Liu Zhang heard the disappointment and sadness in Fa Zheng's tone, his expression did not change, he looked at the troops fighting bravely in front of him, and said slowly for a long time: "Xiaozhi, it's all at this time, if I really don't trust you, do you think you can still stand by my side?" With your talent, I, Liu Zhang, can't let you be loyal to a desperate situation, and I will definitely kill you. ”

Fa Zheng was suddenly startled and raised his head, "What does the lord mean?" ”

Liu Zhang said in a deep voice: "If you want to know why I didn't let you send an envoy to Pang Xi, you should think about why I brought 5,000 soldiers and horses to Fucheng." ”

Fa Zheng thought for a while and said: "The lord brought 5,000 soldiers and horses to Fucheng, using his body as bait to lure Zhao Wei to attack and annihilate him, but what Fa Zheng didn't understand was that since the lord noticed that Zhao Yun had different intentions, he should sit in Chengdu with his talents.

Using the abundant manpower and material resources of the counties around Chengdu to strengthen the power of the governor's government, gradually encroach on Zhao Wei's forces, and provoke the relationship between Pang Xi and Zhao Wei, leading the two tigers to fight, it is the best policy, why take the risk alone and bring 5,000 soldiers and horses into Fucheng, Fa Zheng thought that this move was very unwise, after all, the lord has the righteousness in his hands, and time is on the side of the lord. ”

Liu Zhang smiled lightly and said: "Xiaozhi, I know that you are a person from Fufeng, not from Xichuan, but why do you only see a corner of Xichuan with your eyes, now Cao Cao dominates the Central Plains, and Yuan Shao of Hebei is in the Yellow River, Sun Bofu dominates Jiangdong, and the subjects of the Shi clan are loyal, do we have to waste all our time on infighting?"

You said that time is on my side, indeed, if this official deliberately does it, after three or five years, Zhao Wei and Pang Xi will definitely be able to be cut off, but what will be the situation after three or five years? Cao Cao and Yuan Shao will have one side win, and when the time comes, the entire north, two-thirds of the population of the Han Dynasty, will all be in the hands of that northern hero, what will we compete with it?

The Sun family's influence in Jiangdong is deeply rooted, and after three or five years, the Jiangdong power is solid, how much strength do we have to spend to defend against this great disaster in the southeast?

If we are in a safe corner, time is on my side, but looking at the world, it is no longer time for me, this is the real reason why I have 5,000 soldiers and horses to come to Fucheng, I want to fight with Zhao Wei quickly, in one fell swoop to level this Xichuan disaster, then to conquer Jingxiang in the east, go north out of Hanzhong, and help the Han world. ”

The night wind was cold, the moonlight sprinkled on the monarchs and ministers at the head of the city wall like silver, the wind lifted the wide placket, Fa Zheng stood quietly, his heart was completely shocked, he didn't expect Liu Zhang to think so far-reaching, in danger, but also mindful of the world, this is a real hero, the previous weak and incompetent lord image, in the eyes of Fa Zheng completely collapsed, and the re-standing is worthy of his loyalty to the king.

Fa Zheng leaned over and said: "The lord is far-sighted, aiming at the world, Fa Zheng is willing to survive with the lord, if this catastrophe does not die, Fa Zheng is willing to drive the lord all his life, liver and brain, in order to become the lord of the king's business." ”

Liu Zhang did not look back at the right, but looked into the distance, no matter how great the ambition is, there must be a life to complete, the current crisis makes Liu Zhang not sure that he can get through, he can only be a real gambler, win, then Xichuan Dingding, defeat, then die without a place to be buried.

"Huang Quan, don't let this official down." Liu Zhang said silently into the distance.

Zhang Ren has personally gone into battle to kill the enemy, blood stained the robe, most of the soldiers who defended the city began to appear in the wall, Liu Bi in the inner city rushed to the city with all the soldiers and horses in the city, including the yamen, and the rest of the three cities in the north, south and west have begun to have rebels scattered by the cavalry into the city, and Fucheng has reached the most critical moment.

Lei Tong also didn't care about attacking the rebels in the dark, joined forces with Deng Xian, stormed Zhao Wei's army camp, and fought with Pang Le's cavalry, but there were 3,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry to block, Lei Tong charged more than ten times in a row, and failed to break through the rebel formation.

"Report, a small group of rebels has entered the city, and Lord Wang Lei is organizing the big families in the city to resist, please send reinforcements quickly." A soldier arrived from the inner city to report.

Liu Zhang let out a sigh of relief and said coldly: "Tell Wang Ti that there are no reinforcements, you let him bring the officials of Fucheng who are willing to be loyal to the official to come to Dongcheng, and the official will fight Zhao Wei to the death in Dongcheng." ”

The soldier hesitated, then replied loudly, "Yes." Then he galloped to the inner city.

Liu Zhang slowly pulled out his sword, raised it high to the sky, and shouted: "Soldiers, the rebel army is attacking the city, we are outnumbered, and now this official is going to fight to the death with the rebels, there are cowards, whether officials, advisers, generals, soldiers, this official allows you to retreat to the inner city, those who are willing to follow this official, follow me to kill the enemy, and burn the jade with the rebels." ”

"The last general swears allegiance to the lord to the death." Zhang Ren slashed down an attacking rebel and bowed down with a knife.

The subordinate general Yang Huai followed and said: "I'd rather splash blood on the head of the city than take a step back." ”

Thousands of blood-soaked soldiers raised their spears and shouted loudly: "Blood spattered Fucheng, never retreat." "Blood spattered Fucheng, never retreat." "Swear allegiance to the lord and kill."

The three armies shouted, the momentum shook the sky, and even the rebels besieging the city did not change their color, and the defenders at the head of the city regained their vitality and fought bravely to kill the enemy on the battlements of each wall, and the rebel offensive was once again repulsed.

Zhao Wei, who supervised the battle under the city, was anxious, and Li Yi also began to worry about the morale and physical strength of the soldiers, and admonished Zhao Wei: "Lord, our four troops take turns to attack the city, each army has attacked the city more than three times, and the physical strength may not be able to support it. ”

"Okay." The impatient Zhao Yun immediately agreed.

More than 10,000 soldiers charged at the same time, in the head of the city of Fucheng can not be placed at all, the head of the city arrow rain down, the rebels are killed by arrows, but the momentum of this collective charge is also extremely violent, the siege ladder is all used, the rebels climb up from various places, the defenders of the city head kill the enemy to the death, but can not stop the tide of rebels, a wall battlement more than 20 soldiers all died, the rebels finally attacked the city.

Liu Zhang didn't think about it, he pulled out his sword and rushed over, and Fa Zheng shouted behind him, but he didn't hear it.

"Protect the lord." Zhang Ren shouted loudly and rushed over with dozens of soldiers, and the rest of the soldiers saw that the lord also raised his sword into battle, and his courage doubled, and even the seriously injured soldiers struggled to stand up to resist the rebels.

Zhang Yiyi stabbed to death a rebel general who attacked the city, blood splashed, the rebels were timid, Liu Zhang led the soldiers to take advantage of the situation to attack, the gap was filled again, half an hour passed, the east city was still under the control of the defenders, and the rebels have shown signs of retreat, some of the rebels fainted on the spot due to physical exhaustion, some were frightened by the soldiers defending the city, ran to the rear, but were killed by the supervision team one by one.

The rebels are almost at the end of their crossbows, and now even if a thousand people join in, they can defend Fucheng, but the defenders at the head of the city are less than a thousand, and most of them are wounded, and they have been able to move their spears, and Fucheng is only lost in a moment.