Liu Bi is Liu Zhang's brother who is not out of five suits, when Liu Yan was in charge of Yizhou, Liu Bi has already defected to the command of this uncle, although Liu Bi has no special talent, but you are obedient and loyal, but also deeply valued by Liu Yan, in the army as Sima, the front of the tent captain. After Liu Zhang became the state pastor, Liu Zhang was promoted to Zhonglang General, and it is obvious that Liu Zhang still relies on this brother of his own family. This time he sent troops to Jiangyang, and Liu Zhang entrusted Liu Bi with the important task of giving him the main general, commanding 50,000 soldiers and horses, so that Liu Bi was proud.

Although Liu Zhang is cowardly, but he can sit in the position of Yizhou Mu, it is not all because of his prescient father, cowardice is only his character rather than his brain, Zhao Wei wanted to take advantage of Liu Yan's death Liu Zhang's weak opportunity to change the sky in Shu, but he was knocked down by Liu Zhang, and for Zhang Lu, Liu Zhang also showed a strong side. Zhang Lu's mother is good at ghost and witchcraft, and she looks quite colorful, Liu Yan often goes in and out of Liu's mansion, hooks up with Liu Yan secretly, and gives birth to a son, because of this relationship, Zhang Lu is becoming more and more arrogant in Hanzhong, and Liu Zhang can only swallow his anger and hold back. The first thing Liu Zhang did after taking power was to kill Zhang's mother and the evil seed she gave birth to, and since then the relationship with Zhang Lu has been bad, and Yizhou and Hanzhong have been constantly fighting.

On the political stage of Yizhou, it is very lively, the local Yizhou system and the foreign Dongzhou system are fighting openly and secretly, and they are fighting each other, but the Liu father and son who are wandering between the two major factions can stand with ease, and it is really biased to say that Liu Zhang is cowardly and incompetent. On the one hand, Liu Zhang reconciled the contradictions between the Yizhou system and the Dongzhou system, and on the other hand, he cultivated his own lineage strength, Liu Zhang, who was born in the Liu clan, was naturally reused, and Liu Zhang valued not his ability but his loyalty, so in this context, the mediocre Liu Bi overpowered many famous generals in Sichuan. Become the commander of an army of 50,000.

It's just that Liu Zhang and Liu Bi didn't know at this time that it was precisely because of Liu Zhang's hasty decision that Liu Yan's hard-working business was completely buried. Liu Bi was proud of the spring breeze, and he deliberately wore a yellow cloak woven with high-quality Shu brocade, standing on the platform, and the early spring wind was blowing through the hunting ground. Flipping his yellow cloak, even Liu Bi himself felt what it meant to be full of spirit.

But in the eyes of Zhang Ren, who was standing under Liu Ren's left head, he was quite disdainful, in Liu Ren's own opinion, he was full of spirit, and in Zhang Ren's eyes, he should be a villain. Zhang Renbiao is heavy, a native of Shu County, and in the year of his establishment, this man in Sichuan is not tall, and he does not have the kind of bravery of ordinary generals. At first glance, there is still a bit of elegant temperament, in fact, Zhang Ren has been holding a position before, and only showed his strength when he quelled Zhao Wei's rebellion, and then transferred to the military position, among the generals in Sichuan, he is a rare all-round talent in civil and military affairs. Zhang Ren was born in a poor family, although he was a native of Shu County. But it has nothing to do with the Yizhou Shi faction, and he was promoted to an assistant after being valued by Liu Yan for an occasional opportunity. has come to this day step by step with his own talents, so he doesn't have a good impression of Liu Bi, who has risen to prominence by virtue of his clan relationship.

But that disdainful look was only a flash, Zhang Ren was calm and introverted, resolute and self-respecting, and his joy and anger were invisible, since Liu Zhang came to arrange Liu Bi to be the coach. Zhang Ren naturally did not have any opinions, as Liu Bi's deputy, Zhang Ren's primary responsibility was to assist Liu Bi in completing this task.

But this mission is different from quelling the barbarians and suppressing the rebellion, Liu Ze, the king of Jing, is a famous god of war, and he took Jingzhou and Jiangdong in the south of Huainan. The prestige is famous, and this time it is even more unexpected to enter the army from the wild south, disrupting all the strategic deployments of Yizhou in one fell swoop, almost descending from the sky, and its elusive way of using troops makes Zhang Ren feel a deep headache, this is definitely a difficult opponent.

After leaving Chengdu, Liu Bi was greedy for merit and ordered the army to go south from Wuyang and point directly at Jiangyang. Zhang Ren reminded Liu Bi and said: "Liu Ze is well versed in Tao and has a good strategy, and the text is complemented by Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun. ”

Liu Bi was still immersed in the flutter of taking power for the first time, and he was quite unimpressed with Zhang Ren's words. "Liu Ze traveled thousands of miles to detour around Nanzhong, this is a tired division, the end of the strong crossbow, what is there to fear? Jiangyang projectile small city, Liu Ze's army first came, the grain and grass are not continued, the baggage is missing, our army should take advantage of its foothold is not stable, two ways to attack, in one fell swoop, Zizhong is familiar with the book of soldiers, should know the truth of the speed of soldiers. ”

Zhang Ren said: "Liu Ze has been good at fighting for a long time, planning deeply, Jiangyang City, can not stay for a long time, in the opinion of the next, Liu Ze will definitely not be able to sit and wait for death, and when our army attacks Jiangyang on both roads, it will inevitably abandon Jiangyang, our army marches according to the original plan, but I am afraid that when I reach Jiangyang City, Liu Ze has already fled." ”

Liu Ze smiled and said, "Then according to Zizhong's opinion, what will Liu Ze flee to?" Will you cross the river and return to Nanzhong? ”

Deng Xian and Leng Bao echoed and laughed: "What the general said is very true, Liu Ze heard that our army was encircled and suppressed, and he would definitely flee back to that barren land with his tail between his legs." ”

Everyone laughed, but Zhang Ren didn't laugh, he didn't think it was a very funny joke, and said lightly: "Liu Ze has always been known for his danger when he uses soldiers, and it is expected that Liu Ze is very likely to jump out of the siege and attack Deyang in the north." Deyang is in the east of Fushui, east of Ba County, west of Chengdu, north of Langzhong, this is the belly of Bashu. If Liu Ze wants to open up the road to the east of Sichuan and lead the troops of Yiling into Sichuan, he must capture the White Emperor, and if he wants to win the White Emperor, he must first take Deyang. ”

Liu Bi said: "Deyang is in danger of flooding, the lord has ordered Yang Huai Gaopei to lead troops to defend it, even if Liu Ze attacks north, how can he take Deyang lightly?" Once trapped under the fortified city, our army will be attacked from east to west, Liu Ze will be in a desperate situation, since Zizhong knows that Liu Ze has a deep strategy, how can he make this low-level mistake? What's more, the purpose of Liu Ze's entry into Sichuan, why did Zizhong conclude that he wanted to capture the White Emperor and lead the troops of Yiling into Sichuan? You must know that the White Emperor is garrisoned by Yan Taishou's 50,000 troops, and he is impregnable in danger, even if Liu Ze tries his best, he may not be able to move a bit. ”

Zhang Ren had a hint of melancholy in his eyes, and said: "Although Liu Ze's current attempt to enter Sichuan is not very clear, but apart from this, does Liu Ze have any other plans?" ”

Liu Bi laughed and said: "Zizhong, fighting is not a guessing puzzle, you are not Liu Ze, how can you know Liu Ze's true thoughts?" The order goes down, the goal remains the same, within ten days, it is necessary to arrive at the city of Jiangyang, and at the same time send scouts to closely monitor the movements of the Jing army, and once it is found that there are signs of movement, report it immediately! ”

Zhang Ren didn't say anything more, his eyes moved to the southeast, but unfortunately he didn't have a pair of clairvoyance, and he couldn't see through the situation of Jiangyang, which was seven hundred miles away, no matter what.

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Jiangyang City was already an empty city, and Liu Ze had already led all the troops out of Jiangyang and quickly advanced northward.

The 70,000 horses and horses of the Sichuan army on the north and east roads came violently towards Jiangyang, and Liu Bi on the north road came very quickly, and the 50,000 army had arrived in Wuyang, and went south along the river, approaching Jiangyang from the northwest. In the Han Dynasty, people mistakenly thought that the Minjiang River was the source of the Yangtze River, so the Minjiang River was regarded as the main stream of the Yangtze River, until the Ming Dynasty Xu Xiake after a field investigation, only to identify the Jinsha River as the source of the Yangtze River, the Minjiang River is just a tributary of the Yangtze River.

The main reason for Li Yan's arrival on the East Road is that Li Yan needs to transfer 15,000 men and horses from Brazil and the White Emperor to join the 5,000 defenders of Ba County, but Ba County is only four or five hundred miles away from Jiangyang, and at present, Li Yan's army has been assembled in Ba County, and it can be allocated within one or two days, so it seems that the time for the East Route Army to arrive under Jiangyang City will not be much slower than that of the North Route Army.

Jiangyang is just the scale of a county seat, the city walls are not strong, the grain and grass are scarce, and it is impossible to hold it for a long time, for Liu Ze, Jiangyang is just a springboard, a bait, to attract the main force of the Sichuan army, its purpose has been achieved. (To be continued......)