Early the next morning, Liu Ba's wife, Zou Shi, sent a piece of silk cloth, and saw a line written on the silk cloth: "I came here by order, and it is not a good thing to pay back. This is the right thing to do. What is wrong with this step!" "
Xu Shu asked Zou, "Do you know where Liu Ba has gone?"
Zou replied: "I don't know. The clumsy husband is a wild crane, and he has no fixed place to live and has no fixed place. Please forgive me."
Yiji sighed and said, "Everyone has ambitions and cannot be forced."
Xu Shu sighed deeply and said: "Zi Chu is a man of lofty ideals and benevolence. It's just that he places too much emphasis on personal affection and can't bear to deviate from Cao Cao. The Lord's faith is in the world, and he is thirsty. The heroes of the world are all used for it, but Zi Chu But you can't come back?!" Zou Shi smiled bitterly: "My husband salutes the military division: "There will be a period later."
Xu Shu clapped his hands and said, "Zi Chu knows the current affairs well, now there is a drama!"
Yiji and Gan Ning heard it. It was Monk Zhang Er, who couldn't figure out his head and looked confused.
Xu Shu returned to Changsha City. After a short rest, the next day he sailed back to the west of the Xiangjiang River, entered Qishui, and visited Jiang Wan in Quanling County. Jiang Wan, whose name is Gongyan, was born in Zhuantang (now Zhuantang, Qidong County) in Quanling. When he was weak, he became famous in the village with his brother Liu Min.
One night, as soon as Jiang Wan fell asleep, he dreamed of a bull's head at the door, bleeding, and he was very scared. So the next day he went to ask Zhao Zhi who was in the dream. After the divination, Zhao Zhi said: "Seeing the cows bleeding shows that things are about to be resolved. The horns and nose, this means that you will become an official. Your future is boundless, and you will definitely be among the three in the future. This is a sign of good luck. ."
After Jiang Wan heard it, he was very happy. Early in the morning of the next day, someone came to report the visit of General Xu Shu from the Youjun Division under General Liu Xun's account. Jiang Wan immediately went out of the brick pond ten miles to greet him, and saw Xu Shu during his discipleship. Xu Shu declined and said, "I'm just a villager, how can I be Gongyan's teacher?"
Jiang Wan said: "The Youjun division is well-known at home, women and children are well known. Gongyan was young and the military division personally visited Gongyan. Gongyan was very touched. The military division is knowledgeable and uses soldiers like gods. Therefore, the general handed over the heavy responsibility of guarding Jingzhou to the Youjun division. Even the well-known Pingbei General Guan Yu is under the control of military divisions. Gong Yan is willing to follow the left and right to help the general achieve hegemony and rejuvenate the Han Dynasty."
Xu Shu was overjoyed, so he accepted Gongyan as his disciple.
Yiji on the side asked, "Is Liu Ba here?"
Jiang Wan said: "I left a long time ago. Zichu has an austere nature and has the sincere heart of losing to the Youjun division."
As soon as Jiang Wan's voice fell, someone suddenly said loudly: "Who said I am obstinate?"
When Xu Shu saw Liu Ba, he shouted, "Isn't this Chu Zi Ziliu brother? Don't come here unharmed?"
Liu Bazhenyan said: "I am Liu Ba and Liu Zichu, not'Chuzi's artisan'."
Xu Shu pretended to be angry and said, "But why did Xiongtai deceive me? Leave without saying goodbye!"
Liu Babai said: "Zi Chu has the right army division, willing to accept the guilt."
Xu Shu laughed loudly and said, "As long as you and I support the lord Zuo and revive the Han Dynasty, there is no guilt."
Gan Ning jokingly asked: "Does the sir still fish with a straight pin?"
Liu Ba said with ashamed expression on his face: "I have taken the hook of the right army division, no need to fish!"
Everyone burst into laughter when they heard it. After Xu Shu invited the two talents, he sent someone to speed up and notify Liu Xun. Liu Xun was very pleased and appointed Jiang Wan to join the army and Liu Ba as the director of Jingzhou.
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From winter to spring, everything recovers, and the spring of the seventh year of Jian'an (202 AD) is ushered in the vigorous vitality. After two or three months of rest and reorganization, the Han army is already full of energy, just waiting for a battle.
Liu Xun personally led an army of fifty thousand across Lushui and headed towards Xi'er Lake. When he was marching, a sentry Ma Fei suddenly reported: "Report, lord. Meng Huo retreated into the Tulong Cave and couldn't get out. He cut off the entrance of the cave. , There are soldiers guarding it; the mountains are so steep that they cannot move forward."
Liu Xun then asked General Zhuge Liang, General Zuojun Pang Tong, and other generals to come to discuss the matter.
Pang Tong said: "I once heard that there is a way to this cave, but I really don't know the details."
Li Yan said: "Meng Huo has been captured four times. How dare you come out again after hearing the wind? We might as well return to Lujin Pass and send someone to surrender."
Liu Xun said: "It is impossible for Meng Huo to surrender now. If you do as you said, you will be hit by Meng Huo's tricks. If our army retreats, Meng Huo will inevitably chase us, and we will inevitably be defeated. Now that we have reached the hinterland of Xi'er Lake, there is no reason to retreat!"
After speaking, Liu Xun ordered Li Yan and Wu Yi, the local generals of the Shu army, to lead hundreds of troops as the front, and let the newly descended barbarians lead the way and find the northwest trail. Hundreds of soldiers in the front arrived at a place with spring water. People and horses were thirsty and rushed to drink the water. Li Yan and Wu Yi found the path, then went back and reported it to Liu Xun.
When they arrived at the Han barracks, the soldiers who had just drunk water were unable to speak anymore, just pointing their own mouths with their fingers. Liu Xun was shocked when he saw it. He knew that the soldiers were poisoned. So he brought Hua Tuo’s apprentice Wu Pu and dozens of soldiers to check out. He saw a pool of clear water, bottomless, water. Furious, the army dared not try. Liu Xun watched for a long time and didn't see any clues, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong were also helpless. Wu Pu analyzed the poison for a long time and never saw the poison in this spring, so he couldn't detoxify the soldiers. Therefore, Liu Xun and others had to return to the camp.
Liu Xun didn't think about it, he just sat at the case and read a book, thinking about the solution, until the evening. Due to exhaustion, unconsciously drowsy...
Suddenly Liu Xun felt that he was in the jungle. Liu Xun had to dismount and climb high to look at it, only to see the four walls and peaks. Spring was the season of birdsong, but Liu Xun couldn't hear any birds' calls, and he was suddenly puzzled. Suddenly I saw an ancient temple on the hill in the distance. When Liu Xun climbed the vine and attached the vine, he saw a statue of a general sitting in a stone house. There was a stone stele next to it. After seeing the stele, Liu Xun knew that this is the temple of Ma Yuan, General Fubo of the Great Han: Because this is the end of peace. , The natives set up a temple to worship it.
Liu Xun hurriedly said: "I am Liu Xun, the eldest son of Emperor Liu Bei of the Great Han Dynasty. I am here to be a barbarian. I want to treat the barbaric side to be peaceful, then enter the two states of Yongliang and Liang, then attack Cao Tunwu, and then rejuvenate the Han Dynasty. Today, the sergeant does not know geography, drank poisoned water by mistake, and could not speak out. Wanwang respects the gods, recites the grace and righteousness of the dynasty, psychics and manifests the saints, and protects the three armies!"
After the prayers were over, Liu Xun walked out of the temple, looking for local people to ask about the situation. Before long, Liu Xun faintly saw an old man coming with a stick on the opposite side, describing it very differently. Liu Xun asked the old man to enter the temple and sat down on the stone bench after the ceremony.
Liu Xun respectfully said: "I'm the son of Uncle Liu Huang, the general Liu Xun who is now ennobled by the emperor, I don't know the name of the old man?"
The old man said: "The old man has heard about the wiseness of the general for a long time, and it is fortunate to be seen. The man of the barbaric, General Domon punishes the powerful, and distributes the fields to us so that we can survive. I am very grateful to the general."
Liu Xun asked about the spring water again. After listening to Liu Xun’s narration, the old man nodded and replied: “The water the sergeant drank was from the dumb spring. It will die inside. In addition to this spring, there are three springs: there is a spring in the southeast, the water is extremely cold, if people drink it, there is no heating in the throat, and the body is weak and dead. It is called the "soft spring" by our locals; There is a spring in the south. If a person splashes on his body, his hands and feet are black and die, it is called the “black spring” by the locals. There is a spring in the southwest that boils like hot soup. It’s called the “Quiet Spring.” There are these four springs in my place, where the poisonous gas gathers, there is no medicine to cure, and there is a lot of smoke. Only the three hours of Wei, Shen, and You can travel; the rest of the hours are densely covered with miasma and contact. Then he will die immediately."
When Liu Xun heard what the old man said, he was surprised. There were beads of sweat on his forehead, and he sighed: "In this way, the land of the barbaric square can not be stabilized. The land of the barbaric square is uneven, and the foundation of the back is uneven. Unstable, An Neng competes with the heroes for hegemony, and then rejuvenates the Han Dynasty? I have the trust of my father, so life is better than death!"
After speaking, Liu Xun was in grief, and the tears dripped down and he couldn't help himself. When the soldiers next to him saw it, they were all moved.
But the old man said with joy on his face: "Don't worry about the general. The old man will guide you, and he will definitely help the general solve the problems in front of him."
Liu Xun wiped his tears and the sweat from his forehead and said: "What is the advice of the elderly, please give me your advice. I will be grateful for your kindness in the late birth."
The old man said: "Now I go to Zhengxi, there is a valley, and then walk more than 20 miles inside, there is a stream named'Wan'an Stream.' There is a Gaoshi next to the stream, named'Wan'an Hermit'; this People have lived in seclusion by the stream for decades. There is a spring behind the grass nunnery called'Anle Spring'. If a person is poisoned, healed by drinking some water from the spring. Some people may be healthy. Scabies, or miasma, will naturally be fine if you bathe in Wan'an Creek. Moreover, there is a kind of grass in front of the ham, called'Scallion's Rue.' If a person has one leaf in his mouth, the miasma will not be infected. General can be. Seek it quickly."
When Liu Xun heard this, he knelt down and thanked him, and asked, "I am very grateful for the old man's life-saving virtue. Please tell me your surname and where you live. I will personally come to thank you in the future."
The old man laughed a lot, and entered the temple and said: "I am the mountain god of this place, and I am hereby ordered by General Fubo to guide him." After speaking, he opened the temple and entered the stone wall. Liu Xun was surprised, and suddenly a Ji Ling woke up. It turned out that it was a dream. A touch of his forehead was full of sweat.
Although this was just a dream, everything Liu Xun remembered in the dream was so clear and real. Liu Xun thought for a moment, decided immediately, and acted as guided by the elder in his dream.
Early the next morning, Liu Xun asked his soldiers to prepare a letter incense and a gift. He took the army master Zhuge Liang, the left army master Pang Tong, and the generals Li Yan, Wu Yi, and the dumb army, rushing in the direction guided by the mountain god, and marching forward. When I reached the path into the valley, I traveled for more than 20 miles, and I saw a vast expanse in front of me. Long pines, big cypresses, and lush bamboo and strange flowers surround a village; among the fences, there are several thatched huts, smelling sweet and scented, as if they are in a fairyland on earth, making people unconsciously indulged in them and linger...