Yizhou had sent troops to Hanzhong, so Yizhou

The army will also accept Jianping County.

When Hanzhong officially belonged to Jingzhou, Liu Jing would return Yidu County to Bashu. This was also the two counties occupied by Liu Biao in the fifth year of Jian'an to return to Bashu.

Pang Xi rode on a war horse, and the moonlight shone on his pale and thin face. There was no expression on his face. His eyes were coldly staring at the official road ahead. According to the order Liu Jing gave him, he should take a

Wanba's eastern army was all brought to Jianping County, but Pang Xi did not do so. He did not fully comply with Liu Jing's orders, but only led 5,000 troops to Jianping County.

He has been in charge of Badong County for seven years, and there are too many interests there, so he cannot give up, so he left Deng Zhi and his confidant general Li Yao to guard Badong County, and he himself went to take over Jianping County.

The wealth of Badong County is that Jianping County is just a barren Three Gorges, with only four counties. More than 90% of the terrain of the entire county is a continuous mountain range, which he doesn't like.

Pang Xi also didn't like the orders Liu Jing gave him. Who was he? The first veteran of Yizhou and was once a congressman of the court. Even Liu Zhang was supported by him as the lord of Yizhou. When he went to Jingzhou, Liu Biao

He also regarded him as his younger brother, and Liu Jing was just a rising junior. When Pang Xi went to Jingzhou in the sixth year of Jian'an, Liu Biao had just had the idea of ​​bringing his nephew from his hometown to Jingzhou.

Now Liu Jing actually issued an order on his head, but did not discuss it with him, and issued an order directly. He completely forgot that he was not a subordinate of Jingzhou. Liu Jing was just a junior of the governor of Jingzhou. Why did he listen to him?

Order.

Although Pang Xi was a little dissatisfied with Liu Jing's order, he did not refuse to advance eastward to Jianping. He also knew that this was the overall situation of the Jingzhou army. If he harmed the interests of the Jingzhou army, the outcome would not be too good. In addition,

Jianpingjun gave it to him, and he was happy to accept this unexpected gift.

Driven by this contradictory mentality of worrying about gains and losses, Pang Xi led 5,000 troops to advance eastward according to Liu Jing's order.

It is not far from Yufu County to Wucheng, only forty miles apart. Walking along the rugged official road by the river, more than two hours later, the army led by Pang Xi arrived at Wucheng, which is located in Wucheng.

The terrain is high, and it is also condescending to Bashu. The terrain is dangerous and cut off the official road to go east. Pedestrians and caravans going east must pass through the city.

At this time, the guard of Wucheng was still the captain Liu Zheng. He led the 500 Eagle Strike Army and 2,000 reorganized Jingnan surrender army to guard the most dangerous mountain city on the Jingshu Road, just three days ago.

Sima Yi returned to Jingzhou from Wucheng and handed Liu Jing's order to him. The order was very clear. Jianping County was handed over to Pang Xi, and Liu Zhengze led his army to retreat east to Yidu County.

At this time, the Xicheng Gate opened, Liu Zheng came out, bowed and smiled from afar, "Master Pang is here?"

Pang Xi glanced at the thin Jingzhou famous general. He did not dismount, but rode on the horse and said lightly: "I am Pang Xi!"

Pang Xi's cold attitude made Liu Zheng feel a little uncomfortable. He held back his displeasure and said, "I will hand over the Wucheng to the prefect Pang on the order of the lord. Please come to the city and go to the prefect to go through the handover procedures with me!"

Pang Xi frowned and asked, "Is Sima Military Advisor not in the city?"

"He left three days ago, and I am fully responsible for the entire Jianping County."

"I thought he would hand over Jianping County to me!"

Pang Xi snorted dissatisfiedly and urged the horse to go into the city. At this time, Liu Zheng's lower general Sun Yan was angry by Pang Xi's rudeness and almost drew his sword. Liu Zheng held him down and shouted in a low voice.

He said: "Don't be impulsive, we'll leave after we've handed over."

Liu Zheng also rode into the city, walked with Pang Xi, and introduced the situation in the city to him, "There are a total of 1,400 families in the city, my army is 2,560, and Zigui and Xin.

I will take all the troops of Ling County, and I will not leave one person behind. In addition, there will be 47,000 stones of grain, 30,000 dan of grass, and more than 400 mules and horses in the official warehouse in the city.

I will leave all this to Pang Taishou.”

When Pang Xi heard that he left all the food and grass and mules and horses for him, his face looked a little better, and he forced a smile and said, "Then thank General Liu, let's go through the procedures!"

"Pang Taishou, please follow me!"

.........

Ba County is the later Chongqing. Yan Yan, as the prefect of Ba County, has been stationed in Ba County for eight years. Not only did he control Ba County as the prefect, he also served as the commander of the Brazilian County, holding both Ba County and Ba County.

Ten thousand troops, and at the same time, the Yan family is also a family of Ba County, with spheres of influence all over Ba.

Originally, Badong County was also the sphere of influence of the Yan family, controlling the commerce and shipping of Yufu County. However, since Pang Xi became the prefect of Badong, he took away all the interests of the Yan family in Badong County, and the Yan family's power was also

Excluding Badong County, from a private perspective, Yan Yan and Pang Xi have always had grudges. Since the eighth year of Jian'an, the two have never had any contact.

On the other hand, during the rebellion of Zhao Wei, Yan Yan was originally a general of Zhao Wei. He led troops to fight with the Dongzhou Army led by Pang Xi, defeated the Dongzhou Army and killed thousands of Dongzhou children.

Although Yan Yan surrendered to Liu Zhang later, their hatred was also formed at that time.

Liu Zhang was secretly afraid of Pang Xi, for fear that he would collude with Liu Biao and betray the interests of Yizhou, so he used Yan Yan and Pang Xi to secretly ask Yan Yan to monitor Pang Xi. Pang Xi also knew that it was because of this, they

There is no room for resilience between the two.

Yan Yan received the news that Pang Xi led his army to Jianping County, and immediately ordered someone to invite his aide Peng Xiao. As soon as Peng Xiao entered the door, he smiled and said, "If I guess correctly, it should be that there should be someone in Badong County.

News is coming.”

Yan Yan nodded, "Just just got the news, Pang Xi led 5,000 troops to Wucheng, and there were only 5,000 troops in Yufu County. I think I can send troops to Badong immediately?"

According to the strategy they discussed last time, as long as Pang Xi's army left Badong, they would immediately advance to occupy Badong. Now the opportunity has come. Peng Ying pondered for a moment: "It is morally untenable to send troops to Badong now, after all

Pang Xi was ordered by Liu Zhang to take over Jianping County. I suggest that the general wait a little longer. Once Liu Jing's army advances westward, as long as Pang Xi presents Xinling County, we can use the excuse of Pang Xi colluding with Jingzhou to send troops to Badong. The reason

It's very full."
Chapter completed!