He knew better than anyone that Jingnan did not have an army on the right track.

The only ones that can be relied on are those local armies.

But can the local army fight? They are untrained, lack a sense of unity of command, and have never been on the battlefield. Even if Zhuge Liang is like a god and full of strategy, I am afraid that it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

"Jingnan is our base camp, we can't afford to lose, is it a bit of a backup?" Huang Zhong said.

"It's time to come back to help..."

"But we also lack troops, and we really can't draw out extra troops, and if we forcibly send them back, I'm afraid there will not be enough on both sides. We should have thought of a foolproof solution. Wei Yan said.

.........

The generals in the tent were all talking about it.

Liu Bei put away the letter paper in his hand and said, "But Mr. Kong Ming doesn't want me to come back to save Jingnan, that will fall short and lose my current advantage." He will delay for a while, so that we can speed up the conquest of Liu Zhang, and be sure to eliminate Liu Zhang before Cao's army captures Jingnan. At that time, the siege of Jingnan will be relieved. If he really can't hold it, he will give up Jingnan and retreat to Fucheng to garrison. ”

"Ugh...."

Huang Zhong sighed: "Mr. Kong Ming has too few troops, and it is too difficult to defend..." ”

"So we can't let down Mr. Kong Ming, and strive to impeach Chengdu within half a month." Liu Bei made up his mind and said to Guan Yu: "Yun Chang, how many troops do we have?" Can you storm Chengdu? ”

Guan Yu said: "Our troops are enough, more than before entering Yizhou. But Cheng is too tall and sturdy to be easily attacked. If we attack, Liu Zhang will definitely defend to the death, and if he finds that he has the ability to compete with us, he will not surrender. When the garrisons from all over Yizhou are rushing towards Chengdu, we will lose the best opportunity. ”

"Therefore, the best way is to let Liu Zhang surrender on his own initiative."

"You're right..." Liu Bei thought for a moment, and suddenly remembered Li Yan, who had just surrendered, and asked, "What about the square?" Where's the square? Why didn't he come to the meeting? ”

Wei Yan replied: "Lord Yu, aren't you the Yizhou army that let him surrender steadily. He has always been cautious, for fear of the surrender of the Yizhou army defecting, he has been staying in the barracks. ”

"Call him."

"Yes."

"Wait..." Liu Bei said: "I'd better go and see him." Maybe... He had a way to persuade Liu Zhang to surrender. ”

After he finished speaking, he went to the barracks.

Li Yan was still talking to the soldiers under his command, talking about Liu Bei's goodness and Liu Zhang's cowardice.

Liu Bei went outside his tent and was moved when he heard these words.

It can also be seen that Li Yan is sincere in surrendering, and he also hopes that Liu Bei can eliminate Liu Zhang and occupy Yizhou.

"Square."

Liu Bei entered the tent.

The generals in the tent all stood up and saluted: "Greetings to the lord..." ”

"Everybody's exempt." Liu Bei glanced at Li Yan. Li Yan understood and asked the generals to retreat and rest.

Only Liu Bei and Li Yan were left in the tent.

"The lord is here, is there something important?" Li Yan asked.

"You can't hide anything. I'm having a problem right now, just now... Mr. Kong Ming sent a letter, saying that Cao's army had invaded Wuling County, and I wanted to occupy Chengdu as soon as possible and return to Jingnan. I wonder what you have in mind? ”

Li Yan thought for a while, and then said: "Cheng is all repaired by the subordinates, and he knows that it is strong, and if the lord forcibly captures it, it will be difficult to make contributions within a month." At that time, the garrisons from all over Yizhou will come to the rescue of Liu Zhang, and the situation will be even more difficult. The only way is to directly persuade Liu Zhang to surrender. ”

"Is that possible?"

"Yes!"

Li Yan said: "Liu Zhang is cowardly, even Zhang Lu doesn't dare to fight, let alone the lord?" At the beginning of the Sword Pavilion Pass, the lord repelled Zhang Lu, Liu Zhang was happy, but he was even more worried, because he had long been looking forward to the lord returning to Jingzhou. Now he is even more victorious, he is afraid to the extreme, as long as there is a person who can speak well, go to Cheng to lobby, know the benefits, and then lure him with profits, Liu Zhang will surrender. ”

"Hmm...."

Liu Bei nodded secretly.

"I'll send Sun Qian right away."

"It's good that Lord Sun is going. But the lord still needs to find two internal responses. Li Yan seemed to have something to say.

Internal?

Liu Bei didn't understand.

Li Yan smiled and said: "Dare to ask the lord, Zhang Song and Fa Zheng... Have they already surrendered to their lords? Li Yan had already seen this matter, and it was precisely for this reason that he decided to surrender.

"How do you know?"

"Zhang Song and Fa Zheng, when they came back from Jingnan, began to instigate Liu Zhang to welcome the lord into Sichuan, and since then, his subordinates began to be suspicious, and repeatedly advised Liu Zhang to prevent the lord from entering Sichuan, but Liu Zhang refused, so there was later.... Until the lord seized Fucheng, Zhang Song was still suggesting that the lord should transfer troops to guard against Zhang Lu, afraid that Zhang Lu would go and return, and only sent people to lobby for the lord, hoping to turn the war into a jade silk, because after all, the lord and Liu Zhang are both royal blood. At this time, I was sure that Zhang Song and Fa Zheng had already surrendered to the lord. ”

After hearing this, Liu Bei smiled slightly: "I really can't hide anything." ”

Li Yan arched his hand and said: "At this time, Liu Zhang has not yet realized that Zhang Song and Fa Zheng have surrendered to the lord, they are important advisers in front of Liu Zhang, with their persuasion, it will be easier for Liu Zhang to give up resistance." ”

"The lord can inform them and cooperate with Sun Qian's lobbying."

"Hmm...."

Liu Bei has a rough idea in his heart.

He left the barracks, went to see Sun Gan, and sent Sun Gan to Chengdu.

............

Two days later.

Sun Qian arrived in Chengdu.

When Liu Zhang saw the messenger sent by Liu Bei, he was furious and wanted to kill Sun Gan, but fortunately, Zhang Song spoke and saved Sun Gan's life. However, Sun Qian had a mission, put life and death out of the way, and continued to persuade Liu Zhang.

"The name of my lord's righteousness is broadcast all over the world, and is praised by all the people of the world; In order to exterminate Cao Cao, Kuang supported the Han family, and fought all his life. This time I entered Sichuan, I just wanted to help Ming Gong and resist Zhang Lu, but I didn't expect Ming Gong to be treacherous and shoot my son Liu Feng and nephew Guan Ping. This kind of revenge for killing relatives will not be easily accepted even by saints. But my lord has a saying, for the sake of the merits of Ming Gong's governance of Sichuan and Shu for many years, you can temporarily give up hatred. As long as the city is surrendered in the open city, the previous things will be revealed. ”

Sun Qian arched his hand and said.

Liu Zhang knew that he was unreasonable, slumped in his seat, and said weakly: "I killed his righteous son and nephew, and he is still willing to let me go?" ”

Sun Qian was neither humble nor arrogant, and said with his head held high: "That's nature." My lord's greatest wish in this life is to exterminate the Cao thief, support the Han family, and return to the Son of Heaven. Now living in Jingnan, although he is not afraid of the world, his strength is limited after all. If Ming Gong is willing to give Yizhou to my lord, it is a great contribution, not only my lord will not blame Ming Gong, but the world will also praise it. Don't you hear that Tao Gongzu asked Xuzhou in the past, and Ming Gong didn't want to follow suit? ”