Chapter 152: Do it and do it
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Liu Zhang looked at Liu Bei who was holding his sword in despair and horror, he didn't dare to look at Liu Bei's eyes, because the coldness in them was more terrifying than any look he had ever seen, he couldn't believe that Liu Bei in front of him was a real Liu Bei.
"Lord, we and other Yizhou scholars are willing to entrust Yizhou to Liu Jingzhou, you should obediently obey, Liu Jingzhou will never treat you badly." Zhang Song beside him persuaded.
"Fuck off! I will kill you, you ungrateful! ”
Liu Zhang couldn't help but be furious in despair, and drew his sword to kill Zhang Song, at this time, Liu Bei suddenly threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground.
The code has been issued, Liu Feng, who was ambushed outside the tent, led his troops to kill, and in a blink of an eye, he killed more than a dozen of Liu Zhang's personal soldiers, and then brought dozens of heavily armed armor soldiers into the arena and surrounded Liu Zhang.
Zhang Song shrewdly retreated outside the encirclement, and said with a smug smile: "Gong Liu, don't be stubborn, I'll wait for this plan to be seamless, you don't have any choice, just grab it." ”
At this time, Liu Bei stepped down and said coldly: "Ji Yu, I am also forced by the situation and have to do this. You respect me, I don't want to hurt you, as long as you put down your weapons and cooperate with me obediently, I Liu Bei swear to the sky, not only will it not hurt you in the slightest, but it will also make you enjoy endless glory and wealth in the rest of your life. ”
No matter how stupid Liu Zhang is, he knows that the general trend has gone at this moment, and when Liu Bei said these few words, all the truth was clear.
From Zhang Song's plan to Fazheng's envoy, from Fang Shao's visit to Liu Bei's entry into Shu, it turned out that all of this was a shocking conspiracy.
hated himself for being stupid, so he just lured the wolf into the house, and took the initiative to stick his head into the wolf's mouth, completely unaware that the people he thought he trusted had betrayed him.
Liu Zhang only felt that all thoughts were lost, the sword in his hand fell to the ground, and the whole person sat on the ground in despair, what flashed in his mind was the scene of Wang Lei falling from Chengdu City, and his heart was poor and ashamed, hateful and regretful, all kinds of tastes, I really don't know how to describe it.
Liu Zhang gave up resistance, Liu Bei secretly exhaled, waved his hand, and said, "Send Ji Yu to the side tent, take good care of it, and never make a difference." ”
When Liu Feng heard this, he hurriedly said: "Father, it's a disaster for this person to stay, why not kill him with a knife." ”
Liu Bei glared at Liu Feng and shouted: "I have promised Ji Yu to ensure that he will be rich and safe for a lifetime, do you want to put me in a situation where I have no promise!" ”
Liu Feng was taught such a lesson by his father, and he immediately didn't dare to say more, so he drank the soldiers and took Liu Zhang, who had lost half of his soul, away.
The curtain was lifted, Liu Zhang was taken away, and the night wind took the opportunity to slip into the big tent, and there was still a strong smell of blood in the wind, which made everyone excited.
Liu Bei glanced around at everyone and said with his sword: His face has been turned over, what should he do next? ”
Pang Tong flicked his sleeves and said angrily: "Needless to say, Liu Zhang has already arrived, and the lord will raise 30,000 soldiers and horses, take Chengdu directly in the starry night, open the city gate with Liu Zhang's deception, and quickly control Chengdu City, and then order Liu Zhang to announce the abdication of the lord and spread the word to the counties, then Yizhou can get it without much effort." ”
What Pang Tong said, Fa Zheng and others agreed, and this was also the original plan.
However, Fang Shao was still worried, so he said: "The plan of the military advisor is really a clever strategy. It's just that there are a lot of people in Chengdu who don't obey the lord, if someone supports Liu Zhang's son to make a rebellion, with Chengdu's soldiers are full of food, we are only afraid that it will be difficult to capture for a while, and Chengdu is eager to get down, and we have no place to stand, and the situation is not yet known. ”
Fa Zheng nodded and said: "What Zhongzheng said is very true, although we take down Liu Zhang, we still can't be careless. According to the correct opinion, if the soldiers are divided into two roads, one is led by the lord to take Chengdu directly, and the other road is to take Fucheng nearby, even if the plan to take Chengdu quickly is not successful, then we will take Fucheng as a base, plus Liu Zhang in hand, even if someone is not convinced, it will not be able to raise much storm. ”
With Liu Bei's surname, it was already a little impatient to capture Liu Zhang like this, and he was able to make this decision to overcome a considerable psychological obstacle, and now Fang Shao and Fa Zheng's words are exactly what he wants.
Liu Bei immediately said: "Now that we have taken down Liu Zhang, we should act steadily and calmly." In this way, I will order Han Sheng to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to attack Fucheng, and the rest of the men and horses will follow me to Chengdu in the starry night. ”
Liu Bei made a plan, and when he was about to disband everyone and execute it separately, Zhang Song said: "The lord is slow, and Song thinks that the lord has missed a major event." ”
Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "What's the big deal?" ”
Zhang Song said with a solemn expression: "Don't forget, the lord doesn't forget, among the 30,000 soldiers and horses in our hands, 20,000 are Yizhou soldiers, even if the lord has bought them a lot in the past two months, but you must know that Liu Zhang has raised them for more than ten years, this time they openly betrayed, and they also killed back to their hometown, these 20,000 people are afraid that they may not be able to follow." ”
Liu Bei snorted and said, "Don't worry about this, I have ordered Wen Chang to kill all the Yizhou generals who are not very attached, so that they will be able to subdue these Yizhou soldiers." ”
Zhang Song shook his head: "Deterrence can only make them forced to obey, in case the situation changes, these people come to the battlefield at a critical moment, wouldn't it be a big deal." ”
It seems that Zhang Song's psychology of betrayers is still very accurate, which is no wonder, because he is a betrayer himself, but the difference is that he Zhang Song is actively betrayed, while those Yizhou soldiers are passive. In other words, even if these Yizhou soldiers were coerced, they always had a sense of guilt in their hearts, and if they were instigated, once they saw the right time, these people were likely to choose to defect.
Zhang Song's worry was right, Liu Beishen immediately became gloomy, and frowned: "What about Yizi Qiao's plan?" ”
Zhang Song smiled mysteriously and said, "Actually, this is also simple, just one word - profit." The lord only needs to announce that as long as he captures the city of Chengdu, he can condone the soldiers to plunder for three days, then the word is the head, they will naturally happily obey their fate, and when the time comes, they will be considered to be completely informed, if they want to keep the spoils of their looting, they can only die hard for the lord, and then the lord can sit back and relax, and drive them arbitrarily. ”
Zhang Song, this is Liu Bei's army to loot.
In this troubled era, the princes fought each other, sometimes because of lack of resources, sometimes to boost morale, sometimes to take revenge on those cities that did not surrender, and it was common to condone the looting of his subordinates, but Liu Bei never did this.
Even if he was hungry and cold, even if he was short of money and food, Liu Bei never connived at his subordinates to loot, and this record was also something he was proud of in his life.
But now, he has to face the dilemma of breaking this record with his own hands.
Liu Bei was silent again, everyone knew that Liu Bei had just crossed a threshold of benevolence and righteousness, and now he was blocked on another barrier of benevolence and righteousness.
Time is pressing, what we have to do now is to race against time, how can we allow him to waste any more time, Pang Tong immediately said bluntly: "Lord, anyway, he has already turned his face with Liu Zhang, what else is there to scruple about, Zhang Ziqiao said very well, if you want the soldiers to serve, you have to give them benefits, just let go of your hands and feet, and let them take what they need after capturing Chengdu." ”
Fa Zheng also said: "Lord, the so-called big things are not informal, and the lord is also forced by the situation, after the future Yizhou Dading, those victims will be comforted, and over time, people will naturally forget about it." ”
These people look like a gang of underworld thugs who are teaching a pure high school student with their hands.
For this matter, although Fang Shao did not approve of this matter emotionally, he intellectually raised his hands in agreement, and he had been with Liu Bei for much longer than these people, so only he knew where Liu Bei's scruples were.
So, after everyone persuaded him, Fang Shao stood up and said lightly: "Actually, Shao thinks that the lord will not be able to convince those opponents if he goes down to Chengdu without much effort. And conniving at the soldiers to plunder, firstly, to encourage the soldiers to use their lives, and secondly, to deter those who do not obey, so that they know that the lord is not a cowardly person like Liu Zhang, and he also has ruthless methods. And the lord can take the first step to send troops to occupy the Chengdu treasury, after the soldiers looted, the lord will take less of the treasury to comfort the people in the city, so that the grace and power at the same time, the people's hearts will naturally be attached, this is the best of both worlds, why should the lord hesitate. ”
Fang Shao's words of persuasion with a carrot and a big stick are obviously much more clever, and when he said this, after the robbing soldiers did bad things, Liu Bei appeared as a good person and gave a little charity to those victims, so that it was originally a disgraceful thing, but Liu Bei could get a good reputation from it.
As soon as he said this, Liu Bei listened to it, he pondered for a moment, let out a long breath, and said silently: "Okay, just what Yi'er and others said, without further ado, let's do it quickly." ”
The plan has been stopped, and when the three armies heard the order, they were shocked for a while.
Although the Jingzhou soldiers were shocked by the sudden change in the situation, they were Liu Bei's descendants, and even if they were surprised, they would not hesitate to carry out the order.
As for the 20,000 Yizhou soldiers, they were extremely shocked, and their emotions were quite unstable at first, but Wei Yan, Huang Zhong and others had already beheaded several generals who were not very attached to them in advance, and circulated their heads to the battalions, and these Yizhou soldiers were shocked.
Moreover, the cowardly Liu Zhang is usually not very convincing to them, but Liu Bei has been envy in the past two months, plus before the army, Liu Bei announced to the whole army that as long as he takes Chengdu City, he can indulge them in plundering, these Yizhou soldiers immediately turned into surprise, one by one excitedly shouted allegiance, and even more eager than those Jingzhou soldiers to kill back to their hometown.
So, the soldiers were divided into two routes, Liu Bei raised an army of 25,000, and his sons Liu Feng and Wei Yan wore the clothes and armor of Yizhou soldiers, accompanied the army with Liu Zhang, led 2,000 cavalry as the vanguard, and took Chengdu directly by the color of the stars and the moon.
In the middle of the night, after the last small slope, Wei Yan pulled the horse on the top of the slope, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, only to see the lights flickering several miles away, Chengdu City was in front of him, and the corners of Wei Yan's mouth showed a smug smile.
"After waiting for so many years, it's finally time for me to make a name for myself."
(To be continued)