One day in April of the fourth year of Chuping, a news from Chengdu directly disrupted Ma Chao's plan for the year. That is the fourth year of the first peace, that is, on April 16, 193 A.D., from Chengdu, Yizhou, the latest reliable news came from Xizuo, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan Liu Junlang, a relative of the Han family, a descendant of King Lu Gong of the Great Han Dynasty, such an old warlord died in Chengdu due to illness.

Yizhou was already in a haze at this time, and this news was confirmed by Ma Chao's most reluctant, and he suddenly felt that this was really "happiness came too suddenly", really, not bad at all. To say that for some people in Yizhou, this can't be a good thing, but for Ma Chao, this is definitely a lot of benefits for himself. But did Liu Yan really die this year? Of course, Ma Chao didn't know anything about this, but now in April of ninety-three years, Liu Yan is really gone.

To say that Liu Yan shouldn't have been out at this time, but he couldn't stand his big fire, so he died of gangrene in the end.

One of the reasons is that he is indeed old now, and his health is not good, of course, he is not as good as a young man at all. And the second is that in the past two years, he has indeed suffered a big blow, so it's no wonder that he didn't catch fire.

The first is that his subordinates are against him, if you want to say that Qianwei is too guarded by Ren Qi, it's nothing, Liu Yan has never paid attention to him. But Jia Long's person, that can be said to be such a confidant that Liu Yan trusts very much, but he never thought that Jia Long would also come against him with Ren Qi and them. Although they were all wiped out by the Yizhou Army in the end, it has to be said that Liu Yan did suffer a lot of blows because of this, after all, for the betrayal of a trusted person, even if it is a figure like Liu Yan, he still can't just look away at it lightly.

The second is that Hanzhong lost it so easily. To say that when Zhang Lu occupied Hanzhong in the past, Liu Yan really didn't have much feeling, even if he knew that Zhang Lu and himself were not of the same mind, and he was ready to set up his own door for a long time, but Liu Yan was really not so worried about Zhang Lu occupying Hanzhong. On the contrary, I think it's a good thing, because for him, with his ability to Zhang Lu and Zhang Gongqi, that is, to guard the "one acre and three points of land" in Hanzhong, it can't become too big a climate at all.

That's why Zhang Lu is such a master of success. Isn't it just right for him to occupy Hanzhong, and it can help him resist the people of Liangzhou, Sili and Jingzhou, but what about the final result......

The most rearly Hanzhong actually let Liangzhou Shepherd Horse Chaoma Meng Qi occupy it, and Liu Yan had to pay attention to it at this time. Because Ma Chao is going to deal with his own Yizhou. Obviously, so he has to pay attention to this. The key is that Hanzhong is still so aggrieved. His own Yizhou army of 40,000 horses entered Hanzhong. But at the end of the day, he almost didn't do anything, and then he retreated after more than a month, and he Liu Yan really had to be angry about it. But what can I do, Hanzhong is lost, what else can I do.

He didn't think that he would be able to snatch Hanzhong back from Ma Chao's hands in a while. So although Lei Tong, Deng Xian and Gao Pei were also punished, but now fortunately, all of them have returned, and the soldiers have not lost much, so Liu Yan thinks that this is actually quite good. After all, there is some comfort. But Ma Chao Ma Mengqi didn't he already occupy Hanzhong, well, he started to strictly defend Guanghan and Ba County, and see how he Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi can still do to his own Yizhou!

Then Liu Yan secretly made a plan again, sent people to Jingzhou, and secretly united with Liu Biao, the pastor of Jingzhou, saying that if there was a chance in the future, it would be good to enter Hanzhong together. But who knew that Liu Biao was extremely firm on this matter, and he refused at the last bite. Liu Biao's meaning was clear, talking about the matter of Yizhou, he, the pastor of Jingzhou, was an outsider, so he would definitely not participate in this matter.

As a result, Liu Yan and Liu Biao had a holiday, and Liu Yan's generation was still one generation higher than Liu Biao, but Liu Biao didn't eat Liu Yan's set. Don't look at it, it's true that they are all relatives of the Han family, but the person he looks down on the most is Liu Yan. Because in Liu Biao's eyes, Liu Yan is a sinner of the Han Dynasty, and his ambition is too big, so he is a member of the Han family with him, and Liu Biao is ashamed to be with him.

And Liu Biao is naturally not a person who has no ambition at all, but he is really not as ambitious as Liu Yan. And Liu Biao's heart is also clear, now Hanzhong's hand in Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi is still better, after all, he Ma Mengqi has no plan to deal with Jingzhou for the time being, but if it is really in the hands of Liu Yan and Liu Junlang, it will be difficult to say. Liu Biao knew very well in his heart that he, Liu Yan, had long wanted to swallow his Jingzhou in his heart, but there was no good time. So of course he is happy to see Liu Yan weaken his strength, so of course the weaker the better.

It's best if he and Ma Mengqi fight to lose both, and it is not certain that he will be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman when the time comes. After that, Liu Biao knew that he offended Liu Yan, but he didn't regret it, and in his opinion, if you Liu Junlang want to use yourself first, can you be willing to be used by you.

In the end, Liu Biao counterattacked Liu Yan and directly told the court, saying that Liu Yan had a heart of disobedience. Of course, Liu Biao didn't say this directly, but only vaguely mentioned this matter, anyway, this is what it means, everyone understands it at a glance. Of course, Liu Biao didn't want to use this to move to Liu Yan, it was impossible at all. It's just that there are some things, and Liu Biao naturally knows what it means to be terrifying. And after this incident, Liu Yan completely hated Liu Biao, in his opinion, Liu Jingsheng, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, that is a villain, a villain who slanders behind his back.

This third thing hit Liu Yan even harder. Because in less than two years, he Liu Yan died of three sons. To say that he only has four sons in total, two of whom are hostages in the imperial court, the eldest son Liu Fan and the second son Liu Dan, both in Chang'an. As a result, because he planned to deal with Li Dao and Guo Yan in Chang'an, he was killed after the matter was revealed. At that time, Hanzhong had already been occupied by Ma Chao, so Li Dao and Guo Yan had no worries at all, they directly killed Liu Yan's two sons, and they were not afraid of what Liu Yan and Liu Junlang could do to them.

Anyway, isn't there still Ma Chao in front of them, after all, his Yizhou army wants to march into the division, and if he doesn't go to Hanzhong, where else can he pass. So Ma Chao can be regarded as a shield for Li Dao and Guo Yan, but Liu Yan has endured it for the time being, for him, everything has to be planned and then moved, he basically does not fight uncertain battles.

After that, his third son also died, and his third son Liu Mao was frail and sick since he was a child, but he was just four years old in Chuping, and he was gone.

Together, Liu Yan is completely finished. In April of the fourth year of the first peace, he died directly. Even if he Liu Yan is a character and has some skills, he can't see these things, so when the fire is big, his life is lost. This is the effect of a person's mentality on people, very much.

Liu Yan died, and the position of Yizhou Mu was naturally inherited by his only remaining son, Liu Zhang and Liu Jiyu. But to be honest, Liu Zhang really doesn't want to be this Yizhou pastor, because he really has no ambition, and his personality is still relatively cowardly, indecisive, not to mention, he still knows how to eat, drink and have fun, to enjoy these things, and the others are even more literate, and people don't have any great skills. But his brothers are gone, so now he can only bite the bullet, was driven to the shelves, and became this Yizhou herd.

It would be nice to say that Liu Zhang was really a capable person, but because he didn't have any great skills, he was not at all like when his father was alive, and he could still suppress all these people under him. As a result, some people have different intentions, after all, some people really don't want to follow a lord like Liu Zhang for a lifetime, so they know how to enjoy themselves, but now is this the time to enjoy?

So many people are very disappointed in Liu Zhang, the lord, thinking about what kind of character the lord is, the hero of the world, but this fourth son, the fourth son is so unsuccessful. It's not that someone hasn't persuaded him, but it's useless, Liu Zhang has his own ideas, so he can't listen to what others persuade him at all.

Liu Zhang's thinking is simple, you see the eldest and second, and the third, and even his father and mother, it's gone. If you don't enjoy yourself, you probably won't have to lose it one day, and it's too late to regret it. Therefore, Liu Zhang thinks like this, and the people under him should be able to assist him loyally, which is strange.

To be honest, as a human owner, even if you don't have much ability, this is actually not the most important thing. Because you don't have a lot of ability, you can work hard the day after tomorrow. To be kind to your subordinates, although it doesn't mean that you have to let your subordinates receive much favor from you, but you have to make your subordinates feel that you're not bad as a lord and okay for yourself. As for the most reluctant, that is, you have to make your subordinates feel that following you, you will be promoted and make a fortune in the future, anyway, there are a lot of benefits. At least the subordinates feel that there will be a leader in the future, and the future will be bright with you, not dark.

As a result, Liu Zhang acted like this, how many people could really follow him with all their hearts, and how many people didn't think about their future, so Liu Zhang's fate was actually doomed. To say that he is really not a person suitable for living in troubled times, only suitable for being a person in a peaceful and prosperous world, and he must have a powerful father-

On the twenty-second day of April in the fourth year of Chuping, less than ten days after Liu Yan's death, Ma Chao came to Nanzheng, Hanzhong with 50,000 Liangzhou soldiers, and he was ready to discuss with everyone here the specific matters of entering Yizhou, and since then it has opened the prelude to seizing Yizhou. (To be continued......)