The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 569 568 The Burning Yangtze River (8)

After the banquet was over, Zhang Fei and Xiang Lang went back to the inn where they were staying. The owner of the inn was very enthusiastic when he saw Zhang Fei came back. The son of the inn owner told him what happened in the morning. With the power of one person, he killed the leader of the thieves, Zheng San, and more than a dozen of his subordinates, and frightened off more than 1000 thieves, which can be described as a great hero.

This incident quickly spread in the city. When the innkeeper learned that the hero was Zhang Fei who lived in his inn, he was shocked. Lang spent everything in the inn.

After Zhang Fei and Xiang Lang returned to the guest room, they closed the door, and Zhang Fei asked, "Mr. Xiang, the person at the banquet is Fazheng, right?"

Xiang Lang nodded and said: "I really didn't expect that we were going to find him, but he came to the door by himself. This saves us from looking for him everywhere."

Zhang Fei said: "I didn't dare to pay more attention to Fazheng at the banquet, for fear of arousing suspicion. Mr. Xiang, do you think that if we tell Fazheng our true identity, will he go back with us?"

Xiang Lang said: "I used to do it, but now... I don't dare to say it. Just now at the banquet, the general also saw that Fazheng seemed to obey what Yan Taishou said..."

"Well, I saw it too, but since it's here, if you don't try it, it will be a waste of time." Zhang Fei said.

Xiang Lang said: "Don't worry, General, I have already made an appointment with Fazheng. He will come to me to talk about the old days at night. At that time, I will take the opportunity to reveal the true identity of the General and explain why I came. Would you like to go with the general?"

Zhang Fei nodded and didn't say anything else, but he was in a panic mentally, and he didn't want this trip to be fruitless.

In the evening, Fazheng arrived as promised and came to the inn to look for Xianglang.

Xiang Lang invited Fazheng into his room. After chatting for a while, Zhang Fei walked in from the door. Seeing Fazheng sitting in Xiang Lang's room, Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Mr. , I don't know there are people in your room, will I interrupt your conversation?"

Before Xiang Lang could speak, Fazheng stood up and clasped his fists when he saw Zhang Fei coming, "Sir, since you have guests here, Xiaozhi won't bother you..."

Xiang Lang hurriedly said: "Xiaozhi, you don't have to leave, to tell you the truth, General Zhang and I are here just for you this time."

"General Zhang?" Fazheng glanced at Zhang Fei suspiciously.

"That's right, the one standing in front of us is not Zhang De, but the famous Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide. It's just that General Zhang didn't want to reveal his identity too much in front of Prefect Yan, so he used Zhang De's name as a cover." Fa Zheng Said.

At the junction of Yizhou and Jingzhou, although there are mountains in the middle, the transmission of information has not been hindered. As early as when Liu Bei was the governor of Jingnan, what the three brothers Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei did in Jingnan has been rumored. In Yizhou, it's just that the influence is not very far-reaching, and no one cares about it.

But for Fazheng, he pays close attention to the general trend of the world. Even if he is an official, he still has to wear plain clothes to shuttle between restaurants and teahouses every day to find out some interesting stories and some heroic deeds.

Coincidentally, Fazheng happened to be interested in the affairs of the three brothers Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. He was still the county magistrate of Fuling back then, and because he was located in a remote place, the news was not very well-informed, so the news he received was always better than the actual one. It's less, and most of it is because of the words brought over by the barbarians.

In the Fuling area, there are few Han people. There are many Hmong people and barbarians here. It is a multi-ethnic place where the barbarians live in the entire Wuling Mountains. Wuling Mountains stretch for a long time, so part of the news he heard was from the It was passed down from the barbarians in Wuling County.

At that time, Liu Bei was governing the Han people while appeasing the barbarians. At that time, it was beginning to bear fruit. Fazheng also knew about this, and gave a high evaluation of Liu Bei's governance of Jingnan at that time.

More than two years have passed in a flash, Liu Bei is no longer in Jingnan, and he has also died. Jingnan has also undergone some changes, but no matter what, the four counties of Jingnan have returned to the hands of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

However, Fazheng didn't know about these situations, and the news was blocked, making him like a frog at the bottom of a well.

"So it's General Zhang, Xiaozhi has met General Zhang!" Fazheng bowed respectfully to Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei hastily stepped forward and said, "Mr. Fa, you don't need to be too polite. I, Zhang Fei, am just a rough man, and I speak quickly. Mr. Xiang and I came here to find you."

"Looking for me?" Fazheng asked suspiciously.

Xiang Lang hurriedly said: "That's right, General Zhang and I traveled thousands of miles to Shu, just to find you, Xiaozhi."

Fazheng asked, "General Zhang, Mr. Xiang, what is your business with me?"

Zhang Fei said: "I want to invite you to go to Jingnan and serve as a military advisor for me and my second brother!"

After Fazheng heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "I am an official in Yizhou, how could I go to Jingzhou to become an official? Even if I want to go, I have to get the consent of my lord. Besides, my lord He has always treated me well, so how could I just turn my back on him like this."

Xiang Lang said: "Xiaozhi, although Liu Zhang treats you well, but you can't use any of your talents here with Liu Zhang. Working under someone who doesn't know how to appreciate you, you have always been underappreciated. Are you willing to be a county magistrate for the rest of your life? With your talent, you should be his humerus, but what are you doing now? Jiangzhou is just doing it, are you content with the status quo?"

Zhang Fei hit the nail on the head and said hastily: "Mr. Fa, if you come to Jingnan, my second brother and I will never treat you like Liu Zhang did. You will definitely become our two brothers' right-hand man. My second brother and I are just a couple of people." , There is no resourcefulness, sir is resourceful, if he stays with us and advises us two brothers, sir will definitely be famous in the world."

"Does General Liu want me to go there too?" Fazheng asked suddenly.

Zhang Fei froze for a moment, frowned, and said slowly: "If the elder brother's spirit in heaven knows that Mr. Fa is going to help us, he will definitely treat Mr. Fa as a guest..."

Hearing what Zhang Fei said, Fazheng hurriedly asked: "General Zhang, what do you mean by that? Could it be that General Liu..."

Xiang Lang then explained Liu Bei's affairs in detail, as well as the current situation of Zhang Fei and Guan Yu.

After Fazheng finished listening, he let out a long sigh and said, "Unfortunately, General Liu is also a hero. I didn't expect it to be like this... Sigh!"

Zhang Fei said: "Big Brother died very wrongly. Liu Qi said that Big Brother sent an assassin to assassinate Liu Biao. He forced Big Brother to death indiscriminately. He even wanted to kill us. In my opinion, it was Liu Qi who wanted to kill himself. Lao Tzu, put all the blame on my elder brother..."

"Right and wrong, everything has become a thing of the past. General Zhang, please mourn. However, General Guan and General Zhang occupied Jingnan and returned to Sun Quan. Although it was only temporary, Sun Quan was not easy to mess with. Even if the two generals Occupying Jingzhou may not be able to hold on for a long time. Today Jingzhou is a dangerous place, with Yan Wang Zhang Yan to the north and Sun Quan to the south. If you want to seek benefits here and gain a firm foothold, it may be more difficult than ascending to the sky. General Zhang, please Forgive me for speaking harshly. Although you and General Guan are highly skilled in martial arts, war is not just about one or two people. War is about tens of thousands of people. It is a contest between two armies. A contest between different forces. How do you feel about the strength of the two generals compared to either Sun Quan or Zhang Yan?" Fazheng said.

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, and even Xiang Lang was stunned. He was the one who came up with the strategy of seizing Jingzhou and laying eggs with chickens, but Fazheng's words made his strategy seem full of loopholes.

"Whether we are compared with Zhang Yan or Sun Quan, our current strength is very weak..." Zhang Fei said after thinking for a while.

Fazheng said: "It's not that it's weak, it's simply vulnerable! Forgive me for saying something that offends others. The reason why General Zhang and General Guan were able to capture Jingnan is entirely because of your good performance when you were officials in Jingnan. The support of the people. But this is not the case in other places in Jingzhou. If you start to attack, I am afraid that you may not be able to capture Jingzhou, but you will suffer heavy losses. If you are in a hurry, Jingzhou may change hands and surrender to Zhang Yan in the north. , At that time, if you want to deal with it again, it will be even more difficult. Moreover, although the two generals have the foundation of popular support in Jingzhou, if they really face the pressure of soldiers, those popular support will basically be vulnerable, because people They are all selfish, and the people will definitely submit to the powerful forces in order to survive, and by then, the general will be nothing more than a flash in the pan, and then he will completely disappear in this world."

Zhang Fei frowned, with an extremely ugly expression on his face, and asked hastily, "In Mr. Yifa's opinion, my second brother and I are doomed to fail no matter what happens?"

"Success or failure depends on three key factors, namely weather, location, and harmony. Now, if the general does not account for any of these three key factors, it is impossible to achieve a great event. No matter what happens, the result is the same. It will eventually perish. The two generals are temporarily attached to Sun Quan, and act under Sun Quan's unified dispatch. Jingnan and Jiangdong are connected as a whole. But if the general has always obeyed Sun Quan, he may not be the opponent of Zhang Yan, King of Yan. Sooner or later, Zhang Yan will capture Jingzhou. Moreover, Jiangdong's strength is far inferior to that of Zhang Yan. Sooner or later It will also be destroyed by Zhang Yan." Fazheng said.

Zhang Fei said with a gloomy face, "Mr. Zhao said so, no matter what happens to us, we will still be wiped out by Zhang Yan in the end?"

"It's just the trend of the times. Now Zhang Yan has ruled the entire north, and he is also acting as the regent of the king of Yan. The world will be divided for a long time. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Han Dynasty has survived in name only, and the princes have separated their regimes. In the process, Zhang Yan eliminated many powerful opponents one by one and became the most powerful person to rule the world. If he can follow the trend, he may be famous in history; if he goes upstream, he will also become a ghost hero , the choice of the path is different, the ending will be different. Besides, what is wrong with the unification of the world? At least there will be no wars, and the people can live happily in the same country, and there is no need to worry about wars. There will be no civilians displaced or homeless because of the war." The more Fazheng said, the more negative he became, and the more he said the more outrageous.

Zhang Fei's face became more and more ugly. After listening to what Fazheng said, he felt that the future was very bleak, but no matter how bleak, his will must not be shaken. Revenge, taking Jingzhou, killing Liu Qi, beheading Zhang Xiu, after completing these, the situation of the world has nothing to do with him.

"Even if it is doomed to fail, I will not change my original intention. The eldest brother died because of Liu Qi's exclusion. Zhang Xiu was the murderer who killed the eldest brother. Zhang Xiu is Zhang Yan's subordinate, so Zhang Yan is also an indirect accomplice. I I will never surrender to the murderer who killed my elder brother. Even if it ends up being nothing, I will avenge my elder brother together with my second brother, if I fail, I will be benevolent!" Zhang Fei said.

(End of this chapter)