Chapter 16: Destroying Shu

Ma Guang was murderous. There is no doubt that he is going to be powerful in Sichuan, and since most of the Shu army has been transferred, it is no longer a problem to destroy Shu. The real question is not whether Meng Chang will resist, but when the Chu State implements its own policies, will the powerful landlords in Shu agree with it, and will they take risks to rebel. Therefore, Ma Guangmeng is ready to make an example of one hundred, or even ten to make an example!

"Then who is the commander going to send into Shu?" Zhong Yunzhang asked, there is no doubt that after entering Shu, it was Zhong Yunzhang himself who handled the government affairs in Sichuan, but this general would definitely not be Ma Guangmeng. Why do you say that, because Ma Guangmeng has a very high vision, and the destruction of Shu is certainly a great merit, but Ma Guangmeng may not take it to heart, he is focused on the Northern Expedition, if it were not for the small number of troops in the Western Route Army, he may have marched to Guanzhong. Of course, even if Ma Guangmeng does not enter the Shu Kingdom, it is impossible to miss any of his shares in the book of merit for entering Shu.

Since Ma Guangmeng is not going, then entering Shu must be one of the three generals under Ma Guangmeng's command, Shentu Congjian, Zhou Xingfeng, and Lu Jiang. Ma Guangmeng glanced at Zhong Yunzhang, he smiled and said, "Didn't Lord Zhong recommend Lu Jiang just now, then let Lu Jiang lead the army into Shu." ”

Zhong Yunzhang saw Ma Guangmeng glance at him, and guessed in his heart that Ma Guangmeng must have thought that he had a good relationship with Lu Jiang, so he hurriedly explained: "In fact, Shu is now a virtual reality, no matter which general is sent, he can win!" Zhong Yunzhang refuted himself. It was indeed Lu Jiang who I recommended just now, but that does not mean that I have a close relationship with Lu Jiang, but because Lu Jiang is in Jinzhou, and Shentu Congjian and Zhou Xingxing are in Fengxiang, and now these two people have made military achievements, and Lu Jiang is tightly stationed in Jinzhou. In order to balance the period, it is also very appropriate to send Lu Jiang to send troops to Chuanzhong. Besides, if those two people were sent into Sichuan, the army would have to move from Longyou to Hanzhong, which was not easy to keep secret, second, it would also let the army run back and forth, and third, it would weaken Longyou's military strength.

Ma Guangmeng smiled and said: "Lord Zhong, I will go to Jinzhou now, let Lu Jiang lead 20,000 horses into Hanzhong, and after arriving in Hanzhong, let him turn the pieces into a whole, and Lord Zhong will follow General Lu, once you take Sichuan, this appeasement work will all depend on you, Lord Zhong!" ”

Zhong Yunzhang nodded.

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Zhong Yunzhang returned to Xingyuan Mansion (now Hanzhong City) from Fengxiang overnight, and two days later, Lu Jiang led his men and horses from Jinzhou. Although a small number of troops from Shu were stationed along the way, no one proposed to check the number and equipment of the Chu army. Presumably, Han Baozheng was recruited on the North Shu Road, and I am afraid that he would have issued an order a long time ago.

In order to show his merits, Han Baozheng and Ma Guangmeng reached a series of behind-the-scenes transactions on the ownership of Jingzhou, some things Meng Chang agreed, and Meng Chang did not agree to things quietly by himself. After all, now is the Northern Expedition in progress, and the entire Xingyuan Mansion is under the management of Han Baozheng, this guy is a fox, but he is really not afraid of others coming to find fault.

After Lu Jiang and Zhong Yunzhang took over, they sent a team of men and horses to march towards Fengxiang together with the people who transported military rations, so that no one paid attention to the number of the Chu army, and even if someone paid attention, they would not find anything for a while. The rest of the people, Lu Jiang naturally scattered into a capital (250 people), changed into clothes, and marched to Chengdu.

Along the way, they passed through Lizhou (now Mianyang, Sichuan), Jianzhou (now Jiange, Sichuan), Mianzhou (now Mianyang, Sichuan), and came to the city of Chengdu. On the one hand, they were able to go so smoothly, on the one hand, because the people transporting grain were constantly coming and going, so that local officials were not willing to check the population at all, and they could not do so, on the other hand, the situation in the Northern Expedition was very good, so that Meng Chang sent the Shu army to the north, causing the extreme emptiness in Shuzhong. Of course, there is a third reason, that is, Zhao Jiza quietly exerted pressure on these three places in the name of maintaining the covenant, causing them and other departments to pursue the people. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to do it so hidden.

"Lord Zhong, now that you have arrived in Chengdu City, what do you think you should do?" Lu Jiang asked. Of course, he didn't mean to let Zhong Yunzhang make up his mind, but after all, this person is a few levels higher than himself, and with him, Lu Jiang has to be humble in that regard, and he has to let Zhong Yunzhang get by with face. This is the etiquette of officialdom. Of course, Lu Jiang doesn't have to worry about Zhong Yunzhang overstepping his command, because this is a big taboo, if Zhong Yunzhang really wants to overstep his command, then... Then he is too immature politically. Of course, if he Lu Jiang died in battle, then with Zhong Yunzhang's high level, it would be possible to seize the military command!

Sure enough, Zhong Yunzhang smiled and said, "General Lu, this is your specialty, or you will command, but won't we wait for anyone to come together?" "After all, this march is a scattered march, Zhong Yunzhang went a little ahead, and now the concentrated army is probably not even 10,000 people, which... Can this impact Chengdu City? Although the current Chengdu City is still open!

"Hehe, I left some troops to deal with Mianzhou, Jianzhou, and Lizhou, and only these 15,000 men and horses can reach the city of Chengdu. Now it has reached 8,000 people, so many people have gathered together, but it is very eye-catching, if someone finds out, we will be completely passive! ”

Zhong Yunzhang paused for a moment, what Lu Jiang said was indeed reasonable. In the five generations, the common people did not have the habit of demonstrating at all, so many people gathered together, and they were all foreigners, once the "dew" stuffing, as long as Meng Chang took Chengdu City, Lu Jiang's army in addition to robbing the people of food, it would be difficult to support it.

"That... Is that a charge? Zhong Yunzhang asked, suddenly, he pursed his lips, this Lu Jiang on the other side is also known as a wise general, how can he use such a stupid method, seeing a group of people who are pressed by the black, even if they are stupid, they will close the city gate. Can Shu Jun really be stupid enough to be in this situation? And this style is not Lu Jiang's style, it is almost the same as Shentu Congjian, sure enough, Lu Jiang shook his head and said seriously: "The last general means to send men and horses to control the two city gates first, and then send a large army to follow." Do you think that's appropriate? ”

"Hehe, that's a safe way to do it!" Zhong Yunzhang nodded.

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"Zhao Aiqing, are all the military food and equipment still enough?" Meng Chang asked Zhao Jizadao. Meng Chang is very happy these days, why? Because the Shu army took Jingzhou City, although this is not the actual situation, but Han Baozheng's recital is a series of battles, first taking Lingtai County, then after the Battle of Jingshui, and finally the Battle of Jingzhou City, the three battles finally took Jingzhou City, and defeated Wang Zhenyi's troops. Meng Chang was far away in the rear, he was overjoyed when he heard the news, and he really had the intention of capturing Guanzhong in the Northern Expedition, so he sent the army with food and grass to support Han Baozheng. And Zhao Jizha was responsible for dispatching and transporting grain and grass. It is precisely because Zhao Jizha has this right that he was able to order to suppress Lizhou and other places, so that they could not interrogate the people!

In the five dynasties, the traffic was so inconvenient, and many people probably had never been to the county once in their lives, so these people were sensitive to outsiders, but they couldn't tell where the outsiders were from the accent alone. After all, I haven't heard many accents. Therefore, Chu Jun was only considered a foreigner along the way, and as for where the foreigner was, basically few people knew.

Zhao Jizha has been windy and rainy recently, and his life is very comfortable. For Han Baozheng's continuous victory, Zhao Jizha is very clear in his heart, Lao Tzu personally went out to fight, and it is impossible for Zhou Zhou's army to win consecutive battles, even your little Han Baozheng can also win consecutive battles, there must be something greasy in this. However, Zhao Jiza did not instigate Emperor Meng Chang to investigate Han Baozheng, even if Zhang Tingwei's impeachment was sent to Zhao Jiza's hands, Zhao Jizha did not have the intention of making a big investigation. Why? Since Zhang Tingwei impeached Han Bao's orthodox army for incompetence, can the Shu army defeat Jingzhou City? This Han Baozheng must have made some deal with Chu Jun. In this way, the relationship between Han Baozheng and Chu Jun will inevitably be close, and it will be much more convenient to think of Han Baozheng by surprise when the time comes!

Of course, this does not make Zhao Jizha forget his duty, which is to further harm the Shu regime. Zhao Jizha said: "Your Majesty, the official road is narrow, since ancient times, there is a saying that it is difficult for Shu Road to go to the blue sky, although the minister has allocated a lot of people, but the speed of transporting grain is still very slow!" Zhao Jiza thought for a moment and continued: "The minister thinks that the officials in various places along the way should be allowed to further relax the inspection and cooperate with the army to transport grain. ”

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, something is wrong! A eunuch ran in in a panic and interrupted the conversation between the two people, and Zhao Jiza's face suddenly became gloomy: "Huang Yu, why are you so flustered, what's the big deal!" ”

"Oh, Zhao Xiang, Your Majesty, there is an army that has entered Chengdu City!" The eunuch gasped and said.

"What?" Zhao Jizha was shocked, and he hurriedly asked, "Where did the army come from?" ”

"I... I don't know, but I heard that an army has entered the city, and it has rushed towards the palace! The eunuch's face was helpless!

Seeing that Zhao Jizha was about to ask, Meng Chang hurriedly said: "Zhao Aiqing, you... Hurry up and mobilize the forbidden army to defend the palace! ”

"Yes!" Zhao Jizha gave a deep salute and hurriedly left, he took two steps, suddenly turned around, and said, "Your Majesty, this... You need to use the Great Seal. The minister's empty message can't move the forbidden army! ”

"Oh... Be... Oh, yes! I'm confused! Meng Chang said.

At this moment, a commotion was heard from far and near.