As soon as the news of the Eighteenth Route Princes' crusade against Liu Zhan came out, the world was shaken. The corporal of the world was divided into two factions, and they quarreled fiercely. The opposing side believes that there is nothing wrong with the disappearance of the young emperor and the imperial uncle Liu Zhan taking charge of the government; The side in favor believes that Liu Zhan is no different from Dong Thief by establishing himself as a prime minister, and his anti-Han heart is clearly exposed.

When Liu Zhan got the news, he was really stunned for a long time. He didn't expect that the so-called Eighteenth Route Princes who had a huge crusade against Dong Zhuo would now come to crusade against him.

It seems that no matter who is in charge of the government, whether you do evil or not, there will always be people who will jump out against you. There is no other reason, these so-called princes are just trying to find a reason to disturb the world and take the opportunity to become bigger.

Thinking of this, Liu Zhan's mind calmed down and began to prepare to deal with it. A secret letter flew to Yingchuan, and Liu Zhan began to dispatch troops. The Flying Tiger Battalion was led by Xu Chu with 30,000 horses, and the Flying Feather Cavalry was led by Zhao Yun and headed for Luoyang. At the same time, Liu Zhan recalled some of the swordsmen who were out to inquire about the news and formed a scout battalion, led by Shi A. Zhu Gongdao was also sent back to Yingchuan to protect and assist Xun Yu. Zhang Liao was led by 10,000 soldiers of the flying battalion to stay in Yingchuan, and Pei Yuanshao also stayed in Yingchuan, as Zhang Liao's deputy general, to jointly guard Yingchuan. In terms of strategists, Liu Zhan transferred Xi Zhicai to Luoyang, let Xun Yu stay in Yingchuan to command the defense, and Guo Jia, Zhong Xuan, and Chen Qun assisted Xun Yu. Yingchuan is Liu Zhan's base camp and cannot afford to lose.

After the deployment of troops, Liu Zhan set up a surveying and mapping battalion. The surveying and mapping battalion was led by Shui Gen, and 500 soldiers were selected from the Flying Tiger Battalion, and after being personally trained by Liu Zhan, they were sent to various states to draw detailed maps of each state. As for the so-called maps used by the Han Dynasty, Liu Zhan called them schematic diagrams, which had little reference significance during wars. Liu Zhan has never engaged in military maps, but has he never eaten pork and never seen a pig run? In terms of maps, no matter how amateur Liu Zhan is, he is also "more knowledgeable" than the ancients. He demanded that the surveying and mapping battalion should mark the terrain and landforms of various places in detail, especially those places where soldiers must fight, and draw a more accurate map. In terms of scale, Liu Zhan asked the surveying and mapping battalion to uniformly adopt a ratio of 1:50,000. This ratio is just enough, and it will not use too much manpower and material resources, after all, a larger scale will take longer, and I am afraid that it will not be completed without ten or eight years. Liu Zhan obviously didn't have that much time to wait.

For the princes of the Eighteen Routes, Liu Zhan has sent people to find out their situation very clearly, which is not much different from the rumors that have been circulated in later generations. Liu Zhan was confident and determined to defeat these so-called princes who had their own ghosts. After the princes of the Eighteenth Road fell apart, it was a battle for hegemony. This was Liu Zhan's original intention to set up a surveying and mapping battalion. Since someone jumped out against him, Liu Zhan would no longer be polite to them, and he wanted to exterminate all these so-called princes with their own ambitions. In that case, Liu Zhan would be able to ......

After Liu Zhan assigned the task of surveying and mapping to Shuigen, Shuigen patted his chest and immediately made a military order.

Liu Zhan stopped Shuigen and said: "Shuigen, this task is not as simple as you imagined, if it is discovered, it is also life-threatening, remember to be a homeless person, act in groups, when measuring, someone must protect in secret, so that nothing goes wrong, if any of you are caught, say whatever you want, it is important to save your life, but the map drawn must not fall into the hands of the enemy, and if it is not possible, it will be destroyed."

Once you do it, you will know that this task is very risky and takes a long time, so you have to be mentally prepared to make the brothers smart.

Also, the measurement method I taught you cannot be passed on to outsiders, this is our secret. ”

Shuigen listened to Liu Zhan's words, bowed deeply, and said seriously: "Shuigen has written it down, please rest assured, Shuigen will not disgrace his mission." ”

"Well, there is also the fact that the drawn map should be sent to Yingchuan in batches, and you can't save some points and send them together. If you are intercepted by the enemy, you will be in vain. ”

"Yes! Lord! ”

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Yingchuan country.

The people were not at all alarmed by the siege of Liu Zhan by the princes of the Eighteenth Road, they believed that their king would be able to defeat the clamoring thieves - well, this is how the people of Yingchuan Kingdom regarded the princes of the Eighteenth Road. The people, as usual, worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. The official and private squares in the city are still full of people and lively, and there is no appearance of a war at all.

The reason why the people are like this is because of the people's trust in Liu Zhan, and it is also due to Xun Yu and others who quickly took action to appease the people, and sent the Flying Tiger Battalion to practice outside the city to show the momentum of the Flying Tiger Battalion to the people. The Flying Tiger Battalion, although they were born in the Yellow Turban, but they followed Liu Zhan all the way from the battlefield, all of them were veterans of a hundred battles, and in addition, Liu Zhan used the methods of military training in later generations to train them, and the strength of the Flying Tiger Battalion has risen sharply today, and it has long been different from the past.

The entire Yingchuan Kingdom has not changed much compared to usual, but there is one person who can't sit still, and he is Liu Bei.

On this day, Liu Zhan found Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and said directly: "Second brother, third brother, if there is a big change today, Liu Zhan, the king of Yingchuan, has become the target of everyone, what should our brothers do, let's talk about it." ”

"Big brother, Yu thinks that although the princes of the Eighteen Middle Schools are powerful and have many people, they are not necessarily the opponents of the King of Yingchuan."

Guan Yu pondered for a moment and said.

"Second brother, our brother has been in Yingchuan for so long, doesn't the second brother know how many people Liu Zhan has? With only 40,000 people, how can he resist the hundreds of thousands of troops of the princes of the Eighteenth Road? ”

Zhang Fei listened to Guan Yu's words and disagreed.

Liu Bei didn't speak, like Zhang Fei, he looked at Guan Yu and waited for Guan Yu's next words.

Guan Yu arched his hand and said, "Big brother, third brother, what do you think of Liu Zhan's Flying Tiger Battalion?" ”

Liu Zhan frowned: "I have to say that Liu Zhan's Flying Tiger Battalion is indeed an elite army, quite majestic. ”

"Big brother, no matter how powerful the Flying Tiger is, there are only tens of thousands of people, and it definitely can't resist the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Eighteenth Route Princes. Liu Zhan's troops are scarce, if he returns to defend Yingchuan, there may be a turnaround, but he divides his troops to defend Luoyang and Yingchuan. Isn't this self-defeating? Big brother, I can't see Liu Zhan grow up. ”

Zhang Fei looked at Liu Bei and Guan Yu, and directly expressed his opinion.

"Huh...... Third brother, yes, the analysis makes some sense, it seems that the third brother has worked hard in Yingchuan these days, well, yes, I am very pleased for my brother. Liu Bei smiled slightly, raised his hand and patted Zhang Fei's shoulder.

"Hey...... Big brother, our brothers want to create a world, so we can't always hold back. ”

Zhang Fei scratched his head and said with a smile.

"Big brother, third brother, Yu thought that Liu Zhan divided his troops, but he still had a lot of chances of winning. You must know that Liu Zhan's subordinates have Xun Yu and Xun Yu to give him advice, and the Xun family is full of wisdom and will never be untargeted. ”

Guan Yu pondered for a moment, but still insisted on his thoughts. At this time, Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia have not yet emerged, and the world does not know what they can do, so Guan Yu did not take Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia into account. If the world knew that the two were full of tricks, maybe there would not be any princes of the Eighteen Roads to challenge Liu Zhan.

Liu Bei listened to Guan Yu's words, pondered for a moment, and said: "Second brother, the princes of the Eighteenth Road, there are many strategists, and there are countless fierce generals, Xun Yu and Xun You may not be able to change Liu Zhan's defeat."

It's time for our brothers to find another way.

It seems that the policy I originally formulated to borrow chickens to lay eggs can no longer be implemented.

During the days when our brothers were in Yingchuan, we almost visited all the people who could win over, and our mouths were about to wear out, but none of us were willing to follow our brothers. If you continue to stay in Yingchuan, you will only be buried by Liu Zhan. ”

A flash of realization flashed in Guan Yu's eyes, and he said, "Big brother is going to ...... Leave Yingchuan and go to the princes of the Eighteenth Road? ”

"Okay, big brother, if that's the case, I'll raise my hands in favor." Zhang Fei listened, his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly. From the beginning, Zhang Fei did not agree with Liu Bei to defect to Liu Zhan, and now seeing Liu Bei leave Yingchuan, how could Zhang Fei not be excited.

Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and said meaningfully: "That's right, I called you here today, in fact, to discuss a rule, how our brothers can leave Yingchuan smoothly." ”

"Are you really leaving?" Guan Yu asked.

"If you don't leave, you can't do anything, staying here will do you no good." Liu Bei nodded.

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "Big brother, our brothers are leaving, can Liu Zhan stop us?" Liu Zhan is not in Yingchuan now, if they dare to stop them, they will lead people to kill the generals, and by the way, this evil breath in the chest will come out. ”

"Third brother, no!" Liu Bei hurriedly waved his hand at Zhang Fei and said, "We have more than 100 brothers, if we really want to fight, we will suffer, you know, there are still 10,000 flying tiger battalions in Yingchuan." ”

"Big brother, in the whole world, except for the perverted Liu Zhan, who is our brother's opponent? Big brother don't have to worry, he will definitely lead the brothers to rush out. Zhang Fei disagreed, patted his chest and said.

"Since you are leaving, it is better to go quietly, so as not to hurt the lives of the brothers." Guan Yu reminded.

Liu Bei nodded and said, "The second brother is right, the third brother can't have this kind of thought anymore." I see this, early tomorrow morning, we will disguise ourselves as ordinary people, go out of the city in batches, and meet at a ruined temple ten miles outside the east gate of the city. How is it? ”

"Big brother, it's too cowardly to go like this." Zhang Fei pursed his lips and said.

"It's only like this, if Xun Yu and them know that we are leaving, they will definitely stop it, and at that time, they can only kill it." Guan Yu's eyes darkened slightly.

"Alas-" Zhang Fei sighed and said, "I think back then, our brothers Taoyuan were righteous, but which one were you afraid of?" Unexpectedly, now I can't leave Yingchuan openly! ”