Seeing that Ma Yue seemed to be a little moved, Zhang Song said again: "Prime Minister, although Zhang Ren and Yan Yan are only two partial generals, and there are only two or three thousand soldiers under their command, they have a lot of prestige in the hearts of the Sichuan army soldiers, as long as they kill Dong Fu and Wu Yi, the 130,000 troops stationed in Langzhong and Zitong can serve the prime minister." ”

"Oh? 130,000 Sichuan troops! ”

Ma Yue couldn't help but glance back at Jia Xu, there was no doubt that this was a huge temptation for Ma Yue!

If the 130,000 Sichuan army can really be used for his own use, then with the assistance of the Ganning Jinfan Naval Army, Ma Yue can let the 130,000 Sichuan army go out of Xichuan along the Yangtze River waterway at any time and rush directly to Jingxiang from the waterway, so that even if Cao Ying can replace Liu Biao and win the eight counties of Jingxiang, he will be at an absolute strategic disadvantage.

Jia Xu pondered for a moment and bowed his head lightly to Ma Yue.

Ma Yue got up and said to Zhang Song: "Mr. Lonely, after entering Sichuan, I will put the interests of the Sichuan sergeant clan first, and will never impose the new policy of Guanzhong on the people of Xichuan." ”

Zhang Song was overjoyed and said: "The prime minister is wise. ”

"But ......," Ma Yue changed his words, and then said, "This time, the lone general personally led an army of 100,000 into Sichuan, and the gentleman can sacrifice wine for the military advisor, so stay in front of the lonely's tent to staff the military." ”

Zhang Song bowed respectfully and said loudly: "I am willing to serve the work of dogs and horses." ”

Ma Yue raised his head and said, "Where is the otherness?" ”

Outside the hall, Kuai Yue turned out and said to Ma Yue: "What does the prime minister command?" ”

Ma Yuesu pointed at Zhang Song with his hand and said: "Take Yongnian down to rest for a while, and then wait for a moment to hold a feast in the Prime Minister's Mansion alone, and wash the dust for Yongnian, hahaha." ”

"Yes."

Kuai Yue took a long look and took Zhang Song down.

Seeing Zhang Song and Kuai Yue's figures go away, the smile on Ma Yue's face gradually cooled, and he hurriedly returned to the front of the case, spread out the topographic map of Xichuan presented by Zhang Song and watched it carefully for a long time, and then asked Jia Xu: "Wenhe, according to your opinion, how credible is this Zhang Song's words?" Did the Xichuan clan really come to surrender, or was it an elaborate trap? ”

Jia Xu said: "As far as I know, the Xichuan scholars can be roughly divided into three groups, among which the scholar groups headed by Dong Fu and Zhao Wei hold absolute military and political power, and because Wu Yi and Liu Zhang have a close relationship, so Dongzhou Shi also has corresponding forces, and the indigenous Xichuan Shi clan headed by Zhang Song was squeezed out by Dong Fu, Zhao Wei Group and Dongzhou Shi, and could not be reused by Liu Zhang, so it is also reasonable. ”

Ma Yue said: "So, Zhang Songxian Xichuan is credible? ”

Jia Xu said: "Although credible but not credible, the heart of defense is indispensable, if the lord wants to personally lead the army into Sichuan, he needs to be fully prepared in case of accidents." ”

Jia Xu found the location of Langzhong and Zitong from Zhang Song's hand-drawn topographic map of Xichuan, and said to Ma Yue: "My lord, please see, this is Langzhong, where Dong Fu's 100,000 Sichuan troops are stationed, here Zitong, where Wu Yi's 30,000 troops are stationed, and Jiange and Jiameng Pass are respectively stationed with 3,000 elite soldiers of Yan Yan and Zhang Ren, the fierce generals of Sichuan. ”

"If what Zhang Song said is true, then there is no heavy guard on the steep and difficult plank road from Jiameng Pass to Sword Pavilion, if this is a trap, then the Sichuan army will definitely choose to launch a surprise attack when our army just enters between Jiameng Pass and Sword Pavilion.

Jia Xu said this, and then said: "The reason why Xichuan is easy to defend and difficult to attack is because it is surrounded by mountains and Shu Road is difficult to travel, if the lord's army can successfully pass through Jia Meng and Sword Pavilion and appear on the Xichuan Plain, then only 20,000 elite soldiers are enough to sweep Xichuan, so why not be afraid of Zhang Song and his ilk playing with conspiracy and tricks?" ”

"Makes sense." Ma Yue said, "If the Xichuan clan wants to calculate Yu Gu, they can only make a fuss on this road." ”

"Therefore, it is not difficult to judge whether Zhang Song is really surrendering or fraudulently." Jia Xu said, "After Zhang Ren sacrificed Jia Meng Pass, the lord can send a general to lead a force to the Sword Pavilion, and after the attack on the Sword Pavilion, the lord will lead the army south, if Zhang Song really surrenders, he will have no objection, if it is a fraudulent surrender, he will inevitably find ways to prevent the lord from dividing his troops." ”

"Hmm." Ma Yue said, "What about Gan Ning's partial teacher?" Should it still be a surprise attack on Chengdu from the Yin Ping Dao? ”

"It's worth a try, and sooner rather than later!" Jia Xu said, "The best situation is that while the lord is in Langzhong and Zitong to solve the 130,000 troops of Dong Fu and Wu Yi, General Gan Ning has also made a surprise attack on Chengdu, so that the political situation in Xichuan can be maintained to the greatest extent and there will be no turbulence, so as not to be taken advantage of by foreign enemies." ”

Jia Xu said this, and said: "It's best to let Gan Ning's partial division set off half a month in advance, and when Gan Ning's 10,000 elite soldiers can walk out of the Yinping Trail, the lord will personally lead the army to knock south, if Gan Ning's partial division is blocked in the Yinping Trail, the lord can also know in advance that this is a trap!" ”

"Good plan." Ma Yue said, "If the goal of the Xichuan Shi clan is Lone, then they will choose to let go of Gan Ning's 10,000 partial divisions, hum, when the time comes, the Sichuan sergeant clan will know how powerful Gan Ning's 10,000 partial divisions are!" However, Lone still hopes that Zhang Song is a real surrender, not a fraudulent surrender. ”

……

Xiangyang, the hall of the state pastor's house.

Liu Biao stretched out his hand and pointed at the Jingxiang clan who were pushed to the ground, and said with a cruel smile: "Drag them all out...... Owl Head! ”

"Who dares to harm my lord's surname!?"

Liu Biao's voice fell, and a thunderous shout suddenly sounded outside the hall, and then a team of armor soldiers swarmed in from outside the hall, swords and swords raised together, and the dozens of savage soldiers of Fanwang Shamoke confronted each other, and the first general, holding a spear, majestic, was the Yanmen Zhang Liao.

"Zhang Liao!" Liu Qi said, "How did you get in?" ”

"Humph!" Zhang Liao snorted and shouted, "Just because those wild people outside are born, they are also worthy of a certain way?" ”

"Shamoko!" Zhang Qi hurriedly shouted to the king of Fan, Shamoke, "Kill him, kill them quickly!" ”

"Whew."

Fan Wang Shamoke raised his head to the sky and roared, and suddenly the heavy iron thistle bone was already lifted into the air, and then a dark and strange trajectory was drawn in the air and smashed down on Zhang Liao's head.

"The light of the fireflies is also worthy of competing with the bright moon?"

Zhang Liaoqing snorted, and stabbed the gun like lightning accurately and ruthlessly on Shamoke's thistle bones, only to hear a clear sound, Shamoke's thistle bones bounced back at a faster speed, and Shamoke couldn't hold it and was forced to drift back a few steps by this rebound.

Shamoke suddenly changed color, and Fanwang, who had always been conceited and brave, never thought that Zhang Liao's strength was far superior to him.

Zhang Liao forced Shamoke back with a shot, then looked up to the sky and let out a long roar, his slender body had already risen into the air, and the heavy iron spear stabbed Shamoke's throat like a long rainbow of lightning through the sky.

"Poof!"

Zhang Liao put away his gun and retreated, blood splashed out of Shamoke's throat like a gushing spring, and the eyes of the savage Fanwang, who were as wide as copper bells, dimmed in an instant, and his expression was gone.

"Tiger!"

Zhang Liao's spear shook, and the tip of the blood-dripping spear pointed at Liu Qi.

Liu Qi's soul was all rising, and he rushed to the screen with a shout, Zhang Liao's face was murderous, and he threw the spear in his hand into the air, Liu Qi was pierced by the spear before he could run to the screen, and the spear was castrated, and he flew forward with Liu Qi's corpse, and finally nailed it to the pillar of the hall where the two embraced.

The fierce battle only lasted less than half a pillar of incense before it was quickly stopped, and the dozens of savage soldiers brought by King Shamoke were all ambushed, and Zhang Liao's dozens of elite soldiers had completely controlled the entire meeting hall, and the Jingxiang clans who had slipped around from the ghost gate were shocked, and they turned around one by one to stare at Liu Biao with vicious eyes.

Liu Biao exchanged in a cold sweat, retreated to the main position step by step, and finally fell down the steps.

"Someone! Come on, come on, come on......"

There was a suffocating silence in the hall, only Liu Biao's hoarse shouts echoed, so pale and powerless, like a lamb to the slaughter, making its last wail before dying.

"No more shouting!" Zhang Liao said coldly, "The two thousand soldiers of Shamoke, the king of Wuling, have been slaughtered, and no one will come to save you even if you shout out your throat." ”

"Huh?" Liu Biao's face immediately turned pale, and he still struggled and said, "Liu Pan, there are still five thousand elite soldiers of Liu Pan!" It won't be long before Liu Pan's 5,000 elite soldiers will enter Xiangyang City, Lone has already arranged everything, even if you kill Lone, Liu Pan won't be able to spare you, ho ho ho! ”

"Liu Pan is here!"

Liu Biao's voice fell, and a burst of drinking suddenly sounded outside the hall.

Immediately, a mass of objects suddenly threw in from outside the hall door, and it bounced twice on the ground and rolled to Liu Biao's feet, Liu Biao looked at it urgently, but it was a human head, eyebrows, and a hideous expression, and it was actually his own subordinate Liu Pan, Liu Biao's surprise was not trivial.

In the sound of hurried footsteps, Cai Zhong and Cai He, who were wearing heavy armor, had already walked in from outside the hall, followed by a murderous group of armor soldiers. Cai Zhong found Cai Mao from the crowd and shouted: "Big brother, if it weren't for Gong Cao's help this time, you and I would have three brothers and hundreds of families, all of whom would have been victimized by Liu Biao's thieves!" ”

"Liu Biao's old thief!" Cai Mao's eyes showed a hideous look, stepped forward and stepped on Liu Biao's head, and said with a cruel smile, "What else do you say?" ”

Liu Biao's face was like ashes, and he was silent.

"Ahh

Cai Mao shouted, drew his sword and personally slashed Liu Biao's head, threw it on the ground, and then knelt on one knee to Cao Ying, shouting: "Cai Mao respectfully asks Cao Gong to guard Jingzhou for herding!" ”

The rest of the Jingxiang clans such as Huang Chengyan, Huang Zu, Wang Wei, Wang Cang, and Han Xuan also knelt on the ground and sang in unison: "I respectfully ask Cao Gong to guard Jingzhou." ”

……

Sword Pavilion, Yan Yan Big Tent.

In the sound of heavy footsteps, Zhang Ren, who was fully dressed and customary, had already entered with his usual belt, and hugged his fists to Yan Yan and said: "The old general is so anxious to recall the last general from Jiameng Pass, I don't know what is urgent?" ”

Yan Yan said: "Meng Dao (Zhang Renbiaozi, apocryphal) still asks the two adults, and the old man is also puzzled." ”

Zhang Ren looked around and saw Fei Shi, Wang Lei, and Wang Pingsu standing in the tent, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "It turns out that the two adults and Zijun (Wang Ping's cousin) are all there, and the last general is really rude." ”

Fei Shi smiled: "The general doesn't have to mind, hehe." ”

Yan Yan said with a solemn hand: "The two adults, as well as Meng Dao and Zi, are all invited to sit at the table." ”

The five people sat down, Fei Shiqing coughed, and suddenly asked Yan Yan and Zhang Rendao: "I take the liberty to ask the two generals a sentence, what are you fighting for guarding Jiameng Pass and Sword Pavilion?" ”

Yan Yan didn't answer.

Zhang Ren waved his hand to the south and said loudly: "Naturally, I am fighting for the lord." ”

Fei Shi asked again: "Then what is the lord fighting for?" ”

"This ......," Zhang Ren paused, and reluctantly replied, "Naturally, it is for the imperial court to defend Xichuan." ”

"Okay." Fei Shi said, "Where is the son today?" ”

Zhang Ren said: "Luoyang." ”

Fei Shi said: "Since the Son of Heaven is in Luoyang, and Lianghou is the prime minister, the two generals are not guilty of making trouble by choking Jiameng Pass and Sword Pavilion and blocking the imperial army from entering Sichuan?" ”

Zhang Rendao: "Gongju (Fei Shibiao words, changed it) Lord This is wrong, Ma Yue's name is Han Xiangshi is a Han thief, although the Son of Heaven is really held hostage by the horse butcher in Luoyang and can't help himself, the lord is a relative of the Han family, he should serve the imperial court, and guard a foundation for the Son of Heaven, how can he let the rebels of the horse butcher enter Xichuan?" ”

Yan Yan, who had never been silent, suddenly said: "Meng Dao doesn't need to say this, in fact, you and I both know what's going on, Xichuan is Xichuan from Xichuan, how can you allow an outsider like a horse butcher to get involved?" This is all the reason why the old man and Meng Dao guarded Jiameng Pass and Sword Pavilion and refused to allow the Xiliang army to enter Sichuan. ”

Zhang Ren did not refute, obviously acquiescing to Zhang Ren's meaning, in fact, this is indeed the case.

Fei Shi smiled slightly, and said happily: "The old general still dares to tell him bluntly, so I have to ask the old general, are Liu Yan and Liu Zhang's father and son from Xichuan?" Are Wu Yi and Pang Xi from Xichuan? Although Dong Fu and Zhao Wei are from Sichuan, their grandparents have already moved to the Central Plains, and in fact, they can no longer be regarded as real Xichuan people! ”

Fei Shi's voice fell, and Wang Lei then said: "Now Xichuan is already an outsider in power, the two generals might as well open their eyes and see, what is the situation of us real Xichuan people?" Zhang Song has done great things, but he is in a position, Pang Xi and Zhao Wei are only flattering but in high positions; Dong Fu and Wu Yijin can't go into battle to kill the enemy, and retreat is not enough to deter the three armies, but they have heavy troops, and the two generals bravely champion the three armies, and the famous Xichuan is a partial general, guarding the border and danger, and his subordinates are only two or three thousand soldiers, is this the Xichuan that the two generals want to see? Could this be the two generals who did not hesitate to throw their heads and spill their blood for it, and this Xichuan who was shrouded in horse leather? ”

"This ......"

Zhang Ren and Yan Yan were speechless at the same time, when it came to going into battle to kill the enemy, a hundred Fei Shi and Wang Lei were not two opponents, but it could be said that they were arguing, but I was afraid that a thousand Zhang Ren and Yan Yan were far from being the enemies of Fei Shi and Wang Lei. But having said that, Yan Yan and Zhang Ren also felt that Fei Shi and Wang Lei were right, and the current Xichuan was indeed not the Xichuan that the two hoped for.

Fei Shi took a deep breath, calmed down the excitement in her heart a little, and then said: "The matter of Ren Gong (Ren Qi) and Jia Gong (Jia Long), the two generals are not strangers, right? If you want to talk about loyalty, Ren Gong and Jia Gong can be said to be loyal to Liu Yan, but what will happen in the end? It's not that Liu Yan borrowed the knife of Dongzhou Shi to kill him! ”

Wang Lei said: "Why did Liu Yan do this? Because the prestige of Ren Gong and Jia Gong is too high, it has threatened Liu Yan's status, and Liu Yan does not want us Xichuan people to truly control their own destiny one day. ”

Zhang Rendao: "Then let the horse butcher enter Sichuan, can we Xichuan people really control our own destiny?" ”

Fei Shi said: "Lord Zhang Song has already brought his hand-drawn topographic map of Xichuan to Luoyang, Lord Zhang Song's ability The two generals should be very clear, we should believe that he can seek due benefits for the people of Xichuan!" With the wisdom of an adult, if Prime Minister Ma wants to play tricks, he will definitely not be able to escape his eyes. ”

Wang Ping suddenly said: "The two adults, the old general, Meng Dao, are from humble backgrounds, and they want to say a few words from the position of the people of Xichuan, I don't know if you are willing to listen?" ”

Yan Yan said with his hands: "Zijun said that it doesn't matter. ”

Wang Ping said solemnly: "The people of Xichuan don't want to fight, they don't care whether Xichuan is surnamed Liu or Ma, they just hope that Xichuan will not make a military disaster, and there will be a son of peace!" You might as well take a look at Guanzhong under the rule of Lianghou, and then look at Jingzhou under Liu Biao, Jiangdong under the rule of the Sun family, and Hebei under the rule of Yuan Shao, I don't know what you have found? ”

Yan Yan said solemnly: "As far as the old man knows, the wind and rain in Guanzhong are smooth, and the people are rich, but the Kanto region is full of disasters, and the people are not happy. ”

Fei Shi nodded and said, "Why are the people of Guanzhong rich, because their taxes are very light!" In addition to the tenant farmers who need to pay 60% of the harvest to the government, the people who own their own land only need to pay half of the harvest to the government! Look at our Xichuan again, the tax is a full fifty percent! ”

Zhang Ren's frowning brows gradually relaxed.

In fact, Zhang Ren, like Wang Ping, is also from a humble background, has been accustomed to the hardships of people's livelihood since he was a child, and knows the difficulties of people's lives! Due to the geographical proximity, some news of Guanzhong and Liangzhou will always be brought into Xichuan by some businessmen, and slowly, the people of Xichuan will know the living conditions of the people in Guanzhong.

Attracted by a rich and stable life, many tenant farmers in Xichuan who have no livelihood move to Guanzhong every year, all of which Zhang Ren knows.

And the most important thing is that Ma Yue is now the most powerful separatist warlord, whether it is Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Sun Quan in Jiangdong, or Yuan Shao in Hebei, they can only be beaten, and they can't turn around to crusade against Ma Yue! In other words, only the people under Ma Yue's rule can be protected from the disaster of swords!

Zhang Ren muttered: "Actually, the last general also thinks that letting Lianghou become the lord of Xichuan is a blessing or a curse for the people, at least it will not be worse than now." But the problem is that the old generals and the last generals only have a few thousand men and horses in their hands, while Dong Fu and Wu Yi have more than 100,000 heavy troops. ”

"This general doesn't have to worry!" Fei Shi smiled, "Everything will be decided when Lord Zhang Song returns from Luoyang!" It's just that before Lord Zhang Song returns, you must not leak the matter discussed in the Sword Pavilion today, otherwise, I am afraid that everyone here will not escape death. ”

Yan Yan, Zhang Ren, Wang Lei, Wang Ping and others swore an oath: "If half of today's matter is leaked, it will be said that you will die under the arrows!" ”

……

Luoyang, Xiangfu.

Ma Yue is setting up a feast in the hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Zhang Song, Zhang Song is high in the guest seat, but his usually ugly face looks radiant at this time, and he can be treated so favorably by Prime Minister Ma Yue, which is really beyond Zhang Song's expectations, which also makes Zhang Song more confident in the future of Xichuan.

"Come on, come on." Ma Yue held the wine cup high and said to Zhang Song, "Let's pay homage to Yongnian again, hehe." ”

"Prime Minister." Zhang Song hurriedly shook his hand and said, "It's really too much to drink, and if you drink it again, you'll get drunk." ”

"When you're drunk, you're drunk." Ma Yue laughed and said, "Today, everyone here, if you don't get drunk, you won't return, hahaha." ”

When the banquet was being drunk, suddenly a small official hurriedly entered, and said a few words in Jia Xu's ear, Jia Xu changed color slightly, and hurriedly glanced at Ma Yue, and then left the table under the excuse of changing clothes (the so-called changing clothes, the meaning in the ancient text is to go to the toilet), Ma Yue understood, and after a while, he also left the table under the pretext of leaving the seat, and hurriedly came to the back of the hall.

When Ma Yue arrived, Jia Xu stepped forward and said urgently: "Lord, something big has happened in Jingzhou!" ”

……

(To be continued)