A gap in the encirclement flashed, Meng Shu took a look, and a familiar red figure came into his eyes, and suddenly this tall barbarian had tears in his eyes, jumped off the horse, threw away the scimitar in his hand, stepped forward, hugged his beloved woman in his arms, and said in a choked voice: "Chun, I thought I would never see you again in this life." ”

Zhu Rongchun also said with tears in his eyes: "In the chaos of the army that day, I already thought that I would die at the feet of the war elephants, but fortunately I was rescued by General Zhao Yun and saved from death." King Jing treats me very well, and today you and I are reunited, which is also the grace of King Jing, and the king must not be an enemy of King Jing again. ”

Meng Shu let go of Zhu Rongchun, and walked awe-inspiring to Liu Zema, his black tower-like body was shortened, he knelt straight on the ground, knocked Liu Ze a few times, and said loudly: "Meng Shu is a foolish and barbaric person, he doesn't know King Jing's great grace, and he has repeatedly committed respectful faces, please punish King Jing, Meng Shu is willing to accept his guilt!" ”

Liu Ze got off the horse, picked Meng up with his own hands, and said, "Since King Meng is willing to recognize me as a friend, why should he be polite." One of King Meng's subordinates, I also brought it to Sanjiang City, and together with Mrs. Zun, I returned it to King Meng. Duo Si is dead, and from today on, King Meng is the lord of the three rivers. ”

Meng Shu was surprised and delighted, Liu Ze not only gave back his wife and subordinates, but also gave him the rich Sanjiang City, and couldn't help but be grateful, and Zhu Rongchun, Zhu Rongliang, Meng You, etc. prostrate on the ground, thanking Liu Ze for his grace.

"King Jing Tianwei, Meng is happy and convinced, a certain son and grandson will be grateful for King Jing's great kindness, come to the dynasty every year, pay tribute every year, and never dare to rebel again!"

At this time, Zhao Yun had already pacified Sanjiang City, and Liu Ze and Meng Shu stepped into Sanjiang City together, bought cattle wine, and feasted for three days. Meng was grateful for Liu Ze's kindness and swore in front of the gods that he would never rebel. After Meng was surrendered. The cave owners of the eighteen caves of the nine mountains in the south all came to worship, and each sent jade agate and rare treasures to show their surrender. Liu Ze accepted the gift, said kind words and comforted, and gave them official positions and acted in place. The barbarian lords were convinced and grateful.

After three days of rest, Liu Ze ordered his army and prepared to cross Lushui north and march to central Sichuan.

The reason why Liu Ze didn't dare to stay in Sanjiang City was that south of Lushui was the territory of Meng Shu and the barbarian kings of Nanzhong, but after crossing Lushui, he entered Liu Zhang's control area. Although Liu Zhang did not control the area south of Lushui, the battle in Sanjiang City was hot. Liu Zhang may not have spies to spy on the situation here, if Liu Zhang knew that he was already in Sanjiang City at the moment, he would definitely adjust the defense deployment, and his plan to attack Sichuan would be aborted, so Liu Ze did not dare to be slack at all, and after arranging all the things in Sanjiang City, he immediately prepared to cross the river.

Just when Liu Ze ordered his troops and horses, he left Sanjiang City. When he was about to order the Zhouqiao camp to erect a pontoon bridge, Meng was riding a horse. shouted: "King Jing can't! ”

Liu Ze was very curious, the matter in Nanzhong was decided, could it be difficult for Meng to get it, and there were other things that could not be done? I heard Meng Shu say: "The miasma of Lushui is raging, the sun is exposed during the day, and the miasma on the river is pervasive, so if you want to cross the river at this time." He will be poisoned and die in the river. You have to wait for the night to be quiet and the water is cool. ”

Lushui is the Jinsha River in later generations, the source of the Yangtze River, in the Han Dynasty, it was a wild place. Sparsely populated, smoke miasma reborn, it is precisely because Lushui is poisonous, so it is separated from the north and south, north of Lushui, is the actual control area of Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang, south of Lushui, it is the territory of Meng Huo and other southwestern barbarian kings. Although Liu Zhang initially wanted to restore control of Nanzhong since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he sent troops to cross Lushui several times, but instead of taking Nanzhong, he lost his troops and had to retreat. Later, the land of Bashu was troubled and difficult outside, Liu Zhang no longer had the heart of Pingnan, although the two sides did not conclude any peace treaty, but they tacitly took Lushui as the boundary, did not invade each other, Liu Zhang did not send troops to the south, and the barbarian kings in the southwest did not cross Lushui north to disturb Sichuan, so the two sides have been peaceful coexistence for several years.

Liu Ze obeyed Meng Shu's construction, and at midnight, he erected a pontoon bridge on the Lushui River and crossed the Lushui at night, and at dawn, the 50,000 horses of the Jing army had all landed on the north bank. Meng Shu personally sent Liu Ze across the river and said goodbye.

Because the southwest border has been peaceful, Liu Zhang's defense along the Lushui line is very lax, Liu Ze boarded the north bank of Lushui, there is no trace here, let alone the garrison army, even the mountain villagers did not see a single person, probably because the environment here is too sinister, it is really not suitable for people to live and survive.

Liu Ze ordered Pan Feng to take the marching map and watched it with Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, Chen Zhi and others. Liu Ze pointed to the map and said: "Now the army of the entire Yizhou is mainly deployed in Chengdu, Baidi, Brazil and Jiayinguan four points, of which Chengdu has about 70,000 troops, Baidi garrison 50,000, Brazilian garrison 20,000, Jiayinguan garrison 20,000, in addition, Ba County, Guanghan, Jianwei counties each have 3,000 to 5,000 defenders, our army is currently in Lushui, more than 700 miles away from Chengdu, more than 600 miles away from Ba County, in this area, the Sichuan army does not have much defensive force, The primary goal of our army was to capture Jiangyang, which was more than 100 miles away. Jiangyang is connected to Ba County in the east, Chengdu in the north, and the Yangtze River and the Mao River waterway are tightly choked, which is the gateway to the southwest of Yizhou. Our army came lightly, and attacking and defending the city is not a strong point, and only by giving full play to the strengths of our army in field warfare can we find opportunities to destroy the enemy in field warfare. This time, our army entered Sichuan to fight, which was to surprise and attack it unprepared, and give Liu Zhang a full bloom in the middle of Sichuan, forcing the Sichuan army to adjust its defense and attack, and provide conditions for Yiling's army to enter Sichuan. Ladies and gentlemen, the difficulties we are facing are also the greatest, leaving Lushui, our army will completely lose its logistical support, and in the future it can only feed the enemy, without logistical support, without grain and grass, and without the replenishment of troops, and the conditions are extremely bad, but we now have no way to retreat, and we must maneuver around the land of Bashu with three or four times the enemy's army. Zilong and Shuzhi, convey my orders to all divisions, brigades and battalions, and strictly prohibit all departments from acting without authorization. ”

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly, staring at the map, thoughtful. Zhao Yun and Chen Zhi looked dignified and accepted the order generously.

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The news of Jiangyang's loss reached Chengdu, and after Liu Zhang heard the news, he was like a basin of cold water, and he sat there speechless for a long time. Liu Ze captured Jiangyang, how could it be? Jiangyang is the rear of the southwest, and it is heavily guarded by the White Emperor and Brazil, can Liu Ze be able to give birth to wings?

"Lord Qiyu, Liu Ze sent troops from Jiaozhou, and after capturing Nanzhong, he crossed Lushui at night to defeat Jiangyang. The defenders of Jiangyang were only two or three hundred people, which were not at all inferior to Liu Ze's army of 50,000, so they were lost. "It was Yizhou Bing Cao who came to report the military situation, and Dong He reported it truthfully.

Liu Zhang was originally cowardly by nature, Liu Ze suddenly killed him, for Liu Zhang, it was like a thunderbolt in the sky, at this moment he was six gods and no master, and he didn't know what to do.

Engaged in Huang Quan said: "Don't worry, the lord is from Nanzhong, the mountains and rivers are dangerous, the road is difficult, there must be no grain and grass, the lord only needs to hold on to the two choke points of Zizhong and Deyang, Liu Ze must not enter, and send two armies to Jiangyang to conquer and drive it across the Yangtze River, and then he can be trapped in the wilderness." ”

Liu Zhang listened to Huang Quan's words, felt a little relieved, and immediately sent Meng Da and Deng Zhi to lead 5,000 troops to defend Zizhong, and Yang Huai and Gao Pei to lead 5,000 troops to guard Deyang. At the same time, Liu Zhang sent his younger brother Liu Bi as the main general, Zhang Ren, Leng Bao, and Deng Xian as deputy generals, leading 50,000 troops from Chengdu to the south and attacking Jiangyang from the north road, and at the same time ordered Li Yan to transfer 20,000 troops from Ba County, Brazil, and Bai Di to advance west from Ba County and besiege Jiangyang from the east road, so as to encircle and annihilate Liu Ze's troops in Jiangyang.

Liu Zhang ordered, and the generals took their own orders, ordered the troops and horses, and set out according to the order. (To be continued......)