The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 704 Chapter 703 Nanzhong Rebellion
Yizhou changed hands, changing from Liu Zhang to Zhang Fei. It stands to reason that once the emperor and courtiers, Yizhou should have had a relatively large purge movement.

However, Zhang Fei's approach was beyond everyone's expectations. He took over all the mess left by Liu Zhang's era. Except for promoting and rewarding a few meritorious generals, all other officials maintained their original positions. Changes, and amnesty for Yizhou people who were wronged and imprisoned in prison, and boldly use young talents, whether they are Yizhou people or not, as long as you can prove your talent, you can go to the state pastoral mansion to seek official positions , and Zhang Fei will not be stingy with official positions.

Zhang Fei's approach not only did not cause resentment in Yizhou, but was very popular. Some Yizhou talents who were underappreciated because of Zhang Ren's power in Liu Zhang's era, whether they were old or in their prime, or The young ones, after hearing the news that Zhang Fei was only a candidate, all went to the state pastoral mansion in Chengdu to recommend themselves.

For a while, Qin Mi, Peng Yang, Liao Li, Wang Lian, Liu Yan, Lai Min, Meng Guang, Du Qiong, Du Wei, Zhou Qun and others were entrusted with important tasks by Zhang Fei, and they took important positions in the shogunate.

In addition, Zhang Fei also appointed Fazheng, Huang Quan, Zhang Song, Wang Lei, Yan Yan, Leng Bao, Wu Yi, Li Yan, Meng Da, Zhang Yi, Wu Lan, Lei Tong, Fei Shi, Zhuo Ying, Wu Ban, Dong He, Fei Guan, Deng Zhi, Feng Xi, Lu Yi and other Liu Zhang's old generals had important responsibilities, and all of them had their own military power to guard one side. This shows Zhang Fei's trust in them.

However, the old troops who followed Zhang Fei into Shu received very little rewards, but they also promoted many people, such as Deng Fang, Zong Yu, and the young general Zhang Ni who was discovered from the Sichuan Army. Zhang Feixin's general.

People like Liu Xian, Liu Du, Jian Yong, Chen Dao, Peng Tuo, Gong Zhi, etc. have not received any important rewards. In the eyes of outsiders, Zhang Fei is undoubtedly a bit biased, but this is exactly how Zhang Fei employs people. As Zhang Fei's old department, he must have greeted him in advance, so naturally there will be no complaints.

Moreover, Guan Ping, Guan Yu's eldest son, also joined Zhang Fei's subordinates as a general, and currently serves as Zhang Fei's guard captain, responsible for Zhang Fei's safety.

Ma Chao led his troops to attack Yizhou suddenly, and when the troops approached Jiameng Pass and killed Leng Bao, Zhang Fei was receiving Lu Kai, the prefect of Yueyu from Nanzhong, in the state pastoral mansion.

The so-called Nanzhong historically refers to today's Yunnan, Guizhou and southwestern Sichuan.In the Han Dynasty, it refers to several places south of Yizhou Shu County and Qianwei County, namely Yongchang County, Yizhou County, Yuexi County, Zangcai County and Qianwei vassal state.

As early as two years ago, Qianwei’s vassal state was renamed Zhuti County by Liu Zhang. Together with the other four counties, they were called Nanzhong Five Counties. There were fewer Han people in the territory, and most of them were Yi people. There were many tribes and various races, collectively called Southwest. Yi, the people in Nabao comb their hair into a vertebral bun and their skirts face to the left. They live in villages. They are able to cultivate the fields and are good at raising silkworms. Moreover, the territory is vast, the products are rich, and there are many rare and exotic animals. number.

Since the Han Dynasty conquered the Southwestern Yi, they often asked for tribute from here. The Yi people had rebelled against the imperial court many times, but they were all suppressed.When it came to Liu Yan, Liu Zhang and his sons, because they adopted a soft policy and implemented a more enlightened policy towards the Yi people, the Yi people and the Han people have always lived in peace.

However, since Yizhou changed hands, Yong Kai, the prefect of Yizhou, was unwilling to recognize Zhang Fei's status, so he contacted Zhu Bao, the prefect of Yongchang, Gao Ding, the prefect of Yongchang, Lu Kai, the prefect of Yuejue, and Wang Fu, the prefect of Zhu Ti, and even bewitched the locals. The Yi people were handsome and handsome, and they gathered a crowd to rebel, preparing to contend with Zhang Fei with the strength of the five counties in Nanzhong.

As soon as Lu Kai, the prefect of Yuejue, got the news, he immediately flew to Chengdu to report the letter to Zhang Fei, but he was betrayed by his subordinate captain, almost lost his life, and desperately escaped.

In the hall of the State Shepherd's Mansion, Lu Kai, the prefect of Yuejue, looked embarrassed, knelt on the ground and told Zhang Fei, who was sitting at the top, the whole process of Yongkai's gathering of people to rebel.

After Zhang Fei finished listening, he asked blankly, "They all gathered against me, why didn't you turn against me?"

"Kai deeply agrees with what the general has done in Yizhou, and even generals like Yan Yan, Wu Yi, Li Yan, and Leng Bao are willing to surrender to the general. Presumably the general must have a reason to convince them. If I surrender, I will naturally be fine." Lu Kai replied.

Zhang Fei nodded in satisfaction, and asked, "You have been in Nanzhong for a long time, and you should know the local situation better than me. In your opinion, Yong Kai gathered a crowd to rebel, how should I solve it?"

Lu Kai frowned, and said: "Nanzhong is located in a remote place, there are many barbarians and few Han people. Although Yong Kai gathered a crowd to rebel, he mainly relied on the barbarians, and the barbarians were only bewitched by Yong Kai. For fighting, as long as the general can send people to the tribe of the barbarians to clarify the facts, make the barbarians fearful and submissive, and then turn around to deal with Yong Kai's little force, it will be a piece of cake."

Zhang Fei pondered for a moment, and then said to Lu Kai: "Your suggestion is good, but my subordinates have no one available, and I don't know much about the situation in Nanzhong, so do you have anyone to recommend?"

Lu Kai thought for a while, and then said: "One person may be useful!"

"Who?"

"This man's surname is Li Minghui, and he is from Yuyuan County, Yizhou County. Although he is young, he is quite talented, and he has a good tongue and excellent eloquence. Li Hui's uncle, Cuanxi, is from Yizhou County. The county magistrate of Jianlian County was framed by Yong Kai for offending Yong Kai the year before last, and was unjustly killed in prison. His uncle's family was persecuted by Yong Kai. Li Hui wanted to avenge his uncle, but he had no way out. , So he came to Chengdu to sue Yong Kai, but the pleadings were handed in, but there was no news. Later, Li Hui was put in prison as a spy. General Feng invaded Chengdu, I am afraid that he is already a dead body at this time. Hearing about the general's amnesty, I believe that Li Hui should still stay in Chengdu. The relationship between people." Lu Kai said.

Zhang Feidao: "A mere Li Hui can divide the relationship between Yong Kai and Yi people?"

Lu Kai said: "General, don't underestimate Li Hui. This talent is outstanding and eloquent. The key point is that Li Hui's mother is a barbarian. I heard that she is a powerful surname among the barbarians. But Li Hui has always been ashamed of himself. It was born of a barbarian, so it is not mentioned, and outsiders rarely know about it."

"Then how did you know?"

"I have met Li Hui on several occasions. Although I haven't met much, I admire your talent, and I became a confidant. I only knew it when I chatted with Li Hui after drinking."

"I see. If Li Hui is really still in Chengdu, then the heavy responsibility of finding him will fall on your shoulders. If you can find him, I will definitely entrust him with the heavy responsibility to help me put down the Nanzhong rebellion."

Naturally, Lu Kai was very happy. After receiving the order, he went down, planning to find Li Hui's whereabouts in the city.

However, Zhang Fei did not report any hope to Li Hui. Since Nanzhong is unwilling to admit his status, he will be beaten until they admit it. Anyone who rebels against him will all go to hell. until you take it.

Zhang Fei was about to order the summoning of troops to attack Nanzhong when he suddenly saw Peng Tuo coming in from the outside in a hurry, so he asked, "Why is there such a hurry?"

"My lord, there is an urgent report from Jiamengguan!" Peng Tuo held a battle report in his hand, and directly flashed it in front of Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei frowned when he heard this, and said directly to Peng Tuo, "Let me see it!"

Peng Tuo handed the urgent report to Zhang Fei. After Zhang Fei opened it, he read it quickly and felt his scalp tingling.This is an urgent letter from Jiameng Pass, sent by someone sent by Liu Xian. Jiameng Pass is under fierce attack from the army led by Ma Chao. Leng Bao, a famous general in Sichuan who just surrendered, fought Ma Chao for only one round. He was stabbed to death by Ma Chao.

Liu Xian hurriedly sent a distress letter, hoping that Zhang Fei would send troops to support him.

Who is Ma Chao?Zhang Fei didn't know. After all, Ma Chao's prestige was only relatively loud in Liangzhou, and hadn't spread to the whole country.But judging from the fact that Ma Chao was able to stab Leng Bao to death in one round, Ma Chao's martial arts are definitely not inferior to Zhang Fei, and he must be a fierce general.

Nanzhong rebelled, and Jiameng Pass suffered another fierce attack. Zhang Fei suddenly felt that misfortunes never come singly. Yizhou, which had just taken over, faced a severe test.

For this reason, Zhang Fei hastily summoned Fazheng to come to discuss the matter, and told about the rebellion in Nanzhong and the attack on Jiamengguan by Ma Chao.

After Fazheng listened, his face was expressionless, and he didn't make a sound for a long time, but just stood there quietly, motionless.

"Military teacher, don't just stand there, come up with an idea, what should we do now?" Zhang Fei asked anxiously seeing that Fazheng remained motionless and didn't say a word.

Fazheng said: "My lord, this time is a great test for us. Nanzhong's rebellion and Ma Chao's attack. If these two things are not handled well, the Yizhou that the lord managed to get is very likely to be overthrown. But Comparing these two incidents together, the threat of Nanzhong's rebellion seems to be less than that of Ma Chao's attack on Jiameng Pass. Yong Kai's rebellion in Nanzhong is nothing more than not acknowledging the status of the lord, but Ma Chao It's different. Ma Chao is a powerful general who ruled Liangzhou. It is said that he has surrendered to the Han and obeyed the orders of the regent Zhang Yan. So this time Ma Chao's sudden attack on Jiameng Pass must have been ordered by Zhang Yan. Our army strangled the lord in the cradle when our foothold in Yizhou was not stable. Moreover, judging from the priorities of the two matters, the Nanzhong rebellion matter can be put on hold for the time being, but Ma Chao has to sit idly by. Reason, otherwise, once Ma Chao breaks through the Jiameng Pass, he will lead a large army to drive straight in, and then it will be out of control, and he will be unable to stop it even if he wants to."

"Military Master, then I will gather troops and horses to support Jiameng Pass, and meet this man named Ma Chao for a while!" Zhang Fei said.

(End of this chapter)