Yan Xing had already faked Liu Zhang's trust and was sent to guard Xichuan under Yan Yan, nominally accumulating strength and preparing to counterattack Xiliang and drive Lü Peng out. And Yan Yan had already obtained Zhang Song's secret letter, and of course he knew Yan Xing's actual i, so the two families were close to each other and let Lu Peng's army enter Sichuan. In this way, Lu Peng's army entered Yinping Road safely and soundly, and directly entered Yizhou.

When the army entered Qishan and passed through Wuzhang Plain, Lu Peng prepared an incense case to worship, which made everyone very inexplicable at that time, and they didn't know what he worshipped. Of course, Lu Peng is worshipping Zhuge Liang, who died here and is still alive but has no chance to die here.

When the army marched to the street pavilion, Lu Peng even climbed two mountains and muttered to himself.

Along the way, I sighed all the way, after the army arrived in Guanghan, it was immediately warmly greeted by Yan Yan, and the convergence of the three armies was thunderous.

As a result, Zhang Song sent a letter to Fazheng, saying that Liu Zhang had seen through everyone's plan and invited Liu Bei to Sichuan. This is another sudden situation, Lu Peng wondered, others have crossed and dominated the world, it is all smooth sailing, why are he always ups and downs? Is God deliberately playing with himself?

But it's useless to say anything now, the first thing to consider is Liu Bei's own former good friend, the solution to blatantly stab himself.

Pang Tong didn't feel much surprised by this news: "I think that when Wolong Brother Longzhong was right, the plan to take Yizhou as the foundation had been clearly elaborated, and this Longzhong pair was already known to the world, but Liu Zhang's thing was so inexplicably believed in Liu Bei's character, so he did the trick of luring the wolf into the room." So it is not surprising that Liu Bei is peeking at Yizhou now. ”

Lu Peng frowned and weighed Zhang Song's letter in his hand: "Now that we are in Yizhou, no matter who it is, they can't stop me from moving forward, but it's really too early to tear my face with Liu Bei now, I still wanted to join forces with him to deal with Cao Cao, but now it seems that this matter is very difficult to do." ”

Pang Tong said to Lu Peng: "Actually, even if we don't tear our faces with Liu Bei, now we can take two steps." ”

"What do you say, Strategist?"

Pang Tong said: "We have now occupied Guanghan, which means that we have occupied a firm foundation in Yizhou, we can recover Hanzhong to the northern front, so as to open up contact with Guanzhong, and steadily occupy the northern region of Yizhou, and then take an alliance with Liu Bei first, jointly deal with Cao Cao, and after solving Cao Cao, we will attack Liu Bei inside and outside." ”

Regarding this method, Lu Peng was noncommittal.

"The second step is to take advantage of Zhang Song's internal response, persuade the guards of Yizhou along the way to submit to us, use the fastest speed, take Chengdu Mansion, and occupy Yizhou de jure, so that Liu Bei has no excuse, even if Liu Bei gets a piece of Yizhou, it is not of great use, but there is a disadvantage here, that is, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong in the north has always been the thorn in the thorn of our juniors, he not only cut off the most direct channel for our entire army to obtain supplies from Youzhou, but also has him isolated in the middle, so that our territory can not be connected, In this way, Guanzhong is in danger. ”

Whether to go north first and then south, or south and then north, this is a dilemma, which really makes Lu Peng a little confused.

After thinking about it again, Lu Peng asked Pang Tong: "If I give you 30,000 infantry, can you take Zhang Lu down?" ”

Pang Tong immediately understood Lu Peng's intentions, so he stood in front of the map and thought carefully, and after weighing it again and again, he rejected Lu Peng's proposal: "Zhang Lu can block Liu Zhang's attack for many years with one county, this is not an incompetent villain, give me 30,000 infantry troops, although I can defeat him, it will take a certain amount of time, especially the follow-up pacification will be delayed for a long time." ”

Yan Yan also stood up and said: "Zhang Lu used the Five Buckets of Rice to bewitch the people, and the people loved him deeply, and the eight strong generals under his command are not ordinary people, if we attack Hanzhong, the people of Hanzhong will fully support Zhang Lu, so what the military advisor said is right." Then he said to Lu Peng: "And we use troops in Zhang Lu, absolutely we can't get the local grain and grass, we need the greatest military supplies, so with my Guanghan can not support the army to fight on both sides, Youzhou's grain and grass materials need to be transferred to Xiliang to get here, and the cost along the way will be an astronomical amount, so I think it is not advisable." ”

Regarding the advice of the old general Yan Yan, Lu Peng was humbly taught.

Since it is impossible to divide the troops, then you can only clench your fists into one and strike one side.

Pang Tong turned back to Lu Peng and said: "In the eyes of his subordinates, the top priority is still to compete with Liu Bei for Yizhou. ”

"If I lead the army south to fight for Yizhou, Zhang Lu will inevitably take advantage of the situation, which is really a dilemma."

Yan Yan stepped forward again: "Lord, although the last general is old, but a group of protégés are guarding the passes along the way, I am willing to be the vanguard of the lord and persuade them to submit, Zhang Songfa is responding in Chengdu, and it should not be a big problem to take Yizhou, and as for Zhang Lu, it is indeed easy to solve." Then he looked at Yan Xing: "The 30,000 Xiliang soldiers brought in by General Yan Xing can take over my Jiameng Pass, as long as this pass is in hand, even if Zhang Lu has 100,000 troops, he can't help us, and after we stabilize Yizhou, it will be easy to go back and deal with Zhang Lu." ”

This is why Liu Zhang, who was beaten by Zhang Lu, was frightened, but he has been nesting in Hanzhong, that is, the existence of Jia Mengguan.

Pang Tong applauded: "This method is working, there is another point, we go south to Yizhou, there are old generals along the way to open the way, the grain and grass needed by the army can be solved on the spot, Yizhou is the country of abundance, how rich the products are, as long as we have money, buying in the hands of local businessmen can definitely ensure the needs of the army." ”

After studying the map for a long time, in the end, Lu Peng still adopted the methods of Pang Tong and Yan Yan, and went all out to compete with Liu Bei for Yizhou.

Now we will begin to study the problem of how to enter the army, and now in front of everyone is Fushui Pass, which is the throat of Chengdu in the south, and now Liu Zhang in order to block Lu Peng's army from going south, specially ordered Yang Huai Gaopei, a famous general in Shu, to guard Fushui Pass.

If the army is blocked here and fights for many days, this will allow Liu Bei to succeed in the south.

The veteran Yan Yan stood up again: "If the lord can trust me, I will go to this pass alone, and say that this Yang Gaoer will surrender." ”

Lu Peng thought for a while, but shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't believe in the old general, it's just that the second general Yang Gao, I don't know what his intentions are, if the old general enters the customs, they have bad intentions, won't it be too late for me to regret it?" ”

Yan Yan was moved by Lu Peng's sincere concern, and was even more determined to win the level alone.

As a result, Pang Tong stood up and said with a smile: "It is already known to the world that the old general defected to the lord, but it is completely possible to take some people to Fushui Pass on the grounds that your family is still in Chengdu, and it is said that you are just making compromises for a while, and at this time you stole the opportunity to do it again, so reasonable." Wait until you get in, and then talk about lobbying or a raid that should be coordinated by the inside and outside. ”

Yan Yan nodded happily, this is definitely a good way.