The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 228 Who's at the mercy of whom?

Liu Zhang has always been a cowardly image in everyone's eyes, so that some people later forgot that Liu Bei fought with him for three years before Liu Zhang surrendered and won Yizhou.

It is not easy to fight with Liu Bei for three years. Liu Bei brought Pang Tong instead of Zhuge Liang when he entered Sichuan.

After breaking up into pieces and entering Chengdu County, Dongfang Sheng settled down with the others and followed Chen Shen to meet Liu Zhang.

Dongfang Sheng didn't let Wang Hu and Zhao Kai follow, but just let Badao follow.

Liu Zhang's mansion is very grand, and Dongfang Sheng felt that he could not see the side at a glance.

After seeing Chen Shen, two strong soldiers at the gate questioned him and let him go.

Chen Shen brought Dongfang Sheng into Liu Zhang's residence in the name of recommending talents.

After walking for a while in the corridor, Chen Shen led Dongfang Sheng into a hall.

The hall is covered with mats, but there are some animal skins on the mats, even if you kneel and sit on them, you won't feel uncomfortable.

A slightly bloated young man in a scarlet robe sat on the main seat. There seemed to be a trace of unshakable worry on the young man's brows. Behind him stood a thin middle-aged man, It looked like he was a young man's subordinate.

These two people are Liu Zhang and Zhao Shao. The young one is Liu Zhang, and the middle-aged man is Zhao Shao, Liu Yan's former subordinate.

Chen Shen went up to salute and said: "My lord, this is Cao Gong's fierce general, Dongfang Sheng who is known as the little general of benevolence and righteousness!"

"Oh, little general Renyi got rid of the old thief Dong and rescued His Majesty, tsk tsk." Liu Zhang couldn't help but smacked his lips and said, "I really admire you."

After Liu Zhang finished speaking, he glanced at Zhao Shao behind him and said no more.

Zhao Shao's eyes flickered strangely after seeing Dongfang Sheng, but he didn't show any abnormality, he just said indifferently: "My lord always likes to recruit talents, since General Dongfang was once a fierce general under Duke Cao, I think my lord will definitely use him again. "

"Well, then call 1000 troops and General Dongfang." Liu Zhang glanced at Zhao Key, and then followed Zhao Key's words.

After coming out of Liu Zhang's mansion, Dongfang Sheng felt that something was wrong. He always felt that Liu Zhang and Zhao Shao were a little awkward. This feeling could not be expressed, but with his keen sense, Dongfang Sheng still sensed something was wrong.

"Dushi, do you really think Liu Zhang is controlled by Zhao Shao?" Dongfang Sheng asked.

Chen Shen pondered and said: "It's not really about control, it's just that Zhao Shao colluded with some famous families in Yizhou, and he was quite popular with the people and soldiers, so Liu Zhang, who just took over as the shepherd of Yizhou, doesn't have enough strength. Move him."

Don't have the strength to move Zhao Shao?Dongfang Sheng felt a little confused. Looking at Liu Zhang's appearance, he was clearly afraid of Zhao Key, or wanted Zhao Key to make up his mind for him, but Dongfang Sheng felt that this was not the case.

"Forget it, get a firm foothold first, and then make plans." Dongfang Sheng sighed secretly and separated from Chen Shen.

In Liu Zhang's mansion, after Chen Shen and Dongfang Sheng left, the situation seemed to have changed.

Liu Zhang, who was timid and timid, became a little different, his eyes shone brightly, and Zhao Shao, who was standing behind him, dared not even take a breath.

At that time, when Zhao Shao recommended Liu Zhang, he did have his own careful thoughts, but who would have thought that Liu Zhang, who was originally cowardly and obedient, would change when he was appointed by the court as Yizhou Shepherd.

Zhao Shao still remembers that when he woke up from a nap, he found that his mansion was surrounded, and Liu Zhang rushed in with a group of murderous Dongzhou soldiers.

At that time, Zhao Shao felt as if he saw the shadow of Liu Yan in Liu Zhang, but he was very unwilling in his heart. How could a cowardly guy become so strong all of a sudden?

"You go down first!" Liu Zhang's voice rang in Zhao Shao's ear, and Zhao Shao immediately withdrew and left with a sigh of relief.

"Hmph, don't think that I don't know what you're thinking. If I didn't rely on you to lure those aristocratic families who don't want to surrender, I would never allow you to live until now!" Liu Zhang's face showed a hint of ferocity.

"Come on, call Pang Xi over here."

Liu Zhang suddenly remembered another person whom Liu Yan entrusted to Gu before his death.

Liu Zhang's soldiers were ordered to leave, and Liu Zhang was also lost in thought.

Some people say that Liu Zhang let Liu Bei in to lure wolves into the house. In fact, this is only half true. Although he lost Yizhou because of attracting Liu Bei, his own starting point was to use Liu Bei to fight against Cao Cao.

Of course, it was only because he didn't have the strength to control Liu Bei. Similarly, Liu Bei's seizure of Yizhou was not glorious and easy, and he paid a high price accordingly.

Liu Zhang is a guy who pretends to be a pig and eat a tiger by disguising himself.

If it is said that the only person in the Three Kingdoms who can pretend to be better than him is Liu Chan in the back. If he hadn't played a fool, he might be belching for no reason like Sun Hao.

Dongfang Sheng returned to the big house he just bought in the government office area, immediately called Jia Xu over, and then told Jia Xu verbatim what he said to Liu Zhang today.

After sorting it out in Jia Xu's mind, he said with a smile, "I'm afraid this Liu Zhang is a smart man."

Wang Hu on the side retorted with some disdain: "He has lost power and let Zhao Shao ride on his head. How smart is he?"

"If my guess is correct, I am afraid that Liu Zhang wants to use Zhao Shao to eliminate those noble families who oppose him."

Jia Xu waved her feather fan.

Dongfang Sheng asked curiously: "How did Wenhe get it? Is this Liu Zhang capable of destroying those famous families?"

Jia Xu said with a smile: "My lord, don't forget that he still has Dongzhou soldiers in his hand. This is a sharp knife left to him by Liu Yan. It can pierce the enemy's heart at any time."

"Then why did he send 1000 troops to the lord?" Zhao Yun asked.

Jia Xu said calmly, "It's just to cover people's eyes."

"Liu Zhang's actions are nothing more than trying to make Zhao Shao think that he has insufficient troops and rebel against him. Allocating troops to the lord is just a cover-up."

After Jia Xu's analysis, Dongfang Sheng suddenly felt that he felt awkward when he saw Liu Zhang. Zhao Shao didn't control Liu Zhang at all. On the contrary, Dongfang Sheng felt that he might be controlled by Liu Zhang.

After reaching this conclusion, Dongfang Sheng suddenly felt that his goal of seizing Yizhou had become a little difficult, and it became exciting.

Liu Zhang is like this, what about Zhang Lu?Would he be willing to be robbed of believers by Ruo Rong?Will my religious wars succeed?Dongfang Sheng took a deep breath and scanned the people following him with burning eyes, full of anticipation in his heart.

Dongfang Sheng felt that he would not lose to Liu Zhang. Even though Liu Zhang was not as bad as the history said, he still couldn't beat himself.

Among the Three Kingdoms, the person who can make Dongfang Sheng afraid is probably Cao Cao.

(End of this chapter)