Chapter 90: Deterrence
With Liu Bi's self-slaughter, although Liu Bi's henchmen were dissatisfied, the general trend had been decided, Pang Tong and Fa Zheng quickly began to deploy troops, and the news that Lu Bu had arranged in Jingzhou had already come to Zhuge Liang at the beginning of the month and marched to Jiangzhou. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Now that Liu Zhang has surrendered, Pang Tongtong began to stabilize the political situation in Chengdu, and at the same time arranged manpower to begin to recruit and surrender various cities in Ba County, while Wei Yan began to arrange the 130,000 Shu troops who surrendered.
If it was in the past, according to the rules, these Shu troops should be cut off at least half, leaving only the elite, but now that the war is imminent, it is difficult to move in Shu, and it is not good to transfer troops and horses from Chang'an or Luoyang, and although the Guanzhong army is elite, but Shu is special after all, Guanzhong's set of tactics is not suitable for Shu, but the Shuzhong army is more convenient to use, and it seems that Deng Xian and Ling Bao These surrendered Shu generals are more proficient in territorial combat, and with their help, they can get twice the result with half the effort.
"It's a pity that Zhang Ren refuses to surrender, otherwise if he can have this person to help, he will be able to get twice the result with half the effort." In the Chengdu Assassin Mansion, Pang Tong convened the generals to discuss the deployment of defense, Wei Yan sighed a little, he had confronted Zhang Ren in Jiameng Pass before, this person was not under Wei Yan, especially relying on the terrain in Shuzhong, he could even press Wei Yan's head, which made Wei Yan very headache, if it were not for Pang Tong and Fa Zheng to use a strategy to counter the generals of the Langzhong battalion, even if Chengdu was in a mess, as long as Zhang Ren sat in Langzhong, Wei Yan was not completely sure that he would be able to break through Langzhong in a short time.
Liu Zhang was captured, Zhang Ren was also released, but unfortunately he was unwilling to surrender to Guanzhong, the two sides did not have much grievances, Pang Tong and others also felt their loyalty, did not want to kill him, and worried that Zhang Ren had voted for Liu Bei, so he was placed under house arrest in Chengdu.
"Military division, that Zhuge Liang is now storming Jiangzhou, and we will quickly send reinforcements to relieve the misfortune of Jiangzhou." Deng Xian frowned and looked at Pang Tong and said: "If you can say that you can demote Zhang to be a general, and let him persuade some checkpoint guards, then our soldiers and horses can go straight to Jiangzhou." ā
Pang Tong nodded, Deng Xian and Ling Bao are not as prestigious as Zhang Ren in the army after all, although they now occupy Chengdu, and the north of Chengdu has fallen, but south of Chengdu, the generals and officials in Ba County have not expressed their position.
"Then who is the Jiangzhou guard?" Pang Tong asked Deng Xian.
"It's the veteran Yan Yan." Deng Xian replied.
"Veteran?" Pang Tong couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.
"Yes, although this old man is old, but the three armies, the generals in the army, most of them are their juniors, they are supported by their grace, their prestige is wide, and they are not under General Zhang Ren. Deng Xian replied affirmatively.
Pang Tong nodded when he heard this, looked at Wei Yan and said: "When we step up the defense, with Kong Ming's ability, I'm afraid we haven't arrived at Jiangzhou yet, Jiangzhou has been broken, so we should first consolidate the defense around Chengdu." ā
"Good!" Wei Yan nodded, he was the boss, and he was naturally responsible for these things, so he just frowned and looked at Pang Tong and said, "Shiyuan, is Zhuge Liang really that powerful?" ā
"If you talk about military strategy, he may not be stronger than you, but this person is good at scheming, the same good intentions, when he was in Lumen Academy, Mr. Shui Jing put me two side by side, and he was very good at winning outside the battlefield, when Jingzhou, he did not spend a soldier to help Liu Bei win the nine counties of Jingxiang, which should not be underestimated!" Pang Tong nodded.
"Oh?" When Wei Yan heard this, he couldn't help but be interested, under Lu Bu's command, Pang Tong and Fa Zheng are all a generation of handsome men, scheming, and huge, and they were played with by the two of them in applause, and Pang Tong has a proud temperament, no matter friend or foe, but it is rare to see him have such a high evaluation.
"If I recruit Zhang Ren, I have a plan." Fa Zheng sat beside Pang Tong, thought about it, and suddenly smiled.
"Oh?" Pang Tong raised his eyebrows, looked at Fa Zheng, looked him up and down a few times, did not answer, but looked at Fa Zheng and shook his head and said, "Xiaozhi, you are becoming more and more like that old fox." ā
"Hurry up with power, now that you want to use Zhang Ren, you can't say it, you should use some means." Fa Zheng smiled.
"You can do this matter, I don't care, but don't be too careful." Pang Tong shook his head, thinking that he was pulled to Lu Bu's chariot by Jia Xu in a daze, and he couldn't help but feel a little tired in his heart.
"Shiyuan can just wait and see." Fa Zheng smiled and nodded.
Early the next morning, some families led by Zhang Song in Shuzhong began to run to tell each other, counting some of Liu Zhang's crimes during his tenure, and wanted to jointly play a joint petition, requesting that Liu Zhang be beheaded, and the people were angry!
"What did you say!?" In Zhang Ren's mansion, Zhang Ren looked at his housekeeper with an ugly face and clenched his fists.
"Master, that's the way it is, they say that during the reign of the lord, the corpse was vegetarian, the family was treated harshly, the robbery was forcible, the evil deeds were monstrous, the people were deeply resentful, and some good things were also coerced by them The people were also coerced outside the gate of the Assassin's Mansion to ask for the disposal of the lord." The butler said in a deep voice.
"Where is the lord now?" Zhang Ren stood up and asked in a deep voice.
"The lord was also imprisoned in the Assassin's Mansion, and he was supposed to be sent to Luoyang, but he was stopped by those people of the family and asked to dispose of the lord." The housekeeper hurriedly said, "Master, you should think of a way." ā
Zhang Ren paced back and forth in the mansion, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go and investigate." ā
"Whoa!" The butler nodded hurriedly and left quickly.
In the Assassin's Mansion, Meng Da frowned and listened to the noise outside the door, turned his head to look at Fa Zheng with a leisurely face: "Filial piety, is this too much?" Will something happen? ā
"Something?" Fa Zheng looked at Meng Da, shook his head and said: "Don't worry, I have already passed the book to the lord, please hussar guards to escort Liu Zhang, this Shu can't be chaotic, even if these people have grievances, let them go to Luoyang to make trouble, the top priority is to stabilize Chengdu quickly, although Liu Zhang is messy, but the concept of the Juntian system has been promoted, we only need to reduce taxes, these people, the lord will give them a proper answer, but this reply will not come too soon, some things, drag and drag, and it will be fine!" ā
"Hussars?" Meng Da looked at Fa Zheng in amazement, it was the most elite army under Lu Bu, not only trained by Lu Bu himself, but also Lu Bu's personal guards, each of them was a strong soldier selected from the best in the army, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Just for one Zhang Ren, why do you need to alarm the lord?" ā
"Thousands of troops are easy to get, one will be hard to find, Zhang Ren, he is worth this price, what we have to do now is to scatter the status of the hussar guards to these people, and we will not wait for the hussars to arrive, and some people will not know whether they are dead or alive." Fa Zheng smiled.
There are hussars who come forward, many times it represents Lu Bu's attitude, which is not allowed to be questioned by anyone, but this matter, the people of Shuzhong do not know, so they have to take precautions in advance and spread the status of the hussars in the army system under Lu Bu.
"Okay, I'll send someone to do it." Meng Da nodded.
"No, it's up to you to say it personally, and you can't be too deliberate, find a few families who are not strict-mouthed, and pretend to pass on the matter inadvertently when chatting." Fa Zheng shook his head and said.
The voice of killing Liu Zhang became stronger and stronger, and the Yizhou family headed by Zhang Song asked for his life several times in front of the Assassin Mansion, but finally pulled Pang Tong, who didn't want to get involved in the matter.
In the early morning, the air was a little clammy and cold, which was extremely uncomfortable, Pang Tong stood outside the Thorn Shi Mansion, glared at Fa Zheng a little helplessly, behind him, Deng Xian, Ling Bao and others were glaring angrily at Zhang Song and a group of Yizhou families, Liu Zhang had lost everything, after all, even if Liu Zhang did not do it authentically, but now Shuzhong has been defeated, Liu Zhang is no longer the monarch, how can these people not be indomitable.
"Ladies and gentlemen, although Liu Zhang has had, but after all, he has a fight with all your monarchs and ministers, and now that Yizhou has fallen, I also said that everything in the past is not to blame." Pang Tong said in a deep voice.
"How many people have been ruined and killed by Liu Zhang, how can it be done without a sentence of not being to blame for the past?" This was not said by Zhang Song, his task was only to provoke the family's anger against Liu Zhang.
"And how are you going?" In the crowd, a muffled snort suddenly sounded, and everyone looked back, but saw Zhang Ren wearing armor and holding a spear, under the vigilant supervision of several soldiers, slowly stepping forward, a strong sense of oppression emanated, making the surrounding group of families involuntarily retreat a few steps.
"General Zhang, how are you doing?" Pang Tong looked at Zhang Ren with a smile and arched his hand.
Zhang Ren didn't speak, but just knelt down at the door of the Assassin's Mansion with a pop, touched the ground with his head, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Ren, the general of the defeated army, is willing to exchange his crippled body for my lord's life, and pray for mercy." ā
At this time, Liu Zhang, accompanied by Meng Da, came out, and when he saw this scene, his eyes couldn't help but be a little sour, and he choked up: "General Zhang, why are you doing this?" ā
"Joke, why?" In the crowd, someone said angrily: "His Liu Zhang's life is life, so isn't the life of those who were persecuted to death by Liu Zhang in the past life?" ā
Zhang Ren didn't answer, just knelt on the ground.
Deng Xian and Ling Bao also stepped forward and knelt with Zhang Ren: "We are willing to exchange all our merits for the life of the first master." ā
"We implore Liu Zhang to be killed to vent the anger of the people!" A group of families fell to their knees and shouted in unison.
Zhang Song frowned, looked at Fa Zheng, things are a little out of control, these families not only want to kill Liu Zhang, but more importantly, they want to use this to persecute the Assassin Mansion, and at the same time, it can be regarded as a kind of dismount, and the matter is a little big.
Fa Zheng shook his head silently, his eyes roamed over this group of people, the Shuzhong family, even Liu Zhang could toss them half to death, and even dared to be a thief without dying, I really don't know whether to live or die!
Pang Tong was about to speak, the ground suddenly trembled, everyone subconsciously looked up, but saw a cavalry is rushing to this side, the speed is not fast, the number of people is only dozens, but there is a momentum in the face of thousands of troops and horses.
"General Xiong, hussar battalion!?" When he saw the man who was the leader, Pang Tong's face couldn't help but change, and he turned his head to look at Fa Zheng: "You even invited the hussar camp." ā
"Shi Yuan also saw it." Fa Zheng glanced at these colorless families and sneered: "These people should be governed!" (To be continued.) )