84_84334 said that after Liu Bei executed Liu Feng, his face was sad, he did not drink or eat for several days, and sighed with tears to Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang and others: "I regret not listening to Yun Chang's words at the beginning, and accepting this son as a moth, which caused today's disaster." ”

Zhuge Liang hurriedly persuaded, but saw Zhang Fei's sad face, and then slowly left the house, beat the horse and came to the outside of the city, and got off the horse to roar wildly, and then laughed, and then tears rained down, he lay on the ground and shouted: "Why? Why is that? ”

In fact, Zhang Fei and Liu Feng had no friendship, and even when Liu Bei was ready to accept Liu Feng as his righteous son, he also came forward with Guan Yu to oppose it, because they knew that Liu Bei's status was noble, and he was not without the ability to have children, he would definitely have his own son, how should he deal with the relationship with Liu Feng at that time? But Liu Bei didn't listen, but insisted on accepting Liu Feng.

Later, Zhang Fei looked at Liu Feng differently after Guan Yu was killed, at that time, only he and Liu Feng proposed to crusade against Cao Cao and avenge Guan Yu, and later after Liu Bei and Cao Cao formed an alliance, Liu Feng was even more opposed to this matter, and proposed to unite Liu Qi to deal with Cao Cao, so that the national thieves can be removed, the Han family can be safe, and Guan Yu's revenge can be avenged, and this meaning is exactly the same as him.

Although Zhang Fei knew that in fact, the opinions of the two of them were very unfavorable to the development of Liu Bei's great cause, but this was undoubtedly a banner that allowed more people loyal to the Han family to take refuge in Liu Bei's banner, at least as long as they had this kind of ambition, they could make people hopeful, but Liu Bei rejected such a proposal, but proceeded from his current interests, formed an alliance with Cao Cao, and competed with Liu Qi for Hanzhong, and from then on, he was no longer a representative of justice. and became a warlord who was no different from Zhang Lu, Gongsun Kang and others.

But what is unthinkable is that Liu Qi's forces are so underwhelmed, and Liu Qi's plan is so strange. As a result, Liu Beiqi missed a move, and he sent out nearly 200,000 troops to take Hanzhong. But he was still defeated, and he vomited out the two counties of Hanzhong and Wudu, which were about to be obtained.

However, Liu Bei did not reflect on himself, but instead intensified his efforts to further fight for Liangzhou, but he did not expect to be defeated again, and his own forces were finally completely blocked in the narrow Guanzhong area, although the safety was temporarily guaranteed, but from then on he could only wait for death slowly.

Because the blind can see it. Although Liu Bei seems to have two states on the surface, he only has the Sanfu region and Xinping, Beidi, Yunzhong, Shangjun, Wuyuan, Shuofang, Xihe, Dingxiang and other places, which add up to only the territory of eleven counties, and Yunzhong, Shuofang, Dingxiang and other places have Xiongnu and Qiang people entrenched, so the territory he actually controls is only eight counties, with a population of no more than one million, and it is not even as good as a Yizhou region under Liu Qi, and it is even more economically withered. Wars are frequent, and most of the people are unable to eat and clothe themselves.

But in this case, Liu Bei is still reckless. The endowment is very heavy, just imagine how long such a rule can survive?

What makes Zhang Fei feel even more sad is that there is a lack of talents in Guanzhong now, the generals are just a few people such as Zhang Fei, Chen Dao, Pang De, Guan Xing, and Zhang Bao, and Wenchen are just Zhuge Liang, Zhong Xuan, Zhang Ji, Sun Qian, Mi Zhu and others, even if it is difficult to send a few competent magistrates, but in this case, Liu Bei is still doing things that make his relatives and enemies happy, although Liu Feng was defeated. But not to death, as for the fact that he ordered the shooting of the lieutenant soldiers. He had heard about it at the time, but in his opinion. There was no way to do it, under the circumstances at that time, if the soldiers at the city gate were not shot, Liu Qi's army would definitely follow behind, and it would be as difficult to hold as stability.

In Zhang Fei's eyes, Liu Feng has been fighting in the east and west in the past few years, and he has made considerable contributions, and when he first conquered Guanzhong, if he had not led the army to defeat Cao Cao's army in Hedong, I am afraid that Liu Bei would have been difficult to gain a foothold in Guanzhong.

"It is said that the birds are exhausted, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooking, but if it is not stable today, the foundation is already in turmoil, and the lord actually kills the heroes first, which is incredible. Hmph, Zhuge Liang's little bit of flowery intestines, I don't know, for fear that the lord will die in the future, Liu Feng is brave and difficult to control, and Adou can't sit still, but I don't know if our army can hold out until that day. There is no impermeable wall in this world, Zhuge Liang and the lord thought they were doing secrets, but they didn't know that rumors had long been spread in the streets, all of which were rumors that they brutally killed Liu Feng. ”

Zhang Fei looked around alone in the vast wilderness, and saw that the land of Guanzhong was sparsely populated, and there was a bleak cloud of gloom between heaven and earth, and said with tears: "Brother Yun, have you ever thought that the foundation of Guanzhong, which you exchanged for your reputation and life, has now become such a scene?" Do you know that when the two of us met the lord, the oath we made with him to help protect the Han family and calm the troubled times has now become just an empty word? Even this empty sentence was no longer mentioned by the lord, and all he was thinking about now was how to keep his territory, how to pass on his inheritance to his son, and for this he could do anything. If you know, will you regret the decision you made? ”

All of a sudden, I saw the wind whimpering, the river murmuring, a generation of famous generals Zhang Fei looked around dazedly, hesitating, sad in his heart, where is there any ambition?

Zhang Fei actually didn't know that as early as when he rode out of the city alone, someone had already reported the news to Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang.

Liu Bei didn't say anything more about Zhang Fei's behavior, because he himself knew that now there was only Zhang Fei in his army, a general who could take a shot, plus he knew more about Zhang Fei than Zhang Fei himself, although this person was short-tempered and emotional, but his loyalty to himself could be said to be absolutely trustworthy, although he also knew that Zhang Fei was less bold and more deep now, and even disapproved of many things about him, but he would still absolutely obey his orders.

As long as Zhang Fei is loyal to him, as long as Zhang Fei can solve problems for him, as for Zhang Fei's heart, he will not care, and he dare not care, because he is afraid that it will touch the most fragile nerve in his heart.

At this time, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were silent, now that Liu Feng is dead, Liu Chan's threat has finally been lifted, but their threat is getting bigger and bigger, I heard that Liu Qi sent people here to mourn after Liu Feng died, saying that Liu Feng died young and was victimized by traitors, which is really a pity.

Liu Bei naturally could hear that Liu Feng's envoy was secretly mocking himself and Zhuge Liang, but he was helpless at all, because he knew that Liu Qi was thinking about attacking Guanzhong, and if he couldn't bear it and killed the envoy, it just created an excellent excuse for him.

"For today's plan, we can only endure until our economy recovers in a few years, at least until Cao Cao pacifies Liaodong, and at that time, we can invite Cao Cao to lead the army into the customs and jointly resist Liu Qi's army. It's just that Liu Qi will give us such a chance? ”

Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang in front of him, and saw that his face was less sharp than it was at the beginning, and a little more deep, he knew that this young man had worked hard for him and solved many problems, but he also knew that this young man was the only one who could really understand himself and be able to plan for himself, such a person, even if there were not many in history, he had always believed that this person had the ability to manage Zhong and be happy, but he knew that it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and this young man had the ability, No matter how ambitious you are, it's useless, because if you have three points today, your territory is confined to the land of Guanzhong, and there is no room for expansion.

What's more, now he doesn't want to have any ambitions anymore, he just hopes that he can keep his current foundation, which is lucky.

But can you keep your inheritance?

In the battle of Hanzhong, his advantages were lost, and the natural danger was lost, and Liu Qi's army could directly send troops to threaten Chen Cang; In the battle of Liangzhou, he lost the land west of the river, and his dream of reopening the Silk Road came to naught; Wu Shi lost, and Daozhì himself lost Xiao Pass, a natural barrier against the western army, and Liu Qi's army drove straight into Linjing, thus threatening Xinping County and Zuo Fengyi.

If Liu Qi is allowed to take Wuguan again, then he can threaten Guanzhong on three sides, and in this way, won't he be in a desperate situation?

In desperation, Liu Bei had no choice but to send Guan Xing to lead 20,000 troops to guard Wuguan, and solemnly confessed that no matter what the circumstances, he was absolutely not allowed to go out of the city to meet the enemy, in order to restrain Guan Xing, and specially sent Zhang both as a military advisor, in his opinion, Zhang is both a stable person, and has always had prestige in the army, which should be able to reassure people.

After some discussion, Liu Bei sent Zhang Fei to lead an army of 50,000 to guard Wangxian County, with Zhong Xuan as his military advisor, because he expected that the terrain here was relatively flat, and Liu Qi's army, especially the cavalry, would definitely choose to fight a decisive battle here if they wanted to enter Guanzhong.

In addition, Liu Bei ordered Zhang Bao to lead an army of 10,000 to defend Quail County in the northwest of Qi County, where the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as you are careful to hold on, it is difficult for the enemy to capture; He also ordered Sun Qian to lead an army of 10,000 to guard Chencang to prevent Liu Qi's army from sending troops from Sanguan.

After deploying the defense of the four stops, Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief, he believed that these generals were his cronies, and most of them were stable people, who should be able to block Liu Qi's attacks from all sides, plus he still had 10,000 Baier soldiers in the middle to respond, so that although his territory could not be regarded as stable as an iron bucket, it was enough to hold on until Cao Cao won the battle against Wuhuan.

(End of this volume) (To be continued).