Under the persuasion of Fa Zheng and others, Liu Bei gave up the idea of recapturing Hanzhong, but retreated to Jiameng Pass, and stationed heavy troops in Jiameng Pass, which was completely on the defensive. At present, the Han army has just captured Hanzhong, and the army is in full swing, Liu Bei's move can be regarded as retreating as an advance, avoiding the edge of the Han army, and planning to take advantage of the natural danger of Jiameng Pass to block the Han army from Xichuan.

Ao Lie didn't expect Liu Bei to retreat so decisively to defend Jiameng Pass, in this way, he was from the advantageous situation of standing in the city and defending, and once again turned into a tough battle, the battle was the most tragic battle, less than the necessary moment, Ao Lie was never willing to use such tactics, but now Liu Bei shrank his head, relying on the danger of Jia Meng Pass, as a turtle with a shrunken head, and threw the problem to Ao Lie, forcing Ao Lie to launch a strong attack again, seize Jiameng Pass, if he stops in Hanzhong, maybe one day he will not be careful, Liu Bei will resurrect and recapture Hanzhong, and the soldiers of the Han army who died in the previous battle will be sacrificed in vain.

Seeing that Ao Lie was worried, Zhuge Liang sighed softly and said: "Big brother, if there is a war, there will definitely be war damage, and we can only plan the battle more carefully to minimize the battle damage, and the rest can only obey the destiny of heaven." ”

Pang Tong also persuaded on the side: "Yes, Lord Regent, now is not the time to consider the battle damage, we must take advantage of the victory to pursue, take advantage of the morale of our army, and take Yizhou in one go, if it is delayed and Liu Bei is given time to recover, if we want to exterminate him in the future, it will inevitably be even more miserable." ”

Ao Lie smiled bitterly: "Why don't you understand what you said? But the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, and Liu Bei still has hundreds of thousands of Shu soldiers in his hands. There are several natural dangers, if we are born like this, I am afraid that not only can not all benefit the state, but will lose the soldiers, when I think of the soldiers who sacrifice their lives to fight on the battlefield, I really can't bear to let them bury their bones in another country. ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Don't worry, big brother, Liang has already calculated, within three days, someone will definitely come to help the eldest brother, then." I want to take Nishikawa. Easy as pie. ”

Zhuge Liang's words not only surprised Ao Lie, but even Pang Tong looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise and asked suspiciously, "Kong Ming." Where do you start with that? ”

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly. smiled mysteriously: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed." When this person comes, the eldest brother and Shi Yuan will naturally understand. Now our army should stand still for the time being and rest in Hanzhong. Waiting for this person to come. ”

Ao Lie had no doubts about Zhuge Liang's judgment, and immediately sent the order down, and the army rested in Hanzhong, while recovering the vitality lost during the attack on Hanzhong, while waiting for the mysterious person in Zhuge Liang's mouth.

Two days later, with the arrival of an uninvited guest, Ao Lie couldn't help but feel that Kong Ming's wisdom was close to the demon. This person is the person Zhuge Liang is waiting for, Zhuge Liang has calculated that this person will definitely appear in front of Ao Lie's eyes within three days, and now just two days later, he appeared, making the best interpretation of Zhuge Liang's magic calculation.

In the Hanzhong City Mansion, Ao Lie sat on the main seat, looked at the people standing in the hall, and laughed softly: "I don't know that Mr. Yongnian came today, do you have anything to teach?" "That's right, the person who came was Zhang Song under Liu Bei, Zhang Song sold Yizhou from Liu Zhang to Liu Bei for the interests of the family and his own future, so Zhuge Liang deduced that for the same reason, when the situation in Yizhou was critical, someone would definitely do the same thing, and Zhang Song was one of the candidates in Zhuge Liang's heart. Because Zhuge Liang knows that Yizhou is the country of abundance, and the scholars in the territory are not thin, in order to protect the interests of their families, they will definitely choose a more powerful monarch to take charge of Yizhou, just like when Zhang Song turned his back on Liu Zhang and joined Liu Bei, because Liu Bei is stronger than Liu Zhang.

Now it's the same, the gateway to Yizhou has been lost, and Ao Lie's strength is significantly stronger than Liu Bei, after all, Ao Lie is young, but he is a prince who has been famous for more than ten years, and now he is the regent, and he is the bull ear who temporarily rules the world on behalf of the Son of Heaven; And although Liu Bei debuted as early as 20 years ago, but it has really become a prince in recent years, whether it is prestige or heritage, it is far less than Ao Lie, relying on hiding from the sky and crossing the sea to get the title of the king of Hanzhong, compared with Ao Lie, I believe many people will clearly see who is strong and who is weak.

In the face of Ao Lie's inquiry, Zhang Song smiled awkwardly, clasped his fists and saluted: "The regent said that he was laughing, who is qualified to teach the regent today?" Song came today, not for anything else, just for the millions of people in Yizhou, a certain way to live. ”

Zhang Song's words are already very explicit, as Zhuge Liang expected, he is here to oppose the water, when the situation in Yizhou is in danger, Zhang Song is ready to sell Yizhou again in order to protect the interests of the family. It's just that Zhang Song said it beautifully, and successfully raised the banner for the sake of millions of people in Yizhou, and did the thing of abandoning it in a grand manner, and he didn't realize that what he said to Ao Lie now had been said word for word to Liu Bei at the beginning.

As far as Ao Lie's heart is concerned, he is very disgusted with Zhang Song, who betrays the Lord and seeks glory, but for the sake of the entire battle situation and the lives of the 200,000 Han troops under his command, Ao Lie did not show the slightest disgust, but said to Zhang Song with a smile: "If Mr. Yongnian can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, so that the people of Yizhou can be saved from the suffering of war again, it will really be a good thing of great merit." Come on, Mr. is a guest from afar, let's not talk about other things, I have to give Mr. wine first! Please take a seat, sir! ”

People who are familiar with Ao Lie know that Ao Lie in informal occasions, when facing his own people, he always calls himself a certain person, and will not call himself a lonely king, even for the most ordinary Han soldiers, it is no exception, but today Ao Lie calls himself lonely to Zhang Song, which shows that Ao Lie does not regard a person like Zhang Song as his own person in his heart. Of course, Zhang Song naturally doesn't know about Ao Lie's habit, seeing that Ao Lie treats himself very warmly, his heart is also very happy, with Ao Lie's big tree to rely on, he will no longer have to worry about the future of the family in the future, Ao Lie wins. He will naturally vote under Ao Lie, and because of what he has done today, he will be regarded as a first-class hero; If Ao Lie loses to Liu Bei, it will be nothing, the big deal is the same as before, continue to do things under Liu Bei, anyway, there is no loss left and right, Zhang Song can't help but be complacent about his means of being left and right.

Soon after the banquet began, Ao Lie excused himself for not being able to drink. Retreat to the back hall. Leave the next thing to Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong to do, because Ao Lie really can't stay any longer, drinking in front of a person like Zhang Song, for Ao Lie. It was quite painful.

After Ao Lie left. Zhang Song suddenly relaxed a lot. With the strength of wine, he said to Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong: "The two prime ministers, not pine boasting, one hundred and twenty-eight counties in the east and west. All in Song's heart, Song has drawn the geography and landform of the two rivers into a detailed map, which can point out the key points for our army's march, and avoid disasters! As he spoke, Zhang Song reached into his arms, took out a white silk cloth, and put it on the table.

"Oh?" Zhuge Liang picked up the wine glass, first toasted Zhang Songyao, and then said with a smile: "The "Topographic Map of Xishu" drawn by Brother Yongnian for a long time is extremely detailed, depicting the terrain of Xichuan one by one in the volume, is this the "Topographic Map of Xishu"?" ”

Zhang Song picked up the wine glass and drank it up, and Da Lu said with a smile: "Fei Ye, Fei Ye!" At the beginning of the map drawn by Song, only recorded the details of Xichuan everywhere, but did not involve Dongchuan, now this map, has been the geography of Dongchuan into it, this map, is the complete "Xishu topographic map", as long as there are living creatures in the east and west of the place can pass through, all in this map! ”

Pang Tong put down the wine glass, stroked his palm and praised: "I have heard for a long time that Brother Yongnian has the ability to never forget, and when I see it today, I know that the original rumors are wrong, and my brother's great talent, not to forget it, from the perspective of the whole, it is really right to go through the heavens and latitudes, I am afraid that Brother Yongnian can still draw this picture even if he closes his eyes!" ”

Listening to Pang Tong's praise, Zhang Song laughed proudly, and said with a snort of wine: "The name of the two Xiangguo, Song has already been like thunder, people often say, Wolong, phoenix, can settle the world with one, and now the regent has the help of the two Xiangguo, achieved great causes, and unified the world. ”

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong glanced at each other, laughed at the same time, raised their glasses and said to Zhang Song: "Brother Yongnian rest assured, just by virtue of Brother Yongnian's dedication today, he will definitely be treated well by the regent in the future...... Come, come, drink this cup to the fullest. ”

The three of you look at me, I look at you, and each laughs thoughtfully......

After the banquet, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong came to the back hall and reported to Ao Lie what had just happened, Ao Lie stretched out his hand to take the topographic map of Xishu drawn by Zhang Song, looked at it carefully, and then looked up and said: "This map is too opportune, you see, this path from Hanzhong to the back of Jiameng Pass, even Zhang Song has drawn it very vaguely, it can be seen that this road will not have too many people to know the road, it is a point we can take advantage of, if we can detour behind Jiameng Pass with a force, and make some movement behind Liu Bei, It is bound to further disintegrate the fighting spirit of the Shu soldiers, which is a very beneficial thing for us. ”

Pang Tong said with a smile: "It's not just that, Zhang Songqi, although his appearance is not good, and his character has to be a question mark, but there are still real materials, he is familiar with the deployment of troops at various passes on the road to Chengdu, and our army can be targeted and calmly arranged, which can not only reduce the battle damage of our army, but also catch the Shu soldiers off guard." ”

Hearing Pang Tong talk about Zhang Song, Ao Lie withdrew his gaze looking at the map and asked seriously: "Zhang Song, what do you think?" ”

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong shook their heads at the same time and said: "If there is a talented and virtuous person who betrays the master, why should the eldest brother (regent) ask again?" This sentence of the two set the tone for Zhang Song's fate, and Zhang Song would never have dreamed that the two people who were like brothers to him at the banquet just now, patting their chests and promising to say a lot of good things for him in front of Ao Lie, would say such things.

This is the fate of those who turn their backs on the Lord and seek glory...... (To be continued......)

PS: PS: That, Da Kun said that the real Zhang Song doesn't seem to be so spineless, Da Kun doesn't know much about Zhang Song in history, and he writes this way just for the needs of the plot, not on behalf of history.