Zheng Du sneered, "Liu Bei, to tell you the truth, my lord saw what was in the newspaper. He asked me to question you!"
"If you don't go to Chengdu to meet my lord, my lord will definitely send a large army to attack after you return!"
"What?" Liu Bei pretended to be surprised, stood up and lamented, "The content in the newspaper must be Liu Cong's conspiracy. How can Brother Ji Yu doubt Bei so much?"
"Forget it, I will go to Chengdu with you and make it clear to Brother Ji Yu in person!"
"Sir, go to the posthouse to rest first. After making some arrangements, you can set off."
Liu Bei's sincere look made Zheng Du feel that Liu Bei had been wronged. "Then please hurry up, uncle. I'm waiting for you to come."
"Don't worry, sir."
After Zheng Du left, Liu Bei looked up to the sky and laughed, "This is really effortless. We don't have to think of a name ourselves."
"Congratulations, lord!"
"Yide, order three thousand troops and horses immediately, and you will follow me south."
Zhang Fei was sitting in the hall with no posture, looking like a primary school student who had dozed off in class. He suddenly woke up when he heard Liu Bei's call, "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely win the sword pavilion for you!"
"Feng'er, you take Guan Ping, Liao Hua, Zhou Cang and other generals, and lead an army of 25,000 behind. When Gu Gu seizes the sword pavilion, you come and join him immediately!"
"Father, don't worry." Three years later, Liu Feng is no longer the reckless boy he was before. He now looks very heroic.
As for letting Liu Feng lead the army, there is no other way. Liu Bei suffered too heavy losses in Jingnan. Now, if possible, he can only use young generals. But this is fine, just train them in advance.
"Yun Chang, you sit in Hanzhong and guard against Ma Chao. I only have more than 10,000 troops left for you, so the rear will be left to you."
Guan Yu still looked like he cherished his words like gold, "Brother, don't worry, there are people outside the city!"
"Kong Ming, you go south with me. Mr. Yan Pu, you stay in Hanzhong to assist Yunchang."
"promise."
In the fifteenth year of Jian'an, on April 25, Liu Bei led an army of three thousand, and Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei followed him. They followed Zheng Du to Chengdu!
Zheng Du had no intention of letting Liu Bei return to Hanzhong, so he didn't say much about him leading three thousand troops.
On the 27th, march to Jiange!
"call out!"
An arrow was shot in front of Liu Bei and his party, and the soldiers on the wall shouted, "Stop whoever comes!"
Liu Bei looked at Zheng Du. Zheng Du immediately stepped forward and shouted at the gate, "I am Zheng Du, the special envoy of Shuzhong. On the order of the lord, I ask Uncle Liu to go to Chengdu! Open the city gate quickly and let us enter Sichuan!"
"Bring up the certificate." The soldier above shouted and lowered a bamboo basket with a rope.
Zheng Du stepped forward, took out the tokens in his arms, and Liu Zhang's warrant, and put them in.
In the Han Dynasty, there was no such thing as a customs clearance document. Envoys relied on chastity for their missions. Ordinary people did not need these. If needed, the government would give them permission, which had the same effect as today's passports.
According to Han law, the emperor, princes and kings can send envoys, and they must hold a staff in their hands, which is a symbol of power. The difference is: the emperor's staff is eight feet long, engraved with dragon patterns, and decorated with three bunches of white yaks.
With the tail, he is sent as an envoy to the world, just like a royal chariot coming in person, with the power to kill the officials in the frontier and the generals in the army!
The princes and kings have a military battle, six feet long, engraved with python patterns, and only decorated with two bunches of black yak tails. They only have the power to deal with officials with a price of less than two thousand dan within their own feudal country. When they leave the feudal country, they are only used for customs clearance.
The Gonghou Jie Zhan is five feet long and only has a bunch of black yak tails. Liu Cong and Sun Quan can use this Jie Zhan.
Don't underestimate the battles of festivals. The battles of festivals between the emperor and the princes and kings can decide many major events. They are almost equivalent to the sword of Shang Fang.
Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, relied on military integrity to consolidate the military power in Kuaiji, and then used troops against Fujian and Yue.
However, Liu Zhang did not have a marquis, and he was relatively honest and did not dare to blatantly exceed his authority, so Zheng Du only had a warrant and a token to identify himself.
"Open the door!" After a while, the defenders who had closed the gate completed their inspection and found that there was nothing wrong with it, so they opened the city gate.
Zheng Du had already returned to Liu Bei, "Uncle, please."
Liu Bei looked at the open city gate, his heartbeat was already speeding up, but on the surface he said calmly, "Sir, please."
"Jiange guard Yang Huai pays homage to Uncle Liu Huang."
Yang Huai was ordered to guard Jiange, and of course he knew the current relationship between Liu Bei and Liu Zhang. Furthermore, Zheng Du was here, so he let them in without any suspicion.
Liu Bei chuckled and said, "General Yang, please rise. How many troops are there here?"
Yang Huai was stunned for a moment, not expecting Liu Bei to ask this. But he still replied loudly, "There were originally five thousand people here to guard against Zhang Lu. Since the emperor's uncle occupied Hanzhong, the lord has transferred three thousand away."
Idiots, Liu Bei cursed in his heart and continued to laugh in front of him, "Brothers Gu and Ji Yu, although they are brothers from the same clan, we can't be so partial to each other."
"The emperor has said so." Yang Huai replied, then stepped forward to hand back Zheng Du's token and warrant.
Although Zheng Du thought Liu Bei's question was strange, he didn't think much about it. He had already entered the sword pavilion. Could he still turn the world upside down?
Liu Bei asked Zheng Du again in an almost pleading tone, "Sir, it's getting late today. Should we rest here for the night?"
Zheng Du thought for a while and said, "Then let's follow the emperor's wishes and rest for one night before leaving."
"General Yang, could you please order your soldiers to help the emperor's army build a camp?"
"promise."
"Hahaha. How dare you bother General Yang? Gu's soldiers are not missing arms or legs. When Gu builds the camp, invite General Yang and your men to come over for a drink!"
Yang Huai said happily, "In that case, thank you very much, uncle!"
Having been stationed at the border for many years, Yang Huai had little to gain. Liu Zhang was good to the people, but he was still more defensive about generals like them. The military supplies he sent each time were only adequate.
Yang Huai was very happy to have the opportunity to relax.
Zheng Du on the side frowned and thought to himself, this Liu Bei is really a hypocrite. He dares to reward the soldiers for his lord. When he arrives in Chengdu, he must talk to his lord about this. Liu Bei must be strictly guarded.
"Uncle, please."
"please."
When it was completely dark, Liu Bei's three thousand men also set up camp.
Liu Bei led the people down from the gate. He had just gone to inspect the gate.
As he walked, Liu Bei complimented Zheng Du and Yang Huai beside him, "This Jiange is really a majestic pass. Brother Ji Yu is sitting in the Kingdom of Abundance. There is such a majestic pass that even a million troops cannot conquer it."
Yang Huai confidently said, "Your Majesty, I have great advice. With this barrier, the general will dare to stop a hundred thousand enemy troops with five thousand soldiers and horses!"
Liu Bei said teasingly, "Then you have to guard this place for Brother Ji Yu. If Cao Cao attacks Hanzhong one day, Gu Ke may come to seek refuge again."
"Hahaha…"
"Let's go and have a drink. I won't come back until I'm drunk today!"
"My Lord, the food and wine have been prepared for a long time." At the entrance of the military camp, Zhuge Liang stepped forward and smiled, "General Yang, Mr. Zheng, please come in."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Kong Ming."
"Yide, go and distribute some wine and meat to Brother Ji Yu's soldiers. They have been stationed here all year round and have worked too hard. You need to reward them well."