After comforting Sun Qian, Liu Biao held another Central Army meeting in his mansion.
The Kuai Family's Tsing Yi was indeed one of the few intelligence organizations in Jingzhou. Although Tsing Yi was not up to par when it came to matters of the world, Tsing Yi was in charge of Jingzhou.
Tsing Yi knew everything that happened in Jingzhou.
The news that Tsing Yi brought to Liu Mang was that Liu Bei and Pang Shiyuan had left Jingzhou for Yi Zhou.
Liu Mang knew that Zhang Fei was in Yi Zhou and that Pang Shiyuan had left Zhang Fei behind to stop Cai Mao and Kuai Yue from coming back.
However, he did not expect Zhang Fei to be the only main force left behind by Liu Bei.
"My lord, do you need us to send troops to Yi Zhou immediately?" Xu Sheng and the others asked.
Liu Bei had escaped from their hands time and time again, which had made them very angry. Naturally, they wanted to take him down to wash away their shame.
"Alright!" Liu Mang nodded and was about to agree to send troops to Yi Zhou.
However, someone stopped him. "My lord, you can't!" A middle-aged man walked out and objected to Liu Mang.
"Uncle Liang?" The man who walked out was Kuai Liang. When Liu Mang was in Jingzhou, Kuai Liang had taken good care of Liu Mang. Therefore, Liu Mang followed Kuai Ran and called him Uncle Liang.
If it was someone else who objected, Liu Mang might have ignored it. However, Kuai Liang was half the brain of Jingzhou.
"Uncle, if we don't send troops now, are we going to let Liu Bei stay in Yi Zhou?" Kuai Ran could not help but speak up.
Kuai Liang stood up and said, "My lord, we can't send troops. At least, not now!"
Kuai Liang explained to Liu Mang and the others, "My lord, if we send our army to Yi Province now, regardless of whether our goal is to exterminate Liu Bei or Zhang Fei, it's fine. What do you think Liu Zhang will think? "Kuai Liang asked Liu Mang.
"Who cares what Liu Zhang thinks? If he wants to come, we'll just fight him!" Zhang Yun had always been at odds with Yizhou. After all, they had been at war for so many years.
Liu Mang didn't listen to Zhang Yun's clamor. Instead, he frowned. If he were to send troops to Yi Province now, Liu Zhang's first reaction would be that the Yangzhou Army would invade Yi Province.
"This is not good for the Lord's reputation!" Kuai Liang explained.
In the past, Yi Province and Yangzhou were in a honeymoon period. Yi Province's Governor Liu Zhang had sold Shu Chuan's provisions to Yangzhou. He was the only one who had lent a helping hand to Liu Mang when he was besieged on all sides.
Although he had lent a helping hand to Liu Mang so that he could have a few more days of peace in Yi Province, Liu Mang had done it for him.
However, no matter what, it was still a favor.
If Liu Mang were to attack Yi Province right now, he would lose a lot of people's support. Is this how you repay people for helping you?
Liu Mang's reputation wouldn't be good.
Because of this, Liu Mang had sent Jia Xu under the banner of the Barbarian Army when he sent Jia Xu.
"This is only one of the reasons. There is a second reason. What if the current Yi Province's Governor, Liu Zhang, becomes afraid and forms an alliance with Liu Bei?" Kuai Liang threw out another bomb.
"He dares!" Lü Bu snorted. Lü Bu wanted to kill Liu Bei. If Liu Zhang blocked him, Lü Bu would probably kill Liu Zhang as well.
However, the truth was that Liu Zhang really dared to do so.
"Isn't Liu Zhang afraid that Liu Bei will kill him like how he killed Huang She?" Kuai Ran was surprised. This was because Liu Bei's reputation had been ruined.
Liu Mang shook his head. Between the threats of Liu Bei and Liu Mang, it was obvious that Liu Zhang would choose to form an alliance with Liu Bei.
Liu Bei wasn't a threat to Yi Province compared to the Yangzhou Army. If the Yangzhou Army entered Yi Province, it would bring destruction to Yi Province.
Although Liu Bei's reputation was ruined, at least Liu Zhang wouldn't feel despair. He could defeat Liu Bei, but he couldn't defeat Liu Mang.
"Are we going to let Liu Bei go like this?" Liu Mang had already given up on sending troops to Yi Province. However, Liu Bei's presence in Yi Province still made Liu Mang feel uneasy.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms were divided. Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan. These three people, Liu Mang didn't look down on any of them. After Sun Quan was defeated by Liu Mang, Liu Mang had the intention to kill Sun Quan. However, because of Old Lady Wu and the loyalty of Jiangdong's civil and military officials, Liu Mang didn't kill Sun Quan.
However, he threw Sun Quan to Cao Cao's Xu Du to harm Lao Cao. From the information obtained from Yang Hong's Jinyi Guards, it seemed that Sun Quan wasn't very honest.
On the other hand, Liu Bei and Liu Mang didn't want to let them go.
Gold would always shine. By the same logic, no matter where the shit stirred up, it would be able to disgust people.
Therefore, Liu Mang wanted to kill Liu Bei by any means possible.
"No!" Kuai Liang shook his head. Let go of Liu Bei? From the beginning, when Liu Bei appeared, Kuai Liang had the greatest hostility towards Liu Bei. Pang Shiyuan even wanted to recruit the Jingzhou army to deal with Liu Mang at that time. After using him, he wanted to take away a batch of supplies.
Kuai Liang hated such a hypocrite the most.
"This Liu Bei is like a gadfly. If he doesn't go, he will be fine for a day or two. After a long time, he will become a big deal again!" Kuai Liang said. This was his impression of Liu Bei.
"This scholar is so pretentious. He says he won't fight, but he is also afraid of trouble. It's really annoying!" There was only one person who could be offended like this. That was Zhou Cang, who stood behind Liu Mang.
"En?" Liu Mang glanced at Zhou Cang from the corner of his eyes. Zhou Cang was frightened and acted as if he was not the one who said those words.
"It's not that we don't want to fight, but we can't take the initiative to fight. We have to let Liu Zhang invite us to fight!" Kuai Liang said to Liu Mang and the others.
"Uncle Liang, you mean?"
Kuai Liang nodded. "Lord, the current Liu Zhang is not the same as the previous Liu Zhang! The current Liu Zhang is even more anxious than us! "
In the past, Liu Zhang could sit on the fishing platform calmly because Shu Chuan was a place that was easy to defend and hard to attack. There were many mountains where one person could hold back ten thousand people.
Even if Zhang Lu and Zhao Wei caused trouble outside, it would not be a big problem. As long as Liu Zhang controlled a few key points, it could be said that he was a fisherman.
In the past, Liu Zhang gave provisions to Yangzhou because he wanted to see Jingzhou, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Liu Mang fall into chaos.
But now, Liu Zhang was different. His fishing platform was gone. First, Huang She's army from Jing Province invaded Yi Province. They advanced triumphantly all the way to Yong 'an County. Later, Zhao Wei and Zhang Lu looted the burning house.
Zhang Lu was so unlucky that he was beaten up by Yan Yan at the checkpoint of Yizhou.
However, Zhao Wei was lucky and managed to attack the Jianning County.
That was not all. The people who were using Zhao Wei's name were none other than the soldiers that Liu Mang left in Yi Province, the barbarian army led by Jia Xu, and the tens of thousands of Jingzhou Army led by Cai Mao and Kuai Yue.
The entire Hanzhong County was in a state of panic.
Zhang Lu was also determined to avenge his mother's death even if he was beaten up. He was determined to fight to the death with Yan Yan.
Now that Liu Bei had entered Yi Province, the entire Yi Province was in chaos.
Liu Zhang could no longer endure Yi Province. If he wanted to live, he could only choose to compromise. Compromise with Zhang Lu? He killed Zhang Lu's mother. It would be strange if Zhang Lu did not strip him of his skin.
Against Jia Xu's army using Zhao Wei's name? He did not know that those were the soldiers of Yangzhou Army. Zhao Wei was also chased out by Liu Zhang and almost killed by him.
Even if he used his butt to think, Zhao Wei would not let Liu Zhang off.
As for Liu Bei's army? Zhang Fei's enmity with the Yongan Army was very deep. Moreover, Liu Bei had a bad reputation. Tao Qian called Liu Bei to Xu Province. Liu Bei quietly killed two of Tao Qian's sons. Liu Pi called Liu Bei to Yu Province. Liu Bei was beheaded by Liu Pi.
Huang She did not believe in heresy and brought Liu Bei to Jingzhou. Now, Huang She had also become a pile of bones.
How much courage did Liu Zhang have to bring his boss into Yi Province?
It could even be said that they were very wary of Liu Bei.
After all, Liu Bei's reputation was greater than Zhang Lu and Zhao Wei's.
Of these three enemies, none of them compromised. Where do you think Liu Zhang can go?
Other than external help, there was no other way.
External help could only come from two places. One was Cao Cao in Xu Du and the other was Liu Mang in Yangzhou.
Xu Du was Cao Cao. At that time, Liu Zhang admitted defeat and sent Zhang Song to Xu Du. However, in the end, Zhang Song was chased away by Cao Cao. Liu Zhang's hot face was stuck to a cold butt. Cao Cao even mocked Liu Zhang for being a dog that guarded his reputation.
Liu Zhang was a bit of a coward but he still had a face.
Xu Du was not possible. The only one left was the Yangzhou Army.
Liu Mang's way of dealing with his enemies was very gentle.
Jiangdong's Sun Ce, Jingzhou's Cai Clan, Wancheng's Zhang Xiu, and Liu Mang had all let bygones be bygones. Even Chen Deng had pledged allegiance to Liu Mang. At the very least, Liu Mang's reputation was still there.
"My lord, at most five days, Yi Province's Liu Zhang's messenger will definitely arrive in Xiangyang!" Kuai Liang said confidently.
"Haha!" Liu Mang laughed. As expected, although a strategist could not be compared to a general in terms of charging and breaking through enemy lines, he could still make use of other people's strength.
This Kuai Liang did not deserve the title of Jingzhou's number one strategist.
If Liu Zhang sent a messenger now, not only would he want Liu Mang to enter Yi Province, but he would also want to show gratitude to Liu Mang.
"Men, write a letter to Wen He!" Liu Mang wanted to write a letter to Old Fox Jia and ask him to let the messenger go.
Otherwise, if Liu Zhang's messenger could not leave Yi Province, it would not be fun.
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In Yong 'an Prefecture's Wu County.
"Should we send a messenger to cooperate with Liu Zhang?" Liu Bei looked at Pang Shiyuan and suggested.
Liu Bei had changed his clothes and put on his military armor. However, he had a different kind of majesty. The only thing that made him look bad was his remaining ear.
Every time his ear hurt, Liu Bei would hate someone called Sun Qian. He regretted not killing him first. Liu Bei was the one who felt that he could betray the world, but not the world.
Liu Bei wanted to send a messenger to Yi Province to contact Liu Zhang. Originally, Liu Bei wanted to contact Zhao Wei.
After all, it was Liu Bei's Army that held back the majority of the Yi Province Army, giving Zhao Wei the opportunity to attack Jianning.
Unfortunately, Liu Bei did not know that Zhao Wei had already been killed by Jia Xu. The one who was using Zhao Wei's name now was only Zhao Wei's puppet son.
Seeing that Zhao Wei could not be contacted, he could only contact Liu Zhang.
"My lord, please wait!" Pang Shiyuan stopped Liu Bei.
"Shiyuan, do you have something to say?" Liu Bei looked at Pang Shiyuan. To Liu Bei's Army, Pang Shiyuan was Liu Bei's only strategist. He had taken in a group of people in Jingzhou, but they were all people who wanted to curry favor with Liu Bei. There were very few people like Pang Shiyuan who were willing to die for Liu Bei.
"My lord, we can't send a messenger!"
"Hmm?" Liu Bei frowned.
"Military Advisor, if Big Brother doesn't send a messenger, are we going to wait for death here?" Although Zhang Fei was now at the peak of God-Ascension, he was not arrogant enough to think that he could fight against Liu Mang.
"We are not waiting for death. We are waiting for Liu Zhang to send a messenger to us!" Pang Shiyuan said proudly.
"Waiting for Liu Zhang to come to us?" Liu Bei was stunned. "Is this possible?"
Liu Bei was now living in Yi Province. He was also driven out by the Yangzhou Army. He was like a stray dog. It was fine if he did not beg Liu Zhang, but he was waiting for Liu Zhang to send a messenger?
"My lord, although we are living in Yi Province, don't forget that if the Yangzhou Army enters Yi Province, no one will be more nervous than us!" Pang Shiyuan was a person who could grasp people's hearts.
"Naturally, it will be Liu Zhang, the Governor of Yi Province!" Even Zhang Fei knew that no one would be willing to have a few neighbors in their home. Moreover, these neighbors had bad intentions.
Once Liu Mang's Army entered Yi Province, the unlucky one would be Liu Zhang.
When Liu Zhang panicked, Liu Bei's Army's opportunity would come.
Liu Bei's eyes lit up. If Liu Zhang sent a messenger to find him, then the initiative would be in Liu Bei's hands.
If he could form an alliance with Liu Zhang, in addition to getting some benefits from Liu Zhang, he could wait for Liu Zhang's strength to push back the Yangzhou Army. Liu Bei could even do what he was good at, kill the boss, and make the decision himself.
"Good! Third Brother, pass down the order. We will stay in Yong 'an County and defend against the attack of Liu Mang's Army! "Liu Bei gritted his teeth and said.
He was not afraid now. It did not matter even if he used up all his capital. As long as Liu Mang's Army entered Yi Province, Liu Bei would benefit.
What he lost, naturally, Liu Zhang would make up for it.
Comparing two evils, one had to choose the lesser. Now, the Yangzhou Army was a big threat to Liu Zhang. Although Liu Bei did not want to admit it, he had no choice. The current him could not be compared with Liu Mang.
"Yes, sir!" Zhang Fei nodded and walked out of the room.
Liu Bei subconsciously looked at him and could not help but shiver. Thinking that his third brother was a man, Liu Bei's heart suddenly became complicated.
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