Jianzhou was lost, the northwest gate was wide open, and the rapid progress of the war greatly exceeded Liu Pi and Gao Chongwen's expectations, as the commander of the three armies, let Liu Bi take the first credit, Gao Chongwen was 10,000 unconvinced, and the army was in Langzhou after a little rest, and marched south, and suddenly appeared under the city of Zizhou, which was made by the Dongchuan Jiedu Envoy.

At the beginning, after Liu Pi attacked and occupied Zizhou, he listened to the advice of the strategist Lu Wenruo and demolished the city wall of Zizhou to prevent Li Kang's old troops from recapturing the city and threatening Chengdu.

Liu Pi sent the general of the Ya Army out of Zhenzizhou, and in the face of the demolished city wall, Xing Zhu scolded Lu Wenruo for being stupid, and had no choice but to rush to build the wall overnight.

Xing Zhu was shocked, hurriedly led the troops to retreat, and before leaving, he moved all the rich merchants in the city, and set fire to burn Zizhou City to the ground.

Gao Chongwen recovered the old Dongchuan office in one fell swoop and shook Sanchuan, although all he got was an empty city that could not garrison troops.

Chengdu's Liu Pi was not frightened, the speed of the imperial court was far beyond his imagination, originally thought that after the raid on Dongchuan, Shu land was fully in his hands, relying on the natural danger enough to support a year, a year later, the imperial court soldiers were old and poor, so they could only compromise and promise him to dominate the land of Sanchuan.

"I didn't expect Gao Chongwen to march so fast, and I didn't expect Yan Li to break Jianzhou so quickly."

Liu Bi shook his head and lamented, and complained to Lu Wenruo, a strategist and long-time friend opposite: "Wen Dezhao is a pig, how can such a dangerous city be lost overnight, the old man can't send reinforcements too late." ”

Lu Wenruo didn't answer, because Liu Bi was talking nonsense, there were no rescuers outside Jianzhou City, even if Wen Dezhao was still sticking there, Liu Bi would only watch, and would not send a single soldier.

Since Gao Chongwen occupied Zizhou, Liu Pi transferred all the elites of the Shu army to Chengdu to protect his safety. He was originally a family lover, but now he feels a serious threat.

As an old friend and strategist for many years, Lu Wenruo sees this more accurately than anyone else.

"The loss of Jianzhou was just an accident, I didn't advocate letting Yin Mu go at the beginning, this person has ill intentions, and it is really unreliable. The people who talk about bad things are Lin Yun. ”

It is Liu Bi's intention to send Yin Mu to guard Jianzhou, Wei Gao can trust this outsider, but Liu Bi is not very trustworthy, let Yin Mu guard Shuangliu, Liu Bi is not at ease, Jianzhou is the enemy's front line, let Yin Mu be the target of arrows, and consume more arrows of the official army.

Lu Wenruo did not advocate sending Yin Mu, but he did not object at the time, but later sent an afterthought, and urged Liu Pi to send Wen Dezhao to assassinate the history, saying that Jianzhou had an important status and could not be entrusted to one person.

Now that I think about it, Lu Wenruo's idea is not good, Yin Mu may not really be anti-against from the beginning, but after Wen Dezhao left, he was suspicious of him everywhere, and finally forced him to rebel.

Of course, Liu Bi does not intend to publicly admit and take responsibility for this kind of thing, he and Lu Wenruo are not wrong in this matter, and it is Lin Yun who is wrong. Lin Yun was originally a Jiedu magistrate, but because he opposed him to raise troops, he was demoted to the rank of lieutenant of Tangchang County. But after this Lin Yun was demoted to a county lieutenant, he did not forget to send three letters in two days to persuade him not to raise troops to rebel against the imperial court, and said that what the people want, not in Xichuan, if he forcibly raised troops, he would be defeated.

The soldiers fought bloodily in front, and the people behind not only did not support it, but also cursed viciously, how could such a person keep him?

Liu Pi sent a codex to Su Pimao, asking him to take Lin Yun's head.

After finishing this matter, Liu Pi's spirit lifted slightly, so he sat back opposite Lu Wenruo and asked:

"What to do now, Zizhou is only a hundred miles away from Chengdu."

"Zizhou is already an empty city, and it is impossible to garrison troops, and Gao Chongwen can only fake Mianzhou if he wants to fight Chengdu. We concentrated our forces outside the city of Mianzhou and dealt him a head-on blow. Lu Wenruo's words were loud and clear, and he seemed confident.

Liu Pi felt a little relieved, and muttered: "In this way, the soldiers from Chengdu are going to be sent out again." ”

This is the sentence that Lu Wenruo is most afraid of hearing, this old friend is good at everything, but he loves his family too much, and he has to keep everything at home and put it in a place where he can see it. Most of the tens of thousands of elite soldiers used to achieve great things were deployed by him near Chengdu, and even no one was stationed around them, causing the officers and soldiers to travel thousands of miles in a day, and they were like walking on the ground.

"Chengdu has high walls and deep pools, and there are heavy troops stationed there, with Gao Chongwen's current strength, he resolutely does not dare to enter the city, which will only fall into a heavy siege, which is the way to self-destruction." Lu Wenruo first gave Liu Bi a reassuring pill, and then planned for him: "We will build a conjoined fence in Lutouguan and Wanshengdui in the north of Mianzhou City, and resist the enemy in the north of Mianzhou, so that they will have a strong base to advance, and they will be unwilling to retreat, and consume their grain and materials, and there will be great changes in the late spring and early summer of next year." ”

Liu Bi wanted to ask how this big change was in late spring and early summer next year, but he didn't have a good way to ask, so he lowered his head and pondered for a while, raised his head, and asked with a smile: "In terms of Lutou Pass, do you see that 10,000 soldiers are enough?" ”

Lu Wenruo furrowed his eyebrows and fell into deep thought.

He actually had a plan in his heart: "Lutou Pass must have at least 50,000 soldiers and horses to ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”

"Fifty thousand?!" Liu Pi exclaimed, as soon as the 50,000 soldiers and horses left, there would be less than 20,000 people left in Chengdu.

"This ...... Can it be less, two...... Oh, three, how about thirty thousand? ”

"Thirty thousand, you can't miss Ming Gong."

In Lu Wenruo's plan, Lutouguan only needs to garrison 20,000 troops to achieve his goal, but he knows Liu Bi's character very well, but he doesn't dare to say 20,000 at the beginning, he knows that Liu Bi must bargain.

"Alas, 30,000 is 30,000."

The flesh on Liu Bi's cheeks twitched violently, only to feel a pain in his flesh, and he divided 30,000 troops to Mianzhou, and there were only 40,000 people left in Chengdu, which should be enough, but it seems that it is not enough.

Liu Bi secretly made up his mind to go back and try to deduct three or five thousand, five or six thousand from these 30,000 people, as long as the means were appropriate, his old friend and strategist would have nothing to say.

"At present, we have to make a delaying tactic, delay Gao Chongwen, and it is best to delay it until the beginning of spring next year."

It takes time to build a fortress at Lutou Pass, and it also takes time to adjust the deployment of troops.

After Li Kang was captured, his old subordinates and nephews launched a huge rescue operation in Chengdu and Chang'an, and his nephew Lu Xi'an chased all the way to Jianzhou City after his unsuccessful activities in the capital, and asked Li Mao to try to mediate to save his uncle Li Kang.

Lucian knelt in front of Li Mao in public, crying and crying, and Li Mao, who was crying, was upset, so he promised him to think in the long run.

Li Kang was a mediocre person, and when he was in Dongchuan, he practiced inaction, rested with the people, and although he didn't do anything, he didn't harm the people, and his official reputation was so-so. Li Mao did not have any special likes or dislikes for this person, but he knew that such a high-ranking official and dignitary were related to a family and a group, and such a family and a group were often of great significance to maintaining the stability of a place.

To stabilize Dongchuan, Li Kang is still valuable.

Li Mao decided to take a hand to pull Li Kang, and after receiving Liu Pi's plea, Li Mao asked Liu Pi to show sincerity and return Li Kang. Liu Bi discussed with Lu Wenruo, and Lu Wenruo smiled slightly: "This must be Li Mao who accepted bribes from Li Kang's family to help him get people." Liu Bi said: "How to deal with it?" Lu Wenruo said: "To appease the envoy, don't refute his face, in order to show sincerity, let's return Li Kang to ...... Gao Chongwen. ”

Gao Chongwen...... Hahaha, good! Liu Bi suddenly understood.

Liu Pi immediately ordered, in order to show his sincerity in repentance, he specially returned the captured former Dongchuan Jiedu envoy Li Kangfeng to the imperial court, Gao Chongwen is the commander of the three armies, stationed in Zizhou, the closest to Chengdu, this person, naturally it is the most suitable to give Gao Chongwen.