I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 268 The general trend of the world
After Liu Zhang surrendered, Zhang Song took Liu Zhang's edict and rushed to Zhang Ren's army. He also went with Cheng Lian's [-] Bingzhou Army. He was strangled by Zhang Liao and Cheng Lian.

Later, under Zhang Song's persuasion and the siege of the [-] troops, Zhang Ren finally chose to give up resistance and gave up the idea of ​​fighting to the death. After all, Liu Zhang had already surrendered, and Li Shimin also represented the emperor in name, Zhang Ren has no reason to fight to the death.

Naturally, Li Shimin didn't think about embarrassing Liu Zhang and others. Liu Zhang is weak, and he won't be able to achieve anything, and he will not be his enemy in the future. Leaving him alive can show his broad mind, and winning Jingzhou and other places in the future can be regarded as a fight. Take a look.

Li Shimin personally summoned Liu Zhang and promised to make him Marquis of Anle and reward him with ten thousand taels of gold, but he had to move his family to Chang'an instead of staying in Yizhou.

Liu Zhang originally thought that his own life would be difficult to save. Now that he can save his life at this time, there is nothing he is not satisfied with, so naturally he dared not complain.

After Li Shimin entered Shu, his military discipline was strict, and he practiced more benevolent policies. He did not offend the common people, did not kill Liu Zhang's soldiers, and captured the generals well.Coupled with Li Shimin's celestial appearance, he is becoming more and more like a master. Naturally, he has won the approval of many people, and the voice of resistance has also been much quieter.

After all, Li Shimin nominally had the emperor to crusade against the disobedient ministers. With this righteousness, the voice of resistance was indeed much smaller.

In addition, Corporal Li Shimin was courteous and virtuous, and personally persuaded him to surrender. Liu Zhang's Wenwu, Gao Pei, Yang Huai, Yan Yan and others were persuaded by Li Shimin to join the Bingzhou Army.

So far, Yizhou has been completely pacified. With this piece of land in the land of abundance, Li Shimin's power has also been greatly enhanced. As a result, Li Shimin's pace of pacifying the world has been completed more than half.

During Li Shimin's pacification of Yizhou, Cao Cao, who was trapped in Qingzhou, unwillingly launched a counterattack with Liu Bei in Xuzhou, with a total of 25 troops, and launched surprise attacks on Yanzhou and Yuzhou respectively, trying to regain the lost territory.

Thanks to the orderly preparations of Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Yun of Jizhou, and the proper planning of Xu Shu, Chen Gong and others, Cao Cao and Liu Bei did not take advantage of it, but returned home in defeat.

Under the attack of Lu Bu and Jia Xu, the nine counties in the north of the Yangtze River occupied by Yuan Shu, that is, the rich land of Jianghuai, were completely taken by Lu Bu. Yuan Shu was beaten to the ground and fled to Liu Bei with only a thousand defeated soldiers. That took refuge.

In this way, except for Xuzhou and Qingzhou, the entire north of the Yangtze River is under Li Shimin's world.

After Li Shimin stayed in Yizhou for a period of time, he arranged Yizhou's military affairs and government affairs properly. Considering the new establishment of Yizhou, Li Shimin left Zhuge Liang as the governor of Yizhou to take charge of Yizhou's government affairs. Because Zhang Song took refuge in Yizhou early, He was promoted to Yizhou Biejia, and cooperated with Zhuge Liang to settle the hearts of the people in Yizhou.

In terms of military affairs, Li Shimin appointed Zhang Liao as the governor of Yizhou, and Zhang Jian, Gao Pei, Yang Huai and others were assigned to guard the passes.Firstly, he calmed down disobedient ministers and cooperated with Zhuge Liang to eliminate hidden dangers in the army. Second, in the name of cleaning up military discipline, he replaced key lieutenants and generals in Liu Zhang's army with the Bingzhou Army to strengthen control over this army.

After taking Yizhou, the route to attack Jingzhou from the flank has also been cleared. Taking the Yangtze River waterway can kill Yiling and Jiangling smoothly all the way, and outflank Jingzhou from behind. Therefore, this is also the purpose of leaving Zhang Liao and Zhuge Liang behind.

Sophisticated planning and planning in advance have always been Li Shimin's code of conduct, and this time is no exception.

Li Shimin's deployment was naturally confided to Zhuge Liang, Zhang Liao and others, and Zhuge Liang was asked to build warships in Jiangzhou, prepare military supplies, and be ready to go out by water at any time.

In fact, Zhuge Liang is also proficient in water warfare, and more importantly, his daughter-in-law Huang Yueying is a "great inventor". In addition to weapons, she also has a lot of research on shipbuilding.

After the settlement in Yizhou was settled, Li Shimin led the remaining nearly [-] elites, as well as Liu Zhang's family and others, and set out to withdraw to Chang'an. Fazheng and Zhang Ren were also in the team.

Fazheng is good at intrigue. Although he is not well-known, he is actually very talented. He and Zhuge Liang are both strange and upright. They can be called double walls. Therefore, Li Shimin also has high hopes for Fazheng. He also wants to reuse him when he brings him back to Chang'an this time.

Zhang Ren can be regarded as the number one general in Yizhou. He is capable of writing and martial arts, and more importantly, he is very loyal and brave. He was defeated in the previous life and refused to surrender. He was finally killed by Liu Bei, which shows his loyalty. Therefore, Li Shimin sent him Taking him away is also to reuse him in the future.

When the army passed by Jianmen Pass, Li Shimin also summoned Zhang Jian, the guard of Jianmen Pass. Naturally, he encouraged him again, hinting the importance of Jianmen Pass to Zhang Jian, and Zhang Jian naturally understood.

After all, he has the taint of surrendering to the enemy, so it is unlikely that he will be accepted by the generals of Yizhou natives. This is exactly what Li Shimin likes.Let him guard the Jianmen Gate, even if the old part of the Central Sichuan Province has ambitions, as long as the Jianmen Gate is closed in his hands, they will not be able to turn the sky.

One hundred thousand troops finally returned to Chang'an after more than a month. The people of Chang'an lined the streets to welcome and celebrate the general's return from victory. The city was empty with thousands of people, and the people crowded the streets to welcome Li Shimin who had returned to the city. .

Under Li Shimin's rule, the people of Chang'an finally lived a stable life, without tyrannical levies and extortions, and without warlords taking tyranny, it can be regarded as a very good situation.

Although everyone doesn't say it in their hearts, they all know that the court is now the general Li Shimin's final say.After all, what the common people think is relatively simple, whoever can bring a good life, who can protect themselves, I will go with whoever, and I really don't care about righteousness and the like.

The welcome from the people did not make Li Shimin complacent. On the contrary, he was cautious and felt a little crisis. Before the world is completely unified, he should keep a low-key posture and not be too ostentatious, so as not to stimulate Liu Xiehe too much. The dissatisfied gentry class canceled a series of celebrations.

After returning to the General's Mansion, Li Shimin immediately summoned his confidants and think tanks, and began to plan the next big battle, and the pace of calming down the world could not be stopped.

The next key offensive goal is to completely eliminate Cao Cao and Liu Bei's group entrenched in Qingzhou and Xuzhou, wipe out the enemies in Jiangbei, and seize the strategically important Jingzhou to prepare for the leveling of Jiangdong.

After discussing with Xu Shu, Jia Xu, Jushou and others, Li Shimin formulated a strategy to solve Xuzhou and Qingzhou by military means and take Jingzhou by political offensive.

(End of this chapter)