In the evening, it rained lightly in Jiangzhou.

The dripping raindrops hit the eaves of the backyard of Jiangzhou County, making a crisp sound.

The land of Bashu is full of mountains and rivers, the forests are extremely dense, the trees in the courtyard are almost shading the sky and the sun, and the leaves rustle under the breeze of early summer.

Fa Zheng sat cross-legged in the room, lit the candle in the room, and tirelessly looked at the book "Spring and Autumn" presented by Guan Yu in his hand.

On the side, Zhang Song was quite anxious, and he broke away from the entourage sent by Liu Zhang to monitor and walked around the house.

"Ziqiao."

Fa Zheng was a little annoyed by him, so he said, "What are you doing all the time. ”

Zhang Song was very unhappy when he saw that he was not in a hurry, clapped his hands and asked, "Xiaozhi, aren't you in a hurry at all?" ”

"What's there to worry about?"

Fa Zheng shrugged.

Zhang Song said: "Didn't you say that you would defect to Uncle Liu Huang together, but now if General Guan really sends troops to force Zhang Luke back, what is good?" ”

Last time, Zhang Song came to Jiangzhou, met Liu Bei, and was respected by Liu Bei, which made him have the idea of defecting to Liu Bei.

But he didn't actually defect at that time, so on the surface, he was still the envoy sent by Liu Zhang to negotiate.

Since in addition to him and Fa Zheng, there were some people in the mission, and it was impossible for him to say his true words in the hall, so he could only urge Guan Yu to send troops so as not to be suspected by Liu Zhang.

As a result, he did not expect that although Guan Yu did not send troops, he planned to send a suspicious army north to Hanzhong to surround Wei and rescue Zhao with one hand.

This made Zhang Song worried.

Because Zhang Song also knew very well that Liu Bei wanted to get Yizhou justifiably, Liu Zhang was defeated by Zhang Lu, and Liu Bei came to eliminate Zhang Lu again, which was the best choice.

In this way, there is no need to bear the reputation of taking away the inheritance of the same sect.

But in case Zhang Luzhen is frightened away after Guan Yu sends out his troops, the situation will be very embarrassing.

You can't really come to Yizhou and do nothing.

So Zhang Song is anxious.

What he was afraid of was that Zhang Lu would run away timidly.

Fa Zheng laughed: "Ziqiao, you are in a hurry. Let me ask you, if you are Zhang Lu, the enemy who killed his mother is close at hand, and he is about to break through Chengdu and succeed, will you easily withdraw from the army? ”

"Naturally not."

Zhang Song calmed down, put himself in Zhang Lu's perspective, and after thinking for a while, he shook his head and said, "At least I will send someone to investigate the truth first." ”

"Exactly."

Fa Zheng closed the book in his hand and said: "Once Zhang Lu finds out the truth and knows that General Guan sent only a partial division, he will naturally not withdraw his troops, and he will only fight to the death with Ming Gong in Chengdu at that time." ”

"I see."

Zhang Song suddenly became energetic and said, "Could it be this?" ”

"Not bad."

Fa Zheng nodded: "This is General Guan's plan, and it is also the proof that General Zuo wants to capture Xichuan." If my expectations are correct, I guess this plan is from the hand of that Pang Junshi. ”

Zhang Song said with a smile: "It seems that General Zuo also has capable people under him, who have just plotted Jingzhou, and are already plotting for General Zuo to benefit Zhou." ”

Fa Zheng said: "That's true, and this Pang Junshi is not simple." I hadn't heard much of his name before, but I just said that Mr. Shui Jing named him Feng Chick, and the name of Feng Chick was well deserved, this was a trick and serial scheme. ”

"A conspiracy?"

Zhang Song wondered: "What is the explanation?" ”

Fa Zheng said with a smile: "The first plan of this plan is that the snipe and the clam compete with each other, and the fisherman profits." First sit in Jiangzhou and watch the battle between Ming Gong and Zhang Lu, depleting the soldiers and horses of both sides, waiting for the time. ”

"What about the second plan?"

"The second plan is naturally to repair the plank road in the light and Chen Cang in the dark. Let Zhang Lu think that it is a virtual soldier who goes to Hanzhong, but it is actually a real soldier, and Hanzhong can get it. ”

"Hmm."

Zhang Song stroked his beard and nodded.

Fa Zheng said: "This third plan is to kill people with a knife. General Zuo wanted to gain Yizhou, but he was afraid that the reputation of taking away the foundation of the same sect would not be good. Therefore, he borrowed Zhang Lu's knife to kill Ming Gong. In this way, Hanzhong and Yizhou changed hands, and General Zuo became the final victor. ”

Zhang Song listened carefully, broke out in a cold sweat, and said: "So that's the case, then General Zuo has been stationed in Ziguiwu County and other places under the pretext of civil strife in Jingzhou, could it be?" ”

"That's not possible."

Fa Zheng said with a smile: "No matter how powerful General Zuo is, he can't manipulate Liu Biao and Liu Qi's life and death, presumably this is God's blessing." When he needs an excuse not to intervene in Shuzhong, God will help him find an excuse, and it's not one, it's two, General Zuo is worthy of being blessed by God, if he enters Shu, Shuzhong will have a bright future! ”

"If so, I'm relieved."

Zhang Song finally smiled, turned his head and said to Fa Zheng: "According to Xiaozhi's words, Chengdu is in danger now, and it should be when General Zuo enters Shu. ”

Fa Zheng shook his head and said, "If you want to defect, now is the best time to defect, otherwise there may be no chance in the future." ”

"Huh?"

Zhang Song was confused and said, "Why? ”

Fa Zheng looked at the north with a long gaze, and said softly: "Feng Xiao is indeed good, but he missed one thing. If his plan is really carried out, General Zuo's army will be defeated. ”

"What's the matter?"

Zhang Song hurriedly asked.

Fa Zheng smiled and said, "I'll talk about it later, as I expected, General Guan should invite us to dinner, and he also needs to understand the current situation in Chengdu, and he will definitely find us to find out the truth." ”

"Engage, Captain."

At this moment, the entourage of the envoy team hurriedly came in from outside the hall and said, "General Guan invites the two of you to the dinner. ”

"Huh."

Fa Zheng smiled, stood up and said, "You are waiting in the courtyard, I will go to the banquet with him, and when the time comes, I can urge the general to send troops as soon as possible." ”

"Yes."

The attendants who were sent by Liu Zhang to monitor the two did not suspect him, so they did not follow.

Outside the courtyard, there were already people waiting for someone sent by Guan Yu.

They went over with bamboo sticks.

Coming to the main hall of the backyard, Guan Yu and Pang Tong were already waiting for them.

Since Zhang Song did not express his heart when he came to see Liu Bei, of course the two of them did not know that Zhang Song and Fa Zheng had long wanted to defect to Liu Bei.

Before, during the day, the generals in the hall and the envoys sent by Liu Zhang were there, and there were many people, so it was difficult to ask.

Now I take the opportunity to invite them to a dinner party, and I want to chat privately, wanting to find out the current situation in Chengdu.

"Meet General Guan!"

The two of them came in and saluted.

Guan Yu smiled: "You two, please take a seat." ”

"General Xie."

Two men sat down beneath him.

Guan Yu waited for them to sit down and said, "I invited you two to the banquet today, just to ask you how the situation in Shuzhong is now. After all, since we want to rush to Chengdu's aid, we must first understand the situation between us and the enemy. ”

Fa Zheng and Zhang Song looked at each other and smiled, as if they were holding back some smile, and they didn't say anything.

"Amount"

Guan Yu and Pang Tong also glanced at each other, very puzzled.

What's going on with these two?

"I'm sorry, General Guan."

Zhang Song hurriedly apologized: "It's just that just now Xiaozhi said that the general would definitely invite us to a banquet, so as to listen to the truth in Shuzhong, but now they are all Xiaozhi, so they laugh." ”

Listen to the reality in Shuzhong?

Guan Yu's face suddenly became serious, and his eyes looked at the two of them with blazing eyes.

Pang Tong's face changed slightly, and his eyes flashed with a cold light.

Fa Zheng hurriedly said: "Please don't misunderstand, general, the details, please let me take my time." ”

"Come, please."

Guan Yu's tone was much calmer, and he squinted at them.

Fa Zheng said: "Brother Ziqiao and I are both focused on the Han family, but if today, Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven and did things like Mang Zhuo (Wang Mang Dong Zhuo). Therefore, if you want to revive the country, you need someone in the clan who can calm the world with the will of light and martial arts. ”

"Not bad."

Zhang Song also nodded and said: "If the two of us want to betray the master, but Liu Jiyu is a mediocre talent, cowardly and incompetent, and he can't even be the king of Shoucheng, how can he revive the country like Guangwu?" Last year in Jiangzhou, I met General Zuo, a great talent in the clan. At that time, I was already in love, but the time had not yet come, and I couldn't run away. Now that General Zuo wants to get Bashu, he should come. ”

"Oh?"

Guan Yu will be suspicious: "Are you two going to defect to my eldest brother?" ”

"Exactly."

Fa Zheng nodded and said, "Only General Zuo can revive the clan and revitalize the country." ”

Pang Tong said: "In this case, are the two planning to work together inside and outside? ”

Fa Zheng said with a smile: "Naturally not, Mr. Feng Xiao has already made a plan, this plan to repair the plank road and secretly Chen Cang is really powerful." ”

Pang Tong only felt that his scalp was numb, and his plan was actually seen through, and he was a little speechless for a while.

Guan Yu's eyes flashed with cold light, and he asked, "That being the case, wouldn't it be good for the two of you to wait for my eldest brother in Chengdu?" Why did you come here tonight and suddenly want to show your heart? ”

"I was very moved by the book given by the general."

Fa Zheng said: "Both, Mr.'s serial plan seems to be impeccable, but Mr. is not my Bashu person after all, and if he doesn't say anything to help, I'm afraid the general will be defeated." ”

Pang Tong was unconvinced: "What's wrong? ”

Fa Zheng said with a smile: "Sir is indeed a clever plan, does Mr. Ran know why Zhang Lu's main force went south from the Golden Bull Road, but the defense in the rice cang road was extremely empty?" ”

"This"

Pang Tong said: "I naturally thought about this matter, presumably because Zhang Lu's troops were insufficient, and the siege of Chengdu was already at its limit, and there were no longer so many people to defend Micang Road." ”

When he ordered the plan before, Pang Tong only made a general arrangement, but after arriving in Jiangzhou, he immediately sent scouts to investigate.

As he expected, Zhang Lu's main force occupied the Golden Bull Road, because the Golden Bull Road led directly to Hanzhong and Chengdu, and the road was also the best. The defense of the second rice cangdao was much weaker, and Hanchang even had only 3,000 people stationed in it, which was almost useless.

Fa Zheng chuckled and said, "Sir's words, yes and no. ”

"Please elaborate."

Pang Tong sat down conscientiously and waited for Fa Zheng's instructions.

Fa Zheng said: "Zhang Lu did abandon the Micang Road due to insufficient troops, but another reason is that someone helped him defend it. ”

"Someone to help him? Who. ”

"Cong people."

"Someone?"

Pang Tong's eyes widened and said, "Is it the Yiren in the Danqu and Hanchang areas?" ”

"Exactly."

Fa Zheng nodded and said: "At the beginning, Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu competed for Bazhong, and Pang Xi was defeated repeatedly and was forced to retreat to Banan. Since then, Bazhong has been obtained by Zhang Lu, there are a large number of people in these places, attracted by Zhang Lu, and gradually obeyed his orders, among which there are seven surnames of the powerful ones, namely Du, Pu, Yuan, Yang, Li, Wang, Gong, and the number is the king of Yi, each with tens of thousands. ”

"There are seven surnamed Yi Wang to help Zhang Lu garrison Bazhong Micang Road, even if the general has tens of thousands of troops, just like Cai Mao, he can't advance an inch, but he delays the opportunity and misses the best opportunity to eliminate Zhang Lu."

Zhang Song took over the conversation and said: "When the time comes, Zhang Lu will break through Chengdu, seize Yizhou, and then unite with the seven surnamed Yi kings to repel the general, then Yizhou will really belong to him." ”

In history, after Zhang Lu was defeated by Cao Cao, he defected to Du Hao and Pu Hu, the Yi kings of Bazhong.

Later, Cao Cao got Hanzhong and moved all the people away.

Among them, Wang Ping, the future general of Shu Han, is one of the seven people with the surname Wang.

Historical records record that Wang Ping followed the seven surnamed people to be moved to Luoyang by Cao Cao, served in Luoyang, and during the battle of Hanzhong, he was defeated by Liu Bei with Xiahou Yuan, thus surrendering to Liu Bei, and since then he has become the leader of the Wudang Fei Army.

Before that, Zhang Lu had a deep friendship with the seven surnamed Yi Kings because he defeated Pang Xi and obtained the Bazhong region.

No wonder Zhang Lu would show such a big flaw.

It turns out that there are traps inside.

Guan Yu and Pang Tong glanced at each other, and they could see that there was palpitation in each other's eyes.

OK.

At the critical moment, Zhang Song and Fa Zheng came to vote and avoided a big defeat!

Thinking of this, Guan Yu almost did not hesitate to change his expression, and laughed: "I see, fortunately, God bless my eldest brother, I can have two people come to defect, I don't know if Mr. can teach me, how can I defeat these people?" ”

Fa Zheng said with a smile: "The people don't really want to work for Zhang Lu, first, they will defect to whoever is strong, second, Zhang Lu will pay for bribes with gold and silver in official positions, and third, the Hanzhong trade is controlled by Zhang Lu, and they have to rely on Zhang Lu." So as long as you start from these three aspects, you can talk about those people. ”

"In that case, if I send lobbyists to lobby and bribe us with gold, silver, coins, treasures, and grain and grass supplies, will they let us go?"

Guan Yuchi asked.

Fa Zheng shook his head: "It's not that simple, the people have their own rules, and the people sent by the general are not familiar with them, what if there are Zhang Lu's people among them?" Therefore, it is necessary to find someone who is familiar with the people and has a deep relationship with them. ”

"Could it be that Mr. Fei?"

Guan Yu looked at Fa Zheng in surprise, if Fa Zheng can really say that he can move people, this is a great achievement.

Fa Zheng hurriedly said: "I'm not familiar with the people either. ”

"That's right."

Guan Yu said disappointedly: "I don't know who has this ability." ”

Fa Zheng laughed: "I heard that the Zhou clan in Langzhong, Brazil, has an excellent relationship with General Zuo. ”

"You mean Ji Zhi?"

Guan Yu nodded and said, "Ji Zhi has come and gone to many places in Jingzhou and Yizhou to trade, and he does have a friendship with my brother. ”

Fa Zheng said: "The Zhou clan in Langzhong is extremely close to the Gou clan of Hanchang, and most of the people have to rely on the Zhou clan to do business, sell their goods, and then the Zhou clan buys rice oil and iron tools to give back, and the survival plan of the people is almost all in the hands of the family caravan united in Langzhong, Hanchang, Xuanhan, Danqu, Chongguo and other places, if the Zhou clan comes forward, this matter may be done!" ”

The Zhou family in Langzhong is one of the richest in Bashu, and the source of family property is business. And it's not just him, it's a big deal that unites more than a dozen wealthy families around the city, like the people in the mountains, the mountain goods they make need to be sold by merchants, and the oil, salt and rice used for survival also need to be brought back by merchants.

So to a certain extent, the merchants of the big families in the nearby counties where the people live are their food and clothing, and the survival of the entire tribe depends on them.

Knowing this, Guan Yu stroked his chin and long beard and nodded.

This thing.

Ask Zhou Lin, maybe it can be done!