Yizhou, in the city of Chengdu.

Liu Zhang looked nervous, looked around at the subordinate Wu, and asked again: "Everyone, then Xiahou Yuan has already submitted the last letter, saying that if I don't send the grain and grass out again, he will break my pass and take my state and county!" ”

Hearing this, the reactions of the civil and military forces were different.

"Lord, that Xiahou Yuan is a general under Cao Cao, who fought dozens of battles in the south and in the north, and was invincible, and his subordinates thought that it was better to spend 100,000 stones of grain and grass to rest the matter!"

A scribe hurriedly suggested.

"Yes, yes, my lord, that Xiahou Yuan is known as the first general under Cao Cao, and he died under his hands, and the Qingzhou soldiers led by him are the elite under Cao Cao, obviously trying to get my state and county."

Another document followed with a postscript.

In the eyes of these people, it doesn't matter who rules, the most important thing is that their interests are not affected.

"Hmph, are you afraid of that Cao Cao or have you received Cao Cao's benefits? My lord sits in the country of abundance, with 100,000 people under his command, and occupies the advantages of mountains and rivers, so he is afraid of Cao thieves? ”

Zhang Song shook his sleeves and snorted coldly, with disdain in his words.

However, whether it is Zhang Song or Fa Zheng, they have been slandered by Cao Cao before, their reputation has been ruined, and Liu Zhang cannot be trusted.

"My lord, what Zhang Beijia said is extremely true, our army occupies the mountains and rivers, and it should be us who occupy the initiative, how can we be subject to such things? What's more, Chu Feng contacted our army many times to form an alliance and go north. ”

"At this moment, Chu Feng is fighting with Cao Cao and Luoyang, and Yuan Shao is fighting with Puyang, if we don't take the opportunity to recover Hanzhong at this moment, once Chu Feng is defeated, we will no longer have a chance to resist Cao Jun!"

Fa Zheng was also scorching, looked at Liu Zhang and said.

In the past, his trip to Yangzhou had already made him feel at home, and he had long wanted to return to Chu Feng, but he promised Chu Feng to make a contribution in Yizhou, but instead of making a contribution in Yizhou, he trapped himself.

"Hmph, I think it's Zhang Song who has ulterior motives, right?"

"That is, the people of Yizhou are so kind, and no one wants to go north to fight a decisive battle with Cao Jun at the expense of the people and money. What's more, Cao Cao and Chu Feng are both heroes, and no matter who wins, they will not give up Yizhou. ”

"That's right, this time to send troops to Hanzhong, it will only be retaliated by Cao Cao, and it is absolutely impossible."

For a while, all the Wenchen bombarded with cannons.

Liu Zhang fell into deep thought at the moment, he didn't know who to believe, after all, what the two of them said made sense, but he had always been stupid, he was really timid and afraid, and he didn't want to provoke Cao Cao too much.

It was precisely because of this that he did not listen to Chu Feng's alliance and went north, but was unruly and did not want to make a decision.

To put it bluntly, he just doesn't want to offend either side, and he can enjoy as much happiness as he can.

"What you say is true, but I'm worried that if we send food out, we will become an enemy, and let them have military rations to attack us, so won't we shoot ourselves in the foot?"

Liu Zhang frowned and said with some concern.

Hearing this, Zhang Songfa was frowning, hating in his heart, Liu Zhang was so timid and afraid, he didn't dare to resist in such a situation, but wanted to give Cao Cao food,

The key is to give food, afraid that Cao Cao will continue to beat him!

Served!

Compared with Chu Feng, Liu Zhang is really unworthy.

The other civil and military officers were stunned, obviously seeing that Liu Zhang already wanted to give food and ask for peace, and immediately said: "Lord, you don't have to worry too much, you think about it, if Cao Cao really wants to attack Yizhou, then how can he expose his attempt to attack Yizhou?" ”

"You know, no one has ever known about Xiahou Yuan's 100,000 soldiers, I always thought that Cao Cao had sent troops to Luoyang, if he hadn't told me, I'm afraid that the 100,000 troops would have broken through the gate!"

"That's right, the reason why Cao Cao put it on the bright side is obviously that he is preparing to send troops and horses to attack Luoyang, which can be seen from the fact that Chu Feng sent envoys to invite the lord to go north many times."

"Therefore, Cao Cao asked Xiahou Yuan to ask for military rations, I am afraid that it is a unilateral shortage of military rations, and he wants to replenish military rations, so that he can fight to the death with Chu Feng!" Another person analyzed.

Hearing this, Liu Zhang suddenly squinted, and had to say that what these two people said made some sense, he didn't know that Xiahou Yuan was in Hanzhong at first, and even gathered an army of 100,000.

If he doesn't say it, he will attack directly, and I'm afraid that many passes have already been lost.

Now, on the bright side, it is nothing more than to tell yourself that you will be safe with food.

Thinking about this, Liu Zhang couldn't help but nodded,

Seeing this, Fa Zheng immediately persuaded and said: "Lord, don't be a lake, Cao thief's heart will not die in Yizhou, if he gives food this time, he will not only fall into the prestige of our army, but also show weakness!" ”

"Such a great opportunity, our army should go north with Chu Feng, otherwise Chu Feng will be defeated, and Yizhou Yan will be spared?"

"Filial piety, what you said is not unreasonable, but that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were deflated at Chu Feng's hands three times and twice, and they are not Chu Feng's opponents this time, so we don't have to worry!"

Liu Zhang stroked his beard and properly interpreted the cowardice to the fullest.

Fazheng: "??? ”

"Lord, Hutu! Either side of Cao Yuan and the two was naturally not Chu Feng's opponent, but now that the two of them are united, the strength of the two of them alone has an army of nearly 300,000. ”

"And as far as I know, Yuan Shao also summoned the leaders of the two tribes, Xiongnu and Wuhuan, to help, not to mention that there are hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen, nearly 500,000 troops, even if Chu Feng has the ability to reach the sky, he is not capable of the enemy!"

Fa Zheng argued hysterically.

"Fa Zheng, what kind of heart do you have? Ever since you went to Yangzhou and came back, you have said to Chu Feng everywhere, is it possible that you secretly voted for this person? A scribe snorted coldly.

"You, you don't want to spew blood!"

"Hehe, you naturally know what you think about Fa Xiaozhi, but you remember, fighting a war is not a good family, 100,000 stone of grain is not much, and the people of Yizhou who can be exchanged for it are safe."

"Once the war starts, Yizhou will be exhausted, and when the time comes, the men will fight and the women will be lucky, and the loss of grain will be measured in millions of stones, so why go on an expedition in comparison?"

The scribe shook his sleeves, he was a staunch conservative.

Hearing this person's words, Liu Zhang nodded, indeed, 100,000 stones is really not much, if there is really a decisive battle, and the troops and horses are mobilized casually, I am afraid that the loss and expenditure will be hundreds of thousands of stones.

"Indeed, 100,000 stones protect my Yizhou safety, it's worth it!" Liu Zhang waved his hand,

"In this way, pass on my general order and inform Xiahou Yuan, saying that I will send someone to transport grain over on the same day, and I hope he will not break his promise." Liu Zhang immediately decided, he didn't want to fight!

"My lord, no! If you listen to slander, Yizhou will be devastated all over the ground! Fa Zheng shouted hysterically.

Liu Zhang was instantly angry, flicked his sleeves and glared at Fa Zheng, if it weren't for seeing Fa Zheng as a celebrity, he wouldn't be able to move him, and he would have been killed a long time ago, in short, Liu Zhang was extremely tired of Fa Zheng at the moment.

"Filial piety, sometimes you have to focus on the overall situation!" Liu Zhang snorted coldly and said with a stiff face.

"I don't focus on the big picture?" Fa Zheng was stunned, "Haha, I don't care about the overall situation?" ”

Fa Zheng understands now, Liu Zhang is incompetent, and it is not false that he is timid and afraid of things, and it is no wonder that he sat on the land of a state in his early years, but he was beaten by Zhang Lu of the Five Dou Sect and couldn't raise his head.

Such a lord, Yizhou is doomed.

You know, even if he puts aside Chu Feng's side, he will also suggest that Liu Zhang unite with Chu Feng to fight against Cao Cao and recapture Hanzhong, after all, Hanzhong is the gateway to Yizhou, Hanzhong is in hand, and it is not easy for anyone who wants to capture Yizhou.

But in Liu Zhang's eyes, being able to be stable for a day is a day, and he thought so when Zhang Lu was there in his early years.

Seeing that Fa Zheng was reprimanded by Liu Zhang, those parties close to Cao Cao secretly rejoiced, and immediately said: "My lord, Fa Zheng is also thinking about Yizhou, and there is no need to be too harsh!" ”

"That's right, but giving Xiahou Yuan grain and grass is destined to be difficult to explain to the Chu army, so it's better to let Fa Zheng send Chu Feng to inform the lord of his intentions, even if we want to accumulate strength and give a fatal blow!"

"Lord, you might as well let Zhang Song go with him!"

For a while, everyone was gossiping, and they were all in the ground, and they didn't want these two people to miss their future.

Liu Zhang has already been blinded, or rather, he has never opened his eyes, in short, if he can not fight, he will not fight, Fazheng Zhang Song is contrary to his philosophy, and it is normal to be kicked away.

Immediately said: "Fa Zheng, Zhang Song, you two sent Chu Feng for me, and by the way, bring some rare treasures over, just say that I am tired in Yizhou, and the civil strife is not stopped, and I can't fight a decisive battle with Cao Jun, so he can be relieved." ”

Fa Zhengqi sneered, hugged his fists, and threw his sleeves away.

Zhang Song's eyes rolled, and he immediately responded: "We will receive the order!" ”

Zhang Song knew that this was not the time to be angry, he still needed Liu Zhang's customs documents, and I was afraid that there would be many dangers along the way, and there were not a few people who wanted to kill them.

"Alright, let's go down and prepare!" Liu Zhang shook his hand and said.

"No!" Zhang Song responded, and immediately chased him out, he wanted to go to Fa Zheng to talk.

chased out of the mansion,

Zhang Song saw Fa Zheng moving forward alone, and immediately beckoned and shouted: "Filial piety, filial piety is waiting for me!" ”

Fa Zheng's footsteps slowed down a little, grabbed the wine gourd around his waist and took a sip of the spirits, and sighed heavily.

"The mediocre master, it is indeed the mediocre master."

"Hehe, filial piety doesn't need to be angry, Liu Zhang is not like this for a day or two, and you and I are not unclear." Zhang Song joked and chuckled, but he watched a lot.

Because Liu Zhang's character has been cultivated for many years.

"Hey, having said that, I didn't do this for Chu Gong, I feel guilty, guilty!" Fa Zheng sighed, he swore that he would help Chu Feng capture Yizhou,

But after so much time, he is going to be expelled from Yizhou, ridiculous, sad, and lamentable!

"Do your best to obey the destiny of heaven, this matter is not up to you and me, not to mention, didn't Duke Chu write to you many times, so that even if you can't do it, you have to go to his command? Why bother? ”

Zhang Song shrugged his shoulders and chuckled, relieved.

"Having said that, but after all..."Fa Zheng took another sip of wine, he always felt sorry for Chu Feng's fancy.

"Filial piety, Duke Chu doesn't care about these things, if he cares about these things, then he is not worthy of letting you and me work for it, let alone today's achievements." Zhang Song said with a smile.

Fa Zheng took a deep breath and didn't think much about it.

"Okay, tomorrow you and I will leave when we get the paperwork, but you and I have to be careful on the way, after all, there are not a few people who want to do something to you and me." Zhang Song frowned and said solemnly,

"Don't worry about this matter, there are secret guards placed by the Duke of Chu in Yizhou, I will connect with them later, and they will secretly protect us tomorrow." Fa Zheng waved his hand and said.

Immediately, the two of them chatted while walking, and they also put this matter aside.

Although Yizhou didn't do it, the two of them embarked on the journey to return to Chu Feng.

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A few days later, on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Lümeng Legion, Barracks Shuai's Tent.

Lu Meng was sleeping in his armor, and when he heard hurried footsteps outside the tent, he sat up reluctantly, and he was very tired these days, as could be seen from his red eyes.

"Report, General Qiyu, Yuan Jun appeared on the south bank of the Yellow River thirty miles away, it seems that he should have been smuggled from other places, and at this moment he is laying down antlers and other things to prepare to take the army across the river!"

The scout rushed and shouted.

"Huh!"

Lu Meng stood up suddenly, his eyes were cold and wanted to kill,

"How many?" Lu Meng asked in a deep voice.

"There are about 5,000 people, but there are also cavalry, about seven or eight hundred cavalry, I think they came to prevent our army from raiding, and specially led the cavalry to deter our army." The scout replied immediately.

"Cavalry?" Lu Meng frowned: "It's really damned!" ”

Lu Meng naturally knew how strong the cavalry was on the infantry in the plains, although it was only a few hundred, but it was not a problem to fight and break through the army formation of thousands of people.

The key is that you can't resist it at all!

And the reason why Lu Meng wanted to stop Yuan's army from crossing the river was to block the enemy's iron cavalry in Hebei, and if the hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry went south, Chu Feng's pressure would be very great.

In particular, Yuan Shao's reinforcements came again, the King of the Huns.

The Xiongnu came with 70,000 iron horses, counting the 80,000 of Wuhuan, once the Yellow River crossing was lost, so many iron horses were too difficult to deal with, which would definitely slash a few more times in the devastated Central Plains.

The iron fist was clenched, and Lu Meng was full of death.

"Someone, pass on my orders, the whole army is assembled, I have something to say!

”

"No!" The guards outside the tent could instantly feel Lu Meng's fighting intent, and immediately responded with their fists.

In the blink of an eye, the open space in the wall.

Except for those who died in battle, the rest of the soldiers and horses came, even those seriously wounded came, half of these seriously wounded remained, and most of the others died, and this was still under the condition that Chu Feng could deal with wound infection.

About 5,000 people, all of them looked at Lu Meng solemnly.

They probably knew what they were gathering for at this time.

Lu Meng came by the sword, his resolute face was full of solemnity, he looked around at everyone, and said with a solemn gaze: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Yuan army has 5,000 people smuggled to the south bank, and there are hundreds of iron horsemen. ”

"The south bank must not be lost, otherwise tens of thousands of foreign horsemen will crush our homes, crush the chests of our wives and children, and crush everything."

"In this battle, we have no way to retreat, and we must kill them on the south bank of the Yellow River."

When the words fell, everyone looked at Lu Meng with burning eyes, and then raised their swords in their hands together,

"Fight, fight, fight!"

"Puyang can't be lost, so, we have no reinforcements in this battle, how long can we hold out, until I Lu Meng dies here, if you are afraid, even if you leave, I will not stop you."

Lu Meng looked around at everyone, but no one spoke.

"Since no one is afraid of death, let Yuan Jun know that Chu Jun can't be provoked!"