After Fa Zheng persuaded Yang Song.

Night.

Fa Zheng stayed at Yang Song's mansion and discussed the details of the uprising with him.

In the early morning of the second day, he immediately set off back to Xigou.

After the matter was completed, Wei Yan immediately sent someone back to report to Liu Bei in accordance with Fa Zheng's order.

Liu Bei was still struggling to move in the direction of Hanzhong County at this time.

He listened to Pang Tong's suggestion, stretched the marching line, divided each army into several sections, and each department was responsible for a part of the grain and grass escort.

In this way, the efficiency is much faster, and on the road from the Tangqu to Hanzhong, which totals more than 300 kilometers, each army ranges from several thousand to 10,000 people, and the front and back are dozens of miles apart, without interfering with each other.

In this way, the problems of a bloated army, slow transportation of grain and grass, and difficulties in marching can be solved.

The disadvantages are also obvious, and it cannot be reached all at once.

Just like ants moving, Wei Yan had already arrived at Xigou as the vanguard force, while the front army of Zhang Fei's army in the rear was still more than thirty kilometers away from them, and Liu Bei's army was even farther away.

Therefore, in order to prevent Wei Yan's soldiers from being unable to quickly control the Chenggu and Baozhong counties around Nanzheng, it is necessary to wait first.

At least until Zhang Fei's former army arrives, he can not act.

Soon, two days later.

In the early morning of June 30, the 14th year of Jian'an, Zhang Fei's army of 15,000 people had already arrived in Xigou.

In addition to the 3,000 people in the headquarters, the troops under his jurisdiction were the elite soldiers of the people, led by Pu Hu, the king of the Pak family, and climbed over the mountains and mountains.

After Zhang Fei arrived in Xigou, Fa Zheng quickly arranged tactical tasks.

The soldiers had a day's rest today, and when the evening was in the evening, the rapid march quickly left the Xigou Pass and went straight to the Nanzheng Ferry, where boats had already been prepared and they crossed the river overnight to the outside of Nanzheng City.

Although Xigou is still some distance away from Nanzheng City, it is expected to arrive in Nanzheng by the next morning, at which time Yang Song will open the city gate and let them in.

At that moment, Zhang Fei proceeded according to Fazheng's strategy, and the sky soon darkened, and the 20,000-strong army quickly set off and rushed to Hanzhong.

Things went very well, although there were people along the way who saw this scene, but did not know what was happening, and every house hid behind closed doors, and in the wilderness there was only the sound of 20,000 troops stretching for miles and hurrying away.

Soon, it was early in the morning of the second day.

Before the first three o'clock of sunrise, when the sky was just getting dark, Yang Song had already gone out.

Today's weather is still sunny and dry, which is refreshing.

In the mountains, a huge solar disc could be faintly seen in the east, revealing a trace of afterglow, illuminating the entire earth from darkness to daylight.

Jansson got into the carriage, which drove slowly down the street.

The streets were deserted, the gates would not open until the end of sunrise, and the streets were silent, except for the sound of the wheels of the carriages.

Yang Song's eyes were red, he didn't sleep all night last night, although the betrayal of Zhang Lu still made him a little uneasy, but when he thought of the gold and silver that was about to arrive, he turned all this into excitement, and he couldn't sleep.

That's two hundred pounds of gold and five hundred pounds of silver.

"Master Book."

When he arrived at the city gate, Qu Junhou, who was in charge of guarding the south city gate on duty last night, was already waiting for him.

Yang Song nodded and said, "Are you all ready?" ”

"Ready."

Qu Junhou replied honestly.

He is Yang Song's person, and he should not have been on duty at the South City Gate last night, but it was Yang Song who temporarily changed Li Xiu's arrangement and transferred him here.

Although Li Xiu, the defender of the city, had a slight strategy, he never dreamed that Liu Bei's army had already reached Hanzhong, so although he was quite puzzled by Yang Song's arrangement, he did not dare to question it, so he could only let it go.

"Hmm."

Jansson said, "Open the gates. ”

"Yui."

Qu Junhou immediately turned around and gave an order: "Open the city gate!" ”

It was about five o'clock in the morning, and the sky was not yet fully light, and there was still half an hour before the city gate was opened.

The soldiers were a little puzzled as to why they opened the door so early, but because it was the order of their superiors, they could only bury this doubt in their hearts and go to open the heavy city gate.

The crunching sound was loud.

Yang Song said, "Let all the soldiers defending the city gather at the gate of the city." ”

"Whistle, assemble!"

Qu Junhou shouted.

"Toot toot."

A sharp whistle sounded.

There were less than a single song of soldiers stationed at the south gate, about three hundred, all of whom trotted all the way.

Yang Song went up to the castle tower alone.

Take advantage of the misty sky and look in the direction of the south.

I saw that on the horizon, countless black shadows appeared under the pressure of the black pressure, and at first the distance was too far to see clearly, and I could only vaguely see the black tide surging.

But after a while, the shadows were getting closer and closer, and the sky was getting brighter, and in the daylight of the day, Janson saw countless people on the horizon, trotting in a procession.

The sky was full of dust, and the sound of footsteps resounded in all directions, but in just a few minutes, they had already arrived outside Nanzheng City.

The Zhang Lu soldiers who were originally standing in the city gate heard the rumbling footsteps outside the city, and one by one suddenly changed color, some looked dazed, not knowing what was happening, some were very frightened and wanted to scatter and escape, and some instinctively clenched the weapons in their hands.

It was only at this time that Qu Junhou shouted loudly: "Everyone put down the weapons in their hands, Uncle Liu Huang led an army of 100,000 to Hanzhong, the master book has already surrendered, if you don't want to die, surrender with us." ”

The crowd was in an uproar and riots.

But before they could react, the vanguard general Wei Yan rushed into the city first, followed by countless soldiers.

He reined in his horse and glanced around, and Qu Junhou hurriedly came over and said, "General! ”

"Hmm."

Wei Yan nodded and said: "Let your people stand aside, the army is about to enter the city to control the four city gates, you go to the city gates to persuade you to surrender, and those who do not surrender will be killed." ”

Qu Junhou was overjoyed when he got the order, and hurriedly said, "Only." ”

"Go."

Wei Yan waved his hand, and the army behind him poured in like a tide.

Soon when the people in Nanzheng City were still lying in bed, Liu Bei's army had already rushed into the city.

There were almost no surprises at the gates of the city, and even the mansion of the army Sima Li Xiu was surrounded, and he soon laid down his arms and came out to surrender.

Nanzheng City fell into the hands of Liu Beijun in an instant.

By the end of sunrise, when the sound of bangzi at the beginning of the meal sounded, Zhang Fei, Wei Yan, Fa Zheng, Pu Hu, Yang Song and others had already appeared in the Hanzhong Taishou Mansion of Nanzheng County.

"Hahaha."

Zhang Fei sat on the main seat and laughed: "Zhang Lu definitely didn't expect that the eldest brother's soldiers and horses have already appeared in Nanzheng, Master Yang, hurry up and drink and celebrate." ”

Fa Zheng said with a smile: "General Zhang is not in a hurry, the wine is enough." But before that, there is another thing. ”

"What's the matter?"

Zhang Fei asked.

Fa Zheng's eyes swirled around Yang Song, and Yang Song was very uncomfortable.

In fact, he was thinking about whether to kill Yang Song.

Yang Song is greedy for money, this kind of person is obviously not worthy of staying by Liu Bei's side, and killing him can save a lot of gold and silver.

But after thinking about it carefully, in the end, Fa Zheng dispelled this idea.

One is reputation.

Yang Song betrayed his lord and surrendered because of money, his character was indeed inferior, but he was killed in a blink of an eye, so who would dare to submit to Liu Bei in the future?

So in order to buy horse bones for a thousand dollars, not only to reward him, but also to reward him heavily.

The second is Yang Bai.

Yang Bai is currently stationed in Jiameng Pass.

If Yang Song can be used to win over Yang Bai, he can block Zhang Lu's road back to Hanzhong from Jinniu Road.

Therefore Jansson could not be killed.

Yang Song felt that his scalp was numb when he stared at him with gloomy eyes, and he didn't know that he had already walked through the ghost gate, so he asked in wonder: "What do you do when you look at me." ”

Fa Zheng clapped his hands.

Outside the door, a soldier walked in carrying a suitcase.

The box was heavy, and it took two soldiers to carry it with great difficulty, and it was moved in front of Yang Song.

Fa Zheng walked over, opened the box, and said to Yang Song with a smile: "Looking at Yang Gong, it's because I'm happy for Yang Gong." If General Zuo can win Hanzhong this time, Yang Gong will make a great contribution, how can he be less rewarded? ”

In the box were stacks of horseshoe gold and silver nuggets, although irregular, they reflected the brilliant light in the sunlight outside the window, and suddenly blinded Yang Song's eyes.

"Oops."

Yang Song suddenly smiled, clapped his hands and said, "Serving General Zuo, that's my blessing." ”

So saying, he touched the silver and gold.

Fa Zheng gently closed the box again, and said to Yang Song with a smile: "Yang Gong, General Zuo treats the Duke so heavily, if Yang Gong can persuade General Yang to return to obedience, wouldn't it be wonderful if the two brothers worked for General Zuo together?" ”

"Hmm"

Yang Song looked at the box, and the restless hand that was stretched out retracted, slightly embarrassed.

He naturally understood what Fa Zheng meant.

This was originally a good thing that was said before, but at that moment, Yang Song stroked his beard and said: "I will immediately write a letter to my second brother and ask him to lead the troops north to Dingjun Mountain, what do you think?" ”

"Then there is Lao Yanggong."

Fa Zheng smiled and arched his hand, then took a few steps back, and said to Zhang Fei: "General Zhang, at this time, you should immediately send troops to take Chenggu County and Baozhong County, and so on to occupy these two counties, the lord's army is coming. ”

Zhang Fei scratched his head and said, "Okay, just follow the military advisor's instructions, where is Wei Yan?" ”

"The end will be."

Wei Yan stood up and said.

"Ling Ling led 3,000 people to seize Baozhong."

"Yui."

"Where is Pak Hu?"

"The end will be."

"Let you take three thousand men and take the city."

"Yui."

Wei Yan and Pu Hu took the order and left.

Zhang Fei suddenly became the boss of Nanzheng, and no one disciplined him, so he began to ask for wine.

Yang Song got gold and silver, so naturally Zhang Fei gave whatever he wanted.

Fa Zheng didn't bother to care about Zhang Fei.

Because Baozhong and Chenggu are very close to Nanzheng, they must be captured first.

And Zhang Weizhen's Chuyang is far away from Nanzheng, and the news will definitely not be transmitted in a short time, so don't pay attention to it for the time being.

There is another reason.

That is, at that time, Chuyang was sandwiched by the Han River in the south and the Gou River in the east.

In addition, the north is the reckless deep mountains and old forests, and the west is Yangping Pass, attacking from the east and being blocked by two rivers, it is difficult to fight.

In history, if Cao Cao hadn't been lucky, he got lost and captured Yangping Pass by mistake, and he might not have been able to win for another year.

Therefore, the correct approach should be to occupy Nanzheng first, then cut off Zhang Lu's retreat, and then attack Chuyang from the direction of Dingjun Mountain in the south and Baozhong in the east.

After another three days, by the beginning of July, the main army of Liu Bei's army finally arrived in Hanzhong.

At this time, most of Hanzhong County had already fallen.

Liu Bei followed Fa Zheng's strategy, and the army began to march in the direction of Chuyang in the west.

On July 10, knowing that Hanzhong had fallen, Zhang Wei hurriedly mobilized troops and horses, destroyed the only two bridges in the Gouhe River, and at the same time hurriedly sent people to Jiameng Pass to ask for help.

However, what was waiting for Zhang Wei was two bread clips.

By 19 July, Yang Bai, who had received Yang Song's letter, went north overnight and garrisoned Dingjun Mountain, cutting off Zhang Weinan's escape to Chengdu.

Zhang Wei now has only one way to choose, which is to go out of Yangping, Guanshun, and Chencang Road to flee north to Guanzhong.

But he went to Guanzhong and died.

Guanzhong now has countless empty land, there is not one out of ten people, the warlords are fighting among themselves, and even if there is no population, even if there is no land, it is meaningless.

It's just that Zhang Wei has a strong personality, and in history, he didn't even surrender to Cao Cao, let alone Liu Bei?

Therefore he desperately resisted.

But with Liu Beijun making boats to cross the river, tens of thousands of troops pressed the border, and Yang Bai cut off his back road, and soon the troops came to the city and were surrounded in the city of Chuyang.

At the end of July, the soldiers in the city rebelled, tied up Zhang Wei and surrendered to Liu Bei, and since then Hanzhong has been peaceful.

After getting Hanzhong, Liu Bei reorganized his troops and horses, waved his hand, and prepared to go south.

At this time, outside the city of Chengdu.

Zhang Lu naturally didn't know that his hometown was gone.

At the end of July, it rained in Chengdu in the autumn months, and the rain poured down, shrouding the distant mountains in the clouds.

As the thousand-year-old capital of the ancient Shu ancestors, Chengdu is a towering city, only smaller than Chang'an and Luoyang.

The city looks really magnificent, but it also has its own series of problems.

Just like countless times in history, it is difficult for a metropolis like Chang'an Luoyang to defend against a large-scale attack.

Because it is too big, the city wall stretches for more than ten kilometers, and there are too many places to attack. If the city's defenses are insufficient, it may be broken by the enemy from elsewhere.

Therefore, Liu Zhang's defense is very difficult now.

There are no more than 10,000 soldiers in the city who can fight, and Zhang Lu's army outside the city is 30,000 or 40,000, attacking the city every day, and the ladders are attacking from all directions, so that Liu Zhang is struggling to support, and he has to worry every day that if he wakes up, the southwest will change.

"Ming Gong, Liu Zhang can't support it for long."

Yan Pu stood on a high tower in the camp and looked at the city from afar, he saw a few soldiers on the city poking their heads out to look from time to time, so he smiled and said to Zhang Lu beside him: "After the rain stops, it will be Liu Zhang's death." ”

Zhang Lu also looked at the distant city, nodded slightly, and said: "Well, Liu Zhang, this guy killed my mother back then, and this revenge is the time to revenge." ”

"Congratulations to Ming Gong, congratulations to Ming Gong."

Yan Pu arched his hand and said: "Once Xichuan is owned by the Ming Gong, there are Hanzhong and Bashu lands, and then the Guanzhong is captured, the Ming Gong will be able to dominate the world." ”

"Huh."

Zhang Lu smiled and did not speak.

He is actually not so strong about competing for world domination, after all, he is nearly fifty years old, and his heart is not so big.

Now what supports him to attack Xichuan is to avenge his mother and younger brother Zhang Hui, and secondly, after getting Xichuan, he began to preach in the whole Yizhou and carry forward the Wudoumi Sect.

These are the two fundamental reasons why he wants to eliminate Liu Zhang.

As for the battle for supremacy.

Two words.

Whatever happens.

The two were talking.

Yan Pu suddenly had doubts: "Huh? ”

"What's wrong?"

Zhang Lu asked.

Yan Pu pointed to the east gate of Chengdu and said, "Ming Gong, look, the city gate seems to be open. ”

"Oh?"

Zhang Lu hurriedly looked, and sure enough, he saw the city gate open.

Then someone came out.

"Let's go check it out."

Zhang Lu waved his hand and motioned for the soldiers around him to come over and take a look.

There were scouts rushing away.

After a while.

The scouts are back.

He told Zhang Lu a piece of news.

"Liu Zhang ran away!"

(End of chapter)