Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 388 The conspiracy behind Zhang Song's death

In July of the 17th year of Jian'an, a piece of information about the current situation in Yizhou appeared in the hands of Li Song. The content of the intelligence generally has two contents. First, Zhang Song, who was close to Li Song, was beheaded by Liu Zhang. With the assistance, he started a battle for Yizhou with Liu Zhang.

Li Song never expected that such a big change would happen in Yizhou. He never took Liu Zhang seriously. He planned to eliminate the weak Zhang Lu first, and then it would not be too late to attack Yizhou.

Who knows, with the assistance of Zhuge Liang, Cao Ang attacked Yizhou one step ahead of him. When he solved Zhang Lu by himself, Yizhou might be taken by Cao Ang.

It's just how this Zhang Song was informed of his plot by his elder brother Zhang Su, the prefect of Guanghan, and was stabbed to Liu Zhang, which led to his murder. What is his plot?
Li Song ordered people to call Sima Yi and Yang Xiu. The other counselors had important matters to deal with, and even Jia Xu arranged a job for him. They were not in Xuchang, but these two remained in Xuchang.

"Meet Tang Gong!" The two came, bowed and bowed their hands in salute.

After seeing the ceremony, Li Song handed the information he just got to the two of them and said, "This is the information I just got. There has been a change in Yizhou, take a look."

The two of them watched the information from Li Song and had a general understanding of Yizhou. They understood that it was impossible for Tang Gong to ask them to come here just to let them know the situation in Yizhou.

"If Yizhou falls into the hands of Cao Ang, I'm afraid it will become a hidden danger for us. Naturally, Cao Ang is nothing to worry about. What we need to worry about is his counselor Zhuge Liang, and generals Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong."

"Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun are top-notch generals, and Cao Xiu and others are not as strong as Zhao Yun and others, but they are not bad. If Yizhou falls into their hands, we will unite with Soochow in the east and Zhang Lu in the west. It will be very difficult to seek Yizhou, Tang Gong should have sought Hanzhong earlier." Yang Xiu said.

Li Song nodded. As Yang Xiu said, once they are united and he wants to eliminate them, he will upgrade from the easy mode to the hell mode. The difficulty is not 01:30.

Also, if it weren't for the negligence of the soldiers and horses escorting Zhao Yun, how could it have caused Zhao Yun to escape, adding a big change.

"Also!" At this time Sima also opened his mouth and added: "The death of Zhang Song led to the removal of our nails in Yizhou, which made us extremely passive."

"It's just that this piece of pine was too careless. It leaked the news, and Liu Zhang found out, which led to his death! The good layout was messed up because of him," Li Song said.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple. Zhang Song's whole matter has Zhuge Liang in it. I'm afraid he may be behind the scenes." Sima Yi.

Li Song couldn't help admiring Sima Yi in his heart. He was able to think that Zhuge Liang was behind the incident. How did he do it? Why didn't he find any useful clues? , no wonder Sima Yi is Zhuge Liang's old enemy, really powerful.

"Zhongda is right! Zhuge Liang's insight is killing two birds with one stone. Not only can he easily eradicate Zhang Song who is close to us, but he can also take the opportunity to win Yizhou for Cao Ang and win a favorable situation." After Sima Yi said this, Yang Xiu also understands clear the relationship.

Even if they couldn't guess all of them right, they were almost inseparable, and the reason why Zhang Song died was indeed inseparable from Zhuge Liang, but no matter what, Zhang Song did not escape the fate of being killed by Liu Zhang in the end.

"It's just how did this Zhuge Liang manage to convince Liu Zhang and keep himself out of it? If you were Zhuge Liang, what would you do?" Li Song asked.

After Li Song finished speaking, the three of them fell into deep thought. After all, they didn't know what was going on at that time, and they couldn't deduce the whole story for a while.

"If I were Zhuge Liang, I would definitely let Zhang Song's brother, Zhang Su, know that Zhang Song was allied with us and planned to take Yizhou. Zhang Su would tell Liu Zhang about this, and with Liu Zhang's hand, he would kill Zhang Song," said Sima Yi.

The twists and turns here cannot be explained in a few simple sentences. This has to take into account various changes, as well as the character of the characters, and their habits. Once there is a mistake, the entire layout will be deviated.

"Then, how did Zhuge Liang win Zhang Su's trust and convince him that it was true?" Li Song asked.

"You can imitate Zhang Song's handwriting, and forge a letter that unites us to seize Yizhou. It was picked up by Zhang Su's attendants just right, and handed over to Zhang Su. After Zhang Su read it, he handed it over to Liu Zhang. In this way, Zhang Song can be eradicated. Our eyes and ears." Yang Xiu said.

Li Song understood it, but it was not as simple as what Yang Xiu said. During the whole process of picking up this just right thing by Zhang Su's attendants, there must be no deviation, neither too early nor too late. He happened to pass by, and Zhang Song needed to be there, at least to see his back, and no one else could be present, so that nothing would go wrong.

Li Song understood, but Liu Zhang, who was far away in Yizhou, was still confused. Until now, he hadn't understood Zhang Song's betrayal of him. He was not mean to Zhang Song. Why would he betray himself and flatter Li Song? Zhang Su came to inform, but he didn't know how he died.

"It turned out to be so! How did Cao Ang and others win the trust of Liu Zhang so that they could take advantage of it?" Li Song continued to ask.

"Actually, it's not difficult. Zhuge Liang decided in this forged letter that we were going to send troops. It just so happens that our army has a troop in Qingni Town. We only need to do something here!" Yang Yang Xiu said.

"What Dezu meant was that Cao Ang and others asked for orders to stop our army from invading Yizhou. Liu Zhang did not doubt him, so he granted their request. In this way, they will first take Fushuiguan and then attack Chengdu. Not too late." Sima Yi said.

"Then they can just choose elite soldiers and go to attack Chengdu day and night, wouldn't it be better?" Li Song asked puzzled.

"The main reason is that Cao Ang doesn't have many soldiers, let alone the elite, plus Liu Zhang's subordinates, the four generals of Xichuan don't trust them, and they are always watching them. If they dare to attack Chengdu directly, I'm afraid they haven't waited until now." When they arrive, they will be dealt with halfway, so they can only choose to pretend to fight us, first capture Fucheng, and then seek Chengdu." Sima Yi said.

"That's right! In Liu Zhang's camp, there are not a few who hope that we will fight Cao Ang to death. Even the four generals of Xichuan also hope that our army and Cao Ang will suffer from both sides, so that they can reap the benefits of fisherman." Yang Xiu said.

"It seems that their calculations are really good, but it's a pity that Cao Ang is not stupid, so naturally he won't let them succeed. Thinking about it, Liu Zhang might be caught off guard by Cao Ang and the others." Li Song laughed.

After some reasoning, both Sima Yi and Yang Xiu urged Li Song to send troops to Hanzhong immediately. As long as Hanzhong is taken, he can take the initiative and it will be easier to attack Yizhou at that time.

(End of this chapter)