The eighteenth year of Jian'an is not an ordinary year, but this extraordinary year has been a sign of change since the end of the seventeenth year. At www.biquge.info the same time as Li Sheng raised his troops to Hanzhong, the battle of the three families in the east also changed amazingly. Just as Bai Yi urgently handed Li Sheng in the brief information said, Cao Cao relied on the shore defense of Linhuai on the shore of Hongze Lake, and unexpectedly defeated the Jiangdong Navy that waved his army northward - using a bitter trick to burn the elite of the Jiangdong Navy and the sailor he had built with great difficulty in Hongze Lake, and shot Zhou Yu with arrows in the chaos, causing the fate of the Jiangdong Navy Governor to be unknown.

It is really unimaginable that Cao Cao, who was defeated by the Jiangdong Navy six years ago, could stage such a big reversal and destroy the elite of the Jiangdong Navy in one go. In the original cognition of people in the world, it was impossible for Cao Cao to defeat the Jiangdong naval army, unless this naval army stupidly ran to the land to fight Cao Cao.

What method did Cao Cao use to defeat Jiangdong's naval army? This question is not only thinking about Sun Quan in Jiangdong, Liu Bei in Huainan is thinking about it, and even Li Sheng, who is far away in Hanzhong, is also thinking about it after receiving these news. Although there are legends that Zhou Yu was punished by heaven and put the Jiangdong Navy in a desperate situation, Li Sheng did not believe that this was true. Any problem in the world has its own place, although it is not impossible for God to curse, but Li Sheng does not believe that this matter is just as simple as God God's curse.

"Let the people in white pass on all the information about the water battle at Hongze Lake to me. I wanted to see what means Cao Cao used to defeat Sun Quan. Li Sheng loudly issued the order, and let the white clothes in his hands run at full speed. He was very anxious, because he also planned to build a strong naval army, so he was so worried about this matter - he was afraid that Cao Cao would one day use the same means on his own fleet, which would definitely be an amazing blow to his strategic layout.

As a result, under Li Sheng's strong request, the intelligence officers in white continued to use various methods and means, and even through the relationship between Li Sheng's wife and brother Sun Quan, the entire Hongze Lake battle before and after was turned into intelligence copywriting and transmitted to Li Sheng, so that Li Sheng had a clear understanding of this water war that humiliated and humiliated the Jiangdong naval army.

“…… Regarding Cao Cao's plan to connect the ship with a long memory, Zhou Yu, after a deliberate investigation, planned to use the same method to teach Cao Cao a profound lesson...... He chose to realize the attack at night, and carried out a surprise attack on Cao's army's water village under the cover of black night...... Like Chibi six years ago, Zhou Yu chose the most devastating fire attack for Lian Ship, thinking that he could burn all Cao Cao's sailors' boats and boats like he did back then, but he didn't want things to change...... A thick, black liquid permeated the surface of the lake, emitting a disgusting smell that had been released onto the lake by Cao Cao using various means...... They burn easily and can burn directly on the surface of the water, a property that the Koto Navy is not aware of, so the amazing changes have occurred...... The entire lake was burning, and the scorching flames turned one after another to the warships on the lake, whether it was Cao Cao's naval warship or the Jiangdong naval division's boats...... The scorching fire burned for a day and a night, even if there was no more on the lake, it was still burning......" The dignified 50,000-word explanation made me understand everything that happened on Hongze Lake, and at the same time understand what Cao Cao relied on to defeat the Jiangdong sailors.

"Where did this old thief get so much oil?" Li Sheng was surprised by this, but his originally uneasy heart was stabilized because of this. Although Cao Cao's use of oil as a means of attack was much more than Li Sheng expected, this was one of the means that people could use after all, it was not a curse, it could be prevented in the end.

"Alas, Zhou Yu lost really unjustly. The victory that could have been won turned out to be like this because of this oil. Li Sheng sighed, and then thought: "Actually, Zhou Yu didn't lose unjustly." The art of war is 'knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and not being defeated in a hundred battles'. He didn't do that, so it seems normal that he lost. However, Baiyi's intelligence said that his life and death were unknown, but was he alive or dead? This needs to be carefully watched. After all, Zhou Yu's life and death can affect the changes in the entire political situation in Jiangdong. Especially externally. ”

"Pass my order, let Bai Yi quickly find out the situation of Zhou Yu and Jiangdong for me, and pay attention to the battle situation in the entire Huainan." Li Sheng commanded.

As Li Sheng quickly ordered this order, the white-clothed intelligence officers naturally became busy again. Not only did they have to contact their colleagues to find out about Jiangdong, but they also had to keep an eye on the situation in Yizhou at all times and at all times - with the fall of Zhang Lu's army, Zhang Lu was captured by Li Sheng, and Li Sheng refused to hand over Zhang Lu to the CD side, which made the relationship between Hanzhong and Yizhou tense again, and even Liu Zhang, who had always been lenient and kind, was slightly unhappy after hearing about this, he felt that Li Sheng was despising him. Of course, this is also the result of some officials in the state constantly saying Li Shenghuai's words in Liu Zhang's ear.

To be honest, Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang's psychology towards Li Sheng was complicated from the beginning. On the one hand, he knew that he was not capable of exterminating Zhang Lu, so he expected that the strong Li Sheng could sweep away this hidden danger in the north for himself. But on the other hand, he was really worried that Li Sheng's strength would have the idea of seizing Yizhou, where he was located. After all, "persimmons have to be pinched softly". Compared with Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, Yizhou's self is undoubtedly this soft.

"What should I do?" Liu Zhang pondered this problem and thought of a solution to it. No matter how dim he was, he never wanted his father's inheritance to be ruined in his own hands unless he had to. "That's a kind of unfilial piety." People all over the world attach great importance to the word "filial piety", even Liu Zhang himself is no exception.

Liu Zhang thinks about the solution to the problem on his own. This is also something that there is no way to do, because he feels that in such a huge Yizhou, he no longer has a strategist with whom he can discuss and solve the problem: Huang Quan? He can't, he will only persuade himself to alienate Li Sheng and drive Li Sheng out without reservation. If he has a strong strength, this kind of behavior is not impossible, but as far as he is concerned, doing so will undoubtedly make Li Sheng turn against him faster, and even bring his own demise faster. That relies on Zhang Song? That's not good, this guy is Li Sheng's informant in Sichuan. Although he did not doubt his loyalty to himself, it was obvious that this loyalty was accompanied by his affection for Li Sheng. If he is asked to help him find a way, wouldn't it be difficult for his loyalty? Liu Zhang, who has always been lenient with others, is also unwilling to do this.

Helpless! Liu Zhang, who had no one to help, used his brain, which had not thought about this aspect for a long time, and among the kind of suggestions that were not very suitable for himself made by many subordinates, he chose a suggestion that was barely satisfactory, that is, to urge Li Shengjun to start a war with Zhang Lu as soon as possible, in order to drive Li Shengjun to Hanzhong. In the eyes of Liu Zhang, and even all the people of Yizhou, Zhang Lu's army is undoubtedly very powerful. Although there are also legends that Li Sheng's army is very powerful, how strong is that strong? The people of Yizhou, who had not seen the scene of Li Shengjun fighting with the enemy, could not imagine it. In their opinion, if Li Shengjun and Zhang Lujun go to war, it will definitely be a big war. It is very likely that the two sides will consume each other in the battle, so that Yizhou on the side will feel peaceful.

As a result, the urging of Li Sheng to send troops was sent out one after another, and the supplies needed by Li Shengjun were not deducted at all, and the news of Li Sheng's various dissatisfaction was also selectively sent out under the instructions of Liu Zhang and some people, and all the actions were secretly aimed at Li Sheng, all for one purpose, that is, to let Li Sheng send troops to Hanzhong.

After nearly a year of procrastination, this goal has finally been achieved. However, to the surprise of Liu Zhang and all the people of Yizhou, Zhang Lujun, who they thought could hold Li Sheng, was so vulnerable in the face of Li Shengjun's powerful attack power and flexible tactical layout: a surprise attack on Yangping Pass, using Nanzheng as a bait to ambush the army in Baocheng, in less than two months, Li Shengjun's army had already captured Nanzheng, the capital of Hanzhong, and took advantage of the relationship of Yang Song, the surrenderer, to capture Zhang Lu, the master of the Wudou Mijiao, and completely pacified Hanzhong.

Li Sheng's army was so strong, Hanzhong's army was so weak, and the battle of Hanzhong ended so quickly, and the strength of Li Sheng's expeditionary force was not weakened by the war with Hanzhong, but became strong because it received a large number of Hanzhong troops. This series of dizzying facts made Liu Zhang and others tremble, and their attitude towards Li Sheng became even more contradictory.

If Yizhou is a sheep and the original Hanzhong is a wolf, then Li Sheng, who easily ate Hanzhong, can undoubtedly be described as a tiger. Now that the wolf has disappeared, the tiger is unusually close to Yizhou, completely monopolizing the passage from Yizhou to the outside world, which certainly makes a safety hazard in Yizhou disappear, but brings a more huge security hazard to the people of Yizhou.

"We invited Li Sheng and eliminated Zhang Lu. But now that we have Hanzhong, Li Sheng can attack us from both Jingzhou and Hanzhong at the same time. Such a grim situation is much more dangerous than when he only faced Zhang Lu at the beginning. Don't say anything like Li Sheng is our ally. To be honest, we are so weak, and Li Sheng is so strong, do you say that such a powerful force can give up the attack on a weak force? That's just a joke. At the court meeting presided over by Liu Zhang, Huang Quan said this loudly. He didn't have much good impression of Li Sheng's arrival, and he always maintained a high vigilance against Li Sheng. He is one of the most powerful advocates of the "Li Sheng threat theory."

"So how do we solve this problem?" Liu Zhangxiao asked with interest. After Li Sheng solved Zhang Lu, Li Shengzhi's help to Liu Zhang obviously no longer existed. Liu Zhang naturally hoped that Li Sheng would disappear from Yizhou. At this moment, he seems to be more inclined to Huang Quan's opinion. After all, having been neighbors with Zhang Lu for so many years, he knows that it is really uncomfortable to be a neighbor of a strong man.

"Salute first, then soldier." Liu Ba on the side suggested that he was also a member of Huang Quan's faction.

"How do you salute before you soldier?" Liu Zhang asked.

"We can first send an envoy to Nanzheng to negotiate with Li Sheng, ask him to hand over Hanzhong to us, and withdraw our troops back to Jingzhou, as compensation we can use gold, silver, grain, grass, and even soldiers to make up for the losses suffered by Li Sheng because of the conquest of Hanzhong. This is the best way, if Li Sheng can agree, then we only need to pay a few things to get the land of Hanzhong. Of course, if Li Sheng can really agree to this, it means that he has no interest in our Yizhou, then the lord can rest assured that he will regard him as an ally and determine a more friendly alliance with him. Liu Ba said calmly.

"What if Li Sheng is unwilling to give up Hanzhong?" Liu Zhang asked again.

"Then the lord needs to guard against Li Sheng. On the one hand, it is necessary to strengthen the troops south of the Jiameng Pass; On the one hand, it is necessary to let Jia Mengguan cut off the supply of grain, grass and troops to Li Sheng's army. Because Li Sheng refused to give up Hanzhong, it meant that he had a very strong demand for territory, which was undoubtedly a disaster for us in Yizhou. Liu Ba replied.

"So that means that if Li Sheng does not agree to withdraw from Yizhou, it means that we are going to war with Li Sheng?" Liu Zhang raised his eyebrows, and suddenly felt a little timid in his heart: "Li Shengjun is stronger than Zhang Lujun." War with him, can we win? Liu Zhang was silent, he hesitated, and he really couldn't make up his mind to decide this matter.

Seeing the hesitation of his father-in-law, Huang Quan stood up and told Liu Zhang bluntly: "The lord has now destroyed Zhang Lu, and there are only two paths in front of Li Sheng: one is to return to Jingzhou and continue to be his pastor in Jiaozhou; One is to support Hanzhong and attack Yizhou, and completely link Jingzhou, Yizhou, and Hanzhong. After all, the northern part of Jingzhou is not in Li Sheng's hands, and if Li Sheng can't take Yizhou, his Hanzhong is an enclave, and he can't rule effectively no matter what. Therefore, what is due will always come. The envoy we sent was just to give Li Sheng an explanation on this face. If he wants to attack us, he will send troops no matter what we do. If he doesn't have this idea, then we will send someone over and give him such a slip condition, which will definitely give him a good step to go down. It's a good thing for him and for us. ”

"Well, that's right." Liu Zhanghao thought about it and felt that this was indeed the truth, so he agreed: "In this case, send Zhang Song over." He has a good relationship with Li Sheng, and he should be very good at talking. Liu Zhang quickly determined the candidate for the envoy, he didn't dare to send Huang Quan and their people. After all, Huang Quan's dislike for Li Sheng was too obvious, and Liu Zhang was worried that the people who sent Huang Quan would turn good things into bad things in the past.

Huang Quan, Liu Ba and others didn't say much about Liu Zhang's arrangement, and the matter was determined in this way. At that moment, Liu Zhang sent someone to inform Zhang Song, told him directly the news of appointing him as an envoy, and gave him 4,000 soldiers, 100 carts of grain and grass, 15 carts of fine wine, and three carts of Shu brocade to reward Li Shengjun for his merit in capturing Hanzhong before Li Shengjun. This is Huang Quan's advice to Liu Zhang, saying what is to make Li Shengjun have a bigger face. Liu Zhang accepted this suggestion and made some modifications to it. Among them, considering that Li Sheng may also "rebel", the soldiers that Liu Zhang handed over to Zhang Song to supplement Li Shengjun's injuries were out-and-out old and weak, and the 100 carts of grain and grass were also really carefully selected, and the grain and grass with a high sand content were really high. It can be said that such a large number of labor and army materials, except for fifteen truckloads of fine wine and three truckloads of Shu brocade, are all low-quality fake and shoddy products. It's just that it looks good on the surface. In Liu Zhang's view, Li Sheng seized Hanzhong, and in terms of grain and grass, he had his own Hanzhong treasury to supplement him, and the soldiers also had Hanzhong troops to join, so he really couldn't look down on these little things he sent over. Therefore, as long as you look like it on the surface, as for the various things inside, Li Sheng is not very good at checking.

Liu Zhang still trusts Zhang Song very much, he doesn't know that Zhang Song is already a person from Li Sheng's side, and he still tells Zhang Song about such a thing directly. Of course, for some reason, he didn't say that it was his own idea to do so.

"Sent a lot of garbage to Li Sheng of Xinsheng? Whose idea was this? Didn't you understand that Li Sheng was forced to attack you? After listening to Liu Zhang's arrangement, Zhang Song secretly slandered in his heart. If his heart was still towards Liu Zhang, he would definitely go back and persuade Liu Zhang not to do such a foolish thing. But right now, Zhang Song won't do that. He knew that Li Sheng still lacked a reason, a reason to send troops to Yizhou. If this matter is stabbed on Li Sheng's side, then even if Li Sheng himself is not angry about this matter, the generals and staff under Li Sheng will persuade Li Sheng to let him quickly send troops to destroy Yizhou. To be honest, what Liu Zhang did this time was really a bit stupid. However, this stupidity is what Zhang Song wants to see. Naturally, he would not have any opinion on Liu Zhang.

Perhaps it was because Liu Zhang, the lord, finally had a satisfactory decision on the issue of dealing with Li Sheng, and the materials for Li Sheng's consolation this time, except for the grain, grass and soldiers to receive in a little north of the city, other things were already prepared the day after the order was issued, and the speed could be regarded as divine speed. Because things were prepared quickly, it was natural for Zhang Song's actions to start early. However, Zhang Song himself has no complaints about this. In fact, Zhang Song, who had already sent someone to spread the matter to Li Sheng through the white clothes first, really had some intention of deliberately delaying time at this moment. He knew that he had to slow down his schedule to go to Hanzhong to give Li Sheng a buffer time, so that he could take one of the most critical passes to the CD without the guards of Jia Mengguan noticing.

It can be said that Zhang Song is using the method of delaying time to create an opportunity for Li Sheng, and Li Sheng did not give up this opportunity after urgently receiving the latest news from Baiyi. Unlike the hesitation of Liu Bei in history when he conquered Shu, Li Sheng made the decision to attack Shuzhong almost on the spot when the information sent by Zhang Song arrived in his hands.

After briefly doing some propaganda and telling the soldiers a lot of things about how he was worthy of Liu Zhang, and how Liu Zhang was sorry now, Li Shengjun opened overnight. The first is naturally Zhao Yun's 5,000 vanguard cavalry, who will rush to Jiameng Pass first, and attack and seize this level in one fell swoop through the cooperation of Song De, who stayed in Jiameng Pass. Of course, this is only the first step in the task that Li Sheng gave to Zhao Yunzhi. Li Sheng's real intention was to let Zhao Yun cut off the connection between Jiamengguan and Fuling, and let Liu Zhang know that he had sent troops to attack him as late as possible.

In Li Sheng's view, only by delaying Liu Zhang's war preparations for himself can he complete the strategic deployment of Shuzhong, and can he achieve the greatest results and the smallest losses in the subsequent battles. He didn't want his attack on Shu to be as troublesome as Liu Bei's attack on Shu in history, not to mention the loss of troops and generals, and even returned his own military division, causing the emptiness of Jingzhou's defense -- this is a kind of failure, and Li Sheng knows that he absolutely does not want this kind of failure to happen to him, and he intends to try his best to avoid this kind of failure.

The tactic of scattering a large number of cavalry and letting them hunt the enemy's scouts, spies, and liaison officers in small formations was first used by Zhao Yun in accordance with Li Sheng's orders during the attack on Hanzhong. After experiencing the First Battle of Hanzhong, Li Sheng found that this use was still very effective, so he planned to continue to promote this tactic. Anyway, Shuzhong is mountainous, except for the CD which is suitable for cavalry battles, other places are not suitable for large-scale gathering of cavalry, so it is also useful to let them disperse for sabotage.

The attack on Jia Meng Pass went very smoothly. The guards of Jiameng Pass, Yang Huai and Gao Pei, did not receive the news that the CD was planning to turn their faces on Li Sheng, and of course they had no precautions against the arrival of Li Shengjun. When Zhao Yun used Li Sheng's name to come to Jia Mengguan, Yang Huai and Gao Pei were very happy to open the door and go out to welcome Li Sheng's arrival. This gave Zhao Yun an excellent opportunity, he approached Yang Huai and Gao Pei with more than a dozen personal guards, and then quickly captured these two people with an order, and then the army swarmed into Jiameng Pass, and with the cooperation of Song De's subordinates who stayed in Jiameng Pass, they controlled the inside and outside of Jiameng Pass, collected the weapons of those defenders in Shuzhong, and encircled them all in the village. Because they didn't get Li Sheng's order to kill Gao Pei and Yang Huai, Zhao Yun and Song De didn't do anything with them, but just found another tight place to imprison them. Of course, this place of imprisonment is not the barracks where the GIs are confined, but another mansion. In order to prevent these two people from inciting the soldiers in Shu to rebel, Zhao Yun and Song De thought about all this inside and out.

After dealing with these things, Zhao Yun went to carry out the hunting plan without mentioning it, while Song De concentrated on holding Jia Mengguan, hanging the banner of Liu Zhang, waiting for Li Sheng's arrival. However, he did not wait for Li Sheng, but ushered in Zhang Song first.

As the envoy who went to Hanzhong to comfort Li Sheng on behalf of Liu Zhang, Zhang Song intentionally or unintentionally slowed down his trip for two days, and finally accelerated his trip under Liu Zhang's constant urging, and came to Jiameng Pass on the fifth day after Zhao Yun cooperated with Song De to seize Jiameng Pass.

At that time, Zhang Song, who saw that the banner of the word "Liu" was still fluttering on the Jiameng Pass, thought that Li Sheng had not captured the Jiameng Pass and was worried, but after seeing that he had reported his name, he generously came out to greet his Song De, but his apprehension disappeared all of a sudden. He calmed down and led his team into the pass, and then heard about the surrender of troops in Jiameng Pass.

"Why don't you make these people ours?" Zhang Song smiled and suggested: "Even if they can't participate in the attack on Liu Zhang, it's good to let them defend our rear." ”

"That'll do fine." Song De quickly nodded and agreed: "I originally thought of waiting for the lord to come over and persuade these people through the lord's prestige and resignation. After all, we were suddenly attacking Jiameng Pass, and these people were somewhat disgusted by our actions as a betrayal. It will be difficult for them to surrender to us without a good reason. However, now that you have you, this matter is naturally easier to say. The things you bring with you can be used as proof. Speaking of which, you've made it less of a problem for me, and I have to thank you. Song De smiled, he was not good at these miscellaneous things, but he could still see it thoroughly.

"Where, where! It's the same as serving the lord. Zhang Song smiled and said humbly. He knew that the young general in front of the family was not a top general in Li Sheng's army, but his relationship with Li Sheng was very close. Yes, he didn't dare to treat him like that, so he was polite to each other, and Zhang Song said goodbye and went to handle things.

It was not difficult for Zhang Song to convince those prisoners, and when he took those old and weak soldiers to the barracks, and put the grain and grass that Liu Zhang had brought in front of the eyes of all the soldiers, the prisoners quickly understood what was going on. Because of the obvious facts as evidence, they somewhat believed what Zhang Song said. "......, this is to make people starve to death here. Think about it, folks! People came to solve the threat in Hanzhong for you, suffered heavy losses, and consumed a lot of grain, grass and weapons, while we supplemented them with soldiers who fell when the wind blew, and gave them to eat these grains and grasses that were obviously soil and rice, is this still the same thing? My lord, I'm confused about this matter. He listened to the words of some villains in the court, and attacked his allies, trying to starve them to death in the middle of the river. This is not the work of a benevolent and righteous person, so it is no wonder that Li Shengjun will come to take this Jiameng Pass after knowing the news. It can be said that what happened today is that we have forced our friends to become enemies, but it is our friends who have betrayed us. I tried to persuade all this to happen, but unfortunately I was one step slower. Now that things are like this, people are very angry at our behavior, and they want to kill us all if we don't surrender. You still have to decide for yourself what to do. I just want to say one thing, think about it for yourself, is it worth it for such an unkind and unrighteous lord who can't protect the territory and the people in the first place, and only knows how to do it behind the scenes? Zhang Song's words were tightly fastened, Liu Zhang's stinginess, and then he gave full play to it, and soon almost all the captives had different thoughts. When Song De finally came to ask them whether they would surrender or not, except for a few hundred who already had families in CD, the rest of the soldiers surrendered to Li Shengjun. Even Gao Pei and Yang Huai, the guards of Najia Mengguan, were no exception - of course, they were persuaded by Zhang Song personally to their hut, although it took Zhang Song a lot of lips and tongues, but it was always a perfect solution, both for Zhang Song himself and for Gao Pei and Yang Huai.

In this way, on the ninth day of the second month of the eighteenth year of Jian'an, when Li Sheng arrived at Jiameng Pass from Hanzhong with his army, Jiameng Pass had completely become the pass of Li Shengjun. Everything was handled properly with the cooperation of Song De and Zhang Song, and there was no need for Li Sheng to come here to deal with any miscellaneous matters. Li Sheng's army only needs to repair here for two or three days, arrange his personal battle plan, and then it can be set aside again.

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