Xiaoqi

Seeing that there was still someone sitting beside him, Liu Zhang's face changed abruptly, and he scolded in a sullen voice, "Who are you, how dare you sit on an equal footing with Benzhou?" Apparently, the half-drunk and half-awake Liu Zhang didn't recognize Li Li immediately. In the blur, I only saw a tall and straight figure sitting, but I didn't see his face clearly.

Seeing Liu Zhang's flushed cheeks, flushed forehead, and drunken eyes, Li Li shook his head slightly in disappointment, and said in a deep voice, "I haven't seen you for so many years, I don't know whether to call you Brother Ji Yu or Liu Yizhou? Six A year is not long, nor is it short. Brother Ji Yuxian of the past can no longer recognize me as an elder brother, and the warmth and warmth of human feelings and the inconsistency of the world should all be on you, Liu Yizhou!"

"Huh?" Liu Zhang was surprised when he heard the sound.A familiar voice filled my ears, and a familiar face appeared in front of my eyes, and Liu Zhang's half-open, half-closed hazy and drunken eyes gradually became clear.Immediately, a familiar smiling face came into view, the sunny and confident smile, the expression of power without anger, the sharp-edged face, and the star-like features with sharp eyebrows.Everything is so familiar, yet so strange.

"Ah! You, you,,, why are you bang!" The moment Liu Zhang saw this face clearly, his expression changed in shock.His pupils dilated suddenly, his eyeballs popped, and he instinctively raised his right hand and pointed at Li Li tremblingly, stuttering and speechless in panic.When he finally uttered a relatively coherent sentence.But too frightened.The body retreated instinctively, so that the body was unstable, slipped from the seat, and fell sideways to the ground.

With Li Li's skill, he could have stretched out his hand to catch Liu Zhang the moment he fell sideways, but he didn't reach out, but watched Liu Zhang sit on the ground with his buttocks grinning.The corners of his mouth twitched in pain.Obviously, Li Li just wanted to make him fall.Take this to sober up and save the trouble of talking in a daze.

By this time, he had sat here and finished drinking a cup of tea, but Liu Zhang hadn't recognized him yet.This was Li Li, who had no intention of beheading Liu Zhang; if he were any other prince, as long as he had the opportunity to get close to Liu Zhang, he would definitely take his head immediately.If Li Li really had this intention, Liu Zhang's head had fallen to the ground at this moment, and his head was in a different place.

"Why are you here?" The moment he fell to the ground, Liu Zhang finally said all that was stuck in his throat.However, after landing, he subconsciously cried out: "Come (person)"

"The fall didn't hurt, do you want to fall again?" Before Liu Zhang could call out to the soldiers outside, Li Li interrupted, got up and grabbed his right shoulder, lifted him up and put him on the seat.

"This time, you have to sit still. If you fall down again, no one will help you up again." While speaking, Li Li patted Liu Zhang's shoulder lightly, then turned back and sat down, and poured the tea he had poured earlier. Pushing the cup to his hand, motioned him to have a sip of tea to clear his throat first.

Needless to say, after Li Li pushed, pressed, and patted his shoulder twice, Liu Zhang was completely awake, and the look of horror and panic on his face faded away, and he gradually calmed down.Although Liu Zhang was still astonished like a turbulent sea, at least his expression became normal, he was no longer in a panic like before, he forced himself to be calm, and showed the restraint and dignity that the lord of a state should have.

This is because there are still many people in the hall at the moment. Zhang Song and Dong He are sitting in the hall, Wu Yi is standing behind the door, and there are four maids standing on both sides of the steps. Of course, there is also the "uninvited guest" Li Li sitting beside him. Li Wenchang.For Liu Zhang, who has always attached great importance to face, no matter what kind of environment he is in, he can't ignore his face, even if he has a swollen face to pretend to be fat, he must pretend to be fat, and he can't lose face or dignity.

So Liu Zhang was very calm at this time, very calm, his expression was as usual, he was sitting upright, and he didn't look panicked at all.The only fly in the ointment was that his right hand holding the teacup kept shaking, causing the tea in the cup to spill out, and the back of his hand was full of tea, soaking his sleeves.

"Don't hold it up, there are no outsiders here, who are you showing off?" Li Li couldn't help laughing at Liu Zhang's pretended calmness.

Immediately, he beckoned to the maid to wipe off the tea stains on Liu Zhang's hands, poured another cup of tea, and put it in Liu Zhang's hands. He said with a smile, "Drink your saliva, don't be shocked. After so many years, you still haven't changed at all. You want to save face." Live and suffer. In front of me, you don’t have to live so tiringly, just do whatever you want, as long as you feel comfortable, you don’t need to deliberately restrain yourself. In this world, no one will be respected because you are well-mannered, nor will you be respected because of your behavior. Being gentle, gentle and elegant is awe-inspiring, and what can really make most people awe is only one's own strength." This is what Li Li said from the bottom of his heart, but it is a different feeling when it falls into Liu Zhang's ears, a feeling of being ridiculed spontaneously born.

But seeing Liu Zhang's cheeks flushed suddenly, an unconcealable sullen look appeared, his head was lowered, and a look of embarrassment and anger flashed in his eyes.But because Li Li was sitting next to him, he dared not speak out, so he swallowed his anger, pretended to be calm, and forced himself to hide his anger and anger.

After a little silence, Liu Zhang picked up the teacup again and drank half of the slightly cold tea in one gulp, using the cold tea to calm himself down.Slowly putting down the teacup, he slowly raised his head, looked at Li Li with a smile on his face, and said calmly: "I don't know when my elder brother will arrive in Chengdu, so why not say something in advance, so that my younger brother can make preparations early and do the best for the landlord. Friendship?" This is a typical perfunctory excuse, avoiding the important and taking the light to cover up the panic in his heart.However, Liu Zhang's "brother" is very smooth, and he comes out of his mouth. It seems that he has formed a habit and become an inherent address.

But in fact, Liu Zhang was much older than Li Li, with a difference of ten years between them, almost two generations in age; just like the age gap between Li Li and his uncle Li Jue, Li Jue was 13 years older than him.Therefore, the titles between Liu Zhang and Li Li are somewhat unreasonable and nondescript, but this title was proposed by Liu Zhang on his own initiative, claiming that "regardless of common etiquette, the one who achieves it first", thus establishing the relationship between them as brothers and sisters. friendship.

Speaking of which, this happened seven years ago.At that time, the three brothers Liu Zhang were all in Chang'an as hostages. His brothers Liu Fan and Liu Dan were the prime ministers of the imperial censor at that time. , Li Li's uncle and nephew, trying to assist Han Emperor Liu Xie to regain military and political power, help the court, and rejuvenate the Han Dynasty.But Liu Zhang, who was Yilang at that time, lingered in the fireworks and willow alley all day long, greedy for wine and sex, and loved poetry and painting. He drew a clear line with Liu Fan and Liu Dan.

Once, Li Li went to the brothel in disguise, and happened to meet Liu Zhang. At that time, Liu Zhang was also as drunk as he was tonight, and started talking to Li Li in a daze.Unexpectedly, the two talked speculatively and had a very happy conversation, especially when they talked about Fengyue, they had a similar taste, and they felt like old friends at first sight.When he woke up the next day, Liu Zhang knew that the person who had talked with him last night and told each other about their love affairs was Li Li, the general of the Wei who was in charge of Xiliang military power and the leader in the world.So Liu Zhang weighed it again and again, and finally decided to climb the big tree of Li Li. Even if he couldn't get real benefits, at least he could save his life.

In this way, Liu Zhang begged to see Li Li with a lot of gifts, his words were humble, and his meaning was flattering, and he became friendly with Li Li.From then on, Liu Zhang often went to the General Wei's mansion to "stop and get close", and walked around very frequently; as time passed, his friendship with Li Li became deeper and deeper. Li and Li Li call each other brothers.This friendship lasted for more than a year, but the time when he really won Li Li's approval was three months before leaving Chang'an.During those three months, Li Li often drank wine with him, wrote poems, watched dances and painted together. During this period, Li Li promised him that he would escort him to Yizhou soon to inherit the position of Yizhou shepherd.

Sure enough, Li Li did not break his promise, he kept his promise, and he kept his promise three months later.Before secretly traveling to the Central Plains, Li Li ordered someone to escort him to Yizhou and help him sit on the position of Yizhou Shepherd. After Li Li returned from his travels, he beheaded Liu Fan and Liu Dan in front of the Changle Palace.Since then, all obstacles to Liu Zhang's accession to Yizhou Mu have been completely cleared away, making him the only candidate to inherit Yizhou Mu, helping him to secure the position of Yizhou Mu and elevate the nine counties of Yizhou.

Time flies, time flies, youth is perishable, and six years have passed in a blink of an eye.

Liu Zhang, who was in his thirties at the time, has now entered middle age, and Li Li has also matured and become more and more powerful from the age of vigorous and vigorous, and he has become a general in charge of the world's soldiers and horses. , In a few years, he occupied half of the country, with nearly a million soldiers in his hands, becoming an all-powerful and powerful prince, the undisputed number one overlord in the world.

Chapter 161 Twisting fingers softly, the trend of the times

Liu Zhang forced himself to remain calm and calmly said: "This time when my elder brother comes to Chengdu, why not say something in advance, so that my younger brother can make preparations early and show the kindness of the landlord?"

Li Li knew what he said, Liu Zhang's words were really perfunctory excuses, insincere, they sounded close, but in fact they rejected people thousands of miles away, which meant to blame him.

However, Liu Zhang was able to calm down quickly, and he was able to greet him calmly, which was beyond Li Li's expectations. .

It is true that there is a huge gap between Liu Zhang at this time and the down-and-out civil servant six years ago. It seems that the present is not what it used to be.

Six years ago, Liu Zhang was a hostage in Chang'an. Although he had an official position, he couldn't help himself. With a meager salary, he had nothing to do all day long.However, after leaving Chang'an, he transformed himself, inherited Liu Yan's position as Yizhou shepherd, raised nine counties in Yizhou, and guarded one side. Kingdom", and it is Wufu Minfeng's "Land of Abundance".

For six full years, he has been in the high position of state shepherd, governing millions of people, holding an army of 10,000+, bossing around and berating Fang Qiu.In such an environment, if Liu Zhang could remain unchanged, he would have been replaced by someone else long ago, with his head in a different place.

People change as the environment changes, and Liu Zhang is no exception.

Although Liu Zhang is weak and suspicious, he is not stupid.On the contrary, he has intelligence and wisdom far beyond ordinary people, but unfortunately, his ambition in life is not to govern states and counties and disputes in troubled times.Instead, he is obsessed with reciting poems and composing Fu, obsessed with piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.Even so, his long-term career as a superior still allowed him to grow rapidly without knowing it.Know how to employ people, control civil servants and military generals, be familiar with government affairs and military affairs, and then watch the situation in the world.

He can clearly understand his own real situation, and he also has some foresight about the future and destiny, knowing what he will face in the future, and what kind of ending he will have.But he is lazy by nature.Satisfied with the status quo, even though he knows that this comfortable life will not last long, he is unwilling to try to change it.Still muddled, muddled along.

However, Liu Zhang never expected that this day would come so quickly, so fast that he was caught off guard.So fast that he was unprepared.It was so fast that he couldn't accept it, but he was helpless.

Therefore, he clearly heard the hidden meaning when Li Li just mentioned "self-strength", implying the meaning of coercion, but he pretended not to know, avoided the serious and took the light, and turned to polite greetings.The reason why he did this was to cover up his inner panic and his bewilderment.To hide his resigned struggle, to try to buy time.Leave him a little space to think, so as to preserve his poor dignity.

After a while of silence, Li Li realized that Liu Zhang's perfunctory excuses were actually because he was still lucky and evasive at the moment, unwilling to give up Yizhou and hand over Liu's foundation and country to him. Li Li .

Without even thinking about it, Li Li could guess the hesitation and struggle deep in Liu Zhang's heart at this moment.

Now, the situation in the world is already clear, Li Li's family is dominant, followed by Cao Cao in Jizhou, Liu Biao in Jingzhou again, Liu Zhang after him, and Sun Ce in Jiangdong at the bottom.This is currently the only remaining five-party force in the world, and Xiliang Li Li monopolizes half of the country, and his strength is unparalleled.Cao Cao in Jizhou occupies the land of three states. Although his strength is not as good as that of Li Li, he is obviously stronger than other princes; while Liu Biao of Jingzhou is comparable to Yizhou under his Liu Zhang, but the combat power of Jingzhou army is obviously higher than that of Yizhou army. Therefore, Liu Biao's strength in Jingzhou is still above him.

Now that Li Li is leading his army to attack Yizhou, if the old thief Zhao Wei did not launch a rebellion, Liu Zhang is confident to resist Li Li's Xiliang army; The military and material resources of the Xiliang Army bought time for other princes, and then sent troops to encroach on Li Li's territory.

It stands to reason that Liu Zhang would never do such a thing that harms others and benefits himself, but based on Li Li's understanding of him, Liu Zhang will definitely do so.Because Liu Zhang is a descendant of the Empress of Han Dynasty and a descendant of the Liu family, the blood of the Liu family flows in his bones, and he shoulders the inescapable mission of maintaining the orthodoxy of the royal family.

With half of the country in the world falling into the hands of Li Li, Liu Zhang will never sit back and watch Li Li continue to grow, let alone give up Yizhou, which will accelerate the speed of the demise of the Liu family.For this reason, he will definitely prevent Li Li from further expansion and slow down Li Li's progress in the world. He would rather fight bloody battles to the end than watch Li Li step by step capture the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, and then add a yellow robe to replace the Liu family. Steal the whole world.

This is the consciousness that Liu's royal family should have, the pride hidden deep in the bones, and it is also the fate that these Hanzhong clansmen cannot escape.In any case, they will do their best to keep the last piece of land in the Han Dynasty and maintain the last glory of the descendants of the Han Dynasty.

On this point, Li Li knew it well without anyone reminding him, and he had a deep feeling for it and a deep understanding.Later Japanese pirates invaded the land of China. The reason why they were able to occupy Liaodong first and gain a firm foothold was that some Manchu nobles were unwilling to fail and tried to struggle to the death. This gave the Japanese pirates an opportunity to establish In the name of the puppet Manchukuo government, it has poisoned the land of Yanhuang.Until the hardworking people on the land of Liaodong could not bear the humiliation, they finally rose up to fight back, thus shaking the foundation of the Japanese pirates on the land of China; Running for his life in a panic with his tail between his legs, he rolled back to the island, lingering on his last breath.

Thousands of years later, the Tartars are still stubborn, so how can the current Liu family willingly give up the country?

However, the change of dynasties is the general trend, and it cannot be stopped by a certain person or a small group of people.It is not impossible to turn the tide, but you must follow the trend and not go against the trend, otherwise you will not be able to turn the tide, but you will be uprooted by the tide, which is unknown.

Obviously, Liu Zhang is by no means a person who will turn the tide and fall down immediately. Even if he has this ambition, he has no chance at this moment.

Too busy to take care of yourself, let alone others?

"It's good that Ji Yu has this kind of heart, brother Yu is really gratified."

After a long silence, when Liu Zhang was carefully watching Li Li's face, with sweat dripping from his forehead, Li Li finally spoke.

"Perhaps Ji Yu didn't know that Brother Yu had stayed in Yizhou for eight months so far, and he had arrived in the city more than ten days ago. When Yu ordered the city to be sealed off, Brother Yu brought several wives and concubines into the city on the eve of the closure. At that time, I thought that Brother Xian deliberately blocked the brother from seeing each other outside the city, but now it seems that it was all a misunderstanding. In the past few days, thanks to Ziyuan's warm hospitality, everything is well for you brother. In my spare time, I can take your sister-in-laws to walk around the city and have a look. It's quite pleasant."

Speaking of this, Li Li paused, looked at Liu Zhang with a smile, and praised: "I have to say, although my brother still has some shortcomings in governing the state and county, but the flaws are not hidden, the city of Chengdu is still very prosperous; there are many shops, and all kinds of businesses are thriving. , the population is large, and the common people are relatively rich, this section is worthy of praise.”

The conversation turned abruptly, and the smile on Li Li's face disappeared, and he said seriously: "Compared to the government affairs of counties and counties, Ji Yu's domestic security is really not satisfactory, and he has done nothing. Since Ji Yu left Chang'an, it has been a full year. In six years and two months, since Ji Yuti took control of Yizhou, banditry has been raging from time to time under his rule. disturbance, the people's life is difficult and miserable.

However, Ji Yu never led an army to suppress the Southern Man, neglected military affairs, abandoned military equipment, and slack soldiers and horses. This led to Zhao Wei's rebellion, and Ji Yu spent several months fighting fiercely with all the soldiers and horses in the whole prefecture to put down the rebellion. .There are many lessons that can be summed up in this, and there are many disadvantages that are worth pondering, but the root cause is still in Brother Ji Yuxian; if you have prepared early, actively drilled your troops, and increased your military input, how dare a mere southern barbarian run amok, little Zhao Wei What a wave it can make! "

Before Liu Zhang could answer, Li Li continued, "However, all of this has passed. This time Brother Yu's 20 troops have come here to help you, Brother Yu, to quell all the border troubles and hidden dangers in Yizhou. Brother, there is no need to be nervous. The soldiers and horses under my brother's command are all soldiers who have fought for a long time. All the soldiers of the army have experienced hundreds of battles.

What's more, the generals that Brother Wei mobilized this time are all well-known warriors on the battlefield, and they are all General Huben, who Brother Wei relies on very much.Presumably, they will be able to live up to their trust, pacify the entire territory of Yizhou, wipe out the Nanman tribe that has caused disasters in the southwest for a hundred years, and make Yizhou truly a "Land of Abundance" worthy of the name! At the end of the day, Li Li added: "I don't know if my virtuous brother has any objections to this?" "

After these words, even if Liu Zhang wanted to pretend to be stupid, it would be futile to avoid the serious and ignore the trivial.Li Li has already made his words clear, and he is extremely strong, with a clear attitude, telling him bluntly and unmistakably that the Xiliang army is here to take over Yizhou, and all he can do is to borrow the donkey from the slope, so he can return It can save face, otherwise it will be a toast and not eat and eat fine wine, which is boring.

This is a naked threat, a blatant bullying, and it seems that Liu Zhang will definitely eat him.

Immediately, Liu Zhang's cheeks flushed red, his face was like a jujube, his nostrils fluttered, and he panted like a bull. He was filled with righteous indignation and anger.Immediately afterwards, he saw his eyes wide open, the eyeballs covered with bloodshot eyes, glaring at Li Li angrily as if his eyes were spitting fire, and said in a deep voice: "The general seems to be full of confidence and confidence, I don't know what you can rely on to kill me." The 10,000+ army in Yizhou treats it like nothing?"

Chapter 162 To Youth, I Swear

"Full of confidence?"