It turned out that along the way, Liu Bei had someone to make a trip for him.

He rushed all the way to Jincheng, and the people he stayed behind saw Liu Bei, so they naturally hurried to report the latest information of Xiliang to Liu Bei.

After Liu Bei listened to the report, he really couldn't believe it.

Finally smoothed his way, grabbed the person who reported to him, and yelled hatefully: "Impossible! How dare you lie to me? How dare you lie to me? Say! What's going on at the bottom? The coalition army of the Xiliang princes has 400,000 or 500,000 horses, Han Sui, Guo Yan, Niu Fu, Yang Fu, Li Dao and so on, they are all princes who have gone through countless battles and have rich combat experience, hundreds of thousands of horses, how can you say that if you are defeated, you will be defeated? What do they eat? Didn't I wait until I returned to Xiliang before sending troops? How did you lose to the New Han Army for no reason now? And almost all the army will be wiped out? ”

"Big, big...... The small information is indeed true, and it is the most up-to-date information......"

"Say! What the hell is going on? Liu Bei forcibly suppressed the heart of this spy and asked.

"A few days ago, the allied forces of all the princes had already assembled in Jincheng, but they waited for several days before you came back. They were dissatisfied with each other and had a lot of disputes. Later, it was Mr. Zhong Xuan, who gave an idea to the princes, thinking that since the army had been assembled together, and the army of the Xiliang alien race had also been assembled in the area of Longyou, if there was no action for a long time, who knew what would happen? In particular, the cavalry armies of the alien race, which numbered more than 400,000 horses, were assembled from the places where they had assembled. Rushing to Jincheng or killing the Xinhan army to hold Hancheng can be done in one day. The princes were worried that those alien armies would be unfavorable to them. I was also worried that those alien armies would attack Baohan City first. took the first step to capture the city of Baohan and seized the food and materials of the New Han Army. Therefore, Mr. Zhong Xiang built yì. Don't wait for your lordship to come back, advance the army, and capture Baohan City. ”

"Zhong Xuan! This old puppet, it's a big deal for me! Liu Bei shouted angrily, almost vomiting blood in frustration.

The little Jiujiu in Zhong Xuan's heart, how could Liu Bei not know? Seriously, if you didn't think that after killing Zhong Xuan, you might directly fight Cao Cao. It is possible that Cao Cao will not cooperate in the attack on the New Han Dynasty. Then when Liu Bei was in Xiliang, he wanted to kill Zhong Xuan.

Liu Bei just thought that Zhong Miao was a person sent by Cao Cao to Xiliang and represented Cao Cao's interests, if he killed Zhong Xuan. Then it means that it will be difficult for Cao Cao to carve up the interests of Xiliang in the future. Therefore, keep Zhong Xuan for the first time, and it may be useful in the future.

However, I didn't expect that Zhong Miao would actually snatch the credit. snatched power from Xiliang with himself, and disregarded the overall situation to instigate the alliance of princes to attack the New Han army in advance. That, the Xiliang alien race, has a very tense relationship with their Xiliang princes. A bad one, the army of alien races in Xiliang, what should I do if I don't cooperate with them? What if there is a conflict between the two of them? Who will mediate? Can Zhong Xuan do it? He can say that it would be good to mobilize the army of the Xiliang alien race to send troops with them.

So. As soon as Liu Bei heard that Zhong Xuan had instigated the princes of Xiliang to send troops in advance, he knew that something was wrong. In fact. Liu Bei's heart also knew very well that even if the Xiliang princes joined forces. If they were not defeated by the New Han army, they were also very likely to be attacked and defeated by an army of foreign cavalry.

Because, the Xiliang princes are careful about this, and they can't hide it from people. They attacked in advance, and without their own maneuvering to mediate their spearhead relationship with the Xiliang alien army, this contradiction would break out sooner or later.

Liu Bei now, can even imagine. When the allied army of the princes of Xiliang killed Baohan City, and the army of Xiliang aliens also killed Baohan City. And with the situation of the military horses on both sides, the siege of the city must have been sent by the Xiliang princes, after all, the cavalry army of the Xiliang alien race is good at attacking but not good at defending, and the cavalry is not good at siege warfare. So, even if the alliance of the Xiliang princes defeated Baohan City very smoothly, then, how will the benefits be distributed at that time? Don't think about it, with the urine of the Xiliang princes, will they share the benefits they have to the Xiliang alien race? Definitely not, when the time comes, the princes of Xiliang themselves will quarrel over interests, where can they take care of the Xiliang alien army? In this way, the Xiliang alien cavalry army that has not been able to obtain benefits can be counted as such? It is very likely that with their arrogant temperament, they will definitely directly wave their troops to attack their alliance of Xiliang princes. In this way, it is not a strange thing to be defeated by the coalition army of the Xiliang princes.

No one can understand the thirst for food for those Xiliang aliens who are now in a predicament, in a predicament that can make them exterminate. At this time, whoever dares to quarrel with them on the issue of food, and whoever dares to compete with them for food at this time, they will dare to fight with you! You must know that those aliens, they are so hungry that they dare to eat even their own fathers and mothers, and even their own children. These Xiliang princes really don't know life and death, and they dare to compete for food with aliens who regard food as their life? Do they know how to write dead words? (Well, it's like, post-modern, robbing the property of a Chinese aunt?) Looking for...... ）

Liu Bei thought about it, and couldn't help but say a little sadly: "Okay, they should die!" It's best to lose! They should not have been defeated at the hands of the New Han Army, but at the hands of the Xiliang alien cavalry army, right? ”

"Huh? My lord, you're really amazing. The alliance of the Xiliang princes was defeated at the hands of the Xiliang alien army......" This spy opened his mouth wide, and looked at Liu Bei wearing a hat in front of him in surprise, which suddenly added a bit of mystery to Liu Bei.

"Let's talk about the specific battles. Baohan City has been taken, right? Did you wipe out all the armies of the New Han Army? Liu Bei settled down and began to make up his mind.

In Liu Bei's heart, he thought that if this was the case, if it was only the coalition of the Xiliang princes that was defeated, even if it was destroyed, it would not matter too much. Because, he can also mobilize the army of the Xiliang alien race. As long as the main army of the New Han Army in Xiliang is destroyed, then, with the cavalry army of the Xiliang alien race, he Liu Bei can also come and go sideways in Xiliang. Perhaps, you can also persuade the kings of the Di and Qiang tribes to temporarily lend them a cavalry of the Xiliang alien race to themselves.

Liu Bei had already thought about this plan. Xiliang interracial. Aren't they facing a food crisis right now? Well, in the name of escorting food. Borrow troops from them. Then, lead a cavalry army back to Yizhou. Think about it. When the time comes, when he returns to Yizhou and Chengdu with 100,000 or even more Xiliang iron horses, it would be best if the weak Liu Zhang was interested, knew how to look at the current situation, and was willing to take the initiative to give Yizhou to himself. If Liu Zhang is really stubborn, then even if it is to snatch Yizhou by force, he will not hesitate. Well, on the Yizhou side, there are already many military generals. has been bought by Liu Bei, as long as there is the support of the cavalry of the Xiliang alien race, he can seize the power of Yizhou smoothly.

When this spy heard what Liu Bei said about obtaining Baohan City and whether he had destroyed the New Han Army, his face turned dark, and he panicked again, so he quickly lowered his head and told the truth he had heard.

"What? The Western Liang princes allied forces. When he was attacking Baohan City with all his might, he originally made an agreement with the Xiliang alien clan to let them attack the cavalry army of the New Han Army, and the result. Somehow, they directly entered the camp of the coalition army of the Xiliang princes? Directly broke through the camp of the coalition army of the Xiliang princes, and the coalition army was defeated. Corpses are strewn all over the field, and rivers of blood are flowing? How is this—how is this possible? The city of Baohan has not yet been taken. The contradiction between the princes of Xiliang and the alien race of Xiliang has not yet happened, those damned aliens. Why did they suddenly attack the alliance of princes? Liu Bei was surprised and couldn't believe it.

To say that in the past, the Xiliang alien race and the princes of Xiliang naturally fought small battles, no matter how they attacked, Liu Bei would not be too surprised. However, this time, they clearly have common interests with each other. Especially on the part of the Xiliang alien race, they are facing a food crisis, and they have to rely on themselves to get them food. This, Liu Bei also plans to use this as a condition to talk to them about lending troops to himself. When they were persuaded to join forces with the Xiliang princes to attack the Xinhan army, they also promised that before the Xiliang Xinhan army was destroyed, they could not fight with the Xiliang princes casually. Otherwise, Liu Bei will terminate the trade with them and will no longer send food to their alien race. Now, when they were still worried about food, they actually launched an attack on the Xiliang princes? Moreover, to be so thorough, in one battle, the hundreds of thousands of allied troops of the Xiliang princes were wiped out?

This one...... Could it be that they want to rob the little supplies of the Xiliang princes? However, the life of the princes of Xiliang is not easy, and the materials are not abundant. Those who rob the princes of Xiliang might as well rob the New Han Army.

What the hell is going on?

You know, Liu Bei is also planning to borrow troops from the Xiliang alien race, but now, it seems that the plot is not right. If you don't figure out what's going on here. He Liu Bei didn't dare to go to the camp of the Xiliang alien race rashly, and he didn't dare to be under the dangerous wall. In case, something happened in the process, then wouldn't it mean that the plan he followed could not be carried out again? If he can't borrow military horses from other races, how can he return to Yizhou strongly? And how to forcibly seize the power of Liu Zhang in Yizhou?

Liu Bei's heart sank, and he asked this spy again, but he couldn't ask for any information. What he knew, that is, the alliance of the Xiliang princes was defeated by the cavalry army of the Xiliang alien race.

"My lord, it's useless to say anything now, although the coalition army of the Xiliang princes has been defeated, but Jincheng has not been lost, doesn't it mean that a cavalry of 100,000 horses has escaped back? Let's hurry back to Jincheng, don't we know the details? Said a man with the same hat.

"Rush back to Jincheng?" Liu Bei looked into the distance, looked at the horizon where the sun was sinking in the west, and said with a deep gaze: "We can't go back to Jincheng again." ”

"Oh? Why? The man said: "Jincheng is still there, there are still 100,000 cavalry, I believe that there will be some military horses left by the princes in Jincheng to guard, and I don't believe that the princes of Xiliang can bring all their family backgrounds, and now rush to Jincheng, or they can turn the tide and let them gather the army again, although there will not be as many as before, but, if you are full of calculations, you can get together more than 200,000 military horses, right?" Then, find out the situation of the Xiliang alien race, and make heavy profits, so that there can still be hundreds of thousands of troops, and it is not easy to defeat the New Han army of Baohan? Perhaps, the Xiliang aliens, they want to monopolize the materials of Hancheng, and after defeating the allied forces of the Xiliang princes, they will attack the Xinhan army by themselves. Perhaps, Baohan City has now fallen into the hands of the Xiliang alien race, and it may not be. ”

"It would be nice if it were that simple." Liu Bei still shook his head and said, "I can't go to Jincheng anymore......"

"Why, my lord? Don't forget Mr. Shuijing's entrustment, Xiliang can't become a climate. That would be extremely detrimental to our plans for the future. ”

These mysterious people wearing cloaks are actually Mr. Shuijing's people.

Hehe. Also, to Mr. Shuijing's ambitions. and his ability to open a world-famous Yingchuan Academy, cultivating so many literati and strategists for his use. Then, he can also secretly cultivate some masters.

In fact, if you let Liu Yi know that Mr. Shuijing, Sima Zheng, actually did so many actions in secret. Then Liu Yi is afraid that he will have to doubt many people around him. For example, Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Chen Qun and so on are all advisers. Because these advisors are more or less related to Mr. Shui Jing. All of them have the experience of studying at Yingchuan Academy.

However, for the time being, these Wenchen strategists who have already joined Liu Yi should not be the undercover agents sent by Mr. Shuijing to Liu Yi's side. One. It was when Liu Yi was in low power that these people followed Liu Yi, and at that time, Mr. Shui Jing was afraid that he didn't even know who was the one who disturbed his astrological signs. It is impossible to send these great talents to lie next to Liu Yi. Secondly, Mr. Shui Jing is afraid that he may not be able to buy or surrender these advisors with their own independent personalities and their own personal opinions. Besides, in the past, these strategists, I was afraid that they really couldn't enter Mr. Shuijing's eyes, and they couldn't be cultivated as confidants themselves.

Like what. Xi Zhicai is just a poor kid, poor and down, and his talent is not obvious, it is strange that Mr. Shui Jing can afford him. The reason why Liu Yi was able to get Xi Zhicai. Isn't it because of the prescience that he is a rare talent? Otherwise, with the unflattering appearance and character of Xi Zhicai. It's strange that people can be valued. At least, before voting for Cao Cao. He shouldn't be used very much.

Then, it's Xun Yu. But Xun Yu himself is from a wealthy family, is he a person that Mr. Shui Jing can buy? Moreover, Xun Yu went to Yingchuan Academy to study, giving Liu Yi the feeling that he was going to Yingchuan Academy to spend money, not because he had much to do with Mr. Shuijing. Otherwise, in history, why didn't Mr. Shui Jing promote talents to Xun Yu, but instead recommended talents to Liu Bei?

Liu Yi is very clear about Guo Jia's origin, not to mention, Guo Jia's mothers are all his women, and Liu Yi will never suspect Guo Jia's body.

Chen Qun...... It's hard to say. However, with Liu Yi's character of not doubting people and not using suspicious people, even if he knows that Mr. Shui Jing has made so many moves behind his back, he will not suspect the people around him who are reused. At least not for the time being, not to mention, Chen Qun has really made a relatively big contribution to the current New Han Dynasty. Although the national laws and regulations of the New Han Dynasty were mentioned by Liu Yi, the specific ones were all implemented by Chen Qun and finally settled.

Don't talk about this, let's talk about Liu Bei, if anyone can see his face now, they will definitely see his slightly hideous face, which is extremely terrifying. There was a long scar on his face, and it was impossible to see what he looked like at all.

Mr. Shui Jing saved his life, but he was powerless to heal his ruined face. It was when he was on the run, he was wounded by an enemy soldier, and now after the scarring, the scar left behind made his gentle and kind face look particularly evil, and no longer make people feel kind.

"Extremely unfavorable?" Liu Bei sneered and said: "If you go rashly without knowing the specific situation, when the time comes, I don't know how to die." ”

"The princes of Xiliang and the alien race of Xiliang were originally enemies, and it was because of me that they would jointly raise troops to attack the New Han army. Now, the princes of Xiliang have been attacked by the alien army of Xiliang. Those princes, if they had the life to flee back to Jincheng, what would they think when they saw us at this time? will definitely kill us first to vent our anger. Who do you think we are? Can they still listen to us? Can you still listen to us and gather our horses again for our use? Don't be delusional. Being able to become a prince and having a foothold on a territory is not a good thing, and I hate it. ”

"So, what do we do now?"

"Let's sneak closer to Jincheng first and figure out the situation." Liu Bei forcibly suppressed the grief and anger in his heart, and waved his hand to let everyone continue on their way.

In fact, Liu Bei still had something to say to them in his heart, and Liu Bei still had a certain vigilance against Mr. Shui Jing. He didn't think that Mr. Shuijing would be so kind to save him. Moreover, what Mr. Shui Jing asked him to do also made him unpredictable, and he didn't know what Mr. Shui Jing's ultimate purpose was. Because, standing in a famous Han dynasty like Mr. Shuijing, who is famous all over the world, actually encouraged him to connect with other races and invade the Han dynasty, which originally violated the code of conduct and national integrity of a famous Han person. What is the reason for a famous person in the world to do something that violates the interests of the nation?

To be honest, Liu Bei in the past also hated foreign races. And Mr. Shuijing, there is no ordinary Han celebrity hatred for alienation, or even vigilance. actually regarded the invasion of the Han as child's play, and there were not too many psychological obstacles at all.

You must know that even if Liu Bei let him collude with foreign races and betray his own nation, his heart was once very entangled. If it weren't for the fact that he hated Liu Yi more than a qiē, he really didn't want to do these things.

Before he figured out Mr. Shuijing's true purpose, he was a little wary of Mr. Shuijing, and he would not trust the people sent by Mr. Shuijing, and he had to keep a few points in his words. (To be continued......)