The coast of Wei River

There is a narrow plain between the Wei River and the Qinling Mountains. To the north of the Wei River is Mei County. If you want to go from Mei County to Shuzhong, you must cross the Wei River and reach the Qinling Fortress Pass.

Then, you can pass through Baoxiegu, the ancient road, Tangluo Road and other mountain roads to Hanzhong, and then transfer from Hanzhong to Shuzhong. Otherwise, you can also pass through Sanguan, go from Longxi to Wudu and pass Baishui Pass, and enter Yizhou.

Liu Fan chose to enter from Mei County and enter Yizhou from Hanzhong. However, before that, Liu Fan had to accompany Fa Zheng to bury his mother.

On a hillside surrounded by sunny hills on the Wei River, Liu Fan stood silently beside Fa Zheng. Fa Zheng stared at the tombstone in front of him and remembered the past. After a long time, Fa Zheng let out a long sigh, turned around quietly, met Liu Fan's eyes, nodded to each other, and the two walked down the hills side by side.

After getting off the top of the mountain, Fa Zheng suddenly stopped. Liu Fan, who was walking beside him, also discovered something strange. At that moment, he also stopped and turned his head to look at him, "Xiaozhi suddenly stopped, for some reason?"

He bowed his hands and stretched out his arms flat to Liu Fan and bowed respectfully. Fa Zheng's face was solemn, "Fa Zheng, in order to avenge his own personal grudges, almost caused an eternal crime that has caused the people in Guanzhong to suffer the consequences of the past. I hope the lord will punish you!"

"It's okay, I actually don't care." When Liu Fan smiled habitually, he was about to comfort Fa Zheng for a few words, but he stopped his voice in vain. His eyes gradually opened wide. Liu Fan's breathing began to become rapid, a little nervous, but he insisted on calming himself, "Xiaozhi called me the lord just now?"

Nodded, Fa Zheng did not deny it, and looked up at Liu Fan calmly, "Although Zheng has no talent, fortunately he has read the art of war and learned the strategies. Now, his mother will always stay in Mei County. Since Zheng wants to continue to enter Shu with the General of the Zhonglang, he must also have faith.

Although I don’t know if the General of Zhonglang looked at the Supreme Master, from then on, Zheng is willing to do his best to help the General of Zhonglang complete his grand career. If the General of Zhonglang does not abandon him, he will regard himself as a lord from then on!”

He held Fazheng's arm excitedly, Liu Fan's face was already as if a bouquet of flowers was blooming, staring at Fazheng happily. Liu Fan was at a loss, "Okay! OK! I have filial piety and straightforwardness, just like Emperor Gaozu of the past has obtained Zhang Liang!"

With a slight shock, Fa Zheng lowered his body, "The person who is in a slight state dares not stay with him, but only wants to devote himself to the lord, and he will be exhausted!"

"Okay! With Xiaozhi's help, I feel relieved!" I quickly supported Fa Zheng with force, and Liu Fan was very happy when he looked at him.

At this moment, he really realized what the joy of harvest was, and his previous hard work was not in vain. His emphasis on Fazheng was eventually transformed into Fazheng's effectiveness on him.

Strictly speaking, Fazheng is also the first subordinate to be recognized by him now. Including Xu Huang and Pang De, who had followed him back and forth many times before, they only called themselves the General of the Central Army.

Speaking of which, this is also a subordinate name, and a de facto master-slave command relationship has occurred, but from the perspective of correcting the name, Xu Huang and Pang De were not their masters.

To be honest, if Liu Fan died one day, if Xu Huang and Pang De were better taken out, they could actually be rejected by another leader. For example, in history, after Lu Bu was killed in Baimen Tower, Zhang Liao, who followed him all the way out of Chang'an, finally surrendered to Cao Cao.

If Zhang Liao recognized Lu Bu as his lord, after Lu Bu died in battle, he would need to follow Lu Bu's descendants. Unfortunately, Lu Bu did not have a legitimate son, so it is difficult to judge whether Zhang Liao's behavior is appropriate.

However, compared with Zhang Liao, another Guan Yu, who also surrendered to Cao Cao due to the defeat in Xuzhou, has his own accurate master-slave relationship.

That is Liu Bei! As Guan Yu's lord, if Liu Bei died in battle and had no descendants, he could actually serve the court under Cao Cao's name. But if Liu Bei was alive, no matter how far apart he was, he would have to resign to Liu Bei's command again.

In a sense, from this moment on Fa Zheng became Liu Fan's retainer, and his relationship with Liu Fan also became an existence that flourished and humiliated.

Leading Fa Zheng, Liu Fan came down from the hills with excitement.

When the people standing below saw the joy between Liu Fan's eyebrows, they were also surprised. After all, it was difficult for them to understand why Liu Fan suddenly became energetic after following Fa Zheng up the mountain to pay homage to Fa Zheng's deceased mother.

Turning on the horse, Liu Fan looked around at everyone around him, and now turned his head and looked at Fa Zheng, asking: "Xiaozhi thought that next, should we continue to disrupt the civil war between the Liangzhou army, or directly enter the Qinling Mountains and return to Shuzhong?"

After pondering for a while, Fa Zhengcai looked solemn and said, "My subordinates think that the lord's reputation in Guanzhong has accumulated a lot. But if he wants to establish a foundation in Guanzhong with his current reputation, it may be difficult.

Therefore, it is recommended that we might as well take advantage of the remaining power of our army's victory in the Relevant Central Committee, enter Hanzhong to fight Zhang Lu, and clear relations with Yizhou, so that we should pay attention to it at the moment!"

Nodding silently, Liu Fan also felt that Guanzhong had no need to stay anymore.

At this time, everyone present had already been stunned, rolling their eyes and looking back and forth between Liu Fan and Fa Zheng. They had heard the name Fa Zheng said to Liu Fan just now. In this era, although the master and servant also had this title.

But scribes like Fa Zheng rarely use such titles as a general of the Central Army. If they really use this title, it only means that some kind of master-slave agreement has been reached between him and Liu Fan.

This change made Xu Huang and Pang De, who followed Liu Fan Zheng several times, feel a little uncomfortable. After all, they are the ones who follow Liu Fan through the most life and death. However, they did not expect that the identity of Liu Fan's first subordinate was preceded by Fa Zheng.

As for Fa Zheng's friend, Meng Da was already shocked and unable to speak. He was a fellow villager with Fa Zheng. When he was young, he knew his ideals and revenge, but he never thought that Fa Xiaozhi, who was arrogant and arrogant in the past, actually took the lead in worshiping the Lord.

Countless questions were hidden in his heart, and Meng Da did not speak out. He knew that it was not the time to ask questions. When both of them had free time, he would definitely talk to him about his ambitions.

Among so many people present, there was no surprise to this result. That was Liu Dan. When he saw Liu Fan desperately for Fa Zheng, he knew that Fa Zheng would definitely be subdued by Liu Fan in the end.

Because since Chang'an responded to Ma Yu, Liu Dan had never seen Liu Fan treat anyone else, and he had to work harder than Fa Zheng. Including Xu Huang and Pang De, even though Liu Dan could see that they were rare generals at this time, I don't know how Liu Fan discovered them at the beginning.

But it did not prevent Liu Dan from witnessing the whole way, how Liu Fan gathered these two people into his army. Compared with gathering them, Liu Fan really took great pains in the process of getting to know each other, from getting to know each other and then giving him kindness, so it was not surprising that Liu Dan was not surprised that Fa Zheng was grateful to Liu Fan for his kindness.

After Fa Zheng's remarks came, although Liu Fan saw that everyone's faces were different, no one raised any objections. So he made a decision and led everyone from Baoxie Valley to Hanzhong.

at the same time

When Liu Fan led his large army to evacuate from Xiegu, Guo Si's army outside the town of Mei County also escaped from the irrigation of the water. After the flood receded, the soldiers who had not been washed away barely survived.

Although the night flood was extremely loud and the soldiers were very panicked, after discovering that there was no follow-up ambush attack, everyone quickly began to look for something to live.

So much so that after the tide exited, the loss of the troops under Guo Si was not serious. Although he also chased Ma Chao, this was no longer the focus of his attention. After the flood, Guo Si was only thinking about returning to the central army and seeing with his own eyes whether Li Ru was really dead.

He really couldn't believe that such a person with far-reaching wisdom and steady work would suddenly choose to commit suicide. Is it really because they were not worthy of his service to Mr. Dong?

Guo Si didn't know the answer, but only knew that when he answered the camp and saw Li Ru lying there without any hope, his brain buzzed for a long time. Li Ru was really dead!

Later, another soldier reported to him that Li Ru had sent Li Li to lead the Feixiong Army out, but later the Feixiong Army did not come back. It was not until he led the troops to fight that three Feixiong Army soldiers hurried back.

Guo Si knew that those three flying bears might be the reason why Li Ru committed suicide. Unfortunately, no one could give him an answer at this time.

Sitting back to the central army's tent in a daze, Guo Si discovered for the first time that the central army's tent would have been so deserted. When he followed Mr. Dong in the past, every time he discussed the matter, there were so many capable and brave generals under his command!

Youyou sighed, Guo Si was definitely not as good as Dong Zhuo!

Just as Guo Si was sitting alone in the central army tent and secretly feeling sad, a rough and loud voice suddenly came from outside the tent, "Guo Aduo, I heard that you were defeated in Mei County? Hahaha, do you know that someone blocked the attack of Ma Teng and Hansui's coalition forces in the west! A group of mobs also wanted to be with us!"

With his hands lifted the curtain of the camp, Fan Chou walked in proudly. As soon as he came in, he suddenly felt the depression of the atmosphere. In the past, at least two people were sitting upright in the Central Army tent, Guo Si was left sitting there silently.

After glanced at the camp tent, Fan Chou looked at Guo Si again and said, "I lost a battle soon, why bother so frowning? We are not the first day of joining the army, so why be sad?" As he said, Fan Chou suddenly raised his eyebrows, as if he had thought of something, "Is it too bad that he was scolded by Mr. Li?"

They squeezed to Guo Si with a smile. As generals of Dong Zhuo's past, they still had some feelings for each other.

After looking at him silently, Guo Si fell into silence again. Seeing him like this, Fan Chou finally realized the seriousness of the matter, his pupils opened slightly, Fan Chou stared at Guo Si, "Guo Aduo, where is the sir? Don't tell me that you have messed with the sir?"

As generals of Dong Zhuo, there are no one else who can bring them together except Li Ru. The rest are rude warriors who know nothing about strategy, so they are both afraid, respectful and dependent on Li Ru and others.

Looking up at Fan Chou staring at him, Guo Si looked bitter and sad, "Sir, committed suicide!"

"Guo Aduo, you'd better not offend your husband to death, otherwise anyone will save him..." Before Guo Si could respond, Fan Chou kept muttering based on his own guesses. However, when he was only halfway through his words, he stopped talking and looked at Guo Si in a terrifying and astonished manner.

"Guo Aduo, what are you talking about?" He stared at Guo Si wide-eyed. Fan Chou was really shocked by this sentence. After a long time, he slowly came back to his energy. He rolled his Adam's apple on his own. Fan Chou spoke with a little difficulty, "Why do you want to commit suicide?"

Bitter shook his head, Guo Si also wanted to know the answer. Unfortunately, he came back late and didn't know.

He stared at Guo Si in a daze, and after a while, Fan Chou asked the second sentence again, "What should we do next?"

Li Ru died, and they really didn't know what to do next. Should they continue to attack westward according to the original plan, or would they quickly return to Chang'an with Li Ru's body.

After a long time, after a fierce ideological struggle, Guo Si gritted his teeth and said, "Continue to attack westward and attack Ma Tenghan from Guanzhong. Only by expelling them from Guanzhong can Guanzhong be peaceful. With the merits of this battle, we can gain an advantage in the later battle with Li Zhiran."

Staring at Fan Chou with his mouth wide open, Guo Si smiled coldly and said with a grim voice: "The reason why I committed suicide is that I think I can't help me, so I decided to be free from suffering. But I want to tell Li Ru that he is not good at Li Zhiran, and I, Guo Aduo, there is no need to choose to die!"

After Guo Si's remarks, the fighting spirit hidden in Fan Chou's heart, the impulse to defeat Ma Teng and Han Sui prove that he was also instantly burst out. Without much nonsense, Fan Chou directly agreed to Guo Si's suggestion.

The elite troops under Guo Si and Fan Chou were equipped with the most exquisite military armor in Chang'an. They had been going out to defeat Ma Teng and Han Sui before. Now, when they attacked with a huge anger, Han Sui and Ma Teng were powerless to stop them.

He was quickly defeated by Guo Si and Fan Chou, and Han Sui and Ma Teng fled to Chen Cang. Guo Si and Fan Chou continued to pursue him without stopping. Another battle started between Chen Cang and the Ma Teng coalition was defeated again.

Finally, Han Sui invited Fan Chou to chat with each other in the name of being a general of Liangzhou. Finally, he thought about his fellow townsmen, and Fan Chou let Ma Teng and Han Sui evacuated from Guanzhong.

At this point, the Guanzhong war that started in the early first year of Xingping was the end. This was the end of a battle, but it was also the beginning of the Sanfu turmoil!

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