Nanyang County, Wancheng.

Liu Bei's troops were stationed in the north of Nanyang County at this time. They were on the road day and night, and were pursued many times by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. They suffered a lot of damage and went through countless hardships before arriving in Jingzhou.

But when they arrived at Wancheng, Liu Bei did not dare to go any further.

There is an important person guarding Wancheng, and that is Liu Qi's right-hand man, Li Dian.

Li Dian sent the news of Liu Bei's arrival to Huang Zhong, and Huang Zhong sent people to Yizhou to bring the news of Liu Bei's arrival to Liu Qi.

During this period, Huang Zhong went to Wancheng to add troops to Li Dian and asked him to closely watch Liu Bei's movements.

Although the number of enemies is not large, they are all battle-hardened warriors after all, so Huang Zhong still has to be on guard to some extent.

Liu Bei stayed near Wancheng for a long time. It was not until Liu Qi's envoy returned to Xiangyang that he received the next step of instructions.

Liu Qi sent people to invite Liu Bei to Yizhou and go to Chengdu.

After Guan Yu learned the news, he was quite unhappy.

"Brother, I have traveled thousands of miles to join you, but Liu Boyu is so neglectful of you! Yizhou is a long way away, and our soldiers are exhausted from coming from the north. Now they have moved to Yizhou again, just to see him.

On the one hand, what’s the point?”

Liu Bei waved his hand: "My second brother, what you said is wrong. I came to visit Liu Qi and took the initiative to agree with him. This matter is not a small matter in Jingzhou...Liu Zhenxi is in Yizhou, so naturally he wants to summon me to meet him."

Yes, during the time we were in Wancheng, Li Dian had always treated us well. Wancheng provided all the food, grass and baggage for our army, and also provided it to our camp, including tents and clothing for daily use.

It’s a kindness.”

Unexpectedly, Zhang Fei was not annoyed, and just said calmly: "Then Li Dian was indeed polite to us... But is it too much of a trek for the three armies to move from Jingzhou to Yizhou?"

Jian Yong said with a smile: "Yide, although Liu Zhenxi never said it directly, his deep intention is to call the captain to go to Sichuan alone, and let our three armies stay in Jingzhou."

"What?" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were both shocked when they heard this.

Guan Yu hurriedly said: "Brother, we must stop this. You are going to Shu alone. If something goes wrong, my third brother and I are thousands of miles away. How can we help you?"

"That's right, if we really go, at worst we will lead our troops! Just ask Xianhe to ask Li Dian for the military rations needed to enter Shu."

Liu Bei pondered for a moment, and after a long time, he slowly said: "If Liu Boyu really has harmful intentions for me, if all of us just go, will it be of use?"

"This..." Zhang Fei was speechless upon hearing this.

However, the territory belongs to others, the city belongs to others, and the number of soldiers and horses is more than ten times greater than mine, so why resist?

Liu Bei smiled and said: "Don't worry, Liu Zhen is a sinister person in West Africa. There should be no mistakes when I go to Yizhou...Yunchang, you are leading the troops here. Don't move without orders. Wait until I come back."

Although Guan Yu was reluctant, he still respectfully accepted the order.

Liu Bei turned to look at Zhang Fei: "Yide, come with me to Shu."

Zhang Fei was quite surprised when he heard this.

In the past, when Liu Bei had things to do, he relied heavily on Guan Yu, but he never expected that he would be allowed to accompany him today.

After Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, he hurriedly said: "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely protect my brother well and never let anyone touch my brother's finger."

Liu Bei shook his head: "Protect what? I am taking you to Shu to see the world."

Jian Yong raised his hand to Liu Bei and said, "Captain, you might as well let Zilong go with you."

"Well..." Liu Bei pondered for a moment: "If it is not convenient for me to ask Zilong to accompany me, I would like to ask Xianhe to go to the trouble and explain to Zilong to see if he is willing to follow me to Yizhou."

Jian Yong and Liu Bei were from the same hometown, and they knew each other best. On a certain level, he even understood Liu Bei better than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

As a supervisor, Zhao Yun has a certain foundation in the army, and he has been supervising the army in the name of a supervisor, so he has a special status.

But entering Shu this time will definitely take a long time. If Zhao Yun and Liu Bei really go together, then the remaining Youzhou troops will basically be completely absorbed by Guan Yu as time goes by.

At this point, Liu Bei believed in Guan Yu's ability.

Of course, the complete recruitment of this army does not mean that Liu Bei has any bad intentions, nor does he want to be detrimental to Zhao Yun.

It's just that this is his only remaining armed force, his lifeblood, and Liu Bei's last reliance and hope.

It feels safer to have it in his own hands.

…

That night, Jian Yong came to see Zhao Yun and told him about Liu Qi's invitation.

Jian Yong stated to Zhao Yun that Liu Qi, as the overlord of the southern territory, had come to surrender. Zhao Yun and Liu Bei were also leaders. It would be somewhat inconsistent with etiquette not to go to Yizhou to meet each other.

Zhao Yun did not doubt that he was there, so he immediately went to Yizhou with Liu Bei.

…

Luoyang.

The team with Li Zheng and Yang Song as the chief and deputy envoys left Hanzhong and entered the territory of Sili through the land of Shangyong. They arrived in Luoyang within a few days.

After arriving in Luoyang, Li Zheng and Yang Song immediately went their separate ways.

Li Zheng, as the official envoy, presented documents to the chancellor's desk, invited the emperor to see him, presented memorials to the emperor, and presented tributes and prisoners of war to the emperor on Liu Qi's behalf.

On the other hand, Yang Song, the deputy envoy, secretly visited Wei Xu.

Yang Song was well aware of the art of bribery, and he understood that it would be too inferior to go directly to Lü Bu for communication. The best way would be to have someone close to Lü Bu recommend him.

…

Today is a sunny day. Yang Song came to Wei Xu's residence with a lot of money and gifts to see him.

As soon as Wei Xu saw the opened boxes on the ground, including rare gold, high-quality lacquerware, white porcelain, Shu brocade and other valuables, his eyes shone with light and his saliva almost flowed out.

Through these valuable items, Wei Xu quickly became friends with Yang Song, and the two of them just talked for an afternoon and became "always inseparable" good friends.

During the conversation, Yang Song briefly explained what he wanted to ask of Wei Xu when he came to pay homage to the government this time.

After hearing this, Wei Xu disagreed.

"Mr. Yang, don't worry, what's the point of a trivial matter? I'll keep this matter on my body! Liu Zhang's rebellious ministers will be killed accordingly. As the emperor's general, Marquis Wen will take Liu Dan to the palace to meet the emperor. As long as the emperor

After hearing what Liu Dan said about Liu Zhang's evil deeds, he will not be lenient! It doesn't matter whether he is a kin or not, he is just a traitor, how can he be leniently spared?"

Yang Song hurriedly stood up and thanked him: "Thank you so much, General! If this happens, Yang will definitely thank you very much afterwards."

Wei Xu stretched out his hand and said: "I just said I would help you, but I may not be able to help you. If you want to accomplish this, you still need to see the attitude of Marquis Wen."

Yang Song laughed and said: "It's a province, it's a province. Yang has already prepared the generous gift for Marquis Wen. We only need the general to recommend it before we can present it to Marquis Wen."

The corner of Wei Xu's mouth raised slightly: "Marquis Wen has a high vision, so he must have valuable treasures and treasures, but it can't just be money and silk, but also other rare things, do you understand?"
Chapter completed!