Chengdu.

Bai Xiaowen sent an edict in the name of the imperial court.

Liu Zhang took the edict, and after reading it, he couldn't help but panic, and said: "Duke Yan has won a great victory, and the soldiers and horses have come to Yucheng, let me go to the labor army to greet me." What should I do?"

Wang Lei said: "The lord can't, this is the plan of the Duke of Yan, to earn the lord to go out of the city." ”

Huang Quan was silent.

Fa Zheng said with a smile: "If the lord doesn't go, it will be against the imperial court." Didn't you give up all the love of sending troops to help?"

Wang Lei said: "I was originally opposed to sending troops to help. Wouldn't it be best to sit and watch Yan Gong and Liu Bei fight? Even now, it is better to give up love than to send them to death!"

Fa Zhengdao: "The soldiers of Xichuan, when facing Liu Bei, lost more than they won, and Liu Bei's army, when facing Yan Gong, was wiped out in less than ten days. Can the soldiers of Xichuan be able to fight against the army of Duke Yan?"

Liu Zhang subconsciously shook his head.

Fa Zhengdao: "The lord has this clear experience, why don't you return to the court." ”

Wang Lei protested and said, "The lord can't." Now to the west of Fushui, the trenches have been dug and completed, and the camps and villages have been set up, and our army is able to resist the enemy according to the danger of Fushui! Yan Gong has burned all the wild valleys around the city before, and the army has no resources, and it will not be able to stay for a long time, and it will inevitably withdraw within three months. ”

Fa Zheng looked up to the sky and laughed.

Liu Zhang asked very cooperatively, "Why is Xiaozhi laughing?"

Fa Zheng said with a smile: "I laugh at the king who is tired and can't change the machine, and he doesn't know the current affairs." Not to mention that he is rich in the Central Plains, Hanzhong alone has enough food and soldiers, and can be used as the rear of Yan Gong to provide grain and grass. Wang Ti's vain attempt to fight against Liu Bei's method and against Yan Gong is not a big joke in the world?"

These words moved Liu Zhang. He asked the ministers one last time, "What does the public mean?"

Huang Quan, who had been silent, spoke: "I didn't say anything before I went down because things had reached a point where there was no choice. The lord sent Li Yan and Zhang Song with 20,000 soldiers and horses to help Yan Gong, I am afraid that these soldiers and horses have been subdued and annexed by Yan Gong. Since the lord is powerless to resist Yan Gong, it is better to conform to the other party's wishes, and when he is in the army, he presents the Yizhou household registration atlas to win a favor. ”

Wang Lei said angrily: "Huang Quan! You can't be all loyal to the festival of filial piety, but persuade the lord to surrender? I am ashamed to be in the company of people like you!"

Huang Quan was unmoved, and said to Liu Zhang: "Yan Gong has never killed and lost his notoriety. Cao Cao's son, Cao Pi, was named the Marquis of Anle, and Zhang Lu, Dongchuan, was named the Marquis of Langzhong. With these two people as a precedent, may the Lord think carefully about how to choose. No matter how the lord chooses, he will follow the lord left and right. ”

Liu Zhang asked Huang Quan in surprise: "Will Li Yan really take refuge in Yan Gong?"

Before the words fell, someone sent Zhang Song's letter. Liu Zhang opened it and looked at it, and in the letter, Li Yan and Zhang Song had already returned to the imperial court and received the title of marquis; Zhang Song also advised Liu Zhang to obey the mandate of heaven and return to the imperial court, and so on.

Liu Zhang repented and said to Huang Quan: "I regret not listening to your advice, but being burdened by the villain!"

Liu Zhang also had nothing to do, cried a lot, and went to Yucheng to comfort the imperial army with the silk books, household registration books, and gold beads and silk silks.

Bai Xiaowen personally descended the steps, greeted Liu Zhang, and said: "The public can obey the heavens, and he is really a handsome man." Lonely will not be treated lightly, so he will be named the Marquis of Xichuan, with 10,000 households, and he can bring his family to Yedu Rongyang. ”

Liu Zhang can only thank you.

Bai Xiaowen led the army across Fushui, through Mianzhu, into Chengdu. The civil and military officials of Chengdu were all ordered to come to visit.

The power of Bai Xiaowen's super brain is also reflected, the officials who come to meet him, no matter how big or small, after mentioning the name, Bai Xiaowen can tell the merits and demerits of the other party in one mouth; this is also thanks to the prior introduction of Zhang Song, Fa Zheng and others.

Those who have meritorious service are rewarded, and those who have faults are punished, and in general, encouragement is the main thing.

Within three days, the civil and military officials of Xichuan had already taken refuge in Bai Xiaowen, and the weather was new.

Zhang Song said to Fa Zheng in private: "Yan Gong is really the hero of the world, not only has martial arts, but also literary affairs. If Liu Zhang has half the ability of Yan Gong, it is enough to keep Yizhou and sit and watch the changes in the world. ”

Bai Xiaowen still used the original civil officials to govern Xichuan, appointed Zhang Song as the pastor of Yizhou, and Fa Zheng as the Taishou of Shu County. However, in terms of the army, a wave of blood changes was still carried out, and governors were set up in each county to consolidate their rule in Yizhou.

Xichuan was pacified, and Bai Xiaowen held a banquet to celebrate.

It's not that Bai Xiaowen likes to waste time. Banquets to celebrate were originally an important custom of the Three Kingdoms plane.

The messenger who went to the ruins of Fushuiguan to recruit Zhuge Liang also sent back the news.

Zhuge Liang and his wife set up a gossip array in the ruins of Fushui Pass to block Han Xu's army for two days and one night. After Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were captured, Zhuge Liang and his wife disappeared.

Now Han Xu has led the army out of battle, with an army of 20,000, temporarily stationed in Jiangyang.

In addition, the messenger also brought back good news that Pound had recovered from his illness and took the initiative to ask for battle.

It happened that Gao Gan recruited 10,000 new troops, Zhong Xuan recruited 20,000 new troops, and screened together with the previous Xiliang troops, and finally got 25,000 elite soldiers, handed over to Pang De to lead, through Hanzhong, Touyizhou, and now has arrived in Nanzheng, and can reach Xichuan in a few days.

This is Bai Xiaowen's advantage, holding three-quarters of the land in the world, and the war potential is not comparable to Liu Bei, who is only half of Jingzhou.

Bai Xiaowen still followed the strategy of elite soldiers, and those old and weak soldiers were all sent to Tuntian. If you don't recruit a large army regardless of merit or disadvantage, you can raise a scale of more than 300,000 in a month.

This is also the reason why Zhuge Liang tried his best to compete, and it was difficult to resist, the general trend is coming, and his life cannot be violated!

At this point, the main quest of the third stage of the great unification, Delong Wangshu, has also been completed and can be submitted.

There are no rewards for the main quest of Great Unification, so there is nothing to hesitate about, and it is submitted directly after completion.

This time, it took a total of 32 days to collect Dongchuan and Xichuan, which was two days more than the scheduled 30 days.

The battle is not too intense, the main thing is that many times, you have to wait for the best time, so it takes a long time.

For example, after the capture of Hanzhong, when did you enter Xichuan?

If Bai Xiaowen hurriedly entered Xichuan and showed his heart to collect Sichuan, Liu Bei and Liu Zhang, who had not yet broken at that time, would be able to stop Bai Xiaowen for a long time by relying only on the two natural dangers.

Whether or not Xichuan can be collected is unknown, and even if it can be collected, it will take at least twice as long.

It can be seen that it is not that after becoming the leader of the faction and getting off to a good start, you will definitely be able to complete the unification. In the follow-up promotion of the process of great reunification, one careless person will easily overspend time and fall short.

Yizhou has been pacified, and the next thing to deal with is the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang, as well as Zhao Yun.