When Meng Da was plotting against the Shen brothers, the Shen brothers were better at news as local snakes, and he was also plotting against Meng Da.

As early as when Liu Feng and Meng Da attacked Shangyong, Shen Dan's spies saw Meng Da's men kill Kuai Qi with their own eyes.

The Shen brothers are waiting for the opportunity to attract the opportunity.

Seeing that Xiangyang was defeated by Cao's army, while Yidu was occupied by Lu Xun, Shangyong could defend the danger, but the prospects were worrying.

The Shen Dan brothers had a strange intention. When they surrendered to Liu Bei without hesitation, they left Shangyong because their family was the foundation of Shangyong, and the Shen family's property immediately shrank by 80%.

It can be said that the Shen family is the largest landlord in Shangyong, and they occupy almost 30% of the arable land and forests in the entire Shangyong County.

If they wanted to leave Shangyong, they would not surrender to Liu Bei at the beginning, but would relocate their families.

Therefore, when they surrendered to Cao Cao, they had to use Shangyong as a bargaining chip.

After Xiahou Shang guarded Xiangyang, Shen Dan, who had a relationship with Xiahou Shang, finally contacted him.

Of course, Xiahou Shang would not miss this opportunity to make contributions, and praised the Shen brothers very much, so he made them ready and waited for him to attack.

Shangyong County has a dangerous terrain, easy to defend but difficult to attack. Especially in Shangyong City, which Meng Da personally guarded, there is a momentum where one man is at the pass and ten thousand men cannot open up.

If the Shen brothers want to make contributions, the best way is to instigate Meng Da.

After being accepted by Xiahou Shang, the Shen brothers began to act.

They had long seen that Liu Feng and Meng Da were in disagreement, and Meng Da was particularly eager for glory and wealth, so they planned to first disagree with the two and then rebel against Meng Da

They secretly released rumors that Meng Da killed Kuai Qi. At the beginning, Meng Da didn't care much, but later he suddenly became more nervous.

Especially in the past two days, the spies who monitored Meng Da sent information. After receiving a secret letter, Meng Da became restless.

The Shen brothers also received a secret letter from Xiahou Shang yesterday, asking him to act as an insider. He led the army to Shangyong half a month later.

Although he felt that the time was not yet ripe, things were imminent, and Shen Dan came to his house in person to persuade Meng Da to surrender.

Who knew that before Shen Dan could even sit down, he arrested Meng Da's subordinates and spoke out about their brothers' plans to rebel.

Seeing Meng Da's expression, the experienced Shen Dan was not surprised but happy. He admitted frankly that he wanted to present the city to Xiahou Shang, and said to Meng Da:

"Premier Meng and Fa Xiaozhi have a close relationship with each other, and at the same time they have made contributions to King Hanzhong. The King of Hanzhong values ​​Fa Zheng and is not inferior to the prefect. Fa Xiaozhi is engaged in dealing with him, and the prefect has a stable position as strong as Mount Tai. Now Fa Xiaozhi dies of illness and the general's killing of Kuai Qi is exposed. The military advisor Zhuge Liang will definitely not let the prefect go. You have no place to gain a foothold in Xichuan. I am here to rescue the general today!"

Meng Da certainly understood what Shen Dan meant and asked:

"How do you convince Military Advisor Zhuge?"

Shen Dan smiled and said, "I have no friendship with the military advisor Zhuge Liang, so I can't convince the military advisor Zhuge to reconcile with you, but I have a plan to prevent the military advisor Zhuge and the King of Hanzhong from harming you."

Meng Da was overjoyed and asked for advice humbly. Shen Dan replied:

"My brother has been trying to surrender to the King of Wei for a long time, and Prefect Meng has already seen the clues. You can make a statement, resign the position of King Hanzhong, and present Shangyong City to King Cao Pi of Wei. It will be highly used. My brothers and two of us will surrender together."

Meng Da suddenly realized that this was his only way out! He had thought of surrendering to Cao Cao or Sun Quan, but no one recommended him. Now with Shen Dan, he immediately wrote a drop-off form and gave it to Shen Dan, asking him to give it to Cao Pi.

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Liu Bei had no choice but to give up attacking Sun Quan and prepare Liu Feng and Meng Da as a scapegoat to give everyone an explanation.

Liu Bei attached great importance to Shamoke and Jingnan's surprise soldiers and once sought Ma Liang's opinions.

Because this time it was mainly planned by Ma Su, those generals were Ma Su's old subordinates. Ma Liang asked on behalf of his younger brother Ma Su and agreed to save the army and wait for Liu Bei to attack Jingzhou.

Liu Bei had already shown up with Ma Su and wanted to hide him, but Ma Su could not stand the loneliness and repeatedly forced himself to use him. Liu Bei was unhappy and was unwilling to let Ma Su make contributions again, so he rejected Ma Liang's proposal on the grounds that food and grass could not be left unavailable.

After discussing with Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei decided to let Xi Zhen and Fan Zhou lead the army.

Zhuge Liang made this suggestion for the benefit of the Ma family, and it would be difficult to maintain an army of 5,000 people before being discovered and attacked by Jiangdong.

Although Ma Su was talented, he had no foundation in Jingnan, so it was difficult to do this because the Ma family’s land was in Xiangyang.

After Xiangyang was occupied by Cao's army, the Ma family could no longer obtain the grain harvest, and the supply of grain and grass to the army was indeed a great burden.

The Xi family and the Fan family have their own land and foundation in Jingnan. The two families have their own land and forests. It is not a problem for Tibetan troops and food supply, but they are the right candidates to take charge of the Jingnan military.

Liu Bei recognized Zhuge Liang's suggestion and appointed Xi Zhen from the Xi family as the commander of the northern Lingling and the general; appointed Fan Zhou from the Fan family as Wuling, and the two of them were in charge of the army together, waiting for Liu Bei to attack Jingzhou to respond.

Liu Bei sent an envoy to Shangyong to read the order. He did not see the news that Liu Feng had gone to Mianzhu to take office. Instead, the envoy brought news that Meng Da surrendered to Cao's army and brought back Meng Da's resignation form.

Liu Bei was not indifferent to his emotions. He picked up Meng Da’s table above and saw that the table read:

"I am the emperor who is about to build Yi, Lu's career, pursue Huan, Wen's achievements, and create great things. He is the one who is a good man, so he hopes that the wind will be surrendered. Since I have been entrusted with the qualities, I have been wronged in the mountains. I still know myself, let alone the king? Now the dynasty is handsome, I have no auxiliary tools inside, and no talent for generals outside, and I have been ranked second-class meritorious officials. I am really ashamed of myself! I heard that Fan Li knew the slightest and floating in the five lakes; my uncle apologized and was surfing the river. When the husband met, I asked for orders to beg for my own orders. What's the difference between me? What's the difference between me? I am despicable, and I have no great achievements in my original state, and I have been in charge of the times. I have long admired the wise men and felt ashamed of far away. In the past, Shen Sheng was very filial,

He was suspicious of his relatives; Zixu was loyal and punished by the king; Meng Tian was punished by the territory, and Le Yi defeated Qi and was slandered. Whenever he read his books, he always sighed and shed tears; but he was in charge of his affairs, and he was mourning! Nearby, Jingzhou was defeated, and the ministers lost their integrity, and no one returned. However, when he was looking for a matter, he went to Fangling, Shangyong, and begged for himself, and left himself outside. I thought that His Highness was grateful to his holy grace, compassion for his ministers, and mourned his actions. The minister was sincere and villainous, and could not be done all the time. He knew that he did it, and dared to say that it was not a crime? He always heard that his friends had no evil voices, and he had no resentment. He was taught by the gentleman. I hope the king would encourage him, and the ministers would be afraid of the great fear!”

After reading it, Liu Bei said furiously:

"Mengda's husband, both the head and the rat, is unfaithful and unrighteous, but instead pushes his mistakes to others. It's really hateful!"
Chapter completed!