Dong He is like this, and his son Dong Yun is even more so, Liu Cong has a life-saving grace for his father and son. Dong Yun's capture of the city also has an element of tricks. Dong Yun is talented, but Liu Cong is even more Bole! Changing to an ordinary lord, how could a young person like Dong Yun be promoted to a county guard? But Liu Cong is a traverser, has a golden finger, and knows that Dong Yun is completely competent.

On the northern front, Wei Yan is in the east, Guan Yu is in the west, and with the support of Dong and his son in the rear, Liu Cong can basically rest assured. The next step is to deploy to capture Chengdu and completely seize Yizhou. Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng and others all persuaded Liu Cong that Chengdu could slow down the attack, which was relative to the harassment of the two princes in the north. But Liu Cong knew that Cao Cao would not sit idly by and watch him annex Yizhou without doing anything. Therefore, Chengdu is naturally the sooner it is won, the better.

For Chengdu, Liu Cong is psychologically inclined to literary attack. Liu Zhang and his father have been operating in Chengdu for more than 20 years. This Chengdu is also an important town in southwest China, if it is replaced by a later generation, at least the level of a municipality directly under the central government, or even an international metropolis, it will not be worse than Xiangyang and Xuchang. For such a city, it is naturally best not to take such an attack as the city, enter the city and set fire, dig tunnels, and destroy the city walls......

But Liu Cong also knew that the cultural attack was not so easy, there were still a lot of territory south of Chengdu under Liu Zhang's control, and there were still 40,000 elite soldiers in the city of Chengdu, although Fei Guan brought 15,000 to resist Meng Huo, there were only 25,000 people in the city at the moment. But if Liu Zhang sticks to it and the soldiers continue to recruit troops and horses in the city, it will be very difficult for Liu Cong to persuade him to surrender.

And Liu Cong didn't expect Meng Shu to defeat Fei Guan. Although Meng Huo's subordinates were numerous, they lacked formal training, and once they were frustrated, they were easy to scatter. It also makes sense that Liu Zhang only sent 15,000 to deal with Meng Shu.

Sure enough, news soon came that Fei Guan burned more than half of Meng Shu's 30,000 barbarian soldiers with fire outside Jianning City. Subsequently, Fei Guanyou sent someone to send a generous gift to Meng Shu and asked him to withdraw his troops! Meng Huo had no principled position. Liu Cong promised to give him grain and grass, and high-ranking officials were generous, so he sent troops to attack Liu Zhang. Now that Liu Zhang has sent a big gift, he naturally has no intention of fighting again, so he has to return it.

Liu Cong's purpose of using Nanban to disperse Liu Zhang's forces was only partially achieved. After Fei Guan repelled Meng Shu, he did not pursue again, but reorganized his troops and horses and prepared to return to Chengdu immediately. When he came out, Ba County was in a hurry, and Liu Cong broke through the city. If the two armies besiege Chengdu, his army will not be able to go back! Therefore, Fei Guan left all the wounded soldiers in the local area and led 10,000 strong soldiers to march to Chengdu day and night.

Liu Cong naturally couldn't watch Meng win the defeat, and Fei Guan returned to the city safely. Seeing that the summer grain harvest was imminent, Liu Cong had a plan. I just want to make Feiguan, more than 10,000 people, unable to return to Chengdu! If Fei Guan can't go back, he must be able to hit Liu Zhang psychologically. When the time comes, he personally led an army of 60,000 to besiege Chengdu, and the possibility of persuasion to surrender will be greatly increased!

Encircling the point to send reinforcements, this trick has been tried and tested repeatedly in the military history of China. This time, Liu Cong also plans to use it. Huang Zhong and Jiang Qin were ordered to be the vanguard, and the army marched to Chengdu. Chengdu Huang Quan and others just wanted to rely on Chengdu's strong city defense to hold on.

After Fei Guan returns to the army, he will make calculations. Therefore, along with Liu Cong's army, he camped on the outskirts of Chengdu and did not attack. Huang Zhong and the others were not in a hurry to attack the city after receiving Liu Cong's order in advance, but surrounded them on all sides and closely watched the movements in the city.

However, according to Fei Guan's current marching speed, he could reach Chengdu in less than three days. Liu Cong summoned Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng and others to discuss.

"Two, I didn't expect Fei Guan to come so quickly, three days earlier than we expected, what is the best plan for the two of you?"

"Chengdu has insufficient troops, now there are only more than 20,000 people, if the Fei Guan army is allowed to enter the city, Chengdu will inevitably increase its military strength. Chengdu has a lot of food, and when our army wants to capture Chengdu, it will be difficult to climb to the sky. Therefore, our army should make preparations as soon as possible, defeat Fei Guan's army outside the city, and nip the danger in the bud. After hearing the news, Fa Zheng carefully analyzed.

"How can our army stop the enemy? If the army is divided, the troops are insufficient, and if it is not divided into Chengdu, you can enter the city from all sides, and you may enter the city at night. Liu Cong looked at the map, Chengdu is surrounded by vast plains, not easy to ambush, Fei Guan must be cautious on this trip, so he asked with a frown.

Fa Zheng smiled slightly and said, "My lord, our army can force Fei Guan to fight a decisive battle with our army, and there is no need to be distracted by defense." ”

"Persecution?" Hearing this, Liu Cong asked with a little doubt, "How do you force Fei Guan to fight a decisive battle with our army?" "That Fei Guan can win more with less, and then successfully persuade Meng Shu to retreat, think about it is not a simple-minded person, Liu Cong can't think of any reason, Fei Guan will directly fight with him outside the city.

"My lord, this matter is easy, Fei Guan is anxious to rescue Chengdu, and he will inevitably come lightly. The grain and grass carried must not be much, so as not to delay the march of the army, so it is inevitable to collect grain and grass in the local area for military resources. At this time, after our army surrounded Chengdu, we ordered the soldiers to buy all the surplus grain from the people's homes within a radius of 100 miles from Chengdu, leaving them only two months' rations.

Fei Guan came from afar, and if there was no food and grass, the army would definitely not be able to fight for a long time. At that time, our army will use trebuchets to block the four gates of Chengdu with stones. In this way, the Feiguan army had no military rations, and could not enter the city, so they could only fight to the death with our army. Fa Zheng explained.

"Filial piety, this plan is good, but what if the people are unwilling to sell grain?" Zhuge Liang also frowned and said after hearing this.

"Lord, Mr. Kong Ming, those who achieve great things are not informal, if the people are unwilling to buy it, then our army can only buy it by force......" Fa Zheng's face flashed fiercely.

"Forced buy? This is not good, if our army disturbs the people, I am afraid it will not be good for the future. Although Liu Cong knew that this strategy was good. If it was to fight against Cao Cao in the Central Plains, Liu Cong would not hesitate to agree to Fa Zheng. But Liu Cong and Zhuge Liang both coincidentally regarded Yizhou as the rear of Liu Cong's conquest of the world. Especially Chengdu, which can be compared to the granary of Nanjun. If you offend the people of Shu County early......

"Lord, there must be no kindness of a woman, there is still a way to remedy this matter, as long as our army defeats Fei Guan and captures Chengdu, then we will return the grain and grass to the people" Fa Zheng saw Liu Cong hesitate and hurriedly said.

"This ......" Liu Cong glanced at Zhuge Liang, and said again halfway through the conversation, this matter is indeed against Liu Cong's consistent approach, including Zhuge Liang, who is still hesitating and can't make a decision.

"Lord, if Fei Guanjun comes from afar and has no food and grass, his subordinates will inevitably not listen to the restraints and plunder the people everywhere, and when the people compare the two, they will not have resentment towards the lord, but will only target these resentments against Fei Guanjun. At this time, our army sent soldiers to distribute grain and grass to the people, and told them to go to Luocheng, so that the people's hearts can be used by us, and it will be much easier to capture Chengdu. Fa Zheng's words seemed to give Liu Cong a reassurance.

"Okay, let's do what Xiaozhi says." Liu Cong knew that although this strategy was very harmful, it was the fastest way to annihilate Feiguan's troops and capture Chengdu. As long as Fei Guan's troops were annihilated outside the city, Chengdu would definitely be shaken.

Liu Cong knew that there was no need to consult Zhuge Liang for his opinion, and according to his cautious character, it was difficult to make a decision, so he said loudly at the moment: "Come here, immediately recruit a few generals." ”

A moment later, Huang Zhong, Zhang Ren, Jiang Qin, Xing Daorong and others all gathered in the tent and waited for the military order.

"Huang Zhong and Zhang Ren, the two of you will be in charge of the siege from tomorrow. General Huang Lao was in charge of the east gate and the south gate. General Zhang was in charge of the West Gate and the North Gate. The idea is not to storm it, just suppress the soldiers in the city and not go out of the city, and then use catapults to throw stones to block the city gates! ”

"My lord?" The two generals looked at Liu Cong suspiciously at the same time, what kind of calculation is the lord doing, the city gate is blocked, isn't that helping each other? When attacking the city, breaking the gate is the first priority, and generally only the defenders will block the city gate.

"That's right, it's blocking the city gates. The main thing is to prevent Fei Guan from entering the city at night! ”

"The last general commands!"

"The last general commands!"

The two generals had heard Liu Cong repeatedly talk about persuading Chengdu to surrender, especially Zhang Ren didn't want to fight with the old robes! If it is just to block the city gate, it is not difficult to prevent Fei Guan from entering the city, and the second general will gladly accept the order.

"Jiang Qin, Xing Daorong, I and the two of you have 10,000 soldiers, and within three days, we must buy the surplus in the hands of all the people within a radius of fifty miles from Chengdu, and only leave them two months' rations!" Now that the summer harvest is about to begin, two months' rations should be enough. I also hope that the people will not have too much backlash, this is correct, and the idea is really ...... This kind of thing really can't be done by Zhang Ren, he will definitely not understand it for a while, and he will have to talk a lot.

"Huh?" The two of them were also stunned, collecting grain? Or do you take it all?

"My lord, what if the people refuse to sell their grain?" Both of them knew that Liu Cong was well-known for his strict management of the army, and if he went on to collect grain like this, he was not familiar with the place, so he was afraid that he would be fetching water with a bamboo basket.

"As long as no one is killed, the two generals can use extraordinary means when necessary! This matter is very important to whether our army can capture Chengdu. Both generals have followed me for many years, so there must be no problem with this, right? ”

"No, the last general will definitely live up to the high expectations of the lord." The two stepped forward to take the token and stepped aside. But in his heart, he muttered directly, and he still had to ask the lord to understand, this doesn't seem to be the lord's consistent style of acting?

When the meeting was over, the two quietly came to Liu Cong's side, wanting to ask what was going on, Liu Cong knew why they came, so he smiled and said, "You should ask Xiaozhi specifically." The two of them had no choice but to turn to the Fa Zheng.

Fa Zheng then explained the matter discussed earlier to the two generals. The two of them were relieved, led the troops to set off, and in three days, it was not a simple errand to harvest the grain within a radius of fifty miles!

So strong to buy, some people are naturally unwilling, this Shu is rich, most families have surplus grain, but they are suffering from the fierceness of the military division, the price is also fair, seeing that the summer grain is about to be harvested, it is reasonable to know that Liu Cong is a newcomer, and it is estimated that there is a shortage of food, so someone takes the initiative to sell the grain in his hand. Of course, it is more reluctant to sell, in this era of war, the more ancient truth is that there is food in your hands, and you don't panic.