Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 220 Yihou comes to surrender

Zhang Wei stood at the head of the old Yangpingguan city, listening to the sound of drums and horns coming from Zoumaling Mountain in the distance, as well as the louder sounds of fighting. Many sounds were mixed together, which was very exciting, but Zhang Wei didn't feel anything at all, he just felt a little sleepy.

For more than ten consecutive days, more than ten thousand Shu troops were divided into ten teams, one team after another, and continuously launched attacks on the Xinyang Pingguan Mountain City on Zouma Ridge. The offensive was continuous and quite powerful. However, the commander of the army, Li Xiu, Under their defense, the Shu soldiers only obtained a few forts on the periphery of Xinyangpingguan Mountain City, but did not even touch the city wall of Xinyangpingguan.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Wei, who originally maintained a cautious and cautious attitude, naturally became a little lax and ignored the Shu soldiers. He believed that the danger of Xinyang Ping Pass was enough to keep Liu Zhang out of Hanzhong.

To be honest, today, if Zhang Wei had not considered that as a general guarding the city, he needed to set an example and patrol the city walls from time to time to prevent his soldiers from becoming lazy, he would not have planned to go to the top of Yangpingguan City to watch Shu. The siege battle was fierce and heroic but had little effect. After all, after watching the same show for more than ten days in a row, I was exhausted.

"Although the Shu soldiers are brave, they are like wild bulls who don't know how to advance or retreat. They have been attacking for more than ten days without any results. But today they are still attacking the city. It's really ungrateful." Zhang Wei complained to Yang Ren who was offering wine. One sentence.

Yang Ren, who offered wine sacrifices, echoed Zhang Wei: "What the great wine sacrifices say is that the Shu soldiers are quite stupid. Even if they can't take Xinyang Ping Pass, they don't withdraw to Shu, and they are just annoying people here."

"It's really disgusting." Zhang Wei cursed at the Shu soldiers in the distance. He and the Zhang Lu brothers didn't have much thought about Shu. They just wanted to hold Hanzhong, separate one side, and develop the Tao of Heavenly Masters. But Liu Zhang was very disgusted with his son, so he raised troops and attacked his Hanzhong territory, disturbing the peace of the people.

‘Isn’t it good for everyone to live in peace and harmony? ’ Zhang Wei sighed in his heart.

On the top of the city of Xinyang Pingguan, Army Sima Li Xiu was also a little tired. Although the Shu soldiers attacked fiercely, he defended well and did not give the Shu soldiers much opportunity to take advantage of. So far, the Shu soldiers have only gained very little. What an achievement.

"Mr. Meng, people say that Liu Jiyu used his troops like fire. In the past ten days, he conquered Bajun and conquered Nanzhong in a few months. But when I saw it today, I was greatly disappointed... knowing that our Xinyang Ping Pass is located on Zouma Ridge. It is not easy to attack from the back, but the offensive has been continuous for more than ten days, and the troops are wasted. Can this be considered a man who knows how to fight?" Li Xiu was a little complacent. Liu Zhang was now in full swing, but there was nothing he could do about him. It would be spread in the future. If he goes out, his reputation may spread throughout Zhongzhou, where he will be the choice of famous generals.

Meng Da smiled and complimented: "Last year in the Bajun uprising, Jingzhou Bijia Liu He and the Badi tycoons were just in league with each other. They did not cooperate sincerely and were just a mob. And the group in Nanzhong People are a rabble within a rabble. Many forces were separated in various directions, but they did not unite into one, and were defeated by Liu Jiyu one by one. Liu Jiyu's ability to conquer Bajun and Nanzhong does not mean that he knows the troops. I think it was just a fluke... Now We have well-equipped troops in Xin Yangping Pass, and we are united, and you have Li Sima sitting here, so Liu Jiyu is naturally helpless and can only look at the top of our city in Xin Yangping Pass and sigh."

Li Xiu couldn't hide his pride. He laughed twice, and then said modestly: "Meng Jun has said it before. I, Li Xiu, am just a middle-aged man. I can make Liu Jiyu unable to do anything. I just rely on the danger of walking on the horse. It can't be regarded as my real ability." ...If it is a real sword and a real spear, and we all form formations on the ground to attack and kill, it is expected that I will not be Liu Jiyu's opponent."

"Hey, why should Li Sima be too modest? You must be aware that if you are too modest, you will inevitably belittle yourself." Meng Da had a serious look on his face and truly said something that made him feel ashamed. But Meng Da's real thought was that Li Xiu had returned With some self-awareness, he knew that it was the natural dangers of Xinyang Ping Pass that could block the Shu soldiers, not Li Xiu's real ability.

At the same time, Meng Da agreed very much with Li Xiu's statement that Li Xiu was no match for the Shu soldiers in a battle on the ground. After all, in the past ten days or so, he had been quite capable of dealing with the fierce offensives of the Shu soldiers and the fierce and fierce front. It is recognized that with the strength of the Shu soldiers, if Yangping Pass had not been strong, Hanzhong would have fallen into the hands of the Shu soldiers, and Zhang Lu and Zhang Wei would have hung their heads above the Chengdu city.

Thinking of this, Mengda didn't have much hope that the Shu soldiers could capture Hanzhong. If the Shu soldiers wanted to capture Hanzhong, they had to capture Yangping Pass first, but the city of Yangping Pass was very strong, and one man could pass ten thousand men. Don't open it, it will be extremely difficult for Shu soldiers to capture it. If they cannot capture Yangping Pass, Shu soldiers will not be able to enter Hanzhong.

‘The time has not come yet. ’ Mengda suppressed the rebellious thoughts in his heart.

Meng Da didn't have much affection for his immediate boss Zhang Lu, nor did he have much affection for Li Xiu, the good friend who recommended him to become an official. He was just using him to make a living for the clan. Therefore, when they were discussing with Fazheng earlier, the two of them had the idea of ​​​​conspiracy, and wanted to seek refuge with Liu Zhang, who had a reputation for benevolence and glorious martial arts, and could be called a wise master.

But it is different from Fa Zheng's desire to find a clear master and show his ambition. Meng Da didn't pay much attention to whether Liu Zhang was a wise master. He only knew that Liu Zhang was generous and generous, and the captain and lieutenant would throw away the worthless things. He took refuge in Liu Zhang, saying that he could not directly receive a captain. Unlike Zhang Lu's tent, he only held the position of captain, and his tent's troops were not at full strength. He was just using Meng's tribe as a front as before.

Therefore, Meng Da originally wanted to wait for Liu Zhang's side to attack Yangping Pass, find a good opportunity, make some achievements, and then join Liu Zhang's army. But now seeing that Liu Zhang was helpless against Yangping Pass, Meng Da couldn't help but give up the idea of ​​surrendering to Liu Zhang and planned to wait and see the situation again.

The days ahead are long, and Meng Da feels that he is still young and can afford to wait. There is no need to rush or put oneself in danger. After all, his Meng family's women and children are still in Mian County, and his Meng family's tribe is guarding the camp in Xinyang Ping Pass. Although Li Xiu is close to him, he does not completely trust him, and calls him alone from time to time. Accompanying and being separated from Meng's tribe, he did not have the opportunity to make small moves.

Therefore, without the ripe fruit hanging on his lips, Meng Da did not want to show his face and take too many risks. He chose the safest method, waiting and waiting until the situation became clearer and the outcome could be seen. time, then consider taking action.

Under the city of Zoumaling Mountain, Liu Zhang also felt a little tired. He knew that attacking a city was a hard task, and he also knew that attacking a city was a matter of delaying the sun and the moon. He was better than Zhuge Wuhou, who was led by Hao Zhao with a thousand soldiers. Blocked by the soldiers guarding Chencang, there was nothing that could be done against Hao Zhao. However, Hao Zhao relied on the fact that Chencang City was easy to defend and difficult to attack, blocking Zhuge Liang's efforts, and achieved such a great reputation and made a big name in history.

When people in later generations talked about generals who were good at defense, they couldn't help but bring up Hao Zhaolai. For example, once he shaved his head, he said: "Sun Zhongmou's attack on Hefei was hurt by Zhang Liao; Zhuge Wuhou's attack on Chencang was hurt by Hao Zhao. They were all in their early days." Sharp, it gradually becomes exhausted. ’

It would be great if there was an Italian cannon. The country was in trouble and we missed our good generals. The bored Liu Zhang started to think wildly. He remembered the Italian cannon that captured Ping'an County. After a few cannons, there was no need to worry about not being able to capture Xinyang Pingguan. Why can't Hanzhong be attacked? Just as Liu Zhang was thinking wildly, an orderly soldier drove a fast horse to his headquarters of the Chinese army. After verifying his identity, the orderly soldier stepped into the camp surrounded by curtains and half-knelt down. A message was announced in a loud voice: "Ming Gong, Captain Lou Qilou, who was previously sent to Hanzhong by Director Huang, has returned today and is waiting at the camp gate."

Liu Zhang nodded. This news did not bring him any surprise. He knew that Lou Qi was sent to Hanzhong by Huang Quan as an agent. He knew that Lou Qi contacted Guanzhong, Liangzhou and Hanzhong and was not convinced by Zhang Lu's powerful family. One thing, I'm not very optimistic about it.

After all, Zhang Lu had been in Hanzhong for a long time, and the die-hard elements who dissatisfied with Zhang Lu had long been killed. The remaining ones were either cowardly and incompetent powerful men, or unworthy powerful men. Liu Zhang contacted these people just in the name of winning. As for Wu Wu's thoughts, he definitely wouldn't hold too much hope.

Liu Zhang estimated that even if the tycoons in Hanzhong had ideas, they would probably do the icing on the cake after he captured Yangping Pass. Before he captured Yangping Pass and opened the road to Hanzhong, the tycoons in Hanzhong would probably just sit on the wall and watch. It was more or less impossible for Liu Zhang to expect that Hanzhong's tycoons would take chestnuts from the fire, respond to the uprising, and cause some trouble to Zhang Lu.

"Go and call Captain Lou to report the news." Liu Zhang gave a casual order.

"No." The messenger immediately responded. Just as he was about to turn away, he remembered something: "Ming Gong, Lieutenant Lou also brought someone back from Hanzhong. That person called himself Fufeng, and his surname was Fa. Zheng, whose courtesy name is Xiaozhi, says that he wants to serve Ming Gong, but I don't know if I should pass it on."

‘Yi Hou Fa Zheng. ’

Liu Zhang didn't show any trouble on his face. As a shepherd of Yizhou, he had been in power for a long time, and his emotions and anger had long been cultivated. He would no longer show his emotions when he saw or heard celebrities from the Three Kingdoms like in the past. There was a look of surprise on his face, but although there was no look of surprise on his face, the waves in his heart were rolling like waves crashing over a cliff.

After all, it was the rectification of the law, which made Boss Cao sigh, "I have gathered all the traitors, but I can't rectify the evil?" ’, Liu Bei, Emperor Liu’s uncle, regarded him as a loyal minister. He controlled the capital from outside and was the mastermind from inside. Even Zhuge Wuhou asked him to punish him.

In the book "Three Kingdoms", Chen Shou compared Fazheng to Cheng Yu and Guo Jia of Wei State. Compared with Guo Jia, Fazheng can be regarded as a T0 level counselor, which can be said to be the first-class among the first-class. There is clear evidence in history. On the one hand, Fa Zheng assisted Liu Bei in conquering Shu after the death of Pang Tong. On the other hand, he planned the strategy of Shu Han and used ingenious tactics to win Hanzhong for Shu Han, so that the Shu Han regime would not be destroyed. Died suddenly on the way.

For such a genius, Liu Zhang had previously sent people to inquire about Fazheng in private. However, Fazheng, who had been promised to enter Shu, disappeared out of thin air and did not appear in Shu. There was no news at all. At that time He thought that because of his arrival, the situation changed under the fluttering wings of butterflies, and Fazheng did not enter Shu normally. But now it seems that Fazheng was blocked in Hanzhong by the rice thief Zhang Lu, so he did not enter Shu.

"Call us all quickly." Liu Zhang immediately issued the order. After thinking about it for a moment, he felt that something was wrong. He stopped the messenger who was turning to leave, and then ordered Huang Quan beside him: "Mr. Heng, please sit in charge here. When people from far away come to visit me, I will go and see them in person, so as not to make the guests feel disrespectful."

"No." Huang Quan responded respectfully. He was not too surprised that Liu Zhang went to entertain Fa Zheng in person. After all, Liu Zhang had always been a close friend of the virtuous and loved his scholars, and regardless of whether they were high or low, he would always receive them attentively and would not care about others. If you are born low, you will be treated shallowly. Not to mention that he came from Zhang Lu, took great risks to serve, and was the first person to come to Hanzhong to serve, so he should be treated grandly.

However, Huang Quan was still a little surprised, because after all, it was the time when the two armies were fighting. Although it was just a daily attack and defense, there was no need for Liu Zhang to be here. However, it was rare for Liu Zhang to first issue an order to summon Fa Zheng, then deny his order and go to receive Fa Zheng in person instead.

With Huang Quan sitting in the middle, he continued to command the army to attack Xinyangping Pass on Zouma Ridge. Liu Zhang rode his horse to the camp gate of the army camp.

After Liu Zhang left, the school captain Yin Pu asked a question in a carefree manner: "Why should Duke Ming be so serious about a refugee who went south from Fufeng, and actually went to receive him in person? It would be better to just summon him."

A slight smile appeared on Huang Quan's face: "Ming Gong loves the people and respects scholars. Fa Xiaozhi comes to vote as a distant man. He is also the first one from Hanzhong to join us. Ming Gong should value him."

Yang Huai, the general of the lieutenant general, was also a little confused by Liu Zhang's behavior of receiving Fa Zheng in person. He felt that it was too polite. However, after thinking about Fa Zheng's last name for a moment, he said to Yin Pu who looked confused: "Fa Xiaozhi should be He is not an ordinary person. His surname is Fa and he was born in Fufeng. He is probably a descendant of the former Guanzhong great scholar ‘Mr. Xuande’ Fazhen and Fa Gaoqing.”

"Mr. Xuande?" Colonel Yin Pu, who was born in Hanoi, suddenly realized that although he was from Hanoi, he had heard of Fazhen's name. He was not an ordinary person, but a hermit whose reputation was famous in Guanzhong. Evaluation: "The true name of the Dharma can be heard, but it is rare to see it. If you run away from your name, I will follow you when you are famous. If you avoid your name, you will be chased by your name. You can be called a teacher for a hundred generations!" ’.

Yin Pu nodded: "If he is Mr. Xuande's heir, I will go see him personally."

Huang Quan, who heard Yang Huai's words, was relieved of his doubts. Before Liu Zhang entered Shu, he had been living in Guanzhong. He probably heard the name of Fa Zhen, so after issuing the order to summon Fa Zheng, he thought that Fa Zheng might be Fa Zheng. A true heir, a descendant of a great Confucian scholar, a heir of a famous scholar, so he had the idea of ​​going to receive him in person. In this way, Liu Zhang's contradictory actions just now can be explained.

(End of this chapter)