Liu Zhang sent Fa Zheng and Meng Da to lead 4,000 soldiers and horses to welcome Liu Bei, and Liu Bei led an army from Jiangling to Fucheng to meet Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang led Zhang Ren, Ling Bao, Deng Xian and other generals to march with more than 30,000 cavalry, chariots and curtains, and banners to meet Liu Bei.

Liu Bei led the soldiers to meet him in turn. Pang Tong and Fa Zheng persuaded Liu Bei to take advantage of his unpreparedness to hold Liu Zhang hostage, so that he could obtain Yizhou without spending a single soldier.

Liu Bei immediately said: "We have just arrived, the letter has not been established, although there are Fazheng, Zhang Song and other internal responses, but there are not a few people who oppose it, and Liu Zhang's 30,000 soldiers and horses, guarded by the general Zhang Ren and others, must be wary of us, if we act eagerly, it will not work, treat us and celebrate with it, slow down its heart, vent its defense, and then naturally all benefit the state." ”

Pang Tong had no choice but to give up. After the two armies celebrated for more than 100 days, Liu Zhang provided Liu Bei with a large number of grain and grass equipment, and let Meng Da as a guide to go north to crusade against Zhang Lu, and handed over Baishui Pass to Liu Bei to take care of, Liu Bei naturally agreed, and then the two said goodbye.

Sun Quan was angry when he learned the news of Liu Bei's entry into Yizhou, and he sent Zhou Yu to take Yizhou before, Liu Bei was Chen Bing, and he persuaded himself not to attack, and he made trouble for a long time, and he wanted to swallow it alone.

In a fit of rage, Sun Quan sent a boat to Jingzhou to quietly pick up his sister Sun Shangxiang.

After Mrs. Sun got the news, she pretended to use an excuse to support Mrs. Mi. Take Liu Bei's son Liu Chan back to Jiangdong, Liu Chan is Liu Bei's only son, the young master of Jingzhou, if he is brought back to Jiangdong, he will become a proton.

After Mrs. Mi returned, she found that Mrs. Sun and Adou were gone, and hurriedly came to find the general Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun was appointed by Liu Bei as the head of the inner room, after Mrs. Mi finished speaking. Immediately knew that it was not good, and hurriedly chased after it. On the river, he caught up with the ships that had begun to return to Jiangdong, and after some fighting, Zhao Yun captured Liu Chan.

Zhang Fei also received the news that he led the soldiers and horses to intercept the Jiangdong fleet in the Yangtze River, and finally the two released Mrs. Sun back, and only brought Liu Chan back.

Zhuge Liang personally went to the riverside to greet him and returned to Jiangling. Sent someone to report to Yizhou Liu Bei.

It's a pity that Sun Quan didn't bring back Liu Chan after taking his sister back, but there is no way. And now is not the time to break with Liu Bei, so I have to maintain the status quo. Sun Quan ordered Buqi to step up the pacification of Jiaozhou in order to expand his strength.

In October of the seventeenth year of Jian'an (212), Cao Cao attacked Sun Quan, and in order to drag Liu Bei out of Yizhou, Sun Quan sent an envoy to Jingzhou for help.

Zhuge Liang made the next envoy and promised to support Jiangdong. Zhuge Liang wrote a letter to report to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei had been garrisoning Jiamengguan for a year at this time, establishing kindness and kindness on all sides. Liu Zhang saw that Liu Bei's garrison was not going to enter the army after Jiameng Pass, so he sent his cronies Yang Huai and Gao Pei to Baishui Pass, under the pretext of obeying Liu Bei's dispatch and helping Liu Bei attack Zhang Lu, in fact, implicitly monitoring and urging Liu Bei to enter the army.

Liu Bei continued to grind with the two of them silently, and continued to stay put. After receiving a letter from Zhuge Liang from Cao Cao to ask for Sun Quan, he consulted with Pang Tong.

After reading Zhuge Liang's letter, Pang Tong said: "Sun Quan has the Yangtze River moat, which is enough to resist Cao Cao, not to mention that the three generals of Zhang Zhao and Kong Ming are here, and they will move randomly, so they don't have to pay attention to it, and Kong Ming didn't say anything in the letter to let us go back to the division, which shows that Jingzhou is worry-free." But it was this as an excuse to ask Liu Zhang for an increase of 10,000 troops and tens of thousands of mistletoe for food. If it is given, it will continue to serve it. ”

Liu Bei followed his words and sent a messenger to say. After Liu Zhang saw Liu Bei's envoy, after learning of Liu Bei's request, he gathered the crowd to discuss: "Liu Bei's soldiers are not enterprising, I am afraid that they have a plan, which makes me feel uneasy. Now come to ask for money and food for soldiers and horses, what should you do? ”

Liu Ba persuaded: "The lord of the mansion is kind-hearted, Liu Bei is a wolf ambition person, if you give the soldiers and horses grain and grass, when it is successful, it will be the main guest, the lord can promise to give Liu Bei soldiers 4,000, 10,000 grains, look at his words and deeds, and then make plans."

Liu Zhang said from his words, Liu Bei was furious after receiving the soldiers and horses: "I sacrificed my life and forgot to die to fight for him, but he was so stingy."

The messenger trembled with trepidation. Liu Bei glanced at the envoy and said, "If that's the case, let's go back to Jingzhou, what are we staying here for?"

Pointing to the messenger, he said, "I won't go back to Jingzhou in the future, so I won't stay here for long." It's none of your business, you can go. The messenger thanked him and departed.

After the envoy left, Pang Tong hurriedly said, "Lord, you really want to go back to Jingzhou."

Liu Bei said: "I just said it to the envoy, but now what if, I don't know what to do?" If this continues, we will be in a passive situation with Zhang Lu in front and Liu Zhang in the back. ”

Pang Tong said: "The lord is relieved, I have a plan, and now I have three plans, waiting for the lord to choose."

Liu Bei said happily: "I would like to hear about it."

Pang Tong said: "Now Liu Zhang's defense against us is insufficient, so the plan is to select the elite, raid Chengdu, and fight a battle." The plan was to return to Jingzhou, booby trap Yang Huai and others, and slowly forge ahead. The next plan is naturally to return to Jingzhou. ”

Liu Bei was about to choose a plan, and suddenly remembered: I take the prosperity of the Han Dynasty as my life's ambition. The old immortal Weng of the ancient city once said: 'Urgent Yizhou' is not at this time. Yizhou must be taken sooner or later, sooner or later, sooner rather than later, although the raid is detrimental to benevolence and righteousness, but I need Yizhou, and Yizhou can only play a role in my hands.

He said: "Although the plan is good, it is too urgent, and we need to plan well how to pass the passes of Baishui, Fucheng, Mianzhu, and Luocheng." Shi Yuan can be thoughtful. ”

Pang Tong was overjoyed when he saw Liu Bei's choice of Shangji: "The lord is wise, because of the surprise attack, so the number of people should not be too much, and it also needs to be elite, and the number of people should not exceed more than 10,000, in addition, I have sent someone to observe and choose the route, the lord can set up a banquet, falsely claim to return to Jingzhou in the near future, send people to invite Yang Huai, Gao Pei and other generals to come, raid the soldiers and horses to take the opportunity to cross Baishui, bypass Fucheng, attack Mianzhu, and approach Chengdu, contact Zhang Song and Fa Zheng as the internal response, and the battle can be determined." I have already bought off the people around Yang Huai and pretended to be a confidential document, which will be of great use when the time comes! ”

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Shiyuan is calculating. I want to have the chief lead 10,000 people there. ”

Pang is collectively referred to as good. Liu Bei sent someone to inform Zhang Song to respond.

Liu Bei dispatched Wei Yan to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to prepare for a sneak attack on Chengdu. Pang Tong told Wei Yan how to enter the army, where there were dense forests to hide, where the mountains were slow to pass, and where he had to go near the city, and at the same time told him that he must arrive in Chengdu as soon as possible, the sooner the better, otherwise if he delays for too long, he is afraid that he will be exposed, and he will lose the lives of his soldiers.

Wei Yan agreed. Pang Tong said: "After taking Chengdu, you only need to hold on, and you must not go to war, and after 15 days, the army will raise troops to attack the passes, so Chengdu must be taken within 20 days at most." ”

Wei Yan agreed: "The military advisor can rest assured. ”

Pang Tong said: "You are a general, you must be improvised, not reckless, take Chengdu, you are the first merit." ”

Wei Yan couldn't help but boil with enthusiasm: "I will live up to the trust of the lord and the military advisor." ”

Liu Bei said: "Be careful in everything. ”

After a while, someone sent a letter, and Pang Tong handed it to Wei Yandao: "Take down the letter from Chengdu and touch your ears." ”

whispered in Wei Yan's ear, Wei Yan listened and said, "The military advisor has a good plan. ”

Liu Bei smiled: "Wen Chang go down and prepare." ”

Wei Yan selected the soldiers and horses, prepared them properly, and just waited for an order to send troops.

Liu Bei claimed that Cao Cao had stormed Jiangdong and needed to return to Jingzhou to support Sun Quan. Set up a banquet in Jiameng Pass, invite Yang Huai and other generals, Yang Huai and Gao Pei were not easy to refuse, so they had to go, and Wei Yan took the opportunity to take the path and went quietly.