Liu Bei wanted to attack Zhang Yi, and his subordinates were very opposed. It can be said that no one agrees, everyone is opposed, and only one person has not expressed his attitude, that is, Chen Dao, who is the head of Liu Bei's bodyguard.

Among them, the people with a more resolute attitude are Jian Yong, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun.

Jian Yong and Liu Bei are old friends, so they have a lot less to say: "Lord, now that Cao Cao is powerful, we can only fight Cao Cao if we can unite with Zhang Yi." If the lord attacks Zhang Yi now, with Zhang Yi's character of retribution, he will not give up. If the lord wants to meet the source between the two powers, the risk he has to take is very large. ”

Liu Bei said: "Now is not the time for me to start. If I give up on these forces, I don't know how long it will take to rise. ”

Jian Yong also knew Liu Bei's worries, so he just sighed and said, "I'm afraid that the lord will not steal chickens and rice, but it is not as good as now." ”

Guan Yu persuaded Liu Bei: "Zhang Yi gave support to the lord when he was poor, and the lord attacked Zhang Yi for injustice, how can he convince the public?" ”

For his old subordinates, Liu Bei could only patiently explain: "Yun Chang, don't you see it? Zhang Yi asked me to be in Runan because he wanted to control me here. We will not develop at all in the gap between Cao Cao and Zhang Yi, and if we don't jump out of this gap, we will eventually be eliminated. ”

Guan Yu naturally knows this situation, but he is a proud person, or a person who wants to save face, and he does not allow himself to easily betray his moral position. So he was caught by Cao Cao, and after working for him for a while, he returned to Liu Bei.

Zhao Yun is not a pedantic person like Guan Yu, but he is a very strategic person, you must know that in the Wuhou Temple in Chengdu, Zhao Yun is among the ministers.

"The lord is a loyal minister of the Han family, and the enemy is only the national thief Cao Cao, and now he is attacking the Zhang family at the expense of the national thief, I am afraid that everyone will not be able to work together."

Zhao Yun's words had already saved Liu Bei's face, and Liu Bei naturally heard it, and he said: "If you want to crusade against the national thief, it is not easy. If I can't succeed in my foundation, how can I talk about crusading against national thieves? ”

Zhao Yun also knew that Liu Bei had a shallow foundation, but at this time he really didn't start a war with Zhang Yi, "Cao Cao is powerful, and the lord will cooperate with Zhang Yi in the future, if Zhang Yi is jealous of this, I am afraid it will not be conducive to defeating Cao Cao." ”

Liu Bei waved his hand and said: "I will let Yun Chang be the vanguard when I send troops this time, with Yun Chang's character, I will definitely not attack the lord, as long as we delay for a while." ”

Hearing Liu Bei say this, Zhao Yun was relieved. He was afraid that Liu Bei and Zhang Yi would fight to the death, you must know that Zhang Yi's strength was too strong, and Liu Bei's attack on Zhang Yi was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg. He was afraid that Liu Bei would defeat the army, so he really had to start from scratch, and many of the existing ones would not be available from scratch, especially the cavalry led by him.

After Guan Yu received Liu Bei's order, he was extremely reluctant in his heart, he came to the outside of Yangquan City with two thousand troops, and set up camp without making any offensive moves.

But after he led the army into Yangquan, he was taken as an attack by Hua Rong. The people under Zhang Yi basically regarded Liu Bei as Zhang Yi's subordinates, and those who knew the truth were very wary of Liu Bei.

Three days after Guan Yu arrived in Yangquan, Xue Rengui finally came to Yangquan. In the three counties north of the Lujiang River, Xue Rengui led the cavalry, and after receiving the military report, he came over after a little preparation.

It's just that he didn't go directly to Yangquan, but stationed nearby, observed for more than a day, and saw that Guan Yu didn't seem to have any intention of attacking, so he entered Yangquan City.

After waiting for a few days, Guan Yu had no intention of retreating, which made Xue Rengui very annoyed! It is not a glorious thing to be surrounded by soldiers.

He had already sent a detective to understand that Liu Bei was twenty miles away, and he didn't make any moves.

Xue Rengui is also an arrogant person, probably all people with ability are like this, and Xue Rengui is even more so, because his ability is greater than ordinary people.

Xue Rengui took his 1,000 cavalry to Guan Yu's camp and called for battle.

Of course, this time is not a heads-up. Even if Xue Rengui wanted to go head-to-head with Guan Yu, Guan Yu would not go head-to-head with Xue Rengui.

The so-called gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, Guan Yu is actually a very cautious person. When he fled, he deliberately changed his words. In ancient times, there were many people with the same name, but the place of birth and the character became a means of identifying people. Guan Yu changed his words, and people from other counties would not arrest him.

In history, there was a single knife to the meeting, which was about the meeting between Guan Yu and Lu Su. In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is said that Guan Yu went to the meeting alone, but "Three Kingdoms" records that Lu Su went to the meeting alone. It can be seen that Guan Yu is not an adventurous person.

But Guan Yu was not a timid person, he heard that Xue Rengui was challenging outside the camp, and immediately led his troops out of the camp.

Xue Rengui asked Guan Yu loudly: "Guan Yu, my lord has grace and Liu Bei, but Liu Bei will take revenge and attack Yangquan, aren't you afraid of doing more injustice?" ”

Guan Yu knew that he was at a loss, but he couldn't help but retort: "This is the territory of the Han Dynasty, our army is the Han army, and the Han army is stationed in the Han land, how can we attack?" ”

Xue Rengui reprimanded: "Xuchang is also a Han land, why don't you go to Xuchang and station?" ”

Guan Yu didn't know how to make an excuse for a while, so he said: "It's useless to talk more. Xue Li, since you have come to challenge, let the horse come! ”

"Then you just wait to die!" Xue Rengui didn't want to talk to him too much, so he turned his horse back, and then returned to the front of the cavalry, picked up the spear, raised it high, and shouted loudly.

The cavalry behind him also shouted, and then as he slowly ran, they rushed towards Guan Yu's infantry.

Guan Yu had a lot of dealings with cavalry, especially with princes like Lu Bu and Cao Cao who had elite cavalry. When he saw Xue Rengui's cavalry pick up their spears, he also began to order: "Form a spear formation!" ”

Xue Rengui watched Guan Yu's infantry take out a long spear, his eyes immediately stood up, and he ordered again: "Put down the spear and pick up the bow and arrow!" ”

"Free fire, put!"

Xue Rengui's two orders were relatively tight, because when the cavalry picked up the bow and arrow, it was already within a hundred paces.

After the arrow was fired, Guan Yu's side also found out and immediately began to defend. Guan Yu also began to organize archers to counterattack and shoot at Xue Rengui.

Guan Yu put out a hedgehog array, and Xue Rengui shot arrows around this hedgehog array, and fought for an hour, and both sides left the battlefield with dozens of dead soldiers.

The first battle between Zhang Yi and Liu Bei ended in a dead end.