As Sun Quan expected, the envoy sent by Zhang Yan had not yet arrived in Jingzhou, and the news of Zhang Yan's reform had already reached Jingzhou.

The specific content of the reform, the most important of which is to limit the imperial power, when Liu Biao heard such a reform plan, he was immediately very angry.

After all, Liu Biao is a relative of the Han family, and the Liu family is the master of the world. But now, as soon as the reform plan comes out, the nominally Son of Heaven is still the Son of Heaven, but the Son of Heaven is no longer the Son of Heaven as before, and his power has been severely restricted, the emperor is useless, and the power is directly in the hands of Zhang Yan. For this kind of behavior, Liu Biao hated it very much.

So, Liu Biao immediately ordered to convene his henchmen for discussion, and Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Kuai Liang, and Kuai Yue arrived at once.

When Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Kuai Liang, and Kuai Yue heard the content of Zhang Yan's reform, Cai Mao immediately said: "Lord, Zhang Yan is bold and reckless, and he doesn't take His Majesty in his eyes at all. The lord is a relative of the Han family, and now His Majesty has been so humiliated by Zhang Yan, the lord should have rebelled on behalf of the royal family, and his subordinates thought that the lord should issue a document to order the world to crusade against Zhang Yan's behavior, and lead the army to attack Pengcheng and rescue the emperor from Zhang Yan's clutches. In this way, the lord can achieve great achievements and leave a name in history. ”

Zhang Yundao: "Lord, my subordinates also mean this, now my Jingzhou soldiers are strong and strong, with two or three hundred thousand armor, advancing by land and water, and attacking in several ways, it will definitely make Zhang Yan difficult to take care of, as long as he enters Pengcheng." The lord can become famous all over the world! ”

Although Liu Biao despised Zhang Yan's behavior, he had not yet been carried away, and he had always maintained his sobriety. When I heard that Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were actively waging war. Liu Biao is still a little worried, because Zhang Yan's strength is too strong, and it is still unknown whether he can defeat Zhang Yan.

So, Liu Biao glanced at Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue brothers, and asked, "What is your opinion?" ”

Kuai Liang said: "Although Zhang Yan's strength is large, his troops are too scattered, and it will not take long to pacify Hebei. It will inevitably leave heavy troops in Hebei, and Sun Quan in Jiangdong is also a thorn in Zhang Yan's side, and Zhang Yan will definitely deploy heavy troops in Jinling County. Then the troops remaining in the Central Plains will be relatively small, as long as our army gathers heavy troops and storms the Central Plains, Zhang Yan will not be able to resist at all. ”

Kuai Yue said: "The lord can let Nanyang Taishou Zhang Xiu be the front vanguard." Lead the army to take Aocang first. And if you capture Luoyang and hold the passes of Luoyang, you can divide Zhang Yan in two and cut off the connection between the east and west, so even if the enemy has a strong army, he will not want to attack it. In addition, he led Cai Dudu to lead a large army to attack Runan, and the eldest prince led Jiangxia's troops to attack Lujiang. The lord's father-in-law led Liu Bei and other troops to follow, and attacked in three directions. It will definitely make Zhang Yan's army exhausted! ”

After hearing this, Liu Biao said slowly: "For a long time, I have always focused on the overall situation, but now Zhang Yan dares to do this rebellious act, if I endure it again, then the world of the Han will be over." ”

Kuai Liang said: "My lord, before starting a war, we should send an envoy to Xichuan, let Liu Zhang send troops to support, attack Liangzhou from Xichuan, and at the same time send an envoy to Jiangdong to ask Sun Quan to attack Jinling, so that Zhang Yan will fall into a crisis, and it will be very beneficial for our army to attack Pengcheng." ”

"Good! Just act on this plan. Liu Biao said categorically.

Therefore, Liu Biao sent an envoy, first to Xichuan to contact Liu Zhang, and then sent an envoy to Jiangdong.

When Zhang Yan's envoy arrived in Jingzhou, Liu Biao followed Kuai Yue's suggestion enthusiastically followed the envoy first, and pretended to accept Zhang Yan's appointment, waiting for the envoy to be sent away, and then began to dispatch troops, quietly waiting for Xichuan Liu Zhang's response, and then preparing to start a war.

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Zhang Yan's other envoy, first entered Hanzhong from Yongzhou, Zhang Lu was also warmly entertained, because of the disparity in strength, Zhang Lu showed respect to Zhang Yan, and learned that the envoy was going to Xichuan again, so he sent someone to send the envoy to Xichuan.

Yizhou, Chengdu.

Zhang Yan's envoy was the first to arrive here, was received by Liu Zhang, and handed Liu Zhang the seal of the new Yizhou Mu and the badge of the rank of major general.

Liu Yan, the father of Liu Zhang, is the queen of King Lu Gong of the Western Han Dynasty, and is a genuine Han clan relative, successively serving as Luoyang Ling, Jizhou Thorn History, Nanyang Taishou, Zongzheng, Taichang and other officials, and he is also prosperous in the imperial court.

However, Liu Yan witnessed the chaos of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and the decline of the royal family, and thought that the great Han Dynasty was about to run out, so he suggested to the imperial court: "Assassin Shi and Taishou bribe officials, exploit the people, and cause the people to rebel and leave." Those honest and honest officials of the DPRK and Central China should be selected to serve as local governors of prefectures and counties, so as to maintain stability in the world. He himself even invited himself to serve as the pastor of Jiaozhou, intending to escape the chaos of the world.

However, Liu Yan, who originally wanted to lead Jiaozhou to avoid trouble, asked the court to be the pastor of Yizhou because he heard Dong Fu in the service say that Yizhou had the spirit of the Son of Heaven. So Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty took Liu Yan as the envoy of the prison army and the pastor of Yizhou, and was named the Marquis of Yangcheng and ordered him to go to Yizhou.

At that time, Yizhou Thorn Shi Jian gathered in Yizhou, and greed became a trend. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ordered Liu Yanqi to go to Yizhou to arrest Xi Jian and rectify the rule of officials. Because the road was impassable, Liu Yan was temporarily stationed in the eastern boundary of Jingzhou. At this time, Yin Jian had been killed by the Yellow Turban thief Ma Xiang, but Ma Xiang, who had just been proclaimed emperor, was defeated by the army of Yizhou Jia Long. Jia Long then welcomed Liu Yan into Yizhou, and the place of governance was set in Mianzhu. After Liu Yan took office, he appointed Jia Long as a lieutenant and moved him to live in Mianzhu. Liu Yan pacified and sheltered the fleeing rebels, and tried his best to implement a policy of tolerance and favor, but he had other plans in his heart.

Zhang Lu, the leader of the "Five Buckets of Rice Dao", had a very beautiful mother, and knew the heresies of gods and ghosts, and had close contacts with Liu Yan's family, so Liu Yan appointed Zhang Lu as the superintendent of Sima, and went to Hanzhong with Sima Zhang Xiu of other departments to attack Hanzhong Taishou Sugu. After Zhang Lu gained power in Hanzhong, he killed Zhang Xiu, cut off the traffic, and killed the Han envoy, Liu Yan was angry and killed Zhang Lu's mother and brother who stayed in Yizhou. Later, Liu Yan interrupted contact with the central court on the grounds that the "rice thief" Zhang Lu was blocking traffic in chaos. Liu Yan further attacked the local tyrants internally and consolidated his own power, so Yizhou was in a semi-independent state.

When the princes of the world crusaded against Dong Zhuo, Liu Yan also refused to send troops and defended himself. Qianwei Taishou Ren Qi and Jia Long, who had previously made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion, raised troops against Liu Yan under the persuasion of Situ Zhao Qian, and Zhao Qian was ordered to lead the army into Yizhou, but because Jia Long and others were killed by Liu Yan, they withdrew.

Under the chaos in the Central Plains, tens of thousands of displaced people in Nanyang and Sanfu entered Yizhou, and Liu Yan was all incorporated and called "Dongzhou soldiers". Although this military force caused a lot of civil troubles, it also became a decisive force for Liu Zhang to pacify Zhao Wei's civil strife after he took office.

In the second year of Chuping (191 AD), Liu Yan made a car weighing more than 1,000 people, wanting to be the emperor. At this time, Liu Biao, the pastor of Jingzhou, went to the imperial court, saying that Liu Yan had seized Yizhou, and there seemed to be signs of rebellion, but it attracted Liu Yan's attention and did not dare to make any big moves.

After that, Liu Yan complained of illness and asked the imperial court to send his son Fengche Commander Liu Zhang from the capital to Yizhou, and Liu Yan took the opportunity to keep Liu Zhang by his side.

In the first year of Xingping (194 AD), Zuo Zhonglang, the eldest son in the court, sent Liu Fan and the second son Zhishu Yushi Liu Dan and Ma Teng, the general of Zhengxi, to plan to attack Chang'an, but the conspiracy was revealed and fled to Huaili, Ma Teng was defeated and returned to Liangzhou. Liu Fan was killed soon after, and Liu Dan was also captured and executed. Yilang Pang Xi sent Liu Yan's grandchildren to Shu to avoid being implicated. At this time, a fire broke out in Mianzhu, Liu Yan's city was burned, the cars and passengers were also burned to the ground, and the surrounding houses were also harmed, and Liu Yan had to move to Chengdu to govern. Because of the sadness of the two sons who died, and worried about the disaster, they soon died of back sores.

After Liu Yan's death, his son Liu Zhang succeeded his father and inherited the title of Marquis of Yizhou Mu and Yangcheng. However, Liu Yan's subordinate Zhao Wei thought that Liu Zhang was too weak to deter Quanzhou, so he plotted to rebel and replace him.

But as Zhao Wei said, Liu Zhang is indeed too weak, without Liu Yan's kind of enterprising heart, although Yizhou is still in a semi-independent state, but when faced with the growing strength of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, Liu Zhang has nothing to do, often bullied by Zhang Lu, and his subordinates are all thinking of the master.

When Zhang Yan's envoy arrived here, Liu Zhang's other driver, Zhang Song, suggested that Liu Zhang adapt to the situation, join Zhang Yan, and use Zhang Yan's power to get rid of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.

Liu Zhang was very moved by Zhang Song's words, over the years, Zhang Lu has been a headache for Liu Zhang, and the troops sent to fight against Zhang Lu were more defeated than victorious, so he accepted Zhang Song's suggestion and sent Zhang Song as an envoy to Pengcheng to pay tribute to the emperor.

However, in the afternoon of the same day, Liu Biao's envoy also came to Chengdu and told Liu Zhang what Liu Biao meant, wanting to unite with Liu Zhang and fight against Zhang Yan.

However, Liu Zhang's cowardly personality, and his father wanted to be the emperor before his death, but he did not complete the hegemony in his heart because of a book by Liu Biao, so Liu Zhang did not treat Liu Biao's envoy with courtesy. In addition, when Liu Zhang put down Zhao Wei's rebellion, Liu Biao took in a large number of defectors from Yizhou, including Zhao Wei's family, so that Liu Zhang could not cut Zhao Yun to the roots. As a result, Liu Zhang did not have a good impression of Liu Biao.

Although they are both relatives of the Han family, Liu Zhang and Liu Biao still have such and such estrangements, so Liu Zhang decisively rejected Liu Biao's envoy and drove Liu Biao's envoy out of Yizhou.

At the same time, Liu Zhang asked the generals of Dongzhou to block the road from Yizhou to Jingzhou and completely cut off relations with Liu Biao.

The next day, Zhang Song officially went to Pengcheng with a large number of gifts...... (To be continued......)