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Huang Quan left the provincial Mu Mansion, but did not return to his mansion, but turned to Liu Wei's mansion. It was already the first time, and the street was quiet and most of the lights were turned off. When the carriage was parked in front of Liu Wei's mansion, the doorman who was supposed to fall asleep unexpectedly opened the side door and looked out and asked: "Who is it?"

Huang Quan couldn't help but sneer. Liu Wei asked the doorman 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 and waited. 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 drive, what's wrong?"

"Hmph, what did you do yourself, do you still want to ask me?"

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 rest of the house, 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, "Tell me what you did"

Liu Wei had no choice but to sigh and said, "I used a thousand 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's really you 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 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 Xun Gong'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 was under my reminder."

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 your husband that I have convinced your father to lead your 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 do your best to deal with Liu Jing, 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, what are you worried about?"

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

Just the next morning, 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 then appointed Liu Wei as the General of the Northern Expedition and Wu Yi as the Deputy General. The two led an army of 40,000 to Jianmendao to attack Hanzhong, and the war began in Bashu.

In 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 in the Badong Army. This army was not Liu Zhang's army, but an army formed by the Dongzhou soldiers resisting the Zhao Wei rebellion in the fifth year of Jian'an. They killed Zhao Wei in Ba County. That year, Liu Zhang officially took over the power of Bashu. It was also that year that the young Gan Ning escaped from Bashu to resist Zhao Wei 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 served as the guard of Badong, and this army 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 the Yizhou army would 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 given to him by Liu Jing, he should bring all 10,000 Badong troops 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 had been in charge of Badong County for seven years, and there were many interests there, so he could not give up, so he left Deng Zhi and his confidant general Li Yao to guard Badong County, and he went to take over Jianping County. Compared with the wealth of Badong County, Jianping County was just a barren gorge, with only four county towns. More than 90% of the terrain of the entire county was endless mountains, which he disliked very much.

Pang Xi also didn't like the orders given to him by Liu Jing. Who was he? He was the first veteran of Yizhou and was once a congressman in the court. Even Liu Zhang was supported by him as the lord of Yizhou. When he went to Jingzhou, Liu Biao 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 to bring 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 Pang Xi was not a subordinate of Jingzhou. Liu Jing had just become a junior of the governor of Jingzhou, so why did he obey his orders?

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 probably not be good. In addition, if he gave Jianping County to him, he would be 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. It is walking along the rugged official road by the river. After more than two hours, the army led by Pang Xi arrived at the bottom of Wucheng. Wucheng is located at a high terrain and is also condescending to Bashu. The terrain is dangerous and cut off the official road to the east. Pedestrians and caravans who go east must pass through the city.

At this time, the general of Wucheng was still the captain Liu Zheng. He led the Five Eagle Strike Army and the two thousand reorganized Jingnan surrendered troops to guard the most dangerous mountain city on the Jingshu Road. Just in the sky, Sima Yi returned to Jingzhou from Wucheng and handed him Liu Jing's order. 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, "Pang Shouke 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 coldness made Liu Zheng feel a little uncomfortable. He held back his displeasure and said, "I will hand over the witch city to Pang Shou by the order of my lord. Please go to the city and go through the handover procedures with me."

Pang Xi frowned and asked, "Is Sima military advisor not in the city?"

"He left a day 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 whispered: "Don't be impulsive, let's leave after handing over."

Liu Zheng also rode into the city, walked with Pang Xi, and introduced the situation in the city to him. "There are 1,4 families in the city, and my army is 2,500 and 60, and there are 1,55 defenders in Zigui and Xinling County. I will take all the troops away, and no one will be left. In addition, there are 47,000 stones of grain, 10,000 tans of grass, and more than 4 mules and horses in the official warehouse in the city. I will leave these for Pang Shou."

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

"Pang Shou, please follow me"

Ba County is the later Chongqing. Yan Yan, as the governor of Ba County, had been stationed in Ba County for eight years. Not only did he control Ba County as his post, he also served as the commander of the Brazilian County, holding 20,000 troops from Ba County and Ba County. At the same time, the Yan family is also a family of Ba County, with a sphere of influence all over Ba County.

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 governor of Badong, he took away all the interests of the Yan family in Badong County, and the Yan family's power was also excluded from 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, defeating the Dongzhou Army and killing thousands of Dongzhou brothers. Later, although Yan Yan surrendered to Liu Zhang, the hatred between the two was also formed at that time.

Liu Zhang was secretly afraid of Pang Xi, for fear that he would collude with Liu Biao and sell 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 precisely for this reason that the two of them had no room for retreatment.

In the military yamen, 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, there should be news in Badong County."

Yan Yan nodded, "Just received 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 is here.

Peng Xian pondered for a moment and said, "It is morally untenable to send troops to Badong now. After all, Pang Xi took over Jianping County under the order of Liu Zhang. 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 send troops to Badong under the excuse of Pang Xi colluding with Jingzhou. The reason is very good."

Yan Yan stroked his beard and smiled and said, "Sir, this is exactly what I mean. I think the provincial governor will definitely send an order. We might as well wait patiently."
Chapter completed!