On the fifth day of the fourth month of spring, Shen Mi, the general of Jiangzhou, together with his subordinates Lou Fa and Gan Ning, suddenly raised an incident in Jiangzhou and rebelled against Liu Zhang. The counties east of Jiangzhou also raised troops in response, and Shen Mi hurriedly recruited soldiers from various counties, so that the number of troops under his command suddenly increased to more than 40,000 people.

Perhaps because of the collusion with Jingzhou, Shen Mi and Liu Qi, who had no worries, had more than 35,000 elite soldiers without fear after the incident, with Gan Ning and Lou Fa as generals to Chengdu.

Maybe it's because when Liu Yan was in power, he slaughtered a large number of Yizhou scholars, and Liu Zhang had just taken the throne, and the people everywhere in Yizhou were not attached. Wherever the army passed along the way, all the counties were looking down on the wind.

Wei Yan, who was near the county seat of Deyang, had already received the order of General Hua Fei, and did not pay attention to this army, but only hid all the generals and horses in the mountains near Deyang. Therefore, there was no conflict with Shen Mi's army.

Hua Fei saw that the counties on the line from Jiangzhou to Baidi City were all empty. But he still did not move, and only ordered Lu Su and Huo Jun to be in the White Emperor City, closely monitoring the movements of Jingzhou.

At the same time, he ordered the two of them to take down any one of them in the vicinity of Jingmen Mountain in the near future. In order to cut off the connection between Shen Mi's army and Jingzhou.

On the ninth day of the fourth month, Hua Fei ordered Lu Su and Huo Jun to lead the Tuntian army of 5,000 people after waiting for Shen Mi and the others to go away, and secretly captured the White Emperor City; He also ordered Tai Shi Ci to take advantage of the situation to seize the various county towns on the Linjiang line.

Since the troops in these places have already been hollowed out by Shen Mi, and Hua Fei and others have been preparing for a long time, there is no accident in these places, and they were taken by Tai Shici and Lu Su and others in one fell swoop.

At this point, Lu Su, Xu Shu and others finally breathed a sigh of relief and let go of the stone hanging high in their hearts. Because it was not until today that Huafei, who defeated Runan in order to save the people, finally had a territory again.

However, Hua Fei did not stop taking Xichuan, but continued to take advantage of the void to encroach on the empty land of Xichuan.

On April 12, Hua Fei personally led 6,000 infantry soldiers, and suddenly raised an incident in Jiangzhou City, Xu Chu cut off the head of the guard, and took Jiangzhou in one fell swoop. Hua Fei then sat in Jiangzhou to pacify the people and continued to cut off Jingzhou's ties with Shen Mi.

On April 13, Hua Fei hurriedly ordered Huo Jun and Du to attack and secretly guard the White Emperor City; ordered Wu Xu and Du Ji to guard the Linjiang area; Ling Tai Shici and Lu Su led the rest of the Cao people to immediately rush to Jiangzhou to help deal with the military and political affairs from Jiangzhou to the White Emperor.

On April 14, Shen Mi, who did not know that the back road had been broken, led the army and joined Liu Zhang at the foot of Chengdu.

On April 15, as Hua Fei expected, something happened. Liu Biao has not been able to pass on the information from Liu Biao for a long time, and he is only afraid that things will change in Sichuan.

He urgently ordered Cai Mao to be a general, leading Wen Ping, Huang Zhong, Cai Zhong and others to lead 30,000 Jingzhou soldiers, and marched towards Nanjun, wanting to enter Xichuan to help Liu Cheng succeed.

On April 16, Cai Mao led his troops out of Xiangyang, and the vanguard of the front army arrived in Nanjun. Huo Jun led the 5,000 Tuntian army on the one hand, seizing the time to strengthen the city wall; On the one hand, it is anxious to report to Huafei in Jiangzhou.

After Hua Fei received the report, he ordered Huo Jun and Du Ling to set up the banner of the army on the White Emperor City, and at the same time ordered someone to tell the second general that the top priority of the army at the moment was to take Chengdu.

If Liu Biao's army did not listen to the advice and launched a strong attack, the second general would be able to keep it, and if he couldn't defend it, he would lead the army and people to retreat to the Linjiang area, but he would join Wu Xu and others.

He also urgently ordered Tai Shici to lead nearly a thousand elite horsemen, and rushed to the White Emperor City with his own handwritten letter to Liu Biao overnight. At the same time, he ordered Wu Xu and Muraji, who were stationed in Linjiang, to be ready to meet Huo Jun at any time.

On the other side, Shen Mi didn't know how to command the army to fight. Only under the city of Chengdu and Liu Zhang, he had to fight for two days, but he was already defeated, and led the army to retreat towards Jiangzhou.

After Liu Zhang's victory, he received an urgent report from Dong Fu, the guard of the Sword Pavilion, saying that Zhang Lu knew that it was difficult to retreat after seeing the Chengdu army coming to help. After learning about the incident in Chengdu, he had urgently dispatched Pang Xi to lead an army of 20,000 to set off and rush back to Chengdu to help.

After Liu Zhang received the report, he was overjoyed! He ordered Zhao Wei, a minister of Tuogu, to lead an army of 40,000 out of Chengdu and march towards the Jiangzhou line, and ordered him to quell the rebellion as quickly as possible and recover the counties.

On the afternoon of April 17, the sun was shining and there were no clouds. Wen Ping led the army to the White Emperor City, and suddenly saw the big banner of the word "Hua" at the head of the White Emperor City, and the wind fluttered "hunting". Above the head of the city, the soldiers lined up, and the swords and helmets were neatly arranged. It was already there, and it was ready for battle.

Wen Ping was in shock when he saw this, and suddenly saw Tai Shici, who was dressed in blue armor and white robes, leading the fine horse out of the battle. Yu immediately raised his gun in front of the two armies and shouted: "Donglai Tai Shici is here!" The Lord of the Quickers will come out to answer. ”

Wen Ping was shocked, so far the banner of the word "Hua" refers to the Huafei forces. He thought to himself: "Since the defeat of Runan, there has been no news from this Hua Fei. But I don't know when and how I ran to Xichuan? ”

Confusing Chinese is not also lazy, but rushing to shoot and spur horses. In front of the two armies, he held a gun and saluted Tai Shi Ci, and said loudly: "Wen Ping is here, because I don't know that General Tai Shi is here, and I can't meet him from afar, so I hope that the general is not strange." ”

Tai Shi Ci also held his gun and saluted, and asked in a loud voice: "My lord has taken Yizhou, but General Wen led his troops to invade the territory for no reason, could it be that he wants to destroy the alliance between you and me?" ”

Wenpin has long known that Hua Fei and his subordinates are all people who can fight well, and Tai Shici is responsible for the righteousness of the two alliances, and Wenpin does not dare to slack off.

Nai Yu immediately hurriedly hugged the gun and said loudly: "General Taishi is angry, I don't know that the lord of my family has hired him, and the king of Huafu has taken the matter of Xichuan, and he didn't intend to lead the army to offend!" ”

When Tai Shi Ci heard this, he immediately laughed loudly and said: "My lord also guessed that Liu Jingzhou is not a villain who betrays the alliance and betrays his righteousness, and he is definitely not intentionally violating the situation, and there should be a misunderstanding among them." ”

As he spoke, he took out a letter in his bosom and said in a loud voice: "Therefore, I am ordered to bring the army here and ask for the truth." and presented a handwritten letter from our lord to Liu Jingzhou, and forwarded it to Liu Jingzhou on behalf of General Lao Fuwen. ”

Wen Ping did not know the situation of Hua Fei, and he saw that on the White Emperor City, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, all the soldiers were ready to fight. He thought to himself: "Is it a union or a war?" The free lord decided, but Wen should not make his own decisions, so as not to be thankless at that time. ”

Thinking of this, he stepped forward with a horse and took the letter from Tai Shici. After a few polite words with Tai Shici, he led the troops back to Nanjun. The self-appointed person hurriedly read Hua Fei's letter, and went to see Cai Mao, the commander of the rear army, but did not mention it.

After Tai Shici delivered the letter, he also led the army into the city to bid farewell to Huo Jun and Du Ling, and then led the elite cavalry to Jiangzhou to obey the order.

On April 20, Liu Biao, who was sitting in Xiangyang, received Hua Fei's handwritten letter, opened it and saw that there were only 16 characters in it: "Although Yuan Shu is dead, Sun Ce has been established!" It is war and peace, but according to the will of the king. ”

Liu Biao looked at these eight big words: "Hey! He gasped and hurriedly summoned the Kuailiang brothers to come to the study to discuss matters.

After a while, Kuailiang came first. The frowning Liu Biao showed Hua Fei's letter and explained to Kuai Liang that Hua Fei had led his army into Xichuan. What is known at the moment is that Hua Fei has occupied the White Emperor City.

Kuai Liang read the letter, and it was also "Hiss! He gasped. Holding the letter, he pondered silently for a long time before he saluted Liu Biao and asked carefully: "I don't know what the lord's heart plans for this matter?" ”

Liu Biao looked at the southeast and stood up, and only after being good did he "alas! He sighed, waved his sleeves and sighed: "Huainan Sun Ce, is there no less courage than his father!" ”

Kuai Liang nodded yes, but he heard Liu Biao ask in the warm wind: "Xenodimension! What is your opinion on this matter? ”

"You've already made up your mind, but why bother asking me?" Kuai Liang's wisdom is superb, and after listening to Liu Biao's words, he knew that he had a plan in his heart, so he secretly slandered himself.

But he opened his mouth in the wind and said: "Huainan Sun Ce has been in a hurry to subdue Jiangdong recently, but his troops are very sharp, and it is said that even Yan Baihu of Nawu County has been subordinated to his command. In Yiliang's view, his subjugation of Jiangdong has become a foregone conclusion. ”

When Liu Biao heard this, his two eyebrows tightened a little. But he heard Kuai Liang and said: "Sun Cewu is brave, and he has a grudge against my lord to kill his father, but I am afraid that Jingzhou and I will not give up." ”

Liu Biao closed his eyes and was speechless when he heard this. But he heard Kuai Liang again.

"And my lord's Jingzhou is really a land of four wars, and Cao Cao is eyeing him in the northeast; In the southeast, Sun Ce often thinks about revenge; Chang'an in the northwest has been invaded from time to time; Only the situation in the southwest is not clear for the time being. ”

At this point, he paused for a moment. The halberd pointed and continued: "It's just that in Yiliang's opinion, it is a matter of nine out of ten things to pacify Xichuan in the civil strife with Hua Fei's ability. ”

"These situations are well known!" Liu Biao suddenly opened his eyes and interrupted Kuai Liang's words in a slightly impulsive tone. After taking two deep breaths, his chest rose and fell and asked Kuai Liang again, "I want to know how to deal with the things in front of me!" ”

"Bastard, aren't you ready, why do you want me to say yes?" Kuai's conscience scolded angrily. But helplessly, he is a subordinate.

I had to endure the fire in my belly and answered: "Peace is beneficial to both sides, and war is worrying!" How to choose, only the lord takes it himself! ”

Liu Biao was furious in his heart! Secretly said: "You are also cunning, you have been talking here for a long time or let Ben Hou take it for himself, doesn't this mean that he didn't say anything?" ”

However, in the end, he still has to rely on the strength and resourcefulness of the two brothers. In the end, he could only flick his sleeves and said unwillingly: "Since this is the case, then according to the meaning of the other, I will order Cai Mao to collect the army and return to Xiangyang." ”

When Kuai Liang heard this, his eyes widened. I said anxiously: "This ...... Why did this become what I meant again? The thunder is loud and the rain is small, and the troops are withdrawn and returned, which will damage my reputation as a wise man! This makes me in Jingzhou in the future, how can I mix it? ”

Thinking of this, he hurriedly opened his mouth and suggested to Liu Biao.

"My lord! The discussion of collecting troops can be suspended, and Cai Mao may be ordered to garrison troops in Nanjun. First, it can prevent Sun Ce from suddenly attacking our army. Second, if Huafei fails to collect Sichuan, Shuzhong will inevitably lose both, and the lord can take the opportunity to raise an army to capture Xichuan again. ”

"Oh?" Liu Biao was overjoyed when he heard this, but his eyes lit up, "Bang!" The high-fives praised, "This strategy is really wonderful!" Doing so is the best way to kill two birds with one stone. ”

Kuai Liang waved his hand and thanked him humbly: "Don't dare to be the praise of the lord!" ”

But I heard Liu Biao frown and groaned: "It's just that this Hua Fei is not an idiot, if he acts like this, how can he not know the reason?" I'm afraid that if he succeeds in the future, he will be jealous of Ben Hou! ”

"Shaft! You obviously want to taste the sweetness, and you don't want to act responsibly! Kuai Liang was extremely disdainful of Liu Biao's approach, and scolded angrily in his heart.

But he smiled dumbly and said to Liu Biao: "This matter is easy to do, so why should the lord worry?" ”

"Oh?" Liu Biao's eyes widened, and he stretched out his hand and asked urgently, "Why did Xenodu teach me?" ”

"I'm ashamed!" Kuai Liang bowed to Liu Biaowei and continued, "If Huafei succeeds, the lord can go to Chang'an and show him as Yizhou Mu and Zhenxi General." Hua Fei is naturally overjoyed, what is there to talk about? ”

When Liu Biao heard this, he laughed loudly in the warm and clear wind, and praised Kuai Liang's wisdom again and again with a thumbs up. So, Cai Mao was in Nanjun according to the order and did not move.

Liu Biao sent an envoy to the White Emperor City to convey to Hua Fei the intention of the alliance between the two armies; On the other hand, he secretly sent people to inquire about the news from Yizhou.

However, Huo Jun and Du Ling refused to enter the White Emperor City and did not let anyone enter. Liu Biao not only made the envoys unable to enter Yizhou, but even the fine works sent out were all gone and never returned.

In late April, Hua Fei, who was sitting in Jiangzhou, obtained the latest military information after dispatching troops for several days.

Pang Xi, who led the army to aid Chengdu by Jiange for thousands of miles, had led an army of 20,000 to Mianzhu County, which had not yet had time to repair after being burned by fire.

The defeated army led by Shen Mi and Liu Qi has also reached the vicinity of Dianjiang County between Jiangzhou and Deyang. As for the elite soldiers in Chengdu led by Zhao Wei, they also crossed the middle station from Jiangzhou to Chengdu, Deyang County.

Hua Fei immediately issued an order, ordering all the elite soldiers to follow the order. A big drama of collecting Sichuan was officially launched immediately. (To be continued.) )