Liu Bei is now discouraged, things have developed to this point, and he knows very well in his heart that he is completely finished, all hopes are completely shattered, and there is no chance of a comeback in this life.

In particular, he felt that he had handled the matter with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei too badly. Drifting apart from these two brothers, he seemed too weak without their help.

Another point, at this moment, Liu Bei somewhat regretted. What do you regret? The main thing is that I regret that I don't know when I started, and I really care too much about cherishing my reputation. In this way, when he faced Liu Yi, he felt awkward and unnatural, and there was always a sense of panic in his heart. Panic about what? Panic that in order to get a way out and get an official position, he ignored the volunteers who followed him. When the panic spreads, it will affect his image of benevolence and righteousness. Of course, there is still a little bit of self-esteem, and I subconsciously think that my status is nobler than that Liu Yi, and I am unwilling to succumb to Liu Yi anymore.

In this way, Liu Bei will deviate from his historical trajectory, and slowly become hypocritical.

He still had a little remorse, regretting how he had listened to the words of Sima Zheng, who had saved him from Xiangjiang, hid his identity, sneaked to Yizhou, and listened to Sima Zheng's plan, and set out to persuade those aliens to prepare a large-scale invasion of the New Han Dynasty.

By now, Liu Bei has seen through that Sima Zheng is simply cheating him, taking advantage of his ambition to get a piece of land for development, and actually colluding with foreigners.

At the beginning, he was too confident in himself. It always feels like everything is still under his control. Think. When those aliens defeated the New Han army and destroyed the New Han Dynasty. After killing Liu Yi, he can immediately stand up, clean up the mess, replace Liu Yi, and become the hero of the world.

Now that he thinks about it, Liu Bei knows how ignorant he is. How could he listen to Sima Zheng's words and embark on a road of no return? Knowing the murderous nature of those aliens, he actually recruited them into the Han, thinking that he could control them. Outcome. Retribution is coming now, and half of the people of Chengdu City have almost been plagued by these barbarian soldiers of Meng Huo, which is basically the same as slaughtering the city.

This is a great sin, Liu Bei knows that all his reputation has been stinked by this bad incident, and the world is so big that I am afraid that there is no place for him.

Let's be honest. After complete despair, Liu Bei, although he didn't dare to say that he had woken up, at least he had realized it. His life was indeed over.

Now, he just wants to catch up with the Nanban Da Meng before he is finished. Kill it, like this. At least the world can see the bloody case in Chengdu. It was not what he Liu Bei wanted, he went to kill the culprit who caused the scourge in Chengdu, and then thanked the world with his death. In this way, after his death, the world will not put all the sins on him, at least, a small number of people will be forgiven.

At least, such as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, after his death, they will no longer hate him, and will burn an incense for him to remember him.

He desperately urged the military horses forward, making sure to catch up with Meng Huo's military horses who had fled Chengdu.

At this time, one of the black-clothed men with hats sent by Sima Zheng to assist Liu Bei came to stop the anxious Liu Bei.

"Elder Jing, what's the matter? Meng Huo dared to plunder Chengdu, destroy my foundation, let me wait for all my efforts to be in vain, not to kill him at this moment, it is difficult to solve the hatred in my heart, after catching up with Meng Huo, please Jing Lao You help together. ”

Although Liu Bei had known about these black-clothed people, although they were sent by Sima Zheng to assist him, they were also monitoring him. In the past, Liu Bei didn't care too much, because he and Sima Zheng had the same purpose, they both wanted to overthrow the New Han Dynasty and kill Liu Yi.

Therefore, in Liu Bei's heart, although he also has a certain degree of wariness against them, he will not be too wary of them. Now seeing him, Liu Bei naturally asked them to help him kill Meng Shu.

However, those first-class masters who usually obey Liu Bei's words did not readily approve Liu Bei's request at this moment.

"Liu Dudu, I think, you have to calm down now." This black-clothed man named Jing Lao said in a somewhat hoarse voice. Listening to his voice, he should be quite a bit older.

"Calm down? Now how do I calm down? I think you are also aware of the current situation in Yizhou. If Chengdu is not looted by Meng, then Liu Zhang and Huang Quan will not have a chance to control the whole city, and when we return to Chengdu, we can destroy Liu Zhang and them. In that case, we will have at least one main city to resist the New Han army. Everything, it's Meng Huo's bastard, if you don't kill him, I won't be blind! ”

"Hehe......" Jing Lao smiled and said in a cold voice: "That's why the old man told you to calm down." I mean, Meng can't be killed. ”

"What? What do you mean, what do you mean? Why can't he be killed? Liu Bei was furious when he heard this, and pointed at Jing Laodao.

"We still have a chance."

"Opportunity? Haha......" Liu Bei looked up to the sky and laughed, his tone was a bit heroic, and he said sadly: "We still have a chance?" Don't laugh. Looking at such a big Han, Hanzhong Zhang Lu is finished, and Yizhou is also under the iron hooves of the New Han Army, except for Cao Cao, who is strong in the Central Plains, the big Han Dynasty, where is there a place for me Liu Bei? Where is my Liu Bei's development? ”

"Nanban!" Jing Lao spit out two words and said, "We still have the Nanban region." ”

"Nanban region? You mean ......"

"When we catch up with Meng Huo, we will not kill him, but to persuade him to allow us to lead the rest of the Yizhou army into the Nanban region, and persuade him to continue the alliance with us. I think, we can always gather about 300,000 Yizhou troops, right? What did Meng Huo say, there are still 300,000 or 400,000 barbarian troops, right? In this way, our army and horses will add up to an army of 600,000 or 700,000, even if we can't recover Yizhou, we can still block the New Han army from entering the Nanban region, right? Jing Lao calmly analyzed Liu Bei.

"Huh?" Liu Bei's heart was moved by Jing Lao's words, and his brain kept running, considering this possibility.

His mind was at war. On the one hand, he wanted to kill Meng and give an explanation to the people of the Han Dynasty. and then cut himself off from the world to save a little reputation in his own name. On the other hand. Thinking that if he joined forces with Meng Shu again, then he would really have no room to turn back, and he would truly become a traitorous sinner spurned by everyone in the entire Han Dynasty, and a real national thief.

"Even if Meng is promised, what can we do? The Nanban region, poor and remote, lack of supplies, not long ago, these barbarians had to rely on our assistance. They can barely survive this cold winter, if we lead 300,000 Yizhou troops into the Nanban region, how can we feed our military horses? There is also ......" Liu Bei wanted to find an excuse to convince himself to kill Meng Shu and refused Jing Lao's proposal.

After all, Liu Bei is still in a desperate state of mind, and for a while, it is difficult to regain confidence all of a sudden before starting the situation.

"Governor, who said that we are going to develop in the Nanban region? I mean, it's just a way to go through the Nanban region. Jing Lao said. took out an old cloth from his bosom and handed it to Liu Beidao: "This is the map we found among a wealthy family in Yizhou, which says that during the Warring States Period, there was an ancient Shu kingdom in Bashu. After being defeated by the Qin State, the country was destroyed, but. However, the lord of the kingdom established a state from Bashu through the Nanban region to the south. this country. At one time, it developed to almost the Jiaozhou area of our Han Lingnan as its territory, and later was sent by the Qin Emperor to lead an army of 500,000 troops into Lingnan to destroy his country. I think. We can follow the example of the lord of the ancient Shu Kingdom, enter the Nanban region first, and develop southward. ”

"Huh?" Liu Bei's heart moved again.

"The southwest is all a region with high mountains and dense forests, as long as we get to those places, no matter how strong the New Han army is, it will not be able to help us. So ......"

Liu Bei waved his hand and interrupted Jing Lao's speech, "So what? Don't forget, we want to lead the army into Jiaozhou, I'm afraid there is no chance, don't forget, Liu Yi has arrived in Jiaozhou earlier, Jiaozhou Taishou Shixie has already surrendered to the New Han Dynasty, and Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and other New Han troops in Jiangdong are afraid that they have also entered the Lingnan region at this moment, do we still have a chance? ”

"Don't worry, don't forget, our Mr. Sima has actually been working hard. As long as he convinces Cao Cao to move troops against the New Han Dynasty, then how can the New Han Army keep an eye on us again? ”

"Hehe......" Liu Bei sneered, obviously expressing his dissatisfaction with Mr. Sima in Jing Lao's mouth, and said: "It's been so long, I have made so many moves since I entered Yizhou, but now Cao Cao has moved his troops?" ”

"Well, at this time and that time, after all, there are many talented people around Cao Cao, and it is not surprising that Mr. Sima has difficulty gaining Cao Cao's trust for a while. But now, Cao Cao is afraid that he has no choice, even if he does not use troops to the New Han Dynasty, I am afraid that the New Han Dynasty will also use troops against him. As soon as we get to that point, our chance will come. ”

"This ......"

Liu Bei's eyes rolled wildly, and he was full of gains and losses.

"Our Mr. Sima said that there is nothing difficult in the world, but we are afraid of those who have a heart. It was also said that history is written by the victors. No matter what happens now, as long as you win the final victory, when the time comes, it is not up to you to decide what you want? Jing Lao continued to tempt Liu Bei and said: "Taking advantage of the fact that now, the New Han Army under Zhang Fei has not yet entered Sichuan, and the New Han Army under Guan Yu is still in the Guangyuan area north of Yizhou, and has not yet formed absolute control over the entire Yizhou. And Liu Zhang has just recaptured the whole city of Chengdu, and with his troops, he can only defend Chengdu at most, and it is not a threat to us. In this way, the Metropolitan Governor still has time to gather up the military horses, and ......"

"Hehe, like what Meng Huo did in Chengdu, why can't we do it? As long as a large amount of money and food is looted, why be afraid of the poor countryside in the southwest? ”

……

Liu Bei, who had just felt a trace of remorse in his heart, wanted to kill Meng and then die to thank the world, but he was slowly persuaded by this Jing Lao again.

Ants often steal life, let alone people? There is still hope, if there is still a chance, how can Liu Bei kill himself?

People in the world often say that it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift. In the same way, it is easy for a person to change from good to bad, and from bad to good, but it is not so easy. If a person has done some bad things, then he will slowly get used to it, and it will be difficult to become a good person all of a sudden.

Liu Bei's face was cloudy, and it took a long time before he clenched his fist and said hatefully: "Okay!" Ordered people to begin to gather our military horses, and the governor of Pontus caught up with Meng Shu and talked to him well! ”

"The Governor is wise! In addition, we will immediately contact Mr. Sima, and persuade Cao Cao to send troops to attack the New Han Dynasty, so that the attention of the New Han Dynasty will be shifted from the governor to Cao Cao. ”

"Good! In that case, the governor of Bendu caught up with Meng Shu first. ”

"Metropolitan Governor, please!" Elder Jing bowed down and motioned for Liu Bei to continue his journey.

Liu Bei nodded and slapped his horse forward.

Liu Bei didn't notice that the cold glint in the eyes of the old man Jing flashed, and he whispered indifferently: "You still know how to ...... affairs."

After Liu Bei walked away, two other black-clothed people suddenly appeared behind Jing Lao.

Meng Shu led more than 20,000 barbarian soldiers to march quickly, and some of his military horses stayed in Chengdu forever, so there were only about 20,000 men left.

Of course, it is said that it is a fast march, but in fact it is not too fast, because they can't go as fast as they want. These barbarian soldiers are carrying large bags and small bags, all of which are some belongings, so they can't go fast if they want to.

In this way, in fact, they just retreated to a place dozens of miles away from Chengdu, and Liu Bei's military horses caught up with Meng Huo.

Meng Shu was also a little surprised when he saw the Yizhou army catching up, and hurriedly ordered his army and horses to set up a formation, for fear that the Yizhou army would come to chase and kill them.

And Liu Bei is Liu Bei after all, and at this moment, he has completely returned to his usual calm.

He didn't let his military horses also put on a posture, and he didn't put on a posture of wanting to fight with the barbarian army. Only brought a small part of his own soldiers to Meng Huo's front to shout.

Meng Yu saw that Liu Bei came in person, and he was a little unnatural, because, looking at Liu Bei's appearance, it seemed that he was not here to hunt him down, but he broke his oath and reneged on his alliance with Liu Bei. Not only that, but he also stabbed Liu Bei in the back, causing Liu Bei to lose Chengdu City.

You must know that those people of different races actually respect their oaths more, and under normal circumstances, they will not easily break their oaths. Therefore, when Meng Shu faced Liu Bei, he was a little unnatural.

Meng Shu came out to see Liu Bei, and he was ready to be reprimanded by Liu Bei. Of course, he will never bow his head, it's a big deal, what if he tears his face with Liu Bei and fights? He wasn't afraid of the Yizhou Army. (To be continued......)