Chapter 41: The Occupation of Yizhou
In the spring of May, the Sichuan Plain is still spring and calendar, and the purple and red flowers are still continuing the last flowering period. Zhang Quan led 6,000 soldiers out of the canyon and jungle, and his vision suddenly became brighter, and in front of him were villages one after another, thousands of acres of fertile land were cultivated by many farmers, and the huge and majestic city of Chengdu was close in front of him.
"Four thousand five hundred men lined up at the east gate, and the remaining one thousand and five hundred men waited outside the north and southwest gates." Zhang Quan ordered lightly.
In the Chengdu City Lord's Mansion, "Report!" A guard shouted outside the house, and Liu Zhang, who was still sleeping, was woken up.
"What's the matter?"
"The enemy is besieging the city! Mr. Zhang Song and others are waiting for you outside the house. ”
"Huh?" Liu Zhang struggled to get up, and with the support of Zhang Song and others, he went to the east city gate, and saw that the enemy army was in a neat formation, with a momentum like a torch and fluttering flags. A young general stood under the city, it was Wen Ping, shouting:
"Please answer Liu Jiyu!"
"I'm Liu Zhang, what are you doing?" Liu Zhang said.
Wen hired a halberd to point at him and said: "I led the army from Jingzhou to break through Yong'an, straight into Chengdu, like a bamboo, and was welcomed by the people of Yizhou along the way!" Now you can open the city and surrender so that your lives will not be ruined. If you don't come to your senses, I'll attack the city now! ”
Liu Zhang's face was so frightened that he fainted in the city. The officials woke up. Liu Zhang said:
"What is it for now? It's better to open the door and surrender to save the people of the city! ”
Dong He, who was beside him, said after listening to righteous words:
"There are more than 10,000 soldiers in the city; Money and silk grain and grass, which can support a year; Why surrender? ”
Zhang Song didn't wait for Liu Zhang's response and said, "I'm afraid Master Dong doesn't know the current form yet!" Information came dozens of days ago that Jiangzhou and Xintong were occupied, and now Chengdu is a lonely city, what is the use of supporting it for a year? ”
Liu Zhang cried when he heard Zhang Song finish speaking.
"You! Rebellious ministers and thieves, traitors seeking glory. When one person came out, Huang Quan scolded Zhang Songdao.
Liu Zhang stopped crying and said: "My father and son have been in Shu for nearly 20 years, and they have not given any favors to the people; Now that the soldiers are coming to the city, it is all my fault that my flesh and blood are buried in the barren grass and fields. How can my heart be at peace? It is better to surrender to make peace for the people. ”
When they heard this, they were in tears.
Suddenly, a man said, "The words of the lord are in accordance with the will of heaven." "Everyone looks at him as a man who knows how to watch the sky at night and pretend to be a ghost.
"Why do you say that?" Liu Zhang asked.
"I looked at the celestial phenomena last night and found that the stars were all gathered in Shu County; There is a star as bright as the moon, which is the symbol of the emperor. Not long ago, a child's nursery rhyme sang: If you want to eat a new meal, you must wait for the young master to come. This is an omen. We can't go against the odds. ”
"Come on, pull him out and behead him." Huang Quan and Liu Ba were furious when they heard this.
Liu Zhang blocked Huang Quan and Liu Ba.
"Report! Shu County guarded Xu Jing too much, and went out of the city to surrender over the wall. Liu Zhang cried.
At this time, there was a rumbling march in the south of Chengdu, and Liu Zhang asked:
"What's going on?"
"It should be General Wu Yi's victorious return." Huang Quan replied, Liu Zhang was delighted, and led the officials to the south gate and waited.
When they could see the banner uniform, Huang Quan and the others found out that this army was not Chengdu soldiers, and they were shocked, and hurriedly helped Liu Zhang into the house to hide. As soon as Liu Zhang and the others entered, a round of rockets was fired, hitting the position where they were standing just now, Liu Zhang was panting in fright, and then heard a majestic and powerful shout:
"I am Huang Zhong, a veteran of Jingzhou, Liu Zhang's child will descend early, and I will be spared death!"
It turned out that Huang Zhong Zhuge Liang who used the Bagua Array to get rid of Wu Yijun, Zhang Quan arranged for 500 soldiers outside the South City Gate to inform Huang Zhong Zhuge Liang that Zhang Quan was outside the East City Gate, and quickly reported to Zhang Quan that they were coming.
After listening to Huang Zhong's shouting, Liu Zhang burst into tears and muttered, "What should I do? ”
"Defend the city to the death, and the enemy will naturally retreat after running out of food." Dong He Dao.
"Chengdu is already an isolated city, what's the point of guarding it, it's better to fall early." Zhang Song said.
There was a sudden uproar in the house, some said that they would defend to the death, some said that they would descend early, some said that they would go out of the city to meet the attack, and some said that they would break through and escape. Liu Zhang watched the crowd make noise and didn't know what to do.
"Report! There is an army in the direction of Mianzhuguan attacking Chengdu! Soon, the intelligence officer at the door shouted.
After hearing this, everyone gradually stopped making noise, and Liu Zhang asked everyone:
"Is it the enemy or our army this time?" Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and they don't answer.
"Just go to the north of the city and have a look." A military general said.
So Liu Zhang and the officials walked to the north city wall through the west city wall, only to see two teams of soldiers attacking Chengdu, the front team was led by a white armor and white horse general, it was Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun shouted: "Changshan Zhao Zilong broke through Xintong and then took you Chengdu, and did not open the city and surrender!" ”
After listening to the shout, Liu Zhang's heart beat faster, and cowardice instantly permeated his whole body, he already wanted to surrender in Kaesong, but he lacked the courage to say that Kaesong surrendered. At this time, Liu Ba beside him scolded the rear team under the city:
"Meng Dafa is a thief, a traitor seeking glory, and he can't die a good death!"
It turned out that the leader of the rear team was Meng Dafazheng, and Zhang Song received information that day and learned that Liu Zhang only had one Chengdu left, and decided to surrender, so Meng Dafa was taking 20,000 horses to Mianzhu Pass and letting Zhao Yun in.
Liu Zhang listened to Liu Ba's scolding, and looked down the city, it was Meng Da and Fa Zheng, who led the 20,000 soldiers he gave them a few days ago to attack. Fear, chagrin, intertwined in the mind, pacing around at a loss. Liu Ba Huang Quan looked at Meng Dafa Zheng angrily, Meng Dafa was like nothing had happened, the old god was there, his eyes were glancing wildly, and he asked the soldiers to rest on the spot.
At this time, Dong He said:
"Where did Zhang Song go?" Zhang Songfa is a good friend and is inseparable.
The officials didn't know why he was asking this, so they glanced around, but didn't see Zhang Song. At this time, a noise came from the east city gate, Liu Zhang and the others turned to look, the east city gate was wide open, the Jingzhou army entered the city one after another, and the city guards disarmed and surrendered.
It turned out that Zhang Song went to the East City Gate, opened the door and surrendered.
"Ahhh Liu Zhang fell to the ground and cried, like a child, ignoring the congregation officials.
Dong He and the generals and officials other than Huang Quan and Liu Ba saw that the general situation had turned, so they surrendered the city, and the soldiers disarmed.
In May 200, Chengdu was occupied by Zhang Xiujun, and Liu Zhang's power collapsed.
Then Zhang Quan took over Chengdu and went to the city lord's mansion, the generals and officials were standing on both sides, only Huang Quan Liu Ba could not close the door, Huang Zhong Yan Yan was angry and wanted to arrest them, Zhang Quan asked the soldiers to put Huang Quan Liu Ba under house arrest and slowly ascend to use. The generals who attacked Yizhou and the officials in Shuzhong were rewarded in turn, and some officials were sent to Jingzhou to experience and promote Fazheng.
In the evening, Wu Yi led his troops to Chengdu and learned that Liu Zhang had surrendered, and he had no choice but to surrender.