Wancheng, for Liu Bei, this time is a revisit to the old place. When the army was defeated and fled to Jingzhou, it was Liu Biao who borrowed Wancheng that gave Liu Bei the possibility of making a comeback. Now that Liu Biao is no longer alive, and the Jingzhou he left behind, Liu Bei is determined to win, and this Wancheng has become the last step to unify Jingzhou.

Started again in Wancheng, and the success is also in Wancheng. Wancheng is very meaningful to Liu Bei, which is the biggest reason why Liu Bei insists on taking command in person.

Seeing Guan Yu, Liu Bei did not blame Guan Yu for his previous defeat, but the more Liu Bei was like this, the more uncomfortable Guan Yu's heart became. During the time when Liu Bei did not arrive, every time Guan Yu saw the head of Wancheng, he would imagine in his mind the scene of himself leading his troops to break through the city. Now that Liu Bei is finally here, Guan Yu immediately can't wait to ask Liu Bei for battle. One is to correct the name, and the other is to shame.

Liu Bei saw that Guan Yu was eager to fight, and it was not easy to discourage Guan Yu's enthusiasm, so he nodded and agreed to Guan Yu's invitation, which happened to take this opportunity to test the reality of Wancheng.

Guan Yu was full of confidence, he was not idle when waiting for Liu Bei to come, in addition to leaving Ma Jian and Liao Hua to lead the troops to monitor the movement of Wancheng, Guan Yu personally led people to cut down trees nearby and supervise the construction of siege equipment. By the time Liu Bei arrived, Guan Yu already had two hundred ladders, one hundred catapults, and twenty crash cars.

In order to prove his bravery, Guan Yu rejected Guan Ping's request to go into battle on behalf of his father, and personally led five hundred sword players, intending to succeed in one battle. With Guan Ping's order, a hundred catapults began to attack Wancheng, and the grinding stone's stone roared and smashed towards the head of Wancheng, but surprisingly, Wancheng's counterattack did not come from the city, but from the city. The stone balls dedicated to the Han army fell on Liu Beijun's catapult position like raindrops, and the hundred catapults only fired two rounds, and all of them called the Han army's catapults to destroy, and almost no one of Liu Bei's soldiers who were responsible for controlling the catapults avoided the stone rain of Fang Cai, and they were stoned to death on the spot.

Liu Beijun, who was originally imposing, suddenly stagnated, and they were all catapults, why is the gap so big? Guan Yu was very annoyed, and he couldn't allow him to retreat at this time, so he immediately ordered the siege of the city. 10,000 Liu Beijun under the leadership of Guan Yu carried the ladder and began to attack the city, and the catapult could not be compared, so he could not believe in the ladder.

Guan Yu charged ahead, and the Qinglong Glaive Knife he usually used was naturally not suitable for use at this time, so the weapons used by Guan Yu were the same as those of the five hundred sword players under his command. Leaning the ladder to the head of Wancheng, Guan Yukou held the knife, raised a shield in his left hand to protect the top of his head, and climbed up with both hands and feet.

And the defenders of Wancheng have already launched an attack as early as when Guan Yu led his troops to attack, the arrows like rain have fallen, and the rolling wood oil also began to be thrown when the ladder approached, although Guan Yu was brave, it was still difficult to climb to the top of the city, because when he had just climbed halfway, the Han army fell down the fire oil along the ladder, and burned the ladder with a little fire.

"Lord, give the order to Mingjin." Zhuge Liang, who was watching the battle in the Chinese army, softly suggested Liu Beidao.

Liu Bei nodded slightly when he heard this, from the current point of view, it must be the Han army that is defending the city, not the Jingzhou army, it seems that the information obtained before is correct, the Tiebi army in the Han army has already controlled Wancheng, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are probably just fighting for the ironwall general Hao Zhao at the moment.

At present, Wancheng is well prepared, and continuing to attack will only increase casualties, Liu Bei accepted Zhuge Liang's suggestion and ordered Mingjin, but this made Guan Yu, who wanted to organize another attack, very dissatisfied. For Liu Bei, Guan Yu is not easy to put on a face, but he doesn't need to be so polite to Zhuge Liang. But Zhuge Liang is protected by Liu Bei, and Guan Yu can't do anything to Zhuge Liang, so he can only use the excuse to go back to rest, and he can't be quiet.

"My lord, let's order the three generals to be transferred." Zhuge Liang watched Guan Yu leave angrily, and suggested to Liu Bei a little helplessly.

"Strategist, what about Gangneung?" Liu Bei asked worriedly. The key reason why he can lead the army north with such confidence is that the third brother Zhang Fei is now guarding Jiangling, as long as Zhang Fei is in Jiangling, Liu Bei does not have to worry that the imperial court will order the Han An army to send troops to Jingzhou, dividing Jingzhou into two, so that he can't take care of each other.

"My lord, Jiangling is very important, although the three generals are here, General Guan can be stationed in Jiangling. Jiang Xia can be handed over to Li Zhengfang to be responsible, and with Ma Bo often by his side, I believe that nothing can go wrong. ”

“…… Strategist, do you have an opinion about my second brother? Liu Bei thought about it and asked Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly when he heard this, and explained: "Lord, Liang has no opinion on General Guan, but General Guan has a big opinion on Liang. The generals and commanders do not agree, and the soldiers are taboo, not to mention that the enemy of our army is still the imperial court, and a slight mistake may lead to the defeat of our army. Lord, we can't afford to lose right now. ”

Liu Bei couldn't help but be moved after hearing this, especially Zhuge Liang's last sentence, that's right, don't look at the Jingzhou family bowing to him now, but that is when he remains strong, once he loses the battle with the imperial court, those who are already dissatisfied with themselves will definitely take the opportunity to make trouble. For the Jingzhou family, he is an outsider after all, even if he reuses the local people in Jingzhou, and even marries the daughter of the Jingzhou Xiang family as his wife, it is still difficult to gain the recognition of most Jingzhou families. Maybe when everything settles, the Jingzhou family will change its attitude towards themselves, but before that, they can't afford to lose.

"What? Let me go and change wings? Guan Yu couldn't help but be furious when he heard Liu Bei's order, if it weren't for Liu Bei himself, Guan Yu might have lifted the table.

"Yun Chang, don't misunderstand that your brother is punished like this because you are not good at fighting, it is really because my brother is not worried that Jiangling will be handed over to the third brother to be responsible. You and I have a deep understanding of each other's temperament, and the third brother is very good, but he is addicted to alcohol. Now Jiangling is related to the overall situation of Jingzhou, once he delays the big thing because of drinking, it will be too late to regret it. ”

“…… Brother, but the slander that Zhuge Xiao'er entered in front of his brother? Guan Yu asked in a deep voice.

"Yun Chang, don't be rude. What the military advisor said was for the sake of the overall situation, and there was no personal grudge in the middle. I know that you have always despised the literati, but I hope you will maintain a minimum of respect for the military advisors. Liu Bei said to Guan Yu with a serious expression. Guan Yu was stunned by Liu Bei's sudden change of attitude, but then he came to his senses, bowed his head and said, "What my brother taught me is that my younger brother knows that he is wrong. ”

Seeing that Guan Yu admitted his mistake, Liu Bei also revealed the matter without mentioning it, and then told him uneasily: "When you go to Jiangling, you must be careful and beware of the movements of the Han An army." Although Huang Zhong is old, it is said that his courage is comparable to today's Lu Bu, so you must not underestimate it. ”

"Brother, it's just an old man, why be afraid? If he does not come, he will be fine, and if he dares to come, he will not be able to return. Guan Yu replied with a confident look.

"Yun Chang, don't be careless, since Huang Hansheng can lead the Han An Army alone, there must be something outstanding. Look at the main generals of the regular army of the imperial court, such as Xie Fu, You Yi, and Tabai, which one is easy to match? Liu Bei persuaded earnestly.

Seeing Liu Bei's solemn expression, Guan Yu could only assure Liu Bei: "...... Brother rest assured, the younger brother will never take the initiative to make trouble. ”

"Well, be careful with yourself, when your brother takes care of the affairs of Wancheng, he will naturally lead the army to Jiangling to join you. At that time, you and my brothers will join forces, enter Bashu, seize the pass, and achieve a hegemony. ”

Regarding Liu Bei's good wishes, Guan Yu couldn't help but pouted secretly, how could Bashu be so enterprising. Because he doesn't like Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu will pay more or less attention to the things mentioned by Zhuge Liang on weekdays. Zhuge Liang's future plan for Liu Bei was to rely on Jingzhou's money and grain to seek the foundation of the emperor of Bashu. But now the master of Bashu is not Liu Zhang, who is easy to deal with, but Liu Xie, the son of heaven today.

At that time, Liu Xie took the opportunity to recover Bashu, and he was concerned about the operation of Bashu, not only organizing manpower to open up the Shu Road, strengthening the connection between Bashu and Guanzhong, but also treating the people of Bashu equally. It's like giving alms, if you give a piece of bread to a beggar who is dying of hunger, then you are the beggar's life-saver, but if you give a billionaire a hundred dollars, do you say you are giving alms or are you humiliating others?

The people of Bashu have long been interested in the court because of the policies of the imperial court, and how can Liu Bei buy them with some small favors. If the bribery fails, Liu Bei can only rely on power, but in this way, he will inevitably be fiercely opposed by the people of Bashu, and once Liu Bei falls into the quagmire of Bashu, it will not be so easy to get out.

Guan Yu did not approve of Zhuge Liang's plan to advance Bashu suggested to Liu Bei, on the contrary, Guan Yu was more in favor of seizing Jiaozhou. Although Jiaozhou is not as rich and profitable as Bashu, it has not been overly affected by the imperial court, and the people of Jiaozhou are still very likely to be won over by Liu Bei. It's a pity that Liu Bei didn't take Guan Yu's suggestion, but insisted on implementing Zhuge Liang's plan.

Guan Yu led his troops away, except for the five hundred knife players, Guan Yu did not take anyone else, Ma Tan was left by Guan Yu with an excuse to Liu Bei, rather than leaving this "life-saving benefactor" by his side to point fingers, Guan Yu was more willing to work with Mi Zhu, who was doing things by Zhang Fei's side at this time.

Mi Zhu was originally a big family in Xuzhou, as the head of the family, Mi Zhu followed the devil to be optimistic about Liu Bei, so he did not hesitate to offer the family property, and later he was more interested in marrying his sister Mi Zhen to Liu Bei. It's just that Mi Zhen has Mi Zhu, a ghostly brother, and Mi Fang, a second brother who loves her.

Mi Fang doesn't want her baby sister to marry an old man who can be her father, and it's just a side room, not even a main room.

Mi Zhu wanted to use the Mi family's money to support Liu Bei, Mi Fang endured it, but if she wanted to use her sister's happiness as a bargaining chip, Mi Fang couldn't agree. The brothers had a big quarrel, and afterwards Mi Fang quietly ran away from home with her sister and left Xuzhou. Mi Zhu was still resentful of Mi Fang for not understanding his distress at the beginning, but when he was displaced with Liu Bei, Mi Zhu finally regretted it.

When he was in Xuzhou, Liu Bei attached great importance to Mi Zhu, but after losing Xuzhou and Mi Zhu's help to Liu Bei became smaller, Liu Bei began to alienate Mi Zhu intentionally or unintentionally. When the southern part of Xuzhou and the northeastern part of the Yangtze River were in Liu Bei's hands, Mi Zhu didn't feel it deeply, but after Liu Bei lost all his territory and fell to Wancheng, it was difficult for Mi Zhu to feel Liu Bei's care.

Losing the foundation of Xuzhou, Mi Zhu is a staff member who has no use value for Liu Bei, if it weren't for Mi Zhu's own business talent, he would have not known which corner Liu Bei threw him to. And just when Mi Zhu felt the most lost, his brother and sister, who had been away from home for many years, also sent someone to contact him at this time.

Mi Zhu didn't know until this time that his younger siblings had gone to Chang'an after running away from home. Compared with Mi Zhu, Mi Fang seems to be more suitable for being a businessman, and soon after arriving in Chang'an, Mi Fang took advantage of the opportunity of Chang'an to gain a foothold in Chang'an. Later, there was Mi Fang outside the Mi family, and Mi Zhen inside, and gradually became a large merchant in Chang'an, but at that time, Mi Fang's identity was also found out by the imperial court.

If you make a small fuss, the imperial court may turn a blind eye, but you have developed into one of the top ten merchants who can affect the livelihood of the people in Chang'an, and it is strange that the details are not checked and lowered.

Mi Fang also fell into Liu Xie's eyes, and Liu Xie did not discriminate against businessmen, let alone think that businessmen must be inferior. Mi Fang was semi-forcibly recruited into the Sky Eye, and his identity was enough to provide him with enough disguise. As for Mi Zhen, the head of the Mi family, she has become Zhen Mi's best friend and the most difficult business opponent.

Now Mi Fang and Mi Zhen are living freely, Mi Fang has married a wife and had children in Chang'an, although the Mi family in Xuzhou is over, but the Mi family in Chang'an is rising. According to Mi Fang, Mi Fang secretly told Mi Zhu that the sister-in-law Mi Zhen of the two also seemed to have a crush, but her sister's mouth was very tight, and she couldn't knock on the side.

Mi Zhu is already very comforted that his younger siblings are safe and sound, and his younger siblings can re-establish the Mi family in Chang'an, which makes Mi Zhu feel that he is dead at this time, and he will not be shameless to see the ancestors of the Mi family. As for Mi Fang's proposal to let him go to Chang'an to reunite with the family, Mi Zhu could only politely refuse at this time.

Mi Zhu believes that he will definitely be treated well when he goes to Chang'an, but as an elder brother, he also has the dignity of a brother, and he doesn't want to see his brother and sister in such a disgraced manner.

"Zizhong, are you here?" Zhang Fei's loud voice sounded outside, and Mi Zhu couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. This Zhang Fei will come to him, not to talk to him, but to want a gift he received not long ago. This gift was sent by the Mi Fangtuo caravan, and it was not valuable, but it was relatively rare, and Zhang Fei came to find Mi Zhu just to be able to taste the monkey wine that was said to be available but not sought.

Zhang Fei is a good wine, and he has tasted countless wines in his life, but only this monkey wine is not brewed by people. It happened that Zhang Fei was also on the spot when Mi Zhu received the gift that day, and this was the case. It's a pity that Zhang Fei was embarrassed to open his mouth to ask for it at that time, things are rare and expensive, not to mention the rare monkey wine. After going back, Zhang Fei regretted it, scratched his ears and cheeks all night, and persisted until after noon, Zhang Fei couldn't help it, so he had to be cheeky and ask for a little taste.

Zhang Fei is very enthusiastic, Mi Zhu has not experienced this kind of taste for a while. However, Mi Zhu is sober-minded and has seen through the nature of Liu Bei's three brothers, who are good in every way when they are useful, and thrown aside when they are not useful. The three generals in front of him are still a little humane, and they won't turn their faces like flipping books, if the two generals were the same as turning the books, I'm afraid they wouldn't come to the door to ask for wine like Zhang Fei, but directly sent someone to ask for it.

"Third general, your intentions, Mi Zhu already knows. But the ugly words are said before, monkey wine is rare, so I can't give more, and I ask the three generals to understand. Mi Zhu said to Zhang Fei with a smile.

Zhang Fei was overjoyed when he heard this, and he was still thinking about how to beg Mi Zhu for wine, but he didn't expect Mi Zhu to be so knowledgeable. Immediately nodded again and again and reassured: "Before my brother left, I told Zhang not to be greedy for a cup, and Zhang always kept it in mind. Zizhong, just take a bowl to make Zhang enjoyable. ”

Seeing Zhang Fei say this, Mi Zhu nodded, poured a bowl of wine in person, and brought it to Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei took it with both hands for fear of spilling, first took a deep breath, smelled the wine, and then took a sip, a pair of ring eyes couldn't help but widen, raised the bowl and drank it up. But before he could taste the wine, someone hurried in, and shouted at the door, "Father, it's not good, something is wrong." ”

"Ahem......" Before the wine in Zhang Fei's mouth could be swallowed in his throat, he was suddenly interrupted, and he couldn't help choking, and he gasped a few times to feel better. Pointing at the son who was in a bad mood and scolded: "Little rabbit cub, you'd better think carefully for Lao Tzu, if what you say is not a big deal, be careful of your skin." ”

"Father, something is wrong. According to the spies' report, scouts of the Han army were found in the Wuxian area. Zhang Bao didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied.

As soon as Zhang Fei heard this, he immediately stopped being angry with Zhang Bao. Long before Liu Bei sent troops, the military advisor Zhuge Liang reminded Zhang Fei to pay attention to the movements of the Bashu Han army. Wu County belongs to Jianping County, and Jianping County is Badong County next to Bashu. Since there are scouts of the Han army in Wuxian, it means that the Bashu Han army may have intended to send troops to Jingzhou.

However, the only thing that made Zhang Fei wonder was why the Bashu Han army chose to send troops from Badong instead of Fuling. If the troops were sent from Fuling, the march of the Han army seemed to be easier.

"Third general, no matter where the Han army intends to send troops from, we must raise our vigilance. At this moment, the Lord will lead the army to recover Wancheng, and Jiangling must not be chaotic. Mi Zhu opened his mouth at this time to remind Zhang Feidao.

What Zizhong said was very true. You will go back to the official office with me and gather the generals to discuss matters. Zhang Fei nodded when he heard this, and then instructed Zhang Bao on the side: "Xingguo, you quickly go and notify the generals in Jiangling and let them report to the official office." ”

"Yes, boy, go now."