Rendezvous with Zhuge Liang and others in Nanzheng, Xu Shu suggested that Lü Bu wait for the arrival of the guide arranged by Li Su before heading south into Sichuan.

Lü Bu agreed, and the army rested in Nanzheng for a few days, and Li Su brought several Shuzhong officials to meet Lü Bu.

Lu Bu warmly entertained, and there were three people who came, all of whom were famous people in Sichuan.

The first is Huang Quan, who once served as Liu Zhang's chief bookkeeper, and was exiled as the magistrate of Guanghan County because he advised Liu Zhang not to form an alliance with Liu Bei.

The second is Wang Lei, who is also a sergeant in Sichuan, who holds the position of Yizhou and is also a figure who opposes Liu Zhang's alliance with Liu Bei.

The last one is called Liu Ba, he is not from Shu, he is from Jingzhou, as early as after Liu Biao's death, because he did not want to go out to Liu Bei, he fled to Yizhou, and naturally he was also against Liu Bei.

Lu Bu naturally welcomed the arrival of these three very much, they represented a considerable number of Yizhou scholars who had their hearts attached to the central court, and they were familiar with everything in Yizhou.

After everyone sat down, Lu Bu first expressed his desire to recover Yizhou and return it to the arms of the central government, and promised that after the return of Yizhou, he would develop the economy, care about the people's livelihood, and vigorously support the scholars of Yizhou.

He also cited the current situation of various prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the central government as an example, the country is rich and the people are safe, whether it is a family of men or a poor family, as long as they have knowledge and ability, they can have a good development in their careers.

Huang Quan and others also expressed the thoughts and wishes of the Sichuan sergeant clan and the people, and hoped that Lu Bu would reduce the killing in the process of recovering Yizhou, and attack the heart and the city first.

They expressed their willingness to cooperate with the central imperial army to recover the land of Bashu, but they were driven.

Lu Bu also said sincerely: "It is naturally the best policy to be able to recover peacefully, and I don't want to be ruined, the people will suffer from swords and soldiers, especially the great power of the central armament." I don't want to let the defenders' desperate resistance turn cities into rubble. ”

"Every soldier of the Central Army is a valuable asset, they are willing to shed blood and sacrifice for the Han Dynasty, fighting abroad, no matter how big the sacrifice is, it is worth it, but the civil war, there is really no way to do it, if it can be peaceful reunification, how can I be willing to fight and kill?"

Huang Quan said that Zhang Ren, the Taishou of Ba County, was his classmate and friend, and his views were similar to those of himself.

He had been defeated by Lu Bu and had seen the strength of the Central Army, and from the bottom of his heart, he was unwilling to be an enemy of Lu Bu.

Huang Quan promised Lü Bu that he could persuade Zhang Ren to recover Ba County and occupy Jiangzhou without blood, which would also cut off Liu Bei's way into Sichuan.

However, he also reminded Lu Bu that Zhang Su, the Taishou of Guanghan County, was Zhang Song's elder brother and did not know his attitude.

Lu Bu nodded, fortunately he had a bridgehead in Ba County, and he didn't need to fight all the way from Baishui Pass, Jia Meng, and Zitong.

Since there was a guide, the army no longer stopped, starting from Nanzheng, and the troops were divided into two roads and crossed Bashan.

In fact, this section of the road is under the control of the Central Army, and there is no need for a guide, and Huang Quan's use is mainly for the section of the road after Hanchang, all the way to Chengdu.

Lu Bu and Sima Yi went all the way, with Huang Quan as a guide, and took the rice cang road into Sichuan.

Of course, this section of the Shu road has also been renovated by the sappers of the Central Army, widened, and straightened as much as possible, anyway, there are explosives, and the road is opened in the mountains, reducing the proportion of the plank road, and the plank road that needs to be retained is reinforced and widened.

The 3rd Division, the Special Operations Division, the 1st Garrison Division, and the 15th Division all followed Lu Bu's actions.

The other army was commanded by Xu Shu, Ma Chao was the deputy, and Wang Lei served as the guide, taking the Bashu Road, from Ziwu Town to the south, passing through Xixiang County, Zhenba County, to Wanyuan, and then arriving at Xuanhan.

This road has also been repaired, and it is much easier to walk than before.

Fang Yue's Fifth Division was already waiting for Lü Bu's army in Hanchang and Xuanhan.

Xu Shu's road was the 11th Cavalry Division and the 1st Rong Division set off together, and the 6th Division stayed in Hanzhong.

Just as Lu Bu's two-way army advanced into Yizhou, Liu Bei and Pang Tong were also led by Zhang Song to take a naval warship and go up the Yangtze River.

First, they arrived in Yichang by warship, and then because of the turbulent water of the Three Gorges and the dense reefs, the warships could only be pulled by the slender men little by little, and the whole army disembarked and walked.

Liu Bei listened to Zhang Song's advice, and after the infantry disembarked in Yichang, they followed the ancient road along the river all the way to the west, and the naval army could only stay behind and follow up a little bit.

After Zigui, I arrived at Fengjie, and from this point on, I really entered the land of Bashu.

And just when Liu Bei and Zhang Song arrived in Fengjie, they received the news that Lu Bu had also set off from Hanzhong and began to enter Sichuan.

Liu Bei was amazed at how quickly Lu Bu reacted, and starting from Fengjie, Liu Bei and Pang Tong also had to speed up their march.

Fortunately, the Yizhou officials in Fengjie, Yufu, Yunyang and other places were all handled by Zhang Song, without hindrance, all the way unimpeded, and even 5,000 Sichuan troops joined Liu Bei's team.

Liu Bei was more confident in what Zhang Song said, as if he saw himself becoming the lord of Yizhou, full of fighting spirit.

The armies of both sides are running towards Jiangzhou in this land of Bashu, as if they are running a marathon.

Liu Bei followed Zhang Song into Sichuan, taking the ancient road along the river, which was relatively flat, easier to walk, and the marching speed was very fast.

And Lu Bu, Huang Quan and others all walked the ancient Shu Road, mostly shuttling between the mountains, even if the sappers of the Central Army repaired and strengthened a lot, they still had to go over the mountains and mountains.

After leaving Xuanhan and Hanchang, the roads ahead are all old roads that have not been repaired, and they are difficult to walk.

Fortunately, the Central Army has a strict foundation of physical training, and cross-country with weights is commonplace, and even if it is a rapid march, it is still high-spirited.

Lu Bu has also been prepared for a long time, the two engineer regiments are not decorations, they build bridges when they encounter water, and it is their old business to open roads in the mountains, and they are familiar with the road.

Lu Bu also received the news that Liu Bei had entered Shu along the Yangtze River, and he urged his subordinates to speed up, day and night, and hurried at the speed of a rapid march, saying that he could not let Liu Bei rush to the front.

He changed the original battle plan and ordered Ma Chao's 11th Cavalry Division not to wait for the meeting of the army in Quxian County, but to march to Jiangzhou to join Huang Quan.

Huang Quan had left the army a few days earlier, and under the protection of the guard company led by Ma Tie, he rushed to Jiangzhou in front of him in order to persuade Ba County to guard Zhang Ren.

Lu Bu's army also ran like flying, eating and drinking all in the run.

When they went south along the Bashui River and arrived at Qu County, they met Xu Shu, who was waiting for Lu Bu, and Wang Lei and Ma Chao had already taken the lead.

Along the way, neither of the two armies encountered the Sichuan army that caused trouble for them, and Huang Quan, Wang Lei and others had really taken care of everything.

Ma Chao and Wang Ti led the 11th Cavalry Division, galloping all the way, this time because it was fighting in Sichuan, so Ma Chao equipped his subordinates with Xianbei horses and Hetao horses, which were shorter than the horses in the Western Regions, but they were particularly resistant to fatigue and hunger.

(End of chapter)