Just when Cen Peng was playing war, Zang Gong, the general of Fuwei, was not idle.

Some people say that times make heroes.

This is certainly true, and no one can transcend the specific social environment in which he lives. In ancient times, someone learned the skill of killing dragons, but couldn't find a job, which is also inevitable, because there is no dragon in real life that can be killed by him. Today, there are also many occupations and trades that are gradually disappearing, such as hand-playing cotton, because society is developing and progressing, almost all cotton-related products have entered the industrial production with a high degree of professionalism and a very fine division of labor.

However, the times do not have a hero candidate in mind, or there is no specific goal when creating a hero, but provides everyone with almost equal opportunities and the same social environment, the key is to see who can seize the opportunity to have a different performance in the same social environment as others, influence the society, and achieve themselves.

To put it simply, whoever can perceive the current situation and grasp the opportunity will make him become an important actor or even a major actor in the drama of social life.

In the social life drama currently directed by Liu Xiu, in the scene of the conquest of Bashu and the capture of Gongsun Shu, Comrade Zang Gong keenly observed the situation and accurately grasped the opportunity, and his performance was very eye-catching.

Come, all departments pay attention, give Comrade Zang Gong a close-up!

Comrade Zang Gong once met with everyone as an extra, and everyone may not have noticed him, and now it is necessary to focus the spotlight on him.

Zang Gongzi Jun Weng, a native of Jiaxian County, Yingchuan County (now Jiaxian County, Henan). When he was young, he served as the head of a natural village in his hometown and a member of the township's public security joint defense team, and he did not hear about his studies or studies.

(Less for the county pavilion chief, you. ）

It can be said that if it is a peaceful and prosperous era, Zang Gong is likely to live a hard-working, leisurely, and face-saving life as an ordinary farmer and village cadre, until the end of his life in the village.

However, he caught up with the new and troubled times, and his life was unsustainable, so he took some friends to join the Xiajiang soldiers in the Green Forest Army, and also made a middle-level officer (captain) as a pawn, and began his military career. When the Chung Ling soldiers merged with the Xiajiang soldiers, he followed Liu Xiugan, and was unanimously praised by his colleagues for his bravery in battle.

Through careful observation, Liu Xiu found that Zang Gong, a comrade who does not speak much, is simple, but has a strong sense of responsibility and is very diligent in his work, so he values him very much and regards him as his cronies.

Among the few people he led when Liu Xiu went to Hebei for development, there was Comrade Zang.

In those arduous and dangerous years in Hebei, Comrade Zang was appointed by Liu Xiu as a partial general, and followed Liu Xiu to charge into battle, seize cities and cut people, and repeatedly made meritorious contributions.

When Liu Xiu ascended the throne, he appointed Comrade Zang as the director of the Emperor's Office and head of the Central Guard Corps.

(Guangwu ascended the throne, thinking that he was a lieutenant and a lieutenant.) ）

Therefore, Zang Gong is also an old comrade who followed Liu Xiu earlier and won Liu Xiu's trust. At the same time, being able to take on this position also fully shows that he has grown up in battle, and has won Liu Xiu's true biography and Liu Xiu's recognition in many aspects.

Later, Liu Xiu wanted to promote his brothers-in-law Yin Zhi and Yin Xing to take charge of the work of the emperor's office, so he released Zang Gong to take up a full-time military position and let him lead his troops to recruit all parties.

Liu Xiu's trust in him was consistent, and as early as six or seven years earlier, he had appointed him as General Fuwei (30 AD) and was crowned Sihou (31 AD).

He also did not live up to Liu Xiu's expectations, whether he was on a business trip alone or with colleagues, he often conquered everything and passed evenly.

However, because Comrade Zang was born in office work and guard work beside the leaders, he was low-key, unassuming, and his movements were concise and steady when attacking the city, and he was not very noticeable among the generals around Liu Xiu.

At the beginning of this year, on the eve of Wu Han and Cen Peng's expedition to Shu on the southern front, Zang Gong led his troops to Zhonglu County (now south of Xiangyang, Hubei) and stationed in the place where the Luo Yue people gathered.

The Luoyue people are a branch of the ancient Yue people, who migrated from today's Guangdong and Guangxi.

He is following Liu Xiu's unified deployment to prepare for the next step of the upcoming southern line of Shu.

At that time, Gongsun Shu's generals Tian Rong and Ren Man had confronted Cen Peng in the Jingmen area of the Yangtze River for many days, and the Shu army set up pontoon bridges and water villages on the Yangtze River, and Cen Peng repeatedly fought unfavorably.

In other words, Liu Xiu's forces were temporarily at a disadvantage when they fought with Gongsun Shu's forces on the Yangtze River.

In this way, Luo Yue's hearts fluctuated, and he wanted to rebel against Han and return to Shu.

At this time, Zang Gong's troops were thin and it was difficult to control the situation, and the situation was a bit dangerous.

What to do?

It just so happened that at this time, hundreds of transport vehicles were sent from the grassroots counties below, and Zang Gong saw it and thought about it.

One night, he sent men to cut the thresholds (thresholds) of the city gates, and arranged for these vehicles to enter and exit the city gates continuously, back and forth, and in an endless stream.

So, that night, in Zhonglu City, vehicles gathered, people and horses were noisy, and they tossed all night until dawn.

The next day, the spies sent by Luo Yue thought about the sound of vehicles passing by last night, and saw that the threshold of the city gate was also "crushed", and hurriedly went back to report: The Han army is coming!

The leader of the Luo Yue people knew about this situation, and he didn't dare to have a second heart, so he hurriedly brought cattle and wine to Zang Palace to work here.

Zang Gong not only gave them face, but also supported their own field, so they lined up their troops, killed cattle and set up wine, warmly entertained them, and talked to each other about wine.

Drink! Everybody's buddies!

So, Luo Yue people settled down.

Here, Zang Gong improvised and skillfully used tactics to cut the threshold (threshold) of the city gate to fool Luo Yue people, and objectively stabilized the situation.

His "City Gate Break" has become a story and an allusion that has been passed down to this day.

Of course, Comrade Zang's brilliant performance is not the only one. Soon, he came to "borrow troops from correction", which also showed his excellent adaptability on the battlefield.

Just a few days ago, when Cen Peng made a long-distance attack, seized the city and hurried into a no-man's land, and took Pingqu, Gongsun Shu urgently dispatched Yan Cen to lead a large army to intercept.

According to Liu Xiu's deployment, Cen Peng targeted Chengdu and led the lightly armed special forces to bypass Yancen and continue the journey, leaving Zang Gong to entangle with Yancen.

At this time, Yan Cen led the main force of Gongsun Ji's family company, and deployed troops in the Luoshui area, with great momentum.

However, the situation of Comrade Zang Gong was very difficult.

First, the overall quality of the team is poor, he and a few soldiers led 50,000 surrendered troops, many of whom surrendered and wanted to run, so he had to work hard to put the team together;

Second, the supply is difficult, lack of food, water and various tools, and there is no hope of supply in a short time;

The third is that the local counties and local forces are seriously uncooperative, and they all want to protect themselves, and they want to observe the results of the battle between Shu and Han before deciding who to support.

In a completely unfamiliar environment, under the extremely complicated natural conditions, and under the questioning eyes of local forces, it is not easy for anyone to travel with hundreds of people, not to mention that Comrade Zang is fighting a war, and he is fighting with such a chaotic team.

Zang Gong thought about it, and felt that this team really couldn't work, so he wanted to lead the team to retreat, because he was afraid that Yancen's Shu army would chase him over, and he was afraid that this team would mutiny.

When Zang Gong was in a dilemma, it happened that Liu Xiu sent a staff member of the emperor's office (the confessor) to Cen Peng on business, bringing 700 war horses with him, passing by here.

Zang Gong was in a hurry, and felt that he had to fool around, anyway, for work.

The decision was made, and Zang Gong immediately made a decision, so he pretended to pass on the holy decree, saying that the soldiers and horses sent by the imperial court were for his own use!

Comrade Zang has worked in the imperial court for many years, is a popular figure of the emperor, and has many acquaintances in the organs under the Central Committee, so it is very credible to say such a thing.

So, these horses immediately followed him.

Of course, the flicker has to continue to increase.

When Comrade Zang's strength was full, he immediately strengthened the reorganization and control of the ranks under his command and arranged for the troops to march in a high-profile manner: let the troops move around day and night, with cavalry on the left bank of the river and infantry on the right bank, escorting the warships to advance along the river in a mighty manner, and also waving many flags, allowing people to climb to the surrounding hills to beat drums and shout, and the shouts shook the sky, and the scene was extremely spectacular.

This masterpiece of Comrade Zang is known in history as "corrective borrowing of soldiers," and it is obviously an improved version of his "city gate cut-off."

This trick worked very well, and first of all, it scared Shu General Yancen.

Yan Cen knew that Liu Xiu was using troops quickly, but he didn't know how Zang Gong could hold the team around him, and he didn't expect the "big army" of the Han army to come so quickly.

He hurried up to the top of a mountain to watch, and was terrified when he saw this!

Before Yan Cen could come to his senses, Zang Gong quickly waved his army to attack and defeated the Shu army.

Zang Gong's action was too sharp and fierce, and the soldiers rushed forward and slashed the Shu army with swords and axes.

The Shu army had no fighting spirit, and tens of thousands of people were cut off and drowned in the water, and the river was muddy. The rest all surrendered, and only Yancen escaped with dozens of men and horses and galloped towards Chengdu.

Zang Gong not only collected a large number of subdued Shu soldiers, but also had a lot of weapons, horses, baggage and treasures.

Zang Gong won a complete victory over Yancen, and when the news reached Luoyang, Liu Xiu was very happy and immediately issued an edict to praise and reward.

However, Zang Gong played too smoothly and refused to give up.

He's gone crazy!

He couldn't hold his hand anymore, no! He didn't want to stop at all!

He ordered the troops to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and when they encountered those who surrendered, they were immediately beheaded, and more than 100,000 people were forced to land.

Everyone pay attention to it, this is an extremely tragic, one-sided war situation, Zang Gong led a small number of descendant troops and tens of thousands of soldiers, all the way to chase and kill the Shu army, capture the city, just like cutting sorghum, cutting rice, where it passed, immediately turned into a horse Pingchuan.

When he arrived in Pingyang (now southeast of Mianzhu, Sichuan), Wang Yuan, who had strongly persuaded Kui to rebel against the Han Dynasty and was currently supporting Gongsun Shu's resistance to the Han Dynasty, could not support it and surrendered.

He conquered Mianzhu again, conquered Fuxian County (now Mianyangdong, Sichuan), and cut down Gongsun Shu's younger brother Gongsun Hui.

Immediately, he did not stop and took Fanxian (now northwest of Peng County, Sichuan) and Pixian (now Pixian County, Sichuan).

Pingyang and Fuxian are in the east and a little farther north of Chengdu, while Fanxian and Pixian are in the northwest and closer to Chengdu, that is to say, Zanggong's army fought from the east, northeast, north, northwest and west directions of Chengdu, and it is getting closer and closer to Chengdu.

The above actions of Zang Gong were fast, fast, and completed in one go, not only cutting people and seizing cities, but also destroying the local branches of Gongsun Shu: wherever he went, he dissolved the local government of Chengjia and confiscated 5 pairs of scepters and 1,800 seals used by cadres at all levels of Gongsun Shu.

In this way, Gongsun Shu, the chairman of the Chengjia Dynasty Company who was hiding in Chengdu, had a very difficult life.