A grand sacrifice to welcome the five gods of good fortune ended hastily because Yizhou Wenwu hurriedly left the scene.

Because of the decisive handling of the state's driver, this rally did not cause much commotion. But the cracks on the statue cast a shadow on the hearts of the leaders present.

Could it be that the five gods of good fortune will no longer bless Yizhou?

I don't know how many people left with such emotions, and the optimism and glitz of the entire Chengdu were suddenly overwhelmed by black clouds.

……

"What to do, what to do."

At this time, the newly appointed Liu Yizhou was pacing back and forth in a panic, completely ignoring the gloomy faces of Zhao Wei and other Dongzhou scholars.

In the power structure of Yizhou, Dongzhou Shi is actually a relatively broad group, this group is generally different from the local Bashu Hao clan, and the places from which they come are also from various states and counties, but they have a common identity, that is, they are related to the former Yizhou Mu Liu Yan.

For example, the face of the current Yizhou Shi, Zhao Wei, he himself is a Ba person, and it stands to reason that he belongs to the camp of the Bashu Hao clan, but because he had an old relationship with Liu Yan in his early years, he is also considered a member of the Dongzhou Shi.

And like now, there are more than ten people sitting around Zhao Wei, or well-dressed and well-dressed, or red hakama, all of whom are celebrities.

They are now the most prominent group in Yizhou, Dongzhou Shi.

Among this group of people, the highest status is Meng Guang, a native of Luoyang. He belongs to the sons of the Gong clan of this dynasty, and his patriarch Meng Yu is the Taiwei of Emperor Ling.

Like this, the children of the ministers are generally in the two capitals, but the political pedigree of the Meng family belongs to the eunuchs, in the previous action to eradicate the eunuch party in Chang'an, Meng Guang fled in a hurry, and finally took refuge in the shogunate of his former colleague Liu Yan, so that he survived.

And on the side of Meng Guang there is a person, Wufu Wufu, Pang Xi, a native of Henan.

Pang Xi and Liu Yan's family are world friends, and after Liu Yan entered Shu, he took hundreds of people from his family to support Liu Yan's frame into Shu, and he is now the second person second only to Zhao Wei.

Under Pang Xi is a black and strong man, his arms are particularly long, he is Lu Chang, a native of Nanyang, Liu Yan's personal general, a thousand ironclad soldiers in control of the shogunate, and a heavy general in Dongzhou.

And below Lu Chang are two young military attachés, one with a soft face and the other with a frown and sorrow, which complement each other. They are all Liu Yan's foreign children.

The one with a soft face is called Fei Guan, who is Liu Yan's nephew, from Jiangxia Fei's family. The one with a sad face is called Wu Yi, his father and Liu Yan are friends, and Liu Yan also regards him as a nephew.

These two people are considered juniors of Dongzhou Shi, but because of their special relationship with Liu Yan's father and son, they can only enter the court.

And at this moment, Liu Zhang was pacing there by himself, not caring at all about the increasingly ugly faces of these Dongzhou scholars.

But these people, including Zhao Wei, were also frightened by the military report that had just been sent, so no one came to accuse Liu Zhang at this moment.

Liu Zhang, who was pacing back and forth, secretly glanced at these Dongzhou soldiers, and saw that their faces were full of sadness, their faces were bitter, and they were somewhat happy in their hearts.

However, under this happiness, Liu Zhang was also a little panicked.

It turned out that the news sent by the military newspaper said that Zhang Lu of the Wudoumi Sect somehow won the support of those people and people in the mountains, and he actually took thousands of soldiers to capture Nanzheng, and opened the official road to welcome the imperial army.

It is precisely this kind of thunderbolt news that will make these Dongzhou Shi Six Gods present have no owner.

Originally, this was not bad news for Liu Zhang. After all, the imperial army took Hanzhong, and maybe the time for him to get out was closer.

That's why he wanted to tease those Dongzhou scholars to vent the frustration of making clay sculptures these days.

But when Liu Zhang was acting, he was suddenly shocked, especially when he saw Zhao Wei's sad face, he suddenly thought of something in his heart:

"This court counterinsurgency army is going south, it won't put me down!"

Thinking of this, he sighed in his heart, and then ignored the surprised eyes of these Bashu and Dongzhou scholars present, and turned to the screen with Fa Zheng and shooting aid.

Fa Zheng and Shooting Aid were all envoys who came to Yizhou with Liu Zhang to send gifts, and the three of them were also friends of the little emperor's submerged residence, and at this moment, Liu Zhang's most trusted ones were the two of them.

At this moment, Liu Zhang directly pulled Fa Zheng and shooting aid to the side room at the back, and the opening was:

"Filial piety, Wenxiong, now we are all in the same boat, we should work together, isn't this the truth."

Fa Zheng and the shooting aid glanced at each other, and said:

"Yes, yes."

Liu Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, and then hurriedly asked:

"Then you tell me, if the imperial army goes south to Chengdu, what will happen to me?"

At this time, the shooting aid's eyes flickered, and he smiled:

"Ji Yu, you were coerced, this can be corroborated by me and Xiaozhi, plus you have a bad relationship with Your Majesty, and when you return to Beijing, at most it will be a reprimand, how big of a deal can it be. But it's hard to say the other way around. ”

Liu Zhang didn't understand:

"Fumio, what do you mean by that?"

The shooting aid first pointed to the Yizhou civil and military outside, and then whispered:

"I've been paying attention to the Yizhou civil and military forces present just now, and I found that whether it is Dongzhou or Benzhou, there is such a fierce force, I'm afraid they will continue to stubbornly resist. And at this time, Ji Yu, you have to hold on, you can't really follow these thieves, from coercion to mastermind, it's different. ”

Liu Zhang took a deep breath, and suddenly cried:

"This damn world, how can I be so miserable. First the elder brother died, and then he gave a gift to his father, and his father died again. And when I was at the right time, the thieves put me at the head of the thieves. Then I just want to take in a demon woman, and it becomes the slaughter of the Wudou Mi Sect, and now that Zhang Lu is shouting in Hanzhong, you have to kill me. ”

Liu Zhang's tears fell down one by one, and the more he talked, the more aggrieved he became:

"I've just arrived in Chengdu, what bad intentions can I have, and what can I do? And then what? Everything is pushed on me, the Wudou Mi Sect wants to kill me, and the court will not allow me, what should I do? Xiaozhi, you can also say something. ”

Fazheng, who had been silent, listened to Liu Zhang's question to himself, sighed, and spoke:

"Ji Yu, this is fate, if you can't summon it, you won't get rid of it."

Hearing this, Liu Zhang cried even more.

Is his life really that hard?

couldn't see his friend so miserable, Fa Zheng couldn't help but say:

"Ji Yu, there is one thing you have to prepare for yourself. Your life and death is not at all how you do it, but it depends on who the commander of this expedition is, if it is those Liangzhou generals in Kansai, not only are you in danger of death, even if it is me and Wenxiong, and even the people of this city, it will be doomed. ”

When he said this, not only did Liu Zhang open his mouth wide, but even the shooting aid shook a little, and said with difficulty:

"Xiaozhi, wouldn't this be too scary. We are all close ministers of the Son of Heaven, and those Guanxi veterans dare to kill us? Don't be afraid, don't be afraid of ......"

In the end, the shooting reinforcement stopped squeaking, because he knew that those Kansai Qiuba really dared.

Fa Zheng said to Liu Zhang very seriously:

"Now at this time, it is useless to lament. If it is the Liangzhou general who comes down, we just don't want to be thieves and have to defend Chengdu, otherwise it will be a disaster for everyone. And if the leader of the army will have the wind of an elder, I don't think this battle can be fought. ”

Now Liu Zhang was puzzled:

"Why?"

Fa Zheng pursed his lips and said disdainfully:

"When the soldiers are in the city, do you still think those Yizhou wealthy families will always be guarded? When the time comes, it will be these people who will sacrifice the city and lose. And the imperial court will not do anything to these people for the sake of the money and grain in the future. On the contrary, it is those Dongzhou generals, their positions are all from the shogunate, and they will defend to the end. But it's a pity that they don't have the same heart. ”

Liu Zhang nodded slowly and muttered:

"What the imperial court should send is a sincere elder."

Fa Zheng was silent and did not speak. In fact, there is one sentence he didn't say, that is, if there is really a sincere elder, Liu Zhang's ending is afraid that it will not be good.

Because since the imperial court can't take advantage of the Yizhou wealthy family, it must be to pull Dongzhou scholars to set an example. But looking at these people, which one is not Liu Yan's personal subordinate of the old department, their qualifications are obviously unable to bear this authority, and when the time comes, this Liu Zhang is afraid that he will be punished by Ming Zheng.

But this is something that Fa Zheng can't say, after all, it's just a guess, if Liu Zhang is really fine, then Fa Zheng will not be a sinner?

The three of them were silent for a while, and Liu Zhang, who had already come to his senses a little, wiped his tears and bowed to the two:

"No matter what happens to Zhang, Zhang is grateful for the help of the two."

After speaking, Liu Zhang walked out of the room alone, and after turning out of the screen, he already had a serious face.

When he sat down on the couch again, he asked the first question to the civil and military people present:

"Do any of you know why that Lu Ke got the help of the barbarians?"

And when Liu Zhang asked this, Fa Zheng and the shooting aid had already walked back to their seats, sitting in front of the inquiring eyes of the crowd.

Not everyone looks down on Liu Zhang like Zhao Wei, and many of the staff members and ministers left by Liu Yan maintain the courtesy of people.

Listening to Liu Yan's question at this moment, Wang Tired of sitting up and replied respectfully:

"Back to the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Lu's relationship with the Emperor was inspired by his ancestor Zhang Ling. It is rumored that Zhang Ling was originally a native of Peiguo, and then practiced longevity in the north of Kyoto, and then entered Shu, and founded the Heavenly Master Tao in Heming Mountain outside Chengdu. ”

Just as Liu Zhang was listening carefully, a sneer came from the crowd of Dongzhou people sitting opposite:

"What kind of longevity, I haven't seen that person immortal."

But Wang Lei ignored it and continued to state:

"This Zhang's Heavenly Master Dao has developed very quickly, because whenever you worship five buckets of rice, your life and death will be taken care of by the Heavenly Master Dao. Relying on this strategy, the Heavenly Master Dao didn't know how many low-level Qiantou had absorbed. But this is not the most terrible, the most terrible thing is that since Zhang Ling's generation, the three generations of Zhang's ancestors and grandchildren have been preaching in Qinling and Bashan, and they have repeatedly broken the barbarian witchcraft, and it can be said that no one knows how powerful the Heavenly Master Dao is in the mountains. So this time they have a lot of help, it's not surprising. ”

Liu Zhang nodded and asked again:

"What does the military newspaper mean by the people of Zhuyang? The military newspaper said that it was these people who won Xinzheng for Zhang Lu! ”

This time, without waiting for Wang Ti to speak, Zhao Wei, who had been gloomy face, took the initiative to explain:

"This Zhuyang is actually the largest tribe of the Di people in Hanzhong, the Qingshui Yang clan. His family is not only very heavy, but this generation is even more heroic, there are 'five Yang', respectively, Yang Teng, Yang Ren, Yang Ang, Yang Bai, Yang Bo. These five people are called 10,000 enemies, although there is an exaggeration, but it is indeed a temporary choice. It's just that I didn't expect that this Qing Shui Yang clan would be a believer in the Heavenly Master Dao. ”

Zhao Wei himself is the chief of the Barbarian people, and he naturally knows the situation of the Di people well, and at this moment he can't help but secretly hate:

"This Heavenly Master's Sect is really hidden so deeply. I knew that these people were so deeply rooted in Hanzhong, and I wouldn't do anything to them. It's really a misstep that turns into a thousand hatreds. ”

But now it's useless to think so much, Zhao Wei shook his head quite irritably, and said to Liu Zhang:

"Lord, no matter how much you ask now, it's useless, now that the gateway to Hanzhong has been lost, not to mention that Zhang Lu wants to fight, even the army of the court behind is also estimated to be on the way. Can the lord be taught? ”

Liu Zhang didn't have any strategy, he was a scribe, how to have a strategy, he just smiled awkwardly.

Zhao Wei also knew that he couldn't ask Liu Zhang, but fortunately, he had already thought about things just now. At this time, he took the initiative to walk to Liu Zhang's side, and then faced Wenwu:

"Don't panic, a certain family has already thought of a strategy, whether it is Zhang Lu's attack or the imperial court's south, he will not come back."

As he spoke, he asked the waiter to invite Yutu, and he first cheered for everyone:

"I Yizhou is dangerous, fertile for thousands of miles, the land of Tianfu, into the emperor as Gaozu Cheng, as Gongsun Shu, as one side. What is the reason for resisting the world with one place? All of them are dangerous and difficult to defend and difficult to attack in Yizhou. ”

Then he pointed to the map and said:

"Since ancient times, there have been two ways to enter Shu. One is the Taurus Road from north to south. One is the fish from west to east. On the west side of our army, Liu Biaozheng was fighting with Yuan Shao, and he was too busy to take care of himself, so he would never attack me from the east. The only thing our army has to consider is the defense of this Golden Bull Road. ”

Zhao Wei first pointed out the location of Chengdu in the map, and then went all the way up:

"From Chengdu to Mianzhu Pass, one hundred and eighty-three miles, during which a horse Pingchuan, is this Mianzhu Pass is also the last gate of my Chengdu, who is willing to guard?"

Before the words fell, Pang Xi, the No. 2 person in Dongzhou Shi, came out and asked to fight:

"The last general is willing to guard Mianzhu Pass."

Zhao Wei didn't wait for Liu Zhang to speak, and bowed his head:

"Okay, it's up to Pang Jun to guard this pass."

As he spoke, Zhao Wei continued to row north, all the way up from Mianzhu Pass:

"From Mianzhuguan to the north to the Sword Pavilion, three hundred and eighty-seven miles, gradually into the mountainous area. With this sword pavilion as the throat of my Shu land, who of the generals is willing to guard? ”

The Sword Pavilion is majestic and Cui Wei, the defenders of this pass must be old and serious, and when there were four or five people on the spot to invite him to fight, Zhao Wei ordered one that made him the most assured:

"Raid the king, I will ask you to guard the Sword Pavilion for my Yizhou Town."

The attacker of the monarch, the raider of Su, the general of Yizhou.

Then, Zhao Wei took the Sword Pavilion as a point, circled three places, and said:

"Between the five hundred miles from outside the Sword Pavilion to Hanzhong, the road is extremely steep and the passes are heavy. But these are the three most important places. One is the Jiameng Pass outside the Sword Pavilion, the second is the Baishui Pass in the northwest of the Jiameng Pass, and the third is the Yangping Pass in the north of the Jiameng Pass. Who dares to step forward, generals? ”

At this time, three generals stood out, namely Gao Pei, Leng Bao, and Deng Xian.

But Zhao Wei looked at these three people and didn't like them in his heart, because these three people were all local generals in Yizhou, and he didn't feel at ease when he handed over these three levels to them.

After thinking about it, Zhao Wei nodded to himself:

"Where are Xiang Cun, Pang Le, and Li Yi?"

These three people are all Zhao Wei's subordinates, and they hurriedly stood up after listening to the call of the main general.

Just listen to Zhao Wei:

"Xiang Cun guards Baishui, Pang Le guards Jia Meng, and Li Yi guards Yangping. Let the three of you set off immediately, without mistake. ”

The three generals received the order, received the talisman, and immediately left the house and got on the horse, and set off towards the three passes.

In this way, under Zhao Wei's planning, Chengdu's morale was slightly invigorated.