A luxurious carriage drove on the streets of Chengdu, with a large number of soldiers in front and behind, and the pomp was quite huge. As the head of the Yizhou clan, such pomp and circumstance is not surprising.

Jia Long sat in the carriage, looking at the crowded streets, and his mind could not be calm for a long time.

Ever since he learned that Liu Fan had been assassinated, he has been like a frightened bird, and he has been worried about whether he will be liquidated.

Even, worried that Liu Fan would suddenly lead the army into the mansion while he was asleep, and took his head.

Especially after Liu Yan separated him and coexisted with Liu Fan alone, this feeling became even stronger, as if the other party was plotting something.

Maybe it's just a false alarm, or maybe it's a discussion about how to get rid of him...... Jia Long prefers the latter, people always like to think about the bad outcome first.

In other words, there is always a kind of mentality of "there are always people who want to harm me".

So, after he returned to the mansion, he hurriedly summoned his fellow party Ren Qi, but found that the other party also had a solemn face.

Ren Qi frowned and said, "Liu Yan is only afraid that he has blamed you and me for the assassination of the eldest prince, and wants to eradicate me." ”

"Did you do it?" Jia Long asked in a deep voice, apparently suspecting that the accomplice was secretly acting behind his back.

If it's the same party who did it, it's just that, if not, then it's really wronged.

"You doubt me?" Ren Qi was a little angry, feeling that he had been let down by his sincerity.

"Really, not?"

"Liu Bei in Guanzhong is eyeing Yizhou, I have agreed not to act rashly, how can I disobey?"

"Who could that be?"

Jalong was lost in thought, his instincts telling him that this was a plot against them.

"In my opinion, this matter is just a play directed and acted by Liu Fan, and the purpose is to get rid of us!" Ren Qi guessed that this was a conclusion based on the description of Liu Fan's guards.

Jia Long was surprised: "How do you say this? ”

"Have you ever seen an assassin assassin without a bow or crossbow? If it is really an assassin, with Liu Fan's martial arts, how can he have a life? ”

"Never."

After Jia Long finished answering, he said angrily: "Okay, you Liu Fan, I won't attack you for the sake of the overall situation of Yizhou, but you should strike first." ”

Ren Qi was also angry: "In this case, we don't have to worry about this, it's better to strike first!" ”

"Okay, you go and contact them immediately and tell them that if you don't help, the Yizhou Shi clan will cease to exist."

"I'll go!"

……

On the other side, Liu Yan looked at Liu Fan with a solemn face: "Wu'er, tell your father the truth, is the person who assassinated you Liu Bei's Jinyiwei?" ”

"Father, don't you understand that the matter has come to this point, Jia Long and the others clearly want to murder the child, and then support the third brother as their puppet. At that time, Yizhou will be their world. ”

Liu Fan also completely tore off his disguise, he just wanted to use this incident to clear Jia Long's thorns in his eyes in one fell swoop.

"Could it be Liu Bei's discordant plan?" Liu Yan is still an old man after all, and he thought of other possibilities.

"Father! Do you really want to watch the child die at the hands of Jia Long, Ren Qi, and the two thieves? ”

"I ......"

The weakness in Liu Yan's heart was touched, and he suddenly became irrational.

"My lord, according to the general, this matter must have been done by Jia Long and others. Liu Bei is far away in Guanzhong, how can he reach out to Yizhou? Seeing this, Zhang Ren on the side immediately intervened to fan the flames.

Liu Yan was reminded by the two of them, and suddenly woke up to the fact that the one who could know Wu'er's whereabouts in advance must be someone inside.

Coupled with the deepening of his own contradictions with Jia Long, he gradually began to make up his mind.

"Okay, Zhang Ren, you immediately secretly go out of the city, transfer the Dongzhou army into the city, and surround the mansions of Jia Long, Ren Qi and others."

"Whoa!"

Zhang Ren was overjoyed, and quickly turned around to make arrangements, for fear that Liu Yan would change his mind if he was one step slower.

Liu Yan stood up and admonished: "My son has a good life and rest, and my father will remove all obstacles for you." ”

"Well, Father be careful."

……

After Liu Yan left, Liu Fan smiled and said, "Yuan Zhi, this Yizhou will soon be controlled by me." ”

"Do you want to make sure?" Xu Shu's plan succeeded, but he pretended to have a sad and bleak look on his face, and vividly interpreted the loyal ministers who shared their worries everywhere.

This is the strategist, for the real monarch can do whatever it takes, Xu Shu has obviously completed the transformation from a ranger to a mastermind.

This is due to talent, and some people are born to eat this bowl of rice.

Liu Fan said indifferently: "There is no need to confirm it anymore, this matter must have been done by Jia Long and others." ”

In fact, he still hasn't said a word, even if it wasn't done by Jia Long and others, he still wants to use this matter to centralize power.

Xu Shu suddenly didn't say much, but secretly thought in his heart: If the expectation is good, Jia Long should have learned the news.

This is exactly what Jinyiwei has planned, so that the two sides will oppose each other, and at the same time, neither side will easily destroy the other.

Therefore, Su Zhe arranged for someone to assassinate Liu Fan, so that the two sides were suspicious of each other until they completely tore their faces. On the other hand, they sent people to leak the news to Jia Long and others, so that they could take precautions in advance.

In this way, the two sides can at least fight evenly and completely split Yizhou.

In this way, the two sides with their own ghosts began to secretly dispatch troops, and before they knew it, the smoke clouds of war were hanging over Chengdu.

As the night deepens, the undercurrents surge and kill everywhere.

Groups of soldiers armed with torches ran through the streets of Chengdu and set up checkpoints at various passes.

The people in the city also seemed to smell the smell of war, and closed their doors and windows one after another, and did not listen to what was going on outside the window.

Zhang Ren led the army to Jia Long's mansion, and when he saw the closed door, he immediately waved his hand and said, "Crash open." ”

A few moments later, several soldiers took the logs and rammed them against the gate again and again.

After all, the thin gate of the mansion was not as strong as the city gate, and it was soon knocked open, and the Dongzhou sergeants who had long been ready to attack entered the mansion one after another.

The sight of an empty house is as if you have come to an empty house that is uninhabited.

Seeing this, Zhang Ren quickly realized what was happening, and his face suddenly became gloomy.

"Search!"

Although he had already guessed the result, he still couldn't help but have a fluke mentality, and the soldiers under his command immediately turned the entire mansion upside down, but only found a few maids and others who had not had time to escape.

Zhang Ren said in a deep voice: "Where is Jia Long? ”

"Sir, he'......"

"Say!"

"The lord suddenly ordered the villain to pack his bags today, and took his wife and them to escape from the city through the secret passage."

Zhang Ren's eyes were cold, and the hand holding the spear tightened slightly.

"Kill!"

After leaving a word, he turned and left.

A moment later, screams rang out in the house.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in this era, and there was a joint sitting in the Qin Law back then.

Zhang Ren then led people to kill Ren Qi and the mansions of other scholars, but except for some insignificant people, most of the others had already fled.

He finally realized the seriousness of the problem, and Jia Long and the others had obviously learned the news in advance.

"Report ...... Oh no, the rebels entered the city from the north gate and were fighting all the way to the lord's mansion. ”

"Assemble the whole army and follow me to the rescue."

……

State Pastoral Office.

Bang!

"What the hell is this Zhang Ren doing, just let Jia Long and the others escape, and let them gather an army!"

In the council hall, Liu Yan was furious.

I thought that this surprise would be able to quickly take down Jia Long and others, and completely centralize power at the lowest cost. Now it seems that the situation is gradually spiraling out of control.

"Father, this matter is confidential, and there is no reason to leak it. It can be seen that Jia Long and others have long had the intention of rebellion. Liu Fan naturally will not let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to strike at his opponent again.

Liu Yan was even more angry when he heard this, and said hatefully: "I can't wait for you, how dare I betray?" ”

Xu Shu secretly sneered when he heard this, aren't you also thinking about getting rid of others?

If Jia Long and the others had not learned the news in advance, the final result would inevitably be that the door would have died without a place to be buried.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in his ears, and from far to near, Liu Dan, dressed in military uniform, appeared at the door with a team of soldiers.

Liu Dan arched his hand and said: "Father, I failed to find the third brother, according to the narration of the subordinates in his house, the third brother was picked up by someone sent by Jia Long at noon today. ”

Liu Yan was originally worried that Jia Long and the others would take risks to hold his third son hostage and bring trouble to himself, so he sent his second son to answer, but he didn't expect it to be a step too late.

Now he completely believed it, Jia Long and the others had already premeditated, but fortunately he reacted in time.

"Report ...... My lord, the rebels have been killed outside the palace. ”

When the news of defeat came, Liu Yan's father and son were shocked.

Xu Shu's face was calm: "Envoy, the two sons don't need to panic, in my opinion, we only need to hold on for half an hour, and General Zhang Ren will lead the Dongzhou army to come back to save the driver." ”

Liu Fan trusted Xu Shu very much, and when he heard this, he got up and echoed: "Yes, the rebels are just taking advantage of the situation for a while, as long as General Zhang Ren kills back, they will definitely be defeated and retreat." ”

Liu Yan nodded.

"Poof!"

A mouthful of old blood spurted into the air, and the whole person fell to the ground weakly.

Liu Yan's sudden reaction surprised everyone, Liu Fan and Liu Dan hurriedly stepped forward to help him up.

"Father, why is that?" Liu Fan was puzzled, his father had never been seriously ill, even if the war was unfavorable for a while, it would not be like this!

"It's all old problems, don't worry about it." Liu Yanhun waved his hand absently, but his face was very pale. Naturally, he wouldn't say that Zhang Lu's mother was too powerful, and it was really difficult to resist as a father, so that his body was getting worse day by day.

However, Xu Shu didn't think so, as far as he knew, Jin Yiwei had a plan to poison Liu Yan before, and maybe he had secretly started to implement it.

The shouting in his ears was getting closer and closer, Liu Fan stood up decisively, drew his sword, and said in a deep voice: "Second brother, you take care of your father here, and I will go to resist the rebels." ”

Liu Dan hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Brother be careful." ”

Liu Fan bowed slightly, and then walked towards the door of the mansion without hesitation. He is not intelligent and courageous, so he will naturally not be afraid.

Seeing this, Xu Shu also followed suit.

Liu Fan's face was surprised.

Xu Shu said with a smile: "Childe must have forgotten that he is not a weak scholar with the power of advance payment. ”

Liu Fan laughed.

"Hahaha...... It's been a long time since I've fought alongside Yuan Zhi! ”

Xu Shu nodded with a smile, but felt a little guilty in his heart.

Liu Fan may not be a qualified monarch, but he trusts him very much and treats him like a close friend on weekdays. If the opponent's ability is better, he may choose to put everything behind and do his best.

Pity!

……

As Xu Shu expected, after Liu Fan led the army to hold on for half an hour, Zhang Ren led the Dongzhou army to arrive.

After fighting all night, they finally ended with a crushing victory on Liu Yan's side, and Jia Long Renqi and others fled to Shu County in a panic.

However, the Dongzhou army also paid a heavy price for this, because it was difficult to distinguish friend and foe in night battles, and many people even died under the sword of friendly soldiers.

The next day, when Liu Yan woke up, he vomited blood and fainted after hearing the news that Jia Long and others had fled to Shu County with Liu Zhang, and that rebellions were raging in various parts of Yizhou.

At the same time, Zhang Lu, who had just led the army to take Hanzhong, learned the news and decisively designed to kill Zhang Xiu, who was the co-leader of the army, and cut off the connection with Shuzhong.

Since then, Yizhou has split into three forces headed by Liu Yan, Jia Long, and Zhang Lu, which has the meaning of the appearance of a three-legged tripod in advance.

……

"Yizhou, it's a complete mess!"

Liu Bei sighed with emotion after learning the news, could it be that God also knew that he wanted to dominate the world, so he let the three parts of the world appear in Yizhou in advance?

"Although Yizhou is divided at the moment, the Dongzhou Army in Liu Yan's hands is still the strongest one, and if there is no external interference, Jia Long and Zhang Lu are definitely not their opponents."

After analyzing the situation, Xun Yu concluded that it was necessary for them to intervene, otherwise the fruits of their labor would soon be in vain.

"What does Wen Ruo think should be done?"

"Let the Son of Heaven issue an edict to canonize Liu Zhang as the pastor of Yizhou, and try to unite Zhang Lu and Jia Long, both of whom are inferior in strength to Liu Yan, and only by uniting can they confront Liu Yan."

After listening to this, Liu Bei couldn't help but fall into memories again, isn't this the story of the two families of Sun and Liu in the previous life who jointly fought against Cao?

"When necessary, we can send a partial division to intervene, and stop the war in the name of the imperial court." Guo Jia opened his mouth and added a plan.

Although the current strategy of Liu Bei's camp is to recuperate, it is not difficult to dispatch an elite force of about 10,000 people.

Jia Xu said with a smile: "Of course, the grain, grass and ordnance of this army cannot be produced by the imperial court itself. ”

It was rare for someone in Gou Dao to speak, and he completely put an end to Xun Yu's strategy.

Liu Bei was puzzled: "Will Jia Long and Zhang Lu accept our reinforcements?" Don't they know that this is a move to lure a wolf into the house? ”

Guo Jia joked: "This is a conspiracy, what can they do if they know?" Unless they are willing to be killed and let Liu Yan take away Xiang Shang's head, they must accept the help of the imperial court. ”

"You guys...... Junlang (Liu Yan's character): Brother, this is going to be calculated to death by a few of you. ”

The three of them looked at each other.

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "We just said what the prime minister thought." ”

Liu Bei: ......

"In your opinion, who shall lead the troops?"

Liu Bei naturally won't go out in person, first, this is just a small battle, killing chickens with a knife.

And if he goes out in person, it will inevitably cause panic among Jia Long and others, thinking that he is going to take advantage of the situation to take the entire Yizhou.

All three shook their heads, unwilling to get involved.

Liu Bei muttered: "This is a mountain battle, the number of cavalry should not be too much, let Huang Zhong lead the armor-piercing army of a hundred battles." ”

(End of chapter)