Of course Yan Liang would not know that while he was sleeping, his two "robbed" wives had become close friends.
Of course, Yan Liang didn't bother to care about this.
It would be strange for a man who aspires to conquer the world to achieve hegemony if he spends all his time thinking about his wife and concubines.
Yan Liang's method is very simple. As long as you serve me well, other women who like to play petty tricks will not bother to care about them as long as they do not exceed my bottom line.
It was a happy night, and Yan Liang slept particularly soundly that night.
When he opened his eyes, it was already three o'clock in the morning, and two charming ladies were cuddling beside him like little birds.
Yan Liang thought that there was no urgent military affairs to deal with, so he was not in a hurry to get up, and wanted to have a comfortable sleep with the beauty in his arms.
At this moment, I heard Zhou Cang say from outside the tent: "Please tell me, my lord, that you have something to ask for."
Xu You asked to see him.
Yan Liang originally wanted Xu You to stay and come back later, but then he thought about it. Zhou Cang knew that he and the two ladies were resting in the tent, yet he dared to make a noise, so Xu You must have something urgent to do when he came.
Yan Liang's spirit had never been trapped by Wenwen Township. Thinking of this, he asked Xu You to wait outside the tent for a while while he sat up and stretched himself.
At this time, the two beauties woke up and saw that Yan Liang had official business to deal with, so they hurriedly got up, put on their clothes roughly, and helped Yan Liang dress and wash.
The two of them, you bring water and I pick up clothes, have such a tacit understanding that they even smile at each other from time to time.
Seeing the tacit understanding between the two of them, Yan Liangliang couldn't help but wonder secretly, wondering if he had acted as a conductor all night last night and made the two of them connected.
When he was curious, his clothes had been tidied up, so Yan Liang no longer thought about it and walked out of the tent with his head held high.
At this time, Xu You was already in the tent, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, humming an unknown tune, as if there was some happy event.
"Ahem~~" Yan Liang coughed lightly and sat on the main seat.
Xu You turned around and saw that Yan Liang had arrived. He stepped forward and bowed in greeting. He cupped his hands and said with a smile, "My lord, you are in very good spirits today. It seems that you must have had a good rest last night."
With his smiling face, one could tell that there was another Xuanyin, and presumably he also knew about the arrival of the third lady, Ma Yunlu.
Xu You was naturally unruly by nature. As a minister of Yuan Gong, among all the civil and military officials, he was the only one who dared to make a harmless joke with Yan Liang in private.
"You're a crooked old man." Yan Liang pointed at him and retorted with a smile.
Xu You stroked his white beard and smiled without saying a word.
Yan Liang took a sip of tea to clear away the remaining alcohol. His smile quickly faded and he asked: "Ziyuan, you are so anxious to see me, is there something important?"
Only then did Xu You remember, his cynical expression immediately turned away, his expression became serious, and his old face showed some joy again.
"My lord, I received information not long ago that Liu Zhang from Yizhou has sent an envoy to Jingzhou. His ship has passed Fankou and is looking at the mouth of the lake. According to the situation, he is probably coming to meet my lord.
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Yizhou, Liu Zhang...
Two familiar yet distant words suddenly entered Yan Liang's mind.
Speaking of which, Yan Liang had been neighbors with Liu Zhang for many years, but had never interacted with him once.
Liu Zhang was dark and weak.
As a time traveler, Yan Liang can confidently make such an evaluation without any counselor analyzing it for him.
This is also true. When Yan Liang swallowed Jingzhou, went north to Xudu, and defeated Sun Quan in the east, Liu Zhang, who had millions of people, was still being bullied by Zhang Lu, a Hanzhong magician with only 200,000 people.
In Yan Liang's view, Yizhou, a land of abundant abundance, would be his meal sooner or later.
As for Liu Zhang, he only temporarily guarded the gate for him, waiting for Yan Liang to rush into Sichuan and kick him out.
Although Liu Zhang was weak and Jingzhou was adjacent to Yizhou, the dangers of the mountains gave the incompetent Liu Zhang the most powerful weapons.
In the past, Liu Bei fought for three full years before taking Yizhou despite having internal support. However, with Yan Liang's knowledge, he would not leave large areas of the Central Plains and Jiangdong untouched, but he traveled thousands of miles.
It took several years to attack Yizhou.
It’s not that we don’t attack, it’s that the time has not come yet.
For this reason, Yan Liang had turned a blind eye to Liu Zhang as his neighbor since he captured Jingzhou.
But at this time, Liu Zhang took the initiative to send an envoy, which made Yan Liang pay attention to him again.
"I don't know who Liu Zhang's envoy is?" Yan Liang asked calmly.
"I have inquired clearly. I am here to send Zhang Song away from Yizhou." Xu You replied.
Zhang Song, such a thunderous name.
In the past, if Zhang Song had not secretly colluded with Liu Bei and lured him to Sichuan, it is still unknown whether Liu Bei could have achieved imperial status.
How could Yan Liang, who was familiar with history, not know who Zhang Song was? Now that he heard that this person was coming, Yan Liang was slightly shocked.
"I have occupied Jingxiang for many years, and I haven't seen Liu Zhang, my neighbor, come to say hello. However, he sent someone to come here at this time. I don't know what his plan is." Yan Liang said calmly.
Jiajia was the highest-ranking assistant officer under Zhou Mu's rule. Liu Zhang sent such an important minister as an envoy, which shows that he attached great importance to it.
Xu You narrowed his eyes to a slit, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The princes of Xiliang were destroyed, Cao Cao completely occupied Yongliang, and the threat to the two Sichuan areas increased sharply. My lord occupied Jingyu, and even defeated Dongwu, which shocked the world.
, then given Liu Zhang’s weakness, how could he not be frightened?”
"Ziyuan, what you mean is that Liu Zhang sent Zhang Song to make peace because he was afraid of threats."
"That's probably true."
Yan Liang nodded slightly, agreeing with Xu You's view.
Historically, after Cao Cao's army went south and forced Jingzhou to surrender, Liu Zhang was afraid of Cao Cao and sent Shu troops to Jingzhou to help Cao Cao fight.
So now that Yan Liang has risen in Jingzhou and his strength has increased dramatically, it is reasonable for Liu Zhang to be afraid and send someone to take the initiative to repair it.
However, Yan Liang thought deeper than Xu You. Xu You only saw the surface, but Yan Liang, who was familiar with history, saw other things.
"Then, in your opinion, how should Yan Liang treat Zhang Song?" Yan Liang did not explain his thoughts at first.
Xu You snorted coldly, "Zhang Song is a famous scholar in Sichuan. My lord should show his dominance to him this time, so that Liu Zhang will be afraid of my lord, and even more frightened the hearts of the Sichuan soldiers. Then my lord will lead his army to pacify Yizhou."
At that time, the Shu people were afraid of Yan Liang's reputation, so they surrendered without a fight."
Xu You was very confident, and the "intimidation diplomacy" he designed for Yan Liang was indeed in line with Yan Liang's strength at this time.
However, Xu You underestimated the fighting spirit of the Shu people, and even more underestimated Zhang Song.
Yan Liang didn't say anything, he just smiled and said: "How to treat that Zhang Song, the general will have his own discretion."
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Two days later, at dusk, smoke curled up from cooking pots, and the scent of rice filled the air above Hukou Camp. It was already late.
The civil and military personnel in the camp had finished their work for the day. Some were planning to have a meal, while others had already returned to their accounts and fell down to sleep.
Just when everyone was relaxing, they suddenly received an order from General Yan Liang, ordering them to go to Shuiying Pier to assemble.
The civil and military officials did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly rushed from each camp and tent to Shuiying.
On the trestle, Yan Liang was wearing a red cloak, standing with his hands behind his back, looking west for a long time.
Not long after, everyone came and lined up behind Yan Liang, wondering why the Lord wanted to summon them so urgently.
For a long time, Yan Liang didn't speak, he just looked to the west quietly, as if waiting for something.
"I wonder what my lord has to do when he calls me here?" Xu You couldn't help but ask.
"I have called you here to accompany me to welcome someone." Yan Liang replied without turning his head.
Welcome someone?
Everyone suddenly became suspicious, wondering if there was any other important person in Jingzhou, so the lord actually asked the lord to lead all the important civil and military personnel in the battalion to greet him.
Could it be that Mrs. Huang Yueying is coming?
This is not right. Even if the mistress is coming and the lord greets her alone, he will not summon them all. This is unprecedented.
Just as everyone was thinking about it, several ships had sailed from the west to Hukou Village.
A sentinel ship arrived first, and a scout shouted: "Let me report to my lord, the envoy from Yizhou has arrived."
Envoy from Yizhou?
The generals suddenly realized that their lord had gathered them here to welcome the envoy from Yizhou.
Others were fine, but Xu You was surprised.
Did Liu Zhang, the weak envoy, need to be greeted with such grand pomp and grand scale?
"My lord, I'm just Zhang Song. When others arrive, just call them to meet them. Why does my lord need to greet them so grandly?" Xu You couldn't help but ask.
"Don't worry, we are welcoming Zhang Song with great lavishness today, and he will definitely repay us a hundredfold in the future."
Yan Liang smiled slightly, and there seemed to be another mysterious sound in his words, but Xu You found it difficult to guess.
Although Zhang Song held a high position in history, he had long been hostile to Liu Zhang, a weak and incompetent leader. Otherwise, he would not have conspired with Fazheng and others to take advantage of the opportunity of the mission to sacrifice Yizhou.
To Liu Bei.
However, although Zhang Song wanted to offer Yizhou to Cao Cao, he was angry and offered it to Liu Bei instead because Cao Cao despised him.
Yan Liang knew that Zhang Song was very proud of himself, so he had to put on such a show to show his sincerity.
No matter how detailed Xu You's work was, it was not in Zhang Song's mind. Naturally, he would never have thought that this Yizhou master had the intention of being a "seller".
While talking, the main ship had already sailed into the water village and docked on the trestle.
The bridge plank was lowered, and after a moment, a short, rather ugly man stepped off the ship with his head held high.
The person who came was none other than Zhang Song.
When Zhang Song saw a large number of people waiting for him on the trestle, a trace of surprise flashed across his face, as if he couldn't believe that he would be so valued.
At this time, Yan Liang strode forward and said with a smile: "I have admired Mr. Yongnian's name for a long time. It is really a pleasure to meet him today."
"I'm going to Yizhou, don't drive Zhang Song. I've seen General Yan." Zhang Song was busy and greeted him.
"Mr. Yongnian has been on a hard journey. I have prepared a small amount of wine in the tent. Please move to the camp."
Yan Liang then called for the horse to be brought over, and he and Zhang Song walked side by side towards the Chinese army's tent.
Zhang Song felt a bit flattered to be greeted personally by the world-famous Yan Liang, and to be able to ride alongside Yan Liang. Such high courtesy really made Zhang Song feel a little flattered.
"People say that Yan Liang is very arrogant. Now that I have seen him, I am afraid that the rumors are false..." (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)