Like Jia Lao's analysis of poisonous substances, the plan of Cao's intentional way to drive Ma Teng's army into Hanzhong to drive away tigers and wolfs was not immediately effective. Under the initial decision of Hanzhong, Uncle Liu did not rush to turn against his strong allies. He took out a lot of money and grain to appease the Ma Chao team who begged for food in Hanzhong. Ma Chao, who had the reputation of being unrighteous, was not polite. He used the excuse to facilitate the three families to destroy Cao, and made a request to enter Hanzhong to facilitate the future attack on Cao.

Ma Chao asked to enter Hanzhong. When he just used this trick to win Hanzhong, Huangshu Liu, who had just used his toes to think, he could understand what Ma Chao was thinking. Uncle Liu, who was far better than Ma Chao, was not in a hurry. Not only did he agree to Ma Chao's request, he also expressed his willingness to let Ma Chao lead his army to station in Juxian outside Yangping Pass. Ma Chao also knew that things could not be urgent, so he did not refuse. He moved into Juxian very happily, willingly served as a guardian for Uncle Liu for a while, waiting and waiting to see if there was a chance to follow Uncle Liu and win the Hanzhong granary that was far richer than Xiliang.

Uncle Liu has been tolerant of the team of Ma Chao, who had bad intentions, and naturally had his own difficulties. After taking Hanzhong with treacherous means, Uncle Liu's current rule in Hanzhong is still like a sand castle by the beach. It can be smashed with a wave. The people inside have not yet returned. Zhang Lu's internal worries of unwilling to fail, and the tiger-eyed Dandan, who is mortal enemy, Boss Cao, can't stand any troubles. Therefore, Uncle Liu has only one choice now, which is to follow the example of Deputy Director Tao in the early days of Jianye, temporarily become a ninja turtle, and gain time to cultivate internal strength. When the strength is enough, he will find a way to deal with external troubles.

It was okay for Uncle Liu. The brave but unscrupulous Ma Chao was far more difficult than Boss Cao and Deputy Director Tao. Uncle Liu was confident that he could kill the ambitious Ma Chao by relying solely on power and tricks. At the same time, Zhang Lu had become a grasshopper in autumn and was destined to be a few days later. There were few soldiers and shortages of food in several mountain cities in Xicheng and Shangyong. Zhang Lu actually dared to assemble a team in Xicheng to prepare for counterattack. Uncle Liu was afraid of not coming! The most important relationship with Liu Zhang in Xichuan also made Uncle Liu overjoyed. Not only did Liu Zhang agree to the alliance and communicate well, but he also sent his important minister Zhang Song to bring a gift to thank Uncle Liu for his favor, and concluded a formal alliance, and showed enough sincerity to form an alliance.

Uncle Liu was even more ecstatic, and in order to win people's hearts and show sincerity. When Zhang Song was ordered to come to Hanzhong, Uncle Liu personally went outside Yangping Pass to welcome Zhang Song, and gave him great courtesy. He also entertained Zhang Song every day with a banquet, and won the best of his support. At the same time, in order to let Zhang Song go back, Liu Zhang was a good brother who could fight and fight, Uncle Liu had to show his domineering spirit in front of Zhang Song, and talked freely and laughed freely. In the blink of an eye, he also destroyed a team of Zhang Lu's remaining party who was trying to rebel and make trouble. From calm to success, he opened his eyes and decided that Uncle Liu was a hero. He was the hero of the world. He was the lord of talent among people. As a result, when Uncle Liu said goodbye to Xichuan, when Uncle Liu personally sent Zhang Song out of Yangping Pass, a good thing happened that Uncle Liu could even wake up laughing when he even sleeped.

After this incident, when Zhang Song returned to Chengdu, he naturally had to praise Liu Huangshu as a benevolent and righteous elder, kind and generous, and heroic in front of Liu Zhang to fight against Cao and Tao traitors. He strongly advised Liu Zhang to become brotherly love and alliance with Liu Huangshu to resist Cao Cao and Zhang Lu Tao traitors. As a separate official in Yizhou, Zhang Song's words were naturally very important, so Liu Zhang did not hesitate to send 5,000 elite soldiers, 100,000 hu of military rations and 300 carts of money to Liu Huangshu to help Liu Huangshu kill the remaining party of Zhang Lu. Zhang Song also recommended his friend's military officer Fa Zheng as an envoy, and went north to contact Liu Huangshu.

Of course, many people in the Yizhou army would have to advise and oppose Liu Zhang's behavior of getting into the water. They were engaged in Wang Lei and the lord Huang Quan. They repeatedly reminded Liu Zhang that he must learn from the lessons of Tao Qian and his son, Cao Bo, Liu Biao and Zhang Lu, and never have luck to the Uncle Liu who is good at backing his master. They would do stupid things like the previous suckers. General Zhang Ren even suggested taking the opportunity to send troops to seize Hanzhong and killing Uncle Liu who has not yet gained a foothold in Hanzhong! (Uncle Liu: Zhang Ren is a man, you and I must have had a grudge in the previous life!)

If Liu Zhang listened to the correct suggestions of Zhang Ren, Huang Quan, Wang Lei and others, then there would definitely be nothing that happened later. But if Liu Zhang really listened to the suggestions of Zhang Ren, Huang Quan and others, he would not have been praised by Mr. Cao as a gatekeeper. Therefore, Liu Zhang not only refused to accept the honest advice of Huang Quan, Wang Lei and others, but also scolded Zhang Ren, who suggested sending troops, and then Liu Zhang did something even more Ah San Shen Oil at the suggestion of Zhang Song, and actually sent someone to Xuchang to report to the Grand Marshal Liu as the Grand Marshal and also to the Sili School Captain! As a result, after learning the news later, Huang Quan and Wang Lei and others could not help but beat their chests and stamp their feet again, "It's over! Taiwei Tao and the big-eared thief are irreconcilable. This time we will definitely hate Xichuan too!"

Huang Quan, Wang Lei and others inevitably underestimated the demeanor of Deputy Director Tao. In February of the tenth year of Jian'an, the envoy of Xuzhou army, Xin Pi, came to contact Liu Zhang through Jingzhou under the banner of an envoy of the court. Liu Biao, who was worried about the main force of Xuzhou, did not dare to stop him. He honestly listened to Cai Mao's suggestion to give way and let Xin Ping's envoys go from the Han River and the Yangtze River into Xichuan. Liu Zhang, who had never paid tribute once since he took over as the governor of Yizhou, did not know the good or bad luck, and did not dare to neglect him. He hurriedly led the civil and military officials of Yizhou to welcome him for thirty miles and kneeled to receive the orders of Emperor Xian of Han.

What surprised everyone in Yizhou was that Deputy Director Tao sent Xin Pi here with the reputation of the court, and actually gave gifts to Liu Zhang and several important officials in Yizhou. With the reputation of Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Zhang was named Marquis of Wenjiang and General of the Southern Expedition, and was named Chief General Pang Xi as Marquis of Yufuting, Jian as the prefect, and Yizhou General Wu Yi as Marquis of Deyangting and Prefect of Zitong; Xu Jing, a famous scholar in Sichuan, was appointed as the prefect of Shu County and the prefect of Guanbanting. Then Xin Pi announced the order to accept Liu Zhang's recommendation to Liu Huangshu and named Liu Huangshu as the captain of Sili, but refused Liu Zhang's request to submit Liu Huangshu as the captain of the Grand Sima. - Liu Huangshu was appointed as the captain of Sili because most of the counties in Sili are currently in the hands of Cao Boss. Deputy Director Tao was naturally happy to be a favor.

After hearing the decree read by Xin Pi, Liu Zhang, who had not yet obtained a title, was of course overjoyed. He knelt down to receive the imperial edict and thanked him. The civil and military officials in Yizhou did not know what the deputy director Tao sold in the gourd. He knelt down to receive the imperial edict with Liu Zhang. Pang Xi and Wu Yi, who had chosen the official title for nothing for free, were even more overjoyed. He immediately had a good impression of Deputy Director Tao, who had never met before. Zhang Song, who knew the conflict between Uncle Liu and Deputy Director Tao, felt that things were not good, and had an ominous premonition and said intimately, "How can a weasel wish the chicken a New Year? What was the idea of ​​Tao Ying's traitor?"

After hearing Xinpi read out the imperial edict that was worthless, Liu Zhang, who was flattered, was naturally forced to invite Xinpi to Chengdu for a banquet. Xinpi happily obeyed. So on the night when Xinpi arrived in Chengdu, Liu Zhang held a banquet in the lobby of the Yizhou Muslim Mansion, personally led the civil and military officials to meet Xinpi to meet Xinpi, and the guests and hosts were happy. After drinking for three tours, Liu Zhang, who knew that there was no lunch in the world, took the initiative to speak up and asked Xinpi very politely: "Mr. George, Zhang asked himself that he had no achievements, but the Grand Marshal Ming Wugong gave rewards without merit, and gave Zhang official positions and titles. I wonder what the purpose was? If Duke Wu of Ming gave some instructions, Mr. George would also say bluntly that Zhang would do his best to serve him."

"Since Duke Ji Yu spoke, then Vi was also presumptuous." Xinpi replied respectfully: "To be honest with Duke Ji Yu, my lord, Taiwei Tao, sent Vi to Chengdu. In addition to sending the order, there is indeed something to ask for. Wan Wangming promised fairly."

"Sure enough, I didn't have any kindness."

Zhang Song muttered in his heart, Wang Lei and Huang Quan and other important officials in Yizhou were also alert, and quickly raised their ears to listen to Xinpi's words, but the honest man Liu Zhang didn't care. He also said with a smile: "Mr. George is asked to say it directly. There is no need to be so polite. The same thing is the case. As long as Zhang can do it, he will definitely serve his best to repay the grace of Duke Wu of Ming."

Xinpi hesitated and refused to speak. He also looked around and Liu Zhang understood and quickly stood up and said, "Donald George, please speak in the back hall."

"Lord, Song is willing to accept the secret order of Taiwei Tao with you."

Zhang Song quickly stood up and volunteered, but Xin Pi waved his hands again and said with a smile: "Mr. Ji Yu was misunderstood. Pi didn't want to ask Mr. Ji Yu to retreat, but there was something wrong with him. In this way, my lord made a small request to Mr. Ji Yu, that is, for the sake of confidentiality, he asked Mr. Ji Yu to watch the content of your letter to Mr. Ming. After reading it, he would destroy the letter immediately. He also asked Mr. Ji Yu to keep the content of the letter confidential and not let any outsiders know it, so as not to leak the news and miss the major affairs of the court and the two families."

"So that's how it is." Liu Zhang smiled and asked hurriedly: "Where is the letter from Duke Wu of Ming? Mr. George just submits it to everyone. When I read the letter, I am not allowed to approach me within five steps."

Everyone sang their promises, and then Xinpi took out the letter from Deputy Director Tao sealed by the fire lacquer and held it in both hands. He carefully handed it to Wang Lei, who was sitting beside him, and asked Wang Lei to pass it in front of Liu Zhang to show that he had no intention of assassinating Liu Zhang. Wang Lei, who was loyal to Liu Zhang, was very happy to see Xin Pi knowing the knowledge and understanding the rules. He hurriedly held the letter from Deputy Director Tao in front of Liu Zhang's case with both hands, and then immediately retreated five steps away. Zhang Song was anxious and quickly looked around and tried to approach. Xin Pi, who had already met Zhang Song while introducing each other, saw him and quickly reminded him: "Zhang Biejia, Ji Yugong has an order, you should not be within five steps."

"Yongnian, back down!"

As Xinpi reminded, Liu Zhang also noticed that Zhang Song was trying to get close to him, and hurriedly lowered his face and shouted. Zhang Song had no choice but to retreat. Liu Zhang then removed the hot lacquer and took out the letter from Deputy Director Tao to watch it alone. When he looked at the content carefully, Liu Zhang's face changed. It turned out that Deputy Director Tao told Liu Zhang in the letter that he had received detailed information that the Cao army had an attempt to attack Xichuan within the year, and asked Liu Zhang to strengthen the defense of Baishui Pass, Jiange and Jiameng Pass, and promised that if Liu Zhang could repel Cao's attack, the Cao army would waste its troops and waste their troops and food. He would report to Liu Zhang as a former general and also give Liu Zhang's two sons a marquis.

After reading Deputy Director Tao's letter full of kindness, Liu Zhang quickly recovered from the shock of Cao's army's sneak attack on Xichuan. He first burned Deputy Director Tao's letter to ashes in public in silence, and then said to Xinpi: "Mr. George, please rest assured. Zhang keeps the instructions of Ming Wugong. Tomorrow Zhang will dispatch troops and send them to Baishui Pass, Jiameng Pass, Jiange and other places to listen to it."

"Thank you, Ming Gong." In fact, Xin Pi, who had known the content of the letter, thanked him, but Xichuan civil and military officials looked different. Some were surprised, some were suspicious, some were worried, and some were secretly happy. Zhang Ren and Wang Lei and others suspected that Deputy Director Tao was instigating Liu Zhang to send troops to attack Hanzhong to deal with Uncle Liu. Zhang Song and Zhang Biejia had the same idea. He said in his heart: "Liu Zhang read the letter from Tao Ying's traitor, why did he go to Jiange, Jiameng and Baishuiguan to increase troops? These places are the only way to Hanzhong? Are the Tao thieves encouraging Liu Zhang to attack Hanzhong, or are they warning Liu Zhang to strengthen their defense against Uncle Liu?"

The following banquet was completely light and boring. Liu Zhang led the civil and military officials of Yizhou to be grateful to Deputy Director Tao. Xinpi encouraged his three-inch tongue to make friends with the people in Yizhou. They were hypocritical and polite, and they were both hypocritical and polite. Only Zhang Song was worried and did not want to drink and eat. At the end of the banquet, Liu Zhang tried to keep Xinpi in Yizhou for a longer time. Xinpi, who was carrying the secret order, was of course happy to obey orders, saying that he was tired from afar and wanted to appreciate the scenery in Shu, and said that he would definitely live in Xichuan for a longer time. He also joked that Liu Zhang did not rush to drive him away. Liu Zhang laughed and hurriedly said that Xinpi would do whatever time he wanted to stay, and the guests and hosts would part with joy.

The banquet ended, and Zhang Song, who was guilty, became more and more anxious. In order to be cautious, Zhang Song personally sent Liu Zhang back to the back hall to rest. He took the opportunity to spy on the content of the letter from Deputy Director Tao to Liu Zhang. Although Liu Zhang was cowardly and incompetent, he could be regarded as an honest person who kept his promises. He flatly refused to disclose the word and half of the content of the letter - in fact, even if Liu Zhang was not strict, it didn't matter. Cao's army could indeed go directly to Xichuan without hitting Hanzhong, but if Liu Zhang said such a magical tactic, he might not even believe that he had the courage to take risks, let alone people like Liu Huangshu and Zhang Song.

Seeing that Liu Zhang refused to reveal the content of the letter, Zhang Song naturally became more worried. After returning home, Zhang Song thought about it and thought about it for a while, but finally decided to report the matter to Uncle Liu and remind Uncle Liu to be careful. So Zhang Song wrote the incident into a letter overnight, and sent his confidant family out of the city the next day and sent the letter to Hanzhong.

Let’s take a look at Xinpi. Because of his good conversation with Xinpi, Wang Lei, Zhang Ren and others personally sent Xinpi to the inn. On the way, Xinpi saw that Wang Lei and Zhang Ren had never asked about the letter, and had heard about the position of Wang Lei and Zhang Ren from Deputy Director Tao, so he took the risk and invited Wang Lei and Zhang Ren to the inn to the inn for a while that night. Seeing that the night was too dark, Wang Lei and Zhang Ren refused, and both said, “Mr. George has come here for a long time, so please go back to the room to rest earlier. Let’s talk together again next day.”

"Second Duke, I understand that you are loyal to Ji Yugong." Xinpi lowered his voice and said, "Pi can guarantee that if the second Duke can talk to me for a moment, it will definitely be of great benefit to Ji Yugong's Xichuan foundation and the people of Shu."

After hearing Xinpi's solemn statement, Wang Lei and Zhang Ren looked at each other, nodded, and then followed Xinpi into the inn room. After sitting down, Wang Lei took the initiative to ask: "Mr. George, please tell me, why is it so important?"

"The king is engaged in it, General Zhang." Xinpi asked without answering a question, saying, "Before I tell you something, Pi has a question to ask you first, what do you think about the alliance between Ji Yu and Liu Bei?"

Wang Lei and Zhang Ren were both shocked and looked at each other again. Wang Lei said with a serious expression: "I have heard of Mr. Tao Mingwu's name for a long time. I know that he is good at using strategies. If Mr. Wu wants to distract from the relationship between our lord and Liu Xuande for Mr. Wu, please do not speak out."

"The king has been engaged in a misunderstanding." Xinpi smiled and said, "Pi does not want to be absent, but wants to remind the second master not to forget the lessons of my first lord Gong Zugong, and not to forget the lessons of Cao Mengde, Liu Jingsheng and Zhang Lu after shelter Liu Bei. If the second master really thinks about Ji Yugong, he should always remind Ji Yugong not to be the second Zhang Lu."

Wang Lei's face changed slightly, and Zhang Ren's face also changed a little. After thinking for a while, Zhang Ren calmly reminded: "Mr. George, have you been talking about it in a simple and profound way? Is it too much for me to meet my husband just now, but my husband spoke up and interfered in the affairs of my lord's state?"

After hearing Wang Lei and Zhang Ren's righteous answers, Xin Pi finally believed what Deputy Director Tao told him - if Wang Lei and Zhang Ren were not loyal to Liu Zhang, they would not be able to say these words. I was secretly surprised that Deputy Director Tao was not sure of his understanding of people for thousands of miles. Xin Pi bowed and said, "General Zhang forgives his crimes, and Pi has indeed made a deep conversation. What he said is too much. Please forgive me, and please don't mind if you are engaged in it."

Seeing Xinpi's sincere attitude, Wang Lei nodded and said, "Mr. George does not need to apologize. As long as the teacher no longer intervenes in my Xichuan affairs, we will still be friends. By the way, have you finished talking about the big things that Mr. said? If we finish talking, we will say goodbye."

After saying that, Wang Lei, who thought Xinpi was here to provoke the discord, left the seat immediately. Zhang Ren stood up without hesitation. Xinpi hurriedly bowed and said, "Second Duke, please leave another step. Pi still has two more words, please keep it in mind. The first sentence is that my lord gave Ji Yugong the gift. The most valuable thing is not the official position and title that was reported to Ji Yugong, but the letter that burned after reading it."

"What does it mean?" Zhang Ren asked with his squint eyes.

"The general will understand." Xinpi refused to answer, and lowered his voice and said, "The second sentence is to ask the king to pay close attention to the pass of Shuzhong to Hanzhong with General Zhang. Because of the existence of that letter, Pi thought that someone would soon take action. If the king and General Zhang can closely strengthen the surveillance and search of these passes, I believe there will definitely be unexpected unexpected gains."

"What does it mean?" Wang Lei asked this time.

"It is not possible to say that the king will understand it." Xinpi refused to answer and whispered: "What Pi only wants to remind the king and General Zhang that when he came to Sichuan on this trip, he really came with kindness. As long as you can believe me, you will definitely be able to taste it, so that Mr. Ji Yu stopped his horse and saved the forty-one city in Xichuan. Okay, Mr. Vi said that, and Mr. Please decide for himself."
Chapter completed!