The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 513 512 Jingzhou Storm (22)

Liu Bei left Sima Yi's mansion dejectedly, Liu Biao refused to see the guests, and Sima Yi was not in the mansion. These seem to be coincidences, but in fact, it is very likely that Liu Qi arranged them deliberately.

At least Liu Bei thinks so.

"Ah!" Liu Bei sighed heavily, for him, perhaps, this is his fate.

Suddenly, a black shadow flashed out from the side, directly blocking Liu Bei's way forward. Liu Bei was terrified, thinking that someone was going to assassinate him, so he hurriedly put on a defensive posture, and suddenly stretched out his hands diagonally. The double-strand sword behind his back was holding the hilt tightly. As long as there was a slight danger, he would immediately draw the sword out and stab the enemy.

"Brother, it's me, Yide!" Suddenly, a familiar voice came into Liu Bei's ears. Liu Bei followed the voice and looked over, and the black shadow turned out to be Zhang Fei, Zhang Yide, his sworn brother and the third eldest.

Liu Bei made a false alarm and let out a long breath, but then he thought, why did Zhang Fei appear here?So he asked, "Yide, are you following me?"

Zhang Fei chuckled dryly, and said, "It's not following, it's covert protection. I was afraid that something might happen to my elder brother, so I followed him. But I was afraid of being discovered by my elder brother, so I kept my distance and didn't dare to get too close."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Fei glanced at the mansion behind Liu Bei and asked, "Brother, it's so late, what are you doing here?"

Liu Bei looked at the surrounding environment, and said to Zhang Fei: "Let's go, let's talk about it when we go back!"

About a quarter of an hour later, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei returned to the post house, and they came to Liu Bei's room together. After lighting the candles, the two sat face to face.

Liu Bei took the lead and said, "I went to look for Sima Yi just now, but unfortunately I couldn't see him. It seems that I am destined to go to Xinye tomorrow. But, I don't worry about you and my second brother. If you really go to the post Well, then the three of us brothers will be separated from now on, and we don’t know that we will meet again in the year of the dog..."

As he talked, Liu Bei's eyes were already a little moist. Over the years, although he, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei are not blood brothers, they are closer than blood brothers. Let's eat delicious food together and play fun together. , even if they sleep, they all sleep in the same room.

Of course, these are things in the past. Now that they each have their own families, it is natural for three big men to sleep in one room, which is easy to be misunderstood.

Zhang Fei saw that Liu Bei's eyes were wet, and tears kept rolling in his eyes. He also became sad, grabbed Liu Bei's hand, and said, "Brother, don't talk about it, I have already thought about it." I'm just a county magistrate, it doesn't matter if I don't do it, I will go and tell the eldest son tomorrow that I want to resign and not do it. Yide in this life, only wants to follow the elder brother, wherever the elder brother goes, Yide will follow, even if I will go through fire and water, and I will not hesitate."

After listening to Zhang Fei's words, Liu Bei was also full of excitement. At the critical moment, he could still see the friendship between the brothers.

"Actually, when I just came back, I wanted to tell my eldest brother about this, but my eldest brother left in a hurry. I was worried, so I followed." Zhang Fei said.

"I already know what you mean, but I just don't know if Yun Chang thinks the same as you?" Liu Bei asked suddenly.

Zhang Fei said: "Brother, don't worry, the second brother must have the same idea as me. We would rather be together without anything than to be separated. If the elder brother is worried, I will go back to the office in person tomorrow after I resign my official position to the eldest son." Go to Changsha, and then take the second brother to Xinye to find the eldest brother."

Liu Bei is now attached to Liu Biao, and he is under the roof of others. As the saying goes, people have to bow their heads under the eaves.Liu Bei's Jingnan governor was given by Liu Biao. Similarly, Liu Biao can also remove this Jingnan governor in one sentence.

Although he was nominally asked to go to Nanyang as the prefect, but now Nanyang has been occupied by the Han army, and the situation of the counties under his rule may not be very good.Moreover, Xinye is the main road for north-south transportation. Would the Han army not occupy such a strategically significant place?
Maybe, when we arrive in Xinye, we will have to fight another battle.

In short, Liu Bei is extremely unwilling to do this job.Even if Xinye can be taken down, when the Han army attacks Jingzhou again in the future, Xinye will be the front line and bear the brunt of the brunt, which is tantamount to putting Jiang He in a dangerous place.

But if he doesn't agree, the army he has accumulated with great difficulty in the past few years will become someone else's subordinate, and he will have nothing.

Liu Bei was not reconciled, not reconciled to losing everything like this, but there was nothing he could do.

Zhang Fei comforted Liu Bei, and Liu Bei's heart calmed down a little, and finally heaved a heavy sigh, and he could only take one step and watch one step.

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At this moment, in the old site of Cai Mao's mansion, Sima Yi had already written a secret letter, and sealed the secret letter completely with wax, before handing it over to Zhou Yuncong, the housekeeper who had been standing beside him pretending to be an old man.

"You are leaving tonight. Be sure to hand this letter to Xu Sheng, the Commander of Jinyiwei, and he will forward it to His Highness King Yan. However, because Liu Biao launched a war, there may be some patrols on the border. You Be careful and don't get caught. If something happens, you should know what to do." Sima Yi said to the butler beside him.

Zhou Yuncong said: "My lord, don't worry, I have walked this road dozens of times, and there will never be any problems. If there is any accident, my subordinates will definitely destroy the letter immediately and commit suicide. I will definitely not implicate my lord." .”

Sima Yi said: "It doesn't matter if you get involved, the important thing is that this letter from me must be sent out. This matter is very important. No matter what, you must bring this letter to Pengcheng yourself."

Zhou Yuncong said "Hey" and took Sima Yi's letter, then left the city overnight and headed for Pengcheng in the starry night.

This man named Zhou Yuncong was one of Zhang Yan'an's Jinyi Guards in Jingzhou. He was subordinate to Xu Sheng, the Commander of Jin Yiwei.

Zhou Yuncong was originally sent to secretly monitor Sima Yi's every move, but it was just a latent mission.But the person he was watching was Sima Yi, who was too smart, and soon discovered that someone was watching him secretly.So Sima Yi set up a trap by chance, and Zhou Yuncong threw himself into the net, and was locked in a big iron cage by Sima Yi. No matter how powerful Zhou Yuncong was, he couldn't break free from the big iron cage.

At this point, Zhou Yuncong was exposed, and in the following time, Sima Yi used both soft and hard tactics to pry Zhou Yuncong's mouth open, knowing that Zhang Yan sent him to monitor him.

Sima Yi was very surprised, because during the imperial examination, he obviously got No.1 in the imperial examination and was the number one scholar in this subject, but he was insulted by Zhang Yan and asked him to be a small pavilion chief.From then on, Sima Yi felt that Zhang Yan didn't have the ability to know people, so he fled to Jingzhou, and happened to meet Liu Qi, which gave him room to show his talents and let his talents be fully displayed.And in Sima Yi's heart, he wanted to do some big things, so as to attract Zhang Yan's attention, and let Zhang Yan know that if he was not allowed to be an official, he would definitely regret it.

Therefore, Sima Yi was very curious about Zhang Yan sending Zhou Yuncong to monitor Sima Yi, and he was even more surprised when he learned that his every move was under Zhang Yan's control.

Because, since Zhang Yan refused to use him, why should he monitor himself like this.

So, with this question in mind, Sima Yi asked Zhou Yuncong to help him deliver a letter to King Yan, a letter full of questions.

Zhou Yuncong did not refuse, because Zhang Yan had already confessed that Sima Yi was too smart, and Zhang Yan had already arranged what to do if he was exposed.

So, according to Zhang Yan's prior arrangement, Zhou Yuncong sent a letter for Sima Yi.

More than half a month later, Zhou Yuncong returned again, and brought a secret letter from Yan Wang Zhang Yan.It was this secret letter that completely changed Sima Yi and made Sima Yi realize that all of this was deliberately arranged by Zhang Yan. Will be suspicious.

In other words, Zhang Yan is letting Sima Yi play Infernal Affairs, and the letter also points out that if Sima Yi can let Zhang Yanbing take Jingzhou without bloodshed, then he will be the number one hero in seizing Jingzhou from now on. Sooner or later.

In addition, there is also a letter from his brother Sima Lang's family, which is also to persuade Sima Yi to be an undercover agent in Jingzhou, and to take advantage of Liu Qi's trust in him to help Liu Qi to be the lord of Jingzhou , and then followed Zhang Yan's example and implemented a series of reforms in Jingzhou, and eliminated dissidents, and strengthened his power.

When the time is right, Zhang Yan will send troops south and take Jingzhou without bloodshed.

Later, after thinking about it for a while, Sima Yi finally agreed to Zhang Yan. In name, he was Liu Qi's military adviser, but in fact, he was Zhang Yan's undercover agent.And Zhou Yuncong also stayed by his side, responsible for protecting him, delivering news and other important matters, but fearing that people would suspect him, he disguised himself as an old man and became an old housekeeper beside Sima Yi.

In fact, Sima Yi once thought of helping Liu Qi by himself, and then using Jingzhou as a springboard to accumulate strength and compete with Zhang Yan, who appointed him the number one scholar as the head of the pavilion.But when Sima Yi really got to know the faction in Jingzhou, he realized how deep the pool of water in Jingzhou was, and Liu Qi, the son of Liu Biao, who he was attached to, was just a weak and incompetent person. The real power in Jingzhou was controlled by the Cai family inside.

In addition, there are many forces such as Zhang Xiu, Liu Bei, Zhang Yun, etc. Under the seemingly calm Jingzhou Lake, there is actually an undercurrent and a turbulent surge. If you are not careful, you will be in danger of being overthrown.So Sima Yi watched quietly in Jiangxia, waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to move into Jingzhou in one fell swoop and become the actual power holder.

And this opportunity was finally seen by Sima Yi when Liu Biao launched an army to attack Zhang Yan. After a series of hard work, Sima Yi was finally able to move into Jingzhou, but to gain a firm foothold, he must eliminate all threats, including the Jingnan governor Liu Bei.

Therefore, Liu Bei was sadly reminded that the four Jingnan counties he had painstakingly managed for several years collapsed in the words of Sima Yi.For Sima Yi, this is the best thing, and it is also an excellent opportunity to eliminate Liu Bei.

If Liu Bei led his army to Xinye, he would be under the attack of Zhang Yan and Sima Yi. If he didn't go, it would be better. Just send assassins to kill them.

(End of this chapter)