Multiverse: Beginning with Forced Binding

Liu Bei finally took over Xichuan, forced Liu Zhang to surrender, and completely occupied Yizhou.

During the whole process, some butterfly effects also occurred. Pang Tong did not die because there was an extra Xu Shu.

When Liu Bei entered Sichuan, he took both Pang Tong and Xu Shu with him. Pang Tong, who should have been shot into a hedgehog at Luofengpo, was lucky enough to be replaced by Xu Shu to lead the troops.

Xu Shu was not as careless as Pang Tong. He discovered Zhang Ren's ambush in advance and escaped death.

Liu Bei's territory is now too large. He occupies Yizhou and Jingzhou. These are two big states, which aroused Cao Cao's fear.

Cao Cao felt that he could not go on like this. He had to take the lead in launching an attack before Liu Bei could completely digest Yizhou.

But if Cao Cao wanted to enter Yizhou, he had to face Zhang Lu who was entrenched in Hanzhong first, so let's fight.

Sun Quan saw that Liu Bei got Yizhou, and he was unhappy again. He sent people to Jingzhou with the purpose of taking Jingzhou.

Guan Yu didn't recognize the people sent by Sun Quan at all. Who the hell are you?

In desperation, Sun Quan could only send people to Chengdu to get a straight answer from Liu Bei. Jingzhou, are you going to give it to me or not?

Liu Bei started to cry. It's not that I don't want to give it to him, it's that I can't control Guan Yu. You should talk to him in a nice voice. I believe Guan Yu is a reasonable person.

If it weren't for Zhuge Liang's face, Zhuge Jin would have wanted to spit at Liu Bei on the spot.

Shameless!

Anyway, no matter what Zhuge Jin said, he couldn't get a definite answer from Liu Bei.

Zhuge Jin could only go to Zhuge Liang. For the sake of brothers, won't you speak for me, the eldest brother?

Zhuge Liang spread his hands innocently, saying that he was powerless. He was just an employee and couldn't be the boss.

Anyway, the two sides were arguing for a long time. Zhuge Jin returned empty-handed, and Sun Quan was very angry.

"Send someone!" Sun Quan was furious: "Just send someone to take office directly, I don't believe Guan Yu dares to turn against me!"

In fact, Guan Yu was really brave. All the officials sent by Sun Quan were arrested and sent back.

Jingzhou was nominally Guan Yu's territory, and the military power was also in Guan Yu's hands. Sun Quan had no way to deal with it.

The alienation strategy was also used, but it didn't work.

Sun Quan had sent someone to contact Chen Xi privately a long time ago. The gist was that you were not valued by Guan Yu. As long as you surrender to Jiangdong and take back Jingzhou, I will recommend you as the governor of Jingzhou.

"You are so bold!" Chen Xi immediately turned against him: "You actually tried to sow discord between the Sun and Liu families. I think you must be a spy of Cao's army. Come on, take you down!"

The person sent by Jiangdong was forcibly charged with being a spy of Cao's army. He was arrested with a rag stuffed in his mouth, and then became the material for the courage training of those boys.

"A soldier who has never seen blood is not a good soldier, let alone a general. This spy is handed over to you."

The Jiangdong envoy's eyes bulged out. He wanted to say something, but his mouth was full and he couldn't say anything.

The Jiangdong envoy was tortured and killed by a group of young boys, under the pretext of training their courage.

Sun Quan was so angry that he cursed, but he didn't send anyone over again. It was useless. They didn't fall into the trap at all.

Killing the Jiangdong envoy was a statement. Everyone pretended to be confused just to save face.

Because of the Jingzhou issue, Liu Bei and Sun Quan were very unhappy. On the surface, they still maintained a fragile alliance, but in fact, they were almost at odds.

As long as Sun Quan seized the opportunity, he would definitely take Jingzhou. What he was waiting for now was an opportunity.

When Cao Cao attacked Hanzhong, Liu Bei became nervous. He began to accelerate the integration of Yizhou affairs. At the same time, he was also considering whether to return part of Jingzhou to Sun Quan and let him attack Hefei to divert Cao Cao's attention.

In the original book, Changsha and Guiyang counties were returned, but this time, Liu Bei's idea was blocked.

Yizhou is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even if Cao Cao took Hanzhong, he might not be able to break in, not to mention that Hanzhong is not that easy to take.

Jingzhou is as stable as a mountain, so there is no need to worry about Cao Ren's ideas. Yizhou can gather all its strength to deal with Cao Cao, so why must it cede Jingnan.

Chen Xi also wrote a letter to Liu Bei, saying that there is no need to worry about Jingzhou, and it can completely deal with the attacks from Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

With this confidence, Liu Bei also became tough and did not return Jingzhou.

Not only did he not return it, Liu Bei also sent people to Jiangdong to make trouble for Cao Cao and persuade Sun Quan to attack Hefei.

Sun Quan was not happy, why?

You didn't give me Jingzhou, and you tricked me into attacking Hefei. All the good things in the world are yours, Liu Bei?

Liu Bei's envoys had a good reason. This was the best opportunity for Jiangdong to capture Hefei. We had paid a lot. We had tied down Cao Cao's main force in Yizhou. If you couldn't seize such a good opportunity, it would be disappointing.

This statement touched Sun Quan's heart a little. He had suffered a defeat in Hefei and had always wanted to get back on track.

Cao Cao's main force was in Hanzhong. If they took Hanzhong, they would have to face Liu Bei in Yizhou.

There was only Zhang Liao in Hefei, and it would be difficult for Cao Cao to send reinforcements.

This was indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If they didn't seize it, Sun Quan would be reluctant.

Asking for a high price and paying it back.

Sun Quan strongly demanded that Liu Bei return Jingzhou, saying that as long as Jingzhou was given to me, he would send troops immediately.

Liu Bei's envoys said that they could not make the decision and had to go back to ask. Besides, Guan Yu was the one guarding Jingzhou. Jiangdong could just contact Guan Yu directly.

Sun Quan: (╯°Д°)╯︵ ┻━┻

If I could connect, why would I be talking nonsense with you? !

One was determined to get it, and the other was shameless and refused to admit it.

The two sides were deadlocked again.

In the end, Liu Bei's envoy patted his butt and left. Anyway, he had said everything he should say, and it depended on whether Sun Quan was tempted.

Liu Bei's side calculated Sun Quan's thoughts. Even if there was no Jingnan as a bargaining chip, Sun Quan would not easily let go of such a good opportunity.

Sure enough, Cao Cao had just taken Hanzhong and had not waited for any action against Yizhou. Hefei sent a battle report, requesting reinforcements, and Sun Quan invaded Hefei on a large scale.

Cao Cao was so angry that he had a headache again, and he wanted to kill Sun Quan, the troublemaker.

In addition, when attacking Hanzhong, Cao Cao was really disgusted by the terrain here, and the situation of entering Shu was even worse.

When Sima Yi and others were persuading him to continue the attack, Cao Cao said, "People are so miserable that they never get enough. Now that they have obtained Long, do they want Shu again?"

Cao Cao didn't want to fight anymore. Hefei was threatened by Jiangdong. Cao Cao simply arranged Xiahou Yuan to guard Hanzhong and led his army to support Hefei.

After Liu Bei got the news, he was overjoyed. He had been worried all the time, but now he was finally relieved.

Liu Bei wrote to the court and asked for another official position as the governor of Yizhou, in charge of Jingzhou and Yizhou.

After Liu Bei entered Chengdu, he was ready to make it his base camp, and the center of power would also begin to move to Yizhou.

Unexpectedly, the first person to slap Liu Bei in the face was Adou. This kid didn't go.

Adou was so happy staying in the Chen family that he really didn't want to go to Shu at all. He didn't care about his biological father at all.

Not only did Adou not want to go to Chengdu, but Zhuge Zhan didn't want to go either.

Chen Xi couldn't leave Jingzhou. He had to carry out reforms in Jingzhou. If he didn't leave, Zhuge Zhan and Adou wouldn't want to leave.

But Huang was going to Chengdu, and the couple couldn't be separated for too long.

Zhuge Jun didn't go, he wanted to stay in Jingzhou, where reforms were about to take place, and Jinyiwei was needed to be in charge. The shadow guard also led the special forces to make all preparations.

Zhuge Liang thought about it and felt that it might not be better for his son to follow him than to follow Chen Xi. Since Zhuge Zhan didn't want to come back, he should stay with his adoptive father.

Zhuge Zhan stayed, and Zhuge Jun's son Zhuge Long also stayed. Only Zhuge Huai was left, and this kid was not happy.

Why should my elder brother and cousin stay in Jingzhou, and I have to go to Chengdu alone?

I won't go either!

Huang saw it and thought, okay, if you want to stay, let them all stay, anyway, one is raised, and a group is released.

Or maybe Zhuge Liang and his wife were too careless, so they left their two sons at Chen Xi's house, and Huang went to Chengdu to find her husband to live a world of two.

Chen Xi's house has now become a stronghold for children. Liu Chan, Zhuge Zhan, and Zhuge Huai all live in his house. Zhuge Long next door also came over. He chose Chen's house instead of his own.

The same thing happened to the officials of the Jingzhou Group. Those boys who were used to staying in the school were not willing to go to Chengdu. The representative figure was Zhang Bao.

Guan Xing and Guan Suo both stayed in Jingzhou. How could Zhang Bao, who had a good relationship with them, be willing to leave by himself? He would never go.

Anyway, Guan Yu was his second uncle, so Zhang Bao lived in his second uncle's house.

After Zhang Fei got the news, he scolded his son for being blind and stupid, and not knowing how to live in Chen's house, where the food was so good.

After Liu Bei stabilized Yizhou, the reform in Jingzhou also began.

The first shot of the reform was to file a complaint.

Under the arrangement of the Jinyiwei, those civilians who had been oppressed by the local nobles mustered up the courage to come to the yamen to file a complaint, and there were many cases involving human lives.

Many of the officials who managed Jingzhou were from aristocratic families. Based on the principle of avoidance, they could not interfere in the investigation of the case and were left idle.

The aristocratic families in Jingzhou were still waiting to see the joke. Without us, who would manage Jingzhou?

The reserve forces who had been trained for many years came on the scene, took over the relevant work smoothly, and began to manage the counties of Jingzhou in an orderly manner.

At this time, the aristocratic families in Jingzhou noticed that something was wrong. The other party seemed to have been prepared, otherwise it would be hard to explain where so many reserve officials came from.

The aristocratic families in Jingzhou began to connect and discuss how to deal with this change.

Before the aristocratic families could come up with any results, the case was investigated first, and all the offenders were arrested, and all the people involved in the case were arrested.

This touched the aristocratic family's reverse scale. For a few civilians, they actually wanted to arrest people from our family. We don't agree!

Don't agree, right?

That's perfect, violent resistance to the law, all arrested.

The Jinyiwei Tiqi was dispatched to directly eliminate any aristocratic family that dared to violently resist the law.

As things developed to this point, the nobles had finally understood that the enemy was just going to attack them.

They could not sit still and wait for death, so the nobles began to gather their family strength, but the generals from the nobles were all under guard, and the young generals in the training camp took over the command.

The nobles did not have enough troops, only private soldiers, and these private soldiers were no match for the Jinyiwei Tiqi.

As a last resort, the nobles began to contact Jiangdong, hoping that Jiangdong could come to save them, and the envoys sent out were captured by the Jinyiwei in waves.

Taking advantage of this introduction, the Jinyiwei once again eliminated many nobles, and the reasons were all ready-made, collaborating with the enemy.

As the nobles were slowly eradicated, Jingzhou began to change, involving all aspects, including land reform, military system reform, commercial tax reform, and so on.

The reform in Jingzhou shocked the court and Jiangdong. Cao Cao was stunned. Was the big-eared thief so fierce?

Cao Cao was keenly aware of the benefits of the reform. He wanted it, but he couldn't do it. Too many people under him were from aristocratic families.

Not to mention Jiangdong, most of them were from aristocratic families.

The reform in Jingzhou affected the interests of all aristocratic families. The aristocratic families in Jingzhou were the first to get in trouble, followed by the aristocratic families in Yizhou.

Liu Bei was well prepared and suppressed the aristocratic families in Yizhou to prevent them from rebounding. The power came from the barrel of a gun. With the absolute advantage in military strength, it was difficult for the aristocratic families in Yizhou to even rebel.

There were already aristocratic families in Jingzhou who started to rebel. What awaited them was complete destruction. Did they really think Guan Yu was a good person?

Cao Cao didn't want to see the success of the reform in Jingzhou. He immediately ordered Cao Ren to attack Guan Yu to give him something to do, and at the same time he united with Jiangdong.

Sun Quan would naturally not miss such a good opportunity. He began to deploy troops in Chaisang, preparing to find an opportunity to take Jingzhou. Even if there was no opportunity, he could still make things difficult for Liu Bei.

Guan Yu led his troops to station along the Jiangling line to confront Cao Ren's army. The private soldiers of the Jingzhou nobles could be handed over to his subordinates.

On the Jiangdong side, the gathered army encountered various harassments from the Shadow Guard Special Forces, assassinations, poisoning, and all kinds of shady tricks were used.

Lu Su was seriously ill and did not get involved in this matter. He was also opposed to falling out with Liu Bei. He was recuperating in Jianye, and the commander of the army was Lu Meng.

This time, Lu Meng had no chance to become the third Grand Commander, let alone play the white-clothed crossing of the river. He was hacked to death by the Shadow Guard in the central army's tent.

Many other Jiangdong generals were also assassinated, and the soldiers were poisoned on a large scale, causing panic in the Jiangdong army.

Lu Su had to go into battle with illness to appease the army and send people to make peace with Guan Yu.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was done by the Jingzhou side, but there was no evidence, which indirectly proved that the other party was highly skilled.

Even Sun Quan's residence was not safe. The shadow guard sneaked in and left a head in Sun Quan's study. The head was the envoy sent by Cao Cao to Jiangdong.

After Sun Quan saw it, he was scared. The other party could cut off the envoy's head and put it in his study, which also meant that he could cut off his head at any time.

For a while, the Jiangdong side was really scared and dared not act rashly.

Cao Cao also got the news and became interested in this unit under Liu Bei's command. Unfortunately, the special forces were too mysterious and no useful information was passed on.