In the lower debate city, the right general Zhang Fei and Taishou Deng Tong welcomed Liu Bei in, and the months of siege did not affect the city, and the people in the city were the only remaining people in Wudu and Yinping.

Liu Bei entered the Taishou Mansion, the main seat was fixed, and everyone stood on both sides. Liu Bei opened his mouth and said: "Since Cao Pi invaded and occupied Wudu, it has been more than five months since he counted the time. In the past five months, our army has sent nearly 100,000 troops to the front and back, and the losses have been quite heavy.

The people in Wudu and Yinping were relocated, leaving no one behind. If it weren't for the long distance of the ancient road of Chencang and the difficulty of transporting grain and grass, which helped us a lot, it would be difficult to say whether this battle would have won or lost! The generals looked at each other and talked about it.

Zhang Fei said in a loud voice: "Big brother, Cao Jun is so happy about his defeat, why think too much!" No matter why Cao Pi Xiaoer quit the army, we won! ”

Liu Bei smiled: "It's not a win!" It can be regarded as forcing Cao Jun back! ”

Zhang Fei said: "Big brother, if you want me to say that I shouldn't defend the city, I have been guarding the city for several months, and I haven't done anything, it's boring!" Big brother, next time I want to do the work of attacking the city and pulling out the village, I will no longer defend the city! ”

Liu Bei said: "There is a reason for this incident, the city of Xia Wei is in urgent need of support, and it needs to rely on the courage of the third brother to break through the siege and support Xia Wei." I won't let you do it next time you want to defend the city! Zhang Fei's words made everyone feel a little relaxed.

Liu Bei restrained his smile and said: "The generals have worked hard in successive battles, and this king will reward his merits!" ”

After a pause, Liu Bei said: "But the generals must not be proud, we want to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty and recapture the two capitals, and then we will send troops to Guanzhong and seize Chang'an."

This time we won with the Chen Cang Ancient Road, so what if we attack! Cao's army can also occupy the key points and hold on to our army. We were the ones who were uncomfortable at that time.

The road to Shu is difficult and dangerous, and self-discipline is a natural barrier. Aggressiveness is a natural obstacle! Everyone should be prepared, think of a way, if there is a good plan, this king will be rewarded! "The people will promise.

Liu Bei instructed: "Wudu and Yinping are taken care of by Taishou Deng Tong, Sima Feishi of the front of the state, Wang Ping, the partial general, and Ma Zhong, the subordinate governor, to prevent the Cao army from counterattacking, and the third brother will go to Longyou with me to see what the situation is in Longyou." "The people took the command.

Liu Bei stood up and said to Deng Tong: "Remember to send someone to Chengdu to transfer Kong Ming to Hanzhong to preside over the overall situation." It is enough for Zhang Song and Liu Ba to stay in Chengdu, forget it, Liu Ba was also transferred to Hanzhong, and he needs to recuperate after the war, and Liu Ba is just used by Longyou! Deng Tong promised.

Liu Bei then led 3,000 soldiers and horses out of Qishan and went to Ji County, where Tianshui County was governed. Looking from afar, Zhou Budo led Liang Xu, Yin Xian and others to stand at the gate of the city and wait.

Liu Bei turned over and dismounted when he approached, Zhou Budo was about to give a salute, Liu Bei hurriedly stepped forward and said: "If you don't doubt it, you don't have to be polite!" ”

Zhou Budo said: "The gift of the monarch and the minister should not be wasted!" Liu Bei smiled.

Everyone got on their horses and walked side by side to the city, and hurried to the Taishou Mansion. Along the way, the people's lives are still the same, as if they have not been affected, many people are carrying axes and ropes to the outside of the city to chop wood, and a few people on the street are shouting and selling things.

Liu Bei looked around and said: "All the way here, Ji County still has some vitality, and there are few living people in the rest of the county villages." In response to Cao Cao's words: There is no rooster crow for thousands of miles!

Cao Cao can compose poems, but he can't restrain the damage of the battle, and finally turns his emotional appearance into reality with his own hands! ”

Zhou Budo bowed slightly and clenched his fists and said: "This is a dereliction of duty in this Taishou, not stopping Cao Jun and saving the people!" ”

Liu Bei waved his hand and said, "Don't doubt that you have done a good job." Ji County carried it for four months. It is precisely because Ji County is not broken that Cao Jun wants to keep troops and horses, and does not dare to advance into Longxi County with all his might. When he retreated, he didn't dare to station in Tianshuichang. That's a turnaround! ”

Zhou Budo looked at Liu Bei and said: "Ji County can defend because the city itself is extremely strong, and Wei Kang used the tall city to guard it for ten months. It is true to hold it below, but the outer city was breached, fortunately, thanks to the arrival of reinforcements from the king, the Cao army could not hold on to the siege and did not dare to call it merit! ”

Liu Bei said: "If you don't doubt this, this king will be ashamed." was blocked by Cao Pi for more than two months and couldn't move forward, or Ma Chao backstabbed from Longyou and took advantage of the chaos to open up the road to Longyou! There is no doubt that it is not easy to defend Ji County, but these inner cities are all newly built? ”

Zhou Budo said: "Thanks to the support of the people, the outer city retreated into the inner city after the fall, and the people were afraid that the Cao army would be embarrassed and slaughter the city after the city was broken." Spontaneously demolished the houses and built two more inner cities, ready to block them layer by layer.

For months, people helped treat the wounded and carried sasswood, artillery stones, etc. Many strong men joined the army and were incorporated into the city defense team. The Cao army besieged layer by layer, luring the people, and the people never wavered in the slightest! ”

After speaking, Zhou Budo looked at the back, and the entourage was some distance away from him and Liu Bei, and whispered: "Your Majesty, Shanggua City has been burned!" ”

Liu Bei looked at Zhou Budo and said, "This king knows, Cao Jun burned it!" ”

Zhou Budo shook his head slightly. Liu Bei rolled his eyes, reined in his horse and turned around and said, "Let's go and get busy!" You don't have to accompany this king, and then rush to the Taishou Mansion in the afternoon! And they dispersed, as promised.

Then Liu Bei, Zhou Budo, Zhang Fei and the guards rushed to the Taishou Mansion. Liu Bei walked into the Taishou Mansion, saw that the wall was demolished, and said: "You have no doubt that you are suffering, in order to defend the city, the Taishou Mansion is about to be demolished!" ”

Zhou Budo said: "The king's words are serious, the people can tear down their houses in order to defend the city, how can they pity a mansion!" ”

Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction. Liu Bei and Zhou Budo found a secluded place, and Zhang Fei was on guard on all sides. Liu Bei asked Zhou Budo about the hexagram, Zhou Budo explained the cause and effect in detail, and finally bowed down and pleaded guilty: "The ancient city of the hexagram was burned down!" Deceive the people, be ashamed of the king, and be a disgrace to the people! ”

Liu Bei didn't look surprised, and immediately helped Zhou Budo and said: "It's good to burn, if it doesn't fall into Cao Jun's hands, Longyou will be over!" There is no doubt that the hexagram was burned by Cao Jun! This revenge must be repaid tenfold by Cao Jun! Right! ”

Zhou Budo immediately understood: "Thank you, Wang! ”

Liu Bei patted Zhou Budo on the shoulder and said: "This instant decision is really good, not bad, not bad!" ”

Zhou Budo thanked him and said: "The king praises falsely, don't you dare to be ashamed?" ”

Liu Bei said sincerely: "No doubt, speaking of which, you are also a member of the Liu family, with the blood of the Liu family, in my eyes, you are my child like Chan'er and Zhu'er, but unfortunately Chan'er is not half of yours."

I am dying, and in the future, I still want to count on you juniors to complete the great cause of reviving the Han Dynasty, no doubt, I hope you will help Zen and teach children, don't think they are incompetent! ”

Zhou Budo hurriedly knelt down and said: "Why did the king say this, don't doubt and be afraid, if you are wrongly loved by the king, you must be loyal and have no two hearts." Help the king to revive the great Han, if he has two hearts, he will die under the sword. ”

Liu Bei pretended to be at a loss and stretched out his hand and said: "Alas, no doubt, what swear do you make, get up!" ”

Helped Zhou Budo and said, "Don't doubt what this is for?" Didn't you just say that you are also my child! ”

Zhou Budo got up, Liu Bei helped him sit down and said: "This kid is obedient and doesn't wait for me to finish speaking, it's a good thing to be cautious, don't doubt that you are too much, do you dare to talk to you in the future!"

Just now, I felt that Zen is not stupid, but I have never seen its amazing ability. It is true that Zhu'er is smart, but his personality is like his uncle Mi Zhu, and he is not good at reading the art of war and strategy. I really don't know if they will be able to take on the task of reviving the Han family! ”

Zhou Budo said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I think that the eldest son Liu Chan is gifted and benevolent, humble and courteous, and the second son Liu Zhi is extremely intelligent and good at reading poetry and books." What are the king's concerns? ”

Liu Bei got up and said: "Alas, there is no doubt that the son is better than the father, they are not as good as you!" No doubt, I hope you can be a Zen child and teach their Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, okay! ”

Zhou Budo sweated on his forehead and said: "The king can rest assured, the talents of the two sons are far superior to those below, if the king can afford to be below, he will do his best!" ”

Liu Bei continued: "There is no doubt that after a few years of training, it has become a lot stronger! Seeing that you are about to stand up, I heard that you only took a concubine and didn't marry a wife, right, it's time to marry a wife! ”

Zhou Budo said embarrassedly: "This is the concern of King Lao, it is true, but I am not in a hurry, so I don't think much about it!" ”

Liu Bei smiled: "What is this and that, I want to marry you, you have seen the appearance of my second girl, what do you think!" ”

Zhou Budo smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you can't ...... below!" ”

Liu Bei raised his hand to interrupt Zhou Budo and said, "I know you want to say that you are not worthy of it!" I said, why don't you talk to me, kid. Below, the king, listen awkward!

You two are childhood sweethearts, and the second girl looks like you kid, you only say if you want to! ”

Zhou Budo's face flushed and nodded silently. Liu Bei laughed and said: "Isn't this done, this matter is decided, go back to Hanzhong after you are busy, and give you two a marriage!" In the future, when no one is there, the king is not allowed to call the king, which is like a family, don't call your father-in-law, just call me father, don't see me talking to you, don't use this king! ”

Zhou Budo arched his hand and said: "Don't doubt the order!" ”

Liu Bei looked at Zhou Budo, and Zhou Budo shouted: "It's father!" ”

Liu Bei said happily: "There is another thing in Hanzhong, I don't plan to let you just be a guard, you have to lead the troops and expand the territory." Get on the horse to manage the army, get off the horse to govern the people, don't shirk, otherwise I'm going to turn my face, and those who can work hard! ”

Zhou Budo was surprised, which is equivalent to saying that Liu Bei is giving him real power. Zhou Budo is so smart, he has long been conscious, when he studied with Liu Chan, Guan Xing and others, he obviously felt that everyone was far inferior to him. At first, he didn't notice anything, it was Xu Shu who secretly sent him Zhou Gongchuan.

Zhou Budo instantly understood that Xu Shu warned him to rein in his edge and be as cautious as Zhou Gong. Because he is not Liu Bei's son, the child who overshadows Liu Bei is in danger.

Zhou Budo was grateful for Liu Bei's appreciation, and secretly admonished himself to abide by his duty and be cautious. I never thought that Liu Bei was not afraid of his own intelligence and suppressed himself, but gradually let go of power!

Zhou Bu couldn't help but stand up and was about to bow down. Liu Bei held him and said, "No doubt, what's the matter with the child's old kowtow?" Don't think so much!

You just have to act according to your own judgment and act in the best way for the Han family! I will always believe in you, just as you believed in me and followed me in Gangneung, we are not guilty of each other! ”

Zhou Budo said: "Heaven and earth are proof, and I will never live up to my father!" ”

Liu Bei smiled: "Okay, good!" There is no doubt, let's go on, what should be the next step for Longyou! ”

Liu Bei and Zhou Budo discussed the situation in Longyou, and when it was close to noon, Zhou Budo retired to arrange the wine and food.

Zhang Fei rushed to Liu Bei and said, "What did the eldest brother say to Budo, why did I bow down when I saw it from afar?" ”

Liu Bei put his hands behind his back and said, "What does the third brother think of Zhou Budo?" ”

Zhang Fei said: "Okay! It is worthy of a prodigy, worthy of the name! Isn't this a great achievement! ”

Liu Bei looked into the distance and said: "Don't doubt that it's really smart, but it's too smart, don't doubt the destruction of the city, how decisive, without the slightest hesitation, when it is decided, it will be decided." After destroying the calm and calm defense of the city, no one can see the flaws, this strength is really amazing.

Soothe the hearts of the people, govern the locality, be proficient in the art of war, adapt freely, and are not yet thirty years old! None of our three brothers can control him! ”

Zhang Fei was shocked: "Burn the city!" Hexagram? ”

Liu Bei said: "The storage of a large number of grains, grasses, and equipment is the place to enterprising. In order not to fall into the hands of Cao Jun, there is no doubt that he destroyed the whole city and burned thousands of Cao Jun to death! ”

Zhang Fei glanced at Liu Bei a few times, thought for a while, and said, "Big brother is not suspicious of his own people!" ”

Liu Bei nodded and said: "I know, I don't want to destroy Budo, just now I recruited Budo as a son-in-law, and comforted him with great kindness, I hope he can abide by his duty to assist Zen'er and teach his son!" ”

Zhang Fei said: "There is no doubt that he left his uncle Liu Xian and went to his eldest brother alone. Liu Xian followed Cao Cao to the north, and Zhou Budo said that there was no foundation! Since then, he has been raised by his sister-in-law, with Adou, Anguo, and Dingguo.

There is no doubt that he is indeed smart and different from ordinary people, but the younger brother feels that he knows how to be restrained, has a generous nature, is upright, and is not a treacherous person. He relies on the eldest brother, like the son of the eldest brother! ”

Liu Bei said slowly: "The third brother will also look at people!" ”

Zhang Fei stuck out his tongue and said, "If the eldest brother praises it, the younger brother will copy it!" ”

Liu Bei smiled and said: "It's a pity, it's just like it, if you don't doubt that it's really my son!" Death is also blind! ”