On the northern front, although the Han army was secretly plotted to march at a reduced speed because of the commander's arrival, on the southern front, the fierce actions of Cen Peng and Zang Gong finally quickly made Chengdu an isolated city.

Chairman Gongsun Shu was quite depressed.

At this time, Liu Xiu sent a letter to persuade him to surrender.

Liu Xiu, who was deploying Shu in Chang'an, was very satisfied with the recent performance of several of his apprentices, and felt that with their joint efforts, Gongsun Shu had run out of water, so he wanted to persuade Gongsun Shu to give up resistance and try to avoid greater casualties.

Mr. Gongsun Shu, you better surrender, it was not my intention to beat you, but if you continue to cut off the emperor, I will never allow it!

So, Liu Xiu sent a letter to Gongsun Shu, patiently analyzing the pros and cons, and asking him to take into account the overall situation, understand the general situation, and surrender to the imperial court, and the imperial court will definitely guarantee his safety and will not harm him.

(Emperor Nai and the book, Chen Yan Fu, with the letter of Ming Danqing.) ）

After reading the letter, Gongsun Shu sighed very much, and then asked his henchmen Taichang Shao, Guangluxun Zhang Long to discuss countermeasures.

At this time, there was already a voice of persuasion around him, and it was no longer interesting to find other and more cadres to discuss.

Who knows, Chang Shao and Zhang Long read Liu Xiu's letter, and they also resolutely demanded that Chairman Gongsun surrender!

However, Chairman Gongsun still decided to harden to the end, go all the way to the dark, and resolutely not surrender.

He stubbornly said:

"The rise and fall was originally predestined, is there still a son of heaven who surrenders?!"

The chairman has already said this, and Chang Shao and Zhang Long don't dare to say anything more.

But their brothers and sons felt that it was really not possible to continue like this, under Liu Xiu's blow and pressure, the company's bankruptcy was ironclad, and the company's senior management was also certain.

What to do?

Under all the sorrow and worry, the two brothers died of depression soon after.

(Shao and Long didn't dare to say anything more, thinking that they were in danger, and they were worried about death.) ）

Liu Xiu saw that Gongsun Shu didn't know how to lift, and at the same time felt that his role was almost over, so he drove back to Luoyang, and left a message for his apprentices before leaving:

Hurry up and fight until Gongsun Shu is convinced.

However, when Comrade Zang Gong led his troops to show off their skills on the battlefield, the commander of the southern front of the Han army was already different: in October 35 AD, Wu Han replaced Cen Peng.

It turned out that Gongsun Shu saw that his own general Huan'an on the northern front had succeeded in assassinating Lai, and felt that he was still dying at the last moment, and it was convenient to engage in conspiracy at a critical time, so he wanted to do the same on the southern front.

He set his sights on Cen Peng, the commander of the Han army on the southern front.

In October 35 AD, Zang Gong attacked all the way and surrendered Wang Yuan, but still did not stop, and Cen Peng had also taken Wuyang, and the troops were directed at Chengdu a hundred miles away.

This made Gongsun Shu extremely frightened.

Cen Peng led a large army into Wuyang and stationed his handsome camp in a strange place: Peng Death Gathering.

At first, it was already dark, and Cen Peng ordered the camp, not knowing the name of the place where the camp was located.

After staying there, he heard the investigators' report and learned the name.

He was very unhappy when he heard this, and felt that the name of the place was obviously unlucky, so he planned to move somewhere else: why did the army have to live here?

At this time, it was getting late, and before he could leave, his men reported that there were troops asking for an audience.

He hurriedly ordered an audience to be arranged.

Gongsun Shu knew that wherever Cen Peng led the army, he often cordially received local people of high moral integrity, condoled and settled the soldiers who surrendered, and felt that the only way to plot against him was to find a seam and see an opportunity from this aspect.

So, he sent an Assassin to ask for a direct meeting with Cempeng, pretending to be a soldier.

Received by Cen Peng, the Assassin said that he had been a close follower of Gongsun Shu, who had been insulted and had always wanted to leave, and that now the opportunity had come. Not long ago, I was whipped and I couldn't bear it anymore, and I hoped that the general would accept it.

Cen Peng believed that it was true, and took the assassin into his account.

It's getting late, so let's just rest first, including this comrade's work arrangement, and talk about it tomorrow.

That night, the Assassin succeeded in assassinating Cempeng.

Cen Peng's death in Peng's death is full of mystery and legend, is it God's arrangement? Is it fate? Or is it pure coincidence?

For many years, people have been talking about this and sighing.

As an outstanding military strategist and statesman in history, General Cen Peng defended the city as impregnable, attacked and swept thousands of miles, governed the army with an iron plate, and won the support of the people in his governance, which is worthy of our eternal admiration and continuous study.

But his death at the hands of villains is really infinitely regrettable.

We believe that the reason why Gongsun Shu succeeded was entirely due to General Cen's negligence in taking precautions.

Like General Lai She, General Cen is also a person who is upright and open-minded, and he usually doesn't like to engage in intrigues and tricks. At the same time, everywhere he went, he had close contact with the people and the soldiers who came over with Toucheng, and asked for warmth, which was also completely necessary for his work.

Here, we prefer to think that he worked hard and did not care about his personal safety, and then we think that he and the staff around him were negligent and failed to defend him.

General Cen Peng is known as a general with "both wisdom and bravery", and contributed "great achievements" to the establishment and consolidation of the Han Dynasty after Liu Xiu.

We deeply admire him, and at the same time, we feel infinite regret for him to die easily at the hands of villains when he was just around the corner to take Chengdu.

However, the foundation of Liu Xiu's victory in Shu was mainly laid by him. This foundation is very solid and has not been shaken by the murder of Cen Peng.

Here, Liu Xiu had already made a far-sighted and very appropriate deployment for the Han army on the southern line of Shu: it was the double marshal system.

Specifically, this kind of deployment is that Wu Han is the head of the emperor and the great Sima, and Cen Peng is the general of the expedition to the south, jointly leading; First Cen Peng led the main force to charge into battle, and after Wu Handian, coordinated all parties to be a strong backing; In case Cen Peng encounters an accident, Wu Han immediately goes on top, and his work will not be interrupted at all.

At the same time, it should be noted that there was a time lag between Cen Peng's murder and Liu Xiu's arrangement to take over, and during this short period of time, Cen Peng's deputy general led his troops to retreat slightly, until Wu Han rushed to take over, and all the men and horses were not chaotic at all, which shows Cen Peng's strict management of the army in peacetime.

It is also a pity that Ren Gui, who had occupied Yuejun County (Zhiqiongdu, now Xichang, Sichuan) for many years and claimed to be the king of Qionggu, heard of Cen Peng's prestige and sent an envoy from thousands of miles away to surrender to Cen Peng, and when the envoy arrived, Cen Peng was dead.

Mr. Ren Gui was a severant party earlier, and after the opening of Gongsun Shu's Gongsun Ji Chengjia Dynasty Company, he staked all his assets into shares.

Now, when Cen Peng did not hit him at all, he hurriedly demanded surrender, apparently completely disappointed in the company and Chairman Gongsun Shu.

Liu Xiuhou buried Cen Peng, gave the tribute gifts of Ren Gui's envoy and the rewards of the imperial court to Cen Peng's family, and personally arranged for Cen Peng to be named "Marquis Zhuang".

The people in the Bashu area love Cen Peng very much, and set up a temple for him in Wuyang, and they have to worship him every year.

After Cen Peng's death, his son Cen Zun succeeded him to the title.

Liu Xiu always remembered Cen Peng, and 2 years later (37 AD), he canonized Cen Peng's younger brother Cen Huai as the Marquis of Guyang.

Gongsun Shu suffered military defeats on the southern and northern fronts, but he succeeded in playing tricks, but this could not change his fate of imminent destruction at all. Because, with the loss of Laishu and Cen Peng, Liu Xiu was more determined to destroy him, and the apprentices were more ruthless in cleaning him up.

While burying Cen Peng, Liu Xiu ordered Wu Han to immediately intensify the attack.