Fa Zheng on the side has also been worried about Zhang Ren, Zhang Ren is a military talent, and he has been in Yizhou for a long time, which has indescribable benefits for Liu Cong's great cause. But Fa Zheng also knew Liu Cong's authority in Jingzhou, and this lord, who had always been the same, treated Zhang Ren so leniently today, which made Fa Zheng very pleased. Secretly determined, he must persuade Zhang Ren well afterwards, and a similar situation like today cannot happen again, otherwise I am afraid that Liu Cong will not be spared.

Of course, Fa Zheng was more concerned about what was written on those letters, which made Zhang Ren's attitude change so quickly. In the past, people were talkative, but Fa Zheng has been enduring. Now the people who can stay here are Liu Cong's henchmen, and Liu Cong did not hide it anymore, but asked Liao Hua to hand the letter that Zhang Ren had read before to Fazheng.

"My lord! How so? Fa Zheng hurriedly finished reading it, and then passed it to Yu Ban and others, and looked at Liu Cong nervously: "Lord, now that Shu County has been decided, troops should be sent to the front line as soon as possible, once Ma Chao and Zhang Lu join forces together, ...... Fa Zheng read the letter quickly, the reason why it was so fast was that he wanted to let the people present know the news as soon as possible, but to ask Liu Cong how to deal with it next.

Liu Cong was not in a hurry, it was these letters that made Liu Cong make up his mind to attack Chengdu. It was these letters that persuaded Zhuge Liang to actively participate. There are four letters, written to Liu Cong by Wei Yan, Guan Yu, Pang Tong and Zhang Song.

As Liu Cong expected, Wei Yan and Guan Yu were both conceited and dared to take responsibility.

In fact, as soon as Liu Cong surrounded Chengdu, Ma Chao arrived in Xiayi. Hanzhong Zhang Lu even sent 50,000 elite soldiers to attack Baishui Pass. The two generals knew that Liu Cong was leading a large army to attack Chengdu, and in order not to distract Liu Cong, both of them only briefly said something in their hearts about fighting with the enemy. They did not immediately ask Liu Cong for help, they wanted to rely on their own strength to block the two forces invading Yizhou.

But Pang Tong and Zhang Song are different, they are the military advisors assigned by Liu Cong to the two generals, and they also have the responsibility of supervising the army. Pang Tong even pointed out that although Zhang Lu's 50,000 army was under the command of Zhang Wei and there were no rules, Baishuiguan originally had only 5,000 people, Wei Yan brought 5,000, and Pang Tong brought 5,000 from Langzhong. Dong Yun hurriedly recruited 3,000 recruits from Jia Meng during this time, but there were still 15,000 people who really had combat effectiveness.

Fifteen thousand people, although it is a barrier, cannot withstand the onslaught of 50,000 people. Pang Tong is expected to hold out for a month at most. Moreover, Pang Tong was even more worried that Zhang Lu would continue to increase his troops if he could not attack for a long time, and at that time, Wei Yan would not be able to stop even if he had three heads and six arms! Therefore, he suggested that Liu Cong either take Chengdu quickly, or return to Luocheng to prepare troops and horses to prepare for a stalemate on two fronts. This also coincides with Zhuge Liang's previous thoughts.

And Guan Yu's way, the situation is not much better. Although Guan Yu is brave, he is also strong in command. In addition, there are many mountains and forests all the way to Liangzhou in the northwest of the Sword Pavilion. But Ma Chao was 30,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry. And Guan Yu only had 20,000 infantry. Hearing that Baishui Pass was tight, Guan Yu even offered to let Zhang Song lead troops to support. Zhang Song knew that Ma Chao's courage would not lose to Guan Yu, once the Sword Pavilion was short of troops, and Guan Yu was reckless. This line is also very dangerous.

When he received the letter from the four people, Liu Cong pondered for a long time. After thinking about it, Ma Chao came from afar, and Zhang Lu had not sent troops south for more than ten years. Now going south at the same time is nothing more than trying to fish in troubled waters. If Huang Quan is allowed to resist stubbornly, it will be beneficial to Ma Chao, Zhang Lu and even Huang Quan in Chengdu. Liu Cong was more worried about Cao Cao.

Previously, there was news from the Espionage Department that Cao Cao raised 100,000 troops, and after arriving in Chang'an, he did not move. This Cao Cao is a military genius, and of course he can see the opportunity for Liu Cong to attack Yizhou. also knows the purpose of Ma Chao and Zhang Lu fishing in troubled waters. But he was not in a hurry, he wanted to watch from the wall and watch the sandpiper and clam fight.

Once Zhang Lu and Ma Chao drove straight in, Cao Cao was bound to follow.

No matter which side of Zhang Lu and Ma Chao loses, Cao Cao will definitely take the back road. Once he has a stalemate with Liu Cong, Cao Cao may sneak attack Jingzhou! This is what Liu Cong is most unacceptable. Sent troops from Chang'an to the southeast, and arrived in Xinye County in just over a month!

The entry of Ma Chao and Zhang Lu into the customs will inevitably affect the morale of Liu Cong's army, and it is unknown whether they can resist the two.

And Huang Quan will definitely be deeply encouraged when he hears such news! In this way, Liu Cong may have enemies on all sides!

The only way to solve this crisis is to take Chengdu quickly!

Only by quickly taking Chengdu can Ma Chao and Zhang Lu be deterred. Zhang Lu and Ma Chao returned to the army, Cao Cao will definitely continue to wait and see!

Therefore, after thinking about it several times, Liu Cong changed his previous plan to attack Chengdu regardless of the loss of prestige. After all, compared with the safety of the entire Yizhou and Jingzhou, the sacrifice of some Chengdu people is still within the scope of bearing. However, Liu Cong also suffered a lot of pressure to make this decision, but fortunately, Zhuge Liang was very understanding and cooperative.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Liu Cong did not even inform Yu Ban, Huang Zhong, Fa Zheng and others.

Therefore, everyone did not know the battle situation on the northern front, which caused Zhang Ren to drink and angrily reprimand Liu Cong. In Zhang Ren's view, the reason why he was able to submit to Liu Cong was that he hoped that Liu Cong would have the ability to protect the people of Yizhou. Otherwise, Liu Zhang is here, Ma Chao, Zhang Lu in the north, and the barbarian king in the south are all ambitious, and Yizhou will never have a peaceful day. Unexpectedly, in the end, Liu Cong decided to attack Chengdu.

At first, Zhang Ren still pinned his hopes on Huang Quan and surrendered Kaicheng as soon as possible, but he heard that there were four or five thousand houses on fire, and tens of thousands of people were displaced. Zhang Ren's hopes for Liu Cong were severely frustrated at that moment, so the previous scene appeared.

It was after seeing the letters of these people that Zhang Ren immediately quieted down.

As a general, he naturally understands how much pressure the northern front is under now! Liu Cong really can't afford it!

No matter which one of Ma Chao and Zhang Lu advances, they will definitely sweep through Guanghan and Brazil and go straight to Chengdu, especially Ma Chao's cavalry, once they enter the Chengdu Plain, they will be unstoppable!

So Zhang Ren understood Liu Cong, after all, Liu Cong gave Huang Quan enough time and repeatedly persuaded him to surrender.

And Liu Cong naturally understood why Zhang Ren was drinking and why he was angry in the lobby. If Zhang Ren is resigned to his talents, it is not in line with his character! Of course, there is such a song by Zhang Ren, which just publicizes the war in the north, and Liu Cong saves a lot of tongues to persuade the officials and people of Yizhou.

Zhang Rendu was convinced, and if other civil officials knew the content of these letters, they would naturally immediately Liu Cong.

The letter was passed between several generals, and no one looked at Liu Cong nervously after reading the letter. They had to admire how calmly their lord handled such letters after receiving them!

Compared with these letters, it is nothing to endure Zhang Ren's troubles. Admiration is admiration, but the crisis on the northern front has not been resolved, so everyone is waiting for Liu Cong to assign tasks.

Liu Cong did not rush to answer Fa Zheng, but waited until everyone almost understood the situation on the northern front before speaking.

"Guys, you should be able to immediately understand why you are in such a hurry to capture Chengdu. The failure to inform everyone in time was also to stabilize the morale of the military. If Huang Quan knows that we are tight on the northern front, he will definitely be even more arrogant.

Fortunately, everything went well, we took Chengdu, and I have already ordered people to report the front line of Pegasus Express. Presumably, within three or five days, Ma Chao, Zhang Lu and even Cao Cao soon learned the news of our army's capture of Chengdu.

However, in order to prevent Ma Chao and Zhang Lu from taking risks, we must still send reinforcements as soon as possible......

General Huang, you lead 10,000 troops to rush to the front line lightly, and you will set off tomorrow.

Wen Ze prepared the three armies, three days later, I went to the front line with the army, and came without being rude, when we were so in danger, Ma Chao and Zhang Lu came to fish in troubled waters. Now, the water is clear and the fish are finished. It's time for us to fight back along the pole!

Zhang Ren, the safety of Chengdu and Nanzhong is handed over! ”

"Ren Ding should go to the soup fire and live up to the trust of the lord!"

"Well, after the army leaves, ask Kong Ming to hand over these letters to the civil and military officials of Chengdu, and let them all take action to help the victims rebuild while pacifying the people. Time is tight, the task is heavy, I won't say much, you guys hurry up and prepare! ”

"No!" Seeing that Liu Cong had already prepared, the generals didn't say anything anymore, and took the order to go, the most important thing at the moment is to reorganize the army, no matter how urgent it is, it is necessary to stabilize the situation in Chengdu first, and then let the soldiers who have been besieging the city for nearly a month rest for a day or two.

In this way, the soldiers and people of Yizhou gradually adapted to the new lord Liu Cong, and the night before Liu Cong was about to leave for the northern line, a herald hurriedly came to report: "My lord, General Wu Lan wants to see?" ”

"Oh?" Liu Cong handed over Huang Quan and Wu Yi and other prisoners to Wu Lan for custody, and Liu Cong was in no mood to deal with these prisoners until the crisis on the northern front was resolved.

After Wu Lan got permission, she strode into Liu Cong's living room: "The lord is happy, the lord is happy!" ”

"Oh? Where does the joy come from? "There is chaos in the city, the war on the northern front is tight, if Wu Lan is here to congratulate Liu Cong on taking Chengdu, Liu Cong will definitely drive him out.

"The lord, it's like this, trusted by the lord, handed over Huang Quan and others to the custody of his subordinates. In the past few days, a lot of gold and silver treasures have been found in Huang Quan's mansion......"

"Well, that's good! General Wu has worked hard! "This Yizhou used to be Liu Zhang's Yizhou pastor, but before Liu Zhang went out of the city and surrendered, he didn't bring anything, and then Huang Quan took over Chengdu, and it was not unusual for Wu Lan to be able to find some gold and silver treasures from Huang Quan's mansion.

It would be strange if nothing was found, although Huang Quan may not have time to transfer all the property in Liu Zhang's mansion, but the previous things should have been almost moved. Of course, because the Jinyi Guard entered Chengdu early, Liu Cong was not afraid that Wu Lan would embezzle and hide his property, so he was not interested in Wu Lan's report.

Seeing Liu Cong's cold attitude, Wu Lan was not annoyed, he knew that Liu Cong was doing great things, and some treasures could make him ecstatic, but Wu Lan did not give up, because the information he had was completely pryed out of Huang Quan's mouth, and no one knew about it!