Three Kingdoms: Hegemony System

The fact that Liu Jue gave up Xiangfan in vain and led his troops to retreat to the Yangtze River did not take long to spread all over the world.

The heroes of the world were shaken, and they couldn't understand that Liu Jue had always refused to suffer, why did he take the initiative to retreat in the face of Cao Cao this time?

The news soon spread to Yizhou and reached Liu Zhang's ears.

Liu Zhang's temperament is weak and tolerant, lacks prestige and strategy, and he sits on the rich country of abundance, with Fa Zheng, Zhang Song, Huang Quan, Yan Yan, Li Yan, Wu Yi and other talents under his command, but he is inferior to a small Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.

Liu Zhang's weak character can be said to be very different from his father Liu Yan.

When Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was still there, Liu Yan witnessed the chaos of the dynasty and the decline of the royal family, and he invited himself to serve as the pastor of Jiaozhou, intending to escape the troubled times.

As a result, Liu Yan heard that Yizhou had the spirit of the Son of Heaven, and immediately changed to the imperial court to ask for the pastor of Yizhou, obviously having other plans in his heart.

Because of the chaos in the Central Plains at that time, tens of thousands of displaced people in the area of Nanyang and Sanfu entered Yizhou, and Liu Yan immediately incorporated them and called them Dongzhou soldiers.

Although this caused a lot of trouble, but later Zhao Wei rebelled in Yizhou, and Liu Zhang relied on Dongzhou soldiers to quell the rebellion.

In the second year of Chuping (191), Liu Yan did not hide his ambitions, made the ride equipment used by the Son of Heaven, and wanted to be the emperor, but was sued by Liu Biao, and the matter was settled.

Three years later, Liu Yan suffered a back sore attack and died.

In addition to these, Liu Yan also did one thing, which had such a great impact that it even led to the warlords in the back.

When the Han Dynasty was in decline and the world was in turmoil, Liu Yan suggested to the imperial court that the clan and important ministers should be used as state pastors, and they should override the assassination history and the Taishou in the local area, so as to stabilize the people of all parties.

The assassin is the duty of supervision, and he does not have much power, for example, the previous Jiaozhou assassin Shi Lai Gong was directly driven out of Jiaozhou by Wu Ju, how embarrassed and embarrassed he is.

However, the state pastor took over the power, and the imperial court adopted this suggestion, which was known as 'abolishing the history of the pastor', and as a result, the state pastor, including Liu Yan, was basically not controlled by the imperial court after that, resulting in the formation of warlords in various places.

Over the years, there have been wars in the world, but Shu is still peaceful, and its own resources are also very rich, such as Shu brocade, well salt, etc. are very famous.

Although Liu Zhang has no ability, he sits in the country of abundance, and he can barely resist Zhang Lu in the north.

At this time in Chengdu, Liu Zhang convened his subordinates to discuss how to face Cao Cao, including Fa Zheng, Zhang Song, Huang Quan, Yan Yan, Li Yan, Wu Yi, etc.

Liu Zhang is now less than forty years old, and he looks quite elegant, although he can't say that he is not good at the outside world, but he is still very tolerant of his subordinates.

After Liu Yan's death, Yizhou official Zhao Wei and others took a fancy to Liu Zhang's weakness, so they wrote to recommend him to be the pastor of Yizhou, and it was precisely because of the failure to oppose Liu Zhang that Gan Ning fled from Yizhou to Jingzhou.

If it is said that the Jiangdong Sun family has been in the past three generations and has been very popular with the people for more than ten years, then Liu Zhang's popularity in Yizhou is not worse than that of the Sun family, and even surpasses it.

One of the most important reasons is that Liu Zhang's weak character is very much in line with the appetite of the local scholars in Yizhou.

As the saying goes, 'less enters Sichuan', the life of the country of abundance is too comfortable, and the road to the outside world is rugged, so that there are few wars in Shu, and the local scholars also hate wars.

They just want to live comfortably, and they don't want to fight any wars at all.

Therefore, Liu Zhang, a person who has no ambitions and just wants to live in Shu, is of course the most popular among them.

Of course, it is also because Liu Zhang is too weak, and some talents with lofty ambitions think that Liu Zhang is not worthy of assistance, so they slowly have different intentions.

The most typical ones are Zhang Song and Fa Zheng.

Historically, in the process of Liu Bei's entry into Shu, Zhang Song's contribution was quite large, but although he was a different driver and was under one person in Shu, he still wanted to do more.

As for Fazheng, he is even a genius in the world, and even Cao Cao sighed: I have collected all the treacherous males, and I can't do the law just right?

When Fa Zheng Liu Bei entered Shu, the credit was still above Zhang Song, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was the first.

It is precisely because of Fa Zheng that Liu Bei was able to enter Shu in the west and create a foundation for Shu Han for decades, so in the history of Shu Han, Fa Zheng's status is higher than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

It's just that Fazheng's shortcomings are also obvious, he will be repaid for being a person, he has a lot of grudges with people, and he took the opportunity to retaliate if he left Liu Bei to get Shu.

Fa Zheng's grandfather was a famous scholar Fa Zhen, because of the chaos in the world, he and his friend Meng Da came to Shu to avoid trouble.

It's just that Liu Zhang is not a person who is good at employing people, and he does not reuse the law, so his official position is not high, and he is still oppressed by others, which is when he is depressed.

One Zhang Song and one Fa Zheng all think that Liu Zhang is not the master of the Ming Dynasty and will be swallowed up sooner or later, and his heart is no longer in Liu Zhang.

But now, they are still Liu Zhang's subordinates.

"Now that Cao Gong has taken Xiangfan and stationed in Jiangling, what should we do?" Liu Zhang's face was full of worry, looking at everyone present and said.

At this time, Cao Cao took Nanjun and entered the road to Shu, and he held it in his hand, once he cleaned up Liu Jue and Sun Quan, the next one must be Liu Zhang.

Everyone present was a little absent-minded, not to mention Fa Zheng and Zhang Song, even Wu Yi and Li Yan couldn't lift their spirits.

What else can I do?

"Cao Cao's 800,000-strong army went south, menacing, and he can be described as the first prince in the world. Liu Jue owned Jingzhou, Sun Quan seized Jiangdong, and the rest, such as Ma Teng, Han Sui, Gongsun Kang, and others, were all idle people. "

Now Liu Jue has given up Xiangfan in vain, obviously because he is afraid of Cao Cao's strength, but he is afraid that Liu Jue and Sun Quan will join forces, and they will not be able to stop Cao Cao's troops. "

"Liu Zhang is like a lamb, it is better to persuade him to sacrifice Yizhou and submit to Cao Cao, we also have a good way out, this matter must be calculated as soon as possible. "

Zhang Song pondered silently for a while, and immediately said: "Lord, now that Duke Cao is powerful, Liu Jue is afraid in his heart, and he has retreated to the Yangtze River, besides, Duke Cao is ordered by the Son of Heaven, so the lord might as well send a messenger to make friends with him." "

These words were very tactful, but Liu Zhang still understood, and immediately said with a sad face: "Cao Cao's name is Han Xiang, but he is actually a Han thief, as a member of the Han family, how can I bow to Cao Cao?"

Seeing Liu Zhang's appearance, Fa Zheng couldn't help but secretly disdain in his heart, thinking: Liu Zhang can tolerate people, but he can't use people, it's a pity that I have learned this body, so it's better to surrender to Cao Cao.

Fa Zheng immediately said: "Lord, now is the time of great changes in the world, now Cao Ping has settled in the north, and is about to sweep the south of the Yangtze River, since the lord does not want to surrender to Cao Cao, it is better to take the opportunity to send troops to support Liu Jue, otherwise when Cao Ping settles Jiangnan, Shu will be broken by Cao Gong sooner or later." "

At this time, Fa Zheng, like Zhang Song, was very optimistic about Cao Cao, since he couldn't appoint talents, it was better to surrender Cao Cao, these words were the method of agitation.

"Attack Cao!"

Liu Zhang's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly said: "This matter is very inappropriate, it is better than Ziqiao's proposal, I will immediately send a messenger to make friends with Cao Cao." "

Zhang Song's heart moved, and he said: "Lord, I am willing to serve as a special envoy and go on a trip for the lord." "

Liu Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's so good, then it's hard work." "