Liu Bei was in Huayin and waited for Li Dao's envoy. Li Wei wrote a letter to Liu Bei, which probably meant that he and the generals of Guan Liang did not want to be enemies of the imperial court, after all, they were also courtiers of the imperial court. But they could not leave their homeland, and the soldiers in the army repeatedly begged them to stay. Therefore, they cannot accept the order for the reintegration of the troops. They are willing to stay here and guard the court for generations. I hope that the imperial court can understand and understand their sincerity. If the imperial court insisted on co-opting their troops, the soldiers would probably strongly oppose it. When the time comes, many things will be out of their control.

After Liu Bei read this letter that seemed to be deferential, but in fact it was domineering, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly. Li Zhiran, Li Zhiran, who gave you such courage?

Liu Bei read the letter to all the civil and military officers under his command, the civil officials were fine, and the generals were so angry that they screamed. They all asked for battle, and they couldn't wait to raise troops to go out and cut off Li Wei's dog head.

Liu Bei stopped the generals and said, "You wait to return to the camp and be ready to attack at any time." However, Guan Liang Iron Cavalry, famous all over the world, must be taken seriously, not to underestimate the enemy. ”

The generals agreed with a bang, and then went out of the camp. After leaving the camp, Tai Shici and Zhao Yun did not return to the camp alone, but grabbed Liyi and the others and asked about Guan and Liang together. Ko Yi, Duan Xuan, Zhang Xiu, Xu Huang and other generals have either stayed in Liangzhou or were born in Guan Liang. They had been idle in the previous conquest of Yu and Yan, but this time to conquer Guan Liang, Liu Bei brought them out in order to appease them. Save them from being unconvinced.

After the generals left, Liu Bei's face turned pale, and he asked Xun You to write him a sternly worded notice and asked him to send it to Li Dao. The proclamation was written very bluntly and domineeringly, and no one was allowed to bargain with the imperial court! The arrangement of the imperial court must be accepted unconditionally! Otherwise, all that awaits you is war!

After Li Wei saw the notice, the last trace of disillusionment in his heart was shattered. Xuan and angry surged, Liu Xuande, do you really think that our Liangzhou heroes are muddy? Li Dao immediately summoned the generals, since the peace talks could not be reached, then let's fight first. This time, Li Dao was determined to compete with Liu Bei.

The news of Liu Bei's westward movement was known to Cao Cao as soon as possible. Cao Cao was overjoyed when he found out, so he sent a letter to Liu Zhang, in which he said that everyone was a Hanchen, and only Zhang Lu was unruly and ceded his own land, which was not tolerated by the world. He is willing to raise the army and help Ji Yu to pacify Zhang Lu and Kuang the world.

After defeating Yuan Shao, Liu Zhang also found a way to send people to Qingzhou. The court remembered that Liu Yan was the Han clan and had meritorious service in defending the land, and the Son of Heaven remembered that the previous conspiracy led to the death of Liu Yan's two sons, and he took pity on him, so he still worshiped Liu Zhang as the pastor of Yizhou, so that he attacked his father, the Marquis of Yangcheng, and increased the number of 300 households.

After Liu Zhang received Cao Cao's letter, he hesitated. I didn't know what to do, so I called Pang Xi and showed him the letter. Pang Xi had previously served as a councillor in the imperial court, and when Liu Zhang's two brothers were defeated and died in the chaos, Pang Xi escorted Liu Yan's grandchildren all the way to Yizhou. After staying in Yizhou, he married Liu Zhang by law and married Liu Zhang's eldest son, Liu Xun. Pang Xi has now sent troops to destroy Zhao Wei, and he has fought with Zhang Lu. Although he can't help but get Zhang Lu, he is one of the top real power factions in Yizhou.

After Pang Xi saw Cao Cao's letter, he pondered for a long time, and said: "Lord, Cao Mengde is also a hero." His words raised troops to help me attack Zhang Lu, which was Xiang Zhuang's sword dance, which was intended for Henkel. If Zhang Lu is broken, he will take advantage of the situation to seize Hanzhong, and I should reject it. ”

When Liu Zhang heard this, he thought to himself that if this was the case, wouldn't it be that the front door refused the wolf and the back door entered the tiger. Cao Cao is much more difficult to deal with than Zhang Lu. So he said to Pang Xi: "Qing Yan is very true, so I went to write to Meng De and politely refused." ”

Cao Cao received Liu Zhang's reply, but when he saw it, he was torn to pieces, and said: "Who dares to stop what I want to do?" He wrote to Liu Zhang, originally thinking that if Liu Zhang agreed, it would be better. If he didn't agree, he didn't bother to pay attention. Anyway, Hanzhong has become a de facto secession, and he is the general of Zhendong of the imperial court and has the right to conquer. He wants to contribute to the court! He wants to sweat and shed blood for the Han Dynasty! So no matter whether Liu Zhang agrees or not, this soldier is decided. Who made Zhang Lu a rebel?

Zhang Lu was also very aggrieved, and he also sent a messenger there in Qingzhou as soon as possible. It is naturally impossible for the imperial court to seal Liu Zhang and then seal Zhang Lu, and Zhang Lu has always been a taboo for those in power. So this pot is set by Zhang Lu. In the summer and June of the first year of Yanping, Cao Cao raised troops to attack Zhang Lu, vowing to sweep away the imperial court!

In Yangzhou, Sun Ce and his father Sun Jian are also talking in secret. Guan Yu is undying for Jiangdong thieves, and he has repeatedly harassed him. The river is so long, it can be crossed everywhere, and it can be defended everywhere for a while. I had to send heavy troops to garrison several important ferries, and then I built beacon piers along the river. At the same time, Jiangdong swordsmen were also sent to carry out counter-infiltration of Xuzhou. The front line was a mess. There's no time to stop.

At this time, Sun Jian confessed to Sun Ce and asked him to send a general to guard the Jiangfang, and then take advantage of the inability of the north to go south, and first clean up Jiaozhou. If Jiaozhou is pacified, the four counties of Jingnan will have no worries from then on, and they will be completely connected with Jiangdong. In the future, if he turned against Cao Cao, he could march in the east and south directions at the same time and attack Cao Cao's southern county. Sun Ce listened, kept it in mind, and then let Sun Jian recuperate. I went out and set it up myself.

This year, the three princes were not idle.

Li Dao summoned the generals and said to the generals: "The imperial court is bent on going its own way and insists on accepting our soldiers and horses. How is it good? ”

Cheng Yin is a Kansai man with a beard on his face, he has always been anxious, and as soon as he heard what Li Dao said, he immediately stood up and shouted loudly: "In this way, then Liu Bei is going to kill them all?" ”

Li Wei sighed and said, "I'm afraid that's the case." That Liu Xuande is a disciple of Zheng Kangcheng, and he has always looked down on me Guan Liang. Do you see that over the years, has he ever sent an envoy to greet and care for me? As soon as they come here, they will use their power to suppress people, and if they do not obey, they will shout and shout and kill. They treat me like a pig and a dog, and I can't bear it! ”

Li Dao will also play routines. engage in class antagonism, and then stir up hatred. The generals are very good-looking, and when Li Dao said this, they all screamed angrily. Since Liu Bei despised him so much, they would definitely give Liu Bei a good look.

So they shouted for troops. Gao Gan and Yuan Shang sat next to them, and after listening to Li Dao's words, they couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts. Li Dao is an old fox, so be careful. Don't be sold by him and laugh silly.

Li Dao saw that everyone's emotions had been stirred, and his heart was overjoyed, so he stood up, raised the wine in the cup, and said impassionedly: "Come, we will drink this cup together, and swear here, share the same breath, share the blessings and woes, and resist the tyranny together!" ”

"Together! Blessings and misfortunes are shared! Resist the tyrannical Liu! The generals stood up one after another, and drank the wine in their cups with Li Dao. An alliance was formed.