It is difficult to judge the advantages and disadvantages of being crowned king, and only Liu Bei can weigh it himself.

The advantage is that after Liu Bei became king, his prestige will increase greatly, and there will be more talents to vote, and it will be more justifiable to ascend to the position of the Ninety-Five in the future.

At this point, everyone knows that if the Han Dynasty can continue, Liu Bei will inevitably be another Guangwu Emperor.

Of course, there are also drawbacks to being crowned.

Because if Liu Bei set a precedent, others would never be polite, and there would be a few people in the world who would be called lonely.

"Fengxiao, I remember that you once said a sentence at the beginning, build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become the king, but why don't you open your mouth to dissuade you today?"

After Liu Bei rejected everyone's advice to call him the king, he summoned Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Zhao Yun and others in the Taishou Mansion of Shu County.

There are 150,000 troops in the southern expedition this time, all of which are the elite of a hundred battles under Liu Bei, excluding the soldiers and horses guarding everywhere, almost the main force has been exhausted.

Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, Huang Zhong and other generals all went out with the army, and all departments were gearing up to take the lead in this battle.

However, Bashu is mountainous, which is not conducive to the galloping of cavalry. Moreover, Liu Bei's iron cavalry can fight well, and the world knows that Liu Fan will most likely choose to focus on defense.

In this way, whether it is Zhang Fei's Tiefutu, Zhao Yun's white-robed army, or Lu Bu's Bingzhou wolf cavalry, it is difficult to have a chance to play.

On the contrary, it was Huang Zhong's armor-piercing army in a hundred battles, Gao Shun's trapped camp, and Xu Huang's Yulin army became the main force of the war.

This battle is the stage of the infantry army, and it is also a rare opportunity for Gao Shun, the commander of the infantry army, to come out.

Guo Jia heard Liu Beizhi's question and said with a smile: "Prime Minister, this time and that time, if the general trend has been basically established today, even if the prime minister is not king, others will be king." ”

"Presumably, the lord already knows about Yuan Shu's claim to be the emperor, and since someone has already started it, someone will inevitably follow suit."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard everyone laughing.

Guo Jia looked at everyone and wondered, "Is there anything funny about this?" ”

Zhang Fei took the lead in replying: "Yuan Shu, the emperor, is too aggrieved, and before half a year, he was ousted by Cao Cao's gang, and he ended up hanging himself." ”

Zhao Yun also spoke: "This Yuan Shu thought that he was the fourth and third duke of the Yuan family, so he dared to risk the disapproval of the world, and he was unjustly defeated. ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Actually, Yuan Shu is not stupid, he just lost to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao." ”

The crowd was puzzled.

Zhao Yun asked, "The military advisor seems to have a high opinion of Yuan Shu. ”

"Don't underestimate a prince who can divide one side."

"But Yuan Shu relies on his family background."

"At least he has risen, if he is a mediocre person, how can he divide the land of the two states?"

Zhao Yun was silent.

Zhang Fei suddenly asked, "What if the eldest brother started from scratch?" ”

Liu Beizheng acted as a spectator with great interest, and couldn't help but cheer up when he heard the words. He was a little curious about what Guo Jia said about him in his heart.

Guo Jia said solemnly: "The prime minister has a high ancestor, a glorious martial posture, and the one who makes the Han Dynasty pass on for a thousand years will be the prime minister!" ”

He rarely slaps on the back, but can do it once in a while if necessary.

Liu Bei has always disliked the people who pat the horse, but because the person who said this was Guo Jia, he actually felt a little happy.

Then he hurriedly recited in his heart: Before the great cause is accomplished, do not be complacent.

Liu Bei smiled: "I never thought that Feng Xiao would also be a sycophant." ”

Guo Jia Zhengse said: "In the next sentence, I will say from the bottom of my heart. ”

Everyone laughed, and if they could talk so seriously about the sycophants, their own military advisor was probably the first person.

"The matter of sealing the king, I will talk about it when I take Yizhou, and you will go back to fight hard and hunt Chengdu with me." Liu Bei's tone was warm and passionate, and he drew an end to this rally.

"The last general commands!"

……

"What, Liu Bei actually occupied Shu County so quickly?"

In Chengdu, Liu Fan couldn't help but be shocked when he learned that Liu Bei had taken Shu County with a thunderous force.

Originally, he thought that no matter how useless his third brother was, he would at least be able to support him for a while, so that he could have enough time to prepare.

It all happened so quickly that he was a little unexpected.

"My lord, although this matter is somewhat unexpected, it is also reasonable." Xu Shu said.

As Liu Fan's confidant, after the other party became the lord of Yizhou, his status also improved, and now he is engaged in Yizhou, and he is also a military advisor, and his status is similar to Liu Bei's Guo Jia.

Liu Fan has a lot of trust in Xu Shu, and he is benevolent and righteous.

To this day, Xu Shu often thinks that if this lord is a male lord, he is not unable to sincerely serve.

However, Liu Fan disappointed him again and again, until he died, and now he just wants to end the battle in Yizhou as soon as possible and return to Liu Bei's arms.

Xu Shu put away his thoughts and continued: "Liu Bei's northern army is dominated by cavalry, but the terrain in Shuzhong is not conducive to cavalry combat, and the combat strength of his army will inevitably be greatly reduced. Therefore, looking down, Liu Bei is not as terrible as he imagined. ”

These words are not only to lower Liu Fan's vigilance, but also to truly analyze the advantages and disadvantages of friends and enemies.

Liu Fan nodded when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, now that I have 50,000 barbarian soldiers to help, I don't need to be afraid of him Liu Bei!" ”

He hasn't done nothing over the years, and after several attempts to take the initiative to attack, but Huang Zhong couldn't help him, Liu Fan began to find another way.

coincided with the invasion of the Southern Barbarians, so Liu Fan led his army to resist under Xu Shu's advice, and obtained the support of the barbarian tribes led by Meng Shu.

In fact, strictly speaking, Liu Fan only repelled Meng Shu, but did not really convince him.

The fundamental reason why Meng Huo was willing to cooperate was because of Liu Bei's reputation.

Liu Bei first defeated the Xiongnu, then bloodied Xianbei, defeated the Qiang people, and was already a veritable anti-Hu hero.

Of course, this is Liu Bei in the eyes of the people of the Han Dynasty.

Nanban is also among the alien races, and Liu Bei is not a hero in their eyes, but an out-and-out enemy.

As the two spoke, a burly man in a cloak of animal skins walked into the hall under the guidance of the soldiers.

"I've seen Liu Zhoumu."

Said Meng obtained, Meng obtained.

After Liu Fan learned the news of Liu Bei's southward departure, he immediately sent a message to him to come.

Liu Fan looked at Meng Shu and said with a smile: "The general really believes in his words, and he is really a big man!" ”

Meng Shu arched his hand and said: "The warriors of our clan will fight to the death, I only hope that the adults will not break their promises." ”

For the barbarians, this battle is both for self-preservation and for profit.

For the Nanban tribes, compared to Liu Bei, who hated foreign races, Liu Fanlai was obviously more suitable to serve as the lord of Yizhou, at least without worrying about the disaster of extermination.

"I promise you, as long as your barbarian army helps me repel Liu Bei, the food, salt, and iron tools promised before will not be less."

"As a sign of sincerity, I will order someone to transport some grain and grass to you first."