At the end of September of the nineteenth year of Jian'an, the battle of Shuzhong ended with Liu Zhang's surrender out of the city, Liu Bei officially entered Yizhou, but the world was not settled because of this, Hanzhong, Cao Cao and the battle between the Shu army continued, with Liu Yi's departure, Cao Ren in the Fangling area failed to attack the city, led the army to attack Xixian first, and at the same time in the direction of Chang'an, Cao Cao was on the front line to command the war.

Liu Feng and Cao Ren fought three games, one win, one loss and one draw, but Liu Feng did not have enough soldiers and horses, after three battles, the troops were stretched, and he could only stick to the city and checkpoints, Cao Ren took the opportunity to make a detour to attack Fangling, wanting to capture Fangling first, and then take Shangyong first, and then beat Liu Feng, even if he could not attack Hanzhong, the gateway to the west of Hanzhong must also be open to Cao's army.

Meng Da got the news in advance, when Cao Ren and Liu Feng were fighting, he returned to Fangling to do fortifications first, Cao Ren took this opportunity to break through the Guancheng and block Cao Ren's Guancheng for more than a year, so far it was finally taken by Cao Ren, although Fangling was not lost, but the portal has been opened by Cao Ren, and Fangling and Xixian are exposed to Cao Ren's attack range.

Meng Da and Liu Feng had no choice but to appeal to Hanzhong and ask for assistance.

It's just that the 50,000 Shu troops left behind when Liu Bei left, after more than a year of fighting, the number of troops is already less than 30,000, and they have to be guarded everywhere, and there are not many soldiers and horses to support Liu Feng and Meng Da for a while.

Liu Bei got the news that even if he wanted to lead the army to Hanzhong in person, he would meet Cao Cao, an old opponent.

Today's Liu Bei is wealthy, the original Hanzhong army in his hands plus the Shu army subdued along the way, there are 60,000 troops, plus Zhang Fei's 20,000 soldiers and horses to help is 80,000 troops, Liu Zhang surrendered, Cheng. The 30,000 Shu troops in the capital naturally fell into the hands of Liu Bei, plus the surrender of Bajun and Qianwei, and now in Liu Bei's hands, he can gather 150,000 troops, not afraid of Cao Cao, not to mention the dangerous terrain of Shu, congenitally, Liu Bei occupies a geographical advantage.

"Now that Yizhou has been decided, the lord cannot be separated lightly." Huang Quan, who had just surrendered with Liu Zhang, frowned.

Although he was the number one person who strongly opposed Liu Bei's entry into Sichuan, but now that Liu Zhang himself has surrendered, as a courtier, his loyalty has been fulfilled, and, at the beginning, Huang Quan already had the heart to resign, and Liu Bei entered the city. After all the doors were closed, Liu Bei personally came to the door to invite, Huang Quan felt his sincerity, and only then did he agree to go out.

Since he decided to be loyal to Liu Bei, he naturally had to think about Liu Bei.

At present, Liu Bei occupied Yizhou at the beginning, although the situation has been stabilized, but if Liu Bei leaves at this moment, there will inevitably be a rebellion in Shu, this is not alarmist, in fact, although Shu is rich, but in the hands of Liu Zhang's father and son, rebellions occur from time to time, not to mention that Liu Bei, as the new master, has an unstable foundation in Shu, once he leaves rashly, this is just the Shu land of his in-laws, I am afraid that there will be a problem.

When Liu Bei heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, the truth is indeed such a truth, but he can't leave Hanzhong alone, once Cao Cao comes in, even if he can't afford to enter Shu again, Hanzhong is taken by Cao Cao, which is not a good thing for Liu Bei, this Cao Cao is not as easy to send as Zhang Lu.

His eyes fell on Pang Tong.

Seeing this, Pang Tong smiled slightly, stepped forward and bowed down and said: "Lord, the minister thinks that it is not difficult to retreat from the Cao army, just send a general into Hanzhong, and make a decisive battle with Cao Cao, and the Cao army will retreat!" ”

"What's the explanation?" When Liu Bei heard this, he looked at Pang Tongdao in surprise.

"Lord, although our army is tired for a long time, it first won Hanzhong, and then Shuzhong, and the morale is flourishing, and the Cao army has no reason to fight each other, and the army will be war-weary, and this is one of them; Second, it is not in Hanzhong, but in Xuchang, in Yecheng, Cao Cao has come to attack this time, and after a long time, how can the loyal people in the court sit back and watch Cao Cao's reckless army? Moreover, the expedition of the division, the consumption of logistics grain and grass must be huge, that is, Cao Cao is powerful, more than 100,000 troops, that is, the daily consumption, there is a huge number of stones, over time, it is the land of Kyushu, I am afraid that it will not be able to continue, at this time, our army only needs to put on a situation of fighting to the death with the Cao army, and the Cao army can not retreat? Pang Tong smiled and analyzed.

Don't say too much, even if Cao Cao is now an army of 100,000 troops, but the daily consumption of grass is not only the 100,000 army, the people who carry the grain and grass in logistics also have to eat, so people eat horses and chew, a day to say less to get 10,000 stone of grain and grass, Pang Tong estimates that Cao Cao now has the intention of retreating, but in addition to cleaning up Ma Chao and pushing Ma Chao into the Qiang land, there is no achievement, and the face cannot be passed, which will stop in Hanzhong without reluctance.

Liu Yi nodded while listening again, at this time, Boss Cao should have received the news that Liu Bei occupied Shuzhong, but he has been refusing to withdraw from the army, Liu Yi estimates that it may really be a matter of face.

If at this time, Liu Bei is soft, so that Boss Cao can get by, it is estimated that Boss Cao will retire, but the territory of Hanzhong is not allowed to be a piece, which is related to the stability of the rear in the future, and today's Liu Bei is not the bottom of the three princes in the past. Liu Bei can afford it, Cao Cao can't afford it, but in this way, Liu Bei has risen so strongly, and whether the alliance on Sun Quan's side can be maintained is a question.

But there's no rush for now.

Liu Bei asked, "I don't know who can be the general?" ”

When Liu Yi heard this, his heart was cold, and he found that Pang Tong's eyes were a little bantering, this thing must not be good, and immediately stepped forward and said: "Lord, the third general Zhang Fei, once drank back a million Cao troops in Danyang, and his power is unparalleled in the world, and the minister thinks that if the three generals personally lead the troops forward, they will be able to deter the Cao army!" ”

Hey~

Pang Tong glanced at Liu Yi funny, what kind of reaction are you?

When Liu Bei heard this, he thought about it: "Yide is indeed suitable, but Shangyong Cao Ren should not be underestimated, and now Liu Feng and Meng Da are in the army, and they also need to go to Cao Ren." ”

"The minister thinks that General Guan Ping's march is steady and he can take on a big responsibility!" Liu Yi continued to answer, anyway, he was not going to go to Hanzhong again, he finally stayed up until autumn, and he wanted to take advantage of the weather to enjoy the scenery of Shudi, and by the way, look at the terrain, now Shuzhong is preliminary, the treasury is rich in money and grain, it should be a good time to build a large number of buildings, and he still wants to finish the things here before the beginning of spring next year, and then ask Liu Bei to resign and go back to Jingzhou to live a leisurely life of his wife and children on the hot kangtou, this time to Hanzhong, it will take a few months to march back and forth, how can Liu Yi agree?

Liu Bei looked at Liu Yi a little speechlessly, he could see that Liu Yi didn't want to move, so he pushed Zhang Fei and Guan Ping out as shields.

But then again, Liu Bei was not ready to let Liu Yi go to Hanzhong, what is the situation when Liu Yi is so excited?

"Yide, Tanzhi!" Liu Bei looked at the two of them and smiled.

"In!" Zhang Fei and Guan Ping took a step forward and saluted.

"Yide commands 30,000 soldiers and horses, go to Yangping Pass to retreat Cao's army, Tanzhi, you lead 20,000 troops, go to the aid of Fangling, and repel Cao Ren!" Liu Bei smiled.

With the addition of two new forces, even if Cao Cao wants to consume, Liu Bei can afford to spend it with him, and as for the whole army, there is no need to send it, so many people are crammed into a few narrow roads, it is meaningless.

"The last general commands!" Zhang Fei and Guan Ping immediately received the order, and on this kind of formal occasion, it is not a place to show friendship.

After Liu Bei entered Shu, he has not yet rewarded everyone, and now although Cao Cao has not retreated, this reward can not be issued after Cao Cao has been retired, especially those generals in Shu, this time is the time to appease people's hearts.

In the next few days, Zhang Fei and Guan Ping counted the men and horses and prepared to go on the expedition, but Liu Bei's side began to reward them according to the size of their contributions to Shu.

First of all, the general of Shuzhong, although Yan Yan did not participate in many battles, but the role was great, the entire Qianwei and Bajun could fall into the hands of Liu Bei so quickly, Yan Yan was indispensable, and on top of the reward, Liu Bei was not stingy and named Yan Yan a former general.

In addition, the credit is the greatest, it should be Fazheng, don't look at the appearance of not much, but Liu Bei played all the way from Jiameng Pass to Cheng. Du, Fa Zheng secretly helped a lot, directly by Liu Bei as the Taishou of Shu County, after the two, it is Zhang Ren, although there is no contribution at all, but Zhang Ren's ability, Liu Bei is quite appreciative, after Liu Zhang surrendered, like Huang Quan and Liu Ba, Liu Bei personally came to the door to invite out, this reward, was appointed by Liu Bei as the general of Wuwei, responsible for the defense of Chengdu and the capital.

Liu Ba and Huang Quan are the left and right generals, and these five people are the people who have real power among the generals in Shu.

In addition to these five people, there are Dong He as the commander of the army, Xu Jing as the general of the left general, Pang Yi as the camp Sima, these three people are famous, but they are not at ease, so Liu Bei gave the three of them high official positions, but the real power is not large, in addition, Wu Yi, Li Yan, Fei Guan, Meng Da, Huo Jun, Zhuo Ying and other more than 60 people were rewarded by Liu Bei one by one, some of them were meritorious with him into Shu, and some of them surrendered to be talented, Liu Bei rewarded them one by one according to his understanding of these people, like Liu Feng and Meng Da were far away in the Shangyong area, The reward was brought over by Zhang Fei and Guan Ping.

In addition, it is Liu Yi, Pang Tong these main heroes of the reward, Liu Yi set Hanzhong, Xing Min, beheaded Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, stabilized the situation in Hanzhong, so that Cao Jun was not allowed to enter, after entering Shu, it was to help Liu Bei take the county, outstanding meritorious service, was named a general as a master craftsman and general of Annan, rank 2,000 stones, Yuting Hou.

The fishing pavilion is a fishing town, and Liu Bei makes it a pavilion, which is Liu Yi's food.

Pang Tong assisted Liu Bei to attack Shu, from Jiameng Pass all the way to Ruoxian, repeatedly came up with strange plans, for the left army division, concurrently served as the Bajun Taishou, Zhuge Liang for the right army division, Guan Yu for the general of Dangkou, Hanshou Tinghou, Zhang Fei for the capture of the general, Xinting Hou, Huang Zhong for the general of Zhengxi, Wei Yan for the general of Yangwu, Yang Ren for the general of Zhichong, Wen Ping for the general of Hengjiang, in addition to Jingzhou to stay in the civil and military, there are also rewards, in addition to Liu Bei opened a warehouse to release grain, rewarded the three armies, relief to the people, so that the army and the people are happy, Yizhou military heart, the people's heart is also with this reward, gradually attached.