Zhuge Liang deliberately found Liu Bei for this matter, and sincerely persuaded: "Lord, although intimacy is in the hearts of the people, you must not like new friends and alienate old friends." ”

Liu Bei understood what Zhuge Liang meant, and said unhappily: "The military advisor is too worried, and he is prepared like this, just to let Ma Chao be loyal and make more achievements." ”

Zhuge Liang hurriedly put on a smile and said: "The lord has good intentions, but it will be a long time coming, and it doesn't hurt to make plans again." ”

"The second brother and the third brother are all open-minded people, Yide is even closer to Ma Chao, and the fourth brother Baoyu is by no means narrow-minded, why not?" Liu Bei still insisted on his own point of view.

Zhuge Liang frowned, thinking about what to say, and at this moment, Guan Yu's letter from Jingzhou arrived. Liu Bei hurriedly opened it and took a look, and immediately frowned, and didn't speak for a long time.

"But Jingzhou is in danger?" Zhuge Liang asked worriedly.

"Strategist, look." Liu Bei handed the letter to Zhuge Liang.

Guan Yu wrote in the letter: Now that I heard that General Ma Chao's martial arts are world-famous, the third brother still can't win, Yun Chang is willing to enter Sichuan to learn from him, and he will have a showdown, please arrange it with the eldest brother.

Guan Yu wants to enter Sichuan to compete with Ma Chao, this matter is not trivial, the two tigers must be injured, not to mention that this will make Ma Chao feel that he is an outsider.

The cause of the incident is also very simple, Zhang Fei wrote a letter to Guan Yu, saying that Ma Chao is strong in martial arts, respectful and very good, and he admires him very much. However, there is always something awkward, that is, maybe Ma Chao has fulfilled the wish of the eldest brother, and the eldest brother loves and protects him too much, and there is no one else in his eyes except Ma Chao.

The so-called Zhang Fei is a rough person, it is nothing more than informality, it does not mean that he does not have normal joys, sorrows, sorrows, and sorrows, seeing that the eldest brother unabashedly loves Ma Chao, it is inevitable that he will have resentment in his heart.

And Guan Yu was even more angry when he saw the letter, and immediately wrote a letter to Liu Bei, wanting to prove that Ma Chao is not a great character, see if I don't beat him all over the ground!

"What is the Lord's will?" Zhuge Liang asked.

"It's still a military advisor who is quite far-sighted!" Liu Bei knew his mistake and corrected it, got up and bowed deeply to Zhuge Liang, and said in admiration: "Bei often has reckless actions, take care of the inconsiderate places, and hope that the military adviser will mention more, don't make a big mistake." ”

Zhuge Liang hurriedly replied: "This is a matter within Liang's part, the lord's words are serious, and Liang Cheng is afraid." ”

The two were polite, and after sitting down again, Liu Bei said: "The matter of martial arts competition is absolutely impossible. ”

"The Lord is a wise man."

"It's just that Yun Chang is in a hurry, how can this be good?" Liu Bei was a little at a loss, after all, Guan Zhang and the others were the most trustworthy brothers.

"It's okay, Liang will reply to Yun Chang to make him feel at ease." Zhuge Liang said.

"This matter is not easy to delay, there is a labor division." Liu Bei urged worriedly.

After Zhuge Liang went back, he wrote a letter to Guan Yu and sent someone to send it to Jingzhou overnight. Guan Yu was packing up his things angrily, preparing to go to Xichuan to vent his anger for his brother Zhang Fei, and also frustrated Ma Chao's sharpness, when he saw Zhuge Liang's letter, he couldn't help laughing and gave up this idea.

Zhuge Liang wrote in the letter: Liang Wen heard that the general wanted to be on a par with Meng Qi, with a sense of brightness, although Meng Qi was majestic and mighty, but he was still not as wise and brave as the beautiful bearded man, and his demeanor was outstanding. Jingzhou is an important place, there must be no loss, and the general is asked to be cautious!

People love to listen to praise, especially praise from the heart, Guan Yu stroked his beard happily and said: "Kong Mingjun knows my heart!" ”

Subsequently, Guan Yu proudly showed Zhuge Liang's letter to everyone, and everyone began to call Guan Yu a beautiful bearded man from time to time.

Zhuge Liang's praise of Guan Yu's starting point was good, but his letter still had some side effects, Guan Yu's arrogance in his heart was heavier, and his actions became more and more self-serving.

The battle against the city was still ongoing, and Zhang Ren listened to Liu Ba's construction and defended the city, but he refused to fight. I wanted to wait for the grain and grass in the city to run out and cause chaos, but Fei Guan and Li Yan of Mianzhu City transported grain and grass from the south gate to Yucheng from time to time.

Liu Bei was in a hurry, relying on immortality Zhang Ren had to rely on himself first, so he found Zhuge Liang to discuss, preparing to launch a strong attack on Yucheng. Zhuge Liang has always disagreed with this method, and he has repeatedly looked at the map these days and has already come up with a countermeasure.

Zhang Ren was trapped in Luocheng, and although he was supplied with food and grass, he was still anxious every day. On this day, Liu Bei's army in the east, west and north suddenly retreated, Zhang Ren hurriedly sent people to investigate, according to the report of the exploration horse, Liu Bei had already raised troops and went to attack Mianzhu by detour.

Zhang Ren was secretly frightened, it may be that Liu Bei saw that it was hopeless to attack Luocheng, so he went to attack Mianzhu instead. But if Mianzhu is lost, Yucheng will lose its backup, and it will definitely surrender without a fight. So, he thought of an idea, since Liu Bei went to fight Mianzhu, then he would take the opportunity to attack Fucheng, so that the danger of Mianzhu could be alleviated.

Zhang Ren's idea was naturally good, but he fell for Zhuge Liang's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, as long as he left Luocheng, he would definitely not be allowed to come back.

On this night, the sky was drifting with scattered light snow, the climate was cold, Zhang Ren reorganized his army of 20,000 and went out along the north gate, wanting to pass through Guò Luoniao Pass and take the nearest road to attack Fucheng.

There is a branch of the Fujiang River, which runs through the north gate of the city, and there is a bridge on it. Named Jin Yanqiao, seeing that Liu Bei was not a soldier everywhere, Zhang Ren ordered the soldiers to speed up the march and go straight to Luoniao Pass.

Luoniao Pass is a very important strategic place, and Zhang Ren did not naively think that there was no one to guard it, so he also prepared a large number of bows and arrows, preparing for a big battle.

However, not long after the army had just passed through the Guò Golden Goose Bridge, a star-like light suddenly lit up in front of them, and a team of men and horses came out.

The flags were opened, and I saw a middle-aged man in white, with a face like a crown of jade, a scarf and a crane, sitting on a four-wheeled vehicle, calm and relaxed, it was Zhuge Liang.

As soon as he saw this scene, Zhang Ren knew that he had been fooled, and he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to quickly retreat to Yucheng. The soldiers in the rear hurriedly reported that the Jinyan Bridge had been demolished by Wei Yan's lurking army.

The back road has been broken, Zhang Ren can only attack forward, he raised his big knife high, and said: "Soldiers, rush with me, kill Zhuge Kongming, and you can keep Xichuan!" ”

Under the leadership of Zhang Ren, the army rushed towards Zhuge Liang like a tide, Zhuge Liang sent a deputy general, and Zhang Ren was defeated in a few moves, and Zhuge Liang seemed to be afraid, and hurriedly ordered the army to retreat, until it retreated to the Falling Bird Pass.

Zhang Ren thought that Zhuge Liang was afraid, and urged the army to move forward, as long as he could rush up to Luoniao Pass, he would have the advantage of geographical advantage, and he might attack Fucheng in one fell swoop.