There are priorities, and people are close to each other. Guan Yu, a person whose eyes are above the top, can be counted with one hand by those who can enter his eyes, although his self-confidence is still a mystery to Liu Xie, but Liu Xie knows that Zhang Fei must have entered Guan Yu's eyes. In addition, I am afraid that only Liu Bei, who is trying to snatch his own Bashu, is left.

Guan Yu, a special existence in Liu Bei's group. It is not so much that his relationship with Liu Bei is subordinate, but rather that he is a warlord who is dependent on Liu Bei. He has his own armament, his own subordinates, and Liu Bei is more like a cooperation than a monarch. Therefore, in terms of his attitude towards Guan Yu, Liu Bei is not as casual as he treats Zhang Fei, persuasion is the mainstay, and coercion is supplementary, and the situation of coercion has almost never occurred.

Guan Yu's arrogance is not so much because he was born with his own attributes, but because he is "used to" by Liu Bei. The eldest of the heavens, my second eldest, and the rest are all busy. People must not be confident, but everything has a degree, and if you are too confident, that is arrogance. Guan Yu is overconfident, so he has always been dismissive of different opinions. Although he had already suffered a big loss in the confrontation with the Han army, he did not find the reason from himself, but blamed the fault on the cunning and shamelessness of the opponent, even if he was wrong, it was just carelessness, as long as he was vigilant, then no one was invincible.

This time Liu Bei attacked Bashu, the original intention was to let Guan Yu serve as the vanguard, after all, Guan Yu is excellent in martial arts, and proficient in battle formations, Bashu lost the protection of Huang Zhong's Han'an army, with Guan Yu's ability, Liu Bei can quickly occupy most of Bashu, and can even take Chengdu before Liu Xie's return to the army to help.

But Guan Yu refused this appointment, insisted on staying in Jingzhou to fight the Han army, and in order to stop Liu Bei's mouth, he also solemnly recommended Zhang Fei.

Soldiers, you are fast! At that time, Zhang Fei was still pretending to be a suspicious soldier to harass the Han army in Xudu and Runan, and when he arrived in Yong'an and set off again, the daylily was cold!

Liu Bei had no choice but to order Chen Zhi to be the vanguard and attack Bashu first, and at the same time urgently transfer Zhang Fei to return and enter Shu together. It's just that Zhang Fei had no fixed place to live at the time, and it was not easy to get in touch, so he was delayed. And Guan Yu, who insisted on staying in Jingzhou, also rushed to Xiangyang after Liu Bei sent troops to Bashu and began to deploy defenses.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang once discussed, in order to occupy Bashu, even if they lost Jingbei. But Guan Yu didn't want to lose Jingbei so easily. Jingzhou is divided into north and south, and this rich land is also mostly in Jingbei, although Jingnan was well governed by Liu Bei, but it still cannot be compared with Jingbei in a short time. Just gave it to people, Guan Yu was unwilling.

Fortunately, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang didn't want the Han army to get Jingbei too easily, according to Liu Bei's idea, Jingbei can be lost, but it is best to lose it as late as possible, exchange space for time, the later Jingbei is lost, the more time he will have to take Bashu. After all, Bashu is different from Jingnan, Jingzhou families are mostly concentrated in Jingbei, and the families in Jingnan are just some second- or third-rate or declining, Liu Bei's righteous son Liu Feng in Changsha, whose surname is Kou, and the Kou family in Jingnan is one of the declining families that cannot be ranked. Liu Feng will worship Liu Bei as his father, and his purpose is not to use Liu Bei's momentum to regain the former glory of the Kou family.

Because there are few snakes on the ground, it will naturally be easier for Liu Bei to recover Jingnan. But Bashu is not good, since the pre-Qin period, there are Wang, Yan, Huang, Zhang several families settled in Bashu, after hundreds of years, these families in Bashu can be said to be deep-rooted. Liu Xie was able to take Bashu and gain the support of most of the families, one is to represent the orthodox name and righteousness, and the other is that these families have just been killed by Liu Yan's father and son not long ago, and Liu Xie is willing to let go of power, in addition to military power, the policy of Shu people has also won the recognition of most families in Shu.

But what does Liu Bei have? Attacking the king with a minister is equivalent to rebellion, and in the general righteousness, he does not want to have any excuse. The only thing that can be relied on is nothing more than the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, after all, it is still a troubled time at this time, and having soldiers in his hands is the king's way, but how can the Bashu family bow to it easily. If you want the Bashu family to abandon the court and support themselves, the only feasible way is to lure them with profit. And before the temptation, Liu Bei must let the Bashu family realize his strength, not to mention that if he doesn't kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, how can he make the Bashu family afraid and have to submit.

Before sending troops, in order to boost morale, Liu Bei promised his generals that if a city is captured, the treasury in the city will be owned by everyone, and everyone can receive it at will. It is precisely this promise that the wealth is moving, and the men and horses under Liu Bei's command will storm the land of Bashu as if they are crazy. In particular, the barbarians recruited by Liu Bei from Jingnan fought bravely to be the first in every battle when attacking the city. Because Chen Zhi, who served as the vanguard, said that whoever is the first to break through the city has the qualification to give priority to the selection of loot.

Bashu is rich, especially after being recovered by Liu Xie, Liu Xie does not have the concept of valuing agriculture and suppressing business, and he does not discriminate against businessmen, but actively participates in it. Although he can't go directly to do business with people, there are not a few wealthy businessmen who have a close relationship with him. The reopening of the Western Regions has made countless merchants want to get a piece of the pie, and the families in the land of Bashu are no exception.

A large family of thousands of people is not enough to sustain themselves by simply digging food from the ground. Therefore, all the big clans basically have caravans that belong to their own clans. It's just that for the sake of fame, most of these big families are hidden, and the leaders of the caravans are mostly side clans, and they will not use their own children. But with Liu Xie's administration, the identity of businessmen has been improved, and it is no longer a "shameful" thing for the family to do business, and those families no longer hide it for the sake of huge interests, but choose to be above board. "The Son of Heaven is all in business, how can we be left behind."

No wonder Zheng Xuan and Zheng Lao Fu complained more than once that Liu Xie had brought bad social atmosphere, but the old master complained and complained, and he didn't leave behind any of the benefits he should enjoy. The old guy is now seventy and six, and the folk proverb is cloudy, seventy-three, eighty-four, and the king of Hades does not call himself to go. Zheng Xuan has already crossed the first hurdle, and it is estimated that he will have a few years to live, and it is precisely because of his existence that the disciples and grandchildren of Confucius did not make trouble with Liu Xie because of Liu Xie's promotion of the status of businessmen.

It is of great significance to raise the status of businessmen. Not only did Liu Xie get the funds he urgently needed to rebuild the Han Dynasty, but also allowed Liu Xie to tie many people to his chariot.

Friendship is priceless, and benefits are eternal. Priceless means two things, one is immeasurable and the other is worthless. Only interests can unite people. And this interest, not only refers to goods, personal pursuit is different, some for fame, some for righteousness, if there must be a general term, that is the pursuit of the greatest embodiment of personal value.

Who doesn't want to go down in history? Who wants to do nothing? Some extreme people, even if they can't live for a hundred years, will be stinking for 10,000 years. But the irony is that when many people do something that has a profound impact on history, they don't know what the impact of doing it will be.

Liu Bei didn't know that the current court was very different from the court he knew, and although Zhuge Liang was almost a demon, he also had the arrogance of being a scholar. The two did not know that they believed that the treasury of the government was owned by the imperial court, but in fact, the treasury that could really be used by the imperial court was a private treasury placed in the city, and the treasury placed in the official mansion, those goods were owned by the local government, and if they wanted to use it, they had to get the approval of the vast majority of the locals. In other words, in order to allow their families to have a say in the local area, the local family will put a lot of goods into the treasury as their own capital to speak loudly.

Liu Bei didn't want to move the interests of the family, but because of a promise, the more Bashu cities he captured, the deeper the hatred for himself. Blocking people's money is like killing parents, Liu Bei not only blocked it, but also robbed it, so he still wants to win over the Bashu family in the future? Daydream about it.

At the beginning of the army, Liu Bei's army made smooth progress, but as time went by, Liu Beijun's march became slower and slower, and the desperately resisting city became more and more difficult to capture. In order to protect their own property, the Bashu family can be said to be united and unanimous, because the more cities Liu Beijun takes, the greater their losses. Even if the current loss is not large, there are no eggs under the nest, and for the sake of the future, they can't let Liu Bei occupy Bashu.

Due to the collective resistance of the Bashu family, Liu Beijun's current progress is slow, slightly different from what was expected earlier. The resistance of the Bashu family made Liu Bei realize that he might have made a mistake in judgment, but he hadn't figured it out yet, and he wanted to discuss it with the military advisor Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang went to White Emperor City a few days ago, and heard him say that he was going to improve the Eight Array Diagram, and he has not yet returned.

Liu Bei recruited a group of talents when he was in Jingnan, plus his original old team, if it was only one Jingzhou, it would still be enough. But the problem is that Liu Bei is now plotting against Bashu, and it is inevitable that he will be overstretched in terms of talents. Jingnan is the place where it started, and it has been in business for a long time, Liu Bei's support rate in Jingnan is not low, and it is easy to not give up. Although Jingbei is regarded as an outcast, it cannot be discarded easily, so it also needs to be kept.

Liu Bei does not have the talent pool of Taixue like Liu Xie, and there is no way to make the talents who do not live under his rule compete for the capital. He is not even as good as Cao Cao and Sun Ce, Cao Cao occupies a large number of families in the Central Plains, which also means that there are many talents, and Sun Ce's Jiangdong is because only Sun Ce's family is dominant, and the Jiangdong family can only choose to be with Sun Ce if they want to keep their interests. But most of Liu Bei's Jingnan is even regarded as a wild place by the Central Plains family, which naturally causes a lack of talents in Jingnan.

There are pros and cons in everything, there are few families in Jingnan, which is convenient for Liu Bei to gain a firm foothold, but because of the small number of families, there are naturally fewer talents who can be recruited by Liu Bei.

"How many gentlemen are there in the army now?" Liu Bei casually asked Bao Longdao, who replaced Chen Zhi as the general of the guard.

Bao Long and Chen Xing are the two fierce generals recruited by Liu Bei in Guiyang, of course, this fierce general is compared with ordinary people, if it is compared with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, these super-first-class fierce generals, it is a traitor. However, Bao Long and Chen Xing are good-looking, tall and big, and they are very imposing when they stand behind them, and others can bring out the identity of Liu Bei's lord at a glance.

Chen Zhi was originally the personal guard general beside Liu Bei, commanding the Bai Yu soldiers, but this time he became the vanguard of Liu Bei's army, and led the troops to attack Bashu, and Liu Bei also transferred Bao Long and Chen Xing to serve as his personal guard generals. Hearing Liu Bei's inquiry, Bao Long hurriedly thought about it, "Back to the lord, there is still Mr. Pony in the army right now." ”

Liu Bei frowned when he heard this. Mr. Pony is Ma Yan, and together with his brother Ma Liang, he accepted Zhuge Liang's invitation to vote for Liu Bei. But for these two brothers, Liu Bei is a big horse and a light pony. In Liu Bei's eyes, Ma Liang is calm and capable, but he can be a big deal, while Ma Jian is frivolous and arrogant, and he is overwhelmed. This time, Liu Bei didn't want to take Ma Tan, but Zhuge Liang strongly recommended Ma Tan, and Liu Bei couldn't refute Zhuge Liang's face, so he brought Ma Tan.

At present, Ma Liang is out with Chen Zhi, Liao Li is in Jiangxia to keep an eye on Jiangdong for Liu Bei, Jiang Wan and Jian Yong are in Jingnan, Mi Zhu is in Jiangling, Zhuge Liang's two friends Cui Jun went home to visit relatives, Meng Jian went to Nanban, and there was only one Ma Jian by his side.

"My lord, do you want the last general to send someone to invite Mr. Pony?" Bauronn asked softly.

“…… Not necessarily. Liu Bei shook his head, got up and said to Bao Long, "Follow me to patrol the camp." ”

"No." Bao Long agreed, and called more than a dozen guards to follow Liu Bei to patrol the camp.

……

Noise is strictly forbidden in the barracks, especially at night, and there is basically no one who is still active, except for the soldiers on patrol. Liu Bei took Bao Long and others to inspect one camp tent after another, and when he was almost halfway through the inspection, Liu Bei saw that one of the tents was still lit.

"Whose tent is that?" Liu Bei frowned and asked.

"Lord, that's Mr. Pony's tent, and it is estimated that Mr. Pony is deducing." After hearing this, Bao Long looked at it and whispered to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei didn't want to see Ma Yan, thinking that this person was useless. But now that you've come here, it's hard to turn around and leave. After all, we can't wait to see it, but we can't do it too obviously, so as to affect internal stability and unity, at least on the surface. Seeing that Ma Tan still couldn't sleep late at night, Liu Bei, the master, naturally had to care about it.

"Young, haven't slept yet?" Liu Bei lifted the curtain and walked in and asked.

As soon as Ma Tan saw Liu Bei in person, he hurriedly put down the chess pieces in his hand and said: "My subordinates have seen the lord and disturbed the lord, which is really a subordinate's sin." ”

"It's okay, I can't sleep and walk around, and I accidentally saw that there is still a light in your tent, so I came to take a look. Young, you're in ...... Deduction? ”

"Exactly. However, this is only on paper, and it is not accurate. Ma Tan replied modestly.

There is also a reason why Liu Bei looks down on Ma Yan. Back then, he raised troops to participate in the pacification of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and he experienced no less than 100 battles, and even several times he was in danger and almost died. It can be said that Liu Bei has been able to get to where he is today, step by step, and he can be regarded as a practical combat faction. And Ma Tan likes to deduce the art of war, and he can even hold on to Zhuge Liang in this way, which can be regarded as a theoretical school.

When actual combat meets theory, they naturally do not deal with each other. One thinks that the other party is talking on paper and unrealistic, and the other thinks that the other party does not know how to summarize and is reckless and incompetent.

"Is the lord interested in accompanying his subordinates to deduce?"

"Forget it, I'm not very interested in your set, and the things you talk about on paper are useless after all." Liu Bei waved his hand and refused.

Embarrassed! The atmosphere in the tent was awkward!

Whether it was Liu Bei or Ma Yan, they didn't know how to talk next. After all, Liu Bei is the lord, even if Ma Tan is dissatisfied, it is not good to get angry directly at Liu Bei.

"Youchang, you have worked with Yun Chang, in your opinion, Yun Chang may defend Xiangyang?" Liu Bei deserves to be the lord, and soon found a topic.

Ma Tan didn't answer immediately after hearing this, but thought about it seriously for a while before saying to Liu Bei: "Lord, it's not that his subordinates don't trust General Guan's ability, but that his subordinates are worried that with General Guan's character, he may not be able to hold Xiangyang." ”

"Why?"

"General Guan is too conceited." Ma Jian shook his head and explained. "Not to mention that during the attack on Wancheng, he was ambushed by the Han army in Bowangpo, and even lost his troops. Shan said that not long ago, the lord attacked the Han'an army, if it wasn't for the surprise attack on the Han'an army led by the lord and the military division, which caused Huang Zhong to mess up, how could General Guan be able to seriously injure Huang Zhong. You must know that before the arrival of the lord, the confrontation between General Guan and Huang Zhong did not prevail. But after capturing Huang Zhong, General Guan did not realize that he was able to defeat Huang Zhong because of the blessing of the lord, but was complacent, thinking that he was invincible. Lord, proud soldiers, will be defeated! ”

“…… Go on. Liu Bei was serious now, looked at Ma Jian and said.

"Yes, according to the opinion of his subordinates, General Guan may be able to take advantage of a little bit at the beginning of the battle with the Han army, I am afraid that General Guan will accept it if he sees a good thing, and he will fall into the arrogant tactics of the Han army. You must know that Jingbei is not as loyal to the lord as Jingnan. At present, Liu Cong was taken by Cai Mao and Kuai Yue to take refuge in the imperial court, although the lord has a Liu Qi in his hand, but most of the families in Jingbei are still headed by Cai and Kuai. His subordinates were worried that after General Guan left Xiangyang after falling victim to the Han army's trick to lure the enemy, the family in Jingbei would take the opportunity to make trouble and cut off General Guan's retreat. Once the back road is cut off, General Guan can only retreat to Jiangxia, but if there is no Xiangyang, the Han army can directly wave its army south and attack the back road of our army......"

"Young Chang, these are just your guesses, and you can't do it accurately." Liu Bei interrupted Ma Yan's words.

"My lord, although these are just subordinate guesses, they are not guesses. The military division went to the White Emperor City this time, in fact, it was not without thinking about the situation that our army would face after General Guan's defeat. Ma Jian said to Liu Bei with a serious face.

“…… Have you mentioned this matter to the military advisor? ”

"Yes, but the military advisor said that these are just personal speculations of his subordinates, and they should not be spread so as not to shake people's hearts, so no one knows about it except for the lord."