Under the city of Chengdu, Liu Yan's army besieged the city for ten days, attacked the city for ten days, killed more than 10,000 wounded, killed 2,000 enemies, and still did not break through Chengdu. At this time, rumors spread in the army, first Liu Yan's strategist Zhang Su was imprisoned, and then there were rumors that there was no food in the army. What's even more terrifying is that it was faintly rumored that Liu Yan's generals Zhang Wei and Gao Pei wanted to lead their troops to surrender to the enemy, which made the people in the army panic and uncomfortable.

"General, you and I were the only ones present in the conversation that day, could it be that the general was suspicious of the last general?" In Zhang Wei's solitary military tent, Gao Pei was yelling at Zhang Wei at this time. Zhang Wei glanced up at Gao Pei, stood up nervously and grabbed Gao Pei, and said: "Renzhi has been following a certain brother since he was in charge of Ba County, and he is even more loyal to him. "Regardless of whether what Zhang Wei said is true or false, what Zhang Wei needs most at this time is allies, although the rumors in the army dare not spread openly, but secretly, Zhang Wei knows it clearly, Zhang Wei always feels that Liu Yan is going to deal with himself, at this time, one more helper will have one more chance to live.

Gao Pei was slightly determined in his heart, at least seeing Zhang Wei's expression was quite real, Gao Pei sat down dejectedly, and he didn't expect that the unintentional conversation and complaint between the two that day would now spread throughout the entire camp. Now that Liu Yan's attack is not smooth, even his confidant Zhang Su is willing to be imprisoned, not to mention Zhang Wei Gao Pei, Gao Pei and Zhang Wei have the same sense of crisis. Hu Ran picked up the wine bottle and drank a glass, Gao Pei said fiercely: "General, if you really go to Hanzhong, if you go on like this, you and I will die under the knife of the state pastor sooner or later, and if you don't look at the state pastor in the account today, you will not be called a general, you must be suspicious of the general, and the general can make a decision." ”

Zhang Wei was also excited when he heard this, and then sat down dejectedly, and said dejectedly: "No, no, now Zhang Ren and Zhou Mu are just sandwiching our army in the middle, as long as our army moves slightly, how can only 3,000 men and horses resist the attack on both sides." I knew that it was better to stay in the south to defend Jiangyang, so that I would not be able to advance or retreat here, and even worry about my life. ”

Gao Pei: "General, if you don't surrender at this time, tomorrow's siege of the city will be the head of our army, and the general will be removed by the hand of Chengdu, and it will be a dead general." If you don't raid in the middle of the night tonight, break through the encirclement and go south, presumably the state pastor is anxious about Chengdu City, and will not pursue us too much, as long as the state minister does not pursue, our army can find a place to cross the river in the lower reaches of the Tuojiang River, throw yourself into Deyang, and surrender to Hanzhong. ”

Zhang Wei: "You said that this state pastor is really going to lose?" You know, there are still 20,000 or 30,000 troops in this city. Gao Pei laughed out loud when he heard this: "General, I'm afraid that at this time, the state shepherd can't wait for a smaller number of people in the army, so that he doesn't have to worry about food." General, think about it, in addition to the first three days, in the next few days of siege, there are a few people who are going all out, and a few of the soldiers still have fighting spirit, and even the lackey Zhang Ren ran back yesterday to ask the state pastor for a day off. The general has not been allowed to go to the battlefield for the past two days, does the general feel very lucky, if so, the general will be wrong. The reason why the state pastor did not use our army to attack the city was not to sympathize with our army, but to guard against the general, which shows that the state pastor has believed the rumors. It's okay that Lord Zhou Mu doesn't need a general, as long as the general comes forward to attack the city, then it will be the time when the general and I die. ”

The more Zhang Wei listened, the more frightened he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt reasonable, and the more it seemed to be like that. Liu Yan had already stopped fighting the siege of Liangtian without Zhang Wei, and Zhang Wei's army didn't even take a step in the barracks. It may be that Liu Yan is not fully prepared, as long as Liu Yan makes up his mind and prepares, Zhang Wei can only be a turtle in the urn at that time. Okay, just leave tonight, just go back, and hope that Liu Yan will not chase after you.

In the evening, the army had just eaten, and the soldiers were chatting in groups of three or five, talking about when it would be over, and some of them were gossiping in the army, and they were immediately drunk by the older ones, and they were not killed, so they were carefully pulled out and cut down to disturb the morale of the army. At this time, in Liu Yan's camp, a scout rushed in: "Your Excellency, General Zhang's camp suddenly gathered officers above the commander to discuss matters. Liu Yan was shocked, this scout was placed by Liu Yan in Zhang Wei's army, and the General Zhang he was talking about at this time was naturally Zhang Wei, and it could not be another General Zhang. Zhang Ren was in his account at this time, and Huang Quan over there was also shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward and said to Liu Yan: "Lord, Zhang Shouyi is going to make a move like this." ”

Liu Yan slapped the wooden case angrily and said angrily: "The rumors are true." Huang Quan said: "My lord, there are two possibilities for this matter, one is that the rumors are true, and the other is that the rumors were spread by the enemy. The lord still remembers the lord's actions towards General Zhang in the past two days, and it is also possible that General Zhang was deeply afraid that the lord would harm him. Liu Yan's defense of Zhang Wei, Huang Quan was strongly opposed, and at this time, the loyal and upright Huang Quan said it directly. Liu Yan was extremely faceless in his heart, and shouted at Huang Quan angrily: "Could it be that someone is still wrong, you have to wait until the repeated villain cuts off the head of a certain person before taking precautions." ”

There are more and more children of the scholar clan who have fled, and Liu Yan has become more and more suspicious in the past year or so, especially the more and more distrustful of the scholar clan in Shu, Yang Huai surrendered to the enemy again, and then Zhang Su's family was released for no reason. Although Huang Quan knew that Zhang Su should be loyal, he could only persuade Liu Yan not to kill Zhang Su, and there were so many rumors at this time, Liu Yan became even more suspicious, looking at everyone like a traitor. Now Liu Yan has a few old friends who followed him into Shu in addition to his son, and Huang Quan and Zhang Ren are still trusted. Huang Quan has a feeling that he is unable to support himself, Liu Yan suspects that the more people he will lose, the more support he will lose, so that in the end, there will be a few people who will really help Liu Yan, but it is impossible with Huang Quan and Zhang Ren.

After Liu Yan finished scolding, he may also feel that he has gone a little too far with Huang Quan, and said in a soothing tone: "No matter what happened at the beginning, now that Zhang Shouyi is like this, what should our army do, does Gongheng have a plan?" Huang Quan's mood came and went quickly, and when he heard Liu Yan ask about the plan, he also remembered what was the urgent matter at the moment, so he said: "Lord, you can order General Zhang and all the generals above Qu Chang to come to the military account to discuss the matter, just say that the whole army will discuss the war, as long as General Zhang comes here, the lord will order someone to go forward to appease his troops, and order General Zhang to go back early tomorrow morning and immediately lead his troops to attack Chengdu City, so that General Zhang will not have time to plan even if he has objections in his heart." Liu Yan high-fived and applauded, as long as Zhang Wei attacked Chengdu tomorrow, he would not want to come back alive, only 3,000 people would never be able to take Chengdu, even if Zhang Wei or returned, Liu Yan would have an excuse to remove his military power, and Zhang Wei would not be terrible without soldiers.

Nearly a dozen people in Zhang Wei's camp were Zhang Wei Gaopei's cronies, and they were talking vigorously at this time, when suddenly there was a shout outside, and they heard Zhang Wei's guards shouting: "No one is allowed to enter without the general's order." Then a more arrogant voice came: "On the contrary, a certain is a herald under the command of the state pastor, and the guards dare to stop a certain person, not looking for death." Then there was a faint sound of drawing a knife, and Zhang Wei's guards were probably not easy to mess with, and they were about to clash. Zhang Wei was shocked, Liu Yan's herald? Zhang Wei looked at Gao Pei and saw Gao Pei and said, "General, stop it quickly, you can't be impulsive at this time." ”

Zhang Wei immediately shouted outside: "Who is making noise outside? The colonels in the military tent stopped making a sound, and they heard a person rushing in outside: "General......" Before he finished speaking, Zhang Weiyi waved his hand: "Please come in." But he didn't even move, but he didn't know that this move made the sensitive herald see it clearly, and Zhang Wei didn't dare to treat Liu Yan's herald like this before. At least stand up and listen to orders, and now sit on the seat and don't move.

As soon as the herald said Liu Yan's words, he immediately withdrew, and hurriedly rushed back to report, it seems that Zhang Wei really has two hearts. At this time, Zhang Wei's military tent was also noisy, and at this time, Zhang Wei was asked to discuss the matter, and he also brought the officers with him, doesn't this make it clear what he is doing. Gao Pei also hurriedly said to Zhang Wei: "General, the situation has changed, it seems that Lord Zhou Mu has seen our every move, and our army is in danger." ”

In Chengdu City, Chen Lin and others would gather together to summarize the situation and arrange tasks after the arduous defense of the city every day, and at this time the scouts rushed over: "My lord, there is an abnormal movement of the enemy army outside the city. Chen Lin and the others panicked, thinking that Liu Yangou jumped over the wall overnight to attack the city, and several people hurriedly got on their horses and rushed to the city wall. Chen Lin took a look at the heights, only to see the torches of the enemy camp in the dark, and there was a fire dragon on the left and right sides of Liu Yan's camp rushing towards the middle, and the middle part was also burning, as if he was about to withdraw from the camp and go back. Chen Lin pointed to the camp outside the city and asked the scouts beside him, "Who is the commander of that?" The scout looked at it and responded: "On the left is the 5,000 army of Yang Ren, the general of the state pastor, and on the right is the 20,000 horses of the state pastor's headquarters, and the middle seems to be the three or four thousand troops of General Zhang Shouyi, another general of the state pastor." ”

Jia Xu immediately came to his senses and laughed: "Lord, if it is done, it must be Zhang Shouyi and the state pastor who are opposed, Zhang Shouyi wants to break away from the state pastor camp and is discovered by the state pastor." Lord, you see, the two fire dragons on the left and right must be the soldiers and horses of the state pastor who urgently ordered the army to outflank Zhang Shouyi. Zhang Song also understood in an instant, after all, the rumor-mongering was a plan he and Jia Xu made together, and opened his mouth and said: "It's a pity that Liu Zhoumu is careless, if the state pastor sends another army to the city wall to form a formation to strictly guard against our army, it would be good, at this time, the state pastor took care of Zhang Shouyi, the lord, Song suggested that the lord take advantage of the chaos to attack, and he will definitely be able to fight." ”

At this time, most of Liu Yan's army's attention was indeed dominated by Zhang Wei, and no one thought that the precarious Chengdu City would have the courage to go out of the city. Chen Lin looked at Jia Xu and Zhang Song, and nodded excitedly when he saw that both of them were excited. Chen Lin had a certain idea, looked back at Gao Shun, Gao Shun came to his senses, and stepped forward and said: "My lord, there are still more than 2,000 soldiers in our army who can fight. ”

Chen Lin shook his head, it was not enough, he glanced at Yang Huai, gritted his teeth and said: "Fate Gao Shun is the master, lead all the soldiers and horses in the city to attack immediately, all the soldiers and horses." Yang Nian was ordered to go to the prisoner camp first to select 1,000 people to form an army from the new and immediately take charge of the defense and security of Chengdu. Jia Xu, Zhang Song and others immediately exclaimed, without caring about Yang Huai's affection, and shouted loudly: "The lord can't." Yang Huai was excited, what a lot of trust this is.

Chen Lin glared and shouted: "The military aircraft is urgent, act immediately, and no one shall have any objections." He turned to look at the enemy camp where shouts began to be heard. Chen Lin thought silently in his heart, it was not a trap, it was not a trap.