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It turned out that the encounter in the winter of that year was not accidental.

Because of Li Tianlong's defeat of Xianbei, he forced Tan Shihuai to become a minister, so his fame was greatly enhanced, and Xi Zhicai was young, out of curiosity, he wanted to meet Li Tianlong and see what kind of person he was.

So he designed that simple but practical way, and was rescued by Li Tianlong, and then after some observation and long talk, he had a great impression of Li Tianlong.

But at that time, Li Tianlong still put the Han Dynasty and the Luoyang royal family in the first place. That's why Xi Zhi thought that it was not the time to worship the lord, so he left quietly.

It wasn't until this year that Li Tianlong broke with the Son of Heaven and drew a clear line with the Han family, and Xi Zhicai decided to go north to Youzhou and defect to Li Tianlong.

As soon as Xi Zhicai arrived in Yuyang, he first went to see Guo Jia and asked Guo Jia to arrange an errand for him to get used to it first. So Guo Jia let him go to Dragon City to assist Xu Huang.

"I see

!" After hearing this, Li Tianlong sighed very much, and said: "This king and Zhicai almost missed each other!" Li Tianlong's

words are not nonsense. At that time, Xi Zhicai left him because of his loyalty to the Han family, which showed that Xi Zhicai was extremely unwelcome to the Han family in his heart.

It's right to think about it.

The Han family attaches great importance to the gate valve, and it is impossible for a talented person from a poor family like Xi Zhicai to be reused. Moreover, in recent years, the Han family has become increasingly declining, and the people have been displaced, I am afraid that Xi Zhicai himself has a deep understanding of this. The disappointment and resentment of the imperial court should be very deep.

Xi Zhicai smiled and shook his head, did not speak, and acquiesced at that time.

"This king is determined to seize the artifact, and with the assistance of the talented and ambitious, it is much easier. For

the performance of Xi Zhicai, Li Tianlong is undoubtedly very happy.

Even if he already has Guo Jiajia, Xutian Fengfu and others under his command, who will have too many talents? Especially the top talents!

When Xi Zhicai heard this, he smiled and was very happy in his heart. is not because of status, good or bad background, only talent is used, which makes Xi Zhicai very happy. Moreover, Li Tianlong did not look down on him because he already had the assistance of Guo Jia and others, and gave him respect and attention, which undoubtedly made him very grateful.

After staying in Longcheng for a day, Li Tianlong let Zhao Feng take charge of Longcheng, let Xi Zhicai and Cheng Pu go to Heyun, continue to assist Xu Huang, and arrange everything properly, and then set off to return to Youzhou.

Not to mention the victory of Youzhou Mobei, just the Central Plains.

When Youzhou and Hulu were fighting for life and death in Mobei, the situation in the Central Plains had undergone earth-shaking changes.

The first is Yanzhou.

Cao * used Chen Gong's strategy to provoke the internal relationship of Yanzhou Mu Kong Xian, secretly supported Kong Xian's wife and uncle to seize power, and assassinated his son L Xian, Mingli reported to the court to reprimand Kong Xian's wife and uncle's disloyalty and injustice, and then when Kong Dian's wife and uncle, who had just seized Yanzhou Mu, had not yet fully secured his position, he ousted him from power with lightning speed, and took Yanzhou smoothly, and asked for the position of Yanzhou Mu.

Yuan Shao naturally didn't want to watch Cao *'s strength grow. However, under internal and external troubles, he had to agree, and Feng Cao* became the state pastor.

What is internal worry - in the city of Luoyang, the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and there are still loyal royal families. These people have been working against Yuan Shao openly and secretly. However, because of various complicated factors, Yuan Shao did not dare to completely uproot it, so he could only take precautions and monitor it strictly.

What is an external threat?

Hebei Li Tianlong is also.

Li Tianlong occupies the four prefectures of You, Hebei, Hebei, and Liang, and the north of the Yellow River is full of its territory! If Yuan Shao wants to reject Li Tianlong from Hebei, he must need allies. And Cao* is his best ally. promised Cao * to sell him a favor, so that the two could better connect and boycott Li Tianlong in Hebei.

It's not that he didn't want to exterminate Cao* and monopolize Yanzhou. But after thinking about it, if the two tigers fight, one will die and one will be injured, which undoubtedly gives Li Tianlong a great opportunity. Smart people don't do it! Let's

talk about Yongzhou.

Yuan Shao sent the general Zang Hong, engaged in Xinbi, led an army of 100,000 and several generals, and finally took Chang'an and drove away Fan Chou, the remnants of Dong Zhuo who were guarding Chang'an.

Fan Chouyuan wanted to flee to Xiliang and meet up with Li and Guo Yan. However, when he arrived at Sanguan, he found that several passes handed over by Yongliang and Liangzhou had all fallen into the hands of Li Tianlong in Youzhou. However, Li and Guo Yan were already killed, and the army was completely wiped out.

Fan Chou was horrified, he did not dare to attack Sanguan, so he had to lead the army to the south, and under Zhang Lu's surprise, he took Yangping Pass and attacked Hanzhong. Now, Fan Chou and Zhang Lu are preparing half of Hanzhong and are confronting each other.

Let's talk about Jingzhou.

Runan Yuan Shu is based on Yu and Yang Erzhou, with millions of armor under his command, and countless generals and ministers, and his heart to chase the deer is clearly revealed. Because he coveted the wealth of Jingzhou, he sent Sun Jian, the Taishou of Jiujiang, to lead the army to attack Liu Biao in Jingzhou.

Liu Biao is benevolent, mostly admired by people in Jingzhou, and there are many good generals under his command, so that Sun Jian has repeatedly failed to make contributions, and now he is facing Lujiang to seek yang.

In the whole Central Plains and the land south of the Yangtze River, there are now Yuan Shao, the great generals who occupy Sili and Yongzhou, Yanzhou Mu Cao*, who occupies Yanzhou: Liu Dai, Qingzhou Mu, Tao Qian, Xuzhou, Kong Rong, Beihai County, Yuan Shu, the former general, Yuzhou Mu and Yangzhou Mu Yuan Shu, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao: Yizhou Mu Liu Yan, and Hanzhong Zhang Lu and Fan Chou.

Coupled with Li Tianlong of Hebei, a total of eleven princes, they jointly divided the world and divided one side.

Jingzhou, Lumen Mountain.

Lumen Mountain is located about 30 miles south of Xiangyang City.

This Lumen Mountain is not high, and it is not very steep, but it is better than the scenery is elegant, and it is quite fairy. As the saying goes, the mountain is not high, and if there is a dragon, it is spiritual. Although this Lumen Mountain is not a famous mountain, there is a hermit who has a pivotal position in Shilin on it, and his name is Pang Degong.

In Lumen Mountain, in a gentle place with a mountain col, there is a courtyard house.

This courtyard house is small and secluded, hidden in the dense forest, by the mountain stream.

Now it is the middle of winter, the grass and trees are withering and withering, the mountain streams are dry, and there are no insects and birds.

In the courtyard, someone was talking at this time.

Two old men, two middle-aged men, and a few young people and children were sitting together.

At the top was an old man with gray hair. This old man has a simple face, but it is very ruddy and shiny. A white-washed robe was draped over his body, not only did he not have the slightest shabby atmosphere, but he had a feeling of fluttering immortals.

This old man is the master of this, Pang Degong.

The old man next to Pang Degong's left head is also over the age of old, his face is indifferent, his eyes are like a pool of clear water, as if everything is no longer in his eyes, this is Yingchuan Yangzhai people, Mr. Shuijing Sima Hui.

The first one on the right is a gentle middle-aged man about forty years old, his name is Zhuge Xuan.

Another middle-aged man sitting across from him was slightly older than him, with a pair of wise eyes, and he was Huang Chengyan.

There are also a few young people and children, so I won't go into details here.

"I can get together with a few friends today, the old man is very relieved, very relieved!" Pang

Degong stroked his beard and smiled kindly.

Sima Hui and Huang Chengyan all smiled and nodded.

However, a few friends rushed to the old man's small residence in the mountains, which surprised the old man a little. Pang Degong's voice changed and he smiled.

Huang Chengyan answered: "With the wisdom of Brother Shanmin, how can you not know what we mean?"

"Let's get straight to the point." Sima Hui said lightly: "And today, the situation is gradually becoming clearer, and we have come together, but we want to ask the mountain people for advice." "

Now that it's clear, why do you need to ask for advice-" Pang Degong smiled slightly, and replied: "Besides, I am the people of the mountains and wilderness, how does this mortal world change, and what does it matter to me?"

"Hahaha... You old man!" Sima Hui laughed and said: "Your name is seclusion, but why did you set up your seclusion near Xiangyang, the center of Jingzhou? Hahaha.Pound was not angry at all when he heard this, and shook his head slightly: "My heart is secluded, where can I not live in seclusion?

Sima Hui was stunned and kept silent.

"Do you want to discuss the general trend of the world?"

At this time, a somewhat immature voice came. A few people looked up, but it was a rather pink-looking child with a horn, looking at that age, no more than ten years old.

"I know!" The

child made a serious appearance, walked back and forth a few steps, and said: "Well, Hebei Li Tianlong is powerful, and he has become a champion." Looking at him as a person, he is eloquent and strategic, and the land south of the Yangtze River in the Central Plains is just a matter of exploring his pockets and taking things

!" "Oh?!"

Sima Hui and Huang Chengyan's eyes lit up, and they secretly said that the child had some insight.

"Ahem, children are ignorant. Zhuge Xuan coughed lightly twice, and said to Sima Hui and Huang Chengyan: "The words of the childish son were made by Pang Degong. When

the two of them heard this, Sima Hui turned his face to Pang Degong and said, "You still said that you don't care about the world, it's exposed, right?" Pang Degong still

smiled.

"Who said I was ignorant?" the child was anxious and retorted: "Li Tianlong of Hebei Province has tens of millions of troops according to the land of the four continents and half of the rivers and mountains. His people are eloquent and strategic, and only talents are used, and the world's talents are all flocked to him.

"Oh?" Sima Hui and Huang Chengyan swept their eyes to Zhuge Xuan again, seeing that Zhuge Xuan was silent, they turned to look at Pang Degong, but saw Pang Degong nodding.

"Prodigy!" Huang

Chengyan praised with a smile.

Sima Hui asked: "So, Li Tianlong should be able to win the world?"

"That's not necessarily!" The child said: "Although Li Tianlong is strong, he is not without flaws. His people openly broke with the Son of Heaven because of disloyalty, and there are always people of insight in the world who disdain to be with him. Coupled with the rise of heroes in the Central Plains, it is not impossible for no one to compete with them!"

Several people glanced at each other and continued to listen.

"For example, the great general Yuan Shao, born in the fourth world and the third duke, has ministers under his command like clouds, military generals like rain, and coerced the Son of Heaven, the advantage is not small. Then there is Yanzhou Cao*, who is quite eloquent, and now that his power has become a force, it is time to take off. Then there is Huainan Yuanshu, which is located in the south of the Yangtze River, supporting Yu and Yang, and is quite powerful. There is also Liu Jingzhou, who is benevolent and kind, and is quite loved by the people, and it is not impossible to want prestige. There is also Liu Yan in Yizhou, Yizhou is rich, and there are natural dangers, and it will not be able to rise in time. 4 The children talked eloquently, and the eyes of the few people who spoke were shining. "I don't agree!"

retorted to a strange-looking young man beside him. The young man's eyes were quite large, and his eyes were flashing, but his nose was collapsed and small, which was a little funny. A round face and a large mouth, combined together, it is very peculiar.

"I thought that Hebei Li Tianlong would be able to win the world!" "

Xiao Liangzi just said that he was disloyal, and he could put this on anyone, but he couldn't put it on Li Tianlong. As the saying goes, the monarch has the monarch's outline, and the ministers have the minister's outline. If the monarch cannot keep the rules, how can he be worthy of the world, and how can he make his courtiers willingly loyal?

Li Tianlong traveled thousands of miles to the south to save the king, and such a great merit was that he would be killed by a dove

The young man said loudly: "Then Yuan Shao is holding the Son of Heaven hostage, and the whole Dong Zhuo is second, is it loyalty? Cao * conspired to frame Shangguan and seize Yanzhou, is it loyalty? Yuan Shu is a straw bag, narrow-minded, and cannot be a guest, I heard that now he has been building a large number of buildings in Shouchun, and he is actually going to build a palace, is this loyalty? Liu Biao and Liu Yan's generation, when Dong Zhuo was in the world of cholera, where were they?

Is this loyalty?"

Only Li Tianlong, as the king of Yuyang, can personally go south and lead the army to rescue the Son of Heaven from fire and water, this is loyalty

!" "Compared to him, the rest of the people are not as good as the shit department!" The

young man's words came out of the vulgar words, his face turned red, and his mood was very intense.

The child's little face was flushed, but he couldn't say anything to refute, so he only said: "Anyway, it's just that Li Tianlong doesn't like it

!" "Childish!"

The young man glanced at the childish child and said disdainfully.

"You!" the child clenched his fists and wanted to step forward, but found that the two bodies were not in contrast, and he was afraid that he would not be able to fight, so he shook his fist angrily.

Listening to the two small refuting each other, the rest of the people were quite touched.

"This Li Tianlong... Odd numbers. Pang Degong sighed at this time: "More than 20 years ago, the old man observed the stars and found that thirty years later, the world should be divided into three points. Unexpectedly, a few years later, a different star fell from the sky with purple gas, and the old man thought that the star was coming. Now it seems that this alien star is that Li Tianlong!"

Although Pang Degong was sighing, a flash of excitement flashed in his eyes, and he was not at all unhappy because the world was beyond expectations.

"Ping Wuhuan Xianbei, broke the six countries of Liaodong, collected the people of Hulu for their own use, and Sinicized them, and now they easily defeated the millions of coalition troops of Mobei Hulu, tsk, the merit is in the present generation, and the benefit is in the future!" Sima Hui also sighed: "I have some contact with Kong Beihai, and I learned from him that this Youzhou is now prosperous and prosperous, and the people are rich, which is a few points higher than the prosperous era of the Han Dynasty!"

Pang Degong also nodded and said, "Brother Kang Cheng also has correspondence with the old man. According to what he said, Youzhou alone has a population of 150 million! Shocking, simply appalling! At the peak of the Han Dynasty, there were only 50,000 people, and Youzhou accounted for nearly 30 percent! In addition to Jizhou, Bingzhou, Liangzhou, and the alien races that surrendered to Sinicization, I am afraid that the land under Li Tianlong's jurisdiction has a population of more than 20,000! Now, after repeated wars and natural and man-made disasters in the Han Dynasty, the entire Central Plains and Jiangnan are afraid that there are only 20,000 people!"

"Exactly." Sima Hui continued: "If there is no such population base, if Youzhou is not rich, how can it afford to raise tens of millions of troops, and how can it fight again and again without showing fatigue?"

"So, the Central Plains Qunxiong is not Li Tianlong's opponent at all?" Huang Chengyan frowned.

"Exactly.

Pang Degong and Sima Hui nodded yes at the same time.

"Hahaha, what's going on?Xiao Liangzi, the teacher has said so, what else do you have to quibble?" the young man laughed from the side. The boy looked depressed.

"Hmph, wait and see!" The boy clenched his fists, and swore in his heart that he would not let this ugly man ride on his head!

Everyone talked for a while, drank some tea, and then Pang Degong turned to the young men who had not spoken a word and accompanied him: "You are already powerful, and it is time to go down the mountain to find a stage and display your abilities." After lunch, pack your bags and head down the mountain. As for which side to serve, the old man will not interfere, and you will choose for yourself. A

few young people bowed deeply, and after kneeling and bowing three times, they became teachers, and then each went back to his room to get his luggage and baggage, and had lunch with the elders, and then went down the mountain.

Pang Degong looked at the teenagers and children who were still fighting there, and said with a smile: "You two, come here." The

two entered the rules and walked in front of Pang Degong, gave a salute, and listened to the teachings quietly.

"You're still young, and it's not time to argue about the general trend of the world. What's the point of verbal disputes? Five years. Pang Degong stretched out his hand and said, "On this Lumen Mountain, you still have to study for five years." Five years later, let the two of you go down the mountain, with practical actions

, the length of the competition!" "Five years?"

Zhuge Xuan on the side said confusedly: "With the current trend of Hebei, it is not difficult to go south within five years, and at that time, Liang'er and Pang Xian's nephew may be useless."

Pang Degong shook his head and did not speak.

Sima Hui said: "Throughout the past ten years, Li Tianlong has been unstable and steady. Whether it is Po Xianbei or Liaodong, they are all fully prepared before they are about to attack. Now that the battle of Mobei in Hebei has just been won, it is the best time to stabilize the fruit, and with Li Tianlong's character, he will definitely not attack the Central Plains at this time. Moreover, there is chaos in the Western Regions that needs to be managed, and there are Jizhou, Bingzhou, and Liangzhou to be rebuilt, and I think that within five years, there will definitely be no major war between the north and the south!"

"I see.

Zhuge Xuan was stunned.

As a few people expected, Li Tianlong had no intention of going south immediately.

Although some subordinates persuaded him to take advantage of the great victory in the Battle of Mobei, he went south to pacify the Central Plains in one fell swoop. But it was denied by Li Tianlong.

In Li Tianlong's view, there are several reasons.

One is what Sima Hui said just now. The fruit needs to be stabilized.

Second, it is because the Central Plains is too chaotic.

How to say nickname, the ten princes of the Central Plains are divided into one side, if they immediately march south, Li Tianlong is too troublesome. It's better to wait until there are only one or two princes left in the Central Plains, and only one battle will be able to determine the situation, and there is no need to fight everywhere.

Although this is a bit incredible, Li Tianlong has absolute confidence. Even if the Central Plains were unified, he still had the strength to win a battle and conquer the country!

After Li Tianlong returned to Yuyang, he shifted the focus of the work in Youzhou to the people's livelihood.

Jizhou has gone through the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but it is dilapidated, uninhabited for hundreds of miles, and there are no chickens for thousands of miles. Li Tianlong appointed Tian Feng as the pastor of Jizhou, in charge of the military and government of Jizhou, exterminating the bandits, suppressing the family, reclaiming the land, relocating the people, encouraging agriculture, animal husbandry and commerce, and so on, and tried all means to make Jizhou into another Youzhou in the shortest possible time.

And the state, Hu and Han live together. In particular, the Southern Xiongnu and a part of the Qiang people accounted for half of the population of the entire state. Li Tianlong appointed the full favor and annexed the state to assassinate the history, issued the national policy, and took the Hu people as inferior people, who had to work hard for three years and obtain certain merits, so that they could become Han nationals and become real Han people. He also suppressed the family, developed agriculture, animal husbandry and commerce, and the entire state began to gradually prosper.

There is also Liangzhou. The mixed living situation of Hu and Han in Liangzhou is even more complicated than that of the annexed state. There are many ethnic groups here, such as Qiang, Hu, and the races of the Western Regions, and even the Guishan and Daqin (ancient Roman) races in the extreme west. The issue of race is prominent and complex.

Li Tianlong appointed Ma Teng as the assassin and Cheng Yu as Ma Teng's deputy, issued ethnic policies, sorted out the chaos of Xiliang by various means, and tried to completely sinicize Xiliang and become a real Han governing place.

Yuyang, Wangfu.

It was dark this day, and Li Tianlong, who had been busy all day, finally returned to the house.

As soon as he returned to the mansion, he saw Cai Yan's mother sitting there, so Li Tianlong hurriedly saluted and asked.

"I don't know when my mother-in-law arrived, why didn't anyone tell me.

"Seeing that you are not at home all day long, you don't even know that Yan'er is pregnant.

Li Tianlong was taken aback when he heard this, and said, "What, Yan'er is pregnant, why don't I know." "

Okay, I won't tell you, go and see for yourself."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Tianlong ran away.

From afar, he said, "Mother-in-law, I won't greet you, I'll go and see it first." "