Liu Bei from Yizhou had no idea that Liu Yu from Luoyang had already begun to fight against him.

In order to give Liu Bei a fatal blow, the Shenwu court blocked the news of this expedition.

Without informing the world, it is strictly forbidden for idle people to enter and exit the various checkpoints in Yizhou. People will be sent to block the small roads in dangerous places in various places. Perhaps the news cannot be completely blocked, but it can always be delayed for a period of time.

Now Liu Bei has been upset by a lot of messy things in Yizhou.

Liu Bei did not expect that the entire Yizhou would be so turbulent because of Kou Feng. Even if he had no choice but to argue, Liu Bei still insisted that Kou Feng was a fake, and his precious son Liu Feng had long been killed by Liu Chan.

Whether you believe it or not, Liu Bei believes it anyway.

Kou Feng was not dead, that means there was a big conspiracy here.

A cool feeling emerged from his heart, and Liu Bei absolutely believed that there was a spy inside him.

Fa Zheng is the one who takes action, Xu Shu is the one who checks, and the results of both of them are the same. In other words, either they have no problems, or they have both problems.

This is something that Liu Bei couldn't understand. Xu Shu has been following Liu Bei for so many years and should not betray him, and Xu Shu has no reason to betray him. Fa Zheng's words were a bit suspicious, but with Xu Shu as a back-up inspection, Kou Feng was indeed poisoned to death. In this case, Fa Zheng should have washed away the suspicion.

Being able to do such things under your nose is definitely a master. With such a person as an enemy of him, Liu Bei had to be cautious and double his escort force by the way. Liu Bei also strengthened the investigation and must find out the truth.

After occupying Fuling City, Kou Feng, Pang De, Gao Shun and others did not launch more attacks, but chose a steady strategy.

First, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan stood up to appease the military and civilians of Fuling City. They also issued a manifesto to other cities in Fuling County in the name of them, hoping that they could escape from Liu Bei's clutches and throw themselves into the arms of the court.

Zhang Ren and Yan Yan had a high reputation in Yizhou. With them coming forward, the effect was too great. The military and civilians of Fuling County could not know Liu Bei, and they would never know Zhang Ren and Yan Yan. They had made too much effort for Yizhou, and many people still remembered them when they were breastfeeding. Even if they joined the court, the others would understand what their choice was.

Gao Shun and others' plan was to stabilize their foothold in Fuling County, ensure the connection with the grain and military forces in Jingzhou, and start contacting Yongchang County to deal with the common enemy Liu Bei.

At the same time, Kou Feng did not forget to send someone news about Yiji and Fu Shiren to Liu Bei, which was naturally fake news.

If you do the whole set of acting, Kou Feng will naturally not be so stingy.

Kou Feng would definitely do anything that could make Liu Bei suffer and be depressed. His hatred for Liu Bei was beyond imagination.

Yong of Yongchang County was defeated by Wei Yan, and after being defeated by Xu Shu by Gao Shu and that Kou Feng, he seemed to be inspired.

If others can do it, he can do it too.

With a twitch in his mind, Yong came to a death-stricken place and then lived! If he failed, he would have to die. It would be better to fight now.

During this period, Wei Yan's extermination of Yong lost all his morale and was sure to win. In time, Yong's demise was a foregone conclusion.

But God just made a small joke for Wei Yan. The arrogant soldiers will definitely be defeated, which is what Wei Yan is doing now. When his soldiers were stationed in the wild overnight, they were brave enough to reduce the number of night watchmen. The soldiers all believed that Yong was already a dog of a family and had no strength to bite back. It was such a small mistake that was accurately grabbed by Yong.

Yong led the last troops to fight with Wei Yan viciously, but Wei Yan was beaten to the point of helplessness. For a moment, Liu Bei's army suffered heavy casualties. Wei Yan had to retreat immediately to achieve success.

Yong originally wanted to chase Wei Yan, but the soldiers under his command quit. They said they were fighting to the death, even if they were victorious, they would win miserably. Yong's troops were also seriously damaged. The soldiers could not continue to pursue Wei Yan.

If you catch up, you may encounter Wei Yan's counterattack. Yong felt that this was very unwise and ordered the soldiers to occupy Yongchang City and pause to repair it.

Yong was not stupid either. He immediately sent someone to contact Kou Feng, preparing to join forces with him and divide the entire Yizhou. Yong also knew that eggs could not be placed in a basket, so he also sent people to contact more Nanman kings and asked them to come together to help the boxing. There was no benefit. Yong knew that these Nanman kings would not come, so he promised Nanman people that they could give them Yongchang County in return.

Giving the land of the Han people to the barbarians is simply an act of a traitor.

Yong did not have a psychological burden in this regard. They did not deal with the Han Dynasty since their ancestors, and they would be traitors. Besides, if they took over the entire Yizhou, what is Yongchang County?

The war on both sides did not have a good ending, which led to the turmoil in Yizhou again.

In addition, the rumors in Chengdu were getting worse and worse, and Liu Bei had to use high-pressure means to suppress it. Anyone who dared to talk about Kou Feng would be arrested as a spy and imprisoned.

For a time, the prisons in Chengdu began to be overcrowded. Liu Bei's reputation instantly dropped greatly.

Preventing the people is more important than defending against Sichuan. Liu Bei seems to have forgotten such a simple truth. How could Liu Xuande, a hero of a generation, forget this truth? But he had to do so, otherwise the situation would continue to develop, and Liu Bei would not have to sit firmly in Yizhou.

Liu Bei was engaging in white horror, and no one reminded him. Sun Qian and others kept admonishing him, hoping that Liu Bei could stop such measures.

However, Liu Bei only restrained them in one sentence. Apart from this method, is there any way to stop rumors?

Sun Qian and others were helpless. If there was a way, they would not have to let the rumors continue to expand.

The fundamental reason is that Liu Bei did something unethical, and this incident broke out, which made it impossible to justify.

The only thing that could make Liu Bei happy was that he received news from Yi Ji and Fu Shiren that they had arrived in Jiangdong and reached a joint military allies with Jiangdong to jointly defend Liu Yu.

With such an answer, Liu Bei was really happy. Only Sun Ce from Jiangdong could take action at a critical moment, share the forces of the Shenwu court, and even force the Shenwu court to retreat to defend Jiangdong. Liu Bei could take advantage of this advantage and have a chance to breathe.

Unfortunately, this news is fake.

The troops led by Wei Yan and Xu Shu had occupied more than half of Liu Bei's military strength. The emptiness of the troops shook Liu Bei's foundation in Yizhou.

How could Liu Bei implement all his policies without a knife suppressing the people?

In a word, recruitment, a great recruitment!

Yizhou has a large population, and there are really many young people who are strong and powerful. They are all good seedlings for joining the army. As long as Liu Bei makes up his mind, it will be no problem to attract tens of thousands of strong men to serve as a military force.

Liu Bei sent Sun Gan to be responsible for the recruitment of troops. Liu Bei felt that he should be able to recruit a lot of troops, at least 20,000.

Reality gave Liu Bei a big slap. Sun Gan, who was in charge of recruitment, replied to Liu Bei that his recruitment work encountered great difficulties and the people were almost uninterested in joining the military.

"What! Not many people joining the army?" Liu Bei was very dissatisfied with Sun Gan's ability.

"I am incompetent!" Sun Gan looked bitter and failed to complete Liu Bei's order, proving his incompetence.

Liu Bei was very depressed. Information showed that Kou Feng from Fuling County was supported by Gao Shun, and food, equipment, weapons, and troops were pouring in from Jingzhou. Xu Shu now controlled Hanping City and defended this important city leading to Yizhou. If he wanted to attack Kou Feng and Gao Shun, it would be impossible for Xu Shu's troops to be able to achieve it now. At the same time, the counties and cities in Fuling County began to loosen, and they tended to compete with Kou Feng and Gao Shun.

At this time, what Liu Bei needed most was his troops.

"Can't even recruit ten thousand troops in Yizhou?" Liu Bei was empty.

The rest of the people stopped talking.

People who are incompetent dare not speak. People who are capable do not want to speak.

For example, Zhang Song is.

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Song and Wu Yi. One was a local snake in Yizhou and the other was Liu Bei's brother-in-law.

Zhang Song knew that Liu Bei would come to him, so he prepared his speech and said, "Lord, even if there are newly recruited soldiers, they lack training and go to the battlefield, so I suggest that the lord can issue a decree to the aristocratic families in Chengdu, so that they can work together to contribute to Yizhou."

"Aristocratic family?" Liu Bei's eyes lit up.

Indeed, the aristocratic families have slaves and guards. These people are much better at eating and drinking than strong men in terms of physical fitness. Moreover, guards and thugs have some martial arts skills in their hands, and they can go into battle after a simple training.

At least there is no problem in defending the city.

Zhang Song's suggestion seems very good, but in fact he is digging a hole for Liu Bei to jump. The aristocratic families are now waiting and watching. As long as Liu Bei's decree is issued, the aristocratic families will definitely be disgusted.

Even if he obeyed Liu Bei's orders in the end, he would feel quite unhappy. At the critical moment, Zhang Song would just encourage him and surrender.

When Wu Yi heard Zhang Song's words, his face became a little ugly. As Liu Bei's new brother-in-law, he had to share Liu Bei's worries, so heavy bleeding was inevitable.

I was originally thinking of using Liu Bei's tree to get benefits, but who knew that the situation in Yizhou is so special now. Before the benefits have been obtained, I need to bleed first. Wu Yi felt that he had boarded Liu Bei's pirate ship. Looking at Liu Bei's appearance, he was absolutely tempted.

It’s all my fault that I was so stupid that I got married to Liu Bei. Now that Liu Bei needs it, Wu Yi must set some examples.

"Lord! I am willing to donate five hundred slaves as my lord!" Wu Yi began to express his opinion.

The Wu family has a large number of domestic slaves, and 500 domestic slaves are enough.

Liu Bei was very satisfied. This brother-in-law was quite reliable at the critical moment, so he looked at the others.

Needless to say, Zhang Song was waiting for such an opportunity and said, "Lord, I am poor in my family, but I am willing to take out two hundred slaves to protect my lord."

"I'm wise in Zi Qiao's heart!" Liu Bei nodded slightly. He knew that Zhang Song had almost used everyone in the family for his sake, and took out two hundred slaves, which had reached the extreme.

After Zhang Song made his statement, the others made more or less statements. However, one person did not donate the slave. It was not that he was stingy, but that he had no slave at all.

Everyone can tell who this person is at a glance. He is the most troublesome Fa-rectification Fa-rule Fa-rule Fa-rule, and Xiaozhi.

Fa Zheng's family only has one old servant, but he has no slaves.

Liu Bei knew about Fazheng's situation, so he didn't care.

In just a moment, Liu Bei suddenly had more than 2,000 troops. This made Liu Bei see hope.

Liu Bei thought Zhang Song's suggestion was good, so he wrote a decree with a stroke of his pen, asking all the companies in Chengdu to donate their people to use for military supplies.

The aristocratic families in Chengdu are definitely unwilling to do it, but they know that Liu Bei can do anything. If they don’t agree, God knows whether Liu Bei will be detrimental to them.

The great families of aristocratic families sent their slaves to Liu Bei in extreme depression. With the slaves before Zhang Song and others, Liu Bei ended up with eight thousand troops.

These eight thousand troops are simply a timely help.

Liu Bei divided the eight thousand troops into two and distributed them to Xu Shu and Wei Yan to solve the urgent problem.

With the investment of these 8,000 troops, the pressure on Xu Shu and Wei Yan will be much smaller.

At such a critical moment, Liao Li, who was sent by Liu Bei to serve as the prefect of Jianwei County, sent 4,000 troops to Liu Bei, to everyone's surprise.

Liu Bei was surprised, and Liao Li found 4,000 troops from where he found it. Of course, Liao Li also reported his method to Liu Bei.

It turned out that after Liao Li came to Jianwei County, he already understood that Liu Bei would worry about his troops in the future, so he took action first and then reported to recruit soldiers and horses in Jianwei County. The situation at the beginning was similar to that of Sun Qian.

Liao Li is different from Sun Qian. Sun Qian is a gentleman and he will not make things difficult for the people. Liao Li is a villain. If he fails to achieve his goal, he will try his best to complete it.

Don’t the people feel unwilling to do it? Since the recruitment is unsuccessful, then use forced one.

Liao Li summoned all the county magistrates of Jianwei County to the capital and ordered each county magistrate to recruit 4,000 troops and horses, and allocate the number of people according to the size of the county town. Those who cannot complete the task will not be guaranteed and will be punished. Liao Li doesn't care about the process, he only needs the result.

So much so that the county magistrates of each county in Jianwei County tried their best to get Liao Li a total of 4,000 troops for his official position.

In fact, Liao Li's behavior in Jianwei County can be said to have forced men to become soldiers.

But Liu Bei was very satisfied. Although Liao Li's method was inappropriate, it still had practical results in general.
Chapter completed!