After Li Yan surrendered, Mianzhu was lost, and Zhang Ren, Liu Bi and others retreated to Luocheng, where they and Liu Zhang's son Liu Xun resisted Liu Bei's attack. Liu Bei besieged the city for nearly a year, and finally broke through the city, the door of Chengdu was opened, and then Liu Bei got the help of the general Ma Chao, Liu Zhang surrendered, and Yizhou was occupied by Liu Bei.

【Fa Zheng Persuasion】

After Liu Bei led a large army to besiege the city, Fa Zheng, who had already betrayed Liu Zhang, wrote a letter (Note 1) to persuade him to surrender, but Liu Zhang refused to surrender.

Among those rebellious villains in history, Fa Zheng can definitely be said to be a representative figure. After he secretly colluded with Liu Bei and betrayed his monarch Liu Zhang, he still told Liu Zhang with a thick face that he was loyal, and dared to persuade Liu Zhang to surrender, and he still had a good attitude for Liu Zhang.

It can be said that Fazheng, an insider of the Yizhou Group, hurt Liu Zhang the most.

From the perspective of a bystander, it can be said that Fazheng is indeed a bit disgusting, and some are shameless. But Fa Zheng also had the confidence to respond when he said this, because the situation at that time was really unfavorable for Liu Zhang.

At that time, Yizhou mainly included Shu County, Qianwei, Yuejun, Qike, Yongchang, Hanzhong, Guanghan, Brazil, Padang, Yizhou (Yizhou Yizhou County) and other counties, Qianwei south of Yuejun, Qike, Yongchang, Yizhou four counties in the south of Yizhou, and Chengdu is far away, and the strength is relatively weak, Hanzhong County was divided by Zhang Lu, Guanghan, Brazil, Badong, Qianwei has been basically obtained by Liu Bei, Shu County is only Chengdu and Luocheng area is still in the hands of Liu Zhang, in this case Liu Zhang's hope is really not big.

However, this does not mean that Liu Bei can easily seize Yizhou, otherwise Fa Zheng would not need to write a letter to persuade Liu Zhang, at that time the relationship between Sun Quan and Liu Bei had begun to deteriorate, Sun Quan had even taken his sister Mrs. Sun, and Cao Cao could send troops south to invade Jingzhou again at any time, or to seize Hanzhong, Liu Bei's external situation is not optimistic, in this case Liu Bei needs to pacify Yizhou as soon as possible to reduce variables.

But Liu Zhang was not reconciled, at that time the city was guarded by Liu Zhang's son Liu Xun, Liu Zhang still had hope, so before the city was not lost, Liu Zhang did not fight in Chengdu, Liu Zhang would not surrender.

[Break through the city and besiege Chengdu]

After Liu Bei marched to besiege Yucheng, Zhang Renle's troops fought at Yanqiao, but they were defeated and captured. Liu Bei heard that Zhang Renzhi was loyal and brave, and ordered the sergeant to persuade Zhang Ren to surrender, and Zhang Ren replied sharply: "I will not serve the second master after all, old minister." So he was killed, and Liu Bei sighed. Houluo City was besieged for nearly a year before it was conquered.

After capturing the city, Liu Bei led the army to besiege Chengdu with Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun and others, but at that time there were still 30,000 elite troops in Chengdu, and the food was enough to support a year, and the people in the city did not want to surrender, so Liu Zhang still had the strength to fight.

But soon Liu Bei sent Jianning Inspector Li Hui to say that Ma Chao was going to surrender, and Liu Bei knew that Ma Chao was going to vote, so he said happily: "I got Yizhou!" So he sent someone to meet Ma Chao, and secretly gave Ma Chao one of his own troops, and asked Ma Chao to lead his troops to besiege Chengdu. Ma Chao led the soldiers and horses to Chengdu, stationed troops in the north of the city, everyone in the city was frightened because of Ma Chao's prestige, and in less than ten days, the Chengdu army and civilians collapsed.

Liu Bei then sent Jian Yong to persuade Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang said: "My father and son have been in Yizhou for more than 20 years, and they have not given kindness to the people, but they have been fighting for three years, and many people have died in the wilderness, just because of me. How can I have peace of mind! So he opened the city gate and went out of the city with Jian Yong to surrender, and there was no one among his subordinates who did not cry.

In the nineteenth year of Jian'an (214), the twenty-six-year reign of Liu Yan and Liu Zhang's father and son in Yizhou came to an end, and Liu Bei became the new master of Yizhou.

【Liu Zhang's Aftermath】

After Liu Zhang's surrender, Liu Bei moved him to the public security, returned his property to him, and then asked him to seal the letter of General Pei Zhenwei. Liu Zhang has two sons, his eldest son is Liu Xun, his wife is the daughter of Pang Xi, once when Liu Bei attacked Yizhou, he was stationed in Luocheng to resist Liu Bei's offensive for a year, after Liu Zhang surrendered, due to the recommendation of his father-in-law Pang Xi, he has been serving in Shu Han, worshiping as the general of Fengche Zhonglang.

Sun Quan of Eastern Wu killed Guan Yu, and after Jingzhou, Liu Zhang was also controlled by Sun Quan in Jingzhou, and Sun Quan then took Liu Zhang as the pastor of Yizhou and stationed in Zigui, but soon Liu Zhang died of illness.

Liu Xian is Liu Zhang's second son, a name Wei, after Liu Bei lost Jingzhou, Liu Xian once made rebellion in Shu Han Yonghong and other places, after Liu Zhang's death, he was appointed by Eastern Wu as the Yizhou Assassin Shi, stationed in Jiaozhou, Yizhou border. After Zhuge Liang leveled the Southern Barbarians, Liu Xian returned to Wu, and the official went to the imperial history.

Zhang Fan, a historian in the Wei and Jin dynasties, once commented on Liu Zhang, saying: "Liu Zhang is weak and keeps good words, and he is also a disciple of Song Xianggong and King Xu Yan, and he is not a master of no way." Zhang Song, Fa Zheng, although the righteousness of the monarch and the minister is not right, but the name of the appointment is attached, and the situation is not shown, if Han Song, (Liu Guang) [Liu Xian] said Liu Biao, retreat and die, if Chen Ping and Han Xin go to Xiang Yu, and carry two at both ends, in order to seek disloyalty, the crime is also the second. ”

【Meritorious Hero】

After Liu Bei seized Yizhou, he concurrently served as the pastor of Yizhou, with Zhuge Liang as his assistant, Fa Zheng as his adviser, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Ma Chao as military generals, Xu Jing, Mi Zhu, and Jian Yong as his staff, and others such as Dong He, Huang Quan, and Li Yan were originally officials appointed by Liu Zhang, Wu Yi (that is, Wu Yi), Fei Guan, etc., and Liu Zhang's in-laws, Peng Yi was squeezed out by Liu Zhang, and Liu Ba was a person who was hated in the past.

After entering Shu, Liu Bei rewarded the heroes, and he gave Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu 500 catties of gold, 1,000 catties of silver, 50 million catties of money, and 1,000 horses of brocade, as the highest reward among the generals. Zhuge Liang was appointed as the general of the military division, and the affairs of the left general's office, Fa Zheng was appointed as the general of Shu County and Yangwu, and Zhang Fei was appointed as the Brazilian Taishou.

And Liu Bei worshiped Elk Zhu as the general of Anhan, and his status was still above the military general Zhuge Liang, although the reward was not, but the treatment was the highest among the ministers, and Jian Yong was worshiped as the general of Zhaode, and the treatment was second only to Lu Zhu, the same as Sun Qian.

Others, such as Ma Chao, were appointed as the general of Pingxi, and ordered him to be the governor of Linfu Military, and the title was still the previous Duting Marquis, Zhao Yun was the general of the Yi army, Huang Zhong was the general of the captivity, and Liu Feng was the deputy general of the army.

【Marrying a Wife Wu】

After Liu Bei entered Shu, Mrs. Sun was picked up by Sun Quan, in order to win over the Shu clan, Liu Bei persuaded her to take Wu Yi's sister, and later generations will be Mrs. Wu.

The Wu brothers and sisters lost their father at an early age, and their father had always had a deep friendship with Liu Yan during his lifetime, so the whole family followed Liu Yan to Shudi. Later, Liu Yan had a heart of disobedience, and after listening to the face of the face-to-face of the Wu family, she said that she would be a noble person. At that time, the only son who followed Liu Yan was Liu Mao, so he married Wu for his son Liu Mao.

But after Liu Yan's death, the minister of Shuzhong recommended Liu Zhang, who was easier to control, instead of Liu Mao, and later, Cao Cao went south to Jingzhou, and Liu Zhang sent an envoy to win over Cao Cao, but Liu Mao was innocently lying on the gun, and was named a Pingkou general with a higher status than Liu Zhang by Cao Cao, Liu Zhang had no way to find trouble with Cao Cao, so Liu Mao died quickly. After Liu Mao's death, Wu was widowed in Liu's family.

In the nineteenth year of Jian'an (214), Liu Bei pacified Yizhou, when Liu Bei's wife Sun (Mrs. Sun) returned to Eastern Wu, and the group persuaded Liu Bei to marry Wu. Liu Bei hesitated considering that he was of the same clan as Liu Mao, and Fa Zheng persuaded him: "In terms of distant relatives, how can this relationship be as close as that between Duke Wen of Jin and Ziyu?" "When Duke Wen of Jin fled to the Qin State, he married his nephew Huai Gongzi Yu's wife, Huai Ying. Fa Zheng thought that Jin Wen was still able to marry the wife of his nephew and was not criticized by the etiquette law, not to mention that Liu Bei and Liu Mao were not relatives. Liu Bei then accepted Wu as his wife.

The famous historian of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xi Chiaoya, commented: "The marriage of the husband is the beginning of humanity and the foundation of the king. Jin Wen abolished the rites and exercised the right to help his business, so the son said, if there is a request for people, he must follow it first, and he will seize his country. The current lord has no right to do things, and he leads the past to take it as an example, and he does not guide his king to the way of Yao and Shun. The first master to follow, over. ”

In July of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Liu Bei proclaimed himself the king of Hanzhong and made Wu the queen of Hanzhong. On the sixth day of the fourth month of the second year of the Huang dynasty (221), Liu Bei ascended the throne as emperor, established the Shu Han regime, and changed the name of the year to Zhangwu. On May 12, Liu Bei established Wu as the queen, and wrote in the next volume: "I inherit the mandate of heaven, ascend the throne, and reign over the world." Now the queen of Hanzhong is the queen, and the special envoy and the prime minister Zhuge Liang give the queen the jade seal and ribbon, inherit the temple, the mother of the world, the queen should be respectful and solemn! ”

On April 24, 223, the third year of Zhang Wu, Liu Bei died in Yong'an Palace at the age of sixty-three. In May, Liu Bei, the crown prince of Liu Bei, ascended the throne in Chengdu, changed the name of the year to Jianxing, and honored his mother-in-law Empress Wu as the queen mother, and the palace where Wu lived was called Changle Palace. In August of the eighth year of Yanxi (245), the Empress Dowager Wu died, nicknamed Empress Mu, and was buried in Liu Bei's Huiling.

Note 1: He army surrounded the city, and the official note and Zhang said: "Positive sex is unskilled, the alliance is broken, the fear of the left and right does not know the end, will be blamed, shame and bodyless, humiliation and deacon, is to damage the body, dare not fight back." I am afraid that the saint will listen to the evil voice, so there is no note in the middle, and I will take care of the fate and look forward to it. However, only before and after the disclosure of the heart, from the beginning to the end, there is really no hidden feelings, there is no end, but the foolish strategy is thin, sincere and not feeling, so that this ear. Now the state affairs are in danger, and the disaster is imminent, although the donation is not released, the words are hateful, and the greed is extremely high, so as to fulfill the remaining loyalty. General Ming's original heart, the right to know, is really not to lose the will of the left general, and to die, left and right do not reach the way of the hero, it is said to be able to violate the oath, and to the spirit, the sun and the moon change, tend to be pleasing to the ear and the eye, with a Sui finger, not to think far for the country's deep plan. The incident was completed, and the strength and weakness were not measured, thinking that General Zuo was far away from the county, and there was no grain storage, so he wanted to attack more and less, and held each other for a long time. And from the gate to this, the experience has been broken, leaving the palace, and the days have been scattered. Although there are 10,000 soldiers under the army, they are all bad Chen's pawns, and the generals of the broken army, if they want to fight for a battle, the strength of the soldiers and generals is really not comparable. Those who want to calculate grain in the long term have now been solidified, and the grain and rice have been accumulated, and the land of the Ming generals is being reduced day by day, the people are getting poor, and there are many hostile enemies, and the supply is far away. Foolish planning means that it must be exhausted first, and it will no longer last. Tens of thousands of people in Zhang Yide, have set Badong, enter Qianqian as the boundary, divide the equal capital, Deyang, and Sanmiao Dao invasion, how will it be resisted? Those who were originally Ming generals must say that this military county is far from having food, feeding is not in time, and there are few soldiers. Today, Jingzhou Road passes, dozens of times, plus Sun Che to send his younger brother and Li Yi, Gan Ning, etc. as their successors. If the competition for the situation of the guest and the landlord, the winner of the land, now there are all Badong, Guanghan, Qianwei, more than half of it has been decided, a county in Brazil, and the general of the Ming Dynasty has also. Jiyi Prefecture is only dependent on Shu, and Shu is also destroyed; Three out of three died and two died, the people were tired, and they thought of eight out of ten households for chaos; If the enemy is far away, the people will not be able to serve, and if the enemy is near, it will change hands once it changes. Guanghan counties are Mingbi also. The fish recovery and the juncture is really the door of Yizhou's blessing and misfortune, now the two doors are open, the fortified city is down, the armies are broken, the soldiers are exhausted, and the enemy has several ways to advance, has entered the henchman, sitting in the capital, the momentum, the momentum of survival, it is clearly visible. The outer part is more than the ear, and the rest is flexed, and it is difficult to resign. With the right and foolish, I still know that this matter cannot be restored, and the wise and wise people of the Ming generals should not see this number? Stealing luck every day, seeking tolerance and flattery, not worrying about the long-term plan, Moken dedicates his heart to the ear. If the situation is urgent, they will ask for their lives, seek help, and turn back and forth, and plan differently from today, and it will not be difficult for the Ming general to die. And the Zunmen should still suffer from it. Although he has been slandered by disloyalty, his heart claims to live up to his holy virtues, and he cares only about righteousness, and he is really sad. General Zuo came from Benju, and his old heart was still there, but he really had no intentions. Foolishly thought that it was possible to change in order to protect the door. ”