Only Zhang Xiu and Li Ru Xiaofa were left in the hall, and after the last Xu Rong also read the letter and put it down, Zhang Xiu snorted coldly and said: "The big-eared thief is menacing, trying to Yizhou in one fell swoop, where did he come from, he will beat him back!" ”

Fa Zheng heard it and said with a smile: "Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's abacus is good, and they want to attack from behind while our army is attacking Yizhou, and attack our army back and forth with Liu Jiyu, forcing our army out of Yizhou." It's a pity that no matter how well the two of them played, they didn't expect the lord to dare to take risks, attack Jiangyou with surprise troops, and then go down to Chengdu in one fell swoop. Now although Liu Bei's army has attacked Jiangzhou, but Jiangzhou is strong, and there is a Xingba army to defend it, and it is close to autumn at this time, Liu Bei's army will definitely not be able to pass Jiangzhou this year, but just in case, the lord should also send reinforcements to save Jiangzhou, and by the way, test Liu Bei's details. ”

Huang Zhong heard this, and said: "Lord Xiaozhong is willing to lead the troops to save Jiangzhou!" ”

Zhang Xiu waved his hand, signaling Huang Zhong to be calm and calm, and then continued to ask Fa Zhengdao: "Filial piety, can you have a plan to defeat Liu Bei?" ”

Fa Zheng shook his head and said, "Lord, the grandson has clouds, knows himself and knows his opponent, and he will not be defeated in a hundred battles." And now our army only knows a little about Liu Bei's army, generals, strategists, grain and grass, etc., and if we take risks rashly, I am afraid that they will be taken advantage of by the enemy. And our army captured Chengdu, it is indeed like a rainbow, but the army has been fighting for so long, in addition to General Xu's department, whether it is General Hansheng's department or the Broken Front Battalion and the Bloody Blade Battalion that crossed the 900-mile mountain road into Yizhou, they are extremely tired, and the army has to garrison various passes in Yizhou, and the available soldiers are only the remaining 10,000 troops and 30,000 Broken Front Battalion under General Xu's department, but the Broken Front Battalion is tired, and the combat power is not as good as usual. However, if the war falls into a stalemate, it will be extremely unfavorable to our army, so I think that this is not the time to defeat Liu Bei in one fell swoop. ”

Later, Xu Rong heard it and nodded. said: "Lord, filial piety is reasonable. And Rong once listened to the public and said that Liu Bei's Chen Zhi was extremely good at training. Before Liu Bei entered Yizhou, he had asked Chen Zhi to vigorously train the Jingzhou soldiers, and at this time, the combat power of the Jingzhou soldiers was not comparable to Liu Biao, and the lord could not be careless. And now most of Yizhou is in the hands of the lord, Liu Biao only captured a place in Badong, and the lord only needs to drag the war into the winter, when the snow will cover the mountain, Liu Bei will not retreat.

There is a winter time, the lord can rule the country, and the second can listen to the news of Liu Bei's army, and choose the opportunity to break the enemy in the coming year! ”

Li Ru heard this, and also nodded: "General Xu is reasonable, in this game of chess in Yizhou, the lord has taken the lead, Liu Bei is just coming from behind, Liu Bei is asking for urgency and speed, in this case, the lord should ease and stabilize it, although the eastern land is occupied by Liu Bei, the rest of Ranba County is in the hands of the lord, as long as Shu County is stable, it is not too difficult to drive Liu Bei out of Yizhou." Moreover, Liu Bei came from afar, Jingzhou must be empty, and it can make Mingming lead a large army to attack Xiangyang, so that Liu Beiwei can not take care of each other. ”

Listen to the persuasion of the three people. Zhang Xiu's original anger dissipated a lot, and his mind also regained his clarity, and asked: "Liu Bei's soldiers are in Jiangzhou, but they can't help but save it, and Yan Yan has voted for Liu Bei again, he has been in Jiangzhou for decades, he knows Jiangzhou City well, and there are his people in the city, if Xingba is careless, I am afraid that Liu Bei will take advantage of it, and he will be ready to immediately lead the troops to save Jiangzhou, what do you think?" ”

Li Ru heard it, nodded and said: "What the lord said is very true, but there are constant undercurrents in Chengdu, and Confucianism thinks that it is necessary to leave the generals and heavy troops in Chengdu to deter the night."

Zhang Xiu could hear it. nodded and said: "What Wen Wei said is reasonable, so he will only lead 30,000 Pofeng Battalion, Han Sheng, and Zi Ting to save Jiangzhou, Xu Rong will lead the rest of the soldiers to stay in Chengdu, and Wen Wei will deal with Yizhou's affairs in Chengdu." The crowd heard and agreed in unison. At this time, Li Ru asked again: "Lord, what about Zhang Ren, Ling Bao and Huang Quan?" "No

Zhang Xiu thought for a while and said, "Send Zhang Ren back to Master Chang'an, his temper can only move him if the master can talk about it." As for Ling Bao, he will be locked up in prison for the time being, and he will not deal with it until Ben returns. Huang Quan and others strengthened surveillance, not to let them make trouble in Chengdu, and as for Liu Zhang's family, they were sent to Chang'an as soon as possible. Li Ru naturally listened and did it one by one.

Zhang Xiu turned his head to look at Huang Zhong and said, "Han Sheng, you will lead the 10,000 Broken Front Battalion as the front part, explore the way for our Chinese army, and advance carefully." Xiaozhi and Ziyi accompanied the general and the Chinese army, and left for Jiangzhou early tomorrow morning. ”

"No

Early in the morning of the second day, when the sky was just getting bright, Zhang Xiu led the army out of Chengdu and rushed to Jiangzhou, and at the same time Zhang Xiu sent the scouts out to inquire about the news.

Although Zhang Xiu was anxious, but the army was cautious, which was also the reason why Zhang Xiu let Huang Zhong be the front, this time he might meet that ghost-like resourceful character, and it was false to say that Zhang Xiu was not nervous. Therefore, Zhang Xiu's daily march is careful and careful, especially in a place like Yizhou, which is surrounded by mountains, if it is ambushed, it will suffer heavy losses, which is also Zhang Xiu's most careful march in recent years.

Sixty miles west of Dejiangzhou City, Zhang Xiu let the army go down, and at the same time called Huang Zhong, Tai Shici and Fa Zheng into the tent.

Seeing that on the main seat, Zhang Xiu said: "This place is only sixty miles away from Jiangzhou, and our army will be able to rush to Jiangzhou tomorrow, so we will scout to report that we have seen many Jingzhou soldiers patrolling the river on the river." Our army must be careful and not careless. ”

After admonishing him, Zhang Xiu asked Fa Zhengdao: "Xiaozhi, you think that if you rush to Jiangzhou tomorrow, it is better to enter the city immediately or to stand outside the city." ”

Fa Zheng frowned, thought for a while, and said: "Jiangzhou has the Yangtze River in the south and the mountains in the north. And before the scout came to report, Liu Bei has been attacking Jiangzhou day and night in the past few days, if it weren't for the brave general of Xingba, I am afraid that Jiangzhou has been captured by him. Now Liu Bei probably knows that our army has arrived here, and he will definitely strengthen the attack on Jiangzhou tonight, so as to break it before our army arrives. Now our army has set up camp here to confuse Liu Bei, and I think that the lord should go out of the camp overnight tonight, attack Liu Bei's army behind Liu Bei's army, first break through Liu Bei's army in the west of the city, and then enter the city, so that Liu Bei's arrogance can be curbed first, and then it is much easier to defend Jiangzhou. In addition, Jiangzhou has abundant grain and grass, and there are elites of the Pofeng Battalion who can defend it, as long as they hold it until winter, Liu Bei will retreat. ”

After listening to it, Zhang Xiu savored it carefully, and didn't feel anything wrong, so he nodded and said, "In this way, act according to what filial piety says." After a pause, he shouted loudly: "Han Sheng, order you to go out tonight for the front and attack Liu, west of Jiangzhou City."

When Huang Zhong heard this, he grinded his fists excitedly and said with a smile: "No! ”

At this time, under the city of Jiangzhou, Liu Bei looked at the Jingzhou army carrying the ladder and rushing towards the Jiangzhou city wall under the leadership of Wei Yan, like ants, and sighed helplessly.

When the moon came to the city of Jiangzhou, Liu Bei was still complacent, his army was in the gods, the most difficult to attack Yufu City, Zhang Song sneaked into the city and said that Wu Yi had surrendered, so that Liu Bei's army and Wu Yi should join forces with each other, break through the Yizhou gateway Yufu, and the general Wang Shuang abandoned the city and fled in a hurry. After that, Liu Bei's army raided Linjiang, and after breaking Linjiang, he went up the river to take Jiangzhou. In Liu Bei's opinion. The progress of his army is so godly, I am afraid that Zhang Xiu's army is still entangled with Liu Zhang's troops in Zhangjin at this time. Before taking Jiangzhou, Liu Bei thought that Yan Yan was guarding Jiangzhou City, and Gan Ning was attacking fiercely, so he was ready to attack Gan Ning's back and relieve the siege of Jiangzhou. How do you know that when you get to the city of Jiangzhou, you see that the city has changed its banner, and at the same time you encounter the defeated soldiers of Liu Xun and Yan Yan, through Zhang Song, Liu Bei and Liu Xun and Yan Yan joined forces, and only after asking did you know that Yan Yan had lost Jiangzhou a few days ago.

Through Liu Xun and Yan Yan, who voted for him, they learned that Zhang Xiu's army had broken through the pass, and the army continued to move south at the same time, and Zhang Ren had led the army to Weixian to block Zhang Xiu's army. Receiving this news, Liu Bei was shocked, and Zhang Xiu's progress was beyond his expectations. Therefore, on the second day after arriving in Dejiangzhou, he immediately commanded the army to attack the city, and Liu Xun and Yan Yan also vigorously cooperated with the attack.

It's just that Jiangzhou City is strong, Liu Bei's army didn't have siege equipment at the beginning, and he was beaten by Gan Ning in the city on the first day. Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Bei was anxious, and hurriedly advised, and at the same time suggested that he should go to the nearby mountains to cut wood and build some simple siege equipment before attacking. This early siege equipment dragged on for a few more days. At the beginning, Yan Yan also received news from Zhang Ren from time to time, Liu Bei was still a little at ease, at least Zhang Ren had news to prove that Sui County had not been lost, and Chengdu was naturally still in Liu Zhang's hands.

However, at this time, Liu Bei counted the days, and he had not received a letter from Zhang Ren for nearly ten days, which made Liu Bei feel even more tragic. A few days ago, a scout came to report that there was a large army in Chengdu rushing to Jiangzhou, but at that time it was not found out which side of the army, but early this morning, the scout had sent the exact news, it was Zhang Xiu's army, and the army was under the banner of Zhang Xiu himself, Liu Bei heard it, and he didn't need Zhuge Liang to analyze, and he also knew that Chengdu had been captured by Zhang Xiu, otherwise Zhang Xiu would not personally lead the troops from the direction of Chengdu.

Therefore, from the moment he received the news, Liu Bei asked Zhang Fei and Wei Yan to lead the army and attack wildly regardless of losses, in a vain attempt to capture Jiangzhou before Zhang Xiu's army came, and Zhuge Liang couldn't stop it if he wanted to.

However, Liu Bei's thoughts were obviously a little naïve, or he was too confident in himself, underestimated Gan Ning's strength, and attacked for a day without results. Seeing that the sun was about to set, Liu Bei was already preparing for a night battle in his heart.

At this time, Zhang Fei, who was shirtless and holding a snake spear, came to Liu Bei and spat on the ground before shouting: "Big brother, the water bandit in the city is very good, and I and Wen Chang have been blocked by him even after repeated attacks, so it is not a way to fight like this." ”

Liu Bei heard it and sighed: "I don't want this Gan Ning to be so good, not only is he strong in martial arts, but he is also good at land warfare and water warfare." But tomorrow Zhang Xiu's army will be killed, if it is not broken and Jiangzhou is empty at this time, I am afraid that there will be no chance in the future.

, and firmness flashed in his eyes after speaking.

Zhang Fei was familiar with Liu Bei's temperament, and knew that Liu Bei was afraid that he would continue to fight tonight when he showed such a look, so he sighed helplessly.

At this time. He wore Confucian clothes and a scarf on his head. Zhuge Liang, who was holding a goose feather fan, came to Liu Bei and said with a smile: "Why should the lord worry about the small, since he can't break it with force." Take it by the meter. ”

Liu Bei heard it and sighed: "The military advisor has repeatedly tried tricks to lure Gan Ning out of the city, but he just stays in the city with an iron heart and can't come out, so there is no way." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and said: "Gan Ning is not fooled, Liang also has a way to open the city gate." ”

Liu Bei heard it and said in surprise: "I don't know what the military advisor has planned?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Does the lord remember the news reported by the scout before?" ”

Liu Bei nodded and said: "Zhang Xiu personally led the troops, and he has arrived at sixty miles west of Jiangzhou City, but I am afraid that he will come to Jiangzhou tomorrow, and it is because of this that Bei Cai wants to step up the siege of the city." ”

Zhuge Liang said: "The lord's words are wrong, if Liang is not bad, Zhang Xiu will come tonight!" ”

Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this, and said: "How is it possible, even the elite army in the land of sixty miles will have to walk for more than half a day, and besides, it is a mountain road from Zhang Xiutun's army to Jiangzhou, how can Zhang Xiu come tonight." ”

Zhuge Liang shook the goose feather fan lightly and said: "The troops of the other princes may not come, but Zhang Xiu's army is the elite of the world. ”

Liu Bei listened. Shocked in his heart, he hurriedly grabbed Zhuge Liang and asked, "According to what the military advisor said, if yes."

Zhuge Liang continued to shake the goose feather fan. Nodding and taking the words, he said: "You will be attacked from behind by Zhang Xiu's army and easily enter the city." ”

Liu Bei listened. Surprised, he asked, "Into the city?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled: "Not bad." Although Zhang Xiu personally led the army to come, his division came to Yizhou from Chang'an, and it took more than three months even if it was just an ordinary march. Although Zhang Xiu's army is elite, it has now traveled from Chang'an to Yizhou in only half a year. There will also be a series of great battles, and the army will definitely be tired, and it will never dare to continue to engage our army head-on. Now Zhang Xiu's army is stationed in the west of Jiangzhou City sixty miles, it must be a suspicious soldier, tonight Zhang Xiuding attacked the back of our army, and then entered the city. And after it defeats our army first, and then holds on, then the morale of the city will not be too low, plus our army is frustrated, and the determination of the soldiers to attack the city is reduced, even if it is stormed, I am afraid that Jiangzhou will not be taken before the winter comes. And Zhang Xiu only needs to wait for the winter to come, and the lord has to withdraw under the heavy snow covering the mountain, so that he can rest for three months and then fight our army again in the next year. ”

Liu Bei heard it and exclaimed: "If you can't take Jiangzhou this year, wait until next year, I'm afraid that Yizhou has been determined by Zhang Xiu." Moreover, let Zhang Xiu's army rest and recover, Jiangzhou will be even more difficult to take, and it will be hopeless to take Yizhou at that time. ”

Zhuge Liang heard this, and said with a slight smile: "The lord doesn't have to worry too much, since he guessed Zhang Xiu's intentions, he can naturally take this Jiangzhou." ”