Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 792 How about we abandon the dark and turn to the bright?

In the early years, when Liu Yangang came to Yizhou, for his own rule, he suppressed or even eliminated the gentry in Yizhou.

Later, when Cao Cao issued a call to action and Yuan Shao called on the princes of the world to form an alliance against Dong, Liu Yan ignored the princes of the world and refused to send troops to form an alliance with Suanzao.At that time, Jia Long, one of the representatives of the Yizhou gentry, saw through Liu Yan's ambition to separate himself and start to incite the gentry and prominent families to rebel against Liu Yan.

However, the rebellion was quickly suppressed by Liu Yan, but both Liu Yan and the Yizhou gentry suffered losses. Although after nearly ten years of recuperation, Liu Zhang and the Yizhou gentry still did not recover their original strength.

It is precisely because of this that the Yizhou gentry will not maintain an iron-like relationship with Liu Zhang. Zhang Song of the Zhang family even took the initiative to present a map of Bashu to Cao Cao to help Cao Cao capture Xichuan.

However, Liu Yan's suppression of the gentry in Yizhou at the beginning made Cao Cao's rule easier and saved too much unnecessary trouble.

After Lu Yan captured Yizhou, the new policies on household registration and land that he formulated could be promoted more quickly and easily.As for the gentry who dared to disobey or even resist, Lu Yan didn't mind showing him what it means to be iron-blooded.

Fushui Pass was broken, and Wu Lan and Gao Pei retreated to Fucheng.

Cao Jun continued to move forward, and soon came to the outside of Fucheng, forming an army formation.They didn't plan to set up camp anymore, and they were going to take Fucheng directly in one go.

Zhang Ren, the defender of Fucheng, had 2 soldiers. After joining forces with Gao Pei and Wu Lan's retreating troops, there are now a total of almost [-] soldiers.

From Gao Pei and Wu Lan, Zhang Ren learned that Lu Yan had a powerful siege weapon. In order to prevent himself from being beaten passively like Fushui Pass, Zhang Ren assigned an army to command Gao Pei. Set up camp ten miles outside the city, relying on the situation of Jujiao.

Lu Yan asked Ma Chao and Xia Houlan to lead the cavalry to deal with the troops outside the city, while Zhao Yun and Tai Shici, as the first generals to attack the city, led the infantry to prepare to lead the army into the city after breaking through the city wall.

There was not much suspense during the siege of the city. The fifty cannons were divided into two waves and fired in turn. The city wall of Fucheng, which was not as strong as Fushuiguan, collapsed after only two rounds.

Gao Pei led [-] soldiers outside the city, and was almost powerless to fight back under the attack of Xia Houlan and Ma Chao.

After Zhao Yun and Tai Shici captured Zhang Ren and Wu Lan, Xia Houlan and Ma Chao also killed Gao Pei.

The main reason is that Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren are brothers. During the battle, both Zhao Yun and Tai Shici showed mercy, and Wu Lan followed suit. Otherwise, he would have been beheaded directly like Gao Pei. destiny.

At the same time, the unfavorable battle situation in the north and east has also been transmitted back to Chengdu.

In the prefect's mansion, a messenger with a flustered expression suddenly rushed in and shouted: "Report! My lord! There is an urgent military situation!"

Liu Zhang was enjoying the singing and dancing, when he heard this, he frowned and said, "What's wrong with being flustered? Straighten your tongue if you have something to say!"

The singers withdrew one after another, and the orderly took a few breaths before saying, "Master, Cao Jun in the north has already broken through Fushui Pass, and Cao Ren in the east has also broken through Jiangzhou!"

"Bang!"

Suddenly there was a sound from above, and the messenger looked up suspiciously. It turned out that Liu Zhang was so frightened by the sudden bad news that he fell to the ground and casually brought down the table in front of him.

"What? What did you say? Say it again!!"

Facing the furious Liu Zhang, the messenger couldn't help swallowing and said, "My lord, Cao's army has broken through Fushui Pass and Jiangzhou, and they are now heading towards Chengdu!"

Liu Zhang still couldn't believe it, and shouted with a ferocious expression: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"I have Jiange natural danger in the north of Xichuan, and Yan Yan's army guards Jiangzhou Jiancheng in the east. How can Cao Jun break through easily?!"

"Returning to my lord, I heard that Cao Jun used a new type of siege weapon, which can bombard the city walls into ruins amidst the roar of thunder. The walls of Jiangzhou City and Fushui Pass were trampled in this way, which is really shocking! "

"What about Old General Yan?" Liu Zhang was really panicked now, he quickly found a backer, "Wu Yi, Gao Pei, and General Zhang Ren?"

The messenger replied with an ugly face: "Old General Yan was captured alive by Cao Ren. General Wu Yi and the others have retreated to Fucheng, Luocheng and Mianzhu Pass respectively."

Liu Zhang's face was pale, and he lay limp on the ground, whispering with a trembling mouth: "It's over. It's all over."

Outside the prefect's mansion, many civil servants and military generals had already heard the news and gathered together.

Someone asked the people around him: "I heard that Cao Jun has already entered, what do you think now, my lord?"

The person being asked sneered, glanced around, and then said in a low voice: "My lord is probably still drunk and dreaming, how can I have any ideas?"

"Oh, my Yizhou is completely destroyed by Liu's father and son."

At this time, Meng Da suddenly came to the prefect's mansion with more than a thousand people, and said to the gathered civil and military officials: "After Cao Ren's army captured Jiangzhou, they went all the way along the Fushui River to Fucheng, and attacked Bashui all the way. County, and will go to Fucheng later.

When Lu Yan broke through the Fushui Pass, he hardly lost a single soldier, and there were still nearly [-] troops.

When the three armies converge, there will be at least 20 troops under Lu Yan's command. Let me ask you, who else in Sichuan can take the lead? "

Meng Da deliberately exaggerated the number of Cao Jun to pave the way for his subsequent attempts.

"Wow!"

Meng Da's words shocked and amazed all the officials in central Shu who were present.

After a short period of silence, everyone showed panic on their faces, and then they all began to discuss with their close colleagues what to do.

At this time, an official familiar with Meng Da asked, "General Meng, what do you think?"

Meng Da had someone under his command, and he no longer hid it. "Except for Yizhou, all the world has belonged to the orthodox Han Dynasty! Liu's father and son want to separate one side, so why should we help the tyrant? Why don't we take the opportunity to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, and lead the Shuzhong?" If the common people return to the rule of the great Han, they may still be famous in history!"

Many people's eyes lit up when they heard the words, and they looked at each other, and they all saw the eager thoughts in each other's eyes.

Yes, the thirteen prefectures in the world, except Yizhou, are all under the rule of Cao Cao now.

With the strength of a state, how can it compete with the entire big man?
It's better to turn to the light as soon as possible, maybe you can get a big credit!

Thinking of this, many people bowed their hands or cupped their fists to Meng Da: "I will wait for General Meng to give orders!"

This group of people are all geniuses. Since Meng Da proposed to surrender, they naturally pushed him out as the early bird.Although if they succeeded, their credit would definitely not be as great as Meng Da's, but if they failed, they would not be punished too much.

Anyway, there are benefits to enjoy, and risks to bear. Who would not want to participate in such a good event?

After waiting for many supporters around, Meng Da was even more satisfied.

But there was still a small group of people who did not respond to him, so Meng Da looked at the leader of the small group and asked, "Master Huang, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)