In the splendid palace that once belonged to Liu Zhang, at the moment, the person on top is the young Liu Feng.
A man who rose up in the cracks at a miraculous speed and became the second most powerful prince in the world.
"To inform my lord, Huang Biejia has come to report that Liu Xun and Zhang Ren in Luocheng have handed over their military power and are now rushing to Chengdu to meet the lord."
The news reported by the attendants made Liu Feng and the old and new officials present secretly relieved.
Even Liu Feng, who had always been confident, was not completely sure whether Zhang Ren would surrender.
This veteran, known for his staunchness, would rather die than surrender to Liu Bei after the city of Luocheng was broken.
Luocheng is the barrier of Chengdu. If we cannot gain control through peaceful means, we may have to go through some twists and turns to pacify the entire Yizhou.
Therefore, Zhang Ren's return made all Liu Feng's worries disappear.
Liu Feng immediately ordered Zhang Ren to be promoted to general against the invaders, and because of Liu Xun's meritorious service, the Liu clan was given an additional county's food court, and he was ordered to move to Gong'an City with his father.
Before Zhang Ren and other generals surrendered, Liu Feng was afraid that the pressure would be too tight, prompting him to defect to Liu Bei. Now that Zhang Ren was about to surrender, Liu Feng mobilized all his troops in Chengdu and rushed to Luocheng at starry night to prepare for a battle with Liu Bei.
Liu Feng brought only 20,000 soldiers and horses from Jingzhou. Since entering Shu, he has successively surrendered Mengda, Yan Yan, Jiang Wan, and Liu Zhang from Chengdu. Now plus the 20,000 surrendered troops from Luocheng, Liu Feng's total troops in Yizhou were nearly 80,000.
Although 60,000 of them were Yizhou soldiers and their military morale was not completely loyal, the number of soldiers and horses alone was enough to form an overwhelming advantage over Liu Bei's army.
One day later, Liu Feng led the troops from Chengdu to Luocheng, and together with the 20,000 Luocheng troops surrendered by Huang Quan, a total of 50,000 troops, advanced northward in a mighty manner.
This time, Liu Bei used his expertise again.
When Liu Feng's army did not arrive at Luocheng, Liu Bei led his main force to decisively retreat northward, abandoning Mianzhu, Fu County, Zitong County and other counties south of Zitong along the way, and retreated to the north of Jiange in one breath.
When Liu Feng pursued him non-stop to Jiange Pass, he learned that Liu Bei's main force had retreated to Jiameng. North of Jiange, only Zhao Yun led 2,000 men to break up the rear and slowly retreated.
It was only at this time that Liu Feng suddenly realized that Liu Bei, an old and cunning guy, was going to use his old tricks again and was going to deceive Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.
With Liu Feng's current strength, he hoped that Liu Bei would become angry and decide to fight him to the death on the Chengdu Plain.
The reality is that Liu Bei, as clear-headed as ever, decisively withdrew from the plains and concentrated his main force between the Daba Mountains from Baishui Pass, Jiameng Pass to Langzhong, assuming a defensive posture.
When Liu Bei acted like a coward, Liu Feng had nothing to do.
With Yizhou Fangding and people's hearts restored, it is obviously not in the interests of the people to use large armies to attack dangerous passes in a time-consuming manner.
What's more, Liu Bei is now relying on Zhang Lu in the north and using Hanzhong as his backing. If he attacks forcefully, it will easily arouse Zhang Lu's violent reaction and add a new enemy.
But now, Jiange Xiongguan is under his control. With the most important and dangerous Guancheng on the road leading to Chengdu, he can resist the attack from northern Sichuan and defend the Chengdu Plain without too many soldiers and horses. Safety.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Liu Feng decided to stop the offensive and concentrate on restoring the wounds of the war in Yizhou, appeasing people's hearts, and consolidating his rule over Yizhou.
However, when he heard that the leader of Liu Bei's army was Zhao Yun, Liu Feng suddenly had an idea.
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The jagged clouds lay weakly on the horizon, and the fiery sunset shot out from the gaps in the clouds, as if a wounded person was bleeding blood.
Under the bloody setting sun, Zhao Yun was riding a white horse and holding a silver spear, walking slowly at the end of the team.
Looking back to the south again, he seemed to see Chengdu, the city of dreams, waving goodbye to him on the other side of the mountains.
After fighting bloody battles for so long, in the end, I still couldn¡¯t step into that city, and even my original home was gone.
There were countless bloody battles, but in the end, it was still a failure.
With a slight sigh, Zhao Yun turned his head and continued to move forward silently.
After walking a few steps, a small sound suddenly came from the eardrums, as light as dust falling on the ground. No one heard the tired soldiers, only Zhao Yun was so outstanding.Only an unparalleled warrior can sense it.
That was the sound of galloping horse hooves.
It¡¯s the pursuer
Zhao Yun's handsome face was instantly filled with murderous intent, and he immediately ordered the entire army to stop advancing and line up to prepare to face the enemy.
Previous scouts reported that Liu Feng's army stationed at Jiange was already heading south.
Based on his experience, Zhao Yun judged from the sound of horse hooves that the enemy force currently being killed consisted of at least a thousand people and should not be the enemy's main force.
Zhao Yun has two thousand soldiers and horses in his hands, and he has the absolute confidence to defeat this small group of chasing enemies.
A moment later, dust was indeed flying on the southbound road. Judging from the intensity of the dust and mist, Zhao Yun's judgment was not wrong.
Just when Zhao Yun was ready to fight, the turbulent dust mist on the opposite side suddenly stopped.
When the dust settled, a group of about a thousand people stopped 300 steps away.
Zhao Yun immediately felt a suspicion in his heart.
Looking at the enemy formation, there are at least about 300 cavalry. With this advantage, if there is a battle, the art of war should be to use the momentum of the cavalry to launch an attack.
" Such a sudden stop is either because the enemy general does not know the art of war, or he has an ulterior motive.
Sure enough, I saw a horse running out of the enemy formation quickly.
The unarmed enemy cavalry came as close as 20 steps to the formation and stopped. They shouted loudly: "General Zhao Zilong is here. My lord, Yizhou Mu and former general, wants to ride alone with General Zilong." Let¡¯s talk before the formation.¡±
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Yun's expression suddenly changed slightly.
Zhao Yun never expected that the person leading the army from the opposite side would be Liu Feng himself. Moreover, he seemed to have come specifically for this purpose by requesting a meeting with a single rider.
Zhao Yun pondered for a moment and said loudly: "Reporting to your General Liu, I happen to have something to say to him. I will talk to him before the battle."
When the knight received the response, he reined up his horse and ran back to his formation.
Not long after, in the enemy formation, a white-robed general was seen slowly coming out of the formation. Zhao Yun knew it was Liu Feng, so he immediately rushed out.
In the wilderness, under the setting sun, the two riders were ten steps apart and stopped at the same time.
After several years, the two people who once fought side by side on the Changban slope finally met again in this foreign land in such a way.
When he saw that familiar face again, Zhao Yun felt quite complicated.
Even if he betrays Liu Bei, even if he takes Jingzhou, even if he kills Guan Yu, even if he forces Liu Bei and himself into a helpless situation again
From the bottom of his heart, Zhao Yun did not hate Liu Feng at all.
Among all the people, Zhao Yun may be the one who knows Liu Feng best. Starting from Changbanpo, he has witnessed how Liu Feng was suspected and eventually forced to embark on the "road of no return."
But all this does not change the fact that they have become enemies.
Because of different stances, Zhao Yun had no choice but to become enemies with his former friends.
"Uncle Yun, long time no see, you have aged a lot."
With a peaceful look, staring at the peerless military commander opposite him who had a favor for him, Liu Feng took the lead in breaking the silence.
Zhao Yun smiled faintly, "Time is ruthless, and people will grow old eventually. However, you are more mature than before."
Liu Feng sighed softly and said with a wry smile: "I am in a dangerous situation and I am always worried about dying without a burial place. I cannot help but be immature."
Zhao Yun didn't speak any more, and glanced at the heavy gun in Liu Feng's hand.
Suddenly, all the past events from that year flooded into my mind.
Liu Feng understood his thoughts, so he thrust the heavy gun in front of his horse, stroking the rusty handle of the gun, and said with emotion: "I still remember when Uncle Yun gave me this magic weapon. He once said that you Holding this spear, I conquered the world before I was thirty years old. Although I have not been able to conquer the world now, I can still be considered a small success. This magical weapon has not disgraced its reputation in the hands of me, Liu Feng."
Liu Feng did not disgrace the reputation of this heavy spear. He used this spear to kill Zhou Cang, defeat Guan Yu, and until today, Liu Bei was cornered.
Back then, Zhao Yun was indeed full of expectations for Liu Feng, but the ending was not what Zhao Yun wanted.
Life is really a great irony.
"If I had expected what would happen today, I would not have given you this heavy gun that day. A Feng, your achievements are not what I expected at all. In your heart, seriously Don¡¯t you have any regrets at all?¡±
Zhao Yun¡¯s tone was both helpless and somewhat resentful.
Liu Feng¡¯s expression was calm and indifferent.Said: "I remember that day when Uncle Yun came to my tent late at night and reminded me that Mi Zhu might be suspicious of me, you once said at that time that we must be aboveboard in life, but we must have a clear conscience. Uncle Yun, everything I have done , we all have a clear conscience, so why do we need to regret it.¡±
After hearing this, Zhao Yun also knew that there was no need to say these useless words anymore, and said: "Well, it's too late to say anything now. But I don't know if you came here today just to reminisce with me, or to kill someone." One game.¡±
"Although there was no formal apprenticeship at that time, Uncle Yun still had the kindness to teach me martial arts. I came here today just to formally say thank you to Uncle Yun. Uncle Yun, please accept my courtesy."
After saying this, Liu Feng clasped his fists and bowed deeply on his horse.
This bow made Zhao Yun sigh with sadness. Many old things came to his mind again, but in the end, they could only turn into endless silence.
After thanking him, Liu Feng was about to turn back and retreat, but suddenly he remembered something and hurriedly took out a letter from his arms.
"I almost forgot. I have a letter written by Mrs. Xu here. I asked Uncle Yun to deliver it to Mr. Xu Yuanzhi and say hello to him for me."
With that said, Liu Feng swung the letter in the air and flew out. Zhao Yun reached out with his arm and took it lightly in his hand.
"Uncle Yun, please take care of yourself and say goodbye."
Without another word, Liu Feng turned around, turned on his horse, and galloped away. .