Sixteenth year of Jian'an, mid-May.

Liu Bei raised the troops of Yizhou and personally raised an army of 70,000 to march north into Hanzhong.

At the same time, Liu Xian will be the main general, and Zhang Fei, Liu Feng and other numbers will be deputies. With 30,000 Wudang flying troops, he went out of Brazil to attack the three armies in the east.

And Cao Cao's 200,000 troops, who confronted in Xiangyang South County, also broke out with the war in Jingzhou.

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"Yeping, how can this road be more difficult than Shudi."

Zhang Fei rode a black horse, swaying on the rough road.

"The three eastern counties are sandwiched between several mountain ranges such as Bashan and Qinling, and belong to mountainous terrain. This section is not bad, and you will meet more mountains when you go further. ”

Along the way, Liu Xian was also very uncomfortable.

Originally, according to Liu Xian's idea, Lao Liu's subordinates had Fa Zhengpang as the main army division and a staff officer of the Senate Division.

Lie down in Chengdu and wait for the good news from the front.

But Lao Liu arranged for himself to attack Shangyong with Zhang Fei, while Pang Tong and others went to fight Hanzhong.....

"Yeping, how do you fight these three counties?" Zhang Fei continued to ask.

There are thousands of defenders in the three eastern counties, and Zhang Fei wants to get things done here as soon as possible, and then join Liu Bei to attack Hanzhong.

"Fang Ling Taishou Kuaiqi is Kong Ming's brother-in-law, so you can try to persuade him to surrender first. It is best not to raise a knife, if it is damaged, it will also make it difficult for Kong Ming to do it. ”

"Xicheng County is easy to say, but Shangyong County is afraid that it will be more troublesome."

"Shangyong is too guarded, and the words are righteous. Originally, it was a powerful family between Xiping and Shangyong, and it was afraid that there were more private soldiers than county soldiers when they gathered thousands of people. ”

During the early peace period, he had close contact with Zhang Lu, and later sent envoys to pay homage to Cao Cao. Cao Cao promoted him to the rank of Shangyong Taishou and sealed the township. ”

"Shen Tan's younger brother is named Shen Yi, and his ability is average. The two brothers pay attention to the interests of the family, and as long as they fight in a war, they will fall. ”

The meaning of Liu Xian's words is that basically there will not be much fighting in the entire eastern three counties.

Persuade Fang Ling first, and then beat the Shen brothers, Xicheng may not even need to do a letter immediately.

Fangling, too guarded mansion

"Taishou, Liu Beijun sent a letter outside."

"Hey, put the letter down."

Fang Ling Taishou Kuaiqi looked at the letter in front of him and sighed deeply.

The Wudang Flying Army was already good at fighting in the mountains, and it had undergone Liu Xian's special training. When the 30,000 troops arrived in the city, Kuaiqi found that he was surrounded by regiments.

But Liu Xian besieged but did not attack, and only shot a letter into the city.

The content is nothing more than that: Lao Kuai, your brother-in-law is working under Liu Bei. Your Kuai family has now also invested in the Lingling Group, and it is almost completely in the hands of Liu Bei.

You have no more than a few thousand soldiers in the city. So what is the resistance? Cao Cao is a national thief, and sooner or later he will be gone.

Hurry up and abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and the people will be harmed by the sword soldiers in vain, and it is not easy for Kong Ming to explain.

On the second day, the gate of Fangling City opened, and Kuaiqi brought the book with the seal, please don't mention it.

Liu Xian had a banquet in the city, and left a partial general named Meng Da who thought he was the captain of the county, so he led the army to Shangyong.

Meng Da was on good terms with Zhang Songfa, in order to expand the influence and influence of the Yizhou faction. This time, Meng Da was recommended in the army.

But Liu Xianke knows that this benevolent brother is capricious and has been guarding against it.

Guan Yu was defeated and sent Liao Hua to Shangyong for help. Why Meng Da and Liu Feng didn't send troops is really strange.

According to Chen Shou's words, "the mountain county was attached at the beginning, and it cannot be shaken."

At that time, Shangyong and other places were indeed newly defeated, but the question was who was more important, Sanjun or Guan Yu.

The three counties are not large and have a small population, and they are indeed important places for soldiers. But it was no problem to send a small force of 1,000 people down from the Han River to meet it.

It is also said that Liu Feng secretly hated Guan Yu and did not support himself, so he did not rescue. But Liu Feng was about to go to the rescue at that time, but was stopped by Meng Da.

"The First Evolution"

The question is, why did Meng Da stop saving Guan Yu?

Not to mention that the army went to the rescue, it was to send a thousand troops to go. Even if it doesn't work out, with Liu Bei's character, he won't blame him.

If you don't succeed in saving it, it's not the same as standing by and watching.

Liu Xian didn't understand, and he didn't bother to think about it.

This time, Meng Da was pressed in Fangling, and he was awarded the lieutenant without much merit, and Meng Da's current official position will not be dissatisfied.

Let's stay in Fangling.

Shangyong, Shen family.

"Brother, then Liu Xian came with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, obviously to swallow my three counties."

Shen Yi said anxiously on the side.

Different from Kuaiqi, the Shen family is the real head snake in the three eastern counties.

But Liu Xian was in Fangling, and the Shen family immediately got the news.

"Liu Xiannai is a world-famous resourceful man, and now he has brought tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Second brother, how about being a brother and surrendering? ”

Shen Tan was silent for a long time, but still said.

As the head of the Shen family, he doesn't care who is his nominal boss, as long as he protects the status of the Shen family in the three counties.

Once the battle breaks out, the Shen family will inevitably suffer, which is not what he wants to see.

"This, brother. Now there are 4,000 soldiers in Shangyong, and my Shen family also has thousands of families, and there are no less than 10,000 people. ”

"Now that Duke Wei's 200,000 soldiers and horses are in Xiangyang, why did he surrender?"

Shen Yi had the opposite idea, and his heart was more inclined to Cao Cao. With Cao Cao's current power, as long as the Shen family tightens this thigh, they will definitely be able to go one step further in the future.

"The second brother, whether it is Cao Cao or Liu Bei, will only be nominally mediocre. What the three counties can really say is still my Shen family clan. ”

"Moreover, Cao Cao's command relied on countless powerful families. The Shen family didn't get any benefits, while Liu Bei was different. ”

"Although it occupies Jingyi, it has only risen for two or three years. Rather for the head of a chicken, not for the tail of a phoenix. Invest in Liu Bei, and my Shen family can have better development. ”

Shen Tan is a qualified head of the family, and he will never leave my Shen family.

"It's, okay. Ay! The elder brother has a plan, and the younger brother obeys his fate. ”

Shen Yi saw that he really couldn't convince him, so he had to agree.

"Well, the second brother went down to prepare the household registration and other files. For the sake of his brother's expectation, Liu Xian will come to the city tomorrow. ”

"Good!"

Seeing that Shen Yi no longer objected, Shen Tan nodded and ordered.

It's just that he didn't know that after Shen Yi went down, he wrote a letter and sent it to Xiangyang. At the same time, several people from the Shen family were called, and they looked like they were arranging something.

As soon as Liu Xian's army arrived, he saw that at the gate of the city, the two brothers of the Shen family had been waiting for a long time with household registration seals.

"My goodness! Yeping, how can I accompany you to fight, he, why did they surrender! ”

Zhang Fei looked at the scene in front of him, and felt extremely depressed in his heart.

According to Liu Xian, how can you fight for a while. Zhang Fei sharpened the Zhangba snake spear overnight, just to kill 180 people today and open a profitable market.

As a result, that's it?

Not to mention Zhang Fei, even Liu Xian is also puzzled. This vote is so thorough, don't be a fellow traveler, right?

"The criminal minister Shen Tan and his brother Yi will meet Mr. Youlin!"

"You're welcome!"

Seeing that the Shen brothers bowed their heads, Liu Xian also hurriedly dismounted and supported him.

"Righteous deeds can make sense of righteousness, which is really the luck of the mediocre people!"

"The Shen family is a noble family, and the virtuous are entrusted with all matters in the three counties. Please also ask for righteousness to serve as the Shangyong Taishou again, and worship Shen Yi as the Taishou of Xicheng on behalf of the lord! ”

Shen Tan gave face like this, and Liu Xian naturally reciprocated.

Not only did Shen Tan be the mediocre guard, but Shen Yi and Liu Xian were also named the Xicheng Taishou.

But Liu Xian will not let the Shen family stay in the three eastern counties all the time, and it will not be able to fall into the tail.

Subsequently, it was also announced that the Shen family clan would be "invited" to move to Chengdu.

At the beginning, Liu Xian had discussed with Liu Bei and proposed this method that was not a solution.

To deal with the local Haoqiang, what Liu Xian can think of at present is migration.

Taking the county as an example, the powerful in the county moved to other counties. The powerful of a county were moved to the state offices. It's similar to Emperor Wu moving the world's heroes to Maoling, but now the timing can't be done.

Mutual relocation, although time-consuming and laborious, and even facing many problems, can greatly restrain the merger of the powerful.

Otherwise, the blood will flow like a river and the resources will be redistributed. Either peaceful evolution and only curbing development.

There's no such thing as a double approach......