"Hahaha!" As soon as Liu Zhang's words fell, he heard a burst of laughter in the hall.

Liu Zhang frowned and looked at the person, who turned out to be Liu Ba, a native of Lingling, Jingzhou.

Liu Ba was about forty years old, seven feet tall, and thin, but his back was straight, and the sound of wild laughter resounded through the hall, and everyone looked at him, but he didn't care at all.

"What do you think about Zichu?" Seeing that it was Liu Ba, Liu Zhang pressed the displeasure in his heart, and asked with a frown.

Liu Ba is a person from Jingzhou, young and well-known, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao has been recruited many times, and Liu Ba should not settle. Later, Cao Cao attacked Jingzhou, and most of the scholars in Jingzhou took refuge in Liu Bei, but Liu Ba took refuge in Cao Cao and was sent by Cao Cao to Jingnan to surrender Jingnan and other counties, but Cao Cao's Chibi was defeated too quickly, and Liu Bei then occupied Jingnan, Liu Ba could not return north, so he could only go to Jiaozhou, and then came to Yizhou to take refuge in Liu Zhang.

Liu Ba is not a native of Yizhou, he belongs to foreign talents, although Liu Ba is rude, but Liu Zhang does not dare to blame easily, if so, it will be difficult for other states and counties to come to him in the future.

Seeing Liu Zhang's inquiry, Liu Ba stepped forward and said: "Lord, Liu Bei is a hero, he has lived in Shu for a long time and did not leave, but he has entered the mountains with a tiger, and now the lord is helping Liu Bei's soldiers and horses to pay for food, doesn't it make Liu Bei like a tiger with wings?" ”

Liu Zhang waved his hand and said: "Ziqiao also said before, Cao Cao is powerful, and I can only keep Yizhou by uniting with Xuande." ”

Liu Ba smiled faintly and said, "The truth is that it's good to say so, but does Liu Bei think so?" Since ancient times, the alliance has resisted the enemy, how can there be no gap? The Qin State was dominant, and the six countries joined forces to be divided by the Qin State.

And Liu Bei in front of him had already formed an alliance with Jiangdong, and when Zhou Yu attacked Yizhou, Liu Bei secretly informed the lord, which led to Zhou Yu's failure. Liu Bei is on the lord's side, but on the Jiangdong side, he is treacherous, which shows that he is not the king of benevolence and righteousness.

If you want to really compete with a powerful enemy, you can only strengthen yourself, and the lord wants to join forces with Liu Bei to resist Cao Cao, but Liu Bei will think that if he can seize the foundation of the lord, occupy Jing and Yizhou, and completely control the manpower, material resources, troops, and land of the two families, and have the strength to confront Cao Cao head-on, wouldn't it be better? ”

"This ...... Xuande is the same clan as me, so I don't think I will take away Yizhou, right? Liu Zhang will be suspicious.

Liu Ba arched his hand and said: "The heart of defense is indispensable, as a monarch, how can you trust others?" ”

Seeing this, Huang Quan stood up again and said: "Lord, Zichu's words are reasonable, and I also ask the lord not to send additional soldiers and horses to Liu Bei, money and food!" In this way, it is to put out the fire with a salary and bring about its own destruction. ”

Liu Zhang hesitated and said: "Now that Xuande is requesting a letter, there are really difficulties, if I don't comply, wouldn't it be ......?"

Liu Ba suggested: "It's better to be like this, the lord will shirk Yizhou's nervousness, send some old and weak soldiers, and give Liu Bei the old and rotten grain, so that you can also block the world's mouths, don't be afraid that Liu Bei will increase his strength to attack Yizhou, and he can also force him to return to Jingzhou as soon as possible." If Cao Cao really went south to attack Liu Bei at that time, Liu Bei would not be able to defeat him, and it would not be too late for the lord to send elite troops to rescue. ”

Liu Zhang was overjoyed, and said: "What Zichu said is very reasonable, so I will do it according to Zichu's wishes, allocate 5,000 old and weak, and 10,000 Chen Gu from last year to Xuande, in addition, Zichu, you are writing a letter for me to explain my difficulties clearly, so as not to blame Xuande." ”

"No!" Liu Ba gave up his hand to take the order.

Liu Zhang said to Yang Huai again: "Yang Huai, as the governor of Baishui, you are responsible for guarding the military land, you must not leave your post lightly, you should return to Baishui Pass immediately to garrison." ”

Yang Huai gave his hand to receive the order: "No! ”

"Lord ......" saw that Liu Zhang had given an order, Zhang Song still wanted to persuade him, but suddenly felt that a person behind him pulled the corner of his clothes, Zhang Song looked back and saw that it was Fazheng, only to see Fazheng shaking his head, Zhang Song was silent.

At the end of the discussion, everyone retreated one after another.

Zhang Song returned home and went straight to the study.

Zhang Song groaned: "Now is a critical juncture, why does the lord want to leave Yizhou?" I'll have to fix a book of persuasion. ”

Thinking of this, Zhang Song took up the pen and wrote a letter.

"Ziqiao, can you be in the room?" Just then, a voice came from outside the door.

As the saying goes, don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, suddenly heard a voice outside, Zhang Song was startled, hurriedly put away the letter, and came to the door to open the door.

"I've seen my brother!" Outside the door was Zhang Song's brother Zhang Su, and when he saw that it was Zhang Su, Zhang Song hurriedly bowed.

"Go in and say, I have something to tell you!" Zhang Su walked straight into Zhang Song's room.

Zhang Song closed the door and came to the room to sit opposite Zhang Su.

"What? Are you writing a letter? Zhang Su saw that there was polished ink on the table, and there was also a letterhead with letters, and the brush was still wet, so he asked.

"Written to the old officials under the door, I don't know what happened to my brother looking for me?" Zhang Song chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward to clean up the table and change the topic.

Seeing this, Zhang Su frowned slightly, and said: "I heard that today the lord convened his ministers to discuss Liu Bei's borrowing of grain, and everyone was against it, but you made a proposal to the lord to borrow money and food from soldiers and horses to Liu Bei.

Ziqiao, you can't be so careless, Liu Bei is a hero, if he really seizes the lord's inheritance in the future, and you help him like this now, the lord will definitely blame him, my Zhang family, won't I suffer the disaster of annihilation? ”

Zhang Song said with a smile: "Brother is too worried, Uncle Liu Huang is a benevolent and righteous king, how can he seize the lord's inheritance?" I persuaded the lord to befriend Uncle Liu Huang and think about the lord's foundation. ”

Zhang Su advised: "That's right, but you can't help Liu Bei too much, everything must be family-oriented." ”

Zhang Song nodded: "Brother's words, junior brother remember, I will pay attention to it in the future!" ”

"In that case, you should be busy, and say goodbye to your brother!" Zhang Su saw that Zhang Song agreed to come down, so he got up and left.

After Zhang Su left, Zhang Song continued to write letters.

But said that this Zhang Su was a timid and afraid person, lest Zhang Song and Liu Bei be too close and cause a big disaster for the family, and when he walked to the door, he said in his heart: "This kid is talking to me absent-mindedly, there must be something strange in it, isn't it really colluding with Liu Bei?" He was writing letters before, and there were no letters from his protégés during this time, no, I will have to intercept them later, so as not to bury the family business passed down from my ancestors in the hands of my generation! ”

After Zhang Song finished writing the letter, he immediately recruited his confidants and asked him to send them to Jiamengguan to deliver them to Liu Bei.

As soon as the subordinate walked out of the door of Zhang's mansion, he heard a loud shout coming from behind: "Zhang San'er, stop for me!" ”

Zhang San looked back and saw that it was Zhang Su who walked out with two palace guards, and he hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "The little one has seen the head of the family!" ”

"Where are you going?" Zhang Su stared at Zhang San and asked.

Zhang Song arched his hand and replied: "In the name of the master, send a letter to the officials under the door!" ”

"What about faith? Show me? ”

Zhang San's heart was empty: "Family master, I'm afraid it's not good, it's already sealed with wax, if it is opened, it will be difficult for the villain to explain." ”

Zhang Su shouted: "Since it is a letter to a protégé, how can I, as the head of the family, not read it?" Won't you just go and seal it once later? Give me the letter! ”

Zhang San saw that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he took out the letter, Zhang Su snatched it down, took out the letter and looked at it, and was immediately furious: "Okay, this Zhang Song really secretly communicated with Liu Bei!" Where does this put me, my family? No, I have to inform the lord that it is better to kill him than to bury my whole family with him! You take him down to me, so as not to alarm Zhang Song, and I will inform the lord!" ”

Zhang Su asked the two palace guards to take Zhang San down to be strictly guarded, and then went to Liu Zhang with a letter to denounce Zhang Song.