Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 299 Liu Zhang Runs Away
After Fazheng persuaded Yang Song.

that night.

Fazheng stayed at Yang Song's mansion and discussed the details of the incident with him.

In the early morning of the second day, he immediately set off back to Xigou.

After the matter was settled, Wei Yan immediately sent someone back to report to Liu Bei in accordance with Fazheng's order.

Liu Bei was still struggling to move in the direction of Hanzhong County.

He listened to Pang Tong's suggestion, lengthened the marching line, divided it into several sections with each army as a unit, and each department was responsible for a part of the grain and grass escort.

In this way, the efficiency is much faster. On the road totaling more than 300 kilometers from Dangqu to Hanzhong, each army ranges from several thousand to [-] people, and the distance between the front and back is tens of miles without interfering with each other.

In this way, problems such as bloated army, slow transportation of grain and grass, and difficulty in marching can be solved.

The disadvantages are also obvious and cannot be achieved at one time.

Just like ants moving, Wei Yan has arrived at Xigou as the vanguard, while Zhang Fei's front army behind them is more than 30 kilometers away, and Liu Bei's army is farther away.

Therefore, in order to prevent Wei Yanbing from being unable to quickly control the Chenggu and Baozhong counties around Nanzheng, he must wait first.

At least wait until Zhang Fei's former army arrives before they can act.

Soon, two days later.

In the early morning of June 14, Jian'an 5000th, Zhang Fei's former army of [-] people had already arrived in Xigou.

In addition to the 3000 people in the headquarters, the troops under his jurisdiction are the elite of the Jin people. They are led by Pu Hu, the king of Pu's barbarians, and cross mountains and ridges like walking on flat ground.

After Zhang Fei arrived in Xigou, Fazheng quickly assigned tactical tasks.

The soldiers rested for a day today, and waited for the evening to march out of the Xigou Pass and head straight for Nanzheng Ferry. Boats were prepared at the ferry, and they crossed the river overnight to the outside of Nanzheng City.

Although Xigou is still some distance away from Nanzheng City, it is expected to arrive at Nanzheng the next morning, at which time Yang Song will open the city gate and let them in.

At present, Zhang Fei followed Fazheng's strategy, and the sky quickly darkened, and the [-] troops quickly set off to attack Hanzhong.

Things went very smoothly. Although there were people along the way who saw this scene, they didn't know what happened. Every family hid behind closed doors. In the wilderness, apart from the barking of dogs, there was only the sound of [-] troops marching for miles.

Soon, the next morning came.

It was not three o'clock at the beginning of sunrise, and when the sky was just getting bright, Yang Song had already left the door.

Today's weather is still sunny and dry, which is refreshing.

Among the mountains in the east, one can vaguely see the huge sun disc revealing a ray of light, illuminating the entire land from darkness to day.

Yang Song got into the carriage, and the carriage drove slowly on the street.

At this time, there was no one on the street, and the city gate would not open until the last hour of sunrise. The street was quiet, only the sound of the carriage wheels rolling.

Yang Song's eyes were red, he didn't sleep last night, although betraying Zhang Lu still made him a little uneasy, but the thought of the gold and silver he was about to get turned all this into excitement, and he couldn't sleep.

That's two hundred catties of gold and five hundred catties of silver.

"Master Book."

When he arrived at the gate of the city, Marquis Qu Jun, who was in charge of guarding the south gate last night, was already waiting for him.

Yang Song nodded and said, "Is everything ready?"

"It's ready."

Qu Junhou replied honestly.

He is Yang Song's man, and he should not have been on duty at the South Gate last night. It was Yang Song who temporarily changed Li Xiu's arrangement and transferred him here.

Although Li Xiu, the guard in the city, had a little strategy, he never dreamed that Liu Bei's army had already reached Hanzhong, so although he was quite puzzled by Yang Song's arrangement, he did not dare to question it and could only let it go.

"Ah."

Yang Song said, "Open the city gate."

"only."

Qu Junhou immediately turned around and issued an order: "Open the city gate!"

It is about five o'clock in the morning, and the sky is not completely bright yet, and there is still half an hour before the opening of the city gate.

The soldiers were a little puzzled as to why the gate was opened so early, but because it was an order from their superiors, they could only bury this doubt in their hearts and went to open the heavy city gate.

The creaking sound was loud and moving.

Yang Song said again: "Let all the soldiers guarding the city gather at the gate of the city."

"Blow the whistle, assemble!"

Qu Junhou shouted.

"Beep beep."

A sharp whistle sounded.

There were less than one song, about 300 soldiers stationed at the south gate, all trotting over.

Yang Song went up the tower alone.

Taking advantage of the bright sky, I looked towards the south.

I saw countless black shadows appearing on the horizon. At first, the distance was too far to see clearly, and I could only vaguely see the Kuroshio surging.

But after a while, the black shadow was getting closer and the sky was getting brighter. Under the sunlight of day, Yang Song saw countless people on the horizon, trotting all the way in a team.

Dust filled the sky, and the sound of footsteps resounded everywhere, but within a few minutes, they had already arrived outside Nanzheng City.

Zhang Lu's soldiers who had assembled and stood in the city gate heard the rumbling footsteps outside the city, and their faces changed suddenly. Some instinctively clenched the weapons in their hands.

Only then did Qu Junhou shout loudly: "Everyone put down their weapons. Uncle Liu Huang led an army of [-] to Hanzhong. The master has already surrendered. If you don't want to die, you can surrender with us."

The crowd was suddenly in an uproar and rioted.

But before they could react, the vanguard general Wei Yan rushed into the city, with countless soldiers behind him.

He reined in his horse and glanced around, Qu Junhou rushed over and cupped his hands, "General!"

"Ah."

Wei Yan nodded and said: "Let your people stand aside, the army is about to enter the city to control the four city gates, you go to each city gate to persuade them to surrender, and those who do not surrender will be killed without mercy."

Qu Junhou was overjoyed when he got the order, and quickly said, "Wei."

"go."

Wei Yan waved his hand, and the army behind him poured in like a tide.

Soon when the people in Nanzheng City were still lying on their beds, Liu Bei's army had already rushed into the city.

The city gates surrendered almost without any accidents, and even the mansion of Li Xiu, the commander of the army, was besieged. Soon after, he put down his weapons and came out to surrender.

Nanzheng City fell into the hands of Liu Beijun in an instant.

When the sound of clappers sounded at the end of the sunrise and the beginning of the eclipse, Zhang Fei, Wei Yan, Fa Zheng, Pu Hu, Yang Song and others had already appeared in the residence of the prefect of Hanzhong in Nanzheng County Government.

"Hahahahaha."

Zhang Fei sat on the main seat, laughed and said: "Zhang Lu must have never imagined that the soldiers and horses of the eldest brother have appeared in Nanzheng, Master Yang, quickly serve wine and celebrate."

Fazheng smiled and said: "General Zhang is not in a hurry, he has enough alcohol. But before that, there is another thing."

"whats the matter?"

Zhang Fei asked.

Fazheng's eyes rolled around Yang Song's body, making Yang Song feel uncomfortable.

In fact, he was thinking whether to kill Yang Song.

Yang Song is greedy for money. This kind of person is obviously not worthy of staying with Liu Bei. Killing him can save a lot of gold and silver.

But after thinking about it carefully, Fazheng finally dismissed this idea.

One is reputation.

Yang Song surrendered to his master because of money, his character was indeed inferior, but he was killed in a blink of an eye, who would dare to submit to Liu Bei after that?

So to buy a horse bone for thousands of dollars, not only should he be rewarded, but he should also be rewarded heavily.

The second is Yang Bai.

Yang Bai is currently stationed at Jiameng Pass.

If Yang Song can be used to win over Yang Bai, Zhang Lu's road from Jinniu Road back to Hanzhong can be blocked.

So Yang Song couldn't kill him.

Yang Song felt his scalp tingle when he stared at him with sinister eyes. He didn't know that he had already walked through the gate of hell, so he asked wonderingly, "What is Xiao Zhi looking at me for?"

Fa Zheng clapped his hands.

A soldier walked in carrying a box outside the door.

The box was so heavy that it took two soldiers to lift it up, and moved it in front of Yang Song.

Fazheng walked over, opened the box, and said to Yang Song with a smile: "Looking at Duke Yang is because I am happy for him. If General Zuo can win Hanzhong this time, Duke Yang will make a great contribution. reward?"

There were rows of horseshoe gold and silver pieces stacked in the box, although they were irregular, they reflected bright light under the sunlight outside the window, which blinded Yang Song all of a sudden.

"Oops."

Yang Song immediately smiled, clapped his hands and said, "It's my blessing to serve General Zuo."

As he spoke, he touched the gold and silver.

But Fazheng closed the box gently again, and said to Yang Song with a smile: "Mr. Yang, General Zuo treats you so generously. If Mr. Yang can persuade General Yang to surrender, wouldn't it be wonderful for the two brothers to serve General Zuo together?" ?”

"Well"

Yang Song looked at the box, and the restless hand that stretched out retracted again, a little embarrassed.

He naturally understood what Fazheng meant.

This was the good thing I said before, and now Yang Song stroked his beard and said, "I will write to my second brother immediately, ordering him to lead the troops north to Dingjun Mountain, what do you think?"

"Then there will be Lord Lao Yang."

Fazheng smiled and cupped his hands, then took a few steps back, and said to Zhang Fei: "General Zhang, you should send troops immediately to capture Chenggu County and Baozhong County. When these two counties are occupied, the Lord's army will come. At this time, in cooperation with General Yang Bo, we will take Mianyang from the west and capture Yangping Pass. From then on, Zhang Lu's retreat will be completely cut off, and Hanzhong will belong to the lord."

Zhang Fei scratched his head and said, "Okay, just follow the advice of the military advisor, where is Wei Yan?"

"The end is here."

Wei Yan stood up and said.

"Let you lead 3000 people to capture Baozhong."

"only."

"Where is Park Hoo?"

"The end is here."

"Let you lead 3000 people and seize the city."

"only."

Wei Yan and Pu Hu took orders and left.

Zhang Fei suddenly became the boss of Nanzheng, no one to discipline him, so he started asking for wine.

When Yang Song got gold and silver, Zhang Fei would naturally give him whatever he wanted.

Fazheng didn't bother to take care of Zhang Fei either.

Because Baozhong and Chenggu are very close to Nanzheng, they must be captured first.

Mianyang, guarded by Zhang Wei, is far away from Nanzheng, so the news will definitely not get through in a short time, so ignore it for now.

In addition to this, there is another reason.

That was when Mianyang was sandwiched by the Han River in the south and the Gou River in the east.

In addition, the north is vast and deep mountains and old forests, and the west is Yangping Pass. Attacking from the east is blocked by two rivers, making it difficult to fight through.

In history, if Cao Cao was not lucky, lost his way and took the Yangping Pass by mistake, he might not be able to win another year of fighting.

Therefore, the correct approach should be to occupy Nanzheng first, then cut off Zhang Lu's retreat, and then attack Mianyang from the direction of Dingjun Mountain in the south and Baozhong in the east.

Three days later, at the beginning of July, the main force of Liu Bei's army finally arrived in Hanzhong.

At this time, most of Hanzhong County had fallen.

Liu Bei followed Fazheng's plan, and the army began to march towards Mianyang in the west.

On July [-]th, knowing that Hanzhong had fallen, Zhang Wei quickly mobilized troops and destroyed the only two bridges on the Gouhe River. At the same time, he quickly sent people to Jiameng Pass for help.

However, waiting for Zhang Wei is two bread sandwiches.

On July [-]th, Yang Bai, who received Yang Song's letter, went north overnight and stationed troops at Dingjun Mountain, cutting off Zhang Weinan's escape route to Chengdu.

Zhang Wei now has only one choice, which is to go out of Yangping Guan and follow Chencang Road northward to escape to Guanzhong.

But he went to Guanzhong to die.

There are countless lands in Guanzhong. There are not one out of ten people, and the warlords are fighting among themselves. There is no point in having land even if there is no population.

But Zhang Wei has a strong personality. In history, he didn't even surrender to Cao Cao, let alone Liu Bei?

So he resisted desperately.

But as Liu Beijun built a boat to cross the river, tens of thousands of troops pressed down on the border, and Yang Bai cut off his retreat, and soon his troops approached the city and was surrounded in Mianyang City.

At the end of July, the soldiers in the city rebelled, tied up Zhang Wei and surrendered to Liu Bei, and Hanzhong has been peaceful since then.

After obtaining Hanzhong, Liu Bei rectified his troops and horses, waved his hands, and prepared to go south.

At this time, outside the city of Chengdu.

Zhang Lu naturally didn't know that his hometown was gone.

At the end of July, there was a continuous autumn rain in Chengdu, and the rain fell on the ground, covering the towering mountains in the distance in mist.

As the millennium capital of the ancestors of ancient Shu, the city of Chengdu is majestic and tall, only smaller than Chang'an and Luoyang.

The city looks magnificent, but it also has a series of problems.

Just like countless times in history, it is difficult for a metropolis like Chang'an and Luoyang to defend against large-scale attacks.

Because it is too big, the city wall stretches for more than ten kilometers, and there are too many places that can be attacked.Once the defense force in the city is insufficient, it may be attacked by the enemy from other places.

So now Liu Zhang's defense is very difficult.

There are no more than [-] soldiers capable of fighting in the city, but Zhang Lu's army outside the city is [-] to [-], attacking the city every day, and the ladders attack from all directions, so that Liu Zhang struggles to support himself. The weather has changed.

"Duke Ming, Liu Zhang won't last long."

Yan Pu stood on a tall tower in the camp and looked at the city from a distance. He saw a few soldiers on the city sticking their heads out to watch from time to time, so he smiled and said to Zhang Lu next to him: "After the rain stops, we will The date of Liu Zhang's death."

Zhang Lu also looked at the city in the distance, nodded slightly and said: "Well, Liu Zhang killed my mother back then, this is the time to take revenge."

"Congratulations to Duke Ming, congratulations to Duke Ming."

Yan Pu cupped his hands and said: "Once Xichuan is completely owned by Duke Ming, with the lands of Hanzhong and Bashu, and then seizes Guanzhong, Duke Ming will be able to fight for hegemony."

"Ha ha."

Zhang Lu smiled and did not speak.

He is actually not that strong about fighting for hegemony. After all, he is nearly fifty years old and his heart is not that strong anymore.

Now supporting him to attack Xichuan, one is to avenge his mother and younger brother Zhang Hui, and the other is to start preaching in the whole Yizhou after he got Xichuan, and promote the five buckets of rice religion.

These are the two fundamental reasons why he wants to eliminate Liu Zhang.

As for hegemony.

Two words.

Recklessly.

The two are talking.

Yan Pu suddenly expressed doubts: "Huh?"

"what happened?"

Zhang Lu asked.

Yan Pu pointed to the east gate of Chengdu and said, "Look, Duke Ming, the gate seems to be open."

"Oh?"

Zhang Lu looked quickly, and he saw the city gate open.

Then someone came out.

"Go and see."

Zhang Lu waved his hand, motioning for the soldiers around him to take a look.

Immediately there were scouts running away.

After a while.

The scouts are back.

He told Zhang Lu a news.

"Liu Zhang has escaped!"

(End of this chapter)