Three Kingdoms: The ghost plotter taught Liu Bei to seize Jingzhou first

The next day.

As an angel of the Han Dynasty, Ma Di left Jiangling, traveled westward along the Yangtze River, and headed all the way to Chengdu.

Guan Yu, on the other hand, took time to rest and reorganize his troops, and ordered the counties in Jingzhou and Yangzhou to mobilize boatloads of grain and grass to the Jiangling line in preparation for the soon-to-be expedition against Shu.

Ma Di took a boat to the west and soon passed the Three Gorges and arrived at Yubelly City.

At this time, Liu Bei was already powerful in Shu.

Especially after Liu Zhang came forward to persuade him to advance, all the generals in Shu knew that their Duke of Shu had professed his vassalship to Liu Bei, the emperor of Han Dynasty.

Therefore, when Ma Su arrived, the fish belly guard was greatly shocked. He immediately greeted Ma Su as a guest and did not dare to show any neglect.

At the same time, he rushed 800 miles to Chengdu to report to Liu Zhang the news that the Ming and Han envoys had entered Shu.

Chengdu.

At this time, Liu Zhang was worried about Cao Cao sending troops south to attack Zhang Lu.

At the same time, another official sent back the news"653", saying that Liu Bei had mobilized many military generals to Jiangling, and Guan Yu stationed troops in Jiangling. Instead of sparse troops in various counties, he continued to transport grain and grass to Jiangling.

There are various signs that Guan Yu may invade Shu.

Both the north and the east were facing threats at the same time, which made Liu Zhang restless.

When he learned that the Han envoys had entered Shu, Liu Zhang became even more uneasy, and he quickly sent an order to the general of the fish belly to escort Ma Su to Chengdu as a distinguished guest. then.

Ma Di ate and drank all the way, passed Jiangzhou, Wuyang, and took a boat trip to Chengdu.

To show his respect for Liu Bei, Liu Zhang personally led hundreds of Chengdu officials to go out to the south of the city to greet him.

The carriages and horses were parked outside the south gate.

Ma Su had just gotten out of the car, before he could see clearly.

Liu Zhang then greeted him with a smile, cupped his hands and said:

"Liu Zhang, Duke of Shu, respectfully welcomes the Han envoy!"

Ma Su looked Liu Zhang up and down, and recognized that he was indeed the Lord of Shu.

Looking at the formation of hundreds of officials greeting him, Ma Su was really surprised. Apparently he did not expect Liu Zhang to greet him with such a grand ceremony.

This It also made Ma Su feel more confident.

Liu Zhang greeted him so kindly, which showed that he was extremely afraid of Liu Bei in his heart.

Since he was afraid, it would be easier to fool Liu Zhang, and the chance of success of this trip would be greater.

"Ma Su, the lower official, met Shu Gong."

Ma Su didn't show any arrogance and returned the courtesy with his hands.

Liu Zhang stepped forward, helped Ma Su up quickly, and greeted him again, fearing that Ma Su would be treated poorly on the road.

Ma Su then made some perfunctory remarks.

"When the emperor was in Xuchang, he often mentioned the Duke of Shu, his fellow clansman."

"He said that he had always admired the Duke of Shu and always looked forward to meeting the Duke of Shu and reciting the friendship of the same clan if there was an opportunity."

Ma Di made up a lot of nonsense to get closer to Liu Zhang.

But Liu Zhang believed it to be true and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, with a look of flattery on his face.

Since he was bewitched by Cao Cao and sent troops to invade Jingzhou but failed, Liu Zhang felt that He was always hanging in the air, fearing that Liu Bei would be resentful of him. He used Zhang Song's plan to send an envoy to Xuchang to offer an offer of persuasion in order to bow his head to Liu Bei in exchange for Liu Bei's tolerance.

Ma Di's words today show that Liu Bei is worried They had a common ancestry and did not bear any grudge against him.

This naturally made Liu Zhang secretly relieved.

At that moment, Liu Zhang was in a happy mood, and after saying some more scene words, he took Ma Su and rode into the city together.

And all the civil and military officials in Shu We can only follow the car into the city on foot.

"The Duke of Shu is the master of one party, and he is so groveling to an envoy. It really brings shame to us Shu people.~~"

Zhang Ren, who was following behind, gritted his teeth and secretly clenched his fists.

Although I felt hatred in my heart, I had no choice but to follow him into the city in a depressed mood.

In the Shugong Mansion.

A sumptuous banquet has been arranged.

Liu Zhang sat on the main seat and invited Ma Su to the seat of honor. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

From then on, Zhang Ren, Huang Quan, Zhang Song and other Shu advisors and generals could only sit at the lower end.

Liu Zhang lowered his status and kept toasting to Ma Su, doing all kinds of humble things to please Ma Su and showing his loyalty to Liu Bei.

He just toasted himself, and ordered Huang Quan and other officials accompanying the banquet to also toast to Ma Su.

Most of these Sichuan officials are already famous people.

Now that he was forced to toast to such a young man like Ma Su and behave in a groveling manner, he naturally held his breath in his heart.

But due to Liu Zhang's face, everyone could only hold their breath and were forced to toast Ma Su with a smile.

"Ma Shi, does your emperor really care about his kinship with my lord?"

Finally.

A question with a strong smell of gunpowder broke the superficial harmonious atmosphere. 0.........

Zhang Ren stood up with a wine glass in his hand and shot a cold look at Ma Di.

Liu Zhang frowned, a look of displeasure suddenly appeared on his face, and he secretly winked at Zhang Ren.

Ma Su glanced at Zhang Ren and said in confusion:

"Why did General Zhang say this? The subordinates didn't understand."

Zhang Ren snorted coldly and pointed eastward:

"You keep saying that the emperor cares about the friendship between the same clans, but my careful work has paid off. Guan Yu is constantly transporting grain and grass to the line from Jiangling to Yiling."

"Your envoys also frequently appear in our fish belly and between Jiangzhou."

"And I heard that your emperor went to Jingzhou and transferred many generals"

"All these signs indicate that your master clearly intends to use troops against Yizhou."

"Is this called friendship from the same clan?"

Zhang Ren asked questions like a barrage, and his tone became more and more gunpowder.

This time,

Liu Zhang did not say anything to stop him, but lowered his head and sipped the wine, pretending not to know.

Although Zhang Ren's questions were abrupt, they were actually serious. It also asked him what he felt.

This was also what he was worried about.

After all, Liu Bei destroyed countless princes, including Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Sun Ce. They were all destroyed by Liu Bei.

Who can guarantee that Liu Bei has no thoughts about him.

You know , he provoked Liu Bei first and led the Shu army to invade Jingzhou.

Is Liu Bei really so generous?

But Ma Di only smiled, showing some disapproval.

"General Zhang is 3.4 more suspicious"[]

"If our emperor really wants to conquer Shu, he should transfer Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and other famous generals of the world to Jiangling"

"But now the generals transferred by the emperor are just young people like me."

"General Zhang, do you think we can really defeat Shu with just a few of us, and can we beat you, the veteran generals of Shu?"

Ma Di's answer was clever, using self-deprecation to elevate Zhang Ren.

Zhang Ren was startled, and the smell of gunpowder on his face diminished a little.

The worry in Liu Zhang's eyes also faded a little.

After a pause, Zhang Ren asked again:

"Then what are your intentions in transporting grain and grass to Jiangling?"

"Moreover, it has been several months since our army retreated. Why haven't your legions in Jingzhou dispersed and are still concentrated in Jiangling?".