568 Burning Yangtze River (8)
After the banquet, Zhang Fei and Xiang Lang returned to the inn where they lived, the innkeeper saw that Zhang Fei was back, and he also seemed very enthusiastic, the morning's incident, the innkeeper's son came back and told him, Zhang Fei only singled out the power of one person, killed the leader of the thieves Zheng San and more than ten of his subordinates, and scared off more than 1,000 thieves, which can be described as a big hero.
This matter also spread quickly in the city, and when the innkeeper learned that this big hero was Zhang Fei who lived in his inn, the whole person was stunned, so he was happy and exempted Zhang Fei and Xiang Lang from all the expenses in the inn.
After Zhang Fei and Xiang Lang returned to the guest room, they closed the door, and Zhang Fei asked, "Mr. Xiang, the person at the banquet is Fa Zheng, right?" ”
Xiang Lang nodded and said, "I really didn't expect that we were about to go to look for him, but he sent it to the door by himself, which also saves us from looking for him everywhere." ”
Zhang Fei said: "I didn't dare to pay much attention to Fa Zheng at the banquet, for fear of arousing suspicion, Mr. Xiang, do you think that if we tell Fa Zheng our true identity, he will go back with us?" ”
Xiang Lang said: "I used to, but now...... I don't dare to say either. At the banquet just now, the general also saw it, and Fa Zheng seemed to obey Yan Taishou's words......"
"Well, I saw it too, but since I'm here, if I don't try it, it's equivalent to a trip for nothing." Zhang Fei said.
Xiang Lang said: "Don't worry, the general has made an appointment with Fa Zheng, and in the evening, he will come to me to catch up, at that time, I will take the opportunity to tell the general's true identity, and explain my intentions, and then I will see if I am willing to go with the general." ”
Zhang Fei nodded. Didn't say anything more. It's just that the psychological side is up and down. I don't want this trip to be fruitless.
In the evening, Fa Zheng really arrived as promised and came to the inn to find Xiang Lang.
Xiang Lang invited Fa Zheng into his room, and after some small talk, Zhang Fei walked in from outside the door, and saw Fa Zheng sitting in Xiang Lang's room, Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Mr. Xiang, I didn't know that there was someone in your room." Am I going to interrupt your conversation? ”
Without waiting for Xiang Lang to speak, Fa Zheng saw Zhang Fei coming, so he got up and hugged his fists and said, "Sir, since you have a guest here, then Xiaozhi will not bother......
Xiang Lang hurriedly said: "Xiaozhi, you don't have to leave, don't hide it, General Zhang and I are here for you this time." ”
"General Zhang?" Fa Zheng glanced at Zhang Fei suspiciously.
"That's right, it is not Zhang De who is standing in front of us, but the famous Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide. It's just that in front of Yan Taishou, General Zhang is reluctant to reveal his identity too much. That's why I used Zhang De's name as a cover-up. Fa Zheng said.
As early as when Liu Bei was the governor of Jingnan, what Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei did in Jingnan has been spread to Yizhou, but the influence is not very far-reaching, and no one cares about these.
But for Fazheng, he pays great attention to the general trend of the world, even if he is an official, he has to wear plainclothes every day to shuttle between wine shops and tea houses, to find out some interesting things and some heroic deeds.
Coincidentally, Fa Zheng happened to be interested in the affairs of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, and he was still the commander of Fuling County, because of his remote location and not very well-informed, so the news he received would always be less than the actual one, and most of it was because of the barbarians who brought it.
In the Fuling area, there are fewer Han people, there are many Miao people and barbarians gathered here, it is a multi-ethnic mixed place, the barbarians live in the entire Wuling Mountain, and the Wuling Mountain stretches for a long time, so part of the news he heard is still from the barbarians in Wuling County.
At that time, Liu Bei governed the Han people while pacifying the barbarians, which was beginning to bear fruit at that time, and Fa Zheng also knew about this matter, and he also gave a high evaluation of Liu Bei's governance of Jingnan at that time.
More than two years have passed, Liu Bei is no longer in Jingnan, and he has also died, and some changes have taken place in Jingnan, but no matter what, the four counties of Jingnan have returned to the hands of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
It's just that Fa Zheng doesn't know about these situations, and the news is blocked, making him like a frog at the bottom of a well.
"It turned out to be General Zhang, Xiaozhi has seen General Zhang!" Fa Zhengbi bowed respectfully to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Mr. Fa doesn't need to be polite, I, Zhang Fei, am just a rough person, and I speak quickly, Mr. Xiang and I came here to find you." ”
"Looking for me?" Fa Zheng asked suspiciously.
Xiang Lang hurriedly said: "That's right, I came to Shu with General Zhang thousands of miles away, just to find filial piety to you." ”
Fa Zheng asked, "General Zhang, Mr. Xiang, what are you looking for me for?" ”
Zhang Fei said: "I want to invite you to Jingnan and be a military advisor for me and my second brother!" ”
After hearing this, Fa Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "I am an official in Yizhou, how can I go to Jingzhou to be an official?" Even if you want to go, you have to get the permission of my father-in-law. Besides, my lord has always treated me well, so how can I turn my back on him like this? ”
Xiang Lang said: "Filial piety, although Liu Zhang treats you well, but you can't give full play to any talents here in Liu Zhang, you work under a person who doesn't know how to appreciate you, and you have never met a talent, are you willing to be a county magistrate for the rest of your life?" With your talent, you should be his humerus, but what are you doing now? Jiangzhou is just engaged in it, are you content with the status quo? ”
Zhang Fei saw the stitches and hurriedly said: "Mr. Fa, if you come to Jingnan, my second brother and I will definitely not treat you like Liu Zhang, you will definitely become the right-hand man of our two brothers, my second brother and I are both a husband, there is no resourcefulness, Mr. is resourceful, if you stay by our side to give advice to the two of us, Mr. will definitely be able to become famous in the world." ”
"Does General Liu want me to go over too?" Fa Zheng asked suddenly.
Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said slowly: "If the eldest brother's Heavenly Spiritual Consciousness Dao Dao Mr. Fa wants to help us, he will definitely treat Mr. Fa as a guest......
Fa Zheng heard Zhang Fei say this. Hurriedly asked, "General Zhang." What do you mean by that? It's hard to do it. General Liu, he ......"
Xiang Lang then told Liu Bei in detail, as well as the current situation of Zhang Fei and Guan Yu.
After hearing this, Fa Zheng sighed and said, "It's a pity, General Liu is also a hero, I didn't expect it to be like this...... Alas! ”
Zhang Fei said: "The eldest brother died very unjustly, Liu Qi said that the eldest brother sent assassins to assassinate Liu Biao, indiscriminately. He forced his eldest brother to death, and he wanted to cut us down, in my opinion, it was his own Lao Tzu who Liu Qi wanted to kill, and he put all the blame on my eldest brother......"
"Right and wrong, all are in the past, General Zhang, please mourn. However, General Guan and General Zhang occupied Jingnan and attached themselves to Sun Quan, although only temporarily. But Sun Quan was not easy to mess with, even if the two generals occupied Jingzhou. It may not be able to last long. Today's Jingzhou is a dangerous place, with Zhang Yan, the king of Yan, in the north, and Sun Quan in the south. General Zhang, please forgive me for saying something ugly, although you and General Guan are strong in martial arts, war is not just a matter of one or two people, war is about thousands of people, it is a contest between two armies, and it is a contest between different camps and different forces. Let me ask, with the strength of the two generals, how do you think of either Sun Quan and Zhang Yan? "Fa Zhengdao.
Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, even Xiang Lang was stunned, the strategy of seizing Jingzhou and borrowing chickens to lay eggs was his plan, but when Fa Zheng said this, it made his strategy seem full of loopholes.
"Whether it's compared with Zhang Yanbi or compared with Sun Quan, our strength is very weak now......" Zhang Fei thought for a moment before he said.
Fa Zhengdao: "It's not weak, it's just vulnerable!" With all due respect, the reason why General Zhang and General Guan were able to capture Jingnan was entirely because of your good performance when you were officials in Jingnan and won the support of the people. But this is not the case in the rest of Jingzhou, and if you start to attack, you may not be able to capture Jingzhou, but you will be severely damaged. If you are in a hurry, maybe Jingzhou will change hands and surrender Zhang Yan to the north, and when the time comes, if you want to deal with it again, it will be even more difficult. Moreover, although the two generals have the foundation of the people's hearts in Jingzhou, if they really face the pressure of the soldiers, those people's hearts are basically vulnerable, because people are selfish, and the people will definitely succumb to the huge force in order to survive. ”
Zhang Fei frowned, the expression on his face was extremely ugly, and he hurriedly asked, "What about Mr. Ephas's opinion, no matter what happens to me and my second brother, we are doomed to fail?" ”
"The success or failure of right and wrong depends on three key factors, namely time, place, and people. Nowadays, the general does not account for any of these three key factors, and he cannot achieve great things at all. Either way, the result will be the same, and it will eventually lead to destruction. The two generals were temporarily attached to Sun Quan, acting in Sun Quan's unified dispatch, Jingnan and Jiangdong were connected as a whole, and perhaps there was also the capital that could dominate Jingzhou. But even if the general has always obeyed Sun Quan's orders, he may not be the opponent of Zhang Yan, the king of Yan, and sooner or later Zhang Yan will capture Jingzhou. Moreover, Jiangdong's strength is far inferior to Zhang Yan, and sooner or later it will be destroyed by Zhang Yan. "Fa Zhengdao.
Zhang Fei had a gloomy face and said, "According to what Mr. said, no matter what we do, we will still be destroyed by Zhang Yan after all?" ”
"The general trend is only, now Zhang Yan has ruled the entire north, and he also patrols the heavens, as the regent of the king of Yan, the general trend of the world will be divided for a long time, and the division will be together for a long time, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Han family exists in name only, the princes divide and attack each other, and Zhang Yan in this process, one by one eliminated many strong opponents, and became the most powerful person to dominate the world, if you can follow the trend, you may be able to go down in history, if you go against the current, you will also become a ghost, the path chosen is different, the ending will be different, Besides, the world is unified, what's so bad? At least without war, people can live happily in the same country, and there is no longer any need to worry about war, and there will be no more people displaced and homeless because of war. "The more Fa Zheng talks about it, the more negative it becomes, and the more he says it, the more outrageous it becomes.
Zhang Fei's face became more and more ugly, after listening to what Fa Zheng said, he only felt that the future was very slim, but even if it was slim, his will must not be shaken, he didn't want to be a prince, he just wanted to avenge his eldest brother, take Jingzhou, kill Liu Qi, kill Zhang Xiu, after completing these, what the situation in the world is, it has nothing to do with him.
"Even if it is doomed to fail, I will not change my original intention, the eldest brother died because of Liu Qi's exclusion, Zhang Xiu is the murderer who killed the eldest brother, and Zhang Xiu is Zhang Yan's subordinate, so Zhang Yan is also an indirect accomplice, I will never surrender to the murderer of the eldest brother. Even if it will be empty in the end, I will avenge my eldest brother with my second brother, and if I don't succeed, I will become benevolent! Zhang Fei said. (To be continued......)