"Brother Liu Zhang, I trust you have been well since we last met!" Liu Bei's personal guard brought Liu Zhang to the Yi Province Governor's Mansion in Chengdu.
This used to be Liu Zhang's home, where Liu Zhang commanded the people of Yi Province. However, the current Liu Zhang was brought into the mansion as a captive.
"Don't kill me, don't kill me!" Liu Zhang saw Liu Bei and cried out in panic. He was frightened by Zhang Fei when he was outside the city.
Zhang Fei's killing intent towards him was real.
It was no wonder Liu Zhang was scared. Not to mention Liu Zhang, even an ordinary general wouldn't be able to withstand Zhang Fei's pressure.
Who would be able to withstand the killing intent of an expert at the pinnacle of God Refinement?
Therefore, Liu Zhang's pants were obviously wet.
"Aiya! Brother Liu Zhang! Why would this foolish brother want to kill you? This foolish brother is here to help brother solve your problem and defeat that Han thief Liu Mang!" Liu Zhang's face was filled with anger. Liu Bei actually occupied Liu Zhang's territory and piled up Liu Zhang's foundation. However, he still spoke as if everything was for the good of Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang didn't appreciate it and continued to look at Liu Bei in horror.
"Who told you to bind my Brother Liu Zhang like this? Hurry up and untie him!" Liu Bei was very satisfied with Liu Zhang's expression. Seeing that he had scared Liu Zhang, it was time to give him a sweet date.
Liu Bei turned around and scolded his subordinates.
One of Liu Bei's personal guard stood up and took the blame. He nodded and said to Liu Bei, "Yes, yes, this humble general deserves to die! This humble general deserves to die!"
He hurriedly went forward to help Liu Zhang get rid of the ropes on his body.
"Brother Liu Zhang, you've suffered," Liu Bei said kindly to Liu Zhang.
"You really won't kill me?" Liu Zhang looked at Liu Bei with fear and hesitation on his face, but more than that, there was hope.
In this world, those who sought death were generally poor people. Because they did not have enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear, living in this world was just suffering. It was better to die early and reincarnate into a good family.
As for Liu Zhang, a Prefecture Overseer who lived like a prince, he was not willing to die, and he feared death the most.
"Elder Brother Liu Zhang, what are you talking about? Why would I kill you? Come, come, come, Elder Brother Liu Zhang, please take a seat! "Liu Bei said as he personally moved a chair for Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang first sat on the chair in fear. Then, he looked at Liu Bei's smiling face and did not stop him in the slightest.
"Elder Brother Liu Zhang, I had no choice but to enter Chengdu Prefecture like this! Elder Brother, this Han thief Liu Mang is too much of a bully, and he also deceived you. If I don't do something, I'm afraid Yi Province will become the territory of that Han thief! "Liu Bei complained to Liu Zhang.
"You're really helping me?"
"Of course!"
"Good, good, good! Younger Brother Liu Bei, don't worry, I will not treat you unfairly. "Liu Zhang sat on the main seat and was actually floating in the air.
"Hehehehe!" Zhang Fei laughed coldly, scaring Liu Zhang so much that he started trembling again.
"Elder Brother Liu Zhang, I only want to help you expel that Han thief. As long as that Han thief dies, I will let you take charge of Yi Province again!" Liu Bei painted a big picture for Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang originally thought that he was going to die, but who knew that things would turn out like this. Immediately, a smile bloomed on his face.
"Are you serious?" Liu Zhang asked Liu Bei.
"Of course! Men, bring them in. "Liu Bei clapped his hands and shouted to his men," Elder Brother Liu Zhang, look over there! "
Liu Zhang looked in the direction that Liu Bei was pointing. From outside the door, a dozen figures walked in.
"Husband!"
"Father!"
"Master!" All kinds of names were shouted from the mouths of these people. The panic on their faces had not completely faded away.
"You, you?" These people were none other than Liu Zhang's family members.
In order to escape from the city, Liu Zhang abandoned all of his family members. It was Liu Bei who saved them. Otherwise, Liu Zhang's family members might have died.
How could the Prefecture Overseer's wife be ugly? Among the commoners, there were those who fled for their lives. Naturally, there were also those who did not care about their lives and wanted to go crazy one last time. These delicate women were all the Prefecture Overseer's wives. In the past, they could only look at them but could not touch them. Now, they could finally enjoy the treatment of a Prefecture Overseer. So what if they died?
"Sisters-in-law, I've found my elder brother safely!" Liu Bei was full of sincerity.
Liu Zhang looked at his family members and felt relieved. He probably thought that they really wanted to help him.
"Younger Brother Liu Bei, since you treat me like this, I won't treat you unfairly. You can be the governor of Cheng Prefecture first! No, you can be the governor of Yi Province first. When I conquer Yi Province, I'll reward you! "Liu Zhang promised Liu Bei.
"Thank you, Elder Brother!" Liu Bei said and was about to kneel down to accept the order.
"Hmph!" Zhang Fei did not understand why his elder brother did not want to be the Prefecture Overseer but wanted to be the governor instead.
Looking at Zhang Fei's dissatisfied expression, Liu Zhang was also afraid of Zhang Fei. He quickly waved his hand and said, "No need to kneel, no need to kneel!"
"Elder Brother Liu Zhang, Liu Mang's army is very aggressive. It will be difficult to defeat Liu Mang with just the troops of Cheng Prefecture and my own troops!" Liu Bei said to Liu Zhang.
"Do you have a way?"
"I do!" Liu Bei said. "But!"
"Tell me quickly!"
"Since Elder Brother has said so, I will be strict. If General Zhang Ren and General Yan Yan have troops, it will be enough to resist Liu Mang!" Liu Bei was thinking about Yan Yan and Zhang Ren.
Yan Yan's troops were blocking Zhang Lu in Jiange. It was Yan Yan, the old general, who prevented Zhang Lu's elite troops from entering Yi Province. Zhang Ren was blocking Zhao Wei's army.
Zhao Wei's troops were now under the command of Jia Xu. Although Jia Xu's troops were small, Zhang Ren was able to block the old poisonous monster Jia Xu. This showed Zhang Ren's ability.
"Zhang Ren, Yan Yan?" Liu Zhang hesitated. Although he was stupid, he was not stupid. Yan Yan and Zhang Ren were both capable people. Liu Zhang could not hold the position of Yi Province's Prefecture Overseer without their help.
Now, Liu Bei wanted Yan Yan and Zhang Ren's troops.
Seeing Liu Zhang's hesitation, Liu Bei's attitude suddenly changed. "If Your Excellency has some misgivings, then I won't force you!" He even changed the way he addressed Liu Zhang from Elder Brother to Your Excellency, and from Younger Brother to Liu Bei.
"However, I'm afraid that Cheng Prefecture will not be able to hold on. When the time comes, I can only ask Your Excellency to move to Jiange or go to General Zhang Ren's place!" Liu Bei said to Liu Zhang.
"Give up Cheng Prefecture?"
"Yes, it will be difficult for our troops to resist Liu Mang's hundreds of thousands of troops!" When Liu Mang entered Yi Province, he brought less than fifty thousand soldiers. However, Liu Bei said that it was a hundred thousand soldiers.
"No, we can't give up Cheng Prefecture!" Liu Zhang rejected the idea without thinking. Cheng Prefecture was the most prosperous area in Yi Province. How could they give it up? What kind of place were Jiange and Zhang Ren? Those were the border areas where birds wouldn't even defecate. They were filled with fortifications. How could they be as comfortable as Chengdu Prefecture?
"Please tell me, Elder Brother Liu Zhang!"
"Can't we stop them?"
"We can't stop them!" Liu Bei repeated.
"Okay, I'll transfer Yan Yan and Zhang Ren's troops to you!" Liu Zhang was really generous. He directly gave Liu Bei the order to control Yan Yan and Zhang Ren's troops.
"Your Excellency, I've never seen these two generals before. How can I make them obey me?"
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. You just need to use my seal and my handwriting!" Liu Zhang smiled and said to Liu Bei.
Although Liu Zhang was a little ignorant and didn't know how to judge people, he was sure that he had used the right two people. One was called Zhang Ren and the other was called Yan Yan.
One of them was a veteran general, while the other was a middle-aged general.
The two of them carried the banner of the entire Yi Province.
It could be said that if it weren't for the two of them, Zhao Wei and Zhang Lu would have already fought outside Cheng Prefecture.
The two of them had a good relationship with Liu Zhang. They could recognize Liu Zhang's handwriting.
Soon, Liu Zhang wrote a letter and gave it to Liu Bei, stamping it with his seal.
"Good, good, good!" Liu Bei looked at the two letters and couldn't help laughing. Wasn't this what he wanted? With the two letters and the Tiger Tally, it could be said that Liu Bei was 50% sure that he could drive Liu Mang out of Yi Province.
"Brother Liu Zhang, I also want to borrow something from you!" Liu Bei looked at Liu Zhang with a smile and said to him.
"What else do you want? Brother, you can speak frankly. Let alone one, even if it's ten, I'll give it to you! " Liu Zhang was full of smiles. He thought that Liu Bei would be like Zhang Song, Yan Yan, and the others in the past. At that time, Liu Zhang was also like today. He almost lost his Lian Cheng, almost lost his life, and almost made Zhao Wei the ruler of Yi Province. It was Zhang Song, Yan Yan, and the others who stopped Zhao Wei and restored Liu Zhang's position.
Liu Zhang thought that today was the same as before.
However, he didn't understand the difference between an ambitious person and an unambitious person.
"This is it!" Liu Bei approached Liu Zhang step by step. Suddenly, he pulled out a long sword from his waist. It was the Male and Female Double Sword.
It directly pierced Liu Zhang's brother.
"Puff!" Before Liu Zhang could react, the smile on his face froze before it could fully bloom.
He stared at Liu Bei, as if he wanted to ask why.
"This is your head, Brother Liu Zhang!" Liu Bei didn't care about the blood splashing on his face. He waved the sword again. Under the screams of Liu Zhang's relatives below, Liu Zhang's head was cut off.
Liu Zhang's head rolled to Liu Bei's feet. Liu Bei bent down and picked it up.
Liu Zhang's head was still staring, as if he had died with a grievance. At first, he was fine. Liu Bei called him Brother Liu Zhang so intimately. He didn't believe that he would be killed in the blink of an eye.
"Come, wrap this head and send it to General Zhao Wei!" Liu Bei wanted to use Liu Zhang's head to please Zhao Wei and form an alliance with Zhao Wei.
As for what Liu Bei said to Liu Zhang just now, and even knelt in front of Liu Zhang, everything was just an act. It was all for the two letters that Liu Zhang just wrote.
Liu Bei had heard about Liu Zhang's unique notes long ago. The person who told him was called Zhang Song.
It had to be said that Zhang Song was really a talent. He had planned everything for Liu Bei, including how to instigate Zhang Ren and Yan Yan.
With these two letters personally written by Liu Zhang, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan couldn't help but believe it.
As long as these two people and their troops were under Liu Bei's command, Liu Bei would naturally be able to control them. He had Zhang Ren and Yan Yan's troops, Chengdu Prefecture, Zhao Wei in the south, and Zhang Lu in the north.
All in all, there was a total of 100,000 troops.
"In this battle, I want to see how you, Liu Mang, will fight with me! Hahahaha! "Liu Bei laughed crazily. It was as if victory was in his hands.
…
In Runan City, Yuzhou.
The place that originally belonged to the Prefecture Overseer's Mansion had long been changed into the General's Mansion.
Liu Mang's Yangzhou didn't have such a thing as a Prefecture Overseer.
This thing was completely like a warlord's.
He had complete control of the military and political power. He didn't need to be deprived of provisions and armor by the central government.
In the end, he would only raise a thief and respect himself.
When Emperor Ling of Han created the position of Prefecture Overseer, it was the idea of Liu Zhang's cheap father, Liu Yan.
At that time, Liu Yan wanted to cut off the Queen Bee. This goal wasn't pure, so one could imagine the consequences.
The entire Great Han was in chaos, and Liu Yan was half responsible.
Therefore, Liu Mang naturally wouldn't take the same path as Emperor Han.
In the past, there was only Yangzhou, and Liu Mang was both the Prefecture Overseer and the Lord. Now that Yangzhou had Yangzhou, the Prefecture Overseers of Yangzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Jiangdong, and Jingzhou were all removed.
They became Provincial Governors. Provincial Governors were officials.
The military was replaced by the General.
The General's Mansion was equivalent to the Yuzhou Military Commander's Mansion.
It must be said that the owner of the General's Mansion was a new noble under His Royal Highness King of Han in Yangzhou. He was also a shining star in Yangzhou. Although he was not as famous as Sun Ce and the others, he was still a rare valiant general. In the past, when Yuzhou was not under Yangzhou, he was training troops in Yiyang.
He trained the rare elites in the world, the Yiyang Soldiers.
These soldiers had beaten up Liu Bei.
Liu Bei's Qingzhou Army in the past really wasn't a match for these Yiyang Soldiers.
Their General not only knew how to train troops, but he also knew how to command troops. It was because of his outstanding performance in the Battle of Yuzhou.
Therefore, he was promoted to Yuzhou by King of Han and became the Yuzhou General.
He was in charge of thirty thousand Yangzhou Army troops. He and General Hao Shao looked after each other and guarded Yuzhou together.
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