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Ba County, Taishou House. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Pang Tong, Liu Pan, Ma Liang and Pan Rong sat down in two columns. After a long silence, Liu Pan was the first to speak: "Shiyuan, what should happen now, you can get an idea as soon as possible." ”

When Pang Tong heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched. I don't know if it's an attempt to smile bitterly, or a conditioned reflex. Rao is so clever that he can't understand why this is the situation now. Once upon a time, his plan almost succeeded. His official residence is too much, and the gods Guan Yu, Lu Su, Zhang Zhao, and Wei Yan are all crushed by themselves. Even later, Cao Ying was helping himself and withdrew some of his men and horses to return to Hebei. As long as he waits for Liu Bei to be trapped and killed, everything will be fine.

But almost overnight, the situation took a turn for the worse. Li Yan turned against the water and released Gan Ning; Ma Tan trapped Fu Shiren, and he was forced to flee from Xuchang to Jingnan and then to Ba County. Now even Shi Guangyuan of Jiaozhou has surrendered, and he has such a small number of people left, and he is still cowering in the land of Ba County. Behind him, Zhao Feng was leading a large army to exterminate him. Happiness went so fast that he didn't have time to react. He couldn't understand why Li Yan, who was from Jingzhou, and Ma Yan were so desperate for Liu Bei. He was dedicated to their welfare, but in the end it ended dismally, and everyone rebelled and left.

After patting his head a few times to calm himself down as soon as possible, Pang Tong spoke: "Now that we are trapped here, Zhao Botao is leading the army to kill." Although Ba County is a precipitous place, it is not a long-term plan to rely on this county to hold on. I think it is better to take advantage of the current emptiness in Shudi, first concentrate forces to capture Xichuan, and assist the lord to succeed to the throne. In this way, even if you can't gallop the world, you can also divide the land of Xishu, and it is Liu Jiyu! ”

"Makes sense!" As soon as these words came out, Ma Liang and the others also started their spirits a little. As the highest-level military general, Liu Pan was about to come out to speak at this time: "According to the report of Tanmalai, there are only forty or fifty thousand horses in Xichuan now, except for those who guard against Hanzhong and the Southern Barbarians, how many can be left?" We only need to send troops to Bajun and capture Luocheng, and then we can go straight to Chengdu and take Xichuan in one fell swoop! ”

"Then, General Liu, you will lead the army to defend the dangerous place to block Zhao Feng. We occupy Shuzhong, the country of abundance, to recuperate and recuperate, and to develop armaments and divide one side. Compared to being suppressed by that group of Xuzhou people in Xuchang, wouldn't it be happy! Pang Tong continued to bewitch. Such a beautiful sketch of a pavilion in the air finally made everyone a little more energetic.

"Okay, Taifu and I will lead the army to capture Ruocheng first, Ji Chang, you stay in Bajun to block Zhao Botao!" Liu Pan thought for a while. Ma Liang hurriedly agreed, but finally added: "The defender of the city is Zhang Ren, this person is known as the first general in Sichuan, he governs the army in a good way, and he can't underestimate the enemy!" ”

"Ji Chang, you are too worried, no matter what kind of first or second general he is in Sichuan, now that he has insufficient troops, he can only be helpless!" Pang Tong disagreed. According to the Tanmalai report, there are only more than 10,000 defenders in the city, and this point of strength is not in the eyes of Pang Tong. At that moment, Ma Liang led more than 10,000 people to garrison Ba County, and Liu Pan and Pang Tong raised 30,000 troops to attack Yucheng.

"General Justice, I just received a letter from General Zhao's flying pigeon. He has rescued the lord and is leading his army to Ba County to exterminate the rebels. Now that Pang Shiyuan is at the end of his rope, we only need to hold on to this city, and we can make it a dilemma. In the city, Lu Xun took a military report that had just been delivered by a carrier pigeon and smiled at Zhang Ren. They were ordered to garrison the city, and they were easily repelled by them after several small-scale attacks by Pang Tong.

"At present, Pang Tong and Liu Pan led an army of 30,000 to attack, and the city is precipitous, not to mention 30,000, even if the army of 100,000 is easy to capture. Let's wait for the army to be armed, strictly guard the pass, and wait for the general! Seeing that Zhang Ren hasn't spoken much, Deputy General Zhang Yi also admonished. Zhang Ren looked at the letter in his hand, was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "Having said that, but watching these thieves show off their power in the hinterland of my Xichuan like this is really resentful!" ”

"Now they are rampant, and when General Zhao comes back, they will look good!" Zhang Yi comforted. Zhang Ren frowned, thought for a long time, and finally seemed to have made up his mind, and then said: "Boyang, there is a small road in the east of the city, you lead two thousand crossbowmen and go there to ambush." If the enemy attacks the east gate from here, ambush it in one fell swoop! Hearing this, Zhang Yi hurriedly took the order and left. After Lu Xun waited for Zhang Yi to leave, he looked at Zhang Ren, but in the end he didn't speak. I didn't want Zhang Ren to take the initiative to laugh and say: "Bo Yan, do you feel that it is a little inappropriate for the old man to divide his troops like this?" ”

"The last general will not dare!" Lu Xun hurriedly said modestly. But seeing Zhang Ren waving his hand to indicate that it was okay, he said to himself: "I have heard that this Pang Tong is good at taking risks, although the East Gate Road is remote, but Ma Ji has been in Xichuan for several years, so he must know." If Pang Tong had known, he would have taken this path. And the old man has always been cautious in using soldiers, Pang Shiyuan definitely didn't expect that I would be uncharacteristic and set up an ambush on the East Gate Road. If you have a heart or not, you will definitely make it suffer a big loss! ”

"The general's words are true!" After Lu Xun thought about it carefully, he also felt that Zhang Ren's plan was more certain. At the same time, Zhao Feng's army had already passed through Fuling and reached Ba County. Ma Liang at the head of the city heard that Zhao Feng's army had arrived, and he was also ready for battle.

"Ji Chang, why do you want to work with Pang Shiyuan to do such a rebellious thing? Now that our army has turned around, the rebellious party will be destroyed in only an instant. If you repent, you can still open the net. If you are obsessed, you are afraid that it will be too late to regret! Under the city of Bajun, Zhao Feng looked at Ma Liang, who had already shown his head, and persuaded him loudly. Ma Liang was silent when he heard this, but Pan Rong on the side said: "General Zhao said it lightly, I am afraid that if I wait for Kaecheng to surrender, this Ba County full of soldiers and civilians will be poisoned by the general." Listen, all the soldiers, I will wait for the death to fight and not surrender, and release arrows to me! ”

A few arrows fell from the city, and Pan Rong was surprised when he saw this. "Shoot the arrows, release the arrows to me, do you hear that!" Pan Rong was anxious, and hurriedly continued to order the release of arrows. But there were still a few people who obeyed his orders.

"What's going on? Pan Rong was really anxious now, when did his soldiers become so disobedient, at this time Ma Liang, who had been silent, smiled bitterly and said: "These soldiers are all Jingzhou soldiers, and it was General Zhao who recruited and trained them at the beginning, how can they be enemies now?" ”

"What?" Pan Rong was immediately anxious when he heard this, and he still missed a single calculation. Looking at the hesitant crossbowmen, Pan Rong continued: "Give me all arrows, whoever doesn't release them will be dealt with by military law!" ”

"Brothers, I'm Niu Jin!" At that moment, another voice rang out from under the city. It was different from when Pan Rong shouted before, but now Niu Jin roared like this, and suddenly more people began to shake. When Zhao Feng recruited troops in Jingnan, Niu Jin was exceptionally promoted by Zhao Feng because of his outstanding performance in recruit training. Now that he suddenly came out to speak, he couldn't help but pay attention to these soldiers who were almost in the same batch as him.

"Brothers, we should join the army in Hanshou County. From Jingnan to Xichuan, for so many years, General Zhao has never treated you badly! Now that Pang Tong is plotting rebellion, your parents, wives and children are all in your hometown, why do you want to rebel with him? Listen to my kind words and persuasion, don't be obsessed anymore, and walk with these rebels! Niu Jin's voice came from under the city, and the soldiers who were originally hesitant suddenly discussed.

"Whoever catches Pan Rong to surrender, the reward is one hundred taels, and the official is promoted to three levels!" At this moment, Zhao Feng's voice came up from the city again. At this time, the soldiers who were already anxious about horses suddenly couldn't hold back, and their eyes were a little wrong when they looked at Pan Ei. The latter was in a hurry and was about to draw his sword, but his arm was grabbed by a soldier on the side, and then several people pounced.

This turmoil also completely made the defenders of Ba County lose the last trace of courage to resist, and they ordered Kaesong to surrender one after another. After witnessing this scene, Mi Wei under the city also said with some admiration: "The general is really prestigious, and if he doesn't use a knife or a shot, he will let the rebels collapse." ”

"It's just because they're my old subordinates, otherwise, how could they have let the defenders surrender so easily?" Although Zhao Feng said this, he still felt a little emotional. The people at the bottom are kind, and as long as you are good to him, they will turn to you in their hearts. He has always been good to the soldiers, and now Pang Tong coerced them to oppose him. If Pang Tong and Liu Pan are here, maybe they can still calm the field. Now relying on Pan Rong is obviously not enough to see.

As he spoke, the defenders had opened the gates of the city and bowed to the ground to surrender. After Zhao Feng led the army into the city, he restrained the soldiers and horses to appease the people. While speaking, several soldiers escorted Pan Rong here, and Ma Liang was also tied up together, and Zhao Feng ordered to be sent to Xuchang as soon as possible to hand over to Liu Bei. From the mouth of the surrendered troops, Zhao Feng learned that Pang Tong and Liu Pan had led the army to Luocheng, and Zhang Ren was also waiting there.

"Does Pang Tong really have to die at the hands of Zhang Ren?" Zhao Feng thought about it carefully, it was this year in history, Liu Bei entered Sichuan, and later met Zhang Renbing, and finally Pang Tong was shot to death by Zhang Ren in Luofengpo. Now that history has been changed by itself, is it really the will of heaven in the dark? Thinking about it, he couldn't get the point, so he ordered people to stay in Ba County, and then ordered all nearby counties not to transport grain and grass for Pang Tong's army, and then personally led people to help Zhang Ren. It's better to pacify the rebellion as soon as possible.

Zhao Feng naturally didn't know that at this time, on the path in the east of the city, a force of 5,000 people was quietly sneaking around. One of them was Pang Tong, and while leading the army forward, Pang Tong's heart was full of disdain.

"What is the first general in Xichuan, there is no defense at all on such an important road. Now that General Liu Pan is attacking the city head-on, I only need to take a detour to the east gate, and I will definitely be able to make a contribution in one fell swoop! Pang Tong was proud in his heart, and his feet were very brisk. He was so proud that he didn't notice that there were a pair of eyes staring at him in the grass on both sides of the mountain road.

"Strategist, there seem to be words on the mountain wall in front of you!" At this time, Fan Jiang, who came with the army, pointed to the mountain wall in front of him, and Pang Tong hurriedly sent someone to check. Several literate soldiers climbed up to look at it, and then ran back to report: "Taifu, the stone is engraved with Luofengpo!" ”

"What, Luo Fengpo?" Pang Tong was shocked when he heard this, and at this moment, arrows were fired from the mountain roads on both sides, shooting at the unprepared army.

(To be continued)