Chapter 403: Funeral
Shu County, Cheng? In the capital, in the state pastoral mansion, Liu Zhang's shape is like a withered tree, and his face is desolate.
No one could have imagined that the situation would change so quickly.
More than a month ago, he, Liu Zhang, as the lord of Yizhou, gathered elite soldiers and strong generals under his command, with nearly 300,000 armor, and he was able to crush Liu Bei in Hanzhong. However, it has only been more than a month, and he, Liu Jiyu, has become the weak party.
The 200,000 army was folded in Hanzhong, and 50,000 soldiers and horses were folded at Jianmen Pass, and now, there are less than 50,000 troops left under his command under Liu Jiyu.
Without soldiers and horses, his position as the lord of Yizhou would not be able to sit steadily.
No, Liu Bei's house, won't he take the opportunity to counterattack Sichuan and Shu?
In fact, Liu Zhang will not be surprised at all about Liu Bei's counterattack on Sichuan and Shu, let alone resentful.
Since he, Liu Zhang, can attack others, shouldn't Liu Bei be allowed to counterattack Sichuan and Shu?
This truth is unreasonable, is it typical "the monk can touch it, but the poor road can't touch it"?
What made Liu Zhang feel desolate was that the group of "loyal ministers" who were around him in the past couldn't find anyone at this critical moment, and sent people to their mansion to recruit each other, either sick or not in the mansion.
What made Liu Zhang feel the most chilling was that Wu Yi, the general he relied on and trusted the most, actually surrendered to the enemy!
As the saying goes, seeing people's hearts over time, seeing the truth in adversity, nothing more than that.
In the garden of the back house, Liu Zhang, who was not in the mood to watch the beautiful women in singing and dancing paintings, was mourning by the railing at this time, and there was quite a mood in his heart that "the carved fence and jade masonry should still be there, but Zhu Yan changed", at this time, Zhang Song came in a hurry.
Zhang Song, this is the only courtier who still stays with Liu Zhang.
As for whether Zhang Song is a loyal minister, Liu Zhang does not dare to guarantee it.
In such a situation, in the case of rebellion and separation, even the last loyal minister, Liu Zhang did not dare to trust him very much.
Zhang Song's steps were hurried, and his expression was a little flustered, which also disturbed Liu Zhang's mournful mood by the way.
"Yongnian is so panicked, but Liu Bei hits it? Is the capital down? ”
When he asked this sentence, Liu Zhang himself was not very panicked. He has seen through it, the general trend of Shuzhong has gone, and the betrayal of his relatives has left, and he Liu Zhang is unable to return to the sky, has Liu Bei succeeded? When the capital is down, his Liu Zhang's ending is actually doomed. In this case, in the face of a predictable defeat, what did he Liu Zhang panic about?
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Zhang Song arched his hand and said with a wry smile: "Lord, Liu Bei is still in Fucheng, and the minister is here to tell the lord another unfortunate news." A messenger just came to report that five days ago, the third son, Liu Mao, died of illness in Yizhou County! ”
Liu Mao is the third brother of Liu Zhang, the lord of Yizhou, and Wu Yi's brother-in-law.
At the beginning, due to various reasons, by chance, it was Liu Zhang who succeeded the lord of Yizhou, so the third son of the ancestor had to be assigned to Yizhou County to guard the border troubles. Unexpectedly, now I received the news of his death.
Liu Zhang was stunned, and the corners of his eyes were a little moist.
To be honest, more than ten years ago, their brothers were still very brothers.
However, the heir of the Lord of Yizhou can only be one of them!
The eldest brother and the second brother were killed in Guanzhong, but he, Liu Zhang, succeeded as the lord of Yizhou without fighting.
It is true that he, Liu Zhang, did not think about competing for the lord of Yizhou at the beginning, but when he sat in this position, he would definitely not be able to give up easily, and no one would be allowed to get involved, even if it was a brother!
Therefore, the third brother Liu Mao was assigned to Yizhou County.
Yizhou County, adjacent to Yunnan, where insects, snakes, and beasts are rampant, and poisonous miasma is everywhere.
After a long period of grief, Liu Zhang said in a dumb voice: "Are you mourned?" ”
This question naturally is, is the coffin of his third brother Liu Mao mourned?
Anyway, the third brother Liu Mao is a relative of the Han family, and he is the queen of the princes, and after his death, he must be mourned. For example, to prepare a cemetery and mausoleum, and to send an envoy to report the mourning to the princes of the four directions. Of course, the most important thing is to report the funeral to the Son of Heaven.
After the death of the Han clan who owns the jade, he needs to report the funeral to the son of the day, which is a necessary process!
"The minister has sent someone to mourn." Zhang Song replied.
This is not Zhang Song's arbitrary power, but he knows that the lord is not in the mood to deal with things at present, such trivial matters, he Zhang Song can handle it, naturally he will handle it first, and then talk about it, just go back and report it to the lord.
Then, Zhang Song hesitated and said: "The lord, the third lady Wu has already supported the coffin of the third prince and returned from Yizhou County, and it will arrive in the city in three or five days at most." The scale of the funeral, as well as the candidates who went out of the city to welcome the coffin, also asked the lord to order. ”
Liu Zhang was stunned for a moment, and then sighed: "Brother, this is not the right time to die!" ”
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Hearing the lord's sigh, Zhang Song was stunned for a moment, and then his face was full of bitterness.
Indeed, the third son died at an inopportune time.
If it was more than a month ago, the funeral of the third prince must have been beautiful, when his coffin arrived? When the capital is down, there will inevitably be thousands of people crying and mourning to welcome the spirits, and the lord Liu Zhang will inevitably go out of the city to greet him in person.
But now, Liu Bei has entered Shuzhong, and his troops are in Fucheng, three or five days later, I am afraid that Liu Bei has already completed his army? The capital is down, right? At that time, the coffin of the third prince also arrived in the city, didn't it fall into Liu Bei's hands?
Of course, in the name of Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness, he would probably not do anything to the coffin of the third prince.
However, this is to roast the Lord on the fire.
Just imagine, when Liu Beibing came to the city, did the lord want to go out of the city to greet his brother's coffin?
didn't wait for Zhang Song's reverie, but listened to Liu Zhang say again: "When the time comes, let my son Liu Xun go out of the city to welcome the coffin!" ”
Liu Xun, the eldest son of Liu Zhang, is now nearly crowned, and at some times, he can replace his father and attend some Zhong Xuan occasions. For example, to welcome Liu Mao's coffin, it can be Liu Xun's father's father.
Of course, Liu Zhang's use of his eldest son to welcome him has another layer of intention.
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Looking at the desolation of the lord and the helplessness of the lord, Zhang Song's heart was like a knife.
Zhang Song is a native of Shuzhong, and he is still a Cheng? All people.
At the beginning, when the ancestor Liu Yan moved to Sichuan and Shu, it was their Zhang family who first offered their sincerity to Liu Yan, and later, they supported the fourth son Liu Zhang to succeed Sichuan Shu, which also had the handwriting of their Zhang family. If you want to say how loyal their Zhang family is to Liu Zhang, this is not necessarily.
In fact, the most important thing is that the interests of their Zhang family and Liu Jiyu have been tied together!
Therefore, as long as he can still be rescued, Zhang Song will not give up his loyalty to Liu Jiyu.
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