In Chengdu in March, spring is strong and drizzle.

The residence of the king of Xichuan.

When Cao Cao was crowned emperor, he rewarded Liu Bei as the king of Xichuan, Liu Bei was the master of the house, and his name was not right, so he naturally did not refuse, and a month later, he held a ceremony to ascend the throne in Chengdu.

After he took the name of the king of Xichuan, he began to rule the Shu kingdom in a sincere manner, squeezing out the name of Shu in the name of Xichuan, and completely knocking out Liu Zhang's mark.

There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two lords for the people.

A Shu country has a Shu king, and the people's hearts are naturally towards the Shu king, but when Shu has two kings, the people will have a comparison in their hearts.

Under Zhuge Liang's policies, Shu County began to live and work in peace and contentment, and most of the people of Shu today have been biased towards Liu Bei, only knowing the king of Xichuan, but not the existence of the king of Shu.

At the beginning of the year, Liu Bei tentatively proposed to change Shu to Xichuan, but was strongly opposed by the general Zhang Ren, and the proposal could not be implemented.

But in today's Shu Kingdom, many people have privately called it Xichuan Kingdom.

In the inner hall of the mansion, Liu Bei personally coaxed his baby son Liu Adou to sleep before he walked out of the hall, and at this time Zhuge Liang Chen Deng and a new henchman Zhang Song in the hall had been waiting for a long time.

"King!"

"King!"

"King!"

When the three of them saw Liu Bei walking out, they hurriedly bowed.

"Kong Ming, now that Sun Quan has made a crusade against Gufa, how should we deal with it?" Liu Bei waved his hand, signaling that there was no need to be polite, then sat down, looked at Zhuge Liang, and asked in a deep voice.

Liu Bei has always been very clear in his heart that there is a father-killing feud between him and Sun Quan. Implacable.

Whether it is interests or feelings, it is a matter of time before Dongwu enters Sichuan, and this battle between him and Sun Quan has always been to be fought, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

When the crusade appeared in front of him, he was a little anxious, and now they were not prepared. The soldiers and horses have not been trained before, and if they fight, the victory of holding Shu is less than two percent.

"King, there's no need to deal with it!"

When Chen Deng heard this, he shook his head and analyzed in a low voice: "The Wu Dynasty is just a fake Dao this time, their purpose is not us, it is Hanzhong, according to the news." There were no large-scale Wu troops in Peicheng and Baidi City, but some of the swords in Hanzhong were tense, and Zhao Yun personally led the troops into Hanzhong! ”

"False Dao Felling?"

When Liu Bei heard this, he frowned slightly, was a little puzzled, and asked, "Yuanlong, can you be sure?" ”

"King, if Wu Jun enters Sichuan. The first soldiers and horses to be mobilized were naturally Lu Bu in Jingzhou, but we made a detailed report in Jingzhou. Lu Bu had no intention of sending troops, and he also set off for Xinye! ”

Chen Deng didn't answer directly, but analyzed: "He is obviously plotting against Nanyang, not Peicheng, since it is not Peicheng, then they obviously have no intention of entering Sichuan!" ”

"What a Sun Zhongmou. actually used loneliness as an introduction to fight Zhang Lu! ”

After Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief, he was a little annoyed, and his face was pale: "He doesn't put loneliness in his eyes at all!" ”

"The king, although he didn't plan to enter Sichuan immediately this time, but now that the crusade has been made. The Wu army will enter Sichuan within the year! ”

Zhuge Liang looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "This battle, no matter what, we still have to fight, and it is not wrong to prepare early!" ”

"Now the soldiers and horses that Zhang Ren is training outside the city, what is the combat effectiveness?"

Liu Bei nodded, his face solemn, and asked.

When Zhuge Liang heard this, his delicate and somewhat haggard face was a little bitter: "General Zhang said that it will take him at least half a year for this batch of soldiers and horses to form combat effectiveness!" ”

"Half a year?"

Liu Bei's eyes were gloomy: "Will Sun Zhongmou give us half a year?" ”

He had a sense of urgency in his heart, since Dongwu had already sent out the crusade and surrender documents, even if this battle did not start immediately, it would not drag on for long.

After all, Dongwu wants to be faced, the thunder is heavy and the rain is small, doesn't this damage his momentum?

"King, it depends on how long the battle of Hanzhong can delay the Wu Dynasty, if Hanzhong is broken, the next one will naturally be our Xichuan, when they will inevitably go hand in hand with the north, south and east, and come into Sichuan!"

Zhang Song stood up and said, "If Zhang Lu can stop the Eastern Wu army, we in Xichuan will have at least a year to recuperate!" ”

He had already taken refuge in Liu Bei during the Liu Zhang period, and it was he who told the whistle that Liu Bei launched it in advance, and the mutiny was successful, dominating Xichuan.

Liu Bei really didn't treat him badly, and treated him as a confidant.

"Zhang Lu actually surrendered to the Wei Dynasty, which surprised Lonely, he was a king of Hanzhong, but he gave up Hanzhong, it's a pity!" Liu Bei was a little sorry, if he had won Hanzhong, he might not have been so worried about Eastern Wu.

At this time, Zhuge Liang suddenly stood up, bowed respectfully to Liu Bei, and said: "King, now we don't have much time now, even if the soldiers and horses are trained, they may not be able to stop the elite of the Wu army, if we want to keep the Shu Kingdom, we must pull the Wei Dynasty, and today, only Cao Mengde can stop Sun Zhongmou!" ”

"Kong Ming, what do you mean by this?"

When Liu Bei heard Zhuge Liang's tone, his brows condensed into a Sichuan character.

"The minister proposes to remove the king of Shu and establish the Xichuan Kingdom, and then we will completely bow down to the Great Wei Dynasty!"

Zhuge Liang said: "Send an envoy to Luoyang, in the name of the affiliated vassal states, to meet the suzerain, and sit on Cao Cao's reward for Xichuan!" ”

"Kong Ming, have we really reached this point?"

When Liu Bei heard this, he gritted his teeth, a little unwilling.

"King, now we are not strong enough, we can only lie down and taste the courage to have a chance!"

Zhuge Liang has been thinking of a way to break the game, Shu is not the opponent of the Wu Dynasty after all, the only way is to take advantage of the dispute between the Wei Dynasty and the Wu Dynasty, and then take the opportunity to become bigger.

But before that, one side must be voted for, otherwise neither Soochow nor Cao Wei will tolerate them.

"Cao Mengde is not easy to dismiss!" Zhang Song added: "If we want to be protected by the Wei Dynasty, we still need to pay a certain price!" ”

"The price? At what cost? ”

Liu Bei said coldly.

"For example, the defensive pass of the Sword Pavilion that we let go, let the Wei army garrison enter the Sword Pavilion!" Chen Deng said in a low voice.

"Bastard, wouldn't that be tantamount to luring a wolf into the room, no, Lone definitely doesn't agree."

When Liu Bei heard this, he was furious and said coldly.

Sword Pavilion is the throat of the north of Shu, if it is stationed by the Wei army, the Wei army can hit Chengdu at any time, then he is just a prince under Cao Cao's nose who can destroy the princes at any time.

"How this battle has not yet begun, Lone has not lost yet, as long as Zhang Ren's soldiers and horses can be trained in time, we have hundreds of thousands of troops, and in cooperation with the environment of Shudi, there may not be no chance of winning!"

Liu Bei's face was resolute, and a hint of war intent burst out in his eyes: "Lone doesn't believe that he must rely on the Wei Dynasty to survive, and he wants to fight to the death with Sun Zhong, and he will never compromise." ”

Zhuge Liang, Zhang Song and Chen Deng heard this, and looked at each other silently, as if they could all see a trace of helplessness on each other's faces.

The strength of Soochow made the three wise men have no bottom in their hearts.

Don't look at the fact that they have requisitioned so many troops now, but the entire Shu Kingdom has reached the level of reckless warfare, if they can win the battle, it is better to say, once they lose the battle again and again, the entire Shu Kingdom will immediately collapse.

"King, we can slow down the matter of bowing down to the courtiers, but we need Hanzhong to buy us time!"

Zhuge Liang thought about it, and also knew that Liu Bei would not admit defeat so easily, so he could only delay time from other aspects, and he proposed: "The minister suggests, we send an envoy to negotiate with Zhang Lu, on the Sword Pavilion Road, we can retreat a hundred miles, so that he can send enough soldiers and horses to fight against the Wu army!" ”

"If he goes back on his word and suddenly sends troops to the Sword Pavilion, wouldn't it be dangerous for us!"

Liu Bei groaned for a moment and said in a low voice.

"Now that Zhang Lu and Dongwu are at war, what guts does he have to provoke us?" Zhuge Liang said.

"Zhang Lu is now attached to Cao Wei?" Zhang Song reminded in a low voice: "He has no appetite, but Cao Mengde may not be able to swallow us, we are indeed a little dangerous in doing so, once the Wei army crosses the Sword Pavilion, we have no danger to defend, and we will definitely be at a disadvantage!" ”

"Wei Dynasty?"

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he shook his head: "According to the news we have gotten, their soldiers and horses are now in the midst of a major rectification, and now they are not even enough to keep Hanzhong, and they will definitely not go south to Xichuan!" ”

"Good!"

Liu Bei was persuaded by Zhuge Liang, thought for a while, and said: "Since what is the case, Guhui will send an order for Pang Xi to retreat for a hundred miles, you send someone to talk to Zhang Lu, if he can be the Wu army, it will also be a good thing for us, the enemy of the enemy is an ally!" ”

"No!" Zhuge Liang nodded.

"By the way, how is the rebuilt fortification on the Pujia Pass side now completed?" Liu Bei asked suddenly.

"The second general and Yan Yan are already rectifying Pujia Pass, they have requisitioned 100,000 people, strengthened the city wall, built granaries and weapons depots in the city, as long as Peicheng is lost, all troops will immediately retreat to Pujia Pass!"

Zhuge Liang said: "This place will be our strongest fortress in the future!" ”

"Yun Chang does things and lets go alone, but after all, he is just a battlefield soldier, his mind is not careful enough, take the time, you go and see it in person, the big war is together, this is very important, and it cannot be lost!"

Liu Bei said in a deep voice.

"My subordinates understand!"

Liu Bei stood up, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the bits and pieces of spring rain outside the door: "Up to now, you can't retreat a step, he Sun Zhongmou wants to come, fight alone, succeed or fail alone, in this battle, if this battle is won, Xichuan should be able to protect himself, and in the next time, we will prepare for the war with all our might, and anyone who drags his feet will be killed!" (To be continued......)