After Liu Bei won the Battle of Hanzhong, he established himself as King of Hanzhong with the support of civil and military officials.

Liu Bei rewarded his subordinates with generous rewards, military morale was available, and morale was high.

However, the military supplies left by Liu Zhang had almost been consumed and he was unable to fight again, so he did not continue to advance to Xiliang.

After returning to Chengdu, Liu Bei cultivated and replenished his life and vigorously developed agriculture.

Under the leadership of Zhuge Liang, his political achievements were remarkable. In the autumn of that year, the entire Xichuan harvested a bumper harvest.

As the saying goes, "If you have food in your hands, don't panic in your heart." After the harvest in Xichuan, the people lived and worked in peace and prosperity, and the country was peaceful and peaceful.

As Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng and others expected, Cao Cao was very angry about Liu Bei's proclaim as King of Hanzhong. Sure enough, Cao Ren was sent to provoke a war in Jingzhou.

But Cao Ren did not gain the upper hand, but was seized by Guan Yu to counterattack, seize Xinye, and besiege Fancheng.

However, there were differences among the top leaders of Jingzhou whether to continue to fight with Cao Cao. The main defender, led by Ma Liang, was weak, and Guan Yu was arbitrary and despite the disadvantages of insufficient food and grass, he still besieged Fancheng and took a series of actions against Wancheng.

Before Ding You, Ma Liang wrote a letter to King Hanzhong, describing the hidden dangers of Jingzhou's continuous wars. Within the Liu Bei group, two camps supported Guan Yu and Ma Liang were also formed.

There was a stalemate, because Guan Yu flooded the seven armies and won a great victory. The leader of Fa Zheng took the initiative to attack the faction and overwhelmed the leader of Zhuge Liang. Liu Bei agreed to let Guan Yu continue to siege Fancheng.

While besieging Fancheng, Guan Yu did not relax his vigilance against Sun Quan from Jiangdong. He set up many piers on the riverside, and was very careful and foolproof.

Therefore, Liu Bei was very relieved and was just waiting for news of Guan Yu's victory.

When Guan Yu sent someone to ask for help, he still had tens of thousands of troops on hand, but because he lost his base and was afraid of being intercepted by the Jiangdong Army, he sent out three waves of envoys to seek emergency assistance.

Sure enough, Lu Xun grabbed the key to Ikechuan's throat.

Fortunately, the three envoys sent by Guan Yu were all Guan Yu's confidants, with good abilities and loyalty. They were not afraid of the dangers. They did not fear the difficulties of the journey, crossed mountains and ridges, avoiding Lu Xun's interception, but also wasted a lot of time.

The three of them acted separately and had no knowledge of each other, but within one day, they went to the Hanzhong Palace and presented Guan Yu's letter of help.

Guan Yu flooded the seven armies. It took only a long time since they were defeated, and Liu Bei was also very confused.

When he summoned the envoy and asked, he realized that the thing he was most worried about was that Sun Quan from Jiangdong sent Lu Meng to attack the police. Mi Fang from Jiangling City surrendered without fighting, and Guan Yu's army had no intention of fighting, so he was defeated like a mountain.

Liu Bei quickly summoned all civil and military officials to discuss matters and discuss the matters of going to Jingzhou to rescue Guan Yu.

According to Liu Bei's intention, he wanted to fight Sun Quan to the death with all the soldiers available in Xichuan.

But Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng both advocated the rapid development of troops and sent 30,000 elite troops from Yong'an to rescue.

In fact, in the early days of the war between Guan Yu and Cao Ren, Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng made suggestions at the same time, gathered 30,000 heavy troops in Yong'an City and made emergency preparations. The commander of Yong'an Governor Chen Dao was to quickly rescue Jingzhou.

This time, because Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng agreed, the war was controlled on a small scale, and the purpose was to support Guan Yu temporarily retreating to Xichuan.

Because it did not cause a dispute between the Jingzhou Group and the Yizhou Group, a decision should have been made soon, but this time the problem lies with Liu Bei.

Because Sun Quan attacked Jingzhou twice in a row and deceived Sun Shangxiang back to Jiangdong, Liu Bei's anger aroused Liu Bei's anger. He wanted to send a large army to retake Jingzhou and completely defeat Sun Quan.

Before Liu Bei made up his mind, his servant reported to Liao Hua from Jingzhou to come.

Liu Bei quickly summoned him, and Liao Hua cried and bowed to the ground, and reported in detail that Guan Yu was trapped in Maicheng, and that Liu Feng and Meng Da would not send reinforcements.

When he heard that Guan Yu had only thousands of remaining soldiers and was trapped in the small land of Maicheng, Liu Bei was shocked:

"If this is the case, my brother will stop!"

Zhuge Liang also thought that the matter was urgent and needed to send troops quickly, so he stood up and asked for his order:

"Liu Feng, Meng Da is so rude that his crime cannot be punished! The king is relieved, and I can go to Yong'an and raise a brigade's army to save Jingxiang."

At this time, Fa Zheng had been ill for more than ten days and had been recuperating at home. His condition improved slightly today. He came to discuss matters while he was ill. He did not compete with Zhuge Liang for rescue.

Liu Bei knew that Guan Yu was in danger, and couldn't help but burst into tears and said to everyone:

"The clouds are wrong, but the lonely cannot live alone! I will personally pick up a army and go to save the clouds!"

Liu Bei insisted on his own way, and while sending an envoy to Langzhong to report to Zhang Fei, he ordered him to rectify his army and horses, go to Jiangzhou to join forces, and enter Jingzhou to rescue Guan Yu, and ordered the generals to gather their troops immediately and arrive in Yong'an first.

Although the troops were arranged that night, Liu Bei was worried about Guan Yu's safety and could not sleep at night.

Before dawn, Yong'an Governor Chen Dao sent spies to report:

"Guan Yun left for a long night and was captured by the Jiangdong Army. Guan Yu and his son were unyielding, and Lu Meng was killed at the same time."

After hearing this, Liu Bei shouted and fainted.

The envoy sent by Guan Yu went over the mountains and bypassed Yong'an directly and did not report to Chen Dao to Guan Yu's situation.

But Fan You, the prefect of Yidu, saw Lu Xun leading his troops to attack and fled. After arriving in Yong'an, he reported that Jiangdong had launched a large-scale attack on Jingzhou.

As the governor of Yong'an, Chen Dao had 30,000 elite soldiers, but he did not have the right to send troops directly, so he had to send a large number of spies first and implement military information first.

Chen Dao quickly inquired about Guan Yu's situation, and then immediately followed Liao Hua and reported the bad news of Guan Yu's murder.

The civil and military officials were first aided, and Liu Bei woke up after a while and helped him to rest.

Seeing that Liu Bei was in pain, Zhuge Liang advised:

"The king is worried, since ancient times, saying: Life and death are destined! General Guan is usually strong and proud, so he has this disaster today. The king should protect his body and take revenge quickly."

Liu Bei cried and said:

"When Gu and Guan, when Zhang's second brother Zhang joined forces in Taoyuan, he swears to live and die together. Now that Yun Chang has died, how can I enjoy wealth and honor alone?"

Just after he finished speaking, Guan Xing came in tears.

When Liu Bei saw his nephew Guan Xing, who looked eighty-slightly similar to Guan Yu, he was extremely sad and screamed, and cried again.

When the officials woke up, Liu Bei cried three or five times a day, but did not enter the water for three days, but just cried bitterly; tears wet the collars of his clothes and turned into blood.

Zhuge Liang and the officials repeatedly persuaded each other, but Liu Bei just refused to listen and said fiercely:

"I vowed to Dongwu, I swear that the sun and the moon are different!"

Zhuge Liang changed the topic and said to Liu Bei:

"I heard that Sun Quan presented General Guan's head to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao sacrificed and buried him with the rituals of kings and princes."

When Liu Bei heard this, he felt that this matter was a little strange and asked:

"What does this mean?"

Zhuge Liang replied:

"This time Sun Quan harmed General Guan and his son. He was afraid that the king would take revenge and wanted to transfer the disaster to Cao Cao. Cao Cao knew his plan, so he buried General Guan with generous gifts, just to let the king send troops to attack Sun Quan." Liu Bei fell into deep thought.
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