Liu Zhang forced himself to calm down and said calmly: "This time my brother is coming to Chengdu, why don't you say a word in advance, so that the younger brother can prepare as soon as possible and make a little bit of the friendship of the landlord?" ”

Li Li knew when he heard this, Liu Zhang's words were really perfunctory, insincere, listening close, but in fact, he refused to let people thousands of miles away, which was quite reprimanding.

However, Liu Zhang's ability to quickly calm down and greet him calmly and perfunctory was somewhat unexpected by Li Li, which made him vigilant, and immediately abandoned his contempt, put him on the same level as himself, and really attached importance to him.

It is true that compared with the down-and-out civil officials six years ago, the gap between Liu Zhang at this time is more than a thousand miles, as if it is not the same as in the past.

Six years ago, Liu Zhang was a proton in Chang'an, although he had an official position, he couldn't help himself, leading a meager salary, and doing nothing all day long. However, after leaving Chang'an, he changed his life, inherited Liu Yan's position as the pastor of Yizhou, raised the nine counties of Yizhou, and shepherded one side, although he did not blatantly divide and stand on his own, but in fact it was an "independent kingdom" independent of the Han court, and it was the "country of abundance" of Wufu Minfeng.

For six years, he was in the high position of the state pastor, ruled millions of people, held an army of more than 100,000 people, commanded and commanded, and scolded Fang Xuan. In this environment, if Liu Zhang can still remain unchanged at all, then he has long been replaced by others, and his body is different.

People change with the change of environment, and Liu Zhang is no exception.

Although Liu Zhang is weak and suspicious, he is not stupid. On the contrary, he has a wisdom far beyond ordinary people, but it is a pity that his ambition in life is not to govern states and counties and troubled times. Instead, he was obsessed with poetry and calligraphy. Even so, his long career as a top performer has allowed him to grow rapidly without realizing it. Know people and employ people, control civil ministers and military generals, be familiar with government affairs and military affairs, and then sit and watch the situation in the world.

He can clearly understand his own real situation, and he also has some foresight of the future and destiny, knowing what he will face in the future and what kind of outcome he will have. However, he is lazy by nature. I am very satisfied with the status quo, even though I know that this comfortable life will not last, but I am not willing to try to change. It's still muddy, and it's okay to get by.

However, Liu Zhang never expected that this day would come so quickly, so fast that he was caught off guard. Quickly enough to make him unprepared. It's so fast that he can't accept it, but he can't do anything about it.

It was because he clearly heard the potential meaning of Li Li's mention of "his own strength", implying the meaning of forcing the palace, but he pretended not to know, avoided the important and trivialized, and turned to greeting politely. The reason why he did this was nothing more than to hide the panic in his heart, to hide his confusion. Disguise his unwilling struggle to accept his fate, trying to stall for time. Give him a little room to think, so as to preserve what little dignity he has left.

After a little silence, Li Li realized that the reason why Liu Zhang was perfunctory was that he was still lucky and evasive at the moment, and he was unwilling to give up Yizhou and give him the foundation of the Liu family and the country.

Without even thinking about it, Li Li could guess Liu Zhang's deep hesitation and struggle at this time.

Now, the situation in the world is clear, Li Li's family is dominant, Jizhou Cao Cao is second, then Jingzhou Liu Biao, then he Liu Zhang, and the last is Jiangdong Sun Ce. This is currently the only remaining five-party force in the world, Xiliang Li Li monopolizes half of the country, and its strength is incomparable. Cao Cao of Jizhou occupied the land of Sanzhou, and although his strength was not as good as Li Li's, he was obviously stronger than the other princes; And Jingzhou Liu Biao is comparable to the strength of Yizhou under his Liu Zhang, but the combat power of the Jingzhou army is significantly higher than that of the Yizhou army, and the strength of Jingzhou Liu Biao is still above him.

Now that Li Li is marching into Yizhou, if there is no rebellion launched by the old thief Zhao Wei, Liu Zhang is confident that he will resist the Xiliang army under Li Li; Even if he still can't fight Li Li in the end, he can delay for at least three years, so as to consume the military and material resources of the Xiliang army, buy time for the other princes, and then send troops to encroach on Li Li's territory.

It stands to reason that Liu Zhang would never do such a thing that harms others and himself, but with Li Li's understanding of him, Liu Zhang will definitely do it. Because Liu Zhang is a descendant of the Han Empress and a descendant of the Liu royal family, he has the blood of the Liu clan in his bones, and he bears the unshirkable mission of maintaining the legitimacy of the royal family.

In the case that half of the world fell into the hands of Li Li, Liu Zhang would definitely not sit idly by and watch Li Li continue to grow, let alone give up Yizhou, thereby increasing the speed of Liu's demise. For this reason, he will definitely prevent Li Li's further expansion, delay Li Li's pace of advancing into the world, and would rather fight to the end than watch Li Li seize the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty step by step, and then add the yellow robe, replace the Liu family, and steal the entire world.

This is the consciousness that the Liu royal family should have, the pride hidden deep in their bones, and the fate that they can't avoid as the Hanzhong clansmen. In any case, they will do their best to keep the last piece of land in the Han world and maintain the last glory of the Han queen's descendants.

At this point, without being reminded by anyone, Li Li already knows it, and has a deep feeling and deep understanding of it. The reason why the Japanese invaded the land of China in later generations and were able to occupy Liaodong first and gain a firm foothold was that some Manchu nobles were unwilling to fail and tried to fight to the death, which gave the Japanese an opportunity to poison the land of Yanhuang in the name of establishing a puppet Manchu government. Until the toiling masses in the land of Liaodong were unbearable and finally fought back, thus shaking the foundation of the Japanese in the land of China; In addition, the ambition of the Japanese was too great, so that many battlefields were defeated one after another, and finally the bamboo basket was empty, and the whole line collapsed, and then ran for his life in a hurry with his tail between his legs, rolling back to the island, and survived.

Thousands of years later, the Tartars are still stubborn, how can the current Liu royal family be willing to give up the country?

However, the change of dynasties is the trend of the times, and it is by no means something that one person or a small group of people can stop. It is not impossible to turn the tide of the tide, but it is necessary to follow the trend and not to go against the grain, otherwise it will not be possible to turn the tide, but it will be uprooted by the storm, which is unknown.

Obviously, Liu Zhang is by no means a person who can turn the tide, even if he has this ambition, he has no chance at this moment.

Can't take care of yourself, let alone anything else?

??????“ It's good that Ji Yu has this heart, and the foolish brother is really pleased. ”

After being silent for a long time, when Liu Zhang carefully paid attention to Li Li's face and dense beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, Li Li finally spoke.

"Ji Yu may not know that so far, Brother Yu has been staying in Yizhou for eight months, and he has come to the city ten days ago. At that time, Ji Yu's army had just repelled Zhao Wei's rebels, and just as Ji Yu ordered the blockade of the city, the foolish brother took several wives and concubines to enter the city on the eve of the closure. In the past few days, fortunately, Ziyuan has been hospitably entertained and has been well for his brother. In your spare time, it is also pleasant to take a few of your sisters-in-law to walk around the city and have a look. ”

Speaking of this, Li Li paused, looked at Liu Zhang with a smile, and praised: "I have to say that although the virtuous brother is still a little deficient in governing the state and county, he does not hide the flaws, and Chengdu City is still very prosperous; There are many shops, all industries are prosperous, the population is large, and the people are relatively rich, and this section is commendable. ”

The words changed sharply, and the smile on Li Li's face disappeared, and he said: "Compared with county and county government affairs, Ji Yu is really a little unsatisfactory in terms of domestic security, and he has done nothing. Since Ji Yu left Chang'an, it has been six years and two months, but since Ji Yu took Yizhou, there have been bandits raging from time to time under his rule, and the southwest and southerners have repeatedly invaded the border and plundered the southwestern counties, so that the counties and counties west of Shu County have suffered from the harassment of the southbans all the year round, and the people's lives are difficult and miserable.

However, Ji Yu never led the army to conquer the Southern Barbarians, neglected military affairs, abandoned ordnance, and slackened soldiers and horses, which led to the rebellion of Zhao Wei's troops, so that Ji Yu poured all the soldiers and horses of the whole state into a fierce battle for several months before quelling the rebellion. There are many lessons to be summed up, and there are many drawbacks worth pondering, and the root of them is still in Ji Yuxian's brother; If you prepare early, actively train your soldiers and horses, and increase military investment, how big a wave can little Zhao Wei set off! ”

Before the words fell, without waiting for Liu Zhang to answer, Li Li continued: "However, this qiē has passed, and this time the 200,000 troops under the command of Brother Yu came to help Brother Xian and pacify all the border troubles and hidden dangers in Yizhou. The virtuous brother does not need to be nervous, the soldiers and horses under the command of the brother are all long-term war divisions, and the soldiers of the whole army have experienced a hundred battles, and they dare not say that one is a hundred, but one is not a problem.

What's more, the generals mobilized by my brother this time are all well-known battlefield generals, and they are all tiger generals who are very relied on for my brother, all of them are brave and incomparable, and they have rich experience in battle. I think they will be able to live up to the trust, pacify the entire territory of Yizhou, exterminate the Nanban tribes that have been plagued by the southwest for a hundred years, and make Yizhou truly a veritable 'country of abundance'! At the end, Li Li added: "I wonder if the virtuous brother has any objections to this?" ”

After these words, even if Liu Zhang wants to pretend to be stupid and stunned, it is in vain to avoid the important and light. Li Li has already made his words clear, and he is extremely strong, with a clear attitude, and told him Liu Zhang bluntly, this time the Xiliang army came to take over Yizhou, and what he can do is to borrow the slope to get off the donkey, so that he can save face, otherwise he will toast and not eat and drink, and he will be bored.

This is a naked threat, a blatant bully, as if he is going to eat him Liu Zhang.

Suddenly, Liu Zhang's cheeks were red, his face was like red dates, his nose was agitated, and he was panting like a cow, and he was filled with righteous indignation and anger. Immediately, but seeing that his eyes were wide open, his eyeballs were bloodshot, and he glared at Li Li angrily like his eyes breathing fire, and said in a deep voice: "The general seems to be full of confidence and has no fear, I don't know what you rely on, and you actually treat my hundreds of thousands of troops in Yizhou as nothing?" ”

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