The expected battle of Cao Liu finally began, and the day after the discussion of the governor's office, the news of Cao's army breaking through the subject state of Badong came.

Of course, the above-mentioned Cao Liu, Cao Zi is indeed talking about Cao Cao, but Liu Zi is not Liu Bei, but Liu Zhang, who is bent on keeping Cao Cao out of Yizhou.

Zhang Ren personally put on armor, 30,000 soldiers and horses poured into the Badong subject country from the Yizhen battalion outside Chengdu, this time, in addition to the 30,000 Yizhen battalion soldiers who belonged to Zhang Ren, there were no other soldiers and horses to help, Yizhou troops are quite rich, whether it is the soldiers and horses controlled by the Yizhou Shizu group, or the Dongzhou group, there are 100,000 in total, and there are only tens of thousands of people who really belong to Liu Zhang's lineage.

It's just that, as the lord of Yizhou, Liu Zhang naturally has the right to command and dispatch the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, although since Liu Yan's death, this right seems to have been almost wiped out.

Badong vassal state borders Jingzhou, after Liu Yan entered Shu as Yizhou pastor, Danxing, Hanfa two counties as counties, Liu Zhang succeeded to the throne, in addition to the promotion of Fuling County to the place of governance, there was no huge change, until Liu Bei entered Shu, this changed the name of Badong subject country to Fuling County, the jurisdiction is similar to the Qianjiang, Pengshui, Wulong, Youyang and other places in the southeast of Sichuan today, and the Badong subject country has become the first fire of Cao Cao's knife.

The 20,000 Cao army easily took the four counties of the Badong subject country, just a battle, and Cao Cao's fierce combat effectiveness made the generals stationed in the Badong subject country fearful.

"Speed up the march"

Gathering several groups of defeated soldiers who had fled from the subject country of Badong, Zhang Ren's eyes were slightly downcast, and his short and sturdy body sat on the horse. The thick arm waved. The angry shouts shocked tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

"Speed up the march"

"General Zhang has an order. The ministries speed up the march"

"Speed up the march"

Zhang Ren has great prestige in the Yizhou military, with his angry shout, the speed of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses marching suddenly accelerated a lot, in the hot summer, all sweating, fortunately, the Shu people are heat-resistant, and they are good at galloping in the mountains and forests. Therefore, the impact of this hot weather on this army is not very great.

Along the way, only Zhang Ren and a few generals have war horses to ride, although Shu also has self-produced horses, however, there are not many people who can really be picked out as war horses, so Shu does not have a decent cavalry, at most it can only be used for transmission of information and transportation, and it is definitely not as good as the cool and three states.

The war horse is walking, but Zhang Ren's thoughts are wandering between heaven and earth.

The discussion of the state pastoral government two days ago is still vivid, and Liu Zhang's panic and gaffe. It really made Zhang Ren very angry in his heart, as the lord of a state. Before the enemy arrived, he was already in a panic, and he didn't have the gas that a male should have, compared to his father Liu Yan, Zhang Ren only sighed helplessly.

"The battle hasn't been fought yet, so I want to welcome Liu Bei into Shu, Zhang Ziqiao...."

Zhang Ren on horseback shook his head, and suddenly remembered the proposal proposed by Zhang Song, who was also a member of the Yizhou Shizu Group, and suddenly became even more annoyed, in the final analysis, a force cannot be a pool of clear water, there will always be people who disturb it, if it is to the end, Zhang Ren can actually be regarded as the fish that wantonly muddies this pool of clear water.

Yizhou Shizu Group, just looking at the name can also see one or two, in the final analysis, it is a group of Yizhou local family members of the power alliance, and although Zhang Ren is also a native of Yizhou, the background is not very good, the son of a poor family, in this era, it is really not easy to mix up, and the reason why Zhang Ren can be accepted by the Yizhou Shizu Group is because of the strong force in his hands.

The reason why Liu Yan supported Zhang Ren back then, is not so obscure, these years, although Zhang Ren and the Dongzhou Group have drawn a clear line, but also to the Liu family loyal general, when to extinguish Zhao Wei's rebellion, not only the Dongzhou Group made a great effort, at that time the young Zhang Ren also fought bloodily for a long time, compared with most of the generals of the Yizhou Shizu Group as a wall-to-wall view, Zhang Ren did not hesitate to enter the battle, and after that commendable battle, this established Zhang Ren's position in Liu Zhang's heart, and the appearance of famous generals gradually became known to the world.

The two major groups in Yizhou are powerful, but they have too many selfishness, but they are the children of the Hanmen led by Zhang Ren, who are indeed really grateful to Liu Yan and Liu Zhang's two generations of father and son for the pastoral grace of Yizhou, in a certain situation, their first consideration is not their own interests, just like Zhang Song of the Yizhou Shizu Group gave Liu Zhang a suggestion, Zhang Ren was the first to jump out to express his opposition.

"Choose a Ming Duke to enter Shu and fight against Cao thieves"

Zhang Ren jumped out in the first place, and almost knocked Zhang Song down with a mouthful of saliva, so much so that Zhang Song could also say it, Pang Xi asked indifferently, "Who do you think is better?" ”

Then Zhang Ren understood that this was not Zhang Song's decision alone, different from the direction of history, Zhang Song did not represent Liu Zhang to see Cao Cao, nor did he join forces with Fa Zheng to welcome Liu Bei into Shu, but simply represented the interests of the Yizhou Shizu Group, Liu Zhang can no longer bring them any benefits, but has been suppressed by Liu Zhang and Dongzhou Group in recent years, based on this premise, some people have been careful, Xuzhou and Yizhou have a lot of correspondence in the first two years, that is, Zhang Ren also received a few, The man's wolf-like ambition was no longer disguised this time.

"Liu Xuzhou and the lord are clan brothers, and they can form an alliance with him."

When Zhang Song said this, seeing that Du Weizhen, Zhou Dong and Qin Mi were silent, Zhang Ren knew that this was probably the collective choice of the Yizhou Shizu Group, and the Yizhou Shizu Group was cleaned up dozens of families after Zhao Wei's rebellion.

To a certain extent, although the Yizhou Shizu Group needs his fame to help, it has not reached the point of indispensability, and there are many outstanding generals of the Yizhou Shizu Group, although without Zhang Ren's support, the influence will decline a lot, but compared to the benefits that each family can plunder, this little loss is actually nothing.

And this, naturally, is also the most important factor for Zhang Song, Du Weizhen, Zhou Dong and Qin Mi and others to bypass Zhang Ren and propose to welcome Liu Bei into Shu.

"For the sake of selfish gain, why bother?"

Zhang Ren sighed lightly, he is also a person from Yizhou, if he can, he doesn't want to stand on the opposite side with Zhang Song, Du Weizhen, Zhou Dong and Qin Mi and others one day, but if they really invite Liu Bei into Yizhou, at that time, it will be easy to invite God and difficult to send God, Zhang Songchen Zhou and others are careful thinking, how can he not see it.

"Big brother, do you want to inform Master Huang about this matter?" At this moment, Liu Bi, who was on the right side of Zhang Ren, asked softly.

Liu Bi is Zhang Ren's deputy general, has always been known for his loyalty, the first time I heard that Zhang Song and others suggested that Liu Zhang welcome Liu Bei in Xuzhou into Shu, Liu Bi was also very angry on the spot, even he could see Zhang Song and others' ill intentions, if Liu Zhang agreed, then the family business of the two generations of father and son may be in vain.

"Gongheng should have received the news as well."

Zhang Ren said indifferently: "But his position needs to be considered." ”

When Liu Quan heard this, he was a little silent, Huang Quan is different from them, although the relationship is not bad on weekdays, but Huang Quan's background is destined that he cannot support Liu Zhang unreservedly like Zhang Ren and Liu Bi and others.

"If even Master Huang agrees to welcome Liu Bei into Shu, where should we go?" Liu Bi asked in a deep voice.

"Let's take one step at a time"

Zhang Ren shook his head, and suddenly felt a little envious of those two junior disciples, at least, they got enough stage for them to display their talents, but what about him? Shu has been in the army for more than ten years, but he is still so aggrieved.

"Let's drive Cao Cao out of Lu first, and as for the rest of the matter, I can only persuade the lord again." Zhang Ren said in a deep voice.

"The last general understands," Liu Xuan said, hugging his fists.

Zhang Ren nodded slightly, glanced at the sky, and a resolute look appeared on his face again, and said loudly: "Before noon tomorrow, we must rush to Fuling County, if it is delayed for a moment, it will be dealt with by military law." ”

The deputy general Liu Bi and dozens of generals not far away all looked stunned, and suddenly shouted: "Oh." ”

The 30,000 Yizhou army was like a torrent, rushing towards the direction of Fuling, Zhang Renzhi's army was known for its strictness, so including Liu Bi did not dare to defy the law, with the urging of generals at all levels, the speed of the march increased a lot again.

Under the sunset, Cao Jun, who was far away in the subject country of Badong, also ushered in the first night of entering Shu, and after tonight, even the pawns knew what would greet them tomorrow. (To be continued......)