The capital of Yizhou, Chengdu.

Since Lu Bu took Hanzhong with lightning speed, Yizhou agreed that Lu Bu would not easily march into Bashu, although Liu Zhang and his advisers believed that the state army had no time to move westward, but there were still many people in the government and the opposition who thought and their inconsistencies, and in recent times, the discussion about the southward expansion of the Xiliang army was very loud in Yizhou, and all kinds of news spread all over the city in Chengdu.

The strength of the Western Liang Army is here, as long as the time is ripe, the Western Liang Army will definitely expand to the south, this point, whether it is the native Bashu lineage, or the Dongzhou Shi have reached a consensus, the only argument is that when will the Western Liang Army's westward expansion begin, so far, the Bashu government and the opposition have two views, one is two years later, when Hanzhong recovers, Lu Bu digests Hanzhong will happen, which will take at least two years. There is also a radical view that a year later, the reason is that Lü Bu could not wait until Hanzhong recovers before expanding southward, as long as the wheat is ripe in the coming year, the troops are strong, and the Western Liang army will immediately advance south.

However, for Liu Zhang, whether it is a year or two years, it will not affect his thoughts, he has only one thought, that is, the Xiliang army will never conquer Bashu in the south, so that Bashu will always become the kingdom of him and his descendants.

For this purpose, Liu Zhang did not hesitate to curry favor with Liu Biao when Lü Bu was moving south, promising that Liu Biao would only send troops to Hanzhong when Lü Bu invaded the south, and echo him from afar, and after the matter was completed, he would give up the Brazilian County that Liu Biao had always coveted. All of these purposes are to keep their own possession of Bashu.

Liu Zhang is like a person living in a bottle, he just looks at the bottle mouth above his head, and does not ask whether the bottle is surrounded by strong enemies, and this bottle mouth that brings him a glimmer of hope is a plan proposed by Liu Biao, asking Liu Zhang to give up Brazil first. Then Liu Biao was sending troops.

For Liu Biao's request, Yizhou was divided into two factions, one faction supported Liu Zhang's immediate cession of Brazil, otherwise it would be too late to regret it when Lü Bu launched a large-scale attack, and most of the people who supported this decision were Dongzhou Shilin from Jingzhou, on the basis of surrender. They are more inclined to Liu Biao, who is the assassin of Jingzhou, just like their relatives; The other faction is against Liu Zhang's secession of Brazil, they think that Liu Biao is a hypocrite, he and Liu Zhang belong to the same Gaozu bloodline, and now the Han family is being eaten by the princes, they should be the same enemy, unanimously to the outside world, at this time Liu Biao asked Liu Zhang for Brazil. It seems that there is a suspicion of taking advantage of the fire to rob, regardless of the friendship of the clan.

On this day, in the corridor of the back house of the state pastor's mansion, Liu Zhang's eldest son Liu Xun was pleading with his father for Pang Xi, Liu Xun was Pang Xi's son-in-law. A few days ago, he went to inspect Zitong County, and happened to miss it with Deng Zhi. But when he saw Deng Zhi's letter, he knew that his father-in-law was in a bad situation.

"Father, the existence of Dongzhou Shi allows us to balance the local system of Bashu, once the power of Dongzhou Shi weakens, the native system of Bashu has the upper hand. I'm afraid it will cause some people to be dissatisfied."

Liu Zhang was standing in front of the birdcage rack to feed his beloved eagles, and only after a while did he ask lightly, "Did Pang Xi ask you to come?" ”

"It's not that the father-in-law asked the child to come, the child just heard some rumors, so he was a little worried." Liu Xun said.

"What rumors have you heard?" Liu Zhang didn't raise his head, and concentrated on feeding his young eagles. This young eagle is a unique mountain eagle chick in the land of Bashu, and when it becomes an adult, it will dominate the sky, and the average eagle does not dare to approach, and it is very fierce.

Liu Xun hesitated for a moment and said: "I heard that some people are dissatisfied with his case and want to use the westward expansion of the Xiliang Army to attack Dongzhou Shi. ”

Compared with the eldest son, he prefers the second son, he always feels that the eldest son lacks a little courage, Liu Zhang turned around and glanced at his son coldly: "Could it be that the Xiliang army has already attacked Bashu?" ”

Liu Xun lowered his head, he was very conflicted in his heart, on the one hand, he wanted to keep his father-in-law Pang Xi, but on the other hand, he also thought that the Xiliang Army would definitely expand south, and wanted to persuade his father to give up his luck psychology and fully mobilize to prepare for war.

"Father, my father-in-law is a lonely minister, you can't treat him like this, and my father was able to arrive in Chengdu safely, and he escorted him all the way, how can you do this? The child advises you to recall him back to Chengdu, otherwise it will be too late for Lu Bu to call! ”

"Humph!" Liu Zhang snorted heavily, and said extremely dissatisfied: "Why did Lu Bu attack Bashu? Did he receive the will of the Son of Heaven, or was he appointed as the pastor of Yizhou? You're still the eldest son, you don't even understand this truth, and people are all over the world, do you have any brains? ”

Liu Xun was so frightened that he lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, and said for a while: "But you should also actively prepare for war and prepare to deal with the southward advance of the Xiliang army." ”

"Fart!"

Liu Zhang was furious, pointed at his son and scolded: "You idiot, get out of here!" Get lost! ”

Liu Xun was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated, and after walking a few steps, Liu Zhang restrained his anger and shouted, "Come back!" ”

Liu Xun came to his father again, his head bowed deeply, and he didn't dare to say a word, Liu Zhang said after a while: "Zhang Lu has been running me in Hanzhong for many years, and your grandfather and I don't know how many means we have used to recover Hanzhong, even so, Hanzhong is still firmly in the hands of Zhang Lu, but Lu Bu only took more than two months to win Hanzhong, and now, even if I recruit troops again, will I be the opponent of the six departments?" ”

Liu Zhang continued: "Why should I let Pang Xi go to Brazil, why should I cede Brazil to Liu Biao, in order to let him preside over all government affairs in Sanba, if Chengdu is not guaranteed, we can retreat to Sanba, if Sanba is not guaranteed, we can retreat to Jingzhou, but I believe that as long as Liu Biao sends troops to respond, we can camp the army in the Jiangyou area to resist Lu Bu's army from Qishan to the south, and we don't have to worry about Hanzhong, unless Wei Yan wants to suffer the enemy on his back, he will definitely not dare to send troops."

Liu Xun sighed secretly, his father took it for granted, how could the truth be so simple, but he didn't dare to object anymore, so he had to bow his head and say, "The child understands!" ”

When Liu Zhang saw his son wake up, he turned his anger into joy, patted him on the shoulder and said: "If your strength is not good, you have to learn to show weakness, there is no problem with lowering your posture, you have to learn from your father." ”

Liu Zhang's tone slowed down, and after a pause, he said again: "You don't have to worry too much about Pang Xi's affairs, I discussed all this with him." When Liu Zhang said this, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes: "It's that Zhao Wei, back then, your grandfather said that he was the main strong, and the main weak was the opposite, but now it seems that he is ready to move!" ”

Zhao Wei thought that he was in control of the political situation in Yizhou, but he didn't expect that all this was set up by Pang Xi, the purpose was to dig out all those who were in trouble with Zhao Yunpeng, and Pang Xi's departure was just the beginning, but all this was only known to him and Pang Xi.

"Yes! The child quits. ”

Liu Xun was about to leave, Liu Zhang suddenly remembered something, and instructed him again: "Recently, you and Zha'er have been studying with Zhao Wei, talk less and do more, don't show flaws!" ”

"The child remembers."

In the afternoon, Liu Zhang hurriedly changed into official uniforms, boarded the carriage with the support of the guards, two wheels and eight sturdy horse legs were frantically agitating on the street, galloping towards the Yizhou Thorn Mansion, Liu Zhang had just received the news, Lu Bu had begun to attack Zhongzhong, he didn't expect Lu Bu's action to be so fast, so that he was caught off guard by the news, he thought in his heart, as long as two years, after two years, he would put the political situation in Yizhou straightened out, and then boldly faced Lu Bu with confidence, but why didn't Lu Bu give him a chance?

Soon, Liu Zhang's carriage stopped in front of the Thorn Mansion, Liu Zhang jumped out of the carriage, ran into the Thorn Mansion in three steps and one step at a time, at this time the Thorn Mansion was already overcrowded, they were all important ministers of Yizhou, as soon as they received the news of Lu Bu's attack on the Assassin's Mansion, they had already arrived, the reason why they were one step faster than Liu Zhang, it was because Liu Zhang lived outside the city, it was the house left by Liu Yan, which was built in imitation of the Luoyang Palace, which was quite luxurious.

After Liu Zhang entered the meeting hall, these ministers and generals who were in the main hall walked into the hall, and then divided into two columns, waiting for Liu Zhang to speak.

"Whoa!"

Everyone waited for a long time, but they didn't wait for Liu Zhang's words, but what they waited for was the sound of the bamboo slips on Liu Zhang's desk.

"Didn't you say that it would take two years for Lu Bu to call? Let's talk about what to do now, it's only been less than a year, and he called again! ”

In the face of Liu Zhang's anger, everyone did not dare to act as a bird, and immediately arched their arms and lowered their heads, for fear of causing trouble.

Liu Zhang saw that none of them spoke, and his heart was even more annoyed, he picked up the remaining bamboo slips on the table, and smashed them at Zhao Wei: "You said, you were the most powerful at the beginning, what should you do now?" ”

Zhao Wei immediately prostrate on the ground, his head buried very low, so that no one could see the change on his face, he said: "Lord, at this time, on the one hand, we should send a general to Jiangyou to resist the enemy and resist Lu Bu's army, and on the other hand, send an envoy to Jingzhou and ask Liu Biao to send troops to attack Hanzhong as a response!" ”

Liu Zhang sneered on his lips: "Haven't you always opposed this matter?" Why is it brought up again now? ”

Zhao Wei belongs to Dongzhou Shilin, but he is not from the Jingzhou faction, but from the Yongliang, Sanfu, and Jinggi factions, so he has always disagreed with Liu Zhang's cession of Brazil and Liu Biao, otherwise their Yongliang faction will be suppressed by the Jingzhou faction.

Zhao Wei said: "I didn't expect Lu Bu to be so fast, and now that the matter has come to this point, I blame the lowly position for the error of judgment, and please punish the lord!" ”

Liu Zhang snorted coldly: "The punishment will be waived, you will immediately arrange for people to go to Jingzhou, as long as he sends troops, you will agree to him whatever conditions Liu Biao proposes." ”

Zhao Wei didn't dare to raise his head and said: "One person can take on this big responsibility!" ”

"Say!" Liu Zhang was a little impatient.

"Zhang Song Zhang Yongnian, he is one of the best tongue debaters in Yizhou, and it is only appropriate for him to send Jingzhou to Jingzhou!"

Liu Zhang moved his gaze to Zhang Song at the end of the Wenchen column and asked, "Are you willing to ask you to go to Jingzhou?" ”

I saw that Zhang Song was two or three years old, his hair was slightly yellow, his face was clear, his eyebrows were light, his chin was slightly pointed, and he looked weak when he spoke, he said: "Zhang Song takes the order!" (To be continued.) )