It was the Dragon Boat Festival in May of another year, because of 'being blocked by the Baishuiguan bandits on the way to office', the new Yizhou Makita Toyoda Yuanhao officially issued a text stamped with the seal of Yan Gong outside Nanzheng City outside the city of Nanzheng in Hanzhong County.

This text, drafted by Wang Xiang, first acknowledges the legitimacy of Liu Yan's appointment as the pastor of Yizhou by the Han family, but then then quotes in detail and subtly the story of Emperor Guangwu and Gongsun Shu, and discusses the sensitive topic of the Mandate of Heaven.

After a tirade, the article finally clearly pointed out that no matter what Liu Yan's level of governance is and what the legal principles he inherits, under the Mandate of Heaven, since the Duke of Yan, who represents the Mandate of Heaven, has appointed a new Yizhou pastor, the Liu father and son no longer have any qualifications and legal basis to rule Yizhou. Therefore, at this time, the resistance of Zhang Ren, the guard of Baishui, in the name of Liu Yan was actually a conspiracy.

Yan Gong has every reason to send troops to quell the rebellion!

Zhao Yun, the champion general who has been stationed in Hanzhong, personally led the deputy generals Cheng Yin and Yang Feng, with Yang Xiu as the army and Fa Zheng as the military Sima, and led 20,000 horses to go out of Yangping Pass and go straight to Baishui Pass. At the same time, Zhang He, the infantry captain who had just arrived here, also gathered with the local lieutenant Shen Tan of Hanzhong, Sima Shenyi of the other department, and Sima Mengda of the other department, and joined forces of 10,000 troops, but they were divided into two, out of Shangyong, into Ba County, and then along the two north-south rivers of Ba County, that is, Qianjiang and Bucao River, all the way to the south, which was for the partial division.

This is not over, that is, on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival in May, Gongsun Yue, who had been waiting in Chencang for a long time, immediately officially ordered to send troops in the name of the general Zhenxi of the military of the four prefectures in the west.

Because of the sit-in battle in Wuguan, Yongliang Erzhou was not able to participate in the Guandu War before, but the battle of Shushu that took place at the doorstep at this time should be used...... For a time, Yongzhou sent grain and troops, and Liangzhou sent troops, but 40,000 foot cavalry were mobilized in an instant!

The Yongzhou soldiers dispersed the pass, and the Liangzhou soldiers went directly south along the Tianshui, but they converged in a small basin called Zuozhong in Wudu County...... In fact, this place originally didn't even have a name, but now it is famous all over the world because of the Qiang people, Di people, and Han Sui who led Gongsun Ding to surrender to the local area, and Han Sui's surrender to Tuntian here.

The 40,000 army gathered, and immediately went south through the Konghan Valley into the Guanghan vassal state of Yizhou, and the commander of the Guanghan vassal state directly led the local princes and Qiang to surrender, but handed over the Yinping Road.

And since Yinping has started, as Hanzhong Taishou Guo Fengxiao guessed before, Yinping Road and Yangping Pass are one west and one east, and they are sandwiched on both sides, and the first nail on the right path of Shu Road, that is, Baishui County and Baishui Pass, is unstoppable by the way...... And with the surrender of Baishui County in the west, Zhang Ren, the general of Baishui Guard, had no choice but to take the initiative to retreat after receiving Yan Yan's order and retreat behind Jia Meng!

It can be regarded as giving Baishui Pass away.

At this time, the Yan army basically had no casualties, and Gongsun Yue, the general of Zhenxi who arrived in Huzhong, did not use the strategy of 'smuggling out of Yinping and smuggling into the sky' that would inevitably have a large number of attrition, but followed the step-by-step route, followed the main road to the south, approached Jiameng County, and then gathered the strength of the whole army to attack the city with artillery vehicles.

Don't say it, things are going well!

The reason is very simple, the Shu army stationed in Jia Meng has no concept of artillery vehicles at all, even the impression of artillery vehicles by outstanding generals of the level of Yan Yan and Zhang Ren is only in the history books, but they do not know that this weapon has already been developed by leaps and bounds after being tested by the actual test of the Battle of Guandu and the standardization under the standard weights and measures proposed by Gongsun Damiang.

Whether it is Jia Meng City or Jia Meng Pass, Yan Yan has already ordered the large trees in the vicinity to be cut down, and he didn't think about the cannon at all, but unexpectedly, the accompanying craftsmen in the Yan army had already begun to skillfully make the 'thunderbolt car' with wheels and disassembled and transported as early as Hanzhong!

And after the champion general Zhao Yun arrived in Jiameng along the Western Han River, he was honest for more than ten days, and then suddenly there were more than a dozen thunderbolts!

Under the continuous and several days of chaotic bombardment, the city wall of Jiameng City gradually fell out, so Yan Yan immediately made a decision and chose to abandon the pass and withdraw his troops again.

In less than a month, the Yan army broke through the two famous passes on the Shu Road, which can be called a rainbow of morale...... But that's all, because it's just behind Jiameng City, on the other side of the Western Han River, the only way to the hinterland of Shuzhong and Langzhong City in Bajun is called Jianmen Road.

At this moment, there may be a distance of time and space from the time when an unnamed Prime Minister Zhuge set up the Sword Gate Pass, so this place is only called the Sword Gate Dao.

However, the so-called Jianmen Road, as the name suggests, on the left and right sides of this road, a mountain is as sharp as a sword, called the Great Sword Mountain; The other is also as sharp as a sword, called Xiaojian Mountain!

Between the two dangerous peaks, there is a narrow winding mountain road plank road that stretches for thirty miles, leaning on the cliffs and steep slopes of the hills, which is the famous Jianmen Road, or Sword Pavilion. And at the end of the Thirty-Mile Pavilion Road, in the middle of Dajian Mountain, there is a natural line of sky, and the narrowest point is only fifty or sixty steps!

If you are a husband, you can't open it, and that's what you're talking about!

And what kind of veteran is Yan Yan? Zhang any other cautious?

Since the two of them withdrew their troops, they directly dismantled the thirty-mile plank road while withdrawing, and after the thirty-mile pavilion road, Yan Yan stationed in Fushui Pass behind him to make a base camp, but asked Zhang Ren to lead 5,000 troops, and build mountains and rocks in the first line of Dajian Mountain to camp with the Yuyan army!

At this moment, it was Yan Jun's turn to be stunned!

As the saying goes, if you have a thunderbolt, I can dismantle the plank road, how can you attack this kind of place with your head in it? No wonder Liu Yan dared to take the land of Banzhou to resist Yan Gong, who had almost taken the world!

Wisdom is like Tian Feng, brave as Zhao Yun can only be completely helpless, poor middle road Yan army more than sixty or seventy thousand, since here all the way to the middle of the row, but at this time can only slowly repair the thirty-mile plank road, hill by hill forward, while pinning hope on other places to surprise soldiers.

However, at about the same time, Zhang He, Meng Da and the Shen brothers were also frustrated by Ba Jun...... Of course, they are all in Ba County all the way! And Ba County is almost all mountain roads, the logistics are greatly troubled, and the troops are also limited, so it is originally a partial division treatment with little hope.

At this time, after going hundreds of miles deeper, it was expected that he was trapped in geography and blocked on the road by the prepared Ba County guards.

In this case, Yizhou Makita Feng, who turned around and returned to Jia Meng, had nothing to think about, and was almost ready to write a letter to Gongsun Yue, asking him to send a reserve team, get out of Yinping, and smuggle across the Sky Ridge...... It's just that I'm worried about the inevitable attrition of smuggling into the Sky Ridge, and I haven't made up my mind for a while.

At this time, it was the middle of June, and at the same time that the Yan army stopped in front of Jianmen Road, Mianzhu City, the ruling center of Shu, had a new political tide because of the official arrival of the Shu War...... Of course, this is to be expected.

"Dare to ask Brother Ziqiao, what's going on with today's discussion?"

Qianwei County Guard Zhang Su was in Mianzhu's house, and Xu Yuanzhi, who had just entered Shu for a few days, was exchanging information with Zhang Su's brother Zhang Song at his own place.

In fact, as the nominal local leader of Shu, he was suppressed to the point that he had no right to speak, so the Zhang brothers, who had always been dissatisfied with Liu Yan's father and son, had long been in contact with Yan Guo, and even Zhang Songben had seen Yan Gong's mother in Chang'an a few years ago, that is, the one who had long been called the Empress Dowager of Yan State, and was quite courteous.

And the Zhang family itself has long had a traditional Shu brocade business with Amway.

It's just that at that time, Liu Yan was also extremely respectful to the north, even Liu Yan's sons were also honest in front of Gongsun Aunt and Gongsun Xun, but they couldn't show anything...... It can only be said that when the tide recedes, we know where everyone's roots are.

Of course, now it seems that Zhang Su, who is far away in Qianwei, is actually a very timid person, he and his subordinate Yang Hong made an appointment to raise troops to echo the Yan army's attack on Shu, but as a result, Yang Hong raised troops, and Zhao Wei led the army into Qianwei to surround Yang Hong, but as a local guard, Zhang Su, who could obviously make a big play, actually did not move, which was really disappointing, but it was his brother Zhang Song Zhang Ziqiao who stayed in Mianzhu, who was particularly concerned about the overall situation of Yanshu.

Why do you know so clearly?

It's very simple, this is Zhang Song himself said!

However, according to Xu Yuanzhi's observation, although Zhang Song was angry, what he said was the truth, and the reasons were obvious...... Zhang Su, as a parent, is already more or less a county of 2,000 stones, although he also hates Liu Yan and is afraid of Hebei, but he is not willing to take risks easily after all; And Zhang Song is just the opposite, if he is ugly and ugly if he continues to fight in Shu like this, no matter how clever he is, that is, he is the head of a state official, it is impossible to really jump over the threshold between the officials of 600 stones, and become a real member of the party, but the Empress Dowager of Yanguo has shown her appreciation and courtesy to her very early on, which makes it impossible for Zhang Ziqiao to look forward to Liu Yan's downfall so much!

Back in front of him, since Xu Yuanzhi opened his mouth to ask, Zhang Song on a boat naturally smiled and explained the situation directly: "I don't know, today's excitement is nothing else, but the Yan Gong army in front of me hit Jia Meng, and the local people were panicked for a while, so some people wanted to fish in troubled waters...... Do you know that Dian Nong Zhonglang will Pang Xi's feet? This person actually suggested that Liu Yizhou retreat to Chengdu for temporary refuge. ”

Not long after Xu Shu came here, where did he understand the Tao inside, he couldn't help frowning: "Please also ask Brother Ziqiao to make it clear." ”

"Actually, it's really simple." Zhang Song couldn't help but twist his beard and laugh again in the Tai Lieutenant chair opposite several cases. As we all know, Liu Yizhou's father and son have no gaps, and they are extremely harmonious, which is really admirable. However, although father and son are one, they are two people in the end, not to mention that they are each dependent...... And this Pang Xi is Liu Yizhou's eldest son and the brother-in-law of Guanghan Taishou Liu Fan, and everything must be considered for Liu Fujun first. ”

Xu Shu was already smart and had a lot of experience, but when he heard the words at this time, combined with the situation in Shuzhong, he suddenly realized it in an instant.

In other words, Yizhou is the country of abundance, covering a vast area, Hanzhong, Jiangzhou (Chongqing), and Ba County are all famous counties, not to mention, only to say that the core essence area of Shudi, that is, the Chengdu Basin, is divided into two first-class counties, that is, Shu County of Chengdu, and Guanghan County of Mianzhu.

Among them, according to the household statistics before the chaos, the former should have more than 300,000 households and more than 1.3 billion registered population; The latter is much smaller, about 1340,000 households, with a population of nearly 450,000.

However, due to the previous Ma Xiang Rebellion and Jia Long Renqi Rebellion, Chengdu suffered serious population losses, and correspondingly, Liu Yan brought a large number of 'Dongzhou scholars' with a population of about tens of thousands of households and hundreds of thousands of people from Jingzhou, Sanfu, Sili, and even the Central Plains, and then settled in Guanghan County.

The population of the two counties is now seven, seven, eighty-eight, and comparable, but together, it is undoubtedly the fundamental core of the Liu family's father and son's rule over Shu.

According to the previous political design, Liu Yan himself governed Mianzhu and personally controlled Guanghan County and the 'Dongzhou Shi' who was roughly entrenched here, and then Zhao Wei, Liu Yan's number one confidant from Dongzhou Shi, was the Taishou of Shu County...... So now Pang Xi suggested that Liu Yan retreat to Chengdu, but it was undoubtedly a clever move!

Because as soon as Liu Yan left, Guanghan County and Dongzhou Shi, who were actually the foundation of Liu's father and son's rule, were personally controlled by Liu Fan, the Taishou of Guanghan.

"Brother Ziqiao, do you think Liu Junlang will agree?" After Xu Shu figured out the inner joint, he couldn't help frowning, and the uncertainty of the target of the assassination would inevitably affect his intensification.

"No, it won't." Zhang Song immediately replied. Judging from the front-line arrangements in the past few days, although Liu Yan is old, he is not so confused...... Even if he doesn't have the strength to support it, he won't pick the idea of handing over power at this time. Don't mention anything else, just talk about Chengdu, now Zhao Wei, the Taishou of Shu County, is leading troops in Qianwei to surround Yang Sima, and Zhang Ren, a subordinate promoted by Zhao Wei, is also at the forefront, at this time, no matter who goes to Chengdu between their father and son, Zhao Wei will be shaken. Therefore, it was only in vain for Pang Xi to jump up and down. ”

Xu Shu nodded in agreement.

Without waiting for Xu Yuanzhi to continue to ask, Zhang Ziqiao took the initiative to continue: "As for the guards of Liu Junlang and his son, who let me investigate...... Even though you haven't said it, I understand what you mean...... But with all due respect, it seems too difficult to have these twenty people on their feet! ”

"Please." Xu Yuanzhi didn't care.

"Liu Yan has been depressed since the last time he went out of the city to worship and encountered a broken car, and basically no longer left the state pastor's mansion, and his state minister's mansion was originally a new mansion specially built in Mianzhu during the previous Jia Long Rebellion, which was built together with a military camp in the city. Therefore, he stayed at home in it, not only because of the tight defense, but also as if he was hiding in a special town...... And the barracks next to the mansion...... Hum...... In addition to his more than 1,000 precious cars, they were all sergeants from Dongzhou. ”

Xu Shu was thoughtful.

"As for his son Liu Fujun...... Zhang Song saw that the other party was silent, and he was about to be silent, but suddenly he spoke again, raising his eyebrows and preparing to introduce Liu Fan.

"If Liu Yan doesn't die, it will be meaningless for Liu Fan." Xu Shu interrupted the other party. "Because Liu Fan seems to have great power, but the most important front-line military power has always been in Liu Yan's hands, isn't this what Brother Ziqiao just said? At this time, since Liu Yan is so embarrassed, what does Liu Fujun mean by what he says? ”

Zhang Song sneered for a while: "I always thought that I was just an ordinary swordsman, but today it seems that I have my own hills and valleys in my heart." ”

"In the past few days, Brother Ziqiao has repeatedly changed his attitude because of my words......" Xu Yuanzhi shook his head for a while. However, am I an ordinary swordsman, so why should I do this? ”

Zhang Song twisted his beard in embarrassment for a moment: "It's just curiosity...... Why would such a merry person as he come to be an assassin? ”

"I'm not here to be an assassin, I'm here to be a knight."

“…… Does it make any difference? ”

"Assassins act for personal gain or for personal favor, but knights have their own ......"

"Why?"

"The little one of chivalry, hoe the strong and help the weak." Xu Shu looked at it. "The great man of chivalry is for the country and the people...... I came to kill Liu Yan because someone told me that if this was the case, the world would be able to settle down one day sooner, and I believed in him, that's all. ”

Zhang Song was stunned on the spot, and almost got up to avoid the table to salute.

"Ask Brother Ziqiao about it again." Xu Yuanzhi didn't pay attention to the other party's stunned at all, but continued to calmly face each other. "There were rumors before, saying that Liu Yan had held the hand of his second son and said an unbelievable word......"

"Yes." Zhang Song came back to his senses, and there was no longer any arrogant posture, so he hurriedly answered. "After Liu Yan disposed of his third son Liu Mao, who persuaded him to surrender, he held the hands of the eldest son and the second son and said, 'Everyone in Shu wants to kill his father and son'! This matter was reported by the maid beside her, and now everyone knows about it! ”

"Does the Dongzhou Priest also want to kill him?" Xu Shu continued to ask.

"What do you mean?" Zhang Song was inexplicably flustered.

"It's already obvious." Xu Yuan straightened his sword and got up and talked in the room. "In the situation in Shuzhong, Liu Yan's father and son seem to pay equal attention, but in fact, the father is real and the son is false; And Liu Junlang is old and cautious, relying only on his father and son, it is difficult for the people of Shu to get close to him, and only Dongzhou Shi can fill the periphery...... Therefore, if you want to kill Liu Yan, you must use Dongzhou Shi as your aid. ”

"Dongzhou Shi......" Zhang Song got up and stopped talking.

"Dongzhou Shi is also crumbling." Xu Shu turned around and smiled slightly. "The Feishang brothers have all descended, let alone others? Liu Junlang saw this thoroughly, everyone in Shu wanted to kill his father and son! ”

"In this case, in a hurry, where can we tell who has been centrifuged and who has not?" Zhang Song naturally didn't want to let Dongzhou Shi take the credit.

"If it is as Ziqiao said just now, no matter what else is done, there must be one person among them, and he is a key person with ability, and he has already determined the centrifugal ......"

"Who?" Zhang Song couldn't help but be stunned on the spot. "When did I just say who?"

"Liu's father and son control Shu with Dongzhou Shi, so everyone has a Dongzhou Shi leader in front of him." Xu Yuan looked at the bright sunshine in the courtyard outside the house and smiled for a while. "Liu Yan is Zhao Wei in front of him; His son Liu Fan was Pang Xi in front of him...... Who dared to ask Brother Ziqiao, who was once the heir before, and now was imprisoned for persuading his father and brother to descend early, was there anyone in front of him that day? ”

Zhang Song's mouth was dry, but he was completely convinced: "This person is called Wu Yi, the nephew of Wu Kuang, the confidant of the former general He Jin, who had already been a general in Tuntian, but was robbed of his position by Pang Xi, and is now living outside the city. ”

Xu Shu turned around with his sword and said nothing.

"I'll send Xu Jun out of the city now!" Zhang Ziqiao immediately woke up, but simply changed his name.

——————I'm the dividing line of Zi Qiao's younger brother——————

"Taizu took Zhenxi General Gongsun Yue and Yizhou Mutian Feng to cut Shu, turned to fight thousands of miles, and stopped at the Sword Pavilion. Everyone hesitated, Fengguan Sword Pavilion returned, and thought of a surprise soldier over the Sky Ridge. Before it arrived, Hanzhong guarded Guo Jiaxinzhi too much, and said: 'Yan governs Shu, there is no kindness, and now the army presses it, and it will be chaotic.' In my opinion, the moon may be visible, please stay for a while. 'The abundance stopped. —"The World Speaks New Words". Enlightenment

PS: Man is really an interesting creature...... Halfway through last night, I said I was too sleepy to write...... Anyway, the book is almost over, why are you fighting so hard? Three days and two became a fact earlier, what else is it pretending to be?

As a result, I took a nap at noon today, and I dreamed in my dream that I was seven years old A Yue Hanmen, and those people in the group ridiculed me for being a garbage who didn't count, and then I couldn't stand it directly, so I got up and finished a chapter before getting off work.

Happy Eleven, everyone......