Huang Quan's strategy is in line with Liu Feng's intentions, attacking Yizhou, the advantage is speed, and the key lies in Chengdu.

In this attack on Jiangzhou, nearly 7,000 of the more than 10,000 Jiangzhou troops surrendered, which made the total number of troops of Liu Feng's army reach as much as 40,000.

Moreover, Liu Feng also received almost half of the money and grain from the Chengdu Treasury Mansion, and the troops and money and food have surpassed Liu Bei and Liu Zhang, becoming the strongest force in Yizhou.

The day after the capture of Jiangzhou, Liu Feng made a new deployment:

With Yan Yan commanding an army of 5,000, he marched north along Fushui to Fucheng and threatened Liu Bei's rear.

With Ma Tan leading an army of 5,000, he was stationed in Jiangzhou and stayed in Ba County as a backup.

Liu Feng himself, together with Huang Quan and Meng Da, unified an army of 30,000, and the army marched west against the river and directly took Chengdu.

Before the army was launched, Liu Feng also made a series of personnel deployments.

In the name of General Zhennan, Liu Feng recruited a large number of indigenous scholars from Ba County to enrich his shogunate, including Zhou Qun, Huang Zhen, Ma Zhong, Gou Fu, Zhang Wei, Ma Xun and many other local wealthy people.

Most of these indigenous scholars were promoted to serve as county guards, county magistrates, and officials at all levels in the three counties of Ba County, Ba Dong, and Fuling. Among them, such as Zhang Wei and Ma Zhong, they will be named Zhonglang generals and partial generals by Liu Feng, and become available generals under Liu Feng.

Liu Feng's vigorous reuse of the indigenous scholars of Yizhou is precisely to use the fastest means to win people's hearts, and his approach is very different from Liu Bei and Liu Zhang.

When Liu Yan entered Shu, there were also a large number of northern scholars who entered Shu, and these people were called Dongzhou scholars.

In order to ensure his rule in Yizhou, Liu Yan relied on the Dongzhou scholars to kill the indigenous scholars with Yinwei, and throughout the Liu Yan era, the Yizhou scholars were in a state of being severely suppressed.

After Liu Zhang succeeded to the throne, he was known for his "leniency", on the one hand, he connived at the Dongzhou scholars to continue to run rampant, and on the other hand, he did not attack the indigenous Yizhou scholars as severely as his father, so he offended some Dongzhou scholars who were as unambitious as Fa Zheng.

Liu Bei's entry into Shu has won the support of many Dongzhou scholars, in this case, if Liu Feng wants to obtain Yizhou, the most effective means is to fight-for-tat and vigorously promote the indigenous scholars of Yizhou.

These scholars, who were suppressed in the era of Liu Yan's father and son, once they gained unprecedented trust and promotion, and saw the hope of coming out, they would inevitably fall to Liu Feng without hesitation.

And Liu Feng, as an outsider whose reputation is not as good as Liu Bei, if he wants to get rid of Liu Bei and Liu Zhang at the same time, lift the suppression of the indigenous scholars, and use the power of the native faction in Yizhou to seize control of Yizhou, it is also Liu Feng's only choice.

Liu Feng's approach, as he expected, had an excellent effect.

With the advance of Liu Feng's army, Jiangyang and Qianwei counties were strong and strong, and they rose up one after another, leading private troops to attack and kill the county order, in response to Liu Feng's entry.

Five days later, 20,000 troops entered Shu County smoothly and occupied Guangdu County south of Chengdu.

This place is less than 50 miles away from Chengdu.

………………………… Chengdu, the state of the pastor's house.

In the palatial hall, the dim lights are flickering, and on the walls full of pictures of ladies, black shadows, like strange ghosts, dance ghost dances on the walls of the large wall.

On the tiger skin couch, Liu Zhang, who was shaped like a withered tree, sat in a daze, holding the Dao emergency report in his hand, and writhing weakly under the blowing of the wind through the hall.

He was like a frail and dying patient, with a look of despair on his face.

I just want to keep a legacy left by my father, and live the rest of my life with peace of mind.

I dare not offend anyone, and I deal with every prince around me carefully.

I am extremely tolerant of my subordinates, and I am willing to forgive them even if they commit capital crimes.

I am kind to the people, and even in the face of difficulties, I do not want to clear the wilderness and burn their fields.

I'm a good person through and through, but why does God want me to be so unfair?

Tongzong En will take revenge, the allies will turn against each other, the subordinates will turn their backs on me, and the people will be replaced by the new master.

"Why, why—"

Suddenly, Liu Zhang roared at the empty hall, but all that was answered was the dull echo that was fading away.

The hideous face only lasted for a moment, and the pale face was immediately occupied by grievance and despair, and after holding on for a moment, he could no longer bear the pain in his heart, and actually lay on the desk and cried.

"Look, he is crying like a child."

"Yes, it's also a prince, how can it be so useless."

"I heard that General Xiao Liu is about to fight in Chengdu, our lord is like this, he will definitely not be able to resist, and when the Jingzhou army enters the city, what should we do."

"What are you worried about, I heard that General Xiao Liu is a master, and he is very good to us Yizhou people, and when the time comes, we will change to a new master."

………… Outside the main hall, a group of male and female maidservants were discussing in private.

"Ahem—"

A light cough woke them up, and a group of people scattered like birds and beasts.

"Lord Chen."

After seeing that it was this person, the maids and maids all breathed a sigh of relief, and only called it casually.

The person who came, named Qian Zhou, was engaged by Liu Zhang's mentor and friend, and was responsible for the education of the state middle school.

Since childhood, he has been obsessed with reading and learning, reading through the classics, and has the reputation of "Confucius in Shu".

However, this man was a bit selfless in his reading, behaved strangely, and often laughed alone, so he was often ridiculed by his colleagues, and even these maids dared to have contempt for him, and had little respect.

"Can the state pastor be in the temple?"

Qian Zhou didn't mind the slightness of these subordinates, and leaned into the hall and asked.

A maid replied: "The state pastor is in the palace, but he told him not to let outsiders disturb him, if Lord Qian wants to see him, he should come back another day." ”

Qian Zhou shook his head again and again, his expression was extremely exaggerated, "A catastrophe is coming, how can I change the day, I will go in to see the lord now." ”

The maids on the left and right wanted to be stopped, but they wanted to see this nerd make a fool of themselves, so no one stopped them.

Chen Zhou crossed the high threshold with the hem of his clothes, as if he didn't see Liu Zhang crying bitterly, and strode into the hall, and said in a loud voice: "Lord, a catastrophe is coming, a catastrophe is coming." ”

Liu Zhang was taken aback when he thought that someone suddenly entered, and hurriedly wiped away his tears, and when he raised his head, Qian Zhou had already come to the bottom of the stairs.

Seeing that it was Qian Zhou, Liu Zhang was displeased and curious.

At the beginning, Liu Zhang's conquest of Zhou was because the Qian family was a big surname in Ba County, and this person was famous for his knowledge in Shu, so he forcibly summoned him to the curtain, which could be regarded as buying people's hearts.

It's just that this person reads and reads stupidly, behaves in a ridiculous manner, and always makes a fool of himself in front of the crowd, which makes Liu Zhang feel embarrassed, so he rarely summons him for ordinary discussions.

Qian Zhou seems to be very happy, and he usually relies on political affairs, and most of his free time is just dedicated to researching knowledge, and he almost never takes the initiative to participate in deliberations without Liu Zhang's summons.

What made Liu Zhang wonder was why this nerd subordinate, whom he hadn't seen for almost a few years, would come to see him late at night at such a special moment.

"Chen Yunnan, you came uninvited late at night, and you are still talking nonsense, are you reading and reading confused?" Liu Zhang accused unhappily.

Qian Zhou took a step forward and said with a worried face: "Lord, Liu Zhennan's army has arrived in Guangdu, and the soldiers will arrive at the city of Chengdu in an instant. Now in the city of Chengdu, the morale of the army is scattered, and the people are panicked. There are strong enemy soldiers outside the lord coming to the city, and there are soldiers and civilians scattered inside, what is it if it is not a catastrophe? ”

Qian Zhou was originally known for his clumsy speech, but now he is fluent and smooth, without stagnating, and he only listens to Liu Zhang's heart in horror when he speaks in one breath.

Liu Zhang was terrified, but he forced himself to calm down, and said sharply: "There are still nearly 10,000 people in Chengdu, and the money and grain have been enough for several years. Chen Yunnan, you don't have to listen to alarmism. ”

Qian Zhou sighed: "Liu Feng came all the way from Ba County, most of the county officials who passed through looked at the wind, and there were even more heroes in the state who killed the county commander and opened the door to welcome Liu Feng. ”

Liu Zhang's heart beat faster when he listened, and Qian Zhou continued: "When Liu Bei went south before, there were countless people all the way, if it wasn't for General Zhang and others who were guarding the city, Liu Bei's army would have already arrived in Chengdu at this moment. Now Liu Bei has not retreated, Liu Feng has arrived, and the collapse of people's hearts is only in the blink of an eye. Lord, now must be the time to make a decision, if Liu Feng's army breaks through the city, the lord will really come to a catastrophe. ”

Liu Zhang's thoughts were already discouraged, and he was "intimidated" like Qian Zhou, and his composure was immediately shattered, and his expression was suddenly shocked.

"The matter has come to this, Yunnan, what good plan do you have to solve this internal and external crisis?" Liu Zhang's attitude immediately became earnest.

Qian Zhou swallowed his saliva and said loudly: "I watched the dry elephant at night, and saw the stars gathered in Shu County, and its big starlight was like the bright moon, which was the image of the king." Now, how can the lord go against the sky again, according to Zhou's opinion, why don't you open the door to welcome the surrender and submit to Liu Zhennan. ”

Surrender Liu Feng!

You can say it, you have eaten the fortune of my Liu father and son, and now that the disaster is coming, you don't share my worries and solve the difficulties, but persuade me to surrender to the enemy, and give up the great rivers and mountains of Yizhou to the kid surnamed Liu.

In an instant, Liu Zhang felt an unprecedented anger, as if the anger accumulated in his heart was ignited by the flame of Qian Zhou, and it erupted unstoppably.

"Okay, you traitor, come on, drag this guy down and behead me."

Anyway, this Chengdu has not been broken, no one dares to disobey Liu Zhang's words, and after the order is given, a cadre of samurai hurriedly enters, and drags Qian Zhou to leave the palace.

At this moment, a guard hurriedly entered and shouted: "Lord, the big thing is not good, Liu Feng's army has appeared outside the city." ”

(To be continued)