Summoning the best emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 425 Brothers Reconcile
Starting from Chenliu, Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun Gaochong had to cross Yingchuan controlled by Cao Cao and the northern border of Jingzhou managed by Liu Bei before reaching Yizhou.

The relationship between the princes of these two places and Liu Xie is not very good now, so they must remain anonymous, change their appearance and act in a low-key manner.

It's just that in this way, although it is much safer and more secretive, the time it takes for them to travel has also increased a lot.

By the time they arrived in Yizhou following the caravan entering Shu, the current situation in Shu was already quite chaotic.

It is well known that Meng Huo, king of the Nanman, led his troops out of Nanzhong to invade the southern border of Yizhou.

Cao Cao's army in the north has also captured several dangerous passes and gorges such as Yangping Pass. The army is strong and has the momentum to head towards Chengdu.

For the first time, the people of Yizhou felt such a great threat and trouble caused by the war. This was beyond comparison with the previous barbarian's tentative attacks or Zhang Lu's small fights in Hanzhong.

Anyone with a little knowledge knows that these two incidents happened so coincidentally that it is hard to believe that it was just an accident.

Moreover, Cao Cao had planned for a long time. After getting the help of Zhang Song, Jia Long and others, he further used the name of helping Liu Zhang's elder brother Liu Mao regain power, denounced Liu Zhang for being inhumane, unrighteous, and lacking in virtue and talent, and began to force him to hand over his position as governor. Bit up.

Liu Zhang was furious and sent troops to resist Cao Cao's army again and again, but before his army arrived at the front line, Cao's army had already relied on Cao Cao's mighty reputation to fight without bloodshed. Many guards surrendered along the way.

There are also some loyal and chaste people who are not afraid of the prestige of Cao Jun, and lead the soldiers to resist desperately. However, they are either conquered by Cao Jun with a thunderous force, or they are surrendered by the dissidents around them.

Liu Zhang was so anxious and angry that he ordered his brother Liu Mao's family to be arrested and put in prison.

Liu Hao resisted, repeatedly persuading that he and Cao Cao had no collusion, and now that Cao Cao's intention to seek Shu was clearly revealed, he did not work together to protect his father's foundation and keep the people of Shu safe, but instead brothers fought against each other and made the enemy applaud.

Liu Zhang was quite moved when he heard this. Although he was mediocre and incompetent, the fact that he could become the governor of Yizhou also showed that he was not really unlearned and unskilled. It was impossible not to know that if Liu Hao was really connected with Cao Cao, then It is tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger, and in the end it will definitely be used as a wedding dress for Cao Cao.

What's more, after Liu Mao and him failed to compete for the position of governor, although there were complaints at first, he stayed at home and was very honest and low-key.

"I was confused and wronged my brother. It's just that Cao's bandits are in full swing now, and some villains have appeared in our Sichuan. I'm afraid it won't be long before the entire northern border of Yizhou will be under the control of Cao Cao. This is a critical situation." Zhiqiu, please forgive me for my impulsiveness and mistakes, you and I will join forces and risk our lives to defeat the Cao bandits."

Liu Zhang seemed to have come to his senses, and even let go of his arrogance, and offered to apologize to Liu Mao.

Liu Hao was also slightly taken aback, he didn't expect that his arrogant and extravagant younger brother would be so humble, and he couldn't help but admire him.

Although Liu Zhang is greedy for pleasure and leisure, he also knows that only when the land of Shu is stable and firmly in his hands can he enjoy himself with peace of mind.

Born in sorrow, die in happiness.

The reason why there are more heroes in troubled times is because the current situation forces them to fight hard.

Liu Zhang is such a person. In addition to his weak personality, he actually has some abilities. Otherwise, he would not have been selected by Liu Yan as his successor.

Now facing the threat of Cao Cao's army and the double crisis of the invasion of the Southern Barbarians, he seemed to have suddenly become enlightened and became much calmer and wiser.

It's just that no one knows how long this composure and wisdom can last, and when they will be beaten back to their original form.

"You and I are brothers, so why bother to say such polite words. Now you are the lord of Yizhou, and I am the minister of Yizhou. If you have anything to say, just say it."

Liu Mao has a kind personality, and when he saw his younger brother suddenly became sensible, he couldn't help showing kind eyes and was very relieved.

Liu Zhang said with emotion: "The Cao thief plotted against me in Yizhou in the name of my elder brother. As long as my elder brother clarifies it, the rumors will naturally be destroyed. If he invites an unknown teacher to invade our borders, it will be an unknown teacher with a bad reputation. We will surely succeed." Cut off the morale of his army first."

"For those cowardly people who surrendered to the Cao bandits with our city of Yizhou without any resistance, their family members in Chengdu, regardless of age, men and women, will be executed by beheading to boost the morale of the army; otherwise, those who would rather die than surrender , the loyal generals who died in battle, we must support their families, young and old, and reward them for their merits. Only by doing this kind of kindness and power can we stop Cao's army from being like a broken bamboo, and the defenders will surrender without a fight."

Liu Zhang spoke loudly, sweeping away the previous decadent spirit, and let people see the dominance of a prince in him.

"Brother has a long-standing reputation for benevolence in Yizhou, so I will leave this matter to my brother. In this way, the world can also know that my brother has indeed no connection with Cao Cao. The brotherhood between you and me is still deep. I won’t be taken advantage of by bad people at all.”

"Don't worry, there are many heroes in Yizhou. Our Liu family has managed it carefully for so many years. It cannot be easily broken by Cao Cao and some soft-bone thieves."

Liu Hao also showed a rare masculinity and toughness. Under Cao Cao's invasion, the two brothers not only reunited, but also made a lot of progress.

The situation was urgent, Liu Mao went back to the house and hurriedly said something to his wife Wu Cheng, and then went out of the house to help Liu Zhang stabilize the situation.

Liu Zhang also returned to the Governor's Mansion. He turned away from the left and right, and there was only a thick and smooth square table in front of him, with a jug of old wine and two simple wine glasses on it.

On the other side of the low wooden table, sat a man with a strange appearance, wearing a red robe, very conspicuous.

"Sir, I have followed your suggestion to dismiss my elder brother, but now, do we really want to do that? Although I didn't like him before, he is my real elder brother and the only relative I have in this world now ah."

Liu Zhang's complexion was very complicated, his expression was gloomy, and his tone was very heavy.

"Lord Inspector, you are wrong. We are not trying to murder Lord Liu Mao, but to borrow his wife. Today's Yizhou is like the current Han Dynasty. Its prosperity is bound to decline, and it is already precarious. , can't stop Cao Cao's ferocious attack at all. The princes of the four seas will not have anyone to help, they all want to see the members of the Liu family disappear slowly one by one, making the world even more chaotic."

Seeing that Liu Zhang was silent, the man in the red robe said again: "Yizhou has internal and external troubles, and one person and one army cannot turn the tide. Cao Cao has long been known as coveting his wife. We can use Mrs. Wu to confuse him for a while. When the time comes Regardless of whether Lord Inspector organizes his army to resist Cao Cao, or takes the opportunity to escape and seek refuge with Jingzhou Liu Biao or Chenliu Liu Xie, he has time to prepare."

(End of this chapter)