The Yizhou family sent Liu Bei away as a beggar, which made Liu Bei deeply resentful, and he pondered that once the situation stabilized, Liu Bei would definitely make these people who looked down on him look good.

At this moment, Liu Bei suddenly realized why Fa Zheng had always wanted to take revenge on these Yizhou families, it was too fucking a bully.

As Liu Bei stabilized the undercurrent in various parts of Yizhou, the pressure on Xu Shu, who was responsible for destroying Liu Bei's combined army, was greatly reduced.

After Xu Shu learned of the situation, he was relieved, and after reorganizing his troops, he began to counterattack Zhang Ren and Yan Yan.

It was because someone leaked the military plane before, which caused Xu Shu to be calculated. Xu Shu was greatly annoyed, this time he didn't want to have any strategy, and directly used his troops to crush the past.

Although Zhang Ren and Yan Yan occupied a large part of the city in Ba County, the place they occupied was not a place that could be defended. Moreover, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan did not have many troops, and they wanted to occupy these places safely.

The lack of troops is the biggest weakness of Zhang Ren and Yan Yan. Xu Shu took a fancy to such a point, and concentrated most of his troops on the city occupied by Zhang Ren and Yan Yan.

Zhang Ren and Yan Yan couldn't block Xu Shu's attack, and as a last resort, they frequently retreated.

Xu Shu's methods are much more clever than Zhang Ren and Yan Yan, and he constantly takes advantage of the disadvantage of Zhang Ren and Yan Yan's subordinates, and uses a strategy to sow discord.

From the very beginning, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan both acted in the name of saving Liu Zhang. No matter how incompetent Liu Zhang is in Yizhou, he also has many followers. It is very useful to use this name to oppose Liu Bei.

However, after a long time, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan were unable to rush into Chengdu to rescue Liu Zhang, and the minds of others slowly began to change.

No matter who you are, you will think about yourself. For Liu Zhang, the generals and soldiers in Liu Bei's combined army were only thanked for his benevolence, and there was not much else. After fighting for so long, it was either a confrontation or a mutual fight, and now it was finally a little bit of success, and it was beaten back by Xu Shu. There is no victory in this kind of battle.

Morale just slowly dropped. And Xu Shu came to sow discord again, spreading rumors that Zhang Ren and Yan Yan were not to save Liu Zhang, but to divide one side of the party. Rumors stop at the wise, but many soldiers and generals in these days are illiterate and don't know so many things. They were deeply suspicious of Zhang Ren and Yan Yan.

The other party's military morale was a little sluggish, and Xu Shu skillfully used a gradually weakening strategy to deal with and destroy Liu Bei's combined army, which made Zhang Ren and Yan Yan feel angry.

In desperation, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan had to withdraw from Ba County and return to the front line of confrontation with the Yizhou Army.

Compared with before, this time Zhang Ren and Yan Yan's strength and morale are very different, and they cannot be compared with before.

After such a long confrontation, it is rare to have a big victory, but it is like a dream to be beaten back.

In addition, rumors have been circulating all the time, even if Zhang Ren and Yan Yan come out and swear poison, it is useless.

Yan Yan is old, and his temper is also big, and he loses his temper in his military tent. His own soldiers were very helpless, they knew that once Yan Yan was angry, they couldn't persuade him with their identity. The captain of the pro-soldier quietly sent a message to Zhang Ren, hoping that Zhang Ren could come to let Yan Yan dissipate his anger.

Why is Yan Yan angry? He's mad at himself. Liu Yan and Liu Zhang, father and son, are really good to Yan Yan. Liu Yan promoted Yan Yan despite public opinion, and Liu Zhang believed Yan Yan without hesitation. Although Yan Yan's official position has been like that for so many years, and he has not been promoted, he has always remembered the good of Liu Yan's father and son. Now Liu Bei, a bastard, took advantage of Liu Zhang's trust to seize Chengdu by trickery, and also proclaimed himself the state pastor, and put Liu Zhang under house arrest. The loyal Yan Yan couldn't wait to eat Liu Bei alive. And some of the wall-to-wall grass and speculative people in Yizhou either took refuge in Liu Bei to seek glory, or they had ghosts in their hearts and were ready to fish in troubled waters, which made Yan Yan very anxious.

But it's useless to be anxious, the current situation is a big disadvantage for Yan Yan and other generals who are not satisfied with Liu Bei!

Yan Yan was both self-blaming and angry. But he will not anger others, and can only vent his anger in the military tent.

After Zhang Ren received the news, he immediately put down the work at hand and quickly rushed to Yan Yan's side. Now is a critical moment, if Yan Yan can't control his emotions, it will not be good if it affects the soldiers under him. Because morale is already declining now.

Yan Yan's personal soldiers saw Zhang Ren coming, as if they saw a savior, and saluted Zhang Ren happily. In the barracks, only Zhang Ren has the identity and ability to calm Yan Yan's anger.

Zhang Ren nodded lightly and strode into the military tent. As soon as he entered the military tent, Zhang Ren saw that the ground was full of smashed things.

"Brother Heber, what are you doing here?" Zhang Ren asked as if he didn't know the situation.

Yan Yan saw that the person who came in was Zhang Ren, and his anger was not exploding, and said, "You are here, sit!" Come on, clean up. ”

In terms of official positions, Zhang Ren is higher than Yan Yan. In terms of age, Zhang Ren is not as good as Yan Yan. The two are friends of equal generations in private.

As soon as the soldiers outside the tent heard Yan Yan's words, they immediately came in and cleaned up the things on the ground.

Zhang Ren didn't care about the work of these pro-soldiers, so he took a stool and sat down. In front of Yan Yan, Zhang Ren never had to be so restrained.

"Brother Heber, you are not a small one, and your temper has not changed. Now the situation is not in favor of us, and if Liu Bei's dog thief learns about it, I am afraid that he will be calculated! "Zhang Ren doesn't need to say anything big, just talk about it.

Yan Yan listened to it, sighed, and said, "Hey, I don't know!" It was rare to win a big victory before, Bajun was almost recovered, but he was beaten back by Xu Shu again, and he was depressed! ”

Not to mention Yan Yan, Zhang Ren and the others are depressed.

After talking to Zhang Ren for a while, Yan Yan's depression in his heart was much less, and he asked, "How is the situation in the army?" ”

"The whole army is rumored and stopped, if it goes on like this, the army's morale will be weakened, and Liu Bei's treacherous plan will succeed! I am very helpless! Zhang Ren was worried that something like this would happen.

"We really failed the lord!" Yan Yan said a little sadly.

"Brother Heber, as long as I wait for a day to fight against Liu Bei, the lord's life will be worry-free! You can rest assured, Liu Bei's guy is the most hypocritical! As a last resort, it will not hurt the lord. Zhang Ren persuaded him.

In addition, Zhang Ren scolded Liu Zhang in his heart, so decent, why did he invite Liu Bei to Yizhou. Now it's okay, the wolf has been lured into the house, and Liu Zhang himself has been put under house arrest.

In any case, Zhang Ren had to rescue Liu Zhang, after all, it was his responsibility as a subordinate. The lord humiliates the ministers to death, which is the principle of Zhang Ren's life.

Liu Zhang was willful, he took the consequences himself, and left a mess for Zhang Ren and them.

"Brother Heber, I have more to worry about!" Zhang Ren said.

"What?" Yan Yan asked.

"There is news from Chengdu that Liu Bei has spent a lot of money and grain to encircle the guards of other counties! There have already been many county guards who have expressed their willingness to obey Liu Bei's orders! Zhang Ren said something that made Yan Yan extremely worried.

"Is this serious?!" Yan Yan asked.

Since Zhang Ren and Yan Yan raised their troops, from Chengdu, from time to time, some news would be secretly sent to them. And the people who come are different every time. Zhang Ren and Yan Yan didn't dare to believe it completely, because the people who came to deliver the message were all petty goods, and Yan Yan and Zhang Ren didn't know who was behind the scenes. And as the news was constantly confirmed, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan both believed it, including the last ambush against Xu Shu, which was the news from Chengdu.

"I think it's fake!" Zhang Ren didn't have any doubts.

Yan Yan's face became gloomy.

One of the key factors in the fact that the combined army of Liu Bei was able to confront Xu Shu for so long was that the other counties were not convinced by Liu Bei, and Liu Bei could not concentrate all his forces against them. If half of the guards in other counties obeyed Liu Bei's rule, if not all, then Liu Bei could free up a large number of troops to deal with them. At that time, Liu Bei's army came violently, and even ordered the Yizhou army of other counties to attack together, can Zhang Ren and Yan Yan stop Liu Bei with this little force?

In this way, Liu Bei has no worries! Xu Shu may want to destroy me in one fell swoop! Yan Yan analyzed their current situation.

Zhang Ren nodded solemnly and said, "Exactly!" Now it is very unfavorable for our army! I have an idea, I don't know if I should talk about it!? ”

Yan Yan glanced at Zhang Ren, his wise eyes lit up, and said, "You mean to return to the imperial court?" ”

When Yan Yan and Zhang Ren raised troops against Liu Bei, Pang De of Jingzhou sent people to contact them, hoping that they could abandon the darkness and surrender to the imperial court.

However, at that time, Zhang Ren, Yan Yan and others were full of confidence and categorically rejected the great opportunity to return to the arms of the imperial court. At the same time, they also knew that once Pang De of Jingzhou led the army into Yizhou, then Yizhou would not be Liu Zhang's. Zhang Ren and Yan Yan didn't dare to make decisions.

At that time, Liu Yu ordered Pang De not to interfere more in Zhang Ren's affairs, and gave Zhang Ren and Yan Yan the opportunity to work hard. As a last resort, Liu Yu believed that Zhang Ren and Yan Yan would make the most correct decision.

Pound also implemented Liu Yu's will to the end.

"Brother Heber, do you think that in addition to this method, we still have the strength to save the lord?" Zhang Ren asked rhetorically.

"Yi Ling, if Jingzhou sends troops, Yizhou will not be the lord's Yizhou." Yan Yan said.

Zhang Ren expressed his helplessness at Yan Yan's idea that Yizhou was Liu Zhang, and said: "Heber, even if the soldiers and horses of the imperial court don't come, is Yizhou still the lord's Yizhou?" Can we save the lord and help him retake Yizhou? It's completely impossible. Even if the lord is by our side now, not only Liu Bei, but also those restless people in Yizhou will not let the lord regain control of Yizhou. ”

Yan Yan was sad, this is a cruel truth.

Zhang Ren continued: "There is a sentence, I don't know if you have heard of it. Knock over the dog food bowl so it can't eat! Liu Bei is a vicious dog, he has put Yizhou in his bowl, and Yizhou has become his food. The only thing we can do is destroy all of his plans. We can't make trouble for him, so let's get people in who can make trouble for him! Look at how long Liu Bei is still arrogant! ”

Yan Yan was stunned, Zhang Ren was from a big family, how could he say such vulgar words. It is undeniable that what Zhang Ren said directly entered Yan Yan's ears.

Judging from the situation, Liu Bei's occupation of Yizhou has become inevitable. The extermination of Liu Bei's combined army is likely to become Liu Bei's sword.

Zhang Ren meant that he was defeated anyway, so he even pulled Liu Bei down to cushion his back and make him feel bad.

Yan Yan fell into a struggle, on the one hand, the distress of Liu Bei's conspiracy succeeding, and on the other hand, the joy of eliminating Liu Bei. Coupled with the kindness to Liu Zhang and Liu Yan's father and son, Yan Yan was unable to make a decision for a long time.

Zhang Ren saw Yan Yan pondering, and he was also anxious in his heart.

In the army, Yan Yan's status is not lower than Zhang Ren's, and Yan Yan is even a little higher than Zhang Ren in terms of prestige. Zhang Ren said that this strategy definitely needs Yan Yan's consent. If Yan Yan didn't agree to kill him, then Zhang Ren would be helpless.

In fact, Zhang Ren is very loyal to Liu Zhang, but he understands that if he wants to save Liu Zhang, he can only borrow external forces. Now the only external force that can be borrowed is the Shenwu Imperial Court.

But if the imperial court marches into Yizhou, then Liu Zhang will no longer be the lord of Yizhou, and he may be a rich man with no power at all in the future.

However, Zhang Ren felt that it was a good thing for Liu Zhang to be a rich man, which was better than being under house arrest by Liu Bei and losing his freedom.

Zhang Ren quietly walked out of the military tent, he felt that it was better to give Yan Yan a little personal space, and let Yan Yan think about it before making a decision.

No matter what decision Yan Yan makes, Zhang Ren will stand with Yan Yan.

If Zhang Ren and Yan Yan split again, the final result would only be cheaper than Liu Bei.

Yan Yan watched Zhang Ren walk out, knowing that Zhang Ren didn't want to interfere with his decision, he sighed in his heart and calculated the gains and losses again.

In fact, Yan Yan couldn't pass the hurdle in his heart. No matter who governs Yizhou, with Yan Yan's ability, his official position and power will not be fundamentally changed, and he can even go to the next level.

After thinking about it for a long time, Yan Yan found that he didn't seem to have any other choice. Liu Bei will not let them go, including the soldiers, there will be no good end. And after they were defeated, Liu Zhang was also in danger.

Thinking of this, Yan Yan's expression became resolute.

Zhang Ren waited outside the military tent for a long time, and when he saw Yan Yan coming out of the military tent, his eyes kept staring at Yan Yan, what was going on, it depended on Yan Yan's decision.

Yan Yan resolutely said to Zhang Ren: "Yi Ling, isn't Liu Bei afraid of the imperial court? Let's let the court clean up this old dog! ”

Zhang Ren smiled, and Yan Yan made a decision that made him very happy.