"Cloud Chief! Don't go!! Liu Bei woke up from the nightmare, raised his head and rubbed his eyebrows, and a sense of foreboding rose in his heart. Since learning the news of Guan Yu's defeat at Queweipo, Liu Bei has been restless, dreaming tonight that Guan Yu and himself are parting, which is not a good sign.

The three brothers Liu Guanzhang have known each other since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the three of them have been together for decades through thick and thin, never abandoning, and although the relationship is not a brother, it is better than a brother. At present, the third brother Zhang Fei is leading the army to storm Chengdu, once it is taken, Liu Bei will have room to turn around with the imperial court, only the second brother Guan Yu let Liu Bei rest assured.

Guan Yu is arrogant, as a brother, Liu Bei naturally knows it, but it is really because he knows Guan Yu's temperament that Liu Bei is worried that Guan Yu will follow in Huang Zhong's footsteps. Liu Bei hopes that Guan Yu is alive, not only because Guan Yu's life and death have a great impact on Liu Beijun's morale, but also because they have been friends for many years, Liu Bei has long regarded Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as his siblings and is unwilling to give them up.

"Lord, are you alright?" Outside the tent, Boron asked softly.

“…… Nothing. Liu Bei responded, reached out and took the jug and poured it violently, shook his head and prepared to rest. At present, Chengdu is a round-the-clock siege, Zhang Fei is leading the army to fight Chengdu at night, and Liu Bei is ready to take over after dawn tomorrow.

"Captain Bao, can you wake up the lord, there is an emergency military situation." Zhuge Liang's voice came from outside the tent, and Liu Bei heard it and said, "Is it a military advisor?" Please come in and talk. ”

“…… The lord is still resting? Zhuge Liang asked Liu Bei after entering the account.

"You just woke up, you came at the right time, what happened?" Liu Bei motioned for Zhuge Liang to sit down and speak.

"My lord, Liang just received a message from Gangneung...... Jiangling stayed behind Mi Zhu Mi Zizhong to dedicate the city to the imperial court. Zhuge Liang didn't talk nonsense, and replied when he heard the words.

"Uh......" Liu Bei's expression froze. Mi Zhu reversed? How can it be! Thinking that Mi Zhu was originally a wealthy businessman in Xuzhou, even if he was broken, he had to follow him, but now he finally became a Jiangling stayer, how could he rebel?

"Strategist, is this news wrong?"

"There shouldn't be a mistake, this news was sent by the hundred technicians who stayed in Jiangling at the risk of death."

“…… Cloud Chief? What about Yun Chang? Gangneung is lost, is he okay? Liu Bei seemed to suddenly think of it, and asked Zhuge Liang urgently.

"According to the news sent by the hundred technicians, General Guan once led the remnants to Jiangling, and after being rejected by Mi Zhu and others, he turned east and left, and there is no more definite news yet."

“…… Military advisor, I just had a nightmare, dreaming that Yun Chang and I parted hands, is this Yun Chang giving me a dream, saying that he has suffered an accident? Liu Bei was silent for a moment and asked Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but have a headache, he was a strategist, not a fortune teller who interpreted dreams. However, Zhuge Liang also saw that Liu Bei was too worried about Guan Yu's safety at this time, so he had to open his mouth and say for Liu Bei: "Liang once heard that what he saw in his dream was the opposite of reality, and the lord saw General Guan and the lord in a dream to say goodbye. ”

“…… No, no, I always feel that something has happened to Yun Chang. Liu Bei shook his head and said stubbornly.

"Lord!" Zhuge Liang couldn't help but raise his voice when he saw Liu Bei like this, and when Liu Bei looked at him puzzled, he said with a straight face: "Lord, now is not the time to worry about General Guan, but to consider our own safety." Chengdu is not down, Bashu is difficult to determine, once the imperial army enters Shu, our army is in danger. ”

“…… What the military advisor said was very true. Liu Bei was silent again, and after a while, he raised his head and said to Zhuge Liang.

"Where is the lord going?" Zhuge Liang saw Liu Bei get up and put on armor, and couldn't help asking.

"Take Chengdu and stabilize Bashu, so that I have the time to care about the safety of Yunchang, even so, I should personally go into battle and break through Chengdu."

"Think twice." When Zhuge Liang heard that Liu Bei planned to attack the city in person, he hurriedly persuaded him.

"The military advisor is not persuasive, and he is not as prepared as the military advisor in case of emergency, but when it comes to charging into battle, as the brother of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, he still has some self-confidence."

Liu Bei insisted on personally leading the team to attack the city, but Zhuge Liang couldn't persuade him, so he had to come to Chengdu with Liu Bei. When Zhang Fei learned that his brother was coming, he thought something was wrong, so he hurriedly came over to ask.

"Yide, it's not a big deal, it's just that my brother suddenly wants to see my brother's bravery." Liu Bei explained to Zhang Fei with a smile.

Zhang Fei laughed when he heard this, "Brother, sit here for a while, and the younger brother will go back when he goes." ”

……

Inside the city of Chengdu

Not long after Yan Yan took over the city defense, he listened to the fierce drums of Liu Beijun's war outside the city, and when he looked closely, he saw Zhang Fei personally risking arrows and leading the army to attack the city.

"The archers are in position." Yan Yan burst into a shout, raised his hand and waved down hard, "Shoot!" ”

A soldier is a bear, and a nest of bears will be a nest, which can also be seen the other way around, the general is brave, and the soldiers under his command are also killed. Under the leadership of Zhang Fei, who was not afraid of death, Liu Beijun was like a chicken, ignoring the rain of arrows shot from the city, and climbed up desperately one by one.

Yan Yan was frightened, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers at the head of the city to stabilize their minds, deal with it calmly, and order someone to report urgently to Zhong Xuan in the city and ask for reinforcements. Since Liu Bei led the army to kill outside Chengdu, Zhong Xuan, who was pinned on by Liu Xie, took on the important task of guarding Chengdu. Because of Liu Bei's previous mistakes, no one in the Bashu family who suffered heavy losses did not hate Liu Bei, and once this hatred was formed, it could not be easily resolved. In order to resist Liu Bei, since the start of the war, almost every family in the Bashu family has had outstanding children in the clan who died at the hands of Liu Beijun, even if Liu Bei wants to shake hands with the two sides at this time, no one in the Bashu family will pay attention.

Zhong Miao learned that the city gate was in an emergency, and immediately ordered Wu Yi, Zhang Yi, Ma Zhong and other generals who had only been promoted from all over Shuzhong in recent years to lead their troops to rush to reinforcements.

"Old General Yan is lying, I'll wait." Wu Yi shouted loudly, and rushed up with Zhang Yi and Ma Zhong. Wu Yi was self-aware, knowing that he could not defeat Zhang Fei alone, so he gave up fighting alone and chose to fight in a group. Although it is not honorable to do this, it is a matter of life and death, and only surviving can be regarded as a winner.

Zhang Fei couldn't help laughing when he saw this, gave up his physical strength and Yan Yan, turned his head to meet Wu Yi and the others. This Zhang Fei is worthy of being a fierce Zhang Fei, but the three generals who fought alone did not fall behind at all, but Wu Yi and the three of them resisted for a while with only a moment of blood, and then attacked less and defended more, and the danger was full of dangers.

Yan Yan, who was lucky enough to escape, rested for a while, and saw that Wu Yi and the three of them were gone, so he mustered up Yu Yong to prepare to join the battle group and share some pressure for Wu Yi and the three of them. I didn't want to, but at this time, I heard a rapid sound of gold from outside the city.

"Huh?" Zhang Fei was obviously stunned, and when he heard that it was his own Mingjin, he couldn't help but wonder, seeing that the city was about to be broken, why Mingjin at this time?

Zhang Fei, who was worried about his brother's danger, ignored Wu Yi and the others, and turned around and left after forcing his opponent back with one move, retreating from the city. Yan Yan and the others escaped death, looking at each other, they all had a feeling of the rest of their lives, no one paid attention to the so-called appearance, they all sat on the ground and gasped. On weekdays, they feel good about themselves, but today they asked Zhang Fei to teach them a lesson, so that they understood the meaning of the word fierce general.

"Old general, why did Zhang Fei retreat?" Zhang Yi asked Yan Yan puzzled.

"I don't know, it must be Liu Bei outside the city who has a problem." Yan Yan shook his head and replied.

"Could it be that reinforcements have arrived?" Ma Zhong said suddenly.

"It's unlikely, I just got the news some time ago, saying that the newly built Han'an Army has just passed Mianzhu, and it should have just arrived in Guanghan at this time, and it is impossible to arrive so soon."

"But if it's not reinforcements, why is Liu Beijun Mingjin?" Wu Yi also opened his mouth to join the discussion.

"Whatever the reason, what we have to do will not change, which is to hold on to Chengdu and wait for reinforcements to arrive. Wu Yi and Ma Zhong, the two of you will stay here first, and the old man and Zhang Yi will go down to the city to rest, and then come to replace the two of you when they are young. Yan Yan got up and said to Wu Yi.

Wu Yi has no opinion on this, anyway, the person is under the city wall, as long as there is an enemy situation, he will soon be able to rush to reinforcements, and immediately nodded and said: "The old general goes, and I will hand it over to me here." ”

Liu Beijun's camp outside the city

Zhang Fei, who had returned to the formation, did not stop, and went directly to Liu Bei's tent, he wanted to ask his brother, why did Ming Jin withdraw his troops under the good situation of his own family, what happened? But when Zhang Fei saw Liu Bei, he couldn't help but be startled by Liu Bei's appearance.

Seeing that Liu Bei's eyes were red at this time, he was holding a note in his hand and trembling slightly, and when he saw Zhang Fei, he said in a trembling voice without waiting for Zhang Fei to ask: "Yide, your second brother, Yun Chang ...... him"

"What's wrong with the second brother?" Zhang Fei immediately felt bad when he heard this, and asked urgently.

"Yun Chang, he's dead."

"Ahh Zhang Fei was taken aback, and when he saw Liu Bei's expression, he felt that something bad had happened, but he didn't expect that it was his second brother Guan Yu who had suffered an accident. Although the general inevitably died in battle, Zhang Fei couldn't accept it for a while when he heard that the second brother who had been with him for decades was gone.

The brothers hugged their heads and cried, still unable to believe that the news was true. And Zhuge Liang on the side was also worried, although the news of Guan Yu's death was bad news, but worse news than this was in Zhuge Liang's hands at this time. Guan Yu died, and Jingbei was occupied by the imperial court, but Jingnan was separated by a Yangtze River, and Liu Bei had also made some arrangements before leaving, so it was safe for the time being. What really troubled Zhuge Liang was that the newly built Han'an army of the imperial court was coming, and according to the latest news, the Han'an army led by Zhao Yun and Sima Yi had arrived in Guanghan at this time, and it would be possible to reach Chengdu in a few days.

For this Chengdu, Liu Beijun paid a lot, but once the Han Anjun arrived, the previous efforts would be in vain. Jingbei had been lost, and the goal of taking Bashu was difficult to achieve, so Zhuge Liang had to start thinking about Liu Beijun's future. It is no longer realistic to remain here, and it is necessary to start thinking about withdrawing troops before the Han'an army arrives.

"Big brother, you must avenge the second brother." Zhang Fei shouted at Liu Bei.

"Yide, don't worry, you don't say this, you have to do it for your brother." Liu Bei wiped his tears when he heard this, and said with a straight face.

Taking advantage of Liu Bei's temporary efforts to collect his sorrows, Zhuge Liang persuaded: "The Lord mourns, once General Guan is gone, it will have a great impact on our army, but people cannot be resurrected after death, and we who are alive still have to think about the future." At present, the Han An army of the imperial court has arrived in Guanghan, and will arrive in Chengdu in a few days, and the lord is asked to make a decision as soon as possible. ”

“…… Strategist, you mean to withdraw troops? Liu Bei's expression suddenly became very calm, and he looked at Zhuge Liang and asked.

Zhuge Liang suddenly felt a palpitation, facing Liu Bei with a calm expression, he didn't dare to speak for a while, instinct seemed to be reminding him that as long as his answer did not match Liu Bei's mind at this time, his life would not be guaranteed.

"Withdraw troops? No way! Without waiting for Zhuge Liang to answer Liu Bei's question, Zhang Fei on the side had already roared as if he had blown up.

"Our army has been fighting hard for many days, and it seems that we can take Chengdu, and the price we have paid before is not in vain when we withdraw our troops at this time. Brother, I will not withdraw my troops. ”

“…… So what are you going to do? ”

"I'm going to slaughter the city!" Zhang Fei said hatefully: "If it weren't for the delay in Chengdu for so long, the second brother would not have encountered an accident. The death of the second brother is related to the people in Chengdu City, and I want to sacrifice the blood of the people in Chengdu City to my second brother's spirit in the sky! ”

"Three generals, no! This move will greatly damage the reputation of the lord......" Zhuge Liang was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly persuaded. It's just that before he could finish speaking, he saw Liu Bei wave his hand and interrupt Zhuge Liang's words, "Yide, if you can break through Chengdu tonight, I will allow you not to seal the sword overnight." ”

"Lord!" Zhuge Liang exclaimed.

"Strategist, I don't need to persuade you, I've made up my mind. Yide, what are you still doing standing here? Aren't you going to take Chengdu to pay tribute to your second brother's spirit in the sky? ”

"Ah~~~" Zhang Fei looked up to the sky and roared, striding away from the tent.

It seems that there is always a violent factor hidden in the human body, and once activated, it will explode with powerful destructive power. In ancient times, the slaughter of cities was regarded as the only way to boost morale. As soon as Zhang Fei said the news that he was preparing to slaughter the city, the soldiers who were immediately stimulated screamed and vented their dissatisfaction.

"The lord can't, once the slaughter of the city is spread, the reputation of the lord who has worked hard for many years will be ruined, and I hope the lord will think twice." Zhuge Liang also wanted to make a final effort to persuade Liu Bei to take back his fate, because in Liu Bei's army, only Liu Bei could tell Zhang Fei to stop.

"Strategist, do you know how many years I've known Yun Chang?" Liu Bei opened his mouth and asked Zhuge Liangdao.

"Liang knows that the lord once said that General Guan and the lord met when the gold was in turmoil, and it has been twenty years now."

"Huh...... Twenty years, how many twenty years in life, Yun Chang has never left me since following me, even if he was forced to surrender back then, his loyalty to me has always remained the same. Although Yun Chang and I are not brothers, our relationship is better than that of brothers, and now that this brother is gone, can the military advisor know how I feel at this time? ”

"The relationship between the lord and General Guan is clear, but the slaughter of the city is absolutely not feasible, doesn't the lord consider the fame he has accumulated over the years?"

"My brother is gone! What else do you want to do with bullshit reputation? After Liu Bei roared as if venting, he simply closed his eyes and ignored Zhuge Liang.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, knowing that the matter was irreparable, and the slaughter of the city tonight would spread in the future, and there would be no place for Liu Bei to stand in Bashu.

Seeing that the matter was irreparable, Zhuge Liang had no choice but to bow his hand to Liu Bei and withdraw from the camp. Bashu has no hope, and the only way to develop in Jiaozhou in the future is to preserve as many of Liu Beijun's soldiers as possible, which has become Zhuge Liang's top priority.

Returning to his camp, Zhuge Liang spread out the map and began to consider Liu Beijun's retreat, and it was impossible to return the same way. Guan Yu is dead, the imperial court has taken Jingbei, although he has laid out eight formations outside the White Emperor City, but the effect is only to delay the time for the Han army to enter Shu. After all, the Eight Formations are dead, and the Han Army is alive, even if they can't break the formation, won't they still take a detour?

If you want to return to Jingnan, the only way out is to go south. Yizhou is divided into north and south, and most of Yinan has now been conquered by the Nanban, if it is willing to borrow the road, then it will save a lot of effort. It's terrible to be afraid that these southern barbarians don't talk about morality, if they pretend to use the Tao, they actually set up an ambush......

Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang's gaze couldn't help but surrender to the mountains where Wuxi Man lived. The barbarian king of Wuximan, Shamoke, is now a general under Liu Bei, and this time he attacked Bashu, and Shamoke was the barbarian general who won the most. Compared with Nanban Mengshu, Shamoke is obviously more trustworthy. Moreover, Wuxi is Shamoke's hometown, and he is more familiar with the terrain of that area than others, and if he is willing to be the guide of the army, the odds are greater.

"Kong Ming, have you rested?" Inquiries were heard outside the tent. Zhuge Liang sighed lightly in his heart, knowing that he couldn't hide after all, so he said to the outside of the tent: "It's Ji Chang outside, please come in and talk." ”

Ma Liang had been serving as Chen Zhi's military advisor before, and after the army converged, Ma Liang also resigned from his position and returned to Liu Bei as a staff member, but in the past two days, he has occasionally suffered from a cold and has been recuperating in the camp, so he doesn't know what happened outside. After learning from his younger brother Ma Jian that Liu Bei actually agreed to Zhang Fei's idea of slaughtering the city, Ma Liang ignored his illness and asked Ma Jian to help him to see Liu Bei, hoping to persuade Liu Bei to take back his life, but he didn't want Liu Bei to refuse and not see him, Ma Liang had no choice but to come to Zhuge Liang again, hoping that Zhuge Liang could accompany him to ask for a meeting.

"Ji Chang, the lord is angry at this time, and he can't listen to persuasion." Zhuge Liang helplessly said to Ma Liang.

When Ma Liang heard this, he couldn't help but shout angrily and asked, "Could it be that the lord did not listen to the persuasion and let the lord do this unrighteous thing?" Kong Ming, as courtiers, do you and I only know how to protect ourselves? If you refuse to go, then I will go myself. Saying that, Ma Liang pushed away the horse that was supporting him, and walked towards Liu Bei's handsome tent. Zhuge Liang looked at Ma Liang's departing back and raised his hand, but he didn't know what to say, and finally could only put it down weakly.

……

"Hahaha~ Happy, really happy!" Zhang Fei, who had returned to the camp victoriously, shouted loudly while walking towards Liu Bei's handsome tent, and saw someone kneeling in front of his brother's handsome tent, he couldn't help but look at it curiously, and saw that the person knew him, so he asked in wonder: "Ji Chang, what are you kneeling here?" ”

"The three generals are happy to kill?" Ma Liang turned his head to look at Zhang Fei, who was covered in blood, and asked.

"It's a pleasure, it's a pleasure."

"Okay......" Ma Liang said yes, reluctantly got up from the ground, and said to Liu Bei's handsome tent: "Since the lord refuses to meet, then please forgive Ma Liang for saying goodbye." ”