The great clan of Yizhou family sent Liu Bei as a beggar, which made Liu Bei deeply resent. He thought that once the situation stabilized, Liu Bei would definitely make these people who looked down on him look good.

At this moment, Liu Bei suddenly realized why Fa Zheng had always wanted to revenge these aristocratic families in Yizhou. He was so fucking bullying.

As Liu Bei stabilized the undercurrents in Yizhou, the pressure of Xu Shu, who was responsible for and exterminated Liu Bei's joint army, was greatly reduced.

After Xu Shu learned of the situation, he felt relieved. After rectifying his troops, he began to fight back against Zhang Ren and Yan Yan.

Before, it was because someone leaked the military aircraft, which led to Xu Shu being plotted against. Xu Shu was very annoyed. This time he didn't want any plan and directly crushed him with his troops.

Although Zhang Ren and Yan Yan occupied a large part of the city in Ba County, the places they occupied were not places that could be defended. Moreover, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan had few troops, so they had the will to occupy these places safely but lacked their strength.

The lack of military strength is Zhang Ren and Yan Yan's biggest weakness. Xu Shu only took this point and concentrated most of the troops on Zhang Ren. The city occupied by Yan Yan was attacking fiercely.

Zhang Ren and Yan Yan could not stop Xu Shu's attack, so they retreated frequently as they had no choice but to do so.

Xu Shu's methods were much more wise than Zhang Ren and Yan Yan. He kept taking advantage of Zhang Ren's disadvantage of being a mixed bag of people under Yan Yan and used a strategy to sow discord.

From the beginning, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan made a case under the name of saving Liu Zhang. Even though Liu Zhang was incompetent in Yizhou, he had many followers. It was very useful to use this name to oppose Liu Bei.

However, over time, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan were unable to rush into Chengdu to save Liu Zhang, and the other people's minds gradually began to change.

No matter who it is, he will think of himself. He is grateful to Liu Zhang and the generals and soldiers in the joint army of Liu Bei for his benevolent politics, and there are not many others. After fighting for so long, he either confronted each other or fought each other. Now he has finally achieved a little success and has been beaten back by Xu Shu. There is no victory in this kind of battle.

Morality slowly declined. Xu Shu came to sow discord and spread rumors about Zhang Ren. Yan Yan was not to save Liu Zhang but to seize the country for themselves. The rumors stopped at the wise, but many soldiers and generals were illiterate these days and did not know so many things. They deeply doubted Zhang Ren and Yan Yan.

The other party's morale was a bit disintegrating, and Xu Shu cleverly used the gradual weakening strategy to deal with and destroy Liu Bei's joint army, which made Zhang Ren and Yan Yan very angry.

In desperation, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan had to withdraw from Ba County and return to the front line that confronted the Yizhou army.

Compared with the past, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan's military strength and morale are very different this time, and cannot be compared with before.

After confrontation for so long, I had a rare victory but was beaten back again. It was like a dream.

In addition, rumors have been circulating, and even if Zhang Ren and Yan Yan come out and make poisonous oaths, it will be useless.

Yan Yan was old and had a big temper, so he lost his temper in his military tent. His personal soldiers were helpless. They knew that once Yan Yan was angry, they could not persuade him as their identity. The personal soldiers captain quietly sent news to Zhang Ren, hoping that Zhang Ren could come to help Yan Yan calm his anger.

Why was Yan Yan angry? He was angry with himself. Liu Yan and Liu Zhang were really good at Yan Yan. Liu Yan opposed the opinions of the public and promoted Yan Yan, and Liu Zhang believed in Yan Yan without hesitation. Although Yan Yan's official position has always been like this for so many years and he had not received any promotion, he always remembered the goodness of Liu Yan and his son. Now, Liu Bei, a bastard, used Liu Zhang's trust to seize Chengdu by tricks, claimed to be the governor of the state, and put Liu Zhang under house arrest. The loyal and righteous Yan Yan wanted to eat Liu Bei alive. Some fencemen and speculators in Yizhou either surrendered to Liu Bei for favour, or were ulterior motives and prepared to take advantage of the situation, which made Yan Yan very anxious.

But anxiety is useless. The current situation is very disadvantageous to Yan Yan and other generals who are dissatisfied with Liu Bei!

Yan Yan was both self-blame and angry. But he would not vent his anger on others, and could only vent his anger in the military tent.

After receiving the news, Zhang Ren immediately put down his work and rushed to Yan Yan quickly. Now is a critical moment. If Yan Yan cannot control his emotions, it will be bad if he affects the soldiers under his command. Because his morale is declining now.

Yan Yan's personal soldiers saw Zhang Ren coming, as if they saw a savior, saluting Zhang Ren happily. In the military camp, only Zhang Ren had the identity and ability to calm Yan Yan's anger.

Zhang Ren nodded slightly and strode into the military tent. As soon as he entered the military tent, Zhang Ren saw that the ground was full of smashed things.

"Brother Heber, what are you doing?" Zhang Ren asked as if he didn't know the situation.

Yan Yan saw that the person who came in was Zhang Ren, and his anger was not erupting, and said, "You are here, sit down! Come on, clean up."

In terms of official positions, Zhang Ren is higher than Yan Yan. In terms of age, Zhang Ren is not as good as Yan Yan. Both of them are in private.

When the personal soldiers outside the tent heard Yan Yan's words, they immediately came in to clean up the things on the ground.

Zhang Ren didn't care about the work of these personal soldiers, so he took a stool and sat down. In front of Yan Yan, Zhang Ren never had to be so reserved.

"Brother Heber, you are so old that your temper has not changed. Now the situation is not conducive to us. If you find out about Liu Bei's dog thief, you may be plotted!" Zhang Ren doesn't need to say anything big, just talk about it more powerful.

Yan Yan heard this, sighed, and said, "Hey, I don't know! There was a rare victory before, and Ba County was almost about to be revived, but he was beaten back by Xu Shu. He was very depressed!"

Not to mention Yan Yan, Zhang Ren and others were both depressed.

After talking to Zhang Ren, Yan Yan felt much less depressed and asked, "What's the situation in the army?"

"The whole army is full of rumors. If this continues, the morale of the army will be dispersed and Liu Bei's plan will succeed! I am very helpless!" Zhang Ren was very worried that such a thing would happen.

"We really let my lord down!" Yan Yan said with a little sadness.

"Brother Heber, as long as I wait for a day to fight against Liu Bei, the lord's life will be worry-free! Don't worry, Liu Bei's guy is the most lie and righteous! He will not hurt his lord unless he has to." Zhang Ren persuaded.

In addition, Zhang Ren scolded Liu Zhang in his heart. Why did he invite Liu Bei to Yizhou? Now, he has led the wolf into the house, and Liu Zhang himself has been under house arrest.

In any case, Zhang Ren had to rescue Liu Zhang, after all, this was his responsibility as a subordinate. The principle of being humiliated by the minister is Zhang Ren's principle of being a human being.

Liu Zhang was willful and took the consequences himself, leaving a mess for Zhang Ren and the others.

"Brother Heber, I have something even more worried!" Zhang Ren said.

"What's the matter?" Yan Yan asked.

"News came from Chengdu that Liu Bei spent a lot of money and food to win over the garrisons of other counties! Many county garrisons have expressed their willingness to obey Liu Bei's orders!" Zhang Ren said something that made Yan Yan very worried.

"This is serious?" Yan Yan asked.

Since Zhang Ren and Yan Yan started their army, they would secretly send some news to them from Chengdu from time to time. And the people coming each time were different. Zhang Ren and Yan Yan did not dare to believe it completely because the people who came to send the message were all small people. Yan Yan and Zhang Ren didn't know who the person behind the scenes were. As the news came continued to be confirmed, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan believed it, including the last ambush on Xu Shu, which was the news from Chengdu.

"I also think this is fake!" Zhang Ren had no doubts.

Yan Yan's face became gloomy.

One of the key factors that can be confronted with Xu Shu for so long is that other counties and counties are not convinced by Liu Bei, and Liu Bei cannot concentrate all the troops to deal with them. If the generals of other counties and counties, half of them obey Liu Bei's rule, then Liu Bei can free up a large amount of troops to deal with them. At that time, Liu Bei's army will come in full force and even order the Yizhou army of other counties to attack together. Can Zhang Ren and Yan Yan's troops block Liu Bei?

"In this way, Liu Bei has no worries anymore! Xu Shu may have to destroy me in one fell swoop!" Yan Yan analyzed their current situation.

Zhang Ren nodded seriously and said, "That's right! It's very unfavorable to our army now! I have an idea, I don't know whether to talk about it or not!?"

Yan Yan glanced at Zhang Ren, his wise eyes shone and said, "Are you saying you surrender to the court?"

When Yan Yan and Zhang Ren raised an army to oppose Liu Bei, Pang De of Jingzhou sent someone to contact them, hoping that they could abandon the darkness and turn to the light and surrender to the court.

However, at that time, Zhang Ren, Yan Yan and others were full of confidence and flatly refused the great opportunity to return to the embrace of the court. At the same time, they also knew that once Pang De of Jingzhou led his army into Yizhou, then Yizhou would not belong to Liu Zhang. Zhang Ren and Yan Yan did not dare to make decisions randomly.

At that time, Liu Yu ordered Pang De not to interfere more with Zhang Ren and the others' affairs, and to give Zhang Ren and Yan Yan enough opportunities to work hard on their own. When it was absolutely necessary, Liu Yu believed that Zhang Ren and Yan Yan would make the most correct decision.

Pang De also implemented Liu Yu's decree to the end.

"Brother Heber, do you think that besides this method, we still have the strength to save our lord?" Zhang Ren asked back.

"Yiling, if the Jingzhou troops were sent, Yizhou would not be the lord's Yizhou." Yan Yan said.

Zhang Ren expressed helplessness to Yan Yan's idea that Yizhou was Liu Zhang, and said, "Hebrew, even if the imperial army did not come, Yizhou would still be the lord's Yizhou? Can we save the lord and help the lord retake Yizhou? It is completely impossible. Even if the lord is by our side now, not only Liu Bei, but those restless people in Yizhou will not let the lord take over Yizhou again."

Yan Yan was sad, this was a cruel fact.

Zhang Ren continued, "There is a saying, I don't know if you have heard of it. Knock the dog food bowl so that it can't eat it! Liu Bei is a vicious dog. He has put Yizhou into his bowl, and Yizhou has become his food. The only thing we can do is to destroy all his plans. We can't cause trouble for him, so we can bring in the person who can cause trouble for him! See how long will Liu Bei be arrogant!"

Yan Yan was stunned. Zhang Ren was from a big family after all, so why did he say such vulgar words? It is undeniable that what Zhang Ren said went directly into Yan Yan's ears.

Judging from the situation, it has become inevitable that Liu Bei will occupy Yizhou. The extermination of Liu Bei's joint army is likely to become the dead soul under Liu Bei's sword.

Zhang Ren meant that he was defeated anyway, so he pulled Liu Bei down to make it difficult for him to live.

Yan Yan was struggling, on the one hand, Liu Bei's troubles were the success of Liu Bei's conspiracy, and on the other hand, he was the pleasure of destroying Liu Bei. In addition, Yan Yan was unable to make a decision for the kindness of Liu Zhang and Liu Yan and his son.

Zhang Ren saw Yan Yan pondering, and he was also anxious.

In the army, Yan Yan's status is no lower than Zhang Ren, and Yan Yan is even a little higher than Zhang Ren's prestige. Zhang Ren said this plan, which must be Yan Yan's consent. If Yan Yan doesn't agree even if he beats him to death, then Zhang Ren can do nothing.

In fact, Zhang Ren was very loyal to Liu Zhang, but he understood that if he wanted to save Liu Zhang, he had to borrow external forces. Now the only external forces that could be borrowed is the Shenwu Court.

But when the imperial court marched into Yizhou, Liu Zhang would no longer be the lord of Yizhou, and he would probably be a rich man with no power in the future.

However, Zhang Ren felt that it was a good thing for Liu Zhang to be a rich and wealthy man, which was better than being under house arrest and losing his freedom now by Liu Bei.

Zhang Ren walked out of the military tent quietly. He thought he would give Yan Yan some private space so that Yan Yan could think about it before making a decision.

No matter what decision Yan Yan makes, Zhang Ren will stand with Yan Yan.

If Zhang Ren and Yan Yan split again, the final result would be Liu Bei.

Yan Yan saw Zhang Ren walking out and knew that Zhang Ren didn't want to interfere with his decision. He sighed in his heart and calculated the gains and losses again.

In fact, Yan Yan can't pass the barrier in his heart. No matter who is in charge of Yizhou, with Yan Yan's ability, his official position and power will not be fundamentally changed, and he can even go to a higher level.

After thinking for a long time, Yan Yan found that he had no other choice. Liu Bei would not let them go, and there would be no good ending, including the soldiers. After they were defeated, Liu Zhang was also in danger.

Thinking of this, Yan Yan's expression became firm.

Zhang Ren waited outside the military tent for a long time, and when he saw Yan Yan coming out of the military tent, he kept staring at Yan Yan. What was going on depends on Yan Yan's decision.

Yan Yan said to Zhang Ren resolutely: "Yiling, wasn't Liu Bei afraid of the court? Let's let the court deal with this old dog!"
Chapter completed!