Chapter Twenty-Six: Liu Bi's Strategy

As the saying goes, "The emperor is not in a hurry, but the eunuch is in a hurry." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Although Liu Zhang is not the emperor, he is in a similar position to the emperor, and the ministers under him are quite like "eunuchs". When something develops to the point that Liu Zhang, who is the "emperor", feels a little urgent, what will happen to his ministers? Naturally, they will also be in a hurry - after receiving the 100,000 urgent summoning order from their lord, they all put down their affairs and hurried to the hall of the state governor's mansion. In less than half an hour, all the important figures under the Yizhou Mu appeared in the hall of the State Mu's Mansion together, sitting on both sides of Liu Zhang, quietly looking at Liu Zhang, the lord who was reading the scrolls.

"My lord has become more diligent lately. What a blessing for us. Finally lived up to the old man's please! Looking at Liu Zhang's attentive expression, some of these important ministers couldn't help but be moved. For the first time, they felt that Li Sheng's attack was not a bad thing for their Yizhou. At least the external crisis has made Liu Zhang become concerned about political affairs, and he is no longer as playful and stubborn as before. "That's a great thing." As they thought, their eyes moistened slightly.

The important ministers below were thinking vigorously here, but the lord above read the information at hand in their thoughts, and began to organize his thoughts, telling the purpose of inviting them to come over today: "Fucheng has fallen, Liu Bi's army of 30,000 has become a lonely army, and the situation is extremely critical for me. Ladies and gentlemen, now is not the time to discuss what to do with Liu Bi. Our Yizhou army that can be used to war, including the original allocation to Liu Bi is only 70,000 or 80,000 people, and now it has lost 20,000, if we don't send troops to rescue Liu Bi, the remaining 30,000 will also be lost. This is something we absolutely will not allow. Although I also hate Liu Bi, I still can't do anything about changing generals in battle. Now, we need to send reinforcements to Liu Bi and let him stabilize the front first. After all, it is impossible for us to let Li Sheng's army go straight to Mianzhu, and in that case, we will undoubtedly have much less room for maneuver. ”

"This ......" Liu Zhang's words were really reasonable, so that his ministers couldn't believe that such a level of words was actually said by their own lord. However, the facts are the facts, and after Liu Zhang told such a very reasonable remark, even out of respect for Liu Zhang's status as the lord, they couldn't help but start thinking about the reasonable letter of Liu Zhang's request. They groaned.

"What the lord said is very much, we have done less these days, and it is really a great trust to the lord to say more, and I ask the lord to atone for his sins." After a little silence, most of the officials recognized the correctness of what Liu Zhang said, and Huang Quan, as the representative of these officials, quickly changed his thinking and sincerely asked Liu Zhang for his guilt after thinking through everything.

"Well, there is no need to say anything about sin. You are also thinking about the safety of our Yizhou. Although the focus is a little wrong, the start is good, and I don't intend to criticize you too much. Liu Zhang waved his hand slightly, but he didn't intend to hold these officials responsible, because he knew that there was no time to think about it now: "As for the rescue of General Liu Zhang, I plan to send out all the remaining men and horses in Yizhou that we can use, what do you think?" ”

"That's good...... It's just that in this way, the defense of our army in the CD has been weakened a lot. Huang Quan thought for a moment and replied truthfully.

"That's not a problem. Although we have been drawn for a while, we will gain time because of this. With the strength of these generals here, do you have time to be afraid that you will not be able to train a new army? Liu Zhang waved his hand and said nonchalantly, and then mentioned the problem he was most worried about, "The strength is still easy to solve, but this will be!" I don't want to hand over my children to incompetent people like Liu Bi. Liu Zhang frowned and said, it can be seen that he is deeply disappointed in Liu Zhang.

"Father, when I came to Yizhou in a critical situation, although my son was not talented, he was also quite skilled in martial arts and the art of war, and I would like to lead the army to Fucheng to share problems for my father." Before Liu Zhang's words fell, a person below flashed out and shouted for his life. Liu Zhang used this to escape his prestige, but saw that the person who came out to ask for his life was none other than his eldest son Liu Wei.

Seeing that his son was so intimate and wanted to share his worries, Liu Zhang was overjoyed at first, but when he thought of the horror of this fierce battle, he was quite reluctant to send his son up. Perhaps this is the ambivalence shared by every parent - they just want the best for their children. Liu Zhang opened his mouth, and was about to reject Liu Wei's thoughts, but when he looked down, he saw the firmness in his son's eyes again. He knew that his son was very different from his own personality. He is very indecisive, but the eldest son who was born is very strong and has the style of an ancestor. "It's hard to persuade you." Looking at his son's determined eyes, he thought so, there was no way, he had to find a stable person to assist his son, so he looked around at the people in the hall and asked, "Since my son is willing to go, who can assist him?" ”

"Lord, Weichen is willing to go to Fucheng with his son." Things seemed to be going smoothly, and as soon as Liu Zhang's words fell, a person from there flashed out to answer.

Liu Zhang glanced at it and saw that the person who answered him in a voice was his brother's wife, Wu Yi, and he was immediately overjoyed: "I am relieved to have my uncle go." Liu Zhang smiled and agreed. He knows Wu Yi's ability, and he knows that his brother-in-law's skills may not be particularly outstanding, but he is good at thinking and thinking and being cautious, and he can't guarantee that he will definitely win, but at least he won't lose too badly. That's enough for Liu Zhang. "Uncle Zun is gone, and he should be the deputy of Yiliang. Unknown Uncle Zun has a good candidate for this? Liu Zhang asked with concern. After the chief general was decided, he naturally began to consider the candidate for the deputy general. Of course, out of respect, Liu Zhang first asked Wu Yi what the chief general meant.

"I don't think I want to choose anyone else, just let my subordinates Wu Lan and Lei Tong go with me. I have been with them for a long time, I know them very well, and I know that they are my good generals. Wu Yi directly recommended two candidates to Liu Zhang.

"Well, that's the case, so be it." Liu Zhang thought about it and nodded in agreement, and then asked Wu Yi with a solemn expression: "The situation is urgent, don't do any swearing-in ceremonies or anything like that." Please also ask your uncle to send troops quickly, don't let the soldiers in front wait for a long time. ”

"No!" Wu Yi responded heavily, and quickly turned around and went out. And so the matter was settled.

After that, Wu Yi and Liu Wei quickly set off with the whole army, marched in the starry night, doubled the road, and finally rushed to meet Liu Bi in the military camp in the northwest of Fucheng six days later.

When they first arrived at Liu Bi's camp, Wu Yi and Liu Wei saw not a well-defended and reorganized military camp, but a peasant cottage that surrounded the entire section of the river and was in full swing. All the people, including Liu himself, picked up their burdens and went back and forth on the shore surrounded by the camp, picking up and unloading earth.

"This ...... What the hell is going on? Whether it was the steady Wu Yi or the young and vigorous Liu Qi, they were all dumbfounded by this. They don't understand what kind of play Liu Bi is playing here.

"General Liu, what are you doing here?" It was easy to find Liu Bi, Wu Yi and Liu Wei took down Liu Bi, who was dressed like a peasant, and asked him very puzzled: "We are here to fight, not to do these boring things here." ”

"Bored?" Liu Xuan smiled, but said with a little confidence: "You all misunderstood. The thing here is not boring, but the key to defeating Li Shengjun. If the matter here is completed, it can be compared to the help of a million army, and it will only be overnight to destroy Li Sheng. ”

"Huh? And such things? You're not kidding, are you? Wu Yi and Liu Wei both looked incredulous.

"Don't doubt it. That's true! Liu Xuan smiled, put down the burden on his shoulders like this, and sat on the ground with a very ungraceful ass, regardless of the dirty dirt that was full of it: "Li Shengjun's soldiers have strong combat effectiveness, they are far more well-trained than us, and one of his soldiers can compete with our three or four soldiers, and we have no chance of winning if we attack them head-on." If we want to defeat them, we have to use cunning. Speaking of this, Liu Bi paused slightly, and asked Wu Yi and Liu Wei with a smile: "Do you know what is the most ruthless thing in this world?" ”

"Ruthless? That's probably just water and fire. Liu Wei replied subconsciously.

After listening to Liu Wei's answer, Wu Yi quickly came to his senses, and he looked at Liu Bi: "You don't want to ......."

"That's right!" Liu Bi nodded heavily: "The rain came early this year, and the water has risen a lot at this time. Now I live in the upper reaches of Fushui, and Li Sheng lives in the lower reaches of Fushui, as long as we store water and prepare, Li Sheng's army can be broken overnight. You must know that Li Sheng is a guest army, and he doesn't know the potential of this water. ”

"Breaking the water? Isn't that going to flood Fucheng? Wu Yi's eyes widened, and he waved his hand again and again: "This matter can't be done, it's really hurtful." If this continues, I am afraid that the people of Fucheng will be killed and injured countless times. Wu Yi couldn't bear it, he felt that it was too much to do this and make the people suffer.

"Too hurtful?" Liu Bi sneered, "That's what they asked for." His eyes widened viciously, "You know what? Those big families in Fucheng actually killed Yan Yu. Yan Yu is the nephew of General Yan. If these people are only looking out for their own interests, then why should we care about their lives? ”

"What? Zifeng is dead? Hearing the news, even Wu Yi was stunned: "He is the official who loves the people the most in Yizhou, and he actually ...... ...... was killed by those big families? Wu Yi looked at Liu Bi, his face full of sadness and suspicion: "You won't joke with me, right?" ”

"Are you kidding? You can go to Fucheng to take a look, Zifeng's mausoleum is still there. Those big families are even worse than Li Shengjun, Li Sheng was more or less buried in him after hearing about Zifeng's wisdom, and those big families not only shot Zifeng, but even beheaded him. What are you? Zifeng's resistance to Li Sheng is not only for the duty of defending the land, but also for the interests of those of them. It's too ...... for them to change their faces like this when the city is in danger" Liu Bi cried and couldn't go on. He is close friends with Yan Yuyan and Wu Yi in front of him.

"Alas......" Wu Yi sighed, but he no longer persuaded Liu Bi, at this moment he was heartbroken by the death of his friend, and even hated the ungrateful people in Fucheng - he had already acquiesced in Liu Bi's approach. Because he asked, "You don't plan to flood the city, do you?" Now we have another 30,000 troops. If there is anything you need to do, please tell me. You are more familiar with Li Shengjun than we are, and the lord did not order the cancellation of your command, so you are still the main one here. ”

"Hah! That's a good feeling! Liu Xuan smiled, "I was originally worried about the lack of troops." Now that you are here, the shortcomings of my forces will be greatly alleviated. Well, in the past few days, our task is to step up the construction of Dati and store water. Then when the water is complete, we will ......" Liu Bi found a random branch on the dirt road, and gestured to explain his plan against Li Shengjun. In his opinion, he had suffered enough defeats at the hands of Li Shengjun, and Li Shengjun had brought him enough humiliation, coupled with the fact that the big family in Fucheng had handed over his friend to the brutal killing, the hatred between him and Li Shengjun and those people in Fucheng had reached the point where it could not be reconciled. Everything must have a result, and this result can only be flaunted by the complete defeat of one side, either Li Shengjun's complete end, or the end of his own life, there is no other way.

"This is a revenge ......," Liu said softly to himself. That's how he understood the nature of the battle.

When Liu Bi was still in his camp to carry out the so-called civil engineering work after receiving reinforcements, Li Sheng and his staff, who did not know all this, were in a daze in front of Liu Bi, who had a huge force of 60,000 but was huddled together. In order to cover up his work along the Fushui River, Liu Bi not only sent a full 10,000 men and horses to conduct repeated dragnet searches on the boundary within 10 miles of his camp, but also "secretly" collected a large number of boats at a ferry port south of the camp, and put on a posture of crossing the Fushui River to attack Li Sheng's rear. Since there is no news about Liu Bi's construction of dikes in Fushui and the upper reaches, and Liu Bi's actions in collecting ships are so "secretive" that both Li Sheng, Pang Tong and Fa Zheng put their minds on it: "In case Liu Bi abandons the land of Funan, crosses Fushui in the north and attacks Zitong in his rear with all his might." "On top of the question.

"If Liu Bi is allowed to cross the water, then our situation will be bad." Li Sheng slowly expressed his judgment. Somehow, at this moment, he suddenly remembered the classic example of the founding chairman in his memory. Of course, Liu Bi is much inferior to the founding president, and he naturally can't come up with so many plans. But it is an indisputable fact that Liu Bi's posture is right on Li Sheng's weakness. Li Sheng's expedition to Yizhou brought a total of 40,000 troops. The key to forming a powerful combat capability in such a unit is that it cannot be dispersed. Although Li Sheng took the risk to make a strategy to divide the troops, but he was supplemented by the Hanzhong army with considerable combat effectiveness, and its strength and combat power did not drop a lot, and the same was true when he came to this Fucheng later, it can be said that the reason why Li Shengjun was able to maintain an advantage in the face of such a large territory in Yizhou was that the most important thing was that the army in his middle was always in a group.

This can be said to be the advantage of Li Shengjun's battle plan, but it is also his shortcoming.

In order to ensure the strength of the fist, Li Shengjun did not send people to defend the city he captured, except for suppressing the big families in the city and tying them up with himself, he did not leave a single soldier in his rear. He handed over power to his officials in the rear, and asked them to form their own militia to take charge of the city's defense. This is undoubtedly a somewhat dangerous move, but it is also a manifestation of Li Sheng's helplessness at the moment. But even if he did, the defense of the city captured by Li Sheng was still very poor. If Liu Bi's men and horses are allowed to kill directly in his rear like this, he is afraid that the situation he has formed in the rear will collapse.

"How to stop them? At the moment, they haven't gathered the ferries yet, so they haven't moved yet. But once they gathered the ferry. Then we're really in trouble. Li Sheng frowned tightly and said, he was really worried that the situation he least wanted to see would become a reality in front of his eyes, he looked at the four people around him, and asked in a harmonious voice: "I hope we can come up with a countermeasure to this matter as soon as possible, otherwise it will ......" Speaking of this, he couldn't say it anymore. Otherwise, everyone knows what will happen in their hearts.

"This ......," the crowd muttered.

Suddenly, a soldier reported outside, but it interrupted everyone's deep thoughts: "Lord Qiqi, there is a person who claims to be a close friend of Pang Junshi, and he wants to see Pang Junshi." ”

"Oh?" Li Sheng looked at Pang Tong's eyes a little strangely, but he got the same doubts as himself from Pang Tong's eyes, and he couldn't help but feel a little weird. He thought that there must be some reason for this, but he couldn't figure out what the reason was at the moment, so he could only temporarily let Pang Tong out: "Shi Yuan, since it is an old friend who is visiting, you should go and have a look first." ”

"Yes, my lord!" Pang Tong bowed his hand to Li Sheng, turned around and walked out of the lobby.

The guests were waiting in the building of Ponton. Pang Tong entered the tent, but saw a person sitting beside his desk with a big grin, very comfortable holding the scroll he brought, his appearance was very handsome, and his figure was also very tall. Pang Tong slightly estimated it, and felt that this person's figure could almost be compared with Kong Ming, but it was very strange to wear a short robe and have short hair.

"Who is this man?" Pang Tong thought about it and searched the figures in his memory, but no one matched him. "Looks like I don't know him." Pang Tong finally confirmed this, but he was not angry because of it. Because he knew that people at this time were generally like this - when they wanted to visit each other, they were afraid of being blocked by the other party's doorman, so they did not directly say that they were not familiar with the other party, but only asked to see each other for the first time, but said that they were the old friends of the other party, so as to bypass the little ghost in front of the door of the king of Hades. "Huh! This man must be so. Pang Tong thought about it but smiled, he had also tasted this when he was young. At this moment, when I saw someone using the same method to ask to see me, I couldn't help but be a little stupid, and a wave of memories suddenly came to my heart, but I just felt kind.

"Where do the guests come from?" Pang Tong looked outside for a while, and seeing that he had never noticed his arrival, he walked lightly to the man's side and asked.

He thought that the other party would answer him kindly, but when he saw the man raise his head and give him a strange look, as if he blamed himself for interrupting his reading, he looked down again and read the book again. This made Pang Tong a little embarrassed, he felt that he didn't say anything wrong or did anything wrong, and the questions he asked were normal, how could he be so ignored? He was a little angry, but he didn't want to have a seizure for a while. Because, he also remembers one thing, that is, most people with ability are a little weird. Although the person in front of him was not very polite to him, he was seriously worried that he was the capable person.

"The strength of the lord is still a little weaker, so there is a great demand for talents. Since I am working for the lord, I want to help the lord solve the current problem. This man is so arrogant, and he looks like he has the ability, if he is let go, if the lord asks him in the future, I will be terrible. Thinking of this, Pang Tongqiang suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart, and just stood aside, quietly waiting for the man's answer.

However, after waiting for an hour, Pang Tong stood aside and bent over his hands, only to feel that his waist was sore, and his feet were numb, if he didn't still insist on the obsession of being courteous, he was afraid that he would faint on the spot. Finally, after this long wait, he saw the man gently put down the scroll in his hand, thinking that the other party would answer his question, but he didn't want the other party to just stretch his waist, and then muttered loudly as if he had never stood here: "Is anyone there?" My stomach is hungry. ”

"I'm going to die." Pang Tong's anger in his heart was even greater, and his doubts about the person in front of him were deeper, he had never met such a guy who would completely ignore him. "Anyone else? I've been standing here for so long. Even though I'm not tall, I can't just ignore it. He was helpless, but he couldn't get up, so he could only stand up straight and walk to the door of the building, and let the servants bring the food.

At this moment, he couldn't help but be a little glad that the person in front of him was looking for him - he didn't know how Fa Zheng's guy would deal with this matter, but he was sure that if the lord met such a character, before he prepared in advance, the lord would only respond to the ignorance with ignorance. "That's bad." Thinking of this situation, Pang Tong felt funny, but this smile was a little bitter. Because he knows that the other party finds him, it is the luck of the lord and his own misfortune.

"It's not a talent, it's a spy. This man is so eccentric, God knows what kind of surprise he will give himself. Thinking about it, Pang Tong took the meal directly from the hands of his subordinates and delivered it to the man's eyes. I can't say it, at this moment, as Li Shengjun's military advisor, Pang Tong, who has the title of "Phoenix Chick", also has to make a cameo appearance as the second shopkeeper.

Listening to the sound ......of swallowing, Pang Tong looked at the person who kept sending food to his mouth, and his eyes, which were originally slightly small, were now bigger than copper bells. Are there still people who eat like this? It's like a demon who hasn't eaten in days. It's really humiliating. Pang Tong secretly scolded himself in his heart, but he never realized that in fact, he didn't look like he was eating by himself. Although it is not as exaggerated as the person in front of him, it seems to be about the same when compared to the difference between fifty and one hundred steps at most.

Seeing that this person had eaten five or six bowls of rice in a row, ate more than a dozen dishes, and finally had a full burp leisurely, Pang Tong shook his head numbly. He couldn't have imagined that this guy who looked like he was slender and physically not sturdy could eat so much, and he couldn't see that his stomach was slightly bulging, which was really weird. "Still, he's finally finished, which might be a relief for himself." When Pang Tong thought of this, his heart suddenly felt a little relieved. He bowed his hand again to the man in front of him, and was about to say something, but he saw the man flick his sleeves strangely, walked straight to his couch, and lay down with a big grin, and after a while remembered the sound of snoring.

"This ...... What kind of thing is this? Pang Tong endured this, after all, he couldn't bear it anymore, he stepped forward a few steps forward and patted the man's shoulder gently, and called out: "This gentleman, wake up...... Ay...... Wake up, sir! ”

He tried to wake him up, but he became a little impatient on the couch. He pushed Pang Tong's hand away, opened his mouth and said vaguely: "Don't be noisy, don't be noisy, wait for me to wake up and tell you about the world's major events!" After speaking, he turned around, turned over again, and fell asleep, completely cooling Pang Tong aside.

"Wow......! What a big breath! Hearing this man's big words, Pang Tong was frightened. He already had the idea that this person might be a great talent, so he naturally didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore, so he naturally withdrew his hand. At this moment, the suspicion in his heart became bigger and bigger, and he felt a little undecided about the actions of the person in front of him, and when he saw him asleep, his heart was ruthless, and he ordered a sergeant outside to come and let him watch this person, and then walked out of the building, ready to go to Fa Zheng to inquire about the news. After all, this person appeared here, and it is very likely that he is a native of Yizhou, and for the local celebrities in Yizhou, naturally only people from local backgrounds like Fa Zheng are familiar with it. There's no way around it.

Soon, Pang Tong found Fa Zheng, talked to Fa Zheng about the person's appearance, and asked him: "Who do you think this person will be?" ”

"Who?" Fa Zheng thought about it, and suddenly a name popped up in his mind, and gradually matched the person described by Pang Tong: "Could it be Peng Yongyan?" He became a little excited, took Pang Tong's hand and said, "Shiyuan, please lead the way, I will go with you." ”

"Okay." Seeing that Fa Zheng seemed to know that person, Pang Tong's originally high heart also relaxed. Naturally, Fa Zheng's idea of going with him was very much recognized.

He walked with Fa Zheng, and after a while he arrived at his own building. Fa Zheng ascended the stairs and looked, but saw that the man woke up leisurely, sitting on the edge of Pang Tong's couch and gently fiddling with his ears with a small ear spoon. Because of his face facing the sky, the whole face was clearly visible to Fa Zheng, and at that moment Fa Zheng ran into the house laughing, but he greeted the man very happily: "Sure enough, it's Peng Yongyan." ”

"Filial piety!" The man listened to Fa Zheng's greeting, turned his originally upward eyes to the front, and just saw the sound of Fa Zheng running, and immediately jumped up and met Fa Zheng who was running: "Filial piety, don't come to harm?" ”

The two of them held each other's arms, and their faces were full of smiles, so that Pang Tong, who was watching from the side, had an understanding of the relationship between the two: "This Peng Yongyan may be Fazheng's friend." ”

Seeing that the two greeted each other happily, Pang Tong asked the two to sit down, and then asked Fa Zheng about the situation of "Peng Yongyan".

Fa Zheng replied to Pang Tong with a smile: "This duke is a native of Guanghan, surnamed Peng, named Yi, the word Yongyan, and a heroic hero in Shu. Because of his outspokenness against Liu Zhang, he was treated as a disciple by Zhang's tongs, so his hair was short. His sex is bold and wild, and he is a good friend. ”

"I see." Pang Tong nodded, combined with Peng Yi's previous actions in front of him, but he had a certain understanding of Peng Yi in his heart: "This person is talented, but he is arrogant by nature, and he is a little informal. If you get along with him well, he will naturally want to give you all his heart and lungs. If you don't get along with him well, you will think that he is completely self-centered. Because he saw that Fa Zheng valued Peng Yi so much, and he had the vision of believing in Fa Zheng very much, Pang Tong did not dare to snub Peng Yi more and more. He ordered someone to present him fragrant tea, treated him as a guest, and asked in a harmonious voice, "I don't know what Mr. Peng Yi is here?" ”

"I know you're struggling with a question, and I'm here to give you an answer and save the lives of tens of thousands of of you." Peng Yi's eyes narrowed, but the words that came out of his mouth were a little unstunning.

"Huh?" Fa Zheng and Pang Tongju were surprised: "What do you mean by this? They asked with concern. Because at this moment, they had to combine what Peng Yi said with the questions that Li Sheng had explained to him this morning. "You know we're annoyed?" Fa Zheng and Peng Yi seemed to be more familiar, so they asked.

"It's not a good thing for you to be procrastinating here, and everybody knows you've been delayed by a problem." Peng Yi smiled, met Fa Zheng and Pang Tong's inquiring eyes, he waved his hand lightly, shook his head and said, "I don't say it, I don't say it, this matter must be directly told to your family master." ”

"Okay!" Seeing Peng Yi's determined look, Pang Tong had no choice but to agree and take Peng Yi to Li Sheng's residence.

[bookid=3676858,bookname="The Legend of the Otherworld"]