Zitong is the place of the Dongchuan Jiedu envoy, it is located in the middle of the river and the Fushui, is two natural deep moats, plus there are copper mines, salt wells, is an extremely important military town.

Wu Mian was shocked when he saw Zhang Yansheng coming from the desert, he had already ordered 5,000 men and horses, and was ready to go to Fengtian City with Zhang to King Qin.

As a result, there were 20,000 or 30,000 elite Xichuan Festival envoys, and now only one or twenty people are still accompanied.

After Zhang Yansheng sat down, he said to Wu Mian, the Xishan army rebelled and attacked the capital of Shu, and I want to borrow your soldiers to take it back.

"Is this matter reported to the court first?" Wu Mian was extremely worried, because Dongchuan's force had always been inferior to Xichuan's, and it would be embarrassing if he lost his own men and horses in this move.

"Don't report to the court!" Zhang Yansheng hurriedly denied it, he knew that even if Li Shi of Fengtian City knew about this, Bacheng still asked Wei Gao and Gao Yue to come to help quell the rebellion, wouldn't that be the opening of the door to thieves?

Now Zhang Yansheng is in a hurry, and he thinks that his youngest daughter Bisheng is also lost in the city of Shudu, and he can't help but sigh.

When there was no discussion, suddenly there was an urgent report from the Dongchuan soldiers outside - in the direction of Langzhou, a large number of officers and soldiers appeared.

"What!" Zhang Yansheng and Wu Mian were shocked at the same time.

"What kind of flag is the other side flying?" Zhang Yansheng hurriedly asked.

He replied that the size of the other side was about 10,000 people, and there were many cavalry, one military flag was a black and white Pixiu flag, and one military flag was a big black sealed flag.

This time Zhang Yansheng is gritting his teeth.

The black and white Pixiu flag is naturally Gaoyue Baicao Army's, and the "Feng Feng" of the big black Feng Feng is a big wild boar, and the ancestor of Wei Gao recognized the Great Peng family as the Feng Wei country, and its country is famous for being good at shepherding wild boars, so the Feng Feng pattern is painted on the Fengyi Army Gate Flag.

"How did they get all the way to Zizhou?" Zhang Yansheng and Wu Mian were most frightened by such a problem.

The truth is very simple:

After Wei Gao met with Gao Yue, after obtaining food from the Sanquan Military Academy, he did not take the road from Lizhou to the Tianwei Jianmen Pass, but crossed the Micang Mountain, entered and exited the Micang Road, and used the name of Banan to observe Yan Zhen, and unimpeded in the Banan Prefectures, all the way to Jiameng Pass and Langzhong, and then forcibly crossed the flood and drove directly to the city of Zitong.

Outside the city of Zitong, Wu Mian and Zhang Yansheng gathered thousands of Dongchuan soldiers to line up, and after going out of the horse, Zhang Yansheng saw Wei Gao under the banner of the Great Black Seal, which was a smoke from the seven orifices, and pointed at Wei Gao and shouted: "How can Wei Lang be like this!" ”

Wei Gao didn't answer directly, but just shouted: "Xichuan Jiedu made Zhang Yan's reward unfair, so that the soldiers were in turmoil, and the capital of Shu was lost, but he could return to the court to ask for guilt!" ”

"You can go back to the court to ask for guilt!" The soldiers of the Fengyi Army and the White Grass Army behind Wei Gao responded in unison.

Zhang Yansheng was so angry that he almost fell off his horse, and shouted: "I want to present your Majesty and count the crimes of you and Gao Yue taking advantage of the fire to rob." ”

Wei Gao sneered a few times, but did not answer, and directly turned his horse back to his formation.

"Father, in the current situation, it is better to make peace with Chengwu as soon as possible and restore the capital of Shu together." Zhang Hongjing hurriedly suggested.

"It's ridiculous, now that Wei Gao and Gao Yue Feibing are here, they are coming for the festival of Shudu City and Xichuan, which is the so-called guilt of Huaibi, do you understand?"

In the next three days, Wei Gao didn't go or enter, just blocked Zitong City.

Zhang Yansheng and Wu Mian sent several post letters, wanting to send them to Fengtian City to ask the emperor for arbitration, but they were all stopped - now the passages between Shu and Xingyuan Mansion, that is, Jinniu Road, Micang Road and Lychee Road, were all blocked by Wei Gao and Gao Yue's soldiers and horses, and Zhang Yansheng's message could not be overturned by Micang Mountain, let alone Qinling.

Zhang Yansheng, who was almost desperate, called his son Hongjing and said to him: "It is already a shame that the loss of Shudu City is already a shame, if Wei Gao and Gao Yue are allowed to speak in Fengtian City and enter into my slander, then I might as well die!" You take the waterway of the Three Gorges and detour back to Fengtian City. ”

Zhang Hongjing cried and knelt in front of his father, saying how could this be possible? I take the waterway, even if I go to Jingnan Jiangling Mansion, I still can't go to Fengtian City or take the Jin Road, or the Wuguan Road, or the Xingyuan Road.

After hearing this, Zhang Yanxian's face was sallow, and he almost vomited out a mouthful of old blood, he covered his heart and said hatefully, "A moment of negligence made Wei Gao and Gao Yue famous." Then Zhang Yansheng lay on the couch and looked up to the trombone: "Holy Lord, now that I am in Fengtian City, all the tribute roads are in the hands of the traitorous ministers who are waiting for me, and the ministers cannot share their worries, which is really a capital crime!" ”

As a result, before Zhang Yansheng's lyricism ended, he got the latest news:

At the same time that Wei Gao was monitoring Zitong City, Gao Yue led three thousand white grass troops, went out from the side of Jiameng Pass, bypassed Jianmen Pass, and arrived at the gateway of Shu Capital City, Lutoushu, Wang Shengluan's department stationed in Tun immediately opened the gate of the pass and accepted Gao Yue to enter.

Now Gao Yue has swaggered to the north of the Shu capital, and is "discussing" with the Xishan Army to eliminate this rebellion.

"Ahh This time, Zhang Yansheng really vomited blood, staining the purple robe in front of him, so frightened that Zhang Hongjing hurriedly cried and wiped it for his father.

"The white grass thief, the Fengyi thief, and the Xishan thief are all raccoon dogs......" Zhang Yanxiang hated.

In the lobby of the bell tower of Fengtian City, Emperor Li Shi was dumbfounded, looking at Shi Weiping, the commander of the Baicao army who was paying homage to the steps, who had already come with Wei Gao and Gao Yue's recitals.

"Xichuan Rebellion?" Li Shi hurriedly unfolded the recital, "Wei Qing and Gao Qing are quickly leading the army into Shu to quell the chaos......"

The ministers in the hall are all disgraced.

Now in difficult times, in addition to relying on the rice and grain transported to the southeast by Shangjin Road, the imperial court also needs the money and silk of Shu very much.

"When you came, how was Zhang Yansheng?" The Emperor asked hurriedly.

Wei Ping replied, I don't know.

Zheng Qi, the Hanlin scholar beside the emperor, was pale, obviously very worried about the safety of his father-in-law and wife, and tears were about to flow, but as a scholar serving the Holy Lord, his duties did not allow him to react excessively.

Zheng Qi closed his eyes tightly and did not move, but his hands grabbed his knees and thighs, almost pinching blood.

"Let's go and hear the news again." The emperor hurriedly ordered Wei Ping to speak.

A few days later, Cui Ning personally came to Fengtian City and met with the emperor.

"Can the servant shoot urgently enter the Sichuan to appease the military situation?" The emperor said to Cui Ning, almost in a pleading tone.

Who wants Cui Ning to generously submit: "The minister was originally an envoy of the Xichuan Festival, but now because of the military turmoil, if he returns to the old town, it is simply equivalent to saying that the festival can be given and received privately, and I am afraid that the prestige of the Holy Lord will be further damaged." According to the minister's opinion, the regimental training envoys of Fengxing and Xingyuan have entered Shu, and the situation may not continue to deteriorate, and in addition, His Majesty can choose another general with prestige to go to Zhenxichuan. ”

"Qing's public heart, I feel inscribed, I don't know who the servant elects?" At this time, Li Shi really agreed to everything.

Cui Ning said Li Sheng's name without thinking.

"But Li Liangqi is at the Dongwei Bridge in Chang'an City, and he can't go to Shudu City."

"It doesn't matter, Your Majesty immediately issued an edict to the Xishan Army in the capital of Shu, as long as Li Sheng is declared as the marshal, the soldiers will be convinced, and then choose one or two people to stay for the time being, eliminate the military chaos, and wait until Chang'an City is recovered, and then let Li Liangqi go to Zhenxichuan is not too late."

The emperor thought to himself, this is the only way.