Chapter 332: Tearing the Disguise

Time passed day by day in the bland, and in the blink of an eye, the northern region of Yizhou has spent three months in a delicate situation. In these three months, the Wudu County of Ao Lietun's troops, the Jiamengguan of Liu Bei's garrison and Zhang Lu's old nest Hanzhong, the three parties are all peaceful, with no means that the balance will be maintained like this, on the contrary, this short calm is a sign of the coming storm, the undercurrent has gathered into a whirlpool, as long as one party triggers this whirlpool, it will definitely trigger a tsunami of life and death!

And the first to break this silence was Liu Bei. Liu Bei is just a guest living in Yizhou, temporarily stationed in Jiamengguan, his nest is in Jingzhou in the south, not Yizhou, all the military supplies of his 50,000 troops need to rely on Liu Zhang's supply, this feeling of being pinched by someone will not feel good to anyone, let alone a generation of heroes Liu Bei.

In the past three months, Liu Bei's black hand has reached out to the interior of Yizhou. He didn't immediately agree to Yang Song's sky-high price of 5,000 catties of gold, after all, 5,000 catties is not 5,000 taels, Liu Bei couldn't come up with so much money at once, it was better to promise Yang Song on the surface, and then use the money saved to bribe the officials in Yizhou.

By Liu Zhang's side, the first person to be secretly bought by Liu Bei was one of the representatives of the reformists, Zhang Song. Zhang Songqi person, his appearance is not good, his talent is not shallow, he always in the dead of night, sighing Liu Zhang's weakness, not enough for him to play the wisdom in his chest, after receiving Liu Bei threw an olive branch, Zhang Song after three days of careful consideration, finally decided to serve Liu Bei as the master, let Liu Bei enter Xichuan. No matter what Liu Bei is, compared to the weak Liu Zhang, Liu Bei is much stronger, Zhang Song believes that Yizhou will have better prospects under Liu Bei's governance and drive than under Liu Zhang's rule. From this level, Zhang Song secretly took refuge in Liu Bei. But it has nothing to do with money, money just plays the role of a medium, allowing Liu Bei and Zhang Song to connect in series.

As for Ao Lie, who is more wise and powerful than Liu Bei, Zhang Song believes that Ao Lie's strength is strong enough, the territory is vast, and there are many talents under his command. After all, Ao Lie's military and political centers are in Youzhou and Jizhou, and they are far away from Yizhou. From a personal point of view, Ao Lie's command already has outstanding talents such as Bafang All-rounder, Five Tiger Generals and Eight Good Generals, although Zhang Song thinks very highly of himself, but he is very self-aware, knowing that he is not as good as these talents, if he serves Ao Lie, at most it will only be a position of Taishou. It's even better to be reused under Liu Zhang. Therefore, Zhang Song also cut off the idea of serving Ao Lie and secretly took refuge in Liu Bei.

After taking refuge in Liu Bei, Zhang Song invited his friends Fa Zheng and Huang Quan to his home for more than ten days. Set up a banquet to entertain them, and every time at the end of the banquet, Zhang Song would sigh a few times with a sad face, and Fa Zheng and Huang Quan asked again and again. Zhang Song refused to say anything, which made Fa Zheng and Huang Quan curious. After half a month, Zhang Song relented. told the story that he had already served Liu Bei, and made it clear that he was not greedy for wealth, but to find a master for Yizhou. At the same time, Zhang Song also said his previous analysis of Ao Lie and Liu Bei, believing that Yizhou will have a brighter future only if it falls into the hands of Liu Bei.

Although they were extremely surprised by Zhang Song's words, when Fa Zheng and Huang Quan calmed down and thought about it carefully, they thought that Zhang Song's analysis was very reasonable, and after a short struggle, the two also agreed to Zhang Song's approach, and expressed their willingness to surrender to Liu Bei in Zhang Song's letter of recommendation.

After getting the secret support of Zhang Song and the others, Liu Bei couldn't help but be overjoyed, and now, Liu Bei thought that the time had come, and it was time to fight back and occupy Yizhou. But for Liu Bei, a complete hypocrite, he doesn't want to bear the infamy of embezzling the foundation of his brother in the same clan, and before sending troops, Liu Bei must find a suitable excuse as a reason to crusade against Liu Zhang, so as to achieve fame and block the mouth of the people of the world. So, Liu Bei secretly found Pang Tong, hoping that Pang Tong would help him come up with ideas. After consideration, Pang Tong thought that the war had subsided, and Zhang Lu had received enough warnings not to dare to send troops to Xichuan as an excuse to let Liu Bei lead the army to withdraw from Yizhou and return to Jingzhou, and at the same time spread rumors in Chengdu, saying that Liu Bei had two hearts, so that Liu Zhang took the initiative to send troops to attack Liu Bei, so that Liu Bei would have an excuse to crusade against Yizhou. This is a bitter plan, and no one in the world will believe it, and Liu Bei's reputation can also be preserved.

At the same time, Pang Tong also proposed that he might as well bribe Yang Song with a lot of money, so that he could persuade Zhang Lu to block Ao Lie, so that Ao Lie could not come to rescue Liu Zhang, so as to remove an obstacle for Liu Bei to take Yizhou. In this regard, Liu Bei readily agreed, and immediately asked Mi Zhu to secretly go to Hanzhong with two hundred catties of gold to bribe Yang Song. Liu Bei believed that the two hundred catties of gold were just for Yang Song to help him block Ao Lie, and Yang Song would definitely approve of this price.

When everything was in order, Liu Bei was ready to officially tear through the disguise and meet Liu Zhang's sword soldiers. Although he had broken with Liu Zhang in his heart, Liu Bei did not show the slightest clue on the surface, and wrote a letter to Liu Zhang in the same tone and wording as usual, in which he said that he had left Jingzhou for more than four months, and he was really worried in his heart, and now Zhang Lu had received enough warnings that he would never send troops to attack Yizhou in the short term, so he asked Liu Zhang to lead the soldiers and horses to return to Xiangyang by road.

At the same time that Liu Bei's letter was sent to Chengdu, Pang Tong personally selected fifty fine sergeants, but they also came to Chengdu and spread rumors everywhere, saying that Liu Bei nominally wanted to return to Jingzhou by the road, but in fact he was preparing to assassinate Liu Zhang when passing through Chengdu, and then occupy the entire territory of Yizhou.

Under Pang Tong's planning, when Liu Zhang received Liu Bei's resignation letter, rumors were already raging in Chengdu, which caused panic among Chengdu residents. Liu Zhang was already weak, and after hearing the rumors, he immediately lost his mind in his heart, and the six gods were at a loss. At this time, Zhang Song, who secretly served Liu Bei, stood up, thinking that the rumors could not be groundless, and advocated sending a force of men and horses to Luocheng to strengthen the defense, prevent Liu Bei from returning to Jingzhou, and recommend Zhang Ren, the general of Yizhou, to Luocheng. Zhang Ren is the eldest disciple of the gun god Tong Yuan, who has practiced martial arts under Tong Yuan for ten years, and then knew that it was difficult to enter the country in marksmanship, so he said goodbye to his master and ran down the mountain, and went to Yizhou to become a general. At that time, when Zhang Ren followed Tong Yuan to learn art, not to mention Ao Lie, even Zhang Xiu and Zhao Yun had not been included in Tong Yuan's disciples, so these three people had not seen Zhang Ren, but they all knew that there was such a senior brother as Zhang Ren.

Zhang Ren is upright, he can't rub a little sand in his eyes, and he has resisted Liu Bei from the very beginning, if Zhang Ren is allowed to go to Luocheng, he will definitely pick a bone in the egg and find out his dissatisfaction with Liu Bei. Then attack Liu Bei's troops, so that Pang Tong's strategy can be successfully implemented. This is also the reason why Zhang Song strongly recommends Zhang Ren.

Fa Zheng and Huang Quan also strongly agreed with Zhang Song's opinions, and finally made Liu Zhang make up his mind, and in the spirit of taking precautions, he ordered Zhang Ren to lead an army of 20,000 to the north immediately, to meet the soldiers stationed in Luocheng, and closely monitor Liu Bei's every move. Zhang Ren is very loyal to Liu Zhang. Without the slightest shirk of Liu Zhang's order, he immediately led his generals to the army to order troops, and prepared to leave for Ruocheng early tomorrow morning.

Ten days later, when Liu Bei was about to rush to the city. Mi Zhu also brought two hundred catties of gold to see Yang Song. Mi Zhu told Yang Song what Liu Bei meant, and Yang Song weighed it again and again, feeling that he was only temporarily helping Liu Bei resist Ao Lie, and there was no loss to himself. And there was a reward of 200 catties of gold to be obtained, so he happily agreed, and the two sides agreed within two months. Yang Song will persuade Zhang Lu to help Liu Bei block Ao Lie, if within two months, Liu Bei fails to successfully take Yizhou, and still needs to rely on the strength of the Hanzhong army, then Liu Bei must add additional money, every extra day, according to five catties of gold. Yang Song This is a typical lion opened his mouth, but Mi Zhu knew that only this mercenary villain could persuade Zhang Lu to resist Ao Lie, and after some weighing, Mi Zhu gritted his teeth and agreed on behalf of Liu Bei.

Liu Bei's series of conspiracies did not completely hide the shadow's spying. It was the first time that the Shadow members came to Yizhou, and in Yizhou, an extremely xenophobic country, it was difficult for the Shadow members to spy on all the news, but the well-trained Shadow members still found a trace of clues, and quickly reported it to Li Ru. So Li Ru didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly reported to Ao Lie, Ao Lie summoned Jia Xu and others, conducted a deep analysis according to the information in Li Ru's hands, and finally determined Liu Bei's general policy.

Although Ao Lie and the others understood Liu Bei's intentions after analysis, without waiting for them to react, Zhang Lu asked his younger brother Zhang Wei to lead the general Yang Ren to lead an army of 50,000 to block the road of Ao Lie's march to Jiameng Pass, cutting off the possibility of Ao Lie's army advancing to Yizhou.

Through this series of things, Ao Lie suddenly understood that he had been calculated, and the person who calculated himself must be Feng Xiao Pang Tong, except for him, no one would have such a big stroke. Pang Tong used his own wisdom to beat himself a time gap, under Pang Tong's multi-pronged strategy, he has lost the first move, Pang Tong really deserves to be Zhuge Liang's fellow brother, strategizing like a ghost! Even Jia Xu, Li Ru and other talented people under his command failed to see through the slightest. Of course, this is also inseparable from the lack of intelligence collection and the lack of intelligence for Jia Xu to analyze.

Although he lost his first move, Ao Lie still discussed a remedy with Jia Xu and Li Ru, so that Dian Wei, who had crossed the mountains and mountains, took 5,000 tiger wilfords to directly cross the mountains and take a shortcut to Luocheng, perhaps in time to destroy Liu Bei's conspiracy. To tell the truth, Dian Wei is a fierce general who charges into battle, and it is really difficult for him to let him destroy the conspiracy and tricks, but now among Ao Lie's generals, only Dian Wei has the ability to cross mountains and mountains, and Dian Wei has no choice. Before Dian Wei set off, Ao Lie suddenly remembered something, and then invited Hua Tuo, who went out with the army, and asked Hua Tuo to follow Dian Wei to Ruocheng. Hua Tuo has been accustomed to collecting medicine between the mountains and mountains since he was a child, and although he is a little older now, because of the diligent practice of the five bird operas, it is still not a problem to cross the mountains and mountains, but it will not increase the burden on Dian Wei.

Before the expedition, Ao Lie suddenly had a whimsical idea to take Hua Tuo to go on the expedition together, at that time the soldiers did not understand what Ao Lie meant, and now it seems that Ao Lie obviously has something to do. But Ao Lie refused to tell others what he wanted, but just invited Hua Tuo to his big tent and quietly instructed a few words.

In fact, Ao Lie's mind is on Pang Tong. In history, Zhang Ren, who guarded the city, arranged ambushes on both roads, resulting in Pang Tong, who was walking the path, was killed by an arrow, Ao Lie let Hua Tuo follow Dian Wei this time, an important reason is to save Pang Tong, Pang Tong's talent is not under Zhuge Liang, even if he is unwilling to serve under his command, Ao Lie does not want to see such a prodigy, so silently disappeared in the long river of history. (To be continued......)

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