From Daojiang County to Chengdu is only eighty miles, the official road is wide, the famous Dujiangyan is located in the territory of Daojiang County, the Minjiang River is cut off here, the irritable river has become gentle and delicate since then, nourishing millions of people on the Chengdu Plain.

At night, a crescent moon is like a white lamp hanging in the sky, evenly spreading a layer of silver-white moonlight on the official road, on the official road between Daojiang County and Chengdu, Zhang Huan's 30,000 cavalry is marching in formation, after a month of arduous marching, about to reach their goal.

It has been more than a month since the troops were dispatched from Jiuqu in early September, and the journey is only more than 1,000 miles, but the difficulty of the road has caused the 50,000-strong army to be sick or injured when it arrives in Daojiang County, and nearly 10,000 people along the way have been sick or injured, and nearly 20,000 of the 60,000 war horses have also been lost.

The army rested for the night after arriving in Wenchuan last night, and at the same time received the exact news of Zhu's army, Zhu, after the failure of the attack on Wujun, retreated to Wenjun, preparing to attack again.

And the 20,000 troops in Chengdu have been divided into 10,000 to transport food, and there are only 10,000 defenders in the city, and now the best opportunity to seize Chengdu has come.

Zhang Huan left nearly 10,000 exhausted soldiers and war horses in Daojiang County to recuperate, and he personally led 30,000 iron-beaten soldiers to concentrate the last of their physical strength to advance to Chengdu.

The county seat of Daojiang has already been left far behind, and there are still thirty miles, and all the soldiers have become extremely excited, at this time, there are more than a dozen war horses galloping in front, which are the soldiers of the vanguard Lin Jiuhan, and there are two scouts among them.

"Governor, General Lin has stopped ten miles north of Chengdu, waiting for the governor's order."

Two scouts also stepped forward to report, "Governor Qiyu." One hundred of our scouts, led by General Liu, had entered Chengdu two days earlier. Now hiding in Wangjiang Restaurant, we have completely grasped Zhu Fengge's whereabouts, and General Liu will cooperate with the governor. ”

"Good!" Zhang Huan turned to his soldiers and said: "Spread my words to all the brothers, after entering Chengdu tonight, the military discipline will be strictly enforced, and those who enter private houses, rape people's daughters, and take a thing from the people will be beheaded!" ”

Night has fallen again, and the dense fog has dissipated in the late autumn days, and the night sky is like a wash. A bright moon hangs in the sky over Chengdu, Liu Shuai and his more than 100 brothers in Wangjiang Restaurant have been lurking here for two days, it is very simple, Wangjiang Restaurant is located on the horse bridge is the only way for Zhu Fengge to go to the barracks, from the early hours of yesterday morning after the people transported 100,000 stone meters to the north again. Zhu Fengge had already passed under their eyelids three times. The time is not right. Liu Shuai and the others still stood still, just carefully observed some details of Zhu Fengge's situation, the entourage, including the coachman, was exactly eighty-one people, and there were no less than one person each time, all of them were generally tall, dressed in bright armor, handsome, and looked very majestic and neat. But the scouts pay more attention to their weapons. There were no crossbows, no lances, and a silver-like knife per person. Carrying a long bow at their waist and a round shield on their backs, everyone walked on the main road, their eyes were flashy, looking left and right, and their faces showed a look of disdain and pride.

Wangjiang Restaurant has been closed for three days, the doors and windows are closed, but compared with the same deserted street and other restaurants, this is really nothing, and no one will pay special attention to it, at this moment Liu Shuai sat on the table on the first floor, waiting for the news attentively, the governor has set off from Daojiang County in the morning, and it is a matter of one or two hours when he arrives in Chengdu.

A sense of nervousness that has never been felt in Liu Shuai's heart, he sent the news that two grain delivery teams went north in a row, but the governor did not consider intercepting the grain team, and still attacked Chengdu as originally planned, which implied that he could take action in the city and cooperate with the army to seize the city, judging from the fact that Zhu Fengge was not equipped with a deputy general, as long as he controlled Zhu Fengge, he would also control the entire Chengdu garrison.

Suddenly, the fierce sound of horses' hooves broke the silent night, and several war horses rushed from the west like a lightning gallop, and the cavalry on the horse was full of horror, and in an instant they rushed past the Wangjiang Restaurant and galloped straight in the direction of Zhu Fengge's mansion.

"It's coming!" Liu Shuai's spirits were greatly lifted, this must be because the whereabouts of the governor's army were discovered by the defenders, that is to say, the governor has arrived in Chengdu, "I am cheered up and ready to fight!" Liu Shuai let out a low roar, and Tang Jun, who was sitting in the lobby resting, rushed to the doors and windows one after another, standing up for their respective positions.

Time passed little by little, Liu Shuai stared intently at the intersection, and the brother who was in charge of staring at Zhu Mansion came with the news that Zhu Fengge had not left the mansion since noon, so whether he went to the barracks or the West Gate, he had to appear from that intersection.

"Huh!" A whistle came from afar, and a figure immediately appeared at the intersection, waving his hand to this side, this is the brother lurking at the intersection to report that Zhu Fengge is coming, and there is no change, at this time, the faint sound of horses' hooves has been faintly heard, all the scouts have frozen their minds, crossbows on arrows, knives out of sheaths, just waiting for an order.

A black shadow was cast, and Zhu Fengge's team finally appeared at the intersection, nine rows and nine columns, with a gorgeous carriage in the middle, the team was not fast, and even a little leisurely, which showed that Zhu Fengge did not take the sentinel's discovery to heart, indeed, how could the enemy suddenly appear anyway? Perhaps Zhu Fengge thought that this was a soldier who had retired from the front line.

"Crossbowmen ready!" Fifty soldiers brushed the floor and raised their crossbows, arrows glistening silver in the moonlight.

Da! Da! Da! The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and everyone looked extremely serious, as if more than a hundred clay statues did not move, five steps, three steps, two steps, and the carriage finally reached the best position for the raid.

Shoot! With a low order, fifty arrows broke through the air at the same time, as if a group of stars cut through the night and disappeared in the marching ranks, Zhu Fengge's entourage who was walking in front of the Wangjiang Tower fell from their horses one after another, and the fifty arrows and arrows were not missing, and half of the enemy was cut off in an instant, Zhu Fengge's entourage had not yet reacted, and the second round of arrow rain came again.

After two rounds of arrow rain, there were only about 20 people left in Zhu Fengge's entourage, and even the coachman and the horse pulling the cart died under the arrows, and the rest of the people were all pale in disguise. Frightened, scared. But at a loss, Zhu Fengge's carriage fell to the side, only to hear a cry for help from the carriage.

"Kill!" With a low roar like a wild beast, fifty fighters struck like a thunderbolt, and they struck so hard and simply that a dozen wounded and fallen guards were slashed to death before they could stand up.

This is the most elite soldier of the Xiliang Army, all of whom are strong in martial arts and experienced in a hundred battles. In their eyes, there is only one word to fight, death! Either the other party dies, or they die by themselves, and fifty people cooperate tacitly, and the knife sees blood. Like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves. In a matter of moments, the guards were wiped out. There is not a single live mouth.

Liu Shuai and two other soldiers opened the carriage door, only to see a man about thirty years old huddled in the corner of the carriage, round and fat, with a pale face and a frightened face.

"What are you going to do?"

Liu Shuai stepped forward and bowed deeply, and said with a smile: "May I ask you, are you the general of Zhu Fengge left behind in Chengdu?" ”

The man saw that he was humble and courteous. There was a puzzle in his eyes. Chi Chi said: "I am, may I ask who you are?" ”

"We are the subordinates of Zhang Zhijun of Longyou Jiedu. I came to save the general in the sea of suffering. ”

From Wangjiang Restaurant to the West Gate is only three miles away, soon Zhu Fengge came to the West Gate under the strict protection of eighty guards, the keeper of the West Gate is a school captain, he just found that there is a team outside the West Gate two miles, the number is unknown, he is very surprised, so he ordered his subordinates to report to Zhu Fengge.

Seeing the arrival of Zhu Fengge's carriage, the captain immediately stepped forward to report, "General, there is a team from outside the city, the origin is unknown, I don't know how to deal with it?" ”

Inside the carriage, Liu Shuai's knife was slightly forced, and a line of blood flowed down from Zhu Fengge's waist, "Say it quickly!" ”

Zhu Fengge's pale face flashed in front of the car window, and he only heard him shout: "What is the unknown origin, it is the front of Wang Dayou's army sent by the prince Chitose to hand over the city defense with me, open the door for me immediately!" General Ben will personally go to meet him. ”

Although the lieutenant heard Zhu Fengge's voice harshly, he obviously trembled, and he couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart, the prince was too mean to his subordinates, and he would punish him if he was negligent, even his own clan brother.

"Open the door!" He hurriedly waved his hand, the city gate slowly opened, Zhu Fengge's carriage galloped out, and after less than a hundred steps, the two soldiers turned their heads back and hugged their fists to the captain and said, "Captain Yang, General Zhu ordered you to go over and explain something important." ”

The lieutenant did not dare to slack off, and immediately rushed forward, arched his hand to the carriage and said, "Please give the general's orders!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, several knives were held around his neck, and one of the guards sneered: "I asked you to come with you because I was afraid that you would accidentally close the city gate." ”

The army that was found was the 5,000 pioneer battalion of Lin Jiuhandi, but now it is no longer a vanguard, Zhang Huandi's army has just arrived, and is listening to Lin Jiuhandi's report, at this time, a team of chariots and horses came from the direction of Chengdu's west gate from afar, and one of the soldiers galloped to report, "Report to the governor, General Liu has captured Zhu Fengge who stayed in Chengdu, and is currently in the carriage, he has agreed to surrender to the governor, and needs to get the governor's personal commitment." ”

Zhang Huan couldn't help laughing, he knew that Liu Shuai would not let him down, but he still didn't expect that he would capture Chengdu so perfectly.

"Okay, I'll talk to this General Zhu in person!"

In the middle of October of the sixth year of Xuanren, Zhang Huan's army, which came from the territory of Tubo after a thousand miles of trekking, took advantage of the fact that Zhu led 200,000 troops to attack Longyou and Shuzhong, and attacked Chengdu successfully, and Zhu Fengge, who stayed in Chengdu, led 10,000 defenders to surrender to Zhang Huan.

At the same time, the Zhu army stationed in the area of Yinping and Jiange also took advantage of the Hanzhong Jiedu to make Li Na lead the army to attack Fengzhou County, sneak attack Yangping Pass, the army entered Hanzhong, captured the seven counties of Hanzhong, and occupied Nanzheng, where the Hanzhong Jiedu envoy Yuanmen is located, Li Na heard the news and led the army to counterattack, but was ambushed and defeated by the Zhu army in the north of Niutou Mountain, with heavy casualties, Li Na had to pack up the remnants of the army from Baogu to Guanzhong and defect to Pei Jun with hatred.

In Qujiang County, Wenjun, Zhu was overjoyed when he got Hanzhong, and he immediately ordered the whole army to celebrate for three days to wash away the depression of the defeat of the attack on Longyou.

Although the whole army was jubilant, but the military advisor Qi Lu was more and more worried, he was worried about the situation in Chengdu, Zhu in order to seize Longyou and Hanzhong, almost poured out of his pocket, and only 20,000 people were left in the central Shu region to guard Chengdu, once there was any popular uprising in Shuzhong. The consequences are unimaginable. Especially when he Zhu actually let a weak and incompetent Zhu Fengge stay behind, a small landlord who keeps money, where can he stand alone?

Qi Lu knew very well that Shuzhong had been exploited by Zhu Pan and the people's resentment was boiling, although it seemed calm under the close monitoring of his army, but once Zhu led the army to leave, would the people of Shuzhong still be silent?

He regrets it very much now, he shouldn't have pandered to Zhu Di's ambitions. Agreed with him to attack Longyou, now that almost a month has passed, Zhu has only occupied one Wenjun, or the other party deliberately retreated, and the reinforcements from Longyou should also rush back. Qi Lu knew it. The possibility of seizing Longyou is already very slim.

"Strategist. The prince has an order, and no one is allowed to go in and disturb him. Outside Zhu's tent, a guard officer stopped Qi Lu.

"What is the prince doing now?" Qi Lu was slightly angry, he had been celebrating for three days, and the army's morale was scattered, and there was no end?

The guard shook his head, and he saw that there was no one on the left and right. He lowered his voice and persuaded him: "You don't know the temper of the prince. If you persuade him to die, the military advisor will endure it! ”

Qi Lu swallowed a sullen breath into his stomach. He faintly heard the laughter of a woman in the big tent, and couldn't help but stomp his foot fiercely, alas! With a bang, he turned and walked away. At this moment, an officer at the camp gate was shocked and flew over, it seemed that there was an urgent military situation to report to Zhu, Qi Lu stopped him, "What happened, so frightened?" ”

"The military advisor is not good!" The officer panted and said: "Zhu Fengge just sent someone to report that there has been a civil uprising in Chengdu, which has spread to several counties, and I ask the prince to rescue him quickly." ”

"What!" Qi Lu's heart suddenly fell into the abyss, he froze for a moment, the most feared thing finally happened, after a while, he came back to his senses, and hurriedly asked, "Do you know what caused it?" ”

The officer hesitated for a moment and said: "The messenger said very vaguely, as if the prince was urging grain, and Zhu Fengge forcibly recruited people everywhere to cause a riot. ”

"As I expected! The people's grievances in Chengdu are boiling to the extreme, and only one spark can ignite it. Qi Lu sighed, he couldn't care about Zhu's ban anymore, and quickly approached the camp and reported loudly: "Lord Wang, something big has happened in Shu, and the people have rebelled!" ”

After a while, two disheveled fans ran out in a panic, only to hear Zhu say in the tent: "Come in!" ”

Qi Lu walked into the camp tent, only to see Zhu sitting behind the table with a gloomy face, and when he saw him come in, he said coldly: "In which year did there be no rebellion among the people, as for such a fuss?" ”

Qi Lu stepped forward and gave a salute, and persuaded him euphemistically: "In the past, the people rebelled, and the prince immediately sent troops to exterminate them, and they couldn't become the climate, but now the army is outside, Shuzhong is empty, and the Zhu Fengge who stayed behind is like that, that, and his subordinates are afraid that the rebellion will become bigger and bigger, and the Yuzhou soldiers and horses who rebelled last year made Liu Qian's whereabouts unknown after the defeat, in case of him

"Alright, stop talking!" Zhu Ji interrupted him unhappily, and he stood up and paced back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back, looking very distraught.

He also knew very well that his clan brother Zhu Fengge was an incompetent and timid person, if the matter was really big, he would definitely not be able to suppress it, but if he wanted to give up attacking Longyou like this, he was a little unwilling in his heart, Zhu Di was very conflicted in his heart, he paced back and forth, his brows twisted.

Qi Lu next to him saw his expression in his eyes, understood his mood, and persuaded softly: "In fact, the prince can see the attack on Longyou as a strategy, a strategy to seize Hanzhong, Longyou is the bait, Hanzhong is true, so even if you can't take Longyou, the prince has been done, and now the key is that the foundation cannot be lost, once Shuzhong is lost, the subordinates are worried that the military will mutiny!" ”

Perhaps it was Qi Lu's last words that moved him, Zhu's face changed several times, and finally he let out a long sigh, "Okay! This time it's cheaper, Zhang Huan's house. ”

He grabbed an arrow and threw it at the chief of the guard at the tent door, and Sen Ran ordered: "Pass my order, order the marshal of the Hou Army, Wang Dayou, to return to Chengdu as soon as possible to suppress the rebellion, and all those who participate in the rebellion will be killed along with their families to set an example for the people!"

In October of the sixth year of Xuanren, Zhang Huan occupied Chengdu, ordered Zhu Fengge to send someone to report to Zhu, falsely claiming that 200,000 people in Shu County had rebelled, affecting several surrounding counties, Zhu knew that the incident was important, and immediately sent 100,000 troops south to suppress the civil unrest, but when the army crossed the Fushui in Changming County, it was suddenly ambushed by 50,000 Xiliang troops, Zhu's army was defeated, with heavy casualties, and countless surrenderers surrendered, and the main general Wang Dayou was killed in the chaos.

Annihilated Zhu Qian's army, Zhang Huan immediately ordered the general Lin Jiuhan to lead 10,000 troops to the north quickly, occupied Zhu's logistics base Jiangyou County in one go, robbed Zhu's grain and grass, and cut off the way back to the south.

Zhu only woke up like a dream at this time, he jumped like thunder but helpless, Shu was occupied, the news of the cut off of grain and grass quickly spread throughout the whole army, Zhu Jun's army was in turmoil, the general Han Yi led 30,000 people to the north to surrender to the Longyou defenders, at this moment, Wujun Dixi Liang army has increased to 80,000 troops, the army forced to Wenjun, Zhu Nei worried about external troubles, the abdomen and back suffered from the enemy, in desperation, he had to lead 30,000 henchmen to abandon the camp overnight and flee, cross the Qiang River to force into Hanzhong from the south of Wujun.

But unexpectedly, the 8,000 Xiliang troops stationed here took the initiative to abandon the pass and put Zhu back in Hanzhong

On October 25, the sixth year of Xuanren, the remnants of the Zhu army left in Wenjun surrendered to the Xiliang army, so far, the 36 counties of Shuzhong all belonged to Zhang Huan, Longyou and Shuzhong were connected as one, and the power structure of the Tang Dynasty changed dramatically within a month.

Just when Zhang Huan opened a warehouse in Shuzhong to release grain and appease the people, a news suddenly came from Hexi that shocked him.