Yan Yan sent someone to send a military report to Chengdu, and it only took three days to loosen into Chengdu. After receiving Yan Yanjun's report, Liu Zhang immediately summoned a kind of civil servants and military generals in Chengdu.

Liu Zhang's civil and military forces are still quite powerful, especially Wenchen, Zhang Song, Huang Quan, Fa Zheng, Zhang Su, Fei Guan, Wu Yi, Peng Yi, Dong He, Pang Xi, Qin Mi, Meng Da and others, all of them are outstanding people, although they are not all talents in governing the country, but they are more than enough to govern one state and one county.

The generals in Sichuan are not very weak, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan are two generals, plus a group of middle-level generals, there is basically no problem guarding Sichuan.

But it's a pity that the generals under Zhang Yi are too strong. He is ranked among the generals in Shuzhong, and the most inferior people are similar to Zhang Ren and Yan Yan, and the main generals are all famous generals through the ages.

Liu Zhang handed Yan Yan's military report to everyone and asked: "Zhang Yi has won Jingzhou, but he is not satisfied, and now he is greedy for Yizhou, can you have a strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

Huang Quan said: "Zhang Yi is across the river, the army is strong, and this attack on Yizhou must be a victory." Now that Zhang Yijun has arrived in Jiangzhou, the envoy should immediately send reinforcements. ”

Fa Zheng also said: "What Huang Gong said is very true, but you have to prepare for both. After all, Chengdu is 500 miles away from Jiangzhou, and it is too far to send troops from Chengdu, so you should prepare first, and prepare to defend Chengdu while sending people to support Chengdu. Choose a pass near Chengdu to prevent Zhang Yi's army from attacking Chengdu. ”

Liu Zhang felt that what the two of them said was very reasonable, but he still wanted to hear the opinions of other people.

At this time, Don't be engaged in Zhang Song's speech, "Don't worry, Zhang Yi came from afar, it is five hundred miles from Jingzhou to Jiangzhou, and the grain road is narrow and it is inconvenient to transport grain." From Jiangzhou to Chengdu for another 500 miles, although the road is much smoother, it still aggravates Zhang Yi's food consumption. The lord only needs to clear the wilderness, so that Zhang Yi has no food available, and all the grain is transported from Jingzhou, which is not enough to support the army. ”

When everyone heard Zhang Song's words, they nodded their heads one after another.

Liu Zhang heard the words of the three of them, and his heart relaxed a lot. He said to everyone: "Order Wu Yi and Gao Pei to prepare 30,000 soldiers and horses to reinforce Jiangzhou. Ordered Zhang Ren to guard the county, Yang Huai to guard the Guangdu, Liu Yi to guard the Guanghan, if Jiangzhou is lost, Liu Yi will delay time in Guanghan, and the rest of the people will immediately implement the strong wall and clear the wilderness, so that Zhang Yi will retreat in the face of difficulties. ”

Liu Zhang gave an order, and the group of people under him immediately began to act. It is said that Liu Zhang is weak, but Liu Zhang is not useless, at least he is very good at governance, the people he uses are talented people, and he also loves the people very much. Historically, he held on to Chengdu for three years, and finally surrendered because of Ma Chao's murderous name. But thinking about it carefully, Liu Zhang knew that Ma Chao was not a day or two, he had resisted Liu Bei for three years, and it was impossible for him to surrender immediately because of Ma Chao's arrival.

Then there is only one possibility, Liu Bei is benevolent and righteous with the people, and Ma Chao has always been cruel. When Ma Chao was in Guanzhong, he brutalized the people a lot, and this is basically how his murderous reputation came about.

The four generals selected by Liu Zhang, Gao Pei and Yang Huai are all famous generals under him (this is what Pang Tong said), Zhang Ren and Liu Bi are loyal and righteous people (the two are the same kind of people, but Liu Bi's reputation is not as good as Zhang Ren).

After the arrangement, Liu Zhang thought that when everything was worry-free, a military report arrived in Chengdu. Zitong is lost!

How could Zitong be lost? Liu Zhang was blindsided, and he didn't react for a long time. How did Zitong lose it? Isn't Zhang Yijun in Jiangzhou? How did you get to Zitong?

Wu Yi and Gao Pei had just set off from Chengdu and had just walked to Ruxian County, when news of the loss came from Zitong. Wu Yi and Gao Pei hurriedly sent a military report to Liu Zhang, asking if they should go to support Jiangzhou.

Of course you don't have to! Liu Zhang is panicking now, there are only 50,000 soldiers and horses in Chengdu, Wu Yi and Gao Pei took 30,000, and there are only 20,000 left in Chengdu, and the rest of the soldiers and horses are stationed in other places in Yizhou, and it will take a long time to transfer them back.

Liu Zhang once again convened Wenchen to discuss countermeasures. After a day of deliberation, nothing came out of it.

The next day, Liu Zhang received a military report again, and Jia Meng was lost!

On the third day, another military report came, and Guanghan was lost!

For three days in a row, three important county towns in Guanghan County were lost. Zitong is very famous in history, from Chengdu to Hanzhong, must go to Zitong, in the northeast of Zitong is the Sword Pavilion, that is, Jianmen Pass (called Jianmen Pass from the Tang Dynasty), is the first pass in the world. Jia Meng also has a very famous pass, that is, Jia Meng Pass. In history, Liu Bei helped Liu Zhang defend against Zhang Lu, and stationed troops here, and this is also the place where Liu Bei killed Gao Pei and Yang Huai. Guanghan is the only way to go to Jiangzhou, if you don't go to Guanghan, then you have to go around a big circle, and then walk another 500 miles.

Liu Zhang kept summoning the advisors and asking what to do.

Huang Quan was very conservative, and he said to Liu Zhang: "Zhang Yi has taken Zitong, Jia Meng, and Guanghan, so he will attack Chengdu next, so that the general should be stationed in Luo County, and another general should be sent to guard Lutou Pass (in Mianzhu County, Mianzhu Pass mentioned in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is Lutou Pass). ”

Zhang Song was very radical, "Now that Jiangzhou has not been lost, the envoy should send a general to recapture Guanghan, and another general to recapture Zitong and Jiameng, Zitong and Jiameng are lost, Baishui Pass will definitely be lost, and the road to Hanzhong will be opened, if Zitong and Jiameng are not recaptured, Hanzhong soldiers and horses may go south." ”

Liu Zhang asked: "Although Zhang Lu has been peeking at Shuzhong for a long time, will he unite with Zhang Yi?" He should know the truth of cold lips and teeth, right? ”

Zhang Song said: "Does the envoy think that Zhang Lu still controls Hanzhong? ”

Liu Zhang asked, "Yongnian thinks that Zhang Yi has already captured Hanzhong?" ”

This is obvious, otherwise Zhang Yi only needs to take Guanghan and open up the road from Jiangzhou to Chengdu, why take Zitong and Jiameng? He is opening the way for the soldiers of Hanzhong. After taking Zitong and Jiameng, the soldiers of Hanzhong can directly attack Fu County, and after breaking Fu County, they can reach Lutou Pass. ”

Liu Zhang thought that Zhang Song was right, and he asked Huang Quan again. Huang Quan said: "Even if the soldiers of Hanzhong enter Shu, the envoy only needs to hold Lutou Pass and Ruo County, and he can be invincible." Although recapturing the three counties can grasp more initiative, it will also lengthen the grain road, and the loss is too great, and the gains outweigh the losses! ”

Liu Zhang thinks that what Huang Quan said is very reasonable, which makes him in a dilemma, who should he listen to? Liu Zhang was also very entangled.

In this way, there was an endless dispute between Huang Quan and Zhang Song, both sides thought that their strategy was right, Fa Zheng and Meng Da supported Huang Quan, and Zhang Ren and other generals supported Zhang Song, so they kept discussing what to do. Although the two sides have differences, they confirm that the previous support for Jiangzhou has been abandoned.